:00:00. > :00:16.As polls close in Venezuela's constitutional referendum,
:00:17. > :00:19.Nicholas Maduro calls the unofficial vote "meaningless", but it adds more
:00:20. > :00:28.A scandal over horsemeat - police in Spain accuse an organised
:00:29. > :00:34.crime group of trading meat that's unfit for humans across Europe.
:00:35. > :00:37.Swiss tennis star Roger Federer makes history by taking a record 8th
:00:38. > :00:41.And for all you Time Lord fans, the new Doctor Who is a woman
:00:42. > :01:08.Hello and welcome to World News Today.
:01:09. > :01:10.Polls have closed for Venezuelans voting in an unofficial
:01:11. > :01:12.referendum on government plans for a new assembly that
:01:13. > :01:20.Millions of people took part in the symbolic consultation,
:01:21. > :01:21.which follows months of political violence.
:01:22. > :01:24.Improvised polling stations have been set up in more
:01:25. > :01:41.Earlier, our correspondent explained what was behind the vote.
:01:42. > :01:52.He can see opposition to the president and has plans to create a
:01:53. > :01:54.caused additional Assembly. This ballot was used to show the
:01:55. > :01:59.Government and the world that most people in this country want a
:02:00. > :02:04.change. There are already thousands of people floating not only in
:02:05. > :02:09.Caracas, the capital, but around the country and the world. In Colombia,
:02:10. > :02:14.Spain, the US and the UK as well. The opposition wants to send a
:02:15. > :02:19.message in the middle of an economic crisis and in the middle of three
:02:20. > :02:26.months of protests where 100 people were killed. The Government is
:02:27. > :02:37.carrying out voting for the cause additional Assembly election in two
:02:38. > :02:38.weeks. -- the constitutional. You can see the signs of how Venezuela
:02:39. > :02:43.is so divided right now. Thousands of opposition
:02:44. > :02:46.demonstrators in Poland have been protesting outside parliament
:02:47. > :02:48.in Warsaw against judicial reforms which one of their leaders has
:02:49. > :03:00.called a coup d'etat. The new legislation gives control
:03:01. > :03:02.over the body that nominates I spoke to our correspondent
:03:03. > :03:10.Adam Easton a short There has been a considerable crowd
:03:11. > :03:13.that has turned up outside the Polish parliament to voice their
:03:14. > :03:20.protest against these very controversial reforms, which, as you
:03:21. > :03:29.say, essentially, the people have come to protest say it allows the
:03:30. > :03:34.parliament which is dominated -- the parliament to appoint their own
:03:35. > :03:42.people as judges. This legislation. People protesting here have been
:03:43. > :03:52.protesting against the Government for the last 18 months. They see
:03:53. > :03:58.this as the latest attempt by the Government to a road democracy by
:03:59. > :04:02.demolishing the rule of law and destroying Democratic checks and
:04:03. > :04:11.balances. What has been a Government response? The Government is
:04:12. > :04:20.basically saying that this is the same as the courts. The Government
:04:21. > :04:26.says that these are a few thousand people in Warsaw who are the elites
:04:27. > :04:29.of the country, if you like. We have popular support and we are doing
:04:30. > :04:33.very well in opinion polls, trouncing the opposition parties.
:04:34. > :04:42.And in fact we have support from the many people here in changing the way
:04:43. > :04:46.courts are run. They say that the courts are corrupt and inefficient,
:04:47. > :04:49.not democratic, do not serve the interests of the public. Many people
:04:50. > :04:53.here in Poland would agree with that. Even some of the people
:04:54. > :04:55.protesting in Warsaw outside Parliament would agree that the
:04:56. > :05:00.process is not perfect. But they would say that this is no way to
:05:01. > :05:06.improve the current system, by essentially handing power to the
:05:07. > :05:12.Government to take control of the body that appoint judges. Briefly,
:05:13. > :05:16.how likely is it that the legislation would change as a result
:05:17. > :05:24.of the protests? Extremely unlikely in my opinion. Parliament has
:05:25. > :05:27.approved it now and it only goes to the President for signing. The
:05:28. > :05:30.president as a lawyer. He is a former member of the Law and Justice
:05:31. > :05:35.party and is given no indication he sees anything wrong with this.
:05:36. > :05:38.Adam Easton was seeking to me earlier. -- speaking.
:05:39. > :05:42.Let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news...
:05:43. > :05:44.Israel has reopened the extremely sensitive holy site in Jerusalem
:05:45. > :05:47.known to Jews as the Temple Mount, and to Muslims as
:05:48. > :05:51.But many Muslim worshippers have refused to enter the area on account
:05:52. > :05:57.of new security measures that the Israelis have put in place.
:05:58. > :06:02.It was closed for the first time in decades on Friday after two Israeli
:06:03. > :06:07.policemen were shot dead by Israeli Arab gunmen.
:06:08. > :06:08.Police in Bangladesh say four suspected Islamist
:06:09. > :06:11.after a tense stand-off lasting several hours.
:06:12. > :06:13.The militants had barricaded themselves in a house
:06:14. > :06:15.on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka.
:06:16. > :06:16.They reportedly threw bombs at security personnel
:06:17. > :06:24.after they tried to storm the building.
:06:25. > :06:27.Spanish police say they have dismantled an organised crime group
:06:28. > :06:29.that was trading horsemeat across Europe that
:06:30. > :06:35.65 people were arrested in Spain and charged with various crimes,
:06:36. > :06:36.including money laundering and animal abuse.
:06:37. > :06:44.The investigation carried out in coordination with Europol dates
:06:45. > :06:47.back to the detection of horsemeat in beefburgers four
:06:48. > :06:57.A short time ago, I spoke to journalist Guy Hedgecoe in Madrid.
:06:58. > :07:01.It is a very large scale investigation. The Spanish civil
:07:02. > :07:07.guard and Europol believe this criminal gang have made around 20
:07:08. > :07:13.million euros out of this scam. It has been very complex and it has a
:07:14. > :07:15.European dimension to it. That the meat was being repurposed here in
:07:16. > :07:19.Spain and the animals were from the north of Spain and Portugal. They
:07:20. > :07:24.were going to facilities in Spain to be slaughtered and then the meat was
:07:25. > :07:28.being exported. Most of the meat was going abroad. It is a very
:07:29. > :07:33.international dimension to this. As you said, it is all linked back to
:07:34. > :07:37.this case in Ireland four years ago. The investigation has been going on
:07:38. > :07:45.for some time. Said it went outside of Spain and Portugal. Do you know
:07:46. > :07:49.how far this has gone across Europe, or maybe father? So far, Europol in
:07:50. > :07:53.the Spanish civil guard have said it went to a number of European
:07:54. > :07:58.countries. Most of the meat seemed to be going to Belgium and Belgium
:07:59. > :08:03.as the European Union's biggest horse meat exporter. From there, it
:08:04. > :08:08.was going to other countries such as France, Italy, Romania, all
:08:09. > :08:12.countries within the E. That is what we know so far but obviously there
:08:13. > :08:17.could be more details to come. -- within the European Union. The main
:08:18. > :08:19.gist is that animal is not meant to be fit for human consumption where
:08:20. > :08:26.having documentation tampered with and then slaughtered as if they were
:08:27. > :08:30.animals that could be eating as regular horse meat. This
:08:31. > :08:34.investigation included a lot of money laundering as well. It is
:08:35. > :08:42.quite... It includes so many aspects of crime. The 65 people, do we know
:08:43. > :08:46.they be charged and there will be some success at the end of this? It
:08:47. > :08:51.is a little bit early to know for sure at the moment. What we do know
:08:52. > :08:55.is that the people who have been arrested include farmers, Bethany
:08:56. > :09:04.Haines, slaughterhouse owners. Anna Lee of people involved in the
:09:05. > :09:10.sector. -- veterinarians and slaughterhouse owners.
:09:11. > :09:16.One man they believe was overseeing a lot of these activities from the
:09:17. > :09:19.town he resided in the Spanish East Coast seems to be a key figure in
:09:20. > :09:21.all this. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
:09:22. > :09:23.Netanyahu has been in Paris to commemorate the 75th anniversary
:09:24. > :09:26.of the biggest mass arrest of Jews in Nazi-occupied France
:09:27. > :09:31.during the second world war. During the visit, Mr Netanyahu also
:09:32. > :09:34.held his first direct talks with the French President,
:09:35. > :09:51.Emmanuel Macron. With a new president, France's
:09:52. > :09:57.finding a new role in the world. But there are moments in history that
:09:58. > :10:00.sense of national guilt. Frist of facing up to what was done here 75
:10:01. > :10:03.years ago and taking its responsibility, despite the Nazi
:10:04. > :10:09.occupation. TRANSLATION:
:10:10. > :10:17.It was indeed France which organised the round-up, the deportation which
:10:18. > :10:23.led to almost all the deaths of the 13,000 people of the Jewish faith
:10:24. > :10:30.who were taken from their homes on the 16th and 17th of July 1942.
:10:31. > :10:35.These are some of the men, women and children who were arrested by French
:10:36. > :10:43.police and packed onto trains, simply because of their religion.
:10:44. > :10:50.13,152 of them. Most are taken to a Schlitz -- Auschwitz. Fewer than 100
:10:51. > :10:55.lives. This is the first time an Israeli Prime Minister has been in
:10:56. > :10:58.his commemorations. Some feel he is using what happened here to
:10:59. > :11:07.strengthen his own position. I have come here to go my head in memory of
:11:08. > :11:18.her slain brothers and sisters, slaughtered slowly because they were
:11:19. > :11:25.dues. -- solely because they were Jewish. There was politics as well.
:11:26. > :11:27.In their first direct talks, President Macron prestige early
:11:28. > :11:32.leader for new peace negotiations with the Palestinians. Reflecting on
:11:33. > :11:37.history can be tough but both men are shaping the future and that will
:11:38. > :11:41.be a real challenge as well. Stay with us on BBC
:11:42. > :11:45.World News, still to come... For fans of the sci-fi series,
:11:46. > :11:50.it's a big moment - the new Doctor Who has been
:11:51. > :11:52.unveiled and she's a woman. We'll find out more
:11:53. > :12:11.about the actress who is Jani bus urge has been shot dead in
:12:12. > :12:16.Florida. The multimillionaire was gunned down outside his home in
:12:17. > :12:19.Miami. Emergency services across Central Europe are stepping up
:12:20. > :12:26.efforts to contain the worst floods this century. Nearly 100 people have
:12:27. > :12:31.been killed. Broadway is traditionally known as the great
:12:32. > :12:35.White Way but it is now wiped out. It is a reminder of the problems to
:12:36. > :12:40.Americans that the energy crisis has brought. 200 years ago today, huge
:12:41. > :12:42.Parisian crowd stormed the Bastille prison in the first act of the
:12:43. > :12:48.revolution which was to topple the French monarchy. Today, hundreds of
:12:49. > :12:52.thousands were on the shone so easy for the traditional military parade.
:12:53. > :12:57.Penguins have been staggering Shoreham collapsing after gorging
:12:58. > :13:02.themselves on their favourite food, pilchards. Some had eaten so much,
:13:03. > :13:11.they could barely stand. -- staggering on shore.
:13:12. > :13:18.Polls are closing in an unofficial constitutional
:13:19. > :13:26.President Nicholas Maduro has called the vote "meaningless",
:13:27. > :13:30.but it adds more pressure on the embattled leader.
:13:31. > :13:33.Police in Spain have accused an organised crime group of trading
:13:34. > :13:43.meat that's unfit for humans across Europe.
:13:44. > :13:48.Let's find out... Let's get all the sporting News. He is Mark Edwards.
:13:49. > :13:53.He's the man who just can't stop winning.
:13:54. > :13:55.Roger Federer breaking records once again, the Swiss picking
:13:56. > :13:59.up his eighth men's singles title at Wimbledon.
:14:00. > :14:01.Surely the youngest 35-year-old in sport, beating Marin Cilic
:14:02. > :14:08.John Watson was there to witness the Fed in full flow.
:14:09. > :14:14.A 19th Grand Slam tide of Roger Federer, competing in his 19th
:14:15. > :14:18.Wimbledon. This final will not go down as a classic. Marin Cilic, as
:14:19. > :14:23.we witnessed on Centre Court today, have some problems. He had a foot
:14:24. > :14:25.problem and that led to a straight sets victory for Roger Federer.
:14:26. > :14:30.Cilic himself feel disappointed with the way that that match played out.
:14:31. > :14:33.We have seen him beat Roger Federer. He pushed close last year and of
:14:34. > :14:37.course the team on the way to winning his one and only Grand Slam
:14:38. > :14:42.title. But up against Roger Federer today, he released at the Chans. --
:14:43. > :14:49.he released it no chance. A straight sets defeat. Roger Federer, the
:14:50. > :14:52.records keep someone. He is the oldest male singles winner here at
:14:53. > :14:56.Wimbledon and the second oldest grand champion in the open era. He
:14:57. > :14:59.came through this tournament playing exceptional tennis and had not
:15:00. > :15:03.dropped a set on his way to winning the title. Nobody has done that
:15:04. > :15:09.since the great Bjorn Borg back in the 1970s. What now for Roger
:15:10. > :15:11.Federer? Of course, it is interesting as he has managed and
:15:12. > :15:18.shaped his career in the latter stages... 35 years old, days short
:15:19. > :15:22.of his 36th birthday. We saw him miss the French Open and he came
:15:23. > :15:25.back after the absence of the end of last year when he went on to win the
:15:26. > :15:30.trillion open. Who would ever have predicted that here we would be this
:15:31. > :15:34.year, Roger Federer, 35, winning the two Grand Slams he has competed in.
:15:35. > :15:38.Interesting detail the thoughts of Boris Becker earlier on, saying he
:15:39. > :15:42.believes Roger Federer will go on and win more titles. I guess he will
:15:43. > :15:46.pick and choose what one he competes in. But there can be no doubt about
:15:47. > :15:49.it. This success, the eighth Wimbledon title for the great Roger
:15:50. > :15:53.Federer, once again underlining his staters is one of the greatest male
:15:54. > :15:59.canisters of all time, if not the greatest. -- one of the greatest
:16:00. > :16:01.male tennis players. Britain's Lewis hamilton powered
:16:02. > :16:05.to a dominant victory at silverston to tie the all-time record of five
:16:06. > :16:08.career wins in the The Mercedes man led from start
:16:09. > :16:12.to finish as he closed the gap on Championship leader,
:16:13. > :16:14.Sebastian Vettel, to just one point. The German Ferrari driver suffering
:16:15. > :16:16.a puncture approaching the penultimate lap to drop
:16:17. > :16:18.from 3rd to 7th. Kimi Raikkonen also suffered
:16:19. > :16:23.a puncture while on course Promoting Hamilton's
:16:24. > :16:25.team-mate Valtteri Bottas It's the opening day of the women's
:16:26. > :16:33.Euro 2017 competition currently And a good day for the hosts,
:16:34. > :16:39.who kicked off the 12th edition It was Liverpool forward Shanice van
:16:40. > :16:45.de Sanden who gave the 2009 semifinalists all 3 points with the
:16:46. > :16:47.only goal of the game. Heading in Lieke Martens'
:16:48. > :17:01.pin-point cross from close Denmark or 1-0 up against Belgium.
:17:02. > :17:09.About 15 minutes left to play on that one. -- Denmark are 1-0 up.
:17:10. > :17:14.And it's pretty much mission impossible for England after day
:17:15. > :17:17.3 of the second Test against South Africa.
:17:18. > :17:19.The Proteas declared on 343 for 9
:17:20. > :17:25.If you're being an optimist, the hosts will have 2 days to chase
:17:26. > :17:27.down what would be their highest fourth-innings total to win a Test.
:17:28. > :17:31.So South Africa very much on course to level the series at one apiece.
:17:32. > :17:34.Well, we are into the final week of the Tour De France
:17:35. > :17:36.and Britain's Chris Froome has retained the yellow jersey
:17:37. > :17:45.Sunday's 190-kilometre mountain stage
:17:46. > :17:51.was won by Trek Segafredo's flying Dutchman - Bauke Mollema.
:17:52. > :18:08.It's being called New York's "Summer of Hell" -
:18:09. > :18:11.the delays for tens of thousands of commuters as urgent repairs
:18:12. > :18:13.are carried out at Penn Station, the busiest transportation
:18:14. > :18:18.Donald Trump has promised to be an "infrastructure president",
:18:19. > :18:20.but New Yorkers are complaining he's not doing enough for them,
:18:21. > :18:24.It's a city of shimmering skyscrapers and evermore
:18:25. > :18:32.Where commuter trains move in slow motion,
:18:33. > :18:34.where some of the overhead lines that power them are more
:18:35. > :18:42.The country's busiest rail route in the Northeast corridor relies
:18:43. > :18:44.on bridges based on designs popularised in Britain
:18:45. > :18:52.And this is America's fastest train, which slows to an embarrassing five
:18:53. > :19:03.miles per hour on the approach to New York.
:19:04. > :19:08.Routinely, they come to a complete halt because track closures reduce
:19:09. > :19:09.this overloaded network to a single usable line.
:19:10. > :19:12.It is horribly embarrassing, especially when I have
:19:13. > :19:20.It is almost a third world country when it comes to infrastructure.
:19:21. > :19:25.The rail tunnels into New York are in such a bad state of repair
:19:26. > :19:29.that it is feared they may be forced to close before new ones are built.
:19:30. > :19:32.We got a rare glimpse inside the nerve centre of the rail
:19:33. > :19:36.network underneath Penn Station and it felt like
:19:37. > :19:42.The tunnel was opened to service when the Wright Brothers switched
:19:43. > :19:44.from their model A flyer to the model B flyer.
:19:45. > :19:51.It is definitely time to build a new tunnel.
:19:52. > :19:54.New York's Penn Station has been hit by a series of derailments,
:19:55. > :19:57.earning it the nickname Pain Station, and that has prompted
:19:58. > :19:59.the urgent repair programme of the so-called summer of hell.
:20:00. > :20:04.There's absolutely a crisis of infrastructure here.
:20:05. > :20:05.Everything behind me relies on tunnels that
:20:06. > :20:09.They flooded during Superstorm Sandy and they are starting to go
:20:10. > :20:13.There is really a possibility that we are going to lose
:20:14. > :20:15.the connection under the Hudson river for the Northeast corridor,
:20:16. > :20:18.and then see what happens when almost 100,000 people every day
:20:19. > :20:24.have to find a new way to get to and from work.
:20:25. > :20:29.Donald Trump has promised to be the infrastructure president,
:20:30. > :20:31.but the recent spending bill that he pushed through Congress
:20:32. > :20:38.actually withdrew funding for two major transportation projects -
:20:39. > :20:41.the tunnels and improvements to the subway system -
:20:42. > :20:48.More than 55,000 bridges across the country are
:20:49. > :20:51.Making America great again requires modernising
:20:52. > :21:07.It's been a momentous day for fans of the global hit
:21:08. > :21:10.In an historic first, the lead character, who has
:21:11. > :21:12.become a British icon, will be played by a woman.
:21:13. > :21:16.The BBC has announced that Jodie Whittaker
:21:17. > :21:20.She replaces the very popular Peter Capaldi.
:21:21. > :21:25.Our entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba has more.
:21:26. > :21:31.Time travel show Doctor Who making history.
:21:32. > :21:36.Jodie Whittaker says she is overwhelmed, as a feminist,
:21:37. > :21:39.as a woman and as an actor to be cast as the drama's
:21:40. > :21:49.in the six months since Peter Capaldi announced he was stepping
:21:50. > :21:54.down from the role, there has been a huge amount of speculation about who
:21:55. > :22:02.his replacement will be. When he regenerates and this year's
:22:03. > :22:05.Christmas Becchio. -- in this year's Christmas Becchio. Regeneration was
:22:06. > :22:12.introduced in the 1960s on Doctor Who. An ingenious solution to
:22:13. > :22:16.replace an actor leading the lead role. Since it has returned, it has
:22:17. > :22:19.consistently been one of the BBC's biggest hits. A successful
:22:20. > :22:29.combination of a province I fight format and the charismatic lead
:22:30. > :22:31.actor. Expectation for the new Doctor is certain to be high.
:22:32. > :22:34.Do you think all fans will welcome a female Doctor?
:22:35. > :22:38.Some won't be sure but they should remember that Doctor Who is all
:22:39. > :22:40.about change and this is potentially a really big, really
:22:41. > :22:44.With the BBC having committed itself to greater diversity,
:22:45. > :22:47.it will be hoping that today's announcement will not
:22:48. > :22:50.only excite viewers, but clearly demonstrate
:22:51. > :22:53.that the time travel show has moved firmly into the 21st century.
:22:54. > :22:58.An international robotics competition for young people starts
:22:59. > :23:10.It's called the First Global Challenge and aims to help
:23:11. > :23:13.young people excel in Stem subjects - science, technology,
:23:14. > :23:19.High schools from all over the world will compete for over six weeks
:23:20. > :23:30.One of the teams had a trickier route to the finals than most.
:23:31. > :23:35.Rejected for visas after two rounds of interviews and banned from
:23:36. > :23:42.entering the United States, these young women never give up the fight
:23:43. > :23:45.to achieve their dream. After running is Austin flight, the team
:23:46. > :23:51.of six Afghan girls landed in Washington on Saturday to represent
:23:52. > :23:56.the country in a global high school robotics competition. On Monday,
:23:57. > :24:01.they compete against more than 160 countries to build robots that can
:24:02. > :24:06.hit balls into goals, hang on bars and balance on balance beams. They
:24:07. > :24:10.had been denied entry to the country due to district entry policies
:24:11. > :24:14.introduced by US President Donald Trump. The cases become a flash
:24:15. > :24:18.point in the debate about Mr Trumpefforts to tighten entrance
:24:19. > :24:24.into the US. Critics said the row was emblematic of a broader effort
:24:25. > :24:27.to stop Muslims entering the country. An extraordinary
:24:28. > :24:31.last-minute reversal was announced on Wednesday when it was reported
:24:32. > :24:34.the president personally intervene. A Homeland Security Department
:24:35. > :24:39.spokesperson said that the request for the entry along with a chaperone
:24:40. > :24:42.had been approved. A banker Trump, advocate and supporter of women in
:24:43. > :24:47.science, treated her congratulations. The girls were
:24:48. > :24:50.thrilled to be taking part. The President of the United States and
:24:51. > :24:59.the people of America supported us in this case, which shows they have
:25:00. > :25:07.not forgotten us. Nothing is impossible and everything is
:25:08. > :25:11.possible. We have opportunities... For the people of Afghanistan, the
:25:12. > :25:15.inclusion of these girls represents far more than entry to a science
:25:16. > :25:19.competition. In a country where girls face significant limitations
:25:20. > :25:22.in education as well as in personal lives, there is no hope for the
:25:23. > :25:26.future. -- there is now hope. The Canadian Prime Minister
:25:27. > :25:32.Justin Trudeau has met the son of Syrian refugees named
:25:33. > :25:37.after the politician as a thank The two-month-old boy, whose full
:25:38. > :25:44.name is Justin Trudeau Adam Bilan, seemed happy to fall asleep
:25:45. > :25:46.as the Prime Minister briefly Can he do wrong? Babies falsely been
:25:47. > :25:57.his arms. -- do no wrong? Don't forget, you can get
:25:58. > :26:16.in touch with me and some Good evening. After a mostly cloudy
:26:17. > :26:17.Saturday, things brightened up