17/07/2017 World News Today

Round two of the formal Brexit talks gets under way.

It's time to get down to business say officials as they try to hammer

out some of the key details over Britain's departure from the EU.

After North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile test,

the South offers talks, but how will the invitation

And the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge become

the latest high profile visitors to touch down in Poland -

the first stop in their diplomacy tour with family in tow.

Hello and welcome to World News Today.

Britain's Brexit minister has pledged to get down to business

as the second round of formal talks on the UK's departure from

In a brief appearance alongside EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier,

Mr Davis said there had been a good start to the process.

Mr Barnier described the atmospherics as good and said

talks would now delve into the heart of the matter.

This week's discussions will mainly revolve around the issues

of the Irish border - that's the frontier

between Northern Ireland, a part of the UK, and the Republic

The size of any so-called divorce bill, which is the financial

commitment Britain made as a member and has to honour before leaving.

And citizen rights - what will happen to millions of EU

citizens living in the UK, and about a million UK expats

But a year after Britain voted narrowly to leave the EU,

the UK Government seemed at war with itself over Brexit,

with leaks over the weekend suggesting the cabinet is extremely

Our political editor Laura Kuennesberg has the latest.

They don't really have much time to hang around,

the two men who'll haggle over how we leave.

Especially with the UK's political situation rather fluid, at best.

It's incredibly important we now make good progress,

that we negotiate through this and identify the differences

so we can deal with them, and identify the similarities

And now it's time to get down to work and make this

Working out the Irish border, the Brexit bill,

But government ministers don't agree completely

Perhaps that is why the Brexit secretary seemed

Perhaps because chatter around the Cabinet at home suggests

You've seen in another part of town today, I'm very pleased that

negotiations are beginning, and as you know, a very fair,

serious offer has been put on the table by the UK Government.

It's not just that Government has to wrangle Brexit

through Brussels and Parliament, but deal with other pressures

and disagreements - on public sector pay

Above all, the disagreements have emerged into daylight

because the discipline Theresa May had imposed on the Tories

has all but disappeared since the general election.

Tomorrow, she will warn the cabinet to behave,

to keep their views to themselves, but those

with desire for the top job believe the game is on.

I think whoever is doing it, everybody needs to get

into a cold bath or shower, and then get together

and have a warm pint afterwards because this is damaging.

It's damaging to the party, to the Parliamentary MPs,

Remember him, urging the Tories today to inspire,

The risk for the Tories - the current generation hurts each

From the UK to the US, where it is Made in America week

at the White House - there will be a show of goods

on the South Lawn as President Trump promotes US manufacturing.

But when it comes to legislation there are fears that the Senate's

health care bill may be stalled after Senator John McCain

underwent surgery and is out for at least a week.

And the President has once again tweeted his support for his son

Don Jr, who met with a Russian lawyer during the election campaign.

Here to help us through it all is the BBC's Anthony Zurcher.

The White House is trying to shift the focus back to the economy but

bringing jobs and manufacturing back to the US is easier said than done.

Absolutely, happy Made in America wait to you. There is a running

theme over this year, the Trump Administration have tried to focus

on infrastructure, jobs, spending on infrastructure. It is become a

running joke because these weeks tend to get sidetracked by Don

from's own statements. He was tweeting about a woman's golf

tournament over the weekend and the infrastructure week was sidetracked

by James Komi's testimony. Nobody really mentioned anything about

infrastructure week at the time and nobody has talked about it since, so

there are lorries and fire trucks and construction equipment scattered

over the lawn of the White House but we will see if it can break through

the messages. Let's get back to the Tbits as he wants to do before the

summer is out, health care reform, a stumbling block with news that John

McCain is recovering from can -- surgery? John Mike Kane was a

reliable vote for health care reform, it shows if Republicans lose

one reliable vote they may not be able to pass the bill. Also the

budget office scoring of the impact on unemployed people may not come

out in time, Republicans have extended their stay here in

Washington for a couple of weeks in August but may not get to work. The

president has also reiterated his support for his son Don Junior, last

week you could have said was Russian e-mail week. What more can we expect

on that? It is a steady drip of new information, we are finding out

about new people who attended this meeting, a Russian American

lobbyists who said documents were handed over, some detail on possible

ties between the Democrats and Russia, something Donald Junior has

said never happened, so it seems like every new story, there is a new

reason for the Trump Administration to get on the defensive. I spoke to

said they don't mind the Russian thing because they think a lot of it

is made up by the media. The President's approval ratings came

out and were not good for him. They show a record low for his

Administration at 36%, which is lower than Barack Obama or George W

Bush at the same point in their administrations. Republican support

is still high, 80%, it is Democrats and independents who are becoming

strongly opposed to him. That may undermine Republicans trying to run

for election next year but that is still a long way off and Democrats,

a majority think American Democrats only stand for anti-Trump, not for

anything on their own. Democrats need to find their own issue to

campaign on, they cannot just be the anti-Donald Trump party. Thank you,

Anthony. Well, among President Trump's

promises on the campaign trail was an immigration crackdown -

with a pledge to deport So far arrests have risen but actual

deportations haven't. But a special report by the BBC's

Panorama programme reveals that thousands of undocumented immigrants

with no criminal records are also being caught in these sweeps,

with families split apart One morning in May,

when they were getting ready for school in their home

in San Diego, California, border patrol officers came

and arrested both of their parents. They just came up to my mum

and told her she was arrested Their parents, Rosenda

and Francisco Duarte Snr, have been living in America

illegally the 21 years. Border patrol initially

suspected them of involvement in international human trafficking,

but later dropped the accusation. The Duarte parents run

a small ice cream business The first night alone,

the children all moved their beds Francisco, the older brother, now

does his best to run the household. The border guards knew

they were leaving a teenager They just asked me,

are you Francisco? They said, OK, you can

take care of them. So they just left you here

with all the family? President Trump came to office

on a promise to prioritise We have some bad hombres here

and we are going to get them out. In his first 100 days,

41,000 illegals or suspected Most were criminals,

but there was a massive spike in people like the Duartes

being arrested, non-criminals President Trump's supporters

say the administration Nobody wants families split

and the way to ensure that, if you are a family,

is to not come to this Sometimes the sins of the father

are visited upon the sons, and that's unfortunate,

but the Government didn't The Duartes went to see their

parents in the immigrant detention Their mother has since been released

on bail, but both parents still face possible deportation,

as now do any of America's Today the Washington Post reported

that the United Arab Emirates hacked into Qatari government news websites

and social media, posting inflammatory false quotes attributed

to the Emir of Qatar. Those reports then sparked

the ongoing upheaval between Qatar and its neighbours which led

to the cutting of diplomatic ties. The UAE Minister of State

for Foreign Affairs, Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash,

spoke to the BBC's Lucy Hockings earlier today and issued this

denial of the report. This is a crisis. Every day there is

a new allegation and there was an allegation about us asking for the

withdrawal of Qatar from hosting the World Cup, today it is this one,

completely untrue. They are quite specific allegations from US

intelligence. And it said than defied also. Washington Post is

quoting intelligence sources. You believe there was a hack? I just

want to say the story is completely untrue. I haven't read the story

yet, I have seen the reports but it is untrue. It says your country

hacked Qatar's news websites. And posted comments that said that

"Qatar's ruler praises Do you think he would have

said those comments? Very diplomatically

sensitive comments. No, I think if you look

at the comments, they are very consistent with what they have been

doing. I'm talking about the hack,

completely untrue. They also said that on the 23rd

of May, senior members of your government discussed

the plan and its implementation. Again, the whole story

is completely untrue. For the first time in nearly two

years, South Korea has proposed The proposal comes in spite

of the test earlier this month of what many experts say

was Pyongyang's first President Moon Jae-in,

who took over leadership of the South in May,

has said he wants to see closer engagement with the North

to de-escalate what he describes But how will that sit with the US

and regional allies? We are joined from Washington

now by Balbina Hwang, who formerly served in the State

department and is now These engagement the right way to

handle the North Korean situation? I don't think only engagement, I think

it has to be engagement along with all other types of Africa, including

upping some of the pressure against these outrageous activities North

Korea conducts, and that is what President Moon Jae-in has said will

be his policy. How do you think countries like the US who have been

promising at tougher stance on North Korea will take this? The Trump

Administration has declared that it will pursue a tougher stance but it

has also made clear that it is also interested in types of engagement,

including diplomatic and political engagement, so I believe there is

full support from the US and I hope the cupboard nation between the

Allies is close. What about other players in the region? This is in

line with what China has claimed it has wanted for several decades and I

don't think anybody else would oppose this approach, not even

Japan, and I think Shinzo a also understands there has to be some

sort of engagement along with continued pressure to stop North

Korea's illicit activities. This is the intention to hold these talks

but what is the likelihood of that happening? There is been so much

debate about engagement were not and whether one is better than the

other, I think we have moved beyond the debate about engagement, the

point about engagement is it only works if both sides of the party

participate, and the problem is not the engagement itself but that North

Korea has consistently refused for the last six years to engage, so we

will have to see if North Korea will respond to President Moon's

approaches. Does this gesture from South Korea are effectively

legitimise North Korea's actions at the moment? I suppose some would

argue that but I think we have moved beyond that point. What I like about

this recent proposal from President Moon is that he is talking about

military engagements and that is critical. Some of the broad gestures

he has ventured is starting a co-economic involvement project, and

reunion groups, to me those are gestures which I am not certain

would get North Korea to take action. It is really military action

and military talks are crucial if North Korea is willing to

participate. Thank you for joining us and we will see if those talks to

happen. Let's take a look at some of

the other stories making the news. The United Nations says the number

of civilian casualties in Afghanistan has reached a record

high in the first half of 2017. In a new report, the UN said more

than 1600 people were killed from January to the end of June,

an increase of 2% The majority of the victims died

in attacks by the Taliban Two bomb blasts have killed at least

nine people in the city of Maiduguri A female suicide bomber blew

herself up at a mosque, killing eight people

during morning prayers. In another incident,

the police say Boko Haram insurgents forcefully strapped explosives

to a ten-year-old boy Relatives of the mostly Dutch

passengers of the Malaysia Airlines flight shot down over Ukraine three

years ago have gathered for a ceremony in the Netherlands

to dedicate a memorial forest The memorial site is close

to Schiphol Airport, where Flight MH17 left on its last

journey three years ago. Investigators say the rocket that

brought down the plane was fired from territory controlled

by Russian-backed rebels. A terminally ill man has

begun a legal challenge against the ban on assisted dying

in England and Wales. 67-year-old Noel Conway has

motor neurone disease. He says he fears becoming entombed

in his body and wants to be able to choose when and where he dies,

without those who aid Currently it is illegal

to help someone to die. Our medical correspondent

Fergus Walsh reports. It's an issue which polarises

opinion, and keeps coming The latest challenge

is from Noel Conway from Shropshire, who was too weak to attend

today's hearing. Motor neurone disease

means he increasingly Once fit and active, his muscles

are progressively wasting. He fears how he will die,

and wants a doctor to be allowed I want to be able to say goodbye

to the people that I love at the right time, not to be

in a zombie-like condition, suffering both physically

and psychologically. It is only three years

since the Supreme Court rejected a similar plea for a right to die

from Tony Nicklinson, though he was not considered

to be terminally ill. The blanket ban on assisted dying

has been challenged many times, and in every case, the courts have

rejected the central argument that the current law breaches human

rights by preventing people Mr Conway's lawyers argue

that his challenge is different, as it applies to a narrow group

of people - those who are terminally ill, with less than six months

to live, and who have a settled But those safeguards have already

failed to persuade Parliament. It's only two years since MPs

overwhelmingly rejected proposals Baroness Jane Campbell,

a disability rights campaigner, says changing the law would send

all the wrong signals, This case must not become law

because it will burden disabled people across the country,

who will not feel safe without the protection of a law

that says it is wrong Noel Conway's health is faltering,

and he knows he may die The High Court will reserve

its judgment until October, and it may then go all the way

to the Supreme Court. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

have arrived in Warsaw for the first part of an official visit to both

Poland and Germany Along with them are

their three-year-old son George and two-year-old

daughter Charlotte. From Warsaw, our royal

correspondent Peter Hunt reports. At three, he's far too young to know

if he's a reluctant royal, but Prince George definitely wasn't

keen to embrace Warsaw One future king did persuade another

one to follow in his footsteps. On the tarmac, George struck

a nonchalant pose and practised A fidgeting toddler

with a lifetime under an intense Princess Charlotte's freedom

of movement was constrained The language divide isn't

the only challenge. Here, a country that relatively

recently embraced the EU is welcoming royals from one

on its way out of the institution. The nitty-gritty of Brexit

will not feature here. Rather, William and Kate

are in Warsaw to remind people of the depth of past links

and the potential for future ones Warsaw's past on display

on a memorial wall to those murdered when, during the Second World War,

the Poles tried and failed You wore this all the time

during the uprising? Marjenna Schejbal, aged 20,

joined the Warsaw uprising. Now 92, she said they had

to fight for independence. We couldn't stand any longer those

misbehavings from Germany. The spoken-for royal

with an admirer in the crowd. A crowd like others elsewhere,

curious to see the future And the Duke and Duchess of

Cambridge will head to Germany for the next leg of that tour.

More than 60 years ago, a feisty little girl named Eloise

Her adventures in the Plaza Hotel entertained many who read the books

Now an exhibition in Manhattan is celebrating

the book that Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight created.

It's appropriately named Eloise at the Museum

Eloise landed with a skibble and a squeak at the Plaza Hotel

She was a six-year-old girl, no parents, no siblings, just nanny,

living in luxury at this splendid hotel, and America

I think the secret of Eloise's charm and allure is twofold -

one, it's that voice, that funny voice that

The other part is Hilary Knight's drawings, which are full

of marvellous detail and rhythm and gesture and mime.

When a child reads a picture book he enters into the book

and that was what I was trying to accomplish in the gallery here -

you enter the Plaza, you see the house phones and you can

pick up a house phone and hear Bernadette Peters reading

You see Eloise at Christmas time and you see a beautiful suite

of finished drawings from Eloise in Moscow, which was published

in 1959 and was the last book in the original series.

In the middle of the Cold War, Kay and Hilary went to the Soviet Union.

It's like Kay's prank phone call to the Soviets.

She's spoofing the harshness of the Soviet regime by contrasting

it with this little girl from the decadent West,

this rich young thing who arrives in a Rolls-Royce.

To be a really successful picture book you have to do three things.

You have to have an amazing heroine or hero, you have to evoke

a wonderful spot like the Plaza, and you have to last

through several generations, and Eloise has done all three

And the adventures of Haagen-Dazs end our programme here and her

stories have spanned generations. Don't forget you can get

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