21/07/2017 World News Today

bringing the odd rumble of thunder. Good BA degree also warmer with

highs of 16 to 20 degrees. The White House press secretary,

Sean Spicer, resigns after President Trump appoints

Anthony Scaramucci as his But the new man said

there were no hard feelings. His attitude is Anthony is coming in

let me clear the slate for Anthony, and I do appreciate that about Sean

and I love him for it. But I don't have any friction with Sean.

Torn apart by civil war, Yemen is now in the grip of what aid

Palestinian leader suspends all of cholera in the world

Palestinian leader suspends all conflicts with Israel amid clashes

of the streets of A BBC investigation into online

abuse reveals children as young as nine are being groomed

using the Periscope app Hello, and welcome

to World News Today. Donald Trump's press

secretary Sean Spicer, one of the most recognisable faces

of the White House It's apparently in protest

at the president's decision to appointment a former Wall Street

banker as his new head Mr Spicer, famous for his angry

outbursts at reporters during media briefings,

hasn't been as visible in recent weeks, prompting speculation

he'd been sidelined. Sarah Huckabee 's Spicer will

replace Mr Spicer. I'm grateful for Sean's work

on behalf of the administration I wish him continued success

as he moves on to pursue new Just look at his great

television ratings. Sean will continue to serve

the administration through August. The president has also

appointed Anthony Scaramucci I have a statement on his

appointment as well. Anthony is a person

I have great respect for. He will be in a pool,

an important addition to this He has been a great

supporter and will now help implement key aspects of our agenda

while leading the communications We have accomplished so much

and we are being given credit for The good news is that people get it,

even if the media doesn't. Well, the man she was just talking

about, is President Trump's new communications director

Anthony Scaramucci, a former He took the opportunity to deny

that there were tensions I would love to have Sean here. He

decided that he thought it would be better to go and for me in relation

to him it speaks volumes to who he is as a human being, as a team

player. His attitude is Anthony is coming in, let me clear the slate

for him. I do appreciate that about Sean and I love him for it. But I

don't have any friction with Sean, I don't have any friction. This is the

White House, the USA, we are selling the president. And I want to make

sure that our cultural template is that we put the President's agenda

first which is perfect for the American people and we serve his

interests. So if we have a little bit of friction inside the White

House as a result of that, it's OK, we can all live with that, either

business person, I'm used to dealing with friction. That was Anthony

Scaramucci, the new communications Scaramucci, the new communications

director speaking in a press conference a little while earlier.

Let's cross over to The BBC's Gary O'Donoghue

is in Washington for us. He promised to answer lots of

to what we had before. Very punchy, to what we had before. Very punchy,

combative, briefings. He did one of those press conferences that people

often do to clear the air, where you kind of advice as many questions as

people can throw at you. So he went round the room asking, answering

multiple questions and hitting some of the controversial issues that

people will ask about him, number one, does he have a good

relationship with the President's chief of staff. They have previously

been questions about that. Number two, does he have the experience?

He's been a financier in the past, not a communications person,

certainly not someone in charge of the munitions for the White House.

Three, can he get the White House back on track, get the what message

out there. That is certainly the frustration on the part of the

president that has led to this big change. He believes his message

isn't getting across. And we have seen Sean Spicer bit by bit edged

out over the last few weeks, doing fewer and fewer briefings, many not

trip to Paris last week, did not get trip to Paris last week, did not get

on the plane, not on Air Force One. And now he has finally had to

resign. And I think that was coming, certainly the appointment of

Scaramucci made it inevitable. It Scaramucci made it inevitable. It

and Anthony Scaramucci said they and Anthony Scaramucci said they

would refer back to President Trump. He is the boss, he is very much in

charge in this relationship. I think that reflects the idea that Donald

Trump believes he is his own best secretary. -- press secretary. He

believes he can communicate better than anyone else. You often hear him

bragging about the amount of people following him on social media. He

knows how that can move the news cycle. He believes he has his own

best spokesman. I think that is one of the frustrations he has felt was

Sean Spicer. What you saw there was him getting some new people in that

he trusts, I think he likes Sarah Sanders, her approach has been a lot

more charming towards the press, she is more charming than Sean Spicer

was. That is certainly true. But Scaramucci also knows the boss is

understands the communications understands the communications

business and Scaramucci will take his lead from him. Very

diplomatically put. Thank you very much.

Yemen is now facing the worst cholera outbreak

The aid agency Oxfam says this is the worst outbreak ever

And, according to Oxfam, there are hundreds of thousands

And this is a man made disaster: Yemen has been torn apart

by a brutal civil war for over two years.

The BBC's Nawal Al Maghawi is in Yemen's capital Sanaa.

People here question how much more they can take.

War and poverty have combined to mean cholera swept through this

Unless treated quickly, this waterborne disease can kill.

Most have walked hours to get treatment, but only the

Aid agencies are doing what they can, but the magnitude

of this outbreak is outstripping their ability to respond.

One person dies in Yemen every hour from cholera.

This is the world's largest humanitarian crisis,

And civil servants like the doctors and nurses here haven't received

There's one thing that people here keep telling me,

and it is that they feel completely forgotten by the world.

People face the biggest threat in rural areas.

In this one village alone, 20 people have died

Hours from the nearest town, it was impossible for people

Together with his sister Hind, they can't afford

The truth is that for many in this country there

Here on the edge of the village is the only source of water.

The people know it is infected, but with no other options,

The Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has suspended all official contacts

with Israel until it removes metal detectors from the disputed site

The installation of the detectors havs sparked running battles

with Israeli defence forces and protesters that have left

And so it began. What the Palestinians said would be a day of

rage. They'd gathered in their hundreds, the Israelis said men

under 50 would not be allowed to go into the old city and perform Friday

prayers at the holy site. So the Palestinians prayed in the streets.

And then the tensions exploded. The violins played out in pockets in

different parts of occupied East Jerusalem. Fierce exchanges in the

sacred city. When the tear gas eventually cleared, arrests were

made. In Jerusalem and in violence in the West Bank, hundreds have been

wounded. There were fatalities to. At the centre of attention, Muslims

call it... Dues, the Temple Mount. Last week this was the scene of

violence. Israeli Arab gunmen killed two policemen were hunted down and

courtyard. So the Israelis installed these metal detectors at the gates.

Palestinians vehemently opposed this. Many refused to go through the

detectors into the mosque compound. Instead they started praying in the

street outside. For these people, the new security measures are an

attempt by their occupiers to secure more control over a place that sits

at the very heart of the religious and political divisions between

Israel and the Palestinians. Reasonable thinking, reasonable

behaviour, and that extremism and racism is the way to solve problems.

Palestinians in any case will not accept any compromise about the

mosque. The Israelis say the detectors are only in place to keep

everyone say. A week ago today Muslim radical terrorists went in

and murdered two Israeli policeman after smuggling in rifles. The only

way that we can defend ourselves is by placing those metal detectors.

And so after Jerusalem's day of rage, then metal detectives remain

in place, this latest bitter dispute is not over. The dangerous stand-off

will continue. Let's take a look at some of

the other stories making the news. America says it has withheld

remaining military payments to Pakistan for this year because the

secretary of December defence could not certify that Islamabad was

headlining network. Pakistan has headlining network. Pakistan has

already received more than half $1 billion in military aid this year.

This decision means $50 million will not be released. The National

Assembly in Venezuela has appointed 13 new judges to the supreme court.

to the Supreme Court in a move that could spark a legal wrangle.

The lawmakers say they have the right to name and fire justices

under the constitution, but the Court itself has warned

that the move is illegal and that the appointees

The Supreme Court has blocked all bills introduced by the assembly

since the opposition won control last year.

The Emir of Qatar has been making a rare televised speech

in which he criticised his Gulf neighbours for imposing

a blockade on his country, which he described as a collective

Despite this he said life was going on normally.

He thanked both the US and Russia for their support and especially

Stay with us on BBC World News, still to come.

In the wake of Matic protests in Poland, Parliament looks super pass

a bill about the Supreme Court judges.

It's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. A

catastrophic engine fire is being blamed tonight for the first crash

in the 30 year history of Concord, the world's only supersonic

airliner. It was one of the most vivid symbols of the violence and

hatred that tore apart the state of Yugoslavia, but now a decade later

it has been painstakingly rebuilt and opens again today. There's been

an increase in malfunctioning sperm an increase in malfunctioning sperm

unable to swim properly. Thousands of households across the country are

suspiciously quiet this lunchtime as children bury their noses in the

final instalment of Harry Potter. Welcome to BBC World News today. Our

mains headlines this hour. The White House press secretary,

Sean Spicer, has resigned after President Trump appointed

Anthony Scaramucci as his But the new man denied there

were tensions over his appointment. The people of Yemen call for foreign

help as cholera hits hundreds A BBC investigation

has found evidence of being groomed on the

live-streaming app Periscope. Launched two years ago,

Periscope allows its millions of users to broadcast live

from their phone. But our team found children

streaming video live from their classrooms

and even their bedrooms - Twitter, which owns the app,

says it has zero tolerance Our correspondent

Angus Crawford reports. Not learning, but broadcasting,

live from the back of a lesson. But this isn't just

an innocent chat. We found pupils live

streaming across the country. And they've all been using this -

Periscope, an app owned by Twitter, which allows users to broadcast

live from anywhere. And our investigation found children

using it in their own bedrooms and being groomed in front

of our eyes. This child is still in her school

uniform, probably 12, Talking straight into the camera

and there is one, two, three, four, five, six,

seven requests already. One of them is asking

the size of her bra. Someone has just asked her

to unbutton her shirt. The age limit is meant to be

13, but we easily find So right now it's my first

time playing this app. What do you mean by,

"Up top, please?" We passed the details of all these

children to the police, and showed what we found

to the NSPCC's head Well, it's very

disturbing, isn't it? To see children as young as nine

when they're so vulnerable and being so clearly groomed

for sexual purposes What's really worrying about

Periscope is the way it uses maps. If I go live from here on a street

corner in west London, then anyone can zoom in and find out

exactly where I am. Twitter refused an interview

request, but said in a statement, But our investigation showed

children openly being groomed. The question for Periscope -

can young people really broadcast Poland's parliament is expected

to vote though a bill that would force the removal

of the country's Supreme Court judges -

a move which is seen to threaten The bill was passed

through the lower house just nine Demonstrations are continuing

in the capital Warsaw tonight in a last ditch effort to stop

the bill from going through. Earlier I spoke with

Dr Malgorzata Bonikowska from Polish think tank,

the Centre for International Relations, about the divisions

in the country as a result All the situation is really serious

now and it is very sad because it seems we are losing the ability to

discuss things. It is also among people. People, in Polish society is

very divided. It seems like it is one step too far. No one says the

ruling party doesn't have a right to post the changes, or implement

reforms, but the way they are doing this and what they are proposing is

very controversial and needs wide political debate. But the Government

is not open to that. So the question is not open to that. So the question

would be how are we able to build community if we just want to accept

one point of view and Polish society as a very difficult and complex

history. There are people who think many different ways here. Not all

the people support the party. So the question is are we still able to

make a dialogue to discuss. By the way, this is why people go out to

protest and this is really serious. Protests are massive all over the

country. Because we are very much, this is how we started our

transformation process. In the late 80s, even before the Berlin Wall

collapsed, we had a Round Table discussion, after 26 years it seems

like this furniture is not needed and that is why people are wary and

frightened. Because we understand very well that society is divided,

we need to discuss the things, there are people who think in many

different ways here, so only the way and dialogue can save us. Otherwise

we are heading nowhere. So when you talk about dialogue, the EU has

voiced its concerns. The Government have a rocky relationship with

Brussels, but will they listen to what the international community has

expressed? The answer is we do not know. We just hope they well. This

is something we can expect from the US administration, in not a very

formal way. Somehow behind-the-scenes this can happen

and is definitely happening, this push for sitting together,

discussing things with the opposition also, with the EU the

situation is better because we are a member state so we are a part of the

European Union. It means it is not really a foreign country or

organisation for us, we are a part of it. We are a part of all the EU

institutions. And of course for the European Union it is a very serious

challenge now because one of the member states isn't behaving in the

way the others do. So the question is what the European institutions

can do. Let's get all the sports news. The

American Jordan Spieth leads the open golf after overcoming some of

the worst weather the British summer could throw at him. He's the only

player to register two rounds under par at Royal Birkdale and has a two

shot lead on six under par. Here is the leaderboard into the weekend.

Only ten players under par in total. Spieth's two shot lead is over Matt

Kuchar. He is a further shot Ian Poulter and the US Open champion

Brooks Koepka. One of those players back in contention after a pretty

good round in those poor conditions, Rory McIlroy, he hit a 68 today that

leaves him on one under par. He is tied for sixth. Anything around even

par in those conditions as readers go today. I dropped the best

possible start, I continued where I left off last night, I made some

birdies early on and that gave me a birdies early on and that gave me a

bit of a cushion to play with. I bit of a cushion to play with. I

needed to make some big up and downs around the middle of the round, but

I did exactly what I wanted to do, get in and finish the tour

management under par for the first two days. Let's see what the guys do

this afternoon. Henrik Stenson is eight shots off the lead after

burgled during Thursday's first burgled during Thursday's

round, with value or personal items round, with value or personal items

stolen. Not too much on the effect of today's round. But spending four

hours with the police and going out to dinner. That was a different

evening. Let's put it away. He seen Bolt has won his last race before he

defends the 100 metres title in London. He won in the diamond league

meeting in Monaco. Perhaps not the quality of field he will face in

London but a season's best of 9.95 seconds nevertheless. And the first

time he has gone under ten seconds for the whole of this season so far.

Defending champion Chris flume has strengthened his trip on the Tour de

France, maintaining a 23 second lead ahead of the final two stages. A

Norwegian one stage 19, of the first time in six years. Here is more.

Another day closer to Paris and it could not have been less eventful if

he had written it himself. With so many tired legs after the Alps and

so few top sprinters left in the race, a breakaway was allowed to

stay away. 20 riders and whittled down to nine near the end and then

by way of taking a roundabout on the right rather than the left, one saw

the chance of a solo victory and a the chance of a solo victory and a

Norwegian who lost in the tightest photo finish I've ever seen earlier

in the race finally secured his first stage win since 2011 while

Chris and the main field rolled home relaxed over 11 minutes later.

And Chelsea have completed the signing of the Spain striker from

real Madrid for a club record fee. The 24-year-old has signed a

five-year deal and will join the Premier League champions on their

pre-season tour of Asia. He scored 20 goals in La Liga for Real. That

is all sportsmen. Royal visits can be tiring for even

for the most experienced members of the family,

but for two-year old Princess Charlotte, daughter

of the Prince William and Duchess of Cambridge - at the end

of the five day tour to Poland and Germany,

it all proved a bit too much. As the Cambridge's prepared to leave

Hamburg this afternoon, For rock from all of us, thanks for

watching, see you