:00:00. > :00:11.There's further upheaval for Donald Trump as White House
:00:12. > :00:13.press secretary Sean Spicer resigns after a disagreement with
:00:14. > :00:22.the President over the appointment of a new communications director.
:00:23. > :00:26.Torn apart by civil war, Yemen is now in the grip of what aid
:00:27. > :00:28.agencies say is the worst outbreak of cholera in the world
:00:29. > :00:32.A BBC investigation into online abuse reveals children as young
:00:33. > :00:35.as nine are being groomed using the Periscope app
:00:36. > :00:47.Searing lyrics and musical curiosity...
:00:48. > :00:50.We look back at the life of Linkin Park singer
:00:51. > :01:07.Chester Bennington, who has died aged 41.
:01:08. > :01:10.Hello and welcome to World News Today.
:01:11. > :01:11.Donald Trump's press secretary, Sean Spicer,
:01:12. > :01:14.one of the most recognisable faces of the White House
:01:15. > :01:20.It follows the US president's appointment of a former
:01:21. > :01:25.Wall Street banker as his new head of communications.
:01:26. > :01:27.Mr Spicer, famous for his angry outbursts at reporters
:01:28. > :01:31.during media briefings, hasn't been as visible in recent
:01:32. > :01:41.weeks, prompting speculation he'd been sidelined.
:01:42. > :01:50.He said he will stay in post for a few weeks to help the transition. We
:01:51. > :01:57.are expecting a live press conference shortly, but first up
:01:58. > :01:58.macro I'm now joined in the studio
:01:59. > :02:00.by our Washington Correspondent macro Correspondent
:02:01. > :02:17.Rajini Vaidyanathan. and not above evil. Sean Spicer was
:02:18. > :02:26.the Faith -- a lot of up evil. Sean Spicer became the face of the White
:02:27. > :02:33.House. He became the story. He gave a frosty news conference when he was
:02:34. > :02:39.talking about the number of people who came to the inauguration and at
:02:40. > :02:44.the end, he stormed out. It set the tone for the relationship between
:02:45. > :02:49.the White House and the media. He became well-known in popular culture
:02:50. > :02:55.because he was parodied on Saturday Night Live, a popular comedy show.
:02:56. > :03:00.He became the story. One of the biggest issue is when it came to the
:03:01. > :03:03.relationship that we have with the president is that President Trump
:03:04. > :03:08.thinks on his own and does not always communicate what he is
:03:09. > :03:15.thinking to his own press secretary. Often you saw Sean Spicer having to
:03:16. > :03:17.say, the Tweet speaks for itself because the president was
:03:18. > :03:24.circumventing his own communications team. So there was speculation for a
:03:25. > :03:29.while that his days were numbered but we did not expecting to go in
:03:30. > :03:35.this manner. It's a surprise that this new person is going to be the
:03:36. > :03:41.head of Kevin occasions. Sean Spicer did not have the easiest job in the
:03:42. > :03:45.world, but the New York Times say that he resigned because he opposed
:03:46. > :03:52.the new appointment. What does this say about the White House
:03:53. > :03:58.administration? Let's just explain about the new man. He is in New
:03:59. > :04:02.York, Wall Street financier. He owns Skye Bridge capital, he is a hedge
:04:03. > :04:10.fund man and teen owes Donald Trump from his New York -- and he knows
:04:11. > :04:17.Donald Trump from his New York days. He spoke out in favour of Donald
:04:18. > :04:23.Trump. Donald Trump will feel that he has his loyalty. That is so
:04:24. > :04:27.important to be president. He likes to surround himself who is saying
:04:28. > :04:36.from the same in sheet as him. But in many ways it is an interesting
:04:37. > :04:46.appointment. He has no experience. It says that other people like the
:04:47. > :04:52.chief of staff oppose him. This is Donald Trump draining the swamp. A
:04:53. > :04:57.nonpolitician bringing in another nonpolitician to the White House.
:04:58. > :05:01.Sean Spicer is an establishment politician. He was press secretary
:05:02. > :05:06.for the Republican National committee. An establishment
:05:07. > :05:14.politician who understand the mechanics of it. That sums up what
:05:15. > :05:17.is a divide in the White House, the establishment people like Sean
:05:18. > :05:22.Spicer who have come from the Republican National committee and
:05:23. > :05:25.seasoned political operators, and other people without political
:05:26. > :05:29.experience who have been hired by the president. The president prefers
:05:30. > :05:35.those who are more loyal and perhaps tell him what he likes the year. We
:05:36. > :05:41.will have to wait and see but we are expecting a press briefing shortly.
:05:42. > :05:47.We are expecting the deputy press secretary, who has been increasingly
:05:48. > :05:51.more visible recently, Van Sean Spicer, she will say a few words.
:05:52. > :05:55.That is a live shot their of the White House. That is where we are
:05:56. > :06:00.expecting the press conference to take place. Now a reminder of what
:06:01. > :06:34.has been going on with Gavin Hewitt. Sean Spicer, the White House
:06:35. > :06:38.press secretary, and one of the faces of the Trump
:06:39. > :06:40.administration, has resigned. Spicer has been involved in a number
:06:41. > :06:43.of high-profile controversies. Early on, he found himself having
:06:44. > :06:45.to defend the crowd size at Donald Trump's inauguration,
:06:46. > :06:48.compared to that of Barack Obama. This was the largest
:06:49. > :06:50.audience to ever witness an inauguration period,
:06:51. > :06:52.both in person and around the globe. The pictures clearly
:06:53. > :06:53.suggested otherwise. Then there were Sean Spicer's
:06:54. > :06:56.about comments Hitler and the use of chemical weapons that
:06:57. > :06:57.drew international criticism. We didn't use chemical
:06:58. > :07:00.weapons in World War II, You know, someone as
:07:01. > :07:03.despicable as Hitler, who didn't even think to the,
:07:04. > :07:05.to the using chemical weapons. Sean Spicer found himself
:07:06. > :07:07.under close scrutiny from Donald Trump, who prizes
:07:08. > :07:09.good on-camera performances. In particular, President Trump began
:07:10. > :07:11.looking for a strong defender as his problems mounted,
:07:12. > :07:13.in particular with the investigation into whether there was collusion
:07:14. > :07:16.between the Trump campaign and Russia during last
:07:17. > :07:17.year's election. So today the president
:07:18. > :07:29.appointed Anthony Scaramucci, a Wall Street financier,
:07:30. > :07:31.as his communications director. Shortly after, Sean Spicer abruptly
:07:32. > :07:33.resigned, suggesting some turmoil In recent times, there
:07:34. > :07:36.were indications Sean Spicer He was giving fewer and fewer
:07:37. > :07:39.on-camera briefings. But his allies say there
:07:40. > :07:41.was a deeper problem. He was out there defending
:07:42. > :07:43.White House policy only for the President himself to issue
:07:44. > :07:46.a tweet later that seemed Today's moves indicate that
:07:47. > :07:54.Donald Trump, under pressure, sees the need to have an able
:07:55. > :07:57.communicator who will both defend Yemen is now facing
:07:58. > :08:10.the worst cholera outbreak The aid agency Oxfam says this
:08:11. > :08:16.is the worst outbreak ever And, according to Oxfam,
:08:17. > :08:22.there are hundreds of thousands Yemen has been torn apart
:08:23. > :08:26.by a brutal civil war The BBC's Nawal Al Maghawi
:08:27. > :08:33.is in Yemen's capital Sanaa. People here question how
:08:34. > :08:40.much more they can take. War and poverty have combined
:08:41. > :08:43.to mean cholera swept through this Unless treated quickly,
:08:44. > :08:51.this waterborne disease can kill. Most have walked hours to get
:08:52. > :08:54.treatment, but may be Aid agencies are doing
:08:55. > :09:21.what they can, but the magnitude of this outbreak is outstripping
:09:22. > :09:25.their ability to respond. One person dies in Yemen
:09:26. > :09:30.every hour from cholera. This is the world's largest
:09:31. > :09:33.humanitarian crisis, And civil servants like the doctors
:09:34. > :09:42.and nurses here haven't received There's one thing that people
:09:43. > :09:46.here keep telling me, and it is that they feel completely
:09:47. > :09:53.forgotten by the world. People face the biggest
:09:54. > :09:56.threat in rural areas. In this one village alone,
:09:57. > :09:59.20 people have died Hours from the nearest town,
:10:00. > :10:05.it was impossible for people Together with his sister
:10:06. > :10:12.Hind, they can't afford The truth is that for many
:10:13. > :10:27.in this country there Here on the edge of the village
:10:28. > :10:33.is the only source of water. The people know it is infected,
:10:34. > :10:36.but with no other options, Let's take a look at some of
:10:37. > :10:50.the other stories making the news. The US Secretary of State,
:10:51. > :10:52.Rex Tillerson, says Washington is satisfied with Qatar's efforts
:10:53. > :10:55.to implement an agreement to halt Mr Tillerson said that in response,
:10:56. > :10:59.Qatar's neighbours should Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain
:11:00. > :11:05.have plunged the Qataris into economic isolation
:11:06. > :11:09.after accusing them The United States says it has
:11:10. > :11:15.withheld remaining military payments to Pakistan for this year
:11:16. > :11:18.because the Secretary of Defence, Jim Mattis, could not certify that
:11:19. > :11:21.Islamabad was taking sufficient Pakistan has already received more
:11:22. > :11:29.than $500 million in military aid this year and the decision
:11:30. > :11:32.by Mr Mattis means $50 million An official report in India says
:11:33. > :11:38.that food served on board the country's trains and at railway
:11:39. > :11:41.stations is unfit The annual audit report
:11:42. > :11:47.said its inspection had found that some food was contaminated,
:11:48. > :11:50.while packaged and bottled items Palestinian authorities say three
:11:51. > :12:10.people are dead and dozens more have been injured as running battles
:12:11. > :12:12.continue to erupt with Israeli The violence was sparked after tight
:12:13. > :12:15.security restrictions were placed on one of Jerusalem's
:12:16. > :12:17.most holy sites. The Palestinian Health Ministry
:12:18. > :12:19.attributed two of the deaths to Israeli gunfire but
:12:20. > :12:34.the circumstances surrounding Tom Bateman is following events.
:12:35. > :12:47.People have been trying to get past these police lines.
:12:48. > :12:56.There is a crowd made up entirely of men. They have been at this
:12:57. > :13:00.barricade where they have been held back as metal security gates. In
:13:01. > :13:04.this very large crowd, what has been happening is occasionally a woman
:13:05. > :13:08.has come through, the crowd have led them through and the police are
:13:09. > :13:16.allowing them through. Police are allowing them as well. Because women
:13:17. > :13:19.are allowed. There is a situation of tension with people trying to come
:13:20. > :13:24.through and the police pushing them back. A few moments ago, we see
:13:25. > :13:27.people running from officers, pushing back and tear gas being
:13:28. > :13:30.thrown. Our correspondent doesn't is in
:13:31. > :13:36.Bethlehem and sent this report. Palestinian worshippers
:13:37. > :13:38.across the West Bank aren't praying inside their mosques today
:13:39. > :13:40.but they have come outside here in Bethlehem, there on the streets
:13:41. > :13:43.under the hot sun with their prayer mats and this is a symbolically
:13:44. > :13:46.important location because just along there is the road to Jerusalem
:13:47. > :13:48.and it's now blocked You can see the Israeli military
:13:49. > :13:52.watchtower over there. The Friday sermon has been
:13:53. > :13:55.about the need to protect the Al Aqsa Mosque and the Dome
:13:56. > :13:59.of the Rock that lies Palestinians see themselves
:14:00. > :14:05.as the guardians of these places, the third holiest site in Islam,
:14:06. > :14:09.and emotions are Palestinians took a decision
:14:10. > :14:18.to fight for their dignity. All the people who are coming
:14:19. > :14:23.here came here to raise their voice. Jerusalem is a red line,
:14:24. > :14:26.we will not allow occupation Now those unusual prayers are turned
:14:27. > :14:40.into protest very quickly. Already there has been skunk water
:14:41. > :14:43.fired, a sticky liquid, by the Israeli soldiers,
:14:44. > :15:11.they are using stun Now I want to take you back to
:15:12. > :15:16.Washington where we are waiting for a briefing. We are expecting the
:15:17. > :15:21.deputy press secretary to give us a little more detail on the breaking
:15:22. > :15:27.news that Sean Spicer has quit. Reportedly in protest at a shake-up
:15:28. > :15:33.of the communications team. He was reportedly unhappy with the
:15:34. > :15:38.appointment of a new communications director, effectively a boss for
:15:39. > :15:47.Sean Spicer. That is Anthony Scaramucci, who has been picked for
:15:48. > :15:49.the role that Mr SpicerSpicer partially filled. We will bring you
:15:50. > :15:54.the briefing when it happens. Holidaymakers have been describing
:15:55. > :15:56.scenes of panic as a powerful earthquake struck the Greek
:15:57. > :15:58.island of Kos. Two people have been killed
:15:59. > :16:01.and at least 100 people injured. The quake, with a magnitude of 6.7,
:16:02. > :16:04.also caused floods in the streets Our correspondent Mark Lowen reports
:16:05. > :16:08.from the Aegean coast. 1:30am in the Turkish
:16:09. > :16:10.resort of Bodrum. A night out turns to panic
:16:11. > :16:16.as the ground shakes. Footage from nearby shops showed
:16:17. > :16:18.the impact as the earthquake The epicentre, the Aegean Sea
:16:19. > :16:25.between Bodrum and the As streets in Bodrum
:16:26. > :16:30.were flooded, residents ran, fearing for their lives,
:16:31. > :16:38.and for the after-shocks. A Turkish and a Swedish tourist
:16:39. > :16:45.were killed as the roof of a Bar collapsed and scores were injured,
:16:46. > :16:47.some jumping from 200,000 holiday-makers were said
:16:48. > :16:52.to be on the island, We were literally
:16:53. > :16:58.ripped from our sleep. The bed shook uncontrollably,
:16:59. > :17:02.the room shook from side to side. At first light, the damage
:17:03. > :17:10.in Kos was clear. Parts of the cathedral
:17:11. > :17:13.were turned to rubble. It was rebuilt 80 years ago
:17:14. > :17:16.after the one that stood Nature is striking again,
:17:17. > :17:22.crushing what lay in its path. We heard glasses coming
:17:23. > :17:31.off our shelves. We heard all the bathroom glass
:17:32. > :17:34.smash from the living room, so we got up and you were swaying
:17:35. > :17:40.from side to side, literally. In Bodrum, fishing boats
:17:41. > :17:43.were upturned by the tremor. 200 Turkish nationals
:17:44. > :17:48.were evacuated from Kos, including some of the injured,
:17:49. > :17:51.taken by ferry to Bodrum The earthquake was shallow,
:17:52. > :17:57.but was lessened by the sea, Greece and Turkey are
:17:58. > :18:03.seismically active - both are on significant fault lines,
:18:04. > :18:05.and have suffered huge With the ferry port in Kos damaged,
:18:06. > :18:15.the airport was under pressure. Some taking refuge from the heat
:18:16. > :18:19.as flights were delayed. A holiday idyll turned to terror
:18:20. > :18:23.as dozens recovered in hospital and Greece takes stock
:18:24. > :18:27.of a traumatic night. Mark Lowen, BBC News,
:18:28. > :18:33.on the Greek coast. A BBC Investigation has found
:18:34. > :18:35.evidence of children as young as nine being groomed on the live
:18:36. > :18:38.streaming app Periscope. Launched just two years ago,
:18:39. > :18:41.it allows its millions of users to broadcast live from their phones
:18:42. > :18:45.- and can reveal their location. But our team found children
:18:46. > :18:48.streaming video live from their classrooms
:18:49. > :18:51.and even their bedrooms - and clearly being groomed
:18:52. > :18:54.for sexual abuse. Despite this, Twitter -
:18:55. > :18:57.which owns the app - claims it has "zero tolerance"
:18:58. > :19:07.for this kind of conduct. Lots more on our website about that
:19:08. > :19:26.investigation. We have been given a two minute
:19:27. > :19:32.warning for the briefing at the White House. We are expecting the
:19:33. > :19:36.deputy secretary. Now we are not surprised that Sean Spicer has
:19:37. > :19:41.resigned, but he was so loyal to Donald Trump, he took so many hits
:19:42. > :19:46.for him and now he feels compelled to resign. There has to be something
:19:47. > :19:51.behind that. What this reveals is the split in the White House. Sean
:19:52. > :19:56.Spicer used to be the spokesperson for the Republican National
:19:57. > :20:03.committee and used to work for the White House chief of staff. He was
:20:04. > :20:08.somebody who opposed Anthony Scaramucci getting a White House job
:20:09. > :20:12.in the past. So there is the Sean Spicer faction, the establishment
:20:13. > :20:20.faction and we are hearing that Jarrod Kushner and Ivanka Trump
:20:21. > :20:25.really supported Anthony Scaramucci but people who came from a right
:20:26. > :20:40.wing media outlet, Breitbart, he opposed it. But Donald Trump... Here
:20:41. > :20:44.to criticise for the last six months because the message has not been
:20:45. > :20:46.clear and some people are saying that by appointing Anthony
:20:47. > :20:52.Scaramucci, the message will continue to be all about Donald
:20:53. > :20:57.Trump. There are some people in the Republican party, party people, who
:20:58. > :21:03.are concerned that policy and the agenda is not getting out enough.
:21:04. > :21:06.This is a finance man, no experience in communication, part of the New
:21:07. > :21:14.York establishment, that tells us something? It does. Donald Trump ran
:21:15. > :21:19.on a promise to drain the swamp. He extolled the virtues of being a
:21:20. > :21:23.nonpolitician. He has appointed another nonpolitician to his White
:21:24. > :21:26.House. In his cabinet there are a lot of other people who come from
:21:27. > :21:31.highly paid corporate jobs who are now sitting in Cabinet roles.
:21:32. > :21:37.Obviously, this is not a cabinet role, but it is important. President
:21:38. > :21:45.Trump is aware that his approval ratings are low although he has a
:21:46. > :21:48.devout bases support him. But he doesn't like criticism and he
:21:49. > :21:53.doesn't like the idea that people might be criticising and mocking his
:21:54. > :21:57.presidency. So he wants to reset the way that messaging comes out of the
:21:58. > :22:03.White House. And when you look at who the support -- when you look at
:22:04. > :22:07.who has supported this appointment, he might be sending a message to his
:22:08. > :22:14.chief of staff that his days could be numbered. And as we wait for this
:22:15. > :22:18.press briefing to take place, we have seen Sean Spies are getting up
:22:19. > :22:25.at these awkward briefings. The first one was quite, two, he became
:22:26. > :22:29.a caricature. Yes, and usually as White House secretary, you are not
:22:30. > :22:38.the story. And he became parodied on shows like Saturday Night Live and
:22:39. > :22:44.his status became a far more -- far more reaching than the Washington
:22:45. > :22:51.people who watch these briefings. In fact back in fabric, people said
:22:52. > :22:55.that he got ratings like a soap opera. People tuned into his
:22:56. > :23:00.briefings like you have never seen before. But in many ways, with the
:23:01. > :23:04.president tweeting his messages directly, Sean Spicer was often
:23:05. > :23:08.unsure of what the message was. Survey paints a picture of the
:23:09. > :23:14.confusion in terms of what message the White House once the project
:23:15. > :23:16.into the presidency -- two months into the presidency.
:23:17. > :23:32.Let's cross live now. The president will welcome survivors
:23:33. > :23:35.of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Other messages are about the made in
:23:36. > :23:39.America label but the most prized thing to have come out of our
:23:40. > :23:42.country are the brave men and women who have risked their lives
:23:43. > :23:50.protecting the freedom of Americans and our allies around the globe. If
:23:51. > :23:54.you minutes ago, the prizes and signed an executive order to ensure
:23:55. > :23:59.that these men and women will have the supplies they need to keep us
:24:00. > :24:04.safe in years ahead. This order commission is the first ever hold
:24:05. > :24:10.government assessment of America's defence industrial base, the first
:24:11. > :24:14.time since President Eisenhower that an American president is investing
:24:15. > :24:19.personal attention into this. President Trump is committed to
:24:20. > :24:23.maintaining the secure supply chains and robust workforce that will
:24:24. > :24:29.support our nation's heroes fought decades to come. Next week we will
:24:30. > :24:32.be highlighting American heroes like the World War II veterans, the first
:24:33. > :24:37.responders, and the boys and girls who will grow up to become the next
:24:38. > :24:42.generation of leaders. On the topic of the men and women who protect us,
:24:43. > :24:48.the President commended the house yesterday for voting to reauthorise
:24:49. > :24:54.the Department of Homeland -- Homeland Security. That also
:24:55. > :25:00.authorises Customs enforcement for the first time. Secretary Kelly has
:25:01. > :25:06.already made big progress in ending illegal immigration is and enforcing
:25:07. > :25:08.the laws of the United States. This bill represents the President's
:25:09. > :25:16.strong desire to make progress continue. Republicans this we
:25:17. > :25:22.continue to work towards our shared goal of saving Americans from the
:25:23. > :25:27.disaster of Obamacare. The secretary of health and human services posted
:25:28. > :25:34.representatives from several grassroots organisations to take
:25:35. > :25:40.action -- to call the president to take action. These groups want
:25:41. > :25:44.lawmakers to know that their members want lawmakers to follow through on
:25:45. > :25:49.their promise to the American people. Finally, a statement on the
:25:50. > :25:54.resignation of Sean Spicer. The president says he is grateful for
:25:55. > :26:00.the work of Sean Spicer and wishes him continued success. Just look at
:26:01. > :26:02.his great television ratings. Sean Spicer will continue to serve the
:26:03. > :26:08.administration through August off-macro we are watching a press
:26:09. > :26:09.briefing from the life -- White