:00:00. > :00:00.Hello I'm Karin Giannone, welcome to BBC World News.
:00:07. > :00:13.Violent clashes in Venezuela as the country holds
:00:14. > :00:22.US bombers fly over the Korean peninsula in response to Pyongyang's
:00:23. > :00:29.And British Royals lead commemorations to mark 100 years
:00:30. > :00:35.And coming up in Sport: Germany's bid for a seventh consecutive
:00:36. > :00:38.Women's European Championship title is over a dramatic Danish comeback
:00:39. > :01:03.It was always likely to be a highly charged
:01:04. > :01:07.And Venezuela's vote for a new assembly has been
:01:08. > :01:13.Several people have been killed - including two politicians.
:01:14. > :01:16.President Maduro is widely expected to secure a victory
:01:17. > :01:19.that could allow him to change the constitution.
:01:20. > :01:20.But opposition parties in the oil-rich nation
:01:21. > :01:31.The BBC's Will Grant reports from Caracas.
:01:32. > :01:40.This is a very poor sector other low income neighbourhoods in the east of
:01:41. > :01:42.Caracas, one of the biggest shantytowns in Latin America and
:01:43. > :01:49.order a government supporters have been turning out to vote. It has
:01:50. > :01:52.been a slow and steady stream to the polling stations, not the huge
:01:53. > :01:56.queues we are used to seeing snaking around the block during the days of
:01:57. > :02:03.President Hugo Chavez. There are controversial elements to this vote,
:02:04. > :02:08.particularly these points of registration which opposition
:02:09. > :02:13.members of Parliament say are basically a form of control to make
:02:14. > :02:17.sure government employees are voting. Nevertheless, those who have
:02:18. > :02:28.turned out so far say this process is legitimate and necessary for the
:02:29. > :02:34.peace and security of Venezuela. Today the people will decide the
:02:35. > :02:38.sovereignty of this country. So, through the constituent assembly the
:02:39. > :02:41.people will execute -- exercise popular Power, others do not want
:02:42. > :02:44.the people to decide the future and want to control things in the hands
:02:45. > :02:51.of the few, that is what we are taking on with this vote. As much as
:02:52. > :02:54.some are preparing to vote today, others are getting ready for the
:02:55. > :03:02.other side of the coin, the opposition protest.
:03:03. > :03:07.TRANSLATION: We are going to keep turning out to
:03:08. > :03:11.defend democracy in Venezuela. It sounds poetic to say I am prepared
:03:12. > :03:15.to give my life but the young people have a beautiful saying, they can
:03:16. > :03:25.take our lives but not liberty. Anything I can do as an individual
:03:26. > :03:30.and a Venezuelan I'm going to do. So voting will continue throughout the
:03:31. > :03:35.day and all though this most controversial of votes in Venezuela
:03:36. > :03:41.perhaps the most controversial of modern times in the country is going
:03:42. > :03:51.ahead peacefully so far, it does seem like confrontation is still on
:03:52. > :03:57.the horizon. What is the latest on the violence so far? Having said
:03:58. > :04:02.things were largely peaceful and at that stage in the day it appeared
:04:03. > :04:06.they were, things have gotten far worse as the day has proceeded,
:04:07. > :04:13.there has been sporadic clashes in the east of the city and other parts
:04:14. > :04:19.of the country we have heard of several politicians being killed on
:04:20. > :04:25.both sides so it is unfolding into quite a violent chaotic and anarchic
:04:26. > :04:29.election day. This is such a controversial vote with the
:04:30. > :04:35.opposition completely boycotting the election that that will hand victory
:04:36. > :04:41.to the president, no doubt about that but it will not be a victory
:04:42. > :04:48.that is clear and is uncontested, it'll be a victory of just his most
:04:49. > :04:51.supporters and those as I indicated in the report who may have come
:04:52. > :04:55.under pressure to turn out and vote in the first place. Whatever happens
:04:56. > :05:01.it doesn't appear this will take those steps towards pulling
:05:02. > :05:04.Venezuela out of its economic malaise, its security and crime
:05:05. > :05:08.situation and violence and this will go one way beyond this individual
:05:09. > :05:14.vote about a new constituent assembly. We'll grant, thank you.
:05:15. > :05:17.The United States has stepped up its response to the latest
:05:18. > :05:22.Two US Air force bombers have flown directly over the Korean peninsula.
:05:23. > :05:24.Earlier, President Trump expressed frustration with North Korea's
:05:25. > :05:26.neighbour China saying Bejing wasn't doing enough to halt
:05:27. > :05:36.US B-1 bombers dominated the sky as tensions mount over
:05:37. > :05:43.Escorted by fighter jets as part of a drill it was a direct response
:05:44. > :05:45.to what is being seen as an increasingly
:05:46. > :05:55.The US president is blaming China, Pyongyang's biggest trading partner,
:05:56. > :06:01.Taking to Twitter President Trump said:
:06:02. > :06:19.Taking to Twitter President Trump said:
:06:20. > :06:28.Historic ties have become looser and Chinese imports of North Korean
:06:29. > :06:34.coal have been cut after UN sanctions last year.
:06:35. > :06:38.China also condemmed Friday's second ballistic missile test.
:06:39. > :06:42.This powerful rocket flew faster and further than the one before
:06:43. > :06:45.and could soon be armed with a nuclear weapon.
:06:46. > :06:49.It's all about getting America to listen.
:06:50. > :06:51.The North Korean side is definitely sending a message
:06:52. > :06:57.The missile is aiming at the United States.
:06:58. > :06:59.They are saying we are going to talk to you.
:07:00. > :07:05.More joint military exercises a sign that force is not being ruled out,
:07:06. > :07:10.though pressure is mounting for a diplomatic solution.
:07:11. > :07:13.A pre-emptive strike could destabilise the entire region,
:07:14. > :07:20.but how long is Washington prepared to wait?
:07:21. > :07:23.Here in Seoul, South Korea depends heavily
:07:24. > :07:28.But the very presence of tens of thousands of US forces here feeds
:07:29. > :07:31.into Pyongyang's propaganda, that it is under threat,
:07:32. > :07:39.With the military on high alert the Korean peninsula feels more
:07:40. > :07:54.Avoiding an ultimate confrontation is now key.
:07:55. > :07:59.A visiting professor at Georgetown University Centre for Security
:08:00. > :08:04.studies in Washington, I asked her how dangerous this current situation
:08:05. > :08:11.is. I do not think it's any more dangerous than has been Franklin the
:08:12. > :08:13.last 64 years. We just passed the anniversary of the Armistice and the
:08:14. > :08:17.tensions on the Korean peninsula have always been high because the
:08:18. > :08:21.Korean War has technically never ended. Some would say that is
:08:22. > :08:23.extraordinary given what we have seen with the latest missile test
:08:24. > :08:33.with North Korea, the most powerful yet. Well, yes it may be the most
:08:34. > :08:37.powerful yet but the point it is not so much this task test, it is
:08:38. > :08:41.problematic the series and consecutive and ongoing testing that
:08:42. > :08:45.North Korea is doing because it indicates North Korea is no
:08:46. > :08:49.progression towards steady and greater development and it is the
:08:50. > :08:53.totality of the picture that is alarming. There is nothing
:08:54. > :08:59.particular about this strike, I think, that raises the threat level
:09:00. > :09:02.any more than at other times. When we see American bombers flying over
:09:03. > :09:06.the Korean peninsula, how much of the message is that sense to
:09:07. > :09:13.Pyongyang but also to Beijing saying if you will not do much about this,
:09:14. > :09:18.we might? Well, that is certainly one perception that is received by
:09:19. > :09:22.the audience but I think the bigger and stronger message is one of
:09:23. > :09:26.deterrence, it is not so we're practising because they're going to
:09:27. > :09:31.make runs of bomb droppings, that is not what they are for, they are to
:09:32. > :09:37.show the strength and unity of the alliance which is very important to
:09:38. > :09:41.South Korea's defence and also Japan and all of US allies in the region.
:09:42. > :09:45.But when you see Donald Trump sending out tweets which has seen
:09:46. > :09:55.the frustrated with Beijing, how strong is the Alliance? No, I do not
:09:56. > :09:58.think the two have are related. It has taken six months for President
:09:59. > :10:06.Tromso come to the understanding that China is not going to act on
:10:07. > :10:12.behalf of the United States. That is quicker than previous presidents who
:10:13. > :10:16.her last 16 years have relied on outsourcing the Chinese role to
:10:17. > :10:21.solve the North Korean problem. President Trump I think his tweets
:10:22. > :10:27.are confusing to many people as I do not think this is any different. So
:10:28. > :10:36.this is misguided and China is not so much a solution of some think it
:10:37. > :10:41.might be? The point is North Korea is often treated as just this
:10:42. > :10:47.objective actor that if we can just tweak how we try to change our
:10:48. > :10:51.tactics towards North Korea we will get the result. You have to remember
:10:52. > :10:57.North Korea is an independent actor and China is acting in China's
:10:58. > :11:00.interests. These interest and not much United States or any of its
:11:01. > :11:06.allies. That is the problem. President Vladimir Putin
:11:07. > :11:07.has confirmed that seven-hundred-and-fifty-five US
:11:08. > :11:09.diplomatic personnel are to be expelled from Russia
:11:10. > :11:11.by September the first. He added that further
:11:12. > :11:13.sanctions against Washington were being considered,
:11:14. > :11:18.but would not be imposed yet. New US sanctions on Russia
:11:19. > :11:21.were overwhelmingly approved by both houses of Congress on Tuesday
:11:22. > :11:23.despite objections A gunman has opened fired
:11:24. > :11:33.in a nightclub in the German city of Konstanz near the border
:11:34. > :11:35.with Switzerland, killing one person Police say the attacker,
:11:36. > :11:38.a 34 year-old Iraqi, was shot in an exchange of fire
:11:39. > :11:41.with officers as he left A spokesman said there was no
:11:42. > :11:48.evidence of a terrorist motive. An Israeli court has rejected
:11:49. > :11:50.the appeal of a soldier Elor Azaria was sentenced to 18
:11:51. > :11:55.months in jail for shooting dead a 21-year-old Palestinian man
:11:56. > :11:57.who was lying wounded on the ground. The court ruled that the Palestinian
:11:58. > :12:02.man did not pose a "real and present danger" and that Azaria violated
:12:03. > :12:11.the army's rules of engagement. Police in Australia believe
:12:12. > :12:15.an alleged plot to blow up aircraft Four men have been arrested
:12:16. > :12:21.after raids on several homes in the Sydney area ,
:12:22. > :12:23.and suspected bomb Security has been tightened
:12:24. > :12:27.at airports around the country, with passengers being warned
:12:28. > :12:29.to expect delays. A suspect is taken into custody
:12:30. > :12:37.in the Surry Hills neighbourhood of Sydney, one of four people
:12:38. > :12:40.arrested in raids across the city by heavily armed police and members
:12:41. > :12:46.of Australia's domestic spy agency. Investigators say they have
:12:47. > :12:49.information that the plot to blow up an aircraft involved the use
:12:50. > :12:54.of an improvised device. As roads were sealed off
:12:55. > :12:57.and properties searched, it has been reported the operation
:12:58. > :13:00.was not planned but a rapid The Prime Minister,
:13:01. > :13:04.Malcolm Turnbull, says the authorities have foiled
:13:05. > :13:07.what appears to be I can report last night
:13:08. > :13:14.that there has been a major joint counterterrorism operation
:13:15. > :13:17.to disrupt a terrorist plot A woman who said her son and husband
:13:18. > :13:29.were among those arrested in Sydney has denied they had any ties
:13:30. > :13:33.to extremism, but senior police commanders say the raids were part
:13:34. > :13:38.of an alleged Islamic-inspired plot. Additional security measures have
:13:39. > :13:41.been put in place at domestic and international airports
:13:42. > :13:45.around the country. Australia's national terror threat
:13:46. > :13:48.level remains at probable, which means the intelligence
:13:49. > :13:52.agencies believe that groups or individuals have the intent
:13:53. > :13:54.and capability to carry Since 2014, 70 people have been
:13:55. > :14:01.charged as a result of more than 30 counterterrorism raids
:14:02. > :14:20.across the country. Still to come, events to remember
:14:21. > :14:49.one of Europe's bloodiest ever battles, century ago.
:14:50. > :14:55.Nasa has investigated investigation after confirmation astronauts were
:14:56. > :15:00.cleared to fly while drunk. The last foot patrol in South Armagh once an
:15:01. > :15:02.everyday part of the soldiers Lot Mujdza Judy and danger, now no more
:15:03. > :15:22.after almost four decades. Six were white lion cubs are on the
:15:23. > :15:24.prowl in Worcestershire Park and have been wrecked met with a roar of
:15:25. > :15:36.approval. They are cute. Several people have been
:15:37. > :15:44.killed in Venezuela - in violence surrounding the deeply
:15:45. > :15:49.divisive election for a new assembly US
:15:50. > :15:52.bombers have flown over the Korean peninsula in response to Pyongyang's
:15:53. > :16:13.latest missile test. Now, the sports news. The match
:16:14. > :16:18.taking place at the moment England and France, deep into the second
:16:19. > :16:21.half of the women's Euro 2017 quarterfinal and the winner will
:16:22. > :16:27.meet the hosts in the semifinals, England to Leeds with Jody Taylor
:16:28. > :16:32.taking the ball into the net on the hour mark. There is 60 minutes
:16:33. > :16:39.remaining. Germany were knocked out by Denmark. Their third loss in 26
:16:40. > :16:51.years of these championships. Denmark face Austria who won 5-3
:16:52. > :16:54.against Spain. Germany play a wonderful passing game and we cannot
:16:55. > :17:01.complete them from chances but we were in the way all of the time, it
:17:02. > :17:04.was not like open chances they got, they maybe got one that they should
:17:05. > :17:09.have scored but we also had one or two that we should have scored on so
:17:10. > :17:15.maybe 4-3 us would have been the more fair result but there is too
:17:16. > :17:19.good goalkeepers in the goals. I do not think we were lucky today, it
:17:20. > :17:24.was not a lucky win, it was a good win. England are closing in on
:17:25. > :17:36.victory in a fair test of their series against South Africa. England
:17:37. > :17:45.declared on 313-8 Jonny Bairstow making 63. South Africa lost their
:17:46. > :17:52.captain without scoring. Ben Stokes on a hat-trick. The four match
:17:53. > :18:03.series is currently level at one win each. We have done very well to get
:18:04. > :18:10.the four wickets. Hopefully we can get these two at the moment and
:18:11. > :18:13.finish it off quickly. Sebastian Vettel has won the Hungarian Grand
:18:14. > :18:18.Prix to increase his lead in the F1 championship to 14 points. Lewis
:18:19. > :18:27.Hamilton had to settle for fourth but the team is taking a four-week
:18:28. > :18:32.break. As the sun sets on this first half of the 2017 Formula 1 season it
:18:33. > :18:37.is Ferrari who enter the Formula 1 summer holidays with the biggest
:18:38. > :18:40.smile because they dominated here in Hungary. Sebastian Vettel is
:18:41. > :18:45.understandably delighted with his days work but is weekend's work.
:18:46. > :18:49.Mercedes have been less to lick their wounds because it was not
:18:50. > :18:53.their weekend at Hamilton has cost himself three extra points because
:18:54. > :18:59.he gave the third-place back to Valtteri Bottas. His head may have
:19:00. > :19:03.been more ruthless. It is a three-week break in the F1 calendar
:19:04. > :19:07.and the season resumes at the Belgian Grand Prix in three weeks'
:19:08. > :19:13.time. Who will it be, Mercedes Ferrari? Bernhard Langer has won the
:19:14. > :19:16.senior open, record tenth major title on the senior tour. The
:19:17. > :19:21.Germany when two masters and more than 100 other titles on the mentors
:19:22. > :19:29.is in great form. His third senior major of the season winning by three
:19:30. > :19:32.shots in Wales. It is fantastic to win any tournament but to win the
:19:33. > :19:37.senior Open Championship means a great deal and to have won it three
:19:38. > :19:42.times now, second time here is pretty amazing achievement and I
:19:43. > :19:56.look forward to defending it next year. Alexander Christoph has won
:19:57. > :20:00.the richest one day cyber race. After 100... Came down to a bunch
:20:01. > :20:08.sprint on the MoU and Christoph got a late charge from the Denmark man.
:20:09. > :20:10.That is the way to spend a Sunday afternoon. It looks beautiful. Thank
:20:11. > :20:11.you very much. A service to mark 100
:20:12. > :20:16.years since the Battle of Passchendaele is taking place
:20:17. > :20:18.in Belgium this evening. The battle was one of
:20:19. > :20:20.the bloodiest confrontations of the First World War,
:20:21. > :20:22.with almost half a million The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
:20:23. > :20:26.joined King Phillipe Queen Mathilde of Belgium
:20:27. > :20:28.for the service at the The ceremony included
:20:29. > :20:33.a rendition of the last post, something which has been heard
:20:34. > :21:11.in the town every evening Ben Brown is in Ypres to watched
:21:12. > :21:22.commemorations. A very moving occasion. Yeah, 100 years after one
:21:23. > :21:26.of the bloodiest battles in human history, what was supposed to be the
:21:27. > :21:31.war to end all wars. Passchendaele lasted more than three months but in
:21:32. > :21:40.its there were some half a million casualties on both sides killed,
:21:41. > :21:44.missing or wounded. A staggering number of casualties and in the end
:21:45. > :21:49.the British side and Commonwealth side only gained some five miles or
:21:50. > :21:56.eight kilometres of territory. The British side faced really some
:21:57. > :22:00.terrible odds on the battlefield, the battlefield had been swamped
:22:01. > :22:07.with torrential rain, a sea of mud, many drowned in the mud, machine
:22:08. > :22:10.guns and mustard gas as well. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have
:22:11. > :22:13.been here for the commemorative events and Prince William spoke of
:22:14. > :22:21.the need to remember the sacrifice that was made. The battlefields came
:22:22. > :22:29.to define the war for many British and Commonwealth soldiers. The
:22:30. > :22:36.defence of the city at such great cost meant it became hallowed
:22:37. > :22:42.ground. Winston Churchill said of Ypres a more sacred place for the
:22:43. > :22:50.British race does not exist in all the world. 100 years ago tonight the
:22:51. > :22:55.British and Commonwealth soldiers would have marched along the road
:22:56. > :22:59.behind me whether Menin Gate now stands on their way to the front
:23:00. > :23:02.line for the start of the offensive, the beginning of the Battle of
:23:03. > :23:10.Passchendaele but many of them would never return. And would die there on
:23:11. > :23:14.the battlefield. 4000 relatives, descendants of those who fought at
:23:15. > :23:17.Passchendaele have made their way from Britain to Belgium this weekend
:23:18. > :23:21.for the commemorative events determined to keep alive the memory
:23:22. > :23:28.of their ancestors, they brought pictures, letters and diaries and I
:23:29. > :23:31.spoke to one man whose father had fought at Passchendaele and joint
:23:32. > :23:36.when he was only 15 years old who fought amid the mud was gassed but
:23:37. > :23:42.somehow survived and he told me it is so important that the memory of
:23:43. > :23:46.Passchendaele should not be allowed to fade and future generations are
:23:47. > :23:48.taught all about it. I spoke to some of the British descendants started
:23:49. > :23:56.with Philip Cotterell his great uncle Alfred died in the Battle of
:23:57. > :24:01.Passchendaele. These people really gave everything so we could have the
:24:02. > :24:07.lifestyle we Leeds today and I think that we are very lucky. I can't
:24:08. > :24:11.imagine doing it myself. When you go to the cemeteries and see the number
:24:12. > :24:15.that fell during the Battle of Passchendaele and the whole duration
:24:16. > :24:20.of the war, it is important to pay respect and to remember so many
:24:21. > :24:25.people gave their lives to allow us to be here and live our lives as we
:24:26. > :24:31.do today. Between the British, the French and the Allies and the German
:24:32. > :24:36.something like 500,000 people were wounded or killed. Unbelievable
:24:37. > :24:40.numbers. And we won five miles of land which we then gave up again six
:24:41. > :24:48.months later when the Germans came back again. It is the lunacy of it,
:24:49. > :24:56.the bravery and to try to remember that must never allow ourselves to
:24:57. > :25:00.get into the situations. Well, commemorative events this weekend
:25:01. > :25:04.began at Menin Gate with the playing of the last post, it is played every
:25:05. > :25:10.evening here as it has been on almost every evening since 1928 and
:25:11. > :25:15.on Menin Gate more than 50,000 names are listed of the missing from the
:25:16. > :25:20.First World War stop tomorrow many of the British relatives who are
:25:21. > :25:23.here will go to a cemetery where thousands of British and Allied war
:25:24. > :25:28.dead are buried as the commemorative events continue a century after the
:25:29. > :25:36.start of the Battle of Passchendaele, one of the bloodiest
:25:37. > :25:41.battles on human history. Thank you. If you want to read more about the
:25:42. > :25:48.World War I battle of Passchendaele, you can on our website. You can also
:25:49. > :25:49.find information about other commemorations which began this
:25:50. > :26:07.evening. Thank you for watching. Hello, it has been all or nothing