:00:00. > :00:13.Turkey holds its largest trial yet over last year's attempted coup.
:00:14. > :00:16.Nearly 500 people are marched to court, heckled by
:00:17. > :00:24.Two Venezuelan opposition leaders are taken from their homes
:00:25. > :00:32.After the way he was taken and beaten we were desperate
:00:33. > :00:37.because I don't know my father's physical condition.
:00:38. > :00:39.Anthony Scaramucci's time as Trump's communications
:00:40. > :00:46.But late night comedians in the US are making hay.
:00:47. > :00:52.A White House media briefing is about to start.
:00:53. > :01:15.Hello and welcome to World News Today.
:01:16. > :01:18.We begin with Turkey and there's been dramatic scenes outside
:01:19. > :01:20.a courthouse near the capital, Ankara, where the trial has started
:01:21. > :01:23.for nearly 500 people accused of plotting to overthrow
:01:24. > :01:25.the government in last year's attempted coup.
:01:26. > :01:31.Forty of the plot's alleged leaders were marched in,
:01:32. > :01:33.heckled by government supporters and relatives of those
:01:34. > :01:38.Some of those on trial are facing charges from
:01:39. > :01:43.attempting to assassinate the president, to murder.
:01:44. > :01:52.The BBC's Middle East editor Sebastian Usher reports.
:01:53. > :02:00.One by one of the alleged leaders of the coup were marched up to the
:02:01. > :02:05.court. An angry crowd including both relatives of those killed during the
:02:06. > :02:07.coup and some of those wounded in the violence and child that demand
:02:08. > :02:11.for the return of the death penalty which was abolished in Turkey years
:02:12. > :02:17.ago also for some of the crowd, the treatment of the accused was already
:02:18. > :02:21.lenient. TRANSLATION: It is not normal that the state is feeding
:02:22. > :02:24.these assassins, we want to see them with chains round their feet. They
:02:25. > :02:29.did not even come with civilian clothes on but instead with their
:02:30. > :02:36.prison clothes -- should not even come. The last time some the suspect
:02:37. > :02:38.like the act forced the money was seen in public it was in the
:02:39. > :02:42.immediate aftermath of the two when their faces were bruised and
:02:43. > :02:48.bloodied. No doubting the anger that the attempted coup provoked, not
:02:49. > :02:54.just among the President's 's borders but many other Turkish babe
:02:55. > :02:58.as well. With the streets of Ankara and Istanbul commitments attack and
:02:59. > :03:02.more than 250 people killed on July 15 last year. The first anniversary
:03:03. > :03:07.of the defeat of the coup with celebrated two weeks ago with a huge
:03:08. > :03:11.rally in Istanbul that was addressed by President Erdogan who inaugurated
:03:12. > :03:14.a monument to those who died. His position has been strengthened by
:03:15. > :03:20.the two of his critics say he has used it to dogged all his opponents.
:03:21. > :03:23.Some 50,000 people remain in detention in connection with it but
:03:24. > :03:28.the man the Tigers government accused of being behind it, this
:03:29. > :03:33.Muslim cleric, remained in the United States despite Ankara's
:03:34. > :03:38.repeated demands for his extradition. He has been tried in
:03:39. > :03:42.absentia for this, the biggest trial far off suspects. I thought now they
:03:43. > :03:46.face life imprisonment if convicted but the calls for them to receive
:03:47. > :03:49.the ultimate punishment are only likely to grow at their trial
:03:50. > :03:51.continues through the rest of this month.
:03:52. > :03:54.Aykan Erdemir is from the Foundation for Defense
:03:55. > :04:11.He is live with us here. Thank you for your time. Do you approve of the
:04:12. > :04:17.use of mass trials in these circumstances? This is a historic
:04:18. > :04:24.trial because as you know Turkey have had a string of creditors,
:04:25. > :04:30.failed or successful, and rarely has anybody been brought to court -- a
:04:31. > :04:34.string of coups. Turkey has a culture of impunity and lack of
:04:35. > :04:38.accountability is a bit is a turning point fully Turkish justice system
:04:39. > :04:42.and as you can see across the political spectrum there is support
:04:43. > :04:49.for the trial of the plotters. Having said that, there are major
:04:50. > :04:56.concerns among the opposition that there is a lack of rule of law and
:04:57. > :05:02.due process. There are concerns that the ongoing trials could be used as
:05:03. > :05:08.part of which chance to go after opposition figures who had nothing
:05:09. > :05:13.to do with the coup and also there are concerns that some of the State
:05:14. > :05:20.officials who had been culpable or negligent in the run-up to and in
:05:21. > :05:24.the aftermath of the coup could be spared from these trials. There are
:05:25. > :05:28.still questions of transparency and accountability. You say some
:05:29. > :05:33.opponents have concerns these trials could be used for political means.
:05:34. > :05:35.You were an opposition MP, do you have there concerns and do you
:05:36. > :05:45.believe these trials will inevitably become political? What I think most
:05:46. > :05:48.people including the agreed on that come all plotters of the coop should
:05:49. > :05:53.be brought before court and they should be an example for Turkish
:05:54. > :05:58.politics, that there is accountability... I understand that,
:05:59. > :06:02.very few people in Turkey would suggest coup plotters should be
:06:03. > :06:07.brought to court but I was asking if you believe these trials can remain
:06:08. > :06:15.apolitical? Actually from what we can see so far with the number of
:06:16. > :06:19.people detained there certainly are a large number of individuals who
:06:20. > :06:24.had nothing to do with the coup, with the plotters, and who have been
:06:25. > :06:28.targeted simply because they are in the opposition. This is a growing
:06:29. > :06:32.concern not only for me but for the opposition across the spectrum in
:06:33. > :06:35.Turkey. Thank you for your time, we appreciate you joining us today.
:06:36. > :06:37.Two Venezuelan opposition leaders who were taken away from their homes
:06:38. > :06:39.overnight have been transferred to the Ramo Verde military
:06:40. > :06:47.Leopoldo Lopez and Antonio Ledezma were already under house arrest.
:06:48. > :06:50.They were taken back to prison after recording videos urging
:06:51. > :06:51.the Venezuelan people to protest against the government
:06:52. > :07:02.Mr Ledezma's daughter told the BBC that her father felt
:07:03. > :07:12.He had a moral responsibility with the Venezuelan people of saying
:07:13. > :07:15.that what happened last Sunday was an electoral fraud,
:07:16. > :07:19.and my father, as the current mayor of Caracas, knew that he has
:07:20. > :07:21.the responsibility of addressing the Venezuelan people and telling
:07:22. > :07:23.all of us that we need to keep protesting peacefully
:07:24. > :07:35.What happened to my father last night at 12.45am in the night
:07:36. > :07:38.was nothing else but a kidnap, a kidnap because the Maduro
:07:39. > :07:40.political police just took him without a warrant or anything
:07:41. > :07:47.My father was violently taken for a lot of hours.
:07:48. > :07:54.It wasn't until one hour ago that we have the confirmation
:07:55. > :07:59.that my father was actually taken to the military jail
:08:00. > :08:03.of Ramo Verde, the same destination as Leopoldo Lopez.
:08:04. > :08:09.Until this moment I don't know my father's physical condition.
:08:10. > :08:16.He was beaten, he was taken in a very violent way and I want
:08:17. > :08:19.the world to know that we're talking about the elected and re-elected
:08:20. > :08:24.The only mayor in the world who is arbitrarily detained.
:08:25. > :08:29.We're talking about a man whose only crime has been demanding
:08:30. > :08:32.the dictatorship we are suffering in Venezuelan, demanding the lack
:08:33. > :08:35.of food, the lack of medicine and demanding the humanitarian
:08:36. > :08:45.There is more information on the situation in Venezuelan on line on
:08:46. > :08:46.the BBC website. Let's take a look at some of
:08:47. > :08:49.the other stories making the news. Explosions at a mosque
:08:50. > :08:52.in the western Afghan city of Herat have killed about 20 people
:08:53. > :08:54.and injured many more. Police said the attack was carried
:08:55. > :08:57.out by a suicide bomber and another assailant who threw
:08:58. > :09:00.a grenade at worshippers. The mosque is in an area mainly
:09:01. > :09:03.inhabited by Shia Muslims. Three suspected gang members have
:09:04. > :09:05.been killed in a shoot-out It was during a hearing involving
:09:06. > :09:09.a group of central Asian nationals accused of murdering motorists
:09:10. > :09:11.in the Moscow region. Police say five defendants
:09:12. > :09:13.tried to seize weapons The three were killed
:09:14. > :09:18.trying to escape. China has formally opened its first
:09:19. > :09:26.overseas military base. The event, in Djibouti in east
:09:27. > :09:30.Africa, was timed to coincide with the 90th anniversary
:09:31. > :09:33.of China's People's Liberation Army. Authorities have dismissed
:09:34. > :09:35.concerns about China's expanding military prowess,
:09:36. > :09:37.arguing the base will be used A great day at the White House -
:09:38. > :09:49.that was Donald Trump's assessment last night after his new director
:09:50. > :09:55.of communications, Anthony Scaramucci, was sacked even
:09:56. > :09:57.before he'd formally taken Not for the first time the president
:09:58. > :10:04.seemed at odds with many observers Here's our North America
:10:05. > :10:11.Editor Jon Sopel. It's being billed
:10:12. > :10:14.as the Last Supper. Anthony Scaramucci last night having
:10:15. > :10:18.dinner at where else? The restaurant in the Trump Hotel
:10:19. > :10:21.just hours after he had been At roughly the same time
:10:22. > :10:25.came this extraordinary The swearing in of General John
:10:26. > :10:37.Kelly as chief of staff being seen as a new beginning
:10:38. > :10:40.for this administration. He will do a spectacular job,
:10:41. > :10:49.I have no doubt, as chief of staff. So could this mark the end
:10:50. > :10:52.of what has been a turbulent, dysfunctional six months
:10:53. > :10:54.for all the President's men? The former National Security Adviser
:10:55. > :10:56.was the first to go, fired after just 24 days in the job
:10:57. > :11:00.after he lied about his contacts Three months after being fired,
:11:01. > :11:06.Trump's first communications director, the rather anonymous
:11:07. > :11:08.Mike Dubke, handed Then came the super sacking,
:11:09. > :11:16.the high profile and brutal dismissal of the former FBI
:11:17. > :11:18.director, James Comey, infuriating the president
:11:19. > :11:20.with his investigation into links between the Russians
:11:21. > :11:26.and the Trump campaign. 11 days ago it was the turn
:11:27. > :11:32.of the press secretary Sean Spicer. He walked, furious that
:11:33. > :11:35.President Trump had hired Anthony Scaramucci
:11:36. > :11:39.as communications director. The departure of Reince Priebus
:11:40. > :11:42.came as little surprise after he was subject to a vicious
:11:43. > :11:45.verbal attack by incoming After just ten days into the job,
:11:46. > :11:54.Mooch was front-stabbed The profound hope among those close
:11:55. > :12:02.to the President Trump is that, with General Kelly in charge,
:12:03. > :12:05.there will be a fundamental change A change in personnel leading
:12:06. > :12:14.to high expectations followed But in the meantime, the late-night
:12:15. > :12:23.comedians are making hay. The president has been
:12:24. > :12:26.very busy repealing and replacing his staff,
:12:27. > :12:29.most notably Anthony Lasted as communications
:12:30. > :12:35.director for only ten days! And then he left us
:12:36. > :12:38.with nothing but memories, But some things are still
:12:39. > :12:52.refreshingly familiar. Donald Trump tweeting
:12:53. > :13:03.a short time ago... Keep an eye on Twitter for updates
:13:04. > :13:19.on that story. When Waheed Arian was a young boy
:13:20. > :13:22.growing up in Afghanistan, Many years later he's now
:13:23. > :13:27.an emergency medic living in the north west of England
:13:28. > :13:29.and using augmented reality to help today's victims
:13:30. > :13:32.of violence in his homeland. His "tele-medicine" system allows
:13:33. > :13:35.doctors in war zones to get help Our world affairs editor,
:13:36. > :13:42.John Simpson, reports. We hear plenty of depressing
:13:43. > :13:44.stories about Afghanistan Afghanistan has one
:13:45. > :13:55.of the lowest standards Doctors often aren't
:13:56. > :14:01.very highly trained But they can contact
:14:02. > :14:10.Doctor Waheed Arian, an Afghan who qualified as a doctor
:14:11. > :14:14.in Britain, and he can give them detailed medical
:14:15. > :14:21.advice using social media. From his home in Chester he takes
:14:22. > :14:24.messages a day and night. So I'll take the arrow
:14:25. > :14:32.and we place it... Now Waheed Arian and his team
:14:33. > :14:34.are developing new ways of showing We discussed a medical case,
:14:35. > :14:42.we solved the problem. It was a live medical case in one
:14:43. > :14:46.of the hospitals in Kabul, Afghanistan, and using augmented
:14:47. > :14:48.reality we discussed it As a boy in the 1980s,
:14:49. > :14:55.Waheed had to escape from the Russians who had
:14:56. > :14:59.invaded his country. He and his family
:15:00. > :15:04.were lucky to survive. When civil war flared up
:15:05. > :15:06.in Afghanistan his parents sent him He was 15 and didn't speak much
:15:07. > :15:12.English, yet within four years he was studying
:15:13. > :15:16.medicine at Cambridge. And he became passionate
:15:17. > :15:17.about helping people Waheed doesn't get much time
:15:18. > :15:29.with his family in Chester. He's taken leave of absence
:15:30. > :15:33.to develop his tele-medicine ideas but in order to pay the bills he has
:15:34. > :15:36.to work every weekend Yes, he is away a lot,
:15:37. > :15:44.and it can be hard and it can be lonely at times when you're
:15:45. > :15:46.on your own and you're seeing But on the other side I know that
:15:47. > :15:51.doing amazing things for humanity, he's going to be saving thousands
:15:52. > :15:54.of lives so I look at the positive. Helping others in Afghanistan
:15:55. > :15:59.to survive is, he says, his therapy. Medical researchers have revealed
:16:00. > :16:12.details of a new approach to treating people with pancreatic
:16:13. > :16:14.cancer, one of deadliest Scientists in the UK say a pilot
:16:15. > :16:18.treatment increased the number of patients whose surgery
:16:19. > :16:20.was successful, by almost 30%. Our health correspondent,
:16:21. > :16:32.Michele Paduano, reports. Kate Rigby was amazed at how
:16:33. > :16:34.smoothly the NHS worked, when she was diagnosed
:16:35. > :16:38.with pancreatic cancer. Within seven days she'd had surgery
:16:39. > :16:40.at the Queen Elizabeth I can't control NHS budgets
:16:41. > :16:49.and all the other things for the poor people who aren't as lucky
:16:50. > :16:53.as me, but what I can do is spread Normally, patients with jaundice,
:16:54. > :16:56.like Mrs Rigby, have a stent put in to relieve symptoms,
:16:57. > :16:59.which delays the main operation. A nurse was employed
:17:00. > :17:03.to speed up treatment Cutting out the stent also saves
:17:04. > :17:13.the NHS ?3200 per patient. We save the NHS
:17:14. > :17:15.potentially ?200,000 per year with the number of patients
:17:16. > :17:19.that have surgery within our team. So that, then, is a reproducible
:17:20. > :17:22.model that other units up and down At this point in time,
:17:23. > :17:26.you would want to go forward for your operation
:17:27. > :17:29.next week if you could, rather than to go off and have a stent,
:17:30. > :17:31.and your operation seven Pancreatic cancer has
:17:32. > :17:36.a very low survival rate. The survival rate is only
:17:37. > :17:38.about 7% in the UK - I think what this provides us
:17:39. > :17:45.is a glimmer of hope for the future. It provides us with that
:17:46. > :17:50.all-important surgical technique faster, and with proven
:17:51. > :17:54.results in terms of outcomes. It will be two years
:17:55. > :17:56.before doctors can say whether treating patients more
:17:57. > :17:58.quickly actually means that And if they do, that will beg
:17:59. > :18:05.the question as to whether or not other aggressive cancers
:18:06. > :18:11.should be treated more quickly. For now, Kate Rigby
:18:12. > :18:13.knows she's been given the best chance possible
:18:14. > :18:32.to survive pancreatic cancer. The US Secretary of State, Rex
:18:33. > :18:37.Tillerson, is making an appearance in Washington and talking at the
:18:38. > :18:41.moment. ... Very experienced a battered and diplomat and he knows
:18:42. > :18:45.the area well and knows Russia well and our partners well and he is very
:18:46. > :18:51.clear about his mission, to see if we cannot engage to move the process
:18:52. > :18:55.in Ukraine forward. It has been stalled for quite some time as you
:18:56. > :18:59.know. This announcement has been welcomed both by the Russians and by
:19:00. > :19:04.the Normandy group that has been engaged with Russia in effort to
:19:05. > :19:10.move the discussions forward. We are hopeful we can make some progress in
:19:11. > :19:15.beginning to move the situation in Ukraine to a place of engagement and
:19:16. > :19:18.movement towards achieving a true ceasefire because the outbreak of
:19:19. > :19:25.violence this year has been just heartbreaking to watch in east
:19:26. > :19:27.Ukraine. We are going to continue to uphold our commitment to the
:19:28. > :19:32.transatlantic relationship and the president has been quite clear on
:19:33. > :19:37.our commitment to Nato and on his expectations of others in Nato and
:19:38. > :19:40.all that appropriately so. We have affirmed the commitment to article
:19:41. > :19:44.five and unquestionably that should not be an issue in anybody's mind
:19:45. > :19:49.any longer and in working with Russia and the difficult issues
:19:50. > :19:52.there, I want to acknowledge Brian Hook, Mike director of policy
:19:53. > :19:58.planning, who has worked with his team to give that a number of
:19:59. > :20:03.options. Two important ambassadors in the regions, John Teft the
:20:04. > :20:10.ambassador in Moscow who is dealing with a tough situation and altered
:20:11. > :20:14.the ambassador in Ukraine who is to outstanding job working with
:20:15. > :20:16.President Poroschenko to help the government in Ukraine, to strengthen
:20:17. > :20:21.its own governing standards and continue to make progress on the
:20:22. > :20:24.anti-corruption campaign and strengthen their own justice system
:20:25. > :20:29.which we think is important to their stability going forward. I want
:20:30. > :20:35.return to the Middle East and against the destruction of radical
:20:36. > :20:40.Islamist terrorism in the form of Isis or Daesh and also Al-Qaeda and
:20:41. > :20:43.the many other names you all know. The coalition has integrated
:20:44. > :20:48.civilian and military efforts and I think it has achieved remarkable
:20:49. > :20:53.success since President Trump came into office. He made some very
:20:54. > :20:55.significant shifts in military authorities to put battlefield
:20:56. > :21:00.command decisions closer to the fight and the results are evident.
:21:01. > :21:05.More than 70% of Iraqi territory that was once held by Isis has been
:21:06. > :21:12.liberated and recovered, Isis has been unable to retake any territory
:21:13. > :21:15.that has been liberated. That is the US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson
:21:16. > :21:18.got talking about the US-led coalition's efforts to push the
:21:19. > :21:22.Islamic State group out of the territory it hold in Iraq and Syria
:21:23. > :21:26.and he has been praising the president for the decisions yet
:21:27. > :21:31.again and is claiming those decisions have born benefits both in
:21:32. > :21:35.Iraq and Syria. Before we started Syria and Legg listening he talked
:21:36. > :21:40.about China and North Korea, saying the US does not blame China for
:21:41. > :21:43.North Korea. If you read President Trump's tweets over the weekend on
:21:44. > :21:47.the subject you would have heard a man blaming China. We did China
:21:48. > :21:52.could resolve this easily and said he was angry it had not happened. A
:21:53. > :21:55.different there but not for the first time, between the president
:21:56. > :22:00.and some of those in his administration. Mr Tillerson said no
:22:01. > :22:03.regime change was planned for North Korea and he acknowledged how China
:22:04. > :22:07.has changed and the relationship between China and the US is at a
:22:08. > :22:11.pivotal moment and on that I think everybody would agree. We will keep
:22:12. > :22:16.listening to that if there are any other significant statements. Now,
:22:17. > :22:22.the magazine British Vogue has a new editor today, the first man at the
:22:23. > :22:28.helm in its history. He has taken over from the editor of the last 25
:22:29. > :22:32.years. The UK fashion industry is worth ?26 billion a year to the
:22:33. > :22:37.economy so people will be watching very closely to see how the new
:22:38. > :22:41.editor shapes the magazine. He has already made some startling changes,
:22:42. > :22:42.as you will see in this report from our arts correspondent, David
:22:43. > :22:44.Sillito. Hi, my name is Edward Enninful,
:22:45. > :22:47.I'm the editor in chief He looks really eccentric
:22:48. > :22:50.and that is going to I was spotted on a train when I was
:22:51. > :22:57.16 years old to be a model. I think it's a massive change
:22:58. > :23:00.for British fashion. Edward Enninful is today
:23:01. > :23:03.in charge of one of the most important names in fashion,
:23:04. > :23:04.Vogue. The last editor of British Vogue
:23:05. > :23:10.was in place for 25 years They have gone on to Snapchat and
:23:11. > :23:19.there is a new, more diverse team. He has over 500,000
:23:20. > :23:26.Instagram followers. He has appointed Steve McQueen,
:23:27. > :23:28.Naomi Campbell, as you say, All these independent professionals
:23:29. > :23:33.who, to a certain extent, rely on social media to keep
:23:34. > :23:38.building their brands. Vogue is the top of the fashion tree
:23:39. > :23:41.and features clothes It has, though, been a pretty torrid
:23:42. > :23:47.time for the magazine business over the last few years because of,
:23:48. > :23:49.well, the new competition. News agents have been closing,
:23:50. > :23:56.sales of glossy magazines And it is people like Whitney
:23:57. > :24:03.who have been changing the business. Nearly everyone wants everything
:24:04. > :24:14.right now, fashion today. They want to know what's cool right
:24:15. > :24:17.now and that's why social Indeed, people have been predicting
:24:18. > :24:28.the death of print for a good few For me it's flicking the page,
:24:29. > :24:41.it's the excitement. It's when you're waiting
:24:42. > :24:43.for the shoot to come up, you're waiting for the new trend,
:24:44. > :24:45.everything. It is a new era then and a new name
:24:46. > :24:48.in charge for a business Eight time Olympic gold
:24:49. > :24:57.medallist Usain Bolt is due to run his last race
:24:58. > :25:12.at the World Athletics He will run his last ever 100 metres
:25:13. > :25:17.race at the world of ex-champ Richard in London. His final sprint
:25:18. > :25:20.relay will be one week later -- world athletics Championships.
:25:21. > :25:23.You guys know, if I show for the championship, if I'm here,
:25:24. > :25:26.you know I'm fully confident and ready to go.
:25:27. > :25:29.You know as long as I show for the championship my coach
:25:30. > :25:34.I'm confident in my ability is always because I know when I go
:25:35. > :25:37.out there I'm ready to go, you know what I mean.
:25:38. > :25:46.You would not bet against him. And a reminder of our top story, nearly
:25:47. > :25:51.500 people had gone on trial in Turkey accused of involvement in the
:25:52. > :25:56.coup attempt at last year and there were traffic scenes outside the
:25:57. > :25:59.court as 40 alleged plot leaders were marched in and heckled by
:26:00. > :26:09.government supporters. Thank you for watching, goodbye.
:26:10. > :26:14.Good evening. This rather disappointing spell of weather
:26:15. > :26:16.continues, looking out to the Atlantic for more rain to come our
:26:17. > :26:18.way and it will