:00:00. > :00:17.Thousands of government supporters march in the Venezuelan capital,
:00:18. > :00:22.Caracas, as the new constitutional assembly takes office.
:00:23. > :00:25.Despite a Vatican call for its suspension.
:00:26. > :00:28.America's Attorney General condemns what he calls the staggering level
:00:29. > :00:29.of unauthorised access to classified
:00:30. > :00:40.We will investigate and seeks to bring criminals to justice. We will
:00:41. > :00:42.not now romantic, anonymous sources with clearances to sell out our
:00:43. > :00:51.country. -- We will not allow rogue
:00:52. > :00:53.anonymous sources... Health warnings across Europe
:00:54. > :00:56.as some countries experience expensive footballer,
:00:57. > :01:02.says he joined Paris St-Germain, Hello, and welcome to
:01:03. > :01:18.BBC World News Today. Venezuela's new constituent assembly
:01:19. > :01:21.is being sworn right now. Well, President Nicolas Maduro
:01:22. > :01:26.called for its election so the existing constitution
:01:27. > :01:29.could be rewritten. Opposition leaders have denounced it
:01:30. > :01:33.as an attempt by the government to strengthen its power as it's
:01:34. > :01:36.formed almost entirely There have been jubilant scenes
:01:37. > :01:50.in the capital, Caracas. Pro-government rallies have been
:01:51. > :01:53.taking place. Assembly members have been sworn into the legislative
:01:54. > :01:58.Palace despite growing international condemnation of the controversial
:01:59. > :02:00.vote will stop the Vatican being the latest to call on the Venezuelan
:02:01. > :02:03.governments to stop. BBC's Luis Fajardo
:02:04. > :02:13.joins us from Miami. That's swearing in has taken place
:02:14. > :02:18.despite international condemnation. Rat is right, they did it in a very
:02:19. > :02:23.symbolic and possibly theatrical way. The leaders of the
:02:24. > :02:29.pro-government faction that control the new assembly walks into the
:02:30. > :02:33.building carrying the portrait of Chavez, the father of the
:02:34. > :02:37.revolution. The assembly has been in the house of the national assembly
:02:38. > :02:41.which has been controlled by the opposition. When they do ever the
:02:42. > :02:44.national assembly a couple of years ago, they made a big deal of
:02:45. > :02:49.removing this portrait of Hugo Chavez. They are showing the
:02:50. > :02:55.pro-government faction taking ever one of the last bastions of
:02:56. > :03:00.opposition right now. Confusion about what happens next. The need
:03:01. > :03:06.for a referendum. Could you explain this process to yours. That is one
:03:07. > :03:10.of the big issues here that no videos what happens next because the
:03:11. > :03:15.Venezuelan constituent assembly has such a degree of power and autonomy
:03:16. > :03:19.that they could rule, they would not need any further endorsement by any
:03:20. > :03:23.referendum. In theory, they could replace the president. One of the
:03:24. > :03:28.issues of great uncertainty right now is the amount of power that will
:03:29. > :03:33.be controlled by the assembly. The course leaders of the assembly who
:03:34. > :03:38.have just been named are closely associated with President Nicolas
:03:39. > :03:42.Maduro. They are seen as close allies but there is still a strong
:03:43. > :03:46.degree of uncertainty and that is one of the things the opposition
:03:47. > :03:51.complained about. There is an enormous amount of power being given
:03:52. > :03:54.to a new constituent assembly that will rewrite a lot of the
:03:55. > :04:00.institutional framework in Venezuela and the operation, opposition is
:04:01. > :04:06.afraid that this will take over the last bastions in Venezuela. The
:04:07. > :04:09.Vatican appeals for calm from security forces. How real is the
:04:10. > :04:16.threat of violence breaking out onto the streets of Venezuela?
:04:17. > :04:20.Unfortunately it is all very real. Of course, for the last three
:04:21. > :04:24.months, Venezuela has seen almost constant street demonstrations and
:04:25. > :04:30.confrontation hitting pro and anti-Government sympathisers. Today,
:04:31. > :04:34.there is an opposition march beginning to form right now and
:04:35. > :04:41.moving towards the assembly building. Every time in the past
:04:42. > :04:44.they have tried to reach key Government buildings, they been
:04:45. > :04:48.strongly confronted by security buildings. Until now, no serious
:04:49. > :04:51.incidents today but there is unfortunately elderly that potential
:04:52. > :04:56.because of the extreme degree of all right Asian that the people in
:04:57. > :04:58.Caracas feel right now. We'll leave it right now but thank you very
:04:59. > :05:06.much. This is the scene in Caracas right
:05:07. > :05:11.now as the new assembly has been sworn in. There is. That is to place
:05:12. > :05:17.a few minutes ago. Up to 500 members were given their new positions and
:05:18. > :05:24.the new president of the constituent assembly also being named as Dalci
:05:25. > :05:45.Rodriguez. More news as we get it. Also news on the leaks that have
:05:46. > :05:50.been brought out. Regarding President Trump.
:05:51. > :06:00.Donald Trump is never happier than when is out of Washington. This is
:06:01. > :06:06.where he belongs. An adoring crowd in West Virginia, the problems of
:06:07. > :06:11.Russia, collusion, special counsel and grand juries are a long way from
:06:12. > :06:20.the country roads. The Russia story is a total fabrication. It is just
:06:21. > :06:25.an excuse for the greatest loss in the story of American politics. That
:06:26. > :06:33.is all it is. He didn't mention the special counsel by name but had him
:06:34. > :06:37.in his sights when he said this. I just hope the final determination is
:06:38. > :06:42.a truly honest one. The grand jury is made up of members of the public
:06:43. > :06:45.meeting behind closed doors to consider evidence gathered. They can
:06:46. > :06:49.force people to testify or hand over evidence. They will decide whether
:06:50. > :06:54.the material is strong enough to proceed to a criminal trial.
:06:55. > :06:57.Crucially, they don't decide if a potential defendant is innocent or
:06:58. > :07:02.guilty. That is done by a conventional jury. Of course, it may
:07:03. > :07:05.be that the grand jury meeting at this courthouse will come to the
:07:06. > :07:10.conclusion that the evidence doesn't add up to much and there's no need
:07:11. > :07:16.further action. The fact that they grand jury has been called is a sign
:07:17. > :07:20.that this investigation is intensifying and will last a good
:07:21. > :07:24.deal of money yet. The other worry for the Trump also Irish is the
:07:25. > :07:29.scale of the enquiry will spread as well. -- the Trump entourage.
:07:30. > :07:33.Another is the endless damaging and revealing leaks from within the
:07:34. > :07:41.administration. Today, the Attorney General revealed a new crackdown.
:07:42. > :07:45.This new... Nation -- this nation must put an end to these weeks. We
:07:46. > :07:55.have to bring criminal justice. We will not allow rogue, criminal
:07:56. > :07:59.sources to sell out our country. The president visited the emergency
:08:00. > :08:04.centre for Larry King, it is our king season. With this grand jury,
:08:05. > :08:09.one could soon be barrelling towards Donald Trump. -- the centre for
:08:10. > :08:09.hurricanes. Let's take a look at some of
:08:10. > :08:13.the other stories making the news. The US economy has seen strong jobs
:08:14. > :08:16.growth thanks to a wave of hiring President Trump has welcomed
:08:17. > :08:26.the news, tweeting... Excellent jobs numbers
:08:27. > :08:27.just released - South Korea's spy agency has
:08:28. > :08:31.admitted it tried to manipulate the result of the 2012 presidential
:08:32. > :08:33.election to ensure Park Geun-hye did beat
:08:34. > :08:43.liberal Moon Jae-in, but she is now facing trial
:08:44. > :08:46.for corruption and abuse of power. Researchers warn that half
:08:47. > :08:49.of India's nearly 800 languages Experts says children
:08:50. > :08:52.from linguistic minorities or indigenous communities aren't
:08:53. > :08:54.educated in their mother tongue, and there's little incentive
:08:55. > :08:56.for following generations to keep Parts of southern Europe
:08:57. > :09:07.are suffering from the hottest sustained heatwave for more
:09:08. > :09:13.than a decade. Temperatures have reached 45 degrees
:09:14. > :09:16.Celsius in some parts of Italy and the Balkans and several
:09:17. > :09:18.countries have issued Let's talk to Phil Avery
:09:19. > :09:30.from the BBC Weather Centre. Lovely to see you. We have some
:09:31. > :09:37.wonderful pictures of people really enjoying the weather. However there
:09:38. > :09:42.is a danger. Most certainly. As you have intimated in your introduction,
:09:43. > :09:48.a number of authorities issuing a health warnings. The media types, we
:09:49. > :09:53.always talk about 45 Celsius by day but there is no relief by night. I
:09:54. > :09:56.was reading lines from Canadian tourists who were expecting a jolly
:09:57. > :10:02.time in Europe and they said they didn't expect 40 Celsius plus and
:10:03. > :10:06.the payoff is, once you get at by night, it is hard to drag both
:10:07. > :10:12.average was down by day. You can get them below 28 - 30 Celsius. People
:10:13. > :10:17.really stressing through the lack of sleep and the fact it is difficult
:10:18. > :10:24.to stay healthy in those conditions. What is the current situation? This
:10:25. > :10:26.is what we are expecting to see on Saturday, on this temperature
:10:27. > :10:34.profile. Looking across Europe, many of these are above 40 Celsius. We
:10:35. > :10:38.are going through Sardinia, down to Siberia. Some of these are not
:10:39. > :10:43.extraordinary in one or two days but we have spoken about wildfires for
:10:44. > :10:49.quite some time. We go back a few weeks, it was Iberia. We had similar
:10:50. > :10:53.things in Croatia, talking about the effects. We can drag that engine
:10:54. > :10:58.power shortages because everyone turns on air conditioning if they
:10:59. > :11:03.have it in places like Croatia. There are real effect. We see no
:11:04. > :11:04.reduction going into this weekend. Across the south has been a source
:11:05. > :11:15.for quite some time. Why has it not move further north?
:11:16. > :11:20.There is an absolute dividing line comes in the form of the weather
:11:21. > :11:23.front. Parts of northern Europe, people will look at the south and
:11:24. > :11:29.think they wished they had part of that sunshine because the north,
:11:30. > :11:33.which changing you now, at best it is 20-something, nowhere near
:11:34. > :11:39.30-40dC, mid-40s Celsius. The reason why it has not swept across Europe
:11:40. > :11:43.as a whole is because the north of Europe picks up cooler, fresher,
:11:44. > :11:46.Atlantic air whereas the south is but with this big area of high
:11:47. > :11:51.pressure which keeps circulating this heat and the worrying statistic
:11:52. > :11:57.that I have to finish with is that the UK Met Office is confirming that
:11:58. > :12:02.this sort of extreme weather event is ten times more likely to happen
:12:03. > :12:08.now and into the future than was as recently as the 2000s. Does this
:12:09. > :12:13.have anything to do with the jet stream? Wheel of talking about that.
:12:14. > :12:18.I know you are talking about it, we should get you to talk about that
:12:19. > :12:20.rather than me. It sort of has but I know, thankfully we don't have
:12:21. > :12:24.enough time to talk about it in detail. New cheat. Thank you, thank
:12:25. > :12:31.you very much. Leo Varadker crossed the Irish
:12:32. > :12:39.border for the first time as Ireland's Prime Minister to set
:12:40. > :12:53.out his concerns about what could -- Ireland's Prime Minister,
:12:54. > :12:55.Leo Varadkar, says Britain must soon address, the key issue of the status
:12:56. > :12:58.of the Irish border after Brexit, He says he doesn't want economic
:12:59. > :13:01.barriers, between Britain and Ireland, and is calling
:13:02. > :13:04.for 'unique solutions,' to preserve After Brexit, Ireland
:13:05. > :13:07.will have the EU's only Our Ireland Correspondent
:13:08. > :13:10.Chris Buckler reports Leo Varadker crossed the Irish
:13:11. > :13:12.border for the first time as Ireland's Prime Minister to set
:13:13. > :13:15.out his concerns about what could He arrived in Belfast having upset
:13:16. > :13:18.unionists with recent But inside Queens University today,
:13:19. > :13:22.the new Taoiseach was keen to talk At a time when Brexit
:13:23. > :13:26.threatens to drive a wedge between North and South,
:13:27. > :13:28.between Britain and Ireland, we need to build more
:13:29. > :13:30.bridges and fewer borders. He is a Taioseoch
:13:31. > :13:32.of a new generation. The referendum over
:13:33. > :13:34.the Good Friday Peace Agreement marked the first time
:13:35. > :13:36.he was eligible to vote. He said the challenge of this
:13:37. > :13:38.generation is Brexit and again he challenged those he called
:13:39. > :13:41.the Brexiteers to come up with proposals to ease the problems
:13:42. > :13:45.posed by new borders. They have already had 14 months
:13:46. > :13:49.to do so, which should have been ample time to come up
:13:50. > :13:52.with detailed proposals. But if they cannot,
:13:53. > :13:56.and I believe they cannot, then we can start to talk
:13:57. > :13:58.meaningfully about solutions that For example, if the United Kingdom
:13:59. > :14:06.doesn't want to stay in the customs union,
:14:07. > :14:09.perhaps there can be an EU-UK And if it was to end up
:14:10. > :14:17.being a so-called hard Brexit, no-one is sure how trade
:14:18. > :14:19.and movement could be monitored, along the border which has
:14:20. > :14:22.scores of open roads. When people talk about the Irish
:14:23. > :14:26.border of the past, they tend to refer to the years
:14:27. > :14:30.of The Troubles, when huge security This is actually the dividing line
:14:31. > :14:38.between the two countries, There's going to be some form
:14:39. > :14:44.of border because the UK will want people going into the South
:14:45. > :14:48.of Ireland and using it I've never seen before,
:14:49. > :14:54.you know, I was too young. I didn't see the border but I can
:14:55. > :15:12.imagine that it won't be good. But there are some people in Ireland
:15:13. > :15:25.you feel that the key shock is interfering.
:15:26. > :15:33.But there are some people in Ireland you feel that the key shock is
:15:34. > :15:35.-- On this shared island, Leo Varadkar knows there
:15:36. > :15:39.A Brexit deal that's good for the UK is likely to be important on both
:15:40. > :15:42.Chris Buckler, BBC News, Northern Ireland.
:15:43. > :15:48.Now, Neymar has completed a ?200 million deal to go to PSG. We have
:15:49. > :15:55.been told it is not all about the money. Neymar finally in Paris with
:15:56. > :16:00.a ball and the world at his feet. At ?200 million, his transfer from
:16:01. > :16:04.Barcelona is a wreckage deal. When his wages are included, it will
:16:05. > :16:07.eventually top ?400 million. The Brazilian star told me today he has
:16:08. > :16:13.followed his heart and not his wallet. A lot of people say you're
:16:14. > :16:20.doing this for the money, that is your motivation. What do you say to
:16:21. > :16:24.that? TRANSLATION: I did not come here for the money. I came here for
:16:25. > :16:35.the motivation of the challenge and the challenges.
:16:36. > :16:39.On the Champs-Elysees this morning, fans were happy to part with their
:16:40. > :16:47.cash, queueing to buy the new Neymar shirt. The club is backed by a
:16:48. > :16:58.family of Qatar well. The anything he has bagged a bargain. Today until
:16:59. > :17:05.now, the sort merchandised of half 1 million euros and that is just in a
:17:06. > :17:10.couple of others. Neymar has been a star of club and country for many
:17:11. > :17:16.years. People point to the vast sum involved and people as grey as
:17:17. > :17:21.merely a pawn in Qatar's efforts to spread its influence across the
:17:22. > :17:30.globe. The man himself said he is simply here to win. What with the
:17:31. > :17:34.success to you, the Champions League, the Balon D'Or? How would
:17:35. > :17:40.you say you've made it, delivered? TRANSLATION: I want everything, the
:17:41. > :17:48.titles... I came over here to make history. PSG want Neymar to spot a
:17:49. > :18:00.sporting revolution for them. Leaving the stadium tonight, he was
:18:01. > :18:02.greeted by fans as their new king. The French authorities have been
:18:03. > :18:05.accused of failing to provide for asylum seekers as a deliberate
:18:06. > :18:08.policy of trying to dissuade migrants from coming to the country.
:18:09. > :18:20.Hundreds are living in squalor on the outskirts of Metz. Splashing in
:18:21. > :18:26.the summer heat, try topping these children from enjoying themselves.
:18:27. > :18:29.This for them is home, a ramshackle collection of tents perched on how
:18:30. > :18:32.outskirts of the city. Some have been your Fridays, some for many
:18:33. > :18:38.months. All are squeezed into tiny tent will stop they complain of
:18:39. > :18:46.rats, not enough toilets, not enough help. This man is from northern
:18:47. > :18:54.Iraq. He has been here for four months. He wants out. It is
:18:55. > :18:59.difficult for life. I need to go to England. I can't because of borders
:19:00. > :19:04.being closed, it is difficult. We don't have enough money to go. These
:19:05. > :19:09.kinds of places are becoming more common in wealthy Europe as people
:19:10. > :19:13.stream west in search of a better life. Some say that France is
:19:14. > :19:22.denying the stable assistance on purpose. When you are in this kind
:19:23. > :19:28.of place, no incentives. At the end of the day, I think you create such
:19:29. > :19:33.conditions for people who know that when they arrive in France, they
:19:34. > :19:39.have no better conditions than in their own country. It is a charge
:19:40. > :19:45.vigorously rejected by gift already is. TRANSLATION: We currently have
:19:46. > :19:50.nearly 5000 people housed in the region. If the states didn't want to
:19:51. > :19:55.do anything, why would be provide this accommodation? If this camp
:19:56. > :20:00.existed just to frustrate people, it is clearly not working. Most of
:20:01. > :20:06.these people will felt to be accepted for a file, wanting a
:20:07. > :20:13.better life is not a good enough reason for the authorities. -- will
:20:14. > :20:20.fail to be accepted for asylum. The misery that flourishes here will
:20:21. > :20:23.continue. More help from the stage is coming. The ball of the rich west
:20:24. > :20:29.-- The pull ll of the rich west continues.
:20:30. > :20:34.France remains hard and dangerous for the people who come here.
:20:35. > :20:36.Researchers at Nottingham Trent University say a simple device
:20:37. > :20:38.to reduce the weight of washing machines could save fuel,
:20:39. > :20:40.cut carbon emissions, and reduce back injuries.
:20:41. > :20:42.A typical budget washing machine is weighted by a 25 kilogramme
:20:43. > :20:45.concrete block to hold it steady as it spins, but scientists
:20:46. > :20:58.have experimented with something different.
:20:59. > :21:01.Amin Al-Habaibeh, professor in intelligent engineering
:21:02. > :21:04.systems is part of the team at Nottingham Trent
:21:05. > :21:20.The normal washing machines, they have concrete counterweights and the
:21:21. > :21:24.idea is to prevent vibration. The problem with this technology is that
:21:25. > :21:32.the manufacturers need to assemble the concrete counterweights in the
:21:33. > :21:38.factory and ship them to the stores and then they are being transferred
:21:39. > :21:43.or shipped to people at home and that will simply produce carbon
:21:44. > :21:46.emissions that will consume more fuel and, at the same time, could
:21:47. > :21:52.cause health issues in terms of the people who carry such washing
:21:53. > :21:56.machines and store them. Health issues, is that really an issue? Is
:21:57. > :22:04.it a big problem? Normally people need to be trained but certainly
:22:05. > :22:08.reducing the weight of around 30% of a machine device, that makes moving
:22:09. > :22:15.it easier. Especially for the people themselves, the users. If they want
:22:16. > :22:19.to use... Movie washing machine, it becomes easier for them if they are
:22:20. > :22:23.not strange to do that. I understand a company came to you with the idea
:22:24. > :22:29.of exploring the possibility of removing the concrete. Why has no
:22:30. > :22:34.one thought of this before? There were some attempts in the past but
:22:35. > :22:40.what we have done about this project, the unique thing, is that
:22:41. > :22:43.we have tried to replace the counterweight with hollow, plastic
:22:44. > :22:47.containers in the same place, using the same fixture system. That will
:22:48. > :22:53.hopefully make it easier for washing machine manufacturers to replace the
:22:54. > :23:00.concrete counterweightss during the manufacturing process without having
:23:01. > :23:03.to change the design of the washing machine. Plastic can be brutal. How
:23:04. > :23:08.long will this last converter concrete?
:23:09. > :23:19.Well, much of washing machines are already plastic. Adding one more
:23:20. > :23:24.component is within the normal aspect of the current practice. How
:23:25. > :23:29.much is this likely to cost? And very difficult to tell at the
:23:30. > :23:37.moment. Our main focus was on reducing the weight and reducing the
:23:38. > :23:42.carbon emission and the fuel transporting the washing machine to
:23:43. > :23:45.the end user. Certainly, it will be that there are other issues to
:23:46. > :23:49.consider when the product goes to the market. Very briefly, is a
:23:50. > :23:56.interest from manufacturers? Our industrial collaborator is talking
:23:57. > :24:00.now to plastic manufacturers and washing machine manufacturers and we
:24:01. > :24:03.hope it will be soon in the market in the future. Amin Al-Habaibeh,
:24:04. > :24:06.thank you very much. Thank you. The 70th Edinburgh International
:24:07. > :24:09.Festival is underway. Created in the aftermath
:24:10. > :24:12.of the Second World War to give a platform
:24:13. > :24:15.for the flowering of the human spirit, it's now
:24:16. > :24:17.the largest arts festival One couple has been there
:24:18. > :24:20.since the beginning. This is Ingrid and
:24:21. > :24:35.Henry Wuga's story. May 1939, I came on a dramatic
:24:36. > :24:48.journey by train to Germany and eventually we landed in Great
:24:49. > :24:57.Britain. I am 90 double zero 92. 93. I am not 93, am I? Yes. When you
:24:58. > :25:02.heard it was music going on, we thought, can we afford to go?
:25:03. > :25:06.Edinburgh holds the first international music and drama
:25:07. > :25:15.Festival. Scotland's capital's streets will come 120,000 visitors.
:25:16. > :25:21.Gourmand, Young, Lee has no money. We did not mind standing at the
:25:22. > :25:25.back. Many orchestras from all over Europe, America, came to Edinburgh.
:25:26. > :25:29.All of a sudden, there was like a rekindling of life, art, music.
:25:30. > :25:32.People were determined. Iraq determined to lead a better life. It
:25:33. > :25:44.did work. They were determined it should
:25:45. > :25:48.change and be better. This iconic singer became an international star
:25:49. > :25:52.in a very short time. It was fantastic. Having tasted that, of
:25:53. > :25:59.course, there was no slopping ours. We lived for that moment. Fantastic.
:26:00. > :26:07.Do stay with us, plenty more coming up on BBC.
:26:08. > :26:12.Do stay with us, plenty more coming up on BBC.