05/08/2017 World News Today

The UN votes unanimously in favour of new and tougher sanctions

against North Korea after last month's long-range missile tests.

This resolution is the single largest economic sanctions package

ever levelled against the North Korean regime.

Venezuela's chief prosecutor is sacked by the country's

new constituent assembly - she says it wanted to stop her

Police in Italy are investigating the kidnapping of a British model

who was held captive for nearly a week.

And the legend that is Usain Bolt, books his place in the 100m final

at the World Championships here in London - his final

The United Nations Security Council Has Voted Unanimously To Impose

tough new sanctions against North Korea.

The resolution was drafted by the United States, and it comes

in response to two long-range ballistic missile tests last month.

The sanctions aim to deprive Pyongyang of more

Speaking at the session, US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley

North Korea's irresponsible and careless acts have just proved to be

quite costly to the regime. This resolution is the single largest

economic sanctions package ever levelled against the North Korean

regime. The price the North Korean leadership will pay for its

continued nuclear missile development will be the loss of one

third of its exports and hard currency. This is the most stringent

set of sanctions on any country in a generation. Lets get more on this,

because Laura Becker is following events from Washington. Some unity

to the Security Council, they're obviously very worried about North

Korea's nuclear-weapons programme? The US are taking this threat very

seriously, that's two missiles fired in a month, an analyst believed they

could be capable of hitting the mainland of the United States. Now,

obviously, that is contested by many, but they're not taking any

chances. In the last few hours, Donald Trump is there's National

Security adviser has said they will not tolerate these threats. In the

last month, you've heard there from Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to

the UN, she has been trying to work with the other members of the

student council to come up with this resolution. But they've managed to

do is come up with a package of measures which will hit Pyongyang

with a $1 billion worth of export funding. It will strip that await.

The idea behind that is that. Then getting the funds necessary to

plough that money into his missile programme. The key to all of this is

China, because China trade around 90% of North Korea's trade is with

China. The idea is that if China is on board, the sanctions could

actually have some teeth. But you have heard there that China has

backed the Security Council measures, but it's also had a bit of

a swipe at the US. The last 18 minutes it has announced that it

wants the US to halt its deployment of an anti missile defence system

will stop it is based in South Korea, China believes it's a threat

to its own national security and wants the US to remove it. So now we

know what China once in response to its backing, it's asking the US to

take away its military presence near them. Has there been any reaction

yet from North Korea? Within the last few hours before the sanctions

were even voted upon, North Korean state television had published a

series of statements, very defiant statements, thing they would not

tolerate the sanctions and it would not work to stop them rallying

around their party and rallying around their leader. So this is the

latest set of sanctions, and it seems Kim Jong-un is undeterred.

Just hours after it was sworn in, Venezuela's new constituent assembly

has voted to sack the country's top prosecutor, a vocal

The controversial assembly - which is dominated by

Government supporters - decided to remove Luisa Ortega from

Earlier, dozens of National Guard officers in riot gear took up

position around her office preventing her from entering.

It didn't take long for Venezuela's chief prosecutor to take the

consequences of her opposition to the constituent assembly. Just hours

after the controversial new legislative body was sworn in, Ms

Ortega's office was around by security forces. She better

photographers on to her Twitter account of National Guard officers

in riot gear, and she said she denounced the siege in front of the

national and international community. A prominent member of the

new assembly, the country's Foreign Minister, indicated such

high-profile opponents could face which -- swift action. She has

become a vocal opponent Nicolas Maduro. First she led outcry as the

Supreme Court briefly took control of the powers of the National

Assembly. Since the constituent assembly was proposed, she has

consistently denounced it publicly and brought legal action to hold its

advance. And Will Grant joins us

now from Mexico City. Tell us more about Luisa Ortega and

at how was she regarded in the country? There are the years, she

was considered a Loyalist to give Chavez and then to Nicolas Maduro.

And she was a Laurus, she was socially with the revolution, there

is no doubt about that at all. They met a few weeks ago there was a step

by the Supreme Court in Venezuela to store the powers of the National

Assembly. The outcry about that in Venezuela and around the world was

led by Luisa Ortega. They step back from the brink, but was then the

decision was taken to great this new constituent assembly, the one that

is causing all the controversy at the moment. She has consistently

remained in opposition to that. She says it's unconstitutional and she

is the last defender of because digestion as the country's top

prosecutor. Susie he's moved from a Loyalist advice to a opposition won,

even though she's not aligned with the opposition. But she's certainly

butting heads with Nicolas Maduro, and now it seems he's taken a final

decision to remove her from the post, know that this new institution

has been installed. How worrying is this move? It looks like President

Madden oh is digging in his heels here? It's just so swift, it was

immediately after this new legislative body that took office,

one that is not just not reckon I is by the opposition and millions of

Venezuelans who didn't turn out to vote in the election, but also by

neighbouring countries, by the EU, by the State Department under Donald

Trump's administration, and it's causing Venezuela to be removed

indefinitely from the South American trading block. The repercussions of

this, it is an extremely radical step, but it's one in keeping with

what Mr Maduro and his top officials say that they are doing with the way

they are moving the country, what this new constituent assembly is all

about. He's showing no signs of relaxing and it certainly digging in

his heels for the time being. Thank you very much.

Let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news.

Campaigning in the Kenyan general election has officially closed

ahead of Tuesday's vote, with the two frontrunners

President Uhuru Kenyatta led his supporters in prayer

His main challenger, Raila Odinga, was cheered by a huge crowd

at Uhuru Park in the centre of the capital, Nairobi.

And in Rwanda, supporters of President Paul Kagame have been

celebrating after he won a third term in office, with

The Electoral Commission said partial results of Friday's election

The Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, has

warned the United States against jeopardising its nuclear

deal with world powers, saying President Trump

He was speaking at his inauguration, after being elected

for a second term in May, at a ceremony in Tehran.

Mr Rouhani accused the United States of trying to undermine Iran's

Police in Italy are investigating the kidnapping of a British model

who was held captive for nearly a week.

The young woman, who has not been named, had gone to Milan

for what she thought was a photo-shoot.

Detectives say her captor drugged her and tried

A Polish man - who lives in Britain - has been arrested.

The 20-year-old model arrived in Milan for a photo shoot in one of

these apartments in the city centre. It's said that this is way sure was

attacked by two men and was drugged. The leaves have reconstructed how

she whispered into a bag and then bundled into the boot of a car also.

It was driven to an abandoned shop on the outskirts of the city. Then

to this cottage in the mountains near Turin.

TRANSLATION: Victim was drugged with ketamine and then driven four hours.

We can only imagine what might have happened its she had had an asthma

attack. It is understood that while she was at the cottage, the woman

was handcuffed a chest of drawers. Her kidnapper is alleged to have

tried to sell her for sex online, and demanded a ransom of over

$350,000 from her agent. After six days she was released, although no

ransom was paid, apparently because the kidnapper find out she had a

child. TRANSLATION: The perpetrator was a

dangerous person. Keep in mind, yet reduced themselves as someone

willing to find final solutions, both as a paid killer and part of an

organisation that works in the dark wave, offering mercenaries services,

bomb attacks, kidnappings and so on. The Polish man said to be resident

in Britain has been arrested. It's said this happened after he was seen

taking the woman to the British Consulate. UK Foreign Office said

they had been providing consular support to a woman in Italy. This is

a story that pulls into sharp focus the potential dangers for young

people trying to get on in the modelling industry.

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

arrive for their summer vacation, but how much of a holiday will it

The UN votes unanimously to impose new tougher

sanctions on North Korea after last month's long-range missile tests.

Venezuela's chief prosecutor is sacked by the country's

new constituent assembly - she says it wanted to stop her

Like many other residents of Washington DC, President Donald

He will spend 17 days at his private golf club in New Jersey,

for what the White House has billed as a "working vacation".

Mr Trump is known for branding himself as an tireless worker,

so the nearly three-week holiday has raised a few eyebrows.

We'll be in New Jersey in just a minute, but first,

a couple of years ago, the BBC did a little research about

how many days a year Americans take off.

Uh-huh you uh-huh you always had to be available. There's not usually

someone to do the work for you, so you have to come back to the

mountain of work you left behind. You save those days up just in the

event of an emergency. Media child needs surgery, maybe yourself. You

always have that time available to you.

Even when I'm on vacation, I can't relax, because I worry. I am a

Christian Brit on the telephone to wherever I need to be. I'm never

relax. If you're working all the time, you

get burned out really fast. To take vacation time, spend time with the

family, do anything, you reset your brain. Got to have your quiet time

to do what you need to do. I'm from Germany. I needed to take

all my days. NPR's White House reporter

Scott Horsley is in New Jersey, following Donald Trump's

summer holiday. It is typical for presidents to get

out of town, out of Washington, DC, in the August, when they swamp Kabir

specially swamping. 17 days is a little longer than some presidents

have taken, but a correspondent for CBC -- CBS radio has demonstrated

that while President Trump has taken more days away than his immediate

predecessor, President Obama, he is taken less time away then say George

W Bush did. It is interesting, what you're sing about President Trump,

because he criticised President Obama for taking too many vacations.

It is all that he's taking a 70-day holiday? He criticised as an Obama

for taking time away from the White House, but also for not using his

frequent golf outings more strategically to cosy up to world

leaders or lawmakers. The current White House is being very sensitive

to that, and one side of that is, even when Donald Trump is as one of

the signature golf courses, which he spends a lot of time at, the almost

always refused to confirm that he's actually playing golf. We often have

the weight until his coal miners had tweeted out a photograph to learn

that you has been officially on the links. -- his golf partners. What

are Americans making of this, given they don't traditionally take many

holidays? 17 days would be a long vacation for most Americans. I think

the culture is so polarised right now, this will be viewed through the

same course aims at most issues are. -- partisan lens that most issues

are. When President Obama took his Martha's Vineyard at vacation coming

here just been wrestling with the economic crisis for the first seven

months. He had bail that General Motors and Chrysler. Yet been

working towards, although not yet passing the health care bill. He had

been working towards the not yet passing a financial reform overhaul.

President Trump comes into this vacation with very little to show

for a specific month in office. The Republican-controlled house and

Senate have yet to pass the Obama Kare Repeal Bill there been talking

about for the past seven years. The push for tax reform is in nascent

stages. This is a working vacation that comes after not a whole lot of

finished work for this president. Lets get some sport he's Catherine.

Only one place to start, these finals of the 100m and Usain Bolt's

bid for glory. He is in the final, though he didn't win his semifinal.

He was well behind at the halfway stage, but is customary surge saw

him claw back the deficit, only finishing a fraction of a second

behind Christian Kallman. Nevertheless, and that is the first

time Bould has lost a semifinal at a world champion tips or another big

gains. And the final is less than half an hour away now. The Olympic

champion and gold-medal favourite Nafi Thiam is out after four

disciplines they had to happen. She has led all the way, and this

evening, she remains very much on course to win the world title to add

to her Olympic gold. Another blistering performance from the

world-record holder from Ethiopia, she is drawn to gold in the 10,000m.

Well over half a lap ahead of the rest of the field in one of the

greatest distance runs in history. Her compatriot came in second, but

finished over in minutes behind. On day two of the fourth and final test

event between England and South Africa, the hosts finished on top.

Jonny Bairstow the main man in the opening session, helping them to a

opening total of 362. He felt one run short of his century, but by

then the damage had been done. Anderson dismantled the South

African batting, taking four wickets to leave South Africa reeling on

220-9. 142 runs behind. I quite like the pitch. There was a bit of

something there. It was more up and down any bit sideways. So when

you're feeling the game like that, your confidence is always up. You

feel if you, even if you leave a few runs, you're in the game and get a

wicket at any stage. We did very well. I think the wicket has

deteriorated a little bit. He is saying he bowled with a well, as in

Versailles, a few dismissals have put up with assets in a spot of

bother. There has been a fightback on the cards after day three of the

second test fixture between Sri Lanka and India. They bowled the Sri

Lankan is out for 183. The hundred 91 stands for the second means there

is still some life in the second test look Sri Lankan are behind, but

have eight wickets in hand after stumps on day three. For those

banned uh-huh those fans who didn't spend time outside the hotel 20 get

a view of the world's most exerts a player, Neymar was on the turf of

the part of grants. You miserable world-record $263 million from

Barcelona to pay a shave. He was on the pitch effort of the opening

match of the season. The fans were treated to a couple others tricks,

he didn't play because his paperwork wasn't processed in time for the

game. Paris Saint-Germain missing him, they ran out winners thanks to

goals from a story and kabaddi. In the goal today, a good day for

Kim retains lead into the final day, she shot a six under, and Park got

an eight under. Nvidia's Georgia hole is charged in second. Regular

match. As we've heard, in just under

30 minutes, Usain Bolt will run his final individual race,

after a decade of dominating This race is being watched closely

around the world but none more so than in his home

country, Jamaica. The race is of course

being watched closely in Bolt's And from Kingston,

we can join Nick Davis, Everyone is glued to a TV set. I am

at the main bus station. Big screens behind me. People are gathering,

slowly but surely, very much a trickle now, because there's holiday

weekend. It's really, really hot. Lots of people are probably watching

at home able to enjoy a cold drink rather than set out in the hot son.

There are millions of people watching all of the world to see if

Bolt can do it. He will be missed the world over, but this is a man

who lives and trains in Jamaica. Lives and trains here and does a lot

for the local economy. A lot of people don't realise that pretty

much most youngsters... Because of his impact on the economy, Jamaican

people really want him to have a wonderful retirement and hopefully

make space for other talent. Jamaica is a factory as printers, male and

female, who dominate. -- a factory of sprinters. Is there any idea what

Bolt will do next? Well, the Government of Jamaica keep asking if

he will go into politics. He denies he wants to do that. I think he

wants to take a well-deserved break. You's Soren Dymond denies he's bit

lazy, so maybe he's that takes time to relax.

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