:00:00. > :00:12.Our top stories: Celebrations as South Africa's Jacob Zuma
:00:13. > :00:29.Kenyans are also voting for a new president -
:00:30. > :00:33.Counting begins after thousands of people cast their vote.
:00:34. > :00:35.Athletes at the World Championships are struck by the norovirus -
:00:36. > :00:38.Botswana's track star is a casualty - he's out of the four
:00:39. > :00:51.I was ready, I was top of my game to come here. I was ready to make
:00:52. > :00:55.everything possible. I came here for a medal.
:00:56. > :00:58.And Hong Kong closes more beaches as a palm oil
:00:59. > :01:13.Hello and welcome to World News Today.
:01:14. > :01:16.Well, it's closer than anyone thought, but South African president
:01:17. > :01:20.Jacob Zuma has survived a vote of no confidence in parliament today.
:01:21. > :01:23.Mr Zuma would have been removed as president if over two-hundred
:01:24. > :01:31.MPs voted against him, but only
:01:32. > :01:36.Celebrating his success, he declared his ANC will win a big
:01:37. > :01:39.majority in the general elections in 2019.
:01:40. > :01:48.I've just come to say thank you to all of you.
:01:49. > :01:54.Those comrades who are in Parliament need
:01:55. > :01:59.the support from the membership and supporters.
:02:00. > :02:13.To demonstrate that the ANC is there, is powerful, is big.
:02:14. > :02:39.Tellers about the reaction there. Yes, those who supported President
:02:40. > :02:45.Jacob Zuma celebrating, as you have seen, but there are those who did
:02:46. > :02:51.not want this vote of no-confidence to be defeated. Who are also the
:02:52. > :02:57.ANC. They are slightly uneasy tonight because perhaps the witch
:02:58. > :03:05.hunt begins, even though this was a secret ballot. People are beginning
:03:06. > :03:13.to wonder who voted for who and who abstained. Remember, there were 26
:03:14. > :03:18.votes from the ANC which supported the opposition motion, and there
:03:19. > :03:24.were nine abstentions. So it means that about 35 people from the ANC
:03:25. > :03:27.did not want their leader to continue as president. And
:03:28. > :03:33.therefore, there must be questions now coming out of the ANC
:03:34. > :03:36.headquarters. And that means there is quite a bit of time for the
:03:37. > :03:41.opposition to press on those vulnerabilities, that division
:03:42. > :03:51.before the next elections. That's very correct indeed. The opposition
:03:52. > :03:56.leader has already vowed to continue the fight. They smell blood because
:03:57. > :04:01.they've already now seen with clear-cut evidence on the ballot
:04:02. > :04:05.vote that there are divisions in the ANC. He divisions that we have been
:04:06. > :04:11.talking about for months now, which were largely within the ANC in its
:04:12. > :04:17.own structures, in the villages and the townships of this country have
:04:18. > :04:20.now reached the backbenches of Parliament. So opposition parties
:04:21. > :04:26.are vowing to continue with the fight and this means that it's going
:04:27. > :04:31.to be a long road for President Jacob Zuma until December, when the
:04:32. > :04:35.ANC meets for its elective conference, when he's supposed to be
:04:36. > :04:42.stepping down after serving two terms as party leader. Is there any
:04:43. > :04:49.sign that he is humbled or in a mood to compromise after this eighth
:04:50. > :04:54.no-confidence vote? Clearly, President Jacob Zuma, after
:04:55. > :05:00.surviving this eighth no-confidence vote, is now in his ninth life.
:05:01. > :05:05.There is no way he could be compromising now. Eagles victorious.
:05:06. > :05:11.He never gives up. Remember, Jacob Zuma stayed in prison for ten years
:05:12. > :05:15.with Nelson Mandela while fighting against Wightman Daugherty rule, so
:05:16. > :05:21.he does not give up easily. Most people see this as a loss for him,
:05:22. > :05:26.given what has happened with ANC MPs, who voted with the opposition.
:05:27. > :05:29.But for himself, he sees this as a victory. He is buoyant and he hopes
:05:30. > :05:37.to get to December. There are some rumours that he had offered this
:05:38. > :05:42.morning to resign, but there is no confirmation whether that is true or
:05:43. > :05:44.not. Thanks for bringing us right up to date there.
:05:45. > :05:47.In Kenya, the first polling stations are declaring their vote tallies
:05:48. > :05:50.Voting is still taking place in some other polling stations,
:05:51. > :05:59.Throughout the day, people waited in long queues to vote.
:06:00. > :06:01.The incumbent president, Uhuru Kenyatta, who's standing
:06:02. > :06:04.again, has said he would accept the will of the people.
:06:05. > :06:06.His main rival is his longstanding opponent, Raila Odinga.
:06:07. > :06:10.Security has been tight, as Tomi Oladipo reports.
:06:11. > :06:14.In the darkness before dawn, they waited.
:06:15. > :06:17.Some voters camping overnight, hoping to be the first in
:06:18. > :06:21.In thousands of polling stations across Kenya, they turned
:06:22. > :06:28.Here in Nairobi, Kenyans have been queueing, braving
:06:29. > :06:33.the cold and the rain, waiting to exercise their right to vote.
:06:34. > :06:35.Now, once this process is done then all
:06:36. > :06:37.eyes will be watching as the results come in.
:06:38. > :06:39.It's the race for the presidency that's attracting the
:06:40. > :06:44.The incumbent president Uhuru Kenyatta is seeking
:06:45. > :06:48.re-election, but hoping to replace him on his fourth attempt is Raila
:06:49. > :06:52.Odinga, a veteran opposition candidate.
:06:53. > :06:55.The winner would need more than half of the votes to avoid
:06:56. > :06:59.Competition is also fierce at the lower levels of
:07:00. > :07:06.But it will all be down to what the people decide.
:07:07. > :07:16.We're hoping for a successful election and
:07:17. > :07:20.I really hope that the Kenyans keep peace after the election.
:07:21. > :07:22.No matter who wins, we will still be Kenyans.
:07:23. > :07:26.First, I want to exercise my democratic right, and secondly I
:07:27. > :07:29.want to vote for the right people for the next Government
:07:30. > :07:31.and for development of our country and of course for my
:07:32. > :07:32.children's future, yeah.
:07:33. > :07:37.I'm somebody who has been voting from the first president of
:07:38. > :07:40.Kenya and I think now this is the fourth president and I'm here,
:07:41. > :07:43.whether it rains or it shines, we are very happy.
:07:44. > :07:49.The electoral authority has been under intense
:07:50. > :07:51.pressure to deliver a fair and transparent poll.
:07:52. > :07:55.This country's stability hinges on the success of
:07:56. > :07:57.this process and Kenyans hope that their trust
:07:58. > :08:01.Our correspondent Anne Soy is at a counting station
:08:02. > :08:15.What's next? Well, this is the main place were the final declaration
:08:16. > :08:19.will be made. The Constitution gives the Electoral Commission seven days
:08:20. > :08:21.within which to make the final announcement for the presidential
:08:22. > :08:25.result, and so they say that they are not in any hurry but results are
:08:26. > :08:29.trickling in from polling stations that have already counted their
:08:30. > :08:35.votes. The adding up these votes happening automatically in the
:08:36. > :08:39.electronic system and then everybody can see the results as they trickle
:08:40. > :08:41.in across the country through the Electoral Commission's website as
:08:42. > :08:49.well as through their local media channels that are updating people
:08:50. > :08:57.live. So up till now, the latest update is that at least an eighth of
:08:58. > :09:04.the votes count is already in. By morning, we might have many more and
:09:05. > :09:10.a clear indication of how this vote will go. Do you expect security to
:09:11. > :09:16.remain tight over the next few hours? Well, that depends on several
:09:17. > :09:19.issues. It depends on how the losers in this election are going to react
:09:20. > :09:22.and what they will tell their supporters because most of the
:09:23. > :09:26.post-election violence that we have seen in the past has happened as a
:09:27. > :09:32.result of that reaction from the election losers. The key thing about
:09:33. > :09:37.this particular election is we have so many contestants. More than
:09:38. > :09:40.14,000 candidates vying for just over 1800 positions. That means a
:09:41. > :09:47.large number of them are going to lose, so how they react is going to
:09:48. > :09:53.have an impact on the country. Just a final part. It is, of course,
:09:54. > :09:58.Kenyan voices that matter here, but our people aware or thinking of the
:09:59. > :10:03.eyes around the world that are upon them? Barack Obama works saying it
:10:04. > :10:09.was such an important vote to pass peacefully. That's right. I believe
:10:10. > :10:14.that Kenyans get the sense that this is an important election not just
:10:15. > :10:16.for them but for the region and the international community is watching.
:10:17. > :10:26.Indeed, the international observers were here from the Secretary of
:10:27. > :10:31.State from the United States, John Kerry, and also former presidents
:10:32. > :10:34.from Ghana and South Africa. Monitoring the vote. So indeed there
:10:35. > :10:37.is a lot of attention from the international community and that is
:10:38. > :10:38.not lost on Kenyans. Thanks very much.
:10:39. > :10:43.Let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news.
:10:44. > :10:47.Chinese state media says an earthquake has killed five people
:10:48. > :10:50.and injured more than 60 others in the remote province of Sichuan.
:10:51. > :10:52.Buildings in the popular Jiuzhaigou tourist resort are said
:10:53. > :10:58.The quake measured six-point-five in magnitude.
:10:59. > :11:01.The Australian government has announced plans for a postal vote
:11:02. > :11:04.Opinion polls suggest a majority of support for gay
:11:05. > :11:06.marriage in the country, but the government's pledge to hold
:11:07. > :11:08.a national plebiscite vote lacks parliamentary support.
:11:09. > :11:12.The voluntary, non-binding vote will begin next month.
:11:13. > :11:17.People who've hacked into the computer systems
:11:18. > :11:20.of the US television network, HBO, have demanded a ransom
:11:21. > :11:25.They're threatening to release a huge trove of stolen data,
:11:26. > :11:27.including a script and video summary of next week's instalment of
:11:28. > :11:36.The organisers of the World Athletics Championships in London
:11:37. > :11:39.have revealed that 30 athletes and support staff have contracted
:11:40. > :11:42.Botswana's Isaac Makwala, who was one of the favourites
:11:43. > :11:49.for today's 400 metres final, has been forced to withdraw
:11:50. > :11:52.Speaking earlier today, he said it was extremely
:11:53. > :12:00.disappointing because he was ready to compete.
:12:01. > :12:02.UK Athletics Chief Executive Niels de Vos says measures have been taken
:12:03. > :12:04.to stop the virus spreading further.
:12:05. > :12:06.This is the time when the world's best athletes should be
:12:07. > :12:10.Instead, these competitors and coaches today found themselves
:12:11. > :12:13.at the centre of a suspected outbreak of the highly
:12:14. > :12:18.contagious vomiting bug Norovirus at this team hotel.
:12:19. > :12:20.Yesterday, the world's best 200 metre runner, Issac Makwala,
:12:21. > :12:23.was forced to withdraw from the event.
:12:24. > :12:25.The Botswanan medal prospect one of 30 athletes and support
:12:26. > :12:33.I worked hard for this and it is sad for me because I was top
:12:34. > :12:39.I was ready to make everything possible.
:12:40. > :12:47.Despite saying he was fit to compete, Issac Makwala
:12:48. > :12:50.was ruled out of the 400 metre final by the athletics governing
:12:51. > :12:56.This usually lasts between 28 and 48 hours.
:12:57. > :13:01.The important thing is if people have it, to stay away from other
:13:02. > :13:03.people so they're not at risk of passing it on.
:13:04. > :13:06.And to be very scrupulous about washing their hands
:13:07. > :13:09.when they have been to the toilet or they have vomited.
:13:10. > :13:12.In a statement today, the hotel said the following a joint investigation
:13:13. > :13:15.with public health authorities it had been discovered that the
:13:16. > :13:22.And that strict hygiene protocols have now been put in place.
:13:23. > :13:23.World Championship organisers meanwhile said they're doing
:13:24. > :13:31.I guess in any event when you have 20,000 people minimum that we have
:13:32. > :13:33.accredited coming in from every corner of the world,
:13:34. > :13:36.there is a possibility that someone might come in with a bug.
:13:37. > :13:40.And we think that is probably what has happened here.
:13:41. > :13:43.There has been all sorts of food poisoning and all the medical
:13:44. > :13:45.experts, public health, safety, have said it
:13:46. > :13:55.Some German and Canadian athletes staying at the Tower hotel are being
:13:56. > :13:58.And with six days of competition left, organisers must now hope
:13:59. > :14:07.Systematic use of excessive force is being used
:14:08. > :14:09.against demonstrators in Venezuela - according to a UN team of human
:14:10. > :14:11.rights investigators, which blames security forces
:14:12. > :14:14.for at least 46 deaths in recent protests.
:14:15. > :14:16.More than 120 people have died since a wave
:14:17. > :14:20.of anti-government protests began in April.
:14:21. > :14:21.The Venezuelan government has previously blamed
:14:22. > :14:30."Fraud," they chanted in Venezuela's National
:14:31. > :14:36.Assembly, which is controlled by the opposition.
:14:37. > :14:38.They're angered by President Maduro's
:14:39. > :14:40.creation of a new rival constituent assembly,
:14:41. > :14:45.and its first act of sacking the chief prosecutor.
:14:46. > :14:47.Luisa Ortega had broken ranks with the
:14:48. > :14:51.president to become one of his fiercest critics.
:14:52. > :14:53.She's now been replaced by this man, a figure
:14:54. > :14:58.likely to be more friendly to the Government.
:14:59. > :15:00.Ms Ortega claimed she lost job to stop investigating
:15:01. > :15:02.alleged corruption and human rights abuses.
:15:03. > :15:04.The United States, Brazil and Colombia, among others, say her
:15:05. > :15:10.Yet on the streets, it appears there is support
:15:11. > :15:13.These people believe the new assembly will restore peace
:15:14. > :15:22.Meanwhile, the United Nations says it has
:15:23. > :15:24.investigated 124 deaths in Venezuela, including 46 which
:15:25. > :15:26.security forces are allegedly responsible for, and 27 by
:15:27. > :15:35.It also says more than 5,000 people have been
:15:36. > :15:38.arbitrarily detained there since April, with more than 1,000 believed
:15:39. > :15:44.The UN criticised what it called widespread
:15:45. > :15:48.and systematic use of excessive force against demonstrators.
:15:49. > :15:51.The effect is that this is leading to an
:15:52. > :15:53.It is leading to widespread human rights
:15:54. > :15:57.And what we are seeing is a pattern of violations that
:15:58. > :16:00.Excessive use of force against protesters,
:16:01. > :16:02.arbitrary detention of people who are protesting, house raids by
:16:03. > :16:04.security officers to try to weed out the protesters.
:16:05. > :16:07.And to try to crush any form of dissent.
:16:08. > :16:10.What we are seeing is is going from bad to
:16:11. > :16:13.worse, and the High Commissioner for human rights believes that the
:16:14. > :16:15.responsibility for these violations lies at the highest levels of
:16:16. > :16:26.Scenes like these from the weekend will be very much in the
:16:27. > :16:31.minds of Latin American's foreign ministers as they meet in Peru to
:16:32. > :16:33.decide what joint action they can take over Venezuela, which finds
:16:34. > :16:51.It's been reported that UN officials have concluded that North Korea has
:16:52. > :16:55.created a miniature warhead. If this is confirmed, it would bring the
:16:56. > :16:58.country closer to becoming a fully fledged nuclear power. Our
:16:59. > :17:04.correspondent is in Washington. Tell us more. Well, if confirmed, and we
:17:05. > :17:08.had not had that confirmation yet, then yes it is a significant
:17:09. > :17:11.development but not unexpected. I think what's concerning experts at
:17:12. > :17:15.the moment is the speed at which they been able to develop a warhead,
:17:16. > :17:20.a nuclear warhead, that is small enough to be able to fit into one of
:17:21. > :17:23.these intercontinental ballistic missile is that they have
:17:24. > :17:30.successfully tested. Now, that would mean that the US for the first time
:17:31. > :17:33.is under direct threat from a nuclear strike by North Korea.
:17:34. > :17:37.However, it has to be said that there are other technical issues the
:17:38. > :17:41.North Koreans have to surmount and that is getting a nuclear warhead
:17:42. > :17:46.that would not be destroyed on re-entry into the atmosphere, so the
:17:47. > :17:51.threat is growing, but it's not there yet. However, this is still
:17:52. > :17:55.very alarming news, if confirmed. President Trump we know is on a
:17:56. > :18:01.working holiday at the moment. He hasn't ruled out military force or a
:18:02. > :18:06.strike of some kind. He hasn't, but a lot of his advisers are saying
:18:07. > :18:10.that there are no good military options because South Korea would be
:18:11. > :18:15.in the direct path of retaliation. There are also American troops in
:18:16. > :18:22.South Korea and a military option would absolutely be the last resort
:18:23. > :18:26.and although nothing has been ruled out, the administration or at least
:18:27. > :18:31.Rex Tillerson, the Secretary of State, seems to be more inclined to
:18:32. > :18:35.verge towards talks. At least that's the suggestion, than a direct
:18:36. > :18:37.military strike at this stage. Thanks very much.
:18:38. > :18:40.British model Chloe Ayling who says she was lured
:18:41. > :18:42.to Milan for a photo shoot, abducted, and subjected to physical
:18:43. > :18:44.and psychological torment in a six day ordeal.
:18:45. > :18:47.Today, Chloe's lawyer has been giving more details
:18:48. > :18:50.about what happened and says she was told
:18:51. > :18:53.by her kidnappers that she'd be sold for sex in the Middle East.
:18:54. > :19:02.The BBC's Gavin Lee has been following the case from Milan.
:19:03. > :19:08.This is a case that's baffling Italian
:19:09. > :19:11.authorities, and it happened on July the 11th, almost a month ago.
:19:12. > :19:13.It was only at the weekend details burst
:19:14. > :19:16.into light, and it's only now we are getting more
:19:17. > :19:23.information of a very confusing and extraordinary and
:19:24. > :19:26.baffling kidnapped of 20-year-old Chloe Ayling from south London, who
:19:27. > :19:28.came here to Milan for a photo shoot.
:19:29. > :19:30.Now, her lawyer says she came here first of all.
:19:31. > :19:33.It seemed to advertise itself as a studio.
:19:34. > :19:39.She went inside, she was abducted by three men in
:19:40. > :19:41.balaclavas, who injected her with ketamine.
:19:42. > :19:44.She was bundled into a large bag, she was put in the back of a
:19:45. > :19:48.car and driven 120 miles to the Italian Alps close to the French
:19:49. > :19:51.Now, what's emerged today is the Italian prosecutor saying
:19:52. > :19:55.Now, in that time there was one person in
:19:56. > :19:57.there, a man who has been arrested, a 30-year-old
:19:58. > :19:59.Polish national living in the West Midlands.
:20:00. > :20:03.He's charged now with kidnap and extortion.
:20:04. > :20:06.All sorts of details about what was going on in the
:20:07. > :20:08.week, that she was tied to a chest of drawers,
:20:09. > :20:10.that she was released at
:20:11. > :20:12.some point, told if she left the house, though,
:20:13. > :20:16.The day before she was released, she went shopping for shoes, for
:20:17. > :20:18.groceries, and there had been some reports questioning what went on.
:20:19. > :20:20.Now, her lawyer today saying that's simply
:20:21. > :20:21.because she was afraid that
:20:22. > :20:26.So there's lots of questions for the Italian
:20:27. > :20:30.The British police are involved, Euro poll is involved, but
:20:31. > :20:37.The Metropolitan Police has appealed for information after a jogger
:20:38. > :20:39.appeared to push a woman into the path of a bus.
:20:40. > :20:42.CCTV footage shows the man running on Putney Bridge
:20:43. > :20:47.Police say quick reactions by the bus driver prevented
:20:48. > :21:03.7.41am in the morning, a man jogging on Putney Bridge and then this.
:21:04. > :21:06.It's the quick thinking of the bus driver that saved the woman's life.
:21:07. > :21:15.The police believe the jogger deliberately pushed her.
:21:16. > :21:18.When you look closely, you see him raise his hands and make contact.
:21:19. > :21:20.The woman's head and shoulders are then on the road
:21:21. > :21:24.15 minutes later the jogger came back across the bridge here,
:21:25. > :21:27.running straight past the woman he'd previously knocked over.
:21:28. > :21:32.Passers-by, as well as those who got off the bus,
:21:33. > :21:38.The police say she was shocked and upset, but was not seriously hurt.
:21:39. > :21:46.If it hadn't been for good reflexes on the part of the bus driver
:21:47. > :21:49.or the level of force was such to push her even further
:21:50. > :21:52.into the road, almost certainly this could have ended in a fatality.
:21:53. > :21:54.The investigation is focused on finding this man.
:21:55. > :22:01.Detectives say they have received a number of useful calls,
:22:02. > :22:03.including other people reporting similar incidents
:22:04. > :22:07.Those leading the investigation stress they believe this
:22:08. > :22:15.But are struggling to understand why anyone would deliberately push
:22:16. > :22:18.someone into the road during the morning rush-hour.
:22:19. > :22:43.French media are reporting that President Macron is preparing to
:22:44. > :22:47.backpedal on his proposal to create an official first Lady position for
:22:48. > :22:48.his wife. He is expected to clarify the position of his wife in the
:22:49. > :22:52.coming days. Hong Kong has now closed a total
:22:53. > :22:55.of 13 beaches as congealed The oil appeared following
:22:56. > :22:59.a collision between two ships Official cleaning teams
:23:00. > :23:02.have been sent to clear the substance from the beaches,
:23:03. > :23:18.but criticism of the government's It's the time of year when Hong Kong
:23:19. > :23:22.residents normally head for the beach, but many are now off-limits
:23:23. > :23:26.after this latest incident to build a huge amount of palm oil into the
:23:27. > :23:31.sea. You could easily mistake these snow like balls as possible from the
:23:32. > :23:36.ocean, but this is the Palm oil that has hardened following last week's
:23:37. > :23:38.accident. Groups of volunteers have been arriving to help with the
:23:39. > :23:42.clean-up. They're worried about the length of time it may take to clear.
:23:43. > :23:58.This is the third time this beach has been cleaned and I come
:23:59. > :24:00.back in the morning before, it's really sunny, and it looks like it
:24:01. > :24:03.has snowed here. Every morning, it looks like it's snowed in Hong Kong,
:24:04. > :24:12.and every afternoon it all melted back down into the sea. A number of
:24:13. > :24:17.popular beaches have been closed. Volunteers are killing bags. It is
:24:18. > :24:21.hard and it's disgusting. Really. These people here are all
:24:22. > :24:28.volunteers. Where are you, Government? One of the vessels is
:24:29. > :24:31.said to have been carrying 9000 tonnes of palm oil. The Hong Kong
:24:32. > :24:37.Government says that just 50 of those have been cleared so far. They
:24:38. > :24:42.say the Chinese authorities informed them of the collision two days after
:24:43. > :24:46.it happened. This could have been prevented before it got to the
:24:47. > :24:50.beach. The Government could have or should have had policies and
:24:51. > :24:56.procedures in place once it hit the beach it's too late. It's turned
:24:57. > :24:59.into a disaster. Officials say the oil is not toxic and Hamas and that
:25:00. > :25:04.the beaches are closed as a precaution, but the spill at the
:25:05. > :25:07.height of summer, has left a stench over the area and it could be months
:25:08. > :25:09.or even years before the real damage is known.
:25:10. > :25:12.Don't forget you can get in touch with me and some
:25:13. > :25:28.I'll be back in half an hour with Outside Source.
:25:29. > :25:43.Jacob Zuma has narrowly won 21 votes.
:25:44. > :25:53.some members of his own African National Congress party.
:25:54. > :26:01.Much more online as well. Thank you for being with us.
:26:02. > :26:07.Much more online as well. Thank you for being with us.
:26:08. > :26:13.Good evening. There's been some dramatic weather in places during
:26:14. > :26:16.today. We've seen some vicious downpours and thunderstorms,
:26:17. > :26:18.courtesy of this area of low pressure. Rather than clearing away,
:26:19. > :26:20.this is just going to keep