0:00:11 > 0:00:13This is BBC World News Today. I'm Lukwesa Burak.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16Our top stories:
0:00:16 > 0:00:22Robert Mugabe is under growing pressure to resign.
0:00:22 > 0:00:27A rally in support of the military's action has been called for Saturday.
0:00:27 > 0:00:33We will be bringing you the very latest from our correspondent in
0:00:33 > 0:00:38Zimbabwe.
0:00:38 > 0:00:43The president of the European Council tells Brexit to speed up.
0:00:43 > 0:00:48While a programmer citizens rights is being made, we need to see much
0:00:48 > 0:00:56more progress on Ireland and on the settlement.President Trump tweets
0:00:56 > 0:01:05about the sexual abuse allegations surrounding Al Fraken, a Democrat,
0:01:05 > 0:01:13but Steve Silent on the allegations towards Roy Moore.
0:01:13 > 0:01:25And Tesla unveils the prototype of its new truck.
0:01:26 > 0:01:31Hello and welcome to World News Today.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33The Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe has been seen
0:01:33 > 0:01:36in public for the first time since the military
0:01:36 > 0:01:38takeover on Wednesday.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42He's reportedly been under house arrest but today he attended
0:01:42 > 0:01:45a university graduation ceremony in the capital, Harare.
0:01:45 > 0:01:50Earlier the military said talks with Mr Mugabe were continuing
0:01:50 > 0:01:52and there had been significant progress in the operation
0:01:52 > 0:01:54targeting what it called the criminals surrounding him.
0:01:54 > 0:02:01Shingai Nyoka reports from Zimbabwe.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04President Mugabe shuffled down the red carpet towards his first
0:02:04 > 0:02:09public engagement in over a week.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11The 93-year-old leader remained defiant, despite facing the biggest
0:02:11 > 0:02:15challenge to his decades long rule.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Many hadn't expected him to show up to a relatively
0:02:18 > 0:02:22insignificant engagement.
0:02:22 > 0:02:30With the authority invested in me, I declare this congregation
0:02:30 > 0:02:38at the university duly constituted as a graduation ceremony.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42Nothing on the surface suggests that this is a crisis, and there
0:02:42 > 0:02:46is no heightened military presence.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48This is President Mugabe's first public appearance
0:02:48 > 0:02:50and he's looking relaxed.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54But, then again, this is no ordinary takeover.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Following guns and explosions on Tuesday night, many
0:02:56 > 0:03:01thought it was the end for the long-term leader.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04But the violence has been replaced by an almost surreal normal.
0:03:04 > 0:03:09Zimbabweans are new to this and don't know how to react.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14In negotiations over whether he should step down,
0:03:14 > 0:03:17President Mugabe doesn't seem to be losing any sleep.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19There is no deal yet, no exit package that
0:03:19 > 0:03:22President Mugabe and the military could agree on.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Sources suggest that he wants to continue as a figurehead
0:03:25 > 0:03:31until the party's Congress in December.
0:03:31 > 0:03:39The catalyst of this crisis for President Mugabe has
0:03:39 > 0:03:40not been seen for days, Grace Mugabe.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Many suggest that she is confined to their private
0:03:42 > 0:03:44residence in the capital.
0:03:44 > 0:03:50It was her ambition to take over as vice president that set off these
0:03:50 > 0:03:53events and led to the sacking of the Vice President.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55The army is there to protect the Constitution,
0:03:55 > 0:04:03the Republic and everything.
0:04:03 > 0:04:04We veterans are there to change things.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06The elections in Zimbabwe's liberation war, a mass rally
0:04:06 > 0:04:08will be held on Saturday.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10It will be to pressure the leader to go.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13The tables that President Mugabe turned on so many of his wartime
0:04:13 > 0:04:14comrades are now being turned against him.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17The party have already put in motion a series of meetings
0:04:17 > 0:04:18to consider his expulsion.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20It has been suggested that the military offered
0:04:20 > 0:04:22to sweeten the deal.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Leave now, and face no retribution.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27It is not clear how long he will hold out until the curtain
0:04:27 > 0:04:32closes on his career.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Let's get the very latest now from my colleague Ben Brown,
0:04:34 > 0:04:40who's in Zimbabwe.
0:04:40 > 0:04:46The latest line we are getting here is that a vote of no confidence has
0:04:46 > 0:04:53been passed by his party, is any PF, and this coming off the back of the
0:04:53 > 0:04:58war veterans, they also want change. How significant is this latest line?
0:04:58 > 0:05:07I think that is really significant, a that Zanu PF will gather across
0:05:07 > 0:05:15the ten provinces of Zimbabwe and have voted no confidence. There is a
0:05:15 > 0:05:19huge rally in the capital on Saturday, tomorrow, and that will
0:05:19 > 0:05:25put more pressure on Mr Mugabe to stand down. This is the war veterans
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Association, the fighters who fought the war of Independence, alongside
0:05:29 > 0:05:35Robert Mugabe, saying, come out into the streets, in your thousands, to
0:05:35 > 0:05:41persuade him to step down. They had simply had enough of him and the
0:05:41 > 0:05:46leader of the association says we have to finish the job that the Army
0:05:46 > 0:05:49have started, the Army with the military takeover on Wednesday,
0:05:49 > 0:05:52putting Robert Mugabe under house arrest, even though, as we saw
0:05:52 > 0:05:55rather bizarrely, him actually going to that graduation ceremony, even
0:05:55 > 0:06:00though he was opposed to be under house arrest, putting on academic
0:06:00 > 0:06:07robes, hand and out degrees, as if nothing has changed in Zimbabwe, but
0:06:07 > 0:06:12everything has changed with that military takeover.Why have the war
0:06:12 > 0:06:17veterans fallen out of love with Robert Mugabe? They were a key voice
0:06:17 > 0:06:23for him.They work, and so have a lot of his Zanu PF allies fallen out
0:06:23 > 0:06:28of love with him. As you were hearing in that report, Grace Mugabe
0:06:28 > 0:06:36was a key factor in that. It is not just the fact that he is 93 years
0:06:36 > 0:06:41old. For 37 years, he has been in power here. There has been critical
0:06:41 > 0:06:45repression and economic disaster for many of those years. 2008, we had
0:06:45 > 0:06:48hyperinflation of billions of percent. He has had serious problems
0:06:48 > 0:06:54with his rule before but now, he is not only 93, but he was preparing to
0:06:54 > 0:07:01hand over power to Grace Mugabe, who is 41 years his junior, but also who
0:07:01 > 0:07:05has been hugely criticised by many people in this country for her
0:07:05 > 0:07:10flamboyant, extravagant lifestyle. Gucci Grace is what a lot of people
0:07:10 > 0:07:14have called her, that was her nickname. Zanu PF, the literary, and
0:07:14 > 0:07:19many other people couldn't stand the prospect of him handing power over
0:07:19 > 0:07:25to her.Zimbabweans are well-known for wanting to the non-violent
0:07:25 > 0:07:29route, wanting to go through dialogue, go through the courts,
0:07:29 > 0:07:35that is the Zimbabwean way, what is the feeling about the rally on
0:07:35 > 0:07:40Saturday? Will people be turning out? Is there worry on the streets?
0:07:40 > 0:07:45I don't think there is worry, ever since I have been in Zimbabwe
0:07:45 > 0:07:49covering this crisis, it struck me as being a place that is remarkably
0:07:49 > 0:07:55calm, relaxed in a sense. There is a real tension here. And we have had
0:07:55 > 0:08:00those talks between the military and Mr Mugabe which seemed to be very
0:08:00 > 0:08:04civilised, from the pig as we saw, shaking hands, smiling, we don't
0:08:04 > 0:08:10know exactly what is going on. -- the pictures we saw. Robert Mugabe
0:08:10 > 0:08:17has been -- we don't know whether resisting attempts or whether he's
0:08:17 > 0:08:23thinking of going. There could be a transition, that is the thought here
0:08:23 > 0:08:29from many observers, transitional government, including not only
0:08:29 > 0:08:34members of Zanu PF but some members of the opposition.We were hearing
0:08:34 > 0:08:41Rex Tillerson speaking of a new era, many people saying any successor
0:08:41 > 0:08:52will be Zanu PF once again. What sort of shape is the opposition in?
0:08:52 > 0:08:58The vice president who would be the leader of the new government, who is
0:08:58 > 0:09:02Zanu PF, and fought alongside Robert Mugabe, he has always been thought
0:09:02 > 0:09:08of as a strong man here, in many ways, this whole thing is an
0:09:08 > 0:09:12internal power struggle within Zanu PF. But the idea is, or at least
0:09:12 > 0:09:16this is one scenario, for example, opposition leader Morgan Changi
0:09:16 > 0:09:23Riker to be the Prime Minister. I think they are keen to join the
0:09:23 > 0:09:26transitional government becomes about, and to be part of it. Even
0:09:26 > 0:09:33though they might be junior partners.Thank you very much.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Our teams on the BBC News website have been running
0:09:35 > 0:09:36live pages on Zimbabwe.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39They've now finished for the day, but you can read
0:09:39 > 0:09:41through all of the events as they happened, and join them
0:09:41 > 0:09:47again tomorrow, at bbc.com/news
0:09:56 > 0:09:58It's possible that Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May
0:09:58 > 0:10:01went to a mini EU summit in Sweden on Friday hoping to come back
0:10:01 > 0:10:03with some positive news on the Brexit negotiations.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06But if that was the case, then she definitely didn't hear
0:10:06 > 0:10:07what she was hoping for.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12You'll remember how the UK wants to start talking
0:10:12 > 0:10:21about future trade relations, but the EU has refused
0:10:21 > 0:10:23to do that until other financial issues are settled.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25The earliest those trade talks can start is December
0:10:25 > 0:10:27but the EU President Donald Tusk said won't happen
0:10:27 > 0:10:37unless much much more progress is made.
0:10:38 > 0:10:43While good progress on citizens rights is being made, we need to see
0:10:43 > 0:10:48much more progress on Ireland and on the financial settlement. In order
0:10:48 > 0:10:55to avoid any ambiguity about the calendar, I made it very clear to
0:10:55 > 0:11:00the Prime Minister Theresa May, that this progress needs to happen at the
0:11:00 > 0:11:05beginning of December at the latest. If there is not sufficient progress
0:11:05 > 0:11:12by then, I will been not be in a position to propose new guidelines
0:11:12 > 0:11:15on transition and the future relationship at the December
0:11:15 > 0:11:17European Council.
0:11:17 > 0:11:18So, some tough talking there.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21Mrs May limited her comments to a brief statement on the way out
0:11:21 > 0:11:30of the gathering.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34We agree that good progress has been made but there is more to be done.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36We should move forward together towards that point where sufficient
0:11:36 > 0:11:39progress can be declared, and we can look ahead to what I have
0:11:39 > 0:11:42already said I want to see as it deep and
0:11:42 > 0:11:44special and comprehensive partnership between the UK and the
0:11:44 > 0:11:45remaining 27 members of the European Union.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Thank you.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49So, just to recap, the UK wants trade talks to start,
0:11:49 > 0:11:55and the EU has flagged up three sticking points.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58They are the amount of money the UK will pay
0:11:58 > 0:12:01to meet its liabilities to the EU - the divorce bill, so to speak.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03The status of European Union nationals
0:12:03 > 0:12:06in the UK once Breixt removes their existing rights.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10And what will happen to the only land border
0:12:10 > 0:12:13between the UK and the EU -
0:12:13 > 0:12:15the frontier between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
0:12:15 > 0:12:21The Irish government is clear it does NOT want a physical
0:12:21 > 0:12:26border to be imposed, but that could depend on the UK
0:12:26 > 0:12:29agreeing to keep the existing agreements with the EU on many
0:12:29 > 0:12:31things and that's proving tricky.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33The British and Irish foreign ministers met in Dublin to discuss
0:12:33 > 0:12:35the issue on Friday.
0:12:35 > 0:12:43Here's a little of what they had to say.
0:12:43 > 0:12:49We have 38,000 businesses in Ireland that trade with Britain every single
0:12:49 > 0:12:53week and they need and want certainty and may want to hear their
0:12:53 > 0:12:57petitions talking about trading and future relationships. We accept
0:12:57 > 0:13:03that, but we also have very serious issues, in phase one, particular
0:13:03 > 0:13:07around the border and the Good Friday Agreement and we need more
0:13:07 > 0:13:14clarity.Nobody wants to see a return to a hard border, nobody
0:13:14 > 0:13:20wants to see a hardboard, we must work on it, and we've got to on it
0:13:20 > 0:13:26together, and I think what I would say to you is that in order to
0:13:26 > 0:13:30resolve those issues and get it right for our peoples, it is
0:13:30 > 0:13:35necessary now to move on to the second stage of the negotiations
0:13:35 > 0:13:40which really entails so many of the questions that of wound up with the
0:13:40 > 0:13:42border issue.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44So, once again, a common goal, but two very
0:13:44 > 0:13:46different ideas on how to get there.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Our Europe correspondent Adam Fleming has been watching
0:13:48 > 0:13:57developments from Brussels, and he sent this update.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Just listen to Donald Tusk, the president of the European
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Council, the man who will be chairing that crucial summit of EU
0:14:02 > 0:14:05leaders in mid-December where they will decide if the Brexit
0:14:05 > 0:14:07process can move from phase one of the talks,
0:14:07 > 0:14:10about the force unrelated issues, onto phase two to talk about trade,
0:14:10 > 0:14:11the future relationship, and any transition deal,
0:14:11 > 0:14:13the stuff that the British government really, really
0:14:13 > 0:14:15want to get its teeth into.
0:14:15 > 0:14:16He is prepared to do that.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19In fact, there are teams of people quietly getting ready for that
0:14:19 > 0:14:22to happen here in Brussels but, and this is a big but,
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Donald Tusk said that can only happen if the UK gives more clarity
0:14:25 > 0:14:26on some big Brexit issues.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Namely, how you calculate how much money did UK owes
0:14:29 > 0:14:30as it leaves the EU?
0:14:30 > 0:14:32They want specific commitments from the UK on that written down.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36How to avoid a hard border, in other words, the physical infrastructure
0:14:36 > 0:14:39between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland,
0:14:39 > 0:14:41which will have a big impact on people's lives,
0:14:41 > 0:14:44the EU wants detailed commitments from the UK written down.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48And here is the crucial thing, Donald Tusk says all that has
0:14:48 > 0:14:51to happen by the first week of December if there is to be enough
0:14:51 > 0:14:54time for them to prepare for the summit to get onto phase two
0:14:54 > 0:14:55went it actually happens.
0:14:55 > 0:15:05It sounds like quite a tough deadline.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Let's take a look at some of the other
0:15:08 > 0:15:09stories making the news.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11The former Catalan leader, Carles Puigdemont has
0:15:11 > 0:15:13appeared in court in Belgium in a bid to avoid
0:15:13 > 0:15:14extradition to Spain.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16He left Catalonia at the end of last month,
0:15:16 > 0:15:21following the region's unilateral declaration of independence.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23One of the most feared bosses of the Italian mafia,
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Salvatore Riina, has died in prison at the age of 87.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Born in Sicily, Riina is thought to have ordered at least
0:15:29 > 0:15:33150 murders, including those of the anti-mafia
0:15:33 > 0:15:40judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42A number of people are feared dead following a mid-air
0:15:42 > 0:15:44collision between a light aircraft and a helicopter
0:15:44 > 0:15:45in south east England.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47The crash took place around midday.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Both the small plane and the helicopter had taken off
0:15:50 > 0:15:54from the Wycombe air base in Buckinghamshire.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56An eighth woman has come forward claiming she was groped
0:15:56 > 0:16:00by the former US President, George H Bush.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03The woman, who says she wants to keep her identity a secret,
0:16:03 > 0:16:06claimed the incident happened when she was working
0:16:06 > 0:16:09as an interpreter in 2004.
0:16:09 > 0:16:15There's been no response yet from the former president.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19And staying with allegations of sexual harrassment -
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Donald Trump has now spoken out.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24But while he could have offered his thoughts
0:16:24 > 0:16:27on several individuals, he chose to target a senator
0:16:27 > 0:16:30from the opposition Democratic Party -
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Al Franken.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34It comes after a journalist, Leeann Tweeden put this
0:16:34 > 0:16:43photo onto social media, dating from 2006, which appears
0:16:43 > 0:16:46to show Mr Franken groping her while she was asleep.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48He has issued a statement apologising for his actions.
0:16:48 > 0:16:53Cue Mr Trump on Twitter:
0:16:53 > 0:16:55The Al Frankenstein picture is really bad
0:16:55 > 0:16:58and speaks a thousand words, said Mr Trump.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59And he then added that just last week,
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Mr Franken was lecturing people about sexual harrassment
0:17:01 > 0:17:10and respect for women.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Now, it's worth pointing out that Al Franken is not the only
0:17:12 > 0:17:14politician whose actions are being scrutinised,
0:17:14 > 0:17:17but he IS the only one Mr Trump is tweeting about.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20The President did not, for example, comment
0:17:20 > 0:17:23on Republican Roy Moore, who's hoping to win a Senate seat
0:17:23 > 0:17:26in Alabama next month, and has been accused of making
0:17:26 > 0:17:31sexual advances towards several teenagers.
0:17:31 > 0:17:32Mr Moore denies those claims, which he says
0:17:32 > 0:17:39are politically motivated.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Although Mr Trump has not directly commented on Mr Moore,
0:17:41 > 0:17:44the White House has said that the allegations against him
0:17:44 > 0:17:46are very troubling and should be taken seriously.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Who better to help us make sense of all of this
0:17:48 > 0:17:58than our correspondent in Washington, Anthony Zurcher.
0:18:00 > 0:18:06First off, Mr Trump not speaking out against Al Fraken, -- Roy Moore,
0:18:06 > 0:18:10doesn't that speak a thousand words? Obviously, Donald Trump has more
0:18:10 > 0:18:16sympathies towards Roy Moore, although he didn't endorse his rival
0:18:16 > 0:18:20in the primary in Alabama. After-the-fact, he said he ran a
0:18:20 > 0:18:26good campaign, he seems like a good man, so he is on the record
0:18:26 > 0:18:31supporting Roy Moore's candidacy in Alabama. People who support Roy
0:18:31 > 0:18:38Moore are Donald Trump's base. They are the antiestablishment populist
0:18:38 > 0:18:43in the Republican party so I think Donald Trump is concerned that if he
0:18:43 > 0:18:48goes against Roy Moore, he will be once against going against his race
0:18:48 > 0:18:52because Donald Trump had endorsed its primary opponent. It is very
0:18:52 > 0:18:57easy to go after Democrat like Al Fraken and that seems to be white
0:18:57 > 0:19:02Donald Trump was very quick, less than 24 hours after the accusations
0:19:02 > 0:19:09came out, Donald Trump was on Twitter tweeting about it.I
0:19:09 > 0:19:14understand the state Republican Party have said they are behind Mr
0:19:14 > 0:19:22Moore's candidacy. What is the actual National party saying?If you
0:19:22 > 0:19:26listen to Republicans are here in Washington from Michaella Connolly
0:19:26 > 0:19:31on down, they have condemned Roy Moore. They say the women who were
0:19:31 > 0:19:36using him of making sexual advances towards them and even sexual assault
0:19:36 > 0:19:42when they were teenagers back in the 1970s, that there accusations are
0:19:42 > 0:19:46credible, they are women that have come forward separately, they don't
0:19:46 > 0:19:52know each other, so the idea that this could use some sort of
0:19:52 > 0:19:56conspiracy, as Roy Moore has alleged, seem very far-fetched. Even
0:19:56 > 0:20:00some Republicans have said that if Roy Moore happens to win in
0:20:00 > 0:20:05December, on December 12, and gets to the Senate, they will try to
0:20:05 > 0:20:10expel him as quickly as possible so he doesn't have much support in the
0:20:10 > 0:20:14National Republican party. The irony is he never do it. Mitch McConnell
0:20:14 > 0:20:19and want him to win the nomination. He has always been an outsider
0:20:19 > 0:20:24riding against the establishment so nothing much has changed there.I
0:20:24 > 0:20:27understand the matter with Al Fraken has been reported to the ethics
0:20:27 > 0:20:31committee, is the same thing happening with Roy Moore?He would
0:20:31 > 0:20:38have to win his election first and if he made it to the Senate and that
0:20:38 > 0:20:42would something the said committee could review. Someone who represents
0:20:42 > 0:20:48one of the uses of Roy Moore said the Senate would look into it in a
0:20:48 > 0:20:52separate investigation but the idea that the Senate would start holding
0:20:52 > 0:20:58hearings on Roy Moore before he wins an election, that is a bit unlikely.
0:20:58 > 0:21:04As far as Al Fraken goes, we are hearing that people on the left and
0:21:04 > 0:21:08right within Congress say this is something that should be handled by
0:21:08 > 0:21:11an ethical investigation. We aren't hearing nearly as many politicians
0:21:11 > 0:21:18for Al Fraken to resign.We'll leave it there. Just to remind you, that
0:21:18 > 0:21:23vote will be taking place on December 12 and BBC World News will
0:21:23 > 0:21:28be watching that closely and bringing it to you.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Now a story to make your stomach turn - quite literally.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33The doctors who've been treating the North Korean soldier who fled
0:21:33 > 0:21:35across the demilitarized zone with South Korea say their efforts
0:21:35 > 0:21:38are being hampered by an extremely high level of parasites
0:21:38 > 0:21:41in his intestines.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43The discovery is being put down to the way North Korea
0:21:43 > 0:21:45produces its food.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Philippa Thomas reports.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51That soldiers in North Korea have a pretty grim life
0:21:51 > 0:21:54has long been obvious.
0:21:54 > 0:22:04Tough military duty on a diet that doesn't provide enough nutrition.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Now, the case of a defecting soldier shot by his own side while escaping,
0:22:15 > 0:22:16has given a remarkable
0:22:16 > 0:22:18insight into just how bad conditions are in the North.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21His doctors in South Korea have displayed photos showing dozens
0:22:21 > 0:22:23of flesh coloured parasites, one was 27 centimetres long,
0:22:23 > 0:22:28removed during a series of operations to save his life.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31TRANSLATION: In my over 20 year career as a surgeon,
0:22:31 > 0:22:35I have only seen something like this in a textbook.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37So, how could the parasites have taken hold?
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Experts believe diminishing supplies of chemical fertiliser have led
0:22:39 > 0:22:49North Korean farmers to find a solution little closer to home.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54TRANSLATION: They need fertiliser to continue farming.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56However, due to the lack of fertiliser, North Koreans
0:22:56 > 0:22:58fertilise their fields with human excrement.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01And this becomes an immediate cause of a parasitic infection.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04The World Food Programme says a quarter of North Korean young
0:23:04 > 0:23:11children who receive its help suffer from chronic malnutrition.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14The fact a carefully vetted border guard is in such poor condition
0:23:14 > 0:23:20shows the sheer scale of deprivation the country is now facing.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23The head of the electric vehicle vehicle maker Tesla,
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Elon Musk, has unveiled his two latest models, including
0:23:26 > 0:23:28the company's first large truck.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31It's still a prototype but it it's claimed it could travel
0:23:31 > 0:23:35up to 500 miles on a single charge, though it's not clear how much cargo
0:23:35 > 0:23:36it could carry for that distance.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Tesla also have a new sports car on show,
0:23:38 > 0:23:45as our business correspondent Theo Leggett reports.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48It certainly looked the part - emerging gleaming out
0:23:48 > 0:23:54of the darkness, appearing every inch the king of the road.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56This is the new Tesla Semi, a big rig trailer that
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Silicon Valley entrepreneur Elon Musk thinks can revolutionise
0:24:00 > 0:24:09the haulage industry.
0:24:09 > 0:24:16The thing that looks like it is not moving izzard easel truck. -- diesel
0:24:16 > 0:24:18truck.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Tesla has made its name producing high-end electric cars,
0:24:20 > 0:24:22and this is an all electric truck.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25So will it leave conventional lorries struggling in its wake?
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Tesla has high hopes for its new zero emissions lorry.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30For a start, it will be equipped with self-driving technology so that
0:24:30 > 0:24:33one day, convoys of trucks will be able to travel close together.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35In theory, that should reduce running costs and improve safety.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Tesla says it will also be cheaper to run per mile
0:24:38 > 0:24:39than conventional models.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41But it will only have a range of 500 miles.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Existing lorries can do double that on a single tank of diesel.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48And the technology as yet is still relatively unproven.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52Tesla will be able to make its electric Semi.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Whether they'll be able to make it at scale and to the production
0:24:56 > 0:24:59timetables that they set out is very much in question.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02They haven't been able to do it on any of their models so far.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Assuming the new lorry can be produced in numbers,
0:25:04 > 0:25:07will hauliers actually want to buy it?
0:25:07 > 0:25:11Tesla is promising low running costs and a high degree of driver comfort,
0:25:11 > 0:25:14but that may not be enough.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16The problem with electric lorries is the price point.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20A new lorry, a diesel lorry, costs us £85,000 each at the moment.
0:25:20 > 0:25:25These new Teslas are probably going to be around the £200,000 mark.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29That's way beyond the budget of most hauliers in the UK.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33Tesla is already struggling to turn itself from a niche luxury car-maker
0:25:33 > 0:25:37into a mass-market producer with its new Model 3.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39And hidden in the back of the electric lorry was yet
0:25:39 > 0:25:42another new project, a hi-tech roadster which Tesla says
0:25:42 > 0:25:47will be the quickest production car on the planet.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Now analysts are worried the company may be trying
0:25:49 > 0:25:51to go too for too fast.
0:25:51 > 0:25:57Theo Leggett, BBC News.
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