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BBCNEWS BBC News July 14, 2024

Hello and welcome. We just want to start with some breaking news coming out of afghanistan. We have an updated death toll on the explosion at the wedding reception in kabul. 63 people have been killed and 182 wounded in that attack at the wedding reception in kabul on saturday. Now, the taliban have denied responsibility for that blast as it was at a west couple wedding hall ina as it was at a west couple wedding hall in a minority owned shiite wedding hall, people celebrating the marriage. We are seeing some pictures now of the aftermath, but there were pictures posted on social media which workrate gruesome we re media which workrate gruesome were quite. It was a suicide bomber. The updated death toll, 63 dead and 180 wounded. They did happen at 18 10 gmt. This updated death toll is coming through a number of hours later. The minority has been targeted on other occasions in this explosion happened in the west of the city, mostly populated by shiite muslims. It does come at a time where they have been talks between the taliban and the united states, reportedly close to reaching a peace deal but tensions are still high. So the updated death toll in the explosion at a wedding hole in the explosion at a wedding hole in the fbi and capital Afghan Capital, couple, more than 180 wounded and 63 dead. We will try to get our correspondence shortly to give us an update and keep you updated on that story. Borisjohnson is to meet the german and french leaders next week to make it clear that the uk is leaving the eu at the end of october. News of his first trip abroad as british Prime Minister comes as leaked government documents, published by the sunday times, warn that the uk could face problems such as medicine, food and fuel shortages in the event of a no deal brexit. A downing street source said the government did not expect such outcomes but was exploring scenarios as part of no deal planning. More now from our Political Correspondent nick eardley. This is a document called operation yellowhammer. It is the Civil Service looking at potentially what could happen if the uk leaves the European Union in a few weeks without a deal. And at its heart are some pretty stark warnings of long delays at ports, at airports, at eurotunnel, of the potential for certain fresh foods running out or becoming scarce, at least not all foods running out, but potentially some fresh food running scarce, and overall, a picture of some significant hardships in the uk on the 31st of october. Now, these leaked documents also talk about the Northern Ireland border. Thats a very contentious subject when it involves brexit. What does it have to say about that border . It warns that the uk government plan, which is not to have any new checks unless completely necessary between the republic and the north of ireland, that that plan is unsustainable. Now, it doesnt go into detail about what that will mean, but some will conclude that yes, that will lead to a hard border. The uk has always been adamant its not going to put up border infrastructure between the republic and the north. Likewise, the republic of ireland has said it wont do the same. But there is a suggestion that the plan the uk has to avoid that, for various economic and security reasons, just isnt viable. Now, do we have a government response on these leaks . We do. The government says officially that it doesnt comment on leaks, but number 10 sources have pointed out that this isnt what they expect to happen. This isnt the assumption of borisjohnson and his team. What it is is scenario planning, looking at various things that could happen, and the uk government is putting a lot of effort and money now into preparing for no deal. They say they dont expect this to happen, but its all part of the planning. Given these leaks, and given a lot of the concerns about no deal brexit, how will this be viewed by those who think that a no deal brexit will be ok, and those who do not want that . There are those who have always said that warnings like this are scaremongering. Now, this is a government document. This is something drawn up by civil servants, leaked to the sunday times, and many people will say its actually not even the worst case scenario. This is situation planning and warns things could be bad. Brexit supporters dont believe it. They dont think that no deal would be as calamitous as some people have made out. Borisjohnson is one of those optimistic in what no deal could look like. Hes off to europe in the next few days to speak to Angela Merkel and emmanuel macron. His first foreign visits. He is still out there looking for a new deal, but he is convinced britain can manage no deal, and is trying to get the country ready. We will hear more about these leaked documents in the coming hours. Nick eardley there. Lets get some of the days other news. A massive fire has swept through one of dhakas biggest slums, leaving more than 50,000 people homeless. Officials in the bangladeshi capital say at least 15,000 shanty homes were destroyed in the blaze. The fire service says many had polythene roofs which helped the fire to spread. Nearly 30 teenagers have been allowed to disembark on the italian island of lampedusa after more than two weeks at sea aboard the spanish rescue ship, open arms. More than 100 migrants are still on the vessel. The italian interior minister Matteo Salvini said he would not back down in his refusal to let them into italy. A rally organised by the Russian Communist Party has been held in moscow, calling for free and Fair Elections to the citys parliament next month. Meanwhile, opposition activists held small one man protests, in a move designed to circumvent restrictions by the authorities. At least 13 people have been arrested following scuffles at a demonstration in the North Western us city of portland. A rally held by hundreds of supporters of the right wing proud boys organisation was met by a counterprotest of anti fascist protestors. The bbcs catherine karelli has this report. It was gearing up to be a tense day in the city of portland. Protesters we re in the city of portland. Protesters were met by counter protesters, antifascist demonstrators known as anti fire. The proud boys describe themselves as an antiracist club of western chauvinist. Its supporters travelled from across the country to ta ke travelled from across the country to take part. Wejust travelled from across the country to take part. We just did a travelled from across the country to take part. Wejust did a march peacefully, we came in, planted our flag and came out. There chasing us right now. It kind of shows you who the five years and who isnt. They hope is up to be the bad guys. We had good time, saying the National Anthem and rolled out, that was a lwa ys anthem and rolled out, that was always the plan. Those rallying against the proud boys see them as propagating hate speech and it isnt welcome in their city. They will get the same response every time, but it wont be a violent one. We will march them out of the city every time it takes. Ahead of the rally, President Donald Trump said major consideration was being given to designating antigua as a terrorist organisation. Antifa. Earlier in the day, police said they had seized bear spray from multiple groups. This isnt the first time that right wing and anti ashes fashions fascist factions have placed here. Riot police have cleared roads in hong kong after a standoff with pro democracy protesters, as the political crisis in the city continues for an 11th week. Earlier, thousands of teachers took to the streets in a peaceful show of solidarity. From hong kong, John Sudworth reports. Hong kongs summer rains have done nothing to dampen the fury, most of it directed at the police, now seen as agents of a hostile state by people who say they are fighting for this citys freedom. Just a short drive away, china has stationed Paramilitary Police in the border city of shenzhen, designed, it seems, as a very visible and ominous warning. Are you worried that china will send troops into hong kong . No, because if they do it, they have to pay for it. So we are not afraid for anything. On the other side of this deeply divided city, pro beijing groups were rallying. They reject the claim that china is eroding hong kongs special status. And they support the police, who by nightfall were once again facing off against the pro democracy protesters, and sweeping them from the streets. Well, what began as a provocation by a small group of hard core protesters has turned into this a massive show of force by dozens of riot police, clearing a busy shopping street. It is a clear illustration of the intractable nature of hong kongs political crisis, and of the breakdown of trust on all levels. Chanting. Bystanders, drawn in by the scenes, also hurled abuse at the police. A once confident, outward looking city trapped in a cycle of recrimination and bitterness. John sudworth, bbc news, hong kong. Isaac cheng is the vice chairperson of the pro Democracy Organisation demosisto. I began by asking him if he was worried that future protests in hong kong could be met with more violence from the police. Actually, hong kong didnt put out the license of having a march today, and only gave a license of having an assembly today. So i think at least 500,000 people will be coming out on the street, so i think it must be over the places they provided licenses for assembly. We urge that the Hong Kong Police force do not use violence towards the protesters, because most likely today will be Peaceful Assembly only. We have been seeing more violent scenes from the police, from protesters as well. Do you fear that, at some point in the near future, china may intervene . Actually, there is some chances that the chinese army are actually coming to hong kong, but i think for this stage it is only a scare tactic from the communist party, who only want to fear hong kong people not to come out on the street again. But i think that actually, if the communist party are really sending the chinese troops to hong kong, it will become International News and also will get the attention of International Society. So, if they plan to do this, we urge the International Society to restrict the power of the chinese government. It is the 11th week of protests. As we have been saying, we are seeing more and more violent scenes. Are protesters worried that, such as yourself, that youre at risk of losing the freedoms you already have, should these violent scenes continue . I would say that our freedom has been lost slowly, when we are fighting against the government, and also we are fighting for the rights of having freedom. Actually, we are gaining the freedom, we are not losing them. But for us, for the protesters, we are more concerned about if there is universal suffrage and a visible future. Because at this stage, the standards of the Hong Kong Government are going firmer and firmer, so we have to try to use different strategies to make the Hong Kong Government really listen to the demands of the hong kong people. Has there been any attempt by the Hong Kong Government to reach out to some more prominent figures of the protest movement, or have you yourself tried to reach out to the government to have a dialogue . I think at this stage there is no one can represent a whole protest or the whole movement. But the five demands a re really clear. Actually, if the government have the will to talk to the protesters, they have the will to urge to finish this movement or finish this chaos, they can only at least accomplish a few of the five demands, and the hong kong people will feel that the government really want to solve the problem. At this stage, none of the five demands have been achieved, so we will still keep on fighting. You talked about tactics a little bit earlier. Is there a new conversation amongst protesters about trying to avoid violence going forward, trying to change the way things are being done . You mean the violence coming from the police, army, or the violence coming from the protesters . The violence coming from the protesters. I think there is a strict mechanism inside the protest. Actually, there is a lot of communications and different groups that talk about the protest strategy like that, and there is some self restricting mechanisms inside, so i think they dont have to worry about the violence, therefore. But i think the most chaotic scenes are because of the police force, but not the hong kong protesters. Actually, the hong kong protesters, their emotions are checked by the forces used by the Hong Kong Police. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come well bring you the story of an orphaned sea mammal that became famous after being rescued in thailand, which has sadly died. Washington, the worlds most political city, is today assessing the Political Health of the worlds most powerful man. Indeed i did have a relationship with ms lewinsky that was not appropriate. In fact, it was wrong. In south africa, 97 people have been killed today, in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. Over the past ten days, 500 have died. Czechoslovakia must be free russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. We all with them now. With in our hearts. The pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2. 5 Million People in his hometown of krakow. Stay with us, stay with us, chanted this ocean of humanity. Well, well, joked the pope, so you want me to desert rome . This is bbc world news. The latest headlines a suicide bomber has targetted a wedding reception in kabul. 63 people have been killed and over 180 injured. A leaked government report has warned of shortages of fuel, food and medicines if britain leaves the eu without a deal on october sist. That updated the toll coming from the blast at the wedding, 63 dead and 182 wounded. Our correspondence is live in kabul. Its a very big death toll, even in the context of the afghan war. Yes, indeed, unprecedented. This morning, the figures were confirmed, kabul residents woke up with this disturbing news of at least 63 killed and 180 wounded, with some people having lost as many as 15 immediate family members. The explosion happened right after dinner last night at around 10 a0pm local time. It happened in the mens lounge, mostly mail adults and children were among the wounded. It happened at a time when there was some optimism and hope for some sort of reduction in violence while eve ryo ne of reduction in violence while everyone was talking piece. This really was shocking. The country celebrating its 100th anniversary. Already so shocking, right inside a happy ceremony, a wedding party. The residents feel they are nowhere safe at any time. They could be targeted. The taliban have can damage the attack, indicating they were not behind it. No other group has claimed responsibility. Attacks like this, in part of kabul, west of kabul, is populated by the shia minority and attacks on big gatherings of shia have been claimed by the so called Islamic State group here in afghanistan as i said, we do not know yet he was behind this attack. It is a shocking death toll and im sure many in afghanistan are very upset by it. I wonder if we know more about how the suicide bomber got into the wedding, what the security situation was like there. Normally wedding parties do not have security. People are not expecting to be targeted. Multiple witnesses told the bbc a single suicide, walked in and detonated his explosives. This is not officially been confirmed by the afghan minister of the interior. Shoaib sharifi giving us the latest on that updated death toll, 63 people dead in afghanistan at that wedding blast, thank you very much for your time. In sudan, celebrations are continuing after military and civilian leaders signed a power sharing deal. It paves the way for a Transitional Government and, eventually, elections. It also marks the end of what has at times been a bloody process since the ousting of president omar al bashir. Zeinab badawi reports from khartoum. There can be no doubt that it is a historic day in sudan. There was a mood of optimism and hope amidst the celebrations. The ceremony, attended by visiting dignitaries, has taken months of closely fought negotiations between the military and leaders of the protest alliance. Can you guarantee. The man who signed the agreement on behalf of the military told me that theyre genuine about handing power to civilians. Translation well stick to every single letter weve agreed on. Even without this agreement, we have to work in this direction because its in the countrys interest, its not our interest. Therefore, well carry out the agreement, well stick to it and support it. But theres still suspicion and mistrust of the military. Todays deal comes after around 100 demonstrators were killed in khartoum injune when security supporters tried to disperse this sit in. The violence has been blamed on the Rapid Support forces led by general hemeti, who has been described as the most powerful man in sudan. He denies any involvement. On the streets today, some of the mistrust seemed to give way to hope. Translation we hope sudan can move forward so we can be proud of our country and forget about the guns and move towards peace. Translation protesters demanded civilian rule because they wanted a better life. Today is a historic day for sudan and hopefully this deal will meet the demands that the revolution was based on. The military and civilians make for uneasy bedfellows, but for now it seems the sudanese people are giving the military the benefit of the doubt and are working with them together to create a new sudan. Zeinab badawi, bbc news, khartoum. An orphaned sea mammal that became famous after being rescued in thailand, has died. The rare marine dugong was one of only a few hundred left in the region. It died from complications after swallowing plastic. Kate harley reports. She was just a baby when she was rescued, orphaned and stranded on a beach in the south of thailand. Her rescuers named her marium,

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