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Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News At Six 20240714

Buckingham palace emphatically deny the duke of york had any contact with her. A court hears more details of the final moments of the teenagerjodie chesney, stabbed in a random attack in london. Four people are accused of murder. And the Rugby World Cup gets off to a flying start. Host nation japan host nationjapan have won. And coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news. Jofra archer gets his reward for a brillant debut summer with england. Hes been given a central contract for all forms of the game. Good evening. Welcome to the bbc news at six. Millions of people, including many children, have been taking part in demonstrations around the world, demanding tougher action on Climate Change. Huge crowds gathered in cities in more than 150 countries, calling for governments and businesses to do more to save the planet. The teenage activist Greta Thunberg, who protested alone outside the Swedish Parliament last year to draw attention to Climate Change, is tonight leading a march in new york. Our correspondent, sarah campbell, has the latest. What do we want . Climate justice when do we want it now . Now many animals could go extinct and everyone could die. My generation is terrified. Some of us that were already thinking of not having children and starting families. Right now, we dont feel the difference. It doesnt mean there are other people in poverty and other countries that arent feeling the difference, and its up to us to stop it. Young and old took over the streets around parliament in london and in towns and cities across the uk, marching in glasgow and aberystwyth, cycling in nottingham, demonstrating in belfast, bristol and birmingham. This was about children and young people mobilising adults into action. I hope they listen to us and realise we need a change. Ive never been a protester before, but we have to act now, otherwise itsjust too before, but we have to act now, otherwise its just too late. Before, but we have to act now, otherwise itsjust too late. We are worried especially for these guys because its them that will have to put up with these things. Is this something you should take kids out of school for . It is one day a year. We wouldnt do it if she was older 0 we wouldnt do it if she was older or had exams. These people are protesting as well as the adults. Or had exams. These people are protesting as well as the adultsm is our future anyway. This is a Global Movement, with events starting in the pacific and the flood threatened islands of vanuatu. In australia, thousands took part in rallies and marches, as they did in south africa. Which has recently experienced severe drought and flooding. Then europe. This was berlin earlier today. New york is where World Leaders will come together on monday for a un backed summit on Climate Change. Already there is the 16 year old campaigner from sweden who has become the voice of her generation. If someone had said to me when i sat outside the Swedish Parliament one year ago that what is happening today would be happening, then i would never have believed that. This is not only my voice, this is the voice of millions of people around the world, but i think it is because we are young and we are the ones who are going to have to live with this. This was a day of passionate and peaceful protest, with young people leading the calls for urgent action to protect their futures. Sarah campbell, bbc news. Todays protests come ahead of next weeks un Climate Change summit in new york, where World Leaders will discuss how best to address global warming. Heres our science editor, david shukman. A stark reminder of what the protests are all about. For these people on a pacific island, its a matter of life and death of whether their country can actually survive in future. As the planet heats up, the seas rise. And, for millions of people in low lying communities, the threats are already extreme and theyre set to become much worse. I saw for myself two weeks ago how the ice of greenland is melting adding to the level of the oceans. And scientists fear that more melting will follow. All the time, human activities keep adding to the problem. This is indonesia right now. The fires are immense, like in the amazon, and they release Carbon Dioxide into the air, and that makes the rise in temperatures even faster. The challenge is that the world is on a course towards Dangerous Levels of warming. The global average temperature has already risen by one degree celsius over the last 150 years or so. And Scientists Say 1. 5 degrees is the maximum safe level. Anything more risks a range of damaging impacts. But were currently heading towards a three degree rise by the end of the century and thats even if all the climate promises made by governments are kept. If nothings done, some fear an increase of four degrees with potentially catastrophic results. So what can be done . Well, the un wants more Renewable Energy like wind turbines. Today, the British Government approved hundreds more and theyll cost far less than expected. In the same way, the price of solar power has fallen. And the un is hoping the summit next week will see new promises to build more installations like this. But hard facts remain. Much of the world depends on coal the dirtiest of the fossil fuels. And moving away from it is difficult. And leaders including President Trump support it. There will be a struggle ahead. David shukman, bbc news. Our correspondent, nick bryant, is in new york, where World Leaders will gather for the United Nations Climate Summit next week. Youve been speaking to Greta Thunberg, who helped kick off this Global Movement of children, refusing to go to school, going on strike to protest. What does she make of everything thats happened today . Greta thunberg was welcomed by her father early this morning and he told her, come and look at the television. Its massive she did just that and she couldnt believe what she was seeing. She went to bed last night, she realised there were big demonstrations in australia, but she had no idea they would be this massive. A huge demonstration here in new york as well. A million kids have been given permission today to skip school to come to this protest, and clearly many of them have. The question is, will this massive Climate Change activism translate into Climate Change action . That big meeting at the un on monday for sub Global Leaders have been told up have been told, dont turn up with beautiful speeches, turn up with concrete plans, a message being sent to somebody who will not be there, donald trump, who withdrew america from the paris accord. What were seeing is extraordinary, the voice of the Greta Thunberg amplified, amplified again, that Multiplier Effect that has gone the planet. Thank you, nick bryant. The travel firm thomas cook could fall into administration this weekend, unless it finds an extra £200 million to secure its future. 9,000 jobs are at risk in the uk and more than 150,000 british holiday makers could be left stranded abroad. 0ur north of england correspondent, judith moritz, reports. Thomas cook is one of the best known names in travel. At any time, there are up to 100 of its planes in the airand it has 19 are up to 100 of its planes in the air and it has 19 million customers per year, but the operators financial problems have mounted and news that it faces administration is a headache for holiday makers. Luke dudley is one of them. He is currently in turkey and needs to get back to start a newjob on monday, but he is now worried about his return flight. We just dont know what the situation is, how we are flying back, back to manchester, or all things could collapse in the next couple of days or hours, and we have nothing to go back on. Worries as well for people with future holiday plans. Jackie cunningham booked a trip to the maldives to celebrate her recovery from cancer and today happens to be the deadline for her to pay the £8,000 balance. She doesnt know what to do. For her to pay the £8,000 balance. She doesnt know what to dom could mean we dont go, and this is the second time were going to have to cancel it, we might as welljust give up. Thomas cook is in the process of negotiating a rescue deal but its banks have demanded the Company Finds an extra £200 million to type it through winter. For now, the business continues. To tide it. There are 49 thomas cook flights coming and going from Manchester Airport alone today, but over the next 2a hours, it will be critical to the compa nys next 2a hours, it will be critical to the companys survival, and holiday makers are travelling with the knowledge that, if it goes into administration while they are away, they could become stranded and need government help to get home. Currently, there are 600,000 thomas cook customers on holiday, of which up cook customers on holiday, of which up to 160,000 from the uk. A colla pse up to 160,000 from the uk. A collapse would require the biggest ever Emergency Operation to bring tourists home stop sources concerned the Civil Aviation authority is on standby at a potential cost of £600 million. In the uk, thomas cook has more than 500 shops and employs 9000 staff, who the government have sought to reassure. We very much hope that thomas cook will be able to restructure and be able to continue to survive but, you know, we in my department are very keen to a lwa ys we in my department are very keen to always make sure we looked after the staff in every way we can. Thomas cook, whose statue stands in leicester, started his business nearly 180 years ago. Where the company goes next is uncertain. So what should you do if you are a worried thomas cook customer . For package holiday customers who are abroad, under the atol scheme, they would be protected for the cost of accommodation and for return flights home, and that scheme will also provide refund protection for people who already booked and paid for holidays in advance. That is Package Holidays in advance. That is Package Holidays for stop what about flights, if you just booked a flight with thomas cook . You might not be protected by the atol scheme, and the advice is to speak to your Credit Card Company and travel insurers to see what they can do for the so all would not necessarily be lost. Its worth remembering that, two years ago when the airline moloch went under, the government covered the cost for all return flights, regardless of whether people were atol protected or not, and thats a precedent on the stairs would find hard to ignore. A precedent which ministers would find hard. A woman who claims she was abused by Prince Andrew as a teenager has given her First Television interview about the allegations. Virginia Roberts Giuffre told nbc news in america that she was trafficked to Prince Andrew, whom she described as an abuser. Her allegations first came to light in court papers lodged against the billionaire businessman Jeffrey Epstein, whod been accused of trafficking underage girls. Buckingham palace has emphatically denied that the duke of york had any form of sexual contact or relationship with ms roberts. 0ur royal correspondent, jonny dymond, has more. The prince, the teenager and the socialite. Now an adult, for the first time outside a court, Virginia Roberts alleges she was trafficked to Prince Andrew. The link is this man, Jeffrey Epstein are now dead. The hugely rich businessman became a friend of Prince Andrews. The prince stayed at his houses and flew on hisjet. Virginia roberts says she was introduced aged 17 by mr maxwell to Prince Andrew. She was introduced aged 17 by mr maxwell to Prince Andrewlj she was introduced aged 17 by mr maxwell to Prince Andrew. I was so young, he woke me up in the morning and said, im going to meet a prince today. I didnt know at that point that i would be trafficked to that prince. She says she went to a nightclub and that she danced with Prince Andrew. Then she left. |j hoppedin Prince Andrew. Then she left. |j hopped in the car withjeffrey, and they said, he is coming back to the house and i want you to do what you do for epstein. Buckingham palace says it is emphatically denying that the duke of york had any form of sexual contact or relationship with Virginia Roberts. Any claim to the contrary is false and without foundation. Maxwell also denies any wrongdoing. These allegations have been made before, but this is the first time theyve been made without the Legal Protection of the court. Virginia roberts is challenging the people she accuses to sue. The time is 6. 15pm. Our top story this evening. Millions have been taking part in global protests demanding tougher action to combat Climate Change. Add action to combat Climate Change. Add a spectacular opening tokyo style for the world cup in rugby. Coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news. We look ahead to the start of the premier 15s season the top division in Womens Rugby Union in england. The war of words is intensifying between the us, saudi arabia and iran after last weeks drone and missile strike on two saudi oilfacilities. The Iranian Foreign minister has tweeted that riyadh wished to fight iran to the last american a response to comments by the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, who claimed while he was trying to achieve peace, iran was threatening war. 0ur security correspondent, frank gardner, has sent us this report from saudi arabia. Buckled and burnt, the aftermath of multiple drone and missile strikes on the very heart of saudi arabias oil industry. This was the moment last saturday when the attack caused fires to rage across this complex. Cutting oil output in half and sending oil prices soaring. Today, the government allowed the media into this normally closed site. It wa nts into this normally closed site. It wants the world to see the damage that it wants the world to see the damage thatitis wants the world to see the damage that it is blaming on iran, which denies responsibility. This is the largest Oil Processing plant in the world and it got hit in the early hours of saturday morning. The saudis say they are confident they can restore production by the end of september but what they cannot say with confidence as they can prevent such an attack happening again. Repair teams are still working around the clock. This isntjust about patching up the holes, its about patching up the holes, its about restoring Saudi National pride and prestige in the global economy. 0ver and prestige in the global economy. Over in the saudi capital, i asked people what they are made of these attacks. Translation im angry, said this man, angry and nervous. Others, like this man, said he was confident the country could withstand such a terrorist attack. But this rich, successful country has just had its vulnerabilities exposed. Little wonder it is in no hurry to retaliate. Frank gardner, bbc news, saudi arabia. The boyfriend of teenagerjodie chesney, who was stabbed in a random attack in a park in east london, has told a court that she screamed continuously for two minutes after the assault and that it took around 15 minutes for the Emergency Services to arrive. Two men and two teenagers are on trial at the old bailey charged with the murder of the 17 year old in march. Dan johnson reports. Today, eddie coyle gave his account of the last moments of his girlfriends life, describing how two men come out of the dark in an instant and she was fatally stabbed. They had been together forjust three months and he said she was a great person. Funny, sometimes silly, sometimes sensible. He told the jury they were in the park with friends listening to music, drinking and smoking cannabis when two hooded men approached without a word being said. He demonstrated to the jury how the taller man raised his arm and swung it towards jodies back. Close to tears at one point, eddie said jodie was in shock at first, she didnt know what had happened. She just started screaming. She screamed very loudly, he said. Continuously for about two minutes straight. Then she began to faint. We cant name two of the defendants, who are 16 and 17. The jury heard svenson ong a kwie was seen on cctv the next morning getting rid of some of his clothes. Manuel petrovic is accused of driving them in his car on the night. All four deny murder. Anotherfriend ofjodies, bryce henderson, recounted how he previously bought cannabis from a local drug dealer called spencer. He denied there was any outstanding debt or a feud. But earlier this weekjodie was described as the innocent victim of a row over drugs. Her boyfriend said there was no reason for anyone to hurt her. Dan johnson, bbc news, at the old bailey. A series of strikes cal

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