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Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News 20240713

Good evening. The wife of an american diplomat has left the uk while suspected of being involved in a fatal road crash. Police say they want to interview the woman about the death of 19 year old harry dunn, in a collision in crowton in northamptonshire in august. The foreign secretary dominic raab says hes called the Us Ambassador to express his disappointment that shes left the country. Duncan kennedy reports. This is how local people have reacted to the death of harry dunn, on the country road where his accident took place. This is how local people have reacted to the death of harry dunn, harry, who was 19, had been on his motorbike when he was hit by a car. He died of multiple injuries. The 42 year old woman driver of that car, whos not been identified, left this nearby american air base before the collision took place. Shes known to be the wife of a diplomat and told police she would cooperate with them and said she had no plans to leave the country, but its now been confirmed she has left britain. In a statement, Northants Police said, harry dunns family deservejustice. Harrys mother, charlotte, says the woman involved must come back to the uk. Were really hoping to try and get her back. You know, we dont wish her any ill harm, but we dont understand how she can just get on a plane and leave our family just utterly devastated. Today, the foreign secretary dominic raab became involved in this diplomatic stand off, saying he had called the American Ambassador to express his disappointment that the woman had left the country. The options open to the government and the police are limited, but harrys family say they cannot grieve properly until this tragedy has been resolved. And duncan has more on what the us authorites have been saying. Theyjust put out a very short statement to say they confirmed the woman has left the country. They actually say the family has left the country. They are not identifying her or saying where she has gone to, which creates a huge predicament for not only dominic raab but also the police here because we are now into what is called diplomatic immunity territory. Being the wife of a diplomat means she has diplomatic immunity which in short cut terms means she is immune from prosecution in this country. So unless she decides to come back voluntarily to face this further police inquiry, as a suspect in this issue, it will mean that britain will have to seek her through extradition and that could be an extremely long and painful process and could take many months. And well find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrows front pages at 10 30 and 11 30 this evening in the papers. Our guests joining me tonight are the Political Editor of the sunday mirror and sunday people, nigel nelson, and the political commentator, jo phillips. Democrats leading the impeachment inquiry into President Trump have issued a legal order demanding that the white house hand over more documents on its dealings with ukraine. Mr trump is accused of abusing his position to put pressure on the ukrainian leader to investigate his president ial rival, joe biden. 0ur north america correspondent Chris Buckler reports. No matter where americas commander in chief goes, theres no escape from the talk of impeachment, or the many questions about his request for a Foreign Government to investigate one of his political rivals. Requests for documents from the white house have become demands. With a subpoena issued by the democrats, alongside a strongly worded letter, that accuses the president of choosing a path of defiance, obstruction and cover up. Among the many records they want is a full rather than a rough transcript, showing exactly what mr trump said to the ukrainian president in a phone call during the summer. Thats when he controversially tried to pressure Volodymyr Zelensky into launching an inquiry into the potential president ial Candidatejoe Biden and his son, hunter, who had business dealings in the country. On a visit to greece, the us secretary of state couldnt hide his frustration at this latest attempt by congress to put pressure on the president. This is whats wrong. When the world doesnt focus on the things that are right, the things that matter, the things that impact real peoples lives, and instead you get caught up in some silly gotcha game. But democrats have still to decide on whether to hold a formal vote to impeach the president. Some people say, why are you doing this . Hes not worth it, to divide the country this way. I say, well, he may not be, but our constitution is worth it, our democracy is worth it. Applause. The battle lines are being drawn in washington, and congress is preparing for yet another bitter fight with this white house. Chris buckler, bbc news, washington. Dozens of people have been injured, eight of them seriously, after a double decker bus overturned in devon. A Major Incident has been declared. John ayres has more. Lying in a field, this stagecoach bus came off the road. Thankfully, no one was killed. It happened around 11am this morning on the a385. The Ambulance Service described it as a Major Incident. It is thought that eight people have been seriously injured and taken to hospitals around the region. Other passengers were taken to Paignton Library and provided with support. Emergency services everywhere. Five air ambulances in total, must have been 15 or 20 police cars, ambulances, but it was calm. Everyone. They were just doing a brilliantjob of getting everyone to safety. Everyone has been taken away from the scene and the driver of the bus has not been arrested, but is helping the police with the investigation. The road had to be close along with minor routes in the area, causing serious traffic congestion. The Police Serious collisions Investigations Unit is trying to establish exactly what happened. We are trying to work through whether its best to remove the coach tonight, but we dont know how long that will take. And whether it can be done before we lose the light. If it cant be done we will leave the recovery for the morning and the road will remain closed overnight. In a statement, Stagecoach South West said that the immediate thoughts are to those involved and helping in any way they can. They say they will be assisting the investigation into the circumstances of the incident. Tonight, the regions hospitals are busy and advising people to come to a e only if it is absolutely necessary. A british australian woman and her australian boyfriend say theyre relieved to be home after more than three months in an iranianjail. Its reported thatjolie king and mark firkin were freed afteran iranian man was released by australia. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports. The views here are just epic jolie king and mark firkin were travelling the world, recounting their adventures to thousands of followers on social media. But three months ago, the british australian woman and her australian fiance were arrested in iran, allegedly for flying their drone without a permit near military installations. Yet more foreigners detained in tehrans jails. But after what the Australian Authorities described as sensitive negotiations, the couple from perth have been released and have returned home. Forjolie and for mark, the ordeal that they have been through is now over. They are being reunited with their loved ones, which is a source of great relief and joy to everyone. I can tell you that they are in good health and in good spirits. Within hours, it emerged that australia had released an iranian student, Reza Dehbashi kivi, who had been arrested in 2018 for allegedly sending us made military equipment to iran. This prompted speculation both countries had negotiated a Prisoner Exchange something the Australian Authorities refused to comment on. They said they were still trying to secure the release of another british Australian National detained by iran. Kylie moore gilbert, a lecturer in islamic studies at melbourne university, has been held for almost a year after being charged with spying. Todays release will prompt questions about why the British Government has yet to secure the freedom of Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe. The Foreign Office would not comment but the cases are different. The british iranian mother is considered by tehran to be fully iranian, and Officials Say iran sees her as having greater diplomatic value in its campaign against growing economic pressure from the international community. James landale, bbc news. Pro democracy activists in hong kong have condemned the government for using emergency powers, as violent protests brought parts of the territory to a standstill. Demonstrators, who defied a new law banning the use of face masks, forced the closure of the underground system and many shops and businesses, after a 14 year old boy was shot during yesterdays protests. Hong kongs leader, carrie lam is warning that she can no longer tolerate rioters destroying the territory. Translation the extreme actions of rioters created a very dark night for hong kong and made Hong Kong Society semi paralysed. Everyone is very worried and concerned or even scared. The government will suppress violence with the greatest determination. I appeal to everyone to support the government in suppressing violence in accordance to the law, condemn violence together, and cut ties with rioters with a firm will. At a News Conference in kuala lumpur, the United Nations high commissionerfor human rights, michelle bachelet, said the ban on Face Coverings should not be used as a way to target or disrupt people taking part in peaceful demonstrations. Bans on Face Covering during assemblies are, in some circumstances, used to target particular groups and improperly curtail their freedom of expression or peaceful assembly. So freedom of peaceful assembly, when we are talking about peaceful assembly, should be enjoyed without restriction to the greatest extent possible. But on the other hand, we cannot accept people who use masks to promote violence. That is also not acceptable. Earlier we spoke to bonnie leung, shes a pro democracy campaigner in hong kong and organiser of the some of the recent protests. Well, i am extremely worried because i am worried about our front line protesters safety. Carrie lam is again doing a very bad move and a very bad strategy of bypassing our legislature to impose yet another evil law. And by doing so, i believe that she is actually creating some sort of systematic petrol bomb to public anger, so the public anger exploded. It is totally counterproductive. She said the reason of imposing the anti masking law is about resuming public law and order, protecting front Line Police Officers safety but you see it is counterproductive. The public is more angry and more people are wearing masks, wearing facemasks to protest in the streets and people are forced to be even more radical in protest of the latest evil law. So it is totally counterproductive and not serving the purpose at all. After the handover, we used to have is rule of law and freedom. Despite not having true democracy. But now, because we do not have true democracy, the government is totally not being accountable to the people and they are destroying our rule of law and they are destroying the rules that we have always treasured. So hong kong people are now to conclude freely to seek for protection and now we see Police Officers breaking the law so blatantly, caught on camera, without any legal consequences at all and they are protected by the Police Commissioner and the Hong Kong Government and protected by the beijing government, so we see absolute power corrupts absolutely. At least 5 people have been killed in clashes between protesters and police in the iraqi capital, baghdad. The Iraqi Parliament says more than 90 people have been killed and almost 4,000 others have been injured in unrest across the country this week. The protests began over unemployment, Poor Public Services and corruption, but demonstrators are now also demanding that the government resign. The top un official in iraq, jeanine hennis, says she is deeply saddened by the senseless loss of life. She says this must stop. I call on all parties to pause and reflect. Those responsible for violence should be held to account. Let the spirit of unity prevail across iraq the headlines on bbc news. The mother of teenager harry dunn, who died in a crash involving the wife of a us diplomat, says the government must put pressure on her to return to the uk. Democrats leading the impeachment inquiry into President Trump issue a legal order demanding that the white house hand over more documents. Dozens of people are injured, eight of them seriously, after a double decker bus overturns in devon. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. Good evening. Another british medal in the world athletics championships in doha. Britains women have taken the silver medal in the 4 x 100 metre relay. It means Dina Asher Smith has another silver medal to go with the one she won in the individual 100 metres, and of course she also claimned gold in the 200 metres. Its the first time a british woman has won a sprint gold. Laura muir produced a gutsy display in the 1500m final as she finished fifth behind winner sifan hassan. Muir tried to catch front runner hassan but was caught with 150m remaining in doha. Hassan, who also won the 10,000m title, took victory in a championship record time of three minutes 51. 95 seconds. She had previously worked under banned coach alberto salazar. Liverpool have maintained their 100 record in the premier league, but only just. James milner scored a 95th minute winner from the spot at anfield against leicester. 2 1 the final score. Leicesters frustrations boiled over at full time. Sadio mane had put liverpool ahead before halftime, butjames maddison scored an 80th minute equaliser with their only shot on target. But they then conceded an injury time penalty with a foul on mane. Thats eight wins out of eight for liverpool heading into the international break. Here are the other results in the premier league, Jeff Hendrick scored the winner for burnley against 10 man everton. Villa won 5 1 at norwich, wesley scored twice and also missed a penalty. Goaless between watford and sheffield united. The top two, celtic and rangers, play tomorrow in the scottish prmiership. Weve had four results today. Nine man aberdeen scored a late eaqualiser against hibs. England womens manager phil neville said a fourth defeat in five games was not acceptable as his side were beaten 2 1 by brazil in a friendly in middlesbrough. Debinha scored both of brazils goals, the first largely due to a goalkeeping error by mary earps. The second found its way in via a deflection. Beth england pulled one back on 80 minutes but brazil held on for the win. Back to the world athletics championships in doha, where great britains men have won silver in the four x 100 metres relay race. Adam gemili, zharnel hughes, and Nethaneel Mitchell bla ke came second to the usa. Fantastic result for great britain. Another silver medal for britain. England beat 1a man argentina 39 10 in tokyo to qualify for the quarterfinals of the rugby world cup. Englands last pool match is against france and that will probably decide who finishes top in the pool. Its qualifications for quarterfinals but our emphasis is on Getting Better in each game. That was a tough game for us today. When they went down to 1a men, you know, they possibly got a psychological lift. Its human nature that we drop off a little bit because you think youre going to win the game, and we probably did that. I was pleased how the players got into the game in the second half and dominated. Silver medals for the mens and the womens four x 100 metres relay. Another two medals, four great britain. Thats all the sport for now. Some breaking news in the last few moments regarding our top story. We we re moments regarding our top story. We were talking about the fact that the wife of american diplomat has left the uk despite being suspected of being involved in a fatal road crash which resulted in the death of 19 year old harry dunn in northamptonshire. We said the foreign secretary dominic raab had beenin foreign secretary dominic raab had been in touch with the Us Ambassador to express his disappointment that this lady has left the country. We are getting a response from the Us State Department. A spokesperson has issued a statement we express our deepest sympathies and offer condolences to the family of the deceased in the tragic august 27 Traffic Accident involving a vehicle driven by a spouse of the us diplomat assigned to the united kingdom. Any questions regarding a waiver of immunity with regard to oui waiver of immunity with regard to our diplomats and their family members overseas in a case like this receive intense attention at senior levels. They are considered carefully given the Global Impact such decisions carry. And then, perhaps this is an important point, immunity is rarely waived. It says we cannot speculate on what action the British Government may take. It says while we are in close consultation with the appropriate british officials we canno

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