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Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News 20240713

Where hundreds face chrstimas out of their homes after last months flooding. The professional footballers assocation has called for a government inquiry into racism in the sport, after the chelsea player, antonio rudiger, complained of hearing monkey noises from the crowd during yesterdays premier league match at tottenham. Our sports correspondent, joe wilson, is at tottenhams stadium. The stadium behind me is a gleaming addition to the british sporting landscape in itself, an advertisement to the power and wealth of the premier league. But, farfrom futuristic, what happened here yesterday seems to be another worrying indication that in fact things are going backwards. Professional footballer telling the referee, telling the world, he has heard monkey chants. Not on a distant football pitch in eastern europe, this was Chelseas Antonio Rudiger, at Tottenham Hotspur, in englands capital city. Famed, theoretically, for its diversity. Rudiger himself posted several tweets expressing his dismay at the incident, but also stressing the importance of talking publicly about racism. So, that it is not just forgotten about, as he suggests, always happens. Rudiger also points out that, in a modern ground like Tottenham Hotspurs, with so many cameras in place, it should be possible to both isolate and punish the offender. Racist behaviour amongst spectators is interfering with the game. Please remember in football there is no place for racism. A warning was made over the loudspeaker three times at the game, but there was no move to take the players off. A somewhat confused application of footballs racism protocol. The pfa, which represents professional footballers, now calls for more. It wants a government inquiry into racism in british football. At the moment, most decent people in this country, i think thats the majority, are being tarnished by the actions of a minority and all the great things we stood for in 2012, with the olympics and all that inclusivity and tolerance, its been eroded slowly and we cant allow that to happen. When englands footballers faced racist chants and nazi salutes in bulgaria, englands manager always stressed there were problems at home to address. Well, he was right. This month there was racial abuse at manchester citys game with Manchester United and now rudigers experience at tottenham. These are just the high profile examples. But these are the images the world sees. Now, the police have told us they made six arrests during the match here yesterday. They say none of those was related directly to the rudiger incident which they are still investigating, but they say one arrest was for a racially aggravated public order offence, which suggest to us, there was more than one isolated incident. Earlier i spoke to George Starkey midha from the kick it out organisation. He told me what he thought should happen now. It is incumbent on the entire football industry to step up now and start to tackle this problem with the vigour that it deserves. I think perhaps for a long time there were people who did not appreciate the seriousness of the issue and thought it was perhaps, because we were not in the bad old days of the 1980s, this problem had moved on but if you speak to black, asian and minority ethnic communities, they will tell you this is a problem that never went away and it is about time we treated it in the serious manner it deserves. It is notjust a problem in football, how much can football realistically do against that backdrop . It is clearly a societal issue, that is not new football cannot do its utmost to ensure that stadiums and grassroot pictures are safe areas free from racism and abuse and i think we have to be aware, we have to collaborate with people outside of football, it is important, very important, the government and politicians take a lead too. We can improve reporting procedures and the level of education, the collaborative approach to be taken in football to really try and make in the issue that we are not doing at the moment. You mention the government. They said they will not rule out taking further steps if they feel it is necessary , further steps if they feel it is necessary, would you like them to do that straightaway . Absolutely. And if so, what should the steps be . At the pfd proposed a government enquiry andi the pfd proposed a government enquiry and i can see the value in that in the sense that it is important to government are there and taking an activist interest in theissue and taking an activist interest in the issue but i think what is important is that any enquiry does not just lead to important is that any enquiry does notjust lead to more talking because i think a lot of the evidence and conclusions would not be surprised to see it be stuff that we are very aware of and communities who are targeted by abuse already know is happening, so i think if thatis know is happening, so i think if that is going to lead to more action like increased funding for charities like increased funding for charities like taking a lead, it is also very important our leading politicians are mindful of their own language and actions that has a tangible impact on people who are targets of abuse in our society. Until relatively recently, there was a belief, may be a naive belief, that this had to a large extent gone away and people would point to other parts of europe and you can see the problem much more obviously. Where they want to think that at the time . Absolutely. I think again you have to go back to, we work every day with people, black asian and minority ethnic people, people from underrepresented communities, for whom this problem never went away. Maybe in the last few years what were seeing is, we think were living a time of increased division and increased rising level of hatred across the uk, and europe and the world, and because of that, there is a heightened focus on it which is encouraging people to report but this was not a problem that had been solved in 2005 or 2010, this problem had never gone away and there are people who unfortunately were naive and decided to turn away from that and decided to turn away from that and ina and decided to turn away from that and in a way it is positive that at the very least we are talking about this more seriously as an issue now. Boeing has announced that its chief executive Dennis Muilenberg is stepping down. Mr muilenberg has faced serious criticism in the aftermath of two major accidents involving boeings new 737 max planes in which a total of 346 people died. Last week, the Company Announced it was halting production of the aircraft. In a statement, the company said a change of leadership was needed to restore confidence. Our Business Correspondent theo leggett gave us some background a little earlier. He presided over an era where boeing came out with its flagship aircraft which we now know contained a flaw, which should never have got past regulators, and it was allowed to continue flying after the first of those two catastrophic accidents involving a lion air plane off indonesia. The plane was allowed to keep flying and another one crashed a few months later in ethiopia. Mr muilenburg has come underfire for presiding over an era where arguably the company put production rates and the pursuit of profits over its safety. Boeing insists safety is its number one priority, it always has done, but there has been a lot of criticism of mr muilenburgs response and his attempts to spread blame and say the accidents were part of a chain of events, even when trying to say we own this. So i think mr muilenburgs departure was inevitable. The fact it happened now has been triggered by the announcement last week that boeing was going to have to close down its renton plant in Washington State where it makes the 737 max. Boeing has been saying all year it wanted this aircraft are flying again by the end of the year, that is clearly not going to happen. A court in saudi arabia has sentenced five people to death and jailed three others, for the murder of the journalist and prominent saudi critic, jamal khashoggi. He was killed, inside the saudi consulate in istanbul, by a team of saudi agents, in 2018. The saudi Public Prosecutor said, it was the result of a rogue operation, but a un expert has called for the saudi, crown prince to be investigated over the killing. Martin patience reports. He was the journalist who criticised the Saudi Crown Prince. And it cost him his life. Jamal khashoggi was a government insider until going into exile, where he wrote columns, highlighting saudi arabias crackdown on dissent. When he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul, he was never seen again. Murdered, in what saudi arabia called a rogue operation. a saudi prosecutor said he was drugged, his body dismembered, and then disposed of by a local collaborator. Despite a un expert calling for the Saudi Crown Prince to be investigated for the killing, Mohammed Bin Salman has always denied involvement and murder. With these prosecutions, saudi arabia will be hoping to put an end to its worst diplomatic crisis in years. Five men have been sentenced to death, others given lengthy prison sentences. But critics will see it as a whitewash which absolves the crown prince of any blame. If the murder wasnt premeditated, why did the team have the tools to cut upjamal khashoggis body . That is just one of the many Unanswered Questions of this dark affair. The presenter of the itv show love island, Caroline Flack, has pleaded not guilty to assaulting her boyfriend at herflat in north london. Helena wilkinson was in court and she updated us a little earlier. Caroline flack, the Television Presenter, went into court in front of the magistrate today, she was accompanied by a Police Officer as she went into the dock, past a very packed Public Gallery and in that Public Gallery, her boyfriend, the man she is accused of assaulting, on december the 12th. Now, she spoke very briefly, confirmed her name and date of birth, her address, then she was asked to enter a plea and she pleaded not guilty to that one charge. But the court heard from the prosecution during the hearing. Its alleged Caroline Flack hit her boyfriend over the head with a lamp while he was asleep, because she feared he was cheating on her, and the court also heard from the prosecution, who said when police turned up to herflat, the door was opened by Caroline Flack and her boyfriend. Its alleged they were both covered in blood and one Police Officer described it as if it was like a horror movie. Now, we also heard from Caroline Flacks defence solicitor who said that her boyfriend had given a statement which was read out in court. And her boyfriend does not support the prosecution case. He said he has never supported the prosecution case and he also says he is not a victim, but the prosecution say they are going to continue with this case. She has pleaded not guilty, so it will go to trial back here in Highbury Corner Magistrates Court on march the 4th. There are bail conditions that she has to keep, one of which is she is not allowed to contact her boyfriend. When she was told that in court, she burst into tears. So, trial date set for the Television Presenter Caroline Flack on march the 11th back here in this court. There have been calls for a government inquiry into racism in football, after a premier league match is stopped for the first time, because of allegations of racist abuse from the stands. Boeings chief executive, Dennis Muilenberg, has resigned after serious criticism, following two major accidents in which 346 people died. Five people are sentenced to death in saudi arabia for the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. There are growing signs that the Islamic State group is re organising in iraq, two years after it lost the last of its territory there. Kurdish and western intelligence officials have told the bbc that is in iraq are now more skilled and more dangerous than alqaeda. Kurdish Security Forces are warning that history is in danger of repeating itself, as 0rla guerin reports. From a hilltop in northern iraq, a sweeping view of territory reclaimed from the Islamic State group. The kurdish peshmerga, who helped drive them out, tell us now they are making a comeback. The militants are exploiting an area of no mans land, disputed terrain between kurdish and iraqi forces. Looking at this territory here now right in front of us, do isis have free rein here now . Yes, i can say, yes. Especially between, the delta between the great zab and tigris river, they are permanent there. Are you worried . Of course. Of course im worried, because they are a really big threat. Day by day, we can see the movement of isis, the activities, they reorganise themselves. Is has done that an hours drive away in hawija, which was their last stronghold in iraq. The authorities have planted theirflag, but the militants are hunting local officials. Like the father of these children. He was a mukhtar, a village chief, who monitors comings and goings and informs the police. The youngest keep asking when daddys coming home. His mother is overwhelmed by grief. At the loss of her bright eyed boy, shot dead in october. She tells me he was their breadwinner, their guide and their shepherd. It is by night that is emerge, spreading their terror as before. This chilling propaganda video shows a mukhtar being led away to his death. Nine have been killed in hawija alone. The area is tense. We have to travel with an armed escort. Iraqi forces are facing an enemy that is close but hard to find. Well, is cant hold territory here any more, but they can still strike. Theyve been carrying out deadly attacks here, and they can still create fear among the local population. Many in the area are too frightened to speak. Militia fighters in hawija are on alert. One of their checkpoints was targeted earlier this month. Hussein hamada survived, but saw two of his friends killed. Translation its very difficult. I still cannot sleep and i go to a psychologist. They were my guys. We would eat and drink and sleep together. They were my brothers. Since the caliphate crumbled, is has been driven underground to caves and tunnels beneath these mountains. But iraq has seen terror grow from these beginnings before. And the fear is a new threat is coming, for the region and the west. 0rla guerin, bbc news, northern iraq. Prince charles is visiting people affected by flooding last month in the village of fishlake in south yorkshire. Our correspondent dan johnson has spent the day in fishlake. He has had quite a warm reception in fishlake, today. You might think people have Better Things to be worrying about, facing christmas not even in their homes, most of them. Hundreds of people in this area, notjust in this village, but they were pleased to see the prince, they were welcoming his visit and the attention it brings. The fact that someone is prepared to take the time to see what they are suffering. Because the level of damage is really intense and we are now seven weeks on from when the flood hit this village and others along the river don and in north nottinghamshire and derbyshire, as well. Fair to say lots of areas, thousands of people across those three counties, were affected. The prince came to meet some people here in fishlake, he toured some of the houses, he saw the Community Centre and the church that acted as a refuge for the village in the middle of the floods, and he heard some of the frustrations people have about the flood protection that is in place for this village, the work that has been done further upstream, that they feel has maybe sacrificed their village, and frustrations that people have had getting pay outs on insurance, because there has been a real problem of people not having insurance or insurers not paying out, and the inefficiency of that, the amount of time it has taken to get things moving in some places. People know this is notjust a clear up that is going to disrupt christmas, this is going to take months, if not years. There are still teams going around the village clearing up bits of rubble left from the floods that hit at the start of november. The duke of edinburgh has spent a third night in hospital, where hes being treated for what officials describe as a pre existing condition. He remains at the King Edward Viis hospital in Central London, having travelled there on friday as a precautionary measure. Buckingham palace say the admission was for observation and treatment. Earlier, during a visit to south yorkshire, Prince Charles was asked about his father by a member of the public. John mcmanus is outside the hospital in Central London. What is the news . He said the prince has been here for three nights, if he does not leave this evening it will be henceforth night in hospital here at the hospital in Central London where as you say he was taken on friday from the queens private residence in sandringham. The prince did not need an ambulance, he was taken here by staff and was able to walk in. What he is doing in the hospital we simply dont know. The palace see it as a precautionary measure but wont say what the precaution is against. Thejoke has been slowing down over the last few yea rs been slowing down over the last few years and certainly given up his royal duties. He stopped them in 2017 and is rarely seen in public. For a 2017 and is rarely seen in public. Fora man 2017 and is rarely seen in public. For a man his age, perhaps it is not surprising there are some health issues. 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