Transcripts For BBCNEWS World News Today 20170506

Against spreading information hacked from the campaign of the centrist candidate, Emmanuel Macron. Aides to mr macron say the Hacking Attack was intended to undermine french democracy. James reynolds has sent this report. Emmanuel macron arrived last night for his final interview, assuming that his campaign was basically done. But whilst he was speaking, documents stolen from his team were being circulated online. His campaign had been hacked. Coming in the last hour, his team said this intervention is an attempt to destabilise democracy, as happened in the usa during the last election. Who stole these documents . In the past, Emmanuel Macron said that russian backed hackers were out to get him. One cyber expert said this hack looks different. It is very low level, compared with what they have done in the United States. That was a highly creative and high end Information War mixed with a cyber war. What we are witnessing now is very low end, very amateurish. But many french people braving the saturday drizzle do not know much about the hack. On this, the day before the vote, the french media is banned from doing any in depth political reporting. A last minute hack is dramatic. It shows emanuel macron has capable enemies. It may not change the course of this election. Many french people have already decided which way they will vote. And some have already cast their ballots. These french citizens in canada have made an early start. 47 million voters here in france will soon follow. So how is that data leak affecting the mood in france . Our correspondent Karin Gianone is in paris. Already this election had been an extraordinary one. Who in france would have imagined that on the eve of the second round of its president ial election we could have ended up with these two candidates, the far right marine le pen, and Emmanuel Macron, the centrist candidate, who only set up his campaign in the last few months . But in the very last hours, at this latest twist came. This massive dump of date her. What effect could this have . I have been talking about this with my guest, Tristan Mendes france, an expert in social media at the sorbonnes school of journalism. As far as we know, there was a leak on a Forum Last Night at 8 30pm, and those documents became viral half an hour later on social media. Today there is a hashtag called macronleaks, which is 1 trending on twitter. As forthe timing, it is rather strange. It came hours before all the restrictions about what you can say about the election came into force. It means that neither candidate can comment on the content of this. It is strange. Nobody understands why, just two days before the president ial election, it has come out. There is supposedly a huge amount of data. It cannot be processed in 48 hours, so its impossible for anybody to estimate the damage that could come out of it. Why two days before . I dont think it will impact tomorrows election, but it might impact later, specifically in a month, for the election of the members of parliament. So perhaps its too late to do anything tangible for the president ial election tomorrow, but in six weeks time, we have this key vote that Emmanuel Macron is counting on getting some support in. You think that could make a difference . There could be one month of smear campaign, extracted from the information in those documents that have linked, and that could be problematic for macron if he becomes elected. If he doesnt get a majority, how will he implement his policy . In terms of the origin of this attack, there have been allegations against kremlin backed agents previously targeting Emmanuel Macrons campaign. Do we know anything . Nobody really knows. There is only hints. Everybody is looking towards the kremlin, but there is no absolute proof. Nobody will ever have absolute proof, only hints. The French Electoral Commission has come out very strongly, telling the media and people using social media that they mustnt be talking about this. They have to do it and say it. Its a question of legality, but its pointless today. The environment online has no frontier. Even french speaking media in belgium are able to speak about this horrible story, so i understand the french position, but i think its pointless today. That was Tristan Mendes france, from the sorbonnes school from the sorbonnes school of journalism. Just to remind you, as we go into sundays final vote, the polls look like this. An ipsos poll published in le monde newspaper puts Emmanuel Macron, the centrist, on 63 . He is the clear favourite in this president ial election. We will be bringing you special coverage on the bbc of the results as they come out late on sunday. We will be bring you a special programme presented by Christian Fraser from programme presented by Christian Fraserfrom 7 30pm Programme presented by Christian Fraser from 7 30pm gmt. Thousands of women have led a march in venezuelas capital of caracas in the latest Anti Government demonstrations. At least 36 people have been killed and hundreds injured in protests since april. It comes as Donald Trumps National Security adviser met with venezuelas Leader Of The Opposition on how to bring the crisis to a peaceful end. Wyre davies reports. The daily wave of protests against the government of Nicolas Maduro continues across venezuela. In the Capital Caracas Thousands Of Women Marched on the defence ministry, Dressed Symbolically in white, urging the government to end what they said was the brutal oppression of its opponents and free hundreds of its opponents and free hundreds of political prisoners. Some of these protesters have husbands and Family Members in jail, these protesters have husbands and Family Members injail, they say in prison for opposing a corrupt regime. But the government and the armed forces, which remain loyal so far, are not backing off. More than 30 people have been killed in a month of demonstrations. President maduro has vowed to ride out the storm, accusing venezuelans enemies abroad and what he says our Business Elites at home, waging a campaign of destabilisation. But what should be latin americas wealthiest and most sta ble latin americas wealthiest and most stable nation is punch drunk from yea rs of stable nation is punch drunk from years of instability. Many young people say they have no future here. I knew him for nine years, says this girl who has just buried i knew him for nine years, says this girl Who Hasjust Buried Herfriend and fellow Youth Orchestra member. It hurts me so much to see him taken in the bloom of his life, just 18 yea rs in the bloom of his life, just 18 years old. Venezuelan has the worlds second largest oil reserves, yet in cities across the country, people are so poor and hungry, they are Looting Shops for food, even when there is nothing there for sale. With an Inflation Rate of 900 , venezuelans are used to queueing for basic goods at subsidised government markets. But food and medicine is scarce. Hugo chavezs Socialist Revolution failing the very people who supported it. Thousands remain loyal, and chav iss success in Nicolas Maduro has rejected calls for the release of political prisoners. After a week of increasingly violent protests, Opposition Leaders met senior members of the trump administration, washington accusing mr maduro of disregarding the rights of his own people. Lets take a look at some of the other stories making the news. The former head of the Palestinian Militant Group hamas in the gaza strip, ismail haniyeh, has been elected as movements overall leader. He succeeds khaled meshaal, who has led the movement from abroad for two decades. The election took place using a video link between delegates in gaza and qatar. The british prime Minster Theresa may says shes grateful for the support her Conservative Party received in the local elections, but she says shes taking nothing for granted ahead of next months general election. The Leader Of The Opposition labour party, jeremy corbyn, has admitted he has a mountain to climb. Tens of thousands of polish opposition supporters have taken taking part what they called a freedom march through warsaw, to protest against what they see as curbs on democracy imposed by the Governing Party. The opposition has accused the Governing Party of trying to stack the constitutional tribunal with sympathetic judges and of manipulating radio and television coverage. Other news now. Pupils from two Girls Schools in the indian capital, delhi, have been taken to hospital for treatment after a chemical leaked from a fuel tanker. The substance, which is thought to have been used in pesticides, caused eye and throat irritations as well as breathing difficulties. Police say theyll be taking legal action against the chemical handlers. Our south asia regional editor, Charles Haviland is following the story. Details emerged rather slowly throughout saturday. First we had reports of a few dozen schoolgirls being admitted to hospital for treatment, but later in the day, the official Indian News Agency said more than 300 had been admitted, from two schools, and several teachers needing treatment. The symptoms were problems with their eyes, throats, and breathing problems, from this leakage from a Container Truck at some kind of Storage Depot in tughlakabad in the south of delhi. It appears these we re south of delhi. It appears these were chemicals imported from china for use in pesticides. Do we know how some of the victims are . The doctors have been saying from the start that they are ok and no one is in danger. What we heard towards the end of saturday was that people are being discharged and going home to theirfamilies. That being discharged and going home to their families. That seems to be the situation. That said, we have had some people saying they are out of danger, and others simply saying they are stable, which sounds less certain. The indian media have not given a very full account of what has happened, and havent prioritise the story very much. These sorts of leagues are not actually unusual in india, are they . They do happen from time to time. There was one of three yea rs time to time. There was one of three years ago in chhattisgarh, with a smaller number of people being affected. There is an issue in india with supervision. The police have said that legal action will be taken in this case because hazard materials were not being stored responsibly. Others are saying that this material should not be close to these schools at all. Stay with us on bbc world news, still to come. Models who are extremely thin are to be banned from the catwalk in france but will it work . Well get the view of a fashion editor. This is bbc world news today. The latest headlines. On the eve of the french election, Computer Hackers release a huge cache of documents which they say come from Emmanuel Macrons team. New protests in venezuela as us officials meet with the Leader Of The Opposition held parliament. Theres been a reduction in fighting in syria since a russian Led Initiative took effect to halt the countrys six year war. The Russian Defence Ministry Says it has registered 15 violations since midnight on friday. Also, russia and the United States have agreed to resume the operation of a bilateral memorandum to prevent mid air clashes in the skies over syria. Alex bolton reports. Syrian government aircraft in action. There are reports of shelling and gunfire elsewhere in the country, but the violence has eased following the International Plan to create for de escalates a Sionjones Inside Plan to create for de escalates a sion jones inside syria. Plan to create for de escalates a sionjones inside syria. Russian and us staff have. In a phone call, representatives agreed to work on additional measures. Russia says a new initiative to create demilitarised areas in syria can pave the way towards more substantive negotiations. Translation the most important thing is that the implementation of the memorandum can help cease the military action and therefore end the Syrian Crisis at a practical level. The initiative is of significant meaning to the political process in syria. The deal to create De Escalation Zones in the major areas of conflict in syria took effect in midnight on friday. The initiative was proposed by russia, president Bashar Al Assads most powerful ally. It is backed by turkey and iran. With the deal coming from two strong back backers of the regime, some say they are not too confident about it. Translation the revolution is very damaged. It is strangled, and the Syrian People are killed in these so called De Escalation Zones. The regime and the russians are the only beneficiaries. Failure of Peace Effo Rts beneficiaries. Failure of Peace Efforts are familiar story in this conflict that has claimed 300,000 lives since 2012. So how effective the current plan will prove to be is highly uncertain. The Nigerian Government says 82 girls kidnapped by boko haram in Northern Nigeria have been released. The girls were among about 220 stu d e nts the girls were among about 220 students abducted from a Secondary School in the north east of the country in 2014. That story is breaking at the moment, so we will bring you more details when we have them. Now some sport. Here is james. Barcelona and real madrid are both still battling it out for the la liga title in spain. Barcelona surged three points clear of real with a thumping 4 1 win at home to villareal on saturday. Lionel messi scored twice and there was one each for neymar and luis suarez. Real though look certain to go back level on points theyre currently winning 4 0 at already relegated granada. Real also have a game in hand. Swansea have moved out of the bottom three in the Premier League after a 1 0 win over everton at the Liberty Stadium Fernando Llorente got the crucial goal in the 29th minute, it was the Spaniards 13th League goal of the season and it could prove to be the most vital. Swanseas win means that hull drop into the Relegation Zone they lost 2 0 at home to already relegated sunderland. Billyjones and Jermaine Defoe scored for the black cats. It was marco silvas First Experience of a home defeat in three years as a manager in europe. To lose our focus like we did in the second half, and we conceded two goals and set pieces. Thats our problem. Its like you come to the past again. Our team in the past conceded too many goals in set pieces, because they lost focus, and that happened this afternoon. The second goal was offside again, and the referee didnt see. That is football, and now is the moment to rest, to analyse what happened, and prepare for the next. Here are the rest of the days Premier League scores. Crystal palace still arent safe from relegation after being thrashed 5 0 at manchester city. City move up the third in the race for a Champions League place. Tyson fury has said hed easily beat unified heavyweight champion anthonyjoshua should the pair meet in the ring. Fury has dealt with depression and lost his Boxing Licence after beating Wladimir Klitschko in november 2015. Fury says hell be back fighting injuly, on the undercard at londons copper box arena, if his licence is reinstated by the british boxing board of control. He clearly has scant regard forjoshua. Ican i can play with that body builder like a cat playing with a ball of wool. And if i get hit, i will be highly, highly disappointed. If you can even land a blow on me. Never mind beat me. An attempt to run the first sub 2 hour marathon has failed. There were no spectators, just a small number ofjournalists, allowed to attend the event on the Monza Racetrack in italy. Only one of the three men taking part, eliud kipchoge, the olympic champion, came close to the two hour mark, crossing the line in two hours 25 seconds. And although its the fastest marathon in history it wont be counted as an official record, because of the use of pacemakers and other aids. The name was to bring about 10 billion people, and knock out the third set. 12 marathons in 12 hours is impossible. So to pass that message is really important to me. Thats why i was pushing to prove that there is no human who has limitations. He is averaging 17 seconds that every 100 metres he runs. That is remarkable. That is all the sport for now. A law in france banning the use of extremely thin Fashion Models has come into effect. Models working there need to provide a doctors certificate attesting to their overall physical health, with special regard to their body mass index. Digitally altered photos will also have to be labelled from october. Earlier i spoke to debra bourne from the Campaign Group all walks beyond the catwalk, i asked her her thoughts. The important thing is the serious message it sends out to the fashion industry. I dont know how they can keep it. Will they send a Police Officer to every photographic studio in paris what is interesting is the doctors note. This would be valid for two years, and as all women know, your weight fluctuates a lot over two years. Yes. Theres some real problems here in terms of the actual strategy and day to day managing of this law. I dont know. I dont know if it exists when french brands shoot outside of london. Many campaigns are shot in new york, the caribbean, london. But the government has done something thatis the government has done something that is sending out a very clear message. Paris has a reputation in the industry in terms of casting for putting very skinny models on the catwalk, and that is serious. What is your opinion on the labelling of digitally enhanced photos . is your opinion on the labelling of digitally enhanced photos . I think its great. I was part of a Government Round Table on body confidence, and this is something we discussed in the uk about bringing this in with a kite marking system. It makes it very clear to the consumer that this is an animation, that photo is that they could think we re that photo is that they could think were real have been enhanced and touched up and changed, and peoples body shapes have changed. I would like to see a world where that doesnt happen at all, and where our imagery is far more real, but given that we have. Change things it is the a system they might not adhere to a Systemthey Migthol ifie scared to adhere to a Systemthey Migthol § scared to voice agree with, and scared to voice change. So the models really need to be protected here. An 85 year old nepalese man who was attempting to become the oldest person to climb everest, has died at everest base camp. The death of Min Bahadur Sherchan was confirmed by nepals tourism department. The former British Army Gurkha soldier was trying to reclaim the record from japans yuichiro miura, who climbed the peak aged 80 in 2013. Our breaking news. The Nigerian Government says that 82 girls kidnapped by boko haram have been released. They were among around 220 stu d e nts released. They were among around 220 students abducted in the north east of the country in 2012. Dont forget you can get in touch with me on twitter. Thats it from me and the team. Goodbye for now. Good evening. It has been a lovely day across the northern half of the uk. Nice blue skies here. I suspect there will be more cloud here tomorrow. Today we have had cloud in devon, and here we have been very much on the edge of some rain. We have had most of the rain across the Isles Of Scilly and the Channel Islands. Its trying to move up from the south but would make it. The cloud is more broken further north. For a while, we will see cloud coming down across the north east of scotland. That Cloud Filtering into North East England. The clearest skies, south west scotland, Northern Ireland and northern england. That rain will clear the Channel Islands by the end of the night. Sunday, more cloud across northern scotland, where we could see some light drizzle here and there, and the cloud may filter through to the central belt. A sunny start to Northern Ireland, North West England and northern wales. Cloudy for the north east of england and for much of wales, the midlands and Southern England. Probably dry, though. Some changes throughout the day. We will see sunshine developing through wales, the midlands and Southern England in the afternoon. Cloud will move down across North East England and move down towards the wash. A bit of a Breeze Picking up from the north. Warmerfurther bit of a Breeze Picking up from the north. Warmer further west and south. Monday, more of a west is to split. Eastern areas more cloud, a cool breeze of the north sea. The best of the sunshine towards the western side of the uk. Much higher temperatures further west and south, where we get some sunshine. Thats the story through tuesday and wednesday. Cloudy skies across the eastern part of the uk, a bit more cloud as the wind dropped. This is where we will see the most sunshine. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines. The french authorities warn against anyone spreading documents hacked from the Campaign Team of emmanuelle macron ahead of the sunday president ial election. His aides say it was intended to undermine french democracy. Thousands of women are taking part in protests in venezuela. Us officials have met with the Leader Of The Opposition whose powers have been seized by the supreme court. 300 pupils from two Girls Schools in delhi have been taken to hospital for treatment after a chemical leaked from a fuel tanker substance the substance caused Eye Irritation and difficulty. And chip cho gay has run the fastest