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the second anniversary of russia's - the second anniversary of russia's invasion _ - the second anniversary of russia's invasion of - - the second anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine, | - the second anniversary of. russia's invasion of ukraine, mr zelensky insists his country will win bit urgently needs more weapons. more heavy israeli bombardment of gaza. the hamas run health industry says another 100 people were killed during the night. and because for a conservative mp to be kicked out of his party over comments branded racist and islamophobic. hello, i'm lauren taylor. a defiant president zelensky has insisted ukraine will win the war as the country marks the second anniversary of russia's full—scale invasion. several western leaders, including the eu commission president ursula von der leyen are in kyiv in a show of solidarity with ukraine. ms von der layen praised the "extraordinary resistance" of the ukrainian people, and reaffirmed the eu's full support.
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president zelensky again stressed his country's need of more weapons. there've been further russian attacks on ukrainian cities. for a second night running, targets in the port city of 0desa have been hit, killing one person. three others were seriously injured. this is the live scene in ukraine. the ukrainian president spoke from hostomel, the site of the first major battle of the war. translation: two years ago we met hostile fighting — translation: two years ago we met hostile fighting with _ translation: two years ago we met hostile fighting with fire _ translation: two years ago we met hostile fighting with fire here. - translation: two years ago we met hostile fighting with fire here. two . hostile fighting with fire here. two years later we welcome friends and partners here. we have become 730 days closer to victory. someone is waiting for some sort of fortune—teller to give us the end date, but millions of ukrainians just remember a great quote from our
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poet. keep fighting, you are sure to win. none of us will allow our ukraine to end. in the future, next to the word ukraine, the word independent will always stand. meanwhile, jens stoltenberg spoke about the need for ongoing military support for ukraine.— about the need for ongoing military support for ukraine. ukraine retains its freedom — support for ukraine. ukraine retains its freedom and _ support for ukraine. ukraine retains its freedom and independence. - support for ukraine. ukraine retains its freedom and independence. thisj its freedom and independence. this has been made possible by courage and resolve. enabled by major military and economic support for nato allies. just in the past days and weeks, nato allies have announced new packages of aid worth billions of dollars. key capabilities like artillery ammunition and air defence. as well as f—16 equipment and spare parts, drones and de—mining equipment. more supporters on the way. lyse
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drones and de-mining equipment. more supporters on the way.— supporters on the way. lyse doucet is in k iv supporters on the way. lyse doucet is in kyiv to — supporters on the way. lyse doucet is in kyiv to mark _ supporters on the way. lyse doucet is in kyiv to mark the _ supporters on the way. lyse doucet is in kyiv to mark the grim - is in kyiv to mark the grim anniversary. she spoke about the ongoing war. the anniversary. she spoke about the ongoing war-— anniversary. she spoke about the onauoin war. ., ,, ongoing war. the miracle happened that we still — ongoing war. the miracle happened that we still have _ ongoing war. the miracle happened that we still have an _ ongoing war. the miracle happened that we still have an ability - ongoing war. the miracle happened that we still have an ability and - ongoing war. the miracle happened that we still have an ability and a i that we still have an ability and a chance _ that we still have an ability and a chance to — that we still have an ability and a chance to stay right now in the centre — chance to stay right now in the centre of— chance to stay right now in the centre of kyiv, because everyone underestimated the strong will and -uts underestimated the strong will and guts of— underestimated the strong will and guts of ukraine people two years ago and the _ guts of ukraine people two years ago and the number of intelligence agencies — and the number of intelligence agencies strongly believe it will take a — agencies strongly believe it will take a few weeks at least. but we showed _ take a few weeks at least. but we showed a — take a few weeks at least. but we showed a very strong resilience, and you are _ showed a very strong resilience, and you are correct in saying that actions — you are correct in saying that actions are needed. worse matter but actions _ actions are needed. worse matter but actions are _ actions are needed. worse matter but actions are needed. worse matter but actions are needed in order to save ukraine, _ actions are needed in order to save ukraine, that actually in order to save _ ukraine, that actually in order to save an — ukraine, that actually in order to save an entire civilisation, the western— save an entire civilisation, the western civilisation, the free world — western civilisation, the free world. because we have to frame this war. world. because we have to frame this wen this— world. because we have to frame this wen this wer— world. because we have to frame this war. this war is notjust world. because we have to frame this war. this war is not just about ukraine — war. this war is not just about ukraine and russia. this is the war that war— ukraine and russia. this is the war that war criminal putin waged against — that war criminal putin waged against nato, western civilisation, and actually against humanity.
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soldiers say they are even running out of bullets, and we have heard that even the air defence system is here that you rely on are running out of ammunition. haifa here that you rely on are running out of ammunition.— here that you rely on are running out of ammunition. how bad is it? here is the — out of ammunition. how bad is it? here is the thing. _ out of ammunition. how bad is it? here is the thing. just _ out of ammunition. how bad is it? here is the thing. just ten - out of ammunition. how bad is it? | here is the thing. just ten minutes ago. _ here is the thing. just ten minutes ago, i— here is the thing. just ten minutes ago. i had — here is the thing. just ten minutes ago. i had a — here is the thing. just ten minutes ago, i had a telephone chat from a friend _ ago, i had a telephone chat from a friend of— ago, i had a telephone chat from a friend of mine who is at the front line _ friend of mine who is at the front line he — friend of mine who is at the front line he is— friend of mine who is at the front line. he is near bakhmut. he is here the reconnaissance unit. one line. he is near bakhmut. he is here the reconnaissance unit.— the reconnaissance unit. one of the bloodiest battles. _ the reconnaissance unit. one of the bloodiest battles. anything - the reconnaissance unit. one of the bloodiest battles. anything is, - the reconnaissance unit. one of thej bloodiest battles. anything is, what i felt, bloodiest battles. anything is, what ifelt, m bloodiest battles. anything is, what i felt, my duty _ bloodiest battles. anything is, what i felt, my duty is — bloodiest battles. anything is, what i felt, my duty is to _ bloodiest battles. anything is, what i felt, my duty is to send _ bloodiest battles. anything is, what i felt, my duty is to send him - bloodiest battles. anything is, what i felt, my duty is to send him a - i felt, my duty is to send him a strong — i felt, my duty is to send him a strong signal that we will prevail, because — strong signal that we will prevail, because the mood is quite gloomy, frankly— because the mood is quite gloomy, frankly speaking. you because the mood is quite gloomy, frankly speaking-— frankly speaking. you are even admittin: frankly speaking. you are even admitting you _ frankly speaking. you are even admitting you could _ frankly speaking. you are even admitting you could lose - frankly speaking. you are even admitting you could lose this l frankly speaking. you are even i admitting you could lose this war frankly speaking. you are even - admitting you could lose this war if you doubt to get immediately this western aid that you have been promised? let western aid that you have been promised?—
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western aid that you have been romised? , , promised? let me put it this way. we, as promised? let me put it this way. we. as an — promised? let me put it this way. we, as an entire _ promised? let me put it this way. we, as an entire western - promised? let me put it this way. we, as an entire western world, l promised? let me put it this way. i we, as an entire western world, we are not— we, as an entire western world, we are not allowed to lose this war. we can win _ are not allowed to lose this war. we can win because this is the righteous fight. but the thing is that we — righteous fight. but the thing is that we desperately need ammunition, we desperately need support from our western— we desperately need support from our western allies, and i strongly believe — western allies, and i strongly believe that the us congress is to pass the — believe that the us congress is to pass the security package as quick as possible. ijust had a chat with my american friends and they said it is going _ my american friends and they said it is going to _ my american friends and they said it is going to take up to two months. i said, _ is going to take up to two months. i said. we _ is going to take up to two months. i said. we are — is going to take up to two months. i said, we are on the brink. could you seed u- said, we are on the brink. could you speed no this _ said, we are on the brink. could you speed up this process? _ said, we are on the brink. could you speed up this process? what - said, we are on the brink. could you speed up this process? what does l speed up this process? what does that mean come on the brink? tote speed up this process? what does that mean come on the brink? we are runnina that mean come on the brink? we are running out — that mean come on the brink? we are running out of — that mean come on the brink? we are running out of ammunition. _ that mean come on the brink? we are running out of ammunition. that - that mean come on the brink? we are running out of ammunition. that is i running out of ammunition. that is the reality— running out of ammunition. that is the reality we are living in. but this is— the reality we are living in. but this is war~ _ the reality we are living in. but this is war. we don't have to be over— this is war. we don't have to be over optimistic about what happened last year. _ over optimistic about what happened last year, and neither we do not have _ last year, and neither we do not have to — last year, and neither we do not have to be — last year, and neither we do not have to be over pessimistic. we have to be _ have to be over pessimistic. we have to be very _ have to be over pessimistic. we have to be very realistic. we can win this war~ — to be very realistic. we can win this war. we will win this war if we stand _ this war. we will win this war if we stand united and if we get
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everything that is needed for the ukrainian — everything that is needed for the ukrainian military. any statement released by _ ukrainian military. any statement released by buckingham - ukrainian military. any statement released by buckingham palace, l ukrainian military. any statement - released by buckingham palace, king charles said ukraine and its people have demonstrated their true valour in face of indiscriminate aggression. during may is our royal correspondent. tell us more about this statement. it is correspondent. tell us more about this statement.— this statement. it is quite a forceful statement - this statement. it is quite a forceful statement with - this statement. it is quite a i forceful statement with strong language, and sending very message about where king charles's sympathies lie. he speaks about the indescribable aggression is facing the ukrainian people, talks of the invasion by russia as an unprovoked attack. i think perhaps part of this will be seen as a rallying call for there is people who might want to waver in their support for ukraine. it talks about the importance of international support for ukraine at this moment and seems to be urging people not to give up that fight. and it is something he clearly feels very personally about. he had been to visit refugees from ukraine and
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he has been to meet members of the ukrainian community in britain as well, so i think it is very strongly worded message, to maybe speak to the world, to back ukraine even as they were enters its third year. and they were enters its third year. and in terms of — they were enters its third year. and in terms of royalty generally, how unusual is it for senior royalty or the king to intervene in this way an work? ~ the king to intervene in this way any work?— the king to intervene in this way any work? i think this is a rather unusually _ any work? i think this is a rather unusually unambiguous - any work? i think this is a rather i unusually unambiguous language. before he has spoken about his support for ukraine and he has talked about the barbaric invasions, used very strong language before, but it is quite unusual. it is not something that would happen that often. other earlier this week we heard prince william intervene in the israel— gaza conflict, talking about his call for fighting to seize. so in fact are both senior royals this week have spoken on the international stage, and also in the background we have to think that king charles himself is receiving
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cancer treatment. so he has chosen to make this very direct and strong statement about ukraine, so it is clearly a thing of great importance to him. $5 clearly a thing of great importance to him. �* . . clearly a thing of great importance to him. a . .. clearly a thing of great importance to him. ~ , . .,, ~ ., to him. as far as we know, the treatment _ to him. as far as we know, the treatment is _ to him. as far as we know, the treatment is proceeding i to him. as far as we know, the treatment is proceeding and i to him. as far as we know, the | treatment is proceeding and he to him. as far as we know, the i treatment is proceeding and he has taken somewhat of a back seat on the royal role but still, as you say, being involved in some of the key issues. he being involved in some of the key issues. . . being involved in some of the key issues. . , ., ., , being involved in some of the key issues. . , . ., , ., issues. he has maintained his role as head of — issues. he has maintained his role as head of state, _ issues. he has maintained his role as head of state, so _ issues. he has maintained his role as head of state, so we _ issues. he has maintained his role as head of state, so we saw i issues. he has maintained his role as head of state, so we saw him i as head of state, so we saw him eating prime minister rishi sunak this week for the regular meeting. he is carrying out his paperwork, we know that. what he has done a step back from public visits, going out around the country, meeting people, shaking hands. he has stopped doing that for now while the treatment continues. we don't know how long thatis continues. we don't know how long that is going to be for. i could be some time yet. but we saw pictures of him this week looking at the cards of support he had been sent, quite cheerful. but he is clearly still engaged on our issues that are very close to his heart, particularly ukraine. very close to his heart, articularl ukraine. . ~ , ., , particularly ukraine. thank you very much indeed- _
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organisers of a march in london say they are rallying to remind of the continuing suffering and bloodshed in ukraine. people started gathering here in central london for the support rally. we can see now some dozens of people, but it is just the beginning. last year, they had around 5000 people who attended the support for ukraine rally, and the man is people will gather here and then they will go through the streets of central london, and then they will have a vigil on trafalgar square. and here with me now is the head of the support ukraine charity, and also the trustee of the british ukrainian aid charity. can you tell us more about why people have decided to gather here today? what
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is the significance for you to come here today? igrate is the significance for you to come here today?— is the significance for you to come here toda ? ~ ., ., here today? we want to remind the whole world — here today? we want to remind the whole world that _ here today? we want to remind the whole world that ukraine _ here today? we want to remind the whole world that ukraine is - here today? we want to remind the whole world that ukraine is still- whole world that ukraine is still fighting — whole world that ukraine is still fighting the russian terrorists, they are — fighting the russian terrorists, they are killing ukrainians every single _ they are killing ukrainians every single day and we want to cry out for international communities to help. _ for international communities to help. to — for international communities to help, to send more military aid, more _ help, to send more military aid, more ammunition, because ukraine is standing _ more ammunition, because ukraine is standing for _ more ammunition, because ukraine is standing for freedom, not for its own but— standing for freedom, not for its own but with the whole of europe. thank _ own but with the whole of europe. thank you — own but with the whole of europe. thank you so much. and how many people do you expect today? i infill people do you expect today? i will su: est people do you expect today? i will suggest 5000 _ people do you expect today? i will suggest 5000 plus, _ people do you expect today? i will suggest 5000 plus, that was last year~ _ suggest 5000 plus, that was last year~ but— suggest 5000 plus, that was last year. but we are hoping to get more people _ year. but we are hoping to get more --eole. ~ . year. but we are hoping to get more neale, . ., ., year. but we are hoping to get more --eole.~ . ., ,. .,, year. but we are hoping to get more --eole.~ . ., ., year. but we are hoping to get more n-eole.. ., ., ,., .,, ., people. what do you hope to achieve with this rally — people. what do you hope to achieve with this rally today? _ people. what do you hope to achieve with this rally today? as _ people. what do you hope to achieve with this rally today? as i _ people. what do you hope to achieve with this rally today? as i said, i people. what do you hope to achieve with this rally today? as i said, to i with this rally today? as i said, to remind the _ with this rally today? as i said, to remind the world _ with this rally today? as i said, to remind the world that _ with this rally today? as i said, to remind the world that the - with this rally today? as i said, to remind the world that the war- with this rally today? as i said, to remind the world that the war is l with this rally today? as i said, to l remind the world that the war is not ovei’. _ remind the world that the war is not over. it _ remind the world that the war is not over. it is _ remind the world that the war is not over. it is far— remind the world that the war is not over, it is far from over. it is really— over, it is far from over. it is really horrendous, things are happening in ukraine every single day. happening in ukraine every single day we _ happening in ukraine every single day. we also want to say thank you for the _ day. we also want to say thank you for the support and all if they help being _ for the support and all if they help being provided, but we need to emphasise that we need so much more to win _ emphasise that we need so much more to win this— emphasise that we need so much more to win this war and stop a aggressor where _ to win this war and stop a aggressor where he _ to win this war and stop a aggressor where he is — to win this war and stop a aggressor where he is rather than nearer european _ where he is rather than nearer
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european borders.— where he is rather than nearer european borders. looking back at those two years. _ european borders. looking back at those two years, how _ european borders. looking back at those two years, how do _ european borders. looking back at those two years, how do you i european borders. looking back at those two years, how do you thinkj those two years, how do you think your perception of the situation changed? do you feel more optimistic now? i changed? do you feel more optimistic now? ., ., , , . changed? do you feel more optimistic now? ., , . ~ ., now? i am optimistic. i know we will not to a now? i am optimistic. i know we will not go a give — now? i am optimistic. i know we will not go a give no _ now? i am optimistic. i know we will not go a give no l — now? i am optimistic. i know we will not go a give up. i know _ now? i am optimistic. i know we will not go a give up. i know we - now? i am optimistic. i know we will not go a give up. i know we will i not go a give up. i know we will keep— not go a give up. i know we will keep fighting for our freedom and our country, and in fact we have been _ our country, and in fact we have been doing _ our country, and in fact we have been doing this for the past ten years — been doing this for the past ten years. because they were started back in— years. because they were started back in 2014. years. because they were started back in 2014-— years. because they were started back in 2014. ., ~ , ., , . back in 2014. thank you very much. the head of— back in 2014. thank you very much. the head of support _ back in 2014. thank you very much. the head of support ukraine - back in 2014. thank you very much. the head of support ukraine charityj the head of support ukraine charity and also the trustee of british ukrainian aid. they also expect here today some representatives of ukrainian embassy and also may be some british officials, perhaps british sponsors who also helped ukrainians. it is worth to say that the uk government decided to extend the uk government decided to extend the scheme i was fought ukrainians for another 18 months just a the scheme i was fought ukrainians for another 18 monthsjust a couple of days ago, which gives more certainty to ukrainians who are here in the uk looking for shelter from
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the war, and also for those who decided to employ those ukrainians, which they say gives them some stability. which they say gives them some stabili . . ~ which they say gives them some stabili . ., ~ , ., , . stability. thank you very much indeed. some _ stability. thank you very much indeed. some breaking - stability. thank you very much indeed. some breaking news. stability. thank you very much i indeed. some breaking news for you now. it's really media is reporting that during talks in paris, negotiators from israel, egypt and qatar have agreed the outline of a deal for a temporary ceasefire and the return of hostages. several reports quoting unnamed sources familiar with the talks say there is now a basis upon which further negotiations can proceed. the outline is expected to be presented to israel's war cabinet possibly as early as this evening. the bombardment of israel continued through the night with more than 100 people killed. gaza's health ministry said at least 23 people died in a single israeli air strike. israel says it will go ahead with its offensive on the densely—crowded southern gaza city of rafah unless
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a truce deal is reached. it says hamas is in the city. israel's forces have already destroyed parts of the city with air raids, but it is threatening a ground invasion despite international opposition. israel's allies, including the us, have spoken out against an invasion of rafah. on friday, the us also criticised israel's reported plan to expand settlements in the west bank. it's a return to a us policy that was scrapped under the trump administration. us secretary of state antony blinken said israel's settlements in the west bank violate international law. we've seen the reports and i have to say we're disappointed in the announcement. it's been longstanding us policy under republican and democratic administrations alike that new settlements are counterproductive to reaching an enduring peace. they're also inconsistent with international law. our administration maintains a firm opposition to settlement expansion. the health ministry
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in gaza show that more than 29,600 people have been killed. earlier, i spoke to michael spagat. he's the chair of every casualty counts — who have been collating a statistical analysis of the fatalities in gaza. i began by asking him about the credibility of the figures. from the start, i think they were highly credible, they were making a very serious attempt to document all of the death that was happening. we know this for several reasons. we know that in past rounds of conflict, the ministry of health figures have held up and have even been consistent with official israeli figures that have been released afterwards. more importantly, on october 26th, the moh released a detailed spreadsheet that listed nearly 7,000 victims in considerable detail — with names, ages, with names, ages, sexes and national ids, which were originally assigned by the israelis in the first place so that the israelis have the wherewithal to quickly
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check if these are real people. of course, people who are alive but listed on that list i think would have been fairly quickly exposed. and in addition to that, there was a study that looked at death rates of un workers within gaza and compared those to death rates for the population of gaza as a whole, and the point of that comparison is that we know quite accurately how many un workers have been killed there, and what they found is that the percentage of un workers killed tracks extremely closely with the moh figures for percent of gazans as a whole killed. i was going to say, i suppose israel quite often puts out statements saying x numbers of fighters have
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been killed or hamas people have been killed — where do you stand on the divide between israel claims are fighters and what other people say are ordinary civilians? the moh system is based on reports from hospital morgues, and the people who are looking theirs reports actually have no way of distinguishing between whether somebody is a civilian or a combatant. so, actually, moh has not been putting out figures on combatants killed, which is reassuring actually they're doing that because they have no way really of making that distinction. now, people such as myself have concluded that a very high number of the people killed must have been civilians based on the demographic
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make—up of people killed, the fact that such a high percentage of them were women and children. but that's not based on a person by person assessment of who is a combatant and who is a civilian. and how does the death toll compare to other conflicts you have studied? well, what i would say is distinctive about this conflict is that the rate of killing her day, per capita — so relative to the size of the population in gaza — is very, very high. so it's much higher than what we see, for example, in the ukraine conflict, and it's much higher than what we saw in the early stages of the 2003 conflict in iraq. now, i'm not saying that the absolute numbers of people killed is higher in gaza, but adjusting for population, the rate is really, really very high.
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the uk labour party has called for lee anderson to loosely whip over what it described as islamophobic comments about the mayor of london, sadiq khan. mranderson comments about the mayor of london, sadiq khan. mr anderson told gb's news that is in got control of sadiq khan and he had given the capital city away to his mates. a conservative source said that mr anderson recently making the point, that sadiq khan had failed to get a grip on marches in london. charlotte rose has more on this. these comments were made on gb news, which is a small uk news channel that favours right—wing commentators and analysts. lee anderson is a conservative mp for a seat in the east midlands, and also, up until last month, a deputy chairman of the conservative party. he said the mayor of london, sadiq khan, "had given away the capital city to his mates", in reference to pro—palestinian marches that took place last wednesday outside parliament when mps were debating whether to call for an immediate
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ceasefire in gaza. the comments were in reference to an article by the former home secretary, suella braverman, in which she said that islamists are now in charge of britain. mr anderson told viewers, "i don't believe these islamists have got control of our country, but i do believe they've got control of sadiq khan and of london." and his comments are obviously significant because sadiq khan is the first—ever muslim mayor of london. labour say these comments are unambiguously racist and islamophobic, and as you mentioned have called for the prime minister to kick mr anderson out of the conservative parliamentary party. speaking a little earlier to the bbc, the defence secretary, grant shapps, was asked what he made of the comments. i haven't seen the comments, i should say, so this is based off of what you just told me, but it's certainly not the way i would put things. i think there are more concerns about the way that some of these protests have been taking place, in particular what we saw projected onto parliament this week, but i certainly wouldn't phrase things like that, no.
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of course, at the moment, the focus is on ukraine and what is happening there, but it seems that next week this issue is likely to come up again. polls have opened in south carolina which is holding its primary election to decide whether voters want donald trump or nikki haley as their republican presidential candidate. the former us president is expected to easily overpower his rival, even though nikki haley served twice as south carolina's governor. while admitting she is well behind, nikki hayley says the polls show that she's better placed to beatjoe biden in november and that republican voters should focus on that. the french president, emmanuel macron, has met with french farmers who've stormed an agricultural fair in the capital. macron, seen here talking to some of the protesters, called for calm — telling them that scaring people
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away from the fair was not "helping their colleagues". it followed chaotic scenes after farmers clashed with police at a major farm fair in the capital just before french president emmanuel macron was set to visit. protesters were seen being led away after confronting police officers. farmers have been protesting across europe, calling for better income and less bureaucracy, and complaining of unfair competition from cheap ukrainian goods. and this is the scene live in paris. president macron did eventually finally cut the ribbon and open refer to the public, and he has been looking around, talking to farmers throughout the morning. and there was a moment when he had to cancel a debate that was planned because of all the shenanigans that happened earlier, so he was quite upset with the unions were cancelling that debate. but he did arrive at the fair, and after a small delay did cut the ribbon. and he has been having a chat with farmers and those who are attending the fair to try to reduce the tension between farmers and the state. as you remember, lots of demonstrations with farmers blocking roads and heading into
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paris to make their point. hugh schofield has been following the story from paris. well, it's ongoing, this situation, because president macron is still there in the exhibition centre at the porte de versailles, where it is held every year. but he's not in the the actual fair bit — he's off somewhere. and we're waiting to see whether he is going to actually cut the ribbon, which is what he was supposed to do first thing this morning, and maybe even do what he planned to do, which is have a bit of a walkabout among some of the stands and to pat cows on the bottom and so on. or whether the atmosphere is now so sort of riotous or potentially riotous and certainly hostile that he won't do that. there's certainly a big group of radical farmers there. i think one should not think that just because there's
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lots of whistling, that all the farmers are taking part in the sort of protest. but there is a group of very, very vocal farmers there, and it's possible that they decide to cancel the whole thing because there's a risk of something awkward happening or an embarrassing security breach. so we're waiting to see. it's still quite tense. and the government has already tried to appease the farmers with a number of measures. what else can they do to try and bring down the temperature and get the farmers back onside? well, of course, absolutely true. i mean, this is not a new story. it goes back a month, both in france and across europe. and three or four weeks ago, we were reporting on the big, you know, the siege of paris, as everyone called it. and then there were measures outlined by the prime minister gabriel attal, which were supposed to tone down the movement and appease the farmers and so on. the government says with some kind ofjustice, "look, this isn't
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going to happen overnight if we enact rules now, it's not going to be within two or three weeks that you see the results." but the farmers are still, seem very angry and feel that they have not got all that they can. and it was inevitable i think that this salode l�*agriculture was going to become another focus for the protest because this is a moment, the key moment in their year when they come to paris, to the seat of government and put their goods on display, put themselves on display. and it's a very important moment in the calendar. so i think it was inevitable that this salon would be another moment in which they would push their demands. and now the president has stepped in and has made some more concessions, some more promises about, for example, ensuring minimum prices for goods and so on, and intervening more in europe. let's bring you quickly reaction from sadiq khan.— let's bring you quickly reaction from sadiq khan. let's bring you quickly reaction from sadi: khan. , .., . ., from sadiq khan. these comments from a senior conservative _ from sadiq khan. these comments from a senior conservative or _ a senior conservative or islamophobic, are anti—muslim and are racist~ — islamophobic, are anti—muslim and are racist. we have seen over the last two— are racist. we have seen over the last two days confirmation that every _ last two days confirmation that every last few months there has been an increase _ every last few months there has been an increase in anti—muslim cases by
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more _ an increase in anti—muslim cases by more than _ an increase in anti—muslim cases by more than 330%. these comments pour fuel on— more than 330%. these comments pour fuel on the _ more than 330%. these comments pour fuel on the fire of anti—muslim hatred. — fuel on the fire of anti—muslim hatred, and i'm afraid the deafening silence _ hatred, and i'm afraid the deafening silence from rishi sunak and from the cabinet is then condoning this racism _ the cabinet is then condoning this racism. and i'm afraid it confirms too niany— racism. and i'm afraid it confirms too many people across the country that there _ too many people across the country that there is a hierarchy when it comes— that there is a hierarchy when it comes to — that there is a hierarchy when it comes to racism. i think it is really— comes to racism. i think it is really important to call out anti—semitism. it is really important to call out misogyny. it is really _ important to call out misogyny. it is really important to call out homophobia. but surely it must also be imported to call out anti—muslim hatred _ be imported to call out anti—muslim hatred. when i say this, my concern is there _ hatred. when i say this, my concern is there will— hatred. when i say this, my concern is there will be people across the country. — is there will be people across the country, people who are muslim or look like _ country, people who are muslim or look like muslims, he will be really concerned — look like muslims, he will be really concerned about entering into politics — concerned about entering into politics because they know, if these are the _ politics because they know, if these are the sort— politics because they know, if these are the sort of comments said about me by— are the sort of comments said about me by a _ are the sort of comments said about me by a senior conservative, what chance _ me by a senior conservative, what chance do— me by a senior conservative, what chance do they have? this me by a senior conservative, what chance do they have?— chance do they have? this is bbc
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news. temperatures are low enough through the night for some frost, as you can see on this weather watcher picture from shropshire earlier on. temperatures fell below freezing in many places and we haven't seen temperatures below freezing in central and southern england so far this month, but lowest values were —6 in aberdeenshire. there have also been some showers, and it is from this little weather front here where most of the frequent showers are sitting. and they will continue across south—west england down towards the channel islands. a few isolated once into northern ireland and the north—west coast of scotland as well. most of us, after the mist and fog moves away, a lot of sunshine around. cloud will tend to bubble up a little into the afternoon. the showers will be more isolated than yesterday, and nevertheless some of us will get to see a dry story
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throughout the day. 6—10 degrees the overall high — that's pretty much where temperatures should be for this time of year. this evening and overnight, winds will remain light, skies were clear and some of those showers will fade away, so for some once again we will see a frost returning, but there will be more cloud and rain starting to gather into the south—west. here, temperatures will hold up above reasoning. mp colder and frostier further north. we need to look at this area of low pressure because it is likely to bring some rain into the south—west. still some uncertainty as to how far north that rain is going to come. the current thinking is it will push in across south wales, south—west england and drift along channel coast during the day. a little more cloud on sunday but on the whole dry and settled with a few scattered showers and do north—west scotland, and again highs of 6—10 celsius. that system they still bring some early morning rain first thing on monday for that kent coast.
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a north—easterly wind will start to pick up, a brisk wind from a cool source, that is going to make it feel chilly on those exposed east coasts. a little more cloud round on monday, but on the whole largely fine and dry. again, temperatures fairly similar. as we move out of monday, we keep this quieter theme, but when each day through the week there is the risk of it turning in little bit milder but more unsettled.
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this is bbc news, the headlines... on the second anniversary
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of russia's invasion of ukraine, president zelensky insists his country will win but urgently needs more weapons. new through the past few minutes, negotiators from israel, the us, egypt and qatar have agreed the outline of a deal for a temporary ceasefire and return of hostages. it is expected to be presented to israel's war cabinet this evening. labour has called for the former conservative deputy chairman lee anderson to be expelled for saying that islamist have got hold of london and the mayor sadik khan had given the capital away to his mates. now on bbc news, the travel show.

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