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just on top of the highest peaks. should tend to dry up a little bit tomorrow for northern ireland into wales, the south—west as well. so some sunnier spells, still a few scattered showers elsewhere working their way eastwards on that breeze. and top temperatures, 15, possibly 16 degrees, so a degree or so down on what we've got out there today. but friday night now we're looking at heading into saturday morning, it's quite a cold night, particularly in the north. certainly a chance of some frost around here. could be some mist and fog patches for parts of southern and eastern england, for instance, as well. more cloud on saturday, than starts to work in from the south—west. so we'll see some showers, potentially northern ireland, wales and south—west of england, whereas further north and east you're more likely to stay dry through the day. and temperatures for most of us, ranging between around six in lerwick to 13 in norwich. heading through the second half of the weekend, then, into sunday, this frontal system makes its way further east. so, yes, it will bring a spell of rain around. it could be lingering for some eastern areas first thing on sunday. but then it does look like we see a return to sunny spells and a few scattered showers moving
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in on that breeze. not a bad day, actually, for many of us. some sunshine looks like it could break through. and, again, we're in that milder air with temperatures up to around about 1a to 16 for most of us.
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this is bbc news, the headlines: redefining extremism at — the uk
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government names groups that are a cause for concern and could face restrictions. us senate majority leader chuck schumer says benjamin netanyahu is a major obstacle to peace as israel vows to push ahead with its rafah offensive. elon musk�*s spacex mission is hailed a success even though the starship rocket is lost on re—entry to earth. tiktok warrants a us ban could cost us businesses billions of dollars and thousands ofjobs. and for the first time in its history, glastonbury will have to female headline acts. find out which artists get the prestigious sports. just before we go to business, some breaking news to bring you involving a plane which was carrying the defence minister grant shapps on his way back from poland to britain. according to a government source,
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the gps signal on the plane was interfered with for about 30 minutes while the plane flew close to russia's baltic enclave of kaliningrad. that meant mobile phones could no longer connect to the internet and the aircraft was forced to use alternative methods to determine its location. this was confirmed by the pm's spokesperson but also added this was not unusual. the exact quote is, while travelling back from poland yesterday the plane carrying the defence secretary and delegation temporarily experienced gps jamming. delegation temporarily experienced gpsjamming. it delegation temporarily experienced gps jamming. it didn't threaten the safety of the aircraft and it is not unusualfor safety of the aircraft and it is not unusual for aircraft to experience gps jamming near kaliningrad which is russian territory. if we get any more details on the significance of that, we will let you now but it is time to get all the business news. it wasn't quite third time lucky for spacex's latest attempt
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to launch its mammoth starship rocket. the team lost contact with the rocket as they tried to bring it back down to earth. it's an improvement on previous launches, the first of which exploded four minutes after lift—off. so is it progress, orjust work in progress? i spoke to technology journalist chris stokel walker and asked him how this compares to the previous efforts. the first two flamed out significantly and this one, we have to bear in mind, it has ticked off some successes. 230km of altitude, that's further and faster than ever before. it got through several stages and actually got into orbit. the re—entry proved to be the issue. we had some hints that maybe something was a little bit wrong because we lost a little telemetry data and a little bit of video feed, but it does suggest that things are progressing and, for elon musk, who is trying to run this company
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as almosta service user for nasa, that is a significant moment. i think one step back but maybe two steps forward. therefore, talk to me about the possible implications, one assumes this will be eventually successful with enough tests, what does this unlock in terms of commercial opportunities for space? it's worth pointing out exactly what this is. this is the starship system that is developed by spacex, designed to be a reusable rocket, a way of getting both cargo and people into space outside of earth's orbit. one of the things we've seen over the last decade or more is that nasa, the european space agency and more national space agencies that are government—funded have drawn back funding for these kinds of efforts as budgets get tighter and things get more difficult. in their place, we are seeing
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private enterprises like spacex starting to offer those services. for spacex, if they manage to get this right, it's the fulfilment of a multi—billion dollar contract with nasa that would involve them essentially shipping people and cargo up into space for regular missions that happen. i think the ultimate goal is that this will be part of nasa's moon programme, artemis. the big goal is it will eventually get back onto the moon and nasa cannot do that by themselves any more so spacex will help them out. let's look at the social media app tiktok. its chief executive has vowed to keep on fighting after the us house of representatives passed a bill that could lead to the app being banned in america. shou zi chew released a video on tiktok threatening legal action and warning that, if the bill becomes law, it will mean the end of tiktok for its 170 million users in the us.
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here's some of that video. hi, everyone, it's shou here. just wanted to share some thoughts with our us users on the disappointing vote in the house of representatives. there has been a lot of misinformation and i hope to clarify some things. first, thank you to all of our incredible community, you are what makes tiktok so special. thank you for making your voices heard. over the last few years, we have invested to keep your data safe and our platform free from outside manipulation. we have committed that we will continue to do so. this legislation, if signed into law, will lead to a ban on tiktok in the united states. even the bill sponsers admit that is their goal. this bill gives more power to a handful of other social media companies. it will also take billions of dollars out of the pockets of creators and small businesses.
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it will put more than 300,000 american jobs at risk and it will take away your tiktok. in a fresh development, the chinese government has accused american politicians of acting against the principles of fair competition and international trade. with more on that, here's our correspondent stephen mcdonell, in beijing. china's foreign ministry spokesperson has accused us politicians of adopting the logic of bandits, of essentially stealing media platform, tiktok. he said this went against the norms of international trade and was an attempt to suppress an excellent international company. this is, of course, a very complicated matter. the advocates of this bill would argue that tiktok represents a security threat because its parent company, bytedance, here in china, if it were asked by the communist party to pass on data from users, would have to do so according to chinese law. now, that law does exist but that
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doesn't mean that tiktok has passed on this data or that it's even been asked to do so. but the chinese government, the way they see it, is this surprisingly successful local company that, against all expectations, has developed a social media platform that's been massively successful internationally, at the height of its powers, is now being told, you've got to sell this or shut down in the us. the company doesn't like it and neither does the chinese government. it's going into bat for one of its tech champions and this is the direction it wants to push the chinese economy in and so i think we can expect that, as this bill goes into the senate and as the debate becomes more fierce, there will be more barbs flying back and forth from beijing to washington and all the way back here again.
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now, one of the big challenges societies have to contend with is the fact we're all getting older. generations of today are living much longer than their grandparents. an average baby born today should expect to live to 73, it's near enough doubled in the past 100 years. of course, this creates burdens on welfare and health care but also opportunities. earlier, i spoke to andrew scott, author of new book building a better society for healthier, longer lives. he's also a professor of economics at london business school. i asked him whether an ageing population is an opportunity or a threat for the world. like climate change and ai, if we can adapt and adjust, we can ensure it is a good future, not a bad future. something quite radical has changed because, as you said, global life expectancy is now over 70. for the first time in human history the young can expect to become old — not just a few of them but most of them. what now needs to begin is a second longevity revolution, we have to change how we age. we have to invest more in our future to ensure we are notjust living longer,
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we are healthier for longer, productive for longer and engaged for longer. we need to change how we live and how we support ourselves. and this is about a change in the mind—set of what ageing means, it feels even now like an old—fashioned concept that we might get to 60, 65 and we then suddenly stop being a contributor to society through work and our lives and we become a burden, you start drawing a pension and therefore become a burden on the state. that has to change, doesn't it? we can contribute much longer. i think the words ageing society are really bad because it focuses on end of life and older people, we need to focus on a longevity society that says we are becoming old, how do we age better? but we have a problem where we underestimate the capacity of older people and underestimate the capacity of our later life and we underinvest in it.
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this then brings the very outcomes we fear. it is a terrible thing, this ageing society narrative, which has taken one of the greatest achievements of the 20th century, fewer children dying in their early years, fewer parents snatched away in midlife, more grandparents to see their grandchildren and we say it's a problem. it is a wonderful opportunity but we now have to reconstruct society to make the most of that. you're watching bbc news. hi, i'm nellie, i'm 11 years old and i'm from lincoln. i've just done the english championships and in few weeks�* time, i've got the british championships, which is quite big for me. yeah, it's just exciting. hi, i'mjojo, i'm13 and i'm from lincoln. it feels like you're flying
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and you just feel so much better. hi, i'm lexie, i'm13l and i'm from lincoln. you just get to do flips and it's amazing how fun it is. - it's satisfying to know all the hours of hard work they've put in actually comes to fruition. we've got three qualified this year, hopefully, we can keep that going. you're live with bbc news. the bbc has spent several weeks establishing what happened at nasser, one of the biggest hospitals in gaza untilan nasser, one of the biggest hospitals in gaza until an israeli raid earlier this month. there been accusations that medical staff are
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beaten and humiliated. 0ur verified teams been explaining how social media footage of events at the hospital was authenticated. this is nasser medical complex. the who said it stopped operating on the 18th of february, three days after israeli military raid. the bbc has authenticated key moments leading up to the raid. without independent access, these videos can help is pieced together what happened. we have identified many videos. they show medical staff in the hospital grounds and we can show where and where they occurred. a shell pierced the roof of the maternity and children's department. a young amputee was killed and many others injured. we know the location of this footage from following the route up the stairwell, next to a small, open space and then a left turn on an 18 places. we see the
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removal of a body matching the description. gunfire continued around the hostel but by february there were people being shot in hospital grounds. we cannot verify who was responsible include footage of a nurse being shot by doctors known to work at the hospital. we match the floor to other images inside nasser. two video showed one person killed and another injured near the entrance to the emergency department. these timings match previous images from outside. we verify to each wedding was first published on the day they were posted. the situation intensified when the idf raid at a hospital with verified footage showing people in over and people trying to barricade the door is. idea weapons and are branded about 200 people they described as terrorists and terror suspects. the city also must get our medicine is intended for israeli
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hostages taken on the 17th of october. the idf said the operation was precise and focused and did not harm patients or medical staff. days after the raids and the hospital ceased operating, and it dozens of displaced people at the complex with the sound of gunfire all around. this line—up for one of the world's biggest music festivals has finally been announced — dua lipa and sza top the bill for glastonbury, meaning two female headliners for the first time in the festival's history. theyjoin coldplay and shania twain, who'll perform in the sunday legend slot. i'm joined by lisa verrico, a musicjournalist with the times and sunday times. what is your verdict on the line up? it's an interesting line—up, two female solo acts making their glastonbury headline debut and hit headlining for the first time, the most ever. see a photo nude,
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well—known, lesser—known and some controversy as well. lats well-known, lesser-known and some controversy as well.— controversy as well. lots of women, as ou controversy as well. lots of women, as you say- — controversy as well. lots of women, as you say- i — controversy as well. lots of women, as you say- i was — controversy as well. lots of women, as you say. i was having _ controversy as well. lots of women, as you say. i was having a _ controversy as well. lots of women, as you say. i was having a little - as you say. i was having a little look on social media and there seems to be a muted response to the line—up, saying it is perhaps one or more mainstream line—ups of recent years? i more mainstream line-ups of recent ears? ., , ., ., ., years? i mean, there is a lot of fuss about _ years? i mean, there is a lot of fuss about two _ years? i mean, there is a lot of fuss about two the _ years? i mean, there is a lot of fuss about two the headline - years? i mean, there is a lot of| fuss about two the headline acts being female, which is a first. we have had decades of all three headliners being male and no one made a comment about that. we are in a golden era about women in pop with the brits and the grammys dominated by women and perhaps glastonbury missed a trick by not having three female headliners and for there to not be a comment about it because there are so many female artist to choose from at the moment. the attitude throughout the biggest artist at the moment you might well go for three women so that is perhaps an opportunity missed, as you say, on the behalf of glastonbury.—
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you say, on the behalf of glastonbu . �* , , , glastonbury. there's been... every sinale glastonbury. there's been. .. every single year— glastonbury. there's been... every single year at _ glastonbury. there's been... every single year at glastonbury, - glastonbury. there's been... every single year at glastonbury, in - glastonbury. there's been... every single year at glastonbury, in the l single year at glastonbury, in the line—up is announced, people complain. there is a lot of complaining about sue, people saying she is not a big enough to headline, she is not a big enough to headline, she is not a big enough to headline, she is absolutely huge. her album came out in 2022 and then just grew and grew last year. she is a phenomenal performer, she did four shows at the 02 in london last year and she was flying over other bodies in a lifeboat, it was ocean themed. she's a great performer. she doesn't sound like anyone else. people are going to discover sza are complaining about it. i thought last year was quite a poor line—up, all male, so i remember people seeing u2 at glastonbury few years ago, they are group but did not go down well at glastonbury. it's all about your
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performance on the night. glastonbury are so huge now that you really can't please everyone all the time, there will always be people thinking, i really wish to have that person and because people are to buy the time, there will always be people thinking, i really wish to have that person and because people are to buy a ticket so far in. exactly, the tickets sell out as soon as glastonbury finishes for the previous year and then you get people saying, i would not have bought the ticket if i knew that they which would be the acts was to bring but it's a festival, there are hundreds of it's, we could discover someone you might not think you like and then you love it.— and then you love it. hope you en'oy it and do not — and then you love it. hope you en'oy it and do not have i and then you love it. hope you en'oy it and do not have to d and then you love it. hope you en'oy it and do not have to get i and then you love it. hope you en'oy it and do not have to get and i it and do not have to get and release out! class of rely on the weather a little bit. tax and more to come up here on the programme including a fan of sza who we will get to in a moment. you're watching bbc news. how easily could you or your children be found by your
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social media posts? let's talk about the power of geo—locating. it's a term for when data is used to find the geographic location of a person, or device. last week, we brought you the story of a content creator who'd been tracked down to her hotel room from videos she'd shared on tiktok. geo— locating data is built into some apps, like snapchat, meaning where you are might not be as private as you think. with me now isjonelle awomoyi and kirsty grant from the bbc podcast reliable sauce. we had marilyn thomas working with bbc verified, theirjob is to look at videos typically in conflict zones and to understand what's happening where and to debunk videos that may be fake on social media. so we asked them to look at two videos,
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a five second video of my friend walking down the rhodes and kirsty sent into second video of another woman walking down the road. and she was able within ten minutes to take me back with the exact address of where i was. she was able to find it, it was in france. she saw a sign for the road sign, she looked on google maps, looked at the roads, so it was the exact same junction. she was able to find out who my friend was able to find out who my friend was by going on my instagram, clicking on my pictures and things. i don't even post my friends that much, she said, you went to university with this woman, i was able to find their old twitter account. tojust able to find their old twitter account. to just one able to find their old twitter account. tojust one person able to find their old twitter account. to just one person that online, people were able to find out who's in your life, where you are and that is private things. services from what you _ and that is private things. services from what you are _ and that is private things. services from what you are physically - and that is private things. servicesl from what you are physically seeing and because it is so quick now to find out an unusual name of the
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streets, so it's not so much that there is digital information in the piece it is what you are seeing and you can quickly cross—reference. that's what she did with the videos we sent_ that's what she did with the videos we sent her, they have other methods at bbc_ we sent her, they have other methods at bbc verified. 0ne we sent her, they have other methods at bbc verified. one thing i sent from _ at bbc verified. one thing i sent from sheffield, she didn't know why were in_ from sheffield, she didn't know why were in sheffield because were typically in london but she was able to work_ typically in london but she was able to work out— typically in london but she was able to work out from the shape of the buildings — to work out from the shape of the buildings and the license plate of a car in _ buildings and the license plate of a car in the _ buildings and the license plate of a car in the corner of the video what taxi company that was and where but that was— taxi company that was and where but that was and then went on google maps— that was and then went on google maps to _ that was and then went on google maps to find out. she said, go out of the _ maps to find out. she said, go out of the station and turn left. we were _ of the station and turn left. we were like. _ of the station and turn left. we were like, we did! so, you should be very careful — were like, we did! so, you should be very careful with social media. we post things — very careful with social media. we post things all the time with your content _ post things all the time with your content creators or someone who just want to— content creators or someone who just want to show what you're doing, we don't _ want to show what you're doing, we don't think— want to show what you're doing, we don't think about the post too much. most people viewing your posts are going _ most people viewing your posts are going to _ most people viewing your posts are going to be completely innocent and not care _
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going to be completely innocent and not care where you are but some people _ not care where you are but some pecule to — not care where you are but some people to be watching who do not want _ people to be watching who do not want to _ people to be watching who do not want to have your location. the main advice _ want to have your location. the main advice was _ want to have your location. the main advice was to — want to have your location. the main advice was to lock down your following _ advice was to lock down your following and followers less, you can make — following and followers less, you can make them private so no—one can see who _ can make them private so no—one can see who you _ can make them private so no—one can see who you are following or followed _ see who you are following or followed by. see who you are following or followed by— followed by. that is really important _ followed by. that is really important because - followed by. that is really important because you i followed by. that is really i important because you might followed by. that is really - important because you might be posting because if your mum, your aunts, your little brother, if they are posting in real time or put a lot of information out there, in might not be from your proper that you can see information about you, might be from a loved one orfriend. so by making its private who you follow and who follows you, people are not able to find those things. and the other thing was making sure you don't— and the other thing was making sure you don't post when you are somewhere. the content creator without — somewhere. the content creator without on — somewhere. the content creator without on last week on the podcast was in _ without on last week on the podcast was in a _ without on last week on the podcast was in a hotel who posted once she had left _ was in a hotel who posted once she had left and she said she was so -lad had left and she said she was so glad you — had left and she said she was so glad you posted when she had left because _ glad you posted when she had left
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because she would had to check out of hotel— because she would had to check out of hotel because checked exactly which _ of hotel because checked exactly which room she was on in the hotel. and must— which room she was on in the hotel. and must be — which room she was on in the hotel. and must be people who are out there checking and finding this information but she forgets we have to be aware. information but she forgets we have to be aware-— to be aware. there was a video of 6 million views _ to be aware. there was a video of 6 million views and _ to be aware. there was a video of 6 million views and adjust _ to be aware. there was a video of 6 million views and adjust do - to be aware. there was a video of 6 million views and adjust do another| million views and adjust do another hotel review and she said, i'm posting this and i'm not in the hotel, laughter , you can't find me. it is really important, you can never know, that are creators who think it's quite fun to make those videos and will be an audience for that you find it entertaining but you do not know who's learning of these tricks from these creators and these tricks from these creators and the will these tricks from these creators and they will do — these tricks from these creators éic they will do that these tricks from these creators a."ic they will do that to someone they want to stalk or view or see. the odcast want to stalk or view or see. the podcast goes _ want to stalk or view or see. the podcast goes live _ want to stalk or view or see. the podcast goes live today! and, sza, you are a fan, right? i’m
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podcast goes live today! and, sza, you are a fan, right?— podcast goes live today! and, sza, you are a fan, right? i'm a huge sza fan because — you are a fan, right? i'm a huge sza fan because i _ you are a fan, right? i'm a huge sza fan because i have _ you are a fan, right? i'm a huge sza fan because i have huge _ you are a fan, right? i'm a huge sza fan because i have huge regrets - you are a fan, right? i'm a huge sza. fan because i have huge regrets when i see she is in a town and i'm not. i see she is in a town and i'm not. i will see her in the summer and are quite at the ticket for that but she's a great artist and she floats. and no one else sounds like sza, she has a unique voice. it and no one else sounds like sza, she has a unique voice.— has a unique voice. if you haven't heard of sza _ has a unique voice. if you haven't heard of sza pre-glossary, - has a unique voice. if you haven't heard of sza pre-glossary, you i has a unique voice. if you haven't l heard of sza pre-glossary, you will heard of sza pre—glossary, you will see at post—glastonbury, right? we see at post-glastonbury, right? we were see at post—glastonbury, right? - were shot she should not win big at the grammys, she will do next year. shoot time now to have a look at the weather. hello. you may have noticed things feeling a little milder out there today. certainly temperatures have been on the rise, but we're paying for it because it's another fairly cloudy day for many of us with outbreaks of rain, too. this is the picture in bedfordshire. we have had some spells of hazy sunshine in the south and the east, but really through the rest of today, showery rain affecting much of the uk. but it is certainly feeling mild, particularly in the south.
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that's down to the fact that we've got the air coming in from the southwest, this warm front sitting across parts that's down to the fact that we've got the air coming in from the southwest, this warm front sitting across parts of scotland in particular. a cold front does follow on behind, so something a little cooler and showery later in the day, particularly out towards the west. but we could see 16, possibly 17 degrees in the warmest spots across parts of eastern england, butjust single figures across scotland. and that's because we're sitting in the slightly cooler air and more persistent rain here across central scotland. some patchy rain for northern ireland, northern england and wales just drifting slowly eastwards as we head through the evening hours. so you may well catch a shower almost anywhere through this evening and overnight as well. the next band of showery rain moving into the south—west for the early hours of friday. for most of us, it's mild night, certainly frost free, but a little bit chillier across central and northern parts of scotland first thing tomorrow. so we've still got that more persistent rain across scotland. nothing particularly heavy, and it'll turn to snow for a time, just on top of the highest peaks. should tend to dry up a little bit tomorrow for northern ireland into wales, the south—west as well. so some sunnier spells, still a few scattered showers elsewhere working their way
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eastwards on that breeze. and top temperatures, 15, possibly 16 degrees, so a degree or so down on what we've got out there today. but friday night now we're looking at heading into saturday morning, it's quite a cold night, particularly in the north. certainly a chance of some frost around here. could be some mist and fog patches for parts of southern and eastern england, for instance, as well. more cloud on saturday, than starts to work in from the south—west. so we'll see some showers, potentially northern ireland, wales and south—west of england, whereas further north and east you're more likely to stay dry through the day. and temperatures for most of us, ranging between around six in lerwick to 13 in norwich. heading through the second half of the weekend, then, into sunday, this frontal system makes its way further east. so, yes, it will bring a spell of rain around. it could be lingering for some eastern areas first thing on sunday. but then it does look like we see a return to sunny spells and a few scattered showers moving in on that breeze. not a bad day, actually, for many of us. some sunshine looks like it could break through. and, again, we're in that milder air with temperatures up to around about 1a to 16 for most of us.
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live from london, this is bbc news. senior us democrat chuck schumer says benjamin netanyahu is a major
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obstacle to peace as israel vows to push ahead with its rafah offensive. the fourth major obstacle to peace is israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who has all too frequently bowed to the demands of extremists. redefining extremism. the government here names groups that are calls for concern and could lead to restrictions. at least 60 migrants are feared dead after an overloaded dinghy breaks down trying to reach europe from libya. and for the first time in its history, glastonbury will have two female headline acts. find out which artists get the prestigious spots. hello, i'm sarah campbell. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them.

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