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we get reaction... a lump sum payment, a monthly payment to somebody who, ridiculously, is going to die in four months�* time — really, why do i care about next year's payment? and the high court rules that laws brought in by the former home secretary suella braverman given police more powers to restrict protests are unlawful. more on all of those stories coming up. first let's catch up up with the sport headlines gavin, marcus restaurants difficulties are just a lot worse? —— marcus rashford. just 2a days to go now until the european championship get underway in germany. and today, the england manager gareth southgate has named his 33—man training squad — which will get whittled down to 26 a week before the tournament starts. the big headline — it doesn't include experienced heads likejordan henderson, raheem sterling and marcus rashford — with the manchester united striker
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struggling for form, scoring just seven goals in thirty three league appearances. rashford has played for england seven times this season before being left out of the squad for a friendly against belgium in march and now he misses out altogether ahead of a major tournament. these are of course difficult decisions and you are talking about players who are very good players, who have been an important part of what we have done over a number of years, and with marcus, i feel other players in that area of the pitch have had better seasons, it is as simple as that. this is as complex a group as i have had picking and we have had a few complex ones but i think we can make better decisions by giving ourselves more time and we have got time. so there are moments where time does not help you to make a better decision but in this instance it will. well, rashford has taken to social media in the aftermath
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of that annoncement, saying he wishes �*gareth and the boys all the best for the up and coming tournament. a reminder that the european championship will get underway on the ilithjune with hosts germany in action against scotland. you can find full details of southgates provisional squad on the bbc sport website. burnley manager vincent kompany has emerged as a surprise candidate for the bayern munich job. bayern have struggled to find a replacement for thomas tuchel, whose exit was confirmed last week. kompany, who led burnley to the premier league last season, wasn't able to keep them up this year despite high expectations, he of course spent time in the bundesliga, as a player at hamburg — so knows the league well and speaks german. germany and real madrid midfielder toni kroos has anounced that he will retire from football after this summers european championships. kroos has won multiple trophies in a glittering career including the champions league on four occasions with real madrid and the world cup with germany in 2014. he could still end his career with two more titles, with madrid taking on borussia dortmund in the champions league final this weekend, before hejoins up with the germany squad ahead of the euros. the news australia didn't
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want to hear — it's been confirmed that the matildas will definitely be without their star striker sam kerr for the paris olympics, in just over 2 months time. she's recovering from a anterior curciate ligament injury, which happened during chelsea's training camp injanuary. kerr is australia's all—time record goalscorer. she's one of several key matildas players sidelined by injury. cricket now — and england's limited overs side are in action tomorrow — for the first time since their disappointing defence of the world cup last year. they start a four—match t20 series against pakistan at headingley, their only preparation before their defence of the t20 world cup begins in barbados next month. bowler mark wood and all—rounder liam livingstone will miss the match because of knee niggles, but fast bowlerjofra archer will make his first england appearance since march. he's got a big smile on his face. he's got a big smile on his face. he's enjoying being back around the grid than anything. it could be great to see them back in an england shirt. he had a tough few years and
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now it's been very difficult and frustrating so not really expecting too much from him. just very much want him to enjoy playing cricket for england again and doing what he loves doing. britain's andy murray is out of the geneva open at the first round stage, losing in straights sets to yannick hanfmann following an overnight rain delay. wildcard murray was playing his first atp tour—level match since rupturing ankle ligaments at the miami open in march. world number 85 hanfmann took the opening set 7—5 and broke murray's serve for a 4—1 second set lead, before play was suspended on monday. when play resumed today, the german held serve twice to complete a 7—5, 6—2 victory, setting up a match with novak djokovic in the second round. murray, who is ranked 75th in the world, is set to play at the french open next week for what is expected to be the final time. and that's all the sport for now. let's return to our main story. we know that a 73—year—old british man
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had a heart attack and died. seven other people critically injured when a flight from london to singapore hit severe turbulence. one of the singapore airlines crew told a passenger — it was the worst turbulance she'd experienced in her 30 year career. well, let's go live to the bbc verify hub — where our reporter, courtney bembridge, is standing by — she's been looking at how this incident unfolded. the plane was on its way from london to singapore when authorities say he fell into an air pocket over myanmar. the incident happened at 30 thousand feet and flight tracking data suggest that the plane brought more than 6000 feet, that's 1800 metres in just more than 6000 feet, that's1800 metres in just five minutes causing multiple head injuries to those on board. the plane had to make an emergency landing in bangkok. let's take a look at some of the images from on board. inside the plane oxygen mask has been released. we also know that there were dense to
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overhead lockers for the witnesses say they were caused by people hitting their heads. we've seen lots of visions of people being treated on board and also on the tarmac once that plane made a landing in bangkok. we've also received this video from inside the plane. you could see people being loaded onto stretchers. we know that is 73—year—old british man sadly has died. thai authorities say that was likely due to heart attack. his wife was also injured, she's been taken to hospital. she is about seven people have been critically injured in this incident they all believed to have had head injuries with a total of 71 people are being treated for injuries. as i mentioned, ambulances rushed to the scene to treat those people who are injured at bangkok airport. a makeshift field hospital was set up here to treat them on the tarmac. the airline has also released a statement offering its deepest condolences to the family of the diseased and saying it was trying to provide all possible assistance to
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all passengers and crew on board the aircraft. plenty more updates here on our live page. we've been speaking to passengers and crew members. weeds also heard that singapore is transport ministry is sending investigators to bangkok and we have an update from bbc whether talking about the thunderstorms that were in the forecast for the flights journey. all of that and more on our website. ., , ., ~ journey. all of that and more on our website. ., , . ~' , ., journey. all of that and more on our website. ., , . ~ , ., ., website. courtney, thank you for that head to _ website. courtney, thank you for that head to the _ website. courtney, thank you for that head to the website. - website. courtney, thank you for that head to the website. that i that head to the website. that graphic account from one of the passengers talking through those five minutes when the turbulence actually hit. medical workers have told the bbc that routinely being shackled to hospital beds and forswear blind folds and nappies. israel's army has said the restraints are only used when there's a security risk. this report from our middle east correspondent contain some details and images you find distressing.
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they survived months of bore unscathed. he left military detention in israel permanently disabled. a taxi driverfrom communists released without charge. after weeks of interrogation. his return soured by sadness. gascon units. �* ,, �* , return soured by sadness. gascon units. �* ,, ~ , ., units. translation: my leg got infected and _ units. translation: my leg got infected and turn _ units. translation: my leg got infected and turn blue _ units. translation: my leg got infected and turn blue and - units. translation: my leg got infected and turn blue and soft l units. translation: my leg got| infected and turn blue and soft as units. translation: my leg got i infected and turn blue and soft as a sponsor. after several days they took me to the military hospital. they operated twice to clean the wound but it didn't work. after they took me to a public hospital where the doctor gave me two options, my leg or my life. the doctor gave me two options, my leg or my life-— leg or my life. neither israel's arm or leg or my life. neither israel's army or health _ leg or my life. neither israel's army or health ministry - leg or my life. neither israel's - army or health ministry responded to these allegations. there's growing concern over the medical care gazan detainees in israel. because is it
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competence even before inter asian doctors say they are shackled and blindfolded, including during hospital treatment. allegations have centred on a new field hospital at the state military base. one senior medic says they are kept blindfolded and in nappies with all four limbs handcuffed to the bed. the? and in nappies with all four limbs handcuffed to the bed. they create the atient handcuffed to the bed. they create the patient to _ handcuffed to the bed. they create the patient to be _ handcuffed to the bed. they create the patient to be dependent - handcuffed to the bed. they create i the patient to be dependent hundred percent like a baby. handcuffed, with diaper, you need water, you need everything. it’s with diaper, you need water, you need everything.— need everything. it's the dehumanisation - need everything. it's the dehumanisation of - need everything. it's the| dehumanisation of them. need everything. it's the - dehumanisation of them. the need everything. it's the _ dehumanisation of them. the army told us that they need to hang detainees in the medicalfacility was examined individually and daily and that cuffing was done when the security risk required it. diapers or nappies it said were only for those patients with limited
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movement. this doctor told us these measures were applied to all patients without assessment, even those who couldn't walk. if they can't stand on their legs why they shackled? i can't answer this, this is stupid. the attacks on october the 7th let staff with fighters along side israeli victims without any current detainees are released without charge the complex meanings of sub medics remain. tiara charge the complex meanings of sub medics remain.— medics remain. two medics told us ain medics remain. two medics told us pain killers — medics remain. two medics told us pain killers had _ medics remain. two medics told us pain killers had been _ medics remain. two medics told us pain killers had been withheld - pain killers had been withheld causing what whaen described as an unacceptable amount of pain. this man who we're calling your any described a case which took place in a public civilian hospital. his words have been voiced by an actor. i have knowledge of one case with the painkillers were used
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selectively during a procedure. if you put— selectively during a procedure. if you put together that someone is undergoing a basic procedure which involves_ undergoing a basic procedure which involves even incisions and the patient — involves even incisions and the patient doesn't know about that and is blindfolded then the line between treatment and assault is there. treating — treatment and assault is there. treating hasn't captives on military sites was meant to resolve doctors ethical dilemmas. of those dilemmas remain. the moment our hospital closes at one told me we will celebrate. as we been covering government ministers confirmed the first compensation to the blood scandal. interim payments to be paid within 90 days for the most urgent cases. nigel was treated when he was 16. both nigel and his
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twin brother simon faced long—term illness after they received infected blood in several incidents. he told me what he thought about the compensation announced. it has been very traumatic and it has also been a cascade of emotions for me and other victims. i was encouraged by the statement from the government last night and the cross—party approach within the house of parliament but my concern today is that they are moving of themselves. we don't know sufficient detail and i can respect that because they wanted to let us know what is going on but there are questions to be asked and answers to be given and we don't know exactly who will be entitled to this and they talk about those with chronic disorder and infected victims but there are a number of victims who have been waiting since 2002 at the request of the judge to make sure they were getting paid
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as quickly as possible, but that hasn't happened. it appears they are not even registered it so i have major concerns about the way this is being handled although i respect the fact the government have put their money where their mouth is and it is about time but the situation requires more adept handling so we do not create a division within our community around this and that all people get treated the same way. you told the inquiry your life had been destroyed and you referred to the blood scandal as a national disaster, so tell me more about what happened to you and whether you think real justice can in any way be achieved this long after the terrible events. in my case, i had a cosmetic procedure on my eye when i was 16, in belfast, in the royal victoria hospital, i was a haemophiliac
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so i subsequently waited until 1989 before i was able to identify or be identified as a victim of the infected blood system within the uk health service. i had been given contaminated blood before the procedure and i did not know until a considerable period after that that i was affected, infected, and that has caused me serious problems in relation to a liver transplant, other issues concerning treatment that caused me brain tumours and four aneurysms and i discovered i have a liver disorder which as a result has given me diabetes type one, so it
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has been difficult. it has had a direct impact on my life and my family life and on my career. apart from all that, i have just recently at christmas lost my twin brother, so it has been a devastating experience for me, and my life has changed course. really briefly, when people talk ofjustice, is that in any way possible given everything you have just outlined? i remember hugh pym from the bbc who spoke to be at the opening of the process in 2018 and asked me if i had confidence in thejudge, and i have confidence in thejudge and the decision and his team and respect what they have done for victims. i don't feel that i will get sufficient answers to give me totaljustice and i won't get total closure. i have a number of things in my life which have been affected and i cannot see that happening.
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london's high court has amended prince harry cannot, all claims against the media mogul himself without coming from the high court a little earlier in the day. we will stay with the high court. the high court has ruled that new laws giving the police more powers to restrict protests are unlawful. the campaign group, liberty, brought the action against the home office after the new rules were implemented without the approval of parliament last year. the regulations were brought in by former home secretary suella braverman. our home and legal correspondent dominic casciani has more. this is a really significant defeat for the government and quite an embarrassing one as well, the way it has happened at the high court. quite simply, the law covering
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public protests is about a0 years old and it says the police in england and wales can interfere in a protest if there is serious disruption to the life of the community. what does serious disruption mean? well, in 2023 the government tried to do to define that downwards to define that downwards in parliament by saying serious disruption meant something that was more than minor. at the time parliament said it wasn't happy with that definition because it could capture all sorts of everyday, fairly banal protests. but after losing that vote, suella braverman, who was then the home secretary, introduced that definition anyway through one of her powers as home secretary. it is that decision to do it by what liberty, the campaign group, say was the back door, that has been deemed unlawful by the high court. this is such a serious matter because so far there are hundreds of people, mainly environmental protesters, who have been captured by this new definition who are in the works of being prosecuted. liberty says those cases must be reviewed but
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the government appeal this. let's speak to katy watts, liberty's lawyer on the case. welcome to the program. your reaction to what the court decided today. reaction to what the court decided toda . , �* today. yes we're delighted with the hi . h today. yes we're delighted with the hiuh courts today. yes we're delighted with the high courts judgment _ today. yes we're delighted with the high courts judgment today - today. yes we're delighted with the high courtsjudgment today i - today. yes we're delighted with the high courts judgment today i think. high courts judgment today i think for two main reasons. courts judgment shows that nobody is above the law with the former home secretary introduce these regulations was unconstitutional and undemocratic in the court today said also unlawful. secondly as you mentioned, the legislation gave these almost unlimited powers to place limits and controls on protests. significantly lowering the threshold on which all of our rights to stand up for what we believe in, to stand up for what we believe in, to exercise our right to freedom of expression could be exercised without really pleased today that the court has said that was unlawful. the court has said that was unlawful-— the court has said that was unlawful. ,, ., �* ., ., ., unlawful. suella braverman at the time said this _
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unlawful. suella braverman at the time said this would _ unlawful. suella braverman at the time said this would provide - unlawful. suella braverman at the i time said this would provide further clarity or police said people have a right to get to work on time, free of obstruction, the right to enjoy sporting events without interruption in the right to get to hospital. the roads belong to the british people, not a selfish minority who treat them like their personal property. that's what the former home secretary said at the time for the head those new powers been brought in via parliament would you had to reluctantly accept that? tiara in via parliament would you had to reluctantly accept that? two things here, first reluctantly accept that? two things here. first of _ reluctantly accept that? two things here, first of all _ reluctantly accept that? two things here, first of all if _ reluctantly accept that? two things here, first of all if they _ reluctantly accept that? two things here, first of all if they had - reluctantly accept that? two things here, first of all if they had been i here, first of all if they had been brought in through parliament that would have been parliamentary scrutiny of the regulations and much greater accountability to the legislature. by saying, defining something as serious as more than minor codifies the law for that we say that creates far greater confusion for police when they are entitled to in interfere and protest. what we saw a few months
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ago with greta thunberg under these new powers is actually, not only a threshold had become very unclear when the police could impose addition that led to her arrest, a number of arrest to other present testers who were subsequently acquitted. by defining something serious as more than minor i think you actually selling greater confusion for people exercising their right to protest and police when they are policing anchored dues controlling protest.— controlling protest. thank you for that. the home _ controlling protest. thank you for that. the home office _ controlling protest. thank you for that. the home office saying - controlling protest. thank you for| that. the home office saying they are disappointed by this judgment. as dominic was saying at the court they do plan to appeal. take you for joining us here on the program. a woman named locally has died after she was attacked by her two xl bully dogs at a house in east london. she was in her 50s, treated by paramedics but died at the scene
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yesterday afternoon. the two dogs which had been registered received tjy which had been registered received by armed officers after being contained in a room. the number of people who speak gaelic in scotland has increased — figures released from the 2022 census show that there were nearly 70 thousand gaelic speakers compared to nearly 58 thousand in 2011. as alexandra mackenzie, reports. whistle blows. shouts in gaelic. holding a pen, a pencil or a shinty stick, these children are speaking gaelic on the pitch and in the classroom. teacher speaks gaelic. learning gaelic from a young age has become increasingly popular. the glasgow gaelic school educates children from nursery age through primary and secondary school. i think that it also affords you a kind of more...
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a bigger connection to the cultural traditions of scotland and keeps our heritage alive. i think we just need more exposure to it, because i think we rarely see it outside of the school. this is the only full immersion gaelic school that is a high - school in the world, so i'm very proud i to be a part of it. learning maths in gaelic, and other subjects, including science. but there are concerns that fewer people are speaking it as a first language, and that less gaelic is being spoken in the community. we keep saying, "oh, it's terrible, it's endangered," but what are we doing about it? we're doing our bit in schools, it's increasing, or certainly here in glasgow. so we need to get people round the table. and again, normalise, let people hear it, let people see it, let people use it. you're most likely to hear a gaelic conversation in places like here on the isle of skye,
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or over on lewis or harris. but even in these strongholds they've seen a decline in the use of the language over many years. and this academic fears for its future. continuing with current circumstances, we will be faced with the position where we have no native speaking communities of gaelic left by the end of this decade, except for exceptional, isolated speakers of it in different communities. but that does not equate with a community of speakers. but others are more upbeat at rehearsals for a concert on skye. i think it definitely does have a bright future — brighter than it was, definitely. i think the focus should be on, like, the places where it's - still strong enough that you can bring it back to a point - of everyone speaking gaelic. so like, yeah, up. in the north of skye. do either of you think that the language will be dead in ten years? definitely not. i don't think so. because...
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well, as long as we're not dead in ten years! j they laugh. so a language flourishing yet fragile, deeply rooted in scotland's past, its future less certain. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, on the isle of skye. let's end this hour where we started. let me put onto the screen those pictures after london to singapore flight was diverted. one person having died. several others critically injured after hitting severe turbulence. the authorities in bangkok say the victim was a 73—year—old british man who likely died from a heart attack, apparently the wife of that british man who died has gone to hospital. one passenger who's been talking saying that anyone not wearing a seat belt was launched to the ceiling. others say there were so many injured people including some with head wounds for the in terms of one
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passenger if the bbc spoke to he spoke to us with his head, and singapore airlines and southern extreme turbulence of at myanmar. the pictures finally when the aircraft was back on the tarmac. here on the programme in the next few minutes we will hear from our southeast asia correspondent�*s latest on that story thank you for watching verified live today. see you tomorrow. hello, thanks forjoining me. we had some wet weather today, but wednesday for some of us is going to be a wash—out. persistent rain, heavy at times, on the way, and it's starting this evening. now, here's the forecast. it's already been quite wet in east anglia and the south—east. the rain will spread into the midlands through the night. it'll nudge into the peak district and then spread into northern england by the early hours of wednesday morning. could reach eastern parts of wales too. but scotland and northern ireland, apart from a few showers here and there, actually looking generally dry.
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so tomorrow's forecast, then. this is the morning, a widespread area of rain. we'll zoom in and see what's happening around 3pm or 4pm in the afternoon. now, by that stage, i think the heaviest of the rain will have cleared east anglia, the south—east, and along the southern counties, blustery winds and occasional showers. so here's that persistent rain from the midlands, wales, the north of england, pretty much almost everywhere. that rain's just nudging into southern scotland. more showery, though, across the highlands. but look at northern ireland — escapes most of the rain. if anything, that rain should reach you later in the afternoon, probablyjust into the east of northern ireland. now, this is an area of low pressure that's parked itself in the north sea, and that weather front will just spiral around the centre of the low. so in some areas, the rain will keep falling in the same place for a couple of days. so, really, a substantial amount of rainfall is possible. now, by thursday, the rain will be, well, not quite as heavy and it'll be more patchy, but i think a lot of cloud and at least the chance of encountering some
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rain on thursday. best of the weather in the south, the south—east, as well as east anglia. infact, in norwich, london, portsmouth, plymouth, it could actually end up being a fairly bright, if not sunny, day, but cool. now, how much rain are we going to get? well, through wednesday and thursday, a lot. now, these teal colours here across the pennines and generally northern england could indicate as much as a0 to 50 millimetres of rain. but the met office is suggesting that in some spots, in the extreme case, we could have as much as 100 millimetres of rain or more, and that will lead to some flooding. now, here's the good news. as we head towards the end of the week and into the weekend, the weather will slowly settle down. and there are indications that as we go through the weekend into bank holiday monday, we are going to have primarily dry and bright weather with just a scattering of showers, so some good news for you there. bye— bye.
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today at six — terror at 37,000 feet when extreme turbulence hit a passenger plane — a british man onboard has died. the plane dropped 6000 feet in just a few minutes — many are injured, seven people seriously. there was no warning at all, and i ended up hitting my head on the ceiling, my wife did. some poor people are walking around, ended up doing somersaults. the plane was diverted to thailand — we'll be live at the scene. also on the programme...
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compensation for victims of the infected blood scandal is announced by ministers — after a public inquiry says patients were repeatedly failed. could water bills go up 90% over the next five years? companies say they need the money to improve infrastructure. and who's in and who's out for euro 24? england manager gareth southgate reveals all. and coming up on bbc news, scotland women's europe qualifier against israel will be played from behind closed doors at hampden. it's after the sfa said they'd been alerted to planned disruptions. good evening. this was the chaotic scene
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inside the cabin of flight so321

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