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hello, welcome. a body has been found in the search for the british tv presenter and doctor michael mosley on the greek island of symi have found a body. the island's a mayor said the body was spotted by a cave next to a beach actress extensive search operation led by emergency workers. yesterday new cctv footage emerged showing him heading towards a path that would have taken him over miles of exposed hillside. the search effort had been widespread and included firefighters, dogs, helicopters, drones, local people and officers from symi and outside the island. he presented programmes on health and his books have sold
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millions of copies worldwide. his family said the last few days have been unbearable. let's speak tojoe inwood. been unbearable. let's speak to joe inwood. . , been unbearable. let's speak to joe inwood. ., , ., , ., ., ., inwood. there has not been a formal announcement _ inwood. there has not been a formal announcement yet, _ inwood. there has not been a formal announcement yet, it _ inwood. there has not been a formal announcement yet, it has _ inwood. there has not been a formal announcement yet, it has emerged, | announcement yet, it has emerged, reports have come there have been police sources that have set a body has been found stop it is important to say there has not been formal identification yet. we are standing just off the coast. it was not in a cave that a body was found. it was up cave that a body was found. it was up on those cliffs there on the hillside. this is a busy beach and so it was, it seems, that the body was therefore a number of days whilst people would have been on that beach. this is the headland they have been searching, this whole area has been covered by emergency services, helicopters, for a number of days now. that is because it has gradually emerged that michael mosley, because of cctv, had made it to the village. if i give you a
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sense of the geography, it is around that corner over there, around that headland is where the village was, where he was last sighted and evidently the authorities have assumed he was walking somewhere here on this barren, very rugged terrain and that has been the focus of the operations. once again, i have to say this is not been confirmed as him but there are clearly a large amount of emergency services here. coastguard boats over there. police and doctors on the shore. it is leading many people to suspect the worst. talk shore. it is leading many people to suspect the worst.— shore. it is leading many people to suspect the worst. talk to us about the weather. _ suspect the worst. talk to us about the weather, the _ suspect the worst. talk to us about the weather, the conditions - suspect the worst. talk to us about the weather, the conditions you - suspect the worst. talk to us about| the weather, the conditions you are experiencing on the island. incredibly hot. slightly less hot today and it was put on wednesday it was a particularly hot day. 40, a0 today and it was put on wednesday it was a particularly hot day. 40, 40 2 degrees or so. especially in the middle of the day when he went for his walk at around 1:30pm, it is unbearably hot. i have been out filming for the news website,
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showing the conditions at that time and really the sun is beating down on you. it is very hot. you can see there that this is not a place with much tree cover or shade. it is incredibly barren terrain and so that combination of making a difficult walk in incredibly hot temperatures and without any shade is obviously going to be a very, very dangerous thing to do and something which the local mayor has said and local people would not have tried to manage that at that time of day just tried to manage that at that time of dayjust because conditions are so difficult. we dayjust because conditions are so difficult. ~ ., dayjust because conditions are so difficult. ~ . , ., ., dayjust because conditions are so difficult. . ., difficult. we are starting to lose the sianal difficult. we are starting to lose the signal a _ difficult. we are starting to lose the signal a bit _ difficult. we are starting to lose the signal a bit but _ difficult. we are starting to lose the signal a bit but let's - difficult. we are starting to lose the signal a bit but let's see - difficult. we are starting to lose the signal a bit but let's see if l difficult. we are starting to lose l the signal a bit but let's see if we can keep going. dr michael mosley�*s family are on the i live now. he was holidaying with his wife but other members have arrived.— holidaying with his wife but other members have arrived. michael and his wife were _ members have arrived. michael and his wife were on _ members have arrived. michael and his wife were on a _ members have arrived. michael and his wife were on a beach. _ members have arrived. michael and his wife were on a beach. i - members have arrived. michael and his wife were on a beach. i can - members have arrived. michael and his wife were on a beach. i can get. his wife were on a beach. i can get the cameraman to point over there,
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on that beach over there, where they were staying on holiday with friends and that was on wednesday. it was yesterday, we understand that his four children have come out. they have not spoken publicly and his wife, dr clare bailey mosley, has only put a statement out that that was yesterday. thanked the people of this community and the greek authorities and british consulate all the help and said a terrible few days, it was unbearable to not know what has happened to your loved one like that. she said that we maintain hope, they will be hoping that this is a false alarm but certainly the indications are, given the amount of police activity here, that that health may be dwindling. hahn police activity here, that that health may be dwindling. how big a search operation _ health may be dwindling. how big a search operation is _ health may be dwindling. how big a search operation is this? _ health may be dwindling. how big a search operation is this? it - health may be dwindling. how big a search operation is this? it has - health may be dwindling. how big a search operation is this? it has had | search operation is this? it has had many different elements with lots of people involved. it many different elements with lots of peeple involved-— people involved. it has been absolutely — people involved. it has been absolutely massive. - people involved. it has been absolutely massive. set - people involved. it has been absolutely massive. set in l people involved. it has been. absolutely massive. set in for people involved. it has been i absolutely massive. set in for a
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small community like this. the island of symi has only 2500 people here, not a island of symi has only 2500 people here, nota big island of symi has only 2500 people here, not a big place and they would not have had huge search and rescue capabilities sitting around ready to go. the locals that we have spoken to said they have never seen anything like this. there's a helicopter involved, that was flying all over these hills for the last couple of days. there were police dogs involved, taking sniffer dogs stop there have been a large number of fire and rescue offices and policeman. dozens and dozens. people have come in from elsewhere. we were on the ferry over a few days ago and saw a police dog that had come in from athens. to give you an indication, that police dog was sent home because it was so exhausted by the heat and had bent himself on the hot terrain. that gives you an idea under the conditions they have been operating. the scale of this operation, which really is unprecedented for this island. for the moment, thank you very much. joe inwood on the island of symi. our
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media and arts correspondent looks back at michael mosley�*s career. now, the diet i'm about to go on was developed by a nutritionist in toronto. dr michael mosley — he was, to many of us, a trusted, charismatic guru of good health. beans and pulses. one way to tell if you're sleep deprived is... a tv producer and presenter who always happy to be the guinea pig in the search for a better understanding of the science of sleep, fitness... and it's also good for my heart and lungs. ..and weight. in 2012, he was diagnosed with type two diabetes. i've got this list of the things that i'm allowed on my new diet, and the things that i am definitely not allowed. his subsequent weight loss using intermittent fasting inspired thousands to follow the 5:2 diet. ..goodbye to eggs, as well. this scanner will give the best images of my heart that money can buy. his enthusiasm for experimenting
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on himself had been inspired by a scientist who had proved that ulcers were caused by bacteria — by deliberately infecting himself. michael mosley realised it would make great television, and help take science out of the lab and into people's lives. nothing seemed to daunt him. here he is, infesting himself with tapeworms. ah! there they go. but there was always a serious point. if type two diabetes could be reversed or chronic insomnia helped, he wanted to show — not tell — what science was discovering. didn't really think this one through. his mix of charm, intelligence and determination to try to seek out the latest scientific evidence — and test it himself — made him one of television and radio's most popular and trusted names. david sillitoe reporting. we have some stills that have just come in from the island of symi in greece and it shows here, on that very
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rocket mountainous hillside thatjoe inwood was in front of, this group of people who are involved in this extremely extensive search for dr michael mosley that has been going on since wednesday after he was not seen, having set off for a walk into those hills aren't the island at around 1:30pm after leaving his wife, dr clare bailey mosley, on the beach. as we have said, so many different people involved in this search. firefighters, search dogs and the police and local volunteers, tourists, even, offering to help which probably tells you just how much esteemed michael mosley has always been held in. now they have made this discovery of body in those hills at the bottom of what is said
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to be a ten metre cliff close to a cave that was being reached, is reached by a path, a very, very hot conditions, asjoe inwood was saying. temperatures easing into 40 celsius, so difficult conditions for those who were trying to find him. those are the latest pictures of the search and rescue team in greece. the eu's most senior diplomat — josep borrell — has strongly condemned the killing of palestinians in israel's hostage rescue mission — describing it as "another massacre of civilians". four israeli hostages taken by hamas during the october 7th attacks — were freed during the raid in nuseirat, in central gaza, in broad daylight. one israeli soldier died. the hamas—run health ministry says more than two hundred palestinians were killed in the raid. israel claims there were fewer than 100 casualties. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega has more from tel aviv.
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the moment she was made free. 25—year—old noa argamani — captured by hamas on the 7th of october and taken to gaza — is finally back in israel. this is her being reunited with her dad after a dramatic rescue. translation: please don't forget that there are another 120 - hostages in captivity. we must release them and make every effort in any way to bring them to israel and their families. by the way, it's my birthday — look what a gift i got! also freed — andrei kozlov, who's 27, shlomi ziv — 40, and almog meirjan — 21. eight months ago, they were at the nova music festival in southern israel, when hamas gunmen attacked. more than 360 people were killed here. the four hostages were rescued in a major operation by the israeli
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military in the nuseirat refugee camp in central gaza. special forces went in. the military said this was a complex operation, and based on intelligence information. the four hostages, it said, were found at two separate locations in the heart of the camp, and were brought out under fire. israeli forces have been preparing for this rescue mission for weeks. they underwent intensive training. they risked their lives to save the lives of our hostages. but the rescue mission brought even more suffering to gaza. there was chaos and desperation at the nearby al—aqsa hospital. doctors were unable to treat all the wounded. many people arrived already dead. translation: we were at home.
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a rocket hit us. my two cousins died, and my other two cousins were seriously injured. they did nothing — they were sitting at home. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu visited the freed hostages in a hospital near tel aviv. he's being urged to reach a ceasefire and hostage—release deal with hamas. the rescue was considered a success by the israeli authorities, and could change the calculation of a leader under pressure. hugo bachega, bbc news, tel aviv. let's speak to mustafa barghouti in ramallah. he is the secretary general and co—founder of the palestinian national initiative. mustafa barghouti, thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. what is the reaction amongst palestinians to this operation in which four israeli hostages were freed? , ., ., which four israeli hostages were freed? ., ., ., ., freed? there is a great amount of anuer freed? there is a great amount of anger because — freed? there is a great amount of anger because in _ freed? there is a great amount of
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anger because in the _ freed? there is a great amount of anger because in the process - freed? there is a great amount of anger because in the process the | anger because in the process the israeli army committed, asjosep borrell said, another massacre, killing 218 palestinians, mostly children and women in neighbourhoods for no reason. and injuring an additional 400 people, any of him will die because israel has already destroyed most medical facilities and hospitals in gaza. it was a horrible act. of course we want all the prisoners to be released but there was another way to do that, which was to conclude a deal. at this rate netanyahu will need 20 years of massacres to release the rest of the 120 israeli prisoners. israel speech that this was a massacre and it does seem that the number of casualties. it was said in this course. —— israel refutes that.
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why do israeli take hostages? everybody talks about the 120 israeli prisoners or hostages, as you call them, but nobody speaks about the 14,500 palestinians in israeli prisons, including 5000 in gaza. what was remarkable is that the israeli prisoners who were released way in very good health and taken care of, and it is remarkable nobody speaks about that. on the other hand, 14,500 palestinian prisoners are subjected to torture. 52 palestinian prisoners have been killed already in israeli prisons since the 7th of october. the israeli government _ since the 7th of october. the israeli government contests those accusations, of course. there are 116 hostages left. 40 of them are believed to have died whilst in gaza
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will stop everyone talks about an either or situation, that one thing is separate from the other. all of theseissues is separate from the other. all of these issues are tightly bound up. you have mentioned this deal, how likely is it that you think a ceasefire deal will really come to pass when we have all of these different elements which could force hamas to dig in what could force or persuade the israelis that, well, we have rescued four and we will try to get more hostages out? i will have rescued four and we will try to get more hostages out?— get more hostages out? i will tell ou what get more hostages out? i will tell you what israeli _ get more hostages out? i will tell you what israeli leaders - get more hostages out? i will tell you what israeli leaders say, - get more hostages out? i will tell| you what israeli leaders say, what israeli opposition leaders say. they say netanyahu cares only about himself, he doesn't care about the hostages. himself, he doesn't care about the hostaues. ~ ., ., ., ., , himself, he doesn't care about the hostaues. ., ., ., ~ ., hostages. who do hamas does i know ou have hostages. who do hamas does i know you have told — hostages. who do hamas does i know you have told us _ hostages. who do hamas does i know you have told us that _ hostages. who do hamas does i know you have told us that you _ hostages. who do hamas does i know you have told us that you have - hostages. who do hamas does i know you have told us that you have no - you have told us that you have no link in any way with hamas but who do hamas care about? they are using
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people, surely, civilians, as human shields and there will inevitably be civilian casualties in any sort of operation at all if that continues. i would really appreciate if you allow me to answer, please, your questions. and please don't interrupt me. i questions. and please don't interrupt me.— interrupt me. i am sorry, sometimes... _ interrupt me. i am sorry, sometimes... it - interrupt me. i am sorry, sometimes... it is - interrupt me. i am sorry, sometimes... it is an - interrupt me. i am sorry, - sometimes... it is an opportunity here to explore some of the things that you say before you move on to make the next point. each of your points requires and deserves some attention. �* .., , points requires and deserves some attention. �* , points requires and deserves some attention. , , attention. because if you accept onl the attention. because if you accept only the israeli _ attention. because if you accept only the israeli narrative, - attention. because if you accept only the israeli narrative, of - only the israeli narrative, of course you would say so, but you have to see our narrative, as well, and the narrative here is that this whole problem is related to the fact that israel is occupying us since 57 years. israel is displacing us since 76 years. these are the root of the problem and there are palestinian
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prisoners. i am problem and there are palestinian prisoners. iam not problem and there are palestinian prisoners. i am not defending hamas, i do not belong to hamas but i'm saying there is a better way of getting the israeli prisoners safe, which is to conclude a deal. and a deal would mean that lease of all israeli prisoners and release of palestinian prisoners. some of whom have been in israeli jails for 43 years. and a complete and total ceasefire and end of the war. do you know how many people the israeli army killed up to now? 46,000, including 15,000 children. that is why the un decided to put the israeli army on the blacklist of those who kill children.- israeli army on the blacklist of those who kill children. along with palestinian islamic _ those who kill children. along with palestinian islamicjihad _ those who kill children. along with palestinian islamicjihad and - those who kill children. along with palestinian islamicjihad and as . those who kill children. along with | palestinian islamicjihad and as you palestinian islamichhad and as you would expect, israel has rejected that label. let me finish here... what do never telling me what israel says. i know what israel says a. i do not represent israel or the
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palestinians. i was as robust with the israeli commentator i spoke to an hour ago which you may not have heard. this is not about who is a side i believe, we are trying to interrogate both narratives. final question to you. to what extent is all of this failure of palestinian politicians generally, for generations, to get a grip of their own situation? surely there must be a better way to run gaza. if hamas are at the best people to choose from, they will stick with hamas. i they really the best option for the gaza strip? they really the best option for the gaza stri - ? ., they really the best option for the gaza strip?— gaza strip? you know, this is an excellent question _ gaza strip? you know, this is an excellent question and - gaza strip? you know, this is an excellent question and my - gaza strip? you know, this is an i excellent question and my answer gaza strip? you know, this is an - excellent question and my answer to you is that we would have had much better leadership if we were allowed as a people to practice our right of democratic elections. who stood against our elections in 2021? israel. it would not support our freedom? usa. why don't the world allow us to elect our leaders freely
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and democratically, as everybody else is allowed to do and as you people are going to do in britain? we need democracy, we need the right to choose our leaders, and israel and the usa have no right whatsoever to enforce on us leaders or collaborators that will sustain the israeli military occupation of gaza which should not continue, it has to stop. the end of occupation is the way to get to peace and democracy and prosperity for everybody. mustafa barghouti from the mustafa ba rghouti from the palestinian mustafa barghouti from the palestinian national initiative, thank you very much for talking to us here on bbc news.— india's prime minister, narendra modi will be sworn into office later on sunday. he'll be sworn in alongside his cabinet as he heads a coalition of 15 parties following last week's election results. it makes him prime ministerfor a historic third consecutive term. but it's the first time in a decade that his bjp party — which won majorities outright in 2014 and 2019 - has needed the support of regional
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parties to form the government. our south asia correspondent yogita limaye is monitoring developments in delhi. it is the building behind me there, right at the end there, the president's house, where mr modi will be sworn in for a third time as prime minister, thousands of guests attending. including top leaders from most neighbouring countries with the exception, as far as we know right now, of pakistan, china and myanmar. it is only the second time in history that a prime minister has won... the last time that happened was more than half a century ago. for a majority of indians alive right now, we are witnessing this for the first time. but this is not the win that does victory. that defeat for brand modi. before the election he said he is going to sweep, when more than 400, 543 seats. much lower than that, dependent on coalition allies to form a free majority of 272 required
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to form government. what will be the main preoccupations for mr modi this time around? that the for mr modi this time around? at the moment, speculation _ for mr modi this time around? at the moment, speculation is _ for mr modi this time around? at the moment, speculation is rife - for mr modi this time around? at the moment, speculation is rife about i moment, speculation is rife about how many coalition allies will get ministerial positions, cabinet positions, other parliamentary positions. forthe positions, other parliamentary positions. for the first time for him, this is uncharted territory, he has never had to lead a coalition government. even when he was chief minister of the western state of gujarati, he always won with a full majority. this time allies will not negotiate. and also, about pushing through the agenda of the bjp, laws, for example, that the bjp would have wanted to pass. they will not be able to do that unilaterally this time around. in the past five years we have seen laws passed without much debate, questioning, purely because of the strength the party had in parliament. that is not true
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this time around, so that not only will he have to build consensus amongst his allies, in some cases he needs a bill to pass with a majority, he will also need to get some of his opposition parties on board. so he will have to do a consensus—building role. as far as policy is concerned, india's engagement, we are not expecting to see a massive change from last time because essentially it is continuity of government.— because essentially it is continuity of government. yogita limaye, our aolouies of government. yogita limaye, our apologies for _ of government. yogita limaye, our apologies for the _ of government. yogita limaye, our apologies for the dropout - of government. yogita limaye, our apologies for the dropout in - of government. yogita limaye, our apologies for the dropout in sound | apologies for the dropout in sound indications there. votes are being cast to elect the european union's next parliament — in an election held across 27 countries. it is expected to shift the assembly to the right — and boost the numbers of eurosceptic nationalists. it follows a tense few weeks — with two european leaders and several other politicians physically attacked. and though the election should not impact politics at home — italy's far right prime minister — in a controversial step — has put her name on the ballot. our correspondent damien mcguiness has this update from berlin.
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we have seen growing instances of violence across europe, here in germany on a daily basis, reports of politicians and political activist being attacked on the street. a couple of weeks ago a leading centre—left politician was hospitalised after he was beaten up. there is an increasing feeling of aggression against activists, people putting up posters, but also politicians themselves. and of course in other european countries, as well, the danish prime minister was attacked most notably this week, and in every european country, really, there are reports of increased aggression. as far as the campaigns go, it is interesting because it is different in different country. that is one of the things about this huge european union election, as well, even how the elections are carried out is different in every country. they are carried out over a 40 day period because every country has different
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traditions. in germany it is always on a sunday, in others it is always on a sunday, in others it is always on a sunday, in others it is always on a weekday, which is one of the reasons it is stretched out. damien mcguiness reporting from berlin. let's return to our developing story at this hour, body being discovered in the search for the missing tv presenter at dr michael mosley on the greek island of symi. he went missing on wednesday after setting off on a walk from beach where he had been with his wife, and we heard today from the authorities in greece that the body are yet to be formally identified has been found at the bottom of a ten metre cliff on a rocky hill near agia marina on the greek island of symi. the mayor of the town said that the body was found as teams were searching the coastline with cameras and were
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approaching a cave near to a beach. police sources have told the bbc that the deceased had been dead for a number of days. greek authorities had been searching for dr mosley for five days. you are watching bbc news. hello. for some of you, it's been a lovely sunny start to sunday, but we're seeing cloud become more extensive now, and will continue to do so through the rest today, bringing some outbreaks of rain. but there will be a few areas — as i'll show you — sticking with the sunshine. the cloud has been streaming out to the north atlantic, a weather system just the south of iceland pushing its way southwards and eastwards. the further away you are from that on either side is where you've got the best chance of seeing some sunshine — some of that continuing, southern counties of england — especially towards the southwest — and also the channel islands. north of central belt of scotland, some sunny spells, too, but a few showers and quite a cold and brisk wind. it's in between southern scotland — so northern england, parts of north midlands,
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north wales — patchy rain or drizzle. the rain becoming more persistent this afternoon to the north and west of northern ireland. 11 to 19, the high. it is going to feel cool under those cloudier, wetter moments. nice enough where you've got the sunshine. now this evening, rain in northern ireland clears, but it spreads across much of england and wales. not a huge amount of rain, though, for some southern counties. and then later, scotland, northern ireland, clear skies, and if you shelter from that northerly wind, it is going to be a chilly night — temperatures in some sheltered valleys down to around two or three degrees. but here's why things get colder into the start of next week. area of low pressure pushes into scandinavia, opens the door to northerly winds. this weather system is what will be hanging around, though, for monday morning, making it feel especially cool and miserable for some. parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire, east midlands, in towards east anglia — outbreaks of rain, gusty wins. that persistent rain lasts into the afternoon for parts of east anglia. away from it, though, sunny spells but a scattering of showers running down that northerly wind, and there'll be more cloud than sunshine between the showers in northern scotland. the showers wintry over
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the higher ground. 10 to 17 for many, so it's going to be even colder than we'll have had through this weekend, and that run of northerly winds bringing arctic air continues into tuesday, too. so a fresh but bright starts to tuesday. start to tuesday. even though it's arctic air, you've got the sunshine tempering things — still quite strong, and of course warm things up a little bit — but more cloud into the afternoon will take away some of that sunshine. scattering of showers — central eastern areas most prone on tuesday. best of the drier weather probably through some southern and western parts. again feeling rather chilly — temperatures four or five degrees below average. that continues into wednesday. fewer showers around by then. still some showers later in the week, and it still stays on the cool side. take care.
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live from london, this is bbc news. greek police say a body has been found in the search for tv presenter michael mosley — at the foot of a ten—metre cliff. the 67—year—old was reported missing by his wife on wednesday after he failed to return from a walk, while holidaying on the island of symi. israel has been criticised by senior eu officialfor the killing of a dozen palestinian officials. he welcomed the freeing of the hostages but described the operation is
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another massacre of civilians. cabinet minister mel stride has expressed his support for the prime ministers today when asked about rishi sunak�*s decision to leave the d—day commemorations early. he said that the prime is to recognise the mistake saying he had apologised unequivocally. let's return to this developing story where a body has been found in the search for british tv presenter and author doctor michael mosley on the greek island of symi. the 67—year—old was last seen early on wednesday afternoon when he went to a walk alone in an mountainous area. the islands mayor has said that a body has been spotted by a cave next to a beach after an extensive search operation led by emergency workers. yesterday, new cctv footage showed him heading towards a path that would have taken
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