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hello, i'm martine croxall. a body has been found in the search for the british tv presenter and author michael mosley on the greek island of symi. the 67—year—old was last seen early on wednesday afternoon, when he went for a walk alone in a remote mountainous area. the islands mayor said the body was spotted by a cave next to a beach after an 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 has been widespread and has included firefighters, dogs, helicopters, drones, local people and officers from symi and outside the island.
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mr mosley presented programmes on health, and his books on intermittent fasting for weight loss have sold millions of copies worldwide. his family had said the last few days have been "unbearable." our correspondentjoe inwood is on the island of symi. he gave this update. a body has been found, there has not been formal identification yet. it wasn't a cave that body was found, it was up on the cliffs on the hillside, so this is a busy beach, so it was it seems that the body was therefore a number of days, while therefore a number of days, while the poor would have been on the beach, and this is the headland
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i'v e i've been out filming for the news website showing exactly the conditions at that time and eight is really, the sun is beating down on you, it is very hot and also if you can see there, this is not a place with much shade or tree cover, it is incredibly barren terrain. that combination, i think, incredibly barren terrain. that combination, ithink, of incredibly barren terrain. that combination, i think, of making a difficult walk in incredibly hot temperatures and without any shade, as i was he going to be a very, very dangerous thing to do and it is something which the local mayor... local people would not try and manage it during that time of day. we are starting to lose the signal a little bit. let's see if we can keep going. dr mosley�*s family are on the yle now, —— they are on the island now. yle now, -- they are on the island
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now. , ~ ~ . yle now, -- they are on the island now. , �* . ., ., yle now, -- they are on the island now. , ~ . ., ., , now. yes, michael and his wife were on a beach. — now. yes, michael and his wife were on a beach. in _ now. yes, michael and his wife were on a beach, in fact _ now. yes, michael and his wife were on a beach, in fact i _ now. yes, michael and his wife were on a beach, in fact i think— now. yes, michael and his wife were on a beach, in fact i think if- now. yes, michael and his wife were on a beach, in fact i think if i - now. yes, michael and his wife were on a beach, in fact i think if i can - on a beach, in fact i think if i can get the cameraman to look over there, it was that beach, that was where they were staying here on a holiday with friends. that was on wednesday. it was yesterday that we understand that his four children had come out, they have not spoken publicly. and his wife has only put a statement out and that was yesterday afternoon to make that statement thank the people of this community and the greek authorities and the british consul for all of their help. and they said what a terrible few days this has been. it has been unbearable to not know what has been unbearable to not know what has happened to a loved one like that. she said we maintain hope and they will be hoping that this is a false alarm, but certainly the indications are, given the amount of police activity here, at that hope may be dwindling. just police activity here, at that hope may be dwindling.— police activity here, at that hope may be dwindling. just how big of a search operation _ may be dwindling. just how big of a search operation has _ may be dwindling. just how big of a search operation has this _ may be dwindling. just how big of a search operation has this pain? - may be dwindling. just how big of a search operation has this pain? it i search operation has this pain? it sounds like it had many different elements and lots of different people involved.—
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elements and lots of different people involved. yes, the isle of 5 mi people involved. yes, the isle of symi only _ people involved. yes, the isle of symi only has — people involved. yes, the isle of symi only has two _ people involved. yes, the isle of symi only has two one _ people involved. yes, the isle of symi only has two one half- people involved. yes, the isle of- symi only has two one half thousand people who live here. they would not have huge capabilities for search and rescue us. there was a helicopter that has been involved, that was flying all over the hills for the last few days, police dogs involved, searching sniffer dogs. a large number of fire and rescue officers. the policeman come up dozens and dozens. people coming in from alice well —— people coming in from alice well —— people coming in from elsewhere. to give you an indication of how difficult the conditions are, this morning we learned that police dog had to go home because they had burned themselves on the hot terrain. the scale of this operation, which really is unprecedented for this
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island. . . , really is unprecedented for this island. . ., , g ., ., ., island. that was joe inwood reporting- _ island. that was joe inwood reporting. our— island. that was joe inwood reporting. our reporter- island. that was joe inwood reporting. our reporter has| island. that was joe inwood - reporting. our reporter has been looking at reaction to this body. no formal identification has yet taken place, but it the search has prompted so many people to speak up about the admiration they have fight michael mosley. ezren about the admiration they have fight michael mosley.— about the admiration they have fight michael mosley. even from the search effort we can — michael mosley. even from the search effort we can see _ michael mosley. even from the search effort we can see so _ michael mosley. even from the search effort we can see so many _ michael mosley. even from the search effort we can see so many people got| effort we can see so many people got involved whether it was volunteers, tourists, the police of course and his family. they were all chipping in to lead the search as well. today, of course, there is this news that we are hearing that body has been found, but as you've been saying, no formal identification of that body yet. of course, there still has been a reaction that no one wanted to hear. tom watson has
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in the past credited michael mosley with his own struggle to lose weight and efforts to do that, and he said that michael mosley is a hero to him, he said it's hard to describe how upset he is by this news, he says he has helped thousands of people to get well and healthy and i am one of them. we have also had a reaction from professor alice roberts who made several programmes with michael mosley, she said all of this demonstrates the fragility of life, she says she met up with michael mosley just a life, she says she met up with michael mosleyjust a couple of weeks ago here in the uk at the hay festival and said that her thoughts are with his family at this time. and adam k, a writer of a book, talks about his experiences as a junior doctor, he has also been reacting to this news, saying it is desperately sad in his thoughts are
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with michael mosley�*s family. we have also seen reaction from fans, people who have themselves been inspired by what michael mosley has brought to the table when it comes to talking about health, because it can often be a scary area to try and overcome, whether diabetes ought losing weight, and there was something about his easy—going charm and way of presenting that made him so likable to so many people, and i think this reaction we are seeing and hearing today, it has not been confirmed yet, they don't have the formal identification of the body, but nonetheless this is still clearly something that people are reacting to already on social media. 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
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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 200 palestinians were killed in the raid. israel claims there were fewer than one hundred casualties. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega has more from tel aviv. please don't forget there are another 120 hostages in captivity, we must release them and make every effort to bring them to israel and theirfamilies. by the effort to bring them to israel and their families. by the way, effort to bring them to israel and theirfamilies. by the way, it's my birthday, look what gift i got.
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eight months ago, these people were in the nova music festival in southern israel when gunmen attacked, more than 360 people were killed him. the four hostages were rescued in a major operation why by the israeli military in the refugee camp in central gaza. specialforces went in. the military said this was a complex operation based on intelligence information, the four hostages were found at two separate locations in the heart of the camp and brought out under fire. the israeli forces _ and brought out under fire. the israeli forces have been preparing for this_ israeli forces have been preparing for this rescue mission for weeks, they underwent intensive training, they underwent intensive training, they risked their lives to save the lives _ they risked their lives to save the lives of— they risked their lives to save the lives of our— they risked their lives to save the lives of our hostages. but they risked their lives to save the lives of our hostages.— lives of our hostages. but the
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rescue mission _ lives of our hostages. but the rescue mission brought - lives of our hostages. but the rescue mission brought even| lives of our hostages. but the - rescue mission brought even more suffering to gaza, there was chaos and desperation at the nearby hospital. doctors were unable to treat all the wounded. many people arrived already dead. we treat all the wounded. many people arrived already dead.— arrived already dead. we were at home, arrived already dead. we were at home. rocket _ arrived already dead. we were at home, rocket hit _ arrived already dead. we were at home, rocket hit us, _ arrived already dead. we were at home, rocket hit us, my - arrived already dead. we were at home, rocket hit us, my two - arrived already dead. we were at. home, rocket hit us, my two cousins died, _ home, rocket hit us, my two cousins died. my— home, rocket hit us, my two cousins died. myother— home, rocket hit us, my two cousins died, my other cousins _ home, rocket hit us, my two cousins died, my other cousins were - died, my other cousins were seriously— died, my other cousins were seriously injured, _ died, my other cousins were seriously injured, they - died, my other cousins were seriously injured, they did . died, my other cousins were - seriously injured, they did nothing, they were — seriously injured, they did nothing, they were sitting _ seriously injured, they did nothing, they were sitting at _ seriously injured, they did nothing, they were sitting at home. - seriously injured, they did nothing, they were sitting at home. the- they were sitting at home. the israeli prime _ they were sitting at home. israeli prime minister visited they were sitting at home.- israeli prime minister visited the freed hostages in the hospital near tel aviv, he has been 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. 0ur correspondent jon donnison has more on the reaction in israel from jerusalem. 0ne one of celebration and relief, not least for the families and friends
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of the four hostages who were freed, whose loved ones had been held for some 246 days. it is also been a boost for prime minister netanyahu because it enables him to say that his strategy is working, he believes that the best way to get the remaining hostages in gaza and the remaining hostages in gaza and the remaining 116 people captured on the 7th of october being held in gaza, some 40 or so of them, thought to be dead, he says the best way to get them out is to apply military pressure on hamas and the operation yesterday enables him to say that thatis yesterday enables him to say that that is working. it should also be said though that the move is different in gaza, there is outrage at what they see as a massacre of civilians, we see scores of dead and injured being taken to the two hospitals you heard from the doctor a short moment ago, desperate scenes
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of the wounded being brought in bloodied, we saw people diving for cover as missiles rained in and bodies strewn in the street, and also strong condemnation from the eu's top diplomat, describing this as a massacre, saying this bloodbath had to end immediately, that was immediately criticised, though, by one israeli minister who said shame one israeli minister who said shame on you! he said instead of condemning hamas for holding hostages in civilian neighbourhoods, he was attacking israel for simply trying to rescue its citizens. where does this then _ trying to rescue its citizens. where does this then leave _ trying to rescue its citizens. where does this then leave the _ trying to rescue its citizens. where does this then leave the prospects| does this then leave the prospects of a deal which in part was designed to release more hostages? i of a deal which in part was designed to release more hostages?— to release more hostages? i don't think progress _ to release more hostages? i don't think progress on _ to release more hostages? i don't think progress on that _ to release more hostages? i don't think progress on that deal - to release more hostages? i don't think progress on that deal is - think progress on that deal is getting anywhere at the moment, that the will of course is being pushed by the americans and we have the us
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secretary of state due back in the region this week, trying to push for that deal, but mr netanyahu will say that deal, but mr netanyahu will say that military pressure is the best way to get hostages out. we did hear from the israeli military�*s chief spokesperson yesterday, and he said that the deal remained the best way to get a large number of hostages out but although those talks are ongoing there doesn't seem to be a prospect of a ceasefire or any sort of deal in the offing at the moment. there'll be a first time french open men's singles champion later with both carlos alcaraz and alexander zverev going further than ever before in paris. they're meeting for the title at roland garros with zverev searching
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for his first grand slam title and alcaraz who's won two already hoping to join an illustrious list of spaniards to have been successful in paris. they wanted to put my name on the list of spanish players who have won the tournament, a lot of spanish players from our sport to have won the tournament, i really wanted to put my name on the list as well. i think the final is no easy match, no easy— think the final is no easy match, no easy opponent, if you are in the final— easy opponent, if you are in the fine! you — easy opponent, if you are in the final you deserve to be there. and that goes— final you deserve to be there. and that goes for him as well, he played a fantestic— that goes for him as well, he played a fantastic match today, played a fantastic — a fantastic match today, played a fantastic tournament in general i think. _ fantastic tournament in general i think. and — fantastic tournament in general i think, and i expect a very difficult match _ india and pakistan will take their fierce cricketing rivalry to a relatively new place on sunday. the two teams only meet in global icc copmetitions and their latest clash will be in new york in the group stage of the t20 world cup. remarkably they have
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played there before but with nothing like the stakes provided by the tournament and more than 30 thousand fans. being a captain, i have to make decisions on the field, what is more important for me is think about what i need to do right now. not to even think of how much do we need to get done or how much we need to bowl them out? i think it is about that one over, how we want to finish that over, literallyjust kneeling down, over, literallyjust kneeling down, over by over. it’s over, literally 'ust kneeling down, by eve.— over, literally 'ust kneeling down, over by over. it's a big game, india pakistan, there _ over by over. it's a big game, india pakistan, there is _ over by over. it's a big game, india pakistan, there is no _ over by over. it's a big game, india pakistan, there is no need - over by over. it's a big game, india pakistan, there is no need for - over by over. it's a big game, india pakistan, there is no need for me i over by over. it's a big game, india. pakistan, there is no need for me to motivate _ pakistan, there is no need for me to motivate the — pakistan, there is no need for me to motivate the team any more, they are well motivated and focused for this game, _ well motivated and focused for this game, we — well motivated and focused for this game, we have had to forget about the last— game, we have had to forget about the last couple of days and move forward, — the last couple of days and move forward, that is the only way you can deal— forward, that is the only way you can deal with life, results are results. — can deal with life, results are results, they take care of themselves, but the way we arrive at a match— themselves, but the way we arrive at a match and — themselves, but the way we arrive at a match and give it our best shot and make —
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a match and give it our best shot and make sure our skills are up to where _ and make sure our skills are up to where we — and make sure our skills are up to where we need to be, that's all we can controi~ — meanwhile the final game of saturday provided an an unwanted record for uganda, west indies. that equals the lowest total at a men's t20 world cup with the tournament debutants all out in just 12 overs. their 134 run defeat is the second largest. left—arm spinner akeal hosein took a career—best 5 wickets for just 11 runs. it looks like the mercedes formula one team could be challenging for race wins again after george russell claimed pole for sunday's canadian grand prix. the briton recorded a time of one minute and twelve seconds exactly on his first run in the final session of qualifying in montreal. championship leader max verstappen posted exactly the same time in his red bull but because russell did it first he gets to start from the top spot forjust the second time in his career. it feels amazing. so much hard work at the factory, so much hard work
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over all of these years, we have been zigzagging around, changing the philosophy and con —— and contest, and those zigzags of got smaller and narrower. what we brought last week in monaco and a few more bits in the car this week, they have really transformed the car, it's feeling great, so good to clinch this poll. and that's all the sport for now. a body has been found in the search for the british tv presenter and author michael mosley, his former co—presenter on the programme joins us now. thank you very much for joining us. 0bviously, us now. thank you very much for joining us. obviously, this has been a very difficult week for anybody
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who knows michael mosley, not least his family, but colleagues as well? ijust his family, but colleagues as well? i just want to begin with sending my deepest, sincerest condolences to michael's family, the last few days and today have been horrendous for them. i think, for those of us that worked with michael and know him as the resourceful, inventive man he is, wejust the resourceful, inventive man he is, we just hoped that there would be good news at the end of this, just kept thinking he would find a way to make it out and we would have a hell of a story from him, so even though things were stacked against him as the days rolled on, just kept hoping the news would be good. there has been no — hoping the news would be good. there has been no formal _ hoping the news would be good. there has been no formal identification of this body, which we learned had been
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found today, but the sheer number of people who have expressed concern just shows esteem in which he has been held for many years.- just shows esteem in which he has been held for many years. michael is a national treasure. _ been held for many years. michael is a nationaltreasure. he _ been held for many years. michael is a nationaltreasure. he is _ been held for many years. michael is a national treasure. he is so - a national treasure. he is so personable. i rememberwhen a national treasure. he is so personable. i remember when i was first invited to audition for the programme, it included sitting down and doing an on—screen tape with michael, and when i heard about it, i was nervous, but the moment i arrived and sat down with him in front of the camera, i forgot the cameras were there, and i have been thinking about it a lot today, that was my first experience of working like that with someone in television and really i can now appreciate that everyone is able to make other people feel so at ease with lights and cameras in front of them, but
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then to forget about all of that and just focus on the science, the story and the message we're to get out, he is such a hugely talented man. and also we hearfrom michael all the time on the radio, on his programmes on the bbc, on his television work and written work, pod cast, he is in our homes all the time. and the man you hear there is so approachable and down to earth, it is not an act, thatis and down to earth, it is not an act, that is exactly how he is in real life. ., .., �* that is exactly how he is in real life. ., �* that is exactly how he is in real life. ., life. you can't act as somebody different when _ life. you can't act as somebody different when you _ life. you can't act as somebody different when you have - life. you can't act as somebody different when you have done l life. you can't act as somebody l different when you have done all life. you can't act as somebody - different when you have done all of those programmes, all of those hours of tv and radio, the audience will suss you out, and the audience responds well to him, to his style,
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and the information he manages to crystallise into something we can all understand.— crystallise into something we can all understand. absolutely, he 'ust had this passion i all understand. absolutely, he 'ust had this passion fori all understand. absolutely, he 'ust had this passion for explaining h had this passion for explaining science to a wider audience, to make improvements in science that led to improvements in science that led to improvements in science that led to improvements in our own health and lifestyle. hejust has improvements in our own health and lifestyle. he just has a passion for explaining that to everyone, making it accessible to anyone and everyone, notjust a niche crowd, but to everyone, how do you break down complex scientific content to make it understandable and reachable and applicable to each and every single one of us, to help us improve our lives? i would tune in regularly to his programmes, it almost felt like you are having a one—to—one conversation with michael when he was explaining something to you, and thatis was explaining something to you, and that is exactly how it felt because
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when i did have my one—to—one moments, when he was explaining something to me, that's exactly how he did it, i ramadan when it was super hot, we were having long fasting days, and hejust put me super hot, we were having long fasting days, and he just put me at ease. he asked me how i was going to tackle it, i told him i was apprehensive, i didn't know how i would cope with it, and he talked to me about a hormone which i had never heard of before, he talked to me about the hunger hormone, he said, thatis about the hunger hormone, he said, that is all you have got to tackle, it's a hormone telling you you are hungry and now you know you can deal with it. and that is how it was with him. he was on the subject all the time. pt. him. he was on the sub'ect all the time. �* . him. he was on the sub'ect all the time. . ., ., , him. he was on the sub'ect all the time. . ., .,, i. him. he was on the sub'ect all the time. . ., ., ,, time. a real gift, as you say, thank ou for time. a real gift, as you say, thank you for talking _ time. a real gift, as you say, thank you for talking to _ time. a real gift, as you say, thank you for talking to us. _ here — campaigning continues ahead of what is likely to be a busy week in the lead up to the 4th ofjuly general election —
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with another scheduled election tv debate and manifestos set to be published. with me is our political correspondent, jack fenwick. and the labour party leader out and about on the campaign trail today and he has been discussing how we afford things. that and he has been discussing how we afford thin95-_ afford things. that is becoming the theme of this _ afford things. that is becoming the theme of this week, _ afford things. that is becoming the theme of this week, we _ afford things. that is becoming the theme of this week, we know - afford things. that is becoming the theme of this week, we know that| theme of this week, we know that over the next week or so we will get the party manifestos, therefore we will speak much more about policy and how the parties are planning to pay for things. and what we have heard from keir starmer is he has been asked about spending cuts, when he was asked if labour would cut spending, he said they did not want to return to posterity, they want to get the growth we need, he did not explicitly commit to not cutting public spending, and we have heard from a group of economists today, they are also talking about the parties being more open about whether public spending needs to be
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cut. ~ ., whether public spending needs to be cut. a, ., whether public spending needs to be cut. ~ ., ., ., , whether public spending needs to be cut. a, ., ., , ~ whether public spending needs to be cut. ., ., , ,, ., ~ cut. more of that this week, thank ou ve cut. more of that this week, thank you very much. — cut. more of that this week, thank you very much, manifestos - cut. more of that this week, thank you very much, manifestos to - cut. more of that this week, thank you very much, manifestos to be i you very much, manifestos to be published. if you haven't had enough about that subject already, more on the app! 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
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and brisk wind. it's in between southern scotland — so northern england, parts of north midlands, 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 the higher ground.
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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 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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this is bbc news. the headlines... officials on the greek island of symi have found a body in the search for the well—known british tv presenter, michael mosley. the 67—year—old was reported missing by his wife on wednesday after he failed to return from a walk. dr mosley�*s books on health have sold millions of copies worldwide. israel has been criticised by a senior — eu official over the killing of dozens of palestinians in an operation to rescue four hostages in gaza yesterday. josep borrell welcomed the freeing of the hostages but described the operation as "another massacre of civilians". cabinet minister mel stride has expressed his support
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for the prime minister today. when asked about rishi sunak�*s decision to leave d—day anniversary events early by the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg — mr stride said that the prime minister "recognised a mistake" saying he had "apologised unequivocally". now on bbc news... unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and welcome to unspun world here at the bbc�*s headquarters in london. we live in turbulent, changing times. after 80 years of peace, more or less, between the superpowers, where are we heading now? scratch away at the surface of european sentiment, european sensibility,
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what you find is anxiety about peace and security.

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