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the israeli military says it's investigating a "violation of protocol" after its troops strapped a wounded palestinian man to a jeep in what it described as a "counterterrorism operation" in the west bank city ofjenin. scotland prepares for a crucial group stage match later on today — we hear how one of the younger fans is preparing. he plays scotland the brave. hello. let's start with what's happening at one of the uk's busiest airports. passengers have been told to stay away from manchester airport after a power cut caused major disruption. all flights from terminals 1 and 2 have been cancelled.
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there have been huge queues to get in, and people on some arriving planes were held on runways for several hours. further disruption is expected, and some flights diverted to other airports. it comes as we approach the busy summer holiday season. let's speak to a passenger, nikita pearson a fitness instructor who is stuck at manchester airport waiting to board his flight to istanbul. thank you forjoining us. tell us your experience today so far. we got to the airport — your experience today so far. we got to the airport at _ your experience today so far. we got to the airport at about _ your experience today so far. we got to the airport at about eight - to the airport at about eight o'clock in the morning and you could see people sat outside on luggage. we didn't think anything of it. we got a lift to go upstairs to terminal one and you couldn't even get out of the lift. you had to trample over people to get out of the lift and then you just stood there. hoards of people just not moving anywhere. there was no tannoy
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announcement, no staff nearby anywhere, there were children getting trampled on, there were babies, it was chaos. we stood there for about an hour and a half and then nothing at all. you mentioned ou then nothing at all. you mentioned you couldn't _ then nothing at all. you mentioned you couldn't see _ then nothing at all. you mentioned you couldn't see any _ then nothing at all. you mentioned you couldn't see any staff - then nothing at all. you mentioned you couldn't see any staff to - then nothing at all. you mentioned you couldn't see any staff to speak| you couldn't see any staff to speak to. there was minimal communication. has there been any at all? have you been informed of anything by your app been informed of anything by your app or e—mails? been informed of anything by your app or emails?— been informed of anything by your app or e-mails? after an hour and a half we communicated _ app or e-mails? after an hour and a half we communicated with - app or e-mails? after an hour and a half we communicated with turkish l half we communicated with turkish airlines challenge and they confirmed 45 minutes before our flight that it was cancelled and we had to rebook it. there was no communication from the airport, or they were saying on the twitter page was contact your airline. we couldn't get to our check—in never mind three security. one man who worked at the airport looks like he
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was stopping people from walking through so you had people walking backwards trying to get back to the lift, trying to push through, there were children there, you didn't know what to do or where to go, if the flights were cancelled. no tannoy, no announcement, nothing. 50. flights were cancelled. no tannoy, no announcement, nothing. so, what do ou no announcement, nothing. so, what do you think — no announcement, nothing. so, what do you think is _ no announcement, nothing. so, what do you think is going _ no announcement, nothing. so, what do you think is going to _ no announcement, nothing. so, what do you think is going to happen - do you think is going to happen next? do you have any idea or are you just going to wait at the airport? you just going to wait at the airort? ~ �* ., , you just going to wait at the airort? ~ �* ., ., airport? we've to rebook our flight. it's airport? we've to rebook our flight. it's already — airport? we've to rebook our flight. it's already been _ airport? we've to rebook our flight. it's already been delayed _ airport? we've to rebook our flight. it's already been delayed but - it's already been delayed but hopefully this evening we can fly out. if not will have to come back tomorrow and fly back out tomorrow. how are you feeling about this? about the fact this has been caused ijy about the fact this has been caused by seemingly something as basic as a power cut? you by seemingly something as basic as a ower cut? ., ~' , by seemingly something as basic as a ower cut? ., ~ , ., �* , power cut? you think why don't they have back-up? _ power cut? you think why don't they have back-up? it— power cut? you think why don't they have back-up? it was _ power cut? you think why don't they have back-up? it was very _ power cut? you think why don't they have back-up? it was very stressful| have back—up? it was very stressful initially because it was a very
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enclosed area, you stock and even if you wanted to leave you couldn't get out. luggage everywhere, trolleys, prams, the anxiety levels were not great in that moment. i’m prams, the anxiety levels were not great in that moment.— great in that moment. i'm sorry to hear how much — great in that moment. i'm sorry to hear how much of— great in that moment. i'm sorry to hear how much of an _ great in that moment. i'm sorry to hear how much of an ordeal- great in that moment. i'm sorry to hear how much of an ordeal it's i great in that moment. i'm sorry to i hear how much of an ordeal it's been and i really hope that you can get away on a turkish holiday very soon in the wake doesn't go on too much longer. in the wake doesn't go on too much loner. ., ~' ,, let's speak to correspondent yunus mulla who's near manchester airport for us. what is the latest? well, we've just what is the latest? well, we've 'ust heard from passengers i what is the latest? well, we've 'ust heard from passengers who i what is the latest? well, we've just heard from passengers who have i what is the latest? well, we've just i heard from passengers who have been affected by the disruption here at manchester airport. cancelling all flights now out of terminals one and two is a significant escalation, that will of course have an impact on people who have plans to leave manchester but also flights coming into this airport as well. we've had
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this long queue that formed just after 1:30am when there was this power outage here at the airport. we've heard stories of people stranded with queues snaking out of terminal one for a number of hours. passengers not being told about what's going on. since then, we've seen a number of staff in hi vis jackets going to passengers in the departures hall telling them to go home effectively if their flights have been cancelled at terminals one and two. that disruption now is likely to continue from here for a number of hours because of course manchester is one of the busiest airports in the country. this will have a huge impact. we spoke to a number of passengers, one of them has had to make plans to get some form of transport from manchester to heathrow to get to bahrain. other passengers said they were just stood there, hadn't heard anything about
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what is likely to happen but the message from the airport of that what passengers need to do now is to contact their airline and they'll take it from there. this disruption only has an impact on terminals one and two. you might be hearing some planes behind me, that's because there is a limited impact at terminal three and as far as terminal three and as far as terminal three and as far as terminal three is concerned flights will still run but there will be delays. will still run but there will be dela s. ., ~ will still run but there will be dela s. ., ,, ., delays. thank you, i will at manchester _ delays. thank you, i will at manchester airport. - a fourth senior conservative is being investigated by the gambling commission over allegations that he placed bets on the timing of the general election. the party's chief data officer, nick mason, denies any wrongdoing. our political correspondent harry farley reports. that is fantastic. what has been some of your highlights? all smiles at this event on friday but it has been a difficult week for rishi sunak. four conservatives, including two candidates, are being looked into by the gambling commission. the tories' chief data officer, nick mason, has taken a leave of absence 11 days from polling day.
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he is being investigated over alleged bets placed on the timing of the election. he denies any wrongdoing. there are questions if there are more names to come. to your knowledge, home secretary, did any ministers put a bet on the timing of the election? not to my knowledge at all. i have been absolutely clear that from what i've read, i am not in any way going to defend the actions of these individuals. but i'm also conscious that i don't have the full details. the only organisation that does is the gambling commission and it is right that they take action, whatever the appropriate action. and they have been clear that we should not discuss this. labour were unsurprisingly critical. the issue here is that whether those people who had inside knowledge of what was going on used that information in placing a bet. people across the country will place bets but i think there is genuine disgust amongst so many voters that what we are seeing here is pretty shocking behaviour.
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if you want to know how angry some senior conservatives are, look at this from michael gove in the sunday times! it looks like one rule for them and one rule for us, he says. if the allegations are true, it's very difficult to defend. more than four weeks after rishi sunak stepped out to announce the election, its surprise date is still causing controversy. harry farley, bbc news. an aide to the home secretary — who's responsible for overseeing the government's plan to send some asylum seekers to rwanda — has used derogatory language about the policy. james sunderland — who is standing for the conservatives at the election — was recorded expressing the view at a private event in april. but he went on to defend the plan, saying it would deter migrants from crossing the channel. he was speaking on the 2nd of april at an event for young conservatives. nobody�*s got the cameras on their phones.
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our politics correspondent jessica parker has been following this story. i think this is a language that james sunderland, a conservative candidate and an aid in the home office would not have used in public to describe what is a flagship government policy. he has said he's disappointed to have been recorded in this context. as you said, it was a private event. but it's a policy as a home office aide that he has intimate knowledge of. in recording, what we hear him talk about it he describes this policy to send some asylum sinkers to rwanda as clap. he
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said if flights take off that would send a shock wave across the english channel, he means to deter gangs carrying out the people smuggling. his boss james cleverly, the home secretary, has been out on the airwaves this morning. he was quite eager to point to what he said was mr sunderland talking about how this scheme is, they believe, getting to act as a deterrent in terms of small boat crossings on the english channel. mr cleverley thought that maybe his colleaguejames sunderland had used the word "clap" to grab the audience's attention. no flights have yet ta ken off audience's attention. no flights have yet taken off under the scheme as its faced legal challenges. meanwhile so far this year more than 12,000 people have crossed the english channel in small boats. the
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labour party had described the policy as a gimmick, the conservative party say of labour that they are not offering any kind of credible alternative. the leader of the scottish national party, john swinney, has admitted his party needs to rebuild trust with the public after recent scandals. he was speaking this morning on sunday with laura kuenssberg. we have had a tough time, laura. i think that has been acknowledged, i've acknowledged that on a constant basis since i became first minister, just about seven weeks ago. i have been very candid about the fact that i recognise that the snp has had that tough time, and myjob is to rebuild the trust between the public of scotland and the scottish national party. that's what i'm focused on as first minister. i've come into an election campaign very quickly after becoming first minister but i've always acknowledged in my representation of those who have chosen me to go to parliament that you have got to work
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constantly to build the trust that your experience with members of the public, and that's exactly what i will do as leader of the snp and as the first minister of scotland. bbc scotland political correspondent lynsey bews is in glasgow for us, and gave us this update on how the snp is working to rebuild trust with voters. remember, john swinney was only in place as the snp leader for a few short weeks before this election was called. that came after a very tumultuous time for the party, with the resignation of humza yousaf the first minister after he brought to an end a power—sharing deal between the snp and the greens in the scottish government. that resulted in calls for him to quit, in because of no confidence in humza yousaf. he fell on his sword and john swinney swooped in to take over. it hasn't been the easiest time forjohn
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swinney. he's been dealing with the shadow looming over the party of an ongoing police investigation into the snp's finances. that has led to the snp's finances. that has led to the arrest in charge of the party's former chief executive peter murrell who is also the husband of nicola sturgeon. he is charged with embezzling party funds and a report into that is now sitting with prosecutors. that investigation continues. the investigation is also dealing with that in the background and then right at the start of the election campaign, former snp health secretary michael matheson, who resigned over an £11,000 ipad data bill was facing sanctions from the scottish parliament. he had initially been defended by the party. he said he had used the ipad for work purposes, allowing the taxpayer to pick up the bill. and then eventually admitted that his
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sons had been using the device to watch football on holiday and he paid back the money and resigned under pressure back in february. so, now mr swinney is also facing questions about the use of parliamentary stamps. a complaint has been made to the holyrood authorities over claims the party has used parliamentary stamps for election purposes. today he was very clear he's been given assurances that that hasn't happened. all of this just provides ammunition for opposition parties to attack the snp on that issue of trust. now it's time for a look at today's sport. we'll look ahead to huge day at the euros shortly but let's start with a moment of cricket history as afghanistan beat australia at the t20 world cup. pat cummins took a second hat—trick in as many games — the first player to achieve the feat in t20 internationals. but australia collapsed from 106—6 to 113—9 and eventually fell 21 runs short,
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to seal victory for afghanistan — their first against the aussies in any form of the game. it gives, you know, the people back home so much hope, and especially the young generation, getting involved in cricket and getting that attention into the sport, and also the nation. cricket is the only source of happiness back home, we all know that, and i feel like we are so lucky to be here giving those happenings to the people back home. we hardly see those events back home where they can celebrate and enjoy those moments, but these little games are big games, to be honest, in the world cup. it gives them so much happiness and that is something which really, really satisfies me. obviously, they are a good side and, you know, they are not _ an associate nation, _ they are a very good cricket team who play against the best _
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all the time and they have improved a hell of a lot over the last few years, and we know certainly l | in these conditions they are a bigj danger team, so as i said before, they outplayed us tonight and credit to them. - at the euros, scotland's big day has arrived as they make final preparations for their final group game which sees them taking on hungary. they're bidding to get to the knockout stages of a major tournament for the first time. a win for steve clarke's side in stuttgart should be enough for progression out of their group. and the importance of ther match isn't lost on midfielderjohn mcginn. we all know the magnitude of the game. it's a chance for us to write ourselves in the history books and become a unique scotland team. for us i think everyone wants to be the hero but it's important we just play the game normally. they are capable of getting three points and if it is
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me, i'll take one of the right shin to get in the bottom corner. sunday's other game sees hosts germany face switzerland in frankfurt. the two sides are battling it out to top group a. switzerland may still need a point to qualify whereas germany confirmed their place with a win over the hungarians on wednesday. defenderjonathan tah says they can feel the nation is behind them. translation: we do feel the support ofthe translation: we do feel the support of the fans. translation: we do feel the support of the fans- it — translation: we do feel the support of the fans. it stimulates _ translation: we do feel the support of the fans. it stimulates us _ translation: we do feel the support of the fans. it stimulates us and - of the fans. it stimulates us and gives us that extra kick. get the impression the germans are believing in us once again and we must give further momentum to this passion. we must furtherfoster further momentum to this passion. we must further foster it. this can only happen if we believe in ourselves. i don't know the secret but we simply got back in the saddle and obtained some good results and we got a very good start to this tournament. there is very positive energy. in the copa america, mexico beatjamaica1—0 in their opening game of the tournament but lost their captain edson alvarez to a potentially tournament—ending injury.
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the only goal of the game came through gerardo arteaga in the second half, shortly after west ham forward michail antonio had a goal ruled out by var forjamaica. but antonio's club team mate alvarez went off in tears in the first half clutching his hamstring and could miss the rest of the tournament. amy yang leads going into the final round of the women's pga championship. the south korean hit three birdies and a bogey to go to seven under par at the sahalee country club in washington. she's two shots clear of american lauren hartlage and miyu yamashita ofjapan. and the spanish grand prix is under way in barcelona. lando norris started the race in pole but was overtaken by george russell on the first corner. but then world champion max verstappen took the lead on the third lap. you can follow it live on the bbc sport website and app. max verstappen is three seconds ahead at the moment.
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thank you for being with us on bbc news. the israeli military has admitted its forces violated protocol by strapping a wounded palestinian man to a jeep during what it called a "counter—terrorism operation" in the city ofjenin in the west bank on saturday. a warning — viewers may find the video we're about to show distressing. the man can be seen lying on the hood of a vehicle as it drives past two ambulances. we've decided to blur the image. his family said he was injured during the raid by israeli soldiers. the idf confirmed the incident, saying it "violated orders", adding that it would be investigated and dealt with accordingly. the un special rapporteur, francesca albanese, has accused israel of using the man as a human shield.
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it comes as anti—government protesters clashed with israeli police in tel aviv. tens of thousands of people demonstrated near the headquarters of prime minister benjamin netanyahu's likud party on saturday, demanding new elections — as well as the return of the remaining hostages who were taken by hamas militants on october 7th. meanwhile there continues to be growing unrest on israel's northern border with lebanon. the two sides have exchanged cross—border exchanges of fire for months, fueling fears of a wider conflict. this was the scene yesterday in lebanon's bekaa valley, a0 kilometres from the border. the israeli army said it had carried out a drone attack on a moving vehicle, to target a man accused of supplying hamas with weapons. benjamin radd is an expert on government and politics in the middle east. he told us about the possibility of further escalation between israel and hezbollah. well, a lot of this is in the hands of the islamic republic. iran controls very much what hezbollah does, how it's armed, when it fires, the extent to which it operates against israel. in fact, a week ago a high ranking revolutionary guard core official
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stated that hezbollah represents a projection of iran's powers beyond its borders. so i say that very much to underscore the idea that iran can control the spigot and how much pressure is applied to israel from the north, when to pull back and when to increase that pressure. in the meantime, we will continue to see israel responding in the way that it has, targeting specific sites and individuals in southern lebanon that are members of hezbollah. scotland play hungary later. victory in stuttgart for scotland could propel them past the group stages of a major competition for the very first time. among the sea of tartan army supporters are paul leonard and his son archie, a bagpiper. archie and paul have taken it upon themselves to lift the morale of the scottish fans before the games — they spoke with my colleague lewis vaughan jones a little earlier about the excitement around the team.
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it's been really building the last few days because scotland had a game in cologne a few days ago, so the tartan army has been arriving en masse over the last few days and the atmosphere's really building. i'd say there's probably 10,000 to 20,000 fans in the fan zone today. our german hosts have been so hospitable and the fans are having a superb time, mixing with the fans of other nations, so it's really building up today and we're really looking forward to the game this evening. a lot at stake this evening. we'll get onto the football in a moment. archie, how long have you been playing the bagpipes and why did you pick them up and want to play? i started the chanter five years ago and then i got into the pipes two and a bit years ago. i picked the pipes because they're really nice and they're scottish and i want to be part of scotland. that is absolutely wonderful. and what's it like standing in the middle of all those people
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with everyone chanting and singing and they've got their phones out filming you, what is that like? i was proud, a little bit nervous though. i bet. well, it was fantastic and it sounded wonderful. let's look at the football, how are you feeling about the game coming up? are you nervous about tonight, excited? are they going to win? i think we have a good chance but i'm a little bit nervous. what about dad ? as a nation, we're always a bit optimistically cautious. i think we can win, if our players turn up, we can definitely get the win, and that would be superb because we haven't got into the knockout stages of a major tournament, and to do it today would be absolutely awesome. what would that mean to not just the fans where you are but the whole country, getting out of the group stages for the first time? the whole nation is behind the team
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because they had some fantastic results as part of the qualification rounds and you can see the amount of fans that have travelled over as well, in their hundreds and thousands. i think the nation and the fans are really connected at the moment, so to actually get the win tonight would be absolutely awesome. let's hear a bit now of archie's performance for the scottish fans in germany. music: scotland the brave
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archie playing the bagpipes to get you in the need for the scotland hungary game. and rehearsals for the opening ceremony of the paris olympics have been postponed again due to heavy rain. authorities say the river seine is flowing five times faster than usual for this time of year. the paris 2024 games will be the first olympics in history where the opening ceremony will take place outside of its traditional setting of a stadium. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. summer heat on the way but we're not expecting wall—to—wall sunshine. in fact, some areas seeing a lot of cloud, even some outbreaks of rain too. this was exeter earlier today, lots of cloud here. contrast that with this picture from norfolk. blue skies, perfect weather for an afternoon on the beach.
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over the next few days, it will turn warm and plenty sunshine as well. the reason for the change is the position of the jet stream. earlier in the month, the jet stream was positioned to the south of the uk, we were on the colder side, but now it's in the north, it will be brining warmer air and lifting the temperatures. in the afternoon, the temperatures will rise to up to 26 degrees across parts of southeast england. a little bit cooler the further north you go but still generally pleasant. this sunday evening and overnight, a fairly quiet picture, to be honest. a little cloud across parts of the midlands and norfolk, perhaps southwest england as well, otherwise, clear spells. a pretty muggy night in places, temperatures in the south east up to 16 degrees, uncomfortable for sleeping. cooler the further north you go. on monday morning, some weather fronts trying to make inroads, bringing more cloud
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into western parts of scotland. elsewhere, dry, fine weather with spells of sunshine and temperatures widely into the mid—20s on monday. up to 25 in newcastle, 26 across aberdeenshire. here's monday evening into tuesday, and those fronts still trying to make inroads. this cold front is not moving paticularly quickly and not a lot on it, bringing cloud and outbreaks of drizzly rain to scotland, northern ireland and parts of northern england on tuesday, could be some showers here. elsewhere, quite a lot of cloud but sunshine coming through and those temperatures in london on tuesday reaching 28 celsius. cooler, though, across parts of scotland where that weather front has come through. towards the end of the week, things eventually breaking down, turning more unsettled and cooler.
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this is bbc news, the headlines. dolens— this is bbc news, the headlines. dozens of— this is bbc news, the headlines. dozens of flights to and from manchester airport have been canceled due to a major power outage causing chaos for thousands of passengers. the airport has apologized to all of those affected. uk government aid has come under
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fire after using derogatory language to describe the flagship rhonda policy. israel is criticized for its strapping a wounded man to a military vehicle and driving him around the city. it violated orders. and renaldo takes a selfie with a young pitch invader as portugal booked their place in the knockout stages of euro 202a. meanwhile, scotland prepares for a crucial match against hungary later today. victory could get them to the knockout stages of a major competition for the very first time. now, it is time for it newscast. in campaigns sometimes you have the journalistic boon of recordings that were not knowingly made by the person who was speaking, if that makes any grammatical sense. it doesn't, really... one such recording made its way to my ears in the last couple of days, rather unfortunately for the home office, where a member of james cleverly�*s team is overheard saying something rather rude.
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