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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, i'm luxmy gopal. 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 one and two at have been cancelled. there have been huge queues to get in, and some passengers on arriving planes were held on runways for several hours.
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further disruption is expected, and some flights diverted to other airports. it comes at the start of the busy summer holiday season. philip banfield was among the passengers who were stranded at the airport. so i now have an update for you that we are now stuck airside. our aer lingus plane has taken off from manchester on time without any passengers able to get on the plane. and of course, that leaves an enormous number of passengers now stranded at manchester airport wondering how they are going to continue their onward journeys. but we'll find a way. earlier we heard from nikita pearson, a fitness instructor stuck at manchester airport waiting to board his flight to istanbul. we got to the airport at about eight o'clock in the morning and you
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could see people sat outside on luggage. we didn't think anything of it. we got the 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 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 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 or e—mails? after an hour and a half we communicated with turkish airlines and they confirmed 45 minutes before our
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flight that it was cancelled and we had to rebook it. there was no communication from the airport. all they were saying on the airport's twitter page was contact your airline. we couldn't get to our check—in never mind through security. one man who worked at the airport looked like he 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. so, what do you think is going to happen next? do you have any idea or are you just going to wait at the airport? we've managed to rebook our flight. it's already been delayed but hopefully this evening we can fly out.
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if not we'll have to come back tomorrow and fly back out tomorrow. how are you feeling about this? about the fact this has been caused by seemingly something as basic as a power cut? you think, why don't they have back—up? it was very stressful initially because it was a very enclosed area, you're stuck 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. our correspondent yunus mulla gave us this update from manchester airport. well, we've just 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.
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we've had these long queues 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.
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other passengers said they were just stood there, hadn't heard anything about what is likely to happen, but the message from the airport is 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 is concerned flights will still run but there will be delays. 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.
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the tories�* chief data officer, nick mason, has taken a leave of absence 11 days from polling day. 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.
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our politics correspondent jessica parker has been following this story. i think this is language thatjames sunderland, a conservative candidate and an aide 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 "crap".
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——to send some asylum seekers to rwanda as "crap". he goes on to say 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 "crap" to grab the audience's attention. no flights have yet taken off under the scheme as it's faced legal challenges. meanwhile so far this year more than 12,000 people have crossed
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the english channel in small boats. the labour party have described the policy as a gimmick, the conservative party say of labour that they are not offering any kind of credible alternative. 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. let's speak to yaakow katz, who is a former editor in chief of the jerusalem post and currently a senior fellow at the jewish people policy institute.
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cani can i get your reaction to the video? ., , , , video? the video is deeply disturbing. _ video? the video is deeply disturbing, i— video? the video is deeply disturbing, i think- video? the video is deeply disturbing, i think anyone | video? the video is deeply - disturbing, i think anyone who watches it will be disturbed seeing those types of images and the idf have announced they are looking into this and it goes against any procedural protocol that the military has. this is not the way that any military should be operating and i think we have to wait to see what investigation reveals because the idf will be looking in to see what happened here and if this was used in the case of and if this was used in the case of a human shield, some way to evacuate someone who might have been wounded or gunfire exchange, whatever the circumstances were, people should not be tied to the head of an engine of a militaryjeep. not be tied to the head of an engine of a militaryjeep-— of a military 'eep. what is the rocess of a military 'eep. what is the pess fer — of a military jeep. what is the process for the _ of a military jeep. what is the process for the idf _ of a military jeep. what is the process for the idf looking i of a militaryjeep. what is the l process for the idf looking into of a militaryjeep. what is the - process for the idf looking into it? the idf has a thorough process and
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is rigorous over the years looking into different incidences that take place. soldiers have stood trial in the past four deviations from orders and violations of what should be the standard procedure, whether it's abuse of people who have been detained or whatever the circumstances might be. the israeli military is like no other military and the world. there are going to be rotten apples within the ranks of any military force in the world. if thatis any military force in the world. if that is what happened in this case then there is no doubt in my mind that the soldiers and commanders as well need to be held accountable. how rigorous is the process? the israeli human rights group data suggest fewer than i% of all complaints result in prosecutions. there are soldiers that have stood trial, soldiers sent to jail. the
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idf is constantly and continuously looking into itself, reviewing and investigating. there is the military general, police investigation unit. it accompanies all operations. we've seen launching an opening of numerous probes during the gaza offensive after the october the 7th massacre. during routine operations the military general as accompanying idf forces and are looking into things as they unfold. as should be the case. and again, if this was the case here would need to be an account for what the soldiers did and itappears, at account for what the soldiers did and it appears, at least on video, but on video it appears to be a violation and deviation of what they should be doing. d0 violation and deviation of what they should be doing.— violation and deviation of what they should be doing. do you think there is a culture — should be doing. do you think there is a culture fostered _ should be doing. do you think there is a culture fostered around - is a culture fostered around soldiers? you mentioned the phrase rotten apples but does that speak to a wider culture? i
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rotten apples but does that speak to a wider culture?— a wider culture? i would totally dismiss that. _ a wider culture? i would totally dismiss that. this _ a wider culture? i would totally dismiss that. this is _ a wider culture? i would totally dismiss that. this is a - a wider culture? i would totally| dismiss that. this is a complete deviation of how the idf operates. on the contrary, the culture you see in the israeli military is one that goes to the greatest lengths and does the most unbelievable things to preserve the lives of civilians and the other side. whether it's the dropping of leaflets in gaza, whether the calls to people to evacuate, whether it's calling of strikes before they happen, as missiles on midair because some of the civilians have entered into the kill zone. the idf does things that military experts have said is far beyond the norm in the numbers speak for themselves. beyond the norm in the numbers speak forthemselves. looking beyond the norm in the numbers speak for themselves. looking at the gaza war right now, the combatant civilian ratio is one—to—one. for every combatant killed, one civilian. that's not comparable and while the loss of civilian life
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is... one combatant, nine dead civilians and in the israeli war it's one—to—one. the culture is completely different. this is a bad thing that never should have happened and i hope that if it's found to be the case, that the israeli military advocate general will hold the soldiers accountable. do you think some of the dehumanising language used to describe palestinians by senior officials, does not have an effect? i think that any comments or abhorrent remarks that dehumanise any one should never be acceptable. however, that is not the culture and not the norm. every country and government and society is always going to have people who are on the extreme. the question we have to ask ourselves is what is the culture and what is the norm and the average person in israel and the average person in israel and the average person in israel and the average person in politics is to mark unlike
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hamas, we see still today 70% of palestinians support hamas. the same terrorist group that perpetrated the greatest massacre of dues since the holocaust. that's different. 70% of israelis do not support what happened. in israelis do not support what happened-— israelis do not support what ha ened. , ., :: , happened. in terms of the 70% fi . ure, happened. in terms of the 7096 figure. there — happened. in terms of the 7096 figure, there haven't _ happened. in terms of the 7096 figure, there haven't been - happened. in terms of the 70% - figure, there haven't been elections there so i'm not sure where that figure has come from.— figure has come from. that's a palestinian _ figure has come from. that's a palestinian pollster _ figure has come from. that's a palestinian pollster so - figure has come from. that's a palestinian pollster so you - figure has come from. that's a palestinian pollster so you can j figure has come from. that's a - palestinian pollster so you can take it up with them.— it up with them. finally, in terms ofthe it up with them. finally, in terms of the potential _ it up with them. finally, in terms of the potential tensions - it up with them. finally, in terms| of the potential tensions between the idf and mr netanyahu, where do you see that affecting things militarily and politically? we've been nine months _ militarily and politically? we've been nine months almost - militarily and politically? we've| been nine months almost inside militarily and politically? we've - been nine months almost inside the gaza strip, this offensive is continuing, the idf has significant targets and has been very successful with many gains and successes on the battlefield in any engagement with
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hamas, whether it's in rafah or other places in the gaza strip. for most engine need a political resolution, a ceasefire or other agreement. i hope it will include release of israeli hostages, there are still 120 being held against their will. we want to get those people back home. the prime minister is not articulating the political resolution he wants to see in the idf is saying we are near the end of what we can do in terms of the battle. we need to complement it with some sort of political initiative and we are yet to see what that is.— initiative and we are yet to see what that is. thank you for your thou:hts what that is. thank you for your thoughts and — what that is. thank you for your thoughts and analysis _ what that is. thank you for your thoughts and analysis today. i now it's time for a look at today's sport with tulsen tollett. scotland's big day has arrived as they make final preparations for their last euro 2024 group game which sees them taking on hungary.
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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 their 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. we know we are capable of getting three points and if it is me, i'll take one off the right shin to get it 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. england's last group game is against slovenia on tuesday. there's been a lot of criticism of them since their 1—1 draw with denmark on thursday. and captain harry kane has
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admitted their performances haven't been up to scratch. before the tournament if you'd have said where we are now, pretty much qualified after two games we would have ticket for sure but we can be honest with ourselves that we haven't played the way we wanted to play. the good sign as we still picked up results while doing that. i think tuesday is importantjust that the feeling of the group. of course, we want to finish top and take the momentum into the knockout stages. and for more all round, just to have a better feeling stages. and for more all round, just to have a betterfeeling coming off the pitch and hopefully take that for the rest of the tournament. there was a moment of cricketing 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
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from 106—6 to 113—9 and eventually fell 21 runs short, 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 _ all the time and they have improved a hell of a lot over the last few
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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. - 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 nearing completion in barcelona. world champion max verstappen is leading in the 55th lap. you can follow it live on the bbc sport website and app. and that's all the sport for now. the president of argentina javier milei has met the german chancellor olaf scholz in berlin. this is mr milei's
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first official visit to germany, since taking office six months ago. but the visit has already been accompanied by protests and controversy. president milei was due to receive military honours during his visit but the ceremony was cancelled at the last minute at the request of the argentinians. our berlin correspondent damien mcguinness has more about mr milei's visit. what we do know is that the whole ceremonial side of this and the public statements by the two leaders in the joint press conference which had been planned was all cancelled on wednesday which is pretty last—minute for a big military honours ceremony. and this came just two days after quite stark comments from a spokesman for the german government saying that, really being very critical of comments from president milei about the wife of the spanish prime minister. back in may a huge row kicked off when
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president milei accused or claimed the wife of the spanish prime minister was corrupt and that led to a huge diplomatic rift between the two countries. it's one example of how outspoken president milei is. and on monday when the spokesperson of the german government was asked about this he said, we can't choose the people we need to talk to and described the comments as unpleasant. two days later all the official stuff was cancelled. i don't know if it's a direct link but it shows how tricky this meeting is. on the one hand you've got a flamboyant, some would call populist right—wing leader from argentina. flamboyant, some would call populist right—wing leaderfrom argentina. on the other hand you've got the german chancellor, who is very restrained and low key and a pragmatist and also from a left—wing party. these are two characters who don't really see eye to eye but both have interests in common which is about
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trade in the economy. that's where they'd been meeting today. the former liverpool player and bbc broadcaster, alan hansen, has been discharged from hospital. liverpool fc confirmed on ninthjune that the former scotland centre—back was seriously ill but today a family statement on the club website said that the 69—year—old legendary liverpool defender will "continue his recovery at home". 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. over the next few days, it will turn
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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 into western parts of scotland. elsewhere, dry, fine weather
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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... dozens of flights to and from manchester airport have been cancelled due to a major power outage — causing chaos for thousands of passengers. the airport's managing director has apologised to all those affected. a uk government aide has come under fire after using derogatory language to describe the flagship rwanda migrant policy. the united nations has criticised israeli troops
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for strapping a wounded palestinian man to a military vehicle and driving him through the west bank city ofjenin. the idf confirmed the incident, saying it "violated orders". ronaldo takes a selfie with a young pitch invader, as portugal book their place in the knock—out stages of euro 202a. meanwhile, scotland prepares for a crucial match against hungary later today — victory could get them to the knock—out stages of a major competition for the very first time. so, let's start with that story about the travel chaos. passengers have been told to stay away from manchester airport after a power cut caused major disruption. all flights from terminals one and two at have been cancelled. there have been huge queues to get in, and passengers on some planes found themselves stuck on runways for several hours after arriving. further disruption is expected,
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with some flights diverted to other airports.

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