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and scotland are tied 0—0 with hungary at the euros at half time — while switzerland lead hosts germany 1—0. hello, i'm martine croxall. gunmen have attacked two orthodox churches, a synagogue and a police checkpoint in the southern russian republic of dagestan. dagestan has been a target of islamist attacks in the past. the local interior ministry said six police officers were killed and another 12 were wounded in the cities of derbent and makhachkala, both on the caspian sea. state media is reporting that a russian orthodox priest has also been killed. the authorities say four attackers have been shot dead. earlier, i spoke to my colleague at the bbc russian service, famil ismailov who gave
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me this update. we know a few hours back a group of assailants attacked at least two churches in makhachkala, the capital of the republic of dagestan, and a church and a synagogue in a smaller town not farfrom makhachkala in derbent. the synagogue started burning. in at least one church attack we know a priest was killed. overall we know of of nine killed people at the moment, some policeman who engaged the attackers. we have at least 6—10, sorry, 25 wounded, injured people, we don't know how badly. what are the authorities saying about the attacks, who carried them out? there seems to be some misinformation floating about.
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there is but there was a counterterrorist operation in both cities, lots of military hardware, armoured vehicles, internal troops involved. the assailants are locked in makhachkala, we don't know how the stand—off continues but a shoot out there at the moment. we definitely know that some of the news, 40—60 hostages in one of the churches, was untrue. that was refuted. but we know one of the priests was killed, not confirmed, apparently had his throat cut. some acknowledgement of what kind of attack that could have been. what does this tell you, famil, about the preparedness of russia
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for attacks on its soil? just a few months back at the beginning of the year we saw in the attack on crocus city hall near moscow were dozens, hundreds of people, almost 200 were killed. innocent people who just came to watch a concert. what we know, the involvement of muslim tajik migrants in that particular case, and we don't know what new evidence that has come to light.
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to think ukraine is involved in crocus as they insist. we have seen russia so much involved in the ukrainian war, so much of its force, they did not have enough people or systems, procedures to counter any islamist attack. we know the attack on the crocus city hall, the islamic state announced it was their attack. in this case in makhachkala and derbent we do not know who was behind it so the question still remains, was it connected to islamic terrorists or islamism in general? this is dagestan, islamic republic, the majority of the population are conservative muslims. we don't know what is behind these particular attacks but we know russia in the crocus has a weak
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point that any islamic famil ismailov. some breaking news to bring you now from saudi arabia. the government has given the first official death toll for this year's hajj pilgrimage to mecca, which took place during an extreme heatwave. the health ministry said at least 1,301 had died during this year's pilgrimage. 83% of those who died were unregistered, meaning they did not have official permits to be there and some of those who died were elderly or chronically ill. health facilities treated nearly half a million pilgrims who had walked long distances in searing heat with no shelter. the health ministry said some are still in hospital receiving treatment. saudi arabia has been criticised for not doing more to make the hajj safer, especially for unregistered pilgrims who have no access to facilities such as air conditioned tents and official hajj transport. temperatures in mecca climbed as high as 51.8 degrees celcius.
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now the latest on what's happening at one of the uk's busiest airports. manchester airport says flights have resumed after a power cut caused major disruption. there have been huge queues to get in, and some passengers on arriving planes were held on runways for several hours. some flights have been diverted to other airports. it comes at the start of the busy summer holiday season. the airport's managing director has apologised to passengers. alarm blares it started in the dark. a power cut taking manchester airport into shutdown. excited holiday—makers trying to figure out where to go and what to do. you had to trample over people to get out of the lift and then you just stood there. there were just hordes of people not moving anywhere. there was no tannoy announcement, there was no communication, there was no staff to even see nearby anywhere. a big power spike in the airport electrical systems led
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to the failure, which damaged key electrical equipment and affected security, baggage and check—in. restoring power was complex, with systems failing numerous times. queues quickly built up inside and outside the airport — queues that should be on the runway tarmac now in the car park outside. it's disgusting. it's been cancelled. everything is cancelled. we had a package holiday, the whole hotel, everything has been cancelled. we are stuck here at manchester not knowing how we're going to get to birmingham or go home. we just don't know what to do. people in there with, like, children, young children, they've got nowhere to go. no, it's really bad. it's so bad! some early flights departed when power was restored but did so without bags as they couldn't be loaded, and as cancellations spread through the schedule the airport asked people not to travel here. but by 1pm, the impact was so great the decision came to cancel all flights from terminals one and two.
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thousands of passengers trying to get away now going nowhere. this has been a nightmare for you today, hasn't it? i couldn't be more sorry for all of the passengers whose journeys have been impacted today. ultimately, i have to maintain their safety and security. so at this stage we don't know what caused the cable to fail. we're going to be looking into the root cause of that next week. our focus today has been on recovering the systems and getting the operation back up and running. as the evening arrives, the focus is now on tomorrow's schedule and securing the holidays that so many tour operators have been forced to cancel or reschedule. the boss insists they will be in good shape but has advised travellers to check before they set out. the peak summer travel period has not even begun. today's incident raises big questions on the resilience of the sector and how the season takes off. simon browning, bbc news, manchester airport. paul charles, who's the ceo of the travel consultancy firm, the pc agency, explained the scale
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of the disruption. 90000 people were due to arrive and depart today. some 25% of flights were cancelled, so between 25000 and 30,000 people overall were not able to fly, which is hugely embarrassing for an airport that prides itself on the seamlessness of its processes. how big is at the financial impact for everyone affected? for the airport itself, the compensation bill is likely to run into several million pounds. when you're cancelling so many flights, 80—90 flights over a 24—hour period, that is a lot of money lost by the airport. of course, it is also the passengers who are affected, and you heard some of them there. they are angry, quite emotional, understandably, this sort of situation when they have saved up many hundreds or thousands of plans many hundreds or thousands of pounds
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to travel and can't at the last minute. they will obviously try to seek compensation from their airline and get a refund on the flight that was cancelled or be put on the next available flight, which the airline has to do. but undoubtedly the compensation bill will be several million pounds. talk us through some of the challenges logistically to turn the situation around. and what they'll prioritise. i think first of all it is the right thing to do that at the boss of manchester airport, chris woodroofe is apologising as quickly as possible. he did the right thing, it was a airport's fault that this power cable field, but what needs to be asked is why there was no back—up system. if the fundamental passenger processing systems and computers go down when a power outage occurs, there should be a back—up, failsafe, so that is the first question that needs to be asked. this happened at one end, it is difficult
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am, it is difficult that time of the morning, 1am, it is hard for them to get hold of all the airlines, all the suppliers at that time in the morning, so what would have been happening as thousands of people starting to turn up who were leaving, departing from manchester this morning, turning up at three or 4am and they would not have heard from their airline that their flight would have been cancelled — normally, they might have got advance notice, but there is no way their airlines would have got the message out at that time of the morning, so that is why the queues were snaking, increasing during the morning. and manchester airport had no choice but to cancel as many flights as possible. paul charles, who's the ceo of the travel consultancy firm, the pc agency. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said the phase of intense fighting against hamas is coming to an end. but he added the war would not finish until the islamist group no longer controls the gaza strip. in the latest fighting, eight palestinians have been killed
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in an israeli air strike on a training college near gaza city which was being used to distribute aid. witnesses say the strike hit part of a college run by the un palestinian refugee agency unrwa which is providing aid to displaced families. russia has said it holds the united states responsible, after a missile fired by ukraine killed at least five people in occupied crimea. according to moscow, more than a hundred others were injured when missile fragments hit a crowded beach near sevastopol. the governor of crimea, which was annexed by russia in 2014, said four us supplied missiles had been intercepted by air defences but a fifth had detonated in the air. tv footage showed people running from a beach. our security correspondent, gordon corera, told me more about moscow's response to this missile attack on crimea. moscow is claiming that the us and ukraine are responsible for this. ukraine and the us haven't commented on that, but moscow's claim is that five ataka missiles
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were fired towards crimea. four of them were shot down by air defences, by russian air defences, but one, they say, detonated mid—air, raining shrapnel down on a local beach, and tv footage does show people running away, it appears, in panic from that beach. not likely to have been the target, probably a military target nearby was the intended place where those missiles were heading for. the russian authorities, saying a number of children were among those killed and a large number wounded. significant, i think, that russia is trying to hold the us accountable for this and saying that it was us specialists, as they put it, who programmed the co—ordinates for these missile strikes based on us satellite data. so suggesting that these are us—supplied weapons and the details of how they're used are also coming from washington and the us.
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even though it's a ukrainian attack, the russian authorities are saying they hold the us responsible and that they'll be raising this with the international community. but as i said, no word from ukraine or washington in response to those russian claims. and of course, president zelensky for a long time has been arguing for more support, more defensive support and also more latitude in how the ukrainians use what's supplied by their allies. yes. the claim from the russians here is that so—called ataka missiles were used. these are supplied by the us and they have a longer range, about 300 kilometres, and they're something ukraine considers very important to be able to hit deeper targets in russian—controlled territory, including russia—annexed crimea, able to hit some of the supply lines and military bases to prevent the russians moving forward.
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so those are a significant weapon system that ukraine has and has been using. also, ukraine are after air defences because it's being hit as well. kharkiv, the country's second largest city, was hit again today by russian glide bombs, after yesterday a residential building was struck. and so ukraine both calling for those offensive weapons to hit russian lines, but also the defensive weapons it says it needs, such as patriot and other air defence systems to deal with those russian attacks. our security correspondent, gordon corera. now it's time for a look at today's sport with olly. straight to the european championship in germany, where group a will be decided in the next half an hour or so, scotland know that they have to beat
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hungary to have a realistic chance of reaching the last 16. they're well into the second half in stuttgart and it's 0—0. if the scots win, they would have a good chance of going through as one of the four best third—place finishers. hungary have no points in the group but a win would give them hope as well. pretty scrappy, nervy. hosts germany are already through — but their match in frankfurt against second placed switzerland will decide who goes through as group winners. that's the swiss at the moment dan ndoye with their first—half goal. england's cricketers are the first team through to t20 world cup semi—finals after thrashing the usa by ten wickets in barbados. chrisjordan, who was born on the island, starred with the ball, taking the last four usa wickets in a single over, bowling them out for
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115 with a hatrick. england, who are the defending champions, raced to victory in just ten overs. captainjos buttler scored 83 including the winning runs off just 38 deliveries. that boosted their net run rate and they are sure of a place in the semis no matter what happens between west indies and south africa who are also in their group. i thought the team performance was really solid today, really set the tone in the powerplay, we knew they would come hard, play good shots. but we control things in the middle, set up things nicely for us at the back, were able to reap the rewards. to get the hat—trick, obviously well documented, a place i was born, played a much cricket, in front of my family and friends, the atmosphere, the music going and everything. yes, it was special.
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in the other group in the super 8s — a moment of cricketing history — as afghanistan beat australia for the first time in any format. australia bowled first — pat cummins with a second hat—trick in as many games — the first player to achieve the feat in t20 internationals. mitch marsh is actually the captain. but chasing 149, australia collapsed, losing four wickets for seven runs, eventually bowled out for 127, 21 runs short of their target. that's blown that group wide open, with all four sides still able to reach the semis. australia play india and afghanistan face bangladesh next. with wimbledon starting a week tomorrow, the new world number one tomorrow, the new world number one jannik sinner has won his first title since going top of the rankings. he's the new halle open champion — he beat hubert hurkacz in a close final. he won in staright sets but both went to a tie—break. in london, tommy paul
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is the new queen's champion — after beating lorenzo musetti. on the women's tour, kazakhstan�*s yulia putintseva has won her first grass court title — beating ajla tomljanovic in straight sets in the final of the birmingham classic. while in berlin, jessica pegula knocked out top seed coco gauff in a rain—affected semifinal — before returning to court to beat anna kalinskaya in three sets to win the title. pegula saved five championship points — before sealing victory. and in formula one, max verstappen has won the spanish grand prix for the third year in a row his seventh victory in ten races this season. starting from second on the grid at circuit de catlunya, verstappen had taken the lead by the third lap — overtaking lando norris. the british driver would go on to finish second and also move up to second in the standings, with fellow brit lewis hamilton third. and that's all the sport for now.
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no more goals in the games, scotland still drawing, germany still losing, backin still drawing, germany still losing, back in a couple of hours. labour have written to the gambling commission, urging it to release the names of people being investigated in connection with general election betting. it comes after a fourth senior conservative is being reviewed by the commission, following allegations that he placed bets on the timing of the election. 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. 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,
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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. the formerjustice secretary wants those involved suspended. is this what we expect? i think not. i am hurt, it is tough
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enough without things like this to add to it further. do you think the premise or to suspend people involved? yes, i do. he is not alone in his dismay, look at 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 to is difficult to defend. these are elevations have been bubbling up forfrom more than a week and as the days tick down to decide who occupies this building, drip of names of people being investigated is not what the conservatives won in voters minds as they prepare to cast their ballots. more than four weeks after rishi sunak stepped out to announce the election, its surprise date is still causing controversy. harry farley, bbc news. tim montgomerie is a former editor of conservativehome. he believes the tory campaign hasn't gone well. this has been a disastrous conservative campaign. i'm a conservative supporter, i want the conservatives to be in power. i never expected this general election to change the course of the opinion polls, i expected labour to win. the problem is because the conservative campaign has been
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so bad, because the conservative soap opera has understandably meant programmes like yours leading with conservative failure, what this campaign hasn't been is what it should be — with labour likely to be the next government, all the opinion polls say that, much more of this campaign should have been spent asking the tough questions of keir starmer, the labour leader, the man who could win the largest parliamentary majority in british history. but because the conservative party hasn't fought a good campaign, because we've had things like the betting scandal, those searching questions of labour, necessary in an election campaign before a government assumes power, haven't been asked, and that's the tragedy of the tory campaign in my view. so if you were advising the prime minister, how would you tell him to try and turn things around in the last couple of weeks? well, he can't. he can't turn things around, in terms of if you're meaning can
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the conservatives win. that's not going to happen. it's all about the scale of majority that the labour party will win. first thing i would say is he always comes on interviews like with you and he's very controlled. he's almost like an ai prime minister in a way. and, you know, conservative activists i speak to who are looking at the campaign, looking at the prospect of a conservative majority are angry, unhappy, worried. that's what conservative voters feel too. i'd like him to sort of get out of this controlled, almost programmed robotic mode and speak with passion, tell people what's at stake, because what's at stake is for the next five years, christmases could roll by, summers could roll by, and labour will be able to do whatever it wants on immigration, on tax, on schools policy and voters won't be able to make a difference for five years. the next ten days, the next ten days before polling day are the only time we have left to make a difference. i want him to come on programmes like this and make that kind
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of impassioned plea. it won't change most voters' minds, but it might energise the conservative vote, which is, i think, the only thing he can do at this stage. tim montgomerie is a former editor of conservativehome. more on the election on the website, including the claims into bets on the date of the election, and explore the manifesto two of the main parties in all nations of the uk and compare their policies on key issues, this is bbc news.
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the heat will be building over the next few days, seeing some sunny spells, some rain in the forecast possible, heading through this evening and overnight, it is going to be very mild night with temperatures uncomfortable for some, clear skies, temperatures uncomfortable for some, clearskies, may temperatures uncomfortable for some, clear skies, may be some cloud across central and eastern areas, temperatures may be not falling any lower than 16 across southern parts, further north 9—10, still very mild. monday morning might start off with some mist. the weatherfront monday morning might start off with some mist. the weather front edging into northern ireland, parts of western scotland, hear some more cloud and drizzle. plenty of dry, fine weather across northern parts of england and temperatures widely in the mid—20s, 24—25, some parts of aberdeenshire, 26 through tomorrow afternoon. pollen levels generally very high across the uk, if you are
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a hay fever sufferer, you don't need me to tell you that. monday into tuesday, cold front, high pressure trying to keep it at bay, more cloud to northern parts of the uk. further south, blue skies coming through. showers extending into northern england. the temperature difference, front coming through, 26—28 south of the front, oppressively hot, getting that way across southern parts. changes in the way, the area of low pressure trying to spiralling as we head through wednesday, taking its time, wednesday looking generally like a mostly dry day with some sunny spells. turning wetter as we had towards the end of the week.
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this is bbc news, the headlines gunmen have attacked two churches and a synagogue in the southern russian republic of dagestan — six policemen are reported dead and 12 more injured. local officials say the religious sites targeted were also set on fire. chaos at one of the uk's busiest airports, after a power cut forces more than 100 flights to be cancelled. the airport apologised to all passengers affected — and says depature flights have
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now fully resumed. a fourth conservative has denied any wrongdoing over bets allegedly placed on the date of the uk general election a uk government aide has come underfire — after using derogatory language to describe the flagship rwanda migrant policy and scotland is tied nil—nil against hungary at the euros after 73 minutes of play. in tonight's other match — switzerland lead hosts germany 1—nil. let's return to the uk general election — now less than two weeks away. and the problems keep stacking up for prime minister rishi sunak. 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.
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but he went on to defend the plan, saying it would deter migrants from crossing the english channel from france. he was speaking on the 2nd of april at an event for young conservatives. 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.
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he has said he's disappointed to have been recorded in this context. of course, as you said, it was a private event, but it is a policy as a home office aide that he has intimate knowledge of. in the recording, which you've just played, what we hear him talk about is he describes this policy to send some asylum seekers to rwanda as "crap". he does go on to say that if flights take off, that would, he thinks, send a shock wave across the english channel, by which he means to deter those gangs carrying out the people smuggling. his boss, mr sunderland's boss, james cleverly, who is the home secretary, has been out on the airwaves this morning. he was quite eager to point
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to what he said was mr sunderland talking about how this scheme is, they believe, going to act as a deterrent in terms of small boat crossings on the english channel. and mr cleverly thought that maybe his colleaguejames sunderland had used the word "crap" to grab the audience's attention. just a bit of context on the rwanda scheme, which of course has caught a lot of 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 the english channel in small boats. the labour party have described the policy as a gimmick. the conservative party, though, say of labour that they're not offering any kind of credible alternative. scotland has it's own devolved government but still elects uk members of parliament. the scottish national party is in power north of the border. the leader of the snp, 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.
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reverted of time and we'll acknowledge that in a constant basis instead become first minster and have been very candid about the fact that i recognise that the scottish national parties at the tough time with rebuild the trust and that is what i am focused on his first minister. on the election campaign very quickly after becoming first minister but i've always acknowledge this my representation of those who have chosen for me to go to parliament that you have to work constantly to build the trust the experience of ministers and that is exactly what i would do is leader of the scottish national party is 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. this is an issue thatjohn has returned to time and again and this
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election campaign, acknowledging the tough times that his parties had recently and he took over as leader and his first minister is a matter of weeks before this election campaign got under way in the fall of the resignation of his predecessor who quit his first stir after the end of the power—sharing agreement with the scottish greens. at the end of the deal, that caused mistrust within the snp itself but also with the greens and other independence parties with several of the scottish parliament. the snp is also grappling with the ongoing police investigation into its finances that has been looming over the party for some considerable time and the election campaign forjohn, one of the former ministers faced sanctions after being found to have breached the code of conduct and
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this morning he would not be drawn on that and he focused on authority of the mandate for his second vote in the 2021 now the router election —— holyrood. to the delivery of a referendum and independence and delivering scottish independence if that was supported in the referendum. i think that democratic mandate clearly given as got to be delivered and i think this collection is an opportunity for us to advance those arguments but it's crystal clear that they have expressed a preference to determine their own constitutional future and i think westminster should remove the obstacles that are stopping scotland from having the choice. the constitution has been the theme of this general election campaign here in scotland there's been a lot of discussion of that mandate for a second referendum but to be said that even though the snp
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may achieve the majority of seats in the selection and go to westminster and the new uk government look to negotiate a second referendum, nothing we read so far from rishi sunak sir keir starmer suggested the next uk government is going to entertain those kinds of conversations. search teams looking for a british teenager, missing in tenerife, have spent the day focusing on some small outbuildings, near to where his phone was last located. jay slater disappeared on monday while walking back to his accommodation. the 19 year old has not been heard from since he called a friend, saying he was lost and needed water. at the time transformed, a teenager who most don't even know but he is in their hearts. —— a town. he left
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find the video we're about to show distressing. the man can be seen lying on the bonnet 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. our correspondent sebastian usher is injerusalem and told me more about this incident and the air strike near an unrwa building. we haven't heard anything from the israeli army about what the target might have been. it's palestinian eyewitnesses who were saying that it was an israeli strike, saying that people were going to this centre, run by unwra, to get water, to get coupons, and that as they were there, there was a strike. and the pictures that we've seen, the footage that we've seen shows essentially this low building in ruins. unwra says it's investigating what happened itself. it hasn't yet come to any
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conclusions, but has reiterated that there have been nearly 190 unwra buildings that have been hit since israel's war against hamas in gaza began, and that more than 190 members of unrwa's staff have been killed, so as far as unwra is concerned, as far as many palestinians are concerned, this is a pattern. they have said from time to time that they believe unwra is actually being targeted. and there's no doubt that israel, the government, the military doesn't hold unwra in very high regard. israel would deny that it is targeting any humanitarian area and that anything which happens of that nature is because a hamas figure is being targeted and, unfortunately, there is collateral damage of civilians nearby. as i say, we haven't yet heard from the israeli army itself on this particular incident. regarding the incident injenin, what sort of questions are being asked about the culture
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within the idf? well, i think these are questions that have been coming out during the operation in gaza. we've seen a number of videos and images that are being posted by israeli soldiers themselves doing things which don't show, it would seem, respect for palestinians. in their houses, they've posed with lingerie, they have made jokey comments. they've done a number of things of that nature — that's in gaza. now, this incident happened injenin in the occupied west bank. now, palestinians would say that what was going on in the west bank and has continued to do so at a more intense level since war erupted between hamas and israel in gaza is very similar in the way that the israeli army acts. and they would say that what these images show, these images that have shocked palestinians certainly and have gone viral, is at best a lack of concern for palestinians who've been injured.
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now, the man himself, a palestinian man and his family have said that he was shot and that he was waiting for hospital treatment. the family said that they were waiting for ambulances to come. the man has spoken from hospital and said that he was there for an hour or two hours. he also described the pain that was caused him when he was strapped on the front of this vehicle, saying that it was in the burning heat, so he had that, and also the way that he was put on it made his injuries all the worse. now, the extra accusation that this was some form of human shield, we don't have any clear... ..we don't have a clarification of that. but certainly this is an accusation that has been made a lot on social media. the un special rapporteur has essentially accused israel of doing this. israel, as you said in your introduction there, has said that what these soldiers did was against army protocol, there's an investigation
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and that they will be punished if they are found to have gone against that protocol in a serious way. now, israel has said this in many instances beforehand. sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't, so there will be a wait to see what happens. but what is clear is that this is another very, very bad video image for israel's reputation, the reputation of its army and the way it operates, notjust in gaza but in the occupied west bank. there's been an angry reaction in india to the health ministry cancelling a crucial entrance test withjust twelve hours' notice. the decision to delay postgraduate medical course exams was made after allegations of irregularities and cheating in other nationwide tests. more than two—hundred—thousand doctors had registered to take part. the government has been facing growing criticism over what's been seen as lack of oversight and integrity in handling the tests. kenya's president william ruto
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has said he will engage with young protestors opposed to the government's plan to hike taxes. the demonstrations, largely led by young people, caught the government off guard. two people died and dozens were injured during thursday's protests in nairobi and several other cities across the country. the government plans to raise two point six billion dollars to finance its budget and reduce its debt. supporters of more than two—hundred women's rights organisations in france have taken to the streets of paris to protest against the far—right national rally party. it's doing well in opinion polls before next week's elections. demonstrators allege the party will erode women's rights but it denies this. our reporter meghan owen explained why they were protesting. it is clear there was a lot of anger on the streets of paris today, lots of banners, saying, it not woman herfragile, but their lights, —— women are not fragile, but their rights and lots of feminists unite against the far
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right. what does that mean? they are saying that if the group comes into power, they will incite hate and there are concerns about their policy about abortion. jordan bordello, the parliamentary leader of the party said they will introduce tougher sentences for violence against women, but also they would protect women against what he called a foreign criminals. the organiser of today's valley said he was just trying to convince women that the safety problem lies with immigration, which is not true. she said that amongst immigrants, there are a large number of women who vulnerable, feminists will be quick to point out that a lot of the domestic violence in france is happening at home, not because of immigration.
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today, there was a huge emphasis on minority groups, so let's listen to one protester earlier. select mac i do not want my rights to be taken from me because some far riaht to be taken from me because some far right movement _ to be taken from me because some far right movement wants _ to be taken from me because some far right movement wants to _ to be taken from me because some far right movement wants to take - to be taken from me because some far right movement wants to take power l right movement wants to take power in france _ right movement wants to take power in france it— right movement wants to take power in france. it wont also to show that they are _ in france. it wont also to show that they are not — in france. it wont also to show that they are not welcome here i want to fi-ht they are not welcome here i want to fight for— they are not welcome here i want to fight for those who cannot fight and those _ fight for those who cannot fight and those who _ fight for those who cannot fight and those who are from the lgbt. what are they trying _ those who are from the lgbt. what are they trying to — those who are from the lgbt. what are they trying to do _ those who are from the lgbt. what are they trying to do to _ those who are from the lgbt. what are they trying to do to a _ those who are from the lgbt. twat are they trying to do to a you know —— attract female voters? -- attract female voters? more women than men voted — -- attract female voters? more women than men voted for _ -- attract female voters? more women than men voted for the _ -- attract female voters? more women than men voted for the national - than men voted for the national rally party and the european parliamentary election in because of that, the parties trying desperately to gain votes from those women and feminists are arguing that the party is exploiting women's rights to get
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their agenda and president macron and the reneges on stroup believes that he is the president was made consistently defending women's policies of the women at the protesters today which is hoped that women and women's rights would be at the forefront of discussion at of the forefront of discussion at of the upcoming election. eight people in central china have been killed after heavy rain caused part of a mountainside to give way, burying their homes. chinese state media said the landslide covering part of a village in hunan province. more heavy rain is expected this week. china has been dealing with extreme weather for the last few months, with torrential rain leading to historic flooding in the south, and drought and extreme heat hitting the north. switzerland says that ice loss on its glaciers caused by climate change has been less severe this year than of late. experts said the reason was greater snowfall in 202a. they hope that a cool summer might help further, but warn there probably will not be ice gain,
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and highlighted extreme melting in the past two years. to the us now, where around a hundred million americans are still enduring an intense heatwave, with sweltering temperatures across much of the midwest, mid—atlantic and western states. in some places, thunderstorms have caused extensive flooding, while in california and new mexico, fire fighters are still tackling wildfires that have burned with an intensity that's rarely seen at this time of the year. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a life—threatening heatwave that isn't letting up, baking temperatures in excess of 35 degrees celsius across much of the country. it is relentless. from boston to new york, chicago to washington dc, americans are doing everything they came to stay cool. in some places, it feels even hotter because of high levels of humidity. in michigan, making matters worse, severe storms knocked out power supplies in the city
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of detroit, leaving thousands without electricity for many hours. officials in idaho said two people in their 60s had died of heat—related causes. in southern new mexico, thunderstorms are coming to the aid of firefighters, who are still battling two major wildfires. 14,00 structures have been destroyed and two have lost their lives. 1,400 structures have been destroyed and two have lost their lives. in the north of the state, the heavy rain has led to flash—flooding in several towns with many forced to flee from their homes. it is a similar picture in iowa, where army helicopters were sent in to rescue those stranded after weeks of rain. at least eight wildfires are burning in california, mostly under control now, thanks to an intense firefighting effort over the past week. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles.
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the president of argentina javier milei has met the german chancellor olaf scholz in berlin. this is mr milei's first official visit to germany, since taking office six months ago. 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 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
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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. 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 trade in the economy. that's where they'd been meeting today. and, finally, a gentoo penguin chick has hatched at an aquarium in the north east of england. simon spark has been to meet the new arrival. plenty of excitement and the penguin enclosure and notjust because it is feeding time. it is because there more beaks to feed. stanley is just become a proud father and keeping her latest arrival warm and protected. because of little thing hatched on sunday the 9th ofjune.
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the first generation two she carried five years. aha, the first generation two she carried five ears. �* , ., ., , ., five years. a small colony of 1411 successful _ five years. a small colony of 1411 successful matches, _ five years. a small colony of 1411 successful matches, you - five years. a small colony of 1411 successful matches, you have i five years. a small colony of 1411. successful matches, you have not incubated eggs, crushed x and there's quite a few processes and stages until you get a successful match in the first week or so, a required critical for the development as well. tucked away in the corner been there, they set up a special camera so we can have a look a bit more closely in the as to look at it the check. just a little peek at it the check. just a little peek at a little peek. it seems they've got all the chin and two busy with plenty of building and to find out whether this is a boy or a girl, they would need to do a dna test because it is just too difficult to tell and at that point, they can give this little chicken name.
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the euros are well under way but could footballers face competition from technology? these robots have been sampling the beautiful game at the world intelligence expo taking place in china. they've also been making coffee and doing other human stuff. companies and engineers in the city of tianjin have been showing off creations to crowds of curious visitors. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. we've had a taste of summer this weekend, and that summer heat is going to be continuing into the start of next week, but it doesn't mean it's going to be sunny the whole time. many of us saw quite a lot of cloud on sunday. this was the view in gloucestershire. but if you did manage to get that sunshine coming through, well,
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it definitely looked like a picture postcard here in worthing. now, over the next few days, yes, that heat is going to be building and we will continue to see some sunny spells. a little bit of rain in the forecast is possible. as we head through this evening and overnight, it is going to be a very, very mild night with temperatures quite uncomfortable for some. generally clear skies, maybe a little bit of cloud across some central and eastern areas, and those temperatures maybe not falling any lower than 16 across some southern parts. even further north, nine or ten celsius, still very mild. monday morning, then, might start off with a little bit of mistiness in place. we have this weather front which is just trying to edge into northern ireland, parts of western scotland, so here perhaps a bit more in the way of cloud and some drizzle. plenty of dry and fine weather across northern parts of england and temperatures widely in the mid—20s in celsius, 24, 25 celsius. some parts of aberdeenshire might even make 26 celsius through tomorrow afternoon. pollen levels generally going to be very high across the uk —
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if you're a hay fever sufferer, you don't need me to tell you that. then as we head through monday and into tuesday, we have this cold front still trying to make its way in. high pressure trying to keep it at bay, but that cold front will eventually bring quite a bit more cloud to many northern parts of the uk. further south, some blue skies coming through. generally it's going to be dry, but that front mayjust give a few showers from scotland extending down into northern england. and you can see the temperature difference where that front comes through. temperatures around 14 celsius here. further south of that front, still 26 to 28 celsius, so feeling quite oppressively hot, certainly getting that way across some southern parts. a change is on the way, though. you can see this area of low pressure just trying to spiral in as we head through wednesday, but it will take its time. so wednesday is looking generally like a mostly dry day with some sunny spells, but it will start to turn wetter as we head towards the end of the week.
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live from london. this is bbc news. scotland fight to the very end in theirfinal group match of the euros. but it's hungary who take the 1—0 victory. gunmen have attacked two churches and a synagogue in the southern russian republic of dagestan — six policemen are reported dead. local officials say the religious sites were also set on fire.
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chaos at one of the uk's busiest airports, after a power cut disrupts the journeys of up to 90,000 passengers. a fourth conservative has denied any wrongdoing over bets allegedly placed on the date of the uk general election. hello, i'm martine croxall. the waiter scores from germany. switzerland 1—1 germany. late equaliser for the host nation. scotland 0—1 hungary, injury time dramatic winnerfor scotland 0—1 hungary, injury time dramatic winner for hungary, scotland are out. let's speak to george simms a sport news reporter at the i paper.
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