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so they will try to tackle waiting. 50 they will try to tackle that, but has you were waiting. so they will try to tackle that, but has you were saying, the language is pretty stark, talking about the nhs being broken. today the prime minister acknowledging that kind of language was very hard for people who are working extremely hard within the health service to hear, but he said, we need to be honest. the health secretary, wes streeting, has said he wants to see a culture change within the nhs, that the need to be some honesty about how bad things are, but he is honestly using the word it is broken. �* , ., honestly using the word it is broken. �* ., ., , broken. but sophie, what does he mean by that? — broken. but sophie, what does he mean by that? it _ broken. but sophie, what does he mean by that? it is _ broken. but sophie, what does he mean by that? it is a _ broken. but sophie, what does he mean by that? it is a really - broken. but sophie, what does he mean by that? it is a really good i mean by that? it is a really good cuestion. mean by that? it is a really good question. what _ mean by that? it is a really good question. what does _ mean by that? it is a really good question. what does prokhin - mean by that? it is a really good - question. what does prokhin mean? millions of patients are treated every week on the nhs —— what does prokhin mean? it is clearly a significant part of the nhs is functioning, but what he is talking
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about is a timely care that is of good quality and essay. we know... many of those weights can be extremely dangerous, particularly around cancer, but when you think about ambulance waits, mental health waits, all of that part of the system that is not able to provide care in a timely manner putting patients at risk. it care in a timely manner putting patients at risk.— patients at risk. it is so good to talk to you. _ patients at risk. it is so good to talk to you, sophie _ patients at risk. it is so good toi talk to you, sophie hutchinson, health correspondent, thank you again. liber�*s landslide victory has seen traditionally true blue seats to read for the first time —— labour�*s landslide victory. including some of the country's leafiest suburbs. among them is altrincham and sale west in greater manchester,
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which had been conservative for more than a century. but now, labour has taken the seat — and our reporter nick garnett has spent the day there. cheers! champagne socialists! they really do exist. we're celebrating the most incredible labour landslide that i've ever seen. i definitely remember �*97, and to see what's happened today, it'sjust incredible. and we're delighted for our family, our parents, our children's futures. ifeel, you know, absolutely delighted for that and for our hospitals, the nhs. it's time for change. a new dawn has arrived. celebrations for some, but for others it's less about merriment, more about necessity. with the tory government, i feel like there was a lot of... it was quite chaotic, wasn't it? i think it's a welcome change. we're looking forward to all the positive changes that the labour government are going to bring, hopefully. there's been so many|
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mistakes being made. everyone wants something, a change. whether that's going to be for the better or not, - not quite sure. but people have voted with their feet this - on this occasion, which is, like i say, a surprise - in view of the area, definitely. i wouldn't have thought it, but that shows - how the country is feeling. this really doesn't fit the picture of a northern labour voting constituency. this is a land of millionaires. not everyone, of course, but more than in many parts of britain. true blue for 101 years — it's got some of the country's most expensive postcodes. now, you don't often see signs like this up the road from the croquet club, the lawn tennis club and the prep school, but across britain, the message appears to have been the same. but change isn't always welcome. labour's plans to tax private education and concerns over the future of local grammar schools is troubling some parents here. i recently had a baby and we've moved back into the area a month ago so were eligible for the best schools in the area. reviewing the grammar school system,
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which is a worry for me, i think they're an incredible part of the educational system. and, you know, there is the private school and there's the comp school, and it really it really does provide a part in between. the worry is that then that becomes, you know, a normal public school. this is just a snapshot. opinions in the aftermath of a seismic event — a century of conservative rule here coming to an end, for now. and for those who didn't fancy talking politics today, well, at least the sun is shining in the beer garden. nick garnett, bbc news. not much sun here in downing street to be honest. i will have plenty more throughout the afternoon, back to samantha. let's bring you some of the other day's news now. in iran, masoud pezeshkian has one, nearly by 300,000 votes. no
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candidate secured a majority in the first round of the election which had a historic low turnout. it was called after the president was killed in a helicopter crash in may. a corresponding put the election willing win into wi n into context win into context for us. it's a huge political upset for iran, having another moderate president back in office now three years after you've had a very conservative president who died in that helicopter crash, which prompted this election. the significance of it internationally is the fact that he wants to strike a fresh nuclear deal with the west to have those sanctions removed. that's one of his campaign promises, unlike the hard—line candidate who said that he doesn't want to have anything to do with the west, he doesn't want any more engagements. if anything, he wants further concessions from the west, whereas masoud pezeshkian said, "look, these sanctions have devastated our economy.
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without having these sanctions removed, we cannot get back on track". and he promised to do everything he can through consensus, which presumably means convincing the supreme leader to get back on board in another effort to strike a deal. talks on reaching a dealfor a ceasefire and that the release of hostages in gaza have resumed, although israel says that gaps remain between its position and that of hamas. an israeli delegation read by the head of the israeli intelligence agency mossad held discussions yesterday in qatar, which has been one of the immune mediators. an assortment has presented its response to the latest ceasefire proposal. 0ur middle east correspondent, sebastian usher, has more. after months of false starts and dashed hopes in negotiations to try to secure a ceasefire in gaza and the release of all the remaining hostages there, dead or alive, there does seem to be a genuine new momentum behind the process. that is partly due to the three—phase proposal that was announced by president biden
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several weeks ago. that essentially tried to finesse what has been the key obstacle, which is on one side, hamas has demanded as a precondition that there must be a permanent ceasefire in place at the very start, and from the israeli government that israel must have the right to continue fighting in gaza, if necessary, after any ceasefire. now, this deal that was announced, this proposal by president biden, which he said was from israel originally, would begin with a six—week ceasefire in which talks on a permanent ceasefire would take place. now, hamas, we don't know this for sure because there hasn't been any official confirmation of this, but what we are hearing is that hamas seems to have accepted that, that it will go into a six—week ceasefire, with the proviso that talks will continue during that time on a permanent ceasefire, which in the second phase could lead to that permanent ceasefire and the release of all the israeli soldiers held in gaza. that would be a serious
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breakthrough. andy murray's wimbledon career is over after emma raducanu pulled out of their mixed doubles clash citing stiffness in her right wrist. there had been great anticipation about britain's two most high—profile players teaming up to give murray a final swansong at the all england club. 0ur correspondent chetan pathak at wimbledon gave us the latest. yeah, it's hugely disappointing, isn't it, samantha? there was a real buzz and excitement here, i think it's fair to say, even walking in this morning forjust the idea of andy murray and emma raducanu, the two active british players that are grand slam champions, playing together for what would potentially then be his final match here at wimbledon. and it isn't going to happen for the reasons that you just said. emma raducanu citing that stiffness in her right she beat the ninth seed, maria sakkari, yesterday, and emma raducanu in a statement
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saying that she's decided to make the very tough decision to withdraw from the mixed doubles, she's disappointed, she was looking forward to playing with andy, but she's got to take care. and a really difficult decision, i'm sure, for raducanu because she's got a wonderful opportunity here to to go all the way, quite frankly, samantha, i didn't think i'd say that about raducanu coming into these championships. we shouldn't forget that last year she had surgeries on her wrist and ankle that forced her to miss wimbledon. she's got to be really careful. but in the last few weeks she's put herself into a fantastic position to have a deep run here, and she's looked brilliant across her opening three matches. and i don't know what the conversation was with andy, but i know enough of andy murray to think that he would have supported her in that moment for her to focus on the singles, as disappointed as he will be to not get to play with her. but we did see, of course, on thursday night what was a very emotional scene on centre court where andy and his brotherjamie played in the men's doubles,
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and there was much more of a formal farewell to andy murray, if you like. they played a video montage. the former bbc sport presenter sue barker led a tribute. we had martina navratilova there, john mcenroe, tim henman, novak djokovic all paying a tribute to andy murray that felt like the formal goodbye. but we were looking forward to at least one more chance to see andy murray. this match was scheduled for court !, samantha, with emma raducanu, and i also have a feeling the fact that it was scheduled last we were expecting it to be an evening match may not have helped emma either, considering that she wants to focus on the singles. i think the timing of that match probably played into her decision as well, but, yes, reflective of the rain that keeps coming and going here at wimbledon today — bit of disappointment for the british fans that are here that were looking forward to seeing murray and raducanu. that will not happen and andy murray has then, we believe, now played for the final time at these championships. if it was live there. i was looking for the rest of the country?
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now look at the weather. hello there. we've seen a developing area of low pressure moving across england and wales in the last 2a hours. in fact, one or two spots of south—east england have been very wet indeed. the rest of the weekend promises to be a little bit brighter. we should see sunny spells, but further scattered showers, some of which will be heavy and thundery. now, this is the developing area of low pressure i was talking about, moving off into the north sea gradually as we move through the course of the afternoon, but will leave fairly strong westerly winds behind it with further showers. i think later in the day we should see the heaviest of the rain move offshore and then we'll see sunshine and showers for many areas, probably turning a bit drier for parts of northwest england, the midlands and wales through the afternoon. but if you catch a shower, it could be quite heavy, particularly across more southern areas. and the winds a feature. these are mean wind speeds — gusts will be stronger, but it's going to be blustery across southern and eastern areas. lighter winds further north and west. pretty disappointing temperatures for this time injuly, but if you avoid the showers and getting some shelter from the wind in the sunshine, it will feel quite pleasant.
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so the rain will clear to showers later today for wimbledon. some of them could be heavy, and the same again on sunday — similar sorts of values, sunshine and showers, the odd thundery downpour moving through. now, the showers begin to ease for many central and eastern areas this evening and overnight, but further showers will start to push into southern and western areas during the early hours. temperatures under clear skies in single digits. otherwise, further south, where we have more of a breeze and the showers, then at ten to 12 celsius. sunday, we start off with more sunshine around than what we had this morning, certainly across southern and eastern areas, but the showers will get going into the afternoon, some of them heavy and thundery in places. the winds a little bit lighter i think, on sunday, so if you're out of the showers in the sunshine, it should feel a little bit better — 18, maybe 19 celsius. for most though, it's the mid to high teens. monday at this stage looks pretty decent. we're in between weather systems. tuesday, wednesday we see another area of low pressure move across the country to bring wet and windy weather. but look at this — an area of high pressure starts
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to topple in from the west later in the week, and that could bring some very welcome, drier and sunnier weather to the end of the week and into the following weekend. it could last for a while, but the run up to then looks unsettled thanks to further areas of low pressure with fairly disappointing temperatures too.
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live from downing street, this is bbc news. keir starmer holds a press conference — his first one as prime minister, saying tough decisions need to be made soon.
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it is a mandate notjust to govern, although it is certainly that, but it is a mandate that has put trust in us to change the country and to deliver. the prime minister tells his first cabinet meeting that they have a huge amount of work to do. more junior ministers are expected to be appointed in the coming hours. we will update from here at downing street as it happens. the other main stories... england fans at the euros are partying and daring to dream, an hour until kick—off against switzerland. i am running and i'm going to win again! president biden says only the lord almighty could convince him to end his bid for election. iranians react to the election of masoud pezeshkian as president. the reformist candidate's win brings hope to some women and younger voters.

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