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but what now for manager gareth southgate? and, could this cave on the moon allow humans, to live there? on bbc london... later in the hour on the bbc news channel, we will round up the latest action, hear key interviews and discuss the day's biggest talking points here at the bbc sportscentre. good evening. the republican party in america has formally confirmed donald trump as its nominee to take onjoe biden in november's presidential election. at the party's national convention in milwaukee, amid heavily tightened security, he easily clinched a majority of delegates, just days after surviving an assassination attempt.
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he says he now wants to "bring america together" and called it "a miracle" he's still alive. he'll address the convention later in the week, having just announced his pick for vice president if he wins in november. we'll have more on the security failings surrounding the assassination attempt, and we visit the hometown of the man who tried to kill donald trump. but first, let's join sarah smith, live at the republican national convention in milwaukee. donald trump has been saying he wants to change the tone of this campaign since that attempt on his life. he wants to talk about national unity, not political divisiveness. but he has chosen as his running mate a particularly combative politician, senatorjd vance, a former marine, a graduate of yale university and a man whose working class background could help donald trump win rust belt states
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like pennsylvania, michigan and here in wisconsin. this is the moment donald trump officially became the republican candidate for president. after amassing enough votes from state delegations. not a surprise, but momentous. he has a very good chance of winning that election. and his running mate has been revealed ast vance, a young senator who was first elected just two years ago. jd vance has been a very loyal lieutenant to donald trump throughout this campaign. the ohio senator grew up in poverty and wrote a well—known book, hillbilly allergy, about his working class roots. he was not initially a trump fan. you working class roots. he was not initially a trump fan.— working class roots. he was not initially a trump fan. you have been asked this before _ initially a trump fan. you have been asked this before about _ initially a trump fan. you have been asked this before about past - asked this before about past comments you made about donald trump. you said i am a never trump quy- trump. you said i am a never trump guy. never liked him, terrible candidate. idiot if you voted for him. ., , ., ,
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him. now he is a complete convert, aggressively — him. now he is a complete convert, aggressively seeking _ him. now he is a complete convert, aggressively seeking to _ him. now he is a complete convert, aggressively seeking to blame - him. now he is a complete convert, aggressively seeking to blame joe l aggressively seeking to blamejoe biden for donald trump being shot at, saying on social media... trump the survivor says he's bringing a message of unity, and that's a dramatic change in tone from a man who is usually so pugnacious and belligerent. he's told a conservative newspaper that he's completely rewritten his speech, saying "it is a chance to bring the country together. i was given that chance." he wrote on his own social media site: "it was god alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening," and that "it's more important than ever that we stand united." the worst president in the history of our country... donald trump was only minutes into his speech to a campaign rally in pennsylvania when the shots came. if you want to really see something that's sad, take a look at what happened... gunshots. get down, get down, get down! gunshots. if he'd not turned his head
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at that precise moment, he would almost certainly have been killed. gunshots. get down, get down, get down! gunshots. the bullet that grazed his ear can be seen streaking past in this picture. it was a very near—death experience. applause. then he instinctively demonstrated his defiance to the crowd. cheering. creating an iconic image that will now define this election campaign. on social media, his supporters are claiming it was divine intervention that saved his life, calling it a miracle. he'll be greeted like a saint as well as a hero. a saint as well as a hero this week. my fellow americans... president biden gave a rare live address from the oval office last night, saying politicians can debate and disagree without it leading to physical attacks. we can't allow this violence to be normalised. you know, the political rhetoric in this country has gotten very heated. it's time to cool it down.
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we all have responsibility to do that. # i'm proud to be an american where at least _ # i'm proud to be an american where at least i _ # i'm proud to be an american where at least i know— # i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm _ # i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free... _ # i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free... this- # i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free. . ._ at least i know i'm free... this is practically _ at least i know i'm free... this is practically donald _ at least i know i'm free... this is practically donald trump's - at least i know i'm free... this is| practically donald trump's theme song. they still haven't seen him yet, not since he survived the assassin�*s bullet. he will get a hero's welcome when he comes from these delegates who are really devotees and believe he is now closer to victory than ever before. sarah smith, bbc news, milwaukee, wisconsin. the fbi says it has carried out almost 100 interviews as part of its investigation into thomas crooks — the man who tried to kill donald trump. crooks was shot dead by secret service agents, but his motive for the attempted assassination is unclear. he lived in a small town in pennsylvania, an hour's drive from the site of last weekend's trump campaign rally, and a school counsellor has told reporters he never knew crooks
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to be political. so what do we know about the gunman? here's emma va rdy. what was in the mind of this young man is still unknown. thomas crooks. he'd graduated from high school two years ago, said to be good at maths. seen laughing in this classroom video. now the eyes of the international media on the family home where thomas cross cs lived. the fbi say they are investigating this as potential domestic terrorism. kelly was one of many neighbours evacuated as police dealt with a suspicious device at thomas crooks' address. we were overrun with law enforcement agents from literally everywhere and your neighbour, what was he like? he would just avidly walk the neighbourhood, and always had on, like, beats—style headphones, and kind of seems like your average american dorky young man. atjust 20 years old, this would have been the first presidential election that
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thomas crooks was old enough to vote in, and there are many unanswered questions as to why he left this quiet neighbourhood and came inches away from killing donald trump. what we do know is that thomas crooks was a member of this gun club, which has condemned what it called the senseless violence. how typical is it for people to own guns in this area? yeah, hunting is something that's, you know, really typical in western pennsylvania. and i think belonging to a gun club, you know, having something like a rifle team, like bethel park has, honing your craft and being a better shot is pretty typical throughout western pennsylvania for gun owners. but it has again reignited the debate about gun culture in the us. when thomas crooks died on this roof, shot by the secret service, he was wearing a t—shirt, the merchandise of a popular youtube channel. it glamorises gun content but has distanced itself from the incident.
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now the fbi is trawling through thomas crooks up phone and online activity to try to understand the motivations of this young man who has intensified fears of political violence in a deeply divided america. emma vardy, bbc news, bethel park, pennsylvania. well, there are many questions surrounding the secret service, whose main duty is to protect presidents past and present. how could agents have failed so woefully in its task with donald trump? congress has launched an investigation, into what happened. bbc verify�*s analysis editor ros atkins reports. there is more evidence there were warnings in the minutes before this happened. those shots were fired at 6.11 on saturday by a man on this roof, 130 metres away from the stage where donald trump was speaking. the us homeland security director has said a direct line of sight like that to the former president should not occur. but not only was there a
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direct line of sight, there were warnings about a possible threat. this video has emerged from 1.45 before the attack.— before the attack. look, there he is. in this clip _ before the attack. look, there he is. in this clip people _ before the attack. look, there he is. in this clip people have - before the attack. look, there he | is. in this clip people have noticed a man on a _ is. in this clip people have noticed a man on a roof— is. in this clip people have noticed a man on a roof and _ is. in this clip people have noticed a man on a roof and shouting - is. in this clip people have noticed a man on a roof and shouting at i is. in this clip people have noticed | a man on a roof and shouting at an officer. he a man on a roof and shouting at an officer. , ., ., ., officer. he is on the roof. him, riaht on officer. he is on the roof. him, right on the — officer. he is on the roof. him, right on the roof. _ officer. he is on the roof. him, right on the roof. it _ officer. he is on the roof. him, right on the roof. it is - right on the roof. it is confirmation - right on the roof. it is confirmation some i right on the roof. it is - confirmation some police right on the roof. it 3 confirmation some police knew about the threat close to two minutes before the attack was to bend this video filmed by a spectator inside the rally shows the seconds before the rally shows the seconds before the attack. we see a person running, apparently aware there is an issue. that adds to this video filmed at 6.10 showing a man in and what appears to be a police officer looking at the buildings. and then there is this account. he had a rifle. a rifle. we could clearly see him with a rifle. and the police were like, oh, what? you know, like they didn't know what was going on. why wasn't donald trump taken off
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stage, why wasn't the man on the roof challenged. we have now had from the county sheriff. his local police were present. he said the attacker was seen outside the rally venue before donald trump started speaking and was identified as a suspicious person. he also says officers didn't know he was armed and they momentarily lost track of him. the sheriff also says later with the speech under way an officer checks the roof of this building. the officer had both hands up on the roof to get up onto the roof, never made it because the shooter had turned towards the officer and rightfully and smartly the officer let go. rightfully and smartly the officer let io, ,, ., , rightfully and smartly the officer let 0, ,, ., , ., rightfully and smartly the officer let no. ,, ., , ., , let go. shots were fired at trump shortly afterwards _ let go. shots were fired at trump shortly afterwards the _ let go. shots were fired at trump shortly afterwards the officer - let go. shots were fired at trump i shortly afterwards the officer says. it's not clear how much the secret service knew about all this at the time but evidence now shows that close to two minutes of clear warnings didn't lead to the attack being stopped. ros atkins there. and joining me now is our security correspondent frank gardner. what are the burning question is that the secret service has to answer in this?—
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that the secret service has to answer in this? let's break this down into _ answer in this? let's break this down into what _ answer in this? let's break this down into what worked - answer in this? let's break this down into what worked and - answer in this? let's break this | down into what worked and what didn't. there was a failure to prepare correctly for this venue. the normal protocol would be for the secret service to send their agents onto the location well in advance, sometimes weeks in advance and clear the concentric circles around the vip, whether it's a president, former or serving an extraordinarily they failed to sanitise that rooftop just 130 metres from where donald trump was speaking. a lot of people have said there should have been a secret service sniper detail on that roof because it was a clear area of concern. there was also a failure to process the warnings that you heard there in ros atkins plus mike peace. they will be passed to police and local law enforcement and in some cases to the secret service and that wasn't being acted on. so somebody wasn't being acted on. so somebody was making, either ignoring it or dismissing it. what did work well was the immediate reaction on stage.
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you saw it there, donald trump had clearly been trained for this, he ducked immediately, maybe it's an instinct, maybe they trained him for it, but it worked. and the secret service in the immediate surroundings to him bunkered him, protected him in a box and got him offstage, a little slowly, but they did that. meanwhile, the sniper team, the counter sniper team, team hercules, neutralised, in their words, the threat.— hercules, neutralised, in their words, the threat. frank gardner, thank yom — donald trump survived the attack in pennsylvania, but corey comperatore, who was 50, and in the crowd at the rally, died while shielding his family. the governor of pennsylvania, josh shapiro, says he "died a hero." here's tom symonds. screaming. as security service agents put their bodies between donald trump and the shooter, in the crowd, a father did the same for his family. corey comperatore, at the rally with his wife and daughter, was hit in the head during the shooting. emergency doctorjim sweetland tried unsuccessfully to keep him alive.
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i looked up to see his family, who had witnessed my efforts at resuscitation, and the look on their faces said it all. my heart goes out to that family. my prayers go out to them. he was a volunteer fire chief, an engineer, a husband and a father. his daughter allyson has posted: but his death has devastated two families, the other being the fire service near pittsburgh where he volunteered. he's a man that would give the shirt off his back to anyone. imean... in his last moments, he was shielding his family from the gunfire. even if that was just a random civilian beside him, he would have done the same thing.
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an online fundraiser for his family is approaching $1 million. one donor said his actions had reminded a nation of what it truly meant to be a dad. tom symonds, bbc news. let's rejoin sarah in milwaukee. we are expecting to hear from donald trump later in the week but the pick of vice president, the prospective vice presidentjd vance, how does that affect the possible rhetoric we might hear from that affect the possible rhetoric we might hearfrom donald trump? that’s might hear from donald trump? that's auoin to be might hear from donald trump? that's going to be very _ might hear from donald trump? that's going to be very interesting, _ might hear from donald trump? triat�*s going to be very interesting, isn't it, because given that he said he wants to change the tone, the pick ofjd vance doesn't necessarily look as though that was uppermost in his mind when he was choosing his vice presidential candidate. in fact, whilst we have been on the air the convention have just formally adopted a pair of them as their presidential and vice presidential
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candidates. that's on the same day donald trump got some other astonishingly good news. the criminal case against him for keeping classified documents at his residence in florida has been dropped completely by the judge. that is astonishing to legal experts and unbelievably good news for donald trump. that was the case against him that probably was looking the strongest. just thinking about the last three weeks, he has also had a supreme court ruling that says he is immune from prosecution for anything he did as president. as a result of that the sentencing that was due to happen for his hush money conviction in new york was put off and it is less than three weeks since he took part in a televised debate in atlanta where his opponent biden pretty much fell to bits on live television and vastly increased the chances of donald trump being re—elected presidentjust as a result of that. and then at the weekend he survived, very narrowly survived an assassination attempt. this has been an astonishing three weeks from donald trump and he will crown it here at the convention with
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his speech on thursday night when he accepts the nomination, lays out his vision for the future of america and we will see whether he still has that tone of national unity and coming together that he that he says he wants to bring to the future of america and we will see whether he still has that tone of national l unity and coming together that he says he wants to bring to the convention.— says he wants to bring to the convention. live from milwaukee, thank you. you can watch a bbc news special on the assassination attempt, which is available on the bbc iplayer. and there's more on newsnight over on bbc two shortly, with victoria derbyshire. yes, as you havejust yes, as you have just been yes, as you havejust been reporting donald trump names his running mate and newsnight interview tonight a friend and ally of donald trump who spent yesterday with his family. join us for a busy newsnight, half past ten on bbc two, bbc news and of course on the iplayer. see you then. on to other news now.
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police in spain say human remains have been found on the island of tenerife, near where the british teenager, jay slater, went missing last month. a formal indentification hasn't taken place, but spanish police say "all the evidence suggests" the remains are those of the 19—year—old from lancashire. he'd been on holiday and attended a music festival on tenerife, before visiting a house several miles away, the last time he was seen. the body that's been discovered was found not far away near the village of masca, and police say he may have suffered an accident or fallen. here's danny savage. rescuers today in a deep, inaccessible gorge in tenerife, close to where jay slater was last seen alive. it is here where human remains have now been found, along with his clothes and possessions. it's a month since the 19—year—old ended up at an airbnb in this mountainous part of the island after a night out. jay had been holidaying with friends when he vanished last month. a huge search was launched for him by the authorities on the island. drones were sent into the air
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to assist mountain rescue teams, but the official search was eventually called off when no trace of him was found. a statement from the civil guard on tenerife today says, "all indications indicate that it could be the young british man disappeared since lastjune 17th in the absence of a full id." jay was from oswaldtwistle, here in lancashire. ever since he went missing, people have been tying blue ribbons to lamp posts and fences in public places to show that people here were keeping him and his family in their thoughts. they were, of course, hoping for a much happier outcome than the one we now appear to be facing. it's a shame. it is, it's bad. everyone wants him home. everyone wants an answer, don't they? i think it's hit the community hard round here because he is a local lad and he's well—known. i feel sorry for the family going through this. i know every effort, people going over,
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especially our local fire service going over to find him. it has hit hard. like so many young people, jay headed to tenerife for the nightlife. his disappearance led to some disturbing conspiracy theories, but his body was found near where his mobile was last used when he called friends to say he was walking the many miles back to his resort. danny savage, bbc news. fiona trott has just arrived on tenerife. we can join her live. fiona, there are still many unanswered questions despite the fact that the police believe this is the body of jay. there are, and he was white. firstly, the police have never had any formal briefing is public appeals. the last official statement we had from them was two weeks ago when they said the search operation
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was over, then today they told us that discovery was possible thanks to the constant and discrete search carried out over the past 29 days. so what work was going on behind—the—scenes? secondly, we are told that the body was found at a very inaccessible part of the island, close to the site of jay's mobile phone's last location, we understand. but we saw teams in that area three weeks ago so why did this take so long? was it the challenging terrain, the arrival of those specialist volunteers paid for by family fundraising, we understand, over the weekend? did that make a difference? finally we are told that clothing and possessions were found next to the body today. jay slater�*s mobile phone was found weeks ago. so for the family the agonising wait for the family the agonising wait for the family the agonising wait for the first significant development in this investigation may be over but of course there is another way to now while the police and judiciary carry out that
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sensitive and difficult task of formal identification with so many other questions remaining. all other questions remaining. all ri . ht, other questions remaining. all right, fiona, thank you, fiona trott live in tenerife. a man has appeared in court charged with murdering two men whose remains were found in suitcases left on the clifton suspension bridge in bristol, and at a flat in london. yostin andres mosquera, from shepherd's bush in west london, is accused of murdering albert alfonso, who was 62, and paul longworth, who was 71, earlier this month in london. mr mosquera, who's 34, was remanded in custody. the england team are back on home soil following their defeat to spain in the final of the euros in berlin. gareth southgate's side had reached their second consecutive euros final under his leadership, but after failing to secure victory questions are now being asked about the manager's future. here's natalie pirks. music: freed from desire by gala. fourth time's a charm.
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spain celebrated tonight in madrid after a record fourth european championships win, and they say this is just the beginning. contrast those scenes with london this afternoon. a familiar sight for england fans, players emerging from their plain subdued and trophyless. gareth southgate didn't give it a second glance last night. in berlin today, fans were left reflecting on the manager's future. we're too critical of gareth as a nation. um, if he wants to go, i think he's earned that right, that he can choose when he wants to go. welcome back to a special 606... back home, though, the sentiment hasn't been quite as warm. the football was insipid, it was bland. he's tactically inept and his tactics is as if he's still got that bag on his head from the pizza hut advert. the fa will want the most successful england men's manager since 1966 to remain, but his contract runs out in december. last night, he was
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giving nothing away. now's not the time for me to speak about that. i need to talk to the right people and, uh, give myselfa bit of time. after the lowest moments as an england player... oh, no! ..southgate's mission as england manager was to unite the nation again. in russia, he — and his waistcoat — made fans dream, unexpectedly reaching the semis. by euro 2020, he'd led england to their first men's final since �*66, but penalty pain haunted them. in qatar, the quarterfinals. he's missed it. england the better side against france, but once again a penalty ended their dreams. and in germany late, late goals galvanised them. against the odds, they reached their first final on foreign soil, but their luck ran out against the standout team of the tournament. our relationship's kind of gone a little bit past football, where i feel like i can open up
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to him a lot, and i think that says, speaks volumes of the kind of man he is as well. so, whatever happens with gareth, i'll always respect him. if he stays, then i'll be even more determined to win something for him, because he deserves it. around 24 million fans watched last night, but spare a thought for dan thomas from swindon. so confident was he of an england victory, he got a permanent reminder before the final. i don't regret it, no matter what. yeah, i was fully behind the team and i was hoping they were going to win, but it was a bit of a gutting feeling this morning, yeah. i'm going to hopefully wait four years, so it can stay on me for four years as a reminder, and try and turn that 4 into an 8. the 2028 tournament will be in the uk and ireland, so it's definitely coming home, even if the trophy doesn't. natalie pirks, bbc news. a new search has begun for the remains of a woman who was abducted and killed more than half a century ago,
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in what was the uk's first case of kidnapping for ransom. muriel mckay was seized by two men who'd mistaken herfor anna murdoch, the then—wife of the newspaper tycoon rupert murdoch. the kidnappers were demanding £1 million for her return, and her body has never been found. adina campbell has the story. two years on from the last search, police are back on this hertfordshire farmland, working again with forensic teams to try and close this case after 54 years. muriel mckay was kidnapped by two brothers and thrown into the back of a car outside her home in london, just after christmas in 1969. the 55—year—old was held hostage at their farm, but they'd taken the mother of three by mistake and thought she was anna murdoch, the wife of media tycoon rupert murdoch. muriel mckay was married to his deputy, alick mckay. he'd loaned the mckays his rolls—royce, which had led to this mistaken identity.
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9462656 ? in this dramatic phone call, one of the kidnappers is heard asking her daughter diane for £1 million in ransom. man: they've got to get a million. £1 million. i'll contact them tomorrow. they've got to get it in fivers and tenners. where do you get £1 million from? i wouldn't know. well, i don't know. that's not my business. well, if you want it, it's your business, isn't it? arthur and nizamodeen hosein were convicted of mrs mckay's kidnap and murder, although her body has never been found. arthur died in 2009, but nizamodeen was deported back to trinidad, where he was born, after being released from prison. earlier this year, he met mrs mckay's family and pointed out on a map where he buried her body on the farm. he also claims she died of a heart
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attack after seeing a tv appeal from her family. and that's what's led to this new and what police say will be a final search. this shows where we're going to dig. so this is the building i we've got to pull down. muriel mckay's grandson has spent years trying to piece together what happened. it's difficult not to get i anxious and emotional, but i've got to keep- on the straight and narrow. and, really, if we don't find her, it'll be a disappointment, - but it won't be unexpected. but without searching for something, you're never going to find it. - so we could have been. in a situation, "oh well, this is ridiculous, she's not there."| but we haven't dug behindl the barn and no—one's ever dug behind the barn. there have been previous searches, one at the time of the murder, and two years ago, after permission from the landowner. this farm is once again at the centre of a police search, but this time on a much bigger scale. over the next five days, forensic teams will be working tirelessly to try and find
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muriel mckay's body. 54 years on since she was murdered on this land in hertfordshire, muriel mckay's family say they want to bring to an end decades of torturous unrest. adina campbell, bbc news, hertfordshire. for the first time scientists have discovered the entrance to a cave on the moon. seen here, it's thought it could be used in the future, as a lunar base for astronauts. it's located in the sea of tranquility, not far from where apollo 11 landed more than 50 years ago. two italian scientists used radar beams to calculate the hole is up to 170 metres deep and 100 metres wide, with a possible tunnel extending out from the base. they say the discovery could help solve some of the biggest challenges for sustaining human life on the moon. the natural shelter is just a regular engineering feature.
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and so if you bring this idea to the moon, you've seen, something that is already being built, and then you build on that. that's the idea. because a lot of things already are sorted out, the protection from meteorites, from radiation and so on. you don't need really complex engineering solutions to solve this problem. it's already solved by nature, in a way. this programme continues on bbc one.
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