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the israel defence forces say their fighter jets struck military targets in response to hundreds of attacks on israel over recent months. there are warnings that criminals may try to exploit the problems caused by friday's global computer glitch. the company that caused the chaos, crowdstrike, says adversaries and what it called "bad actors" would try to take advantage by offering bogus software fixes. joe biden says he's looking forward to getting back on the campaign trail after his isolation with covid. pressure�*s mounting on the president, with a democratic congressman, who described mr biden as a friend, saying he didn't seem to recognise him at a d—day event last month. west yorkshire police are continuing to search for people involved in violent disorder in leeds on thursday. five people have already been
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arrested in connection with the disturbances in harehills, which saw a police car was overturned and a bus set alight. the trouble began after social services investigated a child protection issue at a house. our reporter phil mccann is in harehills and sent us this update. leeds city council says that it's, well, it's released a statement which it says was on behalf notjust of the council but also of the romanian and roma community, which really signifies the kind of tensions that there have been here with local people, especially in the romanian and roma community, blaming the council for being biased against them. this all goes back to the incident that happened here on thursday night, in which some children were removed by social services with police assistance from a local family. that then led, over the coming hours, to disturbances on the streets. it led to a car, a police car being overturned, a double decker bus, which i think you mayjust have seen, being set alight. that actually happened just here. you can still see on the road behind me the kind of charred remains. you can still smell it
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as well, in fact, the kind of acrid smell that you get from when you have a bonfire from what happened here, just, well, a couple of nights ago now. this statement from the council and the romanian and roma community says that the council has agreed to undertake an urgent review of the case that led to those children being removed and work with romanian and roma—led communities. and in that statement, they also appeal for calm. well, yesterday we also heard from the home secretary, yvette cooper. she came to leeds, spoke to west yorkshire police and said that the full force of the law should be used against those who were responsible for the disturbances here, and west yorkshire police have said that their investigation will be relentless. and it's important to mention, of course, that we also saw people from the local community, including local councillors, come here on thursday night pleading with people to go home and shouting at people really saying, "this is our community, this is your community," asking them what they were doing. and then the next day, of course, on friday, you saw people in the community coming together to try to clear things up, physically taking part in the clean—up.
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but then we also, the bbc, yesterday spoke to people from the roma community here, which is quite sizeable in this part of leeds, who said that they thought that, as i said, the council, the authorities were biased against them and one person said, "the authorities, they think we're bad." so that's where the tension�*s come from in this suburb of leeds, which is full of lots of terraced streets, quite tightly packed here. so lots of appeals for calm. and this morning, well, this afternoon rather, it is, as i say, calm. a prisoner who managed to escape custody on thursday has been found in putney and returned to prison. graham gomm, who had been on remand for burglary offences, absconded from hammersmith hospital after becoming unwell. the metropolitan police said he was found "as a result of a coordinated police operation working alongside colleagues from hm prison service." the force said that an investigation would continue looking at how mr gomm escaped from custody. the metropolitan police says it is making advances in tackling mobile phone fraud
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using new investigative techniques and intelligence. criminals are increasingly stealing handsets in order to access people's banking and financial data. the thefts often leave victims out of pocket, sometimes by tens of thousands of pounds. dan whitworth from radio 4's money box reports. having your mobile phone stolen, however it happens, can be a traumatic experience. but the impact of mobile phone fraud, when criminals use a stolen handset to steal even more money, can be even worse. this victim, who wanted to remain anonymous, had his drink spiked on a night out with colleagues, his phone taken, and more than £20,000 stolen using a mix of a credit card payment and three bank transfers. these criminals had my phone, they were able to access my financial apps and these four transactions resulted in significant money being withdrawn from my business and personal accounts, which has had a serious impact on my ability
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to run my company, and it has also had a serious impact on my mental health and that of my family. last year, more than 20,000 victims had £45 million stolen this way, both big increases on the year before. commander richard smith, who works for london's metropolitan police, but has national responsibility for robbery, told radio 4 money box officers were in the foothills of tackling this emerging crime. it's notjust the handset being taken, it is the access to a great deal more value in banking applications, through taking out loans, through the theft of crypto assets. but it's also the access to all the personal data on the phone. we have our whole lives there. so we are completely alive to that, that is why we are taking this so seriously, that's why we are rolling out this methodology, both through london and nationally. commander smith says that methodology has helped pinpoint those who need to be most aware
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of this crime, men in their 20s and 30s on nights out in places like bars, pubs, and clubs, and helped officers learn how best to follow the digital footprint of criminals, things like email addresses, social media posts and online registration details, to pursue suspects. more generally, the advice is for people to use face orfingerprint id if possible, have different passcodes to unlock phones from ones used to open apps, and to never store any notes containing passwords on the mobile itself. dan whitworth, bbc news. just two years after three wild bison were released into the kent countryside to help restore the area to its natural state, their numbers have doubled. it's the first time the species has roamed free in the uk for centuries, and it's hoped the project will serve as a blueprint for similar wilding initiatives, as claudia sermbezis explains.
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three bison have now become six, including two calves — one being a happy surprise. it's been described as a ground—breaking rewilding project because these creatures help us manage our woods in a natural, sustainable way. you go to europe and there are wild animals that people live with. people live with wolves and lynx and bison. you know, in america, people go camping in yellowstone, where there are american bison, which are very, very similar to the bison we've got here. they're not dangerous animals, but we're not used to living with them in this country. and it's so important for them to be out in the wild, to act as ecosystem engineers. you know, bison are rocket fuel for biodiversity. in romania, where they have reintroduced bison back into the wild, they've done some research at harvard recently, and 170 bison living in the wild were capturing the carbon of 43,000 cars. they're impressive, strong — the heaviest wild land animal in europe.
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some weigh a tonne, and they're having a big impact on the 56 hectares they're currently roaming on. bison, they do a lot of grazing and browsing on the trees and this opens up long corridors. we've got lots of pathways through the woodlands. and, basically, this allows more light to the forest floor and light's essential for new growth. if you have a really thick canopy, nothing really grows on the other layers, so it's not good for other species. there's a line injurassic park — "life finds a way". now i know it's a hollywood fiction, but stay with me on this because it's exactly what they're doing here. by helping the bison, they're letting nature find its own way to survive.
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conservationists say we're facing a nature biodiversity crisis. but by using these large herbivores to reinvigorate and create dynamic ecosystems, the project is becoming part of the solution. claudia sermbezis, bbc news. next, to the amazing story of the d—day veteran christian lamb, who helped draw up the maps for the invasion. she was awarded the legion d'honneur by president macron during the 80th anniversary commemorations last month. and yesterday, she celebrated her 104th birthday, surrounded by her friends and family. john maguire was invited tojoin them. # happy birthday dear christian... # happy birthday to you...# cheering and applause. 104 is certainly an age worth celebrating in style. and for christian lamb,
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the most recent of those years has been pretty busy. the highlight came during the 80th anniversary commemorations of d—day last month when she was flown across the channel to receive the legion d'honneur, france's highest honour, presented by president macron. i wasn't in the least bit expecting it, so i hadn't thought about monsieur macron, but he came up and started making speeches, one about me, and i became very embarrassed. eventually he turned around and produced the little medal and kissed me twice, which was amazing. i hadn't expected it, so i was quite surprised. the presentation came as part of the ceremony at the british normandy memorial, codenamed gold beach in 1944, a site she found moving.
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so beautifully done, so detailed, such wonderful sort of pillars with the names, thousands of them, literally. and there was the most amazing thing i have ever seen, i couldn't believe it. during the war as an officer in the royal navy she worked in whitehall creating maps of the normandy coastline for d—day landing craft. we travelled with her to northern france as she saw the beaches she had plotted painstakingly, but until now never seen. it looks absolutely wonderful, so clear and so blue, and it's so attractive. i don't suppose it looked like that then really, when you're so worried about it, expecting things to happen. are these the ones i am supposed to have made? these are the maps you made. amazing. and we were able to show her and original invasion map, again something she saw
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for the first time. for her birthday last year, christian recreated the flight she had first taken during the second world war, having missed the last train to her new posting in limit, she met a pilot at a cocktail party and, never being one to miss an opportunity, she accepted his offer of a lift in his aircraft. and as we flew back from bath to plymouth, he dived over all sorts of cows and things to make it more exciting for me. i loved that, i think he was hoping i'd be frightened, but it is absolutely my sort of thing, and i was hoping we might loop the loop, but unfortunately, perhaps fortunately or i might have fallen out. her family continue to be amazed and inspired by our life that and inspired by a life that belies and defies her age.
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it is unbelievable, it really keeps her going, she gets so much pleasure and it gets her brain ticking. she reminds me about things, i don't remind her. she was a normal grandmother until she was about 90, - then she started writing books, and she has become almost- a celebrity in her hundreds, i and it is impossible to keep up and we can't get hold i of her because you guys are always interviewing her. she is fantastic, - we're very proud her. what is the secret to 104 years? i think a certain amount of alcohol is important, and also i think always doing what you enjoy, i think a lot of people do jobs that are well paid, it's no good, you've got to do something you really enjoy and then you will live forever. you will live forever? yes. you are having a good go at that. absolutely. the extraordinary life of a humble yet extraordinary woman. john maguire, bbc news, london.
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inspirational. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm jane dougall. the conditions have defeated some at the open, others are thriving. it's now tight at the top of the leaderboard on the third day at troon. rain too at trent bridge, but england are driving through as they build on their lead over the west indies, on the third day of the second test. and hungary for success, britain's lando norris is on pole for sunday's formula 1 grand prix after two red flags in qualifying.
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welcome to the programme. it's been a fascinating day at royal troon with the weather the main protagonist. at royal troon with the weather 0n the third day of the open, wind and rain have affected some of the names at the top of the leaderboard, and it's changing all the time. irishman shane lowry started the day with a two—shot lead over the rest of the field — that is not the case now. 0lly foster is live for us at royal troon. 0lly, bring us up to date. the rain has not stopped, the wind is picking up on the ayrshire coast here and it has really compressed this open field on the third round. let's show you exactly what is happening right now on the leaderboard, a leaderboard that is fast changing. you mention shane lowry having a two shot lead, he has been brought back into the field. dan brown hanging in there on five under where he started the day and
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billy horschel has made a break for it, the american, so a three—way tie for the lead. fantastic scoring, burns and lawrence making the best of the better weather earlier on. still a lot of wealth to be played here. let's show you where shane lowry really became unstuck, this was in the coffin bunker, had to go out sideways, a double bogey there for him and the lead was gone. billy horschel, the american, he had a fantastic front nine, four birdies, so he is coming down the back nine which is tougher here at troon and he has dropped a shot. dan brown as well, he is hanging on in there, world number two, 172, buti mentioned that this leaderboard is changing all the time, dan brown now leads the open with a birdie on the 12th in the last couple of seconds.
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he is clear on six under, but a loss of golf still to be played. i will have the latest at 7:30pm. thank you ve much have the latest at 7:30pm. thank you very much that _ have the latest at 7:30pm. thank you very much that update _ have the latest at 7:30pm. thank you very much that update from - have the latest at 7:30pm. thank you very much that update from a - have the latest at 7:30pm. thank you very much that update from a very . very much that update from a very 5°99y very much that update from a very soggy troon. weather slightly affected play at trent bridge, though, not as much as at the golf. it's been a pretty mixed day for england in fact on the third day of the second test against the west indies. the hosts at stumps have a lead of 207, with ben duckett and ollie pope making a strong stand — duckett getting 76 in the second innings. and harry brook got his half century off just 62 balls. england are 248—3 as patrick gearey reports. this is a picture of a beautiful summer stay, this is a picture of a beautiful summerstay, if this is a picture of a beautiful summer stay, if you are an english pacer. fuelled by the belief that the ball will move just enough.
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chris woakes shines under clouds. england should have had a lead, but with one wicket left, west indies set about causing whatever havoc they could. never mind the risk what they could. never mind the risk what the roof, no one was hurt in the making of this west indian lead of 41, though some pride was damaged. under pressure in the series for the first time, england could have done without this. jayden seales' touch, jack crawley out of luck, but misfortune does not prompt caution in this england team, quite the opposite. 0llie pope and ben duckett quickly manoeuvred them back ahead, the game calmed, the only real movement was to and from the bar, but when the umpire chased the ball, immediately pope nicked it. duckett followed not long later, alzarri joseph got them both. now the skies were darker, the challenge the batter is a star could. you won't see harry brook retreat but this was a more watchful england. joe route
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was careful. by this point, the last test was long over, this one it may have some distance still to go. to formula 1 now and mclaren have locked out the front row for the hungarian grand prix, with lando norris on pole for sunday's race. 0scar piastri will start behind his team—mate, while world champion max verstappen is in third. but a mercedes mistake in qualifying left george russell down in 17th as nick parrott reports. 0ne one thing almost guarantees excitement in formula 1, rain. it wasn't heavy in hungary, but enough to make things tricky. sergio perez signed a contract extension with red bull but this is why speculation about his future continues. george russell almost went off in the same place, he had to try again to set a good lap time but he and his mercedes team messed up. the poll
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are set out last time out at silverstone will start from 17th. mclaren mistakes have cost lando norris diolch this season but here they were perfect, they managed to get notjust they were perfect, they managed to get not just the they were perfect, they managed to get notjust the briton on polmont but also his team—mate 0scar piastri alongside him. max verstappen was hot on their heels, but before he could have another go, yuki tsunoda brought out another red flag. mclaren went again to protect their positions, but it was nothing more than a lap of honour, something they will be hoping to repeat after sunday's race. six days until the start of the olympics and britain's keely hodgkinson has made a strong statement, breaking a british record with a huge personal best in the 800 metres at the london diamond league. she becomes the sixth fastest women in history in the event. meanwhile, matt hudson smith broke his european 400 metre record, marking him out as a gold medal contender in paris.
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sarah mulkerins is at the london stadium for us. yes, welcome to the london stadium, the final london diamond league ahead of the olympics, it is edging ever closer to the big time in paris. let's react to some of the best results and performances we saw today and how it sets up brilliantly for paris. from a track perspective, bring us your highlight? i for paris. from a track perspective, bring us your highlight?— bring us your highlight? i don't know, harder _ bring us your highlight? i don't know, harder for _ bring us your highlight? i don't know, harder for me _ bring us your highlight? i don't know, harder for me than - bring us your highlight? i don't know, harder for me than him | bring us your highlight? i don't l know, harder for me than him he know, harderfor me than him he didn't have as much going on in the field. it has been really interesting, we have been talking about it, normally in the two or three weeks leading up to the olympics you see a bit of caging us, 0lympics you see a bit of caging us, not everyone racing, but paris, monaco and now london, the last ten, 12 days have been phenomenal, world records, today we sought two incredible british records, is that you are asking me to choose between
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keely hodgkinson and matt hudson smith. i think matt, probably, because it is such a step up for him. keely is world number one, really, but matt now, outside the british shores not too many people give him a chance to win, but i think he has a great chance now so i am going matt hudson smith. i suppose the important thing for him is keeping fit and healthy and healthy and this is something he has been struggling with over the years but we have seen him getting better at that over recent years, he had bronze a couple of years ago, silver, there is a sense of is he going this year? it silver, there is a sense of is he going this year?— going this year? it is about managing _ going this year? it is about managing not _ going this year? it is about managing notjust - going this year? it is about managing notjust how- going this year? it is about managing notjust how you going this year? it is about. managing notjust how you are racing, you have to be fit and healthy and matt has done a great job with when he moved to the states, new setup and they have done a greatjob. it is notjust about, you have to get the game is ready, it does not mean you have to go around the world doing all sorts of things, you just have to be ready.
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it is slightly different in the field, — it is slightly different in the field, i_ it is slightly different in the field, i have to say. less physiological and public more psychological i would technical, because — psychological i would technical, because of the mechanics and there is more _ because of the mechanics and there is more to— because of the mechanics and there is more to content within the field i is more to content within the field ithink _ is more to content within the field ithink |_ is more to content within the field i think. , , ,.,, ., is more to content within the field ithink. , ., , i think. i suppose the two big names that fans across _ i think. i suppose the two big names that fans across great _ i think. i suppose the two big names that fans across great britain - i think. i suppose the two big names that fans across great britain will. that fans across great britain will be looking at today, katarina johnson—thompson in the heptathlon and molly called jerry who is having and molly called jerry who is having a breakthrough year in the pole vault, what did you make of them because macro —— molly caudery. lots because macro -- molly caudery. lots of positives. — because macro -- molly caudery. lots of positives. in — because macro —— molly caudery. lots of positives, in the field it doesn't _ of positives, in the field it doesn't always have to go right. what _ doesn't always have to go right. what she — doesn't always have to go right. what she did her did not set the world _ what she did her did not set the world alight but that is ok because alarm _ world alight but that is ok because alarm bells will still be ringing, doubt _ alarm bells will still be ringing, doubt is — alarm bells will still be ringing, doubt is a — alarm bells will still be ringing, doubt is a positive thing in the field _
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doubt is a positive thing in the field events because you are still searching — field events because you are still searching. once you think you have found _ searching. once you think you have found the _ searching. once you think you have found the winning formula you are 'ust found the winning formula you are just about — found the winning formula you are just about to be beaten, so she certainty — just about to be beaten, so she certainly hasn't done that and i think— certainly hasn't done that and i think that _ certainly hasn't done that and i think that will possibly bed well in the long _ think that will possibly bed well in the long run. you have to be positive, _ the long run. you have to be positive, whatever happens you have to be positive. positive, whatever happens you have to be positive-— to be positive. absolutely. thank ou both to be positive. absolutely. thank you both so _ to be positive. absolutely. thank you both so much. _ to be positive. absolutely. thank you both so much. is _ to be positive. absolutely. thank you both so much. is also - to be positive. absolutely. thank| you both so much. is also another big showing from the man who is captivating so many athletics fans all around the world, no lyles. tributes have been paid to former world snooker champion ray reardon who's died at the age of 91. the welshman dominated the sport in the 1970s, winning six world titles. he also played a key role in growing snooker�*s popularity. andy swiss looks back on his life. he was one of snooker�*s greatest players and entertainers. cheering ray reardon help to transform what
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had been a pastime into one of britain's biggest sports. he was born in a south wales, he practised snooker in the local club and worked as a coalminer until an accident which left him trapped underground changed his life.— which left him trapped underground changed his life. when it happened i thou . ht changed his life. when it happened i thought that — changed his life. when it happened i thought that is _ changed his life. when it happened i thought that is it, _ changed his life. when it happened i thought that is it, |_ changed his life. when it happened i thought that is it, i am _ changed his life. when it happened i thought that is it, i am a _ changed his life. when it happened i thought that is it, i am a goner, - thought that is it, i am a goner, but i came as of it and scarred. find but i came as of it and scarred. and so instead. — but i came as of it and scarred. and so instead. he _ but i came as of it and scarred. and so instead, he turned to professional snooker, as did the bbc. in 1969, they started the programme pot black, with riordan one of its new stars. it was a sport seemingly tailor—made for new colour tv but it soon had a new world champion. reardon dominated snooker in the 1970s and while his distinctive appearance owned him the nickname dracula, his charisma and him fans far beyond snooker. in
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1978, he won his sixth world title at the age of 45 to become the oldest ever world champion. his last world final coming in 1982 when he was beaten by alex higgins. but it his influence didn't end there. he helped ronnie 0'sullivan to the final. helped ronnie o'sullivan to the final. ~ , ., , final. when we met up, it was fantastic. _ final. when we met up, it was fantastic, went _ final. when we met up, it was fantastic, went to _ final. when we met up, it was fantastic, went to shake - final. when we met up, it was| fantastic, went to shake hands final. when we met up, it was - fantastic, went to shake hands and i disregarded his arm and gave him a hug and that is how the relationship went. �* ., ., ., hug and that is how the relationship went. ~ ., ., ., ., went. and that endearing nature and him enduring — went. and that endearing nature and him enduring affection, _ went. and that endearing nature and him enduring affection, a _ went. and that endearing nature and him enduring affection, a man - went. and that endearing nature and | him enduring affection, a man whose impact on his sport has few equals. let's bring you some reaction to his death. fellow welshman mark williams, himself a three—time world champion, led the tributes.
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he said... and jimmy white had this to say... that is ray reardon who has died at the age of 91. just a reminder of our top story before we go, it is the third day at royal troon are fully open and dreadful weather has affected play. as you can see it has been changing all the time at the top of the leaderboard and instead of shane lowry having an outright lead as he did at the beginning of the day, he is down to four under 312, instead it is the qualifier at
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dan brown from england who is leading at a six under through 12. still a long way to go. billy horschel has been chasing behind him. you can find out the latest on that across the bbc, but that is all from sportsday, goodbye.
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live from london — this is bbc news: israeli fighterjets strike houthi military targets in yemen — in response to hundreds of attacks on israel in recent months.
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warnings that criminals are trying to exploit the global tech outage — with concerns over the vulnerability of international it systems. joe biden faces growing pressure from democrats to abandon his run for re—election — but top aides vow he'll stay in the race. ceremonies are held to mark the 50th anniversary of turkey's invasion of cyprus — turkey's president insists there's no point resuming peace talks. hello, welcome to the programme. we start this hour with some breaking news from the middle east and, israel says it has carried out a series of air strikes on the port city of hodeida in yemen — which is controlled by the iran— backed houthi rebels. this video show huge fires raging with the houthi—run government in sana'a saying the israelis had struck oil storage facilities close to the coast, as well as a nearby power plant. israel's defence minister yoav
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gallant said the idf had struck the houthis to send a message after hundred attacks

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