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with president maduro describing the choice as being between �*war and peace�*. hello, i'm kylie. new footage has emerged tonight of the violence at manchester airport on tuesday. earlier this week, video was widely shared showing a man who'd been arrested being kicked and stamped on, while he was lying on the ground, by a police officer. the officer has since been suspended and is facing a criminal investigation. now, new footage has been obtained showing the minutes before. phil mccann has the latest and a warning, his report contains images that some viewers may find distressing. you've got him on the floor, stop being aggressive! its a video which has flashed around the world, sparking debate and protests. a flashpoint in manchester airport
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as police are involved in an altercation with two members of the public. amid the chaos, these shocking scenes. move back! that prompted demonstrations across the north west. greater manchester's mayor andy burnham called for restraint, stressing that the incident leading up to the video that went viral was complex. i've seen the full footage that others will not have seen. what is clear is that this is a fast—moving situation that escalates, there are issues on both sides, it's not clear cut. however, i do not step away from my initialjudgment that this was a disturbing incident. now we can see just what did happen beforehand. in this cctv footage obtained by the manchester evening news, and not verified by the bbc, three officers can be seen appearing to try to apprehend a man. a man who was next to him then approaches the officers and punches are thrown. the man being apprehended breaks free and punches are thrown between him and two other female officers, who both
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end up on the ground. he runs towards the male officer who is now pointing his taser at the other man and pulls that officer down too. but by that time one of the other officers has got up and she tasers him. the male officer gets up and, as the footage ends, we see him kick the man's face before, as we know, the original video shows him stamping on his head. greater manchester police says all three officers were taken to hospital, one with a broken nose. four people were arrested afterwards and released on police bail. one of the officers is now facing a criminal investigation and has been suspended from duties. tonight, mayor andy burnham has repeated that the situation is complex, with two sides to it. phil mccann, bbc news. eleven people have been killed, and many others injured, in a rocket attack that hit a town in the israeli—occupied golan heights. many of the casualties were children who were playing on a football pitch in the town of majdal shams. israel has blamed lebanon's hezbollah movement — it has denied responsibility.
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mark lowen sent this report. early evening in the israeli—occupied golan heights and the warning of an incoming threat about to become deadly and dangerous. a rocket struck a football field where children and teenagers were playing. several were killed in the deadliest strike since the cross—border fire between lebanon and israel began last october. the anguish of loved ones at young lives cut short in a conflict that could be about to escalate sharply. a rocket barrage today which lit up the sky was claimed by the lebanese militant group hezbollah, put it denies firing the deadly strike onto the football field. that, the israeli army spokesman says, is a lie. this attack shows the true face of hezbollah. a terrorist organisation that
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targets and murders children playing soccer on a saturday evening. we will act to restore full security on our northern border for all the citizens of the state of israel. and the question is how israel's government will react. benjamin netanyahu is returning early from the us to chair his security cabinet, where he will face calls to hit back hard. as the young injured were rushed to hospital, fear is growing that all—out war with hezbollah, a proxy of iran, could now be drawing closer. south, in gaza, the other front of this war, palestinians too were scrambling to save lives — this time after israeli strikes killed dozens. here too it's children paying the price in a nightmare with no end. the missiles tore into a school housing displaced gazans. israel said it targeted a hamas
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command and control centre inside. but from the rubble came there was simply seeking shelter. mustapha says the blast threw him into the air and he fell to the ground. "i didn't know where to run forfear," he says, "so i fled inside the school, thinking it was safe. "but then i saw heads, hands and feet." the spark from the 7th of october ignited gaza and now golan. the question tonight is will it start an inferno? mark lowen, bbc news, jerusalem. another conservative has thrown their hat in the ring to become leader of the party. the former home secretary priti patel has launched her bid for the leadership, saying it is time to "put unity before personal vendetta, country before party, and delivery before self—interest." our political correspondent, helen catt has more. she was one of the names that had been bandied around for quite some time as someone who might put themselves
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forward for the leadership. this evening she has come out and confirm that. she posted on the social media site x to announce she was going to run for leader. it is the first time she has put herself forward for the leadership. she hasn't done so in the past and she is the first woman in this race to put her name forward. she is of course former home secretary, under borisjohnson, she introduced things like the points—based immigration system and the rwanda plan which the labour government has now scrapped. she was very close to borisjohnson and left government when he did, but she has also been conspicuously quite quiet since then. she has not really come out and criticised his successors, rishi sunak or liz truss, in the way that others have. now we have got from her tonight this call for unity. she is a leading voice on the right of the conservative party. she was a leading voice in the vote leave campaign, but she has written a piece for the sunday telegraph and in it she said it isn't about attacking left or right but about competent, grown—up,
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experienced and strong politicians putting authentic conservative values into practice. she called on the party to put unity before personal vendettas. she has also interestingly made a very clear pitch to the conservative membership and it is the membership who get the final choice between the candidates, they get whittled down by mps to two and that is up to the membership and she is promising them more power to help shape policy and has called them heroic and has blamed the election loss on what she called politicians who fell out and fell short. the first woman to enter the race, maybe not the last? the other names that have been circulating around westminster is an expectation that kemi badenoch, the former business secretary, might put herself forward. we haven't heard any more from her in recent days. yet another home secretaryjust in case there aren't enough in this race because james cleverly, another former home secretary, has put himself forward.
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another name that was doing the rounds was suella braverman who was a home secretary under liz truss and then later rishi sunak. again no word yet from her as to whether or not she will be she will be standing, others who have confirmed they are running, lots of home office or former home office representation, the former immigration minister robertjenrick, the former security minister tom tugendhat, and also the former work and pensions secretary mel stride. let's take a look now at tomorrow's front pages. the sunday times leads with the £20 billion black hole "covered up by tories", with the chancellor set to scrap rail and road schemes. the sunday telegraph splashes that the prime minister sir keir starmer talks to spain over youth free movement. council house revolution is the front page of the sunday mirror —
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labour set to launch the biggest council and affordable housing building programme in decades. the mail on sunday leads with the newly released cctv footage of the manchester airport incident. and priti patel�*s bid to be new leader of the conservative party leads the sunday express. it's the first full day of competition at the paris olympics. australia has enjoyed its usual dominance in the pool this evening — winning two golds and two silvers — and they lead the medal tally with three gold medals in total. ariarne titmus won gold in the women's aoom final — defending her title from tokyo 2020. the australia women's axioom relay team took gold — beating out the united states who grabbed silver. it was a reversal in the mens axioom relay — the us taking gold, australia settling for silver. the final swimming gold this evening went to germany — with lukas maertens winning the men's 400m.
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in other sports — australia's grace brown won the women's cycling time trials. great britain's anna henderson took silver. earlier, china won the first gold medal of the olympics in the mixed team air rifle shooting. china also took out gold in the women's 3m synchronised diving. britain's yasmin harper and scarlett mewjensen has won team gb�*s first medal of paris 2024 with diving bronze in the women's synchronised 3m springboard final. belgium took out gold and bronze in the same race in the men's cycling time trial. japan's natsume sunoda won gold in the women'sjudo under 48kg category. in the men'sjudo — kazakhstan took home their first gold medal of these games. and last but not least for day one of the games — hong kong's man wai vivia took out gold in fencing. here's maryam moshiri from paris.
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the excitement is still continuing here in paris on day one of the olympics. it's not been easy to get here. the weather has been terrible. it's been raining for about 36 hours and that rain has had an impact on some olympic events. the skateboarding, for example, has been delayed and also authorities who are organising the olympic games have actually said they're going to work out whether or not they should carry on with trials in the river seine. for the triathletes, who are, of course, competing on tuesday. they do promise, though, that the tuesday triathlon will go ahead as previously planned. so it's been a heady day of sport with many medals given out today. the excitement continues. parisians are very, very excited about what's going to happen today, but tomorrow is also a big day to watch. plenty of events to go, including 20 medal events which will happen on day two. we have rowing, badminton, we have skateboarding amongst other things. plenty of swimming as well
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to look forward to here at the paris olympics. one slight fly in the ointment, though, is the problem with the trains, that continues on sunday apparently, it won't be resolved completely until monday and the investigation by french authorities into who was behind those coordinated attacks which have caused so much delay to trains coming in and out of paris, causing problems for tourists and for visitors alike and also for french people within the capital wanting to get out. we don't know who is behind it, the investigation continues, but that is still going to carry on, in terms of disruption until monday at least. but as i said, it's all about the sport now. the rain has stopped at last. it's forecast to be really hot over the next few days, so it will be great conditions for all the sports we have to look forward to. for now from paris, back to you in the studio. our sports correspondent dan roan has been speaking to the prime minister sir keir starmer who's in paris supporting the athletes from team gb. i thought it was spectacular.
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it was really incredible. across the whole of the city, to see everything then coming up the river and then the final part of the show was really fantastic, and it gave it that spirit that i think and hope will be carried on throughout the games. so yes, there was some rain, but that didn't dampen it. it was a fantastic spectacle, you know. well done, france. and when you experience something like that, does it make you consider trying to push for britain to bring the games back in the future? look, i'm always pleased to see any sport in britain. i'm a big believer in sport, passionate about watching sport of all sorts. i love the olympics, but i also really passionate that it matters to our young people to give them, you know, the ability to show what they can do. we've got incredible talent and some of the big, big supporter of as much sport as we can get in the uk and to bring it through the uk, because team gb
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is an incredible team. we've been here at the performance camp this morning watching the boxing training, thejudo training. there is something special about these teams that is very special to our country. it was a difficult day for france yesterday, of course, with the disruption to the rail network because of that arson attack that affected british travellers, including yourself. yeah. how troubling, how concerning was that? i'm not going to pretend it wasn't frustrating, because it was. and for very many people, it made travel so much harder. we had to change our plans. i'm not complaining about that, but it's just an example of how frustrating it was. but i do think that, you know, notwithstanding that, notwithstanding the weather, it was a real triumph yesterday. and to see the teams doing their stuff really at that point at which it turns into the spectacle of the opening and now into the competition, that's a very special moment. and you can feel it in the conversations i've been having this morning.
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as you say, you've been here at team gb�*s training camp on the outskirts of the city. what's it been like to meet them and have a tour of the facilities? absolutely amazing. and a real sense, because they've got, you know, they've done so much physical training and sort of mental training, and now it's all about getting into the frame of mind that they need. some of them are starting in the next day or two. so you really appreciate notjust the hard yards they've already put in, but this vital next stage. and i've been saying to them, look, the whole country is going to be watching you, because we will. and that's great for them, because they know the country's behind them, adds a little bit to the pressure, but they're an incredible team of athletes going into this and they're full of hope, determination. but also i really detected a sort of calm confidence that they bring to what they do, which is, i think that necessary added ingredient. the cinema chain, cineworld,
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has announced plans to close six branches in the uk, which could put hundreds ofjobs at risk. under a restructuring plan, cinemas in glasgow, bedford, hinckley, loughborough, yate and swindon will close. the company said it would try to redeploy as many affected workers as possible. cineworld is the second largest cinema chain across the globe. the business has struggled since the covid pandemic and with the rise in streaming services. rain and cooler temperatures have brought some relief for firefighters battling wildfires in the historic canadian town of jasper. entire streets have been affected by the blaze, with homes turned to rubble. officials say the full extent of the damage is not yet known. no deaths or injuries have been reported. as far back as you can see... in the town of jasper, entire streets have been consumed by fire. homes, businesses reduced to smouldering ruins. officials say around one third of the town has been destroyed. this is an area famous
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for its tourism, visited by millions of people each year. we share the sense of loss with all of those who live in the town, who care for it, and who have helped build it. emergency services evacuated the town quickly, which officials say saved lives. 20,000 tourists and 5000 residents sought refuge in neighbouring areas. kind of frustrated, for sure, by lack of communication or communication that we did get not being accurate, but — i don't know — i am just trying not to stress. fires also burned in british columbia. in this video earlier in the week, you can see the scale of the inferno. tens of thousands of acres of land destroyed in an area renowned for its natural beauty. back injasper, rain and cooler temperatures over the past 2a
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hours have helped firefighters battle the flames, but the fire is still burning and it is not yet safe for people to return to the area. will vernon, bbc news. many of the evacuees from jasper have arrived in the city of grande prairie to seek shelter. earlier i asked jackie clayton, the mayor of grande prairie how her town is assisting. our city is the largest city in northwestern alberta, and with that, we become the regional hub for many municipalities in support of the town of jasper. we have one of the three evacuation points in alberta where evacuees come. they check in, they get situated with hospitality accommodation, and from there they get settled to what their next steps are. right now in our city, we have about 240 evacuees in calgary and edmonton have about double of that.
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and in addition to being an evacuation check—in point, we are also sending resources through our fire department as well as equipment. and so what are those evacuees telling you about the situation that they've left behind? well, unfortunately, when you see the images and you speak to the jasper residents that have checked in. um, it's, you know, they're in a dire state. it's very emotional. um, many of them have lost their houses or their businesses. we know that about 33% of all buildings in that town have been decimated from fire. it's very emotional. jasper is a mountain town that really is sort of our mountain getaway. it's, uh, you know, somewhere that you go for recreation or holidays orfor weddings, and, and it's really known across the world as such a beautiful mountainous community. it's very emotional and really, we're just here to support those as they get situated and find out what their next steps are. many of them are finding out on a regular basis if their house is ok or not. and unfortunately, it's, you know, it's a really sad day
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for not only the jasper residents, but for people that know them and love their community as well. mhm. i believe that your own city is at risk of wildfire danger too. so how challenging is it then to to help others then to help others while still protecting your own citizens? absolutely. you may have heard the alberta government and the canadian government had called in resources from other countries because it is a dry season in canada and in particular in northwestern alberta. um, we, probably in a normal sort of this time of year might have been able to send more equipment or more resources. however, it is very dry in our area. there's also significant fires north of grand prairie towards the north—west territory border. us being that regional hub, end up being facilitating and supporting many people. last year we supported the fires from the northwest territory and had 2,000 people move to our community for a period of time. and so, um, we're happy to support those in a time of need. but as you mentioned, it's a very dry season,
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and we have to be cognisant of what's happening in our own region as well. venezuela has faced a string of political and economic challenges — and on sunday voters there are going to the polls in what's being seen as a pivotal presidential election. president nicolas maduro, who's been in office since 2013, is seeking a third consecutive term. he has told voters they have a choice between war and peace and warned of a bloodbath if he loses. the opposition candidate, edmundo gonzalez, said he fears the vote won't be free and fair. he says it's time to re—establish democracy and prosperity in the country after a quarter of a century of socialist rule. new york times journalist, anatoly kurmanaev gave us this update from caracas. the main opposition candidate, edmundo gonzalez who is practically an acolyte for the opposition leader, has refused to participate in elections for many years.
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telling voters the process is not a fair solution. this time she has changed tack and joined the process to be able to get a lot of support throughout the country in this movement to change the government. i think people are very apprehensive but they also believe this is perhaps their last opportunity to peacefully change the government, to live in a different country so very much motivated to participate in the polls tomorrow, we expect very high turnout. you have recently reported on the voters who want change in the government. what are they telling you? this government of president nicolas maduro has been in for more than 25 years and early on it has lifted millions of people out of poverty by using revenue from oil. it has been a tremendous factor
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for social change in the country but in the last ten years that has gone into a very dramatic reverse. we have seen that largest economic contraction outside of the war in modern history. voters very much want to change. they no longer believe in government promises that the situation will improve. they want to bring back theirfamilies, millions of venezuelans have migrated in recent years and the government today appears to be the sclerotic leak of rulers that it overthrew 25 years ago. you mentioned a couple of topics but what are the main issues that will be at the front of people's minds when casting their ballot? i think by far the main issue will be whether the vote will be counted. again, if the will of the people will be made. both sides expect results the same
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night, sunday night, and the electoral council is controlled by government supporters. at the same time, thus far, there has been a lot of, this election is not free or fair because the level playing field, the playing field is tilted so heavily towards government but up until now, the electoral authority has broadly followed the steps that lead to a fair election or at least fair casting of votes. everyone is very apprehensionto see if votes will be transmitted in a transparent and credible way. before we go, two paddleboarders say they felt like they won the jackpot when they came across something very special, while out on the water in poole in dorset. ben felton and nick woods both from bournemouth, were joined in their session by a pod of dolphins. the friends said they had "never experienced anything like it before"
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in 12 years of paddleboarding. what a fantastic experience for them, what a view. that is all from me this evening, don't forget you can keep up—to—date with all of our stories on our website and of course on the bbc news app. but from me, thanks for very much for watching, bye—bye. hello. the weekend started with more showers but those have moved away now and for the next three days we can look forward to some dry weather and some sunshine. temperatures will be rising thickly across england and temperatures will be rising particularly across england and wales. the reason for the change in
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the weather, high pressure building across the uk. giving us the clear skies overnight. it will be a little chilly first thing on sunday morning. it will warm up quickly in the sunshine. some cloud will affect the far north—west of scotland. otherwise just a bit of fair weather cloud bubbling up. not much of that. lots of sunshine to come. the winds will be quite light. gentle southerly breeze developing. some sea breezes possible but it will be a warmer day on sunday than it was on saturday. two degrees warmer generally for scotland and northern ireland and for many parts of england wales temperatures will be four degrees higher than saturday. the high pressure is still around as we move into monday particularly across england and wales. there is this where the front approaching the north—west and it means the sunnier skies will be for england and wales. the far north of england, more especially scotland and northern ireland will see more cloud and breeze and that weather front bring a little bit of rain but my vices will be drivers some sunshine coming through. in scotland and northern ireland aren't going to change too much. crossing england and wales
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the heat will build. it could be getting close to 30 in the south—east. on monday afternoon. generally across western parts of europe temperatures are on the rise. that heat is putting up from iberia. into paris for the olympics as well and also across the uk. temperatures rising quickly again for england and wales on tuesday. could be over 30 degrees across the south—east of england. temperatures aren't going to be as high for scotland and northern ireland. 20 or 21 quite widely. there will be a bit more cloud round here. still some sunshine. it looks like being dry. more cloud threatening to move in from northern france across the channel may be bringing one or two showers. this is where things start to change because the pressure will be falling as we head into wednesday. some heavy showers moving out from the south heading northwards overnight. then this is when the weather changes. we have showers and more cloud and slightly lower temperatures i think through thursday and friday. the start of the week will be very warm with hot places.
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this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour straight after this programme. hello and welcome to the media show with me ros atkins and with katie razzall. this week, we're looking at kamala harris�*s online campaign and whether means will help the democrats�* likely
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campaign and whether memes will help the democrats�* likely presidential nominee all the way to the white house. do we believe in freedom? we�*re also going to hear about the practicalities of covering the olympics as paris 2024 gets under way. well, not for the first time and certainly not for the last on the media show, we will talk about us politics and the media because it�*s now looking very likely that kamala harris will be the democratic presidential nominee and since that has been the case, there has been a surge of interest in her online with thousands of memes and videos being shared and many of them centre around this clip. my mother used to — she would give us a hard time sometimes and she would say to us, "i don't know what's wrong with you young people. "you think you just fell
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