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morning. they are now starting some of their more public appearances, visiting a school in the city, where they were discussing with teenagers they were discussing with teenagers the potential dangers of the internet and online homes. they are about to go to an art centre with the vice president. they will be meeting later today with activists and experts all in the field of protecting children from potential harm online. this is something that both the vice president and the couple feel passionate about and they want to campaign about. in terms of why they are here, this isn't a royal visit because they are not working royals. for them, this is trying to promote some of the campaigning work they are doing in this area. both the vice president and prince harry and meghan have spoken openly about their own experiences, for example of discrimination and online abuse and
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harassment. discrimination and online abuse and harassment-— harassment. thank you very much. that is our— harassment. thank you very much. that is our south _ harassment. thank you very much. that is our south american - that is our south american correspondence they in bogota. an australian breakdancer who went viralfor her olympic performance in paris has spoken out about the "devastating" hate she's received. in an instagram video, gunn shared that she never expected her appearance to "open the door to so much hate." critics online accused her of manipulating the selection process to make it to paris. the breakdcancer addressed these accusations in her video, calling them "allegations" and "misinformation." have a listen. hi, everyone. raygun here. i just want to start by thanking all the people who have supported me. i really appreciate the positivity and i'm glad i was able to bring somejoy into your lives. that is what i'd hoped. i didn't realise that that would also open the door to so much hate, which is frankly pretty devastating. i went out there and i had fun.
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i did take it very seriously. i worked my but off preparing for the olympics. and i gave it all, truly. i am honoured to be a part of the australian olympic team and be part of the olympic breaking debut. what the other athletes have achieved hasjust been phenomenal. in regards to the allegations and misinformation floating around, i'd like to ask everyone to please refer to the recent statement made by the ioc, as well as the hosts on the australia breaking instagram page. bit of a fun fact for you. there are actually no points in breaking.
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if you want to see how the judges thought i compared to my opponents, you can actually see the comparison percentages across the five criteria criteria on olympics.com, all the results are there. i am going to be in europe for a few weeks for some preplanned downtime. but i'd really like to ask the press to please stop harassing my family, my friends, the australian breaking community and the broader street dance community. everyone has been through a lot as a result of this. so i ask you to please respect their privacy. i'll be happy to answer more questions on my return to australia. thanks, everyone. that's the australian breakdancer. i have some breaking news from sweden. they have confirmed their first case
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of m parks. it was declared yesterday in parts of africa a public health emergency of international concern. in sweden the first case has been recorded. a minister has told a press conference, we have now during the afternoon had confirmation we have one case in sweden of the most grave type, so this highly contagious disease which is formally known as monkeypox, has killed more than 400 people during an initial outbreak in the democratic republic of congo. it has spread through parts of central and east africa. scientists are concerned how fast it is spreading
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and its high fatality rate. sweden is now saying it has its first case at sight of africa. plenty more on this on the bbc website do check it out. you are watching bbc news. as many as 74,000 prosecutions for alleged railfare evasion in england and wales are set to be quashed, following a landmark ruling. it's after a process allowing magistrates�* hearings to be held behind closed doors was declared void. our transport correspondent katy austin was in court today, she told us what the result means for passengers. well, this wasn't really about whether people did or didn't pay rail fares. it's about the process that had been wrongly used by some train companies to prosecute them. and the chief magistrate declared six test cases as a nullity, basically meaning they never happened in the first place. it's as if they never happened. he said he would make a similar ruling in future about other similar cases.
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now, he doesn't know exactly how many that will be but he said the best guess is something around the 74,000 mark. and the next steps, therefore, is to try to identify which those cases are. and that is something that the courts and the train companies will now get onto before people can then be contacted. that may not be easy in every case. and eventually, refunds forfines can be paid to them. and that process is likely to take several months. also in court today to hear what was said was one man who successfully fought back against a prosecution that was initially brought against him using the single justice procedure. this was his reaction after the hearing. it feels absolutely great. it's complete vindication of mine and the railway uk forum's position right from the start. with the lonely six months when i was having to get my mp involved, having to contact journalists, having to contact
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various campaigning bodies, trying to raise awareness of this, so to see it elevated to the chief magistrates�* court and get to that ruling is absolutely fantastic. the department for transport welcomed an apology from train operators and said people affected would be directly contacted in due course. that was our transport correspondence. taylor swift returns to london's wembley stadium on thursday night for the final concerts of the european leg of her eras tour. swift will be playing five final shows from tonight, with the excitement already ramping up at wembley. security will be tight, after her shows in vienna last week were cancelled following the arrest of three teenagers for allegedly planning an attack. our correspondent chi chi izundu has been at wembley soaking up the atmosphere this is just this isjust a this is just a little snapshot because quite a few of them started queueing last night. now, in terms
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of security, there is tighter security because of last week's vienna incident. there is a lot more police presence here, but also wembley is asking people to do a number of things, bring a smaller bag, not have any metal carabiners to collect friendship bracelets. you have to use plastic. there will be extra checks in place to make sure everybody is safe. if you are planning to come without a ticket, you will not be welcome. this area has to be safe for exit and evacuation if it ever came to that. they are asking any ticketless taylor swift fans not to come out to soak up the atmosphere. we are seeing lots and lots of people in sequins, glitter, dressed up and cowboy boots, cowboy hats. that is her uniform and they are getting
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ready for the performance tonight, which doesn't start for another minimum of three and a half hours. people are really keen to get there as quickly as possible. you people are really keen to get there as quickly as possible.— as quickly as possible. you are auoin to as quickly as possible. you are going to have _ as quickly as possible. you are going to have to _ as quickly as possible. you are going to have to find _ as quickly as possible. you are going to have to find yourself. as quickly as possible. you are| going to have to find yourself a cowboy hatjust going to have to find yourself a cowboy hat just to fit in. going to have to find yourself a cowboy hatjust to fit in. i going to have to find yourself a cowboy hat just to fit in. cowboy hat 'ust to fit in. i think i am auoin cowboy hatjust to fit in. i think i am going to _ cowboy hatjust to fit in. i think i am going to have _ cowboy hatjust to fit in. i think i am going to have to. _ cowboy hatjust to fit in. i think i am going to have to. i _ cowboy hatjust to fit in. i think i am going to have to. i am - cowboy hatjust to fit in. i think i am going to have to. i am the i cowboy hatjust to fit in. i think i l am going to have to. i am the only one without sequence. fire am going to have to. i am the only one without sequence.— one without sequence. are people t in: to one without sequence. are people trying to get _ one without sequence. are people trying to get a _ one without sequence. are people trying to get a space _ one without sequence. are people trying to get a space at _ one without sequence. are people trying to get a space at the - one without sequence. are people trying to get a space at the front? | trying to get a space at the front? is that what is?— trying to get a space at the front? is that what is? trying to get space at the front — is that what is? trying to get space at the front but _ is that what is? trying to get space at the front but also _ is that what is? trying to get space at the front but also to _ is that what is? trying to get space at the front but also to meet - is that what is? trying to get space at the front but also to meet other| at the front but also to meet other swifties fans, basically. there is a lot to do, you swap merchandise, but most importantly, and i wish i had went on to show you, you swap bracelets. a lot of people have bracelets. a lot of people have bracelets they have spent time making. we spoke to someone earlier who had made 450 braceletsjust to give out to other people and share and swap. that is why they come early. they come to meet their friends. yes, it is merely to try
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and get to the front. we have got some breaking news to bring you, i brought it to you in the last few minutes that a case of the mpox has been reported in sweden, the more contagious variant. you would remember yesterday the world health organization declared mpox the outbreak in parts of africa a public health emergency of international concern. the first case of this grade one, the more contagious variant has been recorded in sweden. we will have more on that later on in the programme. stay with us here on bbc news. now for a look at the weather. although the skies did brighten up later in the day across northern ireland, it was a soggy one
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with outbreaks of rain and a strong south—westerly breeze. tomorrow, looking better. more sunshine. feeling cooler and fresher, especially in northern areas. those fronts moving southwards and eastwards overnight. generally, much cooler. a few blustery showers across the north—west of the uk. it cooler and fresher night to come. warm and muggy in the far south—east. tomorrow, a ridge of high pressure building in behind. plenty sunshine around. it stays quite blustery throughout the day. one or two showers pushing in. dry elsewhere. you see the clouds clear. temperatures around the mid 20s. further north, high teens, early 20s. low humidity. through friday night, the breeze and blustery
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showers. a chillier night to come for all areas. showers. a chillier night to come forallareas. up showers. a chillier night to come for all areas. up to ii celsius. for the weekend, it is looking really good. we are in between weather systems. in light of dry weather around. maybe the art shower for the north—west corner of the uk, closer to this area of high pressure. much of england and wales will be dry with light winds. the cloud bubbling up with light winds. the cloud bubbling up into the afternoon. the odd shower for western scotland. the vast majority will stay dry. around high teens in the north, mid 20s in the south. where we should be for this time of year. sunday, the area of low pressure will influence the weather across the north of the uk. the chance of rain in the north—west of scotland. the odd shower for western wales and england. the vast majority will stay dry. temperatures
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range from 18 to 24 celsius. more unsettled again. pretty heavy rain at times. the chance of staying dry, warmer and sunnier across the south—east. take care.
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live from london, this is bbc news. gaza ceasefire talks have resumed in qatar as the number of palestinians killed passes 40,000, according to the hamas—run health ministry. a ukrainian official says kyiv has set up a military commandant�*s office in the russian region of kursk, where forces are pressing ahead with an offensive. us media are reporting that at least one person has been arrested in connection with the death of the friends actor matthew perry. it's going to be called the eras tour. see you there. taylor swift returns to london's wembley stadium for the final leg of her eras tour,
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after her cancelled concerts in vienna. hello, i'm lucy grey. welcome to the programme. we begin in the middle east. in qatar, new talks are under way to try to reach a ceasefire in gaza and the release of hostages. both israel and the united states have sent negotiators. hamas says it won't directly join the negotiations. it accuses israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, of adding new conditions to earlier proposals, but qatari mediators are expected to relay messages to hamas, who already have a presence in doha. in the last few minutes, the uk foreign secretary, david lammy, has said, "we are at a crucial moment for global stability," and the uk will "continue to use every diplomatic lever to bring about a ceasefire in gaza". in gaza, the number of people killed in the war has now passed 40,000, according to the hamas—run health ministry there. israel has questioned the figures,
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which do not specify how many fighters are among those killed.

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