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a live from london, this is bbc news. a woman and man die from injuries suffered at the notting hill carnival. police open two murder investigations. health workers in gaza begin vaccinating babies against polio — a day before a mass immunisation campaign is due to start. translation: i was worried and afraid because this is scary. - this disease makes the children not able to move, eat, or drink, and it stays with them all their life. why researchers believe a popular diabetes and weight loss drug could also help slow the ageing process. tickets for the oasis reunion tour are officially sold out, as fans complain of about tech trouble # single ladies,
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i can't hearya. make noise.# and the american rapper fatman scoop dies after collapsing on stage during a performance. hello, i'm lauren taylor. we start here in the uk, police have said that two people who were seriously injured in separate attacks during the notting hill carnival have died. cher maximen, who was 32, was with her 3 year—old daughter when she was stabbed, and mussie imnetu, who was visiting from dubai, was found unconscious with a head injury outside a restaurant on monday night. helena wilkinson reports. she has been enjoying the carnival on sunday with her three—year—old daughter and family and friends. but celebration turned to tragedyjust before six in the evening, when she was stabbed. the 32—year—old was taken to hospital in a critical condition. she died this morning.
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earlier this week, a man from west london was charged
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police are extremely keen have been at this restaurant late on monday night and who intervened during the attack on the victim. the whole area would have been extremely busy with people who attended the carnival. today, organisers of the carnival said they are shocked by the deaths. in a statement, they said that we stand together against all violence and condemn these acts which are against all carnival values and the millions of people who come in celebration of them. over 2 million people attended the celebrations over the bank holiday, but in the carnival�*s 56th year, police are now investigating two separate murder investigations. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has released a statement. he said his thoughts were with the victims families and friends at what he described as a truly terrible time.
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he also condemned the violence, saying. "it is heartbreaking that cher maximen and mussie imnetu have died after being attacked in separate incidents. it is shocking, completely unacceptable and a betrayal of the values carnival was founded to celebrate." palestinian health workers in gaza have started vaccinating some babies against polio, a day before a mass immunisation programme is due to begin. palestinian health workers carried out the vaccinations in nasser hospital in khan younis. unicef says the vaccinations will take place for six and a half hours every day until wednesday. israel and hamas have agreed to three localised pauses in fighting to enable the vaccination of more than 600,000 palestinian children. the parents of the first two children to be vaccinated at the hospital in khan younis both expressed their relief. translation: i was worried and afraid because this is scary, the polio disease. it makes children not able to move or drink
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with them all their life. this is scary. translation: as soon as i heard about the start of the polio vaccination campaign, i came. my son was the first child to get the vaccine. today, there was one shot and another in four weeks. by that time, they will have another full dosage which will prevent him from getting the infection and any disease in the coming years. this is how the polio vaccine will be distributed throughout gaza: the world health organization campaign will be split across the territory's five governates, from north gaza through to rafah in the south. deir al balah and khan younis have the greatest number of children under 10 — more than 200,000 in each region. the who plans on having more than 200 vaccination sites in each of those regions. with more from jerusalem — here's our correspondent, jon donnison. it is being coordinated by the united nations but we do understand that the first
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babies have been vaccinated today in khan younis in the south of gaza. what it's going to involve and get under way as a series of three—day, area specific pauses in fighting that both israel and hamas have agreed to. the key words there are "area specific", so we not talking about the formal ceasefire that diplomats have been pushing for for weeks and months, we are talking about pauses in fighting in specific areas. so we understand that the first area that they are going to proceed in is in the centre of the gaza strip. presumably, after three days, they will move on to other areas. but we are talking about a lot of children and babies. 640,000, the united nations is saying, so that is going to be quite a
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big operation and i think particularly in the north of gaza, it could be challenging. in the north, israel has in effect cut the gaza strip in two and it controls this corridor which cuts across the gaza strip and that could make access to the north a bit more challenging. but, it is a rare bit of positive news on the humanitarian fronts coming out of gaza which has been welcomed by everyone watching this conflict that has now been going on for ten months. palestinian families have been leaving jenin refugee camp in the occupied west bank, which was sealed off for four days during a major military assault by israel. the uk foreign office says it's "deeply concerned" about israel's methods
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and "reports of civilian casualties and the destruction of civilian infrastructure." loud explosions and sporadic gunfire could still be heard from inside the camp, as israeli drones and helicopters circled overhead. israel says the raids in the occupied west bank — which have killed at least 20 people — are aimed at preventing attacks. reports from ukraine say at least eight people have been killed and many more hurt in a barrage of russian attacks in the east of the country. ukrainian officials say five men were killed when a house and apartment block were shelled in the city of chasiv yar in donetsk. three people also died in russian strikes in the kharkiv region. separately, the defence ministry in moscow says its forces have gained control of yet another ukrainian settlement in donetsk region. russia's troops have been making incremental but steady gains in the area, while ukrainian troops have sought to advance in russia's kursk region. brazil has begun blocking elon musk�*s social media platform, x, in a dispute about the spread of disinformation. the ruling was made after the company missed a deadline to name a new legal representative there. a supreme courtjudge ordered the immediate and complete suspension of x until it
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complies with all court orders and pays existing fines. x removed its legal representative from brazil, claiming thejudge had threatened her with arrest. elon musk says... "free speech is the bedrock of democracy and an unelected "pseudo—judge in brazil, is destroying it for "political purposes." luca belli is a professor of digital governance and regulation. he told me how the conflict has escalated to this point. thank you for the invitation, we have to understand that there are several cases thatjustice is dealt with. some of them comes from the spread of fake news, disinformation and hate speech online. for those cases, he is requesting to block specific accounts and x is refusing to block with the accounts. on the other hand, it is also dealing with some cases, an investigation on digital relations which is group of individuals that was
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coordinating and helping the attacks, the riots, ofjanuary 2023 in brazil. and for this case, he is requesting access to specific information on the accounts. now, x or twitter has refused to comply with traditional orders. so, the sanction to define, the monetary fine, has been defined and they have to pay it and that really has closed and the office. the intention of twitter, x, to refuse cooperating with justice. what is the strategy here presumably he is going to lose money from this, is it worth it in the long run? what is his strategy? i think he thinks it's worth losing millions and to acquire more political power or visibility. i think in the long term or medium game is to bear
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this marginal loss and then strategise or influence more political influence in the future. could it backfire, do you think? it may be possible because honestly, elon musk doesn't need to be introduced, butjustice is quite staggering as an individual cut. he is a supreme court justice that has 19 years ahead of him and he is very strongly convinced that he is acting in a state of the country, of asserting national sovereignty, that all corporations that act in the country, that operate in the country, be that procedure or corporation must abide by the law. you see this playing out? to what you think is going to happen next?
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usually, this happened seven or eight that applications, large platforms are blocked, it happened to what's appl three times, it's already happened with telegram and it's already happened with twitter and they have a couple of days to comply with the court orders. i would bet that could be exactly the same unfolding of events. but, this quarrel between this man and elon musk is causing such is the children's and two individuals are also acting in a very emotional way, so it is very difficult to see what is going to happen in the next few days. thank you very much. researchers say they believe a drug used to treat obesity and type—2 diabetes could also help people with certain health conditions to live longer. studies on the effectiveness of semaglutide — which is sold under the brand names ozempic, and wegovy — found that
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the drug could be used to treat a wide range of illnesses linked to heart failure, arthritis, alzheimer's and even cancer. let's speak to mikhail kosiborod, cardiologist at st luke's mid america heart institute and lead author of several pieces of research on the effects of semaglutide. they have been some quite big claims about slowing down the ageing process. i claims about slowing down the ageing process-_ claims about slowing down the ageing aroma-— ageing process. i think we can be very clear _ ageing process. i think we can be very clear about _ ageing process. i think we can be very clear about what - ageing process. i think we can be very clear about what we . be very clear about what we know from scientific studies that have been concluded. these medications wore initially developed for the management of diabetes. it has clearly expanded now. we have clear data that these medications reduce the risk of heart conditions such as heart attack and strokes and potentially
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reduce the risk of dying from cardiovascular causes. . we also know that it helps the debilitating symptoms of heart failure. it now shows that it may reduce the risk of serious heart complications such as having to be hospitalised. we established earlier this year that it established earlier this year thatitis established earlier this year that it is good for people with diabetes. it has a wide range of benefits for people with heart and kidney problems. one could say that if people with heart or kidney disease can live longer and feel better, in a way, that problem but he is a good thing. but slowing down
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the ageing process is a scientific concept. i think these medications have an effect on multiple organ systems. they affect the blood vessels, the kidney, liver and the brain. they can provide some benefits. it helps people with diabetes and weight loss. it is also going back to the question of the overwhelming effects of obesity as a chronic disease on multiple organ systems. you can really have a multitude of benefits from this medication. should there be some health warnings about who
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uses it. medication is not for everybody. it is not uncommon for patients to develop some gastrointestinal problems. it is usually seen early in the early days of taking the medication. it is not for everyone. now it's time for a look at today's sport with chetan. erling haaland has scored back—to—back hat tricks to help manchester city maintain their perfect start to the premier league season. they're the only team so far to win three out of three games. the norwegian got all three of city's goals in a 3—1 win at west ham, making it seven league goals already this season. he's already scored eight hat tricks in just over two campaigns in the premier league and the champions are top of the table.
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two other teams who went into the weekend with a perfect record met each other at the emirates and now neither do any more. arsenal and brighton drew 1—1 to at least maintain their unbeaten starts. the game turned in the second half when declan rice was sent off for a second yellow card protested afterwards by arsenal manager mikel arteta. his side conceded an equaliser less than ten minutes later. i was amazed. that he did not -et i was amazed. that he did not get any— i was amazed. that he did not get any booking. it was a noncritical area of the pitch after — noncritical area of the pitch after the _ noncritical area of the pitch after the ball hit his heel. by law, — after the ball hit his heel. by law, he — after the ball hit his heel. by law, he can do it. he should have — law, he can do it. he should have been— law, he can do it. he should have been sent off with a red card~ — elsehwere, ipswich got their first point of the season but the two other promoted teams lost. leicester to aston villa and southampton at brentford. while everton were 2—0 up in the 87th minute but conceded three times
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to lose to bournemouth. it isa it is a big thing for me. you have — it is a big thing for me. you have to _ it is a big thing for me. you have to pay to the last breath in every — have to pay to the last breath in every game. they never had a kick ali— in every game. they never had a kick all day— in every game. they never had a kick all day really. we didn't stop— kick all day really. we didn't stop the _ kick all day really. we didn't stop the cross. we did not work hard _ stop the cross. we did not work hard enough to stop the crosses _ hard enough to stop the crosses. simple stuff and we didh't— crosses. simple stuff and we didn't see the game through. very— didn't see the game through. very frustrating. joe root has made english cricket history on day three of the second test against sri lanka, scoring a 34th test century to put his side in a very strong position at lord's. the former captain's latest innings has broken the record of most test centuries for england previously held by another former skipper sir alistair cook. root�*s score of 103 also helped him become only the fourth player to make a century in both innings of a lord's test. root�*s was the last wicket to fall in england's second innings, the home side all out for 251.
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that set sri lanka a massive a83 to win and level the series. and they're 53—2 with root taking two catches. you need to find ways to make it hard — you need to find ways to make it hard for— you need to find ways to make it hard for the opposition when bowling — it hard for the opposition when bowling. you can make life easier _ bowling. you can make life easier for— bowling. you can make life easier for yourself to first you — easier for yourself to first you can _ easier for yourself to first you can bounce off each other. when — you can bounce off each other. when i — you can bounce off each other. when i was young, i was always really _ when i was young, i was always really small. so i had to find ways — really small. so i had to find ways of— really small. so i had to find ways of manipulating the strike _ ways of manipulating the strike. as i played more and more. — strike. as i played more and more, that help me in that regard _ the man who beat defending champion carlos alcaraz at the us open has been knocked out himself... botic van der zandschulp losing to jack draper. with the british number one matching his best grand slam run to the fourth round in new york. meanwhile, the world nubmer one is trying to join draper in the last 16. he's playing australian christopher o'connell on arthur ashe.
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he has broken in the third for a two leg lead. lando norris has given himself another chance of whittling down formula one championship leader max verstappen's advantage in the standings by qualifying on pole position for sunday's italian grand prix. after winning in the netherlands last weekend, the mclaren driver took top spot on the grid at monza ahead of team—mate oscar piastri. george russell qualified third. while max verstapped called his red bull shocking as the world champion could only finish seventh. with nine rounds of the season to go, he has a 70 point lead over norris. and that's all the sport for now. three children have been found deadin three children have been found dead in stains upon thames. the southis dead in stains upon thames. the south is called an ambulance was called to a property at around 115 today. they sadly
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found the bodies of three children and a man. an investigation is being carried out to establish the circumstances of their deaths. at this stage, the police believe this is an isolated incident with no third party involvement. the next of kin are aware and are being supported by police officers. three children and a man have been found dead in stains upon thames. the american rapper and broadcast personality fatman scoop has died after collapsing on stage in connecticut. the cause of his death isn't yet known. 53—year—old fatman scoop was known for his booming voice and his energy on stage. he came to worldwide attention in the early two thousands after his song, be faithful, became a sleeper hit. with me is our reporter stephen murphy. thames a bit more about this incident. ~ ,, ., ., ., ,
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incident. we know that he was performing — incident. we know that he was performing in _ incident. we know that he was performing in a _ incident. we know that he was performing in a city _ incident. we know that he was performing in a city in - performing in a city in connecticut. he collapsed half way through the performance. we have seen some videos on social media. he was talking to the crowd and seemed fine. then he started to waver and started to stumble and collapsed. the local mayor has said that he was taken to hospital and we now know that he has died following that collapsed on stage. forthose following that collapsed on stage. for those who are not familiar with him, stage. for those who are not familiarwith him, his stage. for those who are not familiar with him, his real name is eitherfrequent. he was 53 years old. he was an influentialfigure in 53 years old. he was an influential figure in the 53 years old. he was an influentialfigure in the new york hip—hop scene in the 19905. york hip—hop scene in the 1990s. he worked with whitney huston and janet jackson. he also huston and janetjackson. he also did a song with missy elliott which won a grammy in 2005. what was this thinking about him was his loud booming voice. his music is still headed festivals and in nightclubs. that sleeper hit, be faithful, is what he is best known for. it was released in
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1999. he did not have as much success at first but went on to be number one in the uk and ireland. it was a top 20 hit in many european countries and in australia. let us have a little bit of that song. little bit of that song. # if you got long hair, get your hands up # if you got short hair, make noise stephen, what's the reaction been? missy elliott said that his voice and m and g has contributed to so many songs that make people feel happy and want to dance to. his talent agency said he is a beloved figure the music world. also to his iconic voice, his infectious energy and his great personality. we have also heard from fat man scoop's representative and spoke to him a few days ago and he seemed in such good spirits. it is hard
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to believe that he is no longer with us. they described him as a beacon of light and the undisputed voice of the club. all oasis tickets in the uk and ireland have now sold out, according to the band. it comes after the advertising standards authority in the uk had earlier said quoted ticket prices must not mislead , after fans of oasis complained about the hike in cost of some tickets for the band's reunion tour. tens of thousands of people spent hours waiting in a queue on provider websites. some standing tickets advertised at 135 pounds — or about $175 — were being priced as high as £355 that's more than $460. provider ticketmaster says it doesn't set prices. here's our culture reporter noor nanji. oasis, one of the biggest british bands of all time. often seen as the poster
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boys of the britpop era. # so sally. ..# it's the day that many dreamed of, - a chance to see oasis live once more. but hundreds of people have been left feeling frustrated. you would have thought that with today's technology that they could handle the amount of demand, but clearly they can't and these websites, the apps crash, but it's the lack of information. you're just guessing what's happened. fans have also been venting their anger at so—called in demand pricing on ticketmaster which resulted in a hike to some prices. ticketmaster says it does not set ticket prices. meanwhile, tickets on resale websites were listed at inflated prices. oasis said those tickets would be cancelled. rachel from devon said the vastly inflated price once with no perks.
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while kate from huddersfield said... it was the waste on a saturday morning. here is one who got lucky, though. a big group of us that were high school friends and massive oasis fans, we're all sat on a whatsapp chat this this morning, brought out phones, ipads, laptops, refreshing like mad. and it was actually one of my friends who was on holiday in spain who managed to get the tickets in the end. you might be struggling to understand why a band from the �*90s has sent so many people into a frenzy, but oasis was always about so much more than just the music. it's about the attitude, the swagger, and even the haircuts. # you've got to roll with it # you've got to take your time # you've got to say what you say # don't let anyone get in your way. ..# more dates could still be added - to the tour, so if you've not been lucky this time, there could be more chances later down the line. noor nanji, bbc news, manchester.
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stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. the first day of the weekend and the last day of august was a fine one for many areas. plenty of warm sunshine, particularly northern and eastern areas, but it was cloudier further south as we go into the first part of september. it looks like conditions will turn increasingly warm and humid, and there will be thundery showers, which will become more widespread and some that could be torrential. the cloud we've had across southern areas associated with this weather front around this area of high pressure, and that will be drawing in some warm and humid air, mainly to england and wales as we head through tonight. so there'll be cloudier skies across england and wales. chance of a few heavy, maybe thundery showers pushing up across southern areas. scotland, northern ireland probably seeing the clearest of the skies throughout the night so again could be quite chilly across some central northern parts of scotland, but double figures elsewhere. mid—teens for england and wales no lower than around 16 or 17 in the southeast. so for part two of the weekend, the 1st of september looks cloudier. i think for many of us probably
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the best of the sunshine towards the north west. as we go through the afternoon though, we'll start to see increasing showers and thunderstorms developing across england and wales. hit and miss showers. many places will avoid them, but if you catch one it could be quite torrential, possibly with large hail as well. now towards eastern parts it will stay quite breezy, so a little bit cooler along north sea coast. otherwise a warm and humid day for many, could be in the high 20s, given some sunshine towards the southeast. low 20s further north. as we head through sunday night, we hold on to the risk of showers and thunderstorms pretty much anywhere, but they will be extending further northwards as well. so by monday morning we're all in that humid air with mid—teens there for the central belt of scotland. same to for belfast. no lower than 16 or 17 across the southeast. for monday looks more unsettled. we've got this weak area of low pressure across the country, but it'll be strong enough to generate a lot of cloud and plenty of showers and thunderstorms. again, the details are a bit sketchy this far out, but it does look like we could see some thunderstorms across more central and eastern
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areas and across some western parts too. but again, this could change. the best chance of seeing some sunshine could be towards the southeast, where again, we could be into the high 20s with high humidity. but generally it's the high teens, low 20s for most stays unsettled i think, as we head into tuesday. but then wednesday onwards, it looks like high pressure may start to topple in again from the west. that will settle things down for many of us with increasing amounts of sunshine. take care. this is bbc news, the headlines a man and woman die from injuries sustained in separate incidents at the notting hill carnival. the metropolitan police say cher maximen died on saturday morning.. and swedish national mussie imnetu died on friday. palestinian health workers in gaza start vaccinating some babies against polio, a day before a mass immunisation programme is due to begin. israel and hamas agree
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to three localised pauses in fighting to enable the delivery of vaccines. brazil begins implementing a block on elon musk�*s social media platform, x, in a dispute about the spread of disinformation. a supreme courtjudge ordered the suspension. some brazilians report that their access is already blocked. tickets have now sold out for the oasis reunion tour, the band have announced on the social media site x. thousands of fans faced lengthy waits with official websites quickly overloaded. now on bbc news, newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it's adam in the newscast studio. next to paddy in the newscast studio. and throughout the summer we've been experimenting by broadcasting our podcast live — brackets, what could possibly go wrong? — on radio 4. but this is the last round of that experiment, and we'rejoined byjo coburn from politics live.
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yeah, it's lovely to be here. what a treat. i wasjust thinking, if from our own correspondent is three weddings, is this like three hen dos and stag dos? as we're getting them ready for it. this is three funerals. 0h, charming! well, we're about to talk about the sort of misery of keir starmer's tone and message. let's not start like that! um, yeah, sojo'sjust given a spoiler away about what this episode is going to be. we thought, why don't we look at the return of politics, but we'll look at it through the lens of everything that keir starmer has been doing this week. and because we can't do anything without a gimmick, we thought we would do it using oasis song lyrics, and commiserations to anyone this morning who has failed to get oasis tickets. does that include you, paddy, by the way? no, i'm in the group that i wish we'd stop talking about oasis tickets after this podcast. 0h, 0k! jo, did you try and get oasis tickets? of course i didn't. i'm just not determined enough. i mean, there are friends of mine who, in a group, like a massive group with their laptops, nine of them. like a call centre. yes, poised. i don't actually know
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if they were successful or not. i sort of think of you as like oasis era.

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