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bombing have resumed the sharing of intelligence information with their us counterparts. co—operation was temporarily suspended after details of the investigation were leaked to us media. eight people are now in custody after monday night's attack. it is reported president trump's son—in—law, the senior white house adviserjared kushner, is under scrutiny by the fbi inquiry into russian interference in the us election. mr kushner‘s lawyer said his client had already volunteered to share with congress what he knew about meetings with russian officials. the g7 summit gets under way later on friday, with leaders from canada, france, germany, italy, japan, the united kingdom, and the united states meeting in the sicilian resort town of taormina. they will discuss the global fight against terrorism, as well differences over trade and climate change. let's have a look at the front pages of this morning's papers: labour leaderjeremy corbyn will say later today that terror attacks like the one in manchester are linked to britain's involvement
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in military action abroad, according to the telegraph. the metro also leads on the manchester attacks, saying armed police will be patrolling train carriages across the country for the first time, after the uk's terror threat level was raised to critical. the express focuses on the queen's visit to royal manchester children's hospital, where many young victims of the bombing are recovering. the paper quotes the queen telling survivors the attack was very wicked. the times reports that the attacker, salman abedi, is believed to have planned the attack for a year, and made at least two separate trips to buy bomb materials at diy shops. theresa may is expected to tell leaders at the g7 summit that the fight against the islamic state group is shifting from the battlefield to the internet. that is according to the guardian. and the financial times says there were several awkward moments for president trump at the nato summit. he told leaders he was deeply troubled by us leaks of highly sensitive intelligence about the manchester investigation. the nhs has been put on high alert for the bank holiday weekend, over fears there may be
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another terror attack, the mirror says. and the sun's front page examines the flat where salman abedi is believed to have made his bomb, saying it is thought he made enough explosives to use in two devices. now on bbc news, it is time for the travel show. coming up this week on the travel show. gigantic metal elephants. how one tweet saved a rhyno. and exploring london's secret tube network. the
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top speed about 35 miles an hour. that is pretty fast. -- rhino. we start this week of a shattered visited by joan start this week of a shattered visited byjoan of arc and ella law of aquitaine. we sent keith wallace to find out how the region's industrial past is being used to inspire a new generation. just over a decade ago, this little island was a decade ago, this little island was a scrap of wasteland close to the centre. a three mile stretch of
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brownfield site, home only to the odd others who went there in search of peace and quiet. but it didn't stay peaceful for very long. in 2007, this, the great elephant, began taking its daily constitutional. people came from all over to hitch a ride in its belly, and as it prepares to celebrate its 10th birthday, they still come. so this is how you make an elephant role from inside his body. that was incredible. it is so low tack. you
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can feel the whole thing pull against your body. this is the thing i love. all of these switches are twitching. everytime the elephant is moving. it is so organic, it is incredible. the elephant rides form pa rt incredible. the elephant rides form part of the first huge push to turn the fortunes of the area around. the industry that has recently departed had left a huge, ugly scarjust a stone ‘s throw from the historic centre. it is a crazy project, when you think about it. when they propose to the city to take an elephant which can carry people on its back, and go around on the islands, you have to ask money for that. you can imagine that people we re that. you can imagine that people were quite surprised. but the fact that they managed to reach the challenge, and to make it. i mean, there are loads of cities that have
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old industrial quarters which have been taken over by arty types. this is different. this is about rivets and metal and wood and workmanship. and for very good reason. they built ships here. in the mid—19 60s 60,000 people made their living on this island. at the ship started getting bigger and bigger, and the loire was too narrow to accommodate them. 30 yea rs too narrow to accommodate them. 30 years ago, in 1987, the last yard closed. these days, the old buildings occupied not just closed. these days, the old buildings occupied notjust the elephant, but by a whole menagerie. all the animals began life inside the head of francois, and he still gets a kick out of the drama. she wa kes gets a kick out of the drama. she wakes up. and how long did it take
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another influence. adventure writer jules verne was a son of nantes, and his book 20,000 leagues under the sea inspired the island's gothic carousel. it is quite high up. can we control how high it is? no, we can't. we are on the top level, precisely on the surface of the sea. and under we have the deep sea, and then the intermittent level of the sea, and at every level you have different machines. the idea is that you make a trip, to dream, basically. these are flaps, it is
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flapping. there is no point flapping mouth. no, we can flap any time! we are on holidays. since the carousel was built, it is possible the nantes skyline has become one of the most distinctive in europe and it is about to become even weirder. a 45 metre tall artificial tree, complete with mechanical herons, will offer tourist flights. building work on thatis tourist flights. building work on that is scheduled to finish soon, with a finnish date estimated for 2021. -- with a finnish date estimated for 2021. —— finish. and if you are thinking of heading there any time soon, he rather travel show‘s top tips. the voyage to nantes is an
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urban trail which winds through the city taking in dozens of historical sites. the distinctive green line will take you around all sorts of treasures, some of which are created especially for the summer, and many of which are free. we have about 40 other separate in town, with great installations. following the green line helps you discover the city. at the end ofjune, the museum of fine a rts the end ofjune, the museum of fine arts reopens after a six—year closure. it has been redeveloped and expanded, and will become one of the region's largest galleries. treasures include works by picasso, kandinsky, and max erntz. if you wa nt to kandinsky, and max erntz. if you want to see the most important chateaux in the area, had a couple of hours up the river. they are not only historically important, they are also beautiful to look at. and finally, if you fancyjoining in the
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great elephant‘s birthday party, it is being held on 30 june. the venue is being held on 30 june. the venue is across the river at the old quarry where the tree will one day be built. an entry from 8:30pm is free. next this week, london by night. the latest in our series looking at what the city gets up to after dark. this time we're to meet dacre street's nocturnal florist. we are 24/7, so it never closes. we don't have keys. we can never shut down. if something goes wrong. my name is khalim, and i work at flower station as a nightshift supervisor. it used to be a petrol station about 30 years ago but since then it has a
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flower shop. our customers at night are kind of especially, what i believe, lovers. if they fight with each other, one thing that can fix the relationship is flowers. one time somebody came, 4am, he said that you are the only shop opened 34/7, let's go there and fix it. at the middle of the night, i finish my shift as a taxi driver, it is my wife's birthday tomorrow, and hopefully this will be a nice surprise for her. and the prevalence, as well. sure. 24/7 really helps people in australia and america and different parts of the world. when they want to be afternoon, everything is going to be close to you. celebrities, sometimes they come and choose their own
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flowers. they feel like they are in their own heaven, their own gardens. in the centre of london you can never have that. we don't print out any never have that. we don't print out a ny letters never have that. we don't print out any letters and send it to customers. all of our cards are handwritten. we have a special team. iam the handwritten. we have a special team. i am the one at night—time who writes letters. at night it is peaceful. everybody is sleeping, but we are working. for me, flowers are everything. i was thinking, if i have a girl, baby girl, i will give her the name dahlia. it is a flower named, one of my favourites, dahlia. i think flowers are the one thing which can connect you with nature. stay with us, it is coming up on the
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travel show, a neat way to book new york hotel rooms by the minute. and i'm in london exploring the secret tube network that is about to be open to the public for the first time. we are going to get a dodgy back if we walk down here all day. the travel show. your essential guide wherever you are headed. time 110w guide wherever you are headed. time now for trending travel. the best travel related stories, photos and videos online. a few months ago we met this family. they launched a huge social media campaign to find one lucky nanny who would join them one lucky nanny who would join them ona one lucky nanny who would join them on a once—in—a—lifetime trip around the world. well, almost 25,000 applications later they found their new travel companion. it was such an honour to have so much attention on
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us. honour to have so much attention on us. people were asking us, take me, ta ke us. people were asking us, take me, take me. this is the lucky nanny. they wanted to see how my week has been, they wanted to know if we could switch to face time and obviously i'm going to have a job because there is no way that they would face time me to tell me that i don't have it. they set off in july and will be blogging about their adventures. packing for your next trip? this project has a solution. the unique travel set packs seven pieces of women's clothing down into a single lightweight bag with 30 different combinations. the project had its funding target earlier this month. a rollout is planned for later in the year. off the redeye? need a quick snooze? recharge is an app which lets you, it lets you look luxury hotels by the minute. it has
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launched in new york, offering customers a chance to use a room in the daytime, perfect for a shower and a nap. however, if you are still there when house keeping arrives, it isa there when house keeping arrives, it is a $250 fine. do not forget your alarm clock. and, finally, one tweet managed to save the life of an endangered rhinoceros. after reading about this rhinoceros is a dangerous a bscess, about this rhinoceros is a dangerous abscess, this call to help was posted. i tweeted a group who put together an international crew of veterinarians to performed a highly successful operation. the rhinoceros has now recovered and is living at a rhinoceros in this malaysia. has now recovered and is living at a rhinoceros in this malaysiam has now recovered and is living at a rhinoceros in this malaysia. it is one of the most endangered species one of the most endangered species on earth, fewer than 100 left. if we are to save them from extinction, every single last one counts. thank you to everyone who sent us photos on our hash tag. here are some of my favourites. this is a picture from
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hong kong. no prizes for guessing where this photo was taken. don't forget to check out twitter and facebook feeds for loads of extra special travel show content. now let's look at the travel videos clocking up the views online. the surf is up! with the european summer fast approaching we ride the waves with some of the internet‘s serving stars. breaks like this are few and far between. i've only serve these waves a couple of times a year but when we do it is well worth it. in my opinion what makes great surfing... something really tricky. —— trippy. we're just having fun. you have to go for it with what you have. do not swear too much. you
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need to know your way around the ocean. it is not for the fainthearted and if you don't know what you are doing out there, you can find yourself in a lot of trouble. and if you see anything you think we should know about, don't forget to get in touch. our e—mail address is below. let's finish this week the underneath london. final preparations are under way to open to the public an underground train network that most londoners will never even have heard of. until 2003, it belonged to the royal mail. the tunnel sna ked tween 2003, it belonged to the royal mail. the tunnel snaked tween and alongside the regular tube, the one we know about. i've been told to come to liverpool street station, the capital's a week to the east of england, to see it for myself. ——
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capital's gateway. this really is the bowels of the street. i think there are another set of stairs i need to go down. yes. hira. —— here. you can actually hear the odd tube train going down as well so we must be at that level. the station mirrors its counterpart on the central line just above us. itjust lacks nice tiling and polish. hello? higher. how are you? nice to meet you. amazing. it is almost like stepping back in time. it is how it was when they closed in 2003. this man has worked down here ever since it was decommissioned. he is one of three making sure that the tunnels are dry and save. how would it work? after a letter is received, if it needed to be transferred to the
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ra i lwa ys needed to be transferred to the railways are another officer would be banked up and sent down to us. ourtrains ran on be banked up and sent down to us. our trains ran on to paddington in the west to whitechapel. we would send trains around continuously 22 hours again with a six—hour gap between trains. into the depths we go. this is the under platform area. this is the 150 volt power supply for powering the trains around the stations. if i hold that up there, you can work the handle. pull it down. 0h, you can work the handle. pull it down. oh, it is heavy. and if! release that coyle, it will drop. wow! not for the fainthearted. now that there are no trains running through here, it is safe to walk through. just down here? yeah, just down here. the whole railway is 6.5 miles long. but there are 22 miles
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of track laid because it is double track and sidings. it was dubbed by hand. built on a hill so as the train approached it could naturally decelerate and as the train departed, it would accelerate. you get a dodgy back if you walked down here all day. the male railway walk. this was a 19805 royal mail train. they are much smaller than i thought they would be. they are half sized. we use a two foot gauge and so it is quite narrow. they are manned. the top speed was around 35 miles an hour. that was the top. the average speed was much lower. that is fairly perky, rather fast. mail railwas bu5y. there were many people here in many differentjobs. it was a noisy environment with trains coming in
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and out, lift5 going up and down, people pushing mail containers around. it was a lively environment. and very soon, paying customers will be able to see this for themselves. in the next few weeks, a brand—new po5tal mu5eum in the next few weeks, a brand—new po5tal museum will open here in central london. actually moving or the archives to a purpose—built centre ju5t the archives to a purpose—built centre just over the road. the archives to a purpose—built centrejust over the road. on the archives to a purpose—built centre just over the road. on the highlights will be put on display. 0h, highlights will be put on display. oh, wow. look at the! that is amazing. what is this room for? this i5 amazing. what is this room for? this is the heart of the network as was. this is where the locomotives would have been worked on and the centre of the postal mu5eum experience. sorry to point out the obvious but what is this thing? this is one of the locomotives. the centrepiece
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will be a right through the tunnels below. on the modern equivalent of a male train. so this is where the driver will sit? exactly. one train driver will sit? exactly. one train driver and one guard per train. a huge project. there must have been some challenges that you guys came across. what was the biggest? we wa nted across. what was the biggest? we wanted to know of it could be done. and we thought there was the reason could not be done. as we got further and through development we realised how much the public wanted the tunnel5 to be opened up again. how much the public wanted the tunnels to be opened up again. do you think the british public have an affinity with the postal service? you think the british public have an affinity with the postal service ?|j certainly hope so, yes. the collections we hold repre5ent 500 years collections we hold repre5ent 500 yea r5 of collections we hold repre5ent 500 years of serving the public and co nsta ntly years of serving the public and constantly innovating and changing and, certainly, in terms of post offices, they are the glue that hold5 offices, they are the glue that holds the community together. while the ride is clearly the main attraction, the roots of royal mail
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go all the way back to henry ate. so the archivists have rich pickings to choose from as they a55embled the archivists have rich pickings to choose from as they assembled a new exhibition. —— henry viii. the po5tal mu5eum exhibition. —— henry viii. the po5tal museum is scheduled to work on injuly. —— open injuly. that is all the time we have this week. it i5 all the time we have this week. it is next week when i had to istanbul to ta ke is next week when i had to istanbul to take in the sights and sounds of the city that combines two continents and thousands of years of history. along with some of the best turkish bath in the world. after a scrappy turkish bath in the world. after a scrappy get some water on the head. cold water! patch that if you can. but from me and the rest of the travel show team here in deep underground london, it is goodbye. the hot may weather is going
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to continue for a few more days yet, in fact, it's going to turn increasingly humid, particularly across southern areas of the uk and the sunshine is very powerful — we'll talk about that injust a second. in the short—term, very quiet on the weather front, out there, lots of clear skies and a very warm night, in fact, first thing in the morning, across scotland temperatures are round 15—17 celsius. here's the morning, around 8 o'clock, you can see there's hardly a cloud in the sky. honestly, clear blue skies tight across the uk. temperatures already nudging up into the high teens, not far off 20 degrees, in some areas. already 20 in the lowlands of scotland. and even in inverness around 18 celsius. 18 for stornoway as well. so a sunny and very warm start to the day. through the course of the morning,
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we'll see many a few fluffy clouds building up but for most of us it's going to stay clear, ands those south—easterly winds will keep on wafting in that hot air out of the near continent. these values, quite conservative. in some areas, it could even get up to around 28—29, including in parts of scotland, also. a very hot day on the way there. on those uv levels — high throughout the country, unusually high across southern areas of the uk. we often forget, whether it is 21 degrees or 29 degrees, you will burn just as easily if you are not protected from the sun with sunscreen, and out for any lengthy period of time. then there's a change on the way. friday night into saturday we could cease storms rumbling through western parts of the uk. quite often when we get storms, things do turn a bit fresher, not necessarily on saturday. in fact, the air will keep on wafting in from the south, so humid air increasing and we will see the threat of thunderstorms. temperatures perhaps rising to 28—30 degrees, just that little bit less hot there, across scotland. into sunday, it does look as though
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fresher air gets into the northern half of the uk, but in the south, we'll see certainly increasing amount of cloud but also increasing humidity. it'll turn more sticky across the south during sunday. and yes, that is rain and these could be storms as well, so sunday into monday not only does the humidity increase but also the threat of thunderstorms and downpours. very difficult to predict what the temperature will be across southern areas on monday, if it stays cloudy and rainy, maybe in the low 205. if the clouds break, it could even get up to 25 degrees. but you can see a lot fresher across northern areas, so bank holiday monday summary — sunshine and showers and fresher in the north, still warm and humid and stormy in the south. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. our top stories: british officials are once again sharing intelligence
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with the us, after it was suspended following leaked details about the manchester bombing. nine people are now in custody after monday night's attack, as police hunt the suicide bomber‘s network of associates. reports that donald trump's son—in—law, jared kushner, is now part the fbi inquiry into russian involvement in the us election. g7 leaders gather in sicily, determined to show a united front in the face of terrorism, despite divisions over trade and climate change. also in the programme: indigenous leaders gather in central australia to try and reconcile the past and define their place in the country's future.
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