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i got to see bermuda's great sam, i got to see all the boats in action. wow, it's only when you see this close—up that you can appreciate that these are less like boats and more like planes. they are gliding over the water on foyles, and the aim is not to touch the water as much as possible, which would cause drag, and that makes them go faster. it is amazing to watch. there was no engine on—board. it's all generated by sheer muscle the sailors. speed is the key here — the boats are capable of hitting up to 60 mph. ba are have struggled a little in practice. ainslie‘s live giorgi, who has moved to bermuda with their ten—month—old daughter and two dogs, believe that his rivals write him off at their peril. if you are silly enough to wind him up to that level where he feels like his back is against the wall, he will respond in the only way he knows how, which is to win on the water. it is a costly venture. ba are have spent £110
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million chasing the dream. 6.5 million chasing the dream. 6.5 million of that is cash payers' cash. for ben ainslie, the trophy would be priceless. personally, and for everyone in the team, i think it would be the biggest achievement if we can pull this off and win the america's cup for britain. look at oui’ america's cup for britain. look at our sporting maritime heritage, it's the one thing that's missing. it would be huge if we could bring the cup home. mild-mannered of the water, ruthless on it. this night of the realm is a man on a mission. another scorcher. it is not often we get pictures like this — not a cloud in the sky. a little bit of high cloud there across scotland, where we could see one of the highest temperatures
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again in the uk. a bit of cloud bubbling up in northern ireland. that is because we have this whether from encroaching from the west, and that will bring the gradual thundery breakdown over the course of the beacon. before that point, this afternoon is looking pretty glorious, plenty of sunshine, a bit ofa glorious, plenty of sunshine, a bit of a breeze across southern areas. this south and east coast will be a touch cooler. inland, very hot. we could see 30 celsius across northern scotland. things begin to change this evening and overnight. that weather front gets its act together and pushes into south and western areas and we will start to see showery rain, maybe thundery with lightning. it will be another warm and muggy night. a lot of energy in the atmosphere, so that weather front that will continue to move north and east on saturday morning will fairly quickly bring showers
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and thunderstorms to northern and eastern parts. the afternoon could see more intense storms. in southern areas, a nice afternoon to come. a little fresher in south wales in south—west england. in the midlands, really warm and humid. temperatures up really warm and humid. temperatures up to 29 celsius. thunderstorms in northern england could be pretty intense. possible flash flooding, so watch out for those. for western parts of northern ireland and north and western scotland, persistent rain cloud —— rain and cloud. that could be some torrential downpours in the south later in the day. fresher in the north and west. sunday night into monday, some really intention is thunderstorms pushing to the north. they will be slow to clear on bank holiday
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monday. colour and fresher for the northwest with sunshine and showers. there will be some good spells of sunshine around. most of us will see showers and thunderstorms through the weekend, and it will be gradually turning fresher for all. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me. a look at the day's sport. the draw has taken place for the opening round of the french open. world number one and top seed andy murray will play russia's andrey kuznetsov, who is number 85 in the world. the world number two and defending champion novak djokovic will take on marcel granollers of spain. top seed angelique kerber heads an open women's draw and will face akaterina makarova of russia, while british number one johanna konta will be hoping for a good run, she faces unseeded soo way shay
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of chinese taipei. this year's tournament at roland garros starts on sunday. it bea it be a summer of transfers in the premier league. zabaleta has been snapped right up. he becomes village's first signing at west ham. he signed a two—year deal that sta rts he signed a two—year deal that starts on the 1st ofjuly after his nine years with manchester city. he said it has been a pleasure to move to london. valencia will be staying put in manchester. he signed a contract extension with manchester united for another two years. he arrived as a winger but has been utilised by the manager as an attacking right back who said he had long admired valencia long before he joined the club as manager. wayne rooney says he has "more or less" decided about his manchester united future but won't say what that is for another two weeks.
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as for the 31—year—old's international career, well that looks to be coming to a close. england's record scorer has been been left out again by head coach gareth southgate who's named his squad to face scotland and france next month. rooney has been a bit player in his club sides season, with former club everton or the chinese super league possible destinations if he leaves old trafford. tomorrow's fa cup final see premier league winners chelsea take on their london rivals arsenal. however there have been contrasting fortunes for both this season. arsenal finished fifth, missing out on the champions league for the first time in 20 years and arsene wenger their manager, still hasn't confirmed if he'll be at the club next season. his midfielder alex 0xlade—chamberlain thinks victory would be a morale boost for the club. we have given ourselves an opportunity to win a trophy. when you are doing football, winning trophies is what it is about. it'll bea trophies is what it is about. it'll be a bonus to the season and to
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finish on a more positive note. there will be that thing where we wa nted there will be that thing where we wanted to finish higher up the league, there is no doubting that and we can't hide from that. but it isa and we can't hide from that. but it is a big trophy and it is one we wa nt to is a big trophy and it is one we want to win. it will boost morale going into next season. inverness full—back lewis horner has received a suspended eight match ban for betting on football matches including at his own club. however, he'll not serve any punishment if he proves he's beaten his gambling problem with the help of addiction support services. horner admitted breaching the scottish fa's zero—tolerance betting rules both in the current season and in the 2011—12 campaign, when he played for east stirlingshire on loan from hibernian. wasps back kurtley beale has been ruled out of tomorrow's premiership final against exeter at twickenham. the wallaby hasn't recovered from a hamstring injury picked up in the semi—final victory over leicester. willie le roux switches to full—back, withjosh bassett, who scored the winning try against the tigers, starting on the wing. exeter have made one change to the starting xv which overcame saracens,
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with wing 0lly woodburn replacing james short. former olympic champion greg rutherford says today's great city games can show the world a united manchester in the face of monday's attack. the event which sees international stars such as rutherford and great britain's paralympic champion jonnie peacock run on a raised track right through the heart of the city. you can watch that from 6pm on bbc two. that's all sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport and i'll have more in the next hour. some breaking news coming into this in the last few minutes from the high court. sir cliff richard and south yorkshire police have settled a legal fight which started when the singer sued the force and the bbc over reports naming him as a suspected sex offender, a high courtjudge has been told.
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that coming to us from the high court. they have settled that with south yorkshire police. little more coming into as at the time. we will hope to speak to our correspondent on that injust hope to speak to our correspondent on that in just a moment. south yorkshire police apologising wholeheartedly for the additional anxiety caused by the force's handling of the media interest in its investigation. that has led to some kind of settlement. in the last half hour the us secretary of state rex tillerson, who is on a visit to london, has said his government takes full responsibility for leaks of the british police investigation into monday's bomb attack in manchester. he appeared alongside the foreign secretary, borisjohnson. the information that was released by someone the information that was released by
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someone from information vital to an ongoing investigation and vital to capturing those who were involved in this keenness crime. we condemn that. the president has been strong in his condemnation and his call for an investigation and prosecution of those who were found to have been responsible for leaking any of this information to the public. we take full responsibility for that. we obviously regret that happened. in terms of how to fix the relationship between the us and great britain, this special relationship that exists between our two countries will certainly withstand this particular unfortunate event. let's get more now onjeremy corbyn‘s speech on security in britain. he said that if his party won the election he'd only use troops abroad in rare circumstances, he would reverse cuts to the emergency services and police, and reform prisons which he said nurtured extremism. he also said there was a link between uk actions abroad and terrorism at home.
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there is no question about the seriousness of what we face. 0ver recent yea rs seriousness of what we face. 0ver recent years the threat of terrorism has continued to grow. you deserve to know what a labour government will do to keep you and your family safe. 0ur will do to keep you and your family safe. our approach would involve change at home and changed abroad. at home, we will reverse the court to our emergency services and police. in manchester they proved to be the best of us. austerity has to stop at the accident and emergency ward and at the police station door. we cannot be protected on the cheap. there will be more police on the street under a labour government and
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if the security services need more resources to keep track of those who wish to murder and maim, then they should and will get them. we will also change what we do abroad. many experts including professionals in oui’ experts including professionals in our intelligence and security services have pointed out the connections between wars that we have been involved in or supported in other countries such as libya, and terrorism here at home. that assessment in no way reduces the guilt of those who attack our children, those terrorists will for ever be reviled and implacably held to account for their actions. informed understanding of the causes
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of terrorism is an essential part of an effective response that will protect the security of our people. that fight rather than fuels terrorism. protecting this country requires us to be both strong against terrorism and strong against the causes of terrorism. the blame is with the terrorists but if we're to protect our people we must be honest about what our security. those causes certainly cannot be reduced to foreign policy decisions alone. over the last 15 years or so alone. over the last 15 years or so a subculture of often suicidal violence has developed amongst a tiny minority of mainly young men falsely drawing authority from islamic beliefs. 0ften nurtured in a prison system in an urgent need of
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resources and reform. and no rationale based on the actions of any government can remotely excuse or even adequately explain outrages like this week's massacre. we most be brave enough to admit that the war on terror is not working. we need a smarter way to reduce the threat from countries that nurture terrorists and generate terrorism. that is why i set out labour's approach to foreign policy earlier this month. it is focused on strengthening our national security in an increasingly dangerous world. we must support our armed forces, foreign office, international development professionals and diplomats, engaging with the world ina way diplomats, engaging with the world in a way that reduces conflict and build peace and security. seeing the
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army on the streets today is a stark reminder that the current approach is not really working so well. i would like to take a moment to speak to our sword is on the streets of britain, you are doing your duty as you have done so many times before. i want to assure you that under my leadership you will only be deployed abroad when it is a clear need at only when there is a plan that you have the resources to do yourjob and sick you are an outcome that delivers lasting peace. the labour leader's speech has been criticised by the conservatives and the liberal democrats. here's the defence secretary sir michael fallon. this is a very badly timed speed showing some muddled and dangerous thinking. he seems to be implying that a terrorist attack in manchester is somehow our fault, somehow britain's fault. jeremy corbyn is far too ready to find excuses and far too slow to support
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the police and the security services. this is a man who is opposed every piece of terrorism legislation, who thinks we should talk to terrorists and who has even questioned whether the police should be right to shoot to kill. you see the contrast today between theresa may acting in the national interest andjeremy may acting in the national interest and jeremy corbyn confirming he is simply not up to the job. meanwhile the liberal democrat leader, tim farron, said mr corbyn was trying to score cheap political points. a few days ago a young man prepared a bomb, went to a pop concert and slaughtered 22 people. it seems to me that to choose to make a political point on the back of that is wrong. i disagree withjeremy corbyn's point but i disagree even more strongly with his timing of making that point. the girl has been named locally as seven—month—old chloe fogarty.
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she was found in a vehicle in the village of dundrum in county tipperary yesterday. she was airlifted to hospital but medics were unable to revive her. the baby was the only child of a local couple, and the incident is being treated as a tragedy. as election campaigning resumes, labour leaderjeremy corbyn has given a speech saying that the war on terror is not working. meanwhile, police have arrested a man in the moss side area of manchester in connection with mendip‘s terror attack. eight men are being held. irish police are investigating the death ofa police are investigating the death of a seven—month—old girl was found ina caron of a seven—month—old girl was found in a car on one of the hottest days of the year. hello, here is the business news.
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a leading think tank says neither labour nor the tories are being honest about the economic impact of their planned policies. the institute for fiscal studies says tory plans would most likely mean more austerity. while labour plans would mean big increases in tax and spending. new regulations on pay day loans come into force today. 0nline lenders will have to advertise on at least one price comparison website. this comes after an investigation by regulators who want borrowers to know about other options for borrowing. the industry has already complained about being over regulated. more in a moment. the price of crude has fallen by about 5%. that's despite oil producing countries agreeing to extend their cut in production until march next year. investors had been hoping they'd extend the cut even further. let's go back to that story about payday lenders and new regulations coming into effect today.
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as we mentioned, these companies, which offer high interest short—term loans, are going to have to make sure that they are advertised on price comparison websites. the sector is huge and of course, controversial. critics say it promotes irresponsible borrowing others though say it can really help people out of a short term jam. hannah maundrell is the editor of money.co.uk. shejoins us now. what is behind this move? this is the latest in a series of measures on the back of competition watchdog enquiry into the sector. it followed on an enquiry into the sector along with a load of recommendations to clea n with a load of recommendations to clean up the industry from where it was five years ago and help people who are taking out payday loans, encourage them to shop around and find the best deal. it is the latest measure that has been brought forward from those recommendations from the regulator. it isn't the
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last, that is a further investigation. it just last, that is a further investigation. itjust doesn't look as payday loan is that many types of high—cost borrowing. payday loans aren't the only type of borrowing thatis aren't the only type of borrowing that is expensive. the case for saying that these loan companies really do fulfil a function and if you regulate them too closely at the poorest members of our society are going to suffer? there is an argument for that. they fill a necessity where people can't get a ccess fill a necessity where people can't get access to credit quickly, small amounts from banks and building societies. there are other ways you can borrow money, not percent credit cards, credit unions. that is the key thing. the regulator has said payday lenders have to be listed on a comparison website which is good and hopefully they suggest it will save people £60 a year, the key thing is don't compare payday loans
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against each other, compare them against each other, compare them against other alternatives for borrowing that could be a whole lot cheaper. what about that claim from the industry they are simply being too regulated? the payday loan industry has had a whole heap of regulation bundled up on it over the last few years and thatis on it over the last few years and that is because it was one of the focuses when it took overregulation of this type products. it has been looked at in conjunction with other types of high—cost credit, for instance, unauthorised overdraft, guarantor loans, car finance and later this year we should see the sca looking at whether the price cap they have implemented on the amount of interest payday lenders can charge is working and whether it is the right thing to do. watch this space. thank you very much. some other stories to update you on. the amount of money stolen from contactless bank cards and mobile devices has soared. fraudsters took almost 7 million pounds last year compared to 2.8 million the year before according to financial fraud action uk. contactless is really
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popular these days we spent more than £25 billion that way in 2016 so the pressure is on to try to improve security. walkers are finding out the hard way that its not always wise to get the public to participate in their marketing campaigns. the company came up with the bright idea of getting consumers to tweet mocked up selfies featuring themselves and gary linker. some smart alecs responded by mocking up pictures of gary and a host of unsavoury characters, including murderer fred west. walkers has apologised and have shut down the campaign. many of you will have been enjoying the senate weather today. but it is good news for the national grid. around 24% of our energy today is going to be coming from solar and that is a record. let's have a look at the markets. it has been a record high
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on the ftse. but it is a different story for sterling. but weaker pound, tells british exporters who are helping to fuel vat rise. elsewhere, we have seen bank stocks weaker. traders are also nervous about those g7 talks in italy. the media personality katie hopkins has been dropped from herjob presenting a talk show on the radio station lbc. it follows a tweet in which hopkins said after monday's attack that a "final solution" was needed to terror, followed by her being reported to police and a "sack hopkins now" campaign. an lbc spokesperson has said both sides had agreed she would "leave effective immediately". 0ur media correspondent david sillito says no direct link has been made between the sacking at the words. the fact it follows three days on
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the certainly suggests she has gone far too far. those two words, final solution, the nazi phrase for the holocaust, brought widespread condemnation even on lbc itself. james o'brien a fellow presenter described as dark and poisonous and a monstrous self publicist. he felt ashamed to be sharing a platform with her. there are people within lbc pleased today to know she no longer has her sunday programme. katie hopkins, she is proud of being outspoken saying things that nobody else will say. she tweeted something yesterday, describing herself as the jesus of the outspoken. i will rise again, suggesting she knew she had been sacked. she knows there will be another outlet. she remains a, columnist for mail online. it isn't the first time she has been in hot water. she compared migrants to
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cockroaches, the libel battle with the blogger who she had incorrectly accused of scrawling on a war memorial. she lost that and she's had to pay a very hefty amount. ups and downs. scientists working on the american space agency's newjuno mission say its first look atjupiter has taken their breath away. in particular, they've been amazed by the storms they're seeing at the planet's poles. dozens of hurricanes, each the size of earth, all whirling around each other. the bbc‘s science reporter jonathan amos has more. juno is the first mission to get a good view ofjupiter‘s poles. they look nothing like the rest of the planet. we're all with hubble telescope pictures showing the parallel bands of weather systems that circle the equator and mid—latitudes. but further north and south the clouds swirl into a random bustle of vortices. huge anvil clouds reach up from the atmosphere. for decades scientists have assumed that if we drop
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below the cloud tops, below where the sunlight reaches, pretty much jupiter was all uniform inside and it really didn't matter where you looked, it would all look the same. what we are finding is anything but that is the truth. it is very different, very complex. juno is making discoveries at every turn. the planets's magnetic field is twice as strong as first thought. its core is most unusual. not a solid rocky ball but something quite diffuse, fuzzy is how nasa scientists describe it. there is great excitement and now asjuno approaches its next investigation, a detailed look atjupiter‘s famous giant red spot, a storm known to have raged for hundreds of years. the headlines for you in a couple of moments but let's have a look at the weather. glorious up and down the country.
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the scenes like this are weather watch picked up behind me on anglesey. a little bit fairweather clad bubbling up across western areas that is because we've got those weather front encroaching in from the west. this'll bring is the brea ks from the west. this'll bring is the breaks down through the weekend. before we reached that point, this often known as looking sunny and hot. the more of a breeze in the southern areas. inland, mid—to high 20s. we could seek 30 degrees across the north of scotland. the hottest place in uk. this evening and overnight, signs of a change coming into the west. a line of showery rain and thunderstorms embedded in that. hit and miss, the showers but if you catch one you know about it. there will be another movie night. this low—pressure encountering this energy in the atmosphere is likely to produce a line of storms and showers moving northwards through the course of saturday morning. moving through quite quickly but
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becoming located in scotland, northern england and the eastern side of england. further south, we will see a clearance of those showers and a nice afternoon to come. feeling hot and humid again particularly across the south—east. the midlands could see some hefty thunderstorms and some hail, frequent lightning, possibly some flash flooding. we could season storms in the central areas but cloudier in scotland. feeling cooler, 1a degrees in stornoway. that cool, fresh air pushes into many northern areas on sunday. they will be sunshine around with a few showers. we will seek another thundery plume moving in particularly late on sunday through sunday night in the monday morning. we could season intense thunderstorms pushing their way northwards. bank holiday monday will see the showers slowly clearing away. maybe one or two returning to
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the south. it'll be warm and humid further north and west, cooler. for the bank holiday weekend, not that bad. there will be some sunshine around, thundery downpours are expected in many areas and most of its overseas showers and at certain times and then we will see further sunshine as well. this is bbc news. the headlines at 2pm. labour leaderjeremy corbyn criticises the government over police cuts and says there has been a link between foreign policy and terrorism. we must be brave enough to admit the war on terror is not working. we need a smarter way to reduce the threat from countries that nurture terrorists and generate terrorism. neither of the two main parties are presenting voters with an honest set of choices on taxation and spending, the institute for fiscal studies warns. i'm jane hill live in manchester. the latest developments here today.
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police investigating the terror attack in manchester say a further arrest today brings to eight the total number of people currently in custody. the 22nd victim of the attack has been named as 15—year—old

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