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i the 17—22dc. i'm the end of the week, some decent weather around, but still that cooler, fresher feel to things. this is bbc news, the headlines at four: the high court is, right now, beginning to hear new claims that an experimental treatment could improve the brain condition of seriously ill 11—month—old charlie gard. police now say they estimate about 255 people survived the grenfell tower fire, the first time they have given such a figure. theresa may calls for unity in a change to her government style. she will challenge rival parties to contribute and notjust criticise. it is an ambitious agenda which is there to address the big challenges that the country faces. one of those is getting the brexit negotiations right, but there are other challenges we face as a country as well. as the iraqi army fights the last pockets of is resistance in the city, iraq's prime minister stops short of declaring victory. there is still a battle ahead, there are still is fighters out there and this battle for mosul is not over. in the next hour, 70 firefighters have battled to control a massive
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blaze in london's camden market. while it took several hours to bring the blaze under control, there are no reports of any casualties. a disabled coldplay fan who crowd surfed in his wheelchair at the band's recent dublin concert has been invited on stage to perform with the band. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. in the last few minutes we have heard that thejudge in the last few minutes we have heard that the judge who is hearing the case of charlie gard said he
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will hear the case in full on thursday and may or may not be able to resolve it down. a report said that nothing could be done to help charlie gard. for charlie gard's parents, today's court hearing offers some hope, when they thought all hope had gone. the court will hear fresh submissions this afternoon about the experimental treatment available. lawyers say the parents want to take him to america for treatment. the doctor side says there is nothing they can do to help to treat charlie. thejudge said they can do to help to treat charlie. the judge said there they can do to help to treat charlie. thejudge said there is not a person alive who would not want to save charlie. if you bring new evidence to me and i consider it changes the situation, i will be the first to welcome that outcome.
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yesterday his parents delivered a petition of 350,000 signatures to great 0rmond street, calling for him to be allowed to travel to america for the experimental treatment. everything now hangs on the decision of the court this week. we are hoping thejudge sees of the court this week. we are hoping the judge sees it is worth a chance. he said last time it was futile and it clearly is not futile, he has a chance and charlie deserves that chance. he has been lying there for months and he should have been given this chance. so far every judge to hear this case, right up to the european court of human rights, has ruled against the wishes of charlie's family and in favour of great 0rmond street. his parents believe the new treatment could prolong his life and should be explored. for doctors the situation is both a medical and moral dilemma. medical science has moved on a long way and it feels like there is a lwa ys way and it feels like there is always an expectation of cure, of sending out completely normal again.
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sadly that is not the case. we only wish we could have all those therapies to sort all of those things. as the legal system once again decides what happens next, ii—month—old charlie gard remained ona ii—month—old charlie gard remained on a ventilator in hospital. doctors say he cannot see or move and any treatment would be futile. but his pa rents treatment would be futile. but his parents think differently and believe their son is not in pain, nor is he suffering. they want him to be given one last chance. iam going i am going to take you to the high court because we are awaiting the pa rents court because we are awaiting the parents and others in the case leaving the high court. 0ur correspondent, keith doyle, is outside the high court now. some fairly difficult moments in the last few minutes with the parents not happy with what they were hearing from the lawyers representing great 0rmond street. hearing from the lawyers representing great 0rmond streetlj am representing great 0rmond street.”
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am standing outside the court right now and we are waiting for the pa rents to now and we are waiting for the parents to come out and give a statement after that hearing. in court in the last few minutes people called out to the judge, they are lying to you, in reference to what great 0rmond street hospital had been saying. emotional moments in court. the lawyers for the family of ii—month—old charlie gard want an order allowing him to be removed from the hospital. they say new evidence shows experimental treatment could produce grammatical, clinical improvement. the judge said he needed to hear something dramatic and new to making change his mind. he said there is no one alive who does not want to save charlie. his welfare is of paramount consideration. great 0rmond street hospital, that is where ii—month—old charlie gard is at the moment. their legal team questioned this supposed new research. they said it was
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laboratory —based and not new. there is also the question if it is possible to reverse profound brain damage. we understand charlie does have brain damage. thejudge and great 0rmond street are questioning whether this treatment can reverse this brain damage. thejudge is questioning if it cannot do that, how effective is this treatment? that is what was happening this afternoon. thejudge has said he will reconvene this tribunal on thursday and he will make a result then. you can probably hear behind me the supporters for charlie gard's family. there is a lot of international media and a lot of interest and we are waiting for the family to come out and give a statement. a lot of international interest because you cannot get more important people than the pope and the president of the united states who got involved. absolutely, two of
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the most prominent figures on the planet, both saying they supported charlie gard's family, that they wa nted charlie gard's family, that they wanted to do what they could to help charlie. charlie gard's mother said this morning that the intervention of the pope and the president of the united states had saved charlie's life so far. we understand that tomorrow there will be a vote in the american congress to make charlie a us citizen and that would open up the way to allow him being treated in the us should the judge allowed that to happen. huge international interest and huge international inputin interest and huge international input in this very emotive case. we will come straight back to you as soon as there is any sign of the pa rents soon as there is any sign of the parents leaving the high court. that is the scene like there at the moment. that is the scene like there at the moment. 255 people survived the grenfell tower fire — that's the first time such a figure has been given by the metropolitan police. as a result estimates
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of the the number of dead and missing, remains at approximately 80. the metropolitan police commander said they were looking at all aspects of the buyer, including the cladding, fire exit and the advise residents had been given. those of us residents had been given. those of us involved in the investigation and the wider police operation cannot help but have an emotional attachment to this case and we are absolutely determined to do everything we possibly can to identify what offences have been committed, identify any people or organisation that may have some responsibility, and we will go where the evidence takes us. there are over 60 organisations, companies or bodies that have been involved in g re nfell tower bodies that have been involved in grenfell tower that we have identified so far. that includes people involved in construction, the refurbishment and the management. we will be looking at the roles each and every one of those has played.
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everyone has seen the videos of the fire. we will be looking at not only how it spread up the external facade, but looking at everything that went on inside. the fire safety precautions, how the building was managed and maintained and also constricted —— constructed and refurbished. the advice that has been widely reported on in the media is that our investigation will look at the totality of what happened, how it happened and why it happened. we have to look at the deaths of what we believe might be 80 people who lost their lives in this fire and the investigation will look at not only the events leading up to the fire, but also the actions of all those involved on the night and whether it had any impact on the deaths of those who were inside the tower. i will say it again, the truly tragic fire at grenfell tower should never have happened. it is ourjob as the police to investigate
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it. we will go where the evidence ta kes it. we will go where the evidence takes us. we were looked at all available fences within criminal law and if we identify evidence that an individual or an organisation has committed a criminal offence, we will do what we can to bring those people or those organisations to justice. the metropolitan police commander stuart cundy. "contribute, don'tjust criticise," that's the message from theresa may to opposition parties at the beginning of a week which marks her first anniversary as prime minister. the first secretary of state, damien green, said it was "a grown—up way of doing politics". labour says the prime minister has run out of ideas. theresa may defended the government's plans for the future. the government has got an ambitious agenda to address the big challenges the country faces and one is getting the brexit negotiations right. there are other challenges we face as well. the public will want us to get the broadest possible consensus in looking at those issues. i did this as home secretary on counterterrorism measures,
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working with other political parties to ensure we got that legislation right. i did it on the modern slavery act and working with other parties to ensure that went onto the statute book. if you look at some of the issues we will address in the future, matthew taylor's report is coming out tomorrow and i asked him to do that not long after becoming prime minister, to look at the gig economy, to look at the changing world of work in the uk, to ensure we have got those workers' protections right. who would not want to work to ensure that workers had the best possible rights and protections in the workplace as it changes? who would not want to work with us to ensure we have got the right counterterrorism powers and capabilities in place? there is another issue that has come up recently through the general election, this whole question of the abuse and harassment and bullying that people suffered in the general election. a number of mps have identified
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it happened to them. yvette cooper is clear we need to address this, and we need to work together to find a way to ensure that sort of behaviour which was targeted not just at candidates, but at others during the election, we have to make sure the message goes out that that has no role in our democracy. australian prime minister malcolm turnbull has said australia is "very keen" to secure a trade deal with the post—brexit uk "as quickly as possible". mr turnbull made the comments at a press conference at downing street, during a visit to the uk. we recognise that as britain moves to completing its exit from the european union, we stand ready to enter into a free—trade agreement with the united kingdom as soon as the uk is able to do so. once that brexit has been achieved, then we look forward to speedily concluding a free—trade agreement with australia. we were the first on the phone to offer our support
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and assistance in that regard. at the same time i should say we are looking forward to the early conclusion of a free—trade agreement with the european union. the australian prime minister. let's return now to the story on grenfell tower. 255 people survived the grenfell tower fire — that's the first time such a figure has been given by the metropolitan police. with me is our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. what are the overall figures? it does not change the estimate of those killed. no, it does not, but there was an incredible debate about there was an incredible debate about the amount of people who died at g re nfell tower. the amount of people who died at grenfell tower. people said they thought it might be higher, 150 or more. that comes from a suggestion from people in the community that
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500 or 600 people were living at g re nfell tower 500 or 600 people were living at grenfell tower when the fire happened. police have investigated that closely and they say they believe 350 is the correct figure. they have traced the inhabitants of 106 of the flats, 127 flat in g re nfell tower 106 of the flats, 127 flat in grenfell tower in total. they think 123 were flats were all of those in the building died at the time. 350 is quite useful because it tells them that theirfigure is quite useful because it tells them that their figure for the number of missing, 255, sorry, the number of missing, 255, sorry, the number of missing, 255, sorry, the number of people who survived, 255, that that is likely to be correct. they have investigated that figure as well. the figure of 80 or 81 is the correct figure of the number who have died. if you are doing the sums on paper, they believed 1a people who were supposed to be living in the tower that night were out and
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not involved in the fire. their figures are starting to become a bit more understandable. if there is any suggestion more people were living there, that would change things, but i have not seen any evidence that there were, other than people saying so on the ground. we are getting a sense of the scale of this investigation and a lot of it is pretty grim, but also the criminal investigation they are undertaking and they are looking at everything. there is an investigation into who died and that is pretty awful work. we were shown pictures we have been asked not to use because they will be upsetting for the families, of teams in the tower are sifting through every piece of debris in the tower. all of that will be taken away and kept to be analysed. when they find remains, they are using ct scanners and that technology, forensic scientists are working there, anthropologists are working there, anthropologists are working there to try to work out whose
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bodies have been found. the fire reached temperatures of 1000 degrees and that tells you about the effect it had on those caught up in it. there is a parallel investigation into what caused the fire and police made clear they are looking at everything, from the way the building was put together, refurbished and managed, and they are looking at whether any potentially criminal offences were committed right up to an issue where they believed it might have been corporate manslaughter. quite hard to prove under the laws we have at the moment, but they are looking at all of that to see if we can get to the bottom of it. the headlines on bbc news: as the case of the terminally ill baby charlie gard returns to the high court, the judge says baby charlie gard returns to the high court, thejudge says he baby charlie gard returns to the high court, the judge says he will hear the case in full on thursday. he says something new would be needed to be heard to grant them the right to send him to the united states for treatment. we are hearing
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255 people survived the grenfell tower. theresa may is calling on rival parties to contribute and notjust criticised in a bid to change her leadership style. labour has accused the prime minister of having run out of ideas. johanna konta has become the first british woman to reach the quarterfinals at wimbledon since 1984 after beating karolina garcia in three sets. andy murray is involved in another entertaining match as yet has just gone two set up against his opponent benoit paire. wayne rooney says he has not moved to a retirement home after rejoining everton, insisting he is back at his old club to win trophies. the high court has ruled that the sale of arms
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to saudi arabia is legal. the ruling comes after a case was brought by a pressure group, campaign against the arms trade. they argued that the uk had broken international humanitarian law by selling weapons which had been used to kill civilians in yemen, where the saudis have conducted air strikes against houthi rebels during the civil war there. a massive fire broke out overnight in camden market in north london. it's taken 70 firefighters and ten fire engines several hours to get the blaze under control. there are no reports of any casualties and the cause of the fire is unknown. it's the third major fire to hit the popular tourist attraction in the last ten years. jane—frances kelly reports. crews spent the morning dampening down while investigators continue to look into the cause of the fire which broke out in a building beside the market hall. it's estimated about 30—35 small businesses and stallholders have been affected. the fire brigade were called shortly before midnight. ten fire engines and 70 firefighters attended the scene. the initial crews worked very hard in extremely difficult conditions to gain access and to prevent the fire from spreading. it was very aggressive firefighting
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in the early stages. this is not the first time fire has struck camden market. in 2008 a well—known pub along with six shops and 90 market stalls across the road were also damaged. camden market is the fourth most visited tourist attraction in london, drawing an estimated 28 million people annually. it's also one of their busiest times of year. it's right when they naturally make some money. so, their livelihoods, that's everything gone. really we are waiting. we can't go into there, definitely, but we want to go and have a look to see if our stock is damaged or not. despite the upset, camden market which has over a thousand stalls and shops, said it's open for business as usual. they will try to find alternative retail space for those affected. jane francis kelly, bbc news. brexit will mean higherfood prices, with lower quality and less choice.
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that's the warning from the former boss of sainsbury‘s, justin king, who supported the remain campaign. his claims are however disputed by other industry analysts who believe leaving the eu could give us an opportunity to lower bills. tom heap reports. food and farming combined are by far our biggest manufacturing sector. and the eu is involved all along the chain from what grows in our fields to the labels on the pack. the eu also guarantees free trade across the continent, and the man who ran one of our biggest supermarkets and remain supporter, says any threat to this frictionless system will be worse for shoppers. i think one can say very clearly what the direction will be. higher prices, less choice and poorer quality. because all of these dimensions have been improved by these open trading relationships that we've had over the last 40 years. he also says the eu has driven up standards, and means we can get fresh vegetables all year round.
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but food prices inside the eu are higher than the global average. so consumer goods manufacturer and pro—brexit campaignerjohn mills says leaving could give us an opportunity to lower bills. food prices inside the eu vary from food product food to product, but on average they are about 20% higher than they are in the rest of the world. so there is very substantial scope for food prices coming down if we switch sources of supply outside the eu. the fortunes of retailers and the fate of farmers will be in the hands of those negotiating our brexit deal and future trade arrangements. tom heap, bbc news. and you can see more on that story on tonight's panorama, britain's food and farming: the brexit effect, on bbc one at 8.30. a tory
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atory mp a tory mp has got herself in trouble. she was at a meeting where they were discussing what sort of services deal britain could strike with the eu after brexit. she used u nfortu nate with the eu after brexit. she used unfortunate language. vicky young joins us from westminster. she is there somewhere. have they switched there somewhere. have they switched the lights out? i can hear you. who is it and what did she say? this is anne—marie morris, a conservative mp. she seems to have been recorded by the huffington post and she is talking about brexit and the prospect of there being no deal. she does use racist and offensive language when she talks about the prospect of there being no deal after two years and she says, that is when we get to the real n word in the woodpile. the conservative party
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immediately said that was completely unacceptable and they were urgently investigating it if it was true. she has made a comment on e—mail and she said the comment was totally unintentional, i apologise unreservedly for any offence caused. this comes on the day when the prime minister has been talking about some of the abuse that candidates, both labour and conservative, were getting during the general election campaign. she was urging all party leaders to make sure that kind of thing did not carry on. she wants to sort this problem out within her own party and we have to wait to see if she takes any kind of disciplinary action. the background to that issue does not have a majority in the house of commons and if you suspend someone from the party, they no longer take the party whip and it affects the numbers in the house of commons. we will have to wait and see whether that apology from anne—marie morris will be enough to
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satisfy the critics there are. what is your best bet? we will have to wait and see. it is unfortunate, it is incredibly offensive language and a whole generation of people do not even hear this phrase any more. we do not know what the defence will be. apparently there were other conservative mps on that panel, some saying why did they not make a fuss about it at the time? i think theresa may will have to do something about this. vicky young in the house of commons. it's called the "gig economy", millions of people caught in a grey area of working flexibly but without the usual workplace protections. they are considered neither fully employed nor self—employed. tomorrow a degree of clarity might be introduced after an employment review has looked at some of the issues raised around this particular labour market and it's expected to demand a radical overhaul of employment law with new guarantees on the minimum wage. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity reports. lukas andrade is one of a million people that get paid by the task.
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that flexibility suits him, but if it's a slow day for takeaways or he's stuck in traffic, it's him that loses. if you work around ten hours, we can do around £150. but when it is a slow day, we do around 70, working for ten or 11 hours. sometimes we spend, like, two hours to get one job, to get £3.50. it's not good when it's not busy. if he gets sick or has an accident, he might also have an income, he might also not have an income, but tomorrow a review is expected to classify workers like him not as self—employed but as dependent contractors, entitled to be paid at least the minimum wage. the big fear of gig economy companies like deliveroo is they might have to pay workers online, rather than doing work. there's a compromise being proposed where they're required to prove the workers could earn substantially more than the minimum wage
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in a reasonable time. the report is expected to say that if gig economy companies pay people by task, they have to show workers earn at least a fifth more than an employee on the minimum wage would. unions say it could mean less protection, not more. a piece rate approach could be a step backwards. we know that approach was taken for cleaners in hotels come for cleaners in hotels, they couldn't clean enough rooms within an hour to qualify for those rights. 0ur concern is also uber drivers and deliveroo drivers could be expected to travel so fast around london and the uk, they never qualify for the national minimum wage. the gig economy companies are popular because they are efficient and cheap. one thing that helps them to trim costs is they avoid
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paying national insurance. it is unlikely protection for workers can be stepped up without some increase in costs for consumers. a coldplay fan who went to the band's recent concert at croke park in dublin became more involved than he expected. rob 0'byrne had been crowd—surfing in his wheelchair when he was spotted by lead singer, chris martin. he was then invited on stage and drew huge cheers from the crowd of over 70,000 people when he brought out his harmonica to play along. two lads picked us up and the crowds were like the red sea opening and we went straight up to the stage. chris martin, it took him about ten or 15 seconds to clock me and he was great. he told the security guards that he wanted me on the stage. they were telling me to get down. i think the security guards got more of a fright because they had to lift me up onto the stage.
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once you were up there, how terrifying was that with thousands of people looking at you? just looking down all you can see is the light shining. you could see the cameras with the lights on them, so i did not know where to look and i went along with things. we are expecting to hear a statement from the patient‘s —— peres of 11—month—old charlie gard. there is a large media presence waiting. many of them are international following the involvement of notjust the us president, but the pope in the family's cause. we will take you to the high court. first, an update on the high court. first, an update on the weather. changeable describes this week's
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weather. real ups and downs with dry weather. real ups and downs with dry weather and wet weather. there has been some wet weather in a few places today. quite vicious downpours have broken out in some parts of east anglia. some showers affecting parts of the midlands. these will continue into the evening. showery rain in parts of scotland. 0vernight cloud will thicken up from the west and that will bring some outbreaks of patchy rain. a cooler, fresher night than we have been used to recently. into tomorrow in southern areas, southern england and south wales, perhaps the midlands and northern england, we will see things turning increasingly wet. in northern ireland and scotla nd wet. in northern ireland and scotland it is another day of sunshine and showers. look at those temperatures, lower than they have been. we will stick with that cooler
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and fresher temperature. the headlines at 4.30. the case of the terminally—ill baby charlie gard has returned to the high court today. the judge has said he will hear the case in full on thursday, but said something "dramatic and new" would be needed to grant charlie's parents the right to send their baby to the us for treatment. the metropolitan police have, for the first time, released figures estimating that 255 people survived the grenfell tower fire. the number of dead and missing, remains at approximately 80. metropolitan police commander said the fire was burning a 1000 celsius for a considerable time. theresa may called for rival parties to join her and "contribute", as she announced a change in leadership style. theresa may has called for rival
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parties tojoin her and "contribute" as she signalled a change in government style. during a press conference with australia's prime minister, mrs may said the public wants the broadest possible consensus to tackle the challenges the country faces. iraq's prime minister has visited mosul, after claiming the city has been liberated following three years of occupation by the so—called islamic state. thousands have died in the battle to reclaim the city from the terrorist group. we can catch up with all the latest sports news now. hello. good afternoon. straight to wimbledon, now. jo konta has become the first british woman to reach the quarterfinals at wimbledon since 1984 after beating caroline garcia in three sets. the british number one, who has been installed by bookmakers as the tournament favourite, was pegged back to one set all, before closing out the match 6—4 in the decider. konta will face romanian second seed simona halep in the last eight. it is those situations that you dream of when i was a little girl. but even now, to be part of these big battles on the biggest stage,
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it is all about what it is about to be a professional athlete. we have not had a women's quarterfinalist at wimbledon since jo durie back in the 1980s. that is very special. i am looking forward to getting the chance to play again. well, if the women's draw was wide open this morning, it is even more so now after the number one seed angelique kerber was beaten in the fourth round. former finalist garbine muguruza won their match in three sets and will play svetlana kuznetsova in the quarterfinals. meanwhile, these are live pictures of andy murray's fourth round match. he is two sets up on benoit paire. 0n serve in the third set, 3—2. if
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andy murray wins, it will be the first time at the british man and women have been in the singles events at wimbledon since 1973. that is on centre, while on number one court, rafa nadal has lost the first set to 16th seed gilles muller of luxembourg. nadal and murray are seeded to meet in the semifinals. elsewhere today, after 13 years at manchester united, wayne rooney making the move back to his childhood club is notjust an emotional homecoming. he says he wants to win trophies at everton. it was very exciting for me to get back and meet everybody. it is notjust an exciting time for me, but also
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for everton football club. i think we're moving forward, signing the right players. i think we're all hoping this year could be a good year us. today is a rest day on the tour de france. chris froome still holds the yellow jersey as the race leader, but it is one of the men who crashed out on sunday's dramatic stage getting the social media headlines. geraint thomas posted this picture, of his ripped team skyjersey after sunday's fall, in which he broke a collar bone, with the words, "only worn once. "not in 100% condition, slight signs of use. might need a wash." thomas said he will go back to cardiff for surgery and is looking forward to going to the pub! despite the loss of his team—mate, froome still believes he has terrific support. the team is very
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capable. we have got some tremendous raiders. there are some of them who i think raiders. there are some of them who ithinki raiders. there are some of them who i think i should be trading for. they are doing a massive job. everyone has upped the game. they are allup to everyone has upped the game. they are all up to the occasion of defending the yellowjersey. that is all sport for now. i will have more in the next hour. president trump's team has made it clear he did not know that his eldest son and son—in—law had met a russian lawyer who, during last year's presidential election campaign, claimed to have damaging information about hillary clinton. donald trump jr insists "no meaningful information" was provided about her." president trump and vladimir putin met for the first time on friday and a joint cyber security unit was discussed. samantha simmonds reports. back in washington, donald and melania trump arrived home
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from the g20 summit in germany to face more questions about the president's relationship with russia. following his first face—to—face meeting with president putin, donald trump suggested the two countries could work together on a cyber security unit. but following criticism from his own party, the president appeared to back down on the idea. in a tweet, he said: the president is still under huge pressure over claims of russian interference in last year's election. there is not anybody who thinks that russia didn't meddle in the election. we're all very clear on that. and i think we're going to see what congress does. but the key issue is not what russia did, it is whether trump's team colluded with russia to influence the election. and that is what the fbi and congress are investigating. now, the new york times says they have evidence that at least some in the campaign were willing to accept russian help. they say sources have told them
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president trump's eldest son, donald trump jr, and his son—in—lanared kushner met with this woman, natalia veselnitskaya, a russian lawyer with links to the kremlin, injune last year, on the promise of being given damaging information about hillary clinton. trump jr has denied anything of significance came from the meeting. donald trump has made it clear he did not know anything about it. but this is thought to be the first confirmed meeting between a russian national and a member of the president's inner circle. no doubt investigators will be keen to know more about how and why it came about. samantha simmonds, bbc news. wildfires are raging across the us state of california, as a record—breaking heat wave has sent temperatures above 40 celsius in many areas. more than 2,000 firefighters are attempting to contain nearly 20 large fires, which have forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes. officials are warning that the weather conditions are set
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to continue over the weekend. the billionth new one pound coin has been produced by the royal mint and, in about a week's time, there will be more new coins than old in circulation. 800 million old coins have been returned and they will no longer be legal tender after october 15. the new 12—sided coin has high—tech security features, making it harder to forge. the iraqi government says that the city of mosul has been liberated from so—called islamic state, three years after it was first occupied by the extremists. the second largest city in iraq was where is declared its "caliphate" in 2014. since then, its grip on territory, seen here in red, has been gradually reduced in iraq and in syria. in the last nine months, it has been targeted in mosul by the iraqi army, backed by us and coalition air strikes, and has lost ground street by street. but pockets of resistance
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from is militants are still reported within the old city, as our correspondent jonathan beale reports. that is the coalition air strike. they reckon there are still 200—300 snipers. you can see the devastation around here. even though the iraqi prime minister says we are 0livia of victory, has words, there are still a battle ahead. there are still is fighters
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out there and there is still a battle to be one. can they pick up an award victory? for the thousands of civilians who have been displaced and have had relatives killed, it will not feel like a victory. thank you very much. victory is a word celebrated by the army, but for thousands of refugees and others affected by the conflict, it is a nightmare. you can see many children's and families have seen the houses destroyed and the livelihoods ruined. it is difficult to even contemplate the long—term future. what the for people?‘
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to even contemplate the long—term future. what the for people? a lot of the people, because of the information getting from within mosul, are still within the the fighting is taking place. the condition of these people is for no considered very bad. but at least many other thousands have already left and are either in a camp or in transit to a refugee centre. the conditions are really tough and bad and you can imagine the temperatures in this very hot summer, over 40 degrees, the conditions are terrible for any standard for people to live
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in. specifically, the things that children have been through is unimaginable. the amount of destruction, the destruction of the future. it is something which will last for the children a long time. thank you very much. and thank you for the work that you do. the mother of a british backpacker who was stabbed to death in australia last year has made an emotionaljourney to the place where her daughter died. mia ayliffe—chung was killed at a hostel in queensland. another british traveller, tom jackson, died trying to help her. mia's mother rosie wanted to retrace her daughter's steps and learn more about the welfare of backpackers in australia. 0ur correspondent hywel griffith went with her. this isn't a journey any parent would want to make. 10,000 miles from home, rosie ayliffe has come to learn about her daughter mia's final days. imagine mia working in that field.
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that was way over her head. 20—year—old mia was working in queensland to gain a visa. she was attacked at her hostel. 30—year—old tom jackson from cheshire tried to help her. a french national has been charged with their murders. the hostel is still open and, without the cameras following her, rosie was allowed to enter and see mia's room and the place where she died. and i sat in a cubicle and i thought about mia dying in that room. and she's gone, you know, and it's tough. it's tough to be here. i knew it would be, but i'm so glad i came, because i feel like... ifeel like i owed it to mia. but this isn't only about commemoration. rosie wants to meet other backpackers and learn exactly what kind of a life her daughter had here. every year, 200,000 people come to australia for a working holiday. if they want to stay for a second year, then they have to come and work in regional australia. many, like mia, come to queensland,
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where the farmers use the backpackers to pick their fruit and tend their fields. an investigation by australia's fair work ombudsman has found many backpackers are being exploited. two—thirds say employers take advantage by underpaying them. some have their passports taken away. djuro, from denmark, has just finished the 88 days of rural work needed to gain a second—year visa. it was almost like being in prison, rather than being in australia. treatment will be so bad, you're being pushed to your very limit. now, we're speaking about people working in 40 degrees. some of them are 18—19 years old. and to the amount of capacity that you're working, one or two months, some people collapse, mentally. theyjust break down. the australian government says it recognises migrant workers are vulnerable to exploitation. it has set up a task force, but while she is in the country, rosie is anxious to push for more change.
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we are propping up their agricultural industry, in effect, you know. people are making huge amounts of money out of our backpackers. and it's got to stop, really, and, you know, their days are numbered. but i can feel a fight coming on, i really can. it is one which may bring rosie back to australia several times, to lobby and campaign, and to give tom and mia a legacy. we are still keeping an eye on the high court. we are waiting to hear from appearance. a hearing has been listed for thursday. —— the appearance of charlie gard. it was
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suggested the treatment could improve his condition. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour, but first, the headlines on bbc news. the case of the terminally—ill baby charlie gard has returned to the high court today. the judge has said he will hear the case in full on thursday, but said something "dramatic and new" would be needed to grant charlie's parents the right to send their baby to the us for treatment. the metropolitan police have, for the first time, released figures estimating that 255 people survived the grenfell tower fire. theresa may called for rival parties to join her and "contribute", as she announced a change in leadership style. the labour party has accused her of running out of ideas. we can have a look at how trading
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went today. the big story was the colla pse went today. the big story was the collapse of carillion. another story saying that business optimism has fallen sharply in the second quarter. this has been brought on by the election last month and fears over brexit. a lot of the major retailers talking about
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how they see the future. looking ahead, you have got the big banks reporting. how important is this to us, given that these are american? banks from around the world are looking positively at the news that interest rates may go up. we also have a speech winsley pooling together a lot of these figures and maybe giving us an indication of the next rise in united states rates to pay off debts. what about over here? some retailers giving figures. marks & spencer is burberry reporting. we would like to see marks & spencer ‘s how the margins are doing. remember they have removed a lot of the
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discounting. sales were down but margins were up. burberry, the big market as the far east, so it will be interesting to see how they are doing. there has been a big write—off of 840 million. doing. there has been a big write-off of 840 million. the finance director has carried out a few of the business and they have been overstating profitability or over estimating it. the are involved in big long—term contracts. you mention some of the carillion projects, such as anfield stadium and at sea power station. there was and at sea power station. there was a belief that the overestimated revenue and underestimated cost. this business confidence survey. we have seen falling back on confidence. a lot is put back down to the election. i know it is a hung
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parliament, but didn't really have that dramatic effect on business?” suspect one of the conclusions coming out of the survey, this is financial controllers in some of the largest companies in the united kingdom. it is the big companies we are hearing from. the scene that not only has there been a settlement because of the election result, but also anticipating that growth will slow. they will pull back on the hiring plans and invest less, which is bad news for the economy. but this is only one side of the business story. this is the big boys we are talking about. one of the wea kness we are talking about. one of the weakness seems to be the retailers, or at least the consumer. will we see any of that when marks & spencer ts, see any of that when marks & spencer ‘s, with the figures? see any of that when marks & spencer 's, with the figures? there has been a rise in the likes of food places
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and in the retail price increase and that has not been matched by an increase in wages. consumers are not feeling as well off and that will be affecting the discretionary spending. we can have that look at the markers. as we said, carillion comedy construction company, the major casualty the gould price falling because of higher interest rates. by investing gould some people see? it does not pay interest. i will take you straight back to wimbledon, because it is much point for andy murray. he has two match points. he is leading 5—4 in the third set. game, set and match for murray. he
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is through to the quarterfinals and it is the first time a british man ina it is the first time a british man in a british women have reached the quarterfinals of the respective singles tournaments since 1973. that was back when roger taylor and virginia we'd made the quarterfinals. roger taylor is in fact in the audience today. a few
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nears along the way, but he seems very camp, as does his wife kim. english wine used to be mocked by its more famous european cousins, but that has started to change recently. it was the fastest—growing sector in the uk's food and drinks industry last year. 0ur correspondent sean farrington went to a vineyard in kent to find out what is behind the rise in sales figures. a glorious day at this vineyard and thatis a glorious day at this vineyard and that is one of the reasons why the industry has begun to call so much in recent years. but it is not a lwa ys in recent years. but it is not always been as easy. ether austerely in the year can major changes to your harvest? if you remember, back in march, we had this beautiful
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sunshine, but a lot of plan suddenly thought it was time to come out. but a month later, we got the severe frost. this is weird you would expect all the major growth coming at the start of the year. it looks almost dead. that is a good example of something which has been killed. at this point, we thought we could lose up to 80%. as it happens, it was only 50%. a tougher here in this year, but the industry isjim generally improving every year. we will soon have the latest from the high court. we will hear the latest from the parents of charlie gard.
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a lot of change under way. a lot of ups and downs. the one thing which is most definitely going down is the temperature. much cooler than in recent days. especially in the south. some rain, but also some sunshine. this was the scene in northern ireland earlier on. looking at the radar picture, some rather vicious showers in the likes of east anglia. also, some of these showers up into the midlands. we will continue into the midlands. we will continue into the evening. these will continue into the rush
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hour, so there could be some tricky travelling conditions. this will be the scene about six o'clock. gathering cloud for most, but some sunny spells in the north of england. again, just the odd shower. a fair amount of cloud and showers in northern ireland and scotland. into this evening and overnight, the showers fizzling away, but cloud thickening up from the west, bringing in some cloud and rain overnight. tomorrow, this area of low pressure pushing in across the southern part of the united kingdom. the likes of wales and southern england could see some heavy bursts of rain during the course of the day. some uncertainty about how much rain will come into the north of england. for northern ireland and scotland, a mixture of sunshine and showers.
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so, certainly the chance of rain at wimbledon tomorrow. that could also get heavier as the day progresses. but once that rain clears away, it should be a decent day. generally speaking, temperatures between 17—22 celsius. wednesday, generally speaking, quite a decent day. come the end of the week, some decent weather around, but still that cooler, fresher feel to things. so, a rather mixed story during the next few days. keep in touch with the local forecast for you live over the local forecast for you live over the next ten days on bbc website. today at 5: more than 40 years after the birmingham pub bombings, an ira bomb—maker confesses to playing a part in the attacks. michael hayes says he was an "active volunteer" on the november night
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in 1974, when 21 people were killed and more than 180 others were injured. he tells the bbc he's sorry for what happened, but won't give exact details, of his involvement in the bombings. i was a participant in the ira's activities in birmingham — how clear can i make it? we'll have more from that exclusive interview, and hear from relatives of the victims who've dismissed his apology as "insulting." the other main stories on bbc news at 5: the judge hearing the case of terminally ill baby charlie gard says "dramatic and new" evidence will be needed for him to change his mind and send the child for treatment in the us.
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