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this is bbc news, i'm kasia madera. the headlines at 11:00pm: tony blair says some european leaders are ready to compromise on immigration to try to keep britain in the eu. europe itself is now looking at its own reform programme. they will have an inner circle of the eu, that will be part of the eurozone, and an outer circle. a 16—year—old boy is charged with grievous bodily harm after five people were attacked with acid in london on thursday night. a 15—year—old girl has died after taking a drug formerly known as a legal high in newton abbot, in devon. two other girls were taken to hospital. also in the next hour: marking one year since the failed coup in turkey. turkey's president erdogan is rallying hundreds of thousands of supporters in istanbul tonight, while a crackdown against his opponents continues. spain's garbine muguruza beats venus williams to win her first women's singles title at wimbledon.
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good evening and welcome to bbc news. tony blair has suggested the uk could win concessions on immigration to try to keep it within the european union. the former prime minister said european leaders might be prepared to offer a compromise on the free movement of people. his comments, though, have been dismissed by senior conservative and labour figures. our political correspondent eleanor garnier reports. balancing the needs of the uk economy at the same time as getting greater control of britain's borders is a key issue in the brexit debate but the former labour prime minister
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has suggested political change in france has opened the path to compromise. tony blair claims the eu could be willing to make concessions on the free movement of people, to allow the uk to stay in a reformed eu. britain benefits enormously from that freedom of movement. however, the question is whether there are changes, qualifications to it, not alteration in the visibility of the principle, but qualifications to it around the things that concern people. but those claims directly contradict what those in brussels are saying, that the uk must accept free movement without exception or new ones. i'm not going to disclose conversations i had within europe, but i'm not saying this simply on the basis of a whim. some of those who campaigned to leave the eu says there is no evidence to back up his claim. the eu itself has made it absolutely clear that the four freedoms, including freedom of movement,
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are indivisible, as they called it. the chief negotiator, barnier, said that. they took four minutes to reach those guidelines. there is no debate in the eu. it's complete nonsense, another attempt to undermine brexit. campaigning in southampton the current labour leader rejected the position of his predecessor and says his party respects the result of the referendum. anyone is entitled to give their views, and i listen to all of them. the views we have is that we want to see tariff—free access to the european market, protection of eu nationals, and of the rights and consumer rights we achieved through european union membership. this latest intervention from tony blair will not change the government's approach to negotiations. ministers say the former labour prime ministers demonstrating again that he is out of touch with voters. but mr blair has reopened the debate on the central issue of brexit, a decision he says is the biggest
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the country has faced since the second world war. once he helped determine britain's place in the world. now, this former prime minister must settle with commenting from the sidelines. eleanor garnier, bbc news. one of two teenagers arrested by police after a series of acid attacks in north london has been charged with 15 offences. among the charges the 16—year—old faces are five counts of grievous bodily harm with intent, three counts of robbery, and four of attempted robbery. he will appear in court on monday. the second teenager has been released on bail. a 15—year—old girl has died after suffering an adverse reaction to a psychoactive substance commonly referred to as a legal high. the teenager was found unconscious in the early hours of this morning in a park in newton abbot, in devon. she later died in hospital. two other girls were also taken to hospital as a precaution. it's important for me to make sure
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that people do not misuse the term legal highs, which has been often talked about. it tends to give it some sort of legitimacy. these are all illegal drugs, and in fact they are very dangerous because we don't know what goes into making them. time and time again we hear locally, regionally, nationally, people pay a big price for this. it is not worth experimenting with your life. mass rallies have been held in turkey to mark the first anniversary of the failed military coup which resulted in the deaths of at least 260 people. turkey's president erdogan said the defeat of the plot was a victory for democracy, and promised to punish his enemies. his government has in the past 12 months dismissed or arrested 200,000 people, with 7,000 people sacked today. from istanbul, mark lowen reports. they returned to where the nightmare began. seized by the tanks a year ago, it is now renamed 15july at masters bridge, tens of thousands
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celebrating victory today. they call it turkey's second independence. joy and relief clear. and they remembered the 260 killed as the people stood up to the plotters. last year, a lion, that lion was the turkish nation, was nearly strangled by cats. they are militants with bullets, rifles, but they couldn't strangle the lion. it was the greatest ever attack on the turkish state. rogue soldiers bombing buildings, blocking roads and driving tanks into civilians. by dawn it had failed. then came the purge. 50,000 arrested, and 150,000 sacked or suspended. a year ago there was unity against the coup, but tonight the opposition says it is not coming here. deep cracks amid
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arrests and dismissals. the 15th of july marks turkey's rebirth. the other half says it is killing off what is left of turkish democracy. as night fell, their hero arrived. he was almost captured in the coup, but president erdogan emerged stronger, and tightened his grip. translation: i would like to thank all of our citizens who protected and defended their freedom, democracy, religion, state, government, and the future and independence. i thank each and every individual member of our nation. elsewhere, they are fighting back against the purge. protests against two academics on hunger strike for four months, since they were fired. alongside, a human rights monument is now sealed off, public metaphor for turkey's plight. translation: wonder your name is on the list and
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you are struck off. your life is turned upside down. you are killed off by the system. they want to live, but for their demands to be met. i can't think of that alternative. the celebrations went on alongside the new masters monument, the 15th ofjuly now etched into the country's memory for better and worse. a year since the national trauma, and turkey still torn. michael daventry specialises in turkish matters and has been telling me about president erdogan‘s speech tonight. for me, having watched turkey for quite awhile now, it was one of the most pious speeches of his career. we know he is a religious man, it has been in his politics for a long time, but he has a lwa ys politics for a long time, but he has always played a careful game when it comes to managing turkey's secular system, which is the foundations when it was built nearly 100 years ago. but this time it wasn'tjust peppered with religious sentences, it was littered with it. every point
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was about how it was a virtuous fight against evil terrorist ‘s, and how all of the people who died during the coup attempt this time last year, how they had all gone to heaven. it was very unusual, from that point of view, for me. he has been going to different events. i believe he is going to be in ankara at some point as well. and these events a re at some point as well. and these events are going on throughout the dawn to mark what is happening on the night a year ago. this was a huge turning point for turkey, wasn't it? it was, and it was absolutely traumatic. i am turkish myself and i was watching it from the uk and it is really hard to describe how the streets that you grew up describe how the streets that you grew up on describe how the streets that you grew up on and played football on, to see tanks driving down the middle, notjust down the middle but deliberately over parked cars. saw pa rt deliberately over parked cars. saw part of what is happening today is justified. turkey is angry that this could possibly happen to them, and they want to vent some of that angen they want to vent some of that anger. the problem is, though, that there is a picture of unity which is being betrayed, and it is an
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entirely genuine. now this true, the failed coup, the fact that they were not supporting democracy, but they won over these people who were trying to threaten turkish democracy, and yet what we have been seeing since that coup is an overwhelming curtailing of turkish democracy. what are your thoughts on that? well, it is interesting how turkey has been left between... the choice this time last year was a choice this time last year was a choice between a military dictatorship and in effect a civilian one. and that is what has happened in turkey. three or four months ago there was a referendum which granted president erdogan sweeping new powers, and from the next election he will be a directly elected executive president, with all sorts of powers to appoint and to rule by decree. but in addition to rule by decree. but in addition to that, he is very good now at dismissing the opposition as being with the terrorist. so you mentioned a speech that he is due to deliver in parliament at about 2:30pm local time, which will be precisely the moment one year on from when parliament was bombed by the people
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carrying out the coup. the opposition have said that they are not going to come to that, because they have been told that they can't speak at that event. so there is a very polarised atmosphere in turkey. the country is divided right down the middle, even though we are getting these pictures of flag—waving people on the streets defending turkish democracy, itjust isn't the full picture. well, it is important to stress that even yesterday we had 7500 dismissals, up to 150,000 people removed from their posts. how on earth does a country work when so many state employees are not at work is mata i mean, that isa are not at work is mata i mean, that is a fascinating point. it is all happening as part of the state of emergency and a friend of mine who got into a property dispute in turkey about three or four months ago, said that his court case which he had with another party was delayed for several months because of the coup, and there wasn't a judge. when thejudge of the coup, and there wasn't a judge. when the judge was finally appointed, he was 2a years old. there is such a gap at the moment in the civil service, and in public
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office, that they are trying to fill positions with anybody that they can. and i don't know what you think, but i think 2a is a little young for a judge, but it is all they have got. two german tourists have been killed in stabbings at a hotel beach in the popular red sea resort of hurghada in egypt. at least four other people were injured and a man has been arrested. the knifeman initially killed the two women, before injuring two other tourists at the zahabia hotel. he then swam to another nearby beach and attacked and wounded two more people, before he was overpowered by staff and arrested. a world renowned uranium mathematician has died of cancer in hospital in the united states —— iranian. the award in 2014 was in recognition of her work on complex geometry. i spoke to our correspondent who knew her for many
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yea rs. she was an absolutely wonderful person, and a brilliant mathematician. rather hard to explain how or why, but somebody mentioned the words artistry in mathematics, and that is what she showed us all, in a very, very high degree. can you explain a little bit about her work? because it is very difficult to make a tangible, make it understandable. i think the best way to say it is that she was applying ideas that have been developed in connection with the theory of chaos, so theory that enables us to study very complicated systems that are moving in time, and she applied ideas from that theory to geometrical structures, particular e—services, that are changing in time. so imagine a service kind of floating around in space. some sort of doughnut with holes in, and the holes are getting
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larger and smaller, and bits of it are getting thinner or fatter. and you wonder how on earth you could study that. but i applying these methods from the theory of dynamics, she was able to prove some really quite astonishing results, and make connections with other parts of mathematics very unexpectedly, and the most beautiful ways. and i know that you saw an early copy of maryam ‘s ph.d. thesis. did you know then that this was something quite extraordinary? i did indeed. she sent me a copy of her thesis and it just really astonished me. what she was doing, she took something which i actually knew very well, and what she did with it was quite, quite remarkable. so she... it was again the idea that, rather than studying the idea that, rather than studying the geometry on a single surface, which is something many people have been doing, she said, let's consider the same question, but for all services at the same time. and you
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might think that is a much harder question, but somehow out of that, she managed to produce really remarkable results, some of which have significant and meaning in mathematical physics, what is called string theory and quantum gravity. so it was a real tour de force, absolutely. the headlines on bbc news: tony blair says some european leaders are ready to compromise on immigration to try to keep britain in the eu. a sixteen—year—old boy has been charged with grievous bodily harm after five people were attacked with acid in london on thursday night. a 15—year—old girl has died after taking a drug — formerly known as a "legal high" — at a park in newton abbot in devon. two other girls were taken to hospital. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh.
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what a big day? yes, the first of two over the weekend. there is a new name on the wimbledon honours bought this evening. she has won herfirst title with a straight sets win over venus williams. on finals weekend, centre court brings the generations together. muguruza, amazingly beat venus williams. you can hear the secret to her longevity. power. amid the aggression comms moments of genius. what a shot from venus williams. she was on the brink at the first set and had two points for
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the first set and had two points for the advantage, but back came muguruza. the spaniard had bravery and brilliance. that could be the shot of the set. she was battling, and then suddenly she had the lead. that exchange would have its effect on williams. even if her experience, she gets unsubtle —— with. muguruza has grown into this tournament and now, into the match —— and settled. two years ago, muguruza was upset by serena, she was not going to miss this chance. all williams, this is away, but she says she will be back to win more. ——4. —— for and
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away, but she says she will be back to win more. ——4. —— forand in away, but she says she will be back to win more. ——4. —— for and in the men's doubles, we saw a match that took more than four and a half hours took more than four and a half hours to complete. the brazilian player wound up taking his match, 13— 11, sparking wild celebration. the women did not need even an hour to finish their doubles match. the russians beat their opponents without even losing a single game, what is called a double bagel, 6—0, 6—0. there was also british success as the man's wheelchair doubles title was successful again. there was also a
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two—hour rain delay. england have avoided losing the second test against south africa. joe root was the only player to make a half—century. they slumped to 205 all out on the second day at trent bridge... captainjoe root the only player to make a half century. meanwhile england's women have set—up a world cup semi—final with south africa after a convinving 92 run win over west indies today. england continued their good form with the bat, posting 220 for seven from their 50 overs. captain heather knight hitting 67 in reply, west indies never came close, losing wickets regularly natalie sciver picking up three of them — and forjust three runs, as england
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sealed a comfortable victory. their sixth in a row. australia will meet india in the other semi—final. england's under 19 football team are the new european champions. manchester city's lukas nmecha scored the winner as they beat portugal 2—1 in the final in georgia. it's the third title for an england youth team this summer after success in the under—20's world cup and the toulon tournament. great britain have won five gold medals on day two of the world para athletics championships, taking place in london. richard whitehead won a fourth straight t42 200 metre world title at the london stadium. he won in a championship record time and at the age of nearly 41! fellow brit dave henson finished third. there were also golds for stef reid, sammy kinghorn and hollie arnold in the long jump, 200 metres and javellin respectively. while sophie hahn triumphed over the same distance as whitehead. she won the t38 200 metres in a world record time and was not even competing in herfavourite event — which is the 100 metres!
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fellow brit, kadeena cox, came third. and that is all the sport for now. identifying inherited heart conditions can save lives, but many of us don't know that we're carrying the gene that causes a disease known as hcm. sir david frost had the condition — and while it didn't cause his death, he did pass it on to one of his sons, miles, who died at the age of 31. now, his family is trying to help other people to find out if they could be affected too. chris buckler reports. there's milesy. milesy, come here. in every child, you can find something of their parents, and often inherited alongside looks and characteristics are things that can't be seen. miles frost shared with his father david a gene responsible for a heart condition that led to his sudden death. for your 31—year—old brother to die, suddenly and unexpectedly, nothing can prepare you for it. and i'll never get over the pain
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of learning that for the first time. miles loved sport, and he seemed extremely healthy, but he died after going out for a run. his brothers have now set up a fund which, along with the british heart foundation, is paying for people to be tested for an inherited heart condition. miles would have had to adapt his life and stop playing sport, but at least he would be with us. now, that didn't happen, and we can look back and we can complain about that, or we can look forward and make sure it doesn't happen again for other people. three, two, one — go! sports clubs are starting to get to grips with how to deal with the problem. it is impossible to simply spot who might have an inherited condition on the pitch, but the gaelic athletic association says being aware of the possibility could save someone's life. we've had a couple of sudden deaths within our own club, and it has been shocking, and we will go back to looking at it and giving advice to people.
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that doesn't necessarily mean not taking part in sport. it is just changing what they do on the field. most of the risk is thought to be associated with high—intensity sprinting—based activities. so we would normally steer people away from those activities. encouraging them just to stay active stilljust do things within parameters. this is one of six centres across the country to be given funding. they will employ staff not just for families who have this gene, which is known as hcm, but also to offer some support to them. moira has been identified with the condition, and she has passed it onto her 14—year—old son. that means real adjustments for a football and rugby—mad teenager. rugby is a no—no, but he can play in nets, provided that there is that lower level of physical exertion.
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golf he can continue with, which he also loves. but it will be a huge impact on him. the bottom—line is it is better that he knows, and that he can make those adjustments in his life, and to live with the condition that he has. it is thought tens of thousands of people are carrying the gene in the uk, and targeted screening is at the heart of attempts to ensure they live long and active lives. now, it's the school known for launching the careers of some of our biggest names in music and film. the brit school in south london is celebrating 25 years since it first opened its doors. our correspondent colleen harris has this report. before the became household names, their talents were honed here ——
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they. the brit school, where dreams came alive and where grammy award winners are nurtured. it really helped me out. it was a free school, andi helped me out. it was a free school, and i have some amazing times. it really set me up well for my career. it became the first free state funded performing arts school in 1991, with the help of sir richard branson and other british record industry executives. today, a former stu d e nts industry executives. today, a former students have returned to inspire the next generation with their own success. i just the next generation with their own success. ijust felt the next generation with their own success. i just felt instantly the next generation with their own success. ijust felt instantly like i was success. ijust felt instantly like iwas ina success. ijust felt instantly like i was in a place where i belong, it was full of kids from all over the country that were so talented but didn't have the money to go to a specialist school. we were quite ambitious and hungry. coming through
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the doors have opened up opportunities for thousands of students. like many state schools, there are funding challenges ahead for the brit school. all political parties do not appreciate the odds and their importance. the amount of income that the arts generate in this country and what people did backin this country and what people did back in return is ridiculous. the government are not willing to support it. a vision that started 25 yea rs support it. a vision that started 25 years ago, and new students hoping they can keep the dream alive. now, i wonder if any alarm night will become the next dr who? we will be talking about that in the paper round—up. today turned into quite a
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cadi affair, but it broke upjust in time to bring a nice sunset. that photo from cambridgeshire. whether cloud broke up this afternoon, it allowed temperatures to rise. 24 degrees in west midlands, 25 in northern ireland. warm air is trapped between two fronts. the rest of tonight, warm air becoming confined to the southern half the country. a lot of misty and murky conditions, quite humid. further north and west, northern ireland, scotland, cool and fresh in the night. the morning, this is where the best of the sunshine will be. a beautiful start to the day for the likes of dull fast in glasgow, 14— 15 degrees. some showers across northern scotland, could see some strong winds. brightening up across northern england as that frontal system pushes south, to the front and south, a cloudy start. murky and
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drizzly for wales in the south—west. cloudy for anglia and the south—east. fort norwich and london, 20 degrees at nine o'clock in the morning. that is how humid the air will be. anyway to the south of the front, staying with the humid feel. a lot of cloud around, but it should break up to some extent. where we see some sunshine, temperatures rising to 26— 27. north and west, writer with some sunshine. blustery showers for the north of scotland. what about wimbledon? thing is probably brightening up as the day goes on. a 30% chance of catching a shower, particularly later in the afternoon. a week where the front is sliding across the london area. the frontal system pushing away to the south as we go into monday. that allows high pressure to build in. if you like dry and sunny weather, monday is looking like a cracking day. plenty of sunshine across the
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board, the coast may stay cloudy. with that sunshine, temperatures starting to rise into the mid—to high 20s, close to 13 places. another warm day on tuesday. but in the middle of the week, a change. some thunderstorms breaking out. once they clear away, things turning considerably cooler and fresh. —— fresher. hello, this is bbc news with kasia madera. we will be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. first the headlines at 11:30pm: tony blair says some european leaders have told him they are ready to compromise on immigration to keep britain in the eu. a 16—year—old boy has been charged with grievous bodily harm after five people were attacked with acid in london on thursday night.
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