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hello, this is breakfast, with rogerjohnson and sian lloyd. acid attack offenders could face tougher sentences — as the government says they should feel the full force of the law. a review will consider restricting the sale of corrosive substances and classifying them as dangerous weapons. also ahead: warnings of a "dangerous moment" in british politics because of the level of abuse and intimidation aimed at mps. the final weekend of wimbledon has seen a new women's champion after spain's garbine muguruza beat venus williams in straight sets on centre court. but what will today have in store? mike is there. we have the red sofa here on the
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hill. a specialfinal day we have the red sofa here on the hill. a special final day on which jamie murray all heather watson will wina jamie murray all heather watson will win a title for britain in what could be a record—breaking day for roger federer as he tries to become the first player to win the men's single title eight times. taking over as time lord — doctor who fans will find out later today who's going to be replacing peter capaldi in the tardis. and jay has the weather. something of a north—south split with the weather today is that the sunshine in the northern half, but further south, more cloud, sunshine in the northern half, but furthersouth, more cloud, not sunshine in the northern half, but further south, more cloud, not a lot of rain are quite humid. the sentencing of those found guilty of acid attacks will be reviewed as part of a government plan to reduce the number of incidents. the crown prosecution service's guidance to prosecutors will be reassessed to make it clear that corrosive substances can be classed as dangerous weapons. the home office also wants to work with retailers to restrict sales of these substances. you may find some images in danny shaw's report distressing.
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the effects can be devastating. this is 21—year—old rush an after acid was thrown at her through a car window while she waited at traffic lights her cousin also suffered severe burns in the attack in east london last month. a man has been charged with previous bodily harm was at saint. attacks like this seem to be on the increase. police provided data for acid attacks between last november and april this year. 408 incidents were recorded by police in 39 forces. most commonly used substances were bleach, ammonia and acid. 0ne used substances were bleach, ammonia and acid. one in five offenders was younger than 18, where the age of the suspect was known. the home secretary has described acid attacks as sickening. she has now ordered a
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review to ensure that everything possible is being done to prevent them happening, and catch those responsible. the review will examine whether the 1972 poisons act should be widened to cover more substances and if the powers available to the courts are sufficient. the home 0ffice courts are sufficient. the home office says it will also consult retailers about measures to restrict sales of corrosive substance of. in addition, police are to be given new guidance about searching people for harmful chemicals and responding to victims at the scene. we have seen an increase in recent weeks. later we'll be speaking to a former chief crown prosecutor about whether the new strategy goes far enough. police investigating the five acid attacks in london on thursday have charged a 16—year—old boy with fifteen offences, including robbery and grievous bodily harm. he's been remanded in custody and will appear before stratford youth court tomorrow. a 15—year—old boy who was also arrested on friday has been released on police bail.
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british politics is at a "dangerous moment" because of the abuse and intimidation of mps, according to the chairman of the committee on standards in public life. lord bew told bbc radio 4's the westminster hour that new laws may be necessary to protect politicians. emma vardy reports. during an hour—long debate last week, mps described how they faced physical intimidation and threats during the general election campaign from supporters of rival parties. we are talking about mindless abuse. labour's diane abbott said she had a torrent of racist and sexist abuse including death threats. the conservative simon hart said collea g u es conservative simon hart said colleagues were targeted by people intent on driving them out of politics altogether. in an interview for tonight's westminster hour on radio 4, lord bew says today's
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heightened levels of abuse, particularly via the internet, they turned people off from standing for parliament or in local elections. turned people off from standing for parliament or in local electionsm is particularly difficult to see what can be done about social media. we cannot afford to lose people of quality in our political life. we may be approaching a tipping point. this is a dangerous moment. we do not want to slide down a path which was the case here in northern ireland for decades, of a culture of intimidation. he added that while public debate must be vigorously must avoid what he called the tinge of nothingness and hatred that he said had emerged in more recent times. he said not enough had been done to condemn abusive behaviour by some activists during the general election and the new laws could be considered to protect candidates. in just over an hour we'll be talking to a conservative mp and a former labour candidate who have both suffered this kind of abuse. eight people have been killed, and at least 49 were seriously injured, in a stampede that broke
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out after a football match in senegal. a wall at the demba diop stadium in dakar collapsed after fans of two local clubs clashed, prompting the police to fire tear gas canisters and hundreds of supporters to flee. the turkish president has addressed two huge rallies overnight, on the anniversary of a failed coup in which more than 200 and 50 people were killed. —— 250 people were killed. mr erdogan has seen significant gains in his presidential powers since the coup was defeated. thousands of suspected supporters of the plot have since been arrested and the president has now backed the death penalty for coup plotters. roger federer could make history today at wimbledon as he attempts to become the first player to win the men's singles title eight times. it is the 11th time he has reached
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the final and this time he will take on the collation, marin cilic —— croatian. now nominee people have experienced this is many times as a roger federer. aiding grandslam titles, seven here at wimbledon, the first 14 years ago. while the ponytail has disappeared, love affair with trophy has not. victory over rafael nadal in 2000 and 81 of the greatest finals ever. his last win came five yea rs finals ever. his last win came five years ago. 2012, was the first time i won as years ago. 2012, was the first time iwon asa years ago. 2012, was the first time i won as a father, that was a huge dealfor me. was playing some of i won as a father, that was a huge deal for me. was playing some of my test tennis, i returned to world number one and that with the family and for all my friends and my country was a huge deal. if i were to win here again, with family, with my first wimbledon with my boys this time around, it would be something
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very special. after winning the australian open injanuary, he skipped the clay—court season to focus on wimbledon. at 35, he has shown what is what. six matches played, not a single set dropped. today he faces a player hungry for the first wimbledon title. today he faces a player hungry for the first wimbledon titlei today he faces a player hungry for the first wimbledon title. i do have that belief i can win the title here, even before i began to play a tournament here i felt that my game is really at the top level. is passed to the final far more treacherous. now he is here, he will not want to let it slip. his opponent is more than just another player. a following like no other. for roger federer, wimbledon is a home from home. we'll be at wimbledon with mike just after 6.30. the technology entrepreneur elon musk has warned the development of artificial intelligence has become the greatest risk faced by human civilisation.
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the businessman who co—founded car company tesla, made the comments at a gathering of us lawmakers, arguing that politicians should start taking the threat of machines taking over their human creators seriously. i think people should be really concerned about it. i keep sounding the alarm bell but until people see, like, robots going down the street and killing people, they do not know how to react. it seems so a serial. it sounds like terminator, or doctor who, really. it's a big day for doctor who fans who will find out the secret identity of the thirteenth time lord, following a lot of speculation about who will take on the lead role. the big reveal will take place after the wimbledon men's singles final this afternoon. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has more. in the six months since peter
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capaldi in the six months since peter ca paldi announced he in the six months since peter capaldi announced he was stepping down from the roll, there has been a huge amount of speculation about who his replacement will be. when he regenerates in this year's christmas special. regeneration was first introduced on doctor who in the 19605. introduced on doctor who in the 1960s. an ingenious solution to the problem of how to continue a show after the departure of the actor playing its lead role. since the show returned it has consistently been one of the bbc‘s biggest hits. a successful combination of a proven sci—fi format and a charismatic leader actor. expectation for the new doctor is certain to be high. emily, you are from doctor who magazine, do you know who it is?” magazine, do you know who it is?|j honestly magazine, do you know who it is?” honestly do not know. so few people know, it is a big top—secret. whoever it is, they have massive
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shoes to fill. taking over from peter capaldi, he shoes to fill. taking over from peter ca paldi, he has shoes to fill. taking over from peter capaldi, he has been a great doctor and an established actor. whoever it is, i imagine they are feeling quite nervous now. for over 50 yea rs, feeling quite nervous now. for over 50 years, the person playing the doctor has always been two things, white and male. many will be disappointed if that again turns out to be the case. 0thers disappointed if that again turns out to be the case. others say they should simply cast the best performer available. fans will find out who has the role later today. not me, that is for certain. how about you ? not me, that is for certain. how about you? definitely not. we're obviously going to talking a lot about tennis this morning but here's a sport that's a million miles away from the pristine whites of wimbledon. 4,000 competitors have been getting down and dirty in the annual shanghai mud—run. you can crawl through it, jump into it, even go for a swim in the stuff. there's just one given in this event — everybody needs a good scrub afterwards. there are events like that in this
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country as well. there was the race for life, they did a mud race. bog snorkelling is well. that is an annual event. i have not tried it but i did cover it one year. i did not get covered in it, however. shellie have a look at the quick look —— shall we have a look at the papers? the daily telegraph has a picture of garbine muguruza with the wimbledon plate on her head. the main story, on wednesday this week amid the bbc announces the pay of top presenters, everyone earning over £150,000, when it releases its annual report on wednesday. many people waiting with interest and bated breath to see who was on that list. the sunday times has another picture from wimbledon but this time eleanor tomlinson and aidan turner, stars of the bb series poldark. they
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we re stars of the bb series poldark. they were watching the action day yesterday. their story is that phil hammond has played the public sector will workers are overpaid. that is according to sources at the sunday times. they say there is a bitter cabinet wara times. they say there is a bitter cabinet war a rocketing over austerity. from page of the observer has an interview with gus 0'donnell, now lord 0'donnell, the former cabinet secretary who used to be the head of the civil service. he has warned theresa may of brexit chaos, cabinet rows threatening the exit and he warns of a rough ride ahead. quickly i will show you the mail on sunday. they are speculating who could be the next doctor who. they suggest a broad church style. their top story is exposed, a french plot top story is exposed, a french plot to wreck britain to get sunday express, silent victim of the child snatchers. and autistic mute
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teenager who was kept in a facility following false abuse allegations. the sunday mirror has george michael's former lover giving an interview and danny dyer ‘s marriage on the front page of the sun on sunday. we will look at the papers in more detail later on. it is now 14 minutes past six and you are watching breakfast from bbc news. sentences for people who carry out acid attacks in england and wales could be increased as part of a wide—ranging review following the rise in the number of assaults. british politics is at a dangerous moment because of the level of abuse and intimidation of mps, according to the chair of an influential committee of politicians. also coming up in the programme: they have all taken up the challenge — murray, konta, dimitrov. next up on game, set, mug this morning, we will see if hacker t dog can beat the world number one. he takes the key to a whole new
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level. he certainly does. here is jay with a look at this morning's weather. good morning, roger. it is brightening up really through the day to day. after a cloudy day yesterday with some outbreaks of rain it is brightening up from the north, some good spells of sunshine spreading their way ever southwards but across the southern half of the uk it is going to be very cloudy and quite warm and humid. it is also quite warm and humid. it is also quite grey, damp and drizzly towards the south and west. further north is where the best of the sunny spells are. one or two showers and windy in the north of scotland, but many places will avoid the showers and have a reasonable start to the day with some good spells of sunshine. further south, a week whether the across the north midlands, into wales, ringing some outbreaks of rain with it, and that light and
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patchy rain will become increasingly light and patchy, pretty great towards the south and west. already 19 or 20 degrees across the south—eastern corner. it will stay warm and humid across the south—east. might even see a little bit of sunshine breaking out in the far south—east of the best of the sunny spells will be furthered north. still one or two showers in scotla nd north. still one or two showers in scotland in the afternoon. any way rain will be light and patchy. some places getting 25 or 26, quite warm year and further north it will be 19 and 20. wimbledon, a lot of cloud, maybe a spot or two of rain later on but generally it is a dry picture and it is not overly windy either. now, as you go through the evening, cloud and increasingly patchy rain clears away towards the english channel and you have clear skies overnight. temperatures not dropping away too far. 13 or 14 degrees first thing on monday but with clear skies overnight it means a good deal of sunshine to start the new week. a bit of a breeze in northern
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scotland, but most places will be fine and dry. light winds, some sunshine and it will be quite a warm afternoon as well. we will leave easily the 26 or 27, even 27 in glasgow and aberdeen. a fine and warm start to the new week. a similar sort of idea on tuesday. however, later on we start to see some thundery showers creeping their way into the south and west, and those will be scraping their way ever northwards as we go into wednesday. so make the most of the fine weather the next couple of days. that to you two. we will be back with the headlines at 6:30am. now on breakfast, it is time to join jane hill and mark kermode for this week's film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases, as ever, mark kermode. hello again mark. hello. so have you been watching this week? we have the beguiled, which is sofia coppola's remake
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of the don siegel film from 1971. we have cars 3, the animated sequel — more cars. and the war for the planet of the apes, the ongoing saga continues. so, sofia coppola. yes. as i already learnt i have to pronounce. yes, "cope—ola", "cop—pola" let's call the whole thing off! the point is, this is based on a novel by thomas cullinan that was filmed before by don siegel in 1971, a famous adaptation, a cult movie. during the civil war a wounded union soldier is found in the woods by a young girl from miss farnsworth‘s seminary for young ladies. he is brought back to the seminary, he is mortally wounded, he is very badly wounded. and his presence immediately starts to cause a kerfuffle, not only because he is an enemy soldier — and how do they feel about brining an enemy soldier into the school — but also because he is a man. here's a clip.
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miss martha! marie, come with me. help, miss martha. miss martha! amy! help! what happened? are you all right? how did he get here? he was all alone in the woods. i couldn't leave him there to die. you know you're not supposed to go that far. is he dead? no, not yet. quick, we need to move him to the porch. so what happens is, due to what miss martha calls christian charity, they bring him into the house. they start to look after him and he starts to get better and immediately he starts to get his way into everyone's confidences and he's flirty and he sees what each character wants or needs. the film appears to be one kind of film, but the question is, of course — who is the beguiled?
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sofia coppola said when she saw the don siegel version, she wanted to tell this interesting story but from the point of view of the women's characters. although you could say the novel and the film, which have multiple narrators voices, aren't necessarilyjust from the male characters point of view. what she's really good at, is the relationships between these women. they've lived in kind of cloistered existence and in comes this alien presence. and it changes the way in which the dynamic between their relationships work. it's beautifully photographed. you saw from that sequence just then, it's almost like a fairy tale. yes, it did. it's a really ethereal, almost gauzy look to it. it is a beautiful looking film. that fairytale quality is partly deliberate but also what it does, it dehistorises it. this is set in the civil war but it might as well not be, the civil war is very distant. in the don siegel version we have shots of the battlefield and flashbacks but none of that here, it is just in the distance. in the novel and the siegel version there is a slave character who has been written out of this.
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sofia coppola said because she did not want to trivialise that subject and also because in her mind, that is not what the story is about. i have to confess i have a real fondness of the don siegel version, it is an exploitation movie. it's very ripe. it has some very raw scenes in it, but i do like it. this version takes it in a different direction, a very different tone. it is a valid interpretation. that is the question, is it worth remaking something that has been done so well in the past? it is worth it because it is such a different film. i actually prefer the don siegel version but i'm happy... the two versions can coexist because they are such different films, and personally, i grew up loving ‘70s exploitation cinema and i will always have a fondness for the original, but the performances are very good. nicole kidman is very nuanced in her response and colin farrell is terrific. he has the sly look in his eye, you think he's in control but maybe he isn't. i would encourage people to see this but also the don siegel version which is still a very fine film. it strikes me that your next choice could not be more different. the problem with it is, it is very samey, it is cars 3,
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and you know cars 1 and cars 2, well, it is that. there are some cars in it. i'm an animation fan. i remember seeing the first one, i loved the designs, i loved the way the landscapes actually looked like cars. i loved the tail fins within the landscapes, but the problem here, the narrative, we have been around this track before, it feels very threadbare. 0r treadbare! the central character lightning mcqueen has got to go back to school to learn about new ways of winning a race, in the process his trainer has to learn there is more to being a trainer. there are individual set pieces which are good and the animation is terrific. it comes with a short film at the beginning, and the little short film is really sweet and smart, about bullying and how bullying comes from being hurt yourself and it is really short and compact and everything that is smart about that little short film is what is wrong with cars.
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individual scenes are fine but overall it feels heavy baggage. is it about selling merchandise? if we start going down that road, we can wipe out most mainstream cinema, to be honest! it is not fair to say that about cars, as every mainstream franchise has got that. i wouldn't mind that if the film felt more original, but it felt like i had seen that before. right, now war for the planet of the apes. i'm in the dark here. you are not an apes fan. you can't pick your favourite. sorry, mark, i know i am an eternal disappointment to you. the original series of the planet of the apes i loved, television series not so great, forget about the tim burton remake, but now we have got this with performance capture. this comes on from rise and dawn. mankind is on the decline, apekind is on the rise. caesar is leading the apes, played by andy serkis. here's a clip. look at your eyes.
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almost human. how did you know i was here? i was told you were coming. that more soldiers from the north would be joining you here. joining me? to finish us off. for good. who told you that? 0k. let's go. what i like about this, the performance capture work is so great. andy serkis is starting to specialise in this, he is remarkable. his relationship with performance capture goes back to gollum in lord
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of the rings and working with peterjackson on king kong and now this. what is extraordinary, is this evolution has happened in a fairly short period of time. i remember watching the tim burton planet of the apes and thought they had developed a prosthetic to allow one of their lips to move, but now they have computer generated images that are mapped on to a performance. i think the story is good, very dark, and there is a lot of apocalypse now in there, which there also was in kong skull island, but i think the way of the performance capture, you think, this is astonishing. i think i'm actually watching these characters, and i'm not actually concentrating on how well rendered they are. i think andy serkis's work is brilliant, and there has been talk about whether he will get an oscar—nomination and i think it is long overdue. what i like about this, as someone who is a die—hard planet of the apes fan, i have always said everything i have learned about politics i learned from planet of the apes and i'm not joking. now i do have to watch it. i think this has taken the series on, it is dramatic. the synthesis of performance
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and technology is really, really well captured in this film. clever. really interesting. what is best out this week? it comes at night, i still think is terrific, some people that go thinking this is a slam bang horror movie, as the trailer suggests, have been disappointed, but it's not that. and i asked you to go and see this, but you didn't? i have had a busy week. you didn't do your homework! you have got to go and see this, it is a creepy film, it is a really creepy horror film, family holed up in this house in the woods and there is something out there. i really like it and i think you will admire it. you know i am a bit chicken about that kind of think about i am really desperate to see what you want to talk about for your dvd. this is a great film, the levelling, one of the best debut films i've seen in a long time, set in the somerset levels after the flood. ellie kendrick and david troughton
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are estranged father and daughter, on the farm that he owns, that is failing, they are trying to find their relationship again. the best way to describe this film is, it is a very tactile film. you can feel the earth, the mud and the history, and all of that stuff bubbling up from the ground. i thought it was terrific, great soundtrack, beautiful use of incidental music. her debut feature film? she was named as a rising star many years ago, all these newspapers saying this, and it took a long time to get the levelling made, but boy was it worth it. if you can make a film that good, take as long as you want. excellent. mark, as ever, thanks forjoining us. a quick reminder before we go that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc.co.uk/markkermode. and you can find all our previous programmes on the iplayer. that is it for this week. enjoy your cinema going. goodbye.
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hello, this is breakfast with rogerjohnson and sian lloyd. coming up before sevenjay will have the weather. but first, a summary of this morning's main news. the home secretary has said those found guilty of acid attacks should feel the full force of the law after last week's series of attacks in london. 400 incidents were carried out in the six months to april this year. that is according to the national police chiefs council. proposals from the home office will make it clear the corrosive su bsta nces make it clear the corrosive substances can be classed as dangerous weapons. police investigating the five acid attacks in london on thursday have charged a 16—year—old boy with fifteen offences, including robbery and grievous bodily harm. he's been remanded in custody and will appear before stratford youth court tomorrow. a 15—year—old boy who was also arrested on friday has been released on police bail.
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british politics is at a "dangerous moment" because of the abuse and intimidation of mps, according to the chairman of the committee on standards in public life. lord bew told bbc radio 4's the westminster hour that new laws may be necessary to protect politicians and ensure that people are not put off entering a career in elected office. eight people have been killed, and at least 49 were seriously injured in a stampede that broke out after a football match in senegal. a wall at the demba diop stadium in dakar collapsed after fans of two local clubs clashed, prompting the police to fire tear gas canisters. the turkish president has addressed two huge rallies overnight, on the anniversary of a failed coup in which more than 200 and 50 —— 250 people were killed. mr erdogan has seen significant gains in his presidential powers since the coup was defeated. thousands of suspected supporters
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of the plot have since been arrested and the president has now backed the death penalty for coup plotters. the development of artificial intelligence has become the greatest risk faced by human civilisation, according to the technology entrepreneur elon musk. the businessman, who co—founded the car company tesla, made the comments at a gathering of us lawmakers. he warned politicians should start realising the threat posed by machines taking over their human creators. it is 631 and you are up—to—date with all of the news this morning. as you can see from the ball behind us, at the end of two weeks of top ten as we have reached the final day of the wimbledon. mike is their. good morning. good morning. 0ne good morning. one day i expect that bouncing ball to come and hit me on
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the nose. a final day. sad, really, but so much to reflect on and look forward to. that is why we have the red sofa here on the hill to mark this special day. were guaranteed a british win today in the mixed doubles, either heather watson or jamie murray who compete against each other with their partners. 0n the census page it is a roger federer against marin cilic in the man's final. marin cilic has won a grand slam before but this is his first wimbledon. contrast that to roger federer. he has owned wimbledon for so long. he could defeat players in his slippers. his 11th final indeed. for the 18 time grandslam champion, aiming today for a record eighth men's single title at the all england clu b club that it reminds me of my first wimbledon when i was trying to do that, trying to defend my first wimbledon. or when i was going for my order 50. that was amazing. 2009
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when i was trained to break the all—time grandslam record. i am happy i had these momentarily wimbledon. i know that when i step on court against marin cilic i will be ready for it. the occasion will not be too big to conquer, to understand what i am going into. i will be ready and i look forward to a. it would be another dream come true. i have already won a grandslam title, the us open, and i remember how it felt and what a means to me. this would mean much more and we will see. this result will be writing croatian history is well and it would be another amazing day for croatian sport. yesterday spain's garbine muguruza won the ladies‘ singles. she beat 37—year—old venus williams in the final 7—5, 6—0. williams was playing in herfirst wimbledon final since 2009, but it wasn't to be for her.
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muguruza seals her second grand slam title after winning last year's french open. i had the hardest match today against venus. she is an incredible player. i grew up watching her play and it was incredible to watch the final, to play against in the final. two years ago i lost against serena and she told me one day i was going to maybe win so here i am. the second final of the day on centre court, the men's doubles took more than four and a half hours to complete. but was eventually won by lukasz kubot of poland and brazil's marcelo melo. they beat oliver marach and mate pavic13—11 in the deciding set. while as a result the women's doubles final didn't start until 930pm. but they didn't need even an hour to finish it. russians ekaterina makarova and elena vesnina beat hao—ching chan and monica niculescu without even losing a single game. winning with what's
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called a double bagel — 6-0, 6-0. there was success as well for the british in the men's wheelchair doubles. it was a tight 3—set match. tight 3-set match. the more opportunity we have on this stage to showcase this sport, the more chance to inspire younger people to take it up to inspire younger people to take it up and have a positive impact on their life as well. hopefully we have done it again today and hopefully we can keep building this board and keep going, possibly centre court in a few years. great britain won five gold medals on day two of the world para athletics championships in the olympic park. richard whitehead won a fourth straight t42 200 metre world title
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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 javelin 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! fellow brit, kadeena cox, came third. england's cricketers have a battle on their hands if they're to save the second test against south africa. the tourists were bowled out for 335 but england crumbled in their reply. all out for 205, south africa starting this morning with a lead of 205 runs at trent bridge. you will have days like this i am afraid and especially with a young side you will have days like this.
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you just want to get them to a minimum. these days are frustrating but, like so, what is done is done. we need to come back tomorrow, sort ourselves out and try to get back into the if we can. meanwhile at the women's world cup — england finished top of the round—robin stage after thrashing west indies in bristol — captain heather knight made 67. england will play south africa in the semi—finals on tuesday. lewis hamilton will start the british grand prix on pole today. he was fastest in qualifying — by more than half a second. that delighted the crowd at silverstone, who could witness history this afternoon. asa as a thunder away to a perfect start... silverstone is where the road began. it hosted the first race for formula 1 and many of its most famous once. now, 50 years after britain one the grand prix here, a
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new hero is hoping to do the same. lewis hamilton matched clark's records a pole positions yesterday. his last lap was half a second better than anybody else's. in f1, thatis better than anybody else's. in f1, that is an age. fans have seen hamilton at his best but how much longer will they be able to watch formula 1 here. the circuit has actuated a clause in his contract. the speculation that the race may move to another circuit or even the streets of london after 2019. but for drivers, whether active or retired, silverstone a special.m is like wimbledon. you need to keep the legendary venues. silverstone is quite legendary and historic. there we re quite legendary and historic. there were racing there in the 50s. silverstone 2017 is expected to be the best attended race on the calendar. organisers insist silverstone 2117 could be as well. we love putting on formula 1 races who. british racing drivers club is
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potty about f1 as well. we want to do itand potty about f1 as well. we want to do it and i am sure we will find a way of achieving it 100 years down the line will will be looking back and genuinely saying this is the home of f1 in this country. never mind about the future for now. lewis hamilton, after all, maybe just hours from history. chris froome reclaimed the leader's yellow jersey after stage 14 of the tour de france in the pyrenees. the team sky rider finished a second behind stage—winner michael matthews but overtook the previous leader fabio aru. froome now has a nineteen second lead. 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 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. back here at wimbledon, as well as
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the men's final there is the little matter will make matter of the final day of our challenge here. our breakfast mug challenge is coming to an end and andy murray remains unbeaten at the top of our leaderboard. but hoping to take his crown — is our very own "novak dog ovitch" — it's hacker the dog — let's see how he got on. good morning, everyone and welcome to our special bbc breakfast wimbledon challenge. this morning we have the one and only hacker t dog. hello, sally. how are you? i am good nice to see you. have you had a practice? you know how good i am at a backhand. i have a better backhand than sue barker. you have 30 seconds to get balls into this market. go! here we go! keep going! we can do it! get going, you are doing really
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well. i now. i am it! get going, you are doing really well. i now. iam the it! get going, you are doing really well. i now. i am the best. it! get going, you are doing really well. i now. iam the best. i like this. it is good for morale. you have 15 seconds left. you have been taught well by sue barker. she has a lovely backhand. you need to go overarm. three, two, one! tidies up! well done! ok, here is the moment of truth. you have excelled. every single tennis ball, 50 of them, you have gotte n single tennis ball, 50 of them, you have gotten every single one into the market. that is because i'm the best person you ever asked on this. that is amazing... what is that smell? use love meat paste... yes. i put it on my paws for extra grip. i am sick of you! charlie wouldn't say this to me! wow!
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absolutely terrible, hacker you are in the dog house for the illegal use of meat paste. we are not impressed. you never use meat paste. someone else who would not is gordon reid, the wheelchair doubles champion. here's the final challenger to andy murray's lead. let's see how he went on at 730. incidentally, these pups are retiring after wimbledon. how cute! i am worried. that sofa looks like a cute! i am worried. that sofa looks likea might cute! i am worried. that sofa looks like a might topple backwards. oh, my, you lost yourfriends! we will be back later on. it was as anarchic as you would have
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expected. sue barker's hacker t dog isa expected. sue barker's hacker t dog is a thing of beauty. you are watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: sentences for people who carry out acid attacks in england and wales could be increased, as part of a wide—ranging review following a rise in the number of assaults. british politics is at a dangerous moment because of the level of abuse and intimidation of mps, according to the chair of an influential committee of politicians. it is dry in wimbledon at the moment. will it stay like that for the all—importa nt fixtures moment. will it stay like that for the all—important fixtures later on? here's hoping, but things are actually brightening up from north. that is where the best of the spells of sunshine are likely to be. further south there will be more in
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the way of cloud. quite warm start to the day. 19 or 20 degrees already with a lot of cloud and little bit of light rain and drizzle towards wales and the north—west of england. north that it is looking pretty good, actually, through the morning. one or two showers dotted around but some good spells of sunshine and for most of northern ireland in northern england it is a dry spell for the morning. not to windy and some good spells of sunshine. some outbreaks of rain with the cloud, light and patchy rain for the most part. there will be a bit of drizzle in the south—west with low cloud sitting down on hills, and some fog around as well. largely dry in the south—eastern corner and it should stay dry for much of the time. this week's hunt week whether front may threaten the odd spell of rain, but the most part it should stay largely dry. 25 or 26 degrees in the south—eastern corner. further north it is 19th or 20s. so pretty grey
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day at wimbledon. the chance of a little bit of rain later on but it should be light and patchy and fairly hit and miss at the same time. through the evening the cloud continues to drift its way southwards, clearing away from the southwards, clearing away from the south coast. clearer skies follow—on behind. a breeze in northern parts of scotla nd behind. a breeze in northern parts of scotland but not particularly cold overnight. 12 degrees in stornoway, 14 elsewhere. a good deal of sunshine to start the new week. a lovely day with light winds and sunny spells. it will turn quite warm across many parts of the uk on monday. you are going to see temperatures widely into the low to mid—20s. 23 degrees in aberdeen, could go as high as 26 orquery seven in the south—eastern corner. only the tuesday, and for the most part it isa the tuesday, and for the most part it is a fine date —— 25 or 27. the most part, it looks pretty good. 25 to once again, fairly warm and humid, but thundery showers drifting
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their way north into wednesday. thundery breakdown is on the way. thank you very much for that. we have just a we havejust a minute we have just a minute to have a quick look at the front pages. the observer has an interview with lord o'donnell, who has given an interview in which he warns theresa may of brexit chaos. and a picture of the ladies singles champion. it wouldn't be wimbledon without strawberries, and they are leading with the chancellor saying the public sector is overpaid. sources, according to the sunday times, claiming that philip hammond has declared that public sector workers are overpaid as part of a bitter cabinet war that has erupted over austerity. talking of pay, the front page of the sunday telegraph talks
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about revelation is due to come out this week when the bbc does its annual report of the top earners at the corporation, on air earners, that is. the picture is of muguruza, who won the ladies‘ singles yesterday at wimbledon. we will be back with the headlines at 7:00am. now on breakfast, it is time for click. this is adam jensen, star of the video game deus ex: human revolution. set in 2027, the poor chap has to undergo extensive cybernetic modifications after being severely injured. well, just ten years before those events might occur,
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that plot line doesn‘t seem that far off. for years now people have been body hacking, giving themselves extra abilities and, as our understanding of robotics has advanced, so has our creativity. meet rob spence. like the cyborg in the video game, he too has a bionic eye. it doesn‘t have terminator vision like this, yet, but it does record video. inside a prosthetic eye, which is an odd shape, they‘re not a sphere, a prosthetic eye, they‘re actually like a very thick contact lens. inside that is a battery, a video camera and a video transmitter all attached to a circuit board so they can talk to one another. the camera is turned on and off with a magnet. it doesn‘t look at all comfortable, is it in anyway comfortable? yeah, it‘s fine.
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i know it looks uncomfortable. the first configuration that looks the most uncomfortable, it looks like a ‘90s imac, you can see all the goods inside. like the battery and the wires, but that‘s covered by smooth plastic that, you know... ..so it‘s not like that. i don‘t have open wires and batteries, you know. 0h! that kind of made my stomach drop a little bit when i saw that. rob damaged his eye when he was nine and in 2009 began exploring the idea of a bionic eye. as a film—maker himself, he was fascinated with the idea that his eye could become a camera. it‘s like an absurd toy for a one—eyed film—maker. i used to watch the bionic man when i was a kid, the $6 million man. i had the action figure, you looked through the back of his head, through his bionic eye. i was looking at my nokia flip phone at the time i was like — this is pretty small.
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that‘s in fact who i called, i called nokia. they said — well, we‘ll call the camera module people in china. this is how you begin these things. it‘s very small, it‘s very challenging. we in fact used analogue technology. it does visual dropouts, which is the visual language of all video from the future, including princess leia asking for obi—wan‘s help. exactly — the future is analogue! yeah! since the initial prototype, rob and his engineers have gone through several upgrades. he now has one eye that glows red when it films and another camera eye that looks a bit more normal. i get calls from and emails from moms whose kid hasjust lost an eye, because it‘s some sort of fun thing to show a kid this maniac running around on videos and glowing red eye cameras and stuff. it‘s fun for them to look at that. they‘re now looking working on ways
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to transfer the technology to other people‘s prosthetic eyes. we‘re doing 3d scans of those now and then that creates a space that you can take into software to map on the technology that we‘re increasingly able to reproduce. some people golf, i like to make fake eye cameras and, you know, film things with it. activate eyeborg — now! 0h! welcome to the week in tech. it was the week a group of disgruntled twitter users began suing president donald trump for blocking them on twitter! facebook announced it is trialling embedded advertising in its messenger app. yay, that will go down well with users. step aside, psy, here is wiz khalifa, taking the coveted crown of most watched youtube clip. it has been viewed a staggering
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2.9 billion times. billionaire elon musk launched the new all—electric tesla model three. at a pricetag of $35,000, it‘s supposed to be more affordable than tesla‘s previous efforts which cost 100 grand. rival automobile company faraday future has scrapped its plans to build a billion—dollar factory in the us state of nevada. this leaves a big question mark over the launch next year of their new model. no, this is not a digital version of the ministry of silly walks but this is google‘s deep mind attempting to learn how to walk. so far the research is being conducted in virtual environments, but it could one day help robots learn how to navigate complex spaces. and, finally, a former nasa scientist has built a super sized super soa ker.
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it‘s so big, at least you will see him coming. almost everyone in the world who works pays tax on the money they earn. but at this restaurant in san francisco there are no waiting staff and robots plate the food. that work is currently not taxable and politicianjane kim is now looking into how this is changing the city‘s economy. so what we‘re seeing is after automation that you can hire less people in order to deliver products maybe quicker and more affordably. but it‘s one of the questions that we have, it‘s true this is really convenient, but at what cost? it‘s not just restaurants, this picture is now seen across the city, from hotels and hospitals to the latest addition to the autonomous family, self—driving cars. policy makers have noticed, every time a robot takes a human
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job, potential tax revenue is being lost. the research is showing us thatjobs are going to get lost over the next ten years and if before the great depression we could have predicted what would come afterwards, if government could have prepared for the job loss that occurred, wouldn‘t we do that? that is the level at which we are looking at potentially over the next ten years, in terms ofjob loss for this country. estimations of how manyjobs will be wiped out vary widely from study to study, but a recent report especially has stuck injane‘s mind. it‘s estimated that robots will replace 37% ofjobs in the united states by the early 20305. so the biggest concern is mass job displacement, lack of true, meaningful, high wage work. we are already seeing a decrease of that in san francisco where we have the fastest growing income gap in the country and a wealth gap that is akin to the country of rwanda, accord to our own human services agency data
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and so we have a shrinking middle—class and we have this growing imminent threat that many of our meaningful, working—class and even middle—class jobs may go away to robots and automation. at cafe x, again a human worker has been replaced by a robot. an americano with milk, served by a robot. now, the human has a different role, advising on coffee beans and showing customers how to use the tablet to operate the robot. the owner is not sure about the idea of a tax on the replacement. i guess i find it a little odd because what robots are supposed to do is to increase productivity. that means it allows a shift in labourfrom doing highly repetitive, low productivity tasks to more useful things. it‘s not about eliminating people. actually, we have quite a big team. so in order to have this machine operate, there has to be a lot of engineers on software, hardware and manufacturing to build
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something like this. jobs like this require training and that‘s what supervisor kim wants a tax to help bring about. if you‘re a childcare worker or you‘re an in home support services worker, working with a senior or individual with disability, you often work three or four hours a day and you make minimum wage. so one of the ideas was, why not tax robots and invest in these povertyjobs and make them truly living wage careers for people. this would mean a robot tax potentially subsidising low paying, but essential jobs, so that the human employees would earn a living wage. currently, many people are working but not earning enough to live, leading several politicians around the world to float the idea of a universal basic income. this would be expensive for governments and supervisor kim is suggesting an automation tax could be a solution. if there‘s one thing that san francisco is known for, it‘s leading the conversation on technology and innovation, but as harder and harder questions
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are asked about automation and what this really means for people‘s jobs it seems appropriate that this city, which has added so much to the problem, is also grappling with what could be the solution. but the rise of robotic workers is playing out on a global scale and san francisco is not the only place trying to lead the conversation. in the eu, a proposal to tax robots was voted down earlier in the year and one of the commissioners who did so says robots will create more jobs, not reduce them. they are worried because they say robots they will take theirjobs, but i believe in progress. progress always created more jobs than progress used to destroy. the train is moving and speed is high and now it‘s up to us to be on that train or to stay and to wave to the leaving train. concerns about automation replacing humanjobs has been felt
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since the industrial revolution and more recently workers in the manufacturing industry have seen jobs disappear as automation takes hold. as the issue of a robot tax begins to spread further, a fundamental question still needs to be answered — what even is automation? in the context of robots of course automation is much broader and we have to find this definition. they gave this definition more than 100 years ago. politicians can no longer ignore the robots creeping into the workplace and while many of the big questions are still being thrashed out, it‘s clear that the issue of robot workers is becoming more and more of a political one. and this‘s it for this week. you can watch the full version on iplayer. and you can follow us on twitter @bbc click throughout the week and like us on facebook, too. thanks for watching and we will see you soon. hello, this is breakfast,
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with rogerjohnson and sian lloyd. acid attack offenders could face tougher sentences — as the government says they should feel the full force of the law. a review will consider restricting the sale of corrosive substances and classifying them as dangerous weapons. good morning, it‘s sunday the 16th of july. warnings of a "dangerous moment" in british politics because of the level of abuse and intimidation aimed at mps. the final weekend of wimbledon has seen a new women‘s champion after spain‘s garbine muguruza beat venus williams on centre court.
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