tv BBC Newsroom Live BBC News July 21, 2017 11:00am-1:00pm BST
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this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11am. a strong earthquake between the greek island of kos and turkey kills at least two people and injures 100 others. the noise was terrible, are just dived on my son and the complete sense of fear was untrue. i actually thought that was it, i really did. farmers are told subsidies will have to be earned in future, rather than just handed out. i know that there is a growing appetite for a new system of agricultural support which respects their work and puts environmental protection and enhancement first. a man admits murdering his brother and attempting to murder his brother's girlfriend in a new year's day house fire. also: running out of sky. air traffic controllers warn that uk skies are near full capacity and the system needs modernising. and one small bag, but one giant hike in price. neil armstrong's bag,
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used to collect moon samples, sells for $1.8 million. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. two people have been killed and around 100 others have been injured on the greek island of kos, following a powerful earthquake. the quake also caused a small tsunami which flooded streets in the turkish resort of bodrum. richard galpin reports. panicked shouts it is just up
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it isjust up1:30am it isjust up 1:30am in the morning, local time. a tide of holiday—makers who have been enjoying a night out are now running for their lives. the moment the earthquake struck the region captured by cctv cameras in shops, here in the turkish city of bodrum. people racing outside, fearing otherwise they would be crushed. but it was the nearby greek island of kos which was hardest hit by the earthquake. there was significant damage in the main town and two people are known to have been killed. we were literally ripped from our sleep. the bed shook uncontrollably, the room shook from side to side, the noise was terrible. just dived on my sun and the complete sense of fear was untrue. i actually thought that was it, i really did. it was getting really, really loud and i thought we
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we re really, really loud and i thought we were being attacked but then bits of the walls started falling off and my bunk beds were shaking and then it died down and we all stood up, and it started again. so we ran over to the door frame, to hide under it and it stopped and we heard everyone screaming in the hotel, running down, trying to get out. half past one in the morning, we were woken by a tremendous shaking of the whole building. the fans were thrown around, the mirror came off, it lasted approximately 10—15 seconds. myself and my wife and two children just got our stuff as quick as we could and as we were making our way out, there was a second shot was —— shock. in the light of morning, a clearer sense of the earthquake's impact, which has hit at the peak of the tourist season. there are thought to be more than 80,000
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holiday—makers staying here on kos, many of them british. with a series of strong after—shocks throughout the night, some in the region felt much safer sleeping outside. and meanwhile, officials now believe almost 200 people have been injured. 0ur correspondent mark lowen is on the greek island of lesbos, from where he gave this update. kos very much felt the impact —— the impact, the brunt of the impact, let's put it that way. at least two people have been killed, one of them is an elderly turkish man according toa is an elderly turkish man according to a greek official and another is a man of swedish origin. they died when the ceiling of a bar collapsed. many more have been injured, around five are in a serious condition and some of those seriously injured have been airlifted to the larger island of rhodes. there was structural damage as well, some buildings that collapsed or parts of buildings that collapsed. the minaret on the old
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turkish mosque in the kos is thought to have collapsed and there were large waves felt in both bodrum and kos because the earthquake was fairly shallow, it was about ten kilometres deep between kos and bodrum and therefore was mitigated by the sea, but also felt by the impact of waves in both places. there were after—shocks for a number of hours, have they now stopped or is there fear there could be more damage because of these? the after—shocks went on for some time, there are thought to be 20 after—shocks of differing seriousness, but they are understood to have stopped now. the damage seems to have been fairly limited in terms of structural damage and while there were lots of casualties, and many of those who were injured were fairly lightly injured, electricity is out, we understand, in both kos and bodrum. both greece and turkey
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are active seismically because they are active seismically because they are both on significant fault lines. six years ago, there was a major earthquake in eastern turkey which killed 700 people and in 1999, a major earthquake struck both countries. 0ne major earthquake struck both countries. one in greece that killed 140 people and two in north—eastern turkey that killed 20,000 people, so they are both kind of used to these after—shocks and the tremors that precede them, but the one today, although limited in scale, clearly quite a shock by four kos and bodrum. the environment secretary michael gove has delivered his vision of what he has described as a green brexit. in his first speech since returning to the cabinet, he said that after the uk leaves the eu and the common agricultural policy, subsidies forfarmers the common agricultural policy, subsidies for farmers will be conditional upon agreements to protect the environment. we need to take the opportunity that being outside the common agricultural policy will give us common agricultural policy will give us to use public money to reward
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environmentally responsible land use. this government's pledged that when we leave the eu, we will match the £3 billion the farm is currently receiving support until 2022 and i wa nt to receiving support until 2022 and i want to make sure we go on generously supporting farmers for many more years to come. but that support can only be argued for against other competing public goods if the environmental benefits of that spending are clear. with me is our environment correspondent roger harrabin. it was a wide—ranging speech, we will cover more in a moment butjust starting on that point that farmers will have been keenly listening out for, about what will happen to their subsidies. there is going to be a change, he says. farmers knew this was coming, it has been coming for several years. the uk, historically, both sort of government, have resisted the common agricultural policy in brussels. initially it was to maximise food production after the war so we could be
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self—sufficient but that created grain mountains and butter mountains and wine lakes and we had to give the food away and african farmers said, why are you undercutting us? by said, why are you undercutting us? by giving food away, you are making is bankrupt. so it got reformed and we are now in this incredible situation where we pay £400,000 a year to a saudi prince and racehorse owner in order to keep his stud farm going, because the payments currently a re going, because the payments currently are based on how many acres you own. so the richer you are, the more money the taxpayer pays you and it was clear this had to change and this is michael gove's statement, it is going to change soon. it is a quid pro quo, there will be money soon but you have to do something different to get it.- the moment, there is about £3 billion goes into it every year and most of it goes into this acreage payments depending on how much you own, so the question for farmers is how much of that £3 billion they can secure into the future. the government has promised the 3 billion up to 2022, but i think after that it will almost certainly
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this slip because the chancellor will be saying, a lot of that goes to waste, and start clawing it back. the other question is what will michael gove ask farmers to do in order to get their money? at the moment, he is talking about protecting the soil, protecting waterways, storing carbon in the soil to help the fight against climate change, but all the details on that will be really, really difficult to achieve. it's an incredibly complicated policy that is being carried out by a department that has had heavy cuts in staffing, s0 that has had heavy cuts in staffing, so this will not be an easy path. subsidies was one issue he tackled, wattel stood out to you? he gave a whole list, he looked at the entire gambit of environmental policy in defra and gave a speech, he is ready ona defra and gave a speech, he is ready on a charm offensive to environment groups at the moment. he doesn't need a row with environmentalists while he is trying to saw this farm stud with brexit and a lot of environmentalists have been impressed with what he is saying on
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chemicals, soil, fisheries, all sorts of things that environmentalists would want. but some of them will be thinking, how much of this is he actually really going to deliver and how much does he really mean it? and he spoke about a green brexit. wade is easy opportunities lying for change once we exit the european union —— where does he see opportunities. this is interesting because we are pulling the whole body of european law over that, that includes environmental law. the exit will affect the environmental policy probably more than anything else and so he is left with this residual policy from the eu, but now he's talking about making it all better. so for instance, in his own constituency, when he was a backbencher, he talked about building housing on surrey heath, with conditions. they are currently protected under a european scheme and it means of the government wants to build on that,
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they have to go to europe for permission, because it is part of oui’ permission, because it is part of our common european heritage. 0bviously, that will be scrapped on brexit so how does he get around that? does he want parliament to be supreme, that? does he want parliament to be supreme, british government says bill, so build? 0r, supreme, british government says bill, so build? or, as he suggested today and people will be intrigued, is the uk going to set up whole new international institutions to govern on environmental disputes? that is what he said in his speech this morning. i don't know how much thought has gone into it but it is an immense undertaking and in such a badly prepared department, people will wonder how he can deliver it. time will tell, as they say. thank you very much. a man has admitted murdering his brother and attempting to murder his brother's girlfriend in a house fire on new year's day. blair logan poured petrol on his younger brother as he slept at theirfamily home in east dunbartonshire. 0ur correspondent, catriona renton is outside the high court in glasgow. tell us more about what you have heard. well, you will see the media
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behind us here, they are waiting for the family of cameron logan, of course, who died, to leave. blair logan, cameron's brother, who admitted here in the high court in glasgow today that he did murder his younger brother cameron and attempt to murder his brother's girlfriend becks williams and endanger the life of his parents. it is a sad story, it was hogmanay and bex and cameron had been out celebrating and came back to the family home. they were staying there at the home just outside glasgow, staying in a bed in the living room. just after 7am, cameron's mother heard the dog barking. she went down to the living room and she saw that it was... well, she didn't know it was blair, but she saw a man standing in dark clothing in the room. it turned out that it was blair, he had doused cameron in petrol and then run away after setting fire to him. now,
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there had been a history of animosity between the brothers. apparently, this outdated back years and blair logan said in his police statement that he had not intended to kill his brother, but he had wa nted to kill his brother, but he had wanted to maim or cripple him. he'd been looking up on the internet what the effects would be if somebody was badly burned. he said he had been thinking about this for about a month and a half before the attack and he said a week before this happened, it was the last straw. his brother had allegedly, he said, attacked him in the family garage, pushed him up against the wall and punched him, so he did this act, he covered his brother in petrol and murdered him. he said he had not wa nted murdered him. he said he had not wanted to endanger the life of bex williams and that he hadn't want to —— wanted to endanger the life of his parents. the consequences of this are horrific. we saw cathy and
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david logan and the parents of bex and bex was here as well. she has had a number of operations on her throat, such was the damage caused by the heat and the smoke to her and this is a tale of such tragedy for ourfamily. he this is a tale of such tragedy for our family. he didn't this is a tale of such tragedy for ourfamily. he didn't admitted immediately, there were extensive searches around the area but admittedly —— eventually, blair logan said he didn't intend to do this but he did it. now blair logan will be sentenced next month at livingston high court. thank you very much. that have a look at the headlines now on bbc newsroom live. at least two people have died in an earthquake on the greek island of kos. 100 others were injured. farmers are told subsidies will have to be earned in future,
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by by using land responsibly and managing natural resources and habitats. a man admits murdering his brother and attempting to murder his brother's girlfriend in a new year's day house fire. in sport, rory mcilory makes a strong start on day two of the open. he has birdied two of the first three holes as he looks to make up for a poorfirst three holes as he looks to make up for a poor first round. three holes as he looks to make up for a poorfirst round. he is currently one under. the 19th stage of the tour de france is under way, with chris froome in the leader's yellow jersey, 20 with chris froome in the leader's yellowjersey, 20 seconds ahead of his nearest rival in the standings. and manchester united have beaten manchester city overnight in a pre—season friendly in the united states. new £75 million signing romelu lu ka ku states. new £75 million signing romelu lukaku got the first goal in a 2—0 win in houston. i will be back with more on those stories just after half past. the boss of goldman sachs has said a
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significant brexit transitional period needs to be agreed as soon as possible in order to stop jobs period needs to be agreed as soon as possible in order to stopjobs being moved from the uk to europe. he told the bbc he was spending more money every day on contingency plans for brexit. 0n every day on contingency plans for brexit. on thursday, the prime minister chaired the first meeting of the new business council, formed of the new business council, formed of business leaders, which is set to meet regularly to discuss the government's brexit plans. meanwhile, it is the final day of boris johnson's trip meanwhile, it is the final day of borisjohnson's trip to tokyo to discuss post—brexit trade deals. the uk has been —— foreign secretary has been speaking to our correspondent. there is, ifind, a much greater confidence and understanding of how it's going to work and a real enthusiasm for free trade with the uk. and what they really want to do is, post—2019, they want to take that eu—japan free trade agreement and turn it into a fantastic all seeing, all dancing uk—japan free trade agreement. they also want to maintain access
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to the european market, access to freedom of movement of labour and power sporting of labour and passporting for japanese financial institutions that are based in the uk if they are to remain in the uk, but they're not going to get that, are they? well, i think it is overwhelmingly in the interests of both sides of the channel to have trade, both in services and in goods, that is frictionless, and i think that is what we can achieve. and i think there is an understanding here injapan that that is what is going to be achieved. if you think about the interests of our european friends on the other side of the channel, they have net exports to us of about 80 billion euros' worth of goods and it is overwhelmingly in their interest to have frictionless trade. you have said this all along. it's very clear from the negotiations just in the last two days that the position of the eu has remained firm. you can't have frictionless trade if you don't also have free movement of labour,
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free movement of people and that has always been the position of you and your government that that cannot continue. i think what is certainly true is the japanese are getting used to hearing a certain amount of negativity from the bbc and other organs of the british media and it doesn't reflect the reality of what, i think, we can achieve. i talked to a big meeting of japanese business leaders this morning at the british chamber of commerce injapan and the mood was overwhelmingly positive and so, by the way, was the mood of the uk businesses there. chris mason is in westminster for us and, chris, the whole issue of business very much the order of the day. it is and there is a great demand from business and, from their perspective, you can see why it is a case they would make, around ensuring there is some sense of what
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is going to happen at that point where the uk leaves the european union in march 2019. the challenge for the government, and they want to make it sound as soothing as they can in the direction of business as well as everyone else, is that nobody knows at this stage, either here at westminster or in brussels, where the negotiations that are still at the early stage up the completion of the second round yesterday are going to end up by that point. so what we are now getting is a discussion and the hardening of a view within the cabinet that they should be some sort of transitional deal after march 2019, some sort of situation where the uk is outside of the european union but some elements of our membership continue until a fixed date in the future, that that will happen, or at least it is something the british government would want to see happen. crucially, what we don't know explicitly is what we don't know explicitly is what will be within that
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transitional deal because we don't know where we will be at the point where that starts. what does seem to be happening is those in the cabinet seem be happening is those in the cabinet seem to be recognising that that sort of deal would need to be around about two years in length. we saw the international trade secretary liam fox saying exactly that yesterday. he previously suggested a transitional deal should only be a couple of months. it is also worth listening to michael gove, the environment secretary. you saw him talking earlier about the whole business of farmers and the environment and brexit, and here he is an string a question specifically about the whole business of immigration and freedom of movement and whether that might remain a reality the other side of march 2019 in some sort of transitional period. take a look at this. i know, not just from agriculture, but from other industries, how important it is that we ensure that we continue to have access to the high—quality labour on which the success of our
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economy depends. and as the prime minister has made clear, as we leave the european union, we will have an implementation period which will ensure that we can continue to have notjust access to ensure that we can continue to have not just access to labour but the economic stability and certainty which business requests and, again, thatis which business requests and, again, that is something around the government and the cabinet are united. the context of this is a couple of newspaper front pages this morning, the guardian and the times, suggesting that yes, there will be a transitional period and that is a big win the cabinet is keen on if it can gain consent from brussels, but also the suggestion that freedom of movement, in other words unlimited immigration from eu to britain and vice versa, will continue either two orfour vice versa, will continue either two or four years. vice versa, will continue either two orfour years. a source in downing street said they didn't recognise that and that wasn't the government's plan but you heard some very carefully chosen words from michael gove about how immigration and getting access to the necessary talent from overseas to work in the british labour market could well be
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pa rt british labour market could well be part of that transitional arrangement, but the crucial central word there is "could", because going back to my earlier point, no one knows where we are going to end by march 2019 and therefore uncertainty is the one thing we can be certain of in next few months as these continue. chris, thanks very much indeed. air traffic controllers are warning that uk skies are running out of room as they prepare to handle a record number of flights in one day. 8,800 flights are scheduled to use british airports as families begin their summer holidays. colletta smith reports. the skies above us could be busier today than they've ever been, as people set off on their summer holidays. air—traffic controllers say they're expecting to handle a record 8,800 flights today, and they're warning it will be their busiest summer yet. nats, which manages uk airspace, is half owned by government and controls air traffic across the uk. they're expecting more
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than 770,000 flights to cross our skies this summer. that's 40,000 more than last year. air traffic bosses say they can safely manage the busier skies but warn passengers of a future risk of regular delays if major changes aren't made to how uk airspace is managed. they want traditional flight paths changed, with more satellite navigation used instead of ground—based radio beacons, to allow aircraft to climb, cruise, and descend more efficiently. the department of transport consulted on changing the way our skies are managed earlier in the year but they're yet to make an announcement. and it's notjust our skies that will be busier today, the rac is predicting this weekend our roads will see their busiest weekend of the summer. tolls on the severn bridges linking england with wales are to be
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abolished for all vehicles by the end of next year. a study commissioned by the welsh government suggested the removal of tolls would boost the welsh economy by £100 million. the toll has been in place since the first severn bridge was opened in 1966. 25 million journeys are made across the two bridges each year and abolishing the toll could save regular users by car as much as £1,400 a year. let's get more were james williams, who is at the severn bridge. why the change? as you can see at the moment, traffic is flowing pretty easily through the toll booths at the moment and the idea is it will be blowing even easier when it comes to the end of 2018, when the uk government plans to scrap the tolls completely. so the tolls the vehicles have been playing —— paying
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since the first crossing in 1966 and the second crossing since it opened in 1996 will be scrapped, music to the ears of the more than 25 million vehicles that use both bridges on an annual basis, paying between £6 70 and £20 a pop. if you are a commuter that uses both bridges on a daily basis, you could save more than £1400 a year when the uk government picks up the tab at the end of next year. there has been a bit of a tussle between ministers and whitehall officials, because the treasury will lose out on about £100 million in revenue from the tolls and they will also have to pay the costs of maintaining both bridges, roughly around £15 million a year, but the uk government believe it is worth it. the welsh secretary believes it will strengthen links between wales and england and will also boost the economy. as you said, the welsh government had an analysis that was published in 2012 that calculated that the economy could be
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boosted by £100 million, but there isa boosted by £100 million, but there is a concern about what it means for traffic. the uk government published at the start of this year a report that calculated that if the tolls are heart, it could lead to an increase in 17% of traffic by 2028. they haven't calculated how much scrapping the tolls completely have impacted —— will impact traffic. the welsh government is consulting at the moment on building relief roads around newport. it includes a calculation that takes account of an increase in traffic to to the scrapping of the tolls. but that is not due to be started to be built until the start of next year and completed until 2021, so obviously there is a lag between the policy announcement of scrapping the tolls and yielding the m4 relief road. even so, you would think the welsh government would be cock—a—hoop about this, as they have campaigned for yea rs about this, as they have campaigned for years about this policy but ca rwyn for years about this policy but
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carwyn jones has tweeted for years about this policy but carwynjones has tweeted "this is nothing but a desperate attempt by alun cairns to distract from yesterday's u—turn on electrification to swansea." a reference to the announcement by chris grayling that electrification from london will stop at cardiff, despite years of promises that it will continue on to swansea. as far as the welsh government is concerned, the announcements over the last couple of days have been a case of the uk government giving with one hand and taking with the other. loss of sound good morning, we have a mixed picture across the uk at the moment. for eastern part of the uk, it is fairly dry, not feeling too bad, but a different picture further west. we have some heavy rain moving its way in and around wales and the south—west of england. this is the
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scene outside the window in anglesey at the moment and you can see from the radar picture whether rain is, quite a lot for south west england and wales and into northern ireland and wales and into northern ireland and the isle of man. you can see by the bright colours, really intense rainfall moving its way eastwards. it is associated with this area of low pressure. not only is it bringing heavy rain but look at the white lines, they are fairly closely packed together, indicating we have some strong winds. so if you are travelling on your big summer getaway, heading towards the south—west or the west across wales, there is heavy rain around and there could be some disruption and on top of that, the wind is a big issue, gusting up to 40—50 mph around the southern coast of south—west england and west wales and look at the intense rainfall as it moves just further eastwards. rain across much of wales but for eastern england and up of wales but for eastern england and up into eastern scotland, it is looking largely dry, some sunny spells and quite pleasant in the sunshine. by this stage in the
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afternoon, it should dry up across northern ireland but increasingly wet across south—western areas of scotland. the wind will ease slightly during this afternoon, but elsewhere, it is fairly breezy. in these western parts, quite disappointingly cool, 17 or 18, but where you get the sunshine in the east, those temperatures up to about 23 or 24. this area of low pressure is still with us as we go into the weekend and will move very slowly eastwards. we still have some fairly strong winds down towards the south—west, you can see the area of low pressure, the winds swirling around that and it is bringing some showers across wales and south—western parts of england and up south—western parts of england and up into the midlands by the afternoon and showers in parts of scotland. they could be heavy and thundery in places but in between, some sunny thundery in places but in between, some sunny spells and has some areas, it will stay completely dry. for sunday, a few showers, i suspect. some lengthy dry spells and a bit of sunshine and rain for central and south—eastern parts of
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scotland. top temperatures on sunday 17-22. so it scotland. top temperatures on sunday 17—22. so it is not great if you are on summer getaway. 17—22. so it is not great if you are on summer getaway. the weekend, heavy showers around, quite breezy and cool in the breeze but also some dry and brighter spells as well. this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines at 11.30. two people have been killed and hundreds injures, after a powerful earthquake between the greek island of kos and the coast of turkey. farmers have been told subsidies will have to be earned in future, rather than just handed out. it's part of what new environment secretary michael gove has described described as a green brexit. a man from logan, scotland, has admitted murdering his brother and attempting to murder his brother's girlfriend in a new year's day house fire. and air traffic controllers have warned the uk skies are reaching full capacity, with the system in desperate need of modernisation. time now to go over
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to the bbc sports centre. here'sjessica. the second round of the open championship is underway. 0ur reporter adam wild is live at royal birkdale. after a topsy—turvey performance yesterday, rory mcilroy is in great form this morning. absolutely. welcome back to royal birkdale, the second day of the open championship. the wind feels like it is dying down ever so the wind feels like it is dying down ever so slightly, we are expecting worse conditions later this afternoon. for those starting this afternoon they may be wary about what the skies hold. rory mcilroy is the big mover, three underfor his rory mcilroy is the big mover, three under for his round today, rory mcilroy is the big mover, three underfor his round today, quite extraordinary given the way he
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started yesterday in his first round, dropping shot after shot on his front nine. he then had a stiff talking to from his caddie who said, look, you rory michael wright, a former champion here, you can do better. he picked up massively in his round. he picked up massively in his round. he is now three underfor his round today, taking him to two under overall, right back in contention for the top of the leaderboard. let us have a look at that. matt kuchar is the only one of the leaders out on the course now, five under. he did go out on his own earlier this morning, picked up a shot, but has dropped back. with jordan spieth and shot, but has dropped back. withjordan spieth and bruce koepka. they go out at around 3pm. keeping a nervous eye on the weather. and i've heard that paul casey has some special birthday shoes, but they don't seem to be working for him this morning. no, certainly not. he won't be
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enjoying life in his 40s. it is his birthday, his 40th today. he is five over further day today. he was in contention of the night but has dropped away, suffering with this wind. his shoes, very special. pc 40 they say on them, blue special birthday shoes. but the weather and his birthday obviously distracting him slightly. if you want to see those shoes and all the action, you can see highlights on bbc two at eight this evening. thank you. definitely won't be missing it. west ham are continuing to spend ahead of the premier league season, with marko arnautovic due to have a medical on this afternoon ahead of his £24 million move from stoke city.
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arnautovic, who's 28, has been capped 62 times for austria, and scored 26 goals in 145 appearances in his four years at stoke. the hammers announced on thursday they have agreed a deal with bayer leverkusen for former manchester united striker javier hernandez, who is set tojoin for £16m. manchester united have beaten manchester city 2—0 overnight, in a friendly in the united states. a crowd of 67,000 turned out to see the pair meet in houston. new £75 million signing romelu lukaku got the first. and the second came just two minutes later through england striker marcus rashford. it was the first manchester derby to be played since may's terrorist attack in the city, and both teams wore shirts with the distinctive worker bee logo, which will be auctioned off to raise money for the victims. iam i am really pleased and i am sure he is the same. the result is not the most important thing but to give the players
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quality training and it is high quality training and it is high quality training and it is high quality training because the teams are good, the stadium is amazing, because the fans are fantastic. we take heights bar especially in the second half. the performance was really good. lam the performance was really good. i am pleased, the performance was really good. lam pleased, pleased the performance was really good. i am pleased, pleased with what we have down. now we rest and play real madrid. that's all sport for now. police in minneapolis have spoken for the first time after an officer shot an australian woman after she called the police to report a possible crime. 40—year—old ms damond, was dressed in her pyjamas as she approached the driver's side door to talk to the police. the minnesota bureau of criminal apprehension said 0fficer mohamed noor fired his weapon across his partner and through the driver's side window, striking ms damond. minneapolis police say the killing should not have happened. justine did not have to die. based
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on the publicly released information from the bca this should not have happened. 0n from the bca this should not have happened. on our squad cars you will see the words, to protect with courage and served with compassion. this did not happen. the former american football star 0j simpson is to be released from prison this autumn after serving nine years of a 33 year sentence for armed robbery. in 1995, simpson was acquitted of the murder of his ex—wife nicole brown simpson and herfriend, turning him into one of the most divisive figures in the country. 0ur los angeles correspondent, james cook reports. it was the trial of the century, an american superstar accused of stabbing to death his ex—wife and her friend. oj simpson had been arrested after a low—speed car chase across los angeles, broadcast live to a nation in shock. but that's not why he is in prison.
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oj simpson, not guilty of the crime of murder. he was arrested in las vegas for raiding a hotel room in 2007 to reclaim sporting memorabilia he said was his. nine years later, he appeared before the parole board stating his case for freedom. i have done my time. i have done it as well and respectfully as anyone can. if you talk to the wardens, they will tell you i gave them my word, i believe in the jury system. i have honoured their verdict. and the parole board accepted that argument. so, based on all of that, mr simpson, i do vote to grant parole when eligible. more than 20 years after his sensational acquittal it is clear that oj simpson still commands an audience. millions of americans tuned in to his parole hearing. but support may be fading. one recent poll suggests that only 7% of americans now think that the fallen star is not a killer.
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the number of people in yemen with cholera is now the largest recorded in any country in a single year since records began in 1949. the outbreak started three months ago, and 0xfam says there are already 360,000 suspected cases. that's more than the numbers seen in haiti in 2011. the epidemic follows two years of a brutal civil war in yemen. russell trott reports. yemen, a country weakened by war. 0n the brink of famine. and now overwhelmed by deadly disease. in theory, cholera should be easy to prevent and treat. but in yemen, where there is limited access to clean water and medicine, it is thriving. translation: we are urgently appealing to the international community to provide us medicine
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and medical supplies as soon as possible. thousands of people are malnourished and vulnerable to the infection which causes nausea and dehydration. this hospital in the capital, sana'a, says it is treating hundreds of new cases every day. 0xfam say there have been 360,000 suspected cases already this year. so far, the death toll stands atjust over 1,800. it is feared that total could rise to over 600,000, making it one of the largest outbreaks since records began in 1949. yemen is one of the arab world's poorest countries and, in the last two years, it has been devastated by a war between forces loyal to the saudi—backed government and the huthi rebel movement. a blockade imposed by a saudi—led international coalition has also triggered a humanitarian disaster, leaving the majority of the population in need of aid. earlier this month, the un's aid chief made this appeal to the security council.
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this cholera scandal is entirely man—made by the conflicting parties, and those beyond yemen's borders who are leading, supplying, fighting and perpetuating the fear and the fighting. in recent weeks, there have been signs of the epidemic slowing. but, with the rainy season getting underway, there are fears it will create perfect conditions for the disease to spread even further. russell trott, bbc news. let's get more now on the news that air traffic controllers are warning that uk skies are running out of room — as they prepare to handle a record number of flights in one day. and colletta has spent the morning at the air traffic control in swa nwick. i don't want to distract the air traffic controllers. these guys are working for heathrow, some of the
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busiest air space in the world, talking to pilots like to make sure they can take off and land safely. fran is one of the air traffic controllers, you are normally in front of one of those screens. does it feel like a big responsibility? when you are doing the job, you are so when you are doing the job, you are so used to concentrating, you don't think about it. but we know it is a big responsibility. we want to get everybody safely and as quickly as they can to where they want to go. hanley palates are you in charge of? each sector will work ten up to 15 aircraft at one time. the room split up aircraft at one time. the room split up into how many sectors we need. what are you saying to these pilots, how are you controlling them? the pilots want to go somewhere, so they are taking off or coming in somewhere. we need to send them where they are going and get their level of destruction is right so they are at
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the levels they need to be. the right height. we are giving them height instructions, turn instructions, transfer instructions to the next controller. 0urjob is to the next controller. 0urjob is to make sure those crossing don't have a problem with each other. does it feel like a busy time? we are facing that record day today, our staff ready? staff are already, are always ready. definitely one of the busiest summers. we felt it building up over the past few months. july is always a busy time. great to know you are in control whenever we are taking off and landing in essbase here in the uk on what is expected to be an incredibly busy weekend, not just what is expected to be an incredibly busy weekend, notjust in the skies but in the roads as well. the parents of charlie gard have begun the latest stage of their legal fight over treatment for their terminally ill baby. chris gard and connie yates want the judge to rule that their 11—month—old son, who suffers from a rare genetic
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condition, should be allowed to undergo a therapy trial overseen by a specialist in the united states. 0ur correspondent laura trad is at the high court. what are proceedings there today? charlie's parents have been back in the high court this morning for the latest stage of their battle for treatment for their terminally ill son. a procedural hearing which took place ahead of the hearing which will happen next monday and tuesday. mrjustice francis said charlie's pa rents mrjustice francis said charlie's parents who were in court this morning are able to give further spoken evidence if that is something they wish to do. mrjustice francis also said he is keen to give a judgment by next tuesday, and he made the point is the transcript of the clinical meeting that has taken place announced a frank exchange of views between leading world experts. right
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now, all the advisers are drawing up an agreed way of proceeding from here, their order how things should go from here on. thejudge an interesting point, he wanted to make clear that the needs and wishes of other parents of terminally ill children at great 0rmond street hospital must be respected at this time. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour. but first, the headlines on bbc newsroom live. at last two people have died in an earthquake on the greek island of kos. more than 100 people were injured on the island, and in the nearby turkish resort of bodrum. the element secretary has said farming subsidies will in future be paid only two farmers who use their land responsibly by managing natural resources and habitats. a man has admitted murdering his brother and attempting to murder his
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brother's girlfriend by setting fire to theirfamily brother's girlfriend by setting fire to their family home brother's girlfriend by setting fire to theirfamily home near brother's girlfriend by setting fire to their family home near glasgow on new year's day. good morning. the business news now. the country borrowed £2 billion more last month than it did injune last year. most economists reckoned the number would be pretty much the same, about £4.8 billion, but it the office of national statistics said the figure was £6.9 billion. part of the extra borrowing is to pay interest on the debt. these interest payments rose by one—third in june. the government was also paying higher payments to the european union budget and spending more on simple goods and services. air traffic controllers are warning that uk skies are running out of room. friday is likely to be the busiest day of the year, the start of the summer holidays, with air traffic controllers expecting to handle more than 8,800 flights, a record number. they have called for a drastic modernisation in the way aircraft are guided across uk airspace.than last year. the man in charge of goldman sachs' european operations has urged the uk
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government to agree a transition deal with the eu as soon as possible. without such a deal banks face a so—called cliff—edge, with an overnight change in regulations and condition in 2019. if there's no deal, richard gnodde, head of goldman sachs international, says the bank will soon have to start moving hundreds of staff to their other european offices. the number of houses sold last month fell 3.3%. that's the third month in a row there's been a drop. the number is seasonally adjusted and it's a month—on—month figure. in fact, compared with a year ago, the number is up a fraction. these are all about the volume of sales. and come from the hm revenue and customs. other numbers from the office of national statistics and the land registry show house prices are still rising, but at a slightly slower rate, 4.7% in the year to may, against 5.3% in the year to april. the average uk house price was £221,000 two months ago kate faulkner is an independent property consultant.
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putting these things together, these numbers, where is the market? it is quite a nice market, certainly if you are buying and selling. with the economic implications and personal implications. from a personal perspective, if you're looking to buy, you don't have too hurried because we have small rises. if you're looking at selling, you don't have to worry you won't get a buyer because we still seem won't get a buyer because we still seem to be matching buyers and sellers quite well. a small 5% rise at the moment, that isa a small 5% rise at the moment, that is a steady market, not fantastic economic league, it doesn't encourage people to move, but it is a nice market. if it is fairly flat and there is
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not much in the way of transactions, what happens if you get suddenly a number of people who have two cell, they start putting their prices down? that is where you start getting the statistics with price market falls. it is only when people panic. talking to people now on a regular basis, people are more clued up about the housing market, they are not freaked out by scary headlines, they understand they are in this, when you buy a property, the 25 yea rs. when you buy a property, the 25 years. you will see some highs and lows and stable periods like now. what about high interest rates, supposing they went up question at no one can agree when they will go up. we are in a unique situation that we have never had before. pre—credit crunch, it was scary with huge numbers of people on 125% mortgages.
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since the market changes in 2014, people are being assessed very well on the affordability. notjust on the current rates but plus 3%. what will hit harder than a small interest rate which people can cope with, bearing in mind the impish housing survey had 54% owning a home out right, they won't even be affected, what we have got coming up is harsher affordability on a mortgage whereby you have to look at the 3% plus the standard variable rate of the lender which will hit us slightly harder and pull back some first—time buyer growth we have experienced. you said it is a pleasant market for buyers and sellers, what about estate agents? all estate agents, they are letting agents as well. as far as they are
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concerned, they prefer a steady market, the big highs and lows are favourable, aren't favourable to them. there is a huge lack of stock coming through. hopefully we will see more new build, more shared ownership and affordable products coming through which is the growth area. the council of mortgage and has showed we had lost 140,000 home levers which is bread and butter to estate agents. what we don't understand sometimes is when it is ha rd understand sometimes is when it is hard for people to find houses it is ha rd hard for people to find houses it is hard for people to find houses it is hard for estate agents to make a living. you may rejoice at that! they do provide a lot of good jobs. it isa they do provide a lot of good jobs. it is a tough market because it is highly competitive. thank you. a couple of other stories. vodafone has surprised the market with a good set of half—year results, saying revenues are up 2.2%, thanks to good sales in italy and spain. it's said its core earnings could grow this year by four to 8%, and it
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may be able to increase its dividend payout to shareholders. china has agreed to allow imports of rice from the us for the first time. china opened its rice market in 2001, but imports have been held up by a lack of rules on pests and diseases. the deal is almost the only positive result of trade talks between the two countries that broke up on thursday. there's a wave of mergers going on in payment processing industry. these are the people that make sure the money gets from your bank account to where you want it to be. two weeks ago, worldpay agreed to be bought by american giant vantiv for £9 billion. today, paysafe sharesjumped 9%, after a group of private equity firms offered to pay £2.9 billion for it. and paysafe itself said it was offering $470 million to buy the us company merchants choice. a quick look at the markets, all of
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them down. the european market is down quite a bit. the pound against the euro, if you are going on holiday, the pound is a little weaker. we had some comments from european central bank yesterday which seemed to suggest possibly not that interest rates would go up but that interest rates would go up but that borrowing would become more difficult on the continent. the words used were very vague but the market took advantage and pushed the market took advantage and pushed the euro up. that is why the pound isa the euro up. that is why the pound is a little bit weaker today. that's all the business news. landing on the moon might have been one small step for man, but for a bag used to collect the first samples of dust and rock, it meant a giant leap in value. it's sold for $1.8 million. the seller had bought the bag on a government auction website three years ago
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for less than $1,000. jim axelrod from cbs news went to meet her. it is one small step for man... neil armstrong's giant leap on the moon allowed him to make several small scoops there as well. he has this little bag. collecting lunar dust and rocks in a specially designed decontamination bag, to bring home. the rocks became national treasures will stop the bag, not so much. forgotten about until resurfacing three years ago on a government auction website that space enthusiast nancy carlson liked to check out. i saw check out. isawa check out. i saw a bag described as a lunar bag sewn with a number on it, and the word, moon dust. and as soon as i saw it... when you
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saw that, your eyes must have lit up. that would be putting it nicely. she quickly slapped down her $995 and a week later history arrived. it was like finding the holy grail. but almost lost again the nancy. to be sure it was from apollo 11, she sent it to nasa so they could test the dust embedded in the bag. that is where things started to go off the rails to put it nicely. nasa told her, yes, the bag had been to the moon, but, no, they would not return it since they said it never should have been sold to start with. nancy had to sue to get her bag back. she won, though the other steep convinced heard that that would not be safe in her home so on thursday, the 48th anniversary of the moon landing, nancy will auction it off. cassandra is with sotheby‘s.
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i say neil armstrong, moon dust, you don't have to be american tour on stand— by it don't have to be american tour on stand—by it is important. you can talk to a five—year—old in china and they would be excited. the bag is expected to fetch up to $4 million, not a bad return on nancy's $995 investment. i found nancy's $995 investment. ifound a nancy's $995 investment. i found a piece of history everyone forgot about, that is my great gratification. i saved it from being lost. nearly half a century later, thanks to an nancy carlson's trolling, there is a new footnote to the greatest adventure story in human history. lucky lady, $1.8 million. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. in a moment, we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. first, we leave you with a look at the weather. good morning. a rather disappointing
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july day across western parts of the uk. some torrential rain falling at the moment in the west. it is not like that everywhere. this photo is of the shetland isles, lovely blue skies. there is some fine weather. a different story towards the west. this is a recent radar picture with the rainfall across northern ireland, intense rain, into west wales and the south—west, linked into this low—pressure moving very slowly eastward. closely packed isobars indicating the winds as well. if you are in the west, be aware we have some heavy rain, strong winds and the possibility of disruption to travel. let us take a look at 4pm. gales across southern and western coasts of england, and south and
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west wales. cornwall, devon, the west country and wales, particularly around the south wales. further east, it is dry and bright, with sunshine. temperatures into the low 20s. most of the rain will clear away from northern ireland but will push into southern scotland. not bad in the shetland islands with some sunshine. for the rest of the afternoon and evening, we will see the rain continuing to move gradually eastwards, affecting the golf at royal birkdale. disappointingly called in the west, temperatures only 17. this low—pressure will stick with us into the weekend. moving very slowly eastwards. still the strong winds in the south—west of england. bringing some heavy showers across wales, western england up into the midlands and heavy rain at times
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across central and south—eastern parts of scotland. in between the showers there will be sunny spells. temperatures disappointing with the showers. 0n showers. on sunday, a mixture of sunny spells and showers. the showers will be fewer. more persistent rain in scotland. again, a bit of sunshine in between. quite unsettled over the weekend. it will be breezy as well. but there will also be some dry and brighter weather in between those showers. this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at midday. a strong earthquake between the greek island of kos and the coast of turkey kills two people and injures 100 others. the room shook from side to side.
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the noise was terrible, arejust dived on my son and the complete sense of fear was untrue. i actually thought that was it, i really did. a man admits murdering his brother and attempting to murder his brother's girlfriend in a new year's day house fire. stand—off in jerusalem — israel prevents men under 50 from entering the old city for muslim friday prayers, amid rising tensions. this is the scene live, where tensions have been mounting. a "significant" brexit transitional period needs to be agreed as soon as possible, to stopjobs being moved from the uk to europe — according to a leading banker. also: running out of airspace. air traffic controllers warn that uk skies are near full capacity and the system needs modernising. and neil armstrong's bag — used to collect moon samples — fetches an astronomical amount,
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selling for $1.8 million. good afternoon. it's the 21st ofjuly. welcome to bbc newsroom live. two people have been killed and around 100 others have been injured on the greek island of kos, following a powerful earthquake. the quake also caused a small tsunami which flooded streets in the turkish resort of bodrum. richard galpin reports. panicked shouts it is just after 1:30am in the morning, local time. and holiday—makers who have been enjoying a night out are now
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running for their lives. the moment the earthquake struck the region captured by cctv cameras in shops, here in the turkish city of bodrum. anyone inside at the time getting out as quickly as possible, fearing otherwise they would be crushed. but the nearby island of kos in greece was closer to the epicentre and significantly hit. there was damage in their main town. 0ne tourist from turkey and one from sweden were killed when the roof of a popular bar collapsed. we were literally ripped from our sleep. the bed shook uncontrollably, the room shook from side to side, the noise was terrible. just dived on my son and the complete sense of fear was untrue. i actually thought that was it, i really did. it was getting really, really loud and i thought
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we were being attacked but then bits of the walls started falling off and our beds were shaking and then it died down and we all stood up, and it started again. so we ran over to the door frame, to hide under it and it stopped and we heard everyone screaming in the hotel, running down, trying to get out. half—past one in the morning, we were woken by a tremendous shaking of the whole building. the fans were thrown around, the mirror came off, it lasted approximately 10—15 seconds. myself and my wife and two children just got our stuff as quick as we could and as we were making our way out, there was a second shock. in the light of morning, a clearer sense of the earthquake's impact, which has hit at the peak of the tourist season. 0fficials
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officials say there are 200,000 holiday—makers on kos at the moment and at least 10,000 of them are british. with a series of strong after—shocks throughout the night, many people in bodrum and kos decided they would be much safer sleeping outside. and while many of the injured have been treated locally, those badly hurt on kos are being flown out for specialist treatment. 0ur correspondent mark lowen is on the greek island of lesbos, from where he gave this update. kos very much felt the impact, the brunt of the impact, let's put it that way. at least two people have been killed, one of them is an elderly turkish man according to a greek official and another is a man of swedish origin. they died when the ceiling of a bar collapsed. many more have been injured, five are in a serious condition and some of those seriously injured have been airlifted
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to the larger island of rhodes. there was structural damage as well, some buildings that collapsed or parts of buildings that collapsed. the minaret on the old turkish mosque in the kos is thought to have mosque in kos is thought to have collapsed and there were large waves felt in both bodrum and kos because the earthquake was fairly shallow, it was about ten kilometres deep between kos and bodrum and therefore was mitigated by the sea, but also felt by the impact of waves in both places. there were after—shocks for a number of hours, have they now stopped or is there fear there could be more damage because of these? the after—shocks went on for some time, there were thought to be 20 after—shocks of differing seriousness, but they are understood to have stopped now. the damage seems to have been fairly limited in terms of structural damage and while there were lots of casualties, many of those who were injured
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were fairly lightly injured. electricity is out, we understand, in both kos and bodrum. both greece and turkey are active seismically because they are both on significant fault lines. six years ago, there was a major earthquake in eastern turkey which killed 700 people and in 1999, a major earthquake struck both countries. the one in greece that killed more than 140 people and two in north—eastern turkey that killed 20,000 people, so they are both kind of used to these after—shocks and the tremors that precede them, but the one today, although limited in scale, clearly quite a shock for kos and bodrum. joining me on the phone is holly will be from yorkshire, who is on holiday in kos. i think you are staying in a small apartment, are
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you? yes, we are staying in a small apartment with 20 rooms also. and tell us what you went through. we we re tell us what you went through. we were just laying on the tell us what you went through. we werejust laying on the bed, obviously getting ready to go to bed and the room just started shaking and the room just started shaking and we all didn't have a clue what was going on, we will all really shocked by it, but the whole room which shaking, the beds were shaking like mad and it lasted for around 30 seconds or so and then when it had finished, we went outside. 0bviously there were a couple of people about and they were chatting that it is an earthquake and that was when we felt the after—shocks. we will all really shaken up because obviously, it was so shaken up because obviously, it was so different, we hadn't experienced it before. and when you went out, was there a sense of any damage?” didn't see any damage but, then again, it was dark. but i still haven't seen any today. what are you being advised? haven't seen any today. what are you being advised ? is haven't seen any today. what are you being advised? is anyone helping you to know what to do next? we haven't
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really spoken to any people, we have ranked thomas cook about it, but they have said they will be in touch. we have just they have said they will be in touch. we havejust taken it on they have said they will be in touch. we have just taken it on to stay around the apartment today just to be saved. are there still after—shocks going on?” to be saved. are there still after-shocks going on? i haven't felt any since this morning but there were quite a few last night. you mentioned that the owner told you it was an earthquake and presumably he wasn't totally surprised? no, he just presumably he wasn't totally surprised? no, hejust went presumably he wasn't totally surprised? no, he just went outside but didn't seem scared or anything, trying to keep us all calm and he let us know it was an earthquake going on. in terms of your apartment, did the shock cause anything physical? you mentioned everything was moving the good things come off the walls and so on?
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a couple of things fell off the dressing table, but the littlest things. nothing heavy moved all fell off, it was just the beds and walls shaking. and you will have seen on the news that some people have been injured but not the eu, as far as you are aware? no, i didn't realise it was so severe. it was a shock when i found out that people had been heard, i realised how major it really was. well, it is good that everything around you seems to be under control. greatest beat you, thank you for taking the time, holly, on holiday in kos —— great to speak to you. a man has admitted murdering his brother and attempting to murder his brother's girlfriend in a house fire on new year's day. blair logan poured petrol on his younger brother as he slept at theirfamily home in east dunbartonshire. catriona renton was outside the high court in glasgow. it is a sad, sad
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story. it was hogmanay and bex and cameron had been out celebrating and came back to the family home. they we re came back to the family home. they were saying there at the home just outside glasgow, they had been staying in a bed in the living room. just after 7am, cameron's mother heard the dog barking. she went down to the living room and she saw that it was blair... well, she didn't know it was blair, she saw a man standing in dark clothing in the room. it turned out, of course, that this was blair, that he had doused cameron in petrol and then ran away after setting fire to him. now, there had been a history of animosity between the two brothers. apparently, this had dated back yea rs apparently, this had dated back years and their logan said in his police statement that he had not intended to kill his brother, but he had wanted to maim or cripple him. he had been looking up on the internet what the effects would be
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if somebody was badly burned. now, he said he had been thinking about this for about a month and a half before the attack and he said a week before the attack and he said a week before this happened, it was the last straw. his brother had allegedly, he said, attacked him in the family garage, pushed him up against the wall and punched him, so he did this act. he covered his brother in petrol and murdered him. he said he had not wanted to endanger the life of bex williams and he had not wanted to endanger his parents. the consequences of this, of course, are horrific. we saw kathy and david logan, the pa rents saw kathy and david logan, the parents blair and cameron, arrived here this morning. effectively, they have lost now both of their sons. bex williams was here as well. we have heard today in court that she has had a number of operations on her throat, such was the damage by the heat and the smoke to her and this is really a tale of such tragedy for a family. he didn't admit it immediately, there were
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extensive searches around the area but, eventually, cameron logan said... blair logan said i didn't intend to do this, but i did it. now blair logan will be sentenced next month at livingston high court. the environment secretary michael gove has delivered his vision of what he has described as a green brexit. in his first speech since returning to the cabinet, he said that after the uk leaves the eu and the common agricultural policy, and the common agricultural policy, subsidies forfarmers will be conditional upon agreements to protect the environment. we need to take the opportunity that being outside the common agricultural policy will give us to use public money to reward environmentally responsible land use. this government's pledged that when we leave the eu, we will match the £3 billion the farm is currently the farmers currently receiving support from the cap until 2022 and i want to make sure we go on generously supporting farmers for many more years to come. but that support can only be argued for against other competing public goods if the environmental benefits
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of that spending are clear. our environment correspondent roger harrabin told me it was inevitable that there would be change to agricultural subsidies following brexit. farmers knew this was coming, it has been coming for several years. the uk, historically, both sorts of government, have resisted the common agricultural policy in brussels. 0riginally, it was designed to maximise food production after the war so we could be self—sufficient but that created grain mountains and butter mountains and wine lakes and we had to give the food away and african farmers said, why are you undercutting us? by giving food away, you are making us bankrupt. so it got reformed and we are now in this incredible situation where we pay £400,000 a year to a saudi prince and racehorse owner in order to keep his stud farm going, because the payments currently are based on how many acres you own. so the richer you are, the more money the taxpayer pays you and it was clear this had to change and this is
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is mr gove's statement, it is going to change soon. it is a quid pro quo, there will be money soon but you have to do something different to get it. at the moment, there is about £3 billion goes into it every year and most of it goes into this acreage payments depending on how much you own, so the question for farmers is how much of that £3 billion they can secure into the future. the government has promised the 3 billion up to 2022, but i think after that it will almost certainly this slip will almost certainly slip because the chancellor will be saying, a lot of that goes to waste, and start clawing it back. the other question is what will michael gove ask farmers to do in order to get their money? at the moment, he is talking about them protecting the soil, protecting waterways, storing carbon in the soil to help the fight against climate change, but all the details on that will be really, really difficult to achieve. it's an incredibly complicated policy that is being carried out by a department that has had heavy cuts in staffing, so this
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will not be an easy path. so subsidies was one issue that he tackled. what else stood out for you? he gave a whole this, he looked at the entire gamut of environmental policy in defra, the environment department and gave a speech. he is really on a charm offensive to environment groups at the moment. he doesn't need a row with environmentalists while he is trying to start out —— sort out all of this bomb stuffed with brexit and a lot of environmentalists have been impressed on what he is saying on chemicals, on soil, on on fisheries. he is saying all sorts of things that environmentalists would want but some of them will be thinking, you know, how much this actually is he really going to deliver and how much does he really mean it? and he spoke about a green brexit. where does he see opportunities lying for change once we accident european union? this is very interesting
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because at the moment, we are pulling the whole body of european law over. that includes rmn tomorrow —— environmental law. the exit from europe will affect environmental policy probably more than anything else, so he is left with this residual policy from the eu but now he is talking about making it all better. so, for instance, in his own constituency, when he was a backbencher, he talked about building housing on the surrey heath is, with conditions. the surrey heaths are currently protected under a european scheme and it means that ifa a european scheme and it means that if a government wants to build on that, they have to go to europe for permission because it is part of our common european heritage. 0bviously, that will be scrapped on brexit, so how is he going to get around that? does he want parliament to the supreme, so does he want parliament to the supreme, so the government says build, build such a mark or, as he said today and people will be intrigued, is the government going to set up whole new international institutions to govern on the
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environment? that is what he said in his speech and i don't know how much thought has gone into it but it is a huge undertaking and with a badly prepared apartment, people will wonder how he can deliver it. just some news coming to us from downing street, the prime office back at minister's office —— the prime ministers office confirming the appointment of lady hale of richmond as president of the supreme court following the retirement of lord neuberger in september 2017, so this is looking ahead to when the changeover will happening. she was already working as deputy president of the supreme court but it was widely expected she would be confirmed as the new president and that indeed has happened. we'll get more with our legal correspondence injusta more with our legal correspondence injust a short more with our legal correspondence in just a short while. clashes have broken out injerusalem where israeli police are preventing jewish men under 50 from prevent macca the attending friday prayers
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at the haram al—sharif. there are metal detectors at the compound gates following the killing of two israeli policeman in the area. tom bateman is in jerusalem israeli policeman in the area. tom bateman is injerusalem for us, give usa bateman is injerusalem for us, give us a sense of what is happening. well, there is much tension in this city at the moment. this was the day a week on from the attacks you mentioned, last friday, when many have called for a day of protest, a day of rage against those security measures that were implemented by the israeli authorities at the site. we have just returned from the old city itself, from lions gate, which is one of the ways into the old city and the way into the compound that you mention, where thousands of muslims go into every friday to pray at the mosque. it was after last week that the metal detectors worth installed , week that the metal detectors worth installed, point of contention for muslim and palestinian leaders.
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ahead of expected protests today, benjamin netanyahu said those metal detectors would stay in place and police said men under 50 would not be able to enter the site. that has caused much anger and what we have seen caused much anger and what we have seenin caused much anger and what we have seen in the last couple of hours are some isolated clashes breaking out, we just saw prayers take place shortly after midday today. that was peaceful. after that, we then saw the roadblocks the police had installed , the roadblocks the police had installed, some tension, some violence and the police firing stun grenades to disperse protesters. it has happened at other parts of jerusalem as well. and as i say, the issue now is what will happen over the rest of today, because the authorities have made it very clear that men under 50 will be able to get anywhere near the compound itself and that has caused some angen itself and that has caused some anger. tom bateman, thank you. here are the headlines. at least two
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people have died in an earthquake on the greek island of kos. more than 100 people were injured on the island and in the nearby turkish resort of bodrum. here, a man has admitted murdering his brother and attempting to murder his brother's girlfriend by setting fire to their family home near glasgow on new year's day. and as we have been hearing, clashes have broken out in jerusalem, where israeli police are preventing muslim men under 50 from attending friday prayers at their holiest mosque. time to get across all the sports news now with jessica. time to get across all the sports news now withjessica. hello again, good afternoon. the second round of the open championship is taking place at royal birkdale and that is exactly where we will go to now and add wild can keep us up to date. after a very topsy—turvy performance yesterday, rory mcilory is in great form today. he certainly is, he is
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going along very nicely. he's just got himself into a little bit of bother on the tenth, he went into the bunker there but he seems to have played himself out of trouble. before that, he has been going along very serenely, 3—under for his before that, he has been going along very serenely, 3—underfor his round for the day, taking him to 2—under overall, so right back in contention after, as you say, that really mixed first round yesterday. a terrible first round yesterday. a terrible first nine and a really impressive on the back nine. so he has played himself right back into contention. he will be itching to get finished before this really poor weather kicks in later, the wind really getting up in the last hour or so and those who haven't teed off yet will be really keen to get off. two of those who haven't gone off yet are two of the leaders, jordan spieth and brooks koepka, they don't go off until 3pm, when the poor weather is really meant to kick in.
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matt kuchar is still there, level underfor the day matt kuchar is still there, level under for the day —— level par for the day, leading goes out on the course. bubba watson has been really impressive today, 2—under for his round, so he is right back into contention. you can see all of the in play highlights on the bbc sport website and on bbc two later this evening, full highlights from 8pm. adam, thank you very much for that. football and west ham are continuing to spend ahead of the premier league season, with marko arnautovic due to have a medical this afternoon ahead of his £24 million move from stoke city. arnautovic has 62 caps for austria and scored 26 goals in his four years at stoke. the hammers have also paid £60 million to buy a leather coups and four former manchester united striker abbey hey hernandez. manchester united have beta manchester city 2— zero overnight in a friendly in houston.
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a crowd of 60,000 turned out to see them. £75 million signing romelu lukaku them. £75 million signing romelu lu ka ku got the them. £75 million signing romelu lukaku got the first goal and the second came two minutes later from england striker marcus rashford. that is all the sports an hour but i will have more in the next hour. the environmentally secretary michael gove says the uk has two on the referendum result and reform migration in what he calls a pragmatic way. a suggested transition period between britain leaving the eu and new laws coming into force could last two years but it is unclear whether it would continue to have freedom of movement for eu nationals. we have to make sure we honour the referendum result and reform the roles of migration and reform the roles of migration and take back control of policy, but we need to do that in a pragmatic and sensible way. the cabinet agreed, we are leaving the european union and honouring that referendum mandate but doing it in a way that
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is honourable and pragmatic. air traffic controllers are warning that uk skies are running out of room as they prepare to handle a record number of flights in one day. 8,800 flights are scheduled to use british airports as families begin their summer holidays. colletta smith reports. the skies above us could be busier today than they've ever been, as people set off on their summer holidays. air—traffic controllers say they're expecting to handle a record 8,800 flights today, and they're warning it will be their busiest summer yet. nats, which manages uk airspace, is half owned by government and controls air traffic across the uk. they're expecting more than 770,000 flights to cross our skies this summer. that's 40,000 more than last year. air traffic bosses say they can safely manage the busier skies but warn passengers of a future risk of regular delays if major changes aren't made to how uk airspace is managed. they want traditional
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flight paths changed, with more satellite navigation used instead of ground—based radio beacons, to allow aircraft to climb, cruise, and descend more efficiently. the department of transport consulted on changing the way our skies are managed earlier in the year but they're yet to make an announcement. and it's notjust our skies that will be busier today, the rac is predicting this weekend our roads will see their busiest weekend of the summer. tolls on the severn bridges linking england with wales are to be abolished for all vehicles by the end of next year. a study commissioned by the welsh government suggested the removal of tolls would boost the welsh economy by £100 million. the toll has been in place since the first severn bridge was opened in 1966. 25 million journeys are made across the two bridges each year and abolishing the toll could save regular users by car as much as £1,400 a year.
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james williams is at the severn bridge for us. james. thank you. as you can see, the lunchtime traffic is starting to build here at the severn bridge tolls, but it has been flowing pretty freely this morning and the idea is when the tolls are scrapped at the end of 2018, the chrapek will be flowing even more freely along this stretch of the motorway. this is a rather rare thing at the moment, the conservative manifesto commitment from last month's general election that remains intact. in fact, it was a policy included in every party's ma nifesto, a policy included in every party's manifesto, so there is wide support for this commitment to scrap the tolls by the end of 2018. good news for the 25 million vehicles that use this stretch of road and the two crossings every single year, paying
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between £6 70 and £20 atop and they have been paying tolls in the new severn bridge since it was opened in 1996 and to the left of it, the old severn bridge, opened in 1966, paying tolls on that since that was open. so music to the ears of the vehicles crossing this part of the m4. but someone has to pick up the tab. the uk government will lose out on roughly £100 million in revenue from the tolls. they will also have to pay about £15 million in the costs for maintaining both bridges. the uk government think it is worth it. alun cairns, the welsh secretary, was here saying he hopes it will strengthen the links between england and wales and boost the welsh economy to the turin of around 100 million, as we were pointing out the welsh government calculates it could boost the welsh economy pay, but there is concern about the impact on traffic. according to the
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uk government study this year, just halving the tolls could increase traffic by 17% by 2028 and they don't even know how much traffic could increase by if we scrap the tolls. but the welsh government is in the process of consulting on building an m4 relief road around newport, in a stretch of road just down the road, which they say includes a calculation as to an increase in traffic due to the scrapping of the tolls. but that is not due to be completed until 2021, so not due to be completed until 2021, so there is a lag between the tolls being scrapped in 2018 and the new road being built in 2021. you would expect the welsh government would be cock—a—hoop, given that they have for a couple of years been saying they want to see the tolls scrapped, they want to see the tolls scrapped, the first minister carwynjones has said this announcement just the first minister carwynjones has said this announcementjust deflects from the bad news that the uk government had yesterday when they announced they would not be electrifying the rail line from london to swansea. in fact,
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electrification will be stopping at cardiff because they say they no longer need to do it. so the welsh government says, taking these two policy announcements and around over the last couple of days, the uk has given with one hand but very much taken with the other. james, thanks very much indeed. let's get a look at the weather prospects now with tom. —— tomasz schaferna ker. —— tomasz schafernaker. a bit of bluster on the severn bridge, you could see the trees with thing about the strong winds and in fact, the wind and heavy rain has been brought in by this area of low pressure, pretty ugly one, it has been nasty in the south—western parts of wales with some cracks of thunder and even a chance of some local disruption across that part of the world. i think for holiday—makers, anybody down this part of the country, not looking great. the bad weather will shift into other parts of the country through this evening and overnight, crossing into the midlands and some eastern areas and the showers in the south—west will
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be in place tomorrow across the uk. the weekend is unsettled, frequent showers, possibility of some thunder as well. if you are unlucky, you will catch a few downpours but there will catch a few downpours but there will be some sunshine around as well. i am a little under the weather myself, excuse me. you consider showers right across the country tomorrow, the best of the weather in the far north of scotland. stornaway, 20 degrees, not bad. two people have been killed and around 100 others have been injured on the greek island of kos, following a powerful earthquake. farmers have been told subsidies will have to be earned in future, rather than just handed out. it's part of what new environment secretary michael gove has described as a green brexit. a man has admitted murdering his brother by dousing him with petrol and setting him alight, as he slept at their family home in east dunbartonshire, scotland. clashes have broken out injerusalem, after israeli police have prevented muslim men under 50 from attending friday prayers at their holiest mosque, the haram al—sharif.
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and air traffic controllers have warned the uk skies are reaching full capacity, with the system in desperate need of modernisation. the parents of charlie gard have begun the latest stage of their legal fight over treatment for their terminally ill baby. a judge is further analysing issues at a hearing in the family division of the high court. chris gard and connie yates want the judge to rule that their 11—month—old son, who suffers from a rare genetic condition, should be allowed to undergo a therapy trial overseen by a specialist in the united states. 0ur correspondent laura trant is at the high court. charlie's parents have been back in the high court this morning for the latest stage of their battle for treatment for their terminally ill son. a procedural hearing which took place ahead of the hearing which will happen next monday and tuesday. mrjustice francis said charlie's parents who were in court this morning are able to give further
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spoken evidence if that is something they wish to do. mrjustice francis also said he is keen to give a judgment by next tuesday, and he made the point the transcript of the clinical meeting that has taken place amounts to a frank exchange of views between leading world experts. right now, all the advisers are drawing up an agreed way of proceeding from here, their order for how things should go from here on. thejudge made an interesting point, he wanted to make clear that the needs and wishes of other parents of terminally ill children at great 0rmond street hospital must be respected at this time. police in minneapolis have spoken for the first time after an officer shot an australian woman after she called the police to report a possible crime. 40—year—old ms damond,
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was dressed in her pyjamas as she approached the driver's side door to talk to the police. the minnesota bureau of criminal apprehension said 0fficer mohamed noor fired his weapon across his partner and through the driver's side window, striking ms damond. minneapolis police say the killing should not have happened. justine didn't have too die. based on the publicly—released information from the vca, this should not have happened. on our squad cars, you will find the words, "to protect with courage and serve with compassion". this did not happen. having the information that is publicly available right now, while recognising there is an open vca investigation, i believe the actions in question go against who we are as a department, how we train, and the expectations we have for our officers. these were the actions
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and judgment of one individual. i want to assure justine's family, our community, and those in australia, that i will do everything in my power to make sure due process is followed, and justice is served. the former american football star 0j simpson is to be released from prison this autumn after serving nine years of a 33—year sentence for armed robbery. in 1995, simpson was acquitted of the murder of his ex—wife nicole brown simpson and herfriend, turning him into one of the most divisive figures in the country. 0ur los angeles correspondent james cook reports. it was the trial of the century, an american superstar accused of stabbing to death his ex—wife and herfriend. oj simpson had been arrested after a low—speed car chase across los angeles, broadcast live to a nation in shock. but that's not why he is in prison.
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oj simpson, not guilty of the crime of murder. he was arrested in las vegas for raiding a hotel room in 2007 to reclaim sporting memorabilia he said was his. nine years later, he appeared before the parole board stating his case for freedom. i have done my time. i have done it as well and respectfully as anyone can. if you talk to the wardens, they will tell you i gave them my word, i believe in the jury system. i have honoured their verdict. and the parole board accepted that argument. so, based on all of that, mr simpson, i do vote to grant parole when eligible. more than 20 years after his sensational acquittal it is clear that oj simpson still commands an audience. millions of americans tuned in to his parole hearing. but support may be fading. one recent poll suggests that only 7% of americans now think that the fallen star
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is not a killer. the number of people in yemen with cholera is now the largest recorded in any country in a single year since records began in 1949. the outbreak started three months ago, and 0xfam says there are already 360,000 suspected cases. that's more than the numbers seen in haiti in 2011. the epidemic follows two years of a brutal civil war in yemen. russell trott reports. yemen, a country weakened by war. 0n the brink of famine. and now overwhelmed by deadly disease. in theory, cholera should be easy to prevent and treat. but in yemen, where there is limited access to clean water and medicine, it is thriving. translation: we are urgently appealing to the international
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community to provide us medicine and medical supplies as soon as possible. thousands of people are malnourished and vulnerable to the infection which causes nausea and dehydration. this hospital in the capital, sana'a, says it is treating hundreds of new cases every day. 0xfam say there have been 360,000 suspected cases already this year. in the lag it.” mu» earlier this month, the un's aid chief made this appeal
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to the security council. this cholera scandal is entirely man—made by the conflicting parties, and those beyond yemen's borders who are leading, supplying, fighting and perpetuating the fear and the fighting. spread even further. chester bennington, the lead singer of the american rock group linkin park, has died in an apparent suicide. the coroner's office in los angeles said the 41—year—old had been found dead at his home in the city. fellow band—mate mike shinoda said he was heartbroken. peter bowes looks back on his career. # i cannot take this any more # saying everything
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i've said before... the powerhouse voice and huge, raspy vocals that helped define the musical sound of the new millennium. chester bennington, the larger—than—life front man. his genius catapulted linkin park to international stardom with their debut album. we want to thank our fans for supporting us throughout career. we've taken a lot of left turns, and they come along right with us. you know? and so this is also a testament to them, because we're only as great as our fans think we are. you know what i mean? hybrid theory sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. they filled stadiums, produced seven albums and won two grammy awards. the band managed to fuse elements of metal and rock with rap and hip—hop. the nu—metal genre evolved with songs such as crawling, in the end and numb. # i've become so numb
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# i can't feel you there # i've become so tired, so much more aware his onstage persona may have been angry and harsh, but chester bennington was, according to his friends, warm, articulate and funny in private. but he had a troubled personal life. he struggled for years with alcohol and drug abuse. he talked about contemplating suicide as a result of being a victim of abuse as a child. fans, celebrities and fellow musicians have flooded the internet with tributes. bandmates mike shinoda and dave farrell said they were heartbroken by the death of their close friend. rihanna said bennington was the most impressive talent she'd ever seen live and the american comedian jimmy kimmel said chester was one of the kindest men he'd had on his chat show. chester bennington leaves a wife and six children from two marriages. with me is andrew trendell, senior news reporter at the music
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journalism magazine nme. how much of a shock if this to the music world? it is absolutely insane. he has been such a present for the last 15 yea rs, let such a present for the last 15 years, let alone in the last six months. he has been touring. i saw him in belgium. he was so full the same time he has been very and vocal. urging people to speak out, at the same time people need to take these things seriously. his struggles, talking about mental health issues and the suggestion of abuse from his childhood. you can't possibly speculate. he has been very open about his struggles. he said a moving thing that his mind was like a bad neighbourhood and he shouldn't be allowed to walk alone through it. it says a lot about
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people needing to seek help. people making this comparison, with the death of chris cornell, these quys the death of chris cornell, these guys were close friends. he delivered an emotional tribute and sang at the funeral. yesterday was chris cornell's birthday. all devastating. when we think of the band, linkin park, have you interviewed them? nme has been following their trajectory. i have colleagues who interviewed them recently. i haven't personally. i have seen them live quite a lot. an awesome powerhouse. in interviews, fans are disarmingly honest and affable. the relationship they have their fans is very considering their massive fan base. talk about the importance of this band to that generation of fans?
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i was 11 years old, every one of my age had a linkin park fddi. they we re age had a linkin park fddi. they were a phenomenon. the last band of their kind. the first metal band to bridge the gap between metal and mainstream. the band has influenced... they were the first band i had got into, i wouldn't be here if it hadn't been for linkin park. sometimes you tried to write off the music you listen to, but they went beyond that, covering so many genres. clearly, it is only to be discussing this, the question arises of where the band might go from here. it is impossible to say. they are a powerhouse, an institution, almost an industry. it is hard to imagine them not continuing but also hard to imagine them without him. the vocals
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we re imagine them without him. the vocals were split between him and mike who would do the wrapping. he was the voice of linkin park. linkin park without chester doesn't seem linkin park without chester doesn't seem to make linkin park without chester doesn't seem to make sense. linkin park without chester doesn't seem to make sense. maybe they will find a way. it is impossible to speculate. thank you. the headlines on bbc newsroom live. at last two people have died in an earthquake on the greek island of kos. more than 100 people were injured on the island, to murder his brother's girlfriend by setting fire to their family home near glasgow on new year's day. israel has barred men under 50 from attending muslim friday prayers at a mosque injerusalem a 19—year—old has been found dead at
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a house in kingston. a woman in her 20s was admitted to hospital suffering knife wounds, she remains in hospital. 0fficers believe they know the identity of the deceased and a postmortem is being carried out today. two men remain in custody on suspicion of murder. michael gove has said the uk has two approach brexit in a pragmatic way. the government has suggested a transition period ensuring access to migrant labourand transition period ensuring access to migrant labour and economic stability could last up to two yea rs. chris grayling was asked whether he would agree. the point we are at now, we are in a negotiating process the british people agree clearly to take back
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power. that is what we are working towards. whether we have a transitional arrangement is a matter for negotiation. we will have to see where we get to in those discussions. you said in 2010 that would be not acceptable, are you not subverting the democratic will with this transitional deal? there is no question that the british people voted to take back control over our borders and there isa control over our borders and there is a lot of fixation around about what is going on in negotiations. the key is the will of the british people has to be fulfilled. we know what they voted for, we have a clear sense of what they wanted to take control over, that is something we have to achieve. does the chancellor have the support of the cabinet? we area of the cabinet? we are a team. we meet to discuss the progress in negotiations and we
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will form joint decisions. these are matters for the whole government, not one member. we will reach a collective decision on the basis of the progress we make. landing on the moon might have been one small step for man, but for a bag used to collect the first samples of dust and rock, it meant a giant leap in value. it's sold for $1.8 million. the seller had bought the bag on a government auction website three years ago for less than $1,000. jim axelrod from cbs news went to meet her. it is one small step for man... neil armstrong's giant leap on to the moon allowed him to make several small scoops there as well. he has this little bag. collecting lunar dust and rocks in a specially designed decontamination bag, to bring home. the rocks became national treasures. the bag, not so much. forgotten about until resurfacing
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three years ago on a government auction website that space enthusiast nancy carlson liked to check out. i saw a bag described as a lunar bag with a number on it, and the word, moon dust. and as soon as i saw it... when you saw that, your eyes must have lit up. that would be putting it nicely. she quickly slapped down her $995, and a week later history arrived. it was like finding the holy grail. but found was almost lost again to nancy. to be sure it was from apollo 11, she sent it to nasa so they could test the dust embedded in the fabric. that is where things started to go off the rails, to put it nicely. nasa told her, yes, the bag had been to the moon, but, no, they would not return it since they said it never should have
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been sold to start with. nancy had to sue to get her bag back. i found a piece of history everyone forgot about, that is my great gratification. i saved it from being lost. nearly half—a—century later, thanks to nancy carlson's internet trolling, there is a new footnote to the greatest adventure story in human history. more on the news air—traffic controllers a re more on the news air—traffic controllers are warning uk skies are running out of room as they prepare to handle a record number of flights in one day. colletta smith reports. these guys are working for heathrow, some of the busiest air space in the
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world, talking to pilots like becky sure they can take off and land safely. fran is one of the air traffic controllers, you are normally front of one of those screens. does it feel like a big responsibility? when you are doing the job, you are so used to concentrating, you don't think about it. but we know it is a big responsibility. we want to get everybody safely and as quickly as they can to where they want to go. how many pilots are you in charge of? each sector will work ten up to 15 aircraft at one time. the room splits up into how many sectors we need. what are you saying to these pilots, how are you controlling them? the pilots want to go somewhere, so they are taking off or coming somewhere. we need to send them where they are going and get their level of instructions right so they are at the levels they need to be.
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the right height. we are giving them height instructions, turn instructions, transfer instructions to the next controller. 0urjob is to make sure those crossing don't have a problem with each other. does it feel like a busy time? we are facing that record day today, are staff ready? staff are already, are always ready. definitely one of the busiest summers. we felt it building up over the past few months. july is always a busy time. great to know you are in control whenever we are taking off and landing here in the uk on what is expected to be an incredibly busy weekend, notjust in the skies but on the roads as well. in london, the state rooms at buckingham palace opens to the public on saturday. this year, there's a special exhibition dedicated to princess diana which includes rarely—seen personal belongings to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her death. other state rooms will display more than 200 gifts presented
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to queen elizabeth throughout her 65—year reign, as carol kirkwood reports. 20 years on, a tribute to diana, princess of wales, to commemorate the anniversary of her death. diana, princess of wales, was well—known for her love of dance. you can see her ballet shoes behind me. she used to hang those on her sitting—room door. then we have this magnificent writing desk, where she would have written her correspondence. we have picture frames with pictures of her sons and it was her sons, the duke of cambridge and prince harry, who selected most of the items that you can see here. two of the pieces on display are her tuck boxes, part of the traditional boarding school kit that she would have taken with her.
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and they would have been full of sweets. sweets ? it's enormous! yes. 0n the right—hand side is her collection of casettes, including classical music such as pavarotti and popular music such as diana ross and george michael. gifts given to diana also take pride of place. a leather briefcase wedding present and a present from president reagan. and in the next room something different. it celebrates some of the extraordinary gifts the queen has been given in her 65—year reign. but what do you give someone who has everything? a signed picture ofjfk given to the queen by the man himself? a saddle given by the portuguese. many of the gifts given to the queen represent the local craftsmanship of the particular country, rather like this throne, donated by the people from nigeria. only a person of royal status
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could sit on this throne. topped off with a beaded crown. we found some of the more bizarre things. a london underground sign, personalised passes for the commonwealth games and a bagful of salt, a 90th birthday present from one of the british virgin islands. and then this, a portrait from the president of rwanda. from the frankly quite unique to the exquisitely ornate. it is a lifetime of gifts. in a moment the news at 0ne with kate silverton. first, the weather. it is certainly a little on the fresh side today, blustery as well. this low pressure has upset the
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weather across western areas of the uk today with cracks of thunder in wales. winds touching gale—force winds coast. the weekend will be u nsettled. and the possibility of disruption due to strong winds. this is what it looks like around 4pm. this band of heavy rain is not very wide. it moves through relatively quickly. within that band you also have strong gusts of wind. 0ther within that band you also have strong gusts of wind. other parts of the country, the weather is better. that band of rain stretches quite far north into the irish sea, south—western scotland. moving through this evening. some of us who haven't seen the wind and rain may see it this evening as this arc of
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rain moves through. these showers in the south—west, these will push through on saturday. saturday is u nsettled. through on saturday. saturday is unsettled. a slow mover. here through the course of the weekend and into early next week. the weather won't change an awful lot overall. these showers will come and go with sunshine around. this u nsettled go with sunshine around. this unsettled pattern is here to stay through the weekend. here are the showers, cracks of thunder, sunshine in between. this is the golfing weather, sunny spells and showers, temperatures in the teens, a little breezy. this is sunday, eastern scotland, the north—east getting its fairshare of rain. scotland, the north—east getting its fair share of rain. further showers across central areas. monday, things will slowly improve.
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the weekend is looking unsettled, be prepared forfrequent the weekend is looking unsettled, be prepared for frequent showers but also expect some sunshine from time to time. two people are killed and more than 100 injured, after a powerful earthquake off the greek island of kos. the 6.8 magnitude quake struck last night. more than 10,000 british holiday—makers are on the island of kos. the room shook from side to side. the noise was terrible. just dived on my son and the complete sense of fear was untrue. i actually thought that was it, i really did. also this lunchtime. michael gove says the cabinet is agreed there should be a period post—brexit to allow british business access to the migrant workers it needs. a man's admitted murdering his younger brother — and attempted to murder his brother's girlfriend in a new year's day house fire. at the start of the holiday season, air traffic controllers warn uk skies are near capacity
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