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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 and the system needs modernising. it's day two of the open at royal birkdale, and rory mcilroy is charging up the leader board.
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and coming up in sport: chris froome‘s nearly two hours in to the longest stage of the tour de france. if he stays in yellow, there's just tomorrow's time trial between him and a fourth title. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. two people have been killed, and more than 100 others injured, after a powerful earthquake struck near the greek island of kos. the 6.7 magnitude quake hit in the early hours of the morning under the aegean sea, between greece and turkey. holiday—makers on kos woke this morning to find parts of the island turned to rubble, and there was also flooding in the turkish resort of bodrum. richard galpin reports. panicked shouts
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it's just after 1:30am in the morning, local time. and holiday—makers who have been enjoying a night out are now running for their lives. security cameras captured the moment the powerful earthquake shook the turkish city of bodrum. anyone inside at the time getting out as quickly as possible, fearing otherwise they would be crushed. but it was the nearby greek island of kos which was hardest hit. it was closer to the epicentre. there was significant damage in the main town. police say two tourists, one 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.
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i actually thought that was it, i really did. it was getting really, really loud and i thought we were being attacked, but then bits of the walls started falling off and our beds were shaking. 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. all this at the peak of the tourist season. officials here say there are 200,000 holiday—makers on kos at the moment. at least 10,000 are british.
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with a series of strong after—shocks throughout the night, many people in bodrum and kos decided they'd 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. richard galpin, bbc news. the environment secretary michael gove says the uk has to honour —— will need continued access to workers from europe. he said the cabinet was agreed on the need for an increment asian period between britain formally leaving the eu under new trading relationship coming into force. it's unclear if that would include continuing freedom of movement for eu nationals. more from our westminster political correspondent, chris
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mason. this week's brexit negotiations concluded with an acceptance on both side there's still a lot of work to do and the clock is ticking ever closer to the uk's exit day in march 2019. but the government wants a transitional period after that, where the uk is out, but some elements of eu membership remained. could that include unlimited immigration from the eu? the prime minister has made clear as we leave the european union we will have an implementation period which will ensure we can continue to have not just access to labour, but the economic stability and certainty which business requests, and again, that something around which the government and cabinet are united. the details, inevitably at this stage, are sketchy. the boss of the bank goldman sachs says that means they are spending a lot on contingency planning. ifi knew today that we'd have a transition period i could stop spending that
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money, taking out the assurance, because i know i'd always have time to transition my business. if they tell me in february of 2019 there will be a transition period, will —— well, i've already spent that money, it's not much use to me. business and others want certainty but the only thing certain right now is the opposite, uncertainty, because no one, either here at westminster or in brussels knows for certain what if any deal will be reached and so what a transitional arrangement might look like and how long it might look like and how long it might last. the newest party leader at westminster said... it's encouraging that some of the more sensible and pragmatic members of the government are beginning to exert themselves and look for a compromise, but it's still the case that within a few years british people are going to lose their right to move freely around the continent. ukip, the party that achieved its strea m ukip, the party that achieved its stream in the referendum, says the government would be cheating those who voted out. we are seeing brexit
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betrayed because eu doesn't want us to leave. it's delaying, impeding, in the hope of overturning, and it is assisted by quislings in both houses of parliament over there. pleasing bit business, pleasing brexit rotors, trying to do a deal. the government's big task is only just beginning. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is in westminster. what does this tell us about the changing mood music within the cabinet? lots of talk, soft brexit, ha rd cabinet? lots of talk, soft brexit, hard brexit, clean brexit, today, the talk was of pragmatic brexit, a phrase michael gove used, david davis used it as well. it was interesting, i asked michael gove about friedman —— freedom of movement. he had two opportunities to say freedom of movement ends when we leave the eu in 2019, that it wasn't going to be subjected
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transitional period, and he didn't say that. he said migration would be determined by the needs of the economy. what was also interesting was he insisted the whole cabinet was he insisted the whole cabinet was united on this idea of an implementation phase beyond brexit, in 2019 as well. so there has been changing mood music, suddenly speaking to members of the cabinet in the past few days, they believe they have their leave colleagues on side for the transitional period, but if the tectonic plates have shifted, the fault lines are over how long that will last. liam fox says tee years, some say four years, some say it would be a disaster if it lasted longer than the next election. thank you. michael gove was making his first speech since returning to the cabinet — he also told environmental and countryside groups that brexit offered a "once—in—a—lifetime opportunity" to reform britain's agriculture and fisheries. opportunity" to reform britain's agriculture farm, heries. opportunity" to reform britain's agriculture farm, basically, the of land you farm, basically, the richer you are, the more you get. mr gove says that must change. the leaving the eu gives us a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity to reform how we manage agriculture and fisheries and therefore how we care
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for ourour fisheries and therefore how we care for our our rivers and seas. and we can recast our ambition for our country's environment and for the planet. in short, leaving the european union should mean a green brexit. that means payments for owning land will be scrapped by mr gove. subsidy will come instead for protecting the soil and waterways, preventing flooding, and reducing pollution from farm chemicals. landowners have been braced for reform. farmers like me are both producers of food and conservationists at the same time. you must remember that most farmers, a small family owned businesses, hard—working, trying a small family owned businesses, ha rd—working, trying to a small family owned businesses, hard—working, trying to produce food for the nation but also trying to c0 nse rve for the nation but also trying to conserve a clean environment. the key question will be how much of the total subsidy farmers retain when reform happens. mr gove's speech stretches beyond farming. 0n fisheries, he said the eu had allowed overfishing. the uk would
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stick to tighter limits. 0n plastics, he said the 5p bag charge had been a success, but he wanted to do more to cut plastic waste. 0n animal welfare standards he said he wa nted animal welfare standards he said he wanted the uk to lead the rest of the world in producing healthy food. gove has been saying positive things on the environment, re—purpose think the agricultural policy so the environment is at the heart of that. the devil is in the detail and we looking forward to seeing actually how this is going to be done. mr gove's next big test is on air pollution from cars and planes. will the government favour business, or will it put air quality and public health first? we'll soon find out. roger harrabin, bbc news. air traffic controllers are warning that uk skies are nearly at capacity, because of a record number of planes. it comes on what is one of the busiest days for controllers, who are anticipating nearly 9000 flights, as many families begin their summer holidays.
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a record number of flights are expected in uk airspace over the summer, as andy moore reports. air traffic building over the uk as the sun rises on a typical summer's day. today, the skies will be even more congested, the busiest ever day at the beginning of the busiest ever summer. at the beginning of the busiest ever summer. new technologies being used all the time to increase the capacity of our airspace. this is a virtual control for london city airport will stop computers can see more than the human eye. national air traffic services are expecting more than 770,000 flights to cross oui’ more than 770,000 flights to cross our skies this summer. that's 40,000 more than last year. but by 2030, there would be a predicted 8000 flight there would be a predicted 8000 flight cancellations unless something is done. the current system was designed for the plains of the 1960s. modern aircraft are much more sophisticated and that means a new plan can be created. the effectively three drawing the air
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networks we have and airspace, to accommodate that future growth. but it can mean more direct route, it can mean continuous descents into airports, continuous climbs out of airports, so there's potentially environmentally benefit as well as addressing issues around noise pollution through modernising our airspace. this morning transport secretary chris grayling launched a £1 billion programme to double the size of manchester airport's terminal two. he also announced a consultation on the government's aviation plans for the next 30 yea rs. aviation plans for the next 30 years. this is all about asking the country, people who use aviation, the businesses that use aviation, the businesses that use aviation, the aviation sector itself, how should government work with you in the future, what should our approach to regulation be, and decisions we ta ke to regulation be, and decisions we take about the future of the sector, what should those look like? but not eve ryo ne what should those look like? but not everyone is convinced we should keep on increasing the number of flights. it's a very small minority of people who take the overwhelming majority
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of flights. we need a common—sense approach. we can't go on expanding aviation indefinitely, so we need a levy which penalises those that are taking plots flights multiple times a year but respects people who need to ta ke a year but respects people who need to take a family holiday. everyone accepts our skies are reaching saturation point. the question is what to do about it. government borrowing rose to almost £7 billion last month, up from the same month last year. andy moore, bbc news. that's according to figures from the office for national statistics. it's caught the markets by surprise. our business correspondentjonty bloom is here with the details. why has borrowing risen in this way? borrowing is £2 billion higher this year than it was last year for the month ofjune. that's down to several factors. as month ofjune. that's down to severalfactors. as inflation goes up, so does the cost of financing borrowing. the government has to find more in interest payments. the government is spending a bit more and some tax receipts are down, so corporation taxes coming in a bit lower than expected full stop on top
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of all that, last year was a very good year. this year there aren't so many one off factors that would bring in money. lots of analysis for all of those details i assume. in essence, what does it mean for government finances? it means the government finances? it means the government is borrowing more and the treasury are saying basically look at these figures, we don't have any more cash. this is turning into a political debate, because the treasury are saying we haven't got room to be generous to public sector workers or to weaken austerity. however, if you look at the figures and a bit more detail the total for the year is expected to be £58 billion worth of borrowing. even with the figures this month the government could get under that total, which means when it comes to the autumn statement the treasury and chancellor could say, we do actually have a little bit more money. we don't know yet but that is what could happen. thanks. 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. the court heard that blair logan, who's 27, had a "hostile relationship" with his younger brother cameron. catriona renton reports from glasgow high court. mrs blair logan. for years,
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mrs blair logan. foryears, he mrs blair logan. for years, he had not got on with his younger brother, cameron. today, he admitted he murdered him. it wasjust cameron. today, he admitted he murdered him. it was just after 7am on new year's morning. the brothers' mother cathy was the —— woken by the family dog barking. she went down to the living room where she heard screams and saw a man in dark clothes throwing something. her son, blair logan, had poured petrol over his brother cameron, who was sleeping with his girlfriend, rebecca williams. she was injured. he died. the parents were treated for smoke inhalation. an extensive search was carried out and appeals made to the public. blair logan had been thinking about doing this for a month and a half beforehand. he'd bought petrol, he'd looked at the effects of severe burns on the
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internet. he told police he'd wanted to maim or cripple his brother, but he said it was not my intent to kill him, buti he said it was not my intent to kill him, but i did do it. leaving court today, rebecca williams, seen here in the red blouse, who sustained permanent injuries to her throat and may never work again as a radio broadcaster. david and cathy logan have now effectively lost both their sons. catriona renton, bbc news, at the high court in glasgow. 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 a high courtjudge 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. what did the court here today? we have heard that charlie gard, who is
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11 months old, has undergone further scans this week. the results of one of those mri scans are not available. in this morning's procedural hearing, we heard from mr justice francis who referred to the words of great —— to work great 0rmond street hospital for charlie and other terminally ill children and other terminally ill children and he urged protesters campaigners outside the hospital to respect the needs and wishes of those children and their parents. he said that charlie's parents, chris god and connie yates, could also give further spoken evidence next week if they wished to and he said that an american neurological specialist also give more evidence, but the judge stressed he would also need to know what the new evidence was and the difference that it would make to charlie. he said that in a clinical meeting that took place earlier this week, it amounted to evidence from leading world experts who mainly came to agreement. there is a further hearing on monday, mr
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justice francis is keen for a judgment by tuesday in the high court in london. back to you. thank you. the time is 13:18pm. our top story this lunchtime: two people are killed and more than 100 injured after a powerful earthquake off the greek island of kos. and still to come: completing the treble. britain's hannah cockroft takes a third gold medal in front of a home crowd at the world para athletics championships. coming up in sport: we'll have the latest from the open golf. it was all about the americans yesterday, but could the brits be the best on day two at royal birkdale? yes, sir, lee westwood! tolls on the two bridges over the severn — between england and wales — will be scrapped for all vehicles by the end of next year. a study commissioned by the welsh government suggests the decision could boost the welsh economy by £100 million, but there are also concerns the move could lead to increased congestion. here's our wales correspondent, sian lloyd. the gateways to south wales.
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25 million vehicles use the two crossings over the severn estuary every year. charges — currently £20 for lorries and £6.70 for cars — have been levied since the first bridge opened 50 years ago. with the crossings returning to public ownership next year, the uk government announced this morning that the tolls will be scrapped. this haulage company in newport sends trucks through the toll booths every day. its operations manager welcomes the news, but as a first step. well, specifically, it is a cost saving to us. we use the bridge probably ten, 12, 15 times a day. so that will be a benefit to us. but we have to make sure that the infrastructure to support the increase in traffic that we're likely to see is in place to support it. just six months ago, the uk government had plans the uk government had planned
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to reduce the tolls, retaining funding to pay for the maintenance of the bridges. so who will pay for that now? well, that will come from general taxation. of course, we're going to work with the highways agency, we'll work with the welsh government, but ultimately, this is the uk taxpayer that's looking after an important part of infrastructure. it's a strategic piece of infrastructure that binds wales and england together. congestion and slow—moving traffic costs businesses dearly. infrastructure in south wales is currently under review. the uk government has accused ministers in cardiff of dragging their feet over plans for a new motorway. but it was only yesterday that the uk transport secretary announced that rail electrification from cardiff to swansea had been shelved. removing these barriers is designed to keep the welsh economy moving forwards, but there are concerns that without further infrastructure changes, there could be gridlock to come. sian lloyd, bbc news, on the severn crossing. more than 80,000 migrants have landed in italy so far this year —
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a 16% rise over the same period last year. over the last four years, the country has received 600,000 migrants. the government wants to disperse them in towns and villages across the country. but there's some resistance. james reynolds has travelled to castell‘ umberto, a small town in sicily. the italian government's aim is to scatter groups of migrants across the country, in order to avoid migrants building up in ports here in sicily and also in other big cities. and that policy means that these migrants have been sent right up here — to the hills of sicily — to live in this disused hotel. around 50 of them arrived in this village of castell‘umberto several days ago. the residents of this village — around 3,000 people — didn't know that they were coming, and they've been put up here. the trouble is, a few years ago, this hotel was deemed unsafe for anyone to live in.
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and so the mayor has gone to speak to the central government and the mayor said that this place is simply not a home for 50 migrants. it's not safe and that the town hasn't been properly prepared for their arrival, and that there are simply too many people here. so now the local authorities have talked to the central government and there's been an agreement that these people — many of them from west africa — will soon be taken out of here by bus to another town somewhere here in sicily, where possibly some of the same problems will begin again. and it reveals that the italian government is simply trying to do whatever it can to stop people accumulating in one place. but there are real problems when it picks a place due to safety and also due to numbers. james reynolds reporting from sicily. palestinian worshippers and israeli police have clashed. israel has banned men under 50 from entering the old city ofjerusalem to attend friday
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prayers, amid rising tensions in the region. there's a heavy police presence in the area after israel installed metal detectors at another holy site, after two policemen were killed last week. palestinians strongly object to the new security measures. it's day two of the open, and northern ireland's rory mcilroy has found some form, moving up the leader board with a string of birdies. 0ur sports correspondent, andy swiss, is at the royal birkdale course for us this lunchtime. yes, welcome to royal birkdale. and the wind is really starting to blow. tricky conditions for the golfers out there. but it has been a good morning for you mcilroy after a terrible stop to his round yesterday, he is back in his —— he is back in contention. it was bring a brolly day at birkdale, as fans arrived braced for the worst. grey skies and blustery winds. tough for watching, just imagine playing. well, the man at the top didn't seem to mind, as america's matt kuchar picked up where he left off. 0h, kuch!
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but soon, the story was rory. yesterday, rory mcilroy had one of the worst starts you will ever see. today, one of the best. a trio of early birdies, as he continued a quite spectacular revival. a man who'd seemed down and out suddenlyjust three off the lead. just the start... but the morning's most magical moment belonged to lee westwood — some way behind the leaders, but this will certainly help. yes, sir, lee westwood! for others, though, the worsening conditions were taking their toll. world number one dustin johnson getting a close—up view of the local vegetation. 0h! he wasn't the only one struggling with the wind. charl schwartzel‘s ball being blown away. calm heads required. and mcilroy was keeping his. cheering and applause. it will be some test this afternoon, but for the fans at least, an enthralling one.
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the latest is that three americans still sharing the lead, matt kuchar, jordan spieth and brooks koepka. rory mcilroy is still going nicely, just four shots isil the pace, his hopes very much alive. —— four shots from the pace. thank you very much. it was a triumphant evening for the british team at the world para athletics championships. georgie hermitage stormed to victory in the t37 400—metre category, setting a new world record in the process. her team mate, hannah cockroft, made history by taking her third gold medal of the championships, winning the t34 400 metres in front of a home crowd. kate grey reports. they call her hurricanes and, and never has that name been more true. last night, in front of a home crowd, she stormed to victory in the 400 metres swing hurt health world title. her third gold of the
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championships. the rest of the field unable to get close, despite the fa ct unable to get close, despite the fact she was feeling a little under the weather. that is what makes a champion when you know you are not quite at jewel champion when you know you are not quite atjewel best. at the moment, i don't really feel like... did not feel too confident i was going to do it. idid feel too confident i was going to do it. i did not really think about what it would mean at the end, i just went for it and i just wanted to make sure i got those ten world championships titles. her first taste of glory was at the 2011 championships in christchurch. but it was here at the london stadium where she shot to fame, becoming double paralympic champion in 2012, and has since been unbeaten at every major championships. leeds city athletic clubs is where she has trained from an early age and thanks to her success, it has become a hub for aspiring wheelchair racers. every time i speak to somebody, they are like, i watched hannah and i just want to try it. i was totally inspired by what she achieved. would
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not be inspired, really. just a huge influence. i got influenced into the sport and watching hannah. every single race she does, she goes quicker. so itjust proves that she is not at her potential yet. it would be great to see what happens when she does actually pushed to the fast as she can and is really where she can be. such an influential and unprecedented career, i just she can be. such an influential and unprecedented career, ijust 24 yea rs unprecedented career, ijust 24 years old, hurrican hannah shows no signs of stopping. the state rooms of buckingham palace are set to open to the public this weekend. this year, there's a special exhibition dedicated to diana, princess of wales — which includes rarely—seen personal belongings to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her death. the other state rooms will display more than 200 gifts presented to the queen throughout her reign, as jon ironmonger reports. 0ver her 65—year reign, the queen has been lavished with more than a few exotic gifts,
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from baby crocodiles in the gambia to five tonnes of australian dried fruit. now those more suited to the display cabinet have been curated to mark the summer opening of the state rooms. they include a strip of french lace from the official opening of the eurotunnel. and these vip passes, should she need them, to the commonwealth games in glasgow. the queen is the most travelled monarch in british history and there are priceless gifts here from more than 100 overseas countries and territories. there's even a little something from nowhere on earth. this badge was presented by the astronaut tim peake, it's the first unionjack to be worn in the vacuum of space. her other famous admirers include nelson mandela, who gave her this silk scarf. and from presidentjohn f. kennedy, a signed photograph ofjohn f. kennedy. the queen, of course,
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has one obvious passion, and visitors will quickly notice a theme emerging. well, there have been several gifts of live horses during the queen's reign, clearly none of which are shown in the exhibition, but also objects relating to horses. so, porcelain horses, an example of her riding horse burmese in bronze, and examples of her mounted. from grand gifts to personal belongings, but for the first time, one of the displays has been dedicated to princess diana, with items chosen by her sons to mark the 20th anniversary of her death. among them, her ballet shoes and a suitcase full of cassette tapes of her favourite music. john ironmonger, bbc news, at buckingham palace. a bag used by neil armstrong to bring back lunar soil from the first ever trip to the moon has been sold at an auction in new york. "that's one small step for man"... but it was a giant leap for the anonymous bidder who bought it, sealing the deal at sotheby‘s for a cool £1.4 million.
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the bag is no longerfull, but it does still contain traces of moon rocks. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. iam i am starting with the woodpecker in the rain, i think

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