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this is bbc news, the headlines at tpm. review into the cost of energy is dismissed as cold comfort by consumer groups who say households at domagoj vida pay too much force of the us and china have welcomed tougher sanctions against north korea in the wake of its recent ballistic missile test. one man has died and another has been rescued after a boat sank in the english channel off the coast of sure in west sussex. what we can say for sure is whatever happened happened incredibly quickly. there was no distress call. there was nobody who raised the alarm until the chap was found this morning. the international athletics governing body expresses disappointment after two—time drugs cheatjustin gatlin won the men's 100 metres at the world championships. also, an exciting line—up on day three of those world athletics championships in london including. come on. it is a big
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effort. katarina johnson-thompson jumps back into contention for a medal in the heptathlon. arsenal are about to take on chelsea in the community shield at wembley. and what it's like when one of your pa rents what it's like when one of your parents comes out as gay in my lesbian mums in half an hour on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government has asked for an independent review of the uk energy market just an independent review of the uk energy marketjust days after british gas announced it was putting up british gas announced it was putting up its standard electricity price by 12.5%. theresa may pledged to cap energy prices in the conservative manifesto
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but the policy has been shelved since she lost her majority in the election. now the business secretary, greg clark, says the review will examine how prices can be kept as low as possible — while ensuring the uk still meets its climate change targets. here's our business correspondent joe lynam. how much we pay for our energy to run our households and companies always ignites our passions. policies like capping energy prices to support working families... that's why theresa may promised a price cap and an independent probe into the energy sector before the general election. and now this oxford university professor, dieter helm, has only three months to find out where any fat can be trimmed from our energy bills. he says he'll sort all the facts from the myths about pricing and costs. but some consumer groups are sceptical. prices are a very real problem for families across britain, and a very urgent problem. this review is going to deliver benefits in years' time,
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if it delivers benefits at all. so people are left with the feeling of a government that is kicking the can down the road. there are many stages in the energy value chain, but the main ones include buying gas and electricity on wholesale markets. that accounts for 36% of a typical bill. moving it through pipes and cables — or distribution costs — accounts for 29% of a typical bill. but 13% of our bill also includes the subsidies for poorer households, and the cost of developing britain's renewable — or green — energy supplies. the rest is made up of operational costs and vat. tom burke, who used to advise labour and conservative governments on energy policy, says there's not much that can be achieved in a three month time frame. i think the review is essentially headline management. i don't think dieter, heroic though he is, is going to be able to come up with something that isn't already widely discussed inside the energy community where we know that the quickest and cheapest way to drive bills down is to improve
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the efficiency of our buildings. this investigation will allow the government to show that it's not tone deaf in the face of rising gas and electricity prices, especially since only last week, britain's largest provider, british gas, increased its standard electricity prices by 12.5%. joe lynam, bbc news. both the us and china have welcomed tougher sanctions against north korea in the wake of its recent ballistic missile tests. the un security council agreed the sanctions last night. china's foreign minister said he hoped north korea would take what he said would be the ‘smart decision‘ on testing. earlier he met the american secretary of state rex tillerson at a conference of south—east asian countries. yogita limeye's report from the south korean capital of seoul contains flash photography. a picture that masks the tension in this group. at an asean bloc meeting in manila, the us secretary of state rex tillerson was for the first time in the same room with his north korean counterpart. the two countries are in the midst
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of a fierce confrontation over these missile tests by pyongyang which experts believe could reach the us. on saturday, the un security council passed fresh sanctions against north korea. drafted by washington, they are aimed at hitting pyongyang's exports and, therefore, its economy. at this meeting between south korea's foreign minister kang kyung—wha and mr tillerson the two leaders described the sanctions as a good outcome. the measures were even backed by china, north korea's ally and top trade partner. translation: the chinese side urged the north koreans to calmly handle the un security council resolutions and not do anything unbeneficial such as a missile launch or nuclear test. for north korea the new sanctions could mean a loss
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of about $1 billion. but experts say it is unlikely to deter the state from conducting more nuclear and missile tests. the north koreans are unlikely to negotiate anything until they will have a proven capability to deliver a nuclear strike to the continental united states. once they get such a capability, probably in a few years, they are probably going to talk. here in seoul the president's office has welcomed the un resolution but the response in north korea has been expectedly belligerent. a newspaper run by the country's ruling party said the us would be catapulted into a sea of fire if it did not change its hostile policy towards pyongyang. in manila the us secretary of state commemorated those who died in world war ii, and with his meetings there he hopes to contain the threat from north korea. it is making america nervous, but there seems to be
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no immediate solution. yogita limaye, bbc news, seoul. is day three of the world athletics championship sand while events like the heptathlon and marathon have entertained the fans so far today many are still trying to recover from the shock of usain bolt‘s defeat last night in the men's100 metres. in his last solo competitive race usain bolt finished behind justin gatlin, the american sprinter, who has been banned twice for drugs. gatling was booed by the crowd in the london stadium. dan roan was there. with the night sky crackling with excitement the fireworks give a sense of what was to come. lapping up the adulation for one last time in an individual final usain bolt knew his build—up had been perfect, beaten in a semifinal by young american christian coleman. his stats also had been shaky. commentator: bolt
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gets a good start. coleman is leading. bolt will chase him hard but he will not catch him. coleman still has the lead and justin gatlin wins. with coleman second usain bolt was pushed into bronze, the disbelief spreading around the stadium, the crowd making it more than clear what they thought of the winner. b00|ng gatlin had shocked the world, but he quickly moved from arrogance to humility. and as the american basked in unpopular glory, bolt gave an interview we're not used to seeing. it's just one of those things, you know what i mean? i can't say much. i just didn't execute when it matters. it wasn't meant to be this way. the crowd here expected usain bolt to win his final 100 metres race, not come third, and certainly not get beaten by a two—time drugs cheat injustin gatlin, who crashes the farewell party. it's the last thing track and field would have wanted. i have come back to the sport,
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i have worked hard. i have faced all the penalties and the rules. i have inspired other athletes to be better, young athletes, and i've done so much in the communities back home. and i want them to know, you know, mistakes can happen. but you can come back and work hard for them and be accepted back. the crowd had witnessed history, just not the history they expected. but bolt still bows out having transcended his sport. dan roan, bbc news, at the london stadium. andy swiss spoke to us earlier. last night's results posed the sports some awkward questions. the site of justin gatlin, a two times drugs cheat on top of the medal podium will not sit easily with a lot of people, particularly after he spoiled usain bolt‘s farewell party last night. it will be interesting to see what sort of reaction he gets when he collects his gold—medal later on. the head of the iaaf lord coe says he hopes the fans will not
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be booing him again but interestingly the timing of the medals ceremony has been changed, it was due to be 8pm in the middle of the action, and he has been brought forward to 6:50pm, before things get under way. the organisers say they wa nt to under way. the organisers say they want to promote a fair environment for the medals ceremony. elsewhere, hopes of british success, katarina johnson—thompson, fourth overnight in the women's heptathlon, has moved up in the women's heptathlon, has moved up to third. she has had a good javelin and a good long jump, just one more event remaining. andy swiss reporting. schools must stop trying "to wrap children in cotton wool" because it leaves them ill—prepared for the challenges of later life. that's the view of the chief inspector of schools, amanda spielman, who says over—the—top health and safety rules stop children developing resilience. she wants new guidance for schools in england. andy moore reports. it's clear the chief inspector of schools is no fan of children in high—vis jackets. she says they look like troops of mini construction workers minus the hard hats.
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pupils, she claims, are being shortchanged by teachers trying to insulate them from every bump, germ, or bruise. take conkers for example. she says every minute spent trying to ban it takes away from the multitude of real dangers children face. she says this is her message. she wants children to be allowed to take full advantage of the freedom of childhood to explore the world around them. and so, to that end, the 1,800 school inspectors in england will be taking part in sessions next month called "when is safe, what really matters?" the aim is to get away from the tickbox culture of the past. there is also a warning today that children are spending too much of their free time on line.
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it comes from the children's commissioner in england saying youngsters are bingeing on social media in the same way they like to tuck into junk food. she is urging parents to regulate internet usage just like they would stop them eating cheeseburgers and chips for every meal. andy moore, bbc news. more on that last comment, the children's commissioner for england, anne longfield, saying parents should limit the time that you spend online especially over the holidays. she likened the use of the internet to bingeing on a diet ofjunk food, and warned it could have a detrimental effect on children's confidence and well—being. we wouldn't let our children out in a kind of strange city without, you know, giving them guidance and looking after them, and actually we shouldn't in the digital world either. so this is about equipping children, about enabling them to have the confidence to manage their time online
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and also their confidence to say no to that constant drain and pressure of always being there. lib dem leader vince cable has criticised heavily brexit supporters for as he put it, come principally shafting young people in the uk. in an article in a sunday paper, sir vince, says older leave voters are willing to accept national economic pain as a badge of honour — though many of them do not have a job to lose. he said they had the last word on brexit — by imposing a world view coloured by nostalgia for britain's imperial past. venezuela's opposition groups say the country's institutions have been taken hostage after the top prosecutor of, a vocal cricket dummett critic has been sacked. meanwhile, the opposition leader lopez has been transferred from a military prison to his home where he is under house arrest. it didn't
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ta ke is under house arrest. it didn't take long for venezuela's chief prosecutor to feel the consequences of her opposition towards the constituent assembly. just hours after the controversial new legislative body was sworn in her office was surrounded by security forces. she posted pictures onto her twitter account of national guardsmen in riot gear and said she denounced the siege. a prominent member of the new assembly, the country's former foreign minister, indicated such high—profile opponents could expect swift action when she spoke at her swearing—in ceremony. the chief prosecutor had become a serious obstacle for mr maduro since she abandoned her support for his government. she led a national outcry after the supreme court briefly took over the powers of the opposition—led national assembly.
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since the constituent assembly was proposed, she has consistently denounced it publicly and brought legal action to halt its advance. will grant reporting. it is to 15 pm, time for the headlines on bbc news. a review into the cost of energy is dismissed as cold comfort by consumer groups who say households are already paying too much. both the us and china have welcomed tougher sanctions against north korea in the wake of its recent ballistic missile testing. the coastguard says a major rescue operation to find two men missing in the english channel has suspended. one man has died, and another was rescued when their boat sank off the coast of shoreham. thousands of brazilian army troops have raided slums in rio dejaneiro in a crackdown on criminal gangs. their main goal was to stop gangs who are robbing trucks. the authorities say there were ten thousand cargo thefts last year. greg dawson reports. searched going in...
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searched going out. these troops are looking for drugs and weapons. this is the new reality for residents of the favelas in rio. all part of the newly launched military operation to get a grip on the criminal gangs that overwhelm the city. not just those on foot being searched, with roadblocks also in force as troops try to stop a recent surge in robberies of commercial trucks. translation: they break the trucks, they steal money. it is traumatic. those of us with more experience are used to it but some drivers give up theirjobs because of what is going on. it has been a week since the military was deployed across the city, with the police unable to cope with growing levels of violence. the focus of the crackdown is rio's favelas, five separate
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neighbourhoods were targeted on saturday with many residents saying they woke to the sound of gunfire. 18 people were arrested, two were killed. translation: the military calm us. there are so many robberies and shoot outs. with the military we feel more secure. many residents have complained that their neighbourhoods now resemble a warzone. this in a week where rio marks exactly a year since the opening of its olympic games, the atmosphere of celebration now a distant memory. a man has died and another has been found clinging to a boy after a boat sank in the english channel early this morning. the coast guard has suspended a search for two the men who are still missing.
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the vessel went down near shoreham in west sussex. our correspondent simonjones is there for us now, simon. what is known about what happened?‘ short time ago we saw the lifeboat returned to the lifeboat station at shoreham as that search has been suspended. what we know is it was around 6am this morning just after dawn that a passing fishing boat spotted a man in the water, a p pa re ntly spotted a man in the water, apparently clinging to a buoy, who is 45 years old, from london originally but romania was his home country. he was brought back to the shore and he was able to tell the emergency services that three of his collea g u es emergency services that three of his colleagues were missing, that the boat he was on had gone down. we are unclear why it sank but that will be pa rt unclear why it sank but that will be part of the investigation. a huge search was launched using a lifeboat from here and another from just along the coast and also a couple of
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coast guard helicopters. at 8:15am in the morning the body of one of the three missing men was discovered and brought back to shore. ever since then the searches have been ongoing for two more men and there has been no trace of them and that is why the search has, for the moment, been suspended. in what looked to be very calm conditions behind you, simon? it is pretty breezy down here but we were told overnight that conditions were not particularly difficult out at sea, which makes it a bit of a mystery why exactly this boat that the four men were on, believed to be a fishing boat, went down. the coast guard said it went down very quickly, they believe in a matter of around 20 seconds because it didn't give the people on board enough time to try and some on the emergency services, to make an emergency call, perhaps to light a flare to alert people to what was happening. the man found people to what was happening. the manfound in people to what was happening. the man found in the water didn't have any life jacket on him at that
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suggests this all happened very, very quickly. that will be part of the investigation, because it is obviously strange for a boat to go down so quickly like this. they had initially been talk that perhaps it was involved with a collision with another boat but i understand the coast guard not totally discounting that theory but they think that is unlikely. the vessel that has sunk has gone down of its own accord. simon, thank you, simonjones in shoreham. many women in the developing world die because the equipment needed to stop bleeding during childbirth isn't available. but a small kit containing a condom has been developed in the us by massachusetts general hospital and is being distributed to countries including kenya. it's hoped it could save hundreds of thousands of lives. richard kenny reports. every two minutes around the world the woman dies in pregnancy or childbirth. the most common cause is severe bleeding or postpartum haemorrhage. the solution is
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normally something called a uterine balloon device but it is too expensive for hospitals such as this one in nairobi. a new version, however call, called the every single second matters containing just a condom, catheter and syringe costs less than $5. we have saved three lives with this. women who are bleeding so much, and once we started using it she stopped bleeding. the kit is quick and easy to use. we put the catheter right inside the condom. we had to tie it. this is how it is tied. now let us assume this is now the uterus. you can input it using yourfingers, it goes inside well. this is the same line. you can see the way the balloon is coming up. the bigger the balloon is coming up. the bigger the
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balloon is coming up. the bigger the balloon is the better because it causes a lot of pressure within the uterus to stop those leads. grace is a midwife at a local health centre. every day she helps deliver babies. nurses are being trained in how to use the kit across africa. early last year we had a patient who delivered and then a few minutes after the placenta was removed she started pouring blood like water. it was pouring nonstop, and that is the timei was pouring nonstop, and that is the time i remember i have the ubt, i should use it and she became stable. she recovered well with the baby in hospital and she is happy. tests show the kit has a 90% success rate if used properly, which could save hundreds of thousands of women's lives across the world. richard
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kenney, bbc news, nairobi. president trump is beginning his 17—day golfing holiday, but his russian counterpart valdimir putin, had more energetic pursuits in mind, for his summer break. the president made a three day trip to the siberian wilderness — and he's been showing off his fishing, snorkelling and quad biking skills. our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford reports. it's russia, it's summer, so it's time for vladimir putin's photo—shoot. and this year, the action—man president went fishing in siberia. the video footage ran for a full ten minutes on state television. the highlight was the pike—chase. this year, mr putin plunged underwater with a spear gun. the kremlin says he was hunting his prey for two hours. "i had to shoot twice," he admits, finally surfacing with his catch. after notching up 17 years in power, russia's leader is a dab hand at such stunts. he once took to the skies as a human crane. he is regularly
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snapped on his skates. commentator: vladimir putin! and horseriding is another action—man favourite for the judo black belt. this year, too, it was all about vladimir putin, the macho man, even at 64. the strong leader, ready as ever to stand up to the west. and, never shy of revealing a bit of flesh, mr putin took a moment to flex his muscles in the siberian sunshine. "now that's good fishing," he tells his entourage. sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. he doesn't do sitting on a beach with a good book, does he? the country's most skilled shepherds have been competing this weekend at the macclesfield sheep dog trials. the event is almost 70 years old. mairead smyth reports. they're called man's best friend for a reason, and these border collies and their owners have
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something special. it is a bond between the shepherd and the dog. he has loads of different commands. he is now using his whistle because the dog is further away. the national finals were hosted here two years ago, and that has helped to make this event even more popular. we have got some shepherds from wales competing today and we have got an excellent local committee of farmers who put the event on, and we also have other things happening as well. it has helped bring everything together and it has grown over the years. being a shepherd takes great skill and years of practice, but all of the competitors had to start somewhere. this weekend's youngest winner is just eight years old. ifeel quite happy because i won these. i like looking after my dogs and training them up for trials and stuff. sheepdog trials like this happen
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most weekends around the country, but this one in macclesfield is the most popular, with a record number of entrants this year. the shepherds scoring the highest points can look forward to a place in next year's national championship. that was mairead smyth reporting from cheshire. time to catch up with the weather forecast. it is going to be pretty unsettled across western areas, some pretty heavy rain working in two parts of scotland, north—west england and also into northern ireland as well. ahead of it, it will stay dry, some sunshine throughout the afternoon and feeling quite warm. the satellite picture paints the best story, you can see this is rain bearing clouds moving in, bit of cloud moving up through the midlands turning the sunshine hazy in the south—east, where we will see the
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best temperatures and most sunshine. the rain will become heavy as it reaches central parts of the uk later, i will show you that in a second. behind the rain band, in northern ireland it will brighten up in the afternoon, into the evening we could season showers but it will bea we could season showers but it will be a wet end to the day for much of scotland, including northern areas which will stay dry for the next few hours. for the north and west of england, in towards north and west and wales, some heavy rain, particularly for the north—west of wales and cumbria and lancashire but ahead of it some sunshine and feeling warm even towards the end of the day. it looks like it will stay dry for the athletics in london. you can see cloud coming and going but it stays fine into the evening. the rain across central areas will pep up rain across central areas will pep up to stay heavy through the course of the night. and it will store through central areas. for scotland and northern ireland it is a mixture of clear spells and showers, and in the south—east it stays dry with clear spells, temperatures no lower than 13 or 14 degrees but cooler for
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the north. low—pressure to the north of the uk into monday, the weather front straddling central areas, heavy showers in lincolnshire and towards east anglia and the midlands and across south wales and the south—west, something more of this persistent rain, the south—east largely dry with sunshine, 21 degrees. scotland and northern ireland, sunshine and showers but southern scotland and northern england could seek good spells of sunshine and stay dry so we should see quite a bit of cricket at old trafford through monday afternoon, temperatures around 18 celsius, cloud coming and going. in the middle part of the week it looks very unsettled, particularly for england, wales and eastern scotland thanks to this area of low pressure, northerly winds, outbreaks of rain, some of it heavy and thunder rebut this area of high pressure was to push in from the atlantic to settle things down gradually towards the end of the week. unsettled week ahead, some heavy rain at times, windy too and it won't feel particularly summary. i wish i could bring you better news.
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