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this is bbc news. i'm gavin esler. the headlines at 2.00pm: tougher government controls proposed forcing social media companies to delete information about their users on request. north korea vows to retaliate and make "the us pay a price" for un sanctions over its banned nuclear weapons programme. a british model who says she was kidnapped for a week in italy says she feared for her life second by second. i've been through a terrifying experience. i feared for my life second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour. i'm incredibly grateful to the italian and uk authorities for all they have done to secure my safe release. also in the next hour: in herfirst interview since becoming the next dr who, jodie whittaker says being a female time lord is a proud honour. i hope, you know, my gender isn't a fearful thing for the fans, because in this world particularly there aren't rules, and that's a great thing. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news.
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new laws will be introduced, giving people greater control over what happens to their online personal data. the government says the legislation offers "the right to be forgotten," with proposals in the data protection bill making it easier to withdraw consent for information to be used. companies will have to obtain "explicit" consent. rather than using pre—selected tick boxes to gather details online. here's our political correspondent, leila nathoo. our lives are led online. we all leave a digital trail. but what happens to all the information we upload about ourselves? a new law will ensure that the united kingdom retains its world—class regime of protecting personal data. now we will have more control — data protection laws are being strengthened. the government has confirmed a bill
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will be published in the autumn, bringing eu regulations due to come in next year onto the statute book. internet users will be given more powers to protect their data. it will be easier for people to find out what information organisations hold about them and allow them to ask for data to be deleted. firms will no longer be able to rely on pre—selected tick boxes. instead, explicit consent will be required to collect personal details. and the information watchdog will be given more powers to issue fines of up to £17 million for serious data breaches. i think there are a lot of pitfalls ahead if actually the benefit of this, which is people feeling far more comfortable transacting online that their data is going to be protected, will work. i think it's a good first step to have the regulation in place. it's how it gets implemented that's the key thing. the new rules won't only apply to the big tech companies
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and social media giants. they will affect every organisation that processes information online. and the definition of personal data is being expanded too, to include things like ip addresses to help safeguard identities. there is your photo going up online, your tweet, your search, the search results. but then there is a whole back office, which is the industry of data capture, data processing. that data is processed and it is then that the insights are shared with advertisers, principally. our digital footprints are growing ever larger. ministers say data protection laws must keep pace. leila nathoo, bbc news. north korea says it will make america "pay the price" for drafting tough new un sanctions over its missile and nuclear weapons programme. the state news agency says the international community is infringing north korea's sovereignty. the un's unanimous vote on sanctions follows repeated missile tests by pyongyang, which have escalated tensions across east asia.
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yogita limaye reports from the south korean capital seoul — a warning that there is some flash photography. "we denounce and totally reject the un security council resolution on our country, which the us and hostile forces have fabricated," says a presenter on north korea's official news agency, relaying the country's defiant response to fresh sanctions against it. it's not what these two men would have liked to hear. the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, met chinese foreign minister wang yi in manila. both countries voted in the new resolution against north korea. china says that even with sanctions, it wants a diplomatic solution to the problem. but the us says it's only open to dialogue with pyongyang on one condition. the best signal that north korea can give us that they're prepared to talk would be to stop these missile launches.
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at the gathering of southeast asian nations in the philippines, secretary tillerson is on a mission to get more countries to isolate north korea. sanctions have not worked in the past, though, and with pyongyang's fierce response, they are unlikely to work now. we need to be creating conditions where they are ready to come back to the table. and you are not going to create those conditions with unrelenting sanctions, with threats of war, of preventive war, which is what we have heard from the tramp cabinet in this last week. south korea is open to talks with its neighbour. the country's foreign minister kang kyung—wha made that offer again to her north korean counterpart in manila. but he's reported to have called seoul's proposal insincere. this country, south korea, has dealt with the threat from across the border for a long time. but now that pyongyang has said it has developed missiles that are capable of hitting the us, it's made america nervous and has captured more global attention than ever before. the issue overshadowed this meeting in manila. and even though regional leaders came together
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to put up a united front, the tension and rhetoric is far from over. yogita limaye, bbc news, seoul. you and a short while yogita told us that sanctions have not had much you impact on north korea's missile testing so far. more tough talk coming from north korea today. the state's official news agency said it will retaliate if the us continues to maintain a hostile policy toward it. it also said the us should not make the mistake of thinking that it is safe across the sea, so very fierce and aggressive response coming from north korea. it remains defiant in the face of those un sanctions that were passed against it on saturday. now, in manila the foreign ministers of south korea and north korea briefly met last night at dinner. a south korean ministry official has told the bbc that during that brief exchange the north korean foreign minister actually said that seoul's
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offer of talks is insincere, so the south korean president had offered to reopen talks with north korea. and north korean foreign minister has said is that that offer is insincere. later today we will also see the north korean foreign minister making remarks in manila and all eyes will be on what he has to say there. earlier today the us president donald trump spoke to the south korean president, and this book on the phone for almost an hour discussing what they call the grave and growing threat coming from north korea, and they both said they hoped these new sanctions would induce pressure on north korea to halt its missile tests. its key ally, north korea's key ally and top trade partner, china, also urged the country to halt its nuclear programme, but experts i have been speaking to here in seoul said that previously sanctions had not really
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resulted in north korea letting up on any kind of testing. so they are not very hopeful this time round as well. yogita limaye. a 20—year—old british model, who was reportedly kidnapped and held for nearly a week in italy, has returned to the uk. chloe ayling says she feared for her life, after being stuffed in a suitcase and told, she'd be ‘sold' online. italian police believe the model was attacked and drugged, before attempts were made to auction her, on the ‘dark web.‘ a polish man, who lives in the uk, has been arrested. matt cole has more details. three weeks on from her release, so we returned to the uk this weekend to her home here in surrey. i have been through a terrifying experience, i feared for my life second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour. i'm incredibly grateful to the italian and uk authorities for all they have done to secure my safe release. i had just arrived home after being in italy forfour weeks and i've not had time to gather my thoughts so i'm not at liberty to the anything further until i have been debriefed
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by uk police. just 20 and still starting out in her glamour modelling career, chloe ayling landed a dream photo shoot in italy, but when she arrived at this disused shop in milan she says she was grabbed by someone while another person injected something into herforearm. she said she woke bound and gagged in the boot of a car. translation: the perpetrator is a dangerous person — he describes himself as a paid killer and part of an organisation that can add mercenary services, bomb attacks and kidnappings. stuffed into a bag like this later demonstrated by italian police, cloete said she was taken 120 miles to this remote farmhouse near turin and held for the next six days tied to a wooden chest of drawers. it is understood her captors demanded a £230,000 ransom but were also telling her she would be auctioned for sexual services on the dark web, a secretive part
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of the internet by a criminal group known to europol at the black death. but her captivity was suddenly ended, taken to the british consulate in milan after revealing she had a child. this man, lukasz herba, who lives in the uk, is accused of the kidnapping and was arrested after freeing the young model, and he is now facing court in italy. while chloe is recovering here at home now it is understood investigations are continuing in italy but also here in britain and in poland as well. matt cole, bbc news, surrey. brazilian police say a british woman has been shot and wounded near rio de janeiro. she was travelling with her partner and their three children, in angra dos reis, a popular coastal area around 90 miles from rio. officials say the family were attacked after taking a wrong turning in their car. three young children are being cared for by relatives after their mother was found dead at the family home in the black country. detectives believe the 26—year—old was murdered by her husband who then killed himself at the house in 0ldbury. a neighbour called police after hearing the children crying inside.
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0ur reporter nicola beckford sent us the latest from the scene. it's an incredibly tragic case indeed. i've spoken to some neighbours, and they told me they don't even get cases of anti—social behaviour around here, it's such a quiet little cul—de—sac. police were called to the house here behind me. you can see perhaps that the curtains are still drawn, and the police are stationed outside. they came here at around two o'clock on saturday afternoon. the neighbours had heard crying. the cries of children inside, obviously, because they had seen those horrible scenes of their mother and their father dead inside the house. when police got here they found the bodies of a 26—year—old woman. she had fatal head injuries. her husband, a 30—year—old man, was found in a different part of the house. now, those three children, they are being looked after by members of their family
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and they are receiving specialist support. the police say that those children are all under the age of eight years old. one of them is in fact a baby. now, the police say because it is a suspected murder suicide, they're not looking for anybody else in connection with this tragic incident. a postmortem is expected to take place later today. one of scotland yard's most senior officers has defended the government's prevent programme, which is designed to stop people being drawn to terrorism. speaking to the bbc‘s asian network, commander dean haydon said it had achieved fantastic results, and that critics either didn't want prevent to succeed or were "ignorant" about how it worked. here's our home affairs correspondent danny shaw. four terror attacks in three months. westminster, manchester arena, london bridge and finsbury park. 36 dead, more than 200 injured, the lives of many others devastated. the attacks raised questions about the
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strategy for tackling terrorism. one key part involves supporting people at risk ofjoining extremist groups and carrying out terrorist activities, known as prevent. it has proved to be highly controversial. the muslim council of britian among others says young muslims are being targeted and communities don't trust it. but a senior police officer says prevent has delivered fantastic result and does not agree with what the critics have said. that is based on sometimes ignorance, that they don't understand properly how prevent works. some of the criticisms come from sections of the community that don't, for a variety of reasons — political or otherwise — don't want it to work in the first place. the scheme was set up in 2003. it places a duty on faith leaders, teachers and social workers to refer people to prevent if they have concerns about them. in 2015—16 7500 cases were referred to the scheme and that year scotland yard says 50 people
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were stopped from going to syria where it was feared they would get involved in the fighting. but this man, who founded the national association of muslim police, says prevent has lots the confidence of muslim communities, and said the comments today by dean haydon condemning the critics are not helpful. it is unfortunate to use the word ignorance, the individuals are establishment figures who are in favour of an independent review, these are establishment figures and we need to listen to what people are saying, understand their concerns and look at how we can move forward to make sure prevent keeps all of us safe, or a version which have the confidence of the community. the government says it wants to learn the lessons from this year's attacks in london and manchester and
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has set up a review of its entire counterterrorism strategy including the prevent programme. it is likely to report back later this year. danny shaw, bbc news. and you can hear the full interview with amanda dean haydn speaking on the bbc‘s asian network, that is in the bbc‘s asian network, that is in the big debate, live at the met police. that is tomorrow from 10am. the headlines on bbc news: the government announces bigger fines for companies who misuse personal data. north korea vows to retaliate and make "the us pay a price" for drafting fresh un sanctions over its banned nuclear weapons programme. a british model who says she was kidnapped for a week in italy has returned home, 20—year—old chloe ayling says she feared for her life "second by second." and in sport: back from lunch, south africa are a0 for three in their second innings. they've got an uphill battle though, needing another 340
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runs to reach victory. england lead the four—match series 2—1. denny solomona and manu tuilagi have been sent home from england's training camp. the two trained at the weekend but it's understood they were sent home this morning having gone out sunday evening and gone against the cultural standards of the team. great britain's going for gold at the world athletics championships tonight. laura muir in the final for the 1500 metres. and after winning bronze in rio sophie hitchon is also in action in the women's hammerfinal. police have named a one—year—old girl who died following an incident with a vehicle in merthyr tydfill. two stills of toddler pearl melody black suffered fatal injuries yesterday after a unoccupied range rover rolled down a hill and struck a wall. the girl's younger brother
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suffered minor injuries. let's get more from our wales correspondent, tomas morgan, who joins us from cardiff. what do we know, what happened here? we have been given a statement from south wales police. they say they we re south wales police. they say they were called to wear pearl melody black and her family live, were called to wear pearl melody black and herfamily live, a village on the other side of the a47, on the side of where merthyr tydfil is. the one—year—old was playing with her younger brother and an unoccupied range rover parked on a driveway then rolled down the hill and struck a wall, which collapsed. pearl was then airlifted to the prince charles hospital in merthyr tydfil. that is where she sadly died a little later. her younger brother sustained minor injuries. the family have paid tribute in a statement to their dancing daughter. they said that pearl was every single star in
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every single sky. she was the reddest pearl in the ocean and the sweetest melody ever written. south wales police have begun an investigation which is now underway into the circumstances surrounding this incident, trying to find out exactly what happened which resulted in sucha exactly what happened which resulted in such a tragic death. thomas, thank you very much. executives at google have denounced an internal memo in which an employee criticises the company's policy on diversity. in the piece, a male software engineer argued that the lack of females in top tech jobs was due to biological differences between men and women. the article was posted on an internal discussion board. while the author has been widely criticised, he also says he has received messages of gratitude from fellow googlers. an apparent ban on staff speaking any language but english in a sports direct store in bangor is to be investigated by the welsh language commissioner. it is understood a notice — printed on sports direct—headed paper —
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was posted on a wall telling staff to only speak english for health and safety reasons, and that it was the official language of the company. sports direct said there was no ban and it was looking into what had happened. disruption expected from major upgrade works at the uk's busiest train station, hasn't so far materialised, with many trains quieter than expected, on the first working day since the upgrade began. more than half of platforms at london's waterloo station are closed, for extension work, to accommodate longer trains, and they'll remain shut til the end of august. adina campbell is at waterloo for us now. this is a major multi—million pound project here at waterloo. as you said, it is affecting half of the station here. platforms 1—10 behind me are completely shut for rail passengers, and that it has platform is still open. the work started on saturday but today of course has been the real test for commuters faced some disruption to their
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journey, but as you said many trains have been running to timetable. journey, but as you said many trains have been running to timetablem comes as no surprise that work to upgrade the uk's busiest train station has taken years of planning. the scale of the project is huge, involving hundreds of network rail engineers, closing ten of the station's platforms with disruptions —— disruption to thousands of commuters. and fed up. considering how much we have to pay as well, it is ridiculous. quite inconvenient for tourists and people who have to work, but i guess that the same time they need to do the repairs, so what can we do? this was waterloo this morning. packed platforms with people scanning information boards. and the engineering work has had a knock—on effect at other stations.|j can't believe there are not any real replacement buses. we have to figure it out ourselves. we pay all this
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money for the commute, so i am really angry actually. i'm probably going to be very late, but i'll deal with it. an average of 270,000 journeys are made to and from waterloo every day. in fact, it is the uk's busiest station. this is an £800 million improvement by network rail, which is responsible for track maintenance and some of britain's biggest stations. 1000 engineers and site workers will be working on the upgrade every day and it will mean longer platforms and bigger trains, making room for more seats and creating extra space for passengers. i realise it is going to cause some disruption for people, and i apologise for that, but on the other hand, andi apologise for that, but on the other hand, and i think passengers understand, this sort of work is really necessary to transform their journeys for years ahead. but transport groups say rail passengers will feel the effects of such widespread work. this work will mean
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commands of real disruption and delay, not just here commands of real disruption and delay, notjust here at waterloo station, but in other parts of the network which will take the strain as passengers plan alternative journeys, but hopefully it will be a case of short—term pain for long—term gain. case of short—term pain for long-term gain. improvements are expected to provide 30% more capacity to passengers during peak hours from december next year. the work is set to last for the next three weeks, due to finish on the 28th of august which of course is the bank holiday weekend. rail bosses are urging people, though, despite it being quieter than normal, to check before they travel, to give themselves plenty of time, and if possible to give and take holiday or work from home. network rail have also told us they have half a million bottles of water lined up to give to commuters and also 20,000 ice creams, so that could help ease some of the pain on commuters. the police watchdog in scotland
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is investigating why it took over a month to find the body of a man in his own home. divers, sniffer dogs and a helicopter were used in a high profile search operation to find anold mouat from bo'ness after his family reported him missing july. police scotland reported finding his body at home yesterday. laura gordon is beer. what information has emerged about how this happened. so far no information about what happened to anold mouat, but what we do is that his family moved to boldness about three years ago and he was last seen by his family here in the town just before midnight on the 6th ofjuly —— moved to bo'ness about three years ago. his family reported him missing the day after, it is not. as you see, there were a number of high—profile searches for the 64—year—old involving police divers, sniffer dogs, rescue and dozens of
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volunteers. there were a number of high—profile appeals and people in the area were asked to search outbuildings and garages in there guardings. —— gardens. what we do know is at the weekend his body was discovered in his property, and a ha rd to discovered in his property, and a hard to access place, and it is believed his body had been there for some time and will require specialist teams to remove his remains. police remain at this property. the garage at the rear of the house remains cordoned off back. the police themselves have referred the case to the independent police watchdog here in scotland. at the moment it has 26 live ongoing investigations. of course the police in scotland or under a great deal of public scrutiny at the moment, in pa rt public scrutiny at the moment, in part because of their handling handling of previous missing persons cases, the most famous perhaps one ofa cases, the most famous perhaps one of a couple whose car left the mname
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motorway here and remained undiscovered for three days. —— left the m9 motorway. the investigation say they will continue investigating around the house in bo'ness. in previous investigations they have called for the lords of the police, they can access cctv footage, and they can access cctv footage, and they can access cctv footage, and they can also interview police officers and members of the public at the moment they are saying —— they have called for the logs of police. laura gordon, thank you very much. an update on a story we brought you a moment ago. the ban on staff speaking any language but english in a sports direct store in bangor we have had a statement from sports direct, who says it was intended to make sure all staff attending meetings on health and safety phillip understood the context. "angus is the language most commonly used by our multilingual and therefore —— english is the
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language. it was not intended to restrict the use of the welsh lungs or prohibit staff from communicating in their local language outside these briefings or with customers." they say they will review the wording of future notices. —— it was not intended to restrict the use of the welsh language. jeremy clarkson has said he won't be back at work for quite some time after being diagnosed with pneumonia. the former top gear presenter was admitted to hospital in majorca, where he's on holiday with his family. he said it was the first time he'd been off sick since he started working in 1978, and thanked fans for all their good wishes. if you're squeamish, you might want to look away now. an australian teenager is recovering in hospital after being bitten by "mite—sized sea critters". 16 —year—old sam kanizay, found his feet and ankles covered in blood after soaking his legs in melbourne's brighton beach on saturday evening.
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the teenager had stood still waist—deep in dark cold water for about half an hour but says he didn't feel a thing. no hospital was able to identify what might have done this, so his father went back to the beach to catch some. these are believed to be the perpetrators. in the pictures they are actually feeding on meat. they are actually feeding on meat. they are said to be likely to be the fleas. sam has been speaking about the experience. i walked out of the water, found what i thought was sand covering my ankles and lower class, soi covering my ankles and lower class, so i shook it off quite violently and it came off, and by the time i had walked across the sand, about 20 metres, i looked down and noticed i had blood all over my ankles. and my feet. it must have been a bit frightening? yes, i didn't really know what to think of it. it was a bit of shock and a bit of random thing to see. i wasn't expecting it at all. see what home, and by the time you get home you're bleeding more. talk us through what you did then. yes, well, i didn't want to go
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inside the house with blood all over my feet, so i called my mum and dad for my phone from outside the front door, and they came downstairs and my dad gave me this funny stare, and i give my dad gave me this funny stare, and igive him my dad gave me this funny stare, and i give him one, because we bothjust had no clue what was going on. and so we went inside to the bathroom, and rinsed it off in the shower. no one has seen anything like it or anything before, so it has been interesting. i'll see! how do you follow that? i'll tell you how... twin panda cubs in austria have been celebrating their first birthday — by unwrapping presents, or trying to. the pair — fu feng and fu ban — were given pink and blue packets in their enclosure in vienna this morning. their mother showed them how to unwrap their gifts filled with sweet potatoes and carrots.
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it's a year ago today the twins were born in the zoo in austria a year ago today. not a publicity stunt at all! this is bbc news. coming up in the next few minutes... jodie whittaker gives her first interview after being cast as the 13th time lord. she says she is glad the secret is finally out. for me it had been months of secrecy and silent enjoyment, but not being able to share it with anyone, and then the relief of it being public knowledge and knowing that it hadn't lea ked knowledge and knowing that it hadn't leaked and all those kind of things, it was just amazing. leaked and all those kind of things, it wasjust amazing. let's catch up with the weather with ben. good afternoon. some sunshine in the next few days but also some cloud and rain. and we have this in south anglia stretching down to the south—west through the afternoon. some of that could turn have a little on the day. in the first south—east, but of brightness and warmth, and some showers in the
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north west. generally a fairly cool feel for many of us. through this evening and tonight, a band of cloud with sporadic outbreaks of rain drifting slowly a little bit further northward and perhaps well. we will perhaps the some thunderstorms across east anglia and lincolnshire later in the night. across western areas, clear skies. a very chilly night indeed especially across some parts of scotland where it could get close to freezing. then an messy weather story. the odd thundery downpour in the far south later on. ireland and scotland a mixture of sunshine and showers and still feeling cool, 16—19 degrees. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at 2:30pm. the government announces legislation to force social media companies to delete information about their users on request. ministers say the data protection bill will give people greater control over their personal data. north korea vows to make "the us pay a price" for drafting fresh un sanctions over its banned
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nuclear weapons programme. in the last few minutes officials announced the programme is necessary to deter being invaded by the united states. a british model who says she was kidnapped for a week in italy, has returned to the uk. she told the italian media she feared for her life. time for the sport at the bbc sports centre. hello and thank you. and let's start with cricket where they're back on the field after lunch on the fourth day of the 4th and final test between england and south africa at old trafford. england have set the tourists 380 to win the test and save the series. a short time ago south africa were 43 for 3. denny solomona and manu toalangi have been sent
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home from england's training camp for what the rugby football union's calling "team culture issues". in a statement the rfu said the two players had been excluded from the camp in teddington for "team culture issues". that's there only statement today on this. the players were at the camp preparing for test matches against argentina, australia and samoa in november. and our rugby reporter chrisjones told me a little earlier it's not great for their future. there's another camp coming up and eddiejones will there's another camp coming up and eddie jones will make there's another camp coming up and eddiejones will make his mind up as to whether these players will feature. it's a fairly unwired ‘s state of affairs given that one of them has only recently qualified and one has had injury problems. even though their international careers are up in the air it will certainly do their chances, going forward, no
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good whatsoever. eamon 0'carroll has been forced to retire after suffering a serious nerve injury against wakefield last month. the 30—year—old — who you can see here making the try—saving tackle — also played for wigan and hull in super league and ireland at international level, had been limited to only seven appearances this year and the last few minutes he's issued a statement saying "whilst i'm saddened that my career as a rugby league player has had to come to an end, i'm also very grateful to have had the opportunity to live my dreams on the field." at the world athletic championships in london all the action taking place from 7pm — big names to watch out for then laura muir — she goes for gold tonight in the women's 15 hundred metres. muir says she's taken a great deal from her 7th placed finish at the rio 0lympics last year. britain have one this event twice and the scot whose 25 finished second in
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saturday's semi—final. meanwhile sophie hitchon also competes in the women's hammer final women's hammer final. hitchon became the first british woman to win an olympic hammer medal with bronze in rio and only needed just one throw to qualify for the final. you can catch all build up on bbc one and two from 6pm tonight. and of course for a comphrensive round up catch sportday live from 6.30 on the bbc news channel the widnes prop alberto contador who's won the tour de france twice will retire from cycling after this month's tour of spain. contador has won the race three times and said on social media ‘i don't think there's a better farewell than in a home race in my own country." the spaniard was suspended for two years in 2010 after testing positive for a banned drug. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour thank you very much. a campaign group says a rising number of groups commissioning nhs
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care in england are cutting back on ivf provision. fertility network uk is calling for three full cycles to be provided to women aged under forty as recommended in official guidelines. i'm joined now by our health correspondent, jane dreaper. it's a very different picture depending on where you live? that's right. it's been like that for a number of views. the guidelines were issued back in 2004 but since then there's been a lottery of you might not be entitled to free ivf in your area for whatever reason, but someone area for whatever reason, but someone down the road in a different pa rt someone down the road in a different part of the nhs might be. it's been an ongoing situation and the tiller to uk say it's getting worse. an ongoing situation and the tiller to uk say it's getting worsem varies across the nation? in england we have four different health systems, almost, in the uk. in scotland, the government have made a deliberate decision to prioritise
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ivf treatment so couples are allowed to read full cycles and that is what nice recommends. this is what doctors are saying that there should be one policy throughout the uk. the argument that you hear often is that it's not an illness and should the nhs be praying for it? doctors see the misery, heartbreak and suffering of the couples involved. there is a mental and physical needs. if you have problems with your the tiller tape. competing for those finite nhs resources , tape. competing for those finite nhs resources, of course, the people making the decisions that the lower level not just saying making the decisions that the lower level notjust saying should we fund ivf, but what do we not fund if we
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do fund ivf. croydon has completely withdrawn ivf funding for at least one year and its clinical commissioning group has done that because they are in special financial measures. they've done that to save the money. thank you very much. more now on users of social media sites getting greater control over what personal information is kept by the companies under new plans announced by the government. joining me now is neil brown, a solicitor at decoded legal, a law firm specialising in digital law. do we need a new law? absolutely. we have very little choice in the matter. the eu law changes next year and while that will apply automatically this is our opportunity to put certain measures in place in the uk. what sort of information is accessible that
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should be governed under this, do you think? i don't think there's a need to change the information that falls within the framework. if it is information identifiable about you thenit information identifiable about you then it should be protected. this is ensuring giving the user rights and that regulators have more power to ta ke that regulators have more power to take action. it puts the onus on the social media providers. it's not just them, and it's notjust about trust. there's a regulator behind it he can take action to stop bad behaviours and ultimately to fine in the event of problems. give me an example of where someone has not realised the type of information thatis realised the type of information that is out there about them perhaps from taking a form years ago?
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consent is one of the ongoing challenges. you can appear to rely on silence to get consent, or failing to undertake a box. now consent has to be unambiguous. you won't be required to get consent in every circumstance so you won't need to tick boxes all the time, but where consent is required it needs to be informed. had do we compare with other countries? owls are certainly in line with other countries in the eu because they came from the same place. this is pa rt came from the same place. this is part of the strengthening of data protection across the whole of europe making sure our law remains consistent within the eu. in terms of access ability, it's the cookies, looking at that little bit of
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information about you that an advertiser will pay good money for? cookies are one of the ways of collecting data but there are other ways that they can collect information, every time you swipe your clubcard, some you don't really know are going on in the background as you browse around the web. if it's personal data it should fall within the framework and be protected. should their one format everybody has access to which means if they wanted clear the slates, forget everything about them, they can do it? the legislation certainly won't give one clear button that will wipe you from the internet but it will give you control over your data, and in certain circumstances wiping data from providers but it's
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not an wiping data from providers but it's notan app wiping data from providers but it's not an app salute right. neil, thank you for giving us your time. —— absolute right. first, there were so called ‘boris bikes', the hire scheme that allows you to pick up a bicycle, in most parts of london for a fee, then return it to a docking station. then came new schemes in the capital and around the country, that allowed cyclists to hire bikes, butjust leave them on the street, when the rental period was over. however police say thousands of bicycles are being vandalised and dumped in hedges and canals, with one london borough seizing more than a hundred, that were cluttering up the streets. fiona lamdin reports. communal cycling in our capital is a common sight. but now thousands of dockless bikes that can be parked anywhere are appearing on our streets. i've come to bristol because this is the first place in the country to have dockless bicycles. i've downloaded the app, and as you can see there are hundreds available right now. let's go and find the nearest one. and just around the corner, as promised, the bike is waiting for me.
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with the app, i scan the barcode, the bike is unlocked, and i'm ready to go. yobikes arrived three months ago, and already the take—up is pretty promising. they're getting ridden 1,500 times a day. we are the first dockless bike—sharing initiative in the uk. which means we don't have to install any street furniture on the street. there are some teething problems. without the safety of the docking, one in eight have been vandalised here. and in manchester, these bikes have been found in canals and with wheels missing. are people looking after them? most of our users look after bikes really well, but initially we do have vandalism issues. how many? so far about 100 cases. it is a diesel car, as you can see, it's automatic. and it's not just bikes we're sharing. ifti uddin owns 28 cars. today, he's hiring one of them to will. i don't use a car very often.
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when i do need one, it makes sense to use one someone else is not using. but, like the bicycles, ifti's cars have been damaged. i've just got this car, i said, you're the first person in this car, please, please be careful. one hour later he sent me a picture and said "i have had an accident." someone has smashed into me. it was heartbreaking. there are tens of thousands of people like ifti hiring out their cars for as little as £15 a day. not everyone agrees this is the only way forward for the future of transport. we need to recognise human behaviour in all of this. a lot of people like to own things and they will want to carry on owning things into the future. so, part of the future, not all of it. but with hundreds more rolling into our cities each month, it looks as if dockless bikes will be on our roads for the foreseeable future. fiona lamdin, bbc news. ina
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in a moment, a summary of the business news but first. the headlines on bbc news: the government announces bigger fines for companies who misuse personal data. north korea vows to retaliate and make "the us pay a price" for drafting fresh un sanctions over its banned nuclear weapons programme. a british model who says she was kidnapped for a week in italy has returned home. 20—year—old chloe ayling says she feared for her life "second by second". in the business news... we could get more control of our personal information under plans outlined by the government. people will be able to ask for personal data to be deleted and to ask firms to obtain "explicit" consent when they process sensitive personal data. about three million households are set to benefit from a tightening of the price cap on pre—payment energy meters, according to regulator 0fgem. the regulator says the move will cut
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the average bill for pre—payment customers by up to £19 a year. the change takes effect in october. tesco is going to stop selling 5p carrier bags in three weeks' time. instead you'll be able to buy 10p "bags for life" . tesco sells about 700 million single—use carrier bags a year, the highest among the major supermarkets. the electric car company tesla is on a mission. it's looking to raise $1.5 billion to boost production of its mass market car, the model 3. michelle fleury joins us now from new york. why is it making this move? manufacturing hell. those are the words elon musk used to describe the challenges facing the company and he used the words at the launch of the
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tesla macro's launch. tesla launch. it's meant to be a mass—market vehicle for the company to sell. but in order to get the financial capital it's very expensive. in order to get the financial capital it's very expensivelj thought capital it's very expensive.” thought tesla was cashrich anyway? it has a couple of billion on hand at the moment but investors believe it will burn through 2 million over the next few years. as a result, you are starting to see the company looking to raise money and that's why tesla want to raise these bonds for investors. we don't know what
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sort of break investors will get but this is its initial round to get £1.5 billion to help get it through what the company expect to be a difficult period as it ramped up production. all this implies there's a lot of demand for this new car?m would be interesting to see what's investors it will attract, whether traditional orfans of investors it will attract, whether traditional or fans of the idea investors it will attract, whether traditional orfans of the idea of tesla and electric vehicles and whether they want to invest in the company. there's a lot of enthusiasm although some investors are sceptical. there's a famous short seller, david einhorn who has come out publicly against the company. who is right? we will have to wait and see but this is easier for them
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—— but there is enthusiasm for what elon musk is trying to do. for most of us, lower oil prices are good thing but the countries producing oil is a real headache. the oil production cartel is meeting in abu dhabi today to try to support the cost of crude. in other news... staff at google have been caught up in a row about gender equality. it started when a male software engineer wrote that the firm needs to ‘stop assuming that gender gaps imply sexism". he's been criticised by many colleagues but others have supported him. google says inclusion is very important to the company. the value of bitcoin has jumped to a record high, following a month of turmoil. the virtual currency has reached the equivalent of two thousand six hundred and four pounds per coin. the market value of all bitcoins in existence has now surpassed £42 billion. one of the world's largest providers of shared working space —— wework —— says it will invest £384 million
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to expand in southeast asia and south korea. the new york based firm is one of a growing number that provide flexible working spaces and offices used by freelancers, startu ps and entrepreneurs. the amount we spend as consumers has fallen for the third month in a row. injuly we spent 0.8% less than we did in the same month, according to research from credit card firm visa, last year. this is the the longest downward streak in more than four years. visa claims this is further evidence that households are feeling the squeeze from rising prices and stagnant wage growth. let's have a look at the markets. the ftse has been boosted by mining companies. their shares been going up because of higher prices for metals. shares in glencore rose more than 2 %, while bhp billiton and rio tinto were both up by more than one and a half per cent. paddy power was the biggest faller on the ftse after news that its boss was resigning. that's all the business news. birmingham is in danger of sinking
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in a "sea of rubbish", that's according to one councillor concerned at the backlog of waste that is mounting up on the city's streets. bin collectors are now stepping up industrial action by refusing to work every day for two hours in a dispute overjob losses. kathryn stanczyszyn reports. for colin, british summertime usually means hoping for some hot weather. but not this year. 13—14—15 bags. that is because colin's rubbish has not being collected from his house sincejune. high temperatures would make a bad situation worse. it is not very good. you are living somewhere and people see bags of rubbish at the front of your house. he is now having to store bin bags in his back garden as well. i have seen rats and foxes.
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cats rip the bags up. there are actually maggots. i know that from seeing them myself. it is disgusting, really birmingham city council wants to modernise its waste service, but refuse workers say they are facing pay cuts. and have been striking two hours a day throughoutjuly and now three hours a day. the collateral damage is visible to all, and it is attracting vermin. as you can see, there are many ripped bags here. 0n the plate but them. 0n the plate for them. it is like takeaway for them, isn't it? 0ne pest control firm has seen a 20% increase in callouts over the past six weeks, and says this could cause public problems. rats carry many diseases, weils disease is harmful to human beings. it is carried in their urine. so, if a human being was to touch a bag where a rat has urinated, it could pass on a serious disease. residents here are concerned. i think it is going to get worse. if it gets warmer... we are bidding for the commonwealth games. it is ridiculous. it is avoidable, the scale of it. there is no organisation for distrubuting this stuff. it doesn't look good. it doesn't smell good. but i support people's right to
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withdraw industrial action. intense talks continue between the two sides. last week, volunteers took to the streets to help clear up some of the worst areas. but with weeks of action left to go, it seems getting on top of this rubbish could prove difficult. a quick update about the women shot in the abdomen whilst on holidaym a city just outside in the abdomen whilst on holidaym a cityjust outside rio. the women has been named as eloise dickson from south—east london. her picture will be released shortly and she is the women believed to have been shot in brazil. the actorjodie whittaker, who'll play the thirteenth doctor who,
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has been speaking of her excitement about the role. in her first broadcast interview since being announced in the part, she praised the "creative and enthusiastic" fans, who welcomed her appointment as a female timelord, and she's been given some advice by past dr whos. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has been to meet her. on tv and online, more than 15 million people have now watched jodie whittaker‘s unveiling as the 13th actor and the first woman to play the lead character in doctor who. to the public, the build—up only lasted about three days because the promo happened on the friday and then the reveal was the sunday. for me, that had been months of secrecy and silent enjoyment, but not being able to share it with anyone. and then the relief of it being public knowledge, and knowing it had been leaked and that anything, it was amazing. since peter ca paldi announced he was leaving the show, there had been months of speculation about his replacement. forjodie whittaker, understandably a stressful time. you are sat on the secret for three months. ifound out i had got
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it around late march. it had been quite a long process previous to that. i had about four weeks left on shooting trust me as well, but your focus had to be on being the doctor. the doctor i was currently playing! in trust me that doctor isn't a real one. she plays a nurse who ends up impersonating a doctor. are you sure about this? i won't say word. she is well aware her casting in doctor who is likely to bring more viewers to medical drama trust me, which starts again this week. if somebody is now watching trust me or a film i did ages ago because they didn't know me and they want to see who the actor is who is playing the doctor, that's just exciting, and it shows how lucky i am in a sense of the roles i get to play, because they are all so different.
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and particularly kath in trust me to doctor who, they are literally worlds apart. literally worlds apart! that next role in doctor who has already inspired many fans, especially those delighted that a woman has been cast. we can celebrate the fact of differences. i have said before that i hope my gender isn't a fearful thing for the fans. because in this world particularly, there aren't rules, and that's a great thing. she's proved she can keep secrets in real life. this week millions will see how she does it on screen before finally becomes the doctor. lizo mzimba, bbc news. let's get a weather update. if you we re let's get a weather update. if you were hoping for a settled, fine week of summer weather then i'm afraid
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this forecast will disappoint. decidedly changeable, soggy for some with rain at times throughout the week with a cool feel to the weather. what we have is a slow—moving weather front with rain stretching to the south—east with some glimmers of brightness. with that sunshine, some showers, some on the heavy side, 17 celsius in belfast and dundee. from the south west, parts of southern england, up into east anglia, we will have some sporadic outbreaks of rain, maybe the odd heavy burst, some brightness in the south east which could lift temperatures to 22 celsius. this band of cloud and showery rain tonight will may be released the odd
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fund rebound pork. clear skies are up fund rebound pork. clear skies are up to the north—west which will allow things to get decidedly chilly. —— the odd thundery downpours. showers up to the north—west and an area of low pressure which may try to roll its way in. this means for much of england and wales we will see some cloud, outbreaks of rain and the odd thundery downpours. temperatures on the cool side, 16—19dc. south—eastern areas will cease real deluge —— see a real deluge. this
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they should be a largely dry day for many but by the end of the week, we will see further spells of rain at times and it will also turned quite windy. this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at three: it's "the right to be forgotten" , tougher government controls are proposed, making it easier for people to force social media companies to delete their information. north korea vows to retaliate and make "the us pay a price" for un sanctions over its banned nuclear weapons programme. 46—year—old eloise dixon from kent is recovering in hospital after being shot while on a family holiday to brazil. a british model who says she was kidnapped for six days in italy returns to the uk, saying she feared for her life "second by second." i've been through a terrifying experience, i feared for my life second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour — i am incredibly grateful to the italian and uk authorities for all they have done to secure my safe release.
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also in the next hour: new dr who jodie whittaker gives her first interview since being cast in the role.
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