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hello, this is breakfast, with tina daheley and ben thompson. police say the man who carried out the barcelona van attack could still be at large. one key suspect has been shot dead, but a new search has begun for the man it's now believed was behind the wheel. 1a people died and more than 130 were injured across the two separate attacks on the spanish coast. candlelit vigils have been held late into the night in tribute to the victims. good morning, it's saturday 19th august. also ahead: professor stephen hawking warns of an nhs crisis in england as he clashes with the health secretary jeremy hunt. remembering a tv legend. the king of saturday night television, sir bruce forsyth, dies at the age of 89.
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nice to see you, to see you... nice! we'll look back at a career that spanned eight decades of show business. in sport, and alastair cook masterclass of england in control of the day— night against the west indies. and matt has the weather. good morning. after the hefty showers and thunderstorms of yesterday, fewer showers today. a little bit more sunshine. details on that and the full weekend forecast coming up. good morning. our main story: police in spain believe the driver of the van which ploughed into pedestrians in barcelona, killing 13 people, could still be at large. a man—hunt is now under way for moroccan—born younes abouyaaqoub. a teenager shot dead by police after a second attack in cambrils had previously been
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identified as a key suspect. investigators now think that he was responsible for hiring the van. last night, crowds gathered to pay their respects to the victims, as simonjones reports. on the boulevard where, on thursday, bodies lay, last night a vigil. flowers and candles to mark the lives lost and those injured from 3a different countries. the disbelief and grief etched on people's faces. i was scared and nervous to come here. i didn't know what it would be like and if everybody was going to be kind of mourning and upset over what happened. it's good, though, to see everybody come together and just kind of remember what happened. through the window of a museum, new footage has emerged, appearing to show the band speeding through russ
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—— lass rambus. people ran for their lives. hours later a car was driven into pedestrians in cambrils. five suspects were shot dead, four by a single officer. among them, moussa oukabir, the man believed to have rented the van used in the barcelona attack. police say they are still looking for the man they now believe was driving, younes abouyaaqoub. the task of identifying the dead and injured is continuing. fears are growing forjulian cadman, who is seven, and has dual british and australian citizenship. he was separated from his mother during the attack. he is now missing, much to the concern of his great aunt. of course i am really worried. i can't hear anything with them, i want to hear what's happening. 15 people are in a critical condition in hospital. the mourning and the police operation continues. tributes have been paid to sir bruce forsyth, who died yesterday at the age of 89.
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his career in light—entertainment spanned more than seven decades. starting out at the age 01:14, he went on to become the man who defined saturday—night tv, hosting shows including the generation game, play your cards right and strictly come dancing. born in north london, he started tap dancing at an early age, a passion that stayed with him throughout his life. # i'm putting on my top hat # messin‘ up my white tie # dancing and... laughter he was 30—years—old when he was asked to present sunday night at the london palladium. 10 million viewers regularly tuned into the show. he quickly became one of the most popular family entertainers. and every host needs a catchphrase. sir bruce had many.
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nice to see you, to see you... nice! good game! he reigned supreme at the helm of the bbc‘s generation game for six years, from 1971, then again at the beginning of the 19905 and had fun doing it. there is another phyllis here. jolly good. i don't like being called phyllis. my name's phil with a y. phil with a y, alright, darling. bit like that. there's another bundle of trouble! an all round entertainer, he went on to present strictly come dancing, where he mixed his love of singing and dancing. arlene phillips was a judge on strictly and she remembers his dedication. bruce never stopped working. notjust in terms of training, but in rehearsal, going over things. so we worked hard at being mr showbiz.
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but also, bruce, to retain his balance, used to spin 80 times a day. he was warming up, he would constantly work his body and sometimes, even on strictly, just before he had to go on, you would see him almost revving himself up like a car, getting ready to go out there and entertain. hundreds of tributes have been paid to sir bruce, with many celebrities taking to social media to remember he star. —— the star. tess daly described him as: the prime minister theresa may described him as a national treasure, who would be missed. and stephen fry tweaking a popular brucey catchphrase. he tweeted: after 8am this morning,
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we'll be speaking tojimmy tarbuck, who was a close friend of sir bruce. here are the rest of the main stories today: the physicist professor stephen hawking has accused the health secretary, jeremy hunt, of "cherry—picking" evidence to support his policies. he has praised the nhs, but attacked the provision of private healthcare in england. mr hunt has described the scientist's claims as wrong. here's our health correspondent, jane dreaper. he is one of the world's best—known scientists. professor stephen hawking was diagnosed with motoneuron disease at the age of 21. he turned 75 at the start of this year. a milestone celebrated at a scientific conference last month. professor hawking says he wouldn't be alive without the large amount of high—quality nhs treatment he has received. but he is concerned about the future of the health service in england, defending it as the most efficient and cost—effective system.
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in a speech which describes his medical history and how we sometimes have to challenge doctors, professor hawking said: quoting the use of private agency staff as an example. he also accusesjeremy hunt of "cherry picking" research papers to support his case for changing weekend services. professor hawking says that while he wants more weekend services, he believes there has been no due diligence done in the case of the so—called seven—day nhs. the government says it makes no apology for being the first to tackle what it describes as "unacceptable variation in care" across the week. and ministers believe patients in england should be able to access the best treatments based on the quality of care, rather than who's providing them. officials say more than 60 million
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people have been affected by floods in parts of nepal, india and bangladesh. the conditions are expected to deteriorate over the weekend. the red cross says it is one of the worst humanitarian crises for years. donald trump's former chief strategist steve bannon has promised to go to war against opponents after being fired from hisjob. he is the fourth member of this decline's in a circle to live in the last month. he was a key adviser to the president and shape the america first message. steve bannon, widely credited for steering donald trump to victory, he was one of the most powerful men in the white house. if you think they are going to give
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you your country back without a fight, you are sadly mistaken. every day it is going to be a fight. he is not a racist, i can tell you that. he is a good person. he actually gets a very unfair press in that regard. but, we'll will see what happens with mr bannon. by the time that donald trump had made that less than ringing endorsement of his special advisor earlier this week, the die was cast. steve bannon‘s clashes with more moderate forces in the west wing, coupled with renewed accusations following the violence in charlottesville that he harboured white nationalist sympathies, helped seal his fate. he has now rejoined the right wing website right by news that he ran before leaving to join the trump campaign one year ago. he says he intends to keep fighting on the president's the half, but in an interview with the conservative magazine the weekly standard he was also quoted as saying the trump presidency that we fought for and
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w011 presidency that we fought for and won is over. all of which leaves the president and increasingly lonely and isolated figure, while steve bannon‘s departure is a victory for those who wanted to see an end to the more extreme elements in the west wing. whether it will lead to a better functioning white house remains to be seen. if you're afraid of snakes or a little bit squeamish you might want to look away. iam going i am going to give you a few seconds. you have to stay here! imagine the shock one mum had in australia when she went into her living room and found this among her child's toys. you might not spot it, but it is on the left. it's an eastern brown snake and measured around two metres long and was found hiding among a lego set. the breed is the second most venomous snake in the world. it is responsible for about two thirds of all snakebite deaths in australia. you will be very pleased to know,
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this particular one was safely caught and removed. how does the handle at... i assume he has experience and knows... how does the handler know that we won't justjump up? i feel like i need justjump up? ifeel like i need to justjump up? i feel like i need to see justjump up? ifeel like i need to see it justjump up? i feel like i need to see it go justjump up? ifeel like i need to see it go in the bag. it is pretty feisty. it's not going on without a fight. imagine finding that wrapped around a child's tory. absolutely terrifying. —— toy. in the bad, safely sealed and removed from the house. that is utterly terrifying. it sort of makes me a bit itchy, watching that. not a fan. they're banned in scotland, labour pledged to abolish them elsewhere and the lib dems have described their use as "an affront to basic human dignity". mixed—gender wards are highly controversial and back in 2013 the health secretary, jeremy hunt,
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announced they'd been "virtually eliminated" in england. yet despite this, bbc breakfast has found that in the last year alone men and women were treated in the same room around 9,000 times. that's almost three times the figure from two years ago. john maguire has more. good morning, everyone. every morning, staff at yeovilton is that all need to plan the day ahead to determine what care patients receive and where. —— yeoville hospital. treatment and recovery are of course paramount, a separate areas for men and women are an important factor here. this is our elective orthopaedic ward and here we have bays of men and women, which have their toilet and bathroom within the bait, which means if you are in a mailbag you can use the bathroom within the bay and you don't have to
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travel between them. we also have side rooms where you can go if you need specific care if we can't accommodate you in a male bay, you can still have the privacy and dignity. the past six years and a chest hospitals in england have been fined £250 if a patient is in mixed accommodation. there hasn't been a breach in the system at this hospital since september. they monitor real—time information on admissions, discharge is and whereabouts. we know that if patients are nursed by the right people at the right time in the right place that actually their length of stay does decrease and their risks to staying in hospital are minimised and produced. in 2013, the health secretary told his party conference that mixed sex wards had virtually gone. the first time the breaches were measured was in september, 2010. that mother lode there were 11,802 cases. —— that mother lode. then the number dropped
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markedly. at its lowest point it was 2431 for the whole year in 2014. since then, they've risen. the latest annual figure was 9003. mixed sex wards have been banned in scotla nd sex wards have been banned in scotland for 12 years and in wales rules date separate facilities should be provided wherever possible. —— rules state. the breaches increased when hospitals are under the most pressure. figures for mental health trust are far lower as there are fewer hospitals. but the health watchdog, the care quality commission, found some hospitals in the sector are not following the rules. this woman has bipolar disorder and was placed in mixed accommodation when she was admitted. she has asked to remain anonymous. i've had incidents where male have tried to pursue me, pushing notes under my door. with shared bathrooms, shared lounge and
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dining facilities, there's no way you can feel as a female. especially when do males are following you around and encouraging you to leave the ward with them. that's my experience. the figures only measure beds, not shared bathrooms or other rooms such as lounges, so campaigners argue the problem is underreported. if there'sjust one person who is in a mixed setting where their privacy or dignity is compromised or they feel unsafe or they are unsafe, that's one person to many. this is the 21st century. we ought to be able to provide at the very least a setting for somebody that safe, and therapeutic. smaller bays of beds or single ensuite rooms are becoming more commonplace. the health regulator, nhs improvement, says: but the pressure to cope in
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extremely busy hospitals means beds of whatever type will always be in high demand. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: a manhunt is under way in spain for the man police believe drove a van into crowds in the city of barcelona. they've confirmed an earlier suspect was shot dead. stars from stage and screen are paying tribute to sir bruce forsyth, who died yesterday at the age of 89. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. how is it looking? good morning. not looking too bad at the moment for many, especially in eastern areas, a big improvement in fife on what we saw yesterday but some shower clouds in the west, low pressure close by so in the west, low pressure close by so showers cropping up again today
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but not as plentiful as what we saw yesterday. the breeze is still keen. cool in the breeze where you've got the showers, the wind strongest in parts of scotland, raw day in the tops of the mountains and showers in the west will push eastwards but some bigger gaps between the showers, so longer dry spells and there will be some in southern and eastern parts of the uk where you will stay dry all day long. the highest temperatures around 18 to 22. mid—to—high teens in the west. 0nce 22. mid—to—high teens in the west. once you got sunshine on your back that will feel pleasant indeed. into the night most showers will fade quickly. some will continue in northern scotland. the winds will ease down. as that happens, and we see the clear skies, it will be a cool night tonight, temperatures holding in double figures in towns and cities but into the countryside, if you're heading off to camp tonight somewhere, temperatures only around five or six in rural scotland and northern england. with the ridge of high pressure, this little bump
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on the pressure chart is why things are dry, behind me an area of low pressure that contains the remnants ofa pressure that contains the remnants of a hurricane heading in. a slow process , of a hurricane heading in. a slow process, but for most it will be a lovely start to sunday, dry with sunny spells, cloud increasing from the west and in south—west england, wales and northern ireland it will cloud over in the afternoon, a great and risley day for many with heavy bursts in and around the irish sea. temperatures will still get into the low 20s and with the light winds it will feel warmer than today. we finish with outbreaks of rain and heavy bursts pushing across southern parts of england. a weekend in august so some will be heading to the airport shortly to go to the mediterranean. this is what it looks like, sunshine for many, some storms in the balkans and eastern italy and northern greece but for the vast majority in the mediterranean, if that's where you're going, it is dry and sunny and in south—western parts of spain and portugal, increasingly hot. we'll get a taste of that
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warmth in the south as we head into tuesday next week. thanks very much, it looks lovely, doesn't it? but all the wildfires we've seen in the last couple of weeks, really damaging the tourist industry so dangerous for everyone. very high temperatures. a manhunt is under way in spain for the driver of the van which ploughed into pedestrians in the centre of barcelona, killing 13 people. police are searching for moroccan—born younes abouyaaqoub. 0ur europe correspondent, gavin lee, joins us live from las ramblas in barcelona. it's interesting because there's a lot of confusion, police originally saying they had shot one of those they thought responsible but now the manhunt continues. explain this for us. it's a complicated picture. what we have seen from talking to people in the aftermath of the nice attacks and the berliner attacks and the brussels attacks over the past couple of years, there is a rhythm
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to which we get this information. all sorts of details come out and the spanish police have been limited with the information they are officially giving. they are saying this is a self that involves at least 12 people and it was based as ajihadist least 12 people and it was based as a jihadist sell it for some time in catalonia where they have been co—ordinating and planning the attacks and what we are seeing is a group, the police believe, that had explosives. there was an explosion on wednesday at a house in... just south of here. there were 120 canisters, explosive propane, butane gases, they believe that explosion rushed them to action in barcelona. again ata rushed them to action in barcelona. again at a second location further north of here there was another attack. bringing back together police sources are saying, we believe this is the case, that a second man, a 22—year—old man living
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north of here and he is the centre of the focus, potentially the driver, with this manhunt. we're looking at pictures of that house you described in the explosion earlier in the week, as you touched on it might have forced the hand of the attackers to attack may be earlier than planned. what are the police telling people where you are? clearly a lot of people worried about travelling to barcelona or other cities in spain. what are they telling people who want to visit? the general advice at the moment is again from the british foreign and commonwealth office to be alert. the fa ct commonwealth office to be alert. the fact is this is a city and a country at the moment where there's a manhunt for people involved in this attack, but we've seen is another things elsewhere. people are coming to the city, they aren't being told to the city, they aren't being told to stay away, there's a huge security presence and at the same timea security presence and at the same time a lot of people, we see this
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rhythm of defiance, bringing candles and rhythm of defiance, bringing candles a nd flowers rhythm of defiance, bringing candles and flowers so a lot of tourists have come here also to gather at some of the big vigils last night saying they wanted to show a pan—european spirit to all of this. the sense at the moment isn't don't come to spain or barcelona at the moment, but the vigilant because this is another european city in the space of three years where they are dealing with this brutal attack. this is the biggest terrorist jihadist attack since 2004 in spain. absolutely. as we look at the pictures of the vigil last night, an all—too—familiar scene now, people marking the tragic events. spain not too unfamiliar with attacks like this with the separatist violence? no. they have dealt for many years with basque separatists and jo, but this is an evolving threat,
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something different, with eta that was an issue that came to its head in the 80s and 905. there's in the 805 and 905. there's criticism the cia warned the spanish to say there could be a threat to last ramblas and that was two months ago. at the moment the spanish authorities were saying that was a generic tourism alert, at the moment they have everything on this but it's limited information of a terror group that up until a few weeks ago they knew nothing about. for now, gavin, thanks very much. in recent days... we have brought you news of devastating floods that have led to a humanitarian crisis affecting million5 a humanitarian crisis affecting millions in south asia and sierra leone. during natural disasters and conflict many tried to escape but one conflict many tried to escape but u conflict many tried to escape but one group in particular run towards the danger in an effort to help
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tho5e the danger in an effort to help those most in need. around the world, hundreds of thousands of aid workers are on standby ready to fly out to disaster zones at a moments notice. today they're being honoured by the un on world humanitarian day. we're joined by two such volunteer5, gary carroll from international search and rescue and his dog, diesel. what made you first decide to risk your own life and take part in humanitarian search and rescue missions? i go back to 2004 with my own service in the scottish fire and re5cue own service in the scottish fire and rescue service and we took part in a search and rescue through that area. it developed from there to the overseas international search and rescue through the uk team. we talked about some of the di5a5ter5 we have been covering this week, the awful floods in we have been covering this week, the awfulfloods in nepal, and the nepal earthquake in 2015, you were there. how does the process work when the phone rings? both myself and diesel
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attended the nepal earthquake, from when the phone call comes through to when the phone call comes through to when we start the government activities, aid is requested, and that aid is given through the uk government. that filter5 down to the tea m government. that filter5 down to the team and at a certain point in the uk there's 15 fire services through the uk that have international search and rescue teams and we all contribute. we also take doctors, paramedics, engineers and a vet a5 well as part of the team. and of course diesel the dog went to nepal? diesel is part of the team. when we deployed we take for dogs with us. it's another piece of equipment along with the listening derisive i5, along with the listening derisive is, the cameras and he help5 along with the listening derisive is, the cameras and he helps us search large areas in a short period of time, which is vital when you are in places like nepal and japan ——
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listening devices. what training do you go through? it is different in scotla nd you go through? it is different in scotland to southeast asia? we try to simulate it as much as we can. we try to simulate the same scenarios in the uk. throughout the uk we have training venues set up that simulate the same sort of thing that we will be exposed to overseas so we can train the dogs in an environment they will be working in. clearly the5e they will be working in. clearly these environments take their toll on you personally, but also for dogs and the rest of the team, how do you monitor both the welfare of dogs like diesel? diesel is quite a spirited and healthy dog, he is eight years old but overseas we monitor them the whole time we are there. we take a vet with us as well so the healthcare is monitored on a
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daily basis. we take special care of them. he is gorgeous. your working relationship is obviously very close, how long have you worked together for? since he was born, i was his mum, i bred him, he has been with me from day one so from a puppy through to qualification. with me from day one so from a puppy through to qualificationlj with me from day one so from a puppy through to qualification. i can see why dog5 through to qualification. i can see why dogs like diesel would be so valuable in things like an earthquake, they can get to places you can't reach and they can do that very quickly and i imagine their sense of smell i5 very quickly and i imagine their sense of smell is what's helpful. awful floods right now in bangladesh, how would someone like diesel help? in that type of environment it is good, he is a live scent dog, that's what we looking for. in those scenarios there is a good chance it will be a victim recovery dog for that scenario. we do have specialists within the team
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that could work in that environment if needed. the dogs‘ use in that environment would be limited because of the floodwaters. they were used injapan of the floodwaters. they were used in japan after they soon army to search a large area, which ups the tea m search a large area, which ups the team cover the ground much more quickly. has diesel ever been in these situations where you have been worried about his safety? what's the closest he has come to that danger? we always risk assess it, he might go into areas we wouldn't go into but i will always risk assess them to make sure it is safe, he goes into more areas than we will but i would never put him in danger if we didn't need to. he's very happy at the moment, thank you, gary and diesel, really important work you do, great his to you. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the headlines are coming up next. stay with us.
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hello. this is breakfast, with tina daheley and ben thompson. coming up before 8am, matt will have the weather. but first, a summary of this morning's main news. police in spain say they now believe the driver of the van which ploughed into pedestrians in barcelona, killing 13 people, could still be at large. they're looking for younes abouyaaqoub, who's 22 and originally from morocco. earlier reports had suggested the main suspect was one of the men shot dead by police, following a second attack in cambrils. more tributes have been paid to sir bruce forsyth,
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who died yesterday at the age of 89. the entertainer‘s career spanned more than 70 years and he fronted many popular tv shows, including sunday night at the london palladium and the generation game. sir bruce's strictly co—star tess daly said she would never forget his drive, generosity or sense of humour. stephen hawking has attacked the privatisation of healthcare in england and accused the health secretary of "cherry picking" evidence to support his policies. the world renowned scientist, who suffers from motor neurone disease, will deliver a speech at the royal society of medicine in london later today. jeremy hunt has responded by saying recent research is the "most comprehensive ever". donald trump has removed steve bannon from his post as chief strategist. he becomes the fourth member of the president's inner circle to leave in the last month. the right—wing nationalist was a key adviser to mr trump and helped shape the america first message during his presidential election
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campaign. mr bannon has returned to a senior role at the ultra—conservative website, breitbart news. two men have been charged with murder after a woman's body was found in a burning car near sunderland. firefighters discovered the remains in the village of shiney row on tuesday. 39—year—old stephen unwin and 50—year—old william mcfall are due to appear at newcastle crown court later. officials say more than 16 million people have been affected by severe flooding in parts of nepal, india and bangladesh. 500 people are thought to have been killed, with conditions are expected to deteriorate further over the weekend. the red cross and red crescent say it is becoming one of the worst regional humanitarian crises in years. those are the main stories this morning. this man has had a busy day? a busy
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couple of days. ten hours in total he was batting for his double century against the west indies. a fantastic performance from him. when he was finally caught out, the crowd was on his feet. how do you do that? i can't how do you do that? ican't imagine how do you do that? i can't imagine doing anything for ten hours! may be sleeping. fantastic innings. it has really put england in control of this first day— night test. the batsmen have done their bit at edgbaston and now it's the bowlers turn to shine against west indies, on day three of the day—night test. alastair cook was the star for england. his mammoth innings of 243, with some help from west indies fielders, pushed england towards 514 for eight declared in theirfirst innings. as the natural light faded, james anderson removed opener kraig brathwaite. west indies will resume this afternoon trailing by 470 runs, with nine wickets remaining. liverpool have rejected a third offer from barcelona for phillipe coutinho. it's understood the latest
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offer for the brazilian midfielder is in the region of £114 million. the club has already rejected two bids from barcelona. they insist coutinho won't be sold, despite his transfer request. tottenham have signed defender davinson sanchez from ajax in a reported club record £42 million deal, subject to a medical and a work permit. the colombia centre—back has agreed a six—year deal and will be the premier league club's first summer signing. in the lunch time kick—off today, manchester united travel to swansea. burnley host west brom, liverpool are at home to crystal palace, while stoke city host arsenal in the late kick—off. big transfer news from the women's game. lucy bronze, who starred for england at the euros this summer, has completed her move from manchester city to the european champions lyon. bronze won the women's super league, the continental cup and also this year's fa cup at city.
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it's understood she turned down the offer of a contract at city which would have made her their highest paid player. in the solheim cup, team usa made a clean sweep of the four—balls, to take a five and a half to two and a half lead over europe. not once during the entire afternoon was there blue on the board, withjulie inkster‘s side holding on to any lead they gained, thanks to some fine putting performances. it was a disappointing afternoon for europe, who had led after the morning foursomes. we got off to a pretty good start. and then the afternoon didn't turn out how we planned, but i'm very proud of the players. they fought really ha rd proud of the players. they fought really hard and itjust really didn't happen. you need to make some birdies. it is really tough team. we just didn't have it this afternoon. we arejust going just didn't have it this afternoon. we are just going to close the chapter on friday and open the next one. today. —— next one for
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saturday. leeds rhinos beat st helens 16—14 in rugby league's super league. both sides scored two tries, adam cuthbertson with leeds second. the rhinos held off a late charge from st helens to hang on to win by a margin of two points and strengthen their grip on second place. hull were soundly beaten 46—18 by huddersfield and they're now three points behind leeds. wigan thrashed fourth placed salford, who are level on points with wakefield, who are fifth. just before i go, anotherfootball manager showing their funny side. we don't see it often. burnley manager sean dyche has been talking about the transfer window. he says he'd prefer to see it close before the premier league starts. last week, burnley sold striker andre gray to watford three days before their opening game. and now he knows exactly the type of player he wants to bring in. one that gets the ball, whacks it in the net a lot. i would say they are really helpful in a game of football. slightly more rounded qualities as well?
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no, the one that really whacks it even more in the net, even more than the bloke ijust said before. that's really helpful, i've found. there you have it. that's key strategy. i don't see a problem with that. he says what he wa nts problem with that. he says what he wants and he will go and find it. why not? straight to the point. the transfer window ends at the end of this month, so he hasn't got long. good luck to him. his wish list is quite high. if you were inspired by the world athletics championships and paras last month, you may well be interested in this next report. the country's first, so—called sidekick tri takes place today at eton dorney, in windsor. it's a new form of triathlon that sees people of all abilities compete together. mike went along to a training session to find out more. three, two, one. a triathlon swim
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like no other. because i am telling a kayak. steve buyer paralympic gold—medallist. she did her best, evenif gold—medallist. she did her best, even if i put her into a tight spot around the buoy. around us were people towing other boats and swimming as part of a team. because in this new event anything goes at it helps people of all abilities to get around together. chloe has been taken around a number of courses. he is now thrilled there is this sidekick tri event that allows them to compete without any boundaries. awesome. she absolutely loves the events. you can have able bodied, disabled, semi— disabled. it gives you an achievement. awesome. it's kind of like the paralympics but on
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a mass scale and for everyday superheroes. it's not just sportspeople, it is for anybody with a disability to come down and do sport and have a great day. for the cycling leg it was onto a tandem bike. iwas for the cycling leg it was onto a tandem bike. i was trying to keep my pedalling in time with anne's. but there are so many different ways people can write this part of the course. now we've just got the run! are you ready, eve? now the final leg, the 350 metres sprint. we are led off byjonnie peacock on the paralympic champion. eve likes to go fast! and jonnie peacock is one of the team captains. i will do the running if someone else can do the cycling and swimming. so many different combinations in this event. whether you are pushing, eve
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is only five. whether you are pulling a chair or doing... whatever way suits you. look at the speed! when you are told or child has a condition like this, you are worried about all the things they can't do, but this shows you they can do all of these things, itjust has to be different. i have ms and i haven't been able to take part in any sport for many years. i found this and it is something i can do and just to be pa rt of is something i can do and just to be part of something again. the last leg. well done. fantastic. she made it. she is the hero. what's your name? this is eve. the thing i've noticed today is nobody he was disabled. an event like today kind of makes the term disability com pletely of makes the term disability completely redundant. it is expected that some 2000 athletes will compete in this triathlon. everyone can be a
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winner in the eyes of their teammates. that's fantastic. so great to see so many ranges of abilities competing. yeah and pairing up. it's such a tea m yeah and pairing up. it's such a team bonding exercise to get through that together. what a great story. so inspirational. thanks very much. with the average person taking on 11 jobs during their career, it seems the idea of a job for life is increasingly becoming a thing of the past. but with different employers come different pension pots and that can mean keeping track of your finances can be confusing. as we have been finding out, the government is trying to simplify it. this is all of your pensions paperwork... 55—year—old john from newbury has had a job since he started work at the age of 20. he knows he has paid into a variety of pensions, but
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keeping hold of all the paperwork has been a problem. as i was reaching 55 i decided to review my pension situation and it was then that i realised that i knew very little about my pensions, except for the fact that i had one big pension when i worked at a company for quite a long period. the department for work and pensions estimate there is currently £400 million in an claim the pension savings. john worries he might be adding to the pot. definitely one of worked as a nurse i don't know what happened to that paperwork. no idea at all. later on when i worked in another company, i had no idea... i've got no paperwork. that was 20— 25 years ago. no, i haven't gotany paperwork. that was 20— 25 years ago. no, i haven't got any paperwork from that at all. john is not alone. the government have recognised that this is a big problem, so they asked the associations of british insurers to work with industry to create an online dashboard, a place where
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people can log on and see all their pensions in one place. this is the pension's dashboard? absolutely right. so for this hypersonic —— hypothetical test person, we found eight pensions. and you can see? they will be listed, so you can see that noah has their state pension, so you can get additional information. he also has two salary schemes. and you have also five... actually, another five schemes. and you have also five... actually, anotherfivejobs schemes. and you have also five... actually, another five jobs that he had. all of that together... it adds it allup? yes, had. all of that together... it adds it all up? yes, at the top. it says you got just over it all up? yes, at the top. it says you gotjust over £4000 a month to look forward to. lucky noah! he's very lucky. he is doing just fine. currently, 16 pension providers have signed up, accounting for 34 million pensions overall. but this is still
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less tha n pensions overall. but this is still less than half of all pensions. you have a coalition of the willing and that's great, but there's always a no—show. people have other priorities, trustees may have other priorities. there just has to be that clear signalfrom priorities. there just has to be that clear signal from government, this has to be done. if you don't do it you are breaking the law. and then we will actually have that sort of service for people. the dashboard should be available in 2019 and is the type of service that people like john will find invaluable when it comes to working out their income in retirement. that will affect many people. much more on that story on a programme called the death of retirement, on at noon on bbc radio. what's happening with the weather? good morning, one of those days when you may need a waterproof before you
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head out but not as bad as yesterday, showers fewer and further between, not as heavy but a keen breeze and that will be lively in scotla nd breeze and that will be lively in scotland because you are closer to an area of low pressure that is feeding the shower clouds at the moment and it's around that we have the rather cool air for this stage in august. but not a horrendous day by any means, a lot of dry weather to come, showers in the west this morning pushing eastwards into the afternoon but they will be not quite as heavy and we will start to see something drierfrom the as heavy and we will start to see something drier from the south with showers starting to dissipate. showers at their most frequent today will be in scotland but even here northern and eastern areas, a big improvement to yesterday with temperatures four or five degrees higher and we could get to 17 or 18. strong winds, feeling raw on the mountains. still breezy in northern ireland with occasional showers into the afternoon as we will see in northern england but further south the showers not only lighter than yesterday but much fewer of them, some in eastern and especially southern england will get away with
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a largely dry day with temperatures peaking in the south—east at around 20 or 22. showers continued to fade away tonight, still a few in northern scotland but with clear skies and light winds elsewhere. if you're camping tonight, take that warm sleeping bag because temperatures are going to drop quite a bit. five or six maybe in rural parts of northern england and scotla nd parts of northern england and scotland especially. then through sunday, this is an area of low pressure that contains the remnants of the hurricane and that complicates the forecast. people not sure about sunday. showers and a breeze in the far north—east of scotland, but most will have a lovely day with long spells of sunshine, especially in the morning. light winds, feeling warmer than over the past few days. in the south—west, wales and northern ireland will see cloud increasing, a grey afternoon with some outbreaks, some heavy in the irish sea later and that will slide down from the midlands to the south—east as we
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finish the afternoon and go into the evening. dry in the north of the uk into sunday but we see the rain working northwards into monday and then sunnier weather returns in the south on tuesday and note the temperatures, they will be on their way upjust temperatures, they will be on their way up just a little bit. temperatures, they will be on their way upjust a little bit. thanks, good to see the temperatures creeping up a bit. but rain on the forecast, that's not what we want! we will be back with the headlines but first it is time for click. this week spencer kelly and the team are in india to discover how the country is innovating for the future and using technology to solve problems of the past. get ready, your indian experience starts now.
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as soon as you step off the plane, india hits you like a big, hot wall of noise. it is everything you've ever imagined it to be. it is life turned up to 11. the first thing you'll notice will be the traffic. it's always the traffic. is the tip just to kind of step out? oh, this looks like a gap. the sound is deafening! everyone's honking. for 70 years this country has been independent of british rule and the cities that have sprung up around the old colonial grandeur seem chaotic, but they do kinda work. kinda. and india has found a niche in the wider world. half of its 1.2 billion people are aged 35 or under.
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maybe that's why it's known for its it know—how, its outsourcing. and the bosses of some of the biggest tech companies in the world are indian. but it hasn't had as much luck in taking over the world of consumer technology. after all, how many indian tech brands can you name? the truth is that although there is a middle class of consumers here willing to buy brands, it's not actually that big or that rich. we're here to find out how india is preparing for its future and, let me tell you, it is reaching for the stars. in 2013, india became the fourth spacefaring nation to launch a probe into orbit around mars and, unlike those who came before them, they did it on their first attempt.
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the indian space research 0rganisation, isro, has been gaining a reputation for doing tons of successful space stuff on a shoestring budget. their mars mission came in atjust $74 million, that's less than it cost to make the film gravity. and, in february this year, they made history again by launching a record 104 satellites on a single rocket. it could just be that india has created the perfect combination of big brains with big space experience, but a mentality for doing things on the cheap. just the sort of place you might go if you wanted to, say, land a robot on the moon for the space equivalent of small change. how confident are you that this will work? laughs welcome to the earthbound hq of team indus, one of a handful of start—ups competing
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for the google lunar xprize, that's $20 million for the first commercial company to land a rover on the moon. december, 2017, blast off. the team indus space craft goes into two days of earth orbit and then, boom, 4.5 days to the moon. 12 days of spiralling down to the surface and then if all goes well, out comes the rover, travels half a kilometre, sends back hd video and wins the prize. what could possibly go wrong? rahul narayan is the co—founder of team indus and has been here since the very start of the project, way back in 2010. at that point you had no idea how you would acheive it? yes, i googled it and figured out what wikipedia had to say about landing on the moon. you did an internet search on how to land on the moon? absolutely. laughs did it have any
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useful information? yes. it said there had been 85 attempts and i think every second attempt failed to the moon. six years later, there are around 100 people working very hard here, and it certainly looks like they know their space stuff. star wars in particular. even the toilets are appropriately labelled. and they've built themselves all the things that a serious space company should have, like a mission control room, a model lander that makes smoke, and a simulated lunar surface complete with a rover to go in it. just like national space agencies, testing every component and simulating every stage of the mission is a huge part of what they're doing here. we're making sure we do everything right. we're just not making it fancy. we are going to make it frugal, specific to the mission, but there's absolutely no corners that we're cutting. and, to look at it from a more philosophical way, we have one shot
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to win this. we don't have a flight spare, so if one blows up we can go and fly the other, we have to get this right. team indus is one of five start—ups from around the world who have secured launch contracts for their rovers. while they can't say for sure, they think they'll launch before any other team, and so perhaps be the first team to land and win! that's except for the fact that to save costs they have had to sell some of their spare launch weight to a competitor rover. japan's team hakuto will be onboard too. you're both going to get to the moon at the same time. yes. how is that going to work? it's whoever touches down first and whoever has the fastest rover? it's going to be crazy! in a manner of speaking, yes. so what do you expect to happen? so it's a race, it's going to be a very interesting race, and once we touch down and both the rovers are deployed, let's see which one
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makes 500m first. i would so put a laser gun on yours. i would so... imitates laser all of that assumes of course that the rovers make it to the moon in the first place. space exploration is a risky business and when it goes wrong, it tends to go really wrong. six years, hundreds of thousands of hours of effort and millions spent, and there's certainly a lot riding on getting things right. you mitigate the big pieces and then you start mitigating the smaller risks and at the end of the day, absolutely, one small wrong piece of code that somehow made it through could kill the entire mission. there is a word here in india that i think describes team indus's low—cost, make do approach. jugaad. i've come to the centre of mumbai, to dharavi — asia's second largest slum. here, in its tiny alleyways,
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"jugaad" is all around, as a desperately poor population reuses as much as is physically possible. built by workers who flocked to the city over hundreds of years, some of the houses here date back to the 18405. up ahead, there is a pile of shredded denim which they use for fuel. they burn it to fuel the kilns, just like they burn a lot of stuff forfuel here. and there is smoke everywhere here. you can really tell the air quality is very poor. you just have to take a few lungfuls and it starts to burn the back of your throat, it makes your eyes sting. the smoke is a necessary evil for the people of dharavi. like most of the developing world, pollution has been the price india is paying for a booming economy. the smog that gives mumbai its spectacular sunsets has also
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made it the fifth most polluted mega city in the world. and when the sun disappears before it hits the horizon, you can well believe it. in november, 2016, the indian government declared the air pollution in delhi a national emergency, with harmful pollutants more than 16 times the safe limit. and it's notjust caused by all that traffic. so, where does it come from? i was surprised to find out a lot of it comes from diesel generators. see, the electricity in india isn't very reliable, but there are plenty of businesses that need guaranteed power, so they have their own individual generators that fire up whenever the electricity goes down and that means there are loads of exhaust pipes like this all over the city, which regularly belch out all kinds of unpleasant stuff.
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hello. here in bangalore, we've come across a small project to capture the soot and turn it into art. so what we have built is a retrofit device that attaches to the exhaust pipe of the chimneys. this device can be attached to practically any exhaust pipe, irrespective of what is the age or type of engine you are running, and it captures practically whatever particle matter comes out of it. once you capture particle matter that is substantially carbon, which is like the basis of everything that exists in the world, at present we recycle it into inks, which we believe is something used by practically everyone on the planet. the headquarters of graviky labs is a mix of art studio and mad laboratory — the perfect combination, if you ask me! their so—called "air ink" does
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have a few restrictions. it will only ever come in black, and at the moment it's not good enough quality to be used in printers. graviky is giving it to artists, who are finding their own uses for it. painting and screenprinting, for example, for use on clothes and bags. and while the ink may only have limited uses at present, nikhil insists it is still better to put the carbon to good use rather than just collect it and dump it. there are many technologies that have captured pollution in one way or the other, they are all so supposed to do that, but if you don't recycle it you are actually leaving it for the future generations. i'm afraid that's all we have time for in the shortcut of click, the full—length
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version is for you on iplayer to watch right now and there's loads of extra photos from our trip to india on twitter @bbcclick. thanks for watching and we'll see you soon. hello. this is breakfast, with tina daheley and ben thompson. police say the man who carried out the barcelona van attack could still be at large. one key suspect has been shot dead, but a new search has begun for the man it's now believed was behind the wheel. 14 people died and more than 130 were injured during two separate attacks on the spanish coast. candlelit vigils have been held late into the night in tribute to the victims. good morning it's saturday, 19th august. also ahead: professor stephen hawking warns of an nhs crisis in england as he clashes with the health secretary jeremy hunt.
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