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this is bbc news. the headlines at 2pm: the hunt for younes abu—yaaqoub —the driver of the van that killed 13 people in barcelona, has gone europe wide. police say he may have escaped to france. ten us sailors are missing, after the collision of their warship with an oil tanker, in south east asia. tweeting abuse can be as devastating as shouting it. tough new guidelines to tackle aggressors on social media. we think far too often it's an under—reported crime; people think they have to put up with low—level hate and don't realise it's a crime. also in the next hour, across south asia, this season's monsoon rains have devastated huge areas. around eight hundred have died and more than a million others have had to leave their homes. how dash cams are helping make our roads safer, forcing people to be better drivers. and the race is on for a ringside seat, to a 100 year event in america.
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a total eclipse of the sun. i love it, i think it's cool, it's bringing out the best in everybody and everybody‘s together. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. spanish police have confirmed the identity of the driver, suspected of killing 13 people, in last week's terror attack in barcelona. they say younes abu—yaaqoub, is the only suspect still on the run, and he may have evaded capture by killing a man and stealing his car. the manhunt now extends across europe. well new cctv footage from the day of the attack, appears to show him fleeing the scene on foot. three images in the el pais newspaper allegedly show him walking through la booqueria market,
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wearing sunglasses, as he passes other people heading away from las ramblas. our correspondent gavin lee, has sent us this report from barcelona. this is younes abouyaaqoub, the suspect who drove into the crowd on las ramblas. he's still on the run and he's likely to be armed. abouyaaqoub appears to have been picked up on cctv, wearing sunglasses as he walked through the nearby market, past others fleeing the scene. in a press conference this morning, police gave more details of the suspect. of the incident at las ramblas. translation: we have identified the perpetrator of the incident at las ramblas. the investigation carried out by catalan police and various lines of inquiry can confirm the perpetrator of the attack is younes abouyaaqoub, who is 22 years old. the rest of the terror cell is said to be dead or under arrest. eight of the 12 attackers came from the pyrenees village of ripoll. police believe this man,
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abdelbaki es satty, the local imam, recruited and organised the group. the day before the attack he is thought to have accidentally killed himself preparing home—made bombs. it led to an explosion at this hideout in the remote coastal town of alcanar. the death toll now stands at 15 after police confirmed that abouyaaqoub stabbed and killed a spanish driver, pau perez, on the outskirts of the city, using his car to escape. there is now a europe—wide manhunt for his arrest. four days on, there's still no sign of where he's hiding out. let's go to our correspondent in barcelona. the death toll at 1a. what about the stabbing and stealing ofa car? what about the stabbing and stealing of a car? what the interior minister
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has said is that this man, about an hour and has said is that this man, about an hourand a has said is that this man, about an hour and a half from here, if you look behind me, 500 metres down this road is the journey the karthik. look behind me, 500 metres down this road is thejourney the karthik. it was on this corner where the car first mounted the pavement. 500 metres, then stopped. quite an iconic marketeer, that's where it stopped. the suspect abu yacoub, he got out just stopped. the suspect abu yacoub, he got outjust a few blocks down here, it is picked up on cctv, three different pictures of him. he walks foran hourand a different pictures of him. he walks for an hour and a half, walking up the rope. the spanish national was parking his car and stabbed then killed, the suspect carried on. he has not been seen since. what we know is there is a europe—wide search for him. french police have been informed. there is an increased patrol and checks on the french
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border now with spain. but also here, around these two particular areas, you have alcanar where the explosion happened with the imam who they believe did die in that explosion after the preparation for the bomb attack failed. and this other one, at ripoll. where eight of the ten attackers were from. that is still a big police presence. frankly they have very little idea of where he could be. they are putting this warning out to say to the public here, look how crowded it is, he is armed. he is dangerous. and it has been four days nas and c has been on the run. meanwhile, family members of the dead suspect say abdel—baki es satty was behind the radicalisation of their relatives. this is really interesting. will davies yesterday speaking to the family of two older brothers killed in the attack, the second attack, about a commenters south of fear in
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the region of tarragona, just in the coastal resort area where there was a second attack in the early hours of friday morning. they injured four people, but out of the car. a woman was killed after being stabbed, the police shot them dead. it was a female officer who shot four of them dead. what we're being told is that essentially the imam was part of that. the father of one of the men said his sons were radicalised by the imam. our colleagues in the bbc and in brussels have said in the past few minutes as well that the imam ofa past few minutes as well that the imam of a place in belgium has said that he applied for a job there for about five months and was reported to the authorities. this is the imam abdel—baki es satty who was reportedly radicalising these young men. it appears little happened, he came back a despairing caradon teaching. we are getting the sense ofa man teaching. we are getting the sense of a man who apparently was organising the attack. possibly with
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links to spain, belgium and madrid. he was in prison in 2012 would one of the key suspects of the biggest terror attacks in europe which happened 200a. we are getting a bigger idea of what actually happened here. thank you. rescue teams from malaysia, singapore and america, are searching for ten missing us sailors, after their warship collided with an oil tanker. the ussjohn s mccain, and a liberian—flagged vessel, hit each other near the straits of malacca. richard lister reports. the collision happened before dawn. guided missile destroyer uss john s mccain was holed up the water line as it steamed towards singapore for a routine visit. the us 7th fleet said several compartments were flooded including berths for crew members. ten sailors are missing, five were injured. a search and rescue operation is now under way involving ships from singapore and malaysia with support from the us navy. four of the injured were airlifted
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to hospital in singapore, though their conditions are not said to be life—threatening. in a tweet, president trump offered... as the rescue efforts continued. the other ship involved the liberian flagged tanker is bigger and heavier than the mccain, it continued to singapore with its cargo of fuel oil intact. such vessels cannot move quickly raising questions as to who was to blame. it indicates the destroyer could have turned across the front of the tanker which is an inadvisable thing to do in accordance with the rule of the road. it's not good seamanship. the collision happened in territory claimed by both singapore and malaysia and one of the busiest stretches of ocean in the world. the singapore strait carries around a third of all global shipping trade with ships arriving and leaving port in singapore at every 2—3 minutes.
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the malaysian authorities say the crash happened just outside a safety zone where shipping is separated into fixed lanes. we know the location of the incident. it is more or less at the entrance to the traffic separation, it is an area where no less than 80,000 vessels travel to the area per year. injune the mccain's sister ship uss fitzgerald was involved in a remarkably similar incident colliding with a container vessel off the coast of japan. seven american sailors died and the vessel almost sank, the 7th fleet blamed poor seamanship and removed the fitzgerald's commanding officer. the mccain limped into a singapore naval base but these warships are designed to respond to threats around them at all times and the us navy will be looking urgently at why two have now been involved in collisions injust two months.
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richard lister, bbc news. the london fire brigade, the mayor of london and safety groups have warned that more people will die from fires started by faulty white goods, if the government doesn't implement guidelines, made more than a year ago. they've sent a letter to theresa may in response to the grenfell tower fire, which it's thought was started in a fridge—freezer. it warns some products are still being sold with a flammable plastic backing. the letter also refers to a fire in august 2016 in shepherds bush, which began in a tumble dryer. let's talk to london fire brigade commissioner dany cotton. thank you forjoining us. i suspect you may not be able to say so, but there is quite a lot of anger that nothing seems to have changed in the last year? i do feel exceedingly frustrated about the fact that we have known about these products and theissues have known about these products and the issues with some of these for very long time. we can look as far
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back as 2010, when there was a fire death to white goods, and the coroner in their reports suggested that we need to find a better way of looking at product recalls and informing members of the public about dangerous goods. i do feel frustrated, that a year on from the shepherds caught fire, still there is no central place where a member of the public can go to and look to see if any of their white goods have been subject to a safety net is a product recall. who should be running register? i believe the government should run it. age is a central register, there would then be one place where members of the public can go to see if the public products in a home safe. the g re nfell tower products in a home safe. the grenfell tower may have focused minds that were not focused before. what are you hoping that dynamic will bring to this argument?” what are you hoping that dynamic will bring to this argument? i hope that people will look at all of the fires that have been involved, we have had nine people lose their
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lives in fires that have involved fa u lty lives in fires that have involved faulty white goods. i hope they will focus peoples minds to understand this is a serious issue, this is something that can affect anybody. lots of people have got this product in their homes for and are unaware they can essentially because of a fire. i really hope the people now concentrate on the fact that we need to give people the reassurance and the ability to find out that the goods, everyday goods we all have in oui’ goods, everyday goods we all have in our homes, our goods, everyday goods we all have in oui’ homes, oui’ say. goods, everyday goods we all have in our homes, our say. for me, goods, everyday goods we all have in our homes, oursay. for me, it's goods, everyday goods we all have in our homes, our say. for me, it's not a difficult task. it's a simple thing to have a central website where you can type in the manufacturer and the model of your product and check to see it safe. the government say it's already there. the consumer minister said there. the consumer minister said the product recall website at one stop shop product recall, they already have that. that's what it's for? unfortunately that website does ta ke for? unfortunately that website does take you to a number of different other websites. i want a single website where one person can go to and type the details in, not to have to be redirected to other
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manufacturer ‘s websites or look at other documents. i wanted to be as simple as possible for everybody to gain the information and to keep them safe in their own homes. what can people look out for when they are buying these goods in the first place? is there a mark they can see that guarantees they are not buying something that could kill them? clearly, manufacturers don't sell products deliberately knowing they can kill people. the products that are on sale at the moment are generally safe. they are designed to be safe. it's if faults developed later on the manufacturer ‘s commitment subject to recall. for me there is a responsibility from manufacturers about how they produce those products. there are still some products now where they have plastic backing, so if there is a fault, anything like the installation inside catching fire, it will spread very quickly. it's easy to make products with noncombustible backing. i would urge all benefactors to start looking at that 110w. benefactors to start looking at that now. it's their consumers, the members of the public they are selling to, it's their responsibility to ensure their
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products to add to any danger for people in their own homes. the most powerful image conjured up when talking about this is grenfell tower. i just talking about this is grenfell tower. ijust wonder, in the weeks, the months since, what changes have already been brought in by you and your colleagues to make easier is the wrong word... but, to make your collea g u es the wrong word... but, to make your colleagues more able to deal with something like that in future? as you will appreciate, everything that surrounded grenfell is now subject toa surrounded grenfell is now subject to a public enquiry and police investigation. i have been very clear to state that london fire brigade will look what happened on the night. if there is anything we can do to change things immediately, we will not wait for the outcome of an enquiry. we will implement anything. we have looked equipment are procedures, obviously as things go forward there is new and is available. we will look to all of those to ensure that the london firefighters have the best possible and are safe to carry on doing their jobs in the future. very good of you
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to give us your time. thank you. the headlines on bbc news: the hunt for younes abu—yaaqoub —the driver of the van that killed 13 people in barcelona, has gone europe wide. police say he may have escaped to france. ten us sailors are missing, after the collision of their warship with an oil tanker, in south east asia. tweeting abuse can be as devastating as shouting it. tough new guidelines to tackle aggressors on social media. and in sport... wembley woes for spurs. they lost their first premier league match after moving there for a season. league match after moving there for a season. chelsea beat them 2—1 and antonio conte has issued a warning that other clubs will feel inspired to play them in the national stadium. neymar has been showing off his £200 million price tag. the brazilian scored two and set up two goals for paris st germain, including winning a penalty, thrashing to lose exciting too. and
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mo farah's thrashing to lose exciting too. and mo fa rah's glittering thrashing to lose exciting too. and mo farah's glittering track career will come to an end over 5000 metres at the diamond league final in zurich on thursday. all that all, just after past. hate crimes committed online, are to be prosecuted as seriously as offences carried out face to face. new guidelines for england and wales mean the crown prosecution service will seek tougher penalties for abuse on social media, claiming the impact of tweeting abuse, can be just as devastating, as shouting it. here's our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani. rhodri colwyn philipps, the fourth viscount st davids, jailed last month for racially aggravated threats on facebook against gina miller, the businesswoman behind the brexit legal challenge. she said she felt violated by his shocking comments, just one of many online attacks she suffered. now, the crown prosecution service says these kinds of crimes must be dealt with as robustly as offences on the street. it's promising a tougher response, to build public confidence. there were more than 15,000 hate crime prosecutions in 2015—2016,
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the highest number ever, and a third of those convicted saw their sentence increased. but the number of cases referred by police to prosecutors fell by almost 10%, a drop the cps says it is investigating. i hope that the difference is that the guidance and the public statements will make is that people will feel more confident to report hate crime, that they will understand they don't have to put up with the abuse that they might feel that they just have to because they're disabled, because of their religion, because of their sexuality, and that they will feel confident to come forward, knowing that we can support them, and that we will prosecute these crimes where we have sufficient evidence. 0nline hate comes in many forms, as kaye medcalf knows. kaye is among transgender people who don't define themselves as either men or women and makes them more of a target for online abuse. people were messaging me into my inbox.
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people were saying horrible things about me, saying saying that i wanted a tranny loo, that i was an "it", using dehumanising language, calling me a lesbian, purposely misgendering me, saying that i was mentally unwell... i think it has affected myself confidence, and it has made me find it difficult to trust other people. i get very nervous about what i put out online, and i get nervous when meeting people, in case something awful is going to happen, and that, i think, overall isolates you. from now on, prosecutors must give more consideration to complex cases like kaye's. some critics say police and prosecutors still move too slowly on hate crime, but the cps says it is determined to create the best possible chance of achieving justice for all victims. dominic casciani, bbc news. with me is david tucker, head of crime and criminaljustice at the college of policing. we should just explain, the college
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of policing. you set the standard as to how officers are trained in dealing with this sort of thing. actually rather important, in terms of setting attitude, if you like. we set the standards. we're trying to drive professionalisation to developing knowledge of what works in policing, and educating police officers and police staff in how to deliver services so we do the best we possibly can with the resources we possibly can with the resources we have got. so why has it taken so long for this particular aspect of hate crime to be made as serious as others? this is a recommendation and an announcement from the cps. the police have been dealing with a crime for a very long time. the behaviour is exactly the same. the outcomes are exactly the same. whether on or off—line. what the cps are saying today is that they want to give the same approach, the same seriousness to that, and the police have been taking that approach for
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some time. the difficulty is that many of the online attacks of these nature are anonymous, the cowards who do it hide behind that. does that mean the level of investigation required is going to be so much greater? some will say it will be a waste of time. there are certainly challenges presented by people who hide behind that cloak of anonymity. there is also the opportunity that we have a link between the person who was abused and the person abusing. what we need to be able to do is, in those cases where we can solve the crime, that we get the right people involved, we give them the right skills to be able to trace the right skills to be able to trace the people, then that very link creates an evidential line, which again gives us an opportunity. yes, on one hand it is very difficult sometimes, but on the other hand there are real opportunities. what policing has got to be about is using everything we can to make people safe and make them feel safer. is there a resource issue here? you will need computers obviously that this sort of thing, and smart, schools people to do it.
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clearly there is an issue around her urbanisation. we need to make sure we use police resources in the best way we possibly can, to make people safer. dealing with hate crime effectively is part of that agenda. we know there has been quite a significant change in demand, the couege significant change in demand, the college of policing did some research recently shoving a change in demand from traditional inquisitive type crime more into safeguarding and public protection type work now. that takes more understanding of what goes on behind—the—scenes, real deep understanding of not just behind—the—scenes, real deep understanding of notjust dealing with the issue that is presented but what has gone on before. the college of policing is trying to drive on that level of professionalisation among policing so we have a much better understanding and we can be more effective using our resources ina more effective using our resources in a better way. it's going to be an uphill battle giving many of those have complained of these crimes in the past saying frankly the police did not take them seriously. there have been as criticisms. in some
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cases that might have been fair. not because the police didn't care, but because the police didn't care, but because we were not quite clear how to deal with things. there was a much greater understanding now. there are many cases where there are people serving jail sentences for this very form of behaviour. is a very good story to tell. people are coming forward, telling us more about these types of crimes because they have a greater confidence in policing. thejob for the they have a greater confidence in policing. the job for the college of policing. the job for the college of policing is to drive up that confidence, so people come forward and we can be more effective in keeping people safe. the hope is the headlines like this will persuade people to come forward. that's exactly right, your anonymity is not safe, we will find you, and we will prosecute you when we do. thank you very much. the government has published more details, of its brexit negotiating strategy. the position papers outlining the uk's approach to confidentiality, as well as access to official documents have been released, ahead of the third round of negotiations. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is at westminster.
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you can tell us perhaps, in fact, no, iwant you can tell us perhaps, in fact, no, i want to go to adam flemings in brussels. adam! have you got this list? what is your favourite bed? brussels. adam! have you got this list? what is yourfavourite bed? i think it's quite lengthy, isn't it? funny you should say that, this is what i have been using, my new brexit binder. this is all the official documents relating to the brexit negotiations. starting with the instructions given to michel barnier by the european council, then moving onto the nine position papers that were published by the european commission on a whole range of legal issues to do with the brexit process. the second half of this massive folder is all the position papers that the uk has been publishing in the last couple of weeks. position papers are official documents, quite legalistic, quite detailed, which actually on the table, in the negotiations metaphorically. in that michel barnier and his officials from the eu side and david davis and his
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officials from the uk side go through the documents, and they are the basis for the negotiations. they are looking for points of agreement and disagreement, and point of clarification. the two newest documents at the end of here are the ones published by the uk today. one very technical one which is about confidentiality of eu and uk documents during and after this process. the most significant one is, to give it its technical name, goods on the market. that is what happens to products that are on sale in the eu and the uk, in the days and the run—up to brexit, to make sure they can continue to be on sale after brexit in the days, weeks and months. while it all sounds very technical and legalistic, the uk is trying to make quite a big political points with their document. they are trying to widen the scope of what is considered a good on the market, the commission wanted to be products that are for sale at that point. the uk wants to make it a much more generous interpretation, to include
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things that have been manufactured. they are trying to get a little political point in my trying to talk about the future trade deals between the eu and the uk. the eu is not quite ready to talk about that yet. i shall let you get back to your reading. thanks very much. for the first time in nearly a hundred years, a total eclipse of the sun, will cross coast to coast, across america. it will travel nearly two—and—a—half—thousand miles over ten states, from oregon in the west, through kansas, to south carolina in the east. millions of people have travelled to the us, to see the eclipse for themselves, and one of the towns hosting a fresh influx of visitors is hopkinsville in kentucky, from where our correspondent nada tawfik has sent us this report. eclipse mania has arrived. in the small town of hopkinsville, kentucky, this is the largest party they've ever thrown. officially eclipseville for the big day, here is where the best, and one of the longest, views of the spectacular moment of darkness will be. the locals are over the moon.
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people used to say, "where is hopkinsville? " now, no one will ever have to say it. i love it. i think it's cool. it's bringing out the best in everybody and everybody is together. i love it. to deal with the overwhelming preparations, this quiet community of 30,000 appointed a special solar eclipse coordinator. mayor carter hendricks says this has been years in the making. about ten years ago we received a phone call from a scientist asking about the eclipse and if they could book hotel rooms. that was the first time we'd heard about it. at the downtown festival, there are dozens of vendors, selling everything from eclipse t—shirts to eclipse artwork and glasses. officials are hoping this will give the local economy a needed boost. the demand is stretching some businesses to their limit. at this local hamburger place, they have been struggling to serve up food fast enough. people have been nonstop today. and it's been nonstop for campsites,
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welcoming out of towners. what also makes hopkinsville such an ideal location to view the eclipse is the expansive farmland. it's the perfect location to host the masses of spectators that have descended on the small town, from all around the country and the world. in this campsite, there are people who have travelled as far as canada, uk, and even australia. carl is from melbourne. he has made a vow to see as many total solar eclipses as possible in his lifetime. seeing a partial eclipse is like going to church but seeing a total eclipse, a total solar eclipse, is like meeting god, or seeing god. the moment of totality will last two minutes and a0 seconds here, but the memory will leave a permanent mark on this rural community. with me now is the bbc science correspondent rebecca morelle. we better just explain
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we betterjust explain exactly what scientifically this is. well, not only is it one of the most awe—inspiring astronomical sites you can see, it's also down to a really beautiful celestial alignment. basically, when the moon orbits around the earth, on occasion they can get in between the earth and the sun. and totally block the sun out. that's because of a nice coincidence, basically. the son is 400 times smaller than the sun, but the samples much for the —— but 400 times further away than the moon. they appear as the same size in the sky. when the moon covers the sun, it totally block set out giving that marvellous effect. these pictures from august 19 99. that magical moment when totality hits, you get that ring. the diamond ring effect.
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the final blatant way you see the sun ‘s corona, which is its atmosphere. at the end you get these beads, the coolest, because they are like little beads dancing around on the side of the sun. it's essentially where the sun ‘s rays are flowing through the valleys and craters on the moon. you are actually seeing the moon ‘s topography when you see there's beads appear. then you get total darkness. in america, this will last about two minutes, after two minutes 40 seconds. you can get some eclipses which are small and six minutes. 0ne eclipses which are small and six minutes. one in a few years' time, in about 30 or 40 years, is going to last seven and a half minutes. in 2186, ever the last seven years. in 2186? put it in the diary. ijust wa nt to 2186? put it in the diary. ijust want to show you a picture of depo bay 0rigen, this is live. —— deep bay in oregon. i was in cornwall when we had one, it was foggy, you
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thought it would be awful. it was still magical, because of the effect on nature. that's it. the animals start to think it's night time. birds head back to their nests to roost, you get some of the night—time animals coming out, like owls. the cricket start chirping. it is this really sort of amazing effect that you can actually get from seeing an eclipse. they are only short, only a couple of minutes, but that temperature dip as well, the darkness falling. you know, it is nature's greater spectacle. you can understand in the old days, long before you and i were around, quite scary for people. yeah, in china in ancient times they thought an eclipse was basically a celestial dragon devouring the sun. it must have been absolutely petrifying. by witnessing eclipses, people did start to be able to learn about the moon and the sun. and actually chart when these eclipses happen. i think the ptolemy...
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excuse me. i'll take your word for! just trying to show off my greek knowledge there. it nearly worked. he was able to actually look at the lunar orbit, the way the earth was moving around the sun. they can tell usa moving around the sun. they can tell us a great deal. useful for science as well, we have discovered helium by looking at the sun and its corona. 0f by looking at the sun and its corona. of course, the son's corona, this gassy atmosphere outside, the only time you can see that is during a total eclipse. of course, you are advised if you are going to watch this thing to wear your special eclipse glasses, because you can cause a great deal of damage to your eyes by staring at the sun. nobody watching us right now has access to it, so we are all right. speak to you later. and you can watch live coverage of the solar eclipse at 6'clock tonight, on the bbc news channel. now darren bett has the weather.
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cloudy skies across many parts of the country. some breaks in the south—west, this is where we'll see the highest temperature, with warm and muggy air. sunshine towards the north—east where it's cooler and fresher. the cloud working its way northwards bringing rain across northern ireland and northern england, into scotland. warmth in the south—west. temperatures into low 20s. this rain continues north to move away from northern ireland and northern england but making further progress across scotland where we have some breaks further south and it will turn misty with a lot of low cloud. tomorrow starts off gloomy and misty. that rain continues north across scotland, we'll see it brighten up across more of england and wales. it could introduce one or two showers, wetter weather developing across northern ireland, later into south—west scotland. it will feel really warm in the south.
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hello, this is bbc news with the headlines. the hunt for the driver suspected of killing 13 people in last week's attack in barcelona has been extended across europe. authorities say they cant rule out the possibility that the suspect has slipped across the border to france. ten us navy sailors are missing and five have been injured after a us destroyer and an oil tanker collided near singapore. us military helicopters as well as the singaporean and malaysian navies are currently conducting search and rescue operations. 0nline hate crimes should be treated as seriously as abuse committed face—to—face according to the crown prosecution service. it's issued new guidelines for prosecutors in england and wales encouraging them to seek tougher penalties for abuse on social media. skywatchers in the united states are preparing for the spectacular sight of a total solar eclipse. those directly in the path of deepest shadow will witness the sun's light blocked out for up
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to two minutes and 40 seconds. now let us go over to the bbc sports centre and leah is there. marcus alonso scored twice as spurs we re marcus alonso scored twice as spurs were beaten. conte says the atmosphere is great but the totte n ha m atmosphere is great but the tottenham manager insists his players can cope. it doesn't affect me, yes. buti players can cope. it doesn't affect me, yes. but i understand that we need to talk. everyone need to talk but today it's the wembley ethic, it's not the reason because we lose the game, i think the team played really well and it's not fair to
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blame again wembley because wembley is for me, one of the best places in the world, if not the world's best place to play football. nay more showed psg what they are getting for their £200 million playing in the first home game since leaving brazil. he set up two goals and scored two. he also won a penalty. ibrahimovic has been showing off how strong his knee is after posting a video of himself kicking a punching bag. he posted the words "which knee" along with the video. he suffered ligament damage and remains out of contract and without a club but is still wanted byjose mourinho if he can get back to full fitness. matt phillips, steven phlegmer and
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stephen whittaker have been called up stephen whittaker have been called up ahead of the group fixture force scotland. homophobic fans chanting at birmingham supporters during the premier league match on saturday have been condemned. the abuse began in the closing stages of the game which the hosts won. the club say they're disappointed which the hosts won. the club say they‘ re disappointed but which the hosts won. the club say they're disappointed but praised the actions of stewards. police have confirmed two leicester fans were arrested for homophobic chants. it's been confirmed manchester city midfielder nasri willjoin turkish side antayaspar on a two—year deal. hejoined city back in side antayaspar on a two—year deal. he joined city back in 2011. scotland's matthews said she'd like
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to captain europe at the 2019 solheim cup. the usa beat europe's women to retain the cup yesterday with a 16.5 to 11. 5 victory at iowa. the next solheim to be held at gleneagles. mo farah's contract will come to an end on thursday. yesterday he won his last ever track race in britain with victory in the men's 3,000 metres at the birmingham diamond league meeting. the 34—year—old is turning his attention to marathon running but hasn't announced exactly when he'll hit the road. it's difficult to predict in terms of how much wear and tear there already is in the system and when that will start to have a negative effect. that is something that nobody can predict. i think one of the great things with mo is, he's both physically and psychologically robust and resilient. hopefully that
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resilience will continue. if it does, i can't see why he can't have an pel lent marathon career. -- an excellent career. that's all from me. across south asia, this season's monsoon rains have devastated huge areas, killing around eight hundred people. more than a million others have had to leave their homes, with food shortages and the threat disease ever present.. parts of nepal and india have been badly affected, and in bangladesh, the flooding is thought to be the worst for 30 years. sanjoy majumder has sent this report from northern bangladesh. people have settled on any part of dry land they can find. a partially submerged bridge is home to this family who've been here over a week. they brought with them whatever possessions they could carry and
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also their cattle. the flood washed away our home. we were able to quickly grab some things and our animals. many of bangladesh's major rivers flowed through here which is why it's the worst affected part of the country. many of bangladesh's major rivers flow through here, which is why it is the worst affected part of the country. this is the brahmaputra river, one of the world's largest. it flows into bangladesh from india. what's happened is because of heavy monsoon rain, it's breached its banks and the entire area around it is flooded. these people here have taken up the only sliver of land that's been left untouched. aid workers are trying their best to get relief to flood victims but there's a massive scramble, such as the need for something as basic as drinking water. and inevitably many are left out. the number of people affected is simply too high. it's now a race against time, to get to those affected before it's too late. could dash cams mounted
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as standard in most cars, help curb dangerous driving? well insurers say they can be crucial, in helping apportion blame in accident cases, and a pilot scheme in wales, where drivers were encouraged to pass footage to the police, has been so successful, it's being extended. in other parts of the uk, dash cams are also being looked at as a possible way to maintain road safety, as lorna gordon explains. an evening drive in fife earlier this year. violet connor was driving a short distance in her car on a road she knows well, when this happened. the driver of the other car blamed her for the crash, but violet used the footage recorded by her dashcam to show she'd done nothing wrong. violet's car was written off, but the dashcam that yeah, ijust sat in the car for a few minutes. i was quite shaky, so, obviously,
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with having the dashcam, i believe that helped me. that helped, cos they were disputing, the other party was disputing, so the dashcam definitely helped me. dashcams record what the driver of a car sees on the road ahead. when there's an accident, the footage the dashcam records can prove whether the driver is in the clear or, indeed, whether they were at fault. some footage has ended up showing questionable behaviour out on our roads which could have put others at risk. in north wales, police investigate footage sent in by motorists. it's resulted in action against some drivers and has been so successful the scheme is about to be expanded. the footage is varied that we get, some of which has been horrendously shocking, and it's only right that, as an organisation, we take it forward and prosecute that person. we cannot be everywhere for everyone, and it gives us an extra set of eyes on the road
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24/7 recording what is footage that can be used in court. insurers say dashcam footage can provide valuable evidence in the event of a crash. some companies lower their premiums for drivers who have the technology in their cars. campaign group big brother watch argues dashcams are a breach of privacy. you could look at this as though the police are effectively asking society to snoop on one another. film everything you see whilst you are driving along in your car, and if there is something that you think is a bit dangerous or you don't like it, send it to us and we'll make a decision about it. that's quite different from, everybody gets along fine, but if you're involved in an accident it's very helpful for us to have the evidence so we can determine who's guilty and who's not. violet connor says she would never drive without her dashcam now, and believes our roads would be safer if we all had them in our cars.
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lorna gordon, bbc news. tomorrow marks three months, since the terror attack at the manchester arena, which left twenty—two people dead, and many more injured. around 18 million pounds has been raised to help survivors and victims families, and the image of the worker bee, long associated with manchester, has become a symbol of unity and strength for the city, after the tragedy. john maguire reports. i'm hailing a london black cab, but this one is manchester through and through. behind the wheel isjohn constadine, he's deeply passionate about his home city. with it being the world's first industrial city, the world's first industrial city, the busy worker bee is now representing that support, that standing in solidarity against anyone who tries to sort of affect our way of life. it's really poignant at the moment that the bee's come right through. the worker bee's come right through. the worker bee has long been one of the city's
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emblems, symbolising the industriousness of its past and its people. russell has been adorning manchester's walls with bees for yea rs manchester's walls with bees for years but now he's receiving more commissions than ever. 0n years but now he's receiving more commissions than ever. on this wall, 22 bees to honour the 22 victims of the arena bombing. it's a prominent spot so a lot of people will see it. it just spot so a lot of people will see it. itjust means spot so a lot of people will see it. it just means people spot so a lot of people will see it. itjust means people won't forget about what's happened, even though we get over things that happen, you know, the people will see it and still remember. it will be a lasting kind of monument in a way. permanence in paint and also in ink as tattoo artists have raised money for the victims' families. a the city's children's hospital, the largest in the uk, i meet a consultant, one of the team that fought to save young lives after the attack. an amazing feeling of team work and community, all those things came together at one time so i've never seen the hospital quite so
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busyin never seen the hospital quite so busy in terms of all the activity. dr fortune wanted to show his support and solidarity. dr fortune wanted to show his support and solidaritylj dr fortune wanted to show his support and solidarity. i was chatting to some of any nursing collea g u es chatting to some of any nursing colleagues and said i might get a bee t—shirt or something, to which a distinct face was pull and after a bit of conversation, i said well, do you know what, if someone sponsors me maybe i'll go for it and really well one thing led to another. i put it onjust giving well one thing led to another. i put it on just giving and i hoped to raise about £2,500 but i hit that within a couple of days so i doubled my target to £5,000 an right now it stands at £#k 500 and it's still open if anyone wants to donate. the money will go to the children's hospital. last month the funeral of the youngest person to die was held at manchester cathedral. saffie roussos just eight years old, described by her father during the service as a superstar many the making, a 22nd bee is to be added to the children's choir stalls in
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memory of those killed. this is to remind us of the tragedy, but also it's to remind us that this place stands for a variety of things, but it's also a place of hope. one evil cowardly act that night three months ago was the catalyst for so much good. the we love manchester emergency fund has raised more than £18 million and counting. as for the city and its celebrated symbol, the worker bees are as busy as ever. john maguire, bbc news, manchester. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first the headlines on bbc news: the hunt for younes abuyaaqoub the driver of the van that killed 13 people in barcelona, has gone europe wide. police say he may have escaped to france. ten us sailors are missing, after the collision of their warship with an oil tanker, in south east asia. tweeting abuse can be as devastating as shouting it. tough new guidelines to tackle aggressors on social media. in the business news;
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the chinese car company "great wall motor " says it's interested in buying some or all of american carmaker fiat chrysler. the two sides have already reportedly held talks about chrysler'sjeep brand. now great wall wants to hold more talks. we've been spending a lot more on our credit and debit cards this year transactions are up by 12% on last year. but now lenders are facing tough new rules to make sure they are lending responsibly. more than 100 technology leaders are calling on the un to prevent the development of so—called "killer robots". leading names in artificial intelligence, like elon musk, have warned of "a third revolution in warfare. ifa
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if a deal happens with chrysler, it could be one of the biggest deals ever done. michelle is back with us. how is news of this possible deal being viewed in america? well, you have to remember thatjeep is a name with a long history, used by the us army for years and it's really considered in many ways the crown jewel of fiat, its most valuable property. for great wall, the appeal is not just property. for great wall, the appeal is notjust the value and how many ca rs is notjust the value and how many cars it sells but it will gain an entryway potentially into the us market, it would be a huge step seeing a chinese car maker buying into essentially what was one of the big three car makers here in the us. i was just big three car makers here in the us. i wasjust thinking, big three car makers here in the us. i was just thinking, there's not just a great cultural resonance to
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this, big american grand, it being possibly taken over bay chinese company. there are also political implications surely. we now have trump's stance in terms of foreign trade and jobs being in america, so one would suspect that an acquisition from a chinese company which we should point out hasn't been confirmed yet that it's even approached fiat chrysler yet, but if this were to go through, if there we re this were to go through, if there were an approach, one suspects administrations eyebrows might be raised. there is a congressional committee that could look into foreign take—overs, whether or not this would be a priority for the administration it's not clear but certainly the outgoing steve bannon from the administration was always very wary about and talked about a trade war with china, whether these sorts of deals would fall under the category of things that would cause concern. we'll have to wait and see about that. but under this
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administration, it's certainly something one would look out for. but investors cheered by this news in terms of fiat chrysler? well, i think it's a way of unlocking value. if you look at it, it's considered the most valuable part of fiat chrysler so if the company can find a way to perhaps sell off the cheap brand instead of the whole company, it's a way of getting access to more cash for that. typically, that tends to please investors, so that is not perhaps so surprising that they've reacted positively to use of the overtures. thank you very much. crawford falkner has more than 25 yea rs crawford falkner has more than 25 years trade experience. the uk wants to strike more trade deals as we leave the uk. spare a thought for the boss of the 100 ftse companies in the list. their pay has fallen
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according to accountency firm deloitte. the company says it looks as though policies aimed at capping bosses' pay may be work. you could be infora bosses' pay may be work. you could be in for a nasty surprise if you charge your electric car at the same time as using other appliances like the kettle. the national grid says using a powerful car charger could trip a using a powerful car charger could tripa mains using a powerful car charger could trip a mains fuse if used along with heaters and ovens. a look at the markets now. not very good, a lot of red there. the ftse struggling all day to stay in positive territory. ba rclays day to stay in positive territory. barclays and rbs snares losing ground. the biggest loser has been friends provident. shire is also under pressure. —— rbs shares losing ground. the pound is up against the dollar and the euro. scammers are increasingly taking advantage of the good will of people
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looking to make donations to help in the aftermath of major tragedies, an investigation by the victoria derbyshire programme has found. the uk's fraud reporting centre — action fraud — has highlighted examples of fake fund—raising websites set up in the aftermath of the grenfell tower fire that they've managed to take down. but the investigation also found examples of organisations, which look like charities but aren't, raising money on the street. so how can people be sure that money donated is going to legitimate causes? sean dilley reports. with more than 200,000 registered charities in the uk, you're not going to struggle to find a good cause to donate your hard—earned cash to. last year, the british public donated around £10 billion to good causes. so, how can we be sure that the money that we give on the street or online is actually going to the causes we want to support? we're buying mobility scooters for disabled adults and children. 0h, right? superman here is salim sayed, or super si. he is raising money for something called the happiness foundation, which claims it buys mobility scooters for local people.
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that sounds great, but it might not be the case. this happiness foundation is not a registered company or charity. fundraising like this is not illegal, but it makes it very hard to check that they do what they claim. 0nline, a number of people have raised concerns about this happiness foundation. there was two complaints in 2014 on the happiness foundation facebook page. and this has been a problem for a not—for—profit company also called the happiness foundation. we were presenting to football's governing bodies, and i felt embarrassed. why should i be embarrassed? i haven't done anything wrong. but i felt embarrassed because i knew that if they did a search, perhaps that would come up. we tried to talk to salim sayed, but he hasn't responded to our messages. we did manage to track down one of the men behind the happiness foundation, marcus leavsley. he told us they weren't pretending to be kath temple's happiness foundation, and they do provide mobility scooters for disabled people —
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though he wouldn't show us any evidence for this. hello, is marcus leavsley around, please? thank you. door slams. are you there, mr leavsley? i've spoken to a man who admits he used to steal money from charity collections. we'll call him steve. he worked for companies that raised money for armed forces charities through bucket collections and competition ticket sales. but a big chunk of the cash ended up in his and his colleagues' pockets. the term was a brucie bonus. was that a one—off, or was this more widespread? pretty much. i would say a good 80% of us were doing it. did you not feel that you were taking advantage of the public‘s generosity? yes, at times. i mean, it was. solicitor robert craig is a specialist in charity law. he says the public need to take a careful look before donating to apparently good causes. i don't think you can expect the police to do much more than deal with very obvious cases.
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it's to do with, what's the public interest in pursuing it? and how likely are they to get a conviction? there were more than 800 reports to action fraud about suspected charity scams in the last year. some of them were trying to profit from recent disasters. a very recent example, and a very tragic example, would be websites and just giving pages being set up in support of the grenfell tower incident. we set up a process where we could monitor any new websites that were being set up with a link to grenfell tower. on the first day we set up the process, one that we did establish was a fraudulent website, we managed to get that website taken down on the same day and the bank account blocked. so, how do we avoid being duped by fake charities? the regulator, the charity commission, has this advice... check that street fundraisers have a charity registration number. that they are happy to give further information when asked. and when donating online, avoid requests to give cash via money transfer companies. this is a common scam.
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the fast majority of fundraising is legitimate. but we found grey areas where it's all but impossible to check where your money ends up. and there are scammers that are prepared to go to ever more sophisticated lengths to snatch money from those who most need it. with authorities' resources stretched, it increasingly falls to us to make sure that our cash is going where we want it to. at midday today this familiar sound rung out across westminster for the last time before work begins. big ben isn't due to chime again except for special
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occasions until 2021. it's part of a major refurbishment at the houses of parliament, which will see the elizabeth tower, the clock and the bell frame are repaired and cleaned. here is the weather with darren bett. we have some humid air before some cloud later on. some breaks beginning to arrive in that humid tropical air in the south—west where we'll see the highest temperatures in—between this zone of thicker cloud and we'll cee loer cloud which is quite grey as well and outbreaks of rain developing along that weather front which is moving towards scotland and northern ireland. towards the south—west, we are seeing sunshine already and it's going to be warm and muggy here, improving through the west country, south wales. temperatures into the low 20s. not
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as warm where we keep the cloud across the south—east, into northern england though outbreaks of rain will move in here. always wetter across the irish sea into northern ireland where it's cool. up into the south—west of scotland, turning wet here as well. brighter air with hazy sunshine. the rain will push north into scotland and will move away from northern england and northern ireland. further south the break also fill in with fog. misty and murky with low cloud and hill fog. we are left with a really warm night. as we head into tuesday, that rain continues north across scotland, it slowly brightens across scotland, it slowly brightens across more of england and wales. some sunshine coming through could trigger one or two showers pushing northwards. the wetter weather developing over the irish sea. we could be looking at 26 or 27
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potentially in the south. cooler feels for the north. humid air in—between the two weather fronts. fresher air introduced from the atla ntic fresher air introduced from the atlantic on wednesday. the wetter weather continues across the northern half of the uk, particularly into scotland. then the sunnier skies and a few showers follow on, still some warmth across east anglia and the south—east. mid 20s quite possible. we are all into the fresher air by thushz and with low pressure still there in the north—west, getting closer to northern ireland, it's likely to turn wetter here, some showers around in the north—west too and it's brighter in the south—east. this is bbc news. the headlines at 3pm:
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the hunt for younes abuyaaqoub — the driver of the van that killed 13 people in barcelona — has gone europe wide. police say he may have escaped to france. ten us sailors are missing, after the collision of their warship with an oil tanker, in south east asia. tweeting abuse can be as devastating as shouting it. tough new guidelines to tackle aggressors on social media. we think far too often it's an under—reported crime. people think they have to put up with low—level hate and don't realise it's a crime. also in the next hour: across south asia, this season's monsoon rains have devastated huge areas. around eight hundred have died and more than a million others have had to leave their homes. how dash cams are helping make our roads safer, forcing people to be better drivers. and millions of americans rush to get a ringside seat
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