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this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00: victory for the yes campaign in the republic of ireland as voters reject strict abortion laws in a landmark referendum. today is an historic day for ireland. a quiet revolution has taken place and today is a great act of democracy. real madrid claim the champions league title with a 3—1win over liverpool. the leaders of north and south korea agree to meet more regularly following surprise talks aimed at resurrecting a possible summit with the us. since when do you know how to fly? 190 years old ? since when do you know how to fly? 190 years old? you look great! and when han met chewie: mark kermode and jane hill discuss solo: a star wars story, along with the rest of this week's releases on the film review. good evening and
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welcome to bbc news. voters in ireland have overwhelmingly rejected their country's strict anti—abortion laws and backed reform in a landmark referendum. more than 66% of voters supported the calls for change in a move that once would have been unthinkable. for decades, irish women who wanted to terminate a pregnancy had to travel abroad, while many faced shame and stigma at home. the prime minister leo varadkar called today's result a "quiet revolution" for his country. the no campaign called it "a tragedy of historic proportions". from dublin, emma vardy reports. cheering and applause. the transformative moment for ireland.
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more emphatically than anyone predicted, the country has voted for change. we have been working so hard for women's rights are so many years 110w for women's rights are so many years now and we can for women's rights are so many years 110w and we can see for women's rights are so many years now and we can see it is finally coming true. ireland is finally grown up, face the fact, do not shifted abroad, which is safely, for me, for my daughters and grandchildren. more than 3000 women a year leave ireland to pay privately for abortions in the uk. the first feelings that we would have gone through is utter devastation at the diagnosis. gay edwards recalls making the decision to travel. no untoward baby had a fatal condition and could not survive. the fact that there was no assistance with making arrangements 01’ no assistance with making arrangements or no information, that made us feel prejudged. more than two thirds of
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voters supported repealing island off the controversial law. today is a historic day for ireland. a quiet revolution has taken place and today isa revolution has taken place and today is a great act of democracy. 100 yea rs is a great act of democracy. 100 years since women gained the right to vote, today we as a people have spoken. the government will now legislate to allow abortions up to 12 weeks of pregnancy. but for those who campaigned to keep ireland's strict laws, this is bitter disappointment. this result will pave the way for an abortion regime thatis pave the way for an abortion regime that is nothing about healthcare and everything about on demand. we stand over the claims we made in the campaign. opinion on abortion is now so campaign. opinion on abortion is now so strongly against the messages you are putting forward, why continue to oppose what many women want? we have a lot of supporters who have been through abortion themselves and have been hurt by abortion and that is what gives us strength in continuing with this. today, ireland is
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unrecognisable from its socially conservative past. this referendum at its heart was about offering women a choice, but the result has brought so much more—a renewed pride and sense of optimism for ireland's future. gaining so much, we brought ca re future. gaining so much, we brought care and compassion home and empathy and we made such a huge difference today. an intense campaign at an end and ireland ushers in a new era. a little earlier i spoke to doctor daniel faas, a professor in sociology at trinity college in dublin, and asked him for his reaction to the result. well, we have truly witnessed over the historical day, 66.4% voted yes, one generation ago in 1983 a similar margin voted yes to ban abortion is this is quite extraordinary. as when you see this in a broader european context, there is only more than that has more restrictive laws in
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europe so time is really right for change but i think for ireland, this country put in a wider context as well, i mean, one of my... talked about the same sex marriage referendum for example. indeed. there have been so many enormous changes in ireland, sometimes the country leading the way on progressive policies. the catholic church, though, took a back seat, didn't it, throughout the campaign in the run—up to this particular referendum. what do you think it tells us about the influence of the church in ireland these days? the influence has eroded quite substantially. although if you observe masses on a sunday you will still hear them talking about it and campaigning or it, i witnessed similar no votes in sermons in the churches back in 2015 but as you said it is remarkable. if you think about the same—sex marriage
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referendum, at 1993 homosexuality was a crime in ireland and 22 years later it becomes the first country on the planet by a public referendum to vote in same—sex marriage and here we are again with another historic day violence today. but in the opposite direction to lift the abortion banned from the constitution so this is truly remarkable and probably would not have happened had it been for increasing secularisation of society, declining role of the catholic church and increasingly tolera nt catholic church and increasingly tolerant secular society but also, also an increasingly multicultural society where in the latest census, only 78% have actually identified as catholic which is down from 84% just five years ago in the census and plus you have high profile cases, the recent case was the watershed in through the 12 to give movement to also to this referendum we are
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today. i mean they must not be underestimated. for all the latest on that result, just go to our website. there you'll find analysis and all the latest on the results. that's all at bbc.co.uk/news. real madrid have won the champions league in kiev, beating liverpool 3—1 in the final. the premier league side lost their top scorer, mohammed salah to injury in the first half, before real eventually went on to win — making history as the first team to win three champions league titles in a row. two mistakes from liverpool's goalkeeper contributed to their defeat tonight. liverpool's bossjurgen klopp was asked for his reaction to loris karius' errors in the post match press conference. let's listen to what he said. i have only had very, very few words after the game but yeah, it is nothing, nothing to talk in the moment, it is really, ifeel to him,
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nobody wants that. and, yeah, that is the situation. the mistakes were obvious. we don't have to talk about it. it is all clear. he knows it, i know it, you all know it, and now he has to deal with it, we have to deal with it and we will do that, of course we will be with him, there is no doubt about that, but i'm pretty sure in this room off a few people if you forgot how we lost against, well try to remember things like that, i really hope that your m ista kes that, i really hope that your mistakes are not that good in memories of other people. so, but tonight we don't have to talk about that, it is not is not obviously. 0ur correspondent katy austin described the reaction from fans watching at anfield. huge disappointment here tonight, there has been so much hope riding on the game even though liverpool we re on the game even though liverpool were never really favourites. there was a party atmosphere across the city, lots of red shirts, red
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scarves , city, lots of red shirts, red scarves, red flags, everywhere. here at anfield 30,000 at least fans had gathered to watch the game on big screens. gathered to watch the game on big screens. from the atmosphere here you would thought the game was being played here such was the and that is the estimate the beginning but how quickly the atmosphere changed. after real madrid's first goal, the noise, the singing faded to silence only to be replaced again by the cheers when liverpool equalised and after that, well, there was shock along with everybody else at gareth bale's wonder goal and sheer shock at the third liverpool conceded after the goalkeeper error. although liverpool fans that we spoke to who travelled from far and wide, we spoke to some who had come from essex, birmingham, scotland, from abroad actually, to watch the game, here it anfield, they ended up a of them leaving with ten minutes still to go. as they say huge disappointment here from fans who have been here for hours building up to the match. there had been a victory parade planned through the
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streets of liverpool tomorrow and open bus to where the celebrations we re open bus to where the celebrations were expected, were hoping to continue, but there will be no victory parade on those —— on merseyside tomorrow. south korea's president moonjae—in has met the north korean leader kim jong—un today for more talks aimed at resurrecting the planned summit with donald trump. it's the second meeting between the two leaders in the demilitarised zone that divides the two countries. the korean leaders both confirmed they will hold "high—level" talks onjune 1st ahead of the summit. a white house team is departing for singapore to prepare for the summit, if it takes place on june 12th. let's look at some of the recent diplomacy around north korea. injuly last year, north korea test—fired a long—range missile which landed in the sea ofjapan. the next month, north korea threatened to attack the us pacific territory of guam. soon after, china announced it would be implementing un sanctions against north korea, placing extra pressure on the regime. at the start of this year, a thaw in tensions meant a north korean olympic team attended the winter games in the south. in march, president trump announced a meeting was being planned with kim
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jong—un. the next month, kimjong—un held talks for the first time with south korean president moonjae—in. then on thursday, president trump abruptly announced he was pulling out of the planned talks in singapore. and today, the north and south korean presidents met for a second time. a little earlier, i spoke to bruce klingner, who previously worked as the cia's deputy division chief for korea. there was some very insulting and threatening language in the four different statements by north korea, although usually within the norm of their behaviour. more importantly was a statement by the first vice foreign minister, when he very clearly articulated what is really been long—standing north korean conditions for any kind of constraints on its nuclear weapons programme, and also a very different view of their terms for denuclearization from what the white house understanding was. —— for denuclearisation is from what
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the white house understanding was. the white house was quite surprised, and it was one of the factors for cancelling the summit and now suggesting we are back on the summit. what does it tell you about the real understanding, or lack of, between the united states and north korea? long—time korea watchers certainly understood the conditions and when they say denuclearisation and they don't comply with un resolutions are they abandoned their missile programmes. —— resolutions requirements where they abandoned their missile programmes. they term it as part of the global arms control and as a member of the nuclear weapons states, they will go down to zero when the other members of the nuclear states go down to zero — quite a different view from the us and un are demanding. the fourth person to walk on the moon, alan bean, has died at the age of 86.
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the family of the apollo and skylab astronaut said that he died in houston after a brief illness, "surrounded by those who loved him". he walked the moon as a lunar module pilot on the apollo 12 mission in november 1969. mps have said a programme to protect afghan civilians who worked as interpreters for the british army has been a "dismalfailure". the defence select committee says it has failed to relocate any interpreters to the uk, even when their lives are under threat from the taliban. richard galpin reports. british troops were on the ground fighting the taliban in afghanistan for more than a decade. their afghan interpreter is also risked their lives on the front lines. we have hidden their identities because to this day they faced being murdered by the taliban for working with british forces. but so far, only a
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fraction of the 3500 interpreters have been allowed into britain, despite there being fatal attacks on those who had connections to foreign military forces. this former interpreter speaking from afghanistan told us he feared he himself and his family. it special very bad because i worked with them very bad because i worked with them very honestly, i put life in risk of i helped them in a bad situation in helmand province we feel very bad. it is now more than three years since the british combat mission in afghanistan and ended with most troops being pulled out. since then, 400 interpreters and locally hired staff have moved to britain. leaving most to fend for themselves at home in afghanistan. the situation here now been highlighted by british politicians who also believe it is damaging the uk. if the united kingdom gets the reputation for
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leaving those people who put their lives at risk to help our soldiers at the mercy of our enemies when our soldiers are no longer there to look after them, then it will be very difficult in future conflicts to find people, local people, who are prepared to do that. in response to all this, officials here at the ministry of defence said that they will review the commons committee report. at stake in this they are providing security advice and support to the interpreters who were still living in afghanistan to ensure that they remain safe. the headlines on bbc news: victory for the yes campaign in the republic of ireland as voters reject strict abortion laws in a landmark referendum. real madrid claim the champions league title with a 3—1win over liverpool. the leaders of north and south korea agree to meet more regularly following surprise talks aimed at resurrecting a possible summit with the us.
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sport now and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good evening. the dream is over for liverpool, beaten 3—1 by real madrid in tonight's champions league final. it's a match which will give liverpool goalkeeper loris karius sleepless nights — but a night to remember for gareth bale. they came from far and wide to watch. somehow, they found a way to turn kia is red. waiting for them, the biggest game in club football. the chancellor pulled to turn five
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european wins into six. —— the chats for liverpool. —— chance. top scorer, mo salah. the comparisons lasted mere minutes. sergio ramos left sergio clutching his salt —— shoulder. samos's working was done. liverpool knew they had to stay resolute and no mistakes could creep in. laurie is carry us missed the memory. liverpool could respond the only way they knew how. the 11th goal of the campaign. look what it meant to him. but then came a strike of such beauty it stunned everyone. gareth bale on the pitch forjust three minutes. it would have been a worthy winner but he got another chance. 0ne goalkeeping error was bad enough. too was catastrophic ——2
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was catastrophic and brought tears before bedtime. he knew he had to shoulder the blame. former dread's third consecutive champions league wed. champions tea rs of tears of sadness is that it tears of jov- fulham have won promotion to the premier league after beating aston villa in today's play off final at wembley. they call it the most lucrative match in football, tom cairney‘s first half strike sealing it for the london side, who missed out on automatic promotion on the last day of the season. joe lynskey reports. in english football, no match has higher stakes. 48 lead games. —— league games. you and a place in clu b league games. you and a place in club royalty. forfull league games. you and a place in club royalty. for full and aston villa, the weight has been too long but the first steps back to the top we re but the first steps back to the top were taken by the londoners. finish by tom kenny set up by their teenager. ryan skills to unlock the
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door and release attention. aston villa waited for the second half to launch their onslaught. their manager steve bruce was going for a record fifth promote chin and they pinned their hopes on the likes of jack. another touch stroke a blow. —— struck. bill had 20 minutes to make it count —— aston villa. go behind in these games and the clock turns to quickly. they ran out of chances and hope. for all returned to the top after four years away but after the fireworks comes the premier league spotlight and the ha rd premier league spotlight and the hard work starts here. chris froome will be confirmed as the winner of the 2018 giro d'italia tomorrow, after maintaining his lead heading into sunday's final stage. the last day effectively being a procession, stage 20 represented the last chance for last year's winner, tom dumoulin, to catch froome, but the briton's 46 seconds ahead and that will mean three grand tours in 12 months. he held onto the pink jersey with thibault pinot falling away on the penultimate climb. dumoulin couldn't catch him, leaving froome to clinch it. england have nudged ahead
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in the first test with pakistan but the tourists must fancy their chances of a win after england made a terrible start. the hosts opened their second innings 179 runs behind but england captainjoe root hit 68 and england rallied further, thanks to the recalled jos buttler and the test debutant, dom bess. they'll resume on 121 between them. england 56 runs ahead with four wickets remaining. that's all the sport for now. a fire has broken out at germany's largest theme park. witnesses report seeing flames of to 15 metres and thick plumes of smoke rising into the air from the europa amusement park in rust, which is near the french border. police have appealed for information about a missing schoolgirl who left the uk on a eurotunnel train.
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13—year—old serena alexander—benson left her home in wimbledon yesterday morning, telling herfather she was going to school. the police believe she probably boarded the train "in the company of an older person". donald trump has called for sweeping changes to laws that can see the children of illegal immigrants into the united states being separated from their families. on twitter, the president appeared to call for the democrats to help him to make the changes while also recommitting himself to building a wall to keep migrants out of the us. but critics say that president trump himself originally supported the policy. chris buckler, our washington correspondent, explained what's behind this latest row a short time ago. they need to be transported in a
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responsible —— with a responsible adult. the adults will have to be keptin adult. the adults will have to be kept in detention and the children will have to be moved out and that will have to be moved out and that will split families up. because he is introducing a zero tolerance policy on everyone found illegally crossing the border, it means that all families will potentially be prosecuted and the argument is that those families will ultimately be split apart. but it seems to be a change in approach. you need to look at the tweet in full. he goes on to get —— talk about getting rid of catch and release. that is when people who are found to be illegally crossing the border are released into cup —— custody but then they have caught that. that means families can stay together. he goes on to criticise other immigration
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policies and then he says crucially, we must continue building the wall. that is the wall with mexico that is what he has talked about throughout his campaign and certainly donald trump is trying to put pressure on as they continue to discuss what to do with what are known as the dreamers. these are young immigrants who went into the country and were under the age of 16 in 2007. they we re under the age of 16 in 2007. they were under the age of 31 in 2012. it isa were under the age of 31 in 2012. it is a very limited group of potentially they could have protection to stay in america and it is what is exercised in the democrats will stop donald trump is trying to say listen, if you do me a deal on dreamers than potentially you have to do me a deal back on the wall and tougher immigration policies. this is all about the issue of immigration that was key to donald trump's campaign and which he knows continues to fire up his supporters. some tsb customers are still having problems making online payments five weeks after the bank first reported problems. the problems started when the bank switched its it systems.
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a number of current account customers and some business clients are unable to fully access their accounts online or via the mobile app. the bank has also admitted to the bbc that there has been a rise in fraud incidents. the owner of the high street chemist, boots, has denied overcharging the nhs. the government has asked the competition and markets authority to consider investigating walgreens boots alliance. a report in the times newspaper alleged that the firm had charged thousands of pounds for drugs which cost a few pounds over the counter. a short film, starring hollywood actorjason isaacs, is getting its world premiere in a rather unusual venue — a hairdressers in lincoln. the film is written and directed by bonnie wright who's best known for playing ginny weasley in the harry potter films. anne—marie tasker has been finding out why it's getting its first ever screening in a salon. you would expect a movie premiere in
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hollywood or london's west end. but one short film is getting its world's first screening here. 0pposite world's first screening here. opposite the blow dries and trims at this salon, people can watch margaret river stop it stars jason isaac says a hairdresser and is directed by bonnie wright. she is best known as playing ginnie weasley in the harry potter films. element as an actor, a learned so much about the attention to detail that is neededin the attention to detail that is needed in film. the attention to detail that is needed infilm. —— the attention to detail that is needed in film. —— as an actor. whether it was the cinematographer, production designer, editor. they we re production designer, editor. they were at the top of their field. the film is being shown here for three days. the first time it's been screened in public and it brings
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hollywood star into this local hairdressers. it seems a bit strange but it's quite interesting. hopefully people that come to watch it might decide to have their hair done. being here really brought it alive because you hurt the ha i rd rye rs alive because you hurt the hairdryers at the back and the phone ringing. i suppose it has -- makes sense to have it somewhere else. to be outside of london, a premier like this, but was really interesting. be outside of london, a premier like this, but was really interestinglj think this, but was really interesting.” think it was really good because it is boring, particularly when you are having a colour in. a three-year project bringing work by international artists to lincoln.” was really excited to be part of a programme that supports an arts programme that supports an arts programme outside of london. i think things can be pushed into our capital and being in things can be pushed into our capitaland being in a things can be pushed into our capital and being in a public space, people might discover the film that they might otherwise have never known about it. they might have just
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been hit get a haircut and they ask questions. you need to book but you can even get yourself a short back and sides while you are there. it is taken outside this building and what we know as the langham cam. the lightning, an extraordinary scene tonight. very pretty and illuminated by the lashes of lightning. quite a few strikes being forecast over the weekend, particularly england and wales. scotla nd particularly england and wales. scotland will be spared a little bit. let me not steal his thunder, haha. comedy gold at this late at night. thankfully, it is almost as though it is rehearsed. that is how i start the bulletin. the risk of
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lightning and thunderstorms is therefore some. —— of there, for some. is coming up through kent and towards the greater london area and the south—east midlands. we see others which are available. don't ta ke others which are available. don't take it too literally, i am just telling you that anywhere really in the southern parts of wales, done towards the southern counties, is at risk of seeing heavy downpours and the lightning we have ready scene. my the lightning we have ready scene. my brain behind the scenes is telling me we have had 2000 lightning strikes already in this episode so no great surprises. further north, no great issues with all of the above. a dry and chilly night in the heart of scotland. in eastern parts of england, you see the diagonal of the potential of thunderstorm activity stretching from northern ireland, down through
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wales, the midlands and down towards the south—east. fewer towards the south—west and a glorious day yet again for scotland, the north—east of england and somewhere, it will get around 25 degrees. we still have the biggest weekend rumbling on. —— the biggest weekend rumbling on. —— the biggest weekend. it is not a washout, by any means but you have seen washout, by any means but you have seen the extent of the showers and thunderstorms. fewer to report on monday that watch up to the strength of the sunshine because it really is that sort of time of year. we're not alone in this unsettled atmosphere. it is their extensively across northern parts of iberia and up towards france and as you have seen, towards france and as you have seen, towards us. much of this is being generated by the fact that we are tapping into some of the heat that is widely available. as far ahead as bank holiday monday, would you believe it, we still have that influence coming at us from the continent so yes, you get some more
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and possibilities and i think later in the day, it will be popping off again across the south—eastern quarter, maybe the odd rogue one further north but as i say, essentially a lot of dry weather to be had. what's going on. keep up—to—date with us on the news channel.

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