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a man is killed after flash flooding in the west midlands. parts of birmingham had more than a month's rainfall in just one hour yesterday. today a clear—up operation is under way — weather warnings are in place in several parts of england. also this lunchtime. an immigrant from mali who scaled a block of flats in paris to save a toddler's life is given french citizenship. a pledge to eliminate the gender pay gap in the nhs. and the finest commute in britain — but for how much longer? good afternoon. a man's been killed after storms caused flash flooding across the west midlands, with more than a month's rainfall hitting parts
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of birmingham yesterday, in the space ofjust an hour. the man, a pensioner in his 805, died in walsall, after his vehicle became submerged. met office amber weather warnings, for rain and thunderstorms, are in place this afternoon for east anglia, london and the south east and the south west. the south east could also experience the hottest day of the year so far. from walsall, caroline davies reports. wading through floodwater this is selly park in birmingham and across the city residents struggled to get help after sunshine chant to downpours. we thought through social media that there was flooding in the selly park area so i left a little bit of time and took a drive back up the road was closed and eventually i ended up getting a lift home on a kind of raft with the fire service who kindly brought me to my front lawn. in some areas
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who kindly brought me to my front lawn. "1 some areas a who kindly brought me to my front lawn. in some areas a months worth of rain fell in a few hours. west midlands fire brigade attended over 100 weather—related incidents. there we re 100 weather—related incidents. there were so many 100 weather—related incidents. there were so many calls that at times they were dealt with by the london fire brigade. cars and houses com pletely fire brigade. cars and houses completely flooded out, cars, up to about four foot right up to the windows and houses completely flooded out. my car was struck by lightning and my screen cracked.” do not think that this is safe. lightning and my screen cracked.” do not think that this is safem was not only in birmingham, in northampton roads flooded. welshpool had the same. while temperatures may be soaring in other parts of the country here the clean—up is just starting. a malian migrant hailed as a hero in paris after scaling a building to rescue a small boy who was dangling from a balcony is to be made a french citizen. mamoudou gassama has been widely praised for saving the four year—old.
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earlier this morning he met french president emmanuel macron who honoured him with a medal of courage. from paris, lucy williamson reports. france has nicknamed him spiderman. his real name is mamoudou gassama. when he saw a toddler dangling from a fourth floor balcony, the malian immigrant ran straight past the crowd of onlookers and began to climb. in less than a minute he had scaled the outside of the building. a neighbour holding onto the toddler until he arrived. with one leg swung across the balcony, mamoudou swept the child to safety, to cheers from the crowd below. the child's father is now being questioned for apparently leaving him at home alone. this morning mr gassama was invited to meet president macron, who asked whether he had stopped to think before climbing. no, he replied, i wasn't thinking about anything, i just climbed. once i had started god gave me the courage to continue.
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afterwards when the police arrived, i started trembling. the president awarded mr gassama a bravery medal and certificate and has invited him to apply for french citizenship. mr gassama is now planning tojoin the country's fire service. he previously had documents allowing him to work in italy but not to enter france. the video of his dramatic ascent has now been viewed millions of times on social media. before the french authorities even knew he was here, mamoudou gassama was already a nationwide hero. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has been in brussels this morning, meeting among others the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier. ms sturgeon said the british government would ‘sooner or later‘ need to concede that the uk must remain in the customs union. 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in brussels for us. afamiliar
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a familiar message and familiar plea from nicola sturgeon who want scotla nd from nicola sturgeon who want scotland to be able to stay in the single market and customs union and thinks that the uk may also have to. yes and also delivered in some pretty tough language today but after her 45 minute meeting with michel barnier she said that in the british government, theresa may, is floundering about in negotiations, discussing options for customs arrangements amongst themselves that are undeliverable and unworkable. so nicola sturgeon said that the time was running out to seal a deal. she pointed to the fact that michel barnier mention is that the weekend that in just barnier mention is that the weekend that injust a barnier mention is that the weekend that in just a few weeks easily lose will be meeting and expect to have a substantial issues of the northern irish border, though the legal issues, sorted by then. but no sign
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ofa issues, sorted by then. but no sign of a suburban warning there is a risk of no deal and the uk having no transition arrangements after that. as you pointed out nicola sturgeon said that in your view the only sensible option left is to remain in the single market and in a customs union because she says that would address all of those difficult issues still there in the negotiations. but scottish conservatives have said that her visit is pointless and she does not have a negotiating role for the uk. she said she feared to ensure that she secures the best outcome for scotland. a brief look at some of the day's other other news stories. the prime minister, theresa may, is being urged by the labour party to reform northern ireland's strict abortion laws following the overwhelming referendum result in ireland to overturn the country's abortion ban. labour and campaigners want the law in northern ireland to be brought in line with the rest of the uk. at present women there cannot abort a baby with foetal abnormalities. a 28—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering
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an 11—year—old girl and a woman aged 31 in gloucester. they were found seriously injured by police at a property in dexter wayjust before five o'clock this morning. police say cordons will remain in place at locations linked to the investigation while their inquiries are continuing. a 15—year—old boy has appeared at sheffield magistrates' court charged with the murder of a fellow 15—year—old. he's been named as sam baker — and was stabbed in the chest, in the city on thursday. fiona trott is at court. what is the latest? well the hearing lasted just 11 minutes and the boy who cannot be named for legal reasons but quietly confirm his name, address and age was appeased due to appear at crown court tomorrow. separately 22—year—old man also in court. charged with the
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murder of 19—year—old ryan chow who was stabbed in the chest at a block of flats in woodhouse last week. he is also charged with possessing a knife and is due to appear in court again later this week. away from court, south yorkshire police extended stop and search powers in certain parts of this city over the weekend and they‘ re certain parts of this city over the weekend and they're telling us they are reviewing this on a case—by—case basis. thank you. the doctor tasked with leading a review into the gender pay gap in the nhs in england has admitted there will not be a quick or easy fix to the problem. professorjane dacre, who's president of the royal college of physicians, will draw up recommendations for the government by early next year, but she says changing culture and attitudes may take a long time. at present, male doctors are paid on average £10,000 more than their female colleagues. here's simonjones.
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the nhs is the uk's biggest employer, but there are still big concerns about the gender pay gap in england. men still hold the most senior positions, with the large pay packets. overall female staff earn nearly a quarter less than their male colleagues even though the nhs employs far more women than men. we need to make sure that people are really supported to progress in work but also we need to make sure if women have to take time off from the workplace to have children, that we've got the right policies in place to support things like flexible working, shared parental leave, and that we are recruiting people back in to our health service after they may have taken a career gap for any reason. this review will concentrate on medical staff. the average pay for a male doctor isjust over £67,700. but at £57,500, the average pay for a female doctor is £10,000 less. across all medical professions including doctors, the pay gap is 15%. the government says such inequality
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has no place in a modern employer. this is the doctor tasked with leading the independent review. she will draw recommendations by early next year. but is warning there may be no quick fix. well the nhs has been around for 70 years, let's hope it is fixed in the next 70 years. that long? well, it may be. some of these societal and cultural things actually take quite a long time to change and are difficult to change effectively. clearly there will be some things that can be done more quickly. but changing culture, attitudes, societal norms, always takes a long time. she admits morale in the nhs is low but says supporting women will improve things. the nhs is not alone in grappling with big pay disparities between men and women, but the government says with its unique position in british society, it has no place to hide. simon jones, bbc news. a fatherfrom north london is to be released from prison in ethiopia after being on death row
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for four years on suspicion of being a terrorist. andy tsege, a prominent critic of ethiopa's ruling party in the 19705, was given asylum in the uk in 1979 — but later tried for terrorism in his absence. in 2014 he was kidnapped in yemen and taken back to ethiopia. he's now been pardoned after two years of foreign office appeals and a change in the political situation there. he still needs emergency travel documents and is not yet out ofjail. police have arrested three people suspected of drug dealing at a dance music festival in portsmouth — where two people died at the weekend. the news comes after 20—year—old tommy cowan and 18—year—old georgia jones were named as those who died after falling ill at the mutiny festival on saturday night. they were among 15 revellers admitted to queen alexandra hospital from the event that night, with organisers issuing a warning of a "high strength or bad batch" of drugs.
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talks have resumed in the demilitarised zone between the koreas to try to get a planned summit between president trump and the north korean leader, kim jong—un back on track. the original meeting — set forjune 12th had been called off by president trump, but it appears both sides are still trying to find a way forward. our correspondent laura bicker is in seoul. it is difficult to keep up with this but it is clear both sides want to make progress. what are the talks focusing on? a few days ago donald trump said there would be no talks between the us and north korea and now we have two sets of talks going on. one of the border of south korea and another happening in singapore. around the table of seasoned, experienced diplomats, not used to dealing with the other side. that
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suggests that they are serious about trying to get this summit back on track. but there's not much time and both sides are coming from very different positions. remember the us wa nts different positions. remember the us wants north korea to give away all of its weapons and eventually receive economic rewards of the north korea once more phased approach and may want to keep hold of some of its weapons as security guarantee. these talks are designed to see if they can find some leeway 01’ to see if they can find some leeway orfind a way to see if they can find some leeway or find a way that they can come. when it comes to the summit it has been on, maybe off, definitely off, maybe now back on again. no one really knows for sure exactly if those leaders are going to be in singapore on june 12. however those leaders are going to be in singapore onjune12. however much may depend on the outcome of these talks over the coming days. thank you very much. the italian president, sergio mattarella, has asked a former economist for the international monetary fund, carlo cottarelli, to lead an interim government until new elections are held.
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mr cottarelli has accepted, saying his government would ensure italy's finances are managed prudently. on sunday efforts to form a coalition of populist and far—right parties failed after the president rejected the proposed finance minister, who opposes italy's membership of the euro. the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, has left hospital in the west bank where he was receiving treatment for a lung infection. the 82—year—old, who is a heavy smoker, was appointed president after the death of yasser arafat in 200a. mr abbas, who has no deputy and no apparent successor, has pledged to return to work. the journey to work on the number 840 bus in north yorkshire isn't your ordinary commute. it's just been crowned the ‘most scenic bus ride in britain'. however, campaign groups are warning that rural services are in crisis. simon gompertz has hopped
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on board to find out how to keep the wheels turning. it's a bus driver's dream. the 840 coastliner starts in leeds, takes in york, then heads over the north york moors here and out to whitby on the coast. driving what's been crowned our most beautiful bus route and getting paid for it, is adam davies. every day is a joy, every day is a joy on this route. it's just beautiful. it's not only helping people that live out here get into bigger places, to cities, but it's bringing people out of the cities into this beautiful land. it's always nice when you see a whitby come up on your rota! this award for most scenic route was thought up by paul kirby to drum up more interest in bus travel as funding is squeezed ever tighter. rural communities, many of them do need the bus services. they are a lifeline for many people.
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because they don't have cars or they don't have access to cars. or the elderly, for example, they cant drive any more. they can't drive any more. so that is why it is important to bring publicity to especially scenic routes like this one. are you going to york, love? ticket sales pay for this service, but only partly. whitby, that's lovely. thanks very much. it depends on public money. council subsidy over the winter, also the bus firm being reimbursed for letting on all the trippers with free bus passes. for anybody who hasn't got a car, or anybody who hasn't got a driving licence, it's the only way to get out and about in the area. if you didn't have the bus? well, if we didn't have the bus, we wouldn't go half of the time. you would only use the car because of the fuel price once a week or once a fortnight to try and save on the fuel. because i have epilepsy and i can't drive, it is very important to me that there are these bus routes
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so i can get to places like whitby that i've been coming all my life. this is a trophy service, it's scenic, it's popular. so it has survived. but that is not the case with a lot of bus routes. bus funding has been cut by a third in the last eight years. and it is often the rural, most—needed services, was that people don't have an alternative to, which tend to suffer. last year over 500 routes in england and wales were reduced or completely withdrawn. in whitby, volunteers have stepped in to provide services up to the places on the moors where people feel abandoned. every moors bus will have one of those. eden blythe is one of them. rebadging local buses and paying with donations. i think that somebody like us, will always be needed. and we're happy to do it. but we don't really want to have to keep taking overfailing bus services, because that shouldn't be the case, should it? it's all the more reason then
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to cherish remaining routes like the 840 on which you can go where you need to, while soaking up the views. simon gompertz, bbc news, in north yorkshire. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime — a man has been killed afterflash flooding in the west midlands parts of birmingham had more than a month's rainfall, in just one hour yesterday. the clear—up operation is under way. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. have a good afternoon. this is bbc news our latest headlines... we start with some breaking news at this hour from greater manchester and a murder investigation has been launched after a man died and a number of others were injured. this happened when a car collided with pedestrians in stockport last night.
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greater manchester police were cold to the salisbury nightclub in the area of burlington last night. it is thought a black audi a4 collided with a number of people before fleeing the scene. a man in his 30s died later in hospital. a father from north london is to be released from north london is to be released from prison in ethiopian after being on death row for four years on suspicion of being a terrorist. a prominent critic of ethiopia's ruling party in the 19705 was given asylu m ruling party in the 19705 was given asylum in the uk in 1979 but later tried for terrorism in his absence. in 2014 he was kidnapped in yemen and taken back to ethiopian. he has now been pardoned after two years of foreign office appeal5 now been pardoned after two years of foreign office appeals and a change in the political situation there. he 5till in the political situation there. he still need emergency travel documents and i5 still need emergency travel documents and is not yet out of jail. let's cross now to north london and our correspondent i5 there with some more on this story.
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ye5, nearly four years ago this man was ye5, nearly four years ago this man wa5 apprehended while travelling through yemen. he disappeared for about ten days. his family here in britain had no idea what had happened to him. then the ethiopian government said it had andy in cu5tody. it tried him and found him guilty in 2009 of trying to overthrow the government via the means of a coup. charge that was laid against him in absentia. it goe5 laid against him in absentia. it goes without saying he has always denied the charges. the british government and his family have been campaigning for the last four years to get him released. in the bastille to get him released. in the bastille to the ethiopian government have 5aid to the ethiopian government have said he has been pardoned. his partner joins said he has been pardoned. his partnerjoins me now. this must be amazing new5 partnerjoins me now. this must be amazing news for you ? partnerjoins me now. this must be amazing news for you? it's amazing, ecstatic, we are nowju5t anticipating his arrival home.” 5uppo5e anticipating his arrival home.” suppose his children who have lived here in london with you are all very
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excited about the fact that he will be with you soon. they are very excited, my 5un be with you soon. they are very excited, my sun has already started planning what he will be with his father once he gets home. they are looking forward to updating him on what has been happening in the last four yea r5. four years. they are very excited. why did the ethiopian government detain him? why you think his prime reason was the doing that? in my opinion, it is because they do lee he critiqued the government, he wrote a book about saying about what he thought of the government and so i think it is part and parcel of that. here has always denied the charges of being involved in a coup attempt but the previous ethiopian prime minister said that your partner had been caught red—handed with bomb5. partner had been caught red—handed with bombs. it cannot possibly be because he was nowhere near the country big so he could not possibly have been caught red—handed with bomb5. have been caught red—handed with bombs. these charges then, they are
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politically motivated, you and your family and andy of course have denied them. what kind of support have you received over from the british government of the last few yea r5 ? british government of the last few years? the british government i think i've been clear that they know that this is a politically motivated but what they do say is that they do not get involved in legal challenges of individuals. but they have been supportive. but i do think that they could have done more. in what terms, what could they have done more? they could have looked at the merits of the case, they could have known that this was an in ab5entia judgment and made sure that their citizens should not be bundled up from one airport and taken to another country.” imagine there are other political pri5oner5 5till imagine there are other political pri5oner5 still held in ethiopian. many of them have been released in the last year. is that because the political situation that has changed for the better? it appears so, yes.
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imean, for the better? it appears so, yes. i mean, they decided that they were going to be releasing political pri5oner5 back injanuary. they have kept to their word and they have been releasing pri5oner5, so yeah, it appears that it is changing. well, fingers crossed that everything will go to plan now. we are of course waiting for andy to be given the appropriate travel documents by the british authorities. are you envisage in him being home in the next few days? i'm hoping, fingers crossed. he has not technically been released from pri5on technically been released from prison and i have not spoken to him so what actually eagerly awaiting it that first phone cool from him because i have not spoken to him in last four years, so that is what i am awaiting. back could come at any what i am awaiting. back could come atany time? what i am awaiting. back could come at any time? willey exactly, so i have my phone by me! thank you very much forjoining u5. well, as i
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said, the british government says it i5 said, the british government says it is working on getting andy out of the country now. it needs the first i55ue him with new passport documents in order to do that but it doe5 documents in order to do that but it does not look as though he will leave pri5on does not look as though he will leave prison in ethiopia today because there is currently a bank holiday ve55el there is not likely to be much activity. but it is expected that he will be back in north london in the next few days. thank you very much. now, it is time for a look at the weather. hello there, although many others have been enjoying lots of sunny weather this bank holiday weekend, other areas have been hit with violent thunderstorms and yesterday through the midlands and some violent 5torms brought fla5h flooding. this morning 5ta rt5 brought fla5h flooding. this morning starts quite cloudy acro55 eastern areas but the sunshine i5 starts quite cloudy acro55 eastern areas but the sunshine is in abundance acro55 areas but the sunshine is in abundance across many parts of the country away from this ea5t abundance across many parts of the country away from this east coast where we will hold on to the cloud and also the misty, murky conditions. cool along east and it coastal areas but elsewhere our warm day. the threat of a few thunderstorms in east anglia and acro55 thunderstorms in east anglia and across southern part5 thunderstorms in east anglia and across southern parts of england and into wales. other areas would stay
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dry altogether. 28 degrees acro55 the south—east and across the north west of scotland. now, onto this evening and overnight, the low cloud and mi5t will roll back inland from the north sea 5ew a grey, murky night for many. the threat of thunderstorms could touch 5outhern and eastern parts. a warm, sticky night for many. tuesday, a grey start acro55 night for many. tuesday, a grey start across the country really away from the west but that cloud should burn back to the coast with an abundance of sunshine into the afternoon and it will feel warm and humid again. more so acro55 afternoon and it will feel warm and humid again. more so across the south where humidity and the heat could triggerfurther south where humidity and the heat could trigger further thundery downpours. wednesday, it looks like a more organised band of rain pushing northwards. some of it could be quite thundery. stay tuned to the forecast, there is still some uncertainty on it. warm and humid again acro55 uncertainty on it. warm and humid again across central and southern
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pa rt5 of again across central and southern parts of the uk. scotland the best with the sunshine. temperatures of 24 or maybe 25 degrees. on thursday, 5outhern areas will have rain. part of scotla nd 5outhern areas will have rain. part of scotland and northern ireland may get thundery showers through thursday but there is also the return of further downpours developing acro55 return of further downpours developing across more 5outhern areas. a lot of uncertainty on where the5e 5torms will hit, so you will have two 5tay the5e 5torms will hit, so you will have two stay tuned to the weather forecast. that said, there should be some good spell5 of sunshine around and it will still feel on the warm side with temperatures reaching the low to mid 205 celsius. for the rest of this week it is looking warm and humid, particularly in the south. spell5 of sunshine but always the ri5k spell5 of sunshine but always the risk of further thundery downpours. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: a man in his 805 has died after his vehicle
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wa5 submerged in walsall, a5 fla5h flooding hit5 part5 of the midlands and wales. some areas get more than a month's rainfall injust an hour. a young malian immigrant who rescued a boy hanging from a balcony will become a french citizen. he was given a medal of courage after he scaled the building with his bare hands. i asked him what are you frightened for his own life? he said no. at that moment he wasn't thinking of himself. he was thinking of the child. as soon as he started to climb, he was scared that the child would get tired and let go. the labour partyjoin5 calls to change abortion law5 in northern ireland, following a referendum in the republic of ireland. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah. british number three cameron norrie has won his first ever match at the french open. it was over pretty quickly.
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norrie roared through the first set in 25 minutes, winning it 6—1.
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