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this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 10:00. one year on from the terror attack on london bridge and borough market, a special service will be held today at southwark cathedral, to remember those killed and injured. a warning that the threat to britain from islamist terrorism could increase over the next two years. g7 finance ministers warn the united states it only has days left to avoid a trade war after president trump's decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. a church campaign to tackle modern day slavery at car washes, where workers are trapped by threats and debts. and farewell to a giant of the skies, as airlines phase out the iconic jumbo jet, we follow one 7a7 as it make its final flight to a scrap yard in the arizona desert. good morning and
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welcome to bbc news. one year ago today, eight people died and 48 others were injured in the london bridge terror attack. three men drove a van into pedestrians on the bridge and started stabbing people in nearby borough market. today, a service of remembrance is being held at southwark cathedral, as well as a national minute's silence to commemorate those who were killed or wounded. simon clemison reports. music. borough market, ten o'clock. how a saturday night should be. the more you think about it, the more you let it impact your life, the more they've won. sojust carry on. let's get rid of the barriers, let's carry on with our day—to—day lives. i feel pretty safe now,
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because the government, the police, is taking care of it. this city knows how to live past difficulties. it has done that many, many times through way more difficult experiences. so really, i think people look on. sirens. police were prepared for a new style of attack, where individuals or groups go on the rampage, sometimes turning cars and vans into weapons. but this was not the first of its kind in 2017 and it wasn't the last. after people were knocked down on london bridge, the attackers ran towards the market, stabbing those they passed before being shot dead by armed officers. with the manchester arena bomb, there were five attacks in the uk last year. but there are those who are keen that each one is not forgotten. today's service at southwark cathedral will also honour the work of the emergency services. we have a long history of serving the people, the residents of this parish. but this has seen a new level of strength. and that is very encouraging,
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because it could have destroyed. that is what the intention was. but actually, it has built something that is rather beautiful. solidarity and defiance are words often used. but here it is about actions, too. it is saturday night, and they are enjoying it. simon clemison, bbc news. 0n the night of the attack, a major incident was declared at nearby king's college hospital. dr tasneem pirani and nurse lucy flood were on duty. we're used to looking after patients, life and death situations. when you're at work you almost switch off. but the minute i arrived home, i had text messages from family and friends from all over the world asking me if i was ok. i turned on the news and i watched the horror of what had happened, around the corner from where i live. i can't explain how i felt. you feel so incredibly sad, you feel so worried,
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and in addition to that the stories of each of these individuals become more and more clear as the days go on, and you start realising that this could have been anybody. it could have been your brother, your sister, your colleague. and that maybe the physical scars will heal over time, but you worry about the emotional and psychological scars and how you want to be there for them through thatjourney to make sure that they all heal simultaneously. you have to switch off, as i said before, to what's going on outside. i was very aware when i first took the call of how my reactions would affect other people working that day, and having to support some very junior nurses, and some who have come from other parts of the world and work at kings. obviously, london is now their home, but obviously feeling quite shocked at what was happening in london, and homesick some of them, and just making sure everyone
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was focusing on the job, which they did fantastically. it's the ongoing support for people through things like this, and we're very lucky that we had lots of debrief around the incident. macro two of the medical staff who we re macro two of the medical staff who were on duty that night one year ago. the private service at southwark cathedral will honour the emergency services' response to last year's attack, as well as remembering those killed or injured. politicians are among those invited, along with relatives of the victims who will light candles during the ceremony. the dean of southwark, andrew nunn, will lead the service. we're obviously going to be remembering the events of a year ago, but the service isn't going to dwell upon that. but hopefully it will take people through, to look to the future, a positive way forward. it's meant to be all about healing.
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for the people who were caught up in it in so many different ways, everybody‘s experience was very different that night. there are some people who are bereaved, some people bearing injuries, physical or mental. the community has been changed, in many ways strengthened. people have reacted in a variety of different ways, and we've been trying to hold that as the cathedral for this whole community. so, coming together this afternoon is really important for everybody, but we'll be bringing very different things and very different memories into this holy place. it is ramadan, of course. we're holding an iftar with the local muslim community. they will be breaking their fast here and we'll be eating in the cathedral together, and remembering that the people who perpetrated this act, they may have thought they were acting according to their faith. they weren't. we know that, and we stand shoulder to shoulder with our muslim brothers and sisters, which is really important in this diverse community here. finance ministers from the g7 have warned the us that it only has days
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left to avoid a trade war. after a meeting in canada last night, they expressed their "unanimous concern and disappointment" about new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. this report from lebo diseko. as family photos go, this looked pretty awkward for one member. us treasury secretary steve mnuchin, facing his counterparts from some of the us‘s closest allies, united in their frustration at america's latest tariffs. the americans have decided, in our mind, to take an action that is not at all constructive. it is actually destructive to our ability to get things done around tariffs on steel and aluminium. mr mnuchin played down talk of us isolation, saying his country believes in the g7. i think our leadership on the economy, which is one of president trump's major objectives, that and national security, is not only good
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for the united states, but is good for growth around the world. signing in measures against cheap steel and aluminium imports was a key campaign promise for mr trump. he said china was a key offender, but now america's allies have been hit too. the tariffs on europe, canada and mexico have led to a heated response. canada is imposing dollarfor dollar countermeasures and the eu says it is taking the matter to the world trade organisation. the message from six of these finance ministers is that there could be a trade war within days. so, if this meeting has been tense, next week's summit of g7 heads of state could be even more difficult. lebo diseko, bbc news. meanwhile, china is warning all trade talks between beijing and washington will be void if the united states introduces new tariffs and other sanctions.
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the caution came at the end of talks between the chinese vice premier, liu he, and the us commerce secretary, wilbur ross. beijing said the negotiating process should be based on the premise of not fighting a trade war. mr ross described the latest talks as "frank and friendly." after the landslide vote in favour of overturning ireland's abortion ban, there are calls for the issue to be reassessed in northern ireland, where laws are much stricter than the rest of the uk. the labour mp stella creasy has put down a motion on the subject to be debated in the house of commons this week. she explained her thinking to the bbc‘s andrew marr. in this country and across the whole of the uk, our laws on abortion are governed by something called the 0ffences against the person act, that was passed in 1861. it puts abortion in the same category as rape, child stealing and using gunpowder to blow people up. so what that means, is that right
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now in northern ireland where there are no exceptions to this law, if you are raped and you become pregnant as a result of that rape and you seek a termination, you would face a longer prison sentence than the person who attacked you. in northern ireland, as in england and wales, this legislation is key. by repealing this piece of legislation... you want to take away the 0ffences against the person act? yes. i want to be really clear about this. the proposal we have, and it's a cross—party proposal, is devolution respectful because it's about repealing a piece of uk legislation that stops people in northern ireland having medical rather than criminal laws about abortion. a 17—year—old boy has been stabbed to death in ipswich, in what was police believe was a targeted attack. witnesses said the teenager was leaving a shop in the nacton area of the town yesterday afternoon when he was attacked by two men. he died later in hospital. a 41—year—old man has been arrested. two men have been taken to hospital following a shooting in south london.
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the men, in their 20s, were left with gunshot injuries after the attack in peckham. the government has confirmed that it intends to launch a free website for schools in england to advertise teacher vacancies later this year. the department for education says it hopes the measure will help schools to save money, as andy moore reports. it is estimated english schools spend about £75 million every year recruiting staff. later this year the government hopes to roll out a service that will be free to schools. it will advertise part—time jobs and job shares, as well as full—time vacancies. another issue for schools is the cost of supply teachers. every time there is a hole in the teaching rota, they have to find someone to fill in, and with the number of holes increasing all the time, the bill for supply teachers is also going up. from september, supply agencies will have to clearly disclose their fees.
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there will also be a list of agencies which don't charge fees when staff are taken on permanently. the association of school and college leaders said any move to reduce employment costs was welcomed, but its general secretary, geoff barton, said the bigger problem was an ongoing crisis in teacher recruitment and retention. andy moore, bbc news. a new therapy for men with terminal prostate cancer has yielded spectacular results, according to doctors at the institute of cancer research and the royal marsden hospital in london. the treatment involves boosting the immune system, so it can attack the tumour. in a trial, a third of patients
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with an advanced form of the disease were still alive after a year — while a tenth did not see the cancer grow. the therapy won't work for most patients though — and cancer research uk say the next step is to predict who will respond. churchgoers are being encouraged to help police combat modern slavery. the campaign, by the church of england, the catholic church, and the national crime agency, involves using a new mobile phone app to report signs of exploitation at car washes, as jeremy ball reports. a clean car at a cheap price, but is that costing someone‘s freedom? thousands of hand car washes have been set up in the last few years, and while many are legitimate, some workers are being exploited, abused and trapped by threats or debts. i've been threatened twice that he would kill me, because i've not done something quite right. i had to stay outside, i was only allowed to go indoors to eat. i had to work 11 hours per day, nonstop.
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i had no breaks. the employer did not buy any protective gloves, and the shampoo is quite strong. while washing the cars, it keeps corroding the skin. so, today, the church of england and roman catholic church are asking their congregations to help root it out. does there appear to be a boss who is controlling or intimidating... they're suggesting sermons about slavery in car washes and lessons in sunday schools, too. it is ourjob as christians to be concerned about the most vulnerable in our society. there's still a million people or so who go to church in this country every sunday, and that means we've got eyes, ears in every community, every town, village, city anywhere in this land. if you have a million people who are paying attention to what they see around them and looking for the signs of modern—day slavery, that can make a huge difference. but the really clever bit is the way they're going to use smartphone technology. if you get your car cleaned, you can use this new app called safe car wash. it will pinpoint your
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location and help you spot and report any warning signs. that information will be sent to experts here at the university of nottingham, who will use it to build up a national picture of the scale of slavery in car washes. it will ask you to check whether workers are wearing protective clothing, if there are mattresses or caravans on site, and how much it costs to wash your car. anything less than £6.70, they say, should raise suspicions. if you use a regular car wash, do the workers change on a regular basis? certainly, if people looked malnourished, frightened or dishevelled in any way, without proper equipment. if it's at a price that's too good to be true, perhaps there is something which might set the alarm bells ringing. the information is also going to be sent to police teams who investigate modern—day slavery. workers here weren't mistreated, but victims have been rescued in other raids and their controllers put behind bars for a crime the archbishop of canterbury has branded "an assault on human dignity".
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jeremy ball, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. one year on from the the terror attack on london bridge and borough market, a special service will be held at southwark cathedral, to remember those killed and injured. the government says it believes the uk will face a severe threat from islamist terrorism for at least another two years. g7 finance ministers warn there are only days to avert a trade war over president trump's new import tariffs on steel and aluminium. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn. a decent result england last night in theirfriendly. very a decent result england last night in their friendly. very much so. a 2-1 in their friendly. very much so. a 2—1 win over nigeria at wembley. a tale of two halves. england dominant
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in the first, less so in the second. gary cahill‘s header giving england the lead in the seventh minute. harry kane adding the second just before half—time. nigeria a sterner test to england in the second half, pulling back a goal through alex iwobi. scotland were beaten i—0 pulling back a goal through alex iwobi. scotland were beaten 1—0 by mexico in their international friendly. giovanni dos and toss with the only goal of the game after 13 minutes in mass —— in mexico city. —— giovanni dos santos. england didn't have it all their own way yesterday after a rain delay. they lostjoe root just short of yesterday after a rain delay. they lostjoe rootjust short of his half—century. dom bess had a good time, falling one run short of a half—ce ntu ry time, falling one run short of a half—century in only his second test and then dawid malan went for 28.
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sam curran with a bit of a wax towards the end and will start at the crease today with jos towards the end and will start at the crease today withjos buttler who's the other not out batsman. graham thorpe says he's pretty happy with what he's seen so far. pleased with what he's seen so far. pleased with the lead. game isn't in the bag by any distance but we showed some fight, character and application which has been pleasing after the first test match which was a huge disappointment. i think the players have reflected and talked and probably had some hard words with themselves. in tennis, there are no british players left at the french 0pen after kyle edmund lost in five sets to the italian fabio fognini. 0ur tennis correspondence was watching. this is the second time in 12 months one hasjust got watching. this is the second time in 12 months one has just got away from kyle edmund in the third round at roland garros. he lost against kevin anderson in the third round last
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year, losing a tight final set 6—4. history repeated itself against fabio fognini. there will be irritation because it is his best surface and it's a match he could have won. the result was in doubt until the final game. even though edmund made some errors as he served to stay in the match, fognini put a lot of pressure on the british number one. if edmund looks back at his clay—court as a whole he will see great signs of progress. he reached his first masters 1000 quarterfinal in madrid, he won a doubles title and reached his first atp singles final in marrakesh. now for the grass, the one surface so faron for the grass, the one surface so far on which edmund hasn't shown us what he is truly capable of. in by, what he is truly capable of. in rugby, wales began their summer tour of north and south america with a win over south africa in washington, dc. ryan elias scoring this try to give wales the win. 22—20 it's
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finished. they had to south america to face argentina next weekend. warrington wolves are to the semifinals of the challenge cup after beating wigan warriors 23—0. it's their first win over wigan in the competition since 1936. st helens play hull fc live on bbc two at 3pm. justin rose have the chance to become golf‘s world number one if he wins the memorial tournament. he w011 he wins the memorial tournament. he won last week's ft. worth invitational and will become world number one with victory here. he made six birdies and is one ahead of tiger woods. four birdies and an eagle in a ii—under par round of 68. he was the leader at one point, finished with a couple of bogeys. the round of the day belonged to rory mcilroy. this eagle, straight
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in it goes. he's tied 11th. that's all the sport, more later. the home secretary sajid javid says he will be arguing for more funding for the police. he's been speaking on the andrew marr show this morning. let's speak to our political correspondent mark lobel. i think it was his first appearance on the andrew marr show since he became home secretary, so under the spotlight. that's right and they covered a lot of areas. one of which is the number of police falling to historically low levels recently. we've had this trend of recorded offences rising. last month, the home secretary addressed the police federation in birmingham and said that it provide police funding in a
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spending review next year. andrew marr asked him about that and it was quite an emphatic answer he got back. whiles we have increased resources dramatically in this financial year by some £460 million, i want to make ita by some £460 million, i want to make it a priority of mine in the next spending review next year. have you got the agreement of the chancellor to spend more on police and security? not yet. and security services, yes. and policing more generally, we haven't started the spending review process but when we do i'm sure the chancellor will learn of my views. he's also been asked about immigration. that's right. this was one of the key questions people wanted that to him this morning. since ruth davidson said that she thinks maybe they should look again at the tens of thousands target for net migration, which was in the conservative ma nifesto. which was in the conservative
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manifesto. 0n the programme sajid javid said he supported the ma nifesto javid said he supported the manifesto commitment but was asked a queue times whether he backed the figure of tens of thousands and he wouldn't back it explicitly. there is definitely room or something to read into what he's saying and why he won't use that figure in his answer. he did in other parts of the interview say he would look at other aspects of immigration and caps. when the policy was put in place, there was a cap established of these highly skilled immigrants. for years and years that cap wasn't hit. it's only recently the cap has been hit. the doctor you referred to there is probably referring to the fact it includes a number of qualified doctors that our nhs needs that are being turned away. it seems very odd. i see the problem with that, and it's something i'm taking a fresh look at. a number of my colleagues want me to take a look at
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this and that's exactly what i'm doing. i hope to think about this more carefully and see what can be done. that cap the home secretary was referring to, 20,700 is the skilled visas for doctors and the like. that cap has been hit a view times recently, and it looks like by not mentioning it explicitly this tens of thousands figure, we understand there is a review going on or a discussion going on within the conservative party about that, and discussing the idea he will review other caps for skilled migrants, i think people will look closely to the kind of direction he wants to ta ke the kind of direction he wants to take immigration policy in. it might be different from his predecessor. interesting. thank you. cuba is getting ready to reform its constitution to open up the economy to business and investment. but as will grant reports from havana, this won't mean the communist—run island abandons its socialist ideology
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before business, a moment of reflection. the parliament, among them raul castro, observed a minute's silence for the 112 victims of the recent plane crash in havana. once the national grief was marked, they settled down to rewrite the constitution, upon which the communist—run state is founded. it's no small undertaking. applause. 0n stepping down from the presidency in april, raul castro had urged the assembly to codify his economic changes into law. private businesses, from family run restaurants to homes on airbnb, have cropped up in their thousands since he relaxed the rules, yet many business owners fear they have no legal protection in the constitution. these reforms would, at the very least, recognise their greater role in a new cuban economy. there are other questions on the table too, not least
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the issue of term limits. mr castro and his older brother fidel ruled for the best part of six decades. their successors will be contained to just two consecutive five—year terms. socially, too, cuba is changing. gay and lesbian rights have moved on a great deal from the repression of the 1970s and ‘80s. the lgbtq rights lobby, led by mr castro's daughter mariela castro, is hopeful that they can overturn the concept of marriage on the island as strictly between a man and woman. whatever reforms are agreed, there are some fundamentals that won't change in cuba. the socialist character of the political system was enshrined into law several years ago. with raul castro overseeing the reform committee, no change will be allowed to stray too far from the original concept of a communist—led revolution. will grant, bbc news, havana.
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bosses are being urged to allow staff time off to watch their team play in the world cup. the tournament in russia starts in a few weeks and conciliation service acas says employers should be flexible, but advised fans to be reasonable. kick off times will vary between 1pm and 8pm. it's the time of year when thousands of keen ramblers step out to enjoy the stunning scenery of the lake district, but all that walking is taking its toll on the ground beneath their feet. volunteers have employed a traditional source of labour to help restore the routes that are more difficult to reach, fell ponies. dave guest explains. these fell ponies are on a mission, a mission to save the landscape from which they took their name. the fact is, each year at this time the lakeland fells prove an irresistible draw to thousands of walkers.
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but the relentless trudging of so many boots takes its toll on the footpath. for more than a decade, volunteers from the organisation fix the fells have turned out whatever the weather to keep footpaths in good order. 0ur usual method of building a path is to do what we call stone pitching, which is using large rocks with a nice flat surface to create a pitched causeway. but there are some environments where this method doesn't work. boggy ground presents particular challenges, challenges they have now met by using a wholly natural and readily available resource, sheep's wool. the idea with the fleece is that you dig a tray, bundle up the sheep wool like this, and then put a gravel aggregate surface on top. the wool spreads the weight and prevents it from sinking and because it's a very wet environment, it won't rot either. the fact is that the price of wool is now so low that it often costs farmers more to take it to market than they actually receive for it.
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so many are quite happy, presently, to give their wool to this project and see it put to good use. the purpose of today is to take these local herdwick fleeces up into the fells above langdale to use them to repair some paths up there which are on peat, and have been trampled and are damaged. but how do you transport masses of this stuff to remote mountain pathways well beyond the reach of even the best 4x4? answer, think back to the future and use four legs. we all feel that we should put something back. if we want to use these routes we should be prepared to help with them too. and so, laden with the latest batch of supplies, ourfour—legged heroes plod onwards and upwards. this is a new experience for both of us. it's good fun. he's taken to it like a duck to water. this is what he was bred for. this is what the fell
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ponies were bred for. so they're using a wholly organic material conveyed by carbon neutral transport to fix the fells. what could be more environmentally friendly than that? dave guest, bbc news, great langdale. just time to show you some rather spectacular pictures from the world diving championship. the divers reaching speeds of around 50 miles an hour by the time they reach the water. the winner was from poland. blake aldridge of britain came third. it's a long way down.
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