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this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at midday: one year on from the 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. and i live at the cathedral where we will be reflecting on the events of one year ago. i'll be talking to local people and business owners about the impact it has had in this pa rt about the impact it has had in this part of london one year on. in the other headlines: the home secretary, sajid javid, has said he'll look again at the cap on the number of doctors that can come to uk, to work in the nhs. i know a number of my colleagues wa nt i know a number of my colleagues want me to take a look at this, and that's exactly what i'm doing, and i hope to think about this carefully and see what can be done. g7 finance ministers warn the united states it only has days left to avoid a trade war after president trump's decision
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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 on this week's click in half an hour here on bbc news, the bbc‘s gary o'donoghue tests a pair of glasses which provide help for blind people. good afternoon and 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 then started stabbing people in nearby borough market. today, a service of remembrance is
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being held at southwark cathedral. jane hill is there. ben, thank you, and welcome to a glorious day here at southwark cathedral, but it is a day very much of remembrance, to remember those eight people who died and so many more who were injured, some of them very badly injured indeed. there will be about 700 people inside the cathedral a little later this afternoon to remember those, to reflect, and it will be a multi—faith service to pray for healing. i will be talking in the next few minutes to a local resident, a local business owner, and we will take some time to reflect on the impact that that terrorist attack had one year ago, and it was a weekend not unlike this. it was a beautiful, warm,
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sunny weekend. borough marketjust on the edge of the cathedral here, the people who don't know it, is bustling all year round. it is a fantastic place to come, a very lively part of the capital, and it would have been particularly busy that night because of the glorious warm weather. first let's have this report from our correspondent simon emmerson, who reflects on that year that has passed. 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, 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,
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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, 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.
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well, with me here at southwark cathedral is someone who will be attending the service later. matthew jones is a local business owner, he owns a bakery, bread ahead, which employs about a hundred people, and ba kery employs about a hundred people, and bakery by definition is a 20 —— 24/7 operation. you were working that night? yes, i knew a lot of people we re night? yes, i knew a lot of people were working, and a lot of things went through my mind in a short space of time. and your children work here, too. how did you get hold of people, what was the move, what we re of people, what was the move, what were people saying to each other? just so many messages, and within such a short space of time. i had like 30 messages on my phone, texts, every single channel that people could get hold of me. i was abroad
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at the time and ijust didn't know what to think. the world was just turned upside down. you have had your bakery on this site for five yea rs, your bakery on this site for five years, so your bakery on this site for five years, so you your bakery on this site for five years, so you are your bakery on this site for five years, so you are very much part of the community, and you live in this area as well. yes, i live around the corner, i work here seven days a week, it never stops. and we have a lot going on. we supply many restau ra nts lot going on. we supply many restaurants across london. it is a really busy operation. and the market was shut for ii really busy operation. and the market was shut for 11 days. when eve ryo ne market was shut for 11 days. when everyone came back together, when you were told by the authorities that you could go back to life as it was, that business could resume, what was the mood then? the first couple of days were really strange. i have never really experienced anything like it. it was really quite uncanny. when we first came back into the market to clear up the mess, it was the weirdest space. but
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it did bounce back really quick, within a couple of weeks it was business as normal. and would it be trite to suggest that it brought people closer together? it really did. it really did. the trustees of the borough, who are really supportive, they were really with us at that time, so there was a huge amount of support. and what will you be thinking and reflecting on during the service here a little later this afternoon? it's for the poor souls who lost their lives. just awful, just absolutely awful. we suffered in business, but there is nothing to compare with human life. has it changed london more broadly? has it changed london more broadly? has it changed urban areas? do people live their lives differently because it was people out enjoying themselves that were deliberately targeted? was people out enjoying themselves that were deliberately targeted ?|j think that were deliberately targeted?” think it must have affected it. you find yourself looking a bit more carefully, looking over your
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shoulder, so i think we've all become just shoulder, so i think we've all becomejust a bit shoulder, so i think we've all become just a bit more careful, for sure. but in this area, still a closer community. it is, but we are strongerfor it, for closer community. it is, but we are stronger for it, for sure. matthew jones, thank you very much indeed, andi jones, thank you very much indeed, and i will let you go and get ready to attend that service here at the cathedral which is due to begin at three o'clock this afternoon, and then crucially, there is a national minute's silence at half past four this afternoon, and we will be bringing you all of that of course here on bbc news. i will be talking to more local people throughout the day, but building up to the ceremony itself and the minute's silence at 4:30pm. we will have more from here at southwark in london a little later on. ben, back to you. jane, thank you very much indeed. a look at the day's other news now.
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sajid javid has given his first major interview since becoming home secretary. speaking to the andrew marr show he said he'd take another look at the cap on skilled workers coming to the uk, and that he would be asking the chancellor to provide more funding for the police. i spoke to our correspondent mark lobel to find out more. last month the home secretary addressed the police federation in birmingham and he said he would provide police funding and spending review next year. so andrew marr asked him about that and it was quite an emphatic answer that andrew got back, so let's have a listen to that. whilst we have increased resources dramatically in this financial year by some 460 million throughout england and wales, i want to make it a priority of mine in the next spending review next year. and have you got the agreement of the chancellor to spend more on the police and security services? not yet, because we haven't started... well, on security services, yes, we've already made some of those announcements. 0n 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.
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so there we are, that's him talking about police. he's also been asked a bit about immigration, i think? that's right, this was one of the key questions people wanted put to him this morning. since ruth davidson, the leader of the scottish conservatives, said she thinks that maybe they should look again at this tens of thousands target for net migration, which was in the conservative ma nifesto. well, on the programme, sajid javid did say he supported the manifesto commitment, but was asked specifically a few times whether he'd backed this figure of tens of thousands and he wouldn't back the figure explicitly, so i think there's definitely room, wiggle room there or something to read into, what he is saying and why he's not prepared to use that figure in his answer. now he did, in other parts of the interview, say he'd look at other aspects of immigration and caps and we can listen to another clip of him about that. i can understand when the policy was put in place there was a cap that was established, 20,700 a year of these highly skilled immigrants. and for years and years,
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that cap wasn't hit. it's only in recent months the cap is being hit and the doctor you referred to there, was referring to the fact that it includes a number of doctors that are qualified, that our nhs needs that are being turned away. exactly. it's very odd, isn't it? i see the problem with that. it is something that i'm taking a fresh look at. i know a number of my colleagues certainly want me to take a look at this and that's 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, it is tier 2 visas. it's the skilled non—eu workers, skilled visas for doctors and the like, that the home secretary mentioned. that cap has been hit a few times recently in a few months recently. so it looks like by not mentioning explicitly these tens of thousands figure, we understand there is a review going on and there's discussions going on within the conservative party about that. and discussing the idea
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that he will review other caps for skilled migrants. i think people will look closely now as to the kind of direction he wants to take immigration policy, and it might be different from his predecessor. mark lobel, our political correspondent. finance ministers from the g7 have warned the us that it only has days 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.
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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 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 dollar—for—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
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heads of state could be even more difficult. lebo diseko, bbc news. china has warned trade talks between beijing and washington will fail if the united states insists on introducing new tariffs and other sanctions. beijing said negotiations could not be conducted under the threat of a trade war. the comments came at the end of talks between the chinese vice premier and the us commerce secretary, wilbur ross. 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 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 —
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and cancer research uk says the next step is to try to predict who will respond. we can talk more about this now. joining us now from salisbury is doctorjustine alford, senior science information officer at cancer research uk. tell us a little more about these findings, and how exciting do you think they are? these encouraging results are definitely exciting. we do need to bear in mind that this is still in its early stages, so this is what was called a two clinical trial. it will still need to go through much further testing before we know how well these drugs do work in these men, but we also have to bearin in these men, but we also have to bear in mind that these were men who had run out of treatment options, their cancer was very advanced, they had already been through several rounds of chemotherapy and hormone therapy, and these treatments and
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stop working, so effectively this is giving some men with these advanced disease new hope. give us an idea without going into too much scientific detail about how this therapy works, how it is different from other types of cancer therapy. the drugs that they were using in this particular clinical trial is what is known as immunotherapy, which is any type of treatment that works by engaging the immune system. in this particular case, they were using a drug which works by cutting the brakes on the immune system. these breaks exist to stop the immune system from going into overdrive and harming the body when it is responding to something, but u nfortu nately it is responding to something, but unfortunately cancer it is responding to something, but u nfortu nately ca ncer cells it is responding to something, but unfortunately cancer cells can use this to their advantage, and produce molecules which stop the immune system molecules which stop the immune syste m fro m molecules which stop the immune system from attacking the cancer. and this drug stops this from happening, cuts the brakes so that the immune system can swoop in and start to attack the cancer cells again. so obviously, as you say, encouraging results, but a lot more work, a lot more research needs to
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be done? i think we have lost you... sorry, carry on. these results definitely are encouraging, but this did actually only have an effect on a very small number of men in the study, so now what the researchers need to do is go away and find out why these particular men were responding and why some other men weren't, and then they can start to tailor this drug specifically to men who it is more likely to benefit, and spare them, because sadly the treatment can come with some quite severe side—effects. treatment can come with some quite severe side-effects. good to talk to you, glad we got you back there. thank you for your time. the headlines on bbc news: it is just it isjust gone it is just gone a quarter past mid—day. 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.
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the home secretary, sajid javid, has said he'll look again at the cap on the number of doctors that can come to uk, to work in the nhs. 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's jon acres. good afternoon. let's start at headingley where england have built up a useful lead in the second test against pakistan. jos buttler had a bit of fun adding 35 runs in an 11 ball spell this morning. he finished on 80 not out as england were bowled out for 363 — a first innings lead of 189. pakistan have just started their second innings, they're currently 16—0. to football.
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gareth southgate says there were plenty of positives to take from england's penultimate friendly before heading to the world cup. goals from gary cahill and harry kane gave england a 2— first half lead. nigeria improved in the second half and pulled one back through arsenal's alex iwobi. so far, so good for southgate. i thought it was an excellent performance with the ball, really good movement and interchange between the front four. we managed to overload midfield, and whenever raheem or harry came short, dele and jesse were there, they made some fantastic runs in behind. and there was a lot of unselfish one—two play, and i thought we played from the back with good composure. scotland meanwhile were beaten 1—0 by mexico in their international friendly. the former spurs forward giovanni dos santos with the only goal of the game after 13 minutes in mexico city. golf, and justin rose has the chance
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to become golf‘s world number one if he wins the memorial tournament in ohio. rose, who won last week's fort worth invitational, made six birdies in his third round, but a scrappy finish including three bogeys meant he finished with a 3—under 69. rose in one ahead of tiger woods, who sunk four birdies and an eagle in a 4—under par round of 68. but round of the day belonged to rory mcilroy — a bogey free round of 8—under par including this eagle on the par—5 fifth. he's tied for 11th going into the final round. great britain won five medals at the first rowing world cup of the season in belgrade. tom barras, jonny walton, graeme thomas and john collins won gold in the men's quadruple sculls. they were trailing germany with 250 metres to go but came through to win by 0.27 of a second to open their season with a win. there were silvers in both
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the men's and women's eight and men's double sculls, as well as bronze in the women's lightweight double sculls that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. many thanks indeed, jon. we're going to talk about the situation in jordan now. injordan protesters have taken to the streets for a third night, calling for the dismissal of the prime minister. security forces fired tear gas and blocked main roads near government offices in the capital, amman. king abdullah has called for compromise from all sides. the protesters say they are angry at new the tax bill. the problem is, it's notjust with tax law, thejordanian citizen right now, his pockets are empty, completely empty. so the government has to listen to the sound of the people. the tax law is very unjust to everybody. thejordanian citizens here,
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they have no resources, they have nothing. even their food got touched by the government. amman and jordan is one of the most expensive countries in the region and on top of the world too, with no resources. that is unjust to the people ofjordan. let's speak to our arab affairs editor, sebastian usher. you were saying that the government injordan you were saying that the government in jordan have to you were saying that the government injordan have to listen to the sound of anger of the people. are the government going to listen to that? will the king ofjordan listen? the king interviewed on friday, he froze a price hike that was coming in on fuel and would have raised fuel prices by 5%, other prices going up, but that didn't stop the protests they built after that. yesterday saw the first actual clashes between the security forces,
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nothing too big at the moment, and the protesters a re nothing too big at the moment, and the protesters are very keen to say that it the protesters are very keen to say thatitis the protesters are very keen to say that it is peaceful, what they are doing, nothing to do with the actual structure of the country, the king, the monarchy, but they have had enough, essentially as you are hearing there. prices have been building, going up, standards of living falling, middle class is squeezed, the poor more impoverished, and the money that jordan depended on, most of it foreign aid, has been getting scarcer and foreign aid, has been getting sca rcer and sca rcer. foreign aid, has been getting scarcer and scarcer. billions of pounds they used to receive from the gulf countries stopped last year hasn't been replaced. money from the palestinians for the refugee camps of which jordan hosted a palestinians for the refugee camps of whichjordan hosted a large number is drying up for various political reasons. and they have had lots of refugees coming from the syrian conflict they have had to deal with, so a lot of pressures. the imf stepped in, gave around £1 billion over several years to jordan to keep it going, to try and reduce the massive budget deficit that it has. very unpopular measures that it
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brought in, the biggest one being this tax bill, it is a draft bill at the moment, but all the people on the moment, but all the people on the street are essentially saying this will bring people who were not being taxed before into that class, it will essentially put the final desperate squeeze on people who already can hardly manage. jordan, just to put it into context, is a very important country in terms of the middle east. it is pivotal, central to the middle east, such a volatile region, and it has been traditionally pretty stable in the last few years. it is essentially still stable. the people on the street are not in any way demanding the fall of the structure. the government, yes, but governments, 90, government, yes, but governments, go, it is the king who would matter, the king is taking his role of being both part of the authorities that run the country, but also standing above the fray, and he yesterday made a big point of saying that the people mustn't be given this burden alone. but what he hasn't done is
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step away from these measures, and there is going to come a point of these protests continue, and we are in the month of ramadan which is helping that, so people are protesting all through the night and it is building in that way. at a certain point they may feel that the fall of the government isn't enough, they need a bigger change than that. at the moment it is nowhere close to that, but what they are saying is that, but what they are saying is that they cannot take it any more. as you say, jordan is very important politically as a kind of balance between all the competing forces in the middle east. it has always been seen as a very close the middle east. it has always been seen as a very close and dependable ally, king abdullah's action as a mediator, he is actually sitting on quite a difficult situation himself. is he as king still loved and revered by the people? is his position in any way on double threat thanit position in any way on double threat than it was comedy would think? he doesn't have quite the same position as his father, king hussein, had, he hasn't established himself in quite the same way, but he still stands
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above all the political machinations and the day—to—day problems, and he isa and the day—to—day problems, and he is a unified symbol. that hasn't changed. 0bviously is a unified symbol. that hasn't changed. obviously the problem he could face is when people are suffering these economic hardships, he's a king, his wife rani is seen asa he's a king, his wife rani is seen as a great voice for human rights across the globe, but also as somebody who is a fashion plate, a lot of spending. there could come a time when that becomes a problem for them, and that begins to be something that is brandished. but we haven't reached anywhere near that stage yet. the king, the government, should still be able to act, to keep this, i would should still be able to act, to keep this, iwould imagine. should still be able to act, to keep this, i would imagine. very interesting, good to talk to, sebastian usher, al arab affairs editor. 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
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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. 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. we want clergy to be talking about this. 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,
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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 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,
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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". jeremy ball, bbc news. coming up to half past mid—day. let's have a look at the weather prospects now with matt taylor. the sunshine is out for a lot more of you today, the rain clouds have been dominant across central and southern scotland today, on the far north of england. some afternoon storms across parts of the south highlands into the grampians. elsewhere morning showers clear the south west, a few isolated showers dotted around but much of england and wales, temperatures up to 26 degrees. into tonight, from clear skies to cloudy ones across much of
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scotland, much of northern and eastern england, low cloud rolling off the north sea, but temperatures in double figures, and a muddy start to monday morning for many. it will feel cool across the eastern coast, inland it will break up at times, the further south and west you are, one 01’ the further south and west you are, one or two isolated showers breaking out in the sunnier spots, but temperatures into the 20s, just the teams down through eastern coast. during the rest of this week, more in the way of sunshine developing, temperatures on the up a little bit, just one or two showers, too. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: 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 who were killed and injured.
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