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this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 6pm. one year on from the london bridge attack, a special service takes place at southwark cathedral to remember the victims. eight people lost their lives and 48 others were injured after three attackers drove into pedestrians, then stabbed people in nearby borough market. a national minute's silence to commemorate the victims of the attack also took place, as floral tributes were laid at southwark needle by the prime minister and the mayor of london. young i amjane hill. a very moving and emotional day where people are still arriving to lay flowers on the first anniversary of that terrace attack. and in other news, the home secretary, sajid javid, promises to review key aspects of the government's
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immigration policy. doctors say new research means thousands of women with early stage breast cancer could be spared chemotherapy. in cricket, england beat pakistan in the second test at headingley and draw the series. hello and good evening from london bridge. the eight people who lost their lives on this bridge and at nearby rural market, exactly one year ago. 48 people were injured, some of them very seriously and
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there has been an extremely beautiful but of course poignant service to remember those who lost their lives. and also to pay thanks and give thanks for the work of the emergency services, who responded so swiftly on the night and of course nhs staff who worked to help some people very badly injured in the days and weeks that followed. in the next minutes, i am pleased to say that i will be speaking to the bishop of about the significant of the ceremony. but first let's just here are a few excerpts from what has been going on here. 700 people gathered inside, with glorious cathedral just my right, gathered inside, with glorious cathedraljust my right, and they we re cathedraljust my right, and they were addressed first of all by the dean. the violence assaults one year ago against lenders and visitors shocked people everywhere. today, we come together to remember the attack
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on and around london bridge on the evening of the 3rd ofjune. as he gathered together today, let us give thanks for the recovery and healing that we have received in minds and bodies. for the building of relationships and communities and for the strengthening of run ship and support. let us continue to remember those who lost their lives. theirfamilies their families and friends and may oui’ their families and friends and may
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our prayers have all those who were harmed that night. we commend them all to the care and keeping of almighty god. as a give thanks to the bravery and elegance and dedication of the emergency services, let us pray for their continuing safety and protection. and that our communities and all nations may pre—preserved from kehrer and violence. and as we heard, the names here, it is worth remembering that they were from all over the world. they were from all over the world. they were from australia, canada, france, spain, as well as here in london. just a reminder, spain, as well as here in london. justa reminder, if spain, as well as here in london. just a reminder, if we need one, that london is a multicultural city that london is a multicultural city that welcomes all comers and that is a theme that was permeated here today, and it is something you pick up today, and it is something you pick up on, no matter who you talk to, andi up on, no matter who you talk to, and i have been talking to a lot of
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people here today, particularly in burough market, and they all say that. it is still a welcoming city and everyone is welcome here and that london will not be defeated by that london will not be defeated by that act of kehrer one year ago. we heard of people working beyond the night shifts to help hospitals when they realised what had happened. of doctors and nurses coming in work on their off, to help people, dating, therefore, that one of the readings that formed part of the commemorative service was by the chief nurse and we heard a little from her. teacher, he said, what must i do to inherit eternal life. he said to him, what is written in the law. what do you read there? and he
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answered, you shall love the lord your god with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind and your neighbour as yourself. and he said to him, you have given the right answer. do this and you will live. for the word of the lord. the chief nurse there as part of the commemorative service, and i was really struck by the number of uniformed metropolitan police we have seen taking part in the commemoration, and we remember of course that police officers were very very seriously hurt indeed when they tried to help on that night, including the remarkable police officer from british transport police who tried to fend off all three attackers on his own over on the bridge here, armed only with a baton, and you'll remember with interviews he has given with his experiences and he is still not back
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at work, though he says he hopes to return to work later this year. sell a large police presence here to reflect their role on the night. we have been hearing a little from the commissioner of the metropolitan police, the brief, the metropolitan police, the brief, the injured, the amazing first responders, many who saw and adored the most traumatic images and things that nobody should ever have to deal with. but i think for the whole country to remember a year ago, and to look to the future, it is very important. iam very i am very pleased to say that the bishop of suffolk, is with me today. thank you for talking to us. you are just reflecting been what an extremely moving day he had been.
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how important is the ceremony like today that we saw? do you think on anniversary like this? a ceremony like today gives everyone the opportunity to gather together in the spirit of deep reflection, in the spirit of deep reflection, in the spirit of deep reflection, in the spirit of deep solidarity, in the spirit of deep solidarity, in the spirit of deep solidarity, in the spirit of deep compassion, for those who have suffered. a commitment to the work of healing that have of course continued. when you're on, the gathering of this community so many signs of encouragement to them, give us all others. i mentioned, both those who died were from all over the world and i was really struck by something i witnessed at the end of the formal ceremony here, and the silence that we all observed. and we see now this beautiful bag of flowers behind us. people have been laying goes along with the prime minister and other dignitaries, and i spotted early on, the dean of, alongside faith leaders
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from so many other religions and they were having their photographs taken against the backdrop of flowers. how important is that, the visual symbol, the message that todayis visual symbol, the message that today is for everyone? just a few days after the attack in this precise place, 100 imams and muslim scholars gathered together with me to make their own statement of solidarity and to denounce the things that had happened. i think today there has been a sense of echoes of those sorts of early gatherings one year ago. but when you're on, of course, it is a sign that we will not forget what has happened. we are trying to go on with our work of healing. the doors of the cathedral, which were shut for eight days, are open again. the bills are being wrong. all of that is very good. but so many people have been robbed of their normality
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by the terror that stalk our streets a year ago. hardly hold on that as a society. i hear everything you say, about how people are coming together, but 2017 was a grand year, we had the attack on westminster bridge, the manchester arena, and i was struck again by the number of placards who say turn to love and it is will lose and isis is united, and does things. how do we hold onto that as a society and to make sure we are not divided by those horrible attacks that we saw last year?|j think attacks that we saw last year?” think we start by being listeners. while those floral tributes are being laid, while i was being photographed, a young student from dusseldorf, who is studying in london, came to me and said his aunt was one of the survivors. she had been hit by the van as it's needed across the bridge. and was incredibly moved. he said how
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difficult today had been for him. we listen to those stories. that is out the work of healing begins. and should continue. that is how as a society, we are so ready to talk and we do have to let our voices be heard. we also need to listen to one another at a very deep level.m heard. we also need to listen to one another at a very deep level. it is your sense within this burough, this vibrant part of london, is your sense that people are closer as a result of what happened one year ago? result of what happened one year ? is result of what happened one year ago? is it to say that or do you think it really can help, and adversity can help bring people together. everything comes together here in this community. the battery market, they tend to come together as one package and in that, we are in the epicentre. and that has been a tremendous challenge to this community. which is still in some ways broken and wounded and in need
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of addressing those loans. so that healing can take place. but it is also marked by a determination to rally together to come together. this evening, in the cathedral, we are hosting a community meal at 8pm and at the request of the banks residence, the young muslim lawyer who is chairman of the bank, is bringing representatives of the whole community. we as the cathedral are glad to be welcoming that. as oui’ are glad to be welcoming that. as our muslim brothers and sisters break theirfast, our muslim brothers and sisters break their fast, we willjoin with them and the eating of food. we will join in them and joined the demonstration and what unites us. thank you so much for your time this evening. thank you for talking to us on bbc news. thank you very much indeed. that is the bishop. certainly a lot of what the bishop was saying reflective, as i looked out as the sea of people who had
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gathered here when we were standing here for the one minute silence, probably 1000 or more members of the public who gathered, there was an informant amount of placards who talked about london being united and london united against terrorism will stop. a sober day. for now, i will hand you back to the studio. the home secretary, sajid javid, has promised to review key aspects of the government's immigration policy, which has been criticised as being too hostile. mrjavid said he would "think more carefully" about the cap on skilled workers wanting to come to the uk from outside the eu. and he acknowledged that the current approach had caused problems for employers, including the nhs. here's our political correspondent, mark lobel. reducing migration. the key conservative party may not be as
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safe as it once was. as a secretary, said he supports the conservative ma nifesto said he supports the conservative manifesto commitment, which is to bring migration down to the tens of thousands, but has refused to back the figure expressively. in his first major tv interview, he said he was prepared to look at raising the cap for skilled workers. when the party was put in place, there was a cat that was established, 27,000 of these highly skilled workers, and for yea rs these highly skilled workers, and for years and years that cap was hit. i see the problem with that. i am taking a fresh look at it. hit. i see the problem with that. i am taking a fresh look at itm follows pressure from businesses and the nhs, which is struggling to recruit doctors. it also accepted there was a perception problem with stu d e nts there was a perception problem with students being included in net migration numbers. but labour rejects the government approach. the mistake that conservatives have always made, is they said they would
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set arbitrary target and then let the economy bear the consequences. we have said the sensible things to do is what does our economy need? let's make sure we have the skills to match that. tackling climate client, violent crime. he would prioritise police funding. are police have a very difficult job to do. they are seeing rising demand in notjust the terrorist do. they are seeing rising demand in not just the terrorist threat, they are seeing a rise in reporting of historic sexual crimes. sexual exploitation, domestic violence, i wa nt exploitation, domestic violence, i want to make a priority of mine. but with spending tight, securing extra funding will not be easy. armed police have cordoned off berlin cathedral after an officer shot and injured a man at the building. a berlin police statement described the wounded man as a "hooligan," but did not provide details about the circumstances
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of the shooting or his actions. the cathedral has been sealed off and witnesses taken to hospital to be treated for shock. planes in hamburg have been grounded and the airport closed to passengers after power cut brought operations to a halt. both terminals were evacuated after the blackout earlier today. the airport said in a statement that it would not be possible to fix the problem today. passengers have been urged to contact their airline for updates on flight status. the headlines on bbc news. a memorial service and a minute's silence have been held to mark the first anniversary of the london bridge terror attack. the home secretary, sajid javid, has said he'll look again at key parts of immigration policy, including foreign students and doctors coming to the uk. doctors say new research means thousands of women with early stage breast cancer
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could be spared chemotherapy. the world could be only days away from a full blown trade war. that's the warning from the world's leading finance ministers meeting in canada. it follows president trump's decision to levy big tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium. several countries including canada and mexico have already retaliated with their own tariffs. our business correspondent, joe lynam reports. the drumbeats of a looming trade war are getting louder. as finance ministers from seven of the world's key economies arrived in canada, greeted by some canadian indigenous people, there was only one major issue — tariffs. and it was six against one. the americans have decided to, in our mind, take an action that is not at all constructive.
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it's actually destructive to our ability to get things done around tariffs on steel and aluminium. in order to revive steel—making plants like this one in pennsylvania, the us has imposed a 25% tax or tariff on all imported steel and 10% on aluminium. that will make steel far more expensive to sell in america for british, mexican or canadian manufacturers. but the us was playing down the significance of the tariffs. the concern is not these tariffs per se, but i think the concern is obviously many of them have put on more threatening reciprocal tariffs and then perhaps what the us's reaction, so i think that trade is a very important issue, and i think as you know the president and i and others in the administration are very focused on this. in the next few days, these iconic but noisy harley—davidsons could be the focus for eu retaliation against us—owned brands. that in turn could lead
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to the americans imposing tariffs on european cars, which could include jaguar and land rover. and the threat of a global trade war could intensify even further this week if trade talks between the us and china break down and tit—for—tat barriers are applied to products between the world's two largest economies. next week these finance ministers' bosses, the presidents and prime ministers, will try to paper over the cracks, but short of a change of heart from president trump, that meeting will doubtless highlight us isolation on this issue. joe lynam, bbc news. doctors say thousands of women with early stage breast cancer could be spared chemotherapy. it follows trials of a genetic test that analyses how dangerous a woman's tumour is. the findings have been presented at the world's biggest meeting of cancer doctors and scientists in chicago. they are expected to change practise in clinics, including across the uk, immediately. well, we can speak now
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to dr alistair ring, who's a consultant in medical oncology at the royal marsden nhs foundation trust. he's attending that conference in chicago and joins us live from there now. thank you for speaking to us. how hopeful and excited are you by these results ? hopeful and excited are you by these results? good evening. i am very excited by the results and they come ata excited by the results and they come at a very timely point for the uk and this is a test that is routinely available already for nhs patients but the body which reviews these funding is currently reevaluating the funding of this test, so i think it is very important that we have the results, an important city for patients. just tell us more about this genetic test. is this a blood test or were involved? no, it is a test or were involved? no, it is a test that is done on women's breast cancer. there are no additional procedures which women need to go
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through to have it done. it is central testing in a lab and the results come back to the oncologist for a discussion with the patient in the benefits are not a chemotherapy. and the results, or were the results from the trials, have they proved uniform across the age groups and the forms at its early stage, but the forms at its early stage, but the different forms of breast cancer? yes, this is specifically for women with lymph node negative breast cancer, in other words, early breast cancer, in other words, early breast cancer, in other words, early breast cancer that has spread. we are working out which women will benefit from chemotherapy and which will not. that affects about half the women we diagnosed with breast cancer a year, so is the women we diagnosed with breast cancer a year, so is that form of breast cancer with a focus of this study is. when you combine advances like this as well as i believe it was a drug last year in november that was announced in the treatment of breast cancer, how hopeful are you about the fight and the war
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against this cancer? i am very hopeful. the results of this study are they are a perfect example of personalization of anti—cancer therapy, so we are still using chemotherapy, but we are using it in a more focused manner, offering it to women who we think will gain the most and sparing women who do not need chemotherapy and will not have to go through the side effects and all that entails. i am very hopeful from the results of this study that we can cure as many people and do it with less long—term implications. you said there it will change practise across the uk. and the treatment of breast cancer. this is from tomorrow is the? will patients had asked for it or is this something that will be done automatically? it is something that is done automatically, and that is pa rt is done automatically, and that is part of the good news. what the study has shown us, it is giving us confidence in the results and thomas and give us clarity and how to interpret it, so the test were
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routinely been done and we can interpret the result of different ways so we can safely identify women who could be spared chemotherapy. we have heard about advances in prostate cancer, any news on this front with breast cancer? it has been elusive. you are absolutely right. i think it is too early to say whether the therapy will be a breakthrough treatment for women with breast cancer. 0k. they give very much for that. the church of england and the catholic church are launching a campaign to help police tackle modern slavery at car washes. worshippers will be taught how to spot signs that workers might be exploited, and how to report their suspicions on a new mobile phone app. 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,
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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, every town, village, city anywhere in this land.
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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. 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 jeremy ball, bbc news. three crew members from the international space station have made the journey safely back down to earth. russian cosmonaut anton was accompanied by astronauts scott tingle
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from the us and one from japan. the three landed in kazakhstan this afternoon, having spent 168 days in space. the russian was out of the capsule first, met by support crew who checked him over ahead of his journey back to moscow. 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. the centreleft
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the ce ntreleft party the centreleft party led by, coming second with 12.6%. the preliminary was old will be released by the commission later today. 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. youngin young in this country and across the whole, it was passed in 1861. it puts it in the same place as rape,
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and what that means, right now in northern ireland, where there are no exceptions to this law, if you are raped and you become pregnant as a result of the raid, 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 regulation i want to be really ca re this piece of regulation i want to be really care about this. the puzzle we have, and it is across party proposal, is devilish and respectful, because it is about repealing a piece of uk legislation, that stop people from northern ireland having a medical rather than criminal laws about abortion. 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
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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. there will also be a list of agencies which don't charge fees when staff are taken on permanently. make sure every child, whatever their background is inspired to learn and to reach their potential. 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.
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a dinosaurfossilfound in the united states is going on sale at the eiffel tower in paris on monday. the skeleton is worth millions of dollars, though experts are still uncertain of its identity — shuba krishnan reports. headed for auction. this dinosaur skeleton is expected to fetch up to point to in dollars. not bad for an unidentified species. until all the bones were discovered, we all thought it was an allosaurus. it was in the lead territory that they realise, as they remove the bones, that there were plenty of anatomical details that did not match up. experts believe it is from the current
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