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this is bbc news. the headlines at five. a second devastating fire in four years at one of scotland's architectural landmarks, the glasgow school of art. the scale of damage is extensive. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, sees the destruction for herself. it is hard to find the words to describe what it feels like, to look at such an iconic building, notjust an iconic building in glasgow or scottish terms, but a building with significance for people right across the world. the home secretary uses exceptional powers to allow doctors to treat severely epileptic billy caldwell with illegal cannabis oil. billy is getting the best care in the world here. and i think safe here at this particular hospital. so again, isjust one here at this particular hospital. so again, is just one step at a time, praying for a miracle, really. sinn fein members vote in favour of liberalising abortion law at their conference in belfast. also this hour, could one of the stars of the world cup live
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up to his name on day three of the tournament? lionel messi missed a crucial penalty as underdogs iceland secure a draw against argentina. andy murray will make his competitive return from hip surgery at queens next week. eddiejones‘ england are aiming to avoid a fifth test defeat in a row as they take on south africa in bloemfontein. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. scotland's first minister has said she's heartbroken after the renowned glasgow school of art was badly damaged in a fire, for the second time in four years. the alarm was raised just
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after 11:00 last night and the mackintosh building was engulfed by flames within minutes. in scr the scottish fire and rescue sys that the historic building has been extensively damaged along with some surrounding buildings. it was undergoing a multi—million pound restoration project following the last blaze. nicola sturgeon visited the site this afternoon to see the damage for herself, and praised the speed of the response and the skill of the firefighters, in preventing loss if life. our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon reports. this was a sight glasgow never expected to see again. its world—famous school of art engulfed by fire once more. thick, black smoke and flames, spreading quickly, rising high into the night sky. i looked up and i saw this massive orange cloud. and i just thought to myself, surely that's not the art school, because it was on fire
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recently as well. weird that it is happening again. yeah, it feels like a dream. it can't be real. yeah, it can't be real. it isjust, like, strange. glasgow's not got very much luck with fires these days. i think pretty much everyone is just in shock because, i mean, it is iconic, isn't it? the fire spread to other buildings, including a nearby nightclub and a well—known music venue. some local residents were moved from their homes for safety. at its height, more than 120 firefighters were involved in the operation, water pumped from the river clyde to help dampen down the flames. every floor of the art school building at the centre of this fire is thought to be extensively damaged. the building in which the fire started has been extensively damaged by fire. it has reached from the ground floor right through to the roof. it is significantly damaged.
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we were focusing our attention on preventing it from spreading. the mackintosh building had been damaged in a previous fire four years ago. its restoration, costing £35 million, had been well under way. artisan craftsmen from across the uk working to recreate charles rennie mackintosh's designs which had made the building so well known. i was shocked, heartbroken, devastated for the people that have worked so hard to try and bring the building back to its former glory. i know that the staff at the glasgow school of art, all the architects and crafts people involved, have been working so hard, and they were nearly there in terms of getting the work done as well. so it is absolutely devastating to see it in the state that is in now. there is shock that a building so central to glasgow's creative history has been so extensively damaged. the investigation into why this happened will be for the days that follow. for now, firefighters continue to work on stopping the fire flaring up once again.
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that was lorna gordon there. this afternoon scotland first minister nicola sturgeon pledged the government's support. it is hard to find the words to describe what it feels like, to look at such an iconic building, notjust an iconic building in glasgow or scottish terms, but a building with significance for people right across the world. four years ago i was struck by the outpouring of support globally for the mackintosh building. i think we are starting to see that again today. i have used the word, i know, a few times. it is heartbreaking. that is probably the only word that can be used at the moment. inaudible. the fire crews i have been speaking to are from all over scotland and that is a sign of the scale of the response. there were 20 appliances at one stage. 0vernight, it scaled back slightly.
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we have all seen pictures of the hose which stretched from the clyde to here, so this has been an enormous response and i want to thank the firefighters and the police and members of the ambulance service. the pictures i was witnessing, we were all witnessing last night, really bring it home what a dangerous job firefighters in particular do, and i am so grateful to them for their response last night. nicola sturgeon there. joining me now from glasgow is norry wilson, the editor of the lost glasgow website. thank you forjoining us on what i know it's an absolutely devastating day for people in glasgow, just seeing those scenes, particularly after what happened four years ago. what are your thoughts when you heard the news last night? an absolutely terrible sense of thinking deja vu. i witnessed the
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fire four years ago and i was message last night to look it up again andi message last night to look it up again and ijumped in a taxi and came into town. the fire last night was considerably more severe. the whole night sky was a light, smoke, flames, people standing in the street, people crying in the street. yesterday was a glasgow school of art graduation day, it should have been the happiest day of the year for the students. there were stu d e nts for the students. there were students still in their graduation finery standing and watching the building burn again, and it really is absolutely heartbreaking. even today, there are hundreds of people out just standing in today, there are hundreds of people outjust standing in a state of shock. looking at the result of last night's blaze. just explain to people who do not know about the building itself, about why it is so world renowned, really, the glasgow school of art. designed by charles rennie mackintosh, the greatest architect that glasgow will ever produce, in my opinion. it is a work of art that people create art and
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decide the state of the doors, it is like stepping into the imagination. it isa like stepping into the imagination. it is a working building in which great art is made. you're always walking inside a work of art. every inch of the building, every surface, every door panel, every piece of wood bears the indelible thumbprint of mackintosh, he designed everything, not just the of mackintosh, he designed everything, notjust the outside of the building, but every interior to bea the building, but every interior to be a working school of art for artists to create with. and that is what is so check it today, that the interior has gone, the exterior still stands so far, and hopefully it can be saved. but the interior, including the £35 million worth of restoration, which was nearly completed, is all gone again. all those thousands of hours of craftsmanship destroyed again. and it is bad, isn't it, when you think about the people that they're
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working on that project, the people in the city who have watched it happen and stop right, we're getting close now to the moment where it is going to restored. and that seems to have been destroyed. and some people even woi’i’y have been destroyed. and some people even worry that the actual building itself, the shell of the building might not be secure enough. that is the worry at the moment, if the building can be saved. if the exterior of the building can be saved. we can recreate the interior. it will cost millions again. that is not a problem. but actually building itself, if that is damaged beyond repair, that is a tragedy for the whole world. mackintosh is a world—renowned architect and people come from all over the world simply to stand and look at the building and visit the building. it is a global heritage side. and today is a global heritage side. and today is a global loss to what heritage. that is the level it to be measured out. it is not a glasgow tragedy, it is a global tragedy. people are going to go out into the world, i had
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m essa 9 es go out into the world, i had messages from all over the world, people who have no connection to the city, ask pat, x students, the bull who love the building. thank you for joining us on what i know is an absolutely devastating day for you and others. thank you very much. in the last hour, sinn fein have voted to change the party's policy on abortion and liberalise access to terminations at its annual conference in belfast. later this evening the president, mary lou mcdonald, will also give her first leader's address since replacing gerry adams. let's go live now to belfast and our ireland correspondent chris page. chris, i suppose the ramifications of that referendum in the republic of that referendum in the republic of ireland are being felt that there today. at right. mary lou mcdonald, the relatively huge sinn fein president, you need to go a few months ago, play date very prominent role in that referendum campaign
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which resulted in a landslide vote in favour of change, the irish republic has removed its constitutional ban on abortion. the irish government is not planning to bring forward legislation which would legalize the termination to pregnancy for any reason until a woman is 12 weeks pregnant. and till this afternoon sinn fein‘s current cost policy fell short of that in favour of legalizing abortions in cases where a woman's health was at risk. -- cases where a woman's health was at risk. —— current policy fell short. in the annual conference today they set the party executive first we should be able to instruct mps of the irish parliament as how they vote on that issue, and they said that abortions should be available without specific reason, for a limited gestational period. there is a bit of flex ability there, but the bottom line is whenever this legislation comes for the irish parliament, the party leadership will be able to instruct its mps to vote in favour of that legislation. still have the flexibility if there is any problems and amendments to that legislation, which goes through
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the parliament, so they can vote in whatever way they think is best. thank you. just to bring you some breaking news coming out of moscow where there are reports coming from the emergency services that a taxi has run into a cloud in central moscow. and seven people have been injured. according to this emergency services source thatis to this emergency services source that is being reported. a taxi has run intoa that is being reported. a taxi has run into a cloud in central moscow, of course moscow, russia has the eyes of the world on it with the world cup being hosted by them at the moment. but that is there that a taxi has run into a cloud in central moscow, seven people have been injured. the home office has granted a licence to allow a severely epileptic boy to be treated with illegal cannabis oil, after the drug had been confiscated from his family. the home secretary, sajid javid, says he used ‘exceptional power‘ to grant a licence for 12—year—old billy caldwell. billy is currently in hospital, after suffering two life—threatening
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seizures overnight. his mother had obtained more of the drug from canada, but it was taken away after she landed at heathrow. keith doyle takes us through the story. when billy caldwell and his mother returned from canada on monday with medicine containing cannabis oil, it was confiscated by customs after they declared it at heathrow airport. billy was taking the oil to help control violent epileptic seizures. now he has been admitted to hospital in london where this morning his mother said the attacks have returned and his condition is life—threatening. billy is getting the best care in the world here and i feel safe here at this particular hospital with billy. so, again, it isjust one step at a time, praying for a miracle, really. this afternoon, the home secretary gave permission for billy to use the medication. in a statement, sajid javid said... my experience throughout this
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leaves me in no doubt that the home office can no longer play a role, in fact, play any role, in the administration of medication for sick children in our country. billy has intractable epilepsy, which can cause up to 100 serious attacks a day. two years ago, he was given medicine containing cannabis oil in the united states, which slowly shortened the length and number of attacks. back home, his gp took the decision to prescribe the cannabis oil, but the home office later told him to stop as it contains the element thc, the psychoactive chemical found in marijuana. this cannabis is being grown legally in canada for medicinal use. while there is some evidence that
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some formulations may have medical benefits, it remains illegal in the uk. but this afternoon, billy caldwell is once again being treated with the medication his family says is life—saving. keith doyle, bbc news. the un's special envoy to yemen has arrived in the capital sana'a in a bid to persuade rebels to give up control of a key seaport. pro—government forces backed by saudi arabia have been fighting to take hodeidah from iran—backed militias. most of yemen's aid passes through the port, and aid agencies have warned that a prolonged battle could worsen an already critical situation. spain's government says it has accepted an offer from france to take in some of the migrants from the aquarius rescue ship. the vessel is currently en route to spain, with more than 600 people onboard, who were picked up off the libyan coast. last weekend, the boat was denied permission to dock in sicily
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after italy's new government promised a tough stance on immigration. the prime minister says she's disappointed after one of her own mps blocked plans to make upskirting a criminal offence. the new law would have seen offenders who secretly take photos up victim's clothes sentenced to up to two years in jail. but tory mp sir christopher chope was able to block the legislation by shouting "object". 0ur politcal correspondent iain watson reports. i was at a festival with my sister on a blistering hot day, waiting for my favourite band to come on stage and two guys took pictures up my skirt. gina martin was a victim of upskirting, the practice of secretly taking pictures under someone's clothes. a liberal democrat mp wanted to make it a criminal offence in england and wales, with offenders being jailed for up to two years. it's already outlawed in scotland but yesterday in parliament, this happened. 0bject! objection taken, secretary. conservative mp sir christopher
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chope uttered that one word, object, and under parliamentary procedure, the proposed law was halted in its tracks. many of his colleagues cried, "shame!" the ministerfor women was one of them. i was shocked, i was angry and i was disappointed and, for the record, i shouted "shame" very loudly after the member objected, because it seems to me this is a case where the law has not kept up to date with what's happening in the modern world so parliament needs to be flexible, and parliament needs to react. in a tweet, the prime minister made her views clear. she said... gina martin contacted sir christopher to find out why he objected. he just said he objected to it on principle and i said, "what about the subject matter of the bill?" and he said, "i'm not really sure on that, "i'm not sure what that is, upskirting."
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and i said, "i can help you with that," and i asked for his e—mail address and he said, "yeah, absolutely, e—mail me," and i said, "i'd like to talk to you and find out why you objected "and explain to you what this really is and how much it's going to affect "women and girls and protect women and protect women and girls," and he said, "ok, well, let's meet then". 0pposition mps have also criticised sir christopher chope's actions but government ministers now seem even more determined to outlaw upskirting. iain watson, bbc news, westminster. the headlines on bbc news: fire has broken out for a second time in four years at the glasgow school of art causing extensive damage. the government says it will help with restoring the building. the home secretary uses exceptional powers to allow doctors to treat severely epileptic billy caldwell with illegal cannabis oil. sinn fein members vote in favour of liberalising abortion law at their conference in belfast. the white house has
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been forced to clarify donald trump's stance on his administration's immigration controls. almost 2000 children have been separated from their parents at the us border with mexico injust two months. earlier, the us president caused confusion by appearing to refuse to sign a new bill, drafted by his own republican party, that aims to stop the practise. chris buckler has more. america is seen as a place of escape, and in an effort to find a better life many people take risks to try to cross the border into the country. children were among this group of dozens of undocumented migrants, found hidden inside a lorry when it was stopped here in texas. all these racist people say, take them back to mexico, send them back. it shouldn't be that way. honestly, ever since trump, that is everybody‘s view. the trump administration's new zero tolerance policy means everybody
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crossing the border illegally will be detained and prosecuted, including parents. and that has meant separating them from their children, who have to be held in facilities suitable for young people. these pictures of a centre near the mexican border in texas were released by the us government. they show boys doing exercise and being given care. but they also reveal that they are living up to five in a room, in a building that is a converted supermarket. how does that make you feel? and with another centre consisting mainly of tents opening up, president trump is being hounded with questions about why families are being split apart. the children can be taken care of quickly, beautifully and immediately. the democrats forced that law upon our nation. i hate it, i hate to see separation of parents and children. shame on us! campaigners say there is no such law, and point out that some in the president's administration
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have indicated the separations are a deterrent to people illegally crossing the border, and his attorney—general has been criticised for quoting the bible in an attempt to justify the current policy. i would cite you the apostle paul and his clear and wise command in romans 13 to obey the laws of the government, because god has ordained the government for his purposes. members of president trump's republican party are now drafting legislation to try to address what has become a deeply contentious and emotive issue. president trump still wants a border wall with mexico, and to be seen as tough on immigration. but he faces that difficult question, at what cost to families? chris buckler, bbc news, washington.
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an update on the news coming out of moscow that a taxi had run into a cloud there. the update coming says that there have been no fatalities after the taxi ran into that cloud. earlier they were saying that there we re earlier they were saying that there were seven people who had been injured, but they are saying now there have been no photography after there have been no photography after the taxi ran off. the moscow traffic authority, also saying that the driver has a kurdistan —— curtis then driving licence, —— curtis then. that is coming from the news agencies there and from the moscow authorities, so no fatalities and no news yet on whether this was an accident or deliberate. we will bring you more on any of that as we get it. the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, has described last night's fire at the glasgow school of art as "heartbreaking". experts believe more damage was caused in last night's blaze than during a previous one in 2014. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna
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gordon is in glasgow. the latest news we are hearing from several people who do feel that not only the interior has been damaged, but the building itself, might be beyond repair. yeah, hard to tell at this early stage. the fire crews won't be drawn on that. their focus at the moment is putting out those remaining rockets of fire. you might be able to see behind me there is a cherry picker going to help with fire crews on the top. it looks as if they may be starting to try and find those remaining hotspots, perhaps doing early observations of the extent of the damage caused by this fire. but you can see some pictures released from police scotland, it is extensive, far, far worse than the fire that occurred here four years ago. is easterling
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was largely undamaged in that previous fire. now the entire length of the building looks to have been gutted, from the floor level to where its roof should be, all the windows look to have been blown out. this of course, a building that many of the artistic and cultural community in scotland and across the world hold dear to their hearts. but i think you're right, they will be hoping it can be saved. but the damage is extensive. 0k, lorna gordon, thank you. lorna gordon with an update from glasgow. thank you very much. from anti—freeze to lemon coloured snails that could potentially fight cancer, the oceans of antarctica are full of unique animals that scientists hope could hold the key to some major global problems. members of the british antarctic survey in cambridge, spend months diving in freezing waters. 0ur science correspondent, richard westcott has been given special access to the creatures they bring back to study. up top, antarctica is a frozen desert.
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but venture beneath the ice, it's waters are teeming with life. creatures that hold clues to how the animal world will cope with climate change. well, we've been given a rare, behind the scenes glimpse at some of the creatures sciences have brought back from the uk to study. and there are some bizarre animals, believe me. this is one of my favourite creatures. so, it's just like the other starfish we were looking at. except one obvious, and very obvious, difference. can you flip it over, so we can see the mouth? yeah. this one may be, it will take a hold and put into there, in fact it might well have something in there that it's feeding on. studying these animals could help save lives. from the sea spider that can grow as big as a dinner plate, to the starfish that looks a bit like bagpuss. many are full of natural anti—freeze that could be useful
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in the medical world. the humble sea lemon has no predators. the chemical putting them off might also fight cancer or infections. so, there's a range of animals within the antarctic, from things like this to sponges and other animals, that live and grow on the rocks, they could potentially have really important chemicals for human society. so it's like the rain forest, where you find medicines? absolutely, yeah. you go through the ice, and suddenly it's all pitch black and then, as your eyes adjust, you look up and you've got this amazing ice cover with these colours of browns and green, it's like this almost sort of cathedral—like feeling. and then obviously, i sink to the bottom, start my work, and i could be anywhere. living in 0—degree waters makes these animals grow much slower, but bigger than usual. so, this is the same group of animals as the wood lice you find in your garden, but obviously one major difference it is big.
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and this is another example of polar gigantism, so where animals because of the cold, because of the cold water they live in, can actually be bigger. from health and food supply, to the impact of warmer oceans, these animals are helping us to understand the world our children will grow up in. richard wescott, bbc news, cambridge. 0k, ok, it's time for an update now of the weather with phil avery. hello once again. just want to bring you right up—to—date with how we see the weather developing for the rest of the weekend right across the british isles, and indeed we'll have a quick look into the start of next week. in the shorter term, it hasn't been a sparkling start to the weekend for the northern half of the british isles. further south, a better chance of seeing a wee bit of sunshine. there's a fair amount of cloud around even here, and i have used that picture to remind me that there are so many shows going on at the moment, so a bit of inclement weather really very disappointing indeed. now, where is all this rain coming from across the northern half of the british isles, and some western parts too?
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well, it is this great stripe of cloud that is tied into an area of low pressure, which is gradually trying to throw that front ever further towards the east. perhaps for some all too late in the day things will begin to buck up a wee bit across some western parts, particularly western scotland, northern ireland, maybe the western fringes of england and wales. into the wee small hours, a lot of dry weather coming in across the british isles. not a particularly cold night, although you will see there underneath the clear skies in scotland the temperatures will have dribbled away into single figures. make the most of the dry weather in the western parts of the british isles as we get on into sunday morning, because another weather front will cloud things up from the west, as we get on through the day, and eventually there will be the odd bit and piece of rain coming in through northern ireland, the western fringes of scotland and through wales, and into the south—west of england. generally speaking, i would have thought the further east you are the drier the day will be. top temperature on the day, well, improved across the north east quarter of scotland, where your pollen will be low as well, but i am afraid it's not good news for the greater part of england, where the pollen levels will remain stubbornly high, perhaps a little bit reduced back towards wales and into
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the far south—west. as we take you out of sunday, push on into monday, again, we have got this looping weather front here, dominating the scene across parts of scotland, northern ireland, maybe the north of england too. generally speaking, the further south and east you are, the better your day will be on monday. quite a bit of sunshine coming through, through the midlands, the eastern side of the pennines for a time, and down into east anglia and the south—east. the rain perhaps notjust as heavy on monday as it is on saturday for parts of scotland, the north—west of england, but it is still there to be had, and i think later on things improve into northern ireland. the forthcoming week, the unsettled fare is still to be found across northern parts of the british isles. things really warming up, though, down towards the south. this is bbc news, our latest headlines.
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fire has broken out for a second time in four years at one of scotland's architectural landmarks, the glasgow school of art. there has been extensive damage. the government has said it will help with restoring the building. we don't know what the structural damage is, the damage to the stonework. so i think it's too early to say what will be required. but what i can absolutely say is that we will be there to help. the home secretary uses an exceptional power to release illegal cannabis oil to severely epileptic billy caldwell, after doctors said it was a "medical emergency". sinn fein delegates at a conference in belfast vote in favour of liberalising abortion law. in a moment, find out what mark kermode thinks of the all—female crime caper 0cean's eight. the film review is coming up at 5.45pm. with an update on the sport, let's
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go to moscow. we start at the 21st world cup, for matches today, we've had two results in, and quite possibly one of the greatest upsets in the history of the tournament. the two—time champions packed full of superstars, and lionel massey, but it was a little messy who —— while messy goo fluffed his lines, iceland getting the most famous of draws here in moscow. this is defined by nikon, just the
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presence of lionel massey make them believe. the accusation is that they rely on him, and the rest of their superstars don't step forward. for sergio aguero, a moment to come out of the shadows. prolific in the premier league, this is his first world cup goal. the other is iceland's approach. built on unity and the courage to go forwards, they dared strike back just and the courage to go forwards, they dared strike backjust three minutes later. keeping his nerve in the chaos was alfredsson boggess and, eight cold—blooded finisher crafted and borough. his boyhood club shared his nation's excitement. 0n the micro the two—time champions would come again with force of penalty. the moment seems set up for lionel massey, but this is a different story. denied by a goalkeeperfrom
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the danish league, this was hannah saunderson, reaching for own glory. as the games went away from argentina, there is time for one more intervention. a keeper inspired, and prove that only this competition can the smallest nation's spirit stop football's biggest power. iceland will be enjoying moscow tonight. it'll be a fantastic celebration for this evening. this one came in kazan and france and australia, very dramatic for all sorts of different reasons. technology, the aar had a hand, commentating for five live, as france beat australian 2—1. we've had our first of the aar
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penalty decision of the world cup. france had been australia by two goals to one, but i don't think we've heard the end of this. what's your view on the penalty decision? he got touch, it wasn't a penalty, and looking at the var vision, i wasn't too sure. it's difficult for the official. at this stage in the game, it was 0—0. france needed something to go to their...” game, it was 0—0. france needed something to go to their... i love the australians's defence, love the concentration and organisation. a little bit of sprinkling of quality from the french was too much for them. that wasn't the end of the talking points, part but‘s collected a goalfor talking points, part but‘s collected a goal for france, talking points, part but‘s collected a goalfor france, hit the talking points, part but‘s collected a goal for france, hit the crossbar, they came back out again. so all we re they came back out again. so all were talking points of their own. there was nothing special about any of the penalties or goals. he put his hand in the air, for what? i
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don't know. i thought to myself, it's not australia's day—to—day. don't know. i thought to myself, it's not australia's day-to-day. the other teams in this group, peru and denmark, and then mark will have to up denmark, and then mark will have to up theirgearto make denmark, and then mark will have to up their gear to make sure they go on and win this group, but they are off toa on and win this group, but they are off to a winning start. they have been australian done across really a 2-1. that been australian done across really a 2—1. that match is nearing the end of the first half, fantastic atmosphere from the peruvians, their first world cup in 36 years. they've come fairly close... that was vladimir putin finishing work for the day. the peruvians down at the stadium, the monrovia stadium, they're stadium, the monrovia stadium, they‘ re really stadium, the monrovia stadium, they‘re really helping generate a fantastic atmosphere, they‘re holding christian eriksen‘s dames at the moment. it is 0—0 with ten minutes to go there. just one more
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match after this one, it can be nigeria and croatia down and grad, the enclave away from here to the west. sandwiched between poland and lithuania, the nigerian fans have been generating an awful lot of noise and atmosphere here in moscow. 0ur reporter spent some time with them. welcome to russia! ahead of them. welcome to russia! ahead of the nigeria— croatia games, scores of nigerian fans came to russia to celebrate their team. i‘ve met a few 110w celebrate their team. i‘ve met a few now in moscow, and they are here and all their regalia to support their tea m all their regalia to support their team and make some noise about nigeria. there you go. cheering .as
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nigeria. there you go. cheering . as you been walking, the nigerian fa ns . as you been walking, the nigerian fans keep getting stopped by other people being asked to take photos. they love it, they feel like celebrities. there you go. some people told us to not go out alone. so fari people told us to not go out alone. so far i haven't seen any element of racism, except for maybe when you're the only black person in an area, and people look at you... but imagine if you're coming here and it was in the world cup. they probably would have been tougher. but naturally, the world cup has lightened up everything, so this is just a great time to come to austria. my number one concern is i've been finding it difficult to communicate. we‘re getting onto the moscow metro.
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so as you can see, we are currently walking past a line of night —— russian police. the nigerians won‘t stop singing. having some fun with some of the nigerian fans, nigeria
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playing croatia a little bit later. christian eriksen just had a free kick for denmark against peru, smacked it straight into the wall and the peruvian keeper now has the ball. very few england fans that we‘ve seen in moscow, very few wearing collars. perhaps they headed straight for the opener against tunisia on monday night. england are still at their team base up near st petersburg. we understand that the starting 11 is known among the squad of 23, cara socket —— gareth southgate has told him to micro them his starting 11, one more training session to go. they had down duval gragg tomorrow. spirits incredibly high, all agreeably fit. we are a close bunch, but wants training starts, it‘s fiery and very spicy, the intensity is there. nothing is
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ever personal, that‘s what i‘ve found with the squad, nothing is ever personal. if somebody has something to say, as long as it‘s constructive criticism, people take it on the chin. will be live to england team camp on sportsday at 6:30pm. plenty of other sports news going on, back of the sportscenter? will be back with you at 6:30pm, but first let‘s attached us turn our attention to the rugby union. the second half well under way between england and south africa in the second test. england have a serious fight on their hands, they made a fast start scurrying for the first ten minutes there mike brown. johnnie mae then added a second, but south africa hit back with a try of their own, they now lead 20—12 in their own, they now lead 20—12 in the second period. ireand have levelled their rugby
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union test series with australia with a 26—21win over the wallabies in melbourne. ireland had fallen behind early on in a match they had to win to keep the series alive, but they fought back through tries from andrew conway, and this from tadgh furlong to win a thrilling test match. the decider is next week in sydney. england‘s cricketers have scored a record limited overs total against australia in the second one day international at cardiff. they made 3112 for eight from their 50 overs. 0pening batsmanjason roy led the way, he hit 120 after the aussies chose to field first. after he was caught behind joss buttler seized the initiative, smashing 91 as england set the aussies a big total. and australia have lost four wickets in that chase, including marcus stoinis who was bowled by liam plunkett a short while ago. australia are 113 for four in the 22nd over. ireland are currently taking on scotland in a tri nations twenty20 competition which also includes hosts the netherlands.
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ireland have lost both of their matches so far. they won the toss today and made 205—5 batting first. play started two hours late in st lucia after a row over ball tampering in the test between west indies and sri lanka. west indies were awarded five penalty runs over night after umpires decided to change the ball. in protest, sri lanka didn‘t take to the field for an hour, when they did, they had a discussion with the umpires before walking off again. but play is back under way now, west indies are chasing sri lanka‘s first innings total of 253. andy murray has confirmed he‘ll make his competitive return from hip surgery at queen‘s next week. he‘s been drawn to face nick kyrios in what will be his first competitive action in almost a year, having come through a practise session in london yesterday. murray had surgery on his injured hip back in january. it looks like he is moving well for
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110w. that‘s all the sport for now. back with more on sportsday at 6:30pm. now it‘s time for the film review. hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week‘s cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? we have 0cean‘s eight, stanley a man of variety, a passion project of timothy spall, and rupert everett‘s the happy prince which is an ode to the last days of oscar wilde. 0cean‘s eight, is it fun? it is fun. i went in feeling rather ambiguous about it, because actually, the ocean sequels have got progressively worse.
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this is an all—female gang planning an audacious jewellery heist. they want to steal a famous necklace from a famous neck. they have got to rope in a fashion designer, played by helena bonham carter. here is a clip. how did i get here? you spent $18 million in two years and had two houseboats on the seine. i'm old. you're not old. and i'm going to prison. not necessarily. we could make all of this go away. even get your passport back. how? dress daphne kluger for the met ball. are you mad? no, hang on a minute. are you journalists?
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absolutely not. absolutely not! the thing about this is, it zips along, it is kind of fun, it‘s frothy. it is not much in the way of substance, but you do not go to a 0ceans movie looking for substance. i really enjoyed watching this. i thought it was, you know people say, popcorn entertainment, generally a phrase i hate, but that was what it was like. it was breezy. it zipped along at a good pace, and suddenly, james cordon turns up, and he appears to be playing james corden. there was a gag aboutjulia roberts‘ character impersonating julia roberts, and i wondered if they were going to refer to him as james corden. i enjoyed it more than i expected to, and i went in with fairly
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lowered expectations, thinking, has this series run its course? and it is not a waste of all that talent? because there are some genuinely fantastic people in this. i love cate blanchett, sandra bullock‘s great. yes, a really good cast. it is like one of those variety spectacular movies anyway, wherever you look there is a famous person. i enjoyed it, and you know how grumpy i can be. i read a thing that said it was too many cameos, but that didn‘t annoy you? it didn‘t. i felt generally well disposed towards it, except when james corden was being james corden. sta nley. this is brilliant. timothy spall is brilliant. he is good in many roles. psychological chiller
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devised by timothy spall. he is incarcerated in a bizarre kind of prison where he appears to be for a very long time. he is obsessed with old variety comedians like max wall. he desperately wants to go out and visit a loved one‘s grave, and all of these characters come and visit him, and they are all played by timothy spall. that is why it is called stanley a man of variety. at the beginning you cannot really understand what is going on. it reminded me a little bit of tideland. a few people reviewing it has said that it is kind of a feature—length of version of the league of gentlemen. it is also a bit like funny bones. people have forgotten about that. it is not for everyone.
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there is no question about that, but i have seen it a couple of times, and timothy spall is great in it. it is one of the very few movies in which a single actor could win an award for best ensemble cast, the whole ensemble being him. it is a curiosity. it is very strange, it is very, very odd, and quite creepy. i think it has got something, but i am not quite sure what it is. definitely want to see and judge yourself. the third choice this week, the happy prince. i found that such a sad film. inevitably so. rupert everett, writing, starring and producing, as well. a film about the final years and days of oscar wilde. having spent time in prison for indecency, he comes out of prison and goes abroad.
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his friends rally round to some extent, but his health is declining, his finances are ruined. his reputation is in tatters, and he is estranged from his family, which breaks his heart. here is a clip. constance... my dear, good, beautifulwife. there is nothing i can ever say that will undo the great hurt that i have caused you. we both know that. for two years, i have lain on hard boards, knelt on cold stone, dined on shame and thought of little else. you and my sons are the only things in my life. worried not for the hope that one day i would meet you all again, i don't think i could go on. my desire to live, dearest constance, is as intense as ever. although my heart is broken, hearts are made to be broken.
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that is why god sends sorrow to the world. write to me as soon as you can, and tell me that i am still your 0scar. there it is interesting, because it shows you the religion, but it is that strange balance between tragedy and humour. there is humour in here, but a huge amount of tragedy. it is interesting how it juggles those elements. i felt it did so rather successfully. i thought it was very, very interesting visually, and it was quite dreamlike, which i liked. i love the fact that it is about the final years, because people watching will think they know everything about oscar wilde, but actually, nobody talks about what happened once he was... once he left prison and had to leave the country, and that is why it is interesting. did you feel that it managed
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to juggle the different time frames? one of the ways it is clever, is the way it goes to his past and his presence. it does that rather well, and that can be very complicated. i always felt there was an emotional call through it. it made emotional sense. i felt that worked, i felt it worked. in the whole dreamlike state, and how much of that because he was terribly ill, and who knows what lotions and potions he was on to try and alleviate his symptoms, and that all tied into it. there is a hallucinatory sense to it. and there is an intangible anger about the way he was mistreated. although the film never shouted, you can feel that anger underneath the story, and this extraordinary talent was brought to this circumstance. at one point, he says, the natural home of the hypocrite is england. and you feel like the whole film is agreeing with that phrase. and the most powerful elements are when you are reminded
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of the his hostility dramatically. there are moments of real cruelty in the film. beautifully acted. great performances. rupert everett was born to play that role. my goodness, you are making me feel old with your best out this week. i am surrounded by youngsters in the newsroom who haven‘t heard of it. the piano. the first woman ever to win the palm d‘0r. it was up for a bunch of 0scars and it won three of them. here is the thing about the piano. it is clearly brilliant. it has inspired a huge amount of thought about its form and what it means. the only thing that i would say is that when i first saw it, i didn‘t like it as much as i admired it, and one
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of the reasons that i am that it is being reissued, is that i‘m going to see it projected on a big screen, because i think you need to see it on a big screen to appreciate it. i am going to see it on a big screen next week, and and see whether i have grown up enough to admire it and like it. i remember it being quite a hard film and thinking it was beautiful and amazing to look at. and we all love the fact that... it was about a woman and directed by a woman, so unusual. i don‘t remember loving it. i remember loving holly hunter. all the different elements are amazing, but i don‘t remember loving it. black panther? have you seen it? you must see it? i am the only person in my entire circle who has not seen it. it is real good fun.
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when it came out, there was a huge amount of politics, and all the rest of it, but it is really well made. well constructed, there are a number of different storylines, all of which... it looks fantastic. when it needs to do serious, it can do it. i sat there thinking it is the most entertaining superhero film i have seen in a very long time, and you will really, really enjoy it. now it is on dvd. sit down and watch it. it is a real pleasure. there is a lot of really enjoyable stuff out at the moment. 0cean‘s eight in the cinema, and stanley, if you can find it, you have to seek it out. it does not have a wide release. really interesting week. cracking week! a quick reminder before we go that you‘ll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc.co.uk/markkermode. and you can find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer.
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enjoy your week of cinema going, there‘s lots to see. have a good time, see you next time, bye—bye. hello once again. just want to bring you right up—to—date with how we see the weather developing for the rest of the weekend right across the british isles, and indeed we‘ll have a quick look into the start of next week. in the shorter term, it hasn‘t been a sparkling start to the weekend for the northern half of the british isles. further south, a better chance of seeing a wee bit of sunshine. there‘s a fair amount of cloud around even here, and i have used that picture to remind me that there are so many shows going on at the moment, so a bit of inclement weather really very disappointing indeed. now, where is all this rain coming from across the northern half of the british isles, and some western parts too? well, it is this great stripe of cloud that is tied into an area of low pressure, which is gradually trying to throw that front ever further towards the east. perhaps for some all too late in the day things will begin to buck
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up a wee bit across some western parts, particularly western scotland, northern ireland, maybe the western fringes of england and wales. into the wee small hours, a lot of dry weather coming in across the british isles. not a particularly cold night, although you will see there underneath the clear skies in scotland the temperatures will have dribbled away into single figures. make the most of the dry weather in the western parts of the british isles as we get on into sunday morning, because another weather front will cloud things up from the west, as we get on through the day, and eventually there will be the odd bit and piece of rain coming in through northern ireland, the western fringes of scotland and through wales, and into the south—west of england. generally speaking, i would have thought the further east you are the drier the day will be. top temperature on the day, well, improved across the north east quarter of scotland, where your pollen will be low as well, but i am afraid it‘s not good news for the greater part of england, where the pollen levels will remain stubbornly high, perhaps a little bit reduced back towards wales and into the far south—west. as we take you out of sunday, push on into monday, again, we have got this looping weather front here, dominating the scene
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across parts of scotland, northern ireland, maybe the north of england too. generally speaking, the further south and east you are, the better your day will be on monday. quite a bit of sunshine coming through, through the midlands, the eastern side of the pennines for a time, and down into east anglia and the south—east. the rain perhaps notjust as heavy on monday as it is on saturday for parts of scotland, the north—west of england, but it is still there to be had, and i think later on things improve into northern ireland. the forthcoming week, the unsettled fare is still to be found across northern parts of the british isles. things really warming up, though, down towards the south. this is bbc news. i‘m vicki young. the headlines at six. a second devastating fire in four years at one of scotland‘s architectural landmarks, the glasgow school of art. the scale of damage is extensive, scotland‘s first minister, nicola sturgeon, sees the destruction for herself. the fact that it was supposed to be
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reopened after the restoration, that this has happened again. the home secretary uses exceptional powers to allow doctors to treat severely epileptic billy caldwell with illegal cannabis oil. billy is getting the best care in the world here. and ifeel safe here, at this particular hospital, with billy. so again, it‘sjust one step at a time. praying for a miracle, really.
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