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staying in the uk after brexit — the government sets out plans for more than three million eu citizens if they want to remain here. ministers say the process will be online, inexpensive and will involve just three ‘easy‘ questions. hampshire police apologise for not investigating properly the deaths of hundreds of elderly patients at gosport hospital after dangerous doses of drugs. england in training ahead of sunday's match against panama — but has the starting line up been accidentally revealed? and i live in moscow on day eight at the world cup, australia have kept themselves alive in the tournament. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six.
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the government has set out details of its plans to allow more than three million eu citizens to apply to stay in britain after brexit — if they want to. ministers say the application process will be simple. it will cost £65 and applicants should know whether they can remain here or not within days. to apply eu citizens will need to provide documents to prove their identity, show that they are resident in the uk and have no serious criminal convictions. our deputy political editor john pienaar reports. what's the hardest job you've done — cooking? cleaning? across the country there's eu nationals doing jobs brits can't or won't do, living on low wages and promises they can stay after brexit. cheese omelette, please. 0k, thank you. at this blackpool seafront hotel, elena has been worried about her future.
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i'm worried because i don't want to go back to italy because it was my dream since i was a child to be in england. so now i realise my dream and i want to continue it. government ministers say you can stay. yeah, but i still worry anyway. i've been here for five years now. blackpool is now my home. my boyfriend is spanish as well and we are planning to stay here for a long time now, yes. we're not planning to go back to spain. today, for those settled in this most traditional of english resort towns and across the country, the future has become clear. you were going to tell me the future? notjust predictions and vague promises. settled status will be open to around 3.3 million eu nationals, here for five years by 2020. there'll be checks for id and criminal records. close relatives will be allowed to join their families in the uk. applications will cost £65 — that's less than a passport and half
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that for children under 16. we will not be looking for excuses at all to not grant settled status. of course we will be very driven by the default view, yeu den‘tgezt rag-“g; i say, if we need the work in this country, it's got to go to the british people. you think they are taking british jobs? i do, really. they only take those jobs which they find they can do. if the brits were there to do them, they would have taken them themselves. so i don't see a problem with them coming over here at all. this is about more than the needs of business or the right to remain.
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britain is redefining its role in the world. the new home secretary who is the son of immigrants himself was keen to date to put a welcoming face on brexit and is urging eu leaders to give brits settled in europe the same treatment. but the brexit deal will decide whether eu nationals get preferential access in future and meanwhile some in government would like to relax the target for cutting net migration into britain. so ministers say the plan is to take back control of british borders. we just don't know quite yet what they will do with that control when they finally get it. hampshire police have apologised tonight for not investigating properly the deaths of hundreds of elderly patients who died prematurely at gosport hospital after being given dangerous doses of drugs. the police say they're sorry for the distress caused over so many years to the victims‘ families. an independent report into the deaths was published yesterday. our health editor, hugh pym, has the latest. for tracy today was the first chance
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to look at the full report. that's appalling isn't it. listed were details of her own father ‘s death, robert wilson died at gosport war memorial hospital in 1998 aged 75. he had gone for rehabilitation after breaking his collarbone and other health problems. like others he died after a huge doses of painkillers. the report said doctorjean barton was responsible for prescribing on the wards in the 1990s to other staff are also involved. she was later disciplined but not barred by regulators. i am astonished she was not sacked, she was allowed to jump ship, protecting herself and her reputation and allowed to move away and continue to claim her career was successful because literally her career ended successfully with retirement. after all these in the hospital doctor barton worked as a
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gp at this local practice. one patient told me she was well regarded. she was very brisk and her manner, she did not sufferfools gladly. but she was a very good doctor. we were happy with her. what doctor. we were happy with her. what do you think know you have seen the report? i am still uncertain. butl feel that one person is a do feel that one person is a scapegoat i do not think is right. a lot of others involved. hampshire police apologised today to families of patients for any distress caused because investigations were not high quality. they said they would step back and another force take the lead. the report of the independent panel published yesterday makes clear there were numerous warnings about potential problems at the hospital which went unheeded. some nurses raised concerns about prescribing as far back as the early 19905. prescribing as far back as the early 1990s. one nurse who worked in different ward at that time said she and her colleagues had reservations
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and her colleagues had reservations and now regret not seeing more. i'm ashamed to say we didn't, you know, why, i have questioned that myself. because we did say, you know, doctor barton is coming in and we hoped that she would not put them on anything too heavy. tracy and other relatives are relieved that what they have suspected for many years is no confirmed after the first detailed account of what happened. in the last hour, america's first lady melania trump has made an unannounced visit to a border detention facility in texas, where immigrant children are being held. yesterday president trump overturned the policy of separations after it was widely criticised. the first lady thanked staff at the centre for showing compassion to the children who've been separated from their parents. i'm here to learn about your facility. and which i know you housed children on a long—term basis. and i also like to ask you how i can
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help to these children, to reunite with their families. the death of a man murdered by a violent schizophrenic patient was the result of racism and could have been entirely avoided — according to a new report. kamil ahmad was an iraqi asylum—seeker. he was stabbed to death by his neighbourjeffrey barry, who'd been released from a psychiatric hospital just hours earlier. michael buchanan reports. drunk and armed. jeffrey barry heads towards his neighbours flat. a knife is visible. moments later it would be used in a frenzied and sustained attack that killed kamil ahmad. shortly after dismembering the iraqi asylu m shortly after dismembering the iraqi asylum seeker, jeffrey barry called the police. today's report said kamil ahmad
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should still be alive and that a failure to address his killers racism contributed to his death. both men had mental health problems and lived in the sheltered housing complex. between 2013 and 2016, barry attack kamil ahmad here on six separate occasions. jeffrey barry was obsessed with kamil ahmad because he was an iraqi asylum seeker. he was a racist who was mentally unwell says today's report, rather than a mentally sick man whose racism was a manifestation of his illness. i think this barry as having mental health issues... alex i’u ns having mental health issues... alex runs in mental health charity which helped kamil ahmad after jeffrey barry assaulted him. he told us he had been assaulted and had teeth knocked out because of the incident.
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he was being verbally racially abused and threatened. shortly before he killed, barry had been detained ina before he killed, barry had been detained in a psychiatric hospital. he had a long history of violence and schizophrenia. but in mental health tribunal unaware of that background decided to release him. the local mental health trust even watch a partnership then failed to properly plan his discharge. jeffrey barry was out with the sheltered housing provider given just hours to prepare for his return. kamil ahmad's family have called from the chief executive of the trust to resign. i will not be resigning. chief executive of the trust to resign. iwill not be resigning. i absolutely respect their right to comment but it's my mission to make oui’ comment but it's my mission to make our services as safe as they possibly can be. kamilahmad came our services as safe as they possibly can be. kamil ahmad came to this country seeking refuge. instead he died at the hands of a racist. having been failed by many of those paid to protect him. the bank of england has held interest rates at 0.5%, but signalled a rise is likely soon.
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our economics editor kamal ahmed joins us now. an interest rate rise later this year looking likely and tonight the chancellor is expected to talk about tax rises on the way too? absolutely right. today the bank of england really did show, give a strong signal that interest rates we re strong signal that interest rates were going to rise later this year. the chief economist of the bank of england said interest rates should rise now. he was outvoted by the monetary policy committee for the moment. but it looks like interest—rate rises are ahead. the economy has bounced back after those miserable months at the beginning of the year down to the beast from the east. and with real incomes rising and high employment, the bank is worried about inflation and uses interest rates to in control inflation. those interest—rate bills going up, bad if you've got a mortgage, better if you are a saver. just over the load later tonight,
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philip hammond, his first words since the big pledge to increase health spending by the prime minister by £20 billion by 2023. philip hammond says, will say at the speech over the road, i don't want to see more borrowing so therefore it will be taxes that will rise to cover those costs. one thing is becoming clearer today, interest rates are likely to rise this year and taxis are likely to follow. england have been back in training again today, ahead of their next match on sunday against panama. but it looks like the top secret line up for the big game has been mistakenly revealed after the assistant coach was photographed holding what appeared to be the team sheet. our sports editor, dan roan, has the latest he may have dislocated his shoulder whilst outjogging yesterday, but england manager gareth southgate was showing little sign of pain this morning as he oversaw training. whether he would have been quite so relaxed afterwards however is uncertain. images emerging of his assistant coach steve holland holding training notes that appear to inadvertently
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reveal england's team plans for their next match on sunday against panama. the leaked line—up suggests forward raheem sterling, criticised for his performance in england's win over tunisia, has been dropped and replaced by marcus rashford. midfielder ruben loftus—cheek meanwhile seems set to start in place of the injured dele alli. so what do the players think of the apparent gaffe? we haven't been directly told of who starting and who's not, so i think all the positions are still up for grabs really. until the manager actually names the team then it doesn't matter what's came out or what's leaked or anything like that, because i know that the lads don't really focus on stuff like that until it's come out the manager's mouth. england meanwhile know they could qualify for the knockout stages of the tournament if they beat panama in nizhny novgorod. these are the moments, the last two years that gareth has been working on, to build that team spirit, that strength, that bond. these situations happen.
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it can be unsettling for the group and this is when it's put to the test. so i hope it won't unsettle them. i'm sure it won't, because they look like a good, strong group. and whoever is selected on sunday, if england are successful again, southgate will have to change his style of celebration. england have gone to great lengths here on the golf of the england training base to maximise their privacy and our security so this will be a embarrassment to the fa but whoever england select to play panama on sunday it should be enough to see them through. that is england, the world cup of course continues, results in the last hour, france beating peru which means they are through and through go home. australia and denmark drew a day earlier also in group c. the big match this evening lean on message's argentina versus croatia. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich.
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temperatures took a temporary tumble, 20—21d just about covered it, but it's only temporary as we head through the next few days and into next week temperatures could touch 30 degrees. going through this evening and night still a cool and fresh feel. late sunshine to enjoy and once the sun goes down those temperatures will start to tumble. green shading spreading across the temperature chart even in our big towns and cities we will get down to single digit temperatures but died in the countryside may be as low as three orfour degrees. in the countryside may be as low as three or four degrees. chilly start if you are up and about early enough but the sun coming up pretty early andi but the sun coming up pretty early and i think by the time most people are up and about it will be a beautiful day with blue skies and sunshine. the exception is the north of scotland, cloud and rain, breezy, but the winds later further south than they have been during today and those temperatures of the bit more highly, 17—22. as we head towards
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the weekend high pressure becomes more firmly established across the uk, that means finance settled weather and we will see things warming up. particularly as we get into next week temperatures up to 28,29, into next week temperatures up to 28, 29, maybe 30 degrees and not much rain forecast either. thanks. that's all from the bbc news at six. on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. hello. this is bbc news. more now on news that the health secretary, jeremy hunt, has said a "blame culture" in the nhs has to change to help uncover scandals such as the deaths at gosport war memorial hospital. he said it must be made easier for whistle—blowers to raise concerns, when they see mistakes or bad practice. meanwhile, hampshire's chief constable has announced this afternoon that another police force should lead the review into how it handled the investigation. our correspondent amanda akass sent this update. the families of those who died at
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gosport war memorial hospital are calling for a criminal enquiry. this afternoon the chief constable of hampshire constabulary has said she would like to apologise for the fourth‘s part in the distress suffered by the families involved over the years. she said she has listened to their views and the force will now take a step back saying, we cannot hide from the fact the legacy of what happened caused considerable damage to the agencies involved, including our own. she said she has ordered her officers to hand over all the information they have too another force. a leading academic who studies nhs mortality figures has said he is concerned it is likely what happened here could potentially be happening elsewhere in the nhs. the health secretary has said he's confident that checks and bala nces said he's confident that checks and balances which been introduced over the years means malpractice will be picked up more quickly but he thinks
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more should be done to blame the culture in the nhs and encourage whistle—blowers to come forward. as we've been hearing the first lady of the united states, melania trump, has visited a child detention centre in texas , saying she wants to help reunite migrant children with theirfamilies. the majority of the 58 children housed at the facility crossed the border unaccompanied, but some were separated from their parents as part of the trump administration's zero—tolerance policy towards illegal immigration. meanwhile the president has addressed the issue of child migrants ahead of a cabinet meeting. in the meantime people are suffering because of the democrats. we have created and they have created and they have let it happen, and massive child smuggling industry. that is exactly what it has become. traffickers, think about this common human traffickers are making a fortune. it is a disgrace. these
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loopholes force the release of alien families and miners into the country where they are legally cross the border. since 2014 alone, nearly 200,000 unaccompanied alien miners have been released into the united states as a result of democrat backed loopholes. including catch and release. you might as will save yourtime, and release. you might as will save your time, don't bother catching them. we are stuck with the worst immigration laws in the history of the world. the whole world is laughing at the united states and they have been for years. let's talk to barbara plett usher who is in washington. what has been the reaction to the president's decision to sign an executive order, effectively reversing his own policy? it was a popular thing for him to do all that
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we had to do a real about face because up until the moment he did it he kept saying it was out of his hands. he said it was up to congress to change the law and when he got the negative publicity and ammunition from his wife and daughter, he did ultimately turn round. it was a very unpopular practice across the spectrum. the democrats are making the most of it. they are saying he doesn't have a plan for reuniting these children with their parents. they want to see a plan delivered to congress and they want to hear health professionals talking about the damage to children's health when they are detained. they are pushing from bartender and they are not expected to support the immigration bill is coming up for vote in congress. two of them taking a broad reform of immigration laws and it looks like, if they do pass, it will
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be with republican votes. do you get the impression the administration has quite resolved the that a p pa re ntly has quite resolved the that apparently arise, because a suggestion in a court decisions mean you cannot detain children. if they are detained with their parents, the pa rents are detained with their parents, the parents will have to be freed as well? yes, this was the problem president obama had in 2014 when he was faced with the same situation and he detained families. there was and he detained families. there was a law that said migrant children cannot be detained for more than 20 days. he stopped doing that, so he monitored the families instead. that is what mr trump was criticising there. so if they are kept in detention for more than 20 days, there is no recourse at the moment. they were asked the court to change that directive. also, votes would extend the time a child could spend
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with theirfamilies extend the time a child could spend with their families so that means the separation policy could end. the issueis the separation policy could end. the issue is president trump has decided to treat a legal and is as criminals and therefore you go into detention. he has made it clear he will not back down on that policy. thank you very much. the conservative minister, greg hands, has resigned from the government, in order to vote against plans for a third runway at heathrow airport. greg hands is the mp for chelsea and fulham in west london and says he had promised his constituents he would oppose the scheme. this evening downing street have announced that george holingbury will replace him. a vote on the proposals is due to be held in the commons on monday. a fire brigade report on the grenfell tower disaster has revealed how firefighters made desperate attempts to prevent the flames from spreading. a timeline of the first hour of the blaze showed that crews outside were forced to delay directing their hoses at the flat
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because colleagues were trying to tackle it from inside. the flames spread out of control within minutes. 72 people died lastjune in the worst residential fire since the second world war. tom burridge reports from the public inquiry. today we got a detailed log of the activities from the london fire brigade in the first hour after the initial emergency call from the occu pa nt of flat initial emergency call from the occupant of flat 16 where the fire broke out. we learn from one firefighter that he saw the cladding appeared to be burning 15 minutes after the call. he said it was barking and spitting in a way to burning magnesium. at that time we learned a firefighter outside the building wanted to put a covering jet of water onto the kitchen window, on flat 16. jet of water onto the kitchen window, on flat16. he jet of water onto the kitchen window, on flat 16. he was advised not to because of safety concerns for two colleagues about to enter flat 16 from the inside and fight the fire from inside the building. there was a delay of one minute for the external hose to be put onto
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their building. but it was a critical moment because the flames did, at that time, spread onto the cladding and up the building. we learned it took 36 minutes from the initial emergency call for the fla mes initial emergency call for the fla m es to initial emergency call for the flames to reach the roof of grenfell tower. six minutes after that, fire ci’ews we re tower. six minutes after that, fire crews were trying to work out if they could get to the top of the building to see if they could fight the flames from above. residents we re the flames from above. residents were shouting, warning they were thinking of jumping from were shouting, warning they were thinking ofjumping from the building and firefighters had to persuade them not to using loud—hailers to shout back at them in the building. we also learned about a firefighter who went to great lengths to rescue one of the victims. he tried on two occasions to get to flat 176 on the 20th floor. the rest of her family made it out and she was lost in the confusion. when he eventually got to the flat she had moved on to the
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23rd floor to be with some of her neighbours. the information she told a call operator previously to that was in relate to the team of firefighters that went up to try and rescue her. she was one of 72 people who died in the worst residential fire in the uk since the second world war. the prime minister of new zealand, jacinda ardern, has become only the second world leader to give birth while in power. she and her partner clarke gayford had a daughter, theirfirst child, in hospital in auckland earlier today. ms ardern says she's taking six weeks maternity leave. hywel griffith sent this report. beaming parents and their new arrival. they chose social media over a state announcement to show news of their daughter's birth. throughout her very public pregnancy, jacinda ardern made a point of continuing with business as usual. after six weeks of maternity
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leave she plans to be back at work as her partner becomes the main caregiver. in a bbc interview in april, she suggested the baby could alsojoin her on the international stage. there are certain places hosting meetings in the future, places in the pacific, we will bring the baby. we are great with children, bring the child and we will take care of it. so it will ta ke will take care of it. so it will take on international community to raise our child. the baby's arrival has been celebrated as a national trying. former prime minister helen clark, was the first to tweet, lauding their parenting arrangements as gender equality. theresa may also sent her congratulations to the birth of the little girl. the man in charge of new zealand for the next six weeks also sent his best wishes. wishing the prime minister the very best and she gets a solid start to
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motherhood, so to speak. but solid start may be followed by some sleepless nights but jacinda start may be followed by some sleepless nights butjacinda ardern says she will remain contactable and will read cabinet papers once she has taken her baby home. today, marks the summer solstice — the longest day of the year. as is tradition, crowds gathered before dawn at stonehenge in south—west england to celebrate, cheering and dancing as the sun rose through the ancient stones. also known as midsummer, the event has long been associated with the pagan religion, celebrated for thousands of years. time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. it has been a beautiful day today across the uk for most of us and actually not that hot at all and relatively cool for the time of year. temperatures were around 20 degrees in most in some areas. you can see the motion of the cloud, it has been coming in from the north.
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this is fresh, atlantic air over us right now and with the clearing skies tonight it's also going to turn pretty chilly. so even some of the major cities across northern parts of england made it down to 6 degrees, just about double figures in the south. we start off fresh tomorrow, sunny and then we are in for a stunning day with clear blue skies. just a bit of cloud across northern parts of scotland but from the lowlands southwards, the weather is looking mostly sunny. relatively modest temperatures, 17 in belfast, just around 22 in london. but beyond that, the weekend and into next week looks like those temperatures are shooting up. perhaps even an under estimate of those temperatures — they could be getting up to 30 degrees.
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