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this is bbc news. the headlines: same place! harry kane helped england to make world cup history. england currently lead panama by 5—0 thanks to two penalties by the captain. new measures aimed at halving the number of obese children in england by 2030 are announced by the government. we know this is what people want. our research tells us parents really wa nt to research tells us parents really want to see all of the things that are driving them to buy more and eat more cut back on. voters head to the polls in turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections. the biggest challenge to erdogan‘s 15 year stint in government. a decades-old ban is lifted, women in the gulf state are
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allowed to drive legally. my allowed to drive legally. my guest is the young writer nikesh shukla. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. england have scored five goals for the first time in a world cup. after a blistering 45 minutes against panama in russia. two goals for captain harry kane. two forjohn stones. 0ne captain harry kane. two forjohn stones. one for captain harry kane. two forjohn stones. 0ne forjesse lingard. a win means they will go to the knockout stages of the competition. this is
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harry kane putting in the fifth penalty. his second goal. just lining it up and putting it there on the left—hand side, back of the goal. gerryjackson the left—hand side, back of the goal. gerry jackson is the left—hand side, back of the goal. gerryjackson is in newcastle where people are watching on the big screen. what can i say? 5—0! 5-0. the screen. what can i say? 5—0! 5—0. the atmosphere of anticipation before this game has certainly given way to celebration. the sense of relief when the first went in was quickly replaced with one of relief when they got the two goal pushed. from there, three, four, five onwards. it has been one big party. these england fans are not used to this. after that narrow victory against tunisia, the atmosphere before this game was even better in the run—up to the match. now they
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can celebrate. how many more yet? could be five to ten. the fans look pretty delighted. the picture does tell the story. what have they been saying to you as they watched the goals going into the back of the net? these are relatively serious. well, maybe not the word, but they all paid for tickets to watch on the big screen here. the most generous estimate of what might happen here was a 5—0 victory. you look at people and say, yes, 5—0, we shall see. whoever said that to me early on was bang on the money. now the sky is the limit. we have never been here ina sky is the limit. we have never been here in a world cup before, what might happen? the sense of anticipation, the game against belgium on thursday, is that much higher. they will be through from the group stages, and they did not
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do that four years ago. and we got knocked out of euro 2016 against iceland. all of that is behind us 110w. iceland. all of that is behind us now. i hope you can hear me. i cannot hear myself. you have come —— had you come to me when a goal had gonein had you come to me when a goal had gone in! had you come to me when a goal had gone in i would not have been able to hear you, and you would not have heard me. we have possibly another 45 minutes of unbridled joy here. we have been waiting for this. this is what they wait for. this is what they deserve. today they will enjoy it... we can hear you perfectly. the game has restarted. there was a bit of nerves on the fourth goal with the var decision. indeed. var has had a chequered ride so far in the world cup. but it's interesting to see. the fans have picked up on this that the referees are going for those decisions rather than hoping
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01’ those decisions rather than hoping or waiting for var to make the decision for them. the rustling of england players in the penalty area isn't going to be tolerated. —— wes everybody here in this enclosure will welcome that. the bookmakers must be holding their heads in their hands today. i'm not sure what the pre—match odds were, but every single person here fully anticipated in england win. you might say, if we can't beat panama, then we shouldn't be in the world cup, but we must remember this was the team that held belgium to a 0-0. was the team that held belgium to a 0—0. whether the bookies will be crying into their beer tonight, i'm not so sure. we will let you get
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back to the fans and the big—screen. jerry in newcastle. thank you. we can go to panama with will grant in panama city. what different scenes behind you to what we have just seen in newcastle. people here are so disappointed. they never really expected to beat england. we have had a few people say, if we get a draw, it's a huge achievement. to come in at half—time 5—0 down was pretty bad, even from their worst expectations. they will try to take something from this second half, evenif something from this second half, even if it's just a something from this second half, even if it'sjust a goal or a bit of dignity. but they will not let the poor weather, it is pouring with rain, or even the scoreline get them down too much. will they say why they think it's happened like this, 01’
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they think it's happened like this, or is itjust that england are the stronger team? exactly, england are afar stronger team? exactly, england are a far stronger team. the players that play in the premier league, by and large. and this is panama's first world cup. a tiny nation that doesn't have the same funds for grassroots football. this is primarily a baseball playing nation. they are really proud to have made it to the world cup in the first place. having said that, when you are at the competition come you want to make a good fist of it. they would like to get their first points get theirfirst goal. would like to get their first points get their first goal. maybe in the next game after england, they might have to write this one—off. next game after england, they might have to write this one-off. will grant in panama city, i hope you can enjoy the rest of the game. certainly those fans behind you, still seen the odd smile or two. although we would like you to stay with us on bbc news, you can follow the rest of that match live on bbc 0ne. just to remind you, the second
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group g match for england, playing panama, and they lead 5—0. they are just back from half—time, about four minutes back, and it's 5—0 to england. 0nto other news now. new measures to tackle obesity in england have been announced by the government. they include plans to ban shops displaying unhealthy snacks at checkouts, tighter restrictions on television adverts and a ban on selling energy drinks to children. the government said the cost of obesity was ‘too great to ignore' but labour accused the prime minister of a dossier of failure on children's health. here's our health correspondent dominic hughes. the government's first obesity strategy for england, unveiled in 2016, was seen by many health campaigners as a missed opportunity. ever since, ministers have been under pressure to go further, and so many of the measures that were ditched two years ago are now back on the agenda.
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parents are very worried. we have overtaken america in terms of obesity rates for 11—year—olds, we have one of the biggest obesity problems in europe, and this is a big statement. we will halve childhood obesity by 2030 as a national ambition, we will take a wide range of measures in the supermarkets, restaurants and sandwich shops that we buy snacks from. the new obesity strategy includes a proposal to ban tv advertising ofjunk food before the 9pm watershed. there will also be curbs on supermarket promotions such as buy one get one free deals on sugary, high—fat foods. and all primary school pupils in england will be encouraged to get active through schemes like walking or running a daily mile. we are really delighted to see this new childhood obesity plan. it's brave and it's ambitious and it's where we should be as a nation. the scottish government also plans to announce tough measures to reduce obesity, an issue that is now firmly established as one of the big public health challenges facing the uk. but after what was widely
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seen as a false start, the government's plans will now face close scrutiny. dominic hughes, bbc news. people in turkey are voting in snap parliamentary and presidential elections, which are being seen as the biggest challenge yet to president recep tayyip erdogan. his islamist—rooted ak party has been in powerfor 16 years. turnout for this election is expected to be high, with steady streams of voters reported at polling stations all over the country. mr erdogan is looking to win his second 5—year term as president, which would also grant him extra powers that were approved in a referendum last april. mark joins markjoins us from istanbul. he called these snap elections. how much of a gamble has he played? called these snap elections. how much of a gamble has he played7m was a big gamble when he called it
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because he caught the opposition off guard and they didn't have a credible candidate two months ago when he called the elections. since then, the main opposition party, the ce ntre—left then, the main opposition party, the centre—left chp have nominated a very fiery man of the people type candidate, who has electrified this campaign. he has emerged as the stop erdogan candidate and he's giving him the fight of his life. we will see if he stops mr erdogan reaching 50% in the election and go to a second—round run—off. the opposition party hope to win a majority to deprive mr erdogan. we are outside a polling station in istanbul where there have been long queues outside there have been long queues outside the classroom is inside this school that doubles as a polling station. they are hoping for a turnout of at least 85%. so strong is this that it
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is become a referendum on turkey's divisive leader. he has polarised the electorate. should he be worried about this high turnout? he wanted a high turnout to get his conservative, islamist —based, pious —based support out, because they are equally fervent in their support of him as his critics are in their loathing. we do not know if a high turnout benefits him or his opponents. the turkish cherish their democracy and rights to vote, but there is intense division and polarisation in terms of who they believe should lead that democracy. his supporters believe he has transformed the country with mega construction projects. they love his conservatism and islamic values. jailing up to 200,000 people after
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the failed coup, standing up to the west, a failing justice system, they think he has destroyed turkish democracy and this is their last chance to depose him and build it again undera chance to depose him and build it again under a new leader. the polls close in about an hour. you are on the ground. people behind you on the steps. in the build—up to this there was a lot of concern about these elections not being marred by fraud. the opposition has said he wants people there to protect the ballot boxes and protect the polling stations. and election observers, i believe two were denied entry into turkey. just how high is the concern that these elections are not marred by electoral fraud? a lot of concern about potential irregularities, particularly in the kurdish dominated south—east where dozens of polling stations have been moved very far away from the homes of registered voters. i have seen on
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twitter that some people in the south—east have had to walk up to 25 kilometres there and back to try to get to a polling station. there's also concern that the lack of an authentification stamp the supreme election board on certain ballot papers that are still being counted. and there are concerns about observers being denied entry to polling stations around the border. in general it seems to have gone relatively 0k in general it seems to have gone relatively ok so far, but there have been some cases, and that will worry the opposition and the observer missions because they will fear it is an attempt by the government to impose vote rigging. the government says that is absolutely not the case and it will be a free and fair election. we will have to do see what final decision the observer mission gives when polls close. mark lowen in istanbul, thank you. police in zimbabwe say 49 people were injured in an explosion yesterday at a political rally held by president emmerson mnangagwa.
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police say they're expecting more casualties to come forward. an investigation is under way at bulawayo white city stadium, where the blast took place. president mnangagwa says next week's elections will still take place. the headlines on bbc news: england have scored five goals for the first time in a world cup after a blistering 45 minutes against panama in russia. the second half is under way now. new measures aimed at halving the number of obese children in england by 2030 have been announced by the government. voting is under way in turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections, the biggest challenge to president erdogan‘s fifteen years in government. let's get more on the world cup. england have scored five goals against panama.
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let's speak to sarah rainsford who's outside the nizhny novgorod stadium, where the match is being played. talk us through the ambience there and what is going on. the mood, at least from the england fans, is fantastic. there is a packed stadium at nizhny novgorod, the brand—new city stadium, 45,000 seats, very few of them empty for this game and a massive cheer coming from the england stand every time a goal went in. 5—0 england. we were speaking to the fans going into this game and some of them were saying that they thought that kane would score a hat—trick. 0ne that they thought that kane would score a hat—trick. one of them said, 5-0 score a hat—trick. one of them said, 5—0 england. we said, norway, far too optimistic. they could make it
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more. we have been hearing cheering since the beginning of the second half. england could score again. panama not looking particularly pleased. they knew they were the underdogs going into this game. they have been singing and dancing and waving their flags and cheering on their team but this was nothing like they were expecting going into this. they hoped they could hold england toa they hoped they could hold england to a draw. it has not gone that way at all. england are over the moon. there was lots of doubt over how well this young, unproven team from england we do. talking to the fans, have they said, did you get the indication that the optimism is growing. i think it is. england fans are generally pessimistic but these seem to be behind this side on the whole. they have been talking about the su ccesses they have been talking about the successes of the young team, they thought they were going to clinch this one. they thought this was one in the bank. everyone is looking to
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belgium as the tough game, wondering whether england will go through first or second in the group, but this is more than most fans were hoping for going into the game. very positive about this young team with gareth southgate at the helm but no one was predicting this, really. thank you very much. we are into the 60th minute of the game. you can watch it live on bbc one, but we are here on bbc news, and we will go back to the game and give you the final result live as well as updating you on any more goals, as i am sure there will be. as well as obesity, the health secretary, jeremy hunt, has also been talking about brexit and described the warnings by airbus about uncertainty as "completely inappropriate. " earlier this week, airbus warned it could pull out of the uk if the country exits the single market and customs union
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with no transition deal. speaking on the andrew marr show, mr hunt said the government had to "stand firm" and "ignore siren voices." i just thought it was completely inappropriate for businesses to make, to be making these kinds of threats, for one simple reason — we are in an absolutely critical moment in the brexit discussions and what that means is that we need to get behind theresa may, to deliver the best possible brexit, a clean brexit and what businesses want, and i was in business for 14 years — they want clarity. and the more that we undermine theresa may, the more likely we are to end up with a fudge, which will be a disaster for everyone. that was jeremy hunt, that wasjeremy hunt, speaking earlier. we are going to show you the latest scenes from that world cup game in russia, where england have scored another goal. it is 6—0.
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they are playing panama. in terms of who scored, i willjust get that information for you. the main thing is that so far, captain harry kane has scored two goals, from the penalty spot. there has also been two goals forjohn stones, and jesse lingard. he got the fifth goal. the six goal, just explain to you what is going on, a check is taking place. i think it is var. they are checking for offside. it looks like it could be a harry kane goal. if thatis it could be a harry kane goal. if that is right, that could be... this goal has been allowed. that means it
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isa goal has been allowed. that means it is a hat—trick for harry kane. he has been taken off. he has done good. a hat—trick for number nine, the captain, harry kane. jamie vardy from leicester city is coming on, the fox is hoping he can do some ha rd the fox is hoping he can do some hard work as well. three goals for the captain, harry kane, two were earlier, in the first half, from the penalty spot. there were also two goals forjohn stones and another from jesse lingard. harry kane has been taken off, he is being rest did —— he is being rested after his hat—trick, and coming on his jamie vardy of hat—trick, and coming on his jamie va rdy of leicester hat—trick, and coming on his jamie vardy of leicester city. playing panama at the nizhny novgorod stadium in russia. not bad. we will come back to that soon. let's return to our other news on bbc news. the white house press secretary sarah sanders
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says she was asked to leave a restaurant on friday night because she works for donald trump. stephanie wilkinson, who co—owns the red hen restaurant in virginia, asked ms sanders and herfamily to leave as a protest against the president's administration, accusing it of being "inhumane and unethical". in response, ms sanders tweeted that "her actions say far more about her than about me," adding she would continue to treat those with opposing views "respectfully". 0n the stroke of midnight local time, saudi arabia became the last country in the world to allow women to drive. the lifting of the ban is being hailed as an important step towards modernisation by crown prince mohamed bin salman. but there's been criticism that some of the women who campaigned for the change are in prison on charges of treason. donna larsen reports. just after midnight in riyadh, and a piece of history is about to be made.
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a perfectly normal act in every other country in the world but, until now, not in saudi arabia. ujdeen al—ateek takes the wheel of the family car and drives into the street. all i can think about, i can still do my own stuff. i don't have to ask for anyone to take me around. that's very important. for us to drive, 0k, maybe a lot of us don't need to drive but, for me, i used to drive, i used to do my own stuff. so i'm not used to someone to drive me around. wow! i'm so excited, i'm so happy. honestly, i can't express my feelings. i haven't been sleeping for two days just thinking about this moment. and today we're actually on the roads, driving. people are waving, they're so happy. i'm so honoured. it's an amazing feeling. enjoying the freedom of the city, this change has been a long time coming. some activists have been demanding
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the right to drive for decades. back in 2013, this woman took the wheel in defiance of the law. some were punished for doing the same thing. change is under way in saudi arabia. cinemas have been allowed to open along with the first music concerts and the first fashion week. it's all part of a modernisation drive led by the crown prince, mohammad bin salman. but while some restrictions are easing, saudi women are still not free to travel, marry, divorce, or even leave prison without the permission of a male relative. and those who demand too much change are still being punished. 0nly last month, more than a dozen prominent women's activists were arrested for demanding greater rights. donna larsen, bbc news. a 15—year—old boy has been stabbed to death in a fight at a community centre in east london. three teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of murder. police said they were called to the centre in romford just after 9 o'clock last night
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after fighting broke out when around 100 people were leaving a birthday party. one of britain's main railway lines is back under state control this morning. the east coast line was returned to public ownership after the government ended the stagecoach and virgin franchise. it will now be known as the london north eastern railway, a name last used in the 1940s. the department for transport will run the service until at least 2020. eu leaders are meeting in brussels for emergency talks on migration. 16 of the bloc‘s 28 member states are hoping to mend rifts and discuss how to tackle the arrival of african and middle—eastern migrants from across the mediterranean. numbers have fallen since the crisis began in 2015, but italy and malta have banned charity rescue boats from coming to their ports. one of the ships at the centre of the debate is the aquarius, which is currently close to the libyan coast.
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from there our correspondent, gavin lee reports. well, this is the charity—run ship the aquarius, which has found itself at the centre of a political storm in how europe's leaders deal with the issue of illegal migration over the seas from africa. this ship has been travelling since wednesday afternoon from the port of valencia because the spanish government allowed, as a one—off, this ship to port. a few days before that, the italian and maltese governments said they couldn't come to port. they accused ngos and charity—run vessels of encouraging people smuggling and essentially being a taxi service for illegal migrants coming from libya. the charities disagreed strongly saying this was a humane way to rescue those in need and people would risk their lives anyway given the dire situation in libya. right now there is a rescue operation going on, an exercise, a drill ahead of approaching the search and rescue zone close to
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libya. they will be at sea for the next two and a half days and they expect to pick up migrants. in the meantime those european leaders are meeting over how to handle migration. one of the issues, according to a senior source at the council, say many leaders agree with salvini over the points that these charity boats are a hindrance. so the issue is what happens with these boats and what happens when they pick up migrants and where can they go? gavin lee reporting. we will find out how the weather is looking. it was glorious when i came in. how long will this last? it will be another six or seven days for most parts of the country. you know the british weather, there is always a but. it was glorious year as well, the high cloud showing up herejust a little earlier. the satellite picture tells the story. not much
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cloud around, and what it is is fairly high. scotland and northern ireland are enjoying the sunshine today because recent days have brought thicker cloud. it will be very warm for the next few hours before temperatures drop overnight. in scotland, the glens could get down to 5 degrees. temperatures are getting higher by day and not dropping as much at night. it will get warmer by night as well as by day. tomorrow we are chasing cloud. more for the western and northern isles, perhaps north—west of the great glen. it may produce drizzle and light showers, but essentially another fine day. cloud and light showers, but essentially anotherfine day. cloud police tango, but 29 degrees, a couple of degrees upon today. elsewhere, in the law or mid—20s. that continues for the rest of the week. we might see a drop in temperatures and some atla ntic see a drop in temperatures and some atlantic air towards the weekend, showers in the south, but for the
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moment, foremost, it is fine, and sunny. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. england have scored six goals for the first time in a world cup. harry kane hit a hat trick in the match against panama in russia. hejoins geoff hurst he joins geoff hurst and hejoins geoff hurst and gary lineker by hitting a hat—trick in a world cup match. new measures aimed at halving the number of obese children in england by 2030 have been announced by the government. voting is underway in turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections — the biggest challenge to president erdogan's 15 years in government. women in saudi arabia are officially allowed to get behind the wheel of a car, after the authorities lifted
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