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this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 11:00pm: a british nurse is found guilty of trafficking nigerian women and girls. it is a legal first for such a crime committed outside the uk. she would call me to say she needed money. she doesn't know if i have enough to eat. she does not care about me. she only wants money, money. at least five people have been killed and others are seriously injured after a gunman opened fire at a local newspaper in annapolis, maryland. those fatalities are so sad, and i don't know what to say other than oui’ don't know what to say other than our thoughts and prayers are with them and their families, our thoughts and prayers are with them and theirfamilies, and we take comfort knowing they are in god's embrace. late—night talks are continuing at the eu summit in brussels, as italy demands a deal which tackles migration. a firefighter tells
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the grenfell tower inquiry how he clung onto his colleague as he dangled out the window trying to tackle the flames. also coming up: disappointment for england at the world cup. the three lions are tamed by belgium in kaliningrad, but they have still made it through to the knockout stages, where they play colombia on tuesday. and we will be taking another look at tomorrow morning's front pages at 11:30pm, in the papers. tonight's reviewers are the political commentator jo—anne nadler and nicola bartlett from the daily mirror. a british nurse has been convicted of trafficking five nigerian women into germany to work as prostitutes, after subjecting them to "voodoo" rituals. josephine iyamu is the first person to be convicted under slavery laws that allow the prosecution
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of british citizens for overseas sexual trafficking. she subjected them to ritualistic ceremonies and forced them to swear oaths to hand over money to her. my colleague fiona bruce has been speaking to one of the victims. josephine iyamu, the moment she was arrested at heathrow airport in 2016. she was leading a double life. an agency nurse at hospitals in london, but also a trafficker of women and girls for sex. known by her victims as madame sandra, she lived in bermondsey, in south london, but also owned this house in benin city in nigeria, impossible to afford on just a nurse's family. she was also a local politician there, ironically pledging to fight for women's rights. one of the women she trafficked into europe, we're calling her kiki and disguising her voice, was just 21 when she left her baby behind and was taken to germany.
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she promised me that, when i came to germany, she would take care of me. i would not want for anything. she would always be there for me. kiki met iyamu, or madame sandra, in benin city, the epicentre of trafficking of girls and women in nigeria. enticed to risk the dangerous crossing to europe by poverty, and by lies they are told of the success of girls who had gone before them. kiki worked in this brothel, forced into sex with up to 15 men every day, with madame sandra constantly pressurising herfor money. so what was daily life like for you in germany? it was not easy. i always start from 3:00pm in the afternoon to 6:00am in the morning. she would call me to say she needed money. she doesn't know if i have enough to eat. she does not care about me. she only wants money, money. back in nigeria, kiki was told she would have to pay back 38,000 euros to get to europe. she had no idea how much
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that was, and that it meant she would become a slave. i thought it was a small sum of money but, when i got here, i realised it is very big. kiki was trapped. she was told she had to pay it back 1,000 euros a month. that was on top of her rent for a single room. i had to pay 120 euros rent every day but, if i didn't work, i didn't have the money to pay. you had to pay how much — 120 euros a day? yes. that is a lot. every day. you'd have had to earn over 50,000 euros a year, which is about £40,000—e43,000 a year. i mean, that's a huge amount of money. you'd never have been able to pay it back. i have to pay it. if not, they say i had to go, so i'd have nowhere to stay. josephine iyamu will be sentenced next wednesday.
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the national crime agency hope her conviction is the first of many. just because you're here in the uk, and the offences and the victims are elsewhere in the world, doesn't mean that we won't look for you and we won't prosecute you. but what about kiki's future? she would like to stay in germany. once you'd finished working for madame sandra, what were your hopes for life in germany? that i could train as a hairdresser. and you'd like to do that in germany? that's what i would like to do. but she may not get the chance. kiki may well be deported back home, and after all she has been through, back to where she started, living in poverty in nigeria with only dreams of a better life. fiona bruce, bbc news. five people have been shot in an atlas, in maryland. —— annapolis.
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officials confirmed some details of the attack on a news conference. emergency services were thanked for their swift response. we have had a terrible shooting incident here this afternoon. there are several people who have died from this incident, and several others injured. those who are injured have been transported for medical care to a medical centre and johns hopkins shock and trauma. those fatalities are so shock and trauma. those fatalities are so sad, and i don't know what to say other than our thoughts and prayers are with them and their families, and we take comfort knowing they are in god's embrace. the shooter is in custody and being interrogated at this time. i want to command the public safety professionals who were very quick to the scene here. within about 60 seconds. and we have had a tremendous response not only from
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cou nty tremendous response not only from county police and fire, and apple is police and fire, but several federal agencies including fbi and atf. i wa nt to agencies including fbi and atf. i want to thank all those agencies for their quick response and being our partners in this very unfortunate incident. let's speak to our reporter nada tawfik at the scene. this happened about three hours ago now. i'll be getting a clearer picture of what unfolded? well, we are hearing more about those terrifying moments from reporters who were inside. phil davis, who is a crime reporterfor the newspaper, said that it was like a war zone in there. he said that these are stories that he covers often, but he never realised how terrifying it is until he was at the centre of it himself. he described when the gunman was shooting through the glass door and shooting multiple people how he hear under his desk, terrified, as the gunman reloaded.
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we know that this happened in mid—afternoon, that emergency responders got here in less than 60 seconds. and the gunman has been apprehended. he gave himself up to law enforcement, but he is refusing to give his identity. officials have said that he used a shotgun, that he had a bomb in his... a smoke bomb in his bag, and that chilling detail, that he has injured his fingertips so that he has injured his fingertips so they have been unable to identify him at this stage. cbs news is saying that he is a male in his 20s, andi saying that he is a male in his 20s, and i should just point out that tonight across the country, in new york, in los angeles, chicago, here in marylands, police departments are sending their offices in light of what happened here. which i suppose highlight that we are completely baffled at the moment as the motive, and whether this is somebody operating alone or somebody with a
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more organised grudge. but he clearly, from what you're saying, had removed his fingertips, the surface of his fingertips. this is a calculator plan. he knew exactly what he was doing, rather than a spontaneous. yes, officials have been able to secure the building. they do believe that he was the lone shooter, but of course they have emphasised that this is an active crime scene, that this is the beginning of what will be an intense investigation. you know, as i said that, just the lengths, again, of what this suspect went through to not reveal his identity. he didn't carry an id, he is refusing to co—operate with authorities. so we don't have a clear picture of motive, and i think that is a key reason why officials are kind of advising us to just wait for more details as they come out, and why we have seen such a response from other police departments across the country to this shooting here at a local paper here in maryland's capital. thank you very much for bringing us that update.
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theresa may, who is in brussels for the latest eu summit, has said both the uk and the eu want to work towards a brexit deal at a faster pace. she has been briefing eu leaders over dinner on the progress of talks. but for the other 27 members, their main focus is not brexit but migration, with germany's leader warning it could be a make—or—break issue for the eu. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports from brussels. everyone is talking, but is anyone really listening? it is the eighth time theresa may has had to walk this summit red—carpet. with the cabinet at home still at odds over how life should be outside the eu, the prime minister arrives knowing very well she has to move faster. both sides are keen to continue that
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work, at a faster pace than we have done up till now, and certainly we would welcome that. can you really say it is going well when two years on and you have european leaders saying britain needs to get its act together? at every stage, last december and in march, we have come to agreements with the european union on issues which we had discussed and agreed we would be talking about. now, we will be bringing the cabinet together within the next week. she hopes so, but with so many cabinet disputes at home, do they really believe she can up the speed? i do understand that it is difficult to come to agreements within our cabinet and within uk parliament, but she has to. but the problem, then, is to whom should we listen? are you worried about the lack of progress on brexit? yes. why? i don't have to lecture theresa may, but i would like our british friends to make clear
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their positions, so we don't have to go on to live with a split cabinet. they have to say what they want and we will respond to it. and this from the leader who is closest to the brexit problem that is hardest to solve. now, we're two years telling people it cannot be cherry—picking. it cannot be cake and eat it. and so it needs to understand we are a union of 27 member states, 500 million people. we have laws and rules and principles, and they cannot be changed for any one country, even a great country like britain. any relationship that exists in the future between the eu and the uk isn't going to be one of absolute equals. ouch — this is not a friendly competition. a lot more than world cup football strips are up for grabs. the future of our trade, migration, the irish border — it is all up for discussion, but not today. the eu has bigger problems on their mind, with the migration crisis. yet the union does not want to budge. they believe they have the stronger game.
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it feels familiar now for theresa may to arrive in brussels and be told to get on with it by her fellow european leaders. but remember, this was meant to be the summit when the deal was nearly there. that is far from the situation. time is now running short. the prime minister says she is optimistic that the uk is lonely and frustrated in the brussels routine. she needs to make a deal with her colleagues at home to find more useful friends around the eu table. and that is causing a delay over the final communique being released. that is the heads of government of the 28 nations, and it has been repeatedly delayed along with a news conference expected earlier this evening. that is because italy has threatened to veto any statement which doesn't tackle the migration
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crisis. italy and france have agreed a common position between them but they have to persuade the other 26 countries to co—operate with that. our correspondent katya adler has more. we have had high drama here tonight, when the italians basically said they would be blocking any decisions at this summit until they get concrete help with migrant arrivals on their shores. you see, yes, the main focus at this summit is migration, but leaders are also here to discuss brexit, the economy, security and defence. but basically the italians have borrowed some words from the uk commissioner that they use with brexit. they look the other leaders in the eye and said nothing is agreed here until everything is agreed. you see, the italian smelt a rat. they were worried at summit that they would be stea m rolled worried at summit that they would be steamrolled by eu savvy angela merkel. she also need concessions on migration at this summit. she is fighting for her political life at home. germany and italy have different priorities when it comes
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to migration. germany wants deals that keep migrants out, while italy wa nts that keep migrants out, while italy wants germany and the rest of the eu to ta ke wants germany and the rest of the eu to take more migrants in. so, as one eu diplomat put it this evening, italy has taken them all hostage. and as we speak other eu leaders are discussing migration in what i can only imagine is a very badtempered dinner. the headlines on bbc news: a british nurse is found guilty of trafficking nigerian women and girls. it is a legal first for such a crime committed outside the uk. at least five people have been killed and others are seriously injured after a gunman opened fire at a local newspaper in annapolis, maryland. late—night talks are continuing at the eu summit in brussels, as italy demands help with the migration crisis. one of the first firefighters to enter grenfell tower has been describing the moment he realised the blaze was spreading
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outside the building. charles batterbee thought he had extinguished the flames in the flat where it started, but when he looked outside, he said it rained fire as burning debris fell from the building. tom symonds reports from the grenfell tower inquiry. his report contains images of the fire which some may find distressing. early morning, the 14th of june 2017. firefighters charles batterbee and daniel brown, loaded with with gear are headed up grenfell tower, the fire isjust a glow in the kitchen window of flat 16. the enquiry has watched them smashing their way in on a thermal camera. in reality, it was black with smoke. then briefly opening the kitchen door to blast water at the fire, and put it out. but then charles batterbee realised what was happening outside. itjust rained fire. it is jumping multiple floors. this is notjust one or two windows and frames which have failed and come down, this is lots and it was getting worse. the cladding.
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daniel brown stepped forward to fight the flames. he is leant right outside that window. i am holding onto him for dear life and digging my hips into the counter so we don't both go together and i have got my left hand on my radio and while he was hitting it, it was getting worse and worse. low on air for their breathing gear, they had to retreat. i looked up at the side of the tower and... i will never get over that shock. it was like a war zone, he said. residents had been told to stay put to wait for rescue, but after two hours the advice changed. callers were now being advised to get out any way they could. but we didn't stop, we kept on going with our efforts. he worked all night.
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by daybreak, the scale of the grenfell tower disaster became apparent. tom symonds, bbc news. british intelligence agents knew about and tolerated hundreds of cases in which prisoners were tortured or mistreated by the americans or other allies after 9/11, according to a new report by mps. it says that, in more than 200 cases, british agents supplied questions to interrogators even though they knew of or suspected mistreatment. on 13 occasions british intelligence officers witnessed abuse firsthand. the report also reveals the scale of british involvement in rendition — secretly transferring prisoners to countries which used torture. in 22 cases britain provided the intelligence, and on 3 occasions mi5 or mi6 paid or offered money for others to carry out renditions. our security correspondent gordon corera has more. well, this was a hard—hitting
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report, one of the hardest hitting we have seen into britain's spies and certainly passed context is important, after 9/11 a desperate hunt for intelligence to stop future attacks and on the american side the gloves ca m e attacks and on the american side the gloves came off. britain was slow to appreciate that and we learned it was far more involved and campus it in what happened than we previously understood, with this treatment and paying for renditions. the government response was to say that was an unprecedented period, m ista kes was an unprecedented period, mistakes made and lessons learned that there are reasons to be cautious about that conclusion. have all the mistakes been identified? the intelligence and security committee itself said it was unable to get to the bottom of everything because it wasn't able to interview some of the officers involved and thatis some of the officers involved and that is why some people think there should be a judge —— enquiry.
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lessons learned? should be a judge —— enquiry. lessons learned ? the should be a judge —— enquiry. lessons learned? the committee have concerned about the current guidance and whether it is fit for purpose including over rendition. and unprecedented times? we have a president on the campaign trail who talked about returning to water boarding so it's not inconceivable that perhaps god forbid after a terrorist attack you could see similar circumstances so this report isn't just about the past but similar circumstances so this report isn'tjust about the past but it is important about the future as well. a meeting between president trump and the russian president, vladimir putin, has been confirmed for the 16th ofjuly in helsinki. it'll be the first summit between the two leaders since donald trump came to office and the second time they have met. the meeting will follow the nato summit, and mrtrump's visit to london. a 16—year—old boy has been charged with murdering a teenager who was killed outside a birthday party. jordan douherty died after he was stabbed near a community centre in romford on saturday. the 15—year—old was beaten in three separate attacks as fights broke out when people were turned
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away from the centre. the defence giant bae systems has secured a £20 billion contract from the australian navy. it's ordered nine of a new type of ship designed to detect submarines. the prime minister has welcomed the deal although the ships will be built in australia where the work will secure 4,000 jobs there. around 100 soldiers are helping firefighters in greater manchester tackle a moorland blaze that has been burning for 4 days across seven miles. fire brigade leaders say they fear it could last for weeks because of the continuing hot weather. and tonight a new moorland fire has broken out on the other side of manchester. judith moritz reports. in the battle between blaze and firefighter, there isn't yet a winner. belching and burning, fire has overwhelmed this land. but stepping up the effort, the army arrived to join the fight. handed hoses and put straight to work. the conditions are pretty tough. you can see behind me, it's a warm day.
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but we're well prepared. we've got enough water. we've got suncream. and the guys are really enjoying thejob they're doing. to get an idea of the scale of the task, we took a ride to the top of the moor. with a crew from bolton, e drove to the summit. this really is the fire front line. it's very hot up here and you can see how smoky it is. and getting water to this level is like bringing buckets up a hillside on an industrial scale. this scene is repeated across this moorland. this is one of six places where they are fighting the fire. with no rain forecast, this is the next best thing — helicopters dumping water collected from nearby reservoirs. and crews are using specialist equipment to cope with the peat which is fuelling these fires. the fire gets right deep inside it so the water on top just runs off. it might cool the surface but deep down there is fire
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and just spreads underneath. the equipment they've got is a very high pressured jet and it gets deep within the peat. and tonight there's a new moor on fire on the other side of the city. the hills above bolton are now alight as well. plumes of smoke billowing over the houses below. for a place with a reputation for rain, manchester's heatwave is bringing unprecedented challenges. and there are many who would be grateful for a downpour here soon. judith moritz, bbc news, stalybridge. the duke of cambridge has visited some ofjerusalem's most sacred religious sites, on the final day of his tour of the middle east. he spent time at the temple mount, also known as haram al sharif — as well as the western wall and the church of the holy sepulchre. he spent time at the temple mount, also known as haram al sharif — as well as the western wall and the church of the holy the duke also made a poignant visit to the final resting place of his great—grandmother, princess alice. this report from our royal correspondent nicholas witchell contains some flash photography. it isa it is a city which has a sacred
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significance for the followers of three different faiths, judaism, islam and christianity. from the mount of olives, william looked over to the old city ofjerusalem, fought overin to the old city ofjerusalem, fought over in centuries past and still a place of dispute. on temple mount, haram al sharif place of dispute. on temple mount, haram alsharif in place of dispute. on temple mount, haram al sharif in arabic, venerated by both jews haram al sharif in arabic, venerated by bothjews and muslims, he visited the dome of the rock. the location, the dome of the rock. the location, the third holiest in the islamic faith. the imams showed him around said william's visit sent a message of hope and support. the church of the holy sepulchre is one of the holiest places in the christian faith. william was shown the spot it was said christ was crucified. the western wall is a sacred place for people of the jewish faith. it's the only surviving section of a jewish temple built more than 2000 years ago. william followed tradition and placed a note with his own prayer in the wall and then stood in silent
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contemplation. that he has been moved by what he's seen over the past few days in israel and in the occupied palestinian territories is not in doubt. this visit has achieved two things in particular. for britain it's shown its evenhanded approach to the israelis and palestinians. for william it's shown that he is more than able to handle such a sensitive visit. he returns to britain with his experience broadened and knowing that an important visit has accomplished successfully. england narrowly lost their last world cup group match to belgium in kaliningrad this evening. they went down 1—nil. it means they finish second in their group but have qualified for the knock out stages of the tournament. our sports editor dan roan watched the action. the crunch match had turned into something of a carnival.
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with the two best team in the group already through to the next round, both sets of fans could enjoy the party, safe in the knowledge their world cups would not end tonight. and with more decisive days ahead, both teams rested their front—line players. england unrecognisable from the side that thrashed panama on sunday with eight changes. even the tournament ‘s leading goal—scorer was on the bench. belgium also played a b team but their squad rotation made it feel like a friendly, the start suggested otherwise. tielemans forcing a good save from jordan pickford. the goalkeeper then having to be rescued by gary cahill‘s desperate credence of the line. with the sides level on points and goal difference fairplay would determine who topped the group in the result of a draw. england on pole position as their opponents racked up yellow cards. most of belgium's premier league stars from the bench but adnanjanuzaj broke the deadlock
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in majestic fashion to send his team to top of the group. england finding themselves behind in this tournament for the first time. they had opportunities to equalise. marcus rashford! clearest chance falling to marcus rashford before substitute danny welbeck was denied by the block from marouane fellaini. in truth it was belgium who would more likely to score, dries mertens with a rasping expert which stung the palms of pickford before pollini shot into the side netting has 1—0 it finished. england's defeat confirming their position as runners—up in group g, colombia to come in the next round. the objective was to be in the next round and we are in the next round. we played some good football and we're ready to go again. southgate's second string suffer england's first defeat in a year. quite how significant it proves will soon be revealed. he was the "king of pop", but michaeljackson was also
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in his own words "a great fan of art." now on the ninth anniversary of his death — a new exhibition at the national portrait gallery in london, explores how he inspired many contemporary artists. among them — kehinde wiley, who painted the recent portrait of the former us president barack obama. will gompertz met the artist — who was the last person to paint the singer before he died. michaeljackson, the child star. who became a global sensation, and then a pop culture icon. and a go to subject for artists. the likes of andy warhol... keith haring... david lachapelle and gary hume have all had a run at capturing the enigmatic showman. this exhibition is a bit like one of those tv detective shows, insomuch as we're given all these different views of the great pop performer, but it's up to us to create our own three—dimensional portrait of him, which goes some way to answer the central question of this show, which is — who was michaeljackson? he was a trickster.
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says the artist who painted this riff on rubens — the singer's last commissioned portrait. michaeljackson is the one who shows you one face and says, "do you like that? watch this, i've got 20 more". and we're not talking about plastic surgery. we're not talking about the changing of race. we are talking about him showing a mirror to society and saying not only do i change, but so do you. there was that question of well, what skin tone shall i paint? what era within his evolution are we talking about? i arrived at the moment we have here. he's not quite as light or dark as you might see him at either extreme of his career, but he is in my mind the michael that i know. it is a painting where there is, some of the changes he undertook are evident, the thinner lips... certainly... the thinner nose.
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which brings to call questions around race, self—love, notions of white beauty standards and all of this. these are really complicated questions that deserve to be talked about. i love that painting can be a provocation for that. michael was troubled and talented and beautiful at once. and elusive, as this exhibition shows. it's difficult for us to get beyond his public persona. maybe it was for him too. to get us to drop our guard... # because this is thriller #. to reveal ourselves. will gompertz, bbc news. only imagine is a very badtempered dinner. good evening to you. this weather forecast hardly a thriller. things pretty predictable over the next couple of days. the hot weather is going to continue for the most part. there will be some spells of sunshine as well. one subtle difference over the next few days is that northern parts will turn just a bit cooler.

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