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hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm martine croxall. today at 2pm. a brexit showdown at chequers — the prime minister tries to get her cabinet to agree at last on ourfuture relationship with the eu. but brexiteer ministers are expected to oppose theresa may's new plan. i think it will be a full and open discussion, as you'd expect amongst colleagues, but i think there will bea colleagues, but i think there will be a wish on everybody‘s party to get to an agreement.” be a wish on everybody‘s party to get to an agreement. i am live at chequers, where cabinet ministers are set hours of talks and discussions as they try to thrash out this deal in what could be a real test of nerves. police in wiltshire try to find the contaminated item that poisoned a couple with novichok nerve agent. a diver has died in thailand after trying to help the 12 boys trapped in a cave. coming up on afternoon live all the sport. and we are expecting to see serena
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williams and roger federer in action. serena williams and roger federer, indeed, to take to centre court at wimbledon this afternoon. nick has all of the weather forecast, how is it looking, it looks glorious. yes, if it is sunshine you are after, if it is heat you want, more dry weather, not that everybody does, if you want a weekend like just about every weekend like just about every weekend so far this summer, it's on its way this weekend, you've got it. i've got the full details on the way. also coming up — the raf celebrates its centenary next week... my colleague sophie raworth examines her own grandfather's role in its early days. hello, this is afternoon live, i'm
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martine croxall. the cabinet are meeting at chequers this afternoon — with the prime minister saying they have an ‘opportunity‘ and a ‘duty‘ to agree a blueprint for brexit. theresa may's latest plan is 120 pages long and proposes a close alignment with eu rules on many goods but not services. it also proposes an end to free movement of people — one of the key demands of the brexiteers but the uk would acceptjurisdiction from the european court ofjustice in some areas. well, the prime minister could face opposition from at least seven brexiteer cabinet ministers who met at the foreign office last night to discuss tactics. today's meeting is likely to be tense. our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. one by one, the cars pulled up for the showdown. behind tinted windows, theresa may's ministers were swept into her country residence. the hope is they can finally reach agreement about their vision for future
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relations with the eu. about their vision for future relations with the eui about their vision for future relations with the eu. i think at the end of the day will get to an agreement and i think we'll have an offer to put to our european colleagues, which will do two things. it will deliver on the outcome of a referendum, restore solvency of parliament within the jurisdiction of the european court to the united kingdom, but it will also offer a deep, injuring partnership on economic matters and trade with our european neighbours. but among those who will be sitting around this table, there was deep division. shut away in here for more than 12 hours, they will thrash out their views, with no phones allowed. the question is whether they can find middle ground. in westminster, details of what the prime minister's proposing have trickled out in recent days. a key part is that the uk would have common rules with the eu for buying and selling goods. that's to keep trade flowing, especially across the irish border, but brexiteers have warned that sticking to closely to eu legislation could limit the uk's
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ability to do trade deals with other countries. it does sound, what is it, common rule but, whatever we are hearing, that a sin to cross the line on two accounts, one you are not making the rules in the own country you are accepting what the eu believes, and the other is the european court of justice. eu believes, and the other is the european court ofjustice. so i do believe what has been said is what will actually come out of this meeting. downing street says its plan won't restrict trade deals and some tories think senior brexiteers in their party who don't like the prime minister's offer should even consider resigning. many want, myers. i think everyone come on both sides of the argument, needs to stop fighting the referendum again, i mean, that applies on both sides, and actually get onto a practical brexit. parliament is piling on the pressure. it is farcical it has taken pressure. it is farcical it has ta ke n two pressure. it is farcical it has ta ken two years to get to pressure. it is farcical it has taken two years to get to this point of trying to reach agreement. my message is this: this cannot be just a truce of the cabinet. this has got
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to be an agreement in the best interests of the country, and capable of being negotiated with the eu. any agreement in the uk will need to be negotiated with brussels, and today, a warning. the single market is our main economic... we will not damage it. we will not unravel what we have achieved together with the uk. plenty of people are watching what happens here. it could determine the country's future, and the prime minister's political fate. country's future, and the prime minister's politicalfate. alex forsyth, bbc news. our chief political correspondent vicki young is at chequers. how much of a balancing act is this going to be for the prime minister, vicki, given the views in the cabinet? well, it has been from the start, really, hasn't it, and that is why it has taken two years to get to this position where they are holed up inside that house, and
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being told they have to come to some kind of agreement today. and that's because the cabinet is split, we know that, they are split over whether we are very closely aligned to the eu after brexit, or whether we make a much sharper break from the rules and regulations. now, it does seem, from what we've heard, and the lea ks does seem, from what we've heard, and the leaks that have come out about this proposal that theresa may is putting towards them, that she seems to be going for that closer alignment, particularly when it comes to regulations on goods. this is because of the fears of business, and we have certainly seen what seemed like a very coordinated campaign in the very last days and weeks in the run—up to this meeting, voicing their real concerns about what is going to happen once we leave. so that seems to be the route that theresa may is going down, and we know already that there are many in her cabinet who do not like it. we know that david davis, the brexit secretary, is going to voice in no uncertain terms his dislike of what she is proposing. he is worried too
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that actually brussels will just dismiss this out of hand. so really it is the same argument that we have had ever since that referendum result, which has been going on for two years, but she seems pretty determined to try and get some kind of compromise, simply because she has to have something to put on the table to take to brussels. we have seen yesterday she has orally been to angela merkel to speak to her, something that can kick—start these negotiations, which really do seem to have ground to a bit of a halt. meanwhile, on the sidelines, michel barnier constantly gnawing away, saying we need more answers, what about the irish border? he is not letting up, either. no, and he has a lwa ys letting up, either. no, and he has always set the clock is ticking because he says he wants negotiations pretty much sorted by october in order to give time for love that to be ratified by all the parliaments in the eu, polluting our own. so that is the deadline and people are now looking, saying we are heading into the summer holidays, just a few weeks left of negotiations that is why it is so
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critical, and they have been extremely frustrated that there has not been this very definite proposal to come forward from the uk. so that is what theresa may needs to come up with now. they are in there trying to sort that out, but of course there is speculation about what brexiteers do about not being happy with what they are shown. will they decide to resign? will that achieve what they want in the long run? the argument from theresa may might well be, you have to look at the numbers in parliament, though there does not seem to be any kind of majority for this harder brexit, certainly not for a new deal, so where does that leave the likes of borisjohnson, liam fox, michael gove? if parliament is not wedded or able to back what they want, they're kind of vision, then the opposite might happen. there is going to be a crucial vote in the next few weeks about the customs bill, it could end up about the customs bill, it could end up that parliament ends up to stay ina up that parliament ends up to stay in a customs union, certainly not what the brexiteers want. we will have to see. on top of that payments to's future herself, are there
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really people in the cabinet willing to bring her down because of this, put in another leader, but then wouldn't they just be put in another leader, but then wouldn't theyjust be in the same position? thank you very much, vicki young at chequers. a senior government scientist has told the bbc it's unlikely that the nerve agent that poisoned a couple in wiltshire had been left out in the open. the official says novichok can be degraded by rain and sun, meaning it was probably discovered by the couple in a contained space. for the latest — let's cross to our correspondent will glennon — who is in amesbury — and an increased activity there in the last hour, will... yes, martine, throughout the day there has been an increase in activity here at muggleton road on this new housing development in amesbury, where charlie rowley lived, and where both he and dawn stu rg ess were lived, and where both he and dawn stu rgess were discovered lived, and where both he and dawn sturgess were discovered critically ill on saturday by the emergency services. now, this white vehicle you may see behind us, just in front of the property, that arrived in the last few moments. we believe it is some kind of support vehicle for the number of officers that are here,
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and that indicate that they may be here for a long time. just after 11 o'clock this morning, a number of fire engines arrived, cruise with equipment, they got kitted out, and then a number of ambulances also arrived, including two incident response units. as well, two unmarked vans carrying a number of personnel that went straight into the property beyond the steel fence cordoned that has been set up, and we believe again that is an indication of how this investigation is very much ramping up. and a seriousness of what is going on behind that chord in, and the number of officers being used. we know this investigation is being run by the metropolitan police, the counterterrorism unit, but the local wiltshire police have today requested extra support from officers from other forces across the uk. they say to help main —— they say to help man accordance. they don't know how the people they would need at the how long, because
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they say the situation is still fluid. now we know that dawn stu rg ess fluid. now we know that dawn sturgess and charlie rowley probably came into contact with the novichok exposure through some kind of container. the police have said that. but what they are not saying is what kind of container that is. they say they won't be able to identify that for probably some time, which gives you an indication of how long this investigation is going to go on for. now i have been speaking to local people in the area and a number of people are very concerned. salisbury as a city was just starting to get back on its feet after what had happened with the skripals back in march. now this is another big blow for the city. visit wiltshire have come out and said today that business as usual is the situation, and there will be an advertising campaign in the national newspapers this weekend to try and attract people to the area. now we have spoken, the bbc have spoken to businesses in salisbury today, and
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although there are no official figures on footfall, they are telling us that it is very quiet, noticeably quieter. now public health england are saying that the risk is low outside of those cordoned off areas, but what they can't say is that it is safe, that things are saved, and people in the area are still very concerned, people in amesbury are trying to go about their daily lives, but they are concerned, martine. think you very much, will glennon in amesbury. our correspondent — charlotte gallagher is in salisbury... clearly, as we'll was saying, there will be an impact felt in salisbury inevitably, this happening so soon after the skripal case? yes, all too familiar scenes for people living in salisbury. behind me, you can see the hostel where dawn sturgess was living, and behind those metal barriers, there are rows of forensic
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tense, we saw them in the city months ago, areas being cordoned off to the general public, people in full biohazard suits. you just don't expect things like that in salisbury. so it is becoming very familiar with the people here but also incredibly worrying. i spoke to one marl also incredibly worrying. i spoke to one man today, he said he goes to queen elizabeth gardens, one of the areas cordoned off, on a regular basis, and he was saying if the novichok was in that part, how do we not know it could have been come across by families, children, people enjoying a bit of sun? so it has beena very enjoying a bit of sun? so it has been a very tough situation here. the tourists that have come into town, and the locals, they are saying they want to be defiant. they don't want to stop doing what they are doing just because of this incident. we have actually seen some school trips even going to salisbury cathedral, so there are still people coming in, and they feel that things have to go on as normal here in salisbury. but the police are saying these cordons will be moving around these cordons will be moving around the city, so it is hard to see if things can continue as normal while there is this huge police operation,
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media from right across the world, focused on this one small area of england. often, though, the presence of authorities and the police in particular have served to reassure people. to what extent is that the case here today? i think some people are incredibly reassured by the numberof are incredibly reassured by the number of police officers on the streets, areas being cordoned off, but others are saying after the initial attack with the skripals, we would hold was nothing to worry about, no risk to the general public. now this has happened, another two people, apparently two randiv members of the public with no connection to the skripals, have been poisoned, so some are thinking is it safe, is there novichok still in the area? so on the one hand very reassuring how the police are taking this is seriously but also concerned that could be some kind of chemical still in the city. thank you very
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much, charlotte gallagher in salisbury. some breaking news to bring you from lancashire police with regard to the fires in the cou nty with regard to the fires in the county on moorland there. lancashire police are saying this afternoon that a 20—year—old man from wigan has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life. this is in respect to the winter hillfire, this is in respect to the winter hill fire, which of course we have been reporting on today's, if not weeks, because of the extent of it, and the persistence of it, the conditions in this very dry period we are having, not making it at all easy for the firefighters to contain that. a 20—year—old man arrested in wigan by lancashire police on suspicion of arson with intent to danger life. a diver has died in thailand while taking supplies to twelve boys and their football coach who've been trapped in a flooded cave for almost a fortnight.
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the former navy diver had been delivering oxygen tanks to the group but then his own air supply ran out as he was returning. dan johnson reports from north thailand. this is the 13th day trying to save 13 lives, and it's brought the sta rkest 13 lives, and it's brought the starkest illustration ofjust how risky this rescue operation is. this man is boarding the plane to offer his experience. 38 years old, the former navy diver volunteered to work alongside his colleagues. he was on the five—hourjourney out of the cave when he lost consciousness last night, leaving no doubt about the nature of this challenge and the extent of the risk. the fact that there was a death here overnight certainly hasn't slowed down this rescue operation. if anything, it is only gaining pace. you can see even more teams being brought in here. there are lots of people coming to and fro, new equipment being brought m, and fro, new equipment being brought in, supplies being restocked, and added urgency to this rescue mission. translation: we are not reckless, we a re mission. translation: we are not reckless, we are not unplanned. as i
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mentioned before, we can't wait for everything. because the situation is critical, previously with other kids would be able to stay alive for a long time, but now the situation has changed, and we have limited time. it is not clear which option is now favoured, training the boys to dive forfreedom, favoured, training the boys to dive for freedom, waiting favoured, training the boys to dive forfreedom, waiting for favoured, training the boys to dive for freedom, waiting for the water to recede, or digging them out from above. all have difficulties and downsides. some of the route is too narrow for scu ba—diving downsides. some of the route is too narrow for scuba—diving equipment, and more heavy rain could raise the water level. the boys are being taught the basics of diving, but some have to learn to swim first, and it is feared that option could be too dangerous. today fifa off of the boys seats at the world cup final if they are rescued in time, but there are so much uncertainty here, so much to worry about, and anotherfamily here, so much to worry about, and another family is now feeling the pain of this impossible puzzle. dan johnson, bbc news, northern thailand. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. theresa may is holding crucial brexit talks at chequers,
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as she hopes to bridge divides in her cabinet over the future shape of the uk's relationship with the eu after brexit. investigators are urgently trying to find the item, which was contaminated with a military grade nerve agent that left two people critically ill at amesbury in wiltshire. officials in thailand have promised to continue a huge rescue operation to save 12 boys and their football coach in a flooded cave, after the death of a volunteer diver. and in sport, friday at wimbledon is already in full swing. alexander zverev, the fourth seed, battled back from two sets down to beat taylor fritz in five sets in the second round match carried overfrom yesterday. another seed falls in the women's trauma, madison keys, the american, beaten in three sets by evgeniya rodina. full coverage continues across the bbc. france and uruguay get ready for the first world cup quarterfinal. edison cavani is on the bench for uruguay.
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i will be back with that and more at half past two. a trade war between the world's two biggest economies now appears to be under way. american tariffs on billions of dollars worth of chinese imports have come into force. china is retaliating and has accused president trump of starting the biggest trade war in history. john sudworth reports from beijing. just one product on the us tariff list. for thousands of these machines have been —— 12,000 list. for thousands of these machines have been ——12,000 of these machines have been checked the us this year, a trade about the flattened. translation: an extra 25% tax flattened. translation: an extra 2596 tax course affects us very much. it reduces very much our profits. tax course affects us very much. it reduces very much our profitsm
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tax course affects us very much. it reduces very much our profits. is cf moto stealing american jobs? allan if you take a look at our factory, you realise we have got where we are on our own strength, and by respecting international rules. but such individual protests are now in vain. china's incredible economic success , vain. china's incredible economic success, donald trump argues, has been built on bending the rules, in particular the large—scale theft of us intellectual property. tariffs he hopes will force china to change its behaviour. china hopes its matching ta riffs behaviour. china hopes its matching tariffs on us imports will force america to back off. if it's not yet a fully fledged trade war, then it is the beginnings of one. mr trump is the beginnings of one. mr trump is threatening a massive escalation, moving beyond the relatively obscure products on the current list to almost everything china produces. for decades, successive us presidents have, whatever the difficulties and differences, seen
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trade with china as a good thing. not any more. donald trump is doing precisely what he said he would on the campaign trail, taking the fight to factories like this one, where falling orders made very quickly translate into lost jobs. falling orders made very quickly translate into lostjobs. the world's two largest economies are careering into the unknown. there is very little sign of meaningful dialogue and no one seems ready to put on the brakes. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. a 16—year—old youth has appeared in court charged with the murder of six—year—old alesha macphail on the isle of bute. the suspect was arrested two days after the body of alesha was discovered in woodland near her grandparents‘ home, after being reported missing in the early hours of monday. a woman — arrested on suspicion of the murder of eight babies and the attempted murder of six others — has been released on bail. lucy letby, who's 28, was detained by cheshire police earlier this week in connection with the deaths at the countess of chester hospital.
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back to our top story here on afternoon live — and theresa may is holding crucial brexit talks at chequers, as she hopes to bridge divides in her cabinet over the future shape of the uk's relationship with the eu after brexit. well, speaking to the bbc earlier, scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon reiterated her call for the uk to stay in the single market and customs union. let's wait and see what happens. we shouldn't gloss over the fact that more than two years after the brexit vote, the cabinet is still trying to find a way forward. in many ways, the best outcome of today would be the hard brexiteers walking out of government, because that might mean that then there's a glimmer of hope that common—sense stance to prevail. probably the worst outcome of today is if they all emerge from chequers 11 o'clock tonight arm in arm saying they've agreed, because that means there's another helping of fudge being served up.
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and what's being put forward is likely to be rejected by europe and we are no closer to a common—sense realistic position. and time is running out, so that becomes more and more serious. on the specifics of what we think might be in there, one of the proposals is common alignment on goods. that's something the scottish government wants. we want to stay in the single market and the customs union. common alignment in goods is a step towards that but it's not there. services makes up such a big portion of the scottish and the uk economy that leaving services outside that kind of arrangement would have a really damaging impact. i'm about to have lunch with a number of financial services companies here in london, many of them also operational in scotland, and that is not a good dealfor them. so that may be a step in the right direction but it's not, in my view, the right ultimate destination. but if the outcome of this meeting today is just an agreement that satisfies the apparently irreconcilable wings of the tory government, then the danger is,
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and it's a very real danger, that grows by the day, is that it will be dead on arrival in brussels, and we will be no further forward in reaching agreement. some people will listen to that and say a lot of people including yourself have constantly asked for more clarity. today is the day we will probably get that clarity but you think if it's a government that agrees with itself it's a bad thing? but if the clarity is on a negotiating strategy that we know is not credible or deliverable, then well, yeah, clarity is good. but clarity for its own sake, if it is being clear that we are in a position that can actually deliver a deal, you know, most common—sense people will say that's not enough of a step forward. if i look at the detail of what theresa may allegedly is proposing today, it's certainly moving in the right direction, it is not going far or fast enough in my view, but it is because the red lines continue to get in the way of the progress we need to see that my fear is that we'll come out with a fudge that borisjohnson
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and the remain wing of the tory government will be able to agree on but it won't carry any weight or cut any ice in europe. and that doesn't help anybody, because time now is running out. if that analysis is correct, and we are getting closer to a position where the uk government is saying this is our offer, you don't think it's workable? presumably that means an independence referendum is more likely? that's a nice try to get me into making an announcement! the sunshine is lovely... now is the time. but i think i'll stick to my own timescale on that. i've said that we need to see clarity. hopefully that clarity will be sensible clarity that takes us forwards. i don't have great expectations of chequers today. i don't think anybody reasonably could, given the experiences of the last couple of years, but i hope to be proved wrong. i hope that what emerges is something that is not only clear but something that is also capable of reaching a sensible agreement with the european union that protects the economy and business and living standards across the country, because that's what's most important. scotla nd
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scotland first minister, nicola sturgeon. more than 2a million tuned in to see england win their world cup match on tuesday night, and tomorrow it could well be even more. the match against sweden is england's first world cup quarter—final since 2006 — our sports correspondent natalie pirks reports from samara where the match will take place. commentator: and diet does it! —— eric dier does it! england win a world cup penalty shoot out for the first time ever. england and win on penalties, and we won on penalties! my heart was pounding. everyone together, it was brilliant. england's penalty shoot out win shocked and delighted fans, those in moscow, and those at home. the agony and elation of world cup penalty is finally going england's way at the fourth time of asking, and so now to
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samarra, home of russia's space programme, where england and their fa ns programme, where england and their fans are dreaming big. this is what we call the pub deck. the pub decked! johnny and friends are staying on a slow tell on the boulder river, they are affecting more fans to join them and there is quite a view. all the talk here is ofa quite a view. all the talk here is of a renaissance under gareth southgate. this is a different type of england. there are no prima donnas, they have no expectations, because it is a young squad they have absolutely no fear. southgate has brought that together, they had been together as youngsters as well, he has brought them through and it shows, a together on a sunday friendliness with the whole thing which i have not seen in past world cups, past squads. i have only booked a one—way ticket and i am not going home until we get beat. i don't think i am going home until a week on monday. they are not alone. the last time england played sweden in the world cup was a 2—2 draw in 2006, and one of england's defenders that they think they are going all
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the way. i think we are going all the way. i think we are going all the way, to the final. i am a believer, they have mainly believed, the first time in years i have believe that this england team can do it, because i think we've got the right mantella t. when you have got your goal—scorer bang in form scoring goals, you've got a chance was to yes, with the tournament's top scorer harry kane on such irresistible form, its impossible not to get carried away. natalie pirks, bbc news, samara. just a reminder of the breaking news in the last half an hour of the arrest of a 20—year—old man from wigan on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life. this is regarding the winter hill fire in lancashire, and the lancashire police have made this statement this afternoon about this arrest. we knew on tuesday that greater manchester fire service and other cruise around the country were supporting their collea g u es the country were supporting their colleagues in lancashire to try to maintain control of this winter hill
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fire near bolton, which broke out when two moorland fires either side of the hill merged last saturday, you may remember, that was because of the increase of the wind speed that brought these two blazers together. on wednesday, lancashire and fire and rescue service said 20 crews we re and fire and rescue service said 20 crews were on winter hill as they tried to tackle the area still smouldering. you can see the sheer scale of that after those two fires came together last weekend. so a 20—year—old man from wigan arrested on suspicion of arson with the intent to endanger life. let's take a look at the weather forecast, and for the first time on afternoon live, it's nick. nice to have you here! quite a lot of sporting fixtures that will benefit from good weather, let's start with what it is going to be like in samara for the england match. all eyes on the weather in russia. i played football last night, now that is hard to believe, that love too much! you are still looking! i am not limping, and
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it is not brain nice to play when it is warm and muggy, but let's fly through the cloud, we can expect the samara arena tomorrow afternoon, it is going to be warm but the good news for the england players is it is not going to be as warm as it was earlier in the week when the temperature topped 30 celsius at samara. a high of 2627 degrees, and the irony is if they were playing at wembley, it would be hotter tomorrow, it would bejust wembley, it would be hotter tomorrow, it would be just as wembley, it would be hotter tomorrow, it would bejust as hot wembley, it would be hotter tomorrow, it would be just as hot as this at old trafford, for example. yes, there is some heat and it is warmer than where they have been doing their training, which has been rather cool and wet at times, but i don't think anything to excessive, but you can see they are not going to get anybody from the wind, a very light breeze. humidity is also a lwa ys light breeze. humidity is also always a factor. yes, it doesn't ta ke very always a factor. yes, it doesn't take very much to run around and sta rts take very much to run around and starts lighting and feeling that, but these are very fit people, these are but these are very fit people, these a re clearly not but these are very fit people, these are clearly not me on the football pitch! so i think they are probably
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able to cope with something like that. even if it goes to extra time, let's hope not. closer to home, silverstone to look out for. there is the circuit for you, a great weekend for the british grand prix, these are some of the sky conditions we can expect saturday and sunday. some cloud around but you can pick out a bit of blue in the sky as well. certainly some heat to talk about here. on a circuit like this, the ground is even hotter as well, soi the ground is even hotter as well, so i think there are some decisions to be made about tyres, the right kind of tyres here, and the heat will build for the big race by sunday. we know it will be hot again, it's not everyone's cup of tea but the forecast says more heat and more sunshine, and that's what we have come a little cloud a satellite picture but not much, maybe a little
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building towards the far faces of england where a late storm as possible but most are dry, hot spots reaching above 30 celsius, just wa nted reaching above 30 celsius, just wanted to show you that chance of a shower or storm in the far south—east of england, let's see sussex, possibly essex, there might be something that crops up into the evening but most places will stay dry. let's look at the forecast tonight, variable cloud, clear spells, a little misty in places, very light winds, temperatures dipping, scotland into single figures, a warm night elsewhere, 12-16d, 18 in figures, a warm night elsewhere, 12—16d, 18 in eastern england, this is saturday's forecast, good tillerson chang, patchy cloud, slight chance of a shower in scotland, all in eastern england,
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it's a little warmer in scotland and northern ireland, and in north—west scotla nd northern ireland, and in north—west scotland in particular, the heat is therefore england and wales, we've got a weather front to show you the sunday, very week that coming into north—west scotland, but cloud filtering a little further, sunny spells to be had, the bulk of the warmth and sunshine in england and wales, the bigger range of temperatures, cooler in scotland, every bit as one in england and wales, looking into next week the heat is at the start of the week, should pull down a little, most noticeable across southern england sometime next week that for anyone wanting rain it's not in the forecast next week, it is still looking dry. keep an eye on the
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website this afternoon, will put on a deal with more about the weather from all events taking place, that's the sports forecast. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. theresa may is holding talks with the cabinet at chequers to try to reach agreement over the uk's future relationship with the eu with brexiteer ministers expected to oppose her latest plan. police is under way in worcester to worcester to try to find the contaminating force that contaminated a couple with a nerve agent. a diver has died in an attempt to rescue boys trapped ina in an attempt to rescue boys trapped in a cave in thailand. president tom has been accused of starting the biggest trade war in history by china —— president trump has been accused of starting the biggest trade war in history. the sports news now, some very big names in
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action at wimbledon. huge names, roger federer and serena williams due to play this afternoon, federer chasing a nice title, serena and eight. more seeds have fallen already. holly hamilton is at wimbledon with the temperatures soaring, are you keeping cool, holly? it is hard today. i think it's around 30 degrees. the fans could be forgiven for the hand held fans, the queues for hand held fans are longer than the queues to get on centre court. this is the only sign of repetitive strain injuries to the back injury we need to worry about. spare a thought for alexander zverev and fritz who have been battling it out for three hours and 12 minutes ina out for three hours and 12 minutes in a five set match. it was the only second—round match, suspended due to
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bad light. the numberfour seed, zverev, seemed to be struggling, it seemed that we were going to lose another top ten player but he fought back to take it to a decider and zverev claimed his place in the third round, defeating taylor fritz. over two centre court, we have sam querrey from the usa who is facing gael monfils of france. the american took the first set, in the second gael monfils seemed to be struggling with a leg injury, after some treatment he didn't seem to have any issues afterwards. it's currently one said all, this is the fourth meeting in the men's singles this year but at their first grand slam. and, holly, serena williams and roger federer still to come, they are roger federer still to come, they a re really roger federer still to come, they are really evergreen, aren't they? absolutely. at wimbledon so far they
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have looked in incredible form this year. who can beat them? federer winning his last two matches in straight sets. looking so relaxed. he was on the practice courts last night wearing a sesame street t—shirt, how is that for relaxed? wimbledon is starting to look like easy street for the top seeds. given that the top ten in the men's tournament have been decimated, five of the top ten seeds have gone, today federer place jan—lennard struff the six foot five german. federer is not the only former champion on court today, later on on centre court, serena williams is second up, competing for the eight title. she takes on kristina mladenovic in the third round. that's the second match of the day. seven of the top ten women seeds have gone this year. we only have
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three left, karolina pliskova, venus williams of cause and world number one simona halep. so a lot of people are talking about serena williams, despite the fact that she's just come back after pregnancy, the chances of winning another title at wimbledon are quite high. thank you, holly. the first world cup quarterfinal is under half an hour away, with france and uruguay and knitting in the skin of god. the uruguayan striker cavani will not start while recovering from injury. fans of the slight favourites —— they will play at nizny novgorod god. lewis hamilton will hope to get back on top of the formula 1 drivers championship this weekend. the success of the british grand prix. he is chasing a record sixth victory at silverstone and started the week and at silverstone and started the week a nd fastest at silverstone and started the week and fastest this morning. he has won
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this race and the championship last year, just one point behind vettel at the top of the championship. that's all the sport for now, i will be back soon. thank you, sealed in a while. an investigation is under way after police files containing personal details of the default of the victims were found dumped in the street in hartlepool. the notes and six cases were found in the skip last month by the dog walker. the police say it takes security very seriously and this situation is not acceptable. fiona trott joins seriously and this situation is not acceptable. fiona trottjoins me. what would we know? police have confirmed that the details in that dossier were enough to identify sexual offence victims and their perpetrators. because we are talking about child sex offences we understand that those victims are
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children under 16, and as you know victims of sexual offences should not be identified in any way unless they waive their right to anonymity. this is extremely concerning. the book was found the police have not they have been able to contact all they have been able to contact all the individuals directly so no doubt the individuals directly so no doubt the individuals directly so no doubt the individuals receive help and assistance from cleveland police. the force has referred itself to the independent office for police conduct. the information commissioner ‘s office has also been informed. that's a second investigation. of course cleveland police will be carrying out their own internal investigation to support these bodies and as you mentioned, the force has released a
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statement saying it takes information security very seriously. and the situation, they say, is com pletely and the situation, they say, is completely unacceptable. fiona, thank you. 15 of the most popular tech websites and apps have terms and conditions that require university level of education to understand according to analysis by the bbc. that's despite the fact that most are used by children as young as 13, as we found out. 5pm on the school day and maxwell and nola relaxing at the home of their friend and ally with the help of youtube and ally with the help of youtube and instagram. all three children are 13 and are legally allowed to join these sites yet not surprisingly none actually read the terms. you agree to waive and hereby waive any legal rights you may have against youtube with respect... and
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how you use their services. that is a bit creepy. everything is so long and in such text it is sneaky of them to put it like that so that kids just them to put it like that so that kidsjust skip them to put it like that so that kids just skip past it i guess. them to put it like that so that kidsjust skip past it i guess. the bbc has analysed the privacy policies of 15 popular websites and apps including facebook and youtube, and most of them take half an hour to read and all of them require university education to be properly understood. facebook, google and others say they are constantly improving their terms and making them clear and easy to read summaries are available. one said this. it's not enough to print gobbledygook that you know nobody
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will ever read and see we've got the right to do it because it's in here. child safety campaigners said the law as it stands is not good enough. within calling police regulators to make sure that children are safe online and crucially have really strong terms the children under 18. an idea that appeals to max and his friends. they say they will not wait to any lengthy policies, however well written. as long as the adults who draft them are on their side. joe miller, bbc news. the royal air force was formed towards the end of the first world war — next week sees a spectacular display in the skies over london to celebrate its 100th anniversary. my colleague sophie raworth has been taking a look at the life of her own grandfather edwin, who was one of the raf‘s original pilots, risking his life for his country. it's really heavy!
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my goodness. it's so heavy! it started with a battered suitcase in my parents‘ cellar. wow, oh, my goodness, look at that. my grandfather had rarely spoken about his service with the royal flying corps. he'd forged his birth certificate tojoin up at 17, and here, along with his uniform cap, were clues to his experiences in the closing months of the first world war. the role of air power changed dramatically during the war. unarmed tiny machines designed for taking pictures of the battlefields quickly evolved into fighter planes and bombers. amazing, these planes. yeah, absolutely, and here is a be2. that's what my grandfather flew, the be2. absolutely, it's this type here. the construction is amazing. it's a wooden frame around which is stretched the irish linen, and you can hear — it's tight and it's also been lacquered. my grandfather would have been only too aware of the risks he faced. more than 111,000 british pilots were killed, many more simply disappeared over the battlefields. at an airfield in the thames valley,
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i could at least get a sense of what my grandfather went through. my father had spoken of the be2 aircraft that my grandfather had trained in. this replica is virtually identical. i never met my grandfather, but for a few moments, i had an idea of what it must have been like for him up there — a frightened teenager in the skies above france. edwin raworth was one of the original pilots 100 years ago. what he did and saw scarred him so much that when he left the raf, he neverflew again. sophie raworth, bbc news. and you can see more on that story in a special
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programme this evening. "raf100 — into the blue" will be on the bbc news channel at 9.30. jamie is here — in a moment he will be telling us what's hot and what's not in the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live theresa may is holding crucial brexit talks at chequers as she hopes to bridge divides in her cabinet over the future shape of the uk's relationship with the eu after brexit. brexit. investigators are urgently trying to find the item which was contaminated with a military grade nerve agent that left two people critically ill at amesbury in wiltshire. officials in thailand have promised to continue a huge rescue operation to save 12 boys and their football coach in a flooded cave after the death of a volunteer diver. here are your business headlines on afternoon live. the chief executive of airbus has accused ministers of being clueless in their attempts to negotiate a brexit dealfor the uk. this comes as they sit down
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in chequers to thrash out an agreement among themselves and only a week after the aviation firm warned it may leave the country if no deal was agreed with the european union. the us economy continues to grow, with 213,000 newjobs created last month. however the unemployment rate unexpectdly rose from 3.8% to 4%. here in the uk house prices rose at their slowest annual pace since march 2013, that's according to the latest survey by halifax which says prices rose by 1.8% last month compared with a year ago. however, over the last three months prices actually fell by 0.7%. the latest numbers on us jobs, they seemed to be creating a month after month. yes, it will be interesting
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to see how it matches with the trade tariffs, whether they will affect the number of jobs and tariffs, whether they will affect the number ofjobs and growth. 213,000 jobs last month, alot more than had been expected, the manufacturing sector doing a lot of the hiring and the numbers from the previous months april and may were also revised upwards. it seems extremely solid. the one oddity was that the unemployment level went up but this is in a way a good sign because it means that more people came into the workforce and are registered as looking for a job even if they haven't as yet found one. but as i say, the number of people employed is rising. it's also the first day of the new tariffs being imposed in the us. how quickly will the effect be felt? us tariffs on $34bn (£25.7bn) of chinese goods have come into effect,
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signalling the start of a trade war between the world's two largest economies. it is difficult to say how it will affect people. that could be extraordinary and expected consequences. as products destined for one market find that they can get into that market but at a huge price, they get spun out to different markets, so you will see trade different markets, so you will see tra d e flows different markets, so you will see trade flows changing but as to how it affects people on the ground, we will go to kim kittleston on a farm in minnesota. what is the reaction of the people there? i'm in a field of the people there? i'm in a field of soya beans and every third row gets exported to china so farmers here are quite worried about the impact that this trade war could have on their crop when it comes at the hardest time, in september and october, already american soya bean
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vices have declined by over 15% and while many people here stay they still support president trump, they voted strongly in favour of him but they are worried about the impact of this trade war goes on. it may be ok this trade war goes on. it may be ok this year but if it goes into the next harvest many are worried they could go under. what about the unintended consequences, we will china get soy beans from and what will happen to those perhaps grown in the states that don't find a home in china? china retaliated with terrorists of its own of 25% on soya beans from the usa, right now china is buying its soya beans from brazil, they might increase the amount they've purchased from brazil
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but many farmers here say, come october, we are the only ones harvesting soya beans, so at least some of the side will still be destined for china, just at a higher price. the question is whether rest will go of that demand evaporates, there are some reports that some might be able to make up for that, argentina is also a big soya producer but it's unpredictable what this trade war will bring, and the impact on agriculture. when donald trump talks about this trade deficit, we actually have a surplus in the usa so if we are not sending crops abroad which is the opposite of what president trump would like to see happening. we've just had
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these figures on employment and it seems to be no stopping the american economy but can it withstand any shock from what is happening on the trade front? the us economy is doing well so if you were to start a trade war this might not be the first point to do it but i want to mention something that came out yesterday, within minutes of the federal reserve ‘s jim within minutes of the federal reserve ‘sjim board meeting, we are starting to get feedback from the districts they operate in saying many of the businesses in those districts were worried about the potential for this trade will to disrupt global supply chains, and as a result to eventually hamper economic growth down the line. right now when we're talking about the overall economic impact of this brand of tit—for—tat tariffs, it's not huge when it comes to the overall us economy. the question is what happens it escalates. if as
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president trump has said he wants to input tariffs worth nearly $5 billion then you could see a real effect on economic growth in the long—term. effect on economic growth in the long-term. thank you, kim. a woman outstanding in her field! the markets are blaming a lot of their worries on the trade war. i don't think there's anything really serious, the dollar is looking quite strong, the pound is a bit weak against itjust strong, the pound is a bit weak against it just because strong, the pound is a bit weak against itjust because of is very strong growth figures. thank you. excitement is building for england's world cup quarter—final against sweden on saturday — and after that penalty shoot—out win against colombia the euro 96 anthem, three lions ,football‘s coming home is once again rising up the charts.
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it's still a fans‘ favourite, and it's also been all over social media. meme—makers have been hard at work creating their own tributes to the song. here's a selection of the best. marcel, you are not putting that disk on again. if you do you are in big trouble! # it's coming home, it's coming home, it's coming, football is coming home... # it's coming home # it's coming home # it's coming # it's coming # footballs coming home # footballs coming home # it's coming home, it's coming home, it's coming # footballs coming home
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# footballs coming home # it's coming home, it's coming home... gary? # it's coming home, it's coming # it's coming home, it's coming # footballs coming home # footballs coming home # it's coming home, it's coming home # it's coming home, it's coming home # it's coming home, it's coming home # it's coming # it's coming # footballs coming home # footballs coming home # it's coming home, it's coming home, it's coming # football's coming home # football's coming home # it's coming home, it's coming home # it's coming home, it's coming home # it's coming home, it's coming home # it's coming # it's coming # football's coming home... time for a look at the weather with
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nick. hello, plenty more dry and very warm weather today and the weekend, pictures like this from the watchers coming in, high pressure in control for most of us, cloud free, you can feel the satellite picture, some areas of cloud towards postal areas, patchy cloud in some areas for the rest of the day but the vast majority will stay dry. high teens the temperatures in north—west scotland, hotspots in south—east england, the vast majority staying dry, but at this, east sussex, a slight chance they can be isolated but perhaps torrential showers and
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thunderstorms, bear that in mind is a possibility. they will die away into this evening. ulcer and overnight it should stay dry, clear whether, patchy low cloud here and there, temperatures down, perhaps not as low as many of us would like overnight after the heat in england and wales, tomorrow a similar day, many areas without cloud, although some patchy cloud here and there, it might bea some patchy cloud here and there, it might be a little warmer tomorrow across north—western scotland. isolated showers possible in scotland, that the vast majority of areas staying dry once more. on sunday this weather fronts just clipping into north—west scotland so here more cloud around. there will bea here more cloud around. there will be a chance of seeing outbreaks of mostly light rain, the temperature will be down a few degrees, we will see more cloud in scotland and
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northern ireland although it won't change matters, you will still see the heat that in contrast it will feel cooler in the north and the north—west of scotland, there's a range of temperatures on sunday and high spots will be the high 20s while some will be just into the low 30s. while some will be just into the low 305. a bit while some will be just into the low 30s. a bit of a change on the way next week, we will start to see the heat just clicking next week, we will start to see the heatjust clicking away particularly into south—east england but what weren'tjeffjuby the fact that we should have fine dry weather. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm martine croxall. today at 3pm — a brexit showdown at chequers — the prime minister tries to get her cabinet to agree at last on ourfuture relationship with the eu. the issue has divided the cabinet, but theresa may has told her team they have a duty to reach an agreement today. i think it will be a full and open discussion, as you'd expect amongst colleagues, but i think there will be a wish on everybody‘s party to get to an agreement.
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and i am alive at chequers, where ministers are set for hours of discussion as they tried to thrash out a deal in what could be a real test of nerve. police in wiltshire try to find the contaminated item that poisoned a couple with novichok nerve agent. a diver has died in thailand after trying to help the twelve boys trapped in a cave. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with jeanette kwakye. sooner williams and roger federer to ta ke to sooner williams and roger federer to take to centre court at wimbledon this afternoon, venus williams currently in action. and we'll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past. nick miller has all the weather. yes, if it is sunshine you are after, if it is he that you want, if
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it is more dry weather, not that everybody does, if you want a weekend like just about every weekend like just about every weekend so far this summer, it's on its way this weekend, you've got it, i've got the full details on the way. also coming up — controversy as donald trump tries to build another wall — this time to protect his golf resort in ireland from the sea. this is afternoon live, i'm martine croxall. the cabinet are meeting at chequers this afternoon, with the prime minister saying they have an ‘opportunity‘ and a ‘duty‘ to agree a blueprint for brexit. theresa may's latest plan is 120 pages long, and proposes a close alignment with eu rules on many goods, but not services. our correspondent vicki young is at chequers.
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(05) yes, and this really does feel like a last—ditch attempt to try and get some agreement. we know that the conservative party is divided over this, we know that theresa may's cabinet is divided over this, they have made no secret, arguing openly not just for weeks but have made no secret, arguing openly notjust for weeks but months, and there are many who feel that this kind of discussion really should have been happening two years ago, and it is getting very late in the day that the uk to be putting forward what it wants to see, what kind of trading relationship it wa nts to kind of trading relationship it wants to see with the eu after brexit. cabinet ministers came here at about ten o'clock this morning, their cars were driven up, behind me you can see chequers. they are not exactly locked in, we know their mobile phones have been taken from them, standard practice when it comes to cabinet meetings but it means of course there was no information coming out of there, but we can report they are not locked in the room, because just we can report they are not locked in the room, becausejust about lunchtime we spotted them outside. a
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group of cabinet ministers. we are some distance whether you can see theresa may, the prime minister, she has her back to the camera wearing a purple suit. you can see boris johnson to the right, that shock of blonde hair pretty unmistakable. at times we saw the chancellor philip hammond, david davies walking for a chat with somebody, karen bradley, soa number of chat with somebody, karen bradley, so a number of cabinet ministers out there having their lunch but continuing the discussion is from what we could see, and some finger wagging and some gesticulation as these lively discussions continue. they are set to potentially go on into the evening but it is clear from the tone coming out of downing street that they really feel this is the moment that the cabinet have to get some agreement, theresa may needs to have a document, that white paper they are promising by the end of the week, something to take to brussels to start to kick—start those negotiations, which really do feel like they have run into the ground. we have been hearing time and again from the chief negotiator
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michel barnier that time is running out, this is supposed to be done and dusted by october to give parliaments around the eu time to ratify any agreement. that is the task today as our correspondence, alex forsyth, reports. one by one, the cars pulled up for the showdown. behind tinted windows, theresa may's ministers were swept into her country residence. the hope is they can finally reach agreement about their vision for future relations with the eu. i think, at the end of the day, we'll get to an agreement and i think we'll have an offer to put to our european colleagues, which will do two things. it will deliver on the outcome of a referendum, restore sovereignty of parliament within thejurisdiction of the european court to the united kingdom, but it will also offer a deep, injuring partnership on economic matters and trade with our european neighbours. but it will also offer a deep, enduring partnership on economic matters and trade with our european neighbours. but among those who will be sitting around this table, there is deep division.
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shut away in here for more than 12 hours, they will thrash out their views, with no phones allowed. the question is whether they can find middle ground. in westminster, details of what the prime minister's proposing have trickled out in recent days. a key part is that the uk would have common rules with the eu for buying and selling goods. that's to keep trade flowing, especially across the irish border, but brexiteers have warned that sticking too closely to eu legislation could limit the uk's ability to do trade deals with other countries. it does sound, what is it, common rule but, whatever we are hearing, that does seem to cross the line on two accounts, one you are not making the rules in the own country you are accepting what the eu believes, and the other is the european court ofjustice. so i do believe what has been said is what will actually come out of this meeting. downing street says its plan won't restrict trade deals and some tories think brexiteer colleagues
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who don't like the prime minister's proposal should consider resigning. many want compromise. i think everyone, on both sides of the argument, needs to stop fighting the referendum again, i mean, that applies on both sides, and actually get onto a practical brexit. in government, parliament's opponents are piling on the pressure. it is farcical it has taken two years to get to this point of trying to reach agreement. my message is this: this cannot be just a truce of the cabinet. this has got to be an agreement in the best interests of the country, and capable of being negotiated with the eu. and the view from brussels is of course vital. negotiators here will assess whatever the uk agrees, and today they have this morning. the single market is our main economic public good. we will not damage it. we will not unravel what we have achieved together with the uk. so there are plenty of people
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watching what happens here at chequers. it could determine the country's future, and the prime minister's political fate. alex forsyth, bbc news. vicki, they are trapped in this house hours on end, and we know there are no mobile phones to distract them. what do you know about how the day is planned, who chairs it, what goes on?|j about how the day is planned, who chairs it, what goes on? i think in the past these awaydays have not been so crucial, if you like, they tend to be just a getting together of the cabinet to chat about political issues. this one is clearly a lot more focused and focused on one issue. we understand there will be presentations, if you like, people like the chancellor philip hammond who i'm sure you can guess we'll be making the case for business, the case that has been put out there by airbus, jaguar land rover, calling for clarity, what the implications would be a various scenarios. david davis who we know
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will not be happy with what is happening at the moment, he will voices concern about the proposal, but he will talk to them about preparations for a new deal. that actually is quite crucial, because are we ready for a no deal scenario? that is what many people have said has been the problem all along, that actually brussels does not think we will walk away from the table because we are simply not ready to leave in march next year without a deal, but nevertheless that is what he will be putting forward. and then, after that, on previous occasions, i think it was february vela scheme to talk about it, we we re vela scheme to talk about it, we were shown photographs of them sitting around this grand drawing room, having discussions, but the prime minister is very much in charge of all of this and she is the one putting the message out there, we have to get to a compper myeshia johnson course there is speculation about whether anyone will walk out of here, there have beenjokes really about the fact the ministerial car is taken away from you if you resign, so you might have to ta ke you if you resign, so you might have to take a long walk up the road, ring a taxi from the local firm in
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order to get back to london. wejust know whether anyone feels that strongly that that would be the best way to voice your concern at this stage. there is the white paper of course, that crucial document that will be drawn up in the next few days, and of course then it goes towards macro brussels, and there are many already saying they will dismiss it out of hand, but i think they need something on paper that they need something on paper that they can say the uk cabinet is united around. yes, a very long walk, especially with the media pack waiting. thank you very much for the moment, vicki young at chequers. speaking, to the bbc earlier, scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon reiterated her call for the uk to stay in the single market and customs union. it might mean there is a clip of
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hope that common cell starts to prevail. failure emerge from chequers arm in arm saying they have agreed, there could be the worst outcome because that means there is another helping of fudge being served up, and what has been put forward is likely to be rejected by europe, and we are now closer towards mac a common—sense realistic position, and time is running out, so that becomes more and more serious. a senior government scientist has told the bbc it's unlikely that the nerve agent that poisoned a couple in wiltshire had been left out in the open. the official says novichok can be degraded by rain and sun, meaning it was probably discovered by the couple in a contained space. a little earlier i spoke to our correspondent in salisbury — will glennon — he gave us this update. throughout the day there has been an increase in activity here on muggleton road at this new housing element in amesbury where he charlie rowley lived and where he and both
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dawn stu rgess were rowley lived and where he and both dawn sturgess were discovered critically ill by the emergency services. this white vehicle just in front of the property, that has arrived within the last few moments. we believe it is some kind of support vehicle for the number of officers that are here and it indicates they may be here for a long time. just after 11 o'clock this morning, a number of fire engines arrived, crewss with equipment, they got kitted out, then a number of ambulances also arrived, including two incident response units, as well two unmarked vans carrying a number of personnel that went straight into the property beyond the steel fence cordon that has been set up. we believe again thatis has been set up. we believe again that is an indication of how this investigation is very much ramping up, and a seriousness of what is going on behind that called in and the number of officers being used. we know this investigation is being run by the metropolitan police, the counterterrorism unit, but the local force here, wiltshire police, have
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today requested extra support from officers from other forces across the uk. they say to help man the cordons. they don't know how many people they will need and for how long, because they say the situation is still fluid. now we know that dawn stu rgess is still fluid. now we know that dawn sturgess and charlie rowley probably came into contact with the novichok exposure through some kind of container. the police have said that. but what they are not seeing is what kind of container that is. they say they won't be able to identify that for probably some time, which gives you an indication of how long this investigation is going to go on for. i have been speaking to local people in the area, and a number of people are very concerned. salisbury as a city was just starting to get back on its feet after what had happened with the skripals back in march. now this is another big blow for the city. visit wiltshire have come out today to say it is business as usual, and
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there will be an advertising campaign in the national newspapers this weekend to try and attract people to the area. our correspondent — charlotte gallagher is in salisbury... we can see behind you that there is a massive presence there that no one can ignore. as you can see behind me, just behind the metal barriers that have been put up by the police is the accommodation, which dawn stu rg ess was is the accommodation, which dawn sturgess was living in before she fell ill. in the last few minutes, there has been a realflurry fell ill. in the last few minutes, there has been a real flurry of activity actually. we have seen people in hazmat suits going into the building for the first time today. we have not seen people in those biohazard suits until now. this is one of the key locations obviously that police and frantic officers will be examining, along with five other sites in salisbury and amesbury. just down the road, queen elizabeth gardens, a massive park, popular with lots of people in
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salisbury. that has been sealed off. the police have sent a drone up above the park, presumably to look for anything suspicious, because people are thinking maybe the container or whatever it is that this couple picked up that had novichok inside, they could have possibly found it within queen elizabeth gardens. so it is quite a strange atmosphere in salisbury really, because in a matter of months yet again they are seeing police cordons, forensic tense going up police cordons, forensic tense going up and around, youtuber is of police officers. you would not normally expect to see people in biohazard suits them and love salisbury but almost it is becoming a bit of a familiar sight of people here, and of course now a name is breejust a few miles up the road, a very sleepy little place. charlotte for the moment, thank you very much. a second man has been arrested on suspicion of arson over a large moorland fire on winter hill. the 20—year—old, from wigan, has been detained on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life. hundreds of firefighters,
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aided by helicopter crews, have been tackling the lancashire blaze since the 28th ofjune. another man, aged 22 from bolton, was arrested the following day on suspicion of the same offence and has been released under investigation. a 16—year—old youth has appeared in court charged with the murder of six—year—old alesha macphail on the isle of bute. the suspect was arrested two days after the body of alesha was discovered in woodland near her grandparents‘ home, after being reported missing in the early hours of monday. a woman — arrested on suspicion of the murder of eight babies and the attempted murder of six others — has been released on bail. lucy letby, who's 28, was detained by cheshire police earlier this week in connection with the deaths at the countess of chester hospital. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines — a crucial meeting of theresa may's cabinet is underway at chequers as ministers attempt to reach an agreement on our future relationship with the eu after brexit. police in wiltshire try to find the contaminated item
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that poisoned a couple with novichok nerve agent a diver has died in thailand after trying to help the twelve boys trapped in a flooded cave. in sport, france have kicked off against uruguay in the first world cup quarterfinal. it is currently 0-0. cup quarterfinal. it is currently 0—0. edinson cavani did not start for uruguay because of injury. friday at wimbledon is already in full swing. alexander zverev, the fourth seed, battled back from two sets down to beat taylor fritz in five sets. his second round match carried over from yesterday. five sets. his second round match carried overfrom yesterday. another seed falls in the women's draw though, madison keys, the american, beaten in three sets by evgeniya rodina. full coverage continues across the bbc. i will be back with more on their stories at 3:30pm. a diver has died in thailand
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while taking supplies to 12 boys and their football coach who've been trapped in a flooded cave for almost a fortnight. the former navy diver had been delivering oxygen tanks to the group but then his own air supply ran out as he was returning. dan johnson reports from north thailand. this is the 13th day trying to save 13 lives, and it's brought the starkest illustration ofjust how risky this rescue operation is. this man is boarding the plane to offer his experience. 38 years old, the former navy diver volunteered to work alongside his colleagues. he was on the five—hourjourney out of the cave when he lost consciousness last night, leaving no doubt about the nature of this challenge and the extent of the risk. the fact that there was a death here overnight certainly hasn't slowed down this rescue operation. if anything, it is only gaining pace. you can see even more teams being brought in here. there are lots of people coming to and fro, new equipment being brought in, supplies
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being restocked, and added urgency to this rescue mission. translation: we are not reckless, we are not unplanned. as i mentioned before, we can't wait for everything. because the situation is critical, previously with other kids would be able to stay alive for a long time, but now the situation has changed, and we have limited time. because the situation is critical, previously we thought that the kids would be able to stay alive for a long time, but now the situation has changed, and we have limited time. it is not clear which option is now favoured, training the boys to dive forfreedom, waiting for the water to recede, or digging them out from above. all have difficulties and downsides. some of the route is too narrow for scuba—diving equipment, and more heavy rain could raise the water level. the boys are being taught the basics of diving, but some have to learn to swim first, and it is feared that option could be too dangerous. today, fifa offered the boys seats at the world cup final if they are rescued in time, but there is so much uncertainty
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here, so much to worry about, and another family is now feeling the pain of this impossible puzzle. dan johnson, bbc news, northern thailand. back to our top story here on afternoon live — and theresa may is holding crucial brexit talks at chequers as she hopes to bridge divides in her cabinet over the future shape of the uk's relationship with the eu after brexit. our chief political correspondent iain watson is at westminster. we canjoin him now. that's right, the big argument of course taking place at chequers is quite simply this: how close should britain be in the eu after brexit? it is expected that by ministers would like to sign up that by ministers would like to sign up to quite a close relationship, possibly a common rule book. some of the people who have long campaigned for brexit are very worried about that, some of them are not at chequers of course, they are here at westminster, including nigel evans,
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conservative mp. what would your advice be to those sitting around the cabinet table who campaigned with vote leave during a referendum campaign, people like borisjohnson and michael gove, what should they be saying to the prime minister?|j be saying to the prime minister?” will give advice to all of them, apparently we are all leavers now so we are expect —— accepting the fact there was a referendum and we voted to leave the european union. for theresa, listening to the views of 26 other people is great, but what she has got to do is listen to the views of the 17.4 million people who turned out on the 23rd ofjune two years ago to vote for the united kingdom to leave the european union, and when she said brexit means brexit, i absolutely believe that is what she wants. and she knows that they will see straight through a bright note, which means brexit in name only. that will not wash. they wa nt name only. that will not wash. they want to make sure we are living the single market and the customs union and no fudge onjoining a customs union, whatever that happens to be, controlling our own borders, no
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fudge on that one either. being able to do trade deals with countries all over the world. we have got president trump coming next week, wouldn't it be great if one of the first trade deals is with the united states of america, and we do zero tariffs on all the goods between the usa and the united kingdom? that would be a huge boost to growth in jobs and trade between both countries. and also we are not going to pay billions of pounds to access a market where we have an £80 billion deficit, it is bonkers to me. so as long as we stick to the central themes of what the british people voted for in 2016, then i will be quite happy and content with that. those are the red lines that she had. the question is whether any of those red lines are bloody, are they think lines? the common rule book, she can say we are outside of the customs union and the single market but we willjust entirely agreed even possibly in a treaty to continue to abide by exactly the same rules as the european union, is
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that brexit in name only or brexit means brexit? no, that is definitely a fudge, and i don't like fudge, never have, even when it is chocolate covered, that is what could be. is that what you think will come out in five or six hours' time? if we have an alignment of goods we are selling into the european union, that is quite sensible because if we are selling goods into the american market we have to meet their rules and regulations. if we are signing —— selling to china we have to meet their rules and regular should but it will be a completely different thing if all of our goods we produce here are aligned to the european union standards of rules and regulations. indeed with that be justifiable by the european court of justice, another red line that theresa spoke about? so we can't have the european court deciding whether something is right or wrong within the united kingdom. it is a foreign court. if that is what she is trying to convince cabinet collea g u es is trying to convince cabinet colleagues to accept, do you think anyone should walk, even though it isa anyone should walk, even though it is a very long walk out the chequers
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gate? what i am hoping, and they had the good common sense to take everybody's phones of them, so the only leaks coming out of chequers will be downing street inspired leaks, so we will get a steer at some stage i am absolutely certain that some point this evening. what i hopeis that some point this evening. what i hope is that an agreement can be done sufficient to listen to the voices of the 17.4 million people so that brexit does actually mean brexit and not berahino, and that the cabinet can stick together. nigel evans, the conservative mp saying blackshirts should indeed mean brexit. —— brexit should indeed mean brexit. —— brexit should indeed mean brexit. —— brexit should indeed mean brexit. not long to wait. more than 24 million tuned in to see england win their world cup match on tuesday night, and tomorrow it could well be even more. the match against sweden is england's first world cup quarter—final since 2006 — our sports correspondent natalie pirks reports from samara where the match will take place. commentator: and dier does it!
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england win a world cup penalty shoot out for the first time ever. england don't win on penalties, and we won on penalties! my heart was pounding. it was awesome, everyone together, it was brilliant. england's surprise penalty win shocked and delighted fans, those in moscow, and those at home. the agony and the elation of world cup penalties finally going england's way at the fourth time of asking, and so now to samara, home of russia's space programme, where england and their fans are dreaming big. this is what we call the pub deck. the pub deck! johnny and friends are staying on a flo—tel on the boulder river, they are affecting more fans to join them and there is quite a view. all the talk here is of a renaissance under gareth southgate. this is a different type of england.
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there are no prima donnas, they have no expectations, because it is a young squad they have absolutely no fear. southgate has brought that together, they've been together as youngsters as well, he has brought them through and it a togetherness and a friendliness with the whole thing which i have not seen in past world cups, past squads. i have only booked a one—way ticket and i am not going home until we get beat. i don't think i am going home until a week on monday. they are not alone. the last time england played sweden in the world cup was a 2—2 draw in 2006, and one of england's defenders that day says england are going all the way. i think we are going all the way, to the final. i am a believer, they have made me believe, the first time in years i have believed that this england team can do it, because i think because i think we've got the right mentality. when you have got your goal—scorer bang in form scoring goals, you've got a chance. yes, with the tournament's top scorer harry kane on such irresistible form,
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it's impossible not to get carried away. natalie pirks, bbc news, samara. now — a first from france. the ramdanis are a family of 5 from nantes — and last week they became the first people ever to move into a 3d printed house. what's even more surprising perhaps, is that it is social housing — and the family happened to be at the top of the waiting list for a bigger home when the local council came up with the bold idea to 3d print a house. it costjust £176,000 to construct, and the designer thinks houses could be printed even more cheaply in the future. mike cowan reports. it is moving day for this family. they are about to become the first family in the world to live in a 3—d printed house. the house was a collaboration between nantes city council, the area's biggest housing association, and the university. it is a prototype for bigger projects, with the goal of cutting down the time it takes to construct, reducing the environmental impact and crucially the cost.
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benoit from rare is the man behind this project. the cost of the house is 20% cheaper than another identical construction. i think within five years we will have achieved a reduction in the price of the house of 25%, while respecting building regulations. within ten or 15 years, we will have lower the cost of construction in the region of 40%, i think, costing about 20,000 euros. it took 54 hours to print this home and cost around £176,000 in total to construct. even in the eight weeks since printing, the team now think they could print the same size home injust 33 hours. how does it work? a house is designed by a team of architects and scientists. that design is then programmed into a 3—d printer.
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the printer is placed onto a plot of land. it works by printing in layers from the floor upwards. first, two blocks of the insulator are made. it expands, solidifying almost instantly. the space in—between those two walls is then filled with cement, creating a thick, insulated and durable wall. the windows, doors and roof are fitted separately. voila, you have a home. we are in your new house, it is the day you are moving in and you will be the first family and the world to live in a house that was printed. what we first impressions when you came here? translation: so we lived ina came here? translation: so we lived in a block of council flats from the 60s, so today is a big change for us. it is really something amazing to be live in housing where there is a garden, to have a detached house.
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the world's first pc cost around £350,000 to build. 60 years later, and you can get one for less than 100 quid. the prototype house, like the pc, will develop over time, it is technology evolving. and it is radical innovations like this that will ultimately change the way we live. michael callan, bbc news. hello, without exception is fine in hot weather this afternoon, plenty of sunshine, temperatures into the height teens in north scotland, most of us will see further sunshine, cloud building of east sussex, kent, could they could see it isolated thundery downpours this evening and overnight richard ayoade, overnight clear, temperatures will dip, for
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many areas not low enough, another rather warm nights to come, get used to those because by day it will be very to those because by day it will be very warm to those because by day it will be very warm to hot weather around, variable cloud, long sunny spells, perhaps on saturday isolated showers somewhere in scotland or eastern england but the vast majority will stay dry. north—west scotland seeing some rain on sunday, eastern parts will cool a bit into next week. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. theresa may is holding talks with her cabinet at chequers to try to reach an agreement over the uk's future relationship with the eu, with brexiteer ministers expected to oppose the prime minister's latest plan. a police search is under way in wiltshire try to find the contaminated item that poisoned a couple with novichok nerve agent. a diver has died in thailand after trying to help the twelve boys trapped in a cave. china has imposed billions
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of dollars‘ worth of tariffs on american goods in an act of retaliation against the us, after accusing president trump of starting the biggest trade war in history. sport now on afternoon live with jeanette. anyone with wimbledon tickets stand a chance of seeing big names in action? absolutely, we will get theirs. it‘s in wimbledon. the first world cup quarterfinal is under way but it‘s currently set— zero between uruguay and france, edinson cavani was on the bench after being injured but uruguay and have started the best, the french goalkeeper hugo lewis had to be alert to deal with this, the winner will play brazil or belgium, who meet this evening. full
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commentary on the match on bbc five live. later brazil will take on belgium in that match will be live on the bbc, coverage starting at half past six, commentary on bbc radio five live. england have left their training base and headed south to samara. they play sweden tomorrow. jamie vardy remains the main injury doubt, he trained separately this morning. we‘ve spoken to former england manager sven goran ericsson, a swede, but what sweden have to offer. we all know in sweden that we don't have zlata n know in sweden that we don't have zlatan any more, we don't have lionel messi, we don't have ronaldo, or neymar, raheem sterling or whatever you say. but getting those swedish players together, the teamwork is incredible, and there, i think, it's one of the best in the world. roger federer and serena
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williams are due to play on centre court this afternoon, federer chasing a ninth wimbledon title, serena and eight. more seats have fallen, holly hamilton is at wimbledon, temperatures soaring, are you keeping cool? jeanette, it is hot, hot at wimbledon, i'm concerned i will become the same colour as my dress by the end of the day. i do have factor 50 so it should be fine. temperatures are soaring. they won't drop soon but what is dropping as the numberof drop soon but what is dropping as the number of seats at wimbledon. dropping like flies! the men's top ten are down to five and the women have only got three left, karolina pliskova, simona halep and venus williams, who plays right now on court numberone, williams, who plays right now on court number one, against kiki bertens. venus williams is one said down, having struggled in the first set. kiki bertens took the set 6—2. kiki bertens 's leading for hikes
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and three in the second set. —— she's leading 4—3. meanwhile on ce ntre she's leading 4—3. meanwhile on centre court serena williams is warming up for her match against kristina mladenovic. that much is due to begin on centre court in the next few minutes. serena bidding to win theireighth next few minutes. serena bidding to win their eighth wimbledon title and a record 24th grand slam singles title. earlier on centre court ple nty of title. earlier on centre court plenty of drama, gael monfils of france advanced to the third round with a win over sam querrey of the usa, coming from one sets down to beat the number 11 usa, coming from one sets down to beat the number 1! seed and go into the next round for the first time in his career in his tenth appearance at wimbledon. he did wrap things up quickly. i imagine he'll want to go and watch france playing uruguay. it doesn't end there though. roger
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federer later on the centre court, defending champion and top seed, who can stop him? he be playing young leonard strewth, oxford five german, after the serena match just leonard strewth, oxford five german, after the serena matchjust now on ce ntre after the serena matchjust now on centre court. it's available on the red button if you want to watch it. one man who won't be watching it will be gael monfils, i think you be watching a different channel, what do you think! i'm not sure! i will leave that to you. thank you, holly, will seal in the next hour or so. thank you, jeanette. let‘s stay with sport — and england‘s world cup quarter final against sweden tomorrow afternoon. there‘s been huge praise for manager gareth southgate — so let‘s talk to somebody who knows him well. or certainly did know his well. —— did know him well. the rev gordon parry was gareth southgate‘s geography teacher — a fine subject!
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and is now the vicar at st nicolas church in worth near crawley and joins us now. thank you for taking time out drove a busy day. what are your memories of gareth at school? my memories are of gareth at school? my memories are of the two years when i taught him a level geography. even then he was very thoughtful and analytical young man. he was fully integrated into the rest of the group, and had many friends in it, but even then he preferred to think quite carefully about what was being discussed or asked of him before he responded. and i think that is a characteristic thatis and i think that is a characteristic that is fully in evidence in his management of the england team today. yes indeed. it is hard to know what qualities they look for because all the england managers seem to be so different, but analytical, strategic and a good listener would seem to be key. what was he like in terms of being a team
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player or showing leadership? he was very quiet but i think there was already an authoritative nurse about him. people listened to him, took notice of him. he had a good circle of friends, he was in that sense very well integrated into his team of fellow students at that time. he also understood about teams because while he studied with me he also excelled at sport, both in the school and the wider county level, and developing his football skills again, both in school and beyond school, which he then took to crystal palace. many journalists say he is always very pleasant and friendly and easy to get along with. does that chime with what you remember of him? it does indeed. i
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was exactly right —— that is exactly right. there was no side to him. he was as you saw, very genuine individual, and yes, very hard to dislike. i can see why he is commanding respect of this young tea m commanding respect of this young team that he is managing. what indications were there that he might go on to these lofty heights? that isa go on to these lofty heights? that is a very difficult question. it is easy to overlay on your memories of him what you now know of him. all i will say is that he had in place them as part of his personality and his understanding of how to be in the world, that sense ofjust taking stock of the situation, of analysing how it could be improved, and then coming up with a response. i think that‘s exactly how he‘s gone about
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developing the expertise of the team he is managing. how will he go on coping with the pressure that he must be feeling with england still in the world cup? i think part of the preparation of the team, and that will inevitably include his preparation, will be to look the psychological dimension of what they are all going through. i know that he has talked to other key organisers of international level sports, such as dave brailsford, who has also had to deal, himself, with his sky cycling team, with the same kind of psychological pressure. so you think is taking that very seriously. and it is good to see. and hope that he was fine and geographer. i say that as a geography graduate myself! he had the makings of being a fine geographer. the thing with schools is that they always try to hold onto stu d e nts is that they always try to hold onto students who show academic promise,
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which gareth clearly did but they have to be broad—minded enough to accept that if a student shows other skills which gareth southgate clearly did in full measure, they should be allowed to develop those. that was a decision that he took at age 16, he wanted to leave and move into a professional footballing career, which he did. he sounds like a fine career, which he did. he sounds like afine chap, career, which he did. he sounds like a fine chap, i must say. we are very grateful for you for sharing your regulations with us, the rev gordon parry, thank you very much for your time this afternoon. thank you. breaking news, teenager has appeared in court charged with the rape and
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murder of the six—year—old child find on the isle of bute. she was found in the early hours of monday. charges were read to this suspected was arrested two days after ella was found near the home of her grandparents on the isle of bute, a 16—year—old will now appear in court charged in connection with her rape and murder. when billy caldwell had his cannabis confiscated, we met one man who said that he depended on cannabis. i‘ve had crippling pain which has left me bedbound and unable to work at times. alex was diagnosed with crohn‘s disease at age 19 and over the past eight years, he has tried
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a range of medication to control his condition. alex knows he is breaking the law, but says taking cannabis in a variety of ways helps him. i‘ve recently had surgery to remove most of my large bowel which has left me with a colostomy. cannabis helps with my pain, and my nausea, and helps me eat and sleep with minimal side—effects. he is not alone. campaigners say tens of thousands would benefit from it being prescribed. the government is currently reviewing medicinal cannabis use brought on by billy caldwell‘s story, his mother charlotte campaigned to get cannabis oil for him which she says reduces the number of epileptic seizures he has. common sense and the power of mothers and fathers of sick children has burst the political process wide open. and while the review is happening, it‘s set up an expert panel to look at individual cases — but there is criticism. put yourself in this situation. you‘ve got a friend or family or loved one who you believe can benefit from medical cannabis. and they say it‘s available if you go in front of this panel. you are going to be there.
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what would you do differently then? medical cannabis under prescription prescribed by a gp. gps can prescribe a whole range of drugs already for a whole range of circumstances but it has to be widespread throughout the united kingdom because the problem is widespread throughout the united kingdom. alex wants to arrange a meeting with the expert panel. thank you for calling the home office. but he‘s worried he doesn‘t qualify. so there isn‘t a number at all to speak to, for the expert panel on medicinal cannabis? the process they set up is complicated and convoluted for chronically ill patients like myself to get through and ijust want to sit down in front of the panel to explain why it helps me in my life and it's incredibly frustrating that i don't think i fit the criteria and i won't be seen. we‘ve been trying to get more details on this but the home office won‘t speak to us. cases like billy's... we wanted answers to a range of things, like what medical conditions would be considered by the panel and how many cases they expected to review. they wouldn‘t speak to us and sent us a statement instead. it says the expert panel will look at applications from senior
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clinicians for patients with exceptional conditions. this means cases will be firmly based on medical evidence, meaning patients will get access to the most appropriate treatment. it all means, for now, by using cannabis to manage his crohn‘s symptoms, alex is breaking the law and could go to prison for five years. jim connolly, bbc news. ina moment in a moment the business news with jamie. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. a crucial meeting of theresa may‘s cabinet is underway at chequers as ministers attempt to reach an agreement on our future relationship with the eu after brexit. police in wiltshire try to find the contaminated item that poisoned a couple with novichok nerve agent.
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a diver has died in thailand after trying to help the twelve boys trapped in a flooded cave. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. the chief executive of airbus has accused ministers of being clueless in their attempts to negotiate a brexit dealfor the uk. this comes as they sit down in chequers to thrash out an agreement among themselves and only a week after the aviation firm warned it may leave the country if no deal was agreed with the european union. the us economy continues to grow, with 213,000 newjobs created last month. however the unemployment rate unexpectdly rose from 3.8% to 4%. house prices rose at their slowest annual pace since march 2013, that‘s according to the latest survey by halifax which says prices rose by 1.8% last month compared with a year ago. however over the last three months prices actually fell by 0.7%. so world cup quarter finals have just started.
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not another panel, jamie, please stop! —— not another pun. what‘s your view on whether it has an economic benefit to the economy? i‘ve been looking at some of the research done on this and on one hand he you have all those barbecues and parties going on, people who have been meaning to get a new tv and decide now that this is a good reason to buy one. widescreen, up—to—date! or perhaps the grandparents want to buy something for the children and buy them and england kit. those sort of things happen. the difficulty comes when you try to quantify it. perhaps you by that widescreen tv, but instead
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of, say, going on holiday or spending a weekend away, it is more like the money has gone from one place to another. you can only spend it once. on one thing rather than another! has been quite a lot of research out this week. talking to someone who‘s been looking at this seriously, matt botham, they have got some figures on this. my feeling is, about this, but as i said, it is possible that people do spend money when there is a world cup, but they arejust pushing the when there is a world cup, but they are just pushing the money towards one thing rather than another, are they not? if we look at the last world cup in england played a game on saturday, on that weekend, on the friday and saturday result of 5%
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uplift in grocery sales. if that happens again today and tomorrow we could be looking at an extra £46 million going through the supermarket tills. but if there was no world cup could not but money have been spent somewhere else? ok, it‘s good for grocery sales but is it‘s good for grocery sales but is it good for the whole of the economy? we heard from mark carney yesterday talking about the positive effects of the weather on gdp. we will see that this week with people more relaxed about what they spend. a few extra pounds and pounds in your pocket to watch the national team doing well on tv. it's a good sign the market. does it necessarily depend upon england winning and carrying on? will everything fall offa carrying on? will everything fall off a cliff if they don‘t win? carrying on? will everything fall off a cliff if they don't win? yes, absolutely. we've had a pretty
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devastating campaign over the last few years and when england exit early there is no bounce, no additional impact on the markets. we've got further in the competition than we have for some time, which is quite exceptional really, so we expect this weekend to shape up to be quite a good one. the heady combination of sunshine and the football, and also a bit of tennis. it will be difficult to decide which one to watch. what about compared with the events like the royal wedding of tennis? all these things do seem to get people‘s wallets out of their pockets and get them shelling out on things, how does this compare? we are in a good period in the grocery market with growth of 2.1% on the latest figures to the middle ofjune. it's not about 30 years of hurt any more, it's about 25 consecutive periods of
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growth! we've just come out of the month of may with the royal wedding and some bank holidays and the fa cup. strong growth in the past few months. this looks set to continue into this weekend. we expect a 25% increase in alcohol sales this weekend, so that a sector that is growing strongly anyway. matt, thank you very much indeed. midwifes expect a peak in the birth rate next april! and if everyone is watching television they are not... it's the euphoria. the post—match euphoria. i think so! we don't want to go into details! it could be quite interesting! the markets started reasonably strong, just some worry
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about the trade wars. stop looking at me like that, martin! using quite well—behaved but you are not really, are you? the american market is looking strong! pound has weakened a little, just the end of the week, and excitement about the world cup as so many. we will be cleared, won‘t we? that‘s all the business news apparently. normally when we speak about president trump‘s wall we talk about the one with mexico but in ireland, the one with mexico but in ireland, the proposed solution to one problem isa the proposed solution to one problem is a sea wall, as this page reports.
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county clare is picture book ireland. its postcard perfect coastline presented an irresistible investment opportunity to the billionaire who became president. four years ago he bought this resort when it was facing financial failure. it‘s been turned into the trump international golf links and hotel, and it‘s attracted thousands of visitors here to the village of doonbeg. so doonbeg, you know about doonbeg? i guess most of you do, right? we spent a lot of money on making itjust perfecto. but now the trump company wants to spend more money on its resort. it says the golf course and the whole area need to be protected from the wild waves of the atlantic ocean. the sea sets the scene, but local people say it‘s eating away at the landscape. what actually happens is the sea comes in or the strong wind and it takes away the sand and it creates a ledge. they believe that if the barrier isn‘t built, storm surges could sweep onshore and that would be disastrous, not only
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for the golf course, but also for those who live nearby. anyone with any properties, houses, land or anything, we are all marooned. we‘re going to be washed away and we have someone to protect us and we don‘t care, like i mean people have this idea that we are backing mr trump. we don‘t care who owns the golf course. we‘ll back them to death. there's nobody will stay and keep that open, if they can't protect it. and if he was to walk away, if they were to walk away from that business tomorrow morning, i can't see anybody anywhere coming and buying it, nobody. so campaigners fear the scores ofjobs at the resort could be at risk if the erosion continues. but some environmentalists say it‘s ironic that the original planning application referred to the effects of global warming, given the us president‘s scepticism about climate change. several groups are appealing against the planners‘ decision to give permission for the trump firm‘s proposal. the irish national trust is among them. dunes move every so often during a winter storm, it will come in and take part of the dune away. next summer it comes back again,
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the summer after that. so to protect the dunes the best and easiest thing is to do nothing. so will this wall stop coastal erosion? we believe there is actually no need to do it, that the best way of protecting the area is actually the dune itself. the resort says it‘s hopeful it‘ll be able to go ahead with the work as soon as possible. it‘s a different sort of trump wall, but this story is still making waves. chris page, bbc news in county clare. time for a look at the weather with nick. plenty more hot weather through the rest of the day and the weekend, many more pictures from weather watches, and you will be coming in in the next days, for most of this cloud free, you can see a satellite feature some areas of cloud especially towards coastal areas,
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the vast majority will stay dry, high teens in the temperatures in north—east scotland, the low 30s in south—east england. the vast majority of places will stay dry, in sussex and kent and maybe essex is a slight chance of isolated but perhaps torrential showers, bear that in mind. they will die away into this evening. elsewhere, overnight it will stay dry, clear whether around, patchy cloud here and there, temperatures now going down perhaps not as far as many of us down perhaps not as far as many of us would like after a hot day, especially in england and wales. tomorrow the very similar day, large areas without cloud, some patchy cloud here and there, blocking the sun, not doing much to dent the temperature, a little warmer tomorrow across north—western scotland, very light winds, isolated
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show was possible in scotland, but the vast majority staying dry once more. on sunday this weather front just clipping into north—west scotland, a chance of seeing outbreaks of mostly light rain, temperatures should fall by a few degrees, temperature won‘t really change between saturday and sunday, you can see the heat very much around in england and wales that it will be cooler in the north—west scotland, this is the range of temperatures on sunday, one small hotspots into the high 20s and some just into the lower 30s. a change to come next week when will start to see the heat just licking come next week when will start to see the heatjust licking away particularly into south—east england. what won‘t change will be the fact that plenty of fine, dry weather will be here. hello, you‘re watching
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afternoon live — i‘m martine croxall. today at 4pm — official details have been revealed about president trump‘s two—day trip to the uk next week. he‘ll meet the queen at windsor. it also attend a dinner hosted by theresa may at blenheim palace, the birthplace of sir winston churchill. marathon talks are under way at the prime minister‘s country retreat, as ministers tried to decide on what the government wants from a future relationship with the european union after brexit. i am vicki young lie that chequers, where the cabinet is into its sixth hour of discussions as they try to thrash out this deal. investigators are still trying to find the contaminated item, which exposed a couple to a deadly nerve agent in wiltshire. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with jeanette, and thing is crossed for
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england against sweden tomorrow. indeed, but before that the ryder cup is under way and uruguay are playing france, and france lead the south americans 1—0 at half—time. nick has all the weather for us this afternoon, a glorious weekend for most of us? yes, some of us want rain, some of us might actually wa nted rain, some of us might actually wanted to be a little bit cooler thanit wanted to be a little bit cooler than it is, but if it is sunshine you are after, if it is heat and another dry weekend, it is on the way for you. i‘ve got all your weather weekend details ahead. also coming up, the raf celebrates its centenary next week. my colleague sophie raworth examines her own grandfather putter in its early days. hello, this is afternoon live, i‘m
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martine croxall. we begin the hour with some breaking news regarding president trump‘s visit. donald trump and the first lady will arrive in the uk for a two—day visit next thursday. it has just been announced melania trump will join thursday. it has just been announced melania trump willjoin her husband when he meets the queen at windsor castle. that will be onjuly13, which is a week today. mr trump is also expected to meet prime minister theresa may at chequers for brea kfast, theresa may at chequers for breakfast, and during his visit he will stay at the us ambassador‘s residents in central london, before attending a black—tie event at blenheim palace. more on this now with our diplomatic correspondent james robbins. all the usual ingredients we would expect, i suppose? in some respects, let's make very clear this is not the state visit to which donald trump has been invited as president but no date has ever been set that, this is described as a working or official visit. i think really notable is that he will barely spend any time
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in london, in the capital, perhaps partly to avoid the expected protests, which are going to include, we believe, a giant balloon, and orange balloon, depicting the president as a baby in nappies. controversially, permission has been given for the flying of that balloon by the greater london authority, it is flying quite close to parliament, but given the schedule we know about, the president probably won‘t see it. instead his first stop will be in blenheim palace, oxfordshire, the birthplace of winston churchill, one of his heroes, and he will be greeted alongside the first lady by matri bands. there will be some military ceremony you would expect for a president of the united states, but not in london. there will be a dinner there for business leaders, one to whom have indicated they will boycott the event, they don‘t think you should be given that honour that i am sure plenty will be there. and then on the full day, the 13th, friday the 13th, that is all
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happening on thursday, the stuff before, he will indeed see the queen at windsor. he will have a working lunch with the prime minister at chequers, and eventually he will go on to scotland for what is described asa on to scotland for what is described as a private element of the visit, which is basically golf on saturday. so it is not the state visit we have talked about a lot, but was it felt he needed to be afforded some kind of welcome? the government has made it very clear he is the president of the united states, he is fully entitled to expect a welcome in britain, and that this is in the government‘s to a special and crucial relationship with the united states, and that honour should be accorded to anyone who holds the office of president of the united states, but the government is also over this is probably the best controversial visit ever made by the president of the united states. it is controversial, it is divisive,
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there are plenty of people in britain who i think will welcome him, they see him as the brexit president, the one who is firmly behind britain and actually think that probably britain should pursue a hard brexit, but equally there are those who deplore the thing about this president and do not welcome him. how do the authorities manage this, in security terms? there may be people who now they know the schedule will want to turn up and protest? this hasn't been said but i think it is fairly clear that most of the travel within britain we can foresee from his landing on thursday to blenheim palace, and then from there to the ambassador‘s official residence in regent‘s park in london, where he will stay overnight, venter windsor, venter chequers, that can all be done and probably all will be done by helicopter, i suspect, probably all will be done by helicopter, isuspect, so probably all will be done by helicopter, i suspect, so there will be very few, perhaps almost no road movement, so the president is very
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unlikely to come into contact with protesters, and it guarantees as far as the secret service are concerned in the us the highest level of security around the president. so i think the likelihood of him being under threat or frankly even getting any site perhaps of protesters is pretty small. 20, james robbins. the cabinet have been meeting at chequers this afternoon, with the prime minister saying they have an ‘opportunity‘ and a ‘duty‘ to agree a blueprint for brexit. theresa may‘s latest plan is 120 pages long, and proposes a close alignment with eu rules on many goods, but not services. our chief political correspondent vicki young is at chequers this afternoon. cabinet ministers heading into their sixth hour of discussions, the message from downing street and theresa may is very clear, that this is the moment where they have to come together, agree on a way forward, get that white paper documents sorted out, and then they can take it to
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brussels and really restart those negotiations that seem to have slightly run into the ground. so they all arrived here this morning. they are holed up there in chequers behind me, but they are not actually locked in, and we know that because we did spot them coming out to have some lunch on the terrace, and there are some pictures i think you can see of them, you can see theresa may in her powerful suit with her back to the camera, and borisjohnson to the right of the picture, and throughout that lunch there were various other ministers joining throughout that lunch there were various other ministersjoining her, philip hammond, karen bradley, lots of others, sometimes in animated discussion as they tried to thrash out this deal, and it is the same issue that has really been going on for months, the years, what kind of relationship we have after we leave the eu, are we closely aligned or do you make a much cleaner, sharp break from the eu and its rules and regulations? and it seems that theresa may in this document, we have only seen parts of it of course, seems to have come down on the side of a much closer alignment,
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which has caused a lot of thanks, a lot of brexiteers really not happy with what they have seen and heard so far. they don‘t think it‘s a true brexit, they don‘t get gives the uk the opportunities it might otherwise have to forge a new path really on the global stage. here‘s alex forsyth. one by one, the cars pulled up for the showdown. behind tinted windows, theresa may‘s ministers were swept into her country residence. the hope is they can finally reach agreement about their vision for future relations with the eu. i think, at the end of the day, we‘ll get to an agreement and i think we‘ll have an offer to put to our european colleagues, which will do two things. it will deliver on the outcome of a referendum, restore sovereignty of parliament in thejurisdiction of the european court to the united kingdom, but it will also offer a deep, enduring partnership on economic matters and trade with our european neighbours. but among those who will be sitting around this table, there is deep division. shut away in here for more than 12 hours, they will thrash out their views, with no phones allowed.
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the question is whether they can find middle ground. in westminster, details of what the prime minister‘s proposing have trickled out in recent days. a key part is that the uk would have common rules with the eu for buying and selling goods. that‘s to keep trade flowing, especially across the irish border, but brexiteers have warned that sticking too closely to eu regulation could limit the uk‘s ability to do trade deals with other countries. it does sound, what is it, common rulebook, whatever we are hearing, that does seem to cross the line on two accounts, one you are not making the rules in the own country you are accepting what the eu believes, and the other is the european court ofjustice. so i do believe what has been said is what will actually come out of this meeting. downing street says its plan won‘t restrict trade deals and some tories think brexiteer colleagues who don‘t like the prime minister‘s proposal should consider resigning. many want compromise. i think everyone, on both
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sides of the argument, needs to stop fighting the referendum again, i mean, that applies on both sides, and actually get onto a practical brexit. in parliament, the government‘s opponents are piling on the pressure. it is farcical it has taken two years to get to this point of trying to reach agreement. my message is this: this cannot be just a truce of the cabinet. this has got to be an agreement in the best interests of the country, and capable of being negotiated with the eu. and the view from brussels is of course vital. negotiators here will assess whatever the uk agrees, and today they have this morning. and today they have this warning. the single market is our main economic public good. we will not damage it. we will not unravel what we have achieved together with the uk. so there are plenty of people watching what happens
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here at chequers. it could determine both the country‘s future, and the prime minister‘s political fate. alex forsyth, bbc news. now there is not a lot of information coming out of chequers. of course they have all had their phones taken away from them. we do know what they had the lunch, though. we have been told they had barbecued chicken thighs with various salads, and they are also going to have sconce and clotted cream for afternoon tea, so that should keep them going as they try to reach this agreement, which of course has been incredibly contentious speculation about whether some of the brexiteers in the cabinet will decide they simply can‘t stay in and defend the kind of come from as theresa may is suggesting, will they decide to resign? that is pure speculation. what theresa may is hoping, that her message, that it is time to get together, to move on and to put this agreement to brussels and it on with
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those negotiations in time for brexit. thank you very much. a diver has died in thailand while taking supplies to 12 boys and their football coach trapped in a cave. danjohnson football coach trapped in a cave. dan johnson reports from football coach trapped in a cave. danjohnson reports from north thailand. this is the 13th day trying to save 13 lives, and it‘s brought the starkest illustration ofjust how risky this rescue operation is. this man is boarding the plane to offer his experience. 38 years old, the former navy diver volunteered to work alongside his colleagues. he was on the five—hourjourney out of the cave when he lost consciousness last night, leaving no doubt about the nature of this challenge and the extent of the risk. the fact that there was a death
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here overnight certainly hasn‘t slowed down this rescue operation. if anything, it is only gaining pace. you can see even more teams being brought in here. there are lots of people coming to and fro, new equipment being brought in, supplies being restocked, and added urgency to this rescue mission. translation: we are not reckless, we are not unplanned. as i mentioned before, we can‘t wait for everything. because the situation is critical, previously we thought that the kids would be able to stay alive for a long time, but now the situation has changed, and we have limited time. it is not clear which option is now favoured, training the boys to dive to freedom, waiting for the water to recede, or digging them out from above. all have difficulties and downsides. some of the route is too narrow for scuba—diving equipment, and more heavy rain could raise the water level. the boys are being taught the basics of diving,
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but some have to learn to swim first, and it is feared that option could be too dangerous. today, fifa offered the boys seats at the world cup final if they are rescued in time, but there is so much uncertainty here, so much to worry about, and another family is now feeling the pain of this impossible puzzle. dan johnson, bbc news, northern thailand. we can spoke to dan now —— we can speak to down now. itjust underlines forever believe the odds they are up against. yes, indeed, if he could not cope with his conditions, if he was not able to make it out that cave with all the experience he had from a professional career in the thai navy, then think about these boys, who are as we speak probably still being given some lessons on how to swim, some of them, and then how to get used to scuba—diving equipment so that can hopefully make their way out but this is an impossible
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challenge really, it is an underground assault course they will have to face, if that is the way they are going to get out. there are narrow passages that can‘t even fit scuba—diving narrow passages that can‘t even fit scu ba—diving tax narrow passages that can‘t even fit scuba—diving tax through. it takes three tanks are there to get someone through the distance they have got to cover, so even just changing ta nks to cover, so even just changing tanks is an ordeal that would be tough for any scuba diver, never mind the conditions they would face here in this underground cave. we are expecting to hear from the thai interior minister who will give a press co nfe re nce interior minister who will give a press conference in the next few minutes and hopefully we will get more of an idea of exactly what the rescue more of an idea of exactly what the rescu e tea m more of an idea of exactly what the rescue team is now favouring as the best way forward to try to rescue those boys as quickly as possible but also as safely as possible. thank you very much. you are watching afternoon live, the headlines. official details have been revealed about president trump‘s two—day trip to the uk next week. he will attend a dinner hosted by theresa may at blenheim palace, and meet the queen at windsor castle. marathon talks are under way
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at the prime minister‘s country retreat as ministers try to decide on what the government wants from a future relationship with the european union after brexit. investigators are still trying to find the contaminated item which exposed a couple to a deadly nerve agent in wiltshire. and in sport, france i go up against uruguay in the first world cup quarterfinal. real madrid defender raphael varane scored it just before real madrid defender raphael varane scored itjust before half—time. alexander zverev, the fourth seed, battled back to beat taylor fritz in the match carried over from yesterday. another seed falls in the women‘s core, though, madison keys, the american, beaten in three sets by evgeniya rodina, coverage continues across the bbc. i will be back with those, later. a senior government scientist has told the bbc it is unlikely the
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nerve agent that pose a couple in wiltshire had been left out in the open. the official says novichok can be degraded by rain and sun, meaning was probably discovered by the couple in a contained space. our correspondent charlotte gallagher is in salisbury. so two places in particular, salisbury and amesbury, now part of this ongoing investigation, charlotte? yes, just behind me is the sheltered accommodation where dawn sturgess was living before she fell ill. please have sealed that off, and just behind that, that row of thrones attendance. in the last hour or so we have seen forensic officers in camouflage hazmat suits going into the building, and what they are looking for is any trace of nova chopped that could be inside there. officers are chopped that could be inside there. officers a re pretty chopped that could be inside there. officers are pretty confident dawn stu rg ess officers are pretty confident dawn sturgess and charlie rowley were contaminated after touching an object which contained novichok, so
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what they are searching for is that object, which is poison. they say it could be a syringe or something really innocuous looking you wouldn‘t expect, like a perfume bottle. so we are saying that search could take weeks or perhaps even months. what they will do is collect different items and then send them off to porton down to be tested. lots of media covering what is happening, we are seeing people going in and outside the building throughout the day. as well, in amesbury, the home of charlie rowley, that has been cordoned off as well. a big part in salisbury, queen elizabeth gardens, has also been cordoned off, the public are not allowed in there any more. as you are going around the town and you are going around the town and you will just see you are going around the town and you willjust see cordons absolutely everywhere. people are obviously incredibly worried at this point, which is completely understandable. thank you very much, charlotte, with the latest from salisbury. let‘s go
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now to rep penaud in russia were being then manager gareth southgate is addressing the media about tomorrow‘s game against sweden, alongside him harry kane. always the tea m alongside him harry kane. always the team has a very strong identity, has better qualities than the people sometimes give them credit for. this tea m sometimes give them credit for. this team is the same. you only have to look at their results of a qualifying, beating france in the play—off, beating italy in this tournament, knocking out germany. so they are obviously a very strong side, and one we will have to play very well against a beat them. yes, iagree, i very well against a beat them. yes, i agree, i think defensively very strong, very compact, yes, they have done great, they have had some great results, and like you say it is all down to their team really. i would not say they have loads of individuals that stand out. think
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the best bit about them is they are together, and they stick together on the pitch. we know it will be a very tough game. so we have to be fully focused. to both of you, exactly how good is the swedish defence, if you compare it on an international level? there have been comparisons with a scandinavian type of italian defence, and what do you think about the performance of the denilson lindelof so far? lindelof we know from his time in manchester united but we also played against him in the u21 europeans a couple of years ago, in fact he played at right back in some of that tournament. so he is a very good player. a lot of the swedish defenders and up in italy,
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so they are well schooled. the girls against record in qualifying and theirfriendlies in this against record in qualifying and their friendlies in this tournament tell you how well organised they are, individually strong defenders, but i think it is the organisation of the team that is the key in that, and the way the team work together to limit opportunities, defend their box really well, very strongly. so we know the challenge we face in trying to create chances and score goals. exactly the same. their re cord goals. exactly the same. their record speaks for themselves. they have had a great tournament so far. they are strong in all parts of theirgame, set they are strong in all parts of their game, set pieces as well. so for us it is about focusing on ourselves and what we can do to break them down, but yes, they are a strong team, unit. he has done great
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so strong team, unit. he has done great so far in the tournament. i have not played against him that much in my career so played against him that much in my career so far, but always when i play against good defenders and test myself, so i am looking forward to tomorrow. harry, here. since 1974, ronaldo is the only player that strikes more than six goals in a world cup. you have scored six until now. do you think about this, you can beat them, you can beat him in this mark? you will think about this when you are asleep? not really, i didn't know that until you just said that. it has been a great campaign so that. it has been a great campaign so far. for me, the job is to help the team as much as possible, whether that is with the ball or without the ball, or scoring goals, or trying to get assists. hopefully
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it can continue, hopefully i carry on to score, and it will be amazing. but, like i said, forfocus on to score, and it will be amazing. but, like i said, for focus is on helping the team. from spain, a question for both of you, you are close to making history again for your country. do you see yourselves as world champions, and a question for harry, you can score a personal re cord for harry, you can score a personal record may be being the maximum goal—scorer in this tournament. record may be being the maximum goal-scorer in this tournament. like isaid there, goal-scorer in this tournament. like i said there, hopefully i carry on scoring and we go far. we are not really thinking about being world champions yet, we have still got a long way to go. if anything, this is the second half of the tournament now, you know? this game tomorrow
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will be massive, we have done great until now, but it is another step we have to overcome. just looking forward to the challenge, and looking forward to getting out there. yes, i think we came into this tournament as the least experienced team. we are one of the youngest teams in it, but we said that we are an improving side who wa nt to that we are an improving side who want to make our own history, and we have already come you know, first knockout win in ten years, first win ina knockout win in ten years, first win in a penalty shoot out at the world cup for england, highest number of goals scored in an individual game, so we want to keep making that history, and we know that it is not since 1990 that we were in a world cup semifinal. we the hugely ambitious and we want to do that, but we know there is nothing in our
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mind, other than tomorrow‘s game. before the next question i will ask the photographers to leave the room. thank you, photographers. john kross, daily mirror, a question to you, harry. just what does the other night do for the group in every sense in ending that sort of penalty curse, the knockout when? what sort of a lift does it give the squad, and obviously looking forward to the rest of the tournament and the way the draw has shaped up?m is massive. obviously we have had so much heartache as a country in knockout games, penalty shoot outs, so knockout games, penalty shoot outs, so for ourteam, like knockout games, penalty shoot outs, so for our team, like the gaffer said earlier, and inexperienced, young team, to overcome that, it was a tough night, you know? plenty of colombian fans, it was a tough game, so colombian fans, it was a tough game, so yes, to get through that and fight to the end and get through on
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a penalty shoot out is massive, and it willjust give us huge belief if we are in that moment again. we have gone through it as a team and we are stronger for it. so, gone through it as a team and we are strongerfor it. so, yes, forask, we now it could go all the way to penalties tomorrow could be the same, at least we have that in the bank now and we can come through the other side. harry, the reaction back home to what you guys have been doing has been amazing. you have personally been in touch over twitter with a little lad called ben today. can we just talk about what his story meant to you when you read it, and also what those kind of stories do for the players when they are out here? yes, it isjust inspirational, really. obviously we are ina inspirational, really. obviously we are in a bit of a inspirational, really. obviously we are in a bit ofa bubble here as inspirational, really. obviously we are in a bit of a bubble here as a team, we are concentrating so much on the football and doing well, and making everyone proud, but sometimes in life there are bigger things
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going on. whenever we can connect with the fans, it is great for us, and we know we have a big influence on what we say and how we do and how we act. every now and then, something will come along that will catch our eye, and the little lad was an inspiration, so i was happy to treat him back and hopefully that will put a smile on his face, as will put a smile on his face, as will going further in the tournament. in russian? speaks russian. sorry, what player? greenwich first,
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the captain. sorry, didn't hear. he has taken some fantastic penalties as well. so i am not sure who is better, but hopefully if i get one tomorrow i will be able to do the same as what i have been. i am confident in what i do, and i have a routine that i go through, so i have just got to keep it going. and the selection of the takers, we work in training, and we now from our preferred takers are, and we just
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need to check who was fit and who was ok. we keep updating the list, depending who is on the pitch and which substitutes come on. it is very simple, really. asks question in russian. yes, i'm not sure what you would call someone. obviously i don't think a lot of people expected the teams that are in the quarterfinal now to be here, to be honest, and the semifinals, as i say, whoever gets there. sol the semifinals, as i say, whoever gets there. so i am not sure. it is ha rd gets there. so i am not sure. it is hard to put a name on it, but yes,
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of course a lot of fans have dreams and players have dreams, and they could be a dreamer. it is difficult for me to say too much about samarra, because we have only been here for an hour, but every city that we have visited in russia, we have had a fantastic welcome. we have had a fantastic welcome. we have been very happy in our place in repeat no, near saint petersburg. every venue we have been to cover the organisation has been brilliant. and we know that already the stadium looks fantastic. so we are looking forward to the match. gareth, you said you were uncomfortable with the love towards you bet yet it does not show any signs of stopping. can i ask what you feel about the hashtag about you
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and twitter and also the song that atomic kitten are singing about you with questionable lyrics! not as questionable as some of the lyrics that have been saying about me in the past so no problem with that, long may it continue! the rest of it, i said yesterday, it is dangerous territory in life i have beenin dangerous territory in life i have been in football for 38 years and you are never as good as people say when things go well and you are never as poor as people say when things go badly. and just preparing for a really exciting challenge and if we can continue to excite eve ryo ne if we can continue to excite everyone and make them proud, that is really rewarding thing for us all. do i like the song? they would
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not be my first choice band but it is nice to be recognised by the supporters! it has been a really nice thing to have. hello, harry, henry winter from the times, wild scenes at home for every match, how much is that an inspiration for the players? it's massive. obviously after the games we see the videos and what's happening on social media and what's happening on social media and everything. after the tunisia game one of the fans, not so long ago was having beer thrown over him andjumping about, going ago was having beer thrown over him and jumping about, going wild, it is what we want. we set out to make the country proud. we feel we've done that so far. we want to keep seeing those videos, hopefully we can do the same tomorrow and see some more. that is what it's about, it's about bringing the whole country together,
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to see them enjoying it like they are this fantastic for us. don't forget to introduce yourself. hello, lam from forget to introduce yourself. hello, i am from spain, do you feel we're changing the leadership and the top players in the world, we have ronaldo and lionel messi out, and we have mbappe among the top players in the world. personally i think the world changes and teams go through evolution, and the teams that have been dominant for a long time, maybe the team has an era of players that is very strong, it‘s unusual for a tea m is very strong, it‘s unusual for a team to constantly be at the top, so than the younger players come through and you teams emerge and we are seeing a bit of that in this tournament. there are some really
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exciting young players right across the world who are announcing themselves and to do that you have to do it on the world stage, and thatis to do it on the world stage, and that is what is fantastic for harry, to score goals on the world stage is on another level, another level of achievement. so we are delighted for him that he is individually doing well and of course that is helping us well and of course that is helping us enormously, well and of course that is helping us enormously, as a well and of course that is helping us enormously, as a team.” well and of course that is helping us enormously, as a team. i think the thing with lionel messi and ronaldo, you can never write them off. they have not perhaps had the tournament that they would have liked to have, two of the best players in the world, the other young players coming through, they are still inspirational, they've set are still inspirational, they've set a bar that we have to try to reach so a bar that we have to try to reach soiam a bar that we have to try to reach so i am very pleased with how it's
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gone so far, i think we are getting better and that's kind of down to what they achieved in their career. hi tina from denmark. harry, ken duke try to talk about your coach in a few words, how is he? he is good! i want to play tomorrow, so i'd better be... ! he's been fantastic. ever since he came in. obviously! knew him well from the under 21 's. we've always had a good relationship. we've always got on well. it's been no different, the compass well. it's been no different, the compass been great, easy—going but we have worked hard at the same time —— lee camp has been great. he's had experience of these tournaments and knows what it is like, that has been massive as well, dining in the hotel, with the families, things like that, it's been really good.
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aggressive sometimes. it's about how you deal with it. the important thing for me and the team is to focus on our selves. if anything crosses focus on our selves. if anything crosses the line. but other than that all we can do is control ourselves and our emotions, and feel we are not at our best —— i feel that we are at our best when we are cool— headed. that we are at our best when we are cool-headed. harry, i'm from the daily mail. in the last couple of days there's been a lot made of the fa ct days there's been a lot made of the fact that swedish players from perhaps less powerful clubs than the clubs that you guys play for. there was a story yesterday that said you alone were worth more than the entire team put together! does that create extra pressure for you guys all could it be a source of confidence that on paper, you guys should be better than them? in this
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tournament, i think it's already shown that that doesn't mean anything. all that matters is that you work hard, have belief, as a team, you stick together. and then the most important thing, people will say, we are better individuals than those who play for bigger clubs but in this tournament, it depends how you play as a team. i felt we've done that well so far. we haven't got involved and stuff outside the game. we've got involved in each game. we've got involved in each game as it comes. sweden have been fantastic. there's no other reason why we should treat them differently from other teams. harry, there are many theories as to how england could win the world cup, one is not
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related to people here, it is, the year that spain won the world cup pep guardiola won a title, the year that germany one, pep guardiola won a title, your modest manager has paid tribute to him but the truth is, as you know, he and dan ashworth at the irish fa have been putting in at the irish fa have been putting in a system that they replicated from spain in 2008. how long have you been coached to play with that continental system ? been coached to play with that continental system? how long, in your youth career, and 20 ones, have your youth career, and 20 ones, have you been bringing this through, it's not about pochettino, it has been coming for a long time. we've been playing for quite now. obviously when those teams were dominating world football everyone was playing, asa world football everyone was playing, as a football fan, someone who watched football myself, you just picked things up, watching them, we don't want to copy the way teams
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play, we have our own identity that we've kind of been working towards. yes of course we would be silly not to take things from some of the best teams in the world from over the years, but now we've got a really strong identity, ithink years, but now we've got a really strong identity, i think this is why we are doing so well so far. a lot of us have been brought up playing that way. we've just got to make it continue. we've got a young squad and hopefully we can build on this over the years. gareth, can ijust check you've got a fully fit squad going into tomorrow? i'm from the daily mail. have you got a fully fit squad for tomorrow? and specifically about dele alli, a lot of hopes of
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him going into the tournament, obviously he missed two games. do you feel that he did enough in the previous game, in the first game, for him to perhaps keep his place? welcome in terms of fitness we just need to check with vardy again in the morning. we willjust check that there is any reaction to that. everybody else trained. in terms of dele alli thought his performance against tunisia was as good as he has had since i‘ve been england manager. he is at his best when he‘s making those forward runs, really threatening the opponents with them from midfield. ithink threatening the opponents with them from midfield. i think the other night the game was a bit different. he did a really diligentjob without the ball for us. i think we need to
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encourage a little more to get into those areas where i think his strengths like, and where he can have the biggest impact on the game. that‘s something we have to think about tactically. but as i say he did a greatjob for the team and in those matches sometimes when you play top opposition and is a balance of doing both, we had good control and possession, we do want to create more clear—cut chances, i think we‘ll have more possession but sweden have proved that they‘ve got results of 30% possession. possession does not mean that you win games. being able to break down the defence, it will be tracked. dele is a player who gives us a different option in doing that. two
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more questions, ok? pauljoyce, from the times, to harry. when you look around the dressing room, can you describe the feeling that you have when you see your team mates, is it team you trust? the team that will give everything? how you feel when you look around the dressing room? just like family really. we spend a lot of time together. we all get on very well. i spoke about that before the tournament, that togetherness and the trust. you always wanted to prove it on the pitch and show we could do that. we've done that so farand could do that. we've done that so far and that has just could do that. we've done that so far and that hasjust made us even stronger, after the other night, just the joy in everyone's face. we have worked so hard to come through that. it makes us even more proud of
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each other. i look at them like my brothers, and i know that they look at me the same. we would do anything for each other, that's what we've got to do for the rest of the tournament. yeah, definitely. when you go through a battle like that and you come through, it gives you so much energy and such belief to go and do it again, the feeling after is amazing. we are hungry for more. we want that feeling. if it goes to extra time and penalties we will be ready for that, if we can win in 90 minutes, great, but we are ready to do whatever it takes. and the last question? hi, rory from the press association. gareth, you have yet to keepa association. gareth, you have yet to keep a clean sheet in the tournament. that was something you did very well in qualifying. you've
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shifted the system a bit. will you need to do that to get through these la st need to do that to get through these last stages? and do feel the guys at the back close to that perfect defence? well, i think itjust shows we still have room for improvement. we have made progress. the style of our play has improved enormously over the last 12 months. we are controlling games with the ball, we feel. we feel we can create more chances and we can defend better. we‘ve got to look to improve. we are an emerging side, and evolving side. farfrom an emerging side, and evolving side. far from perfect. an emerging side, and evolving side. farfrom perfect. tomorrow is another great test for us, on a fantastic stage. and we have to focus on those things, as you say, the way that sweden play you have to concentrate all the time. we are
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disappointed not to have kept clean sheets, the value of the tournament is clear specially towards the latter stages. thank you very much. thank you. studio: there we have a very considered, calm, collected press conference by england manager gareth southgate and team captain harry kane and before their match in samara against sweden tomorrow evening. they were training at their base in repino earlier today. the last training session before tomorrow night‘s quarterfinal. just reading some of the stats to do with the match, sweden haven‘t been in a world cup quarterfinal since 1994. it was 2006 says the last time england were there so it could go either way. excitement is building
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for the quarterfinal especially after that penalty shoot out win against colombia. the euro 96 anthem, the three alliance song is riding at the charge. it‘s still a fan favourite. it has also been all over social media. meme makers have created their own tribute to the song. this is a selection of the best ones. marcel, you are not putting that disk on again. if you do you are in big trouble! # it‘s coming home, it‘s coming home, it‘s coming home, it‘s coming, football‘s coming home... # it‘s coming home # it‘s coming home # it‘s coming # football‘s coming home # it‘s coming home, it‘s coming home, it‘s coming # football‘s coming home # it‘s coming home, it‘s coming home...
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# it‘s coming home, # it's # it‘s coming home, # it‘s coming home, # it‘s coming home, # it's # it‘s coming home, # it‘s coming... iam hoping i am hoping that he would agree wholeheartedly. we hope to hearfrom jamie, but first the headlines on afternoon live. let‘s do the headlines. official details have been revealed about president trump‘s 2— day visit to the uk next week. he will attend a dinner hosted by theresa may at blenheim palace and meet the queen. ministers at chequers are trying to decide on the future relationship between the uk and button after brexit. investigators are still looking for
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the contaminated item which exposed a couple to a deadly nerve agent in wiltshire. your business headlines on afternoon live. supermarkets have recalled thousands of bags of frozen vegeta bles recalled thousands of bags of frozen vegetables over fears they could contain a deadly bacteria. 43 sweet corn —based products made by green ya rd corn —based products made by green yard foods uk have been withdrawn from the shelves, a complete list of the products is on the food standards agency website. the uk economy is still growing with 213,000 newjobs economy is still growing with 213,000 new jobs created economy is still growing with 213,000 newjobs created last month. but the unemployment rate unexpectedly rose from 3.8% up to 496. unexpectedly rose from 3.8% up to 4%. the chief executive of airbus has accused ministers of being "clueless" in attempts to negotiate a brexit deal. this comes as they meet in chequers to thrash out an agreement. it‘s only a week after the aviation firm warned it may
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leave the country if no deal was agreed with the european union. frozen vegetables? yes, 43 different types of product, they all seemed to be sweetcorn based. they are made by a company called green yard frozen based in norfolk. this is the food standards agency which has initiated this. mbappe says if you have these products, do not eat them, take them back to the supermarket and you will get a refund —— greenyard frozen set to ta ke get a refund —— greenyard frozen set to take them back. all those remaining will go back to be destroyed. these contain listeria monocytogenes which can cause contain listeria monocytogenes which can cause listeriosis, an illness a
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bit like influenza but much worse, it can cause aching sides and jewels and diarrhoea and be extremely unpleasant. since 2015 we‘ve had something like 11 people affected by this and two people died from it last year so not a nice disease. not a nice infection to get. the things which are affected you can find on the food standards agency‘s website. we should be able to put that up on the screen. find out exactly which products are affected. that‘s very useful, thank you. tesco own brand, adi, lidl, iceland and waitrose include them so it‘s across a broad range of supermarkets that these products have been sold, it isn‘t just sweetcorn, it‘s a number of other things in these packets. the other things in these packets. the other big story of course today has been on the economic figures coming
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from the united states. these are all to do with employment figures, and they are looking extremely strong, 213,000 jobs created in the us last month. and the reason behind these good corporate results, companies doing well, also, the tax reforms earlier on in the year also had a huge effect in terms ofjust general confidence. let‘s go tojos buttler all, —— let‘s go to jasper lawler. these figures from the states are strong again. general optimism about tax reforms, it‘s all going great guns? exactly, all of the above. this is concern that companies have about trade wars and
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the like, these are not reflected in the like, these are not reflected in the us economy, and on a relative basis the us is still quite closed compared to many other countries, should this situation escalate, even a few months down the road, these jobs figures still stand to look healthy. from a market standpoint you are looking at the federal reserve , you are looking at the federal reserve, the likelihood of them raising rates, they say they plan to hike rates for times this year. i would say these results probably confirm that thesis. the only? is that the us has roundabout 4% unemployment, that is almost full employment. the question is when will the number of jobs created begin to peta ad because there are not that many people left to hire? about the trade war thing, this is something we haven‘t had for a very long time. people talk about it in
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academic terms. but do you think people will feel pain from this or is it just people will feel pain from this or is itjust something news headlines are made out of? i think people will feel some pain from this. i guess the bigger question is whether it is an aggregate sense of pain in is it just that some industries stand to benefit and others lose? if you are exporting to a country and that country has raised tariff barriers you stand to be a loser there. although obviously competitors will come in and take their place, one door opens, one door closes. it‘s still an open question as to whether it brings down global growth. in the markets there‘s a sense that if current levels. escalate too much is something we can handle. jasper lawler, thank you. a quick look at the markets. they haven‘t reacted very much... can we get the figures
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on the screen? i don‘t think we can. well, let‘s not spoil a fine afternoon! that‘s it from your afternoon live team for today. next it is the bbc news at five. now the weather with nick. hello, plenty more hot and fine weather through the rest of today and the weekend, many more pictures like this from you, the weather watchers, will be coming in in the next days. for most areas, cloud — free, you can see from the satellites some areas of cloud especially coastal areas, patchy cloud for the rest of the day, the vast majority will be staying dry, high teens the temperature in north—west scotland, late afternoon into the evening, late afternoon in
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sussex and kent and maybe essex the slight chance of a torrential shower or storm. bear that in mind, elsewhere overnight, it stays dry, plenty of clear whether around, a bit of patchy low cloud here and there, temperatures not coming down as far as most of us would like overnight, particularly in england and wales, tomorrow is a similar day to come and that means large areas with some patchy cloud here and there, blocking the sun occasionally, not doing too much but then the temperature will be a little warmer tomorrow across north—western scotland, more sports year reaching into the low 20s, very bad wins, isolated showers possible in scotland, and the vast majority staying dry once again. on sunday, this weather front just clipping into north—west scotland, more cloud around, though be a chance of seeing outbreaks of mostly light rain, the
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atla ntic outbreaks of mostly light rain, the atlantic air should bring the temperature down a few degrees, into scotla nd temperature down a few degrees, into scotland and northern ireland although it won‘t change the temperature much between now and sunday, the heat will still be around in england and wales. in contrast a cooler feeling day towards the north and north—west of scotland, a range of two bridges on sunday, again hotspots will be high 20s and some just into the low 30s. a bit ofa 20s and some just into the low 30s. a bit of a change on the weight next week. we should see the heat leaking away, particularly into south—east england, what won‘t change will be the fact that there will be plenty of fine, the fact that there will be plenty offine, dry the fact that there will be plenty of fine, dry weather. today at 5... the entire cabinet is at chequers this evening, trying to thrash out the government‘s position on brexit. as they examine the details and lunch in the sun, some brexit supporters in the government are unhappy with the prime minister‘s latest proposals on trade.
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iam lied i am lied at chequers where cabinet ministers have had hours of discussion as they try to thrash out a deal in what could be a real test of nerve. —— i am live. we‘ll have the latest from chequers and we‘ll be talking to jacob rees—mogg and chuka umunna. the other main stories on bbc news at 5... detectives in wiltshire are still trying to find the contaminated item which they believe exposed a couple to a deadly nerve agent last weekend. it‘s announced president trump will be accompanied by the first lady on his visit to the uk next week.
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