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good morning. welcome to breakfast with steph mcgovern and mega munchetty. our headlines today: pageantry and demonstrations — after meeting the queen, president trump arrives in scotland. he's met by more protests against his visit. police investigate after a paraglider flies within yards of his hotel. playing for pride — can the three lions beat belgium to their highest world cup finish since 1966? an extraordinary rescue — one of the divers who helped save 12 boys and their football coach trapped in a thai cave speaks exclusively to the bbc. i made them a promise that i would come back and we did it, we came back with food, so completely confident but having said that, live ina confident but having said that, live in a cave and a life outside of the caves a re in a cave and a life outside of the caves are two very different things. in sport, it's not a sprint, it's a marathon at swi9 as kevin anderson reaches the final by winning the second—longest match in wimbledon history.
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good morning. summer continues this weekend. it looks likely to be dry, settled and sunny for most of us this weekend with some hot sunshine but not for all. all of the details are coming up. it's saturday the 14th ofjuly. our top story: further protests against president trump's visit to the uk are expected to take place today in scotland. he's due to play golf at his turnberry resort in ayrshire, where a powered paraglider organised by greenpeace defied a no—fly zone. here's our scotland correspondent lorna gordon. scotla nd scotland is a country donald trump knows well and has visited many times before but this, the first times before but this, the first time as president, arriving at prestwick airport on a false one. the president accompanied by his wife melania are expected to spend
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the weekend relaxing at his golf resort on the ayrshire coast. after a fast moving working visit which has included tea with the queen, a full banquet, and political talks amid controversy over his comments about brexit. away from the official agenda, there have been large protest, tens of thousands taking to the streets in cities throughout the uk. this has been described as a private visit to scotland at there have been some very public anti—trump demonstrations and more are planned for over the weekend. anti—trump demonstrations and more are planned for over the weekendm is about making a stand as a society and saying we don't really approve of trump, we don't approve of the people around him and his agenda. what you want to to him? go back home, please. we don't want you here. but sentiment isn't shared by all, in glasgow a small group heavily outnumbered showed their support or president trump. there
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has been no official confirmation of president trump's plans to the next two days but a round of golf at his turnberry course is likely. more than 5000 police on duty from the duration of his visit to scotland, patrolling the sea and shore line that they will be hoping there will be no repeat of last night when a protest are flying a paraglider got within around 100 metres of the president shortly after he arrived at his resort. lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. let's talk to catriona renton, who's at president trump's turnberry resort this morning. good morning. it is a work visit our? this is his private time, isn't it. good morning, yes, that is how this has been described, a private visit. of course as you heard in the report there, it got off to an unusual start with the protest who came to the front of the hotel and got very close to the president but after that the president was back
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out on the terrace with his entourage, enjoying the evening before they went in to get the weekend started. after the protest had gone, there was concern is because it had been a high security operation and there was a no—fly zone are questions are being asked about how the protester managed to get through but moving on, expect, what can we expect for today? the president will take place before pa rt president will take place before part in his first love, love, he will have one or more rounds he at turnberry, we don't know if he will go to his many golf courses in aberdeenshire but he has been very much involved in these golf courses and often expresses his passion and says this is a magical place. of course we could also expect some protesters today, some designated areas have been set aside around here for them if they come and there will be a carnival atmosphere will be can expect to see the baby donald trump limp again but again, will get on with the rest of the day again
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and we expect him to go back, move on to helsinki on sunday —— blimp. thank you very much for taking us through that. sinn fein says an explosive device has been thrown at the house of its former leader gerry adams in west belfast. the attacks come after six nights of violence in londonderry. police blamed the attack on mr adams' home, and one on the house of another party activist, on dissident republicans who are opposed to the peace process. mr adams tweeted that no—one was hurt. police in wiltshire are continuing their search for evidence in the poisoning of a couple with novichok. detectives say the substance which killed dawn sturgess and left charlie rowley in hospital had been in a bottle found at his house. scotland yard say they don't know where the bottle came from and say they can't guarantee there isn't any more of the substance left. england's footballers face belgium in the third place play—off of the world cup this afternoon.
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iam i am excited about this. are you? i am, it is the chance to get their highest position since 1966. it's a match regarded by many as meaningless, but if england win, it would be their most successful tournament on foreign soil. we do not at all. we do! let's cross to st petersburg and our reporter ashleyjohn baptiste. good morning! are you excited? what is the feeling that? -- there. i am here at st petersburg on palace square and of course the much later on. i tracked down some fans yesterday and it was hard work and i have to say the fans i tracked down u nfortu nately not have to say the fans i tracked down unfortunately not that excited or expectant for today's match. this is what they had to say. expectant for today's match. this is what they had to saylj expectant for today's match. this is what they had to say. i think it will be another b team against another b team and it will change at half—time and i think it is
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pointless, irrelevant, really, but we have to play yet. it is a nice way to come and visit and a shame we we re way to come and visit and a shame we were in the losers final. an enjoyable game, i would like to see them score some points. i would like to see harry kane when the golden boot if possible but ijust want a good high—scoring game. boot if possible but ijust want a good high-scoring game. so there you have it, you know, i was in moscow ahead of the semifinal match and walking down street in moscow ahead of that game, a lot of excitement and chanting, expectations are what that game is going to hold and of course, quite disappointing very disappointing, 2—1 loss to croatia, but here, hardly any expectations. as the supporters said harry kane potentially winning the golden boot but apart from that no sense of excitement for what today's game is going to hopefully hold so there you go. i think we will have to create the excitement for everyone else, won't we? i am so excited, so
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excited. 0ther won't we? i am so excited, so excited. other news to bring you 110w. a 6—year—old girl from northern ireland has become the first person to be granted a long—term licence for the use of medicinal cannabis in the uk. the parents of sophia gibson say the medication relieves the symptoms of a severe form of epilepsy. the decision was made by a panel of medical experts set up by the home office. the broadcaster richard bacon is recovering in hospital in london after spending several days in a medically induced coma. the former blue peter and radio 5 live presenter is being treated for suspected pneumonia after falling ill on a flight from the united states, where he now lives. his mother says he is "slowly making progress". it's taken two years to build at a cost of more than £200 million, but britain's new polar research ship is now ready to go in to the water. the rrs sir david attenborough, which was nearly named boaty mcboatface, will be launched into the river mersey this afternoon by the man himself — tide permitting.
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i still prefer that name. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill has more. putting the finishing touches to a giant. while britain's latest poll research ship was famed for the public‘s decision to name it boaty mcboatface the vessel now there's a far more celebrated name. building the 129 metre rrs sir david attenborough has ta ken the 129 metre rrs sir david attenborough has taken 1 the 129 metre rrs sir david attenborough has taken! million individual pieces of steel and a50 kilometres of wire and while she is not the biggest vessel to be built here on the mersey, this ship is unique. as well is on the laboratories over 60 scientists who will work aboard, the ship has giant hugely insulated freezers to contain and keep safe frozen samples from the planet's polar regions. the david attenborough is the most technologically advanced research vessel ever built in this country
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and because of her size they have had to wait for the highest tide to get into the river mersey but she is destined for much more extreme environments. this is how the ship will look when the real exploration begins and the captain himself has had a hand in preparing his vessels are some genuinely uncharted territory. one of the things i was very keen on putting on the visit was a forward facing sonar surveys gives us an image, one kilometre and head of the vessel, 3—d representation of the seabed which means there will be able to go into these places going absolutely what is there. ready for its first trip into the water, the ship will spend 25 years as a base for paul the discoveries that are yet to be made. victoria gill, bbc news. a super radio telescope which has been unveiled in south africa could unlock the secrets of universe. meerkat, as it's known, is made up of 6a dishes and will be the world's most powerful telescope. up to 3,000 dishes based in africa and australia will be able to scan the sky 10,000 times faster than other telescopes. how is this going to unlock the
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secrets of the world? i was just thinking i wonder what those secrets are that need unlocking. it aims to help detect the possibility of extra—terrestrial life. if that is what few a secret of the world. —— what you class as. if that is what few a secret of the world. -- what you class as. we will find out soon enough. i think i would be disappointed. i like the mystery, don't you? but you don't, do you want to know everything that is going on which is why you are in thisjob. 0k, is going on which is why you are in this job. ok, the is going on which is why you are in thisjob. ok, the papers are focused on donald trump. they have looked at trump's mending bridges with theresa may, we will reporting on the exclusive interview that the sun newspaper had with president trump and he was taking a look at the impact of the deal and saying that theresa may had not taken his advice when it came to brexit. now he is telling the prime minister whatever
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you do is ok and offering some enthusiasm for what he has described asa enthusiasm for what he has described as a tricky trade deal. of course, the papers have different takes on all of this and the guardian is saying" i didn't criticise the prime minister, that is they news says trump" again, covering and analysing exactly what has been happening. and the sun has hit back at the accusations of fake news, they have called it fake schmooze, taking a look at the relationship between trump and a hand—in—hand moment there, trump doesn't backtrack over brexit, terror and borisjohnson, of corcy said boris johnson brexit, terror and borisjohnson, of corcy said borisjohnson would make a terrific prime minister. and why this is so important is because of the trade deal that the uk and he wears hoping to broker when we leave the eu and the times picks up on that, saying i want to trade deal. again, picking up on the fact it has changed tact, hailing a opportunity and lavishing praise on may. we will
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talk to dr liam fox later in the programme as well. on the front page of the daily telegraph, trump meeting the queen, tea for three at windsor, and it was widely said and he said in the interview as well but i think he was keen to meet the queen, the people saying he was excited about this. evidence that it has happened. it is one of those picked as we would like a fork pictures were would love to know what is happening. we will leave it to you to figure out. let's bring you the headlines now. 0ur inspector to take place in scotland. england face belgium into third place play—off of the world cup this afternoon. it is warm again. not as warm as yesterday though. i think we probably needed that. did you enjoy it? the thunderstorm? i didn't, i
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was in the house. how about you, louise, more on the way? there were a few humdinger is, weren't there? i was praying the sun, i was looking at my poor old guard and desperate for rain, we could hear them, we didn't get any but there were some and they brought 30— 50 millimetres of rain believe it or not but as we go into the weekend this weekend, it looks as though the high pressure will stay with us, a good deal of dry weather but look at this! a weather front! to the far north—west, something we have not seen or north—west, something we have not seen or spoken about for some time but for most of us this weekend, do not get too concerned if you have outdoor plans as it will be dry with some warm to hot sunshine or most of us some warm to hot sunshine or most of us yet again. the exception is this front and it will bring some cloud into northern ireland, to the far west of northern ireland, and into the north—west of scotland and artworks of rain eventually but chiefly to the northern and western isles, some sunshine into eastern scotla nd isles, some sunshine into eastern
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scotland and the borders, elsewhere some mist will lift, some sunshine coming through, the risk of a shallower perhaps into lincolnshire and east anglia but that is where we will see heat across central and south—eastern areas with the cloud and the rain, a little bit more fresh, 16— 22 to the far north of scotla nd fresh, 16— 22 to the far north of scotland but into the south, it will be another hot wonder if you are heading for the ladies final stay at wimbledon, it looks as though we will see 28 degrees, but a chance of a show at all. the men's final, 30 degrees and that could be the men's finalfor degrees and that could be the men's final for 20 degrees and that could be the men's finalfor 20 years if degrees and that could be the men's final for 20 years if we getjust over 30 degrees so as we go into sunday, little in the way of change really but if anything this weather front will push its way steadily eastwards but it will be slow progress, a warm and sultry night if you are trying to get a good night sleep, a sticky and humid start across central and southern areas. that is where the best of the sunshine is likely to be on sunday at further north and west we continue to see the weather front
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bringing out a suffering chiefly into western scotland and northern ireland but welcome rain here so in some respects that is good news and in terms of the feel of things, and slightly fresher feel, 17— 21. but it will be hot and humid slightly fresher feel, 17— 21. but it will be hotand humid in slightly fresher feel, 17— 21. but it will be hot and humid in the south—east. 30—3031 not out of the question. 0ut south—east. 30—3031 not out of the question. out on sunday, that weather front pushes across eastern scotla nd weather front pushes across eastern scotland and into north—east england, but weakening all the time. don't expect too much significant rain but expect something a little bit fresher. if it's been too hot and oppresses for you over the last few days, it looks like things will get a little bit more comfortable, as you can see. the risk of a bit of light patchy rain as the front moves through and temperatures back into the low twenties. hara, i can hear you all saying. good news for some, if you like it hot you will be happy in central and southern england. like having our own holiday resort
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in the uk, just nip where you want and get the good weather! it would be fabulous if you could! time now to find out about this week's cinema releases in the film review with mark kermode and martine croxall. hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. they've let me back a second time! i'm very glad. so am i! what have we got this week? it's very interesting this week. first reformed, which is the new film by paul schrader. a return to form, i have to say. incredibles 2, back after all this time, more than a decade since the first one. and skyscraper, dwayne "the rock" johnson versus a very large building. so, first reformed, ethan hawke, a return to the screen for him.
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has he been away a while? no, ethan hawke's fine, it's more to do with paul schrader. paul schrader wrote taxi driver ages and ages ago. god's lonely man was a big thing. he was really well respected film—maker. recently, he's made some quite terrible films like the canyons, which is irredeemably awful, dog eat dog, which i can't even believe was made by paul schrader, and then before that dominion, a prequel to the exorcist. i kind of started to lose faith in him, and now with first reformed my faith in him is restored. so, ethan hawke plays this young cleric who is basically haunted by the death of his son, who he sent off, he encouraged to go off to war, and has now lost. he's having a crisis of faith. he is keeping a diary in which he's writing down personal confessions because he says he can't pray, he's lost his faith. then he meets somebody who is potentially an ecoterrorist, somebody who's become completely obsessed with the despoliation of the planet.
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suddenly, this captures a spark in ethan hawke's character. the next thing, he similarly becomes obsessed with what's happening to the planet from an ecological point of view. here's a clip. so, we should pollute so god can restore? we should sin so god can forgive? i don't think that's what the apostle meant. i think we're supposed to look with the eyes ofjesus into every... you don't live in the real world. you don't. you are a minister at a tourist church that no one attends. do you have any idea what it takes to do god's work? i'm trying... to maintain a mission of this size, the staffing, the outreach, the amount of people we touch each day. who's that priest that you like so much? thomas merton. he didn't live in the real world either. yes, he did. he didn't, he was a monk who lived in a monastery in kentucky and wrote books. somebody has to do something! it's the earth that
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hangs in the balance... what if this is his plan? what if we just can't see it? you think god wants to destroy his creation? he did once, for 40 days and 40 nights. it says something about me that i refer to him as "young"! so, basically, it's a story about a crisis of faith and what then happens as a result. ethan hawke i thought was brilliant. i completely believed in him, i really believed in his character. the most important thing is it felt like schrader was back on home territory. he is dealing with themes he's dealt with since the beginning of his career. there's a couple of scenes in which we see ethan hawke writing his diary, he has a glass of whiskey on one side and he's writing and he's very, very tormented. this apparently is how schrader himself used to write. the look of the film is very sparse, it reminds you to some extent of dry, of something like pawlikowski's ida. i know that schrader has spoken to that director about making that film. it looks heartfelt, it looks passionate, it has none of the nonsense of dominion: prequel
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to the exorcist, which was theoretically a theological work, but which was absolute hooey. it really feels sincere, it's dealing with important issues, it's got a great central performance. it's schrader back on form. i think it's the best thing he's done since auto focus. it's not a bunch of laughs, but it is very, very intense. it has some hallucinatory moments in it. i thought it was a really fine piece of work, and i would happily watch it again. it looks beautiful... it is. ...the way it is designed. how difficult to watch is it? well, ifound it easy because i thought "this is great, he's back on form." it's not a huge blockbuster, but it's a film in which the form of the film mirrors the subject matter of the film. it is a film about an existential crisis of faith, which obviously isn't blockbuster territory. i think you would like it. something very different, incredibles 2. they've made us wait a very long time for this sequel. i know, 13, 1a years. did you like the first incredibles? i loved it, i watched it many times. so, i was sceptical
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about the first one. i was wrong about it, incidentally. i said in my review that i didn't think the kids would get on with all of the birdmanesque stuff. i was proved completely wrong! anyway, so along comes incredibles 2. when incredibles came out on dvd there was a short which was jack—jack attack, which was all the stuff about the baby. i thought it was hilariously funny. in incredibles 2, which picks up the story, there is a lot more jack—jack. the story is they are still trying to rehabilitate supers. so, elastigirl is basically roped in to a lot of pr stunts to make supers popular with people again. mr incredible is left at home looking after the kids, having to help dash with his maths homework, having to help his daughter with her first crush. but, it is the baby jack—jack stuff that is really funny, in the same way that in the despicable me movies the minions started out as sidekicks, and ended up being centrestage. here, jack—jack started out as a sidekick and ends up being centrestage. i started laughing about five minutes in and i laughed all the way through. it looks fabulous, as you can see. all those future retro ‘60s
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inflicted designs look great. and i am happy to admit that i was completely wrong about the first film. a new foe in this, is there? there's lots of new stuff. the most exciting thing is the stretchy cycle, the elasticycle bike, which when she first gets on it she goes "it's talky, it's very talky." i've even managed to strong—arm a teenager to go with me and see it this week. i think anyone can enjoy it. that was my excuse, anyway! skyscraper, how can you go wrong with dwayne "the rock" johnson? dwayne "the rock" johnson is basically a security systems specialist. he's brought in to sign off on the tallest structure in the world. his family come with him, they are one of the first families to stay in the penthouse at the top. then, of course, evildoers come along, set fire to the structure, so he has to break into the building to save them, and breaking into the building is harder than it looks. here's a clip. hands up! 0k! don't shoot! i know, turn around!
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edge of your seat stuff. i thought it was. for a start, i'm scared of heights, anyway. there's a bit when they've got to climb over a plank that's balanced vertiginously over a big fiery pit, and all that stuff always really scares me. here's what i like about it. firstly, i really like dwaynejohnson in everything. everyone always says he's lovely, but on screen he's great. a colleague of mine said he made a movie once in which he had to do a fist bump with a 60 foot gorilla. somebody said, "i'd like to see daniel day—lewis pull that trick off!" you believe in it, because you believe in the rock. there is a setup at the beginning in which we see him combat training, in which he loses the bottom half of one of his legs. he has a prosthetic leg, which he then uses as a tool to help him with this impossible mission. did you ever see towering inferno? oh, yes. 0k, well, towering inferno is based on two books. it was based on the glass inferno and the tower. die hard was basically towering inferno with cowboys and indians. this is basically the rock meets die hard, or, get this, "die rock hard"! see what i did there?! i thought it was really good fun.
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it was really silly, it doesn't make any sense whatsoever, but i did enjoy it and an awful lot of that is down to the fact that he is such a likeable screen presence. there's even a lady from shanghai at the end of it for the cineastes, to keep them happy. it was real popcorn, leave your brain at the door and enjoy yourself entertainment. is it too sniffy of me to suggest that it's more about special effects than character and plot development? honestly? and you're going to have to believe me on this. it's about dwayne "the rock" johnson. that's good enough! now, the best out, leave no trace, you've reviewed this before. yes, i have, and i keep going on about it. it's a small release, i think it's the best film i've seen this year. it's directed by debra granik, who directed winter's bone, which i love. that was the film that really launched jennifer lawrence. father and daughter living off the grid outside portland, oregon. they are found by the authorities and they have to reintegrate into society. the thing i love about it, i keep saying the same thing, it is a film in which the characters don't explain themselves. they don't stop and stand around and talk to each other. it's a film that's to do
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with emotion conveyed through physical gesture. the performances are fantastic. thomasin mckenzie, whose the young girl in it, it's just brilliant. people have made the comparison with her and a young jennifer lawrence. she is fantastic. i just thought it was wonderful. if you see one film this year, this is the best thing i've seen this year, and i guarantee it will break your heart. the idea of them coming in from the wilderness and living in society again, is that the thing that is explored? yes, and it's to do with what he wants and what she wants, because he's a combat veteran, he's got ptsd. it's to do with... there's a moment when she says "what's wrong with you is not what's wrong with me," and it's really about them growing apart as father and daughter. there's the tempest in the background of all of this. the shakespeare idea of the tempest is in the background. i loved it.
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you'll love it, i promise you, you'll love it. that's always my approach. not what's wrong with me, what's wrong with you. that's always the way i approach the world! he laughs. best dvd, then. tomb raider. this is the alicia vikander iteration. it is. i never liked the tomb raiders before with angelina jolie, and i'm not somebody who has ever played computer games. i thought this was much more fun than it had any right to be. i think alicia vikander was terrific, and it's a reboot, it's an origin story. as somebody who isn't a gamer and doesn't know that world that well, i thought it was gripping and good fun. the reason i included it is because there are so many terrible video game adaptations. video games don't generally transfer very well to the screen. i also liked assassin's creed with michael fassbender. i know not everybody else felt the same way, but i thought they made a nice double bill. it was trying to do something new, and i thought she was really good, i thought she carried it rather well. mark, thank you. a quick reminder that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online, bbc.co.uk/markkermode.
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you'd think i'd know it by now, wouldn't you?! and you can find all of our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. mark, thank you so much. that's it for this week. thanks for watching. goodbye. hello, this is breakfast with steph mcgovern and naga munchetty. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: further protests against president trump's visit to the uk are expected to take place today in scotland. the us president touched down at prestwick airport in ayrshire, shortly after 8 o'clock yesterday evening, after completing his two—day working trip to the uk. he's due to play golf at the turnberry resort, which he owns, as part of a private visit. protestors filled george square in glasgow ahead of his arrival. sinn fein says an explosive device has been thrown at the house of its former leader gerry adams in west belfast. the attack comes after six nights of violence in londonderry. police blamed it on dissident republicans who are opposed to the peace process. mr adams tweeted that no—one was hurt. police in wiltshire are continuing
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their search for evidence in the poisoning of a couple with novichok. detectives say the substance which killed dawn sturgess and left charlie rowley in hospital had been in a bottle found at his house. scotland yard says it doesn't know where the bottle came from, and says it can't guarantee that there isn't any more of the substance left. a 6—year—old girl from northern ireland has become the first person to be granted a long—term licence for the use of medicinal cannabis in the uk. the parents of sophia gibson say the medication relieves the symptoms of a severe form of epilepsy. the decision was made by a panel of medical experts set up by the home office. more than 120 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at an election rally in pakistan. more than 100 others were hurt by the blast in the south—west of the country. the islamic state group said it carried out the attack, the deadliest in the country for four years. the broadcaster richard bacon is recovering in hospital in london
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after spending several days in a medically induced coma. the former blue peter and radio 5 live presenter is being treated for suspected pneumonia, after falling ill on a flight from the united states, where he now lives. his mother says he is "slowly making progress". it's taken two years to build at a cost of more than £200 million but britain's new polar research ship is now ready to go in to the water. the rrs sir david attenborough will be launched into the river mersey later today by the man himself — tide permitting. ministers intervened after a public vote left the vessel with the name boaty mcboatface. then of course they thought that probably was not appropriate and went with the david attenborough is the name. which is appropriate.
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totally. he is a dearly regarded man. but boaty mcboatface is much more funny. have we got mike mcbushface in the wings of the sport? that was not funny. i'm sorry. i should sport? that was not funny. i'm sorry. ishould have sport? that was not funny. i'm sorry. i should have thought about that. it looks glorious fare. one more day at wimbledon, you should be soaking this up, i should think. more day at wimbledon, you should be soaking this up, i should thinklj am, soaking this up, i should think.” am, making the most of the peace and quiet after what was a ridiculous day yesterday and you say mcbushface, after the history making match on centre court yesterday, we would all end up with long beards and white hair after it, 6.5 hours, the longest ever men's semifinal on centre court, and behind me i was trying to put it in terms of other sports and i know it is different sport, football, of course, the third place play—off is today but sometimes you simply is getting cramped in extra time but they
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played a.5 football match is pretty much back, only a little break when they change ends. the umpire is sitting in the chair from 6.5 hours as well and all of the phantom and to make other arrangements and kevin anderson has tweeted and thanked john because it must be an awful waferjohn is not to lose after 6.5 hours, or be worse than a penalty shoot—out, so he tweeted thanks for being an incredible sportsman and friend and it is an honour to share this piece of history with you and of course the other semifinalists, rougher and djokovic were waiting in the locker room to get started for 6.5 hours with all of them nervous energy. let's reflect on the history breaking match, the first up on centre court between kevin anderson and john isner. anderson won it 26—2a in the fifth set, but it was a truly gruelling encounter. the final set itself lasted for over two hours. isner himself was involved in the longest, eight years ago against nicolas mahut. hundreds started queuing up for resale tickets, hoping to take the place of fans who had to leave. rafael nadal and novak djokovic
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were forced to wait patiently for their turn on centre court, with djokovic finding a novel way to pass the time. i bet he thought he was losing his marbles at one point. and, in the end, after a staggering six hours and 35 minutes, it was anderson that triumphed. another bit of history for him, it's the first time in 97 years that a south african will have been in the men's singles final at the all england club. honestly, i really hope this is a bit of a seinfeld grand slam is to change this format, five sets for us to be out there this length of time, not just us to be out there this length of time, notjust us coming back to try to compete at this stage but i do know that i am into the finals of wimbledon and that is really a part ofa dream wimbledon and that is really a part of a dream come true. and it's remarkable to think that the men's semifinals are still ongoing. rafael nadal and novak djokovic didn't have enough time to finish their match last night. they always have to finish at 11
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o'clock at the latest because of a cu rfew o'clock at the latest because of a curfew in the area. they'll resume later today on centre court with djokovic, the 3—time champion, leading by two sets to one. whilst that drama was unfolding on centre court, over on court number three, there was another marathon match taking place. this was britain's jack draper, winning his boys' semifinal 19—17 in the final set. the 16—year—old is nowjust a step away from becoming the first british wimbledon boys' champion since 1962. and for the sixth time in seven years, there will be a murray in a wimbledon final. britain's jamie murray is through to the final of the mixed doubles with partner victoria azarenka. they beat british hopefuls harriet dart and jay clarke in straight sets. murray won the mixed doubles title last year with martina hingis. now, of course, it is the final of the women's singles later and serena williams is one win away from an eighth wimbledon title that would complete a fairytale return to the sport. she said she nearly died giving
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birth to her daughter in september of last year and now, fast—forward 10 months, the 36—year—old is on the verge of a record—equalling 2ath grand slam singles title. it isa it is a repeat of the final two yea rs it is a repeat of the final two years ago. she's up against germany's angelique kerber. this is the order of play then, very unusual. the nadal and djokovic semifinal will resume on centre court at 1pm, after they have had some rest and probably a couple of ice baths. which means the women will have to wait for them to finish to get their final started. england's 2018 world cup comes to an end tonight as they take on belgium in the third/fourth place play—off in st petersburg. they have got this final match, despite the disappointment of losing wednesday's semifinal
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against croatia in extra time. manager gareth southgate is determined england will leave russia on a high, and tired legs mean there could be some changes. sometimes it is not always a good decision for people to play if their energy isn't quite there. and we've got to think of who can give us the best performance. so it won't be exactly the same starting 11, but we want, ideally, to make as few changes as possible. england's women have lost their third and final one—day international against new zealand in leicester. england started well but collapsed, all out forjust 219. new zealand didn't have too many problems reaching that total, getting there with more than five overs to spare. england take the series 2—1. obviously we would have loved to finish on a high with a win today but it wasn't to be, they played so well and on a tricky wicket to score at that rate was just ridiculous,
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really, so yeah, a bit disappointed for us today but as you said, a good summer over all. we're a week into the tour de france and dutch sprinter dylan groenewegen won stage seven. belgium's greg van avermaet is still in the leader's yellow jersey, with britain's geraint thomas second overall. and england's robert rock leads the field going into day three of the scottish open at gullane. he shot a 7—under par round of 63 leaving him two shots clear of tyrrell hatton in second. talking of golf, the open of course is soon and i will be there on brea kfast breakfast for thursday. but we have a little matter of wimbledon and the world cup to finish first. his second marathon match because of the pretty long five setter against roger federer in the last round, the wonder how that will affect his final, i don't think as many ice baths as he will fill in will let
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him fully recover and you wonder if that will affect him in the final either against rafael nadal all djokovic. it is interesting, you have to have your mindset and adrenaline ready to go for the match but you, he needs to sleep. he just needs to rest. i know we go on about it but it is so important, sleep, isn't it? you are right, and while his body may feel like resting after a wind to win in that way as well your mind would be racing, it would be mentally hard to switch off even though you are mentally exhausted. like will talk lots more later the programme. incredible strength that, isn't it, being able to play for that long. stamina. the search and rescue of 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in thailand gripped the world. trapped underground for 17 days, their remarkable survival was largely due to a team of expert british divers. it was such an incredible story. every day i was looking at what was
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happening. we were alljust hoping they would be all right. one of them, john volanthen, has been speaking exclusively to the bbc. i was iwas in i was in the west working at about three pm when i had a call that said i was booked on a nine o'clock flight i was booked on a nine o'clock flight to thailand. talk us through the moment because we have seen a bit of it on the video of when you appeared to surface and you appeared to have found them. we were swimming along an underwater passage where ever there is a space we surface, we shout, and also we spell. —— smells. and in this case with the old children before we saw them. —— we smell. what sort of chances did you give this operation of success? given the volume of water which we have thought to the cave in the last couple of days, it was unbelievable
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that we had found them and they were all healthy, also a lot of debris in the cave from previous attempts, why, electrical cable, pumps, tubing, all sorts of things. the cold also was an issue, some of the children were quite small and we we re children were quite small and we were concerned about how well the smaller children would hold up. and when you had to leave them to make a plan, how confident are you of seeing them alive again?” plan, how confident are you of seeing them alive again? i a promise that i would come back, and we did, in fact we came back with food runs, so completely but having said that, alive in a cave and alive outside of alive in a cave and alive outside of a cave are different things. what did you do, put them under your arm or swim with them? how did you get them out? we were fortunate enough to have local thai boys from swimming club we took a swimming pool and we practised beforehand. we essentially struck a cylinder to the front of the child, they had a full—fa ce front of the child, they had a full—face mask which is a way of making sure that they can breathe
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and essentially we had a handle on the back of the child so you always need to transport someone facedown so they need waterfront away from theirface and so they need waterfront away from their face and we were able to manoeuvre them in that way, although they were still clipped to us is that if we lost them in the visibility, we would always be able to find them immediately. you push them through all of like a wheelbarrow? if you want a picture, it was almost more like a shopping bag but sometimes you would hold them close to your chest if the passage was narrow and deep, if the passage was narrow and deep, if the passage was narrow and deep, if the passage was low and wide you would hold them out to the side. you are not a panic are you? i am not. what gave you that idea? you are so cold it is unbelievable. remember that all full moment when the navy seal who went down whose life was lost,. i would like to extend my condolences to saman's family, it is a shame because with the rest giving so successful, it kind of ads a
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bittersweet flavour, yes, it was a tragedy. can you see that what you did was fairly remarkable?” tragedy. can you see that what you did was fairly remarkable? i can see it was the first. how was that? what an understated man. it is incredible, i could listen to him for hours. expert diverjohn volanthen speaking exclusively to the bbc‘s richard greenaway. you're watching breakfast. the headlines: more protests against president trump's visit to the uk are expected to take place today in scotland. england's footballers face belgium in the third place play off of the world cup this afternoon. i'm quite used to the warm temperatures now. it was a bit of a shock yesterday... when it was a bit cooler. i didn't know what to do with myself. let's find out from an expert. here's louise with a look at this morning's weather. it won't last for ever but a hot
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weekend for many, look at this beautiful picture, already, no clouds in wales. for most, it will bea dry, clouds in wales. for most, it will be a dry, settled and sunny weekend with very warm if not hot weather out there but not for all of us, i can show you a weather front, i'm almost excited about this, something we haven't seen for some time, pushing into the far north—west. brings rain, ladies and gentlemen, in the far north—west of the country, scotland and northern ireland. great news, a hosepipe ban in northern ireland so they're desperate for rain. not much through today. eastern scotland to the borders seeing scotland for much of the morning, cloud in over through the morning, cloud in over through the afternoon. a risk of a shower in england east and east anglia, where they mention but a small chance. for many, dry, settled, sunny and hot with the warm weather still with us but cooler into the far north and west. temperatures at around 16 to
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23. the highest values, 28, 80 two fahrenheit in old muggy. that means for ladies' finals day at wimbledon, dry and settled —— 82. —— old terms. if we get 8a the men's final it will be the warmest for 20 years, that's how extraordinary the weather is at the moment. —— 80 for. warm and sticky tonight for getting a good nights sleep. temperatures widely into the mid—teens for many. the frontal system will start to gather and it will push steadily eastwards. it will bring outbreaks of showery rain in parts of the spinal scotland through the day on sunday, into north—west england and northern ireland. some welcome rain here. cloudier skies in eastern scotland and north—west england but further south, decent spells of sunshine and hot with it as well. just a light breeze, head to the coast if you
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wa nt breeze, head to the coast if you want something more referred to ring. that said, even though you can see the 29 in east anglia, as the land —— moura freshening. 0n see the 29 in east anglia, as the land —— moura freshening. on sunday night the weather front will spill slowly south and east, more rain pushing into north—west england —— more refreshing. even east wales, where we've seen incredible weather of late, but for most it will be quite quiet. into monday and tuesday, looks likely that weather front will bring a change, slightly fresher weather but no significant rainfor fresher weather but no significant rain for the fresher weather but no significant rainforthe far fresher weather but no significant rain for the far south. thanks very much, back to you two. thanks very much. we'll bring you the headlines at 7am. time now for the latest gadget and technology news in this week's click. file footage: the seconds wound down before the start,
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2a drivers stamp hard on the throttle. formula 1 has been at the cutting edge of technology and design since its creation in 19a6. welcome to the pit. every year, teams compete fiercely to outdo each other in aerodynamics, data communications and materials — all with one aim — to make their cars go really, really fast. and they do a really good job of making them that, as we are finding out here at the austrian grand prix. lewis hamilton's ride. what's even more impressive is that this whole show is permanently on the road, with car, teams, engineers, and scientists moving from country to country and track to track. now, these are the most expensive motorhomes i've ever seen. each one of these is a lorry,
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and theyjust drive to the next formula 1, stick them together, zip, zip, zip, and that's ferrari's office for the length of the race. and ahead of the race here in spielberg, austria, the cars are being prepped, tweaked and tested round the clock. mercedes are the current world champions and like every other team here, they spend millions on their car and developing the technology that will hopefully win them the race. but what you see at any grand prix is just the tip of the iceberg, it takes hundreds of people to develop that technology. so we sent lara lewington to mercedes hq to find out what really goes into winning a race. away from the track, the people, the preparation, the planning, and the precision are pivotal. hi, i'm lara lewington from the bbc. hello. can ijust put security stickers on your phone?
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of course. for the cameras. no problem. thank you. so we're allowed to film here, but i mustn't take any pictures on my phone. there's clearly a lot at stake here, so it's no surprise that formula 1 is notoriously secretive, but today, we've got some behind—the—scenes access. this business is big bucks and millimetres and milliseconds matter. this is known as chassis number five, last year's winning car. in fact, it hasn't even been cleaned since its last race in abu dhabi. but the thing that is most striking standing here next to it is the amount of detail there is everywhere throughout the car, and after each race, if there's something they're not happy with, it can be perfected. well, this was a winning car last year, so clearly it's been very successful, but you're obviously not
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happy with it because you're working on a new one, so what do you think needs to be improved? we're never happy with it, as you say, this is lewis's car from last year. it was the first car we made on the back of a really big regulation change. we worked really hard on all those little small bits you see around the car, which is all the aerodynamic bits and pieces. it seems to be made up of lots of little, small metal bits? yeah, every little bit has a job. and we put it into the wind tunnel, each one is all about optimising the airflow around the car. what we're not happy with a little bit is because we focused so much on that, we now need to do a lot on the packaging internally, to make it much tighter. the tighter you can get it, again, the better you can get the aerodynamics around the car. on top of that as well, we think we can do improvements around the cooling. those big black ducts in the side is where the air goes in to cool the engine. we think we can do some improvements around that area as well for next year. well, there's so much money at stake here. how much does it cost to create a car like this, from the beginning of the process all the way through?
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what sort of figure would you put on that? well, i can't tell you the exact figure, but i can tell you it's many, many millions. are we talking tens of millions? tens of millions. tens of millions? yeah, yeah. over 50 million? close. crikey, wouldn't want to pay the insurance premium on that. the operation here goes way beyond the car itself, though. welcome to the race support room. meanwhile, this lot are busy practising at speed. over 250 of these trials take place ahead of the season. they make it look easy. but inevitably, it's not, as i can tell you first—hand. oh no. so it's meant to be so quick, but i clearly wasn't. meanwhile, spencer's already living life in the fast lane. thank you, lara, and by the way, this is how you really do it. this year, mercedes has
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got its pitstop down to an incredible 1.85 seconds, now that's quicker than it takes to say "1.85 seconds". it's a finely tuned operation, that the engineers practice over and over in the days before each race. it's a bit of a ballet and the ergonomics is quite important because there's 20 odd people around the car trying to do a job in two seconds and, you know, it's — if you start banging into people, then you're losing half a second or a second, and then the strategists can't get their numbers right, and then you don't get the position you need. the human element to this ultrafast manoeuvre is accompanied by technology, individually developed by each team. even the hydraulically powered wheel guns are a closely guarded secret. and i hear they're quite expensive? they are expensive
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and they have a life, because they run an awful lot of pressure. so we're changing the internals a great deal. do i hear about £30,000 each? i wouldn't know the exact cost, but that sounds quite low to me. laughter right, we're going into mercedes's garage now. keeping the pit crew safe is of utmost importance. these lights, for example, let the crew know if the cars have become electrified, stopping them from getting more than a nasty shock. and then there's what goes into the cars or, more specifically, what comes out of the cars, which is monitored by trackside labs and high—end scientific equipment. between every session, the cars are given the equivalent of a blood test, the oil and the fuel is taken to see if it's contaminated, and that might give you a clue as to the state of the engine, and that is done in the fuel lab. the oil is put into a spectrometer, which tests for different metals
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in the fluid. the amount of a specific metal present can reveal if a particular part of the engine is degrading too quickly. and actually, it looks like the most stressful job this week is being done byjen copestake, our star in a reasonably priced, if somewhat weatherbeaten, car. yes, i'm braving this hurricane in cologne, germany, to experience europe's most advanced weather testing centre for cars. ford have built the $108 million facility to see how its most popular models fare against the most extreme conditions on earth, from altitude, high heat and humidity, snow and hurricane strength winds and driving rain. there are three wind tunnels here and it has the capability of testing up to three cars at once.
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i pretty much control these facilities. i conduct those tests. now we have centres of relative humidity for solar radiation, for temperature, and for the airspeed. which is measured through differential pressure from the nozzle. first we're going to see what it might be like to drive your car in a rainforest. it gets up to 55 degrees in this room, and the humidity can go to 95%. this is one of four temperature—controlled test chambers, complete with birdsong and fake palm trees to simulate a tropical environment. it's baking in there. that is so hot. from extreme heat to extreme cold. that's the snow room. these doors are really heavy. it's about —17 in here right now. but the temperature can be set to go as low as —30. —30, of course, is rather important for cold starts. this is impressive.
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it's testing the weight of the snow on the car. this is actually a realistic situation in some parts of the world, to get a big snow boulder on the wing mirror. next we are going to see how cars are tested in hurricane conditions. we have a climatic wind tunnel, so we always control the wind speeds to simulate that the car is actually moving on the roads, we move the wind. so it's actually 156kph winds out there right now, it can go up to 160kph. it's testing the automatic function of the windscreen wipers, so whether or not there's an equal amount of time going between each blade. the tunnel doesn't just test the rain and the wind, but also the effect the sun has on the car in extreme conditions. it's set up with 28 spotlights with a,000 watt bulbs to mimic the sunlight. the solar system is always interesting when it comes to heat loads that affect our powertrain and that affect the a/c performance. that really looks like being outside in bright sunlight.
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it brightens my day every time i can use it! the ability to test cars at high altitude while also simulating challenging weather conditions is the unique feature of the test centre. they can reach heights of 5,200 metres, as high as mount everest‘s northern base camp. engineers even have to take descent breaks when they finish working in this tunnel. more than half of our vehicles are sold in markets globally with altitudes of more than 1000 metres. we can also simulate you pulling a trailer up the hill, on different altitude levels, so testing the powertrain, regarding what is happening in terms of temperature, how is that developing, and making sure that the cars are safe. well, we've seen everything here, but i for one am looking forward to getting back to some nice british weather. that wasjen, and that's it from the austrian grand prix. this is the short version of click, though, so we have much more in the full version,
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which you can see on iplayer right now, and there are tons of photos on twitter too at @bbcclick. see you soon. good morning. welcome to breakfast with steph mcgovern and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today: pageantry and demonstrations — after meeting the queen, president trump arrives in scotland. he's met by more protests. police investigate after a paraglider flies within yards of his hotel. can the three lions beat belgium to their highest world cup finish since 1966? we will find out later. on board the rss sir david attenborough as the polar research ship prepares to launch. in sport, it's not a sprint, it's a marathon at sw19
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