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good afternoon. police scotland has begun a criminal inquiry after a paraglider, part of protests against donald trump, came within yards of the president at his golf resort in ayrshire. in a major breach of security, the greenpeace protester flew over the turnberry course shortly after mr trump arrived there last night. protests against the visit are taking place across scotland today. from turnberry, catriona renton reports. protesters are calling today a festival of resistance, a national demonstration. here in edinburgh, more than 10,000 people are expected to gather on president trump's second day in scotland. the president had only been at his hotel for about 20 minutes last night. he was out on the terrace, admiring the sunset, when, in an astonishing breach of security, a protesterflew into view — breaching the no—fly zone, getting within yards of president trump.
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the reaction was to get him indoors, but even that was not immediate. police are still looking for the pilot. as a result of us doing what we did, trump actually saw a protester in the flesh, instead of having to watch them just on television. we thought it was really important, but we did tell police we were on our way, we gave them a 10—15 minute warning. more than 5,000 police officers are on duty for the president's visit to scotland this weekend, and there is a highly visible presence. how could something so serious have happened? clearly that was a concern, it was a concern to us and to the security around the president, and there's no doubt that the individual responsible for piloting that powered parachute put themselves in danger as well as a result of that. there is an air exclusion zone in place, it is a criminal offence to breach that. they will be hoping there will be no repeat performance of this today. mr trump has a close personal bond with scotland, but disagreements over everything from his policies over migrants
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to renewable energy have led to a tetchy political relationship with the scottish government. he is not expected to meet the first minister this time. the protests that have happened so far do not impress the trade secretary, hoping to forge a free—trade agreement with america after brexit. i don't think that the protesters were an embarrassment to the government, i think they were an embarrassment to themselves. when you have the president of the united states, the leader of the free world, being greeted with signs that say, "go home, we hate you", i don't think that reflects the genuine good manners and hospitality of the british people. donald trump has tweeted that he hopes to be out on the golf course later. he has described this as one of his favourite places to relax. but inside the hotel, he and his senior advisers will be preparing for next week's summit with vladimir putin. let's get more from catriona, who is at turnberry. this is a coda to his uk's visit, a
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pause before he flies out to meet vladimir putin will stop how is he spending today? this is very much a private visit, he has no political engagement is planned while he is here at turnberry. the most likely chance we have of seeing him is, as he said in the tweet, playing a round of golf. it is a great way for him to relax, and it is possible that a celebrity golfer may accompany him on that round if he should happen. but there is a serious side to this as well, the private time that he has here in turnberry. as you say, he is going to go to helsinki tomorrow, leaving scotla nd to go to helsinki tomorrow, leaving scotland for that meeting with vladimir putin. the president of russia, on monday. we can be fairly sure that the special advisers that aren't there in the hotel with
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president trump will be doing homework ahead of that meeting —— that are in there. thanks. former sinn fein president gerry adams has appealed for people who carried out an attack on his home in west belfast last night to meet him. an explosive device was thrown at the house. it follows several nights of rioting in londonderry, which police have blamed on dissident republicans. 0ur ireland correspondent john campbell reports. for six nights this week, young people from a republican area of derry have attacked the police. the chief constable said they were being directed by a group of violent dissident republicans who oppose sinn fein and the peace process. yesterday, a rally was held in the city, where sinn fein condemned the dissidents, saying they were using young people as cannon fodder. and this may have been the dissidents' response, a crude explosive device thrown at the west belfast home of gerry adams. it caused damage to a car parked on his driveway. today, mr adams called on his attackers to explain themselves. i would like them or their
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representatives to come and meet me. i would like them to sit down and explain to me what this is about. i would like those who are involved in exploiting children in derry to do the same thing. there was a second attack, not far away, at the home of another senior sinn fein member, though no damage was caused. dissident republicans are small in number. they have been heavily penetrated by the security services and have little capacity to mount attacks, but events here and in derry show they remain dangerous. john campbell, bbc news, belfast. 30 passengers have been treated in hospital in germany after a ryanair plane suffered a sudden loss of cabin pressure. the aircraft was flying from dublin to croatia, but was forced to make an emergency landing in frankfurt. some of the people on board have complained of suffering headaches and nausea. britain's new polar research ship, the sir david attenborough, has taken to the water for the first
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time on merseyside. it was named after sir david after ministers rejected the winning name in a public vote, boaty mcboatface. 0ur science correspondent, jonathan amos, is at the slipway in birkenhead. good afternoon, jonathan. good afternoon, jonathan. hello, sean. well, it's been a splendid day here on merseyside to witness the biggest ship built in britain on three decades ago in the water. named, as you say, after sir david attenborough. and he was here, of course, to press the big ceremonial but that set it on its way. three, two, one... launch! it was a wonderful engineering moment, actually. it went a bit faster into the water than we were expecting, but it looked superb. sir david himself is determined to go out on sea trials when they begin early next year. but to do that,
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they've got a bit more work to do. they've got to put the upper decks on, and they've got to fit all the appointment inside. jonathan amos in birkenhead, a fabulous site, thank you —— they've got to fit all of the equipment inside. serena williams could make tennis history at wimbledon this afternoon. if she beats germany's angelique kerber, williams will equal margaret court's all—time record of 2a grand slam singles titles. but before that, novak djokovic and rafael nadal have to finish their semifinal match, which was suspended late last night after a marathon? match between john isner and kevin anderson. john watson is at wimbledon for us. afternoon, john, quite a day ahead. yes, indeed, sean. the sole focus of course should be the ladies final to come, but events yesterday forcing the organisers to adjust today's schedule somewhat. novak djokovic and rafa nadal will regime their semifinal shortly, that's before serena williams and angelique kerber ta ke serena williams and angelique kerber take the centre court for the final.
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this after kevin anderson and john isner served up a record—breaking five sets of tennis yesterday. six hours and 36 minutes, the second longest match in wimbledon history. their titanic tussle in the ending in the 15th game, when the 6—foot 18—inch south african kevin anderson had finally broken the served of the 6—foot tenjohn had finally broken the served of the 6—foot ten john isner. had finally broken the served of the 6—foot tenjohn isner. well, wimbledon is no stranger to staging marathon matches. it was here on court 18 eight years ago that wimbledon staged the longest match in tennis history. it was a full 11 hours. the championships even erecting a plaque to mark the encounter. john isner won that they. and after another exhausting encounter which was involved over in centre court yesterday, there are calls for the organisers to once again look at the rules. calls for the organisers to once again look at the ruleslj calls for the organisers to once again look at the rules. i really hope this is a bit of sign for change, this form at. i really hope
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we can look at it and address this. at the end, you don't even feel that great outburst point wimbledon have said they may consider introducing a final set tie-break, but will not rush to a decision. a contest, though, between two former champions in the second semifinal was worth waiting up for. when play was suspended late last night, it was novak djokovic headed for bed with a 2-1 novak djokovic headed for bed with a 2—1 lead over his rival rafa nadal. a return today on centre court, and the women's showpiece final will have to wait. serena williams aims to wina have to wait. serena williams aims to win a record equalling 24th grand slam title. there are some moments when i'm out there and i'm thinking, i look at the crowd and i'm like, wow, this is so cold, i'm back here, i'm back again, this is such a great moment. —— this is so cool. i've really been enjoying this time. with the duchess is of sussex and
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cambridge in attendance, best not to keep them waiting. well, there is some good news already. alfie hewett and his british partner gordon reid have just won the men's wheelchair double title for a third year in a i’ow. double title for a third year in a row. and of course with so many of the top seeds in the women's draw going out in the early rounds, at least with an julie cooper going out in the early rounds, at least with anjulie cooper and serena williams we have a ladies final to come of real significance —— with angeli kerber. final to come of real significance -- with angeli kerber. thank you. now, football might not be coming home, but england are still in russia for one more match this afternoon — the third—place play—off against belgium, their fellow losing semi—finalists. our sports news correspondent, david 0rnstein, is in st petersburg. david, what would england say to those who think that this is a match that doesn't really matter? shaun connor welcome inside the st petersburg stadium, kick off at 3pm. many would argue this is a match that nobody wants to play in. but for england, it represents a chance to secure their highest race finish of the men's world cup since lifting
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the trophy in 1966 and coming away with a bronze medal would confirm a genuine sense of progress after so many major tournament failures. all 23 players trained yesterday for the final time. gareth southgate will make changes to his line—up, although not at the expense of trying to win. it is likely we will see harry kane continuing to lead the line as he continues his quest for the golden boot, which will also bea for the golden boot, which will also be a fine achievement. the pain of wednesday's feedback we will take time to subside. england came so close to reaching the final, it was a definite missed opportunity. but when they bought a flight home tomorrow, they will do so with a renewed sense of optimism. that international football success might not be too far off. that's all from us not be too far off. that's all from us for now. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. this is bbc news.
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let's return to our top story this lunchtime. president trumps golfing holiday tees—off as the american leader prepares for talks with russia's vladimir putin. it has been marked by protests across the country. let's speak to oui’ across the country. let's speak to our colleague who has been following the protests. it's interesting to see all the stars and stripes behind you, this is a gathering of those who are seeing president tramp is welcome in the uk? indeed. this rally is called the welcome donald trump to london, make written great again rally. they are assembling office it is outside the embassy. they are saying that they want
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donald trump to feel welcome as the leader of the free world. the plan has changed. they were going to assemble here, you can hear the speech is behind me, they were then going to walk alongside the embankment towards parliament square but the police have been handing out a section 12 public order notice, because of fears of serious disruption and violence. they have all been told that they are not allowed to march as a group towards parliament. they are not allowed... sorry, they are allowed to go in small groups, but must not chant or fly banners. it's a curious thing, this, isn't it? donald trump has barely been in london. he's had relatively little opportunity, except on the cable channels in the states, to see the scale of these protests. the pictures from central london yesterday were remarkable. do
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they not feel that this has become a slightly pointless exercise because of the way he has been corralled away from public view? they might very well feel that way, but donald trump is an avid twitter user. and the social media, and the presence of protesters here, the tens of thousands in trafalgar square yesterday, they are everywhere. no doubt he would have been made aware of the protests. although today's protest is quite small, the pictures of yesterday's tens of thousands and, of course, the blimp that was allowed to fly across whitehall and parliament square to trafalgar square, of bright orange trump in a nappy, highlighting the fact that he likes to treat a lot. it would have been very visible, i'm sure. thanks very much. let's take a look at the
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headlines on bbc news. the golf is beginning, donald trump is in scotla nd beginning, donald trump is in scotland on the final leg of his first official trip to the uk. he will travel to helsinki to meet president putin on monday. unrest in northern ireland as explosives are thrown at the home of former sinn fein president gerry adams. investigation is continuing lurch after a small bottle found in the home of one of the victims contains an amount of the 12 boys rescued from a flooded cave complex in northern thailand are expected to be released from hospital next thursday. thailand's health minister told reporters that the boys and their coach were in good spirits following the dramatic rescue that finished on tuesday. they were trapped for more than two weeks. the remarkable rescue was largely due to a team of expert
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divers. 0ne largely due to a team of expert divers. one of them, who found the boys spoke exclusively to the bbc. i was working, at about 3pm, and i had a call that said i was booked on a naim flight to thailand. —— 9am. talk us through that moment, when you appeared to surface and appeared to have found... we were swimming along an underwater passage, if there is a space we surface, shout, and smile. we smelt the children before we saw them. what sort of chances did you give this operational success? given the volume of water in that cave, in the preceding couple of days, it was unbelievable that we found them and they were healthy. there was a lot of debris in the cave from previous
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attempts, wire, cables, pumps and tubing, all sorts of things. the cold was also an issue. some of the children were small, and we were quite concerned by how they would hold up. when you had to leave them how confident were you of seeing them alive again? made them a promise that i'd come back. i was com pletely promise that i'd come back. i was completely confident, but having said that, i live in a cave, and allowed outside a cave are very different things. what did you do, put them on your arm, swim with them? we had some local tidy boys from the swim club, we practised beforehand. essentially, we strapped a cylinder to the front of the child, they had a full face mask, a way of making sure they can breathe, and we had a hand on the back of the child, you
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need to transport someone face down so need to transport someone face down so that water runs away from their face. we were able to manoeuvre them in that way. they were still clipped to us, so if we lost visibility we would be able to find them immediately. so you pushed them through almost like a wheelbarrow? it was more like a shopping bag.“ the passage was narrow and steep, if it was low and wide you would hold them out to the side. you don't panic at all, do you? know, what gave you that idea! you are so calm. there was that awful moment when the navy seal lost his life. there was that awful moment when the navy seal lost his lifelj there was that awful moment when the navy seal lost his life. i extend my condolences to his family and relatives, again, it's a shame, because with the rescue being so successful, that was bittersweet. yes, it was a tragedy. can you see
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that what you did was fairly remarkable? i can see that it was a first. let's take you back to some of those protests, this time in edinburgh, outside the scottish parliament. that now famous blimp of donald trump has a rather angry baby ina nappy, donald trump has a rather angry baby in a nappy, it's being blown up once again, and will be flown close to the scottish parliament. relations between mr trump and scotland's political leaders have changed somewhat in recent years, there was a time when alex salmond was courting him enthusiastically. he was pleased by his investment in a share. now though the first minister, nicola sturgeon, said if he wanted to meet her she'd be happy to, but she is not turning up to see him. david mundell, the secretary of
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state for scotla nd him. david mundell, the secretary of state for scotland in theresa may's government turned up to greet the president when he landed in scotland last night. of course, president trump we are told is indoors, turning his mind to preparations for the meeting with president putin in helsinki on monday. he flies to helsinki on monday. he flies to helsinki tomorrow. we think that may well be, on the golf course, it is, in fact. my eyesight is not necessarily the best it could be at the moment, because i've only got one contact lens in. forgive me if i squinta one contact lens in. forgive me if i squint a little. we think that is the golf buggy at the turnberry course. the president, i suspect, a lwa ys course. the president, i suspect, always has his eye to the commercial opportunities for investments. this golf course is a big part of his empire. he wants to do any publicity he can. zooming away in his golf trolley behind the buildings. we
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will see him again being driven out onto the grass to play. he promised himself a round of golf, it is his primary form of exercise. he plays regularly in florida, he mostly spends weekends there rather than in washington. here he is in scotland, which he says is one of his favourite spots in the whole world. i'm sure it's been very lucrative for him over the years. he can now enjoy the ayrshire countryside, a good round of golf, and a bracing day, actually, in a. then it will be back to preparations for his meeting with president putin. this is the last full day he spends in the uk before he flies out to helsinki tomorrow. that meeting, one—on—one, with president putin in helsinki on monday. that first meeting between the two of them as respective heads
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of state of their countries. president trump, if you spot a man ina president trump, if you spot a man in a white cap, it is almost certainly the president of the usa. he also owns the course. do you worry about the price of houses in your area? some groups have taken matters into their own hands by building affordable homes for locals. it's been so successful the government wants to extend it. it has given a 20 housing fund a cash boost. it might be beautiful, but it's expensive. in lyme regis house prices have stored, or panini 30% in a decade. it means most ordinary people are priced out. but, keith, his wife, lorna, and friend, robert have decided to do something about it. they've set up what's known as a community land trust.|j it. they've set up what's known as a community land trust. i felt that it would be great to put something
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back. it started back in 2012, they were granted funding to get through the planning process. now they manage 15 properties, that will always be rented out to local people at a big discount. we recognise, over the years, that there was a massive need for houses that local people could afford, that was increasing. 20 to 40—year—olds are having to move out. first—time buyers, people who play for the local football team and crew the lifeboats, these people are important. my family live here and i work year but i couldn't afford to move out of my parent's house. a two bedroom property is nearly £800, there aren't enough working hours. we would never have been able to get back. it's nice to have the different age groups here, the kids running around in the evenings. we were born and bred here and we should be given this chance.
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it's not just down this chance. it's notjust down in lyme regis. community groups are cropping up across the country, including here in leeds. in 2008 there were just 16 groups, 110w in leeds. in 2008 there were just 16 groups, now there are more than 240. the government has now committed another £163 million over the next two years to be handed out by local councils to groups that have got potential projects lined up where they live. steve is already involved in getting affordable housing on new developments like this. he hopes to get hold of some of the new funding to. the city centre is a very expensive place to rent, we want to make those homes available to people on low incomes, working families, those who couldn't access decent housing. we can use it to build, renovate, and get projects through to the next stage of reaching their ambition to create affordable housing. cash will
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bea create affordable housing. cash will be a welcome boost, there are plans afoot for 5000 new homes just like this. with only about one fifth of bills considered affordable, these local projects will help, but many, many more will be needed to make a real difference. i have an intriguing bit of news coming into us intriguing bit of news coming into us from fifa, the international body in charge of football, apparently it's not happy with the behaviour of england fans after the croatian match last wednesday. the football association has been warned about misconduct of what it described as a small group of england fans who engaged in political chance during the semifinal defeat to croatia. we have no more details about what the chance work, but we know that the question of politics at the world cup is always a sensitive one, even
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more so cup is always a sensitive one, even more so in russia. perhaps we will get more details of that in a moment. the football association has been issued a warning by fifa, because of some of the behaviour of england fans who engaged in political chance during the world cup match in the stadium in moscow. they were playing against croatia. let's ta ke they were playing against croatia. let's take you to oregon now, in the usa. he had planned to end his life there but had a change of heart. a chinook helicopter from the state's national guard was sent to help with the 11 thousand foot rescue. watch this as the pilots sit the tail end of the chinook down in the snowpack. with the front end still hovering, a team scrambles to get the rescuers and the climber aboard. the helicopter landed in a field, where the climber
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was loaded into an ambulance and taken to hospital. quite extraordinary pictures there. a stylish bit of work by the helicopter pilots and crew who rescued that man. a happy ending to what could have been batman's last day on earth. a huge iceberg has drifted close to a village in greenland, it has been partially evacuated in case it splits. it is near the village, grounded, and did not move overnight. 0fficials near the village, grounded, and did not move overnight. officials say they have never seen such a big iceberg. last summer for people died when waves swamped houses in north—western greenland after an earthquake. let's take a quick look at the weather. nothing as extreme as that to worry about this weekend. the worst thing for us is probably the temperatures. a fevered few were
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lucky enough to have some sharp showers bringing welcome rain yesterday. that isn't the case for many of us, dry, settled and sunny. it will feel quite hot across central and southern areas of england and wales. 0ne central and southern areas of england and wales. one exception is the weather front in the north west bringing outbreaks of rain across the western isles and far west of northern ireland. it will take its time pushing eastwards. high pressure in the driving seat, dry, settled, sunny and hot weather. the risk of an isolated shower in lincolnshire in the afternoon. cloud to tackle the cloud gathers in northern ireland and scotland, outbreaks of rain. dry for eastern scotland, the yellow tones here keep the rest sets down into the south. mid—to—high 20s here behind that weather front. highs in
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mid—to—high 20s here behind that weatherfront. highs in scotland mid—to—high 20s here behind that weather front. highs in scotland and northern ireland. if you are lucky enough to have centre court to get this afternoon, the weather will not disappoint. you will need your son hat and sun cream. if we get 30 degrees for the men's final tomorrow to be the warmest final for 20 yea rs. to be the warmest final for 20 years. a sultry nights to get to first, obviously temperatures not falling very far. mid—teens quite widely. an uncomfortable night. further north and west outbreaks of light, she would remain into northern ireland, anne western scotland. never really making much ofan scotland. never really making much of an impression across eastern scotla nd of an impression across eastern scotland and into the borders on sunday. further south, warmer still, light winds, even the east coast, with that breeze, we see temperatures into the high 20s. the perfect afternoon heading towards the coast. that weather front will
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slip south and east, no significant rainfor slip south and east, no significant rain for the gardens, they are starting to get desperate now. it would introduce more in the way of cloud, and will introduce slightly fresher conditions. if it's too hard at the moment, by tuesday we see those temperatures into the low 20s. take care. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump is in scotland to wind down and play golf

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