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good morning, welcome to breakfast withjohn maguire and tina daheley. our headlines today: no deal, no divorce payment — the new brexit secretary, dominic raab, sends a message to the eu. israel says it's rescued hundreds of syrian civil defence workers, known as the white helmets, and their families from a war zone in southern syria. time to get tough on fur — calls for a total ban after shops are found selling real fur labelled as fake. a beaming birthday smile. a new photo of prince george is released as the third in line to the throne turns five. we are not showing it to you but we will a bit later. in sport, carnoustie is set for a fascinating final day of the open championship. tiger woods is getting back to his best whilst reigning champion jordan spieth is tied for the lead. and transforming lives through sport — 50 years since it was first founded, we're in chicago for a celebration of the special olympics. good morning. despite a lot of cloud in the sky today, it should, for most of us, be dry, warm, humid.
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in fact, temperatures on the up and they still look set to exceed 30 celsius for much of next week in the south. more detailfor you in around 15 minutes. it's sunday 22nd july. our top story: the new brexit secretary has issued a fresh warning to the eu that britain could refuse to pay its £39 billion so—called divorce bill unless a trade deal is struck. in an interview with the sunday telegraph, dominic raab has also admitted that he is still persuading other members of the cabinet that theresa may's strategy for leaving the eu is the "best plan." our political correspondent, jonathan blake joins us. jonathan, is this just dominic raab flexing his muscles? yes, it may be the first time we have heard dominic raab said that if
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britain doesn't get the trade deal it wants that it will refuse to pay the money that it owes the eu that it has actually been government policy for some time so this is him a couple of weeks into the job restating his credentials as a committed brexiteer but what was perhaps more interesting from his interview with the telegraph was the admission that there is still work to be done in terms of persuading his fellow cabinet ministers that the agreement reached at chequers, the agreement reached at chequers, the prime minister ‘s ‘s country residence a few weeks back, is in fa ct residence a few weeks back, is in fact the right so that discussion is ongoing, it is a live debate within the prime minister's top team. still, even though the government negotiations are due to begin in brussels in the coming weeks. one man we know who does not agree with that plan is david davis, the former brea kfast secretary that plan is david davis, the former breakfast secretary who resigned over it, but if the prime minister was thinking he was going to go away quietly and refrain from involving himself in the debate around that,
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she would be disappointed because he is interviewed in the daily express this morning, saying that it would not be the end of the world if the uk left without a deal. jonathan, thank you. and you can hearfrom dominic raab, the brexit secretary, as well as sirjohn major, when they speak to andrew marr later this morning. that follows us at 9 o'clock here on bbc one. as we heard in the last hour, some news coming in from israel this morning. officials say they completed a humanitarian operation to rescue civil defence workers and their families from a war zone in southern syria. up to 800 syrians are reported to have been taken by bus overnight tojordan. the evacuees are members of the white helmets, a civil defence organisation that works in rebel—controlled areas of syria. jordan says it has agreed to give them safe passage to be resettled in britain, canada, and germany. mps are calling for a consultation on whether to ban the sale of real fur in the uk. the environment, food and rural affairs committee has been investigating why many high street retailers illegally sold fur described as fake, which had in fact come from animals.
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sarah corker reports. in the 1990s, evocative anti—fur campaigns raised awareness of the issue. decades on, some shoppers have been unwittingly buying real fur labelled as fake. it emerged that several major retailers had sold products described as artificial but tests showed were made from fox, rabbit and chinchilla. now an enquiry by the environment, food and rural affairs committee accuses retailers of being complacent about the problem. disgusting. absolutely disgusting. i would be devastated if i went and brought, you know, an item that i thought was faux fur and actually, it turned out that it, you know, some poor animal — or animals — have been slaughtered. i'd be devastated. the reason why people buy fake fur is so that they're not buying real fur, so it's pretty shocking but they can get away with that, really. i'd be disgusted to find out that something was an animal product that i hadn't knowingly bought into.
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so i don't think it's acceptable in any way, shape or form. furfarming was banned in the uk in 2000 but it is legal to sell some types of real fur imported from other countries if it is accurately labelled. and eu regulations to ban the trade—off are from domestic —— and eu regulations do ban the trade of fur from domestic cats, dogs or commercial seal hunts. during this enquiry, evidence was taken from retailers here in camden to learn how realfur was mis—sold as fake, and what changes have been put in place to make sure it does not happen again. and the report calls for clearer labelling and stronger enforcement of the rules by trading standards. mps also want the government to begin a consultation on whether the sale of all types of real fur should be outlawed. sarah corker, bbc news. we'll be speaking to conservative mp neil parish, who chairs the environment, food and rural affairs committee in a few minutes' time.
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japan is in the grip of an intense heatwave that has killed more than 30 people and caused thousands to be taken ill. temperatures reached 40.7 degrees celsius during a record—breaking week where thermometers haven't dipped below 38 degrees. the soaring temperatures are complicating recovery efforts following floods and landslides, which killed more than 200 people earlier this month. police in los angeles have arrested a suspect after he held a0 people hostage inside a supermarket for three hours. the gunman barricaded himself inside the store after crashing his car and exchanging fire with officers. a woman was shot dead inside the shop before he surrendered. turning five is a milestone for any youngster, but for prince george, the occasion has been marked with the release of his latest official photograph. the third in line's birthday is today and he is flashing a beaming grin for the photo, which was taken after the christening of his baby brother louis last week. hgppy happy birthday, prince george. the young prince is no stranger to taking a good photograph, though. this is one of the first pictures we saw of him back injuly 2013.
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a year later, we caught another glimpse of that cheeky smile in his christmas portrait. at two, he was keeping the duchess busy as he started to explore a little bit more. aged three and with another sibling vying for his parents' attention, he was still managing to make his presence felt. and this picture of the young prince shows him on his first day of school. not as smiley there. moving on to some of the news for you now. police officers in protective clothing are continuing to search a park in salisbury were we to believe a couple was poisoned by novichok. charlie rowley‘s partner died, but he has now left hospital but is unable to return to his home which has been cordoned off. the source of the novichok has been
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found, but forensic searches go on. a park bench was the focus on saturday. nearly two weeks after dawn stu rgess died, charlie rowley was discharged from hospital. his brother hasn't been able to contact him since. i phoned the hospital and they confirmed he had been released and there was an official statement. i haven't spoken to him yet but i hope to in the next few days. it was at charlie rowley‘s home here in amesbury that the small bottle containing the nerve agent was found. charlie has now spoken with detectives were are looking into what he has told them, and while there's no evidence he or dawn sturgess were specifically targeted, charlie has been given personal safety advice. it's unclear where he is at the moment, or whether he will be able to return to normal life soon. people in salisbury also wonder when normality can return to their city. ifeel, as a local, that we haven't necessarily been kept in the picture of what's going on because we are very local — we live five minutes away from all of this. and for salisbury, it has been hugely disruptive. it's really affecting
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the city, which is — which is tragic. i don't actually find it that worrying. it is reassuring that they are actually doing something. they've got to be covered to be able to look what they are looking for and if they think there's something there, they need to be completely covered, so ijust the sooner they find what they are looking for, the better. but the investigation into the latest tragic contamination incident is far from over with counter—terror detectives not yet saying who they think is responsible. katy austin, bbc news. we back to japan now. it's in the grip of an intense heatwave that has killed more than 30 people and caused thousands more to be taken ill. temperatures reached 40.7 degrees celsius during a record—breaking week where thermometers haven't dipped below 38 degrees. earlier we spoke to our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes. it has lead to some appalling
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stories were a school in tokyo last week 25 students were sent to hospital with heat exhaustion after they were taken to an outdoor activity with, for two hours in the sun. another place in centraljapan where other students were outside in the midday sun for two hours, a six —year—old child died there. they are now saying this needs to be taken very seriously and this heat, it is 36 degrees today in tokyo, will continue at least for another 7—10 days. it is pretty warm here but is this unusual forjapan? it isn't unusual to get to these sorts of temperatures at this time of year but what is unusual, rather the same date in the uk, —— of year but what is unusual, rather the same as in the uk, the duration of the heatwave. it started two weeks ago and will go on for one more,
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they are saying it is a high—pressure dome are similar to what you have had in the uk, sitting over the top ofjapan and the korean peninsula and just not moving for a long time. unlike in the uk where i think you are getting 30—31, we are getting 36—40 and it means the human body temperature of 37, standing still here today, you are sweating just to maintain your body temperature at its normal level. that is why it is really important for everyone to be drinking and staying in the shade. hot injapan and it is heating up here. we are in the midst of a heatwave but it will get hotter next week and here to tell us how hot it is going to get is helen. hello, helen. a word onjapan because we have got a storm which is heading in the eastern china at the moment, heading towards shanghai and a lot of rain there but it is drawing in the heat and humidity ahead of it so they will have the humidity into the heat as well. here, as we heard, not as hot we are expecting temperatures
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in the south to get into the 30s. it isa in the south to get into the 30s. it is a beautiful shot at the murray firth taken is a beautiful shot at the murray firth ta ken about is a beautiful shot at the murray firth taken about one hour ago. a beautiful start of the day because it was actually cloudy this morning. that is what we will find happening in the next few days. this is tenby in pembrokeshire and you can see the cloud, a beautiful start of the day across many areas. even if it is cloudy it will be bright. the reason for the cloud is these weather fronts, albeit rather weak, they have been bring to go for bringing some drizzle. the first satellite picture is in the day and it is starting to show those holes in the cloud, i will show you that in 30 minutes, but for the start of the day, around about 19 degrees in london. through the day, they will sort and temperatures may approach 30 in some southern areas. what does that mean weatherwise? a bit of cloud but dry with hazy sunshine and to the outside chance of a shower.
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it needs mentioning because they could be one or two across kent but for most of us, dry, fine, sunshine around the coast. temperatures the mid 20s, higher than yesterday the northern ireland and eastern scotla nd northern ireland and eastern scotland but thicker cloud and some rain around further west. there are winners and losers in the weather story. love it or hate it, the heat is here to stay. the flow with the south and the mist, a moist flow, a moist air mass, so the humidity is rising which means as temperatures creep up by david moyes to increases and the humidity increases at night so uncomfortable night. patchy rain around, heavy burst is potentially across scotland and northern ireland but they tend to peter out as we go through the day. temperature wise, into the 30s tomorrow. that is when we start to see the effect of the heat starting to pull in some areas but warm elsewhere as you can see. the difference from north to south is the influence of the high which
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is the influence of the high which is closer to ask, the north having the atlantic influence, the weather front around which produces more cloud and gives us some showery rain but 32 or 33 quite widely, notjust tomorrow but through next week in the south, in particular, but the north is more hit and miss because we could have some showers around with those weather fronts close by tuan sing it will be is oppressive by day and night and with strong sunshine, high levels of uv in many areas, very high in the south and south—east, it may be moderate further north because we have the cloud but even with thin cloud, the sun gets through, it is strong, though again the usual caveats with this sort of weather. the sun index, the strength of the sun, is not temperature dependent. even 20 degrees on the coast, the sun is as strong as it was 30. we will have an expert talking about
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the risks of being out in the sun a little later. i don't think have seen vh, very high before. one of the other issues we are talking about the programme is fur. the i'd rather go naked than wear fur campaign of the 19905 with its celebrity backers and provocative imagery changed both consumer attitudes and the industry. furfell out of fashion. but in recent years, some consumers have been unwittingly buying real fur labelled as fake. so should it be banned all together? we asked shoppers what they thought. the committee investigating fur trade in the uk is chaired by neil parish, and hejoins us now from bristol. very good morning. thank you for joining us. good morning. can you ta ke joining us. good morning. can you take us through the key findings of this report, first of all? well, the key findings are we took evidence from camden market and there is a lot of fur being traded as fake fur, but it really is real fur. one of
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the real problems is that it seems to be coming in from china. a lot of very low quality and poor animal welfare fur farming, and so very low quality and poor animal welfare furfarming, and so fur is cheap and it is coming in instead of fa ke cheap and it is coming in instead of fake fur. so our findings very much we re fake fur. so our findings very much were trading standards need to take much firmer action. also the companies themselves, several times they have been caught out. it is all right if they get caught out once, it is understandable, but two or three times and they need to have much greater checks. so i think it is sky news, bbc and the humane society who also brought evidence to us. and we are keen now to make sure that local authorities have a very joined up approach to making sure that when you buy your garment, it is usually some sort of trend to it, a collar or a pom—pom on a hat, and what you think is fake fur isn't real. all right, so you have
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identified that retailing standards and trading firms need to do more, but you are recommending the public consultation. does that mean you wa nt consultation. does that mean you want a complete ban on the sale of real fur want a complete ban on the sale of realfur in the uk? the idea of want a complete ban on the sale of real fur in the uk? the idea of the public consultation will be asking people whether they want to have consumer choice and decide whether they want to have fur, and then they know exactly what they are buying, oi’ know exactly what they are buying, or do they want a complete ban. so thatis or do they want a complete ban. so that is what the consultation will be about. because i think sometimes the bits of fur used on an animal which may be used for meat, is it such an ethical issue to use that furfora such an ethical issue to use that furfor a garment? if it is blue fox being farmed in cages, i personally really don't like that. i think it is an issue for the public, and i
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suspect the government would prefer a consultation, and for the consumers to choose. but it will be interesting to see if we have a public consultation exactly how the public consultation exactly how the public react. the fur trade association says the report acknowledges the view that the fur trade is a legitimate business and it isa trade is a legitimate business and it is a matter of consumer choice whether to wear fur or not. do you agree that real fur is a legitimate is this? what is your view? yes, i have mixed views. i think some fur, i actually don't mind mink being farmed, because i think they are an animal that is used to living in different conditions. but like i said, some of the animals, certainly the fox and others that are used for further, i don't. and so it is a real issue. whether i would buy fur, i don't think my wife would wear fur, andi i don't think my wife would wear fur, and i don't think i would. but that would be my choice. whether i
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would go as far as to say it is not a choice for consumers, i probably wouldn't. but i can understand people really not liking to wear fur, and to buy it, and of course thatis fur, and to buy it, and of course that is why the real issue with this report in particular is that you are getting real fur when you actually think you are buying fake, and that is the real problem. i want to talk to you about labelling. you did say that wrecks it provides an opportunity to improve labelling. how? what is it like at the moment? at the moment it talks about products from an animal origin —— brexit. it is quite complex, and therefore if we actually had a label that said fur or not fur, it would be quite a lot clearer. we just have to make sure we do it. and so they could be a bonus. i hate to mention the word brexit, because i have had more than enough of it in the last few months, as you can imagine. but there could well be a bonus here, to
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actually get it right. i think again, likei actually get it right. i think again, like i said, i can't emphasise enough, when you go to buy a car, you emphasise enough, when you go to buy a car, you expect to get exactly the car that you have purchased. you don't expect to get something totally different. and on this issue, it is an ethical issue, where really many people do not want to wear fur. they would really many people do not want to wearfur. they would choose not really many people do not want to wear fur. they would choose not to, and they would be horrified if they knew they had bought something which they thought was fake when it is real fur. i am they thought was fake when it is realfur. i am afraid i do have they thought was fake when it is real fur. i am afraid i do have to bring up brexit began, because the new brexit secretary, dominic raab, has been interviewed in the sunday telegraph and is reminding the eu that the uk could refuse to pay the divorce bill unless we get a trade deal. we know before the chancellor, philip hammond, has said that it would be inconceivable not to pay it. do you think we should refuse to pay? what do you make those comments
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today? i think we are starting to horse trade and look at each other straight in the face, and i think it is legitimate for him to put that back on the table. i think least with the chequers agreement we have something on the table, for good or for bad, and let's get on. for two yea rs we have for bad, and let's get on. for two years we have been in a boxing ring going around each other. i think finally we are facing up to each other. so as far as i am concerned, nothing is off the agenda. i want a deal. i think crashing out without the deal would not be good. but i think probably all of these issues have to be put on the table. the eu is talking about it as well now. ironically, now that we are all talking about no deal, we might actually get a deal. i also think food in the irish border is a real problem, but i think it is probably one of the reasons why in the end we might geta one of the reasons why in the end we might get a deal, because nobody is going to want to have a hard border
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in ireland. thank you very much, your final question in ireland. thank you very much, yourfinal question on in ireland. thank you very much, your final question on brexit. you are watching breakfast from bbc news. time now for a look at the newspapers. the journalist angela epstein is here to tell us what has caught her eye. we will speak to angela in a minute. first, let's look at the front pages. the mail on sunday has a story about the ministry of defence spending £10.5 million on military jets the paper says it doesn't need. the observer reports mps' growing anger over the refusal of the former vote leave d i rector dominic cummings to answer claims that the organisation that helped to deliver brexit broke electoral law. the sunday express also has brexit on the front cover. david davis has told them that the pm should tear up her white paper and start again. the sunday telegraph has that warning from dominic raab that, unless the eu offers the uk a trade deal,
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britain won't pay the so—called divorce bill. the sunday times leads with brexit, as well. the paper says the public is opposed to the prime minister's brexit plan, and quotes a yougov poll that says voters are prepared to turn to ukip or far—right parties to defeat it. so let's delve into what is within the papers, then. good morning to you, angela. good to see you again. what has caught your eye? first of all, it is the story that u nfortu nately all, it is the story that unfortunately is rumbling on and on. this is a story from the observer about the labour mps and peers quite separately planning this extraordinary act of defiance against the ruling bat the nec, introduced which was not to recognise the international
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definition of anti—semitism. so for some reason known only to the greater minds than the labour party, there is a definition of anti—semitism which has been adopted by various quarters. obviously the labour party is completely subsumed by this issue at the moment. and for some unknown reason they seem unwilling or unable to deal with it. in this extraordinary move, in order to effect a u—turn, a group of labour mps to effect a u—turn, a group of labourmps and to effect a u—turn, a group of labour mps and separately peers are trying to push through this emergency measure or vote to force the emergency measure or vote to force the labour pa rty‘s emergency measure or vote to force the labour party's hand, the parliamentary labour party to adopt this definition of anti—semitism. it is critically important. a lot of the stuff we talk about at the moment, especially with brexit, it just seems like words and syntax and moving punctuation. there is so much tension felt by the jewish moving punctuation. there is so much tension felt by thejewish community and other communities as well, and this is such a benign thing to do. just to have a collective, communal
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understanding, anti—semitism being the great scourge of our age, why can't her majesty's opposition just accept what other parties have been willing to do? labour say that the code is still subject to further discussion. something else you have picked out, in the sun, with kids as young as eight being caught spitting. this is quite a bizarre story, and forgive sun language, but there are young motorists who have been apprehended for being behind the wheel. i can't imagine the situations which arise whereby a young person, an eight—year—old child, bearing in mind that at my great age i often can't even work a remote on the television, they can get the car to work. an interesting point was raised, which is how do you stop this happening? how do you stop people illegally using cars,
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especially young people, and whether there should be an argument for some kind of biometric system whereby only the owner or the registered keeper would be recognised to use that, with kind of a thumbprint technology. slightly big brother, a little orwellian, but if this is going to keep people safe on the road, a recent survey in another newspaper says the thing that worries drivers more than anything else on the road are other drivers. so not having their car stolen, not having speed limits, it is distracted drivers and those who are impaired. this is something i hadn't even thought about, eight —year—olds being out. and they reach the pedals? and a bit more context, those offences, the two cases they we re those offences, the two cases they were talking about, where drivers aged eight were caught speeding, they are two cases out of 55 by children aged 14 or under in the past children aged 1a or under in the past 1.5 years. i have to tell my youngest to put her seatbelt on. she
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wouldn't have time to drive the car, so wouldn't have time to drive the car, so to actually be able to get the thing to move, like you said, to reach the pedals and get the breaking point and everything. what are we going to next? we talked about this a lot on the programme, the express. seven pharmacies closing down every month. and this is such an unusual initiative. again, subject to cuts. the nhs is being clobbered fiscally from all sides. but there is a tremendous move to get people to go to the pharmacist rather than going to see theirgp if pharmacist rather than going to see their gp if you have a mind that year infection, or at least use it as the gatekeeper into the health service, to prevent gp appointments being clogged up. pharmacists are being clogged up. pharmacists are being closed for various financial reasons, and the pharmacy is often pa rt reasons, and the pharmacy is often part of the community, as much as we have still got the community. i know we don't have phone boxes and post office is any more, but people go in
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and want to enjoy an ongoing relationship with the pharmacist, because they will understand who they are. ifind because they will understand who they are. i find that very bleak and depressing to think that they are actually closing, never mind all the pharmacy students out there studying for their degrees. and public health england believe in certain places pharmacies are too close together. there are areas where you have pharmacies within a stone's of each other. yes, but they used to be quite robustly legislated about where you could open a pharmacy. it is not like a hairdresser where you can have 17 in a row. it is interesting they have still felt the need to move this way. you will be back with us a bit later, but thank you, for now. the andrew marr show is back after breakfast, after another eventful week in british politics. andrew, what is coming up? yes, another extraordinary week. perhaps we are heading towards a no deal with the brexit negotiations. what does that mean for you? i will
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bejoined by the new what does that mean for you? i will be joined by the new brexit secretary, dominic raab, and by a labour representative, and also looking at the extraordinary politics of the last week on a government hanging by a thread, our prime ministerfighting government hanging by a thread, our prime minister fighting part of her own party to stay in power, and all of that. i am joined by sirjohn major, who has done it all himself, for a bit of perspective. also fantastic music from a young texan called charlie crockett. could be related to davy crockett, could he? yes, he could be. we look forward to it. thank you very much. stay with us. headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast withjohn maguire and tina daheley. good morning.
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here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: the new brexit secretary has issued a fresh warning to the eu that britain could refuse to pay its £39 billion so—called divorce bill unless a trade deal is struck. in an interview with the sunday telegraph, dominic raab has also admitted that he is still persuading other members of the cabinet that theresa may's strategy for leaving the eu is the "best plan". earlier the conservative mp told the four nil parish told breakfast without the deal, we would get one. i think finally, we are facing up to each other and as far as i'm concerned, nothing is off the agenda. i want a deal. i think rushing out without a deal would not be good. but would let all of these issues have to be put on the table. the eu is talking about it as well. ironically that we are all talking about a no deal, we may actually get
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about a no deal, we may actually get a deal. you'll parish was on the programme to tell us that mps are calling for a consultation on whether or not the sale of real fur should be banned in the uk the environment, food and rural affairs committee has been investigating why many high street retailers illegally sold fur described as fake, which had, in fact, come from animals including rabbits and chinchillas. furfarming was banned in britain in 2000, but imported products can still be sold here, as long as they are labelled accurately. as we heard in the last hour, some news coming in from israel this morning. officials say they completed a humanitarian operation to rescue civil defence workers and their families from a war zone in southern syria. up to 800 syrians are reported to have been taken by bus overnight to jordan. the evacuees are members of the white helmets, a civil defence organisation that works in rebel—controlled areas of syria. jordan says it has agreed to give them safe passage to be resettled in britain, canada, and germany. japan is in the grip of an intense heatwave that has killed more than 30 people and caused thousands to be taken ill.
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temperatures reached 40.7 degrees celsius during a record—breaking week where thermometers haven't dipped below 38 degrees. the soaring temperatures are complicating recovery efforts following floods and landslides, which killed more than 200 people earlier this month. police in los angeles have arrested a suspect after he held 40 people hostage inside a supermarket for three hours. the gunman barricaded himself inside the store after crashing his car and exchanging fire with officers. a woman was shot dead inside the shop before he surrendered. virgin media customers have lost access to ten tv channels showing popular shows including taskmaster, red dwarf and one born every minute. it's all down to a row between the company and uktv over fees. uktv says virgin wanted to cut the amount it paid for the channels but virgin says uktv is unable to provide programming on demand because of restrictions imposed by its joint owner, the bbc. the channels disappearing include dave and gold. here on breakfast, we have been
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reminding you of the need to keep your pets cool during the heatwave but it isn't just household animals that need a bit of help. no. these red squirrels were rescued from the berlin—brandenburg region of germany because they were dehydrated. the early summer meant many of the fruits and nuts they rely on fell too early. so vets have been hydrating them by hand and looking after the animals in enclosures until they are well enough to be released. squirrel experts also say we should keep water in our gardens during the hot weather. got to look out for those squirrels. you do. water in your gardens. get all of your pets hydrated. absolutely. so, what is going on in
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sport? t off yet? —— teeing. i think about 30 minutes. there is a bit of about 30 minutes. there is a bit of a fracked house feel about the golf this year, the super seven, the seven american dominating the leaderboard are living in the same house. will talk about that in a moment. —— we'll talk about that in a moment. defending champion jordan spieth is one of three players tied at the top of the leaderboard heading into today's final round of the open championship. rory mcilroy and tommy fleetwood are in the chasing pack on 5—under par. they are 4 shots adrift, as is a resurgent tiger woods. katherine downes reports from carnoustie. he may have won his last major a decade ago... commentator: he's back! ..but tiger woods is back in the hunt. he looked back to his brilliant best yesterday and he's picked up the scent of the claretjug. i've shown that i've been — i've been there, close enough, for the chance to win this year. um, given what happened the last few years, you know, i didn't know if that would ever happen again, but here i am, you know,
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with a chance come on sunday and a major championship, and it's going to be fun. not such fun for rory mcilroy. at 5—under, he's not ruled himself out, but there was a bit too much of this going on for him. obviously disappointed after the way i finished, um, but, you know, i'm still in the tournament, i'm only a few shots behind, the wind is supposed to pick up a little bit, so, you know, it'll make things interesting. there are now three players tied for the lead. defending champion jordan spieth drove the first green to open with an eagle and soared to the top. xander schauffele, at the same age as spieth at 24, showed similar strength to work his way up, while kevin kisner has led from the start and he's still going. all of them on 9—under, all of them american. it's the first time in the history of the open that three americans have shared the lead going into the final round, but there are 16 players within five shots of them. who lifts the claretjug is anyone's guess. katherine downes, bbc
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news at carnoustie. you might wonder why the americans are doing so well at this year's open championship. it might be because they get on so well. this is leaderjordan spieth at the so—called golf ‘frat house' he staying at in carnoustie with rickie fowler, zachjohnson and a couple of others. they've brought their own chef over, they've shipped over steaks. you can see a huge one there. and to make himself feel even more at home, spieth even nipped out to the barbers. yeah, i don't even know where i went. reporter: did they know who you are? i don't think so. i didn't say much, they didn't say much — he didn't say much. reporter: he didn't say "what are you doing in town?" i mean, i had — he went a little high and tight. um... laughter. i was — this was not — it was — it was a little bit — it was a little bit, um, it was intended to be what i normally get and instead,
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he went a little — he went a little shorter. um, very british haircut — a little shaved on the side, a little longer on top. but it is what it is. it's summertime. it works out. just wandering around carnoustie without being recognised, the reigning champion! team sky's geraint thomas has retained the leader's yellowjersey ahead of team—mate chris froome after stage 14 of the tour de france. froome, the 4—time winner, was subject to more attacks from the crowds, having a clear liquid thrown at him, while thomas was booed as he crossed the line. he and froome maintained their positions in first and second place overall, although they were nearly 20 minutes behind stage winner omar fraile. thomas leads froome by1 minute 39 seconds in the general classification with just seven stages remaining. lewis hamilton has his work cut out this afternoon if he's to win the german grand prix. he'll start from 14th place on the grid after trying to push his mercedes back to the pits after breaking down in the first qualifying session at hockenheim. the british driver is eight points behind championship leader
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sebastian vettel, who'll start from pole in his home race. england made a shaky start to the hockey world cup in london. they had to fight back from 1—0 down to rescue a draw against india. lily owsley with england's equaliser. england face the united states in their next match on wednesday. ireland got off to a good start, though. they beat the united states, who are ranked seventh in the world, 3—1 in their opener. that result puts them top of pool b for now — an excellent start for ireland, who are playing in their first world cup in 16 years. joe hart says he needs to be given a permanent deal if he is to move away from manchester city. hart has spent the last couple of seasons on loan after being told that he has no future at city by boss pep guardiola. i need to go play somewhere, i think that's obvious. i did what i did in the previous two seasons because i needed to play and i wanted to be involved in the world cup. so i'm an experienced player, i have played at the highest level
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for a long time, i've done a lot of things in the game. i need to be a permanent at a club. i need to be an important player at that club. in rugby league, catalans dragons have confirmed their place in the super 8s after beating salford red devils. they won by 44 points to 10 in perpignan, with fouad yaha scoring four tries. catalans' victory means current champions leeds can only reach the top 8 if wakefield slip up in their remaining two matches. to the anniversary games at the london stadium and the first day of action started with a bit ofjustice from 10 years ago — the british women's 4x400m team from the beijing olympics in 2008 were given their bronze medals after the russian and belarusian teams were both retrospectively disqualified for doping at those games. a lovely moment for christine ohuruogu, kelly sotherton, marilyn okoro and nicola sanders, albeit a decade later. to the action then, and britain's zharnel hughes had
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to settle for silver in the 100m. he beat the commonwealth games gold medallist akani simbine and former world champion yohan blake, but couldn't quite edge out american ronnie baker, who won in 9.90 seconds. we have a really strong group of long jumpers at the moment. that was reflected by a one—two finish in london. shara proctor beat rival lorraine ugen byjust 3cm. proctor‘s winning jump was 6.91m. and there was a bizarre incident in the women's 3000m. the ethiopian fantu worku was leading the race but inexplicably stopped running with just 200m left. it's not clear whether she thought she was at the finish line, although it looked like it. she is 19 years old so possiblyjust didn't quite spot where it was and
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even part of the commentary team michaeljohnson said he had not seen anything like that, it was strange. can you imagine how she was feeling? she must have been gutted. so close. just to say that frat house referenced earlier, the players were saying a film, old school, i will ferrell movie, and the older ones in the house like thatjohnson who is 42 says it has a feeling like that, going back and doing something that she never did in the first place. —— he never. there are a few scenes in that film but i hope they do not reenact! 50 years ago, around 100 people gathered to watch the sister of the us presidentjohn f kennedy launch a sporting event designed to celebrate people with intellectual disabilities. today, the special olympics, as it's become known, attracts almost 5 million athletes from 170 countries. cheering and applause. celebrating
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half a century of shining a sporting spotlight on people who have been in society's shadow. this event at chicago's soldier field marks 50 yea rs chicago's soldier field marks 50 years since the stadium hosted the first special olympics. run across the floor and then you have to go. amelia computer that way as an 11—year—old, inspiring a lifelong love of bought. and i did the running 50 metre dash, and i get all the evidence i did and, and then i kept going, i didn't stop, and i got medals for running and i got medals for bowling and bocce and hockey. if i walked down the street with her other kids would look and grow you know what is wrong with her unit or they would get out the way and grown—up people as well, they would just stare but you know that our society has changed, it doesn't happen any more. the special olympics was the idea of eunice
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kennedy shriver, jfk's sister. in ancient roman gladiators went into the arena with these words on their lips — let me win but if i cannot win, let me be brave and attempt. eunice kennedy shriver stood here 50 yea rs eunice kennedy shriver stood here 50 years ago and declared in front of just 100 or so people that one day, 1 million athletes would take part in the special olympics. several scoffed at last year 5 billion people in 170 countries were a part of this movement. she took people with intellectual disabilities and brought them out of in situations and gave them and their families hope. she changed lives in that moment and it has been changing lives ever since. it was good. i won. i won medals. lives ever since. it was good. i won. iwon medals. i lives ever since. it was good. i won. i won medals. i got one and 100. when i cheer lead over like a family andl 100. when i cheer lead over like a family and i feel like this is where i belong. it helped me a lot to be a
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happy guy throughout the years, especially when i competed. former chelsea star deirdre barr has been a long—term supporter of special olympics projects in the ivory coast. i think this is the story of my life, more than scoring goals, i don't really talk about this but i think that is my mission in my life. for those gathered here today was a chance to cheer the success of this movement but also to acknowledge that there are still major golf to achieve for true equality. stuart pollitt, bbc news, chicago. you are watching breakfast from bbc news. the headlines: an ultimatum for the eu from the new brexit secretary — make a trade deal or the divorce bill won't be paid. mps call for the government to consider a total ban on sales of real fur. here is helen with a look at this morning's weather.
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we talked about it a lot in the programme, especially the heat in japan, and obviously here in the uk. good morning to you. obviously it is exceptional heat injapan and korea, temperatures there good five to 10 degrees higher than we are seeing here, but in the uk it has been going on for some time and i know that brief relief with more clout and a bit of rain around on friday certainly helped me. it was a bit fresher for sleeping that night as well. we are starting to see the humidity rise. this was the midlands, some cloud around. cloud in pembrokeshire, so it won't be baking sunshine for most of us, quite a bit of cloud but still warm and increasingly oppressive. atla ntic and increasingly oppressive. atlantic breezes coming in and these wea k atlantic breezes coming in and these weak weather fronts are giving us the cloud. i showed you the satellite picture a while ago, and we have holes in eastern scotland and north—east england, quite
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extensive cloud elsewhere. not producing more than the odd spot of drizzle for the most part, except in the north. one or two spots in the midlands. it is a brightening picture for most parts, it is just that we will keep quite a bit of fair weather cloud today. that will shield some of the sunshine but not all. it is still strong. temperatures a bit higher than yesterday, producing the odd shower but very hit and miss. isolated risks or chance, because we all want the rain at the moment. a greater chance we could see some rain, but nuisance value more than anything. for eastern scotland and the east of northern ireland, warmer than yesterday despite a bit of clout. should be dry at carnoustie. that weather front progresses further south across northern ireland in scotland. some heavy rain and increasing humidity. it looks as though temperatures will be a degree higher tonight, so more of a sultry night. we are starting to see that as temperatures increase by day they increase by night as well. monday
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sees more cloud and rain, thicker cloud, that is, for some heavy bursts of rain across northern ireland and scotland. a few showers to north—west england. but the heat starting to pull in the south and east. we could get to 31 or 32 and thatis east. we could get to 31 or 32 and that is because the high pressure is having an influence here. in scotla nd having an influence here. in scotland and northern ireland, not a washout. some more cloud times, some showers, temperatures into the low 20s. the low 30s looks likely most days next week. especially in the south and east of england. more refreshing around the coast with those sea breezes. it doesn't matter whether the temperature is 23 or 33, the sun is just as strong if there is no cloud in the sky. even with thin cloud that sunshine comes through. it is typical at this time of year. as john through. it is typical at this time of year. asjohn mentioned earlier, you don't often see very high levels of uv in this country, they happen june, july and may as well. that something to watch out for if you
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are and about. thank you very much. i had not seen a red vh before this morning. first, do you think? we have missed the opportunity to ask. we will be back with the headlines at 8:00am. now it's time for click. this week, the team have been to the farnborough air show. welcome to one of the biggest airshows on the planet. this is the farnborough international airshow, a chance to see the newest aircraft up close and witness them being put through their paces. i mean, really, something that big should not be doing that.
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alongside the air displays, this is where the aviation industry does its business, and on the first of seven show days, orders were made for more than 300 aircraft and deals of almost $50 billion were struck. oh, my goodness! i mean, it'sjust so incredible to see what these enormous flying bits of metal can do. but interestingly, the next big thing in aviation could be quite small and very personal. this is the blackfly, a new type of single—passenger craft. now, you may have never heard of opener, the company that made it, and that's because it has been operating in secret for the past nine years. the eight rotors are powered
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by the onboard battery, offering travel distances of about 25 miles. in the us, speeds would be restricted to 62 mph. you don't need a runway because this pav, or personal aerial vehicle, can take off and land vertically. in fact, it doesn't even have wheels. and that is partly due to its amphibious ambitions. it can land on water if necessary. now, after you have towed it to your take—off spot, it's time to quickly assemble the craft. opener is targeting enthusiasts who have open stretches of uninhabited grassland that they need to get between. well, who doesn't? america's faa has approved the design, which has an autopilot function. in fact, it's even said that riders won't need to hold a pilot's licence. it's one of several companies hoping to change how our skies look.
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earlier this year, we reported on uber‘s plans for sky taxis. with the help of bell, volocopter also sees autopilot taxis as the way forward, while chinese firm ehang is perfecting its own small drone—like craft to be either piloted by enthusiasts or self—flying taxis. this week, aston martin joined the growing list of companies with personal aviation in its sights when it showed off its concept design. and rolls—royce pitched in with its own helicopter—like four—seater. so personal aviation is fast becoming a thing. opener hopes to be selling the blackfly from next year at the cost of an suv, and while that's not an exact figure, it seems that it would be within the price range of quite a few people in the us and elsewhere. now, just after the blackfly was announced, it was revealed that the man funding it all is google co—founder larry page. and this is a guy who seems to collect flying cars like they were cadillacs, because this week, there was another big announcement from his fleet —
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this time in las vegas — and dave lee travelled there in a boring old normal plane to check out the kitty hawk. this used to be a top—secret project, but not anymore. you are seeing the kitty hawk flyer in all its glory. so many people think this thing is the first step in a dream that we as humans have had for a long time — the dream of flying around in a flying car. this test flight flown by brittney lasted about nine minutes. right now, battery capacity allows for around 20 minutes, but the speed is limited to six mph. not exactly fast travel, but you can cut them some slack — this is a flying car, after all. i really don't have to think about a lot, other than letting the aircraft do its thing, and then
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putting it where i want to go. it's, like, that simple. it's — that's the beauty of it, because you're out there, you're flying, beautiful scenery, and ijust tell it where i want to go and i don't have to overthink anything, overthink the controls, um, so it's like, all you've got to think about is how awesome it is to fly. kitty hawk has created this small hangout at the edge of a lake near las vegas. the location is important. it rarely rains, but it does get incredibly hot, and sometimes too windy to fly. the vehicle itself weighs less than 254 pounds, which is important because it means the us aviation authority does not require a rider to have a pilot's licence. instead, kitty hawk puts them through a training regime that lasts just 90 minutes. first, a simulator, then a real machine strapped to the ground, and then this fun ball pool with a serious purpose — this is where you practise getting out if the flyer was to crash into the water.
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here we go. 0h! 0h, 0k. there's not much of an interior yet, but i imagine they'll be working on that. and here is the seatbelt. sadly, they wouldn't let me fly it myself, but i did at least have a chance to try it out for size. so i'm in, and then i have the controls here. one of them does altitude, the other one is the direction of where i'm travelling. these things, they're going to crash one day, right? have you had any issues? has one fallen out of the sky yet? we have not had a single — flying people here, at least, we have not had a single person go in the water. we do a ton of flight testing on this, and as we're always developing new things, like, we find — we find bugs and we fix bugs. that's, like, a huge, core part of what we do. as is often the case with new, exciting technology like this, it's not a question of whether they can do it, but whether we're going to be allowed to. in orderfor this flyer to be
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a reality in our daily commute, a lot of laws need to change to make it possible. but it's not the only way humans can get into the sky. dan simmons has been looking at another idea. that is so loud, but he does it with so much grace. so the jet pack does 250 mph. it will go up to 5,000 metres, which is like 15,000 feet. it can fly for 10—15 minutes, and it only weighs about 65 kilos. goodwood's main straight is more familiar with fast cars than jet packs screaming past the stands, but as part of the future lab exhibition here, this man dreams of us all taking to the skies. this jet pack — as soon
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as the whole things off, you do want to clear all of that fuel and all that baggage. it might be thejb11, it might be new, it might be extra—special in the amount of power and the amount of agility that it offers david as he goes flying around this circuit, but once he's done with it, just get the thing off. great landing! thank you. like it! tell me a little bit about this. so jb11, six engines, this is our latest version. sojb11 — so this is the 11th iteration? this is the 11th version, so there have been ten before this. flew around statue of liberty injb9, that's, god, two years ago now, but that only had two engines. so you've got a bit of redundancy. you can lose one of these thrusters and you'll stay up? yeah, exactly. and the computers, they've got to be pretty robust. where are they on here? so, the computers — there's one computer in here, that one's the starting one, that's on the throttle. and then there is a computer system in here, that's our main computer, in this distribution system. and then each of the engines has their own computer.
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so there are six computers, then a master computer and then throttle computer, so a lot of computers. how long has it taken to get to this stage with a jet pack? over 12 years, yeah. i started on it 12 years ago. and it's gone quickly, but it's been a hell of a process. and now you have got this, this is supposed to be in a sweet spot. i am going to dive in here. i don't know whether — is this ok if ijust sort of sit — i'm not going to take it up for a spin. but from this position, what am i looking at here? so on the pilot's side, you're looking at — on the left engine and the right engine — so you're looking at all the engine information on this side. so how hot they are, how fast they're spinning, what's the battery voltage, how much fuel you're using, et cetera, that's this side. and when the battery's turned on, you'll see of that information come up there, ok? right, ok. and those leds are basically — if its green, everything is good. fly. if it's orange, probably you want to start thinking about it. if its red, definitely land.
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jetpack aviation says the jb11 would sell for north of $300,000, if the public could be trusted to be let loose with one, which is why it's not for sale — although the us military is looking into its use, as they have been with jet packs for the last 50 years. the new design will wow crowds around the world, but it could also offer us the chance to have taster flight sessions in the nearfuture. you know, my idea is that young kids or 14—year—old kids — you know, my daughter included — should be able to fly one of these like, on a tether system, in complete safety, and get a feel for the future of aviation. because, you know, it's not big aeroplanes any more. it's about the capacity for individuals to move around their environment, you know, to go from their house to the shops or to their house — you know, to be able to take an autonomous flying vehicle from one place to another. it will happen. it's not gonna happen tomorrow but it'll happen.
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how brilliant is that? and that's it from my a350 and me for the shortcut of click for this week. don't forget, the full—length version is on iplayer for you to watch right now, and loads of extra photos up on twitter too. thanks for watching and we'll see you soon. good morning. welcome to breakfast withjohn maguire and tina daheley. our headlines today: no deal, no divorce payment. the new brexit secretary, dominic raab, sends a message to the eu. israel says it's rescued hundreds of syrian civil defence workers, known as the white helmets, and their families from a war zone in southern syria. time to get tough on fur. calls for a total ban after shops are found selling real fur labelled as fake. a beaming birthday smile. a new photo of prince george is released as the third in line to the throne turns five. in sport: a fascinating final day is just starting at carnoustie
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as the first player tees off at the open championship. tiger woods is getting back to his best whilst reigning champion jordan spieth is in a tie for the lead.

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