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hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 2. aid agencies are acused of being ‘almost complicit‘ in sexual abuse across the sector — a damning mps report describes a culture of denial. organisations all too often have appeared more concerned to protect their own reputation in the sector rather than protecting victims and survivors. salman abedi — the man who bombed the manchester arena — was rescued from libya's civil war by the royal navy three years earlier. labour's being urged to suspend a member of its ruling body — after he was recorded describing some members of thejewish community as trump "fa natics". coming up, the sport. yes, would you have picked him? adil rashid makes the starting 11 for the first test against india. and alina has all the weather. after the heavy rain and thunderstorms, things are looking much drier and one as we head
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towards the weekend here and in iberia. thanks alina. also coming up — meet sylvia — the spectacular new species of colourful tree frog — i'll be speaking to the man who discovered it and named it after his grand—daughter. hello everyone, this is afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. the level of betrayal is shocking — aid workers sent in to bring stability and security to others who have lost everything — become the people who — thriving on the misery and chaos — abuse those they are supposed to be helping. aid agencies have been accused of being "almost complict" in sexual abuse across the sector — mps on the international development committee say there's been a "culture of denial" since revelations earlier this year that workers for oxfam paid for sex in haiti. the committee chairman said charities seemed "more concerned to protect their own reputation" rather than the safety of victims. charities have welcomed
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the report, and oxfam said it has "further to go." naomi grimley reports. it was in the aftermath of the 2010 haiti earthquake that some of oxfam's aid workers severely compromised its much cherished values. they used young prostitutes when they were supposed to be helping the local population bounce back from a disaster. the charity did an internal investigation. they dismissed some members of staff and let others quietly resign without properly flagging up what had happened to the authorities or other charities. today, mps said it wasn't an isolated episode. we've reached the conclusion that in the aid sector, there has been complacency verging, frankly, on complicity with what has happened. and that is because organisations all too often have appeared more concerned to protect their own reputation in the sector rather than protecting victims and survivors. whistle—blower helen evans was once
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oxfam's safeguarding officer, but she lacked the resources to do herjob properly. now she says that must change. what are we about if we say, "we will deliver aid, but there's a risk you may be sexually abused ? " how are we benefiting the beneficiaries? safeguarding and keeping beneficiaries safe is absolutely integral to trust and our ability to deliver aid and leave a lasting legacy of positive change. so the two are hand—in—hand. oxfam says it has tripled its safeguarding budget to make sure incidents like haiti can never happen again. oxfam's learnt the hard way what an abuse scandal can do to a much loved brand. it's lost donations from the public, had celebrity backers melt away and it can't even bid for new government contracts until it's been given a clean bill of health. because mps believe this does go way beyond one charity,
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they want to see a new global register of aid workers set up. but not everyone in the sector thinks it can work. most aid workers are locally recruited, i think 95% are local people, and we're talking about contexts where, you know, many of them are casual labourers, they may be hired for a day or two to distribute food aid. so whether it's logistically feasible is the question one would have there. mps accept there may be challenges, but that's no reason, they say, not to try. they‘ re adamant that, after a string of abuse scandals, this has to be the time for meaningful change. naomi grimley, bbc news. i'm joined now by the labour mp for hove, peter kyle — who is also a former aid worker. you will have recognised a bit of my introduction because ijust read
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your article when i was writing it. while we must stress the vast majority of aid workers are professional and do theirjob as they showed, i want to talk about those that you described is a small number of dysfunctional people who probably could never survive a steadyjob back home. how many of them are there in this industry? it's impossible to tell, that's why this whole thing has come to light. ifi this whole thing has come to light. if i could say there are 25, of course we would know exactly where the problem is and it would be an easy problem to solve. we know from seeing these problems of a culture becoming corrupted and other organisations, and thinking of churches and in the past the bbc, too, where we know it takes a long time to really figure out the root and branch of where the culture has become corrupted and then it takes time to turn it around. this report is very important one. we now must figure out exactly the scale of the culture of corruption that has enabled the sexual harassment happened, and we need to go for the
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root and branch of that because we're not going to solve the overall problem facing the aid industry u nless we problem facing the aid industry unless we do so. looking at the type people who are attracted by the sort of work, many of whom have totally altruistic and honourable reasons for doing it, but but there is another group of people. you have described them in the past notjust on sexual grounds, you have described some doctors who have perhaps slightly strange reasons for covering events such as these tragedies. let's be really honest about what this aid industry evolves, it involves putting people into extremely dysfunctional, chaotic and lawless situations. some people will be attracted to the situation simply because they themselves are so dysfunctional that it gives the appearance of them being functional when they are there, when i was a front line aid worker, i met people that quite frankly i would not want caring for my mum if it was my mum that was turning to some of these people
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looking for help. when you come to that conclusion, then things have got to change. in the area i had influence over, and the aid agency i was involved in, if i ever suspected somebody wasn't fit, proper and caring and loving enough in their approach to work that i would not be very happy if they were caring for my mum in those situations, then i would remove them. it's a very difficult problem these aid agencies have to face, but it is in its essence quite simple, they must get better at firing people who are not good enough to be doing thesejobs. they have got to get better at making sure the people with the right skills and a temperament get into these jobs right skills and a temperament get into thesejobs in right skills and a temperament get into these jobs in the first place. that's the challenge they now face. the sexual exploitation side of it... i'm sorry, can ijust picked you up on the one moment. a doctor in front of you while you were working in a bloodstained uniform, you know the story. he said something to you which i think fight you. i need you to tell me what he
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said and what you did it. well, at the time i was working in the balkans during the balkans war. a doctor came to us, i was with the medical team. a doctor came to us with a bloodstained jacket on, he had come from other parts of the world where there were difficult situations. rather like students when they go travelling and keep labels on bags, he had clearly kept bloodstains on his coat overalls. he came up to us and said, why are you here in the balkans? why don't you get over to cambodia or some parts of asia where the blood and guts out? he said he was complaining that this was too boring for him. i looked at him in complete and utter horror. we were talking about caring for the boy on women, muslim women who had been offered raped and abused and had gynaecological problems by the time they had made it to the refugee camps we were working in. that man simply was not fit. i did speak up about these people when i met them, i did speak
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up people when i met them, i did speak up at the time. we were a very small aid agency and frankly, we were patronised by some of the bigger ones. i had been saying very consistently 20 yea rs ones. i had been saying very consistently 20 years now, in the variousjobs i've had, that there is a corrupted culture in parts of the aid industry, even though overall it is extraordinarily effective and the vast majority of aid workers are extraordinary people. there is some bits of it, some corners, where the wrong people get into those jobs and we are not good enough at out. there isa we are not good enough at out. there is a competition within aid agencies that are no concerns you, the bigger agencies are often against each other, competing for charitable donations. what does that mean on the road? donations. what does that mean on the road ? there donations. what does that mean on the road? there is another story i know you have of a well—known charity, and a moment you were told basically to go away. simon, i am so pleased you have read my report so well! basically, that was a
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situation where competition is good, organisations getting into the front nine and doing different comp entry pieces of work is a really good thing. but unfortunately because of the culture in parts of the industry now, it tipped over into being territorial. that's bad, i gave the example of when i went into a refugee camp where there were three to 5000 people in this camp, and we took in net a unit that was capable of showering 1000 people twice a week, very isolated and incredible piece of kit. as i arrived with it, somebody from one of these well—known aid agencies came running over and said get it out of here, you are not allowed it in this camp. when i said why, he said it's because you got your logos on it and this is ourcamp, because you got your logos on it and this is our camp, we will only have things in ourcamp this is our camp, we will only have things in our camp which has our logos on it. i then said, fine, take oui’ logos on it. i then said, fine, take our logos off and put yours on. then
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the extraordinary thing happened because a satellite phone came out, a call to london this made, and the 0k was given for this guy to go and put his logos on the side of our kit. i was astonished that somebody who had made it to being a manager in the front line, caring for thousands of vulnerable people didn't see common sense and act on it. when a culture has got to that, something has got to change. now, because i'm an mp, people are listening to some of these messages. iam listening to some of these messages. i am pleased they are doing so but sexual harassment and the sexual misconduct is now being discussed, thatis misconduct is now being discussed, that is one consequence of a corrupted culture. the corrupted culture has got to be taken into account, over territorial as, not good enough about performance managing in the field in in difficult situations. 0nce managing in the field in in difficult situations. once these things have been dealt with, it will make it easier to eradicate the pockets of misconduct such as the sexual misconduct which we now know
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about. would you blame me if! rang up about. would you blame me if! rang up and cancelled my direct debit to a charity? if i was watching. up and cancelled my direct debit to a charity? if i was watchinglj would a charity? if i was watching.” would not blame you. as a former aid worker, what i saw in the front line... i became an aid worker when i was 18. when i got to 205! line... i became an aid worker when i was 18. when i got to 2051 started to speak to people i cared about, my mentor other body shop, i spoke to her about these problems. she suggested i go go back to university because i was so worried i was in training enough, i myself was not responding to pull the things i'd seen responding to pull the things i'd seenin responding to pull the things i'd seen in the front nine. i went back to university, i had to go back to secondary school to get my a—levels, then i went to university and got a doctorate in international development. i thought my whole life would be spent in the aid industry because i care about it so much, but when i finished my doctor i ended up a mp. when i finished my doctor i ended up amp.i when i finished my doctor i ended up a mp. i care about the industry and i have been searching my soul, i think there are certain aid industry
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stands stories which i've heard which would force me to cancel my direct debit if i was supporting some of them. but i do support several charities at the moment, and i continue to do so because i have faith in those ones and i urge people to stick with charities as they go through this change, but pay very close attention and if you don't think a charity that you support is changing fast enough, then you need to withdraw your support. for now, please encourage and help charities as they go through this journey because the worst thing the people who are the most vulnerable in our world is that these charities disappear altogether. we need them to survive and be better, but we must make sure they go through this programme of change because if they don't, then they are not fit to serve the most vulnerable people on planet. iam most i am most grateful for the time, thank you. it's emerged that the man who bombed the manchester arena last year was rescued from the civil war in libya by a royal navy survey ship in 2014. salman abedi killed 22 people in may 2017, when he detonated a homemade suicide vest.
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our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani told us more about the background to the case. salman abedi was 19 years old in the summer salman abedi was 19 years old in the summer of 2014, and he and his brother were in libya at the time. the reason they were there is because they were visiting their pa rents because they were visiting their parents who have moved back to their home country. salman abedi and his brother being british citizens. they like many others got caught up in the civil war with the worsening security situation. the government did what it could to rescue but who we re did what it could to rescue but who were in the country, it sent hms enterprise to pick up 100 people, mostly britons. it sent off the tripoli coast and bought all those people on board, his name was on the passenger list, later dropped after multiple safe transport back to the uk. the twist is, during that year
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injanuary uk. the twist is, during that year in january salman abedi uk. the twist is, during that year injanuary salman abedi had already been an mis‘s radar. this raises the question, was this some kind of missed opportunity to spot him? it's more complicated, he was on their radar because he was the associate ofa man radar because he was the associate of a man who was genuinely under suspicion from m15. the security service later worked out the man they were after was not salman abedi, that was a case of mistaken identity and they had closed their file on him the month before this rescue in libya. in short, there was no real intelligence that he was a threat at the time but he was such involved with somebody who was. it was only two or three years later that the concern is came to light, with the bombing. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines charities are guilty of ‘complacency verging on complicity‘ over sexual abuse by staff — says a damning report by mps on international aid. salman abedi — who killed 22 people in the manchester arena attack — was rescued from libya by a royal navy ship three years earlier. labour‘s being urged to suspend a member of its ruling body — after he was recorded describing some members of thejewish community as trump "fanatics".
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and in sports, adil rashid is named in england‘s 11 to play india in tomorrow‘s first test at edgbaston. england‘s rachelle rikki clarke is bringing her playing career to a close after 100 games for her country. newly crowned tour de france champion geraint thomas says he will consider his options before committing his future to team sky. there are calls for labour to suspend a member of its ruling body, after he was recorded calling some members of thejewish community "trump fanatics." in the recording, peter willsman — an ally ofjeremy corbyn — claims that accusations of anti—semitism in the party have been invented. tom barton reports. shame on you! for months, the labour
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party has been dogged by accusations and protests over its approach towards anti—semitism. now a recording has emerged of a member of labour‘s ruling body suggesting jewish trump fanatics were behind accusations of anti—semitism.” jewish trump fanatics were behind accusations of anti-semitism. i am not going to be lectured to by trump fanatics giving out information without any evidence at all. i think we should ask the 17 rabbis, where is your evidence of severe and widespread anti—semitism in this party? peter willsman, a supporter ofjeremy corbyn, has apologised for his remarks and labour says the matter has been resolved without the need for further investigation. 0ver the past fortnight, two labour mps, margaret hodge and ian austin, have found themselves facing possible disciplinary action after criticising the party‘s approach to anti—semitism. criticising the party‘s approach to anti-semitism. you have to contrast what has happened in this case, so
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far, i seriously hope that decision will be reconsidered, with what has happened to my colleagues, dame margaret hodge and ian austin where immediate action was taken to investigate them speaking out and speaking up against anti—semitism. ina speaking up against anti—semitism. in a statement, the labour party said it is committed to tackling and eradicating anti—semitism in all its forms in our party and our society. a ballot is currently being held for positions on labour‘s national executive committee and peter willsman is hoping to be re—elected. he is one of nine candidates being backed by the left—wing momentum group. this recording, though, is leading some to ask questions about whether he should be allowed to take up whether he should be allowed to take up that position if he wants to win. tom is in westminsterfor us now. what other reaction has there been? we have heard today from the president of the board of deputies
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of dues, who tweeted this morning that mr will smith in her view should be expelled from the labour party. she also questioned why jeremy corbyn and the party‘s general secretary had not taken action immediately after the nec meeting at which he made these comments, at which she described as a disgusting rant. we have also heard from thejewish labour movement, members from them saying peter willsman should be suspended and an investigation should take place. meanwhile in the broader community of labour supporters, people like 0wenjones, a well—known newspaper commentator, and jeremy corbyn‘s previous official spokesmen have called on peter willsman to stand down from the nec. as we heard there, mr will smith has apologised. he did this before this recording came to light. —— peter willsman has apologised. he deeply apologise for any offence
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caused by his remarks when he did claim some of them had not been accurately reported. the labour party say his case is being treated like any other. they have looked into it, he has given a full apology, say labour officials, which shows he understands why his behaviour was not appropriate in the party is not going to take any further action. now many of us are packing our bags for a holiday in europe — in the last summer before the uk leaves the european union. so just what impact is brexit likely to have on our love of european travel? around 18 million britons are heading to spain this summer — they‘ve been joined by our reporter adam fleming who‘s in one of its most populart resorts, benidorm. you poor thing! it's a hard life, isn‘t it? let‘s be honest, most of the people here have probably come to benidorm to escape news about accept and the fact is, the way brexit talks have been structured, this first set of negotiations in the first year has been all about
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unwinding the uk‘s membership rather than the future relationship which will involve things like landing slots the planes, health insurance and whether we will need visas or not. there are a lots more questions than there are answers. it‘s the last summer before brexit, which could change how we holiday. it‘s not been decided yet whether british tourists will need a visa or not. even if they don‘t, they could still be affected by the eu‘s new travel authorisation system coming in in 2020, where visitors from outside the eu have to register on a website and pay seven euros. if we need to do it, we need to do it. it‘s a break, isn‘t it, it‘s a holiday. so we need to get away. what if you had to pay extra money to get a visa? everything‘s extra, these days. we‘ve got to pay everything extra. there‘s taxes, and you know what. you shouldn't really have to pay for a visa to come to spain, should you? the uk‘s not in the eu any more. i know, itjust feels
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like you're not that far away, you could drive to spain. however they get here, 18 million people travel to spain from the uk every year. so many it sometimes feels less like benidorm and more like britain. the english breakfasts aren‘t going anywhere, but some home comforts will have to be negotiated in the brexit talks. such as... the mobile phone roaming has gone now because of the eu. if it was to come back because of brexit, how would you feel? i‘d have to be careful how i use my phone abroad. so, you know your european health insurance card, which means you get free medical care, what if that disappeared? you'd just have to be like america and just pay private, wouldn't you? i‘m just going to show you the newest hotel renovation, the rh canfali. tracy says uncertainty about brexit isn‘t affecting bookings for next summer yet. just as well, because her company has just opened this new hotel. the best thing about the hotel is this, the view.
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benidorm and the levante beach. i think sometimes there‘s a lot of scaremongering goes on with the brexit, and people are made to feel very nervous. but i think it‘s in everybody‘s interests to have an agreement for everything so business can be as normal as possible for everybody. right, back at the airport. the eu and the uk will have to agree new rules when it comes to aviation. and if there‘s no deal in march next year, there is talk about emergency plans being put into place to keep planes flying. but, if all goes to plan, there will be a transition period, where nothing changes until the end of 2020. so, next summer should feeljust like this one. for the costa blanca, brexit is manana manana. lets chat about some of these issues
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with miguel, who owns one of the big hotel chains here. how many hotel rooms have you got and how many brits are in them right now? we have about 500 bedrooms, especially in this part of the mediterranean sea, and especially in benidorm, we have 17 hotels, nine of them are here in this place, benidorm. how many brits are staying there tonight?m this place, benidorm. how many brits are staying there tonight? it is the sist are staying there tonight? it is the 31st ofjuly, it‘s a very 9°°d season. 31st ofjuly, it‘s a very 9°°d season. let‘s say 85, 90% of occupancy. loads of british people. british people in winter, maximum percentage of people come from britain. in summer, in high season, where we are now, there are as well spanish, portuguese, and some people
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from netherlands. how worried are you about brexit, or not at all? not at all. well, we are worried, not as industry, as personal. we are extremely anti—brexit, not because of the united kingdom, we are against all kinds of divisions. we don‘t like flux, the flux of peace and the flux of unity. the rest for us is not working. can you see any impacts on your business at all because of brexit or is nothing going to change? today, 31st ofjuly 2018? no. nothing. itell you, yes, industry, whatever the pounds is
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bigger than the euro. today its one it was fantastic when it was one .35. we are not worried, lee. to be worried when it is one one. —— today it is one point 12. not worried about the politics? money is money. there were rumours there may be a round of exit talks in brussels in august so i will not be swanning around the mediterranean or month! studio: enjoy it! are you wearing shorts? we will not hand laughter oh no, don‘t! oh no, you have! thanks, adam. the education secretary, damian hinds, has pledged to halve the number of children who start school in england without basic language skills.
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figures from the department for education suggest that by the end of reception year, when children are four or five, more than a quarter of them still lack the basic literacy and communication skills they need. mr hinds said parents need more support in helping their children to learn. the former round the world sailor, tony bullimore, has died at the age of 79 after suffering from a rare form of cancer. he was at the centre of a famous rescue more than 20 years ago, when he survived for four days under his capsized yacht during the vendee globe single—handed around the world race. time for a look at the weather... things are hotting up. they are indeed. a question for you, what do you think the highest temperature ever recorded is for europe? 48? actually, spot on! laughter i did not tell you that! absolutely spot on. back in 1977 in
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greece, and there is the potential we could get very close to that. in old money, that is 100. big numbers. "100. we old money, that is 100. big numbers. —— 100. we just old money, that is 100. big numbers. —— 100. wejust saw old money, that is 100. big numbers. —— 100. we just saw our reporter in benidorm, temperatures by the end of the week could get up to 46 or 47. very popular as you mentioned, millions of people heading off to spain and portugal. there is hot and there is too hot. that is too hot. we got 47 last year, and we have had similar temperatures in portugal backin similar temperatures in portugal back in 2000 but we have not match that. so if we go to 47 which is what we are expecting, towards the end of the week. that is actually in spain. let me click on my graphics... it is one of those magic things! 47.
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so somewhere probably inland portugal, towards the end of the week. coasts will always be pleasa ntly week. coasts will always be pleasantly cooler, resorts and beaches. but somewhere like seville could get up to 47. that heat starts to extend up towards us. not quite 47 but we could see 32. towards the weekend. we had 35, 36 at the end of last week. is this the return of the wave or a new one? however you want to look at it, really. it‘s a slightly different way of generating the temperature but we will see as temperatures rise again. even up into northern england as well, may not get a 32 but getting into the high 20s. after that brief respite as something cooler, wetter and windier, back to the sunshine and heat. if you want to sit in front of a burnt out prime minister, that is the place to go. yes, temperatures will be on the rise again but what we are seeing today is a bit of a
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northwest, southeast lit. cloud around northern ireland and scotland, because we have an area of low pressure. —— in north west, south split. more cloud and outbreaks of rain extending across northern ireland, running northwards up northern ireland, running northwards up the western side of scotland, one or two showers the dumfries and galloway. otherwise dry, good spells of sunshine. these are the main strengths of the wind, still a notable breeze but particularly gusty for western coasts where the western isles of scotland could see 50 miles. it will be cooler here with the breeze and outbreaks of rain. further south and east, maybe 2426. through this evening, the rain clears away from northern ireland, still north woods at the western isles. some clear spells, close between 11 and 14. more cloud later in the night across northern
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ireland. that process will then continue through tomorrow. for most, mainly dry, good spells of sunshine but more cloud from northern ireland and parts of scotland where we could see showery rain across the west. maybe getting into the far north—west of england later in the afternoon. further south and east, good spells of sunshine and temperatures up to 26, maybe even 27. keep an eye on this area of high pressure because it keeps developing as we go through the end of the week. it extends further north across the country, complicated by this front on thursday, a warm front so it will increase the humidity, bring more cloud and patchy drizzle, some quite misty, murky conditions for western posts and more outbreaks of rainfor for western posts and more outbreaks of rain for northern ireland, parts of rain for northern ireland, parts of western scotland and again, north—west england. further south and east, the colours change. back to orange and red. a rise in temperature. those temperatures getting even higher into parts of northern england, could see up to 27
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or 28 here. a trend through the end of the week into the weekend, even across northern ireland and scotland, temperatures starting to rise. in bonhomme wales is where we will see the highest temperatures, some parts of south—east england by saturday could well exceed 30 degrees again. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. mps accuse aid agencies of being "almost complicit" in sexual abuse in a damning report on the sector. salman abedi — the man who bombed the manchester arena — was rescued from libya‘s civil war by the royal navy three years earlier. labour‘s being urged to suspend a member of its ruling body after he was recorded describing some members of thejewish community as trump "fanatics". sport now on afternoon live. with chris. we are talking cricket, it‘s the test against india for england tomorrow, they‘ve named their squad and there is some controversy their squad and there is some co ntrove rsy over their squad and there is some controversy over adil rashid. all
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about little white balls and little red balls! people get confused, the white balls is used in one—day cricket, the red balls in the county game and test matches. cricket has got itself into a spin about this. people in the sports centre arguing about whether adil rashid should be allowed to play for england. he is the man in form, the spin bowler in form, although there aren‘t many to choose from, to be honest. a year ago, adil rashid said he would no longer play for the yorkshire county tea m longer play for the yorkshire county team in the longer form longer play for the yorkshire county team in the longerform of longer play for the yorkshire county team in the longer form of the game. he wanted to concentrate on one—day cricket. now usually that means that you can‘t be picked for england because you are not in the county game and you don‘t play longform cricket so why would you be picked? that england are still searching for a spinner and still haven‘t found one that they like and want to keep and adil rashid has shown his form
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in the one—day game for england. he‘s played test cricket for england before and did well against india. so he gets in the team. he is in and moulin ali, the other spin bowler is out and so isjamie moulin ali, the other spin bowler is out and so is jamie porter. this first test starts this week. joe root has just been talking, and the captain says he is firmly behind the decision of the selectors to pick adil rashid. i think this is a very specific scenario with adil. and strange circumstances where neither of the spinners who played in the test squad haven't played a huge amount of cricket. in that respect this is where the decision came from. in terms of county cricket, i don't think in any way it devalues it. by zika virus get as a strong product which produces fantastic cricketers. —— product which produces fantastic cricketers. — — i product which produces fantastic cricketers. —— i see it as a strong product. thousands of tickets haven‘t been sold yet for the first
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day of the opening match. it‘s the first of five tests, they have been crammed in, there‘s been criticism about the schedule as well, all done to accommodate india. there are around 6000 tickets available for each of the first two days. so go along and see how adil rashid gets on. the weather is picking up. no by, on. the weather is picking up. no rugby, the most capped international women‘s player is retiring. rugby, the most capped international women's player is retiring. beakers she‘s been playing for so long, what a career and has been, it has lasted 15 years and four world cup. to remain at the top of your game is amazing, she made their debut in 2003, so not surprisingly she got an mbe for services to rugby back in 2014 when she was in a world cup trial, so rochelle clark is the most capped women player in the history of the sport and became england‘s
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most capped player when she surpassed jason leonard. yet she does continue to play and she will carry on playing for the club team, wasps. it is a massive achievement, something i never thought. to get my first cap was out of this world. to achieve a field more than that, to hit the record and surpass jason has beena dream hit the record and surpass jason has been a dream come true. i've lived such a fairy tale life for the last 15 years. there have been highs and lows but i have loved every minute. to wrap up the rest of the sport, geraint thomas says he will consider all his options before deciding whether he will commit his future to tea m whether he will commit his future to team sky. his contract with team sky is upfor team sky. his contract with team sky is up for renewal but is expected to signa is up for renewal but is expected to sign a deal that could be worth £3.5 million a year. the winner of the yellow jersey insists that million a year. the winner of the yellowjersey insists that his relationship with chris froome would affect the decision and that the
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tour de france this summer has only increased his respect for the four time champion. it could have got tens and a bit awkward because was going for the win, so to have a team mate taking the jersey and the limelight and the plaudits must have been tough but he was a true gentleman and a sportsman about it. we we re gentleman and a sportsman about it. we were open and honest with each other from the start. the way that the team is run and everything really works well for me. but them hope open to hearing other offers. we will see what happens in the coming weeks but i don't want to go to any old team. the main reason i won the tour de france was because of the strength of the team. if you have got the legs, the percentage of winning improves when you have got a strong team around you. interesting times. he looks so fresh for a man who has just cycled 2000 miles! times. he looks so fresh for a man who hasjust cycled 2000 miles! i‘ll be back with more sports news later
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on. thank you. bbc news has been told that that women are illegally taking abortion pills they‘ve bought online because they don‘t want to have to take them at clinics. in england women must take the pill at either a hospital or clinic, before travelling home to wait for the abortion to take place. but often it can start to happen before they get there. senior doctors and politicians are urging the health secretary to change the law — to allow women to take the pill at home. our reporterjean mackenzie has the story. it‘s a very physical taking over of your body. waves and waves of cramping and pain. sweating. these women are describing something we don‘t often hear about — what it feels like to have an abortion. i‘ve come to meet claudia, who had an abortion last year. she took a taxi home from the hospital after taking the pill. but within minutes of getting in, the symptoms had started.
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so, i started to feel really unwell, and just extremely nauseous. and was kind of getting that feeling in my chest like i might be about to throw up. and then i started getting cramping at the same time. i just didn‘t want to be sick in the taxi, and ijust really, really wanted to get home. in between getting out of the taxi and the symptoms really starting in that very physical and uncontrollable sense, that was like a minute. do you think about what could have happened if you‘d just been five minutes later? i mean, i know what would have happened if it had been five minutes later. if it had been five minutes later, all of those symptoms would have been happening on the floor of the taxi. i would have been sick in the taxi, i would have started bleeding in the taxi, and i would have started losing control of my bowels in the taxi. i lived 15 minutes away from a hospital. not every woman lives 15 minutes away from a hospital. it was so traumatic and so unexpected. 20 minutes into the journey
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on the tube towards home, i started to feel the effects of the pill kicking in. i started to feel nauseous, i started to sweat, started to get cold, went extremely pale, apparently. and then the pain and nausea was so extreme that i had to get off the tube. i lay down on a bench in the tube, and basicallyjust decided that i wasn't going to move any further. how did you feel, knowing that you were starting to pass your pregnancy and you were in this hugely public place? i felt scared. and exposed. and it just felt really unfair. you know, maybe i was very unlucky to be in that small percentage of people that, it happens
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within 30 minutes. but if it happens, then it does. what difference would it have made to you to be able to take the pills at home? i would have been able to have everything that one needs — no movement, a comfortable bed, a hot water bottle, painkillers. you know, i didn‘t have any of that. i had to be gawped at by men in suits. so, this is the letter i wrote to the health minister. it goes: "one year ago, i took the abortion pill..." senior doctors and politicians are nowjoining women like claudia in urging the health secretary to change the law. "allowing home use of the pill for abortions would save the nhs money, and save thousands of women like me from pain and distress. you personally have the power..." there are women on buses, there are women in taxis and cars and on tubes
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going through what i went through right now. and the health minister could change that overnight. yet, day— by—day, more women are being put through that experience. so, that makes me angry. very angry. jean mackenzie with that report. and you can see herfull investigation on the victoria derbyshire programme website — that‘s at bbc dot co dot uk slash victoria. after becoming britain‘s most decorated female pa ralympian with three gold medals at rio, dame sarah storey took time out from the international competition world to look after her second child, charlie. now, 15 months later, she s bouncing back — returning to the global stage at the para cycling road world championships — which get under way on thursday in italy. kate grey caught up with her as she made herfinal preparations in cheshire. this is how the storey family rolls — balancing babies, bikes and business.
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britain‘s most successful female pa ralympian certainly enjoys life in the fast lane. i‘m a mum first, i‘m an athlete, and if i can do other things around that, then that‘s always a bonus. it‘s about finding the best version of you, whether it‘s in your personal life, in your working life, in your sporting life. at the rio paralympics, her first child louisa was still a toddler — but that didn‘t stop herfrom winning three golds at those games. last october, charlie was welcomed into the family. but sarah was faced with some unexpected challenges. well, i think this time i got back onto the track a little bit quicker, albeit that was a little bit in vain because then i couldn‘t go to the track world championships because of the yellow fever outbreak that happened in brazil. i was breast—feeding him, so that‘s why i couldn‘t be vaccinated. i had to try to make sure that i‘m being cautious with my own diet, so that i didn‘t try and starve myself, and that affect how i was feeding charlie. so it was just about being open minded and not rushing into it. the road world championships in italy will be the start of sarah‘s elite competition comeback — with all roads leading to tokyo and her eighth paralympic games.
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dame sarah storey. she‘s already won 14 gold medals, but now she‘s doing it while raising her own stars of the future. charlie‘s obviously come along and he‘s keeping us all entertained. and louisa has now got her own sporting activities to do. so, who knows, one day we might go out training together, louisa and i, and charlie looks like he might be on the sprint side of things. he‘s a really strong little boy. so we‘ll wait and see what their activities are. but i always enjoy training and competing, and it seemed like it wasn‘t quite the right time to stop. at 40 years old, sarah has no plans of retiring any time soon. with her young family in tow as her biggest supporters, she‘ll continue to push the boundaries of sport. kate grey, bbc news, macclesfield. alice is here — in a moment she will be telling us what‘s hot and what‘s not in the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live.
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aid agencies are acused of being "almost complicit" in sexual abuse across the sector — a damning mps report describes a culture of denial. salman abedi — who killed 22 people in the manchester arena attack — was rescued from libya by a royal navy ship three years earlier. labour‘s being urged to suspend a member of its ruling body after he was recorded describing some members of thejewish community as trump "fanatics". thanks, simon. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. tata motors said its jaguar land rover business reported a pre—tax loss of £264m and sales down 7% to £5.2bn for the quarter to june because of "multiple challenges including temporary issues like the china duty impact as well as market issues like diesel concerns in the uk and europe" an independent review commissioned by the fca into royal bank of scotland s treatment of small and medium—sized business customers transferred to its global restructuring group,
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has found no evidence that the bank deliberately transferred customers to grg in order to profit from their restructuing or insolvency. and british gas lost 340,000 customer accounts in the uk in the first half of this year according to the firm‘s chief executive. speaking to the bbc, centrica boss iain conn said the rate of customer losses had halved since last year and he hoped numbers would stabilise. so what can the rest of the world do about president trump‘s plans for tariffs on car imports? that‘s one of the big questions for ministers from the eu and japan who are meeting their canadian, mexican, japanese and south korean colleague in geneva today. colleagues in geneva today. are really important meeting taking place. the us government is formally looking into the possiblity of import tariffs on cars and auto parts — which president trump has suggested could be as high as 25%. that would have a huge worldwide impact.
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last year the united states imported more than $190 billion of cars — nearly 98% of those came from countries represented in geneva. components for cars are also under threat of tariffs. and that‘s led to warnings that they could lead to prices for us consumers going up between $2,000 and $6,000 a car. so huge implications both for the eu and for us customers. let‘s get more on this now. our north america business reporter, paul blake, joins us now. they re meeting to discuss a response to us investigations that lead to tariffs ? ?explain to us just what these are. these so—called section 232
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investigations, the same thing that led to the steel and aluminium ta riffs last led to the steel and aluminium tariffs last month, they are looking at whether imports are affecting national security in the us, and how the trump has been justifying steel and the mini tariffs is the idea that the us needs to be able to produce enough of whatever product in question in the event of some sort of conflict or something that would disrupt trade ties or awed alliances. the trump administration in may it launched a section 232 investigation into car imports and that has sparked a lot of animosity among europeans and mexicans and canadians who produce components and are worried that the tariffs could really u pset are worried that the tariffs could really upset the car industry around the world. what kind of response are they talking about? that is not clear, they say they are
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meeting to exchange views, we know that when the steel and aluminium ta riffs that when the steel and aluminium tariffs happened in june that when the steel and aluminium tariffs happened injune all these countries launched their own retaliatory tariffs. that‘s an option, they could try to coordinate something like that, the other option is finding a coordinated response with the world trade organisation, we don‘t know yet what they will do, but these options are on the plate. weren‘t these tariffs meant to be on hold afterjean claudejunker and donald trump met at the white house last week? yes that‘s right, we saw them meeting last week at the white house and hosting that hastily organised joint statement, everyone breathing a sigh of relief, it covers more than half of global gdp. it looked a bit more like the start of the negotiation than any deal, but it seemed that there was some sort of handshake agreement to keep any new
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ta riffs handshake agreement to keep any new tariffs from coming into effect while negotiations between the two boxer taking place. at the end of the day there is still some concern that this is ongoing, donald trump has shown himself to be unpredictable in the past so they appear to be hedging their bets. good to talk to you, about life in the us. so tech retailer dixons carphone has had to hugely revise up the number of customers affected by last year s huge data breach? it's it‘s a huge embarrassment for the company. they originally estimated thatjust 1.2 million people were involved. it is still a lot. this data breach was discovered injune of last year. now they are saying that the number of customers involved is more like 10 million, ten fold increase. the
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company which owns carphone warehouse and currys pc world has been investigating the hack since june last year and says all sorts of personal information was involved like names, addresses, private e—mails. they are also saying that no bank details were taken and it has found no evidence that fraud has resulted from the bridge. however, the hack did get records to over 5.9 million payment cards but it says that nearly all those were protected by the chip and pin system. we have seen that so many times. i‘ve had a letter from currys, saying seen that so many times. i‘ve had a letterfrom currys, saying i‘ve been affected by this and you do sort of wonder, you are going to be concerned, what are they going to do about it? they say they are going to get in touch with all customers, to tell you how to protect their data.
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carries springs to mind. but they are not the only ones. they are not. and bluntly, theoretically speaking, this means ten times the number of people they previously thought are at risk of cyber attacks, and phishing attacks, expect a call. no quick look the markets, the ftse100 is still trading in these tight bands it‘s been for a few weeks, it‘s interesting, when the bridge was first discovered back injune, shares plummeted, these days it looks as if the market is shrugging it all off. we expect big news from apple later in the day. could it become the first $1 trillion company? this is what we are waiting to see. will talk to you later, thank you very much. one of the world‘s most
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spectacular frogs has been identified as a new species, after 20 years of research at the university of manchester. t was originally discovered in panama in1925, but has been confused with the splendid tree frog ever since. the creature has been named sylvia‘s tree frog, after the three—year—old granddaughter of the conservationist behind the research. and the man behind this discovery is andrew gray, curator of herpetology at manchester museum who now joins us from salford. have i got that word right? yes, that‘s right. have i got that word right? yes, that's right. sylvia? my granddaughter is something very special and this frog is amazingly special. it‘s basically a species that belongs to the group i have been working with for most of my career, the highlight was finding this rare species, it‘s turning out to bea this rare species, it‘s turning out to be a rare species. you found it to be a rare species. you found it to 22 years ago but you couldn‘t bring it back to britain. founded and photographed it in ecuador and i
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wasn‘t able to collect it at the time. it‘s always been in the back of my mind that this frog is so special, it was unique, different from anything else i had seen. one i managed to collect it, it turns out that this particular frog was the one that was originally collected and the one everyone knows is actually the new species. do you have some with you? i've got sylvia ‘s frog with me. this is it. this is one of our frogs, the really spectacular species, they‘ve got gold bars, huge webs on their feet, really stunning looking. it seems amazing that it has taken this long to discover and also to realise it
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isa to discover and also to realise it is a different species. they are rare and difficult to find, they live high in the tree tops, if you area live high in the tree tops, if you are a frogologist, i‘m a geek so i know most of their cause, but this one has a very soft call indeed, almost impossible to show, almost impossible to find, less than 200 have been discovered in the last 100 yea rs. have been discovered in the last 100 years. surely we want to leave them and discovered, they must be under threat? if we don't know about them we can‘t protect them. it is important that we find out and identify so that we can put real protection in place for them. how does sylvia feel about having a frog named after her? she loves it. she is only three but she knows about the frog and loves it, we‘ve got a
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large collection in manchester, most amazing collection, free the public and in our gallery on the second floor of manchester museum. they are clearly easy to handle but there is a risk inherent in that, you don‘t wa nt a risk inherent in that, you don‘t want them to come into contact with too many people. they want to because they are rare anyway. they are heavily protected in some of the countries where they occur, like costa rica it‘s almost like a nature reserve , we costa rica it‘s almost like a nature reserve, we are working closely with the authorities and we need special permits to collect these frogs and it‘s the way it should be, you‘re right. the worry for anyone in terms of looking after this new species is the climate that is changing. of looking after this new species is the climate that is changingm of looking after this new species is the climate that is changing. is a fungus that has affected the frogs, and lives in their skin, they are
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one of the future beaches in the world that never drink, they drink through their skin. this kind of fungus blocks the pause in their skin and dehydrates them quickly. and it is linked to global warming. you must be thrilled.” and it is linked to global warming. you must be thrilled. i am. it's the highlight of my career, the fact that the frog will carry the name of my granddaughter for ever, it‘s pretty special. we don't want them to croak! it‘s good of you to join us, thank you, andrew gray. now time for the weather. hello, allow for some showers, north—west england, clouds and patchy rain, winds gusting widely between 30 and 40 miles an hour. the rain pushing north many across
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the north and west of scotland, further south many dry with pledges bells and temperatures between 11 and 14 celsius. tomorrow much of the country they may try again with more spells of sunshine, patchy rain arriving into northern ireland, perhaps north wales and north—west england later in the afternoon. the best assumption that the south and east tomorrow, the highest temperatures will be between 23 and 26 celsius so: feel north and west. slowly towards the end of the week pressure starts to build and most will be tried by the end of the weekend and feeling much warmer. hello, you‘re watching afternoon live — i‘m simon mccoy. today at 3pm. aid agencies are acused of being ‘almost complicit‘ in sexual abuse across the sector — a damning mps‘ report describes a culture of denial. organisations, all too often, have appeared more concerned to protect their own reputation in the sector rather than protecting victims and survivors. salman abedi — the man who bombed the manchester arena —
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was rescued from libya‘s civil war by the royal navy three years earlier. labour‘s being urged to suspend a member of its ruling body — after he was recorded describing some members of thejewish community as trump "fanatics". coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with chris mitchell. english cricket in an old spin as robbo acid makes the first test against india. thanks, chris. things are looking much drier and brighter across here. all the details in about half an hour. also coming up... meet sylvia — the spectacular new species of colourful tree frog. we‘ll hear from the man who discovered it and named it after his grand—daughter. hello, everyone.
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this is afternoon live — i‘m simon mccoy. the level of betrayal is shocking — aid workers sent in to bring stability and security to others who have lost everything — become the people who, thriving on the misery and chaos, abuse those they are supposed to be helping. aid agencies have been accused of being "almost complict" in sexual abuse across the sector — mps on the international development committee say there‘s been a "culture of denial" since revelations earlier this year that workers for oxfam paid for sex in haiti. the committee chairman said charities seemed "more concerned to protect their own reputation" rather than the safety of victims. charities have welcomed the report, and oxfam said it has "further to go." naomi grimley reports. it was in the aftermath of the 2010 haiti earthquake that some of oxfam‘s aid workers severely compromised its much cherished values. they used young prostitutes when they were supposed to be
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helping the local population bounce back from a disaster. the charity did an internal investigation. they dismissed some members of staff and let others quietly resign without properly flagging up what had happened to the authorities or other charities. today, mps said it wasn‘t an isolated episode. we‘ve reached the conclusion that in the aid sector, there has been complacency verging, frankly, on complicity with what has happened. and that is because organisations all too often have appeared more concerned to protect their own reputation in the sector rather than protecting victims and survivors. whistle—blower helen evans was once oxfam‘s safeguarding officer, but she lacked the resources to do herjob properly. now she says that must change. what are we about if we say, "we will deliver aid, but there‘s a risk you may be sexually abused ? " how are we benefiting
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the beneficiaries? safeguarding and keeping beneficiaries safe is absolutely integral to trust and our ability to deliver aid and leave a lasting legacy of positive change. so the two are hand—in—hand. oxfam says it has tripled its safeguarding budget to make sure incidents like haiti can never happen again. oxfam‘s learnt the hard way what an abuse scandal can do to a much—loved brand. it‘s lost donations from the public, had celebrity backers melt away and it can‘t even bid for new government contracts until it‘s been given a clean bill of health. because mps believe this does go way beyond one charity, they want to see a new global register of aid workers set up. but not everyone in the sector thinks it can work. most aid workers are locally recruited, i think 95% are local people, and we‘re talking about contexts where, you know, many of them are casual labourers, they may be hired for a day or two to distribute food aid.
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so whether it‘s logistically feasible is the question one would have there. mps accept there may be challenges, but that‘s no reason, they say, not to try. they‘re adamant that, after a string of abuse scandals, this has to be the time for meaningful change. naomi grimley, bbc news. it‘s emerged that the man who bombed the manchester arena last year was rescued from the civil war in libya by a royal navy survey ship in 2014. salman abedi killed 22 people in may 2017, when he detonated a homemade suicide vest. our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani told us more about the background to the case. salman abedi was 19 years old in the summer of 2014 and he has and his brother were in libya at the time. the reason they were there we believe is because they were visiting their parents who have moved back to their home country.
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they, like many others, got caught up they, like many others, got caught up in the civil war, there was a worsening security situation. so the government decided to do what it could to dry and rescue britons who we re could to dry and rescue britons who were in the country. it sent hms enterprise to pick up 110 people, mostly britons. it‘s sad of the tripoli coast and brought all those me pull on board. his name was on the passenger list later dropped off at malta. the twist in all this, during that year in january 2014, salman abedi had already been on m15‘s radar. so this raises questions, was this a missed opportunity to spotting? it is a little bit more complex than that. he was on their radar because he was
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an associate of a man who was genuinely under suspicion by m15. but the security service later works out that they with the man they were after was not salman abedi at all it was identity and they had closed theirfile on him a month before this rescue in libya. so in short, there was no intelligence he was a threat at the time but he was certainly associated with someone he was. it was only two or three years later that concerns came to light with the bombing. there are calls for labour to suspend a member of its ruling body, after he was recorded calling some members of the jewish community "trump fanatics." in the recording, peter willsman — an ally ofjeremy corbyn — claims that accusations of anti—semitism in the party have been invented. tom barton reports. shame on you! for months, the labour party has been dogged by accusations and protests over its approach towards anti—semitism. now a recording has emerged of a member of labour‘s ruling body suggesting jewish trump fanatics were behind accusations of anti—semitism. i am not going to be lectured to by trump fanatics making up information without any evidence at all. i think we should ask the 70 rabbis, where is your evidence of severe and widespread anti—semitism in this party? peter willsman, a supporter ofjeremy corbyn, has apologised
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for his remarks and labour says the matter has been resolved without the need for further investigation. over the past fortnight, two labour mps, margaret hodge and ian austin, have found themselves facing possible disciplinary action after criticising the party‘s approach to anti—semitism. you have to contrast what has happened in this case, so far, i seriously hope that decision will be reconsidered, with what has happened to my colleagues, dame margaret hodge and ian austin where immediate action was taken to investigate them speaking out and speaking up against anti—semitism. in a statement, the labour party said it is committed to tackling and eradicating anti—semitism in all its forms in our party and our society. a ballot is currently being held for positions on labour‘s national executive committee and peter willsman is hoping to be re—elected. he is one of nine
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candidates being backed by the left—wing momentum group. this recording, though, is leading some to ask questions about whether he should be allowed to take up that position if he was to win. earlier, i spoke to political correspondent tom barton — here‘s what he had to say. well, we have heard today from the president of the board of deputies ofjews. she treated this morning that mr wills men in her view should be expelled from the labour party. she also questioned whyjeremy corbyn hadn‘t ta ken she also questioned whyjeremy corbyn hadn‘t taken action immediately after the nec meeting at which he made these comments when she described as a disgusting rant. we have also heard from thejewish
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labour movement. members have said he should be suspended an investigation should take place. meanwhile, in the broader community of labour supporters, people like owen of labour supporters, people like 0wenjones, a well—known newspaper commentator, and another man, missed the corbyn‘s former spokesman has caught him to standout. in to party officials he said he deeply apologised for any remarks laurie said they had not been accurately reported. the labour party said his case will be reported like any other word. he has given a full apology and labour official said he understands why his behaviour was not appropriate. zimbabwe‘s opposition leader nelson chamisa has said his party is winning elections
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resoundingly — and that he‘s ready to form the next government. mr chamisa tweeted that his claim was based on results from the majority of more than 10 thousand polling stations. our correspondent nomsa maseko is in harare. well, he is quite confident he has even said that he is ready to form a new government but we heard from zimbabwe‘s electoral commission said that it will start announcing some results in the next few hours and those results will possibly be parliamentary results first and not presidential. at the same time, the electoral commission has asked zimbabweans to remain peaceful and also said there has been an element oran also said there has been an element or an atmosphere of peace throughout this election period. and also the police have urged all members or supporters of the various political parties to shun any form of violence
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while the country waits for official results to be announced. we also heard from the electoral commission saying that it can guarantee and it is confident that there has not been any rigging or cheating that has taken place. and also said that it will not subvert the will of the people. we‘re just hearing the french president is to receive the british prime minister theresa may on friday. this is while both of them are on fact on holiday. this will happen at the president‘s holiday retreat in the south of france. it is actually a rather splendid building on an island in the south of france. he will have as his guest on friday theresa may. i‘m not sure how much of a holiday it will be for either of them because there will only be one subject they will be discussing and that is of course brexit. so on friday that is in both of their diaries. ‘wow‘ — that‘s how
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geraint thomas summed up his feelings standing on the podium in paris after winnning the tour de france. the first welshman to wear the famous yellow jersey, thomas started the tour as a 14—to—1 outsider. well nowjust a couple of days after riding to victory, the cyclist has been reflecting on his extraordinary achievement. natalie pirks reports. it's geraint thomas! he‘s a double olympic champion and a three—time world champion, but this is another level of showbiz. as the first welshman to win the tour de france, geraint thomas is going to have to get used to it. well, this isn‘t normal, you know? all the interviews and stuff, staying in nice hotels. we had a privatejet from paris to london yesterday with sky. it‘s just like... crazy at the moment. but i think maybe tomorrow when i actually get home and close the front door, sit on the sofa and just... look back on everything, i think that‘s when it will hit me a bit more. thomas‘s route to glory was a brutal one — almost 3,500 kilometres in the
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blazing heat, with some of the most feared mountain climbs in world cycling stood in his way. it was also a tour of attrition for team sky, who faced hostility at every turn after a year of negative headlines. i think it‘s nice to talk about something good for a change. a bit of a celebration rather than negativity, which seems to follow cycling around quite a lot these days. but it‘s really good for myself, obviously, but i think the team and a different winner is always nice. from a nine—year—old cyclist for the maindy flyers to youngsters in that same club watching him win the most prestigious race on two wheels. thomas‘s journey from cardiff to the champs elysees. was one of wales‘ proudest sporting achievements. praise has poured in, not least from former lions captain sam warburton, and real madrid‘s gareth bale — remarkably both former pupils of thomas‘s school, whitchurch high in cardiff. but spare a thought
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for his namesake. the other geraint thomas is a lecturer, who keeps being mistaken for the cycling star on twitter, even from the official tour de france account. my latest tweet that i wrote, "so this is what it‘s like to be famous." purelyjust as a laugh. it‘s now got 12,000 likes and over 800,000 views. so it‘s exploded a little bit. much like the real thomas‘s life. so what‘s next? well, i haven‘t actually signed a new contract yet. so quite good timing, really! team sky might have to add a few more noughts to the next cheque! natalie pirks, bbc news. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. aid agencies are acused of being ‘almost complicit‘ in sexual abuse across the sector — a damning mps report describes a culture of denial. salman abedi — who killed 22 people in the manchester arena attack— was rescued from libya by a royal navy ship three years earlier. labour‘s being urged to suspend a member of its ruling body —
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after he was recorded describing some members of thejewish community as trump "fanatics". and in sport, adil rashid is named in england‘s 11 to play india in tomorrow‘s first test at edgbaston. england‘s hockey team beat island. now they face a must win game against korea tonight to reach the semifinal of the world cup. and newly crowned tour de france champion geraint thomas says he will consider his options before committing his future to team sky. more on those stories for you in about 15 minutes. after becoming britain‘s most decorated female paralympian with three gold medals at rio, dame sarah storey took time out from the international competition world to look after her second child charlie. now, 15 months later, she s bouncing back — returning to the global stage at the para cycling road world championships — which get underway on thursday in italy. kate grey caught up with her as she made herfinal
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preparations in cheshire. this is how the sarah storey family roles. balancing babies, bikes and business. britain‘s most successful paralympian business. britain‘s most successful pa ralympian certainly enjoys business. britain‘s most successful paralympian certainly enjoys life in the fast lane. i‘m on first, an athlete and if i can do other things around that it is a bonus. it is about finding the best version of you whether in your personal life, working life. the rio olympics her first child was still a toddler but that did not stop her from winning three golds at the games. last october, charlie was welcomed into the family. but sarah was faced with some unexpected challenges. this timei some unexpected challenges. this time i think i got back on the track a little bit quicker, albeit in vain because i couldn‘t go to the track world championship because of the yellow fever outbreak in brazil and i was breast—feeding. i‘ve had to be
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careful that i‘m cautious with my own diet so i didn‘t starve myself and that affected how i was feeding charlie so it was about being open minded and not rushing into it. the road championships in italy will be the start of sarah‘s elite comeback. with all roads leading to tokyo and her next deliberate games. she‘s already won 14 gold medals but now she‘s doing it whilst raising her own stars of the future. charlie has obviously come along and he is keeping us all entertained and louise has got her own sporting activities to do so who knows, one day we might go out training together. charlie looks like he might be on the sprint side of things, he‘s a strong little boy. i was enjoying training and competing and it seem like it wasn‘t quite the right time to stop. at 40 years old, sarah has no plans of retiring any time soon. with her young family in tow as her biggest supporters, she will continue to push the boundaries of sport. kate gray, bbc news,
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macclesfield. last year was the fifth warmest in the uk since records began in 1910. the met office‘s state of the climate report says nine of the ten hottest years have occurred since 2002. rainfall has also increased over the last decade. joining us now is — peter stott — he runs the climate monitoring team at the met office. do these figures surprise you? they are not surprising in one sense because they fit into a larger picture. the larger picture of global warming, of which the uk is experiencing as well. and this is of a warming world, temperatures in the uk about one celsius warmer than what they think of the baseline. this overall warming trend, we are seeing this... does this mean we will see more hot spells like the one we have just seen? but also cooler winters, more extremes? we
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are going to see more extremes, sharing in the global picture, particularly heatwaves. we have done studies, i have been involved in a study looking at this, looking at the future for europe and showing that the source of some of summer that the source of some of summer that we saw in 2003 which we are seeing this summer, really extreme temperatures building up in spain at the moment. this will become a common pattern in future years if we continue emitting greenhouse gases and that is a key part of this. but the future depends very much on the future in terms of the emissions of greenhouse gases because that is what is driving the global warming trend. all people who said climate changes could take an age, we are seeing it now and it is dramatic, isn‘t it? seeing it now and it is dramatic, isn't it? we are seeing it now and i think people are beginning to realise that climate change is not just about the future, it is about what is happening here and now and it is really coming in effect true before our eyes. i‘ve been working in the climate science area for 20
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yea rs now in the climate science area for 20 years now and we are seeing the predictions we made 20 years ago coming true. particularly in the expression of extreme weather and heat waves around the world, we have seen many this summer notjust in europe but in japan seen many this summer notjust in europe but injapan for example. seen many this summer notjust in europe but in japan for example. you mention europe, we are possibly looking at record temperatures heading into the high 40s by the end of the week in some parts of the mediterranean. there is a difference between oh that‘s nice, it‘s nice and warm to actually been horribly hot and we are looking at the latter with this, aren‘t we? hot and we are looking at the latter with this, aren't we? this is a thing about climate change. we are adapted as a society right across the world actually to the sort of climates we‘ve had in the past and the point about that is the past is no longer a guide to the future. to get people in the mediterranean are used to hot summer climate but they are not used to the prolonged the mediterranean period
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is threatened with. nor are they used to temperatures going up into the high 40s even, so these are very extreme temperatures even for them. you sit there when you see this sort of data and you get worried?” you sit there when you see this sort of data and you get worried? i think i get worried in the sense that this depends now really on what is going to happen over the next few years in terms of climate change because it all depends really on global emissions. if the politicians of governments have signed up to the paris agreement, which is attempting to commit the world to keeping temperatures to well below 2 degrees relative to preindustrial levels and if we look at the world and they are aspiring to achieve 1.5 degrees. if we look at the world that i could ta ke we look at the world that i could take as too, it‘s a much better world, still wonder we would need to adapt to but that is so different from the sort of really quite extreme risks that continuing emissions will lead us to. and that is really where the worries are in terms of the climate scientists who understand what those risks are in terms of the melting of the polar ice caps. so, yes, i‘m worried if we globally do not take account of the
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science and effectively globally do what is needed to prevent those really extreme risks. beta, there are so many questions. we will do it another time. —— peter. us officials have reportedly detected activity at a north korean factory which has in the past produced ballistic missiles. these satellite images show the site in question. the reports come amid the recent thawing in relations between president trump and north korea‘s leader kimjong un — after the apparent success of their summit injune. meanwhile, president trump has offered to meet the leaders of iran, without any preconditions and at a time of their choosing. he said he wanted to work out something meaningful to replace the multi—national nuclear deal with iran, which the united states abandoned in may. the education secretary, damian hinds, has pledged to halve the number of children who start school in england without basic language skills. figures from the department for education suggest that by the end of reception year, when children are 4 or 5, more than a quarter of them still lack the basic literacy
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and communication skills they need. mr hinds said parents need more support in helping their children to learn. now, many of us are packing our bags for a holiday in europe — in the last summer before the uk leaves the european union. so just what impact is brexit likely to have on our love of european travel? around 18 million britons are heading to spain this summer — they‘ve been joined by our reporter adam fleming who‘s in one of its most populart resorts, benidorm. simon, it is absolutely boiling and ido simon, it is absolutely boiling and i do not think i‘ve got enough factor 50 on but anyway i‘m not letting that stop me investec a tin the impacts of brexit could be on our holidays. the fact is it is too early to tell because the way the brexit talks are being organised, the last year has been all about unwinding the uk‘s 40—year member of the eu, they haven‘t really got onto
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the eu, they haven‘t really got onto the detail of what the future relationship will look like. of course that future relationship will touch on lots of things that affect how we travel and how we go on holiday. but there are still a lot more questions than answers. it‘s the last summer before brexit, which could change how we holiday. it has not been decided yet whether british tourists will need a visa or not, evenif tourists will need a visa or not, even if they don‘t, they could still be affected by the eu‘s new travel authorisation system coming in in 2020, where visitors from outside the eu have to register on our website and pay 7 euros. if we need to do it, we need to do it. it‘s a holiday cini to get away. what if you had to pay extra money to get a visa? everything is extra these days, taxes and you know what. you shouldn't really have to pay to come to spain, should you? if the uk is
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not in the eu any more... itjust fills its not that far away, you could drive to spain. however they get it, 18 million people travel to spain from the uk every year. so many, it sometimes feels less like benidorm and more like britain. the english breakfasts aren‘t going anywhere but some home comforts will have to be negotiated in the brexit talks. such as... the mobile phone roaming has gone out because of the eu. if it was to come back because brexit how would you feel?” eu. if it was to come back because brexit how would you feel? i would have to be careful how i use my phone abroad. so you know your european health insurance card which means you get free medical care. if that disappeared ? means you get free medical care. if that disappeared? you just have to be like in america and pay private. tracy says uncertainty about brexit is not affecting bookings for next summer yet. just as well because her company has just opened his new hotel. the best thing about the
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hotel. the best thing about the hotel is this, the view. benidorm. i think sometimes there is a lot of scaremongering goes on with brexit and people are made to feel very nervous but i think it is in everybody‘s interest to have an agreement for everything. so business can be as normal as possible for everybody. right, back at the airport, the eu and the uk will have to agree new rules when it comes to aviation and if there is no deal in march next year, there is talk about emergency plans being put into place to keep planes flying. but if all goes to plan, there will be up transition period when nothing changes until the end of 2020. so next summer should feel just like this one. with the costa blanca, brexit is ma ana ma ana. let‘s chat about these issues with a dj at a
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local radio station. is it also true you‘re ina local radio station. is it also true you‘re in a take that tribute act? add—in it‘s pretty too as we that but yes i am. it is a great experience, thoroughly enjoyable.- robbie gary? we just go on stage, do a thing against any audiences. robbie gary? we just go on stage, do a thing against any audiencesm the industry working worried at all about the impact of brexit either next year or in the next couple of yea rs 7 next year or in the next couple of years? i would say they are coming yet. the hotel chains, i'm not sure if worried the word, they are sceptical. no one has really been given any information. it is a multinational chain that i work for nadine not have much information. they have a lot of hotels here in spain with majority of british guests and there are so unclear about what is happening with brexit. other particular things they worried about? not particularly, no. it is the insecurity, nobody really knows nobody has been given answers. the
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british consulate here in spain were doing a tour locally here a few months ago where they came to local places to trying give information but they just wasn't any information given more than what we are ready new. you have spoken to a lot of people here who work in the business may say it is in the uk and spain's interest because a business. does that give you confidence that that is the right approach should people bea is the right approach should people be a little bit more concerned?|j think be a little bit more concerned?” think we need to be concerned in general. we're here on the beach on it is not just general. we're here on the beach on it is notjust brits after here, the majority are spanish. spanish tourists for madrid or barcelona who are coming for the seasonal holidays here so we should not
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automatically think that if the brits stop coming to spain, spain would suffer drastically. i'm sure it would have a major effect but i do not think it would kill the tourist industry in spain. actually the spanish government is probably just as concerned about spanish banks in the uk as they are about british tourist coming here. of course, big bus iness. british tourist coming here. of course, big business. here in benidorm create a huge percent of the gdp for spain. it is a small town but there is so much business here, so much brought by the brits as i'm sure they're worried in the town about what brexit will create. have you noticed any brexit affects already? from when the vote happened, the exchange rate create a huge percent of the gdp for spain. it isa huge percent of the gdp for spain. it is a small town but there is so much business here, so much brought by the brits as i'm sure they're worried in the town about what brexit will create. have you noticed any brexit affects already? from when the vote happened, the exchange rate was following the vote. following the vote the exchange rate drops dramatically and it hasn't really recovered. whether do with brexit or not it is difficult to say. however, that is one of the concerns if the exchange rate was to plummet or drop even lower, with the brits continue to come? i believe they would because brits in general are going to keep coming to spain. it is two hours away on the fly, in general brits will keep coming to spain. will they spend as much money if they can't to do with brexit or not it is difficult to say. however, thatis not it is difficult to say. however, that is one of the concerns if the exchange rate was to plummet or drop even lower, with the brits continue
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to come? i believe they would because brits in general are going to keep coming to spain. it is two hours away on—the—fly, in general brits will keep coming to spain. will it spend as much money as they as much money for and what about the seasonal workers, is questionable. and what about the seasonal workers like are they under threats, how they worried? in general. as i say, eve ryo ne they worried? in general. as i say, everyone is worried because of the insecurity but the legal ones that are here have nothing to worry about. if you are legally here in spain like many people are i believe you have nothing to worry about. if you have nothing to worry about. if you have nothing to worry about. if you have are they under threats, how they worried? in general. as i say, eve ryo ne they worried? in general. as i say, everyone is worried because of the insecurity but the legal ones that are here have nothing to worry about. if you are legally here in spain like many people are i believe you have nothing to worry about. if you have nothing to worry about. if you have nothing to worry about. if you have your to work in spain, we believe that you should not have a problem. it is the ones that don't, that comfort couple of months at a time to perform in some of the venues and hotels, are they still could be able to come to work in spain, we believe that you should not have a problem. it is the ones that don't, that comfort couple of months at a time to performing some of the venues and hotels, are they still could be able to come say what is amazed me about benidorm is how many tribute acts there perform for one night here or there, wejust don't know? are you doing a gig tonight? keep enjoying your
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investigated adventure, adam. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina. hello, allow for some showers this afternoon, we saw some yesterday, north—west england will see more clouds, patchy rain, and strong winds between 30 and a0 miles an hour, locally 50 for the western isles of scotland for some time. the winds should ease overnight, the weather pushing northwards over the north coast of scotland, temperatures generally between 11 and ia celsius, for tomorrow much of the country many dry with spots of sunshine but more clouds should develop across northern ireland, western and northern scotland, some patchy rain arriving into northern ireland, the best of the sunshine to the south and east tomorrow, will see the highest in pictures, between
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23 and 26 celsius, the cooler field in the north and the west. slowly towards the end of the week the pressure will build and most areas will be dry up and feeling much warmer. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. mps accuse aid agencies of being "almost complicit" in sexual abuse in a damning report on the sector. salman abedi — the man who bombed the manchester arena — was rescued from libya's civil war by the royal navy three years earlier. labour's being urged to suspend a member of its ruling body after he was recorded describing some members of thejewish community as trump "fa natics". sport now on afternoon live with chris. england have named their test squad for the test against india and the name of adil rashid has been in there but not everyone is pleased. there's much gnashing of teeth in
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the cricket world about this! on one hand michael vaughan and geoffrey boycott say that no way should he play for england. then alastair cook and captainjoe play for england. then alastair cook and captain joe root play for england. then alastair cook and captainjoe root say, no, it is fine. the reason is that for one thing adil rashid hasn't played test cricket since 2016 and recently he said he didn't want to play the longerform of the said he didn't want to play the longer form of the game for yorkshire. he has only played one—day cricket and twenty20. geoffrey boycott says that county cricket is where test cricketers are born and bred so if you don't play cou nty born and bred so if you don't play county cricket that makes a mockery of the whole thing. yet others say he is informed comment here is a good spin bowler and we need one against india so let's pick him. moeen ali and jamie porter will miss out. the test start on wednesday, joe root says they've picked the right man. i think this is a very
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specific scenario with adil. and strange circumstances where neither of the spinners who played in the test squad haven't played a huge amount of cricket. in that respect this is where the decision came from. in terms of county cricket, i don't think in any way it devalues it. i see county cricket as a really strong product which produces fantastic cricketers. thousands of tickets haven't been sold yet for the first day of the opening match. it's the first of five tests over six weeks, they have been crammed in, there's been criticism about the schedule as well, all done to accommodate india. there are around 6,000 tickets available for each of the first two days. now in red to be the international most capped women play at rochelle
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clark is retiring. she's played 137 matches in england, a phenomenal amount, and this has been over 15 yea rs. amount, and this has been over 15 years. she is now 37 so i think she's finally realised that if she wa nts to she's finally realised that if she wants to keep playing club rugby, which she is going to do, for wasps, she needs to quit something and she is going to quit playing international rugby. she started in 2003 say you can't blame her. she's been awarded the mbe for her services to rugby, she was involved in the 201a world cup triumph. so the most capped player in england's by the most capped player in england's rugby history when she beat jason leonard's record, she's not going to stop completely, she will carry on with wasps. andy murray is back to winning ways. he beat the american mackenzie mcdonald at the washington open. murray was playing only his
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fourth competitive match since his hip surgery in january. fourth competitive match since his hip surgery injanuary. he lost the first set but he showed great form when he came back and now he's going to play british number one kyle edmund tomorrow morning. geraint thomas says he will consider all his options before deciding whether he will commit his future to team sky. his contract with team sky is up for renewal but is expected to sign a deal that could be worth £3.5 million a year. the winner of the yellow jersey insists that his relationship with chris froome won't affect the decision and that the tour de france this summer has only increased his respect for the four the future of gareth bale at real madrid was in doubt, she was out of favour with former boss zinedine zidane but things have changed, ronaldo has left forjuventus and the new coach sees a big feature of the new coach sees a big feature of the gareth bale. translation: you
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ask me about gareth bale and the others? we are delighted that they are all staying and we are convinced that it will be a magnificent year. i think gareth bale is an extraordinary player and we expect a lot of him this season between certain he will give the rest of himself. and a very big night for the england hockey team in london, they play south korea in the first knockout phase of a tournament, england needed a late goal from gisele ainsley at the weekend to make sure that they progressed. it said it got tonight, full commentary on five live sports extra. that is all the sport for now, i'll be back later. chris, thank you. let's get more on that charity report now. aid agencies have been accused of being "almost complict" in sexual abuse across the sector, in a damning report by mps. the international development committee says there's been
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a "culture of denial" since revelations earlier this year that workers for oxfam paid for sex in haiti. i spoke to aid worker peter kyle who said it's important to discover the scale of the problem before the issue can be tackled. we have seen other examples of the culture becoming corrupted and other organisations, i'm thinking of the church and also the bbc when it ta kes church and also the bbc when it takes time to figure out the root and branch of the culture has become corrupted and it takes a period of time to turn it around. this report is very important one. we need to figure out exactly the scale of the cultural corruption that has enabled the sexual harassment to happen and we need to go to the root and branch of that because we are not going to the overall problems of the aid industry unless we do so. we are looking at the type of people attracted by this type of work, many of whom are honourable and altruistic. yet this another group of people, you have described some
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who have perhaps strange reasons for covering events like these tragedies. let's be honest about what the aid industry involves. it involves putting people into extremely dysfunctional, chaotic, lawless situations. some people will be attracted to those situations simply because they themselves so dysfunctional that it gives the appearance of them being functional when they are there. when i was a front line aid worker i met people that frankly, i would not want caring for my mum if she was turning to these people looking for help. once you come to that conclusion things need to change. in the area that i have influence over, the agency i was involved in, if i ever suspected somebody was not fit proper caring loving enough, that i would not be happy if they were caring for my mum in those
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situations, then would remove them. it isa situations, then would remove them. it is a difficult problem that these agencies face. at its essence it is quite simple, they have to get better at firing people who aren't good enough to do these jobs and better at making sure that people with the right skills and temperament get into these jobs in the first place. that is the challenge they face. i'm sorry, there is a delay on the line. at one moment a doctor turned up in front of you while you were working in a blood uniform and said something to you which horrified you. i need you to tell me what he said and what you did about it at the time. at the timei did about it at the time. at the time i was working in the balkans during the war. a doctor came to us, i was with the medical team at the time and a doctor came to us with a blood stained jacket, he had come from other parts of the world where there were difficult situations. and
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like students when they go travelling keeper labels on bikes he had kept bloodstains on his coat. he came to us and said, why are you in the balkans, why don't you go to cambodia, over to some parts of asia where the blood and guts are. he was complaining that this was too boring! i looked at him in complete horror. because we were talking about caring for people, muslim women, who had often been raped and abused and had gynaecological problems by the time they'd made it to the refugee camps. that man simply was not fit. i did speak up about these people when i met them. i spoke up at the time. we were a small aid agency and frankly we were patronised by some of the bigger ones. i had been saying very consistently for 20 years, in the jobs i had, that there is a corrupted culture in parts of the aid industry, even though overall,
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it is extraordinarily effective and the vast majority of aid workers are extraordinary people. there are some corners of it where the wrong people get into those jobs and we are not good enough at routing them out. there is competition within aid agencies, that i know, that concerns you, the bigger agencies often up against each other, competing obviously for charitable donations. what does that mean on the road? i know you have another story of a well—known charity and a moment when you were told basically to go away. iamso you were told basically to go away. i am so pleased that you have read my report so well, simon! that was the situation, where competition is good, organisations coming into the front line and doing different, complementary pieces of work is a good thing. but unfortunately because of the culture in parts of the aid industry it has tipped over into being territorial. and that is bad. i gave the example once i went into a refugee camp where there were
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three to five thousand people in this camp and we took in a unit that was capable of showering a thousand people twice a week. very isolated, an incredible piece of kit. as i arrived with the kid someone from a well—known agency came over to us and said, get it out of you, you are not allowed because you've got our logos on it and this is our camp and we will only have things in our camp that have our logos. so i said fine, ta ke that have our logos. so i said fine, take our gloag off and put your son. then an extraordinary thing happened. a satellite phone came out, a court to london was made and the 0k out, a court to london was made and the ok was given for this guy to put his logo on the side of our get. i was astonished that someone who can't made it to the role of manager in the front line, caring for
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thousands of people, did not see sense and act on it. when a culture has come to that something must change. now when i am an mp people are finally listening to some of these messages. i am pleased that they are doing so. but sexual harassment is a consequence of a corrupted culture. the corrupted culture house to be taken into account. once these things can be dealt with, they must be known about. if i was watching, would you blame me if i cancelled my direct debit to a charity? i would not blame you at all. as a former aid worker, i became an aid worker when i was 18, when i was 25 and began to speak to people, and one person
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suggested i go back to university because i was so worried that i wasn't training enough. i wasn't responding to those people in the front line. i went back to get my a levels and then went to university and gota levels and then went to university and got a doctorate in international development. i thought my life would be spent in the aid industry because i cared about it so much. my life took another course and i ended up an mp. but i care about the industry. i have been searching my soul, i think there are certain stories that i have heard although i would want to cancel a direct debit ifi would want to cancel a direct debit if i supported some of them but i do keep supporting some charities and i urge with people to stick with them as they go through this change, yet pay very close attention. and if you
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don't think a charity that you support is changing fast enough you need to withdraw your support. please for now encourage them. because the worst thing that could happen for the vulnerable in this world is that these charities to disappear altogether. we need to support them, we need them to be better but they need to go through this programme of change because if they don't they are not fit to serve they don't they are not fit to serve the most vulnerable on this planet. that was peter kyle. alice is here — in a moment she will be telling us what's hot and what's not in the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. aid agencies are acused of being "almost complicit" in sexual abuse across the sector — a damning mps report describes a culture of denial. salman abedi — who killed 22 people in the manchester arena attack — was rescued from libya by a royal navy ship three years earlier. labour's being urged to suspend a member of its ruling body after he was recorded describing some members of thejewish community as trump "fa natics". here's your business headlines on afternoon live.
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tata motors said its jaguar land rover business reported a pre—tax loss of £26am and sales down 7% to £5.2bn for the quarter to june because of "multiple challenges including temporary issues like the china duty impact as well as market issues like diesel concerns in the uk and europe". tech retailer dixons carphone says a huge data breach last year involved 10 million customers. that's a massive revision of its earlier estimate of 1.2 million. the firm has been investigating the hack — which involved personal information including names, addresses and email addresses — since it was discovered injune. and british gas lost 3a0,000 customer accounts in the uk in the first half of this year, according to the firm's chief executive. speaking to the bbc, centrica boss iain conn said the rate of customer losses had halved since last year and he hoped
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numbers would stabilise. so, rbs isn't in trouble after all? an independent review commissioned by the financial regulator into rbs' treatment of small and medium—sized firms has found no evidence that the bank deliberately profited from their collapse. but the review did find many "deficient" aspects of the firm's culture, governance and practices that led to the "widespread and systematic" inappropriate treatment of customers. so no action will be taken against royal bank of scotland and its senior managers. all of this relates to the bank's actions between 2008 and 2013 when some firms claimed they were pushed into bankruptcy and were stripped of their assets after they were transferred into the controversial global
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restructuring group (grg) division. earlier we spoke to maike currie, from fidelity investment management. what it is interesting is that this unit known as the global restructuring group, with an isp, was responsible for handling small and medium—sized businesses in trouble. the business was referred to the union if it's kept a loan repayment or suffered a big drop in sales and profit. but there was a conflict of interest because the unit was focused on generating income by charging higherfees, and by the acquisition of property and equity. at its peak, it handled about 16,000 cases. it was in existence from 2005 and 52 2013. there has been a lot of public interest in this report because as
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we know, small and medium—sized businesses are the lifeblood of the uk economy. and they were not treated fairly. a key point is that the city watchdog, the fca, has not got the remit to look at lending to small and medium—sized businesses, and in that regard, it cannot have those finds that it usually levies if there is misconduct. lots of results out today in the fast food/catering sector? yes, shares in greggs soared after the bakery chain reported a 5.2% rise in interim revenues to £a76m and pre—tax profits of £2a.1m on £19.am in the first six months of last year. the company said it had seen strong growth in sales of hot drinks, breakfast, healthier choices and hot food. however, just eat has reported a 3% fall in pre—tax profits to £a8.1m for the six months tojune on revenues a5% higher at £358.am. the online food delivery app said profits fell following its £200m acquisition of rival hungry house.
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joining us now is emma lake, news editor at the caterer magazine. emma, what do you make of these results ? emma, what do you make of these results? the purchase of hungry house acid profit, however revenue growth was healthy and they have increased their forecast for the full—year revenue. that'sjust eat. they have also increased their predicted spencer lego. so seeing competition from uber need to up their game for a competitive market. for greggs bakers, their shares have bounced up today on the back of these results, after the introduction of healthier foods, great breakfast options and their new £2 pizza and afternoon drink deal. you mentioned disruptors like
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j deal. you mentioned disruptors like j eats. for many, just eat is described as destructive so it is a surprise they did not do better. uber have their own drivers. i think this is where the investment will go. good to talk to you. we have to leave it there. now a quick look at the markets. dixons coffin warehouse, the number of users affected by that data breach has gone from about! million to about 10 million, and could apple become the first of $1 trillion company? we will have to and see. back to you later, thanks alice. one of the world's most spectacular frogs has been
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identified as a new species, after 20 years of research at the university of manchester. it was originally discovered in panama in1925, but has been confused with the splendid tree frog ever since. the creature has been named sylvia's tree frog, after the three—year—old granddaughter of the conservationist behind the research. well, andrew gray — who is curator of herpetology at manchester museum — is behind this discovery and i spoke to him a short time ago. now this is the frog, this is one of our sylvia's leaf frogs, real spectacular species, beautiful gold sides with black bars, huge webs on their hands and feet, and two colours in their eye. really spectacular, stunning frog. andrew, just looking at that frog there, it seems that it's amazing that it's taken this long, a to discover, and b to realise this is a different species. absolutely.
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they're very, very rare, very difficult to find. they live high up in the tree tops in primary forest. they've got a very very soft call, so they're very hard to find. if you're a frogologist, and out looking, and you know the calls of the frog, i'm a bit of a geek, so i know most of them, most of the frog calls out there. but this 1's got a very, very soft call indeed. almost impossible to hear. almost impossible to find. and there's actually a bit less than 200 that have less than 200 that have been discovered in the last hundred years. but that's probably a good thing because we want to leave them undiscovered, don't we? they must be under threat. we want to know about them so that we can protect them, because otherwise, if we don't know about them we can't protect them. there are many species that are becoming extinct without us even knowing about it. it is important that we find out, that we identify.
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so that we can put real protection in place for them. how does sylvia feel about having a frog named after her? she absolutely loves it. she is only three. but already she knows about the frog, she loves it, she's been to manchester museum, where we've got a very large collection of these tropical frogs. we've got the largest collection outside central america. an amazing collection. free to the public. and in our gallery on the second floor at manchester museum. they are clearly very easy to handle, you are showing that right now. but there's a risk inherent in that, isn't there? you don't want these frogs to come into contact with too many people. no, we don't, no. they won't do because they are very, very rare anyway. not many people find them. but they are heavily protected in some of the countries where they occur. in costa rica it's almost like a nature reserve. so it's very difficult, we are working very closely with the authorities out there, we have to get special permits to actually collect any of these frogs. that's the way it should be. and the worry of course for everybody in terms of looking after any new species, the climate, which we know is changing. yes, that's one of the main problems for a lot of these frogs. there's a fungus that has affected the frogs.
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it lives in the skin of the frogs. and frogs, all frogs, they're one of the few species in the world that never drink. they drink everything through their skin. so this chytrid fungus blocks pores in the skin of the frogs, and it dehydrates them really quickly. and it is linked to global warming. you must be thrilled. i am, actually. it is really the highlight of my career. and the fact that this frog will carry that name of my granddaughter, forever. fantastic. time for a look at the weather. here's alina. the trend now is warmer and drier weather but not for everyone, we've had rain and thunder through the midlands and east anglia, now cleared away. some spells of sunshine coming through a large swathe of the country but not for eve ryo ne swathe of the country but not for everyone because we have an area of low pressure to the north—west of the uk, some windy conditions here and front pushing its way north and east, generating more clouds and patchy rain, the western isles of scotland, and it's this part of the country which will see these wins, between 30 and a0 miles an hour, perhaps as high as 50, the western
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isles of scotland, this afternoon, we will lose the rain from northern ireland but keep a fair amount of cloutier, that's rain extending its way northwards, mainly through the west and north of scotland, temperatures generally between 11 and 1a celsius. not as much of a contrast from north to south, as we have seen in recent nights but tomorrow for much of the country it is dry, some good spots of sunshine, there will be more clout through the afternoon through northern ireland into north—west england, pape souare is as well, just telling a bit misty and mickey in places. temperature— twice tomorrow 17—205 celsius for northern ireland and scotland, up to 26 or 27 for south—east england. the area of high pressure keeps building through the end of the week. the thursday, this front is complicating things and bringing more clout, or humidity as well, quite misty and mickey again for the hills of north—west england, and the north west side of scotland, some patchy
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rain at times, further south and east the drier conditions, notice how the colours are building a game, those red and orange colours starting to develop across southern, central and eastern england, temperatures on thursday reaching 30 celsius. quite a contrast across northern ireland and scotland between 18 and 21 celsius. the trend is something drier and warmer for much of the country, extending its way northwards through much of friday and into saturday so some showers across the far north—west scotla nd showers across the far north—west scotland so we should seek good sunshine and damages arising once more. “— sunshine and damages arising once more. —— we should cease in good sunshine and temperatures rising ones again. —— we should see some good sunshine again. tribute act hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at apm.
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aid agencies are acused of being ‘almost complicit‘ in sexual abuse across the sector — a damning mps report describes a culture of denial. organisations all too often have appeared more concerned to protect their own reputation in the sector rather than protecting victims and survivors. salman abedi — the man who bombed the manchester arena — was rescued from libya's civil war by the royal navy three years earlier. labour's being urged to suspend a leading member of its ruling body — after he was recorded describing some members of thejewish community as trump "fa natics". coming up on afternoon live all the sport... two years out, he had given up the long form of the game but adil rashid will play test match cricket for england tomorrow. we will have more later. it is warming up again. not only here but further afield. if you're staying in the uk things are looking warmer and drier but if you're heading to spain and portugal we could get close to some
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record—breaking temperatures. all the details in half an hour. hello everyone — this is afternoon live. the level of betrayal is shocking — aid workers sent in to bring stability and security to others who have lost everything — become the people who — thriving on the misery and chaos — abuse those they are supposed to be helping. aid agencies have been accused of being "almost complict" in sexual abuse across the sector — mps on the international development committee say there's been a "culture of denial" since revelations earlier this year that workers for oxfam paid for sex in haiti. the committee chairman said charities seemed "more concerned to protect their own reputation" rather than the safety of victims. charities have welcomed the report, and oxfam said it has "further to go." naomi grimley reports. it was in the aftermath of the 2010 haiti earthquake that some
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of oxfam's aid workers severely compromised its much cherished values. they used young prostitutes when they were supposed to be helping the local population bounce back from a disaster. the charity did an internal investigation. they dismissed some members of staff and let others quietly resign without properly flagging up what had happened to the authorities or other charities. today, mps said it wasn't an isolated episode. we've reached the conclusion that in the aid sector, there has been complacency verging, frankly, on complicity with what has happened. and that is because organisations all too often have appeared more concerned to protect their own reputation in the sector rather than protecting victims and survivors. whistle—blower helen evans was once oxfam's safeguarding officer, but she lacked the resources to do herjob properly. now she says that must change.
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what are we about if we say, "we will deliver aid, but there's a risk you may be sexually abused ? " how are we benefiting the beneficiaries? safeguarding and keeping beneficiaries safe is absolutely integral to trust and our ability to deliver aid and leave a lasting legacy of positive change. so the two are hand—in—hand. oxfam says it has tripled its safeguarding budget to make sure incidents like haiti can never happen again. oxfam's learnt the hard way what an abuse scandal can do to a much loved brand. it's lost donations from the public, had celebrity backers melt away and it can't even bid for new government contracts until it's been given a clean bill of health. because mps believe this does go way beyond one charity, they want to see a new global register of aid workers set up. but not everyone in the sector thinks it can work. most aid workers are locally recruited, i think 95% are local
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people, and we're talking about contexts where, you know, many of them are casual labourers, they may be hired for a day or two to distribute food aid. so whether it's logistically feasible is the question one would have there. mps accept there may be challenges, but that's no reason, they say, not to try. they‘ re adamant that, after a string of abuse scandals, this has to be the time for meaningful change. naomi grimley, bbc news. it's emerged that the man who bombed the manchester arena last year was rescued from the civil war in libya by a royal navy survey ship in 201a. salman abedi killed 22 people in may 2017, when he detonated a homemade suicide vest. our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani told us more about the background to the case: salman abedi was 19 years old in the summer of 201a, and he and his brother were in libya at the time. the reason they were there is because they were visiting their parents who had moved back
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to their home country. salman abedi and his brother being british citizens. they like many others got caught up in the civil war with the worsening security situation. the government did what it could to rescue britons who were in the country, it sent hms enterprise to pick up 100 people, mostly britons. it sat off the tripoli coast and bought all those people on board, his name was on the passenger list, later dropped after multiple safe transport back to the uk. the twist is, during that year injanuary salman abedi had already been an m15's radar. this raises the question, was this some kind of missed opportunity to spot him? it's more complicated, he was on their radar because he was the associate of a man who was genuinely under suspicion from m15. the security service later worked out the man they were after was not salman abedi, that was a case of mistaken identity and they had closed their file on him the month before this rescue in libya.
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in short, there was no real intelligence that he was a threat at the time but he was involved with somebody who was. it was only two or three years later that the concern is came to light, with the bombing. there are calls for labour to suspend a member of its ruling body, after he was recorded calling some members of the jewish community "trump fanatics." in the recording, peter willsman — an ally ofjeremy corbyn — claims that accusations of anti—semitism in the party have been invented. tom barton reports. shame on you! for months, the labour party has been dogged by accusations and protests over its approach towards anti—semitism. now a recording has emerged of a member of labour's ruling body suggesting jewish trump fanatics were behind accusations of anti—semitism. i am not going to be lectured to by trump fanatics giving out information without any evidence at all.
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i think we should ask the 70 rabbis, where is your evidence of severe and widespread anti—semitism in this party? peter willsman, a supporter ofjeremy corbyn, has apologised for his remarks and labour says the matter has been resolved without the need for further investigation. over the past fortnight, two labour mps, margaret hodge and ian austin, have found themselves facing possible disciplinary action after criticising the party's approach to anti—semitism. you have to contrast what has happened in this case, so far, i seriously hope that decision will be reconsidered, with what has happened to my colleagues, dame margaret hodge and ian austin where immediate action was taken to investigate them speaking out and speaking up against anti—semitism. in a statement, the labour party said it is committed to tackling and eradicating anti—semitism in all its forms in our
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party and our society. a ballot is currently being held for positions on labour's national executive committee and peter willsman is hoping to be re—elected. he is one of nine candidates being backed by the left—wing momentum group. this recording, though, is leading some to ask questions about whether he should be allowed to take up that position if he was to win. tom barton, bbc news, westminster. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent tom barton — he gave me this update. well, we have heard today from the president of the board of deputies ofjews. she tweeted this morning that mr willsman, in her view, should be expelled from the labour party. she also questioned why jeremy corbyn and the party's general secretary, jennie formby, hadn't taken action immediately after the nec meeting at which he made these comments, which she described as ‘a disgusting rant‘. we have also heard from
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the jewish labour movement. members saying that mr willsman should be suspended and an investigation should take place. meanwhile, in the broader community of labour supporters, people like 0wenjones, a well—known newspaper commentator, matt zarb—cousin, who used to be jeremy corbyn‘s official spokesman, have called for mr willsman to stand down from the nec. now, as we heard in my report, mr willsman has apologised. he did this before this recording came to light, in a letter to party officials. he said he deeply apologised for any offence caused by his remarks, although he did claim that some of them hadn‘t been accurately reported. now, the labour party say that his case has been treated like any other would. they have looked into it. he has given a full apology, say labour officials, which show that he understands why his behaviour was not appropriate and the party isn‘t going to take any further action. in the next ten minutes or so i
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should be speaking to the... she has been on twitter attacking labour. we would be talking to her next ten minutes or so. zimbabwe‘s opposition leader nelson chamisa has said his party is winning elections resoundingly — and that he‘s ready to form the next government. mr chamisa tweeted that his claim was based on results from the majority of more than 10 thousand polling stations. our correspondent nomsa maseko is in harare. well, he is quite confident. he has even said that he is ready to form a new government but we heard from zimbabwe‘s electoral commission said that it will start announcing some results in the next few hours and those results will possibly be parliamentary results first and not presidential. at the same time, the electoral commission has asked zimbabweans to remain peaceful and also said there has been an element or an atmosphere of peace throughout this election period. and also the police have urged all members or supporters of the various political parties to shun any form of violence while the country waits for official
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results to be announced. we also heard from the electoral commission saying that it can guarantee and it is confident that there has not been any rigging or cheating that has taken place. and also said that it will not subvert the will of the people. us officials have reportedly detected activity at a north korean factory which has in the past produced ballistic missiles. these satellite images show the site in question. the reports come amid the recent thawing in relations between president trump and north korea‘s leader kimjong un — after the apparent success of their summit injune. meanwhile, president trump has offered to meet the leaders of iran,
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without any preconditions and at a time of their choosing. he said he wanted to work out something meaningful to replace the multi—national nuclear deal with iran, which the united states abandoned in may. ‘wow‘ — that‘s how geraint thomas summed up his feelings standing on the podium in paris after winnning the tour de france. the first welshman to wear the famous yellow jersey, thomas started the tour as a 1a—to—1 outsider. well nowjust a couple of days after riding to victory, the cyclist has been reflecting on his extraordinary achievement. natalie pirks reports. it‘s geraint thomas! he‘s a double olympic champion and three—time world champion, but this is another level of showbiz. as the first welshman to win the tour de france, geraint thomas is going to have to get used to it. well, this isn‘t normal, you know? all the interviews and stuff, staying in nice hotels. we had a privatejet from paris to london yesterday with sky. it‘s just like... crazy at the moment. but i think maybe tomorrow
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when i actually get home and close the front door, sit on the sofa and just... look back on everything, i think that‘s when it will hit me a bit more. thomas‘s route to glory was a brutal one, and with almost 3500 kilometres in the blazing heat, with some of the most feared mountain climbs in a world cycling stood in his way. it was also a tour of attrition for team sky, who faced hostility at every turn after a year of negative headlines. i think it‘s nice to talk about something good for change. a bit of a celebration rather than negativity, which seems to follow cycling around quite a lot these days. but it‘s really good for myself, obviously, but i think the team and a different winner is always nice. from a nine—year—old cyclist for the maindy flyers to youngsters in that same club watching him win the most prestigious race on two wheels.
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thomas‘s journey from cardiff to the champs elysees. was one of wales‘ proudest sporting achievements. praise has poured in, no least from including from former lions captain sam warburton, and real madrid‘s gareth bale — remarkably both former pupils of thomas‘s school, whitchurch high in cardiff. but spare a thought for his namesake. the other geraint thomas is a lecturer, who keeps being mistaken for the cycling star on twitter, even from the official tour de france account. my latest tweet that i wrote, "so this is what it‘s like to be famous." purely just for a laugh. it‘s now got 12,000 likes and over 800,000 views. so it‘s exploded a little bit. much like the real thomas‘s life. so what‘s next? well, i‘ve not actually signed a new contract yet. so quite good timing, really! team sky might have to add a few more noughts to the next cheque! natalie pirks, bbc news. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. aid agencies are acused of being ‘almost complicit‘
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in sexual abuse across the sector — a damning mps report describes a culture of denial. salman abedi — who killed 22 people in the manchester arena attack— was rescued from libya by a royal navy ship three years earlier. labour‘s being urged to suspend a member of its ruling body — after he was recorded describing some members of thejewish community as trump "fanatics". and in sport... adil rashid is named in england‘s 11 to play india in tomorrow‘s first test at edgbaston. england‘s hockey team play in a must—win game tonight against south korea for place in the quarter—finals of the world cup. andy murray shows his old self, fighting back from a set down to win at the washington open. i‘ll be back with more on those stores the education secretary, damian hinds, has pledged to halve the number of children who start
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school in england without basic language skills. figures from the department for education suggest that by the end of reception year, when children are four or five, more than a quarter of them still lack the basic literacy and communication skills they need. mr hinds said parents need more support in helping their children to learn. after becoming britain‘s most decorated female paralympian with three gold medals at rio, dame sarah storey took time out from the international competition world to look after her second child charlie. now, 15 months later, she s bouncing back — returning to the global stage at the para cycling road world championships — which get underway on thursday in italy. kate grey caught up with her as she made herfinal preparations in cheshire. this is how the storey family rolls — balancing babies, bikes and business. britain‘s most successful female pa ralympian certainly enjoys life in the fast lane. i‘m a mum first, i‘m an athlete, and if i can do other things around that, then that‘s always a bonus.
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it‘s about finding the best version of you, whether it‘s in your personal life, your working life, in your sporting life. at the rio paralympics, her first child louisa was still a toddler — but that didn‘t stop herfrom winning three golds at those games. last october, charlie was welcomed into the family. but sarah was faced with some unexpected challenges. well, i think this time i got back onto the track a little bit quicker, albeit that was a little bit in vain because then i couldn‘t go to the track world championships because of the yellow fever outbreak that happened in brazil. i was breast—feeding him, so that‘s why i couldn‘t be vaccinated. i had to try to make sure that i‘m being cautious with my own diet, so that i didn‘t try and starve myself, and that affect how i was feeding charlie. so it was just about being open minded and not rushing into it. the road world championships in italy will be the start of sarah‘s elite competition comeback — with all roads leading to tokyo and her eighth paralympic games. dame sarah storey. she‘s already won 1a gold medals, but now she‘s doing it while raising her own stars of the future. charlie‘s obviously come along
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and he‘s keeping us all entertained. and louisa has now got her own sporting activities to do. so, who knows, one day we might go out training together, louisa and i, and charlie looks like he might be on the sprint side of things. he‘s a really strong little boy. so we‘ll wait and see what their activities are. but i always enjoy training and competing, and it seemed like it wasn‘t quite the right time to stop. at a0 years old, sarah has no plans of retiring any time soon. with her young family in tow as her biggest supporters, she‘ll continue to push the boundaries of sport. kate grey, bbc news, macclesfield. indonesian authorities say all the hikers who were trapped on a mountain in lombok following a powerful earthquake have now come down. ?more than 500 hikers had been stuck on mount rinjani after the 6.a magnitude quake on sunday triggered landslides and cut off escape routes. rebecca henschke reports from lombok. the body of an indonesian hiker
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carried down of the mountain to his waiting, grieving family. he was killed by falling rocks in landslides triggered by sunday‘s powerful earthquake. remarkably, the only casualty on the mountain that had hundreds of foreign and local hikers on it at the time of the earthquake. helicopters arriving to airlift just the last three hikers out. amongst the group, local government are figure who said she hoped helicopters would have arrived sooner. hoped helicopters would have arrived sooner. translation: iwatched hoped helicopters would have arrived sooner. translation: i watched one foreign tourist having to climb out on foot crying like this. i felt like i could not do anything to help. i had hoped the helicopters would arrive and at least take the women down. rescue workers say heavy
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clouds prevented them from landing earlier and now all are out safely and the park is closed. living in the shadow of a volcano, people here are no strangers to natural disasters but the powerful earthquake on sunday and the hundreds of after—shocks since do have people on edge here. this woman has brought her traumatised four—year—old daughter to this makeshift clinic for treatment. translation: she has been vomiting and is heard since the quake. this is why i‘ve brought here. i‘m also traumatised than sick. but i need to be for her. the community here has quickly pulled together to repair damaged buildings and to support each other. and they hope that life
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will soon return to normal in this picturesque mountain town. bbc news, lombok. let‘s get more now on the growing calls for labour to suspend a member of it‘s national executive committee after he was recorded criticising members of thejewish community. peter willsman suggested jewish "trump fanatics" were behind accusations of anti—semitism in labour ranks. let‘s speak now to marie van der zyl, president of the board of deputies of britishjews, who‘s at westminster for us. what was your reaction when you first heard his comments?” what was your reaction when you first heard his comments? i was absolutely disgusted. in my mind, it is pure anti—semitism. it is unimaginable thatjeremy corbyn, i understand, was in the room and heard him say that rabbis, 68 rabbis
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are imagining anti—semitism. jews are imagining anti—semitism. jews are faking social media and jews are responsible for trump. well none of those things did he actually say, those things did he actually say, those last things. he said some of the people in thejewish community support trump, they are trump fanatics. just clarifying that point. and just to pick you up on it, he has been misquoted in some places and you seem to be going with those misquotes. that is what i understand was said on the recording and he is directly saying thatjews are trump fanatics, i think that is clear from what is being reported from the recordings in many places. i have listen to the recording, what he says, and i will say it again, some of these people in thejewish community support trump, they are trump fanatics. that rather changes the meaning of that, doesn‘t it? trump fanatics. that rather changes the meaning of that, doesn't it? he says they are trump fanatics. i think that is quite clear. and there it isa think that is quite clear. and there it is a reference to the collective
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jews. i just it is a reference to the collective jews. ijust wonder it is a reference to the collective jews. i just wonder where we are with all this because incredibly sensitive on all side are at a peak. tom watson, deputy leader of the labour party, he said peter wilson and has always been a loudmouth bully, he disgusts me. —— peter wills. you should be expelled from the labour party. i understand that an apology has been accepted an act clearly isn‘t good enough. you have other mp5, margaret hodge and ian austin, that have been disciplined for anti—semitism and he is let off with an apology. i understand that mr corbyn was in the room and said nothing. what you thinkjeremy corbyn needs to do now is this tag of anti—semitism. how should he deal
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with it? he needs to show the world and the labour party that labour is not an anti—racist party. he needs to ensure that the international definition of anti—semitism and all its examples are accepted and he needs to make sure that all the backlog of disciplinary cases are concluded in a transparent way. that is what he needs to do to start with. and if all those recommendations are adopted, that it is it? that is the beginning of it because clearly he needs to establish a dialogue and confidence of the jewish community. establish a dialogue and confidence of thejewish community. he needs to show that labour is an anti—racist party. thank you forjoining us this afternoon. now many of us are packing our bags for a holiday in europe — in the last summer before the uk leaves the european union. so just what impact is brexit likely to have on our love of european travel? around 18 million britons are heading to spain this summer — they‘ve been joined by our reporter
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adam fleming who‘s in one of its most populart resorts, benidorm. it‘s the last summer before brexit, which could change how we holiday. it‘s not been decided yet whether british tourists will need a visa or not. even if they don‘t, they could still be affected by the eu‘s new travel authorisation system coming in in 2020, where visitors from outside the eu have to register on a website and pay seven euros. if we need to do it, we need to do it. it‘s a break, isn‘t it, it‘s a holiday. so we need to get away. what if you had to pay extra money to get a visa? everything‘s extra, these days. we‘ve got to pay everything extra. there‘s taxes, and you know what. you shouldn't really have to pay for a visa to come to spain, should you? well if the uk‘s not in the eu any more. i know, itjust feels like you're not that far away, you could drive to spain. however they get here, 18 million people travel to spain from the uk every year.
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so many it sometimes feels less like benidorm and more like britain. the english breakfasts aren‘t going anywhere, but some home comforts will have to be negotiated in the brexit talks. such as... the mobile phone roaming has gone now because of the eu. if it was to come back because of brexit, how would you feel? i‘d have to be careful how i use my phone abroad. so, you know your european health insurance card, which means you get free medical care, what if that disappeared? you'd just have to be like america and just pay private, wouldn't you? i‘m just going to show you the newest hotel renovation, the rh canfali. tracy says uncertainty about brexit isn‘t affecting bookings for next summer yet. just as well, because her company has just opened this new hotel. the best thing about the hotel is this, the view. benidorm and the levante beach. i think sometimes there‘s
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a lot of scaremongering goes on with the brexit, and people are made to feel very nervous. but i think it‘s in everybody‘s interests to have an agreement for everything so business can be as normal as possible for everybody. right, back at the airport. the eu and the uk will have to agree new rules when it comes to aviation. and if there‘s no deal in march next year, there is talk about emergency plans being put into place to keep planes flying. but, if all goes to plan, there will be a transition period, where nothing changes until the end of 2020. so, next summer should feeljust like this one. for the costa blanca, brexit is manana manana. well, he still hasn‘t found his jacket and tie. adam joins us now from benidorm. the one thing seems to be committed through is people really don‘t understand what the impact is going to be of whatever
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decided. well, either don't understand it or i‘m not worried about it because they‘re pretty sure there is going to be this transition or implementation phase so nothing might change untiljanuary 2021 at the earliest. also, what a lot of the earliest. also, what a lot of the business is that surely it is in spain‘s national interests and the uk's spain‘s national interests and the uk‘s national interest to do a deal that means things carry on as normal and british holiday—makers keep spending their hard earned euros in the bars, restaurants and hotels here. having said that, that then means no one here is thinking of the bottom of the seven no deal. i have not detected any preparations for a not detected any preparations for a no deal and flights are grounded, problems with british people come in here. actually, they think the industry here is worried about has already happened and that is the change in the value of the pound had happened after the referendum in june 2016. the pound goes less far here now so as a result people are booking shorter stays and spending
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less money on add—ons like excursions. plus, there is lots of competition from similarly priced destinations like turkey, tunisia and egypt. so those of that people are worrying about rather than brexit. i must say, the must have a ccesso ry brexit. i must say, the must have accessory this year as i‘m sure you know from your holidays is one of these giant inflatables. i know how much you‘d like to see me make a fool of myself to go on to the bbc news website you can see me trying to get onto this in a swimming pool and failing multiple times. you know, i‘m not often lost for words, adam, but there we go! it could be worse, i could be in it! enjoy the rest of that working trip. that is adam fleming. plenty more from him throughout the afternoon looking at the impact of brexit. theresa may will hold brexit talks with the french president, emmanuel macron on friday at his presidential retreat in the south of france.
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a spokesman for the elysee palace said the prime minister would meet mr macron at the fort de bregancon on friday afternoon, followed by a private dinner. the fort has been the summer home of the french president since 1969 — which sits on a small island off the mediterranean coast. it looks like some wife thing out of it bond film. it is being the... time for a look at the weather... hot for them and that anybody in that part of europe. you are impressing us with your european temperature knowledge earlier, simon. durable where they hottest temperature was? europe! good less tri- temperature was? europe! good less tri— merrydown. it was greece in 1977 when the record was set. we could get close to that by the end of the week. not in greece but bike across parts of spain. i was obsessed by old money but in fahrenheit what is that? 118, which
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is impossible for me. if you bury mind the average, which is in seville, the average is 35 or 36. so well over 10 degrees in celsius higher. what about the rest of us? let‘s continue to talk about europe for now because it is looking good. a7, we may not get the a8 but we‘re going to get close to that across inland this heat, not from the sahara will then extend across the us over the coming days. we will not see temperatures anywhere near close to that but by saturday, parts of south—east england, east anglia, they will exceed 30 celsius once again. and that will transfer further north in the project northern england and north wales, into the high 20s, so warming up again. a lot of people started there summer again. a lot of people started there summer holiday at the weekend in torrential rain, so this heatwave is
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re—establishing itself? torrential rain, so this heatwave is re-establishing itself? yes, it was a blip, and i do feel sorry for anyone who was at camp bestival over the weekend, for example, but for many that kuyt was a bit too much. 22 celsius on the south coast this afternoon, very pleasant —— that heat was a bit much. some of this heat was a bit much. some of this heat will transfer, as i say, northwards. a bit of a contrast again between the north on the south—east. as you can see, more cloud around and more extended across northern ireland, the western isles of scotland, because we have this area of low pressure to the north—west of the uk, and a frontal system pushing north and east. notice as well that the isobars are quite close together, so we have had fairly gusty winds especially for the western isles of scotland. this evening that will be costing in excess of a0 mph, so still very windy conditions. late spells of brightness here but certainly cooler, 15—18dc, but the top
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temperature higher the further south you are. parts of north—west england, the western isles of scotland, this will extend northwards that most places away from the far north—west of scotland will be dry, some clear spells, and temperatures, actually with a contrast between north and south as last night, 11—1a across much of the country. for tomorrow it will be mainly dry for most of us. sunshine, but cloud increasing in the north and west once again, bringing the bricks of rain in the northern ireland through the afternoon, but of patchy rainfor through the afternoon, but of patchy rain for scotland in the morning, transferring northwards, but you can see transferring northwards, but you can see that temperature contrast, 17—21 in the north and west, and where we have the best of the sunshine for the southend east we could get the 26th, maybe 27. let‘s keep an eye on the high pressure developing through the high pressure developing through the end of the week —— 26, maybe 27. this front on thursday will introduce more cloud, and higher
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humidity through thursday. thursday, fairly cloudy across western coasts, quite misty and marketplaces, patchy rainfor quite misty and marketplaces, patchy rain for northern ireland, maybe north—west england, parts of scotland, but look at how these temperatures are building, the orange on red redeveloping, so in the sunshine, most prevalent across england here, temperatures opted 28, perhaps 29 celsius, and that will start to extend up to north wales and north—west england —— up to 28. we will start to see a bit more in the way of sunshine and those temperatures rising accordingly. of course much of england and wales, temperatures in the mid to high 20s celsius, and parts of the south and east anglia will exceed that. they will exceed 30 celsius. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: mps accuse aid agencies of being "almost complicit" in sexual abuse in a damning report on the sector. salman abedi — the man who bombed the manchester arena — was rescued from libya‘s civil war by the royal navy three years earlier.
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labour‘s being urged to suspend a member of its ruling body, after he was recorded describing some members of thejewish community as trump "fanatics". we speak to the british scientist who uncovered a new species of tree frog. sport now on afternoon live with chris mitchell. adil rashid will play for england tomorrow — lots of controversy surrounding his selection. some people not happy. they are not happy at all. english cricket is in a real spin, feeling very hot under the collar. the reason why is twofold. he hasn‘t played at test match since 2016, but more than that adil rashid recently said he didn‘t wa nt to adil rashid recently said he didn‘t want to play the longer form of the game, the four—day game, with his county, yorkshire, he just game, the four—day game, with his county, yorkshire, hejust wanted game, the four—day game, with his county, yorkshire, he just wanted to play one day and t20 cricket, which is fine, but what it means traditionally it you can‘t play test cricket, so it is very unusual for
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the selectors to turn around and pick a cricketer who has not played for his county in the long form of the game. there are people like geoffrey boycott and michael vaughan who are very upset indeed, but others are saying it is quite right for the selectors to choose rashid, a bowler in form and one who has done well against india in the past. but it won‘t stop the debate, and i think the only thing to stop that, if he is doing well tomorrow when this test starts at edgbaston. also interesting thatjoe this test starts at edgbaston. also interesting that joe root, this test starts at edgbaston. also interesting thatjoe root, who has been a critic of adil rashids, he is actually standing up and supporting actually standing up and supporting a redneck —— critic of adil rashid‘s. a redneck —— critic of adil rashid's. i think it is a very strange scenario and circumstances with adil, where a lot of the spinners involved in the test squad have not played a huge amount of cricket, so in that respect it is where the decision came from. in terms of county cricket, i don't think in any way it devalues it. i see county cricket as a really strong form which produces some
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fantastic test cricketers. we saw in the weather that it is going to be good test cricket weather. you can 90, good test cricket weather. you can go, because there are thousands of tickets remaining unsold for the first two days of the opening match. the first of five, in fact, squeezed into six weeks. some criticism about that schedule as well, arranged largely to accommodate india. there are around 6000 tickets are available for each of the first two days. but they are for —— fairly pricey, i understand. 0h, days. but they are for —— fairly pricey, i understand. oh, well. andy murray‘s back playing — how did he get on? he did rather well, but an interesting match. if you can, watch the pictures of him winning last night in america, because the guttural cry he let out tells you everything you need to know about how much this meant to him. he said afterwards that, mentally, this was afterwards that, mentally, this was a really important battle to win. there he goes... it looks as though he has won, you know, big
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tournament, wimbledon perhaps. this was just his fourth game back after his hip surgery, and he showed good form, because he lost the first set, but the won eventually in three. the funny thing is he is ranked, what, 132 in the world right now, and plays the british number one, kyle edmund. that will be interesting tomorrow morning. england‘s rocky clark is bringing her career to a close in a career that lasted 15 yea rs close in a career that lasted 15 years and four world cups. to remain at the top of your game for that long is incredible. she made her international debut in 2003, awarded an mbe for services to rugby, and afterward she was involved in the world cup triumph. the most capped player in rugby history. but she doesn‘t stop there. she will carry on playing for her club team wasps.
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the tour de france champion gerald thomas says he will consider all options before considering whether to commit his future to team sky —— geraint thomas. he is expected to signa geraint thomas. he is expected to sign a deal that could be worth up to £3.5 million a year and the winner of the yellow jersey to £3.5 million a year and the winner of the yellowjersey insists his relationship with chris froome will not affect any decision he makes. he says this summer‘s has only increased his respect for the four—time champion. gareth bale‘s future of real madrid has been undermined by the club‘s new manager. his future had been in doubt, out of favour with his former boss zinedine zidane, but things have changed. the striker ronaldo has left for italy and juventus, and the new boss sees a big future for bale. translation: you also ask me about gareth bale and the others. well, we are delighted they are all staying with us and we are convinced that it will be a magnificent year. i think bale is an extraordinary
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player, and we expect a lot of them this season, but we are certain he will give us the best of himself. and a big night for the england hockey team at the world cup in london. the play south korea in a knockout game. england needed a late goal of course to ensure their progress against ireland. eight o‘clock tonight against south korea. full commentary on five live sports extra. that is it. now on afternoon live, let‘s go nationwide, and see what‘s happening around the country — in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. alex lovelljoins me from bristol, where the city has been reacting to the death of a local legend tony bullimore. we covered this a bit here, but
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you‘ve been paying tribute, he has died, around the world yachtsman. yes, so many people knew his name or know his name, at the age of 79 as well. he became a global star of the league in 1997, those iconic images of him being rescued from the whole of him being rescued from the whole of the sport which had capsized during a solo round the world race. unsurprisingly, the fear was obviously that he had drowned, not just because the holes upside down but he was in freezing waters in the southern ocean, —— the first night was upside down. but his boat was spotted four days later, an australian navy ship, and this extraordinary survival. nicknamed the british bulldog, famously crouched inside where he could survive on chocolate and water, and when he was pulled out he gave his australian rescuer kiss. he was an amazing figure —— gave her a kiss. involved in a couple of other near misses throughout his life and career, but as far as bristol is
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concerned, he was also a trailblazer back and then in the 70s in terms of the racial problems in bristol, he was a huge figure in combating that? yes, he was, absolutely massive. he was no here for setting up the bamboo club in bristol, as you say. —— he was known here. a massive music club which attracted ben e king, bob marley and the whalers, amazing artists. and this was the mid—60s, it was considered a place where all people of all backgrounds could really socialise safely, and to give you an idea of how important that was at the time, roy hackett, the guy who was instrumental in the 1963 bristol bus boycott, he said that before the club opened you couldn‘t go into pubs in bristol on your own if you were black, because your own if you were black, because you would get a hiding. so the bamboo club ran for 11 years, there was a huge fire in the end and it never was a huge fire in the end and it never reopened after that. sadly, he
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was diagnosed with a really rare form of cancer, and he jacked doing it died last nightjust before midnight. on points west, full tribute i‘m sure, just before 6:30pm. moving on, as occurred on your way with a rather unusual way of preaching? have you seen the video of this yet? it is brilliant, ijust video of this yet? it is brilliant, i just love it. video of this yet? it is brilliant, ijust love it. i video of this yet? it is brilliant, i just love it. i have. yes, before he was even part of the church, he was beat boxing, teaching other people, did tutorials on facebook, and i know everybody will wa nt to facebook, and i know everybody will want to see it, so if we can, let‘s have a look... in bethlehem, he rock the mic! how cool is that? i don‘t know how i miss this but in 2011, he did all that, the chris evans shawl, but then he felt he had this calling to go to the church, and he literally decides it almost
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asa and he literally decides it almost as a calling. have a look...” and he literally decides it almost as a calling. have a look... i was teaching acoustics and music technology and teaching beat boxing as well, and got the call... hello? actually, i don't know if that is how god speaks. laughter but i got the call, went into the church of england as a vicar, and i thought i was the last person who would get called into being a church of england vicar. he is fantastic. i just want to play that video again of the beat boxing. let‘s just play it again... let‘s see your reaction to this. let's see your reaction to this. you know that i don‘t know when i am on air! iwant know that i don‘t know when i am on air! i want to see how you are reacting! blimey, is that the time? that was nationwide. alex, pleasure,
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as always. alex from bristol. laughter and if you would like to see more on any of those stories you can access them with the bbc iplayer, and a reminder that we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at a:30pm here on afternoon live. you are watching afternoon live. you are watching afternoon live. labour is facing growing calls to take action against an ally ofjeremy corbyn, peter willsman, who suggested jewish "trump fanatics" were behind accusations of anti—semitism in the party. talk radio‘s political editor ross kemsell caught up with him. are you going to stand down from your candidacy for the nec? do you plan to withdraw as a candidate for the nec? mr willsman, will you talk to us about your comment... hang on.
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the plan to stand down as a candidate for the nec? tom watson says he is disgusted by you. do you have anything to see the tom watson, mr willsman? well you are walking away. mr willsman, why would you speak to us? that went well. alice will bring the business news in a moment, but first the headlines on afternoon live. aid agencies are acused of being ‘almost complicit‘ in sexual abuse across the sector — a damning mps report describes a culture of denial. salman abedi — who killed 22 people in the manchester arena attack — was rescued from libya by a royal navy ship three years earlier. as we‘ve seen, labour‘s being urged to suspend a member of its ruling body — after he was recorded describing some members of thejewish community as trump "fanatics". hello. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live: tata motors said
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its jaguar land rover business reported a pre—tax loss of £26a million and sales down 7% to £52 billion for the quarter to june because of "multiple challenges including temporary issues like the china duty impact as well as market issues like diesel concerns in the uk and europe." an independent review commissioned by the fca into royal bank of scotland‘s treatment of small and medium—sized enterprise customers transferred to its global restructuring group, has found no evidence that the bank deliberately transferred customers to grg in order to profit from their restructuing or insolvency. tech retailer dixons carphone says a huge data breach last year involved 10 million customers. that‘s a massive revision of its earlier estimate ofjust1.2 million. the firm has been investigating the hack — which involved personal information including, names, addresses and email addresses — since it was discovered injune. we will come duejust
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we will come due just a moment. just bringing some breaking news. we are just hearing general webster has been jailed just hearing general webster has beenjailed for 17 just hearing general webster has been jailed for 17 years at court, the ukip us first case of acid killing. he was in court —— xeneral webster. the court have heard, the a7—year—old nurse and mother of three was hit with the high—strength sulphuric acid, on june three was hit with the high—strength sulphuric acid, onjune the 3rd last year, as she sat on a bench in frogmore, high wycombe. the court heard she screamed in pain, ran to a nearby branch of kfc to splash water over nearby branch of kfc to splash water over herself. she was treated and briefly released from hospital after suffering up to 5% burns on her
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body, but she died 11 days later from multiple organ failure. after contracting septicaemia due to the birds. —— due to the burns. we hear that webster, who is 19, also pleaded guilty to possessing an offensive weapon, namely acid. that sense offensive weapon, namely acid. that sense thing just coming in, xeneral webster jailed for 17 sense thing just coming in, xeneral websterjailed for 17 years. the uk's websterjailed for 17 years. the uk‘s first acid killing. we‘ll be getting more from the crown court of reading. our reporter is there and we will bejoining reading. our reporter is there and we will be joining them very shortly. let‘s return to the business news. alice is back, and we are talking about dixons carphone. they have had to revise hugely the number of people who were hacked, hugely up. ten times up. when they
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discovered this massive data breach injune of discovered this massive data breach in june of last year they initially thought 2 million customers were affected, are big enough number as it is and the now saying that number is more likely to be 10 million customers, affected by this data breach. we are talking about names, phone numbers, e—mail addresses. they do say, however, that there is no evidence that any fraud was conducted as a result of this data breach, but it is still hugely worrying for all of those customers affected —— and no bank details were taken. they are going to reach out for all of those customers affected to say they are very sorry and also to say they are very sorry and also to give advice as to how you can best protect your data going forward. british gas losing customers? i know. it lost 340,000 customers? i know. it lost 340,000 customer accounts in the first half of this year, but there are managing to put on a positive spin, because the boss was talking to our business editor simonjack earlier the boss was talking to our business editor simon jack earlier and said it only represents about 2070
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customers and actor that number has halved since last year. —— actually that number has halved. operating profits fell by 20%. £a20 million. let‘s talk more on all of those stories and some potentially exciting upcoming news about apple. joining us now is sophie kilvert, senior investment manager, seven investment management q1 british gas q3 dixons carphone. ——joining us now is sophie kilvert, senior investment manager, 7 investment management. q1 british gas q3 dixons carphone. we are hoping for better news from apple, could it become the world‘s first trillion dollar company? is would involve some spectacular results to get there today. i think we might see an over the course of
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the week or so. what we‘re really looking at whether apple results, the sales of the iphone, particularly the x, ten, whatever you want to call it. we‘re looking at the sales and revenue that has created, and also at their services division, which is becoming an increasingly important part for apple. things like the app store and things like that, the games they sell, the revenue they can get from that, not just the sell, the revenue they can get from that, notjust the hardware, but some that, notjust the hardware, but some software as well. ok, thank you. if you were to put money on it you. if you were to put money on it you would not say we are about to see you would not say we are about to see the world‘s first ever trillion dollar company on wall street. just asking you about british gas, what did you make of the reasons given by the boss as to why it is losing customers? i think it is inevitable, such a big company like british gas, they will end up losing customers. the obviously have a lot on the standard variable rate and they will be affected by the price cap coming in towards the end of the year. also, the big companies are slightly hindered. the obviously have to pay
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the green tax which the smaller companies don‘t. smaller companies are appearing at the top of the price comparison website and it is much easier to switch and it will make things tough for british gas. that is why they are looking at things like boiler repairs and looking at some of the services they can offer, to offer customers something slightly different. ok, sophie, we will have to leave it there. thank you for talking to us. that is all the business news for now. back to you, simon. alice, thank you very much. let‘s get more on the breaking news from reading crown court, teenagerjailed for seven crown court, teenagerjailed for seve n yea rs crown court, teenagerjailed for seven yea rs “— crown court, teenagerjailed for seven years —— 17 years and what is the uk‘s first ever acid attack case. let‘s go live to the court. this all happened a year ago, simon. jo to herfriends, she had been in high wycombe attending the grave of her daughter. afterward she sat on a bench in the middle of the town centre rolling a cigarette when a
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man, xeneral webster, completely unknown to her, got into an argument with another man, and he pulled out a bottle of sulphuric acid. the man he was challenging knocked it from his hand then kicked it away, and it flew through the square that they we re flew through the square that they were in, about 30 metres, and it hit her on her shin, sprayed her with acid, her upper body, herface, her hair, and she attended hospital, was released two days later, but after that became really ill, and the days in after the attack she died. infection had developed into sepsis and she suffered multiple organ failure for that xeneral webster was today sentenced to 17 years in prison and he will have to serve at least two thirds of that and when he is released he will then have three
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more yea rs is released he will then have three more years added to that licence. thejudge in the more years added to that licence. the judge in the case, more years added to that licence. thejudge in the case, angela morris, said he was someone who presented an extreme danger to the public. he is a man, albeit still a teenager, who has had more than 25 court appearances already. some 51 of involved in those cases before. 0k, matt of involved in those cases before. ok, matt cole, live at reading crown court, thank you very much. that is it for you today. next is the bbc news that five with ben brown. —— at five. time for the weather. hello. after a wetter, windier spell of weather in recent days the trend towards the end of the week is for something warmer and drier for most. not for all, though.
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we‘ve had some rain round this morning, heavy and thundery through the midlands, south east england and east anglia, which has now cleared away. some spells of sunshine coming through across a large swathe of the country. not for everyone, though, because we have an area of low pressure to the north—west of the uk. notice the squeeze in the isobars. so some windy conditions here and a front pushing its way north and east, generating more clouds and patchy rain, for northern ireland, north—west england, and the western isles of scotland. and it‘s this part of the country which will see the strongest winds, 30—a0 miles an hour gusts, perhaps as high as 50 in the western isles of scotland, through this afternoon. builds strong winds will start to ease builds strong winds will start to ease overnight. —— those strong winds. we will lose the rain from northern ireland but keep a fair amount of cloud here. that rain extending its way northwards, mainly through the west and north of scotland — elsewhere temperatures generally between 11 and 1a celsius. not as much of a contrast from north to south, as we have seen in recent nights, but tomorrow for much of the country it‘s dry, some good spells of sunshine. there will be more cloud through the afternoon through northern ireland into north—west england,
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perhaps wales as well, just telling a bit misty and murky in places. temperature—wise tomorrow, 17—20 celsius for northern ireland and scotland, up to 26 or 27 for south—east england. the area of high pressure keeps building through the end of the week. the thursday, this front is complicating things and bringing more cloud, more humidity as well, quite misty and murky again for the hills of north—west england, and the north west side of scotland, some patchy rain at times, further south and east the drier conditions, notice how the colours are building again, those red and orange colours starting to develop across southern, central and eastern england, temperatures on thursday reaching 30 celsius. quite a contrast across northern ireland and scotland between 18 and 21 celsius. but as i mentioned at the beginning, the trend is something drier and warmerfor much of the country, extending its way northwards through much of friday and into saturday so some showers across the far north—west scotland so we should see good sunshine and
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those temperatures rising once more. today at five — a man is sentenced to 17 years in prison for an acid attack which resulted in the death of a woman in high wycombe. joanne rand died 11 days after the acid was thrown over her. xeneral webster today was sentenced for manslaughter. some doctors, just looking at us and they said, "i‘m afraid we can‘t do any more forjoanne, we‘re going to have
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to turn all the machines off". we‘ll have the latest from the sentencing. the other main stories on bbc news at 5:00... aid agencies are acused of being "almost complicit" in sexual abuse across the sector — a damning mps report describes a culture of denial. it‘s emerged that the manchester bomber, salman abedi, was rescued by the royal navy from libya‘s civil war — three years
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