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good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and mega munchetty. our headlines today: what a waste. new research finds two thirds of plastic containers still can't be recycled as councils call for action. three people die from heatstroke in spain, as record temperatures hit large parts of europe. lawyers for harvey weinstein try to get rape charges thrown out based on emails from one of his accusers. tackling the stigma of autism. for the first time a study examines the stress and isolation facing mums, dads and carers. the first test is in the balance, after england bowl themsleves back into the game, but they still need to deal with india captain virat kohli. good morning. our weather is looking hot and sunny towards the south—east, but it will be quite cloudy for the north—west where temperatures will be close to normal. talking about temperatures, will also be looking at the extreme
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heat across spain and portugal. or details coming up in the next 15 minutes. —— more. it's saturday 4th august. our top story — the majority of household plastic waste is still ending up in landfill despite efforts to increase the amount we recycle. the local government association says manufacturers are to blame, as the types of plastics used in many yoghurt pots, ready meal trays and other containers limit the ability of councils to recycle them. jayne mccubbin reports. the cost to the planet are well documented, but local authorities are warning that despite their best effo rts are warning that despite their best efforts to recycle more plastic, they are being let down by manufacturers. while almost all local authorities collect plastic bottles for recycling, around a quarter refuse to collect other food packaging because of the way it is manufactured. the rest ends up here in landfill. it seems totally unfair that the burden of an recyclable
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plastic, the cost of dealing with that lands with the council taxpayer when actually manufacturers could do much more to make sure that these plastics are easily recyclable, reducing the cost for council taxpayers and making it easier and better for the environment. while plastic bottles are easy to recycle, there leads are not and are not a lwa ys there leads are not and are not always collected. not all local authorities elect margarine tubs, food trays and yoghurt pots, because of the mix of polymers that make it difficult to recycle. even fewer authorities except like microwave meal trays because black plastic cannot be easily scanned and assorted. the plastics industry has hit back, saying that with 300 different recycling schemes out there, it is no wonder public is confused. they believe it is down to local authorities to set the fire and standardise the protest. but the lga says that if manufacturers are not willing to make a change, they should face a charge to chip in towards the cost of collecting and
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disposing the products which some councils cannot. three people in spain have died from heatstroke as temperatures continue to rise above a0 degrees celsius. a red weather warning, indicating a threat to life, has been issued in several countries, including in france where authorities are urging holidaymakers to stay out of the midday sun. in portugal, police have introduced a "zero tolerance" policy on barbeques to lower the risk of forest fires. chris will have more in his forecast in around 10 minutes. the hollywood producer harvey weinstein is trying to have criminal charges against him thrown out of court. his lawyers say a series of emails that show he was in a consensual relationship with one of the women he's accused of raping weren't shown to a jury during the early stages of his case. the movie mogul has pleaded not guilty to six charges involving three different women. from new york, paul blake reports. he was once the most famous film producer in hollywood.
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but outrage over harvey weinstein‘s alleged crimes have left him infamous and kicked off the me too movement, leading many women to speak out against sexual misconduct in the workplace. weinstein has already appeared in court accused of sexually assaulting three women, which he denies. but now, his lawyer is trying to get the whole case thrown out, saying in part that the jury has not been told the full story. the defence says that dozens of emails, dating from weeks up to four years after an alleged rape in 2013 that were exchanged between weinstein and an accuser, show that they had a long—term, consensual, intimate relationship, and at no point reference an assault. they say that these emails should have been shown to the grand jury so they could make an informed decision before they brought charges against him. his defence team is attempting to have the other charges thrown out of court on technical grounds. mr weinstein‘s lawyers claim some charges are not detailed enough and they weren't sufficiently notified about others.
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they also claimed the case was rushed to court under pressure from politicians and the media, as actresses like gwenyth paltrow lined up to say that he had behaved inappropriately with them. harvey weinstein was once a hollywood heavy hitter, but now, with a charge that could see him locked away for life, and nearly 100 women publicly accusing him, fame has turned to infamy. confectionery giant mars has removed millions of pounds worth of advertising from youtube, after its brands appeared before music videos glamorising violence. a mars spokesman said the video placement breached their brand safety guidelines and they were now taking action to remove all advertising on youtube. last year mars spent £5 million advertising on the video sharing site. behaviour amongst rival heart surgeons at a south london hospital has been descibed as toxic, tribal and could have contributed to an increase in patient deaths. a leaked report into lower than expected survival rates
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at st george's said that ‘new blood' and strong leadership was needed in the department. a spokesperson from the hospital said the surgery service was safe, but that urgent and major improvements were required. the home secretary has described forced marriage as a "despicable" practice and has promised that the government will redouble its efforts to prevent it from happening in the future. sajid javid's pledge comes after it was found that his department had granted visas to the husbands of british women who had been forced to marry abroad. our correspondent chi chi izundu is outside the home office this morning. tell us more about what the ticket —— home secretary said. tell us more about what the ticket -- home secretary said. well, he has made these comments in a series of tweets. he said that forced marriage is despicable, inhumane and an uncivilised practice that has note place whatsoever in britain. his
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comments come after a times newspaper investigation into the numbers of people trying to block the visas of foreign spouses trying to enter this country. that investigation found that last year alone, there were about 90 cases and despite objections from people living in the uk, half of those visas were still issued. as is said, charities have warned that women and girls in particular, are being forced to live in abusive relationships as a result of the home office decisions. the countries involved include pakistan, india, bangladesh and the uae. the home secretary sajid javid also warned on twitter that he will be redoubling their efforts to make sure that those who force british people to forced marriages will pay for their crimes. police have launched a new appeal for information about the dissapearance of a midwife from stoke. samantha eastwood has not been seen since finishing her shift at the royal stoke university hospital last friday morning. staffordshire police say are treating the case as a ‘high
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risk missing person‘ inquiry and have appealed for dashcam footage from anyone driving around the stockton brook area last friday afternoon. the record—breaking hydroplane ‘bluebird' will take to the water for the first time in more than half a century this morning. the high speed boat arrived on the isle of bute for tests yesterday. in 1967, the bluebird crashed while travelling at more than 300 miles per hour on the lake district, killing the pilot donald campbell. a massive dust storm has passed through phoenix arizona, a thick cloud blanketed the city, wind exceeding 60 mph were. thousands we re exceeding 60 mph were. thousands were left without power, the national weather service said the storm was 70 miles wide. like something out of a disaster movie.
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it is nine minutes past six. all the sport and weather coming later on. parents of autistic children face a range of challenges, now for the first time a team of researchers are looking into how misconceptions and negative stereotypes about the condition affects the mental health of mums, dads and carers. simon dedman has been to meet one group of carers to hear about their experiences. for these autistic children, understanding and managing dairy motions will be a battle for the rest of their lives. for their pa rents, rest of their lives. for their parents, nurturing and raising them through their school years, it is a difficult challenge. -- there are emotions of. he is unique. he is different to everyone else, but he is hard work. we have had people shout at us and swear at us in the street but we just sort of ignore them and let him have his meltdowns, as long as he is not hurting anyone. sought him out and then carry on what we do. sorting out their
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children's special educational needs is another pressure. to make sure that he has structure from the school and home and you work together as a partnership because if you go there is a breakdown and you have got a potential child that is to be in crisis or of the time. pa rents to be in crisis or of the time. parents with autistic children face many obstacles and even getting their children diagnosed and assessed, getting support in schools. the provision really buries. now the university of that she is looking into the psychological on parents caring for autistic children. the mother who organises these events for families with autistic children believes this study could improve understanding of what they and their children go through. is a different -- different fought families, particularly in the school holidays, to find somewhere that their child deal is safe or to enjoy activities. —— to feel safe. there are different things that affect families that the general
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public are not aware of. and what are the kids plans for the rest of the holidays? i'll be doing holiday clu bs, the holidays? i'll be doing holiday clubs, like gymnastics. playing in my pyjamas. brilliant, what you end up my pyjamas. brilliant, what you end up doing in your pyjamas? nothing. just sat in your pyjamas. parents have found that they feel feelings of stress and isolation. it is hoped the study will lead to new ways to support them and help them cope with the stigma and pressure they can face of. we'll speak to some of the people behind the new study after eight this morning. and we'd love to hear your thoughts on this issue. you can email us at bbcbrea kfast@bbc. co. uk, or comment on our facebook page. it is 11 minutes past six. let's look at some of the papers. the daily mail, a recycling shambles, taking some time to look at this this morning. it is a problem we have visited many times on
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brea kfast, have visited many times on breakfast, what can you throw out and where is the stuff going? specifically plastics. a number of problem areas include those black microwave trays, put them in the plastic recycling but they cannot be recycled in most places. the other things are like yoghurt pots. confusion. something we learnt, the lack containers which are used often for ready meals, they are black because apparently they make food look better. but any other colour can be recycled. bickering of surgeons blamed for nhs death. this is an st george —— this is in saint georges hospital, staff feel they feel about forced. a wilderness festival in oxfordshire, arts, music, hot weather and no shoes. front page of the daily express, so
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you can see the headline. they are talking about the heatwave here, i am not sure what figures they are using. there is often, when we have a spell of warm weather, long—term as they look back at the numbers, issues over respect tory ones and thoseissues issues over respect tory ones and those issues of. —— spirit river. shall i show you a nice picture? look, this is a jackdaw crooning a young deer at in southwest london and this is how they work together. it is nice. what the jackdaw does is it that's a nice meal because it gets rid of all the ticks in the heart to reach areas of the. said they worked together, rather beautiful, i thought. they worked together, rather beautiful, ithought. —— they worked together, rather beautiful, i thought. —— so they. we will have a full look a little later on and a guest looking at inside pages. the time is 1a minutes past six. we were talking about how
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different plastics can and cannot be recycled. we hear one of our main stories is that a majority of waste is ending up in landfill, despite effo rts is ending up in landfill, despite efforts to increase recycling. here is chris with a look at this morning's weather. we can see those big areas of rain across europe. there are real warnings about temperatures. yes, good morning. yesterday we got temperatures of 46 celsius recorded in spain. it wasn't a spanish national record, but today was a lwa ys national record, but today was always going to be the hottest of the two days of this extreme heatwave. you can see the highest temperatures across portugal, temperatures across portugal, temperatures pushing 47 celsius today. the temperatures in spain problem more like a6, so i think the national record may welljust be
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safe, but the one in portugal is certainly under threat, a7.a degrees the record stands, that was set 15 yea rs the record stands, that was set 15 years ago, but i suspect we will keep away from the all—time european record of a8 celsius. we will be looking into this heatwave in more detail, some people have said it has come from africa, i think it has come from africa, i think it has come from africa, i think it has come from the united states. a lump of warm air across france has been dragged in across spain and portugal, and that is the reason we are seeing some exceptional temperatures over the next few days. looking at the weather picture for us, we looking at the weather picture for us, we are looking at the weather picture for us, we are looking at some hot spells of sunshine across the south and parts of the east of england as well. further north and west, quite a bit of cloud in the sky. at the weather will stay mostly fine and dry for many of us today. here is the big picture, high pressure to the big picture, high pressure to the west of the uk. these weather fronts pestering the far north—west of scotland, bringing thicker cloud and occasionally a bit of rain working in here. we will be surprised if you see a few spots ——
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won't be surprised if you see a few spots in western isles, showers later in the day. mist and fog patches in south—west england and irish sea coast, that will take a few hours to clear away and the best of the sunshine will be across the south—east of england. that is where we will see the highest temperatures. maybe the high 30s and the hottest areas, and the sunshine rather hazy. clouding over to a degree across the midlands and north—west england, and across north—west england, and across north—west wales as well. temperatures here generally into the low 20s, and it is a similar picture for northern ireland and scotland. although for the western isles and the highlands we are looking at showers moving in here, especially as we had through the latter part of saturday. heading through this evening and overnight, we will keep that feed of cloud. the rain will begin to pep up a little bit across the far north—western scotland. otherwise largely dry at night. began another warm one with temperatures slowly falling back to about 16 degrees in london. perhaps not quite as warm as it was last
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night, but still a little uncomfortable. on sunday, a lot of dry weather to come. england and wales seeing bright and sunny spells. the north—west with a bit of cloud and the threat of some showers across the north—west of scotland. temperature—wise we are still doing 0k. temperature—wise we are still doing ok. looking at highs into the upper 20s across parts of the south—east, but again the low 20s in the north—west. that is the latest weather. for police officers enforcing the law, clear communication is essential, but language barriers can make things difficult. lincolnshire police is trying to break down that area by recruiting multilingual officers who can communicate more effectively with the county's large eastern european community. and that is how you could soon be arrested on british soil. these officers are being trained to detain people in their own language. makes and gozya have both worked in
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the uk for more than a decade but joined the force after seeing a divide between the community is under. definitely there is a language barrier, from basics, emergency calls. it is really hard to make, especially when you are in distress. you can't explain yourself properly, and basically most people probably won't even make a call. in poland we've got a bit of a different perception of police than i understand british people have in britain, soa i understand british people have in britain, so a lot of polish people arejust britain, so a lot of polish people are just basically afraid to come forward. and because they can't communicate properly, so they will be basically avoiding police. the a nswer be basically avoiding police. the answer thejob ad be basically avoiding police. the answer the job ad from the force looking for multilingual officers, recognising a need to adapt to a changing population. if you are in south holland, the boston area, the south of the county, almost 30% of
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the population that come from an eastern european heritage or an eastern european background, and across the entire county it is around 10%. in my force, u nfortu nately, we around 10%. in my force, unfortunately, we were way down in the single percentage points, just only three orfour the single percentage points, just only three or four people who actually could present those communities. so it was a problem for us communities. so it was a problem for us because it would impede our communication, ability to relate to those kinds of communities. and gosia and makes no they will have an important role to play in changing that. i am really hoping i will be able to connect with the people and just make a difference, and make sure that people will feel, like, at home. i will definitely go into the street and introduce myself to the local community, tell them that i can actually communicate with them freely, talk about what other problems, and try to face them together. so far, the force has taken on six multilingual recruits who will be policing the streets of lincolnshire in just who will be policing the streets of lincolnshire injust a who will be policing the streets of lincolnshire in just a few months' time. now it is time for the film review, with jane hill and james king.
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hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is james king. so james, what do we have this week? well, for comic book fans, there is evangeline lilly creating a buzz in marvel‘s ant—man and the wasp. for music fans, there is nick offerman following his dreams of rock stardom in hearts beat loud. and for gemma arterton fans, there is gemma arterton, just being awesome in the escape. let's start with ant—man. did we need a sequel?
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is the world crying out for this? apparently so. it is three years since the first one. this is ant—man and the wasp. paul rudd and evangeline lilly are the title characters returning, better known as scott and hope. michael douglas is back as well as hope's father, dr hank pym, the science boffin. this time, villains are after his secrets. they're after what he knows about shrinking. there was a lot of shrinking in this film. let's look at evangeline lilly as the wasp in action. i wouldn't mess with her. she is cool. there is a slight difference to the first one in that it does feel more like a three—hander. paul rudd, who is ant—man, shares pretty much equal screen time with evangeline lilly and michael douglas. so it feels more like an ensemble piece. if you look at the way marvel has been going, they love an ensemble movie now. this fits into that, although the mood is of course much lighter.
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there are dark marvel movies and epic marvel movies. there are silly marvel movies. this one has its own personality, as it should, and it is the more child—friendly marvel movie. it is a bit more flippant and funny and frothy and pacey, and there is nothing wrong with that. but ultimately, it is slightly less memorable because of that. but there's nothing wrong with that in august as long as there's something for adults and children, as that's what we all need at this time of year. absolutely. i was a little disappointed that michelle pfeiffer, who plays hope's mother, is not in it that much. admittedly, she has been trapped in what they referred to as a sub—atomic quantum realm for the last 30 years, so she has essentially been shrunk in amongst the atoms. she is in it a bit, but it is michelle pfeiffer and i would like to see more of her. but if you are an eight—year—old viewer, they probably don't care whether michelle pfeiffer is in it. who is michelle pfeiffer? it is pacey and fun and there are great action scenes around san francisco. they have a lot of laughs with it, and that is the main thing. there is a lot of fun to be had
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with shrinking and enlarging things, and they make the most of it. hearts beat loud, i am intrigued by this. should we call it a musical or a drama? it is a musical drama. very big on the festival circuit like south by southwest. it's about a father and daughter, nick offerman and kiersey clemons, who have been playing and jamming together as father and daughter. they live in brooklyn and the summer before she is about to go to university, they start to take things more seriously and start to write songs together and upload them and get a bit of attention. so you have a film about people embracing change and coming out of their shell a little bit. i think it's impossible to dislike this film. it is so good—natured and so warm—hearted. it's really about the therapeutic power of music and how it can bring people together. that is gorgeous, and the music
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itself, which is original music, is gorgeous. there is a downside in that it is not exactly edge of your seat. a bit more threat would not have gone amiss. but ultimately, it's full of good nature and optimism. i love that theme about the power of music. exactly. of course, the music had to be good in it. that is the key thing because if they start playing and we in the audience go, "it's not that great", the whole thing would fail but the music is genuinely good. i hope it crosses over from the festival circuit into the mainstream. and your third film this week, is this gemma arterton‘s bid foran award? i would love to see her get an award for the escape. dominic savage is the writer and director about what seems to be a very everyday suburban housewife, a wife and mother. got the car in the driveway, the two children, a husband who is ok—ish, played by dominic cooper. it's a normal suburban life but on the inside,
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she's having a breakdown. she wants to escape and be someone else and somewhere else. you're a great mum. don't care if they don't finish their dinner. don't care if they... oi, oi, oi. don't care. don't care if they go to school, if they don't go to school. what are you talking about? stop it. but i make myself care, make myself do it. i make myself be funny... all right. ..and happy, silly... all right. like you. i think they hate me. shut up. i think they can feel what's going on. all right, this has got to stop now. is it quite claustrophobic? claustrophobic at the right moments, and then things change which i will not give away. a lot of it is improvised, which really helps. i didn't realise that when i watched
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it, ijust had a sense as a viewer that it felt very natural. it really flowed very casually. and then afterwards, reading about it, a lot of it was improvised, which makes sense and really helps with the realism of it. very believable and very good at capturing the minutiae of suburban life, of being a parent, the frustrating things about being a parent. there is this underlying menace throughout the whole thing and the music really helps with this. you just think, things aren't going to go well. things are going to implode. things are going to go badly. i think it's her best performance. it reminded me of films that i associate more with coming out of france, those sort of unhurried character studies, grown—up movies with kristin scott thomas in or isabelle huppert someone like that. i thought it was just fantastic. it is her best performance and utterly heartbreaking. and we're not giving any plot spoilers, but that sounds like one to watch. in terms of the best out this week, you could feel the money in mission: impossible.
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there was a big budget for that film. and it has made a lot of it back already. the biggest opening weekend for a mission: impossible film in the states, ever. 22 years after the first one, this is number six and still doing incredibly well. last week, we talked about the action scenes, which are brilliant. we talked about the realism of it. a lot of it feels very contemporary and plays with the fears we have. iforgot to mention vanessa kirby, who is great. she pays a black—market arms dealer. she is best known from the crown, where she plays princess margaret. she really radiates cool in this. you can see her there. and the brilliant sean harris, who returns as solomon lane, the bad guy. lowestoft‘s finest, sean harris. he is spine—chilling, as always. so a couple of very good performances, as well as tom cruise. who still looks about 38. looks 38, throws himself headfirst into the action, has a great relationship with christopher mcquarrie, the writer and director.
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they bring out the best in each other. it is a terrific watch. and a quick thought on a dvd for anyone staying in? l'amant double, the double lover. psychological thriller. real nods to the greats like hitchcock, about a young woman who falls in love with her psychiatrist, suspect that he has a double life and is hiding secrets about his family. lots of mirrors, lots of split screen, lots of references to split personalities, all the classic psychological thriller stuff is in there. it is hypnotic and mesmerising and pretty seductive. it earns its 18 certificate. it becomes like 50 shades of frasier by the end of it. but i think it is really classy and there is a lot of panache there. 0k! you don't look won over. there's nothing more i can say about that without actually seeing it. i was fine until you mentioned fifty shades of grey. thank you very much.
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lovely to see you. thanks for being with us and enjoy all your cinema—going this week, whatever it is you choose to go and see. have a good week. see you next time. bye— bye. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. two thirds of household plastic waste is still ending up in landfill sites despite efforts to increase the amount we recycle. the local government association says manufacturers are to blame and are calling on the government to consider banning low—grade plastics used in many food containers because they can't be recycled. ministers say recycling rates are rising, but they've acknowledged there's "much more to do". it seems totally unfair that the burden of an recyclable plastic, the cost of dealing with that lands with the council taxpayer, when actually manufacturers could do much more to make sure that these plastics are easily recyclable, reducing the cost for council taxpayers and making it easier
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and better for the environment. three people in spain have died from heatstroke as the southern european heatwave continues. a red weather warning, indicating a threat to life, has been issued in several countries, including in france where authorities are urging holidaymakers to stay out of the midday sun. in portugal, police have introduced a "zero tolerance" policy on barbeques to lower the risk of forest fires. harvey weinstein‘s lawyers have filed a motion to have the criminal case against him dismissed. his lawyers have told a judge in new york that dozens of emails exchanged by mr weinstein and an accuser up to four years after an alleged rape, show that the two had a long—term, consensual relationship. he denies all the charges against him. confectionery giant mars has removed millions of pounds worth of advertising from youtube after its brands appeared before music videos glamorising violence. a mars spokesperson said the video placement breached their brand safety guidelines and they were now taking action to remove all advertising on youtube. last year mars spent
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£5 million advertising on the video sharing site. behaviour amongst rival heart surgeons at a south london hospital has been described as ‘toxic‘, ‘tribal‘ and could have contributed to an increase in patient deaths. a leaked report into lower than expected survival rates at st george's said that the heart unit was consumed by "a dark force" and strong leadership was needed in the department to turn it around. a spokesperson from the hospital said the surgery service was safe, but that urgent and major improvements were required. a massive dust storm has passed through phoenix in arizona. a thick cloud blanketed the city on thursday evening with winds exceeding 60 miles per hour. several homes were destroyed and thousands were left without power. the national weather service said the storm was 70 miles wide and 5,000 feet high. and those stories this morning. 6:33
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a.m.. john and those stories this morning. 6:33 a.m..john has the and those stories this morning. 6:33 a.m.. john has the sport. good morning, it is getting really tight, really tense at the cricket in edgbaston today and it could be reliant on that guy virat kohli and england will want to get him out. james anderson was saying last night that he will go to bed dreaming of getting him out this morning. you know you're serious when you go to bed thinking about it, dreaming about it. when is he up? early, i would have thought. about it. when is he up? early, i would have thoughtlj about it. when is he up? early, i would have thought. i didn't mean out of bed, i meant batting!|j would have thought. i didn't mean out of bed, i meant batting! i think he has three llamas are set and then the 7:a5a.m., he has three llamas are set and then the 7:a5 a.m., up by... he has three llamas are set and then the 7:45 a.m., up by... do you want to crack on... it is go to be exciting. the first test will be decided later and it could still go either way. england had youngster sam curran to thank for setting india a competitive total to chase. some huge hitting saw him make a maiden test fifty. india need 19a to win, they'll resume on 110 for 5 after england and james anderson
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made some important breakthroughs yesterday. but much will rely on captain virat kohli, who is still at the crease on a3 not out, having made a century in the first innings. i have been encouraged the way i have bowled so far, found the edge a few times in the first innings of. on another day i could have got him to 20 and we are not talking about how brilliant he is, we could be in a much different position now, that is not the case and we have just got to go away and know that he is someone, no one is invincible in world cricket, we can get him out and we'll be trying to do that. he said it was a possibility. now andy murray has pulled out of his washington open quarter—final, saying he was exhausted. his last match against marius copil didn't finish until after 3am local time yesterday and murray has spent more than eight hours on court over the past four days. he said he needed to listen to his body. laura kenny makes it look easy,
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new mum in august last year, back competing in march, and now another gold to add to her collection in the women's team pursuit at the european championships in glasgow. our sports correspondent joe wilson has more. laura kenny, wife ofjason, mother of audi. back on track. tim bosma greatest female olympian was part of the team in glasgow, was, with three others. italy crossing the line over two seconds behind. gold is familiar, succeeding as a mum is different. sometimes when people ask me this, it sounds like i am moaning but obviously i wouldn't change it to the world. he is absolutely everything to me and our eye want him to have the experiences and him to be able to travel the world. three british cycling medals so far, after ten climbers for emily kate, the difference between gold and silver was this. meanwhile it was
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just a few miles for hannah miley at the swimming. there is the reception for hannah miley, a great scottish favourite, loads of trends in the stands, plenty of rivals in the pool stands, plenty of rivals in the pool. lane two near the top of the screen, the a00 individual medley kept a secret, could she keep in the metals? yes on the third. only gold will do for adam peaty today, quickest to qualify today but the slowest time. he promises his a game for the brushstroke final, which in could meet a world record. james wilby will hope to stay close. here is how you turn and has scored have a facility for synchronised swimming. now watch out for the power. russia won both goals yesterday in the new mixed event. as everin yesterday in the new mixed event. as ever in the sport, it is teamwork that makes the dream work on the body the massacre knows that. everyone is getting the idea of these accurate to. joel wilson, bbc
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news, glasgow. —— these european championships. —— joe wilson, bbc news, glasgow. the championship season began last night, former england midfielder frank lampard in the dugout with derby — and what a dream start to life as a manager. his side coming from behind to win 2—1 against reading, tom lawrence scoring the winner with only 15 seconds of injury time remaining. interesting after all the success he's had, lampard said it was "right up there" with the best moments of his career. for celtic, never before has a scottish team won the treble treble, by lifting the league, the scottish cup and league cup trophies three seasons in a row, but that is the challenge facing brendand rodgers side as they begin at home against newly—promoted livingston. celtic are bidding to win the scottish premiership title for the eighth year in a row. as champions it is ourjob to not just defend, but go and win again.
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it is the same idea, we want to develop the squad, that is more of our goal for this develop the squad, that is more of our goalfor this year. we develop the squad, that is more of our goal for this year. we want to develop the work that we have already put in over these last couple of years, the development of play is. i was think when you work with individuals and teams then there is always room for improvement. england's georgia hall is just one shot off the lead at the halfway stage of the women's british open. she's yet to drop a shot at royal lytham this week and four more birdies took her to nine—under—par, as she looks for her first major title. but canada's brooke henderson hit the shot of the day, a hole—in—one on the 9th. she won a case of sparkling wine, which she gave to the reporters at her post—round press conference. she to —— there was some sparkling golf to from tommy fleetwood, too, at the world golf championship in ohio. he fired the best round of the day — a 63 — to move to 11 under par,
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alongside another briton, ian poulter. they lead the field by two shots. daniel ricciardo has caused quite the stir in the f1 drivers' market by leaving red bull tojoin renault. the australian has been with red bull for his whole career but he said it was time for a fresh challenge. he's expected to be replaced by carlos sainz or pierre gasly. a group of 57 women have set a new skydiving world record in ukraine. that's the highest number of people to get into and then change formation three times during a dive — and it all happened in just 90 seconds. they beat the previous record by one. some very impressive co—ordination. what shape have a created? is it a star formation? it is. real daredevil stock. i thought you might have a go at that, given you did knife throwing in and broke yesterday. not quite. well be with
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there. i was near it. yesterday. not quite. well be with there. iwas near it. -- yesterday. not quite. well be with there. i was near it. -- well, you we re there. i was near it. -- well, you were there. i would do it once. once is enough. i have not done it, i would like to. the time is 6:40 a.m.. lawyers for the hollywood film producer harvey weinstein are trying to have criminal charges against him dropped because they claim he was in a long—term, romantic relationship with one of the women he's accused of raping mr weinstein has pleaded not guilty to six charges involving three different women. jonathan handel is an american entertainment attorney and joins us now from los angeles. i'm looking at some of these e—mail exchanges, going back apparently to 2013, harvey weinstein's lawyers seem to think, the impression we are getting, that this might be enough
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to drop the charges. what do you think? pleasure to be back with you, no, this might be enough to drop the charges. his lawyers are alleging in a 159 page legal brief that the grandjury a 159 page legal brief that the grand jury was only provided with one side of the story and it ought to be provided with this evidence, that he says is evidence, of innocents. but in general, grand jury innocents. but in general, grand jury is in the united states do not have to be president had with evidence of innocents. there is a saying that you can get a grand jury to indicta saying that you can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich, if you want. that is probably the reason england dropped it after having it being inaugurated centuries earlier. but here there is some duty in new york, unlike most states, to present evidence of innocents, but this isn't really that. this is evidence
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that may undermine the testimony of one of the women, mainly, but doesn't really negate the question of whether a sexual assault happened. sexual kind of —— sexual conduct with forced. is very unlikely, highly unlikely that we see the charges dropped. would you mind bringing us date with where this case is at now? sure. we are in the stage where there are pre—trial motions going on. the biggest issues down the line i go to be what kind of testimony is going to be a loud? —— allowed. the trial date is september 20, on the one hand harvey weinstein is going to want as much evidence of subsequent e—mails and text messages so forth from women that may indicate consent or may
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indicate that there was some kind of relationship that continued or some kind of a friendship. on the other hand, the prosecutors are going to want, as they did with ill cosby, they are going to want as much evidence in of so—called prior bad actions, where other women in addition to the three who are in this case, are the ones, will be able to testify that harvey weinstein did something forceful or improper with them. so that is the battleground right now. what is the view generally in the united states now? he obviously has much lower profile, his marriage has broken up, what is the opinion generally in the united states of this case now? in the court of public opinion, as it were, harvey weinstein was convicted very quickly. but we have a dull system, we have course of public opinion, mass opinion and it is very
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challenging for people and the media and we have the legal system. we have got to wait and let the legal process play out. but i think that people feel there was pretty damning report in —— reporting in regards to a number of women, and now we see charges, i think people, a lot of people made up their mind but he is entitled to a fair trial before a neutral jury, entitled to a fair trial before a neutraljury, absolutely. jonathan, thank you so much for talking to us again on breakfast this morning. contributing editor for the hollywood reporter. the time is 6:a5 a.m.. here is chris with a look at this morning's weather. you will start us with a glance across the site averages across europe. yes, today is going to be the peak of the extreme heatwave, yesterday's high of a6 degrees in
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spain looks set to be passed in portugal, highs of a7 celsius. what does a7 celsius mean? it deems we are potentially going to break the all—time portuguese national temperature record, currently stood at a7.a degrees, 15 years ago. i suspect we might just at a7.a degrees, 15 years ago. i suspect we mightjust miss out on the spanish and european all—time records, but we will get very close to these as well. we will have to see how the weather plays out a little bit later on. it will certainly be hot, no two ways about it. for all of us in the uk, a pretty wa n it. for all of us in the uk, a pretty wan start to the day as well. temperatures at the moment set at 20 celsius. high pressure in charge today, which means most of us will have a fine and dry day, but the winds from the atlantic are dragging in quitea winds from the atlantic are dragging in quite a bit of moisture around the top of this higher, and that brings quite a bit of cloud, for north—western parts of the uk with a few mist and fog patches to start off with around irish sea coast and in the south—west england as well. the cloud will be thick enough at
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times to bring showers in the western scotland, but apart from that it will be a dry day for most of us. the best of the sunshine in southern england, parts of east anglia. some high cloud in the sky. temperatures pushing into the high 20s, perhaps the low 30s and the hottest areas. isolated light showers possible for northern ireland, but many will stay dry. showers will tend to pep up later on to the western isles and the highlands of scotland, so a little bit of rain there. otherwise in scotla nd bit of rain there. otherwise in scotland it is dry, temperatures near normalfor scotland it is dry, temperatures near normal for the scotland it is dry, temperatures near normalfor the time scotland it is dry, temperatures near normal for the time of year. looking at the weather picture through the evening and overnight, more rain to come the western scotla nd more rain to come the western scotland but away from the north—west corner of the uk, dry conditions with a few mist and fog patches forming, especially around some of our western coasts. temperatures are slow to come down, so another warm night, especially in the capital. eventually temperatures coming down to 16 degrees by the end of the night. that sets us up for the second half of the weekend, and againa the second half of the weekend, and again a decent looking one. the best
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of the sunshine across england and wales, quite a bit of cloud for northern ireland in scotland, but a lot of dry weather and some brighter bells at times. there is the threat of some rain moving in the western scotla nd of some rain moving in the western scotland as we had through the latter pa rt scotland as we had through the latter part of the afternoon. that could turn quite heavy later in the day. further south, temperatures reaching high 20s, just about 30 in the hottest areas. some hot sunshine in the south. that is how things are looking. we will be back with the headlines in a few minutes. but now it is time for click. planet earth is changing, daily. we humans are affecting its surface, its climate, its inhabitants.
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watching from ground level makes it difficult to make sense of it all, but these days we do have the data and we can crunch the numbers. and when it comes to understanding the really big issues, those that have effects on a truly global scale, visualising that data can turn millions of figures into something that everyone can understand. maps like these created by carnegie mellon university's ea rthtime website combine nasa satellite imagery with a wide range of datasets to produce visualisations of environmental and geopolitical events from light pollution, to refugee movement, to the effects of coral bleaching on areas such as the great barrier reef. one particular area where modelling such as this can display the starkest impacts is flooding. you can see how important that
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extreme weather research that we looked at in miami is. raise the global temperature byjust two degrees and the sea engulfs the entire area. and this here is bangladesh, where rising water levels are putting many, many people at risk. in 2017, a third of the country was left underwater after monsoon rains, devastating crops and communities. but while technology can't prevent rainfall on this scale, it can make predictions to help those in remote communities to try and stay one step ahead of the weather. paul carter has been looking at how one insurance company has been using its knowledge of risk to help the farmers fight back against the rains. like farmers the world over,
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in bangladesh they have to battle the elements. but in their case, severe flooding could be a regular occurrence. given the impact floods can have, weather information and advice on what farmers should do with their crops is disseminated to communities through phone voice messages. or via call centres that farmers can ring in to. and for those who don't have phones or live in remote off—line areas, there are also weatherboards at district points where farmers can come to receive information. when floods destroyed
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this farmer's crops, it cost him about three months' wages. these initiatives were set up by the bangladeshi government and an international charity that helps communities find sustainable solutions through technology. and now, an app being piloted is taking things even further. the ‘sesame' app uses machine learning to combine historical knowledge of crop patterns with weather forecasts so that farmers can make advanced decisions on when to plough the land, plant and apply fertilisers. this farmer is being advised to spray a fungicide to protect the crops. although these measures can be a big help, poor communities are often unaware of how vulnerable they actually are to extreme weather, or what they can
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do to lower the risks. another platform being used by the charity is setting out to assess just this, measuring the strengths and weaknesses of committees like those in this district. using the frmt, or flood resilient management toolkit, representatives from the charity visit the community to look at factors such as what crops are grown, weather patters, what large buildings exist, and the flood prevention measures that were already in place. in all, the technology looks at 88 different indicators to come up with a very holistic picture of how an area can cope with bad weather. it's quite a departure from traditional outlooks, which mostly consider factors such as dams and reservoirs. the thinking behind this technology though, comes from another country altogether, where flooding could also be an issue. 7,500 kilometres away in switzerland, a partnership
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between ibm and zurich insurance company had looked deeply into what makes a good flood resilient. in the last few decades, flash flooding has cost switzerland hundreds of millions of pounds. resilience for us is notjust a new buzzword like sustainability or something else. the big challenge of resilience is that you often don't see it until the event has happened. so what we want to have is a set of strong indicators that tell you something about what might resilience look like if something happens and then how can we strengthen those indicators, so it is all about not being derailed and not falling into a poverty trap, despite that there are risks out there. the algorithm measures all the indicators and it generates a numerical value on how resilient population is. so this helps us use what we call engineering judgement, or expertjudgement, to start sorting and organising the data so you can come up with these numerical scores things and i think that is a unique approach that we have. technology has been pivotal,
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but also kept simple so it can be used off—line. you need to work with simple devices so you don't have the most expensive hardware either. how easy is it to sell resilience as a concept? i think we need to move away from this, what is my saving if i do this? to much more a point of trying to answer the question, what is the cost of doing nothing? back in bangladesh, for farmers in this area, the cost of floods has been very high. just how vulnerable the area is is being revealed by the researchers. waterlogging hampers people's livelihoods and leads to mass migration. by working together and making proper plans, it is hoped that the technology could help reduce the risks to their livelihoods when floods hit. and now we're popping
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back to mit in boston. this place is full of really creative people, but behind this door are three guys who are trying to make us all more creative by hacking our dreams. robot: you are falling asleep. what's happening here is we're taking these three bio—signals, your heart and your skin and your muscles, and we're looking for this state of sleep in between fully awake and fully asleep. what we're doing is, we're watching, watching, watching, and right as you descend into the next stage of sleep, we introduce a little audio from the robot.
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and that bit of audio knocks you, so you are not fully asleep. and then we see if whatever word we use will in fact enter the dream. by introducing the subject of your problem into your dream and then listening back to a recording of your so—called hypnogogic mumblings, you mayjust find that you hit on a creative solution. specifically because in that moment you are hyper—associative. your cognition is really elastic, it's really flexible. you don't have that same capacity to review and be critical of your thoughts, so you generate really weird, aberrant, divergent thoughts, things that come to you as dreams but which you can later use as creative insights. robot: you are falling asleep. if, that is, you can bear listening to the weird conversations that you end up having, like this recording of one experiment. robot: you are falling asleep.
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think of a fork. a fork. tell me, what are you thinking? in tests, the students found that people who'd used this method could think of more creative uses for objects and they wrote longer stories with more drawings. and, you know, something tells me that the sleep glove may have been used to come up with the concept for its own promo video. either that, or this is how adam likes to sleep most nights.
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that is it for the short cut of click for this week. the full length version is waiting for you right now up on iplayer. and don't forget, you can follow us on facebook and twitter at bbc click. thank you very much watching. and we'll see you soon. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: what a waste. new research finds two thirds of plastic containers still can't be recycled as councils call for action. three people die from heatstroke in spain, as record temperatures hit large parts of europe. lawyers for harvey weinstein try to get rape charges thrown out based on emails from one of his accusers. tackling the stigma of autism.
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