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the venezuelan president says there's been an attempt to kill him using drones packed with explosives. this was the moment nicolas maduro‘s speech at a parade in caracas was disrupted — several soldiers are said to have been injured. several soldiers are said translation: i believe the ultra—right in venezuela and colombia, and the colombian president, are behind this attack. a security crackdown may now follow. president, are behind this attack. also tonight: president, are behind this attack. a new message from jeremy corbyn on anti—semitism but his deputy suggests labour needs to go further. a world war ii vintage plane crashes in the swiss alps killing all 20 people on board. crashes in the swiss alps the reality of addiction in a town that cut drug—related deaths in the 19905 — we have a special report. and victory for england's georgia hall, as she wins the british open. good evening.
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the venezuelan president nicolas maduro says an attempt was made on his life at a military parade in the capital caracas today — using drones packed with explosives. in the capital caracas today — he's blamed a "right—wing plot" by forces within venezuela — and the colombian president — for the apparent attack. colombia says the accusation is baseless. tonight, the venezuelan government has said six people have been arrested and face the maximum punishment. our latin america correspondent katy watson reports. mr maduro‘s speech started off like all the others, a rallying call on state television to support his revolution. and then this happened. to support his revolution. the sound cuts off. to support his revolution.
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the television pictures continue to roll. at this point, you can hear what sounds like panicked officials trying to protect mr maduro. what sounds like panicked officials and then chaos. what sounds like panicked officials the broadcast gets cut. what sounds like panicked officials unverified footage appears to show the moment the drone exploded during the president's speech. the moment the drone exploded pictures taken seconds afterwards show the president being shielded by bodyguards. afterwards show the president within hours of the incident, he returned on screen, defiant. translation: there has been an attempt to assassinate me. i have no doubt that this all points to the extreme right in venezuela in cahoots with the extreme right in colombia and that the colombian president is behind this attempt, i have no doubt. the aftermath felt chaotic. attempt, i have no doubt. the secret service, a common sight in venezuela, was out in force. this evening, six people were arrested over the incident.
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colombia has denied any involvement in the incident, as has the us. i can say unequivocally there is no us government involvement in this at all. there is no us government he's made accusations, accusing the outgoing president of colombia of responsibility for what he calls the extreme right wing in venezuela. for what he calls the extreme that means the vast opposition to his authoritarian rule. and he has blamed unnamed financiers in the united states. these are things he has said before. in the united states. venezuela is in deep economic crisis. people are going hungry amid acute food shortages. hospitals are running out of supplies. inflation is expected to rise to 1,000,000% by the end of the year. to rise to 1,000,000% the opposition has warned that mr maduro will use these images to take advantage of a further crack down on his political opponents. katy watson, bbc news. down on his political opponents. jeremy corbyn has again apologised for the hurt that's been caused to manyjewish people by anti—semitism
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in the labour party. people by anti—semitism in a video message, the labour leader acknowledged that his party had been too slow in dealing with allegations. he has not however responded to a call from his deputy, tom watson, for labour to adopt the full definition of anti—semitism as set out by the international holocaust remembrance alliance. vicki young reports. holocaust remembrance alliance. mr corbyn, when will you do enough for the jewish community to be happy with the labour party? for the jewish community to be happy he's not answering questions, but jeremy corbyn‘s under growing pressure to do something to prove he's taking the issue of anti—semitism seriously. he's taking the issue mr corbyn‘s refused several requests for interviews. instead, the labour party filmed this message in which he says sorry for the hurt caused to many jewish people. people who use anti—semitic poison need to understand — you do not do it in my name or the name of my party. you are not our supporters. or the name of my party. and anyone who denies that this has surfaced in our party is clearly actually wrong and contributing to the problem. shame on you! to the problem. jewish groups are angry
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about the internationally recognised definition of anti—semitism that the labour party has decided to adopt in its code of conduct. that the labour party has decided because it doesn't include all of the examples that come with it spelling out anti—semitic behaviour. labour says it is trying to make the code easier to enforce, but now the party's deputy leader has joined the chorus of disapproval. has joined the chorus tom watson told the observer that labour risked disappearing into a vortex of eternal shame and embarrassment over the row. another senior backbencher said mr corbyn‘s video changed nothing. and she didn't feel at all reassured by more words. he seems to have difficulty understanding that this is a very serious situation that won't go away with warm words. he seems to hold thejewish community in some kind of contempt and to treat them in a way he would not dream of treating any other minority community. he would not dream of treating labour insists that mr corbyn has made it clear in the strongest terms that anti—semitism has no place in the party and the code
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of conduct, which is causing such anger, is about to be fully consulted on. anger, is about to be vicki young, bbc news, westminster. anger, is about to be labour anger, is about to be say they are taking action, speeding labour say they are taking action, speeding up disciplinary procedures against those accused of anti—semitism but in private and public there are shadow cabinet members who feeljeremy corbyn has to do more than repeat statements he has made if he is going to draw a line under this and if he doesn't, the row will carry on damaging labour and distract the party from what it is supposed to be doing at westminster, which is opposing the conservative party. the family of midwife samantha eastwood have thanked the public for their support after the police found a body near stoke—on—trent yesterday. after the police found a body it is believed to be that of the missing 28—year—old. a 32—year—old man, who had previously been released on bail, has been re—arrested on suspicion of murder. a strong earthquake on the indonesian island of lombok
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has killed nearly a0 people. on the indonesian island of lombok dozens more are being treated for broken bones and head injuries. the magnitude seven quake was also felt on the neighbouring island of bali, where officials urged people to move away from the coast. the search and rescue operation is continuing through the night, but is being hampered by power cuts. is continuing through the night, a world war ii vintage plane has crashed in the swiss alps, killing all 20 people on board. crashed in the swiss alps, the aircraft had been returning from locarno in the south of the country, and is thought to have been carrying tourists. and is thought to have swiss police say it came down on a remote mountainside, as sarah campbell reports. on a remote mountainside, there were no survivors. on a remote mountainside, the wreckage of the vintage aircraft now scattered across this alpine slope. vintage aircraft now 20 people had been aboard the flight back to zurich. three from austria, the rest from switzerland. one eyewitness said the plane fell from the sky like a stone.
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what is left of it suggests that was the case. suggests that was the translation: based on the situation at the crash site, we can say that the aircraft smashed into the ground almost vertically at relatively high speed. into the ground almost vertically the exact cause is still to be investigated. what we can rule out at this point is that there was a collision before the crash, neither with another aircraft nor with some other obstacle, such as the cable. junkers 52s were built and used by the german military in the second world war. the one that crashed was part of a fleet now used for sightseeing. was part of a fleet now according to the owners, it passed a maintenance check at the end ofjuly. it passed a maintenance the isolated location means it passed a maintenance there was little radar monitoring of the flight. and the plane had no black box. the question for the investigators is what could have caused such a catastrophic crash. is what could have sarah campbell, bbc news. is what could have the number of drug—related deaths in england and wales has been rising steadily in recent years — the latest official data will be
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released tomorrow and may show fatalities at a new record high. in some areas the battle against drug use has been a long one. in the 1990s, widnes — in cheshire — pioneered a new approach that saw a reduction in deaths , and a fal in crime. but the programme was then dropped. and a fal in crime. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has been to see the searing reality of drug use in the town today. hough green in widnes is part of a growing police problem. an area where it is quicker to get drugs than pizza, extraordinarily quicker. to get drugs than pizza, we watched as one drug user ordered some heroin. hiya, mate. ordered some heroin. are you all right? ordered some heroin. yeah. ordered some heroin. can i have... ordered some heroin. as he did so, we ordered a takeaway. the contest had barely begun before it was over. i've just scored now.
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begun before it was over. it took a lot quicker than ordering food. it was at my front door from phoning in to receiving it in four minutes, tops. from phoning in to receiving it the pizza arrived after 45 minutes. from phoning in to receiving it a0 minutes longer than the heroin delivery. what has drugs done to you? the heroin delivery. i'm in terrible shape, because of drugs. severe leg ulcers. because of drugs. deep—vein thrombosis. because of drugs. mental issues, breathing issues. because of drugs. terrible circulation problems. because of drugs. you name it, george rigby has taken it. his main drug has been heroin, which he has used for 45 years. drug addiction has killed several friends in recent years. and now, aged 63, he knows it will kill him, too. it will catch up with me. it will kill him, too. quite soon, i would have thought. it will kill him, too. pretty soon? it will kill him, too. i am amazed i made it this far. it will kill him, too. totally amazed. it will kill him, too. for a time in the 1990s,
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george was doing well as he attended this clinic in widnes. george was doing well as he attended cigarettes injected with diamorphine, medical heroin, were given to users free on the nhs. with diamorphine, medical heroin, the results were dramatic. with diamorphine, medical heroin, drug—related deaths plummeted, as did levels of petty crime such as shoplifting. as did levels of petty crime but, in 1995, the government shut the clinic. michael lyons was a police officer in widnes at the time and recalls the success of the scheme. in widnes at the time and recalls you felt like you were helping the local people, even the local users, because if you can reduce a drugs death, fantastic. because if you can reduce but also the fact that we were being impactive on people not having their houses burgled. impactive on people not the high death rates are blamed on an ageing group of users who have been taking heroin for decades, mixed, perhaps, with cement dust or rat poison. mixed, perhaps, with cement but there have also been large cuts to drug treatment services in recent years. cuts to drug treatment we are beginning to see a resurgence of violence associated with drug markets.
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a resurgence of violence which we had thought had largely gone away. so there are signs that the system is beginning to fray, just as we are concerned that the benefits around improved health for service users and reductions in drug—related deaths are also reducing. and reductions in drug—related as towns like widnes know well, policing alone will not stop illegal drugs. policing alone will not last month, 36 people were sentenced to a total of 180 years in prison for dealing drugs in the town. to a total of 180 years in prison the users barely noticed a blip in supply. new dealers quickly appeared. a blip in supply. for george, who has lived through much of britain's so—called war on drugs, there is one overriding regret. that he could not say no. there is one overriding regret. look at me. there is one overriding regret. this is what you get from it, if you are daft enough to carry on. this is no party? if you are daft enough to carry on. no party whatsoever. if you are daft enough to carry on. i didn't sign up to end up like this. michael buchanan, bbc news.
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to end up like this. after years? of secretive negotiations, ?the catholic church and the the chinese communist party may be on the brink of a deal with profound implicatons for their fractious relationship. a compromise — in which the vatican allows the chinese government a greater say in the appointment of clergy — appears likely. some regard it as a way for the church to expand the numbers of china's catholic minority. for the church to expand the numbers but as our correspondent john sudworth reports — critics see it as a betrayal. john sudworth reports — in china, not even prayer is free from communist party control. for decades, an atheist government has insisted on the right to appoint priests and bishops in the catholic church. but this church in eastern china is one of the many that has been holding out. is one of the many that in defiance of the chinese government, the bishop here has been
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appointed directly by rome. government, the bishop here has been he now finds himself at the centre of a momentous compromise. despite being frequently detained for his loyalty, the vatican is planning to ask him to step aside. it is a real privilege to meet you. to step aside. i was hoping i could ask you just a few quick questions. we find the bishop eating breakfast, having just been released again by chinese state security. having just been released again i ask him why he was detained this time. translation: i don't know. detained this time. i guess they want less media exposure. has the vatican asked you to step aside and have you agreed? translation: the pope is our leader. aside and have you agreed? if he decides, then yes, we obey. aside and have you agreed? if he does get that order, as many here expect, of a communist party
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backed bishop instead. it is one of a number of concessions in return for which the vatican hopes it will be free to recruit badly needed new members to a unified chinese church. badly needed new members it is an extraordinary moment. badly needed new members a reconciliation between two of history's great opposing forces — catholicism and communism. of history's great opposing forces — while people here may be unable to voice their criticisms to openly, elsewhere there is deep concern. to voice their criticisms to openly, in a seminary in hong kong, a place where china's persecuted christians once fled, the deal is seen as a deep betrayal. so we moved to this house back again. cardinaljoseph zen is particularly concerned that the chinese communist party will have power over all future appointments, with the pope only holding a veto. all future appointments,
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how many times can you veto? all future appointments, what can you expect from the government? they are presenting their names. from the government? can you expect them to present the names? decent names? to present the names? no. to present the names? with the new arrangement, they have in their hands the full rights to make their own choice. they have in their hands the full so, it is going to be a bad choice. they have in their hands the full do you believe if this deal goes through, it is the end of the catholic church in china? through, it is the end i think so. through, it is the end for the moment, yes. through, it is the end the true church, it disappears. through, it is the end not for the first time, the vatican is being accused of accommodating an authoritarian regime. is being accused of accommodating ultimately, china's catholics will be the judge of whether it is a sensible compromise, or a sell—out. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing.
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or a sell—out. with all the sport, or a sell—out. here's lizzie greenwood—hughes. or a sell—out. thanks very much, mishal. or a sell—out. good evening. or a sell—out. georgia hall has become the first british woman to win a golf major for nine years. british woman to win with her dad as her caddy, the 22—year—old won the british open at royal lytham and st annes by two shots. patrick gearey reports. and st annes by two shots. georgia hall didn't look like she was about to play the most important round of her life. like she was about to play the most one shot off the lead in the british open but seeming as relaxed as if she were playing a quick nine at the local rec. this approach on 15 set up her fifth birdie of a superb final round. now it was serious. birdie of a superb final round. hall had never won a major, but this on 16 was for a share of the lead. but this on 16 was for a share look, by contrast, where her rival was on the next hole. pornanong phatlum meandering off the beaten track on the most crucial stretch. off the beaten track on phatlum's double bogey meant that georgia hall, named in honour of the masters course in augusta,
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georgia, could walk to the last with a three—shot lead, the chance to enjoy without pressure this moment. the chance to enjoy without pressure victory achieved with her dad as her caddie. he'd kicked her boyfriend off the bag for this event. off the bag for i was quite nervous and i think he was, too, but we didn't really say anything to each other. he was, too, but we didn't we just tried to get the job done, as they say. you know, he was amazing this week and you know, i'm very glad i kept it together. and you know, i'm very i'm over the moon. and you know, i'm very at 22 years of age, hall has earned £377,000 today. this was a round that will change her life. patrick gearey, bbc news. will change her life. match of the day and sportscene in scotland follow this programme, so if you don't want to know what happened in today's football, avert your attention now. manchester city have picked up where they left off, comfortably winning the community shield at wembley. the premier league champions beat last year's fa cup winners chelsea 2—0. last year's fa cup winners sergio aguero scoring twice. last year's fa cup winners steven gerrard's first league game
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in charge of rangers ended in a 1—1 draw after aberdeen scored an injury—time equalizer in the scottish premiership. scored an injury—time equalizer elsewhere, hibs beat motherwell 3—0. scored an injury—time equalizer british cyclist laura kenny won her second gold of the european championships in glasgow despite admitting she's still not back to her best after having her first baby. there were also golds in the pool today. our correspondent joe wilson reports. laura joe wilson reports. kenney started, nervously, she said, laura kenney started, nervously, she said, with 18 other riders. in the elimination race the slowest of removed until two sprinted for gold. it isa removed until two sprinted for gold. it is a thrilling format and lori kenny —— laura kenney loves it, so do the spectators. kenny first, after becoming a mother, she says she now put cycling second and i wondered if her comeback is now
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ahead of schedule. are you surprising yourself by what you have managed? a little bit, i did well and was ready average in coming back idid not and was ready average in coming back i did not know how it was going to go. it was my first individual event andi go. it was my first individual event and i felt shaky to begin with but when i settled in i enjoyed it and thatis when i settled in i enjoyed it and that is how i used to feel. when i settled in i enjoyed it and that is howl used to feel. strange times in the swimming pool. we watched the action knowing the fault led to adam peaty‘s record being recalibrated, it is one tenth of a second slower. watch george davies, taking gold in the 50 metres backstroke. it takes just over seven minutes and two complete this freestyle relay but great britain w011 freestyle relay but great britain won by an impressive margin. victory forjames guy and these three guys. ireland's fairytale at the hockey world cup ended with a heavy defeat in the final in london. the team of amateurs were beaten 6—0 by the defending champions, netherlands, their
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eighth world title. the run means ireland are expected to climb into the top ten rankings for the first time. to climb into the top ten that's the sport. but for now, back to you. tributes have been pouring in for the veteran entertainer barry chuckle, one half of the chuckle brothers, who has died at the age of 73. one half of the chuckle brothers, alongside his brother paul, he became a fixture on children's television from the 19805 onwards. he became a fixture on children's david sillito looks back at his career. i tell you what, move it towards me a bit. right. it towards me a bit. to you. it towards me a bit. to me... it towards me a bit. to me, to you. it towards me a bit. for more than 30 years, barry elliott was barry chuckle. it was a comic career dominated by a never—ending struggle with awkward bits of furniture. by a never—ending struggle you could saw a bit off the cue. by a never—ending struggle their children's tv show began in the 1980s. the act was made up of the classic musical routines that they had grown up with. of the classic musical routines the whole family was in show business. can you stop the music and let me out...? 0h! and let me out...? their dad was a comedian. and let me out...? their older brothers were also
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an act, the patton brothers. and young barry and paul continued the family trade. there was some early success on opportunity knocks and new faces, but chucklevision changed everything for the rotherham duo. i am sven from sweden. for the rotherham duo. i am ethel...from rotherham. for the rotherham duo. it is a sad day in rotherham. for the rotherham duo. yeah, he was very much from rotherham and he was very grounded to the area. from rotherham and he was very yeah, his heart was here, definitely. it was a big part of my childhood. was here, definitely. like, going to my grandparents' and watching it with my granddad. yeah, it's really sad. and watching it with my granddad. it was slapstick and i loved it. and watching it with my granddad. among the tributes today, jack whitehall, david walliams and tinchy stryder, who had even recorded a song with them. # wait, i swear you're the chuckle brothers # you must be... # barry # and he's... # paul # nah.# # paul barry was also remembered at today's cbbc summer festival. we are sending all our love to paul chuckle and the rest of the family and, for the last
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time, to me, to you. and the final word, this, from his brother paul, who said "i've notjust lost my brother, i've lost my theatrical partner of many, many years and my very best friend." entertainer barry chuckle, who's died at the age of 73. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. way as we see the change in the pattern of the jet stream. this week it's slipping its way south and east and it starts to strengthen, it will replace the heat with something more fresh and it will also bring some showers and maybe even longer spells
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of rain particularly midweek onwards, words, there will also be sunshine which we will start the week with across england and wales once again under a less area of high pressure. to the north and west we have fronts which will topple across northern ireland, scotland and northern england bringing more cloud and patchy rain at times, it will ease through the day, brakes and mcleod, missed and low cloud disbursing leaving much of england and wales with plenty of sunshine once again and temperatures exceeding 30 across east anglia, more fresh for the north and west you go. should be a fine evening for many with late sunshine, still this code searching across southern scotland, maybe bringing the odd patch of rain, fog and low cloud, the front is with us on tuesday, it's making slow progress south and east and by tuesday it's a fairly wea k east and by tuesday it's a fairly weakfair, east and by tuesday it's a fairly weak fair, lots of cloud stretching from southern scotland down into
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north—west england and also all parts of wales, could bring patchy rain that that will ease through the day, through much of tuesday most of the country will be largely dry, the best of the sunshine for the least you go and we are still holding onto the heat across east anglia and south east england but not for long. the change will come through wednesday, finally that front starts to clear south east england and it's by this time a dividing line between the fresher air we had already across much of north—west england, scotla nd across much of north—west england, scotland and northern ireland and the heat we have had in the south. the red and orange colours are starting to retreat into the continent and we are left with something noticeably more fresh. wednesday there will be showers, particularly for west of scotland and northern ireland, some of those moving into wales and maybe later in the day across south—west england, it will feel more fresh but there must be sunshine, noticed a drop in temperature by some 8 degrees in places, not so much contrast between
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northern ireland and scotland and england and wales. looking into thursday there are still showers, some of these getting further east, not much rain for a while, chance we could see some on thursday, some of those showers likely to be sharp and could run together to give a prolonged spell of rain and the uniforms 17—22 by the time they get to thursday, temperatures coming back down to where they should be this time of year. we continue the theme as we head into the weekend, much more than atlantic influence so it will feel noticeably more fresh and more comfortable by night and also the chance we could see further rain at times through the weekend in the forms of showers, hit and miss but the weekend looks to be much more unsettled before sunshine returns through monday and tuesday. another spell of wet weather for a time later and weekend, cooler and breezy, rain at times, some sunshine and then as we go further ahead
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chance the high pressure will start to build again and we'll start to see something more settled but the heat is finally going. hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — first the headlines. jeremy corbyn apologises on social media over anti—semitism in the party — after his deputy warned labour could disappear into a "vortex of eternal shame" if it wasn't resolved. president maduro of venezuela blames right—wing opponents and colombia for what he says was an assassination attempt using drones carrying explosives. the government publishes plans to change organ donation in england to an "opt—out" system from 2020. children's entertainer, barry chuckle — one half of the chuckle brothers — has died at the age of 73. his comedy partner and brother paul said he'd lost his very best friend.
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