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good morning, welcome to breakfast with steph mcgovern and mega munchetty. our headlines this morning... the pope arrives in ireland today for his first visit in almost a0 years — he'll make a series of public appearances and meet privately people abused by the clergy. falling into step with scotland and wales — women in england will soon be allowed to take abortion pills in their own homes. holidaymakers arrive home after being flown back early from an egyptian hotel following the unexplained deaths of a british couple. that picture is not one of those british couple. it's just sad that these two people have died, in whichever circumstances they've died. and no—one can be sure. it's all speculation right now. good morning and in sport... manchester united manager jose mourinho insists he has "no problem" with his boss ed woodward — amid reports of a falling out between the pair. no surprise that on a bank holiday
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weekend we have some rain on the way. it is tomorrow that is going to be the wetter day of the two. it's saturday the 25th of august. our top story... in the next hour and a half, pope francis will arrive in ireland, he'll be the first pontiff in almost a0 years to visit the country. his two—day tour comes as the catholic church faces criticism over its handling of child abuse by priests, dating back decades. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to listen to him speak. our ireland correspondent, emma vardy, says it will be a packed pa pal visit. the papal plane shepherd one is expected to touch down at dublin airport at 10:30am. and then there will be a packed series of events over the next two days. a lot of anticipation here about the kind of reception that pope francis will get. of course, ireland is a very different country today to the one it was some a0 years ago, the last pa pal visit. back then, ireland was known as the most catholic country in the world.
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some 90% of catholics attended weekly mass. homosexual activity, contraception, divorce, were all illegal. that is very different today. ireland has recently had two referendums, legalising abortion and same—sex marriage. just a couple of the markers, really, of how much social attitudes have changed since then. the catholic church does not have the same draw in ireland that it once did. it has been hugely damaged by a number of scandals in recent years, not least, of course, the sexual abuse of children by catholic priests. that is one very important issue that pope francis is expected to address at some point over the weekend. we do know as well that the vatican has said he will be meeting survivors of sexual abuse. despite the scandals somewhat overshadowing this visit, of course, the pope is one of the most famous figures in the world and still has that ability to draw some of the hugest crowds that it is possible to see. tickets for those events have all gone and this will be the beginning of a very important
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moment for ireland. the first holidaymakers to be flown back early from the egyptian hotel where a british couple died have arrived home. john and susan cooper from burnley were staying at the steigenberger aqua magic hotel in hurghada. thomas cook said the circumstances of the unexplained deaths remained unclear. the couple's daughter, who was also staying in the hotel, says she believes her parents‘ deaths are suspicious. matt cole reports. they should still be enjoying sandy beaches and luxury pools, but holiday—makers have chosen the safety of a wet bank holiday weekend in britain over the uncertainty surrounding their luxury hotel in hurghada. when you find out at io—io:30pm at night that two people have died two days ago, and nobody knows why. if they'd been open and transparent, i wouldn't have got on that plane. some people were quite irate and upset because they didn't have answers, instant answers, and you can't give instant answers because it's speculation.
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thomas cook did what they could. no—one had said a word until thursday. but it is a bit scary. the decision to evacuate all thomas cook customers from the aqua magic hotel followed the deaths ofjohn and susan cooper. they were on holiday with their daughter, who found them unwell in their room on tuesday. both later died. the family believes something about their deaths at this five—star resort doesn't add up. preliminary findings by the egyptian authorities suggest the couple died of natural causes. thomas cook says there had been reports of raised levels of illness amongst guests, but that's disputed by the hotel. in hurghada, it's understood the public prosecution office is investigating and officials have told the bbc it's likely to report within the next week or ten days. matt cole, bbc news. president trump has cancelled next week's planned trip to north korea by his secretary of state, mike pompeo. mr trump said not enough progress had been made in dismantling
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pyongyang's nuclear programme. david willis has the details. reporter: mr president, what about the meeting with north korea, sir? capping a tumultuous week at home, donald trump is now facing a major setback involving a key area of foreign policy. following what he described as a historically successful summit with the north korean leader, kim jong—un, in singapore earlier this year, plans were announced for the secretary of state to revisit north korea this weekend only for those plans to be scrapped 2a hours later. finally it's dawned on donald trump that perhaps the nuclear problem with north korea is not over. and so i think what he has done in his mind is say we've
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done our part but somehow china's not doing its part, why is china not doing its part? because they're in a trade war with us, so we'll get the trade war over and then we'll get going with this. in singapore, mr trump said the nuclear threat from north korea was now over, but the agreement reached between the two men was vague and mr kim has shown little willingness since to dismantle his nuclear arsenal. previous administrations have fallen victim to foot—dragging on the part of the north koreans. for all the bonding that took place in singapore, the path to denuclearisation on the korean peninsula may be longer and bumpier than president trump predicted. david willis, bbc news, washington. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has defended comments he made about "zionists" five years ago, when he was a backbencher. a conservative mp has reported his comments to the parliamentary standards watchdog. let's get more detail from our political correspondent, tom barton who is in our london newsroom.
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this disdain overjeremy corbyn‘s comments and general attitudes in the labour party, towards thejewish community, this is all being het up ain? community, this is all being het up again? yes, jeremy corbyn forced to defend not just his again? yes, jeremy corbyn forced to defend notjust his party's approach to dealing with complaints of anti—semitism, but his own use of language. this all dates back to a speech that he made in 2013, during which he talked about british zionists who, he said, may have lived in this country for a very long time, perhaps all of their lives, but who he said did not understand english irony. he said he was talking about a specific group of pro—israel activists who he said had berated the palestinian representative to the uk at a meeting at westminster. but several labour mps have criticised his
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comments, including the jewish labourmp comments, including the jewish labour mp luciana berger, who said they were in it's usable. last night, jeremy corbyn published a statement in which he said he was using the term zionist in the accurate political sense, in his words, by using it to describe co—israel campaigners, and not, he said, asa co—israel campaigners, and not, he said, as a euphemism forjewish people. he says he does try not to use that term any more because it has now been adopted, he says, by anti—semites as code forjews. the family of a british—iranian woman imprisoned in iran on spying charges are fighting for her three—day temporary release to be extended. nazanin zhagari—ratcliffe was reunited with her four year old daughter this week but is due to return to prison tomorrow. she was jailed in 2016 on spying charges which she denies. earlier, richard ratcliffe told breakfast he is hopeful that her time out ofjail will be
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extended or that she will be released all together. we have had a big step two days ago. i was pleased that the iranian ambassador to london tweeted a picture of nazanin being released, which i took as a very good sign. thing is crossed, i'm hopeful. until we get the call to say, yes, and as the day goes on we don't here, we will gradually get more nervous. i think it's always been steps forward and steps back, so we shouldn't get too far ahead of ourselves. but hopefully it will be a good day today and a good day tomorrow. women in england will be allowed to take an early abortion pill at home, under a department of health plan due to take effect by the end of the year. last month, the government was criticised as being "out of step" — as the practice is already allowed in scotland and wales. chi chi izunda reports: under the current law in england, women who want to end their pregnancy before ten weeks have to take two pills up to 48 hours apart and at a clinic.
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but critics say two separate visits to a medical facility can be challenging to organise and are often traumatic, as some women can experience bleeding and cramping on their way home. it was so traumatic and so unexpected. the pain and nausea was so extreme that i had to get off the tube. i lay down on the bench and basicallyjust decided that i wasn't going to move any further. it's that distress that the government wants to avoid women suffering. the department of health says by the end of this year, it will allow women to take the second pill in the familiar surroundings of their own home. around 180,000 women have an abortion each year in england, and four in five of those are early medical terminations. this move has been widely welcomed, with the british pregnancy advisory service calling this decision and outbreak of common sense. we're absolutely delighted that this has come into place. this is a way in which girls
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and women can access the second part, or the second pills in their early medical abortion in a safe, effective and compassionate way. it also means england falls in line with wales, who allow women to take the second pill at home from june, and scotland, which made the change last year. while in northern ireland, abortion is still illegal unless there's serious risk to a woman's health or life. chi chi izunda, bbc news. the hurricane heading towards hawaii has been down—graded to a category one storm — but is still expected to bring disruption. hurricane lane has already caused flash flooding and landslides around the islands — and is now sustaining winds of 70 miles an hour. the national weather service forecaster says it is expecting the storm to weaken, but the authorities have plans in place in case there are still problems. the first of a new series of rail strikes on northern has begun, as part of the dispute about the role of guards on trains.
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members of the rmt union are set to walk out for six consecutive saturdays. northern has said it will operate around 30% of its usual services, with buses replacing some trains. it is 9.12. let's return to one of those stories we were mentioning. catholics in ireland are this morning preparing for the arrival of pope francis — his first visit to the country and the first papal visit in almost four decades. the trip comes at a time when the catholic church has been engulfed by abuse allegations. let's discuss this with the author paul vallely, who has previously written about pope francis. let's start by talking about the significance of this visit. it was 1979 when we last had a papal visit. 0ur 1979 when we last had a papal visit. our biggest today going to be violent? it's very difficult to say. he is very popular, people like him asaso
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he is very popular, people like him as a so it will still be a big occasion, but there is still not down in ireland over the six —— there is still meltdown in northern ireland over sexual abuse. in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, 1000 kids abused by priests over the decades. the pope wrote a letter about it last week. you have the two things, his personal popularity, he is not seen as his personal popularity, he is not seen as part of the problem but maybe not part of the solution either. that is the frustration, it is the leadership that the pope should offer in terms of apology, action. that has caused some frustration. he talked about a poor church for the poor, economics of people from latin america, where he comes from, changing the way the church makes decisions and that kind of thing. lowdown on his priority
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has been sex abuse, and the role of women. now it has come back to bite him. we had ireland, chile, america, and suddenly he looks like a man who is dragging his feet. so he is meeting victims of sexual abuse as pa rt meeting victims of sexual abuse as part of this visit? he is, but the previous pope did the same thing. it depends what the victims say, if they choose to speak. the problem is that the previous pope, benedict, talked about the filth in the church, the priests doing this kind of thing, nearly a decade ago. what has happened since, this pope has set upa has happened since, this pope has set up a commission to put in place a tribunal and various other things to sort the problem out. the tribunal has not met, he has never turned up at one of the meetings of the sexual abuse commission. it is not a priority for him. it will now have to become a priority for him because it is in his face. it is interesting how much has changed in
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ireland, given now abortion is legal, gay marriage is legal, and these are things which the pope opposes. how will that go down? is ita opposes. how will that go down? is it a case of people being interested in the spectacle of the visit, but don't really care what he says? ado a do think he's a man of compassion and he has the right priorities, he ca res and he has the right priorities, he cares about the things it says in the gospels so people will listen. he will do six speeches over the next 48 hours. i think people will listen. the test will be, does he do anything as a result of it? history will remember him for his actions, not his words. how successful a pope do you think he has been so far? you have spoken about how popular he has been when it comes to talking about the
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pereira and breaking down some barriers. what do you think the people ireland, traditionally a religious country, expect from this visit? i think they expect some of that personal warmth from him. it is his chief characteristic. he is like your favourite uncle. he his chief characteristic. he is like yourfavourite uncle. he is his chief characteristic. he is like your favourite uncle. he is like someone you want your favourite uncle. he is like someone you want to have a selfie taken with. that is the kind of response people have to him. in the book i wrote about him, the last six cha pters book i wrote about him, the last six chapters are about what he has been doing in the vatican and four were positive, reorganising the finance and bureaucracy, changing the way the church makes its decisions, but one of the big areas he was failing one of the big areas he was failing on was six abuse. he still is. thank you so much forjoining us. —— sex abuse. tomasz is here with a look at this morning's weather. it isa it is a mixed picture for a bank holiday weekend? yes, it would be. i would of the three days, most of us
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will get two decent days. today will be one of the good days, plenty of sunshine around, if you showers, but tomorrow, the bit in the middle, is not looking great. sunday will be a wash—out for some. let's zoom in and see what is happening. this is what it looks like from space. cloud out there in the atlantic, some of it heading in our direction. this is the jet stream padoin that is over as right now dragging the calder air up as right now dragging the calder air up from the north. if you have already been out this morning, walking the dog, orfor a job, you may have felt that nip in the air. it was quite chilly a few moments ago when i turned up to work, i needed my jumper. the ago when i turned up to work, i needed myjumper. the day is fine, the sunshine is strong, so in the afternoon, it feels fine. after a cold morning, the afternoons tend to warm up,
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cold morning, the afternoons tend to warm up, so cold morning, the afternoons tend to warm up, so 20 degrees in london, which is ok. pressure in belfast, 16 degrees. a couple of showers today so degrees. a couple of showers today so do not be surprised if it rains briefly this afternoon. 0verall so do not be surprised if it rains briefly this afternoon. overall it should be fine. tonight the cloud will thicken across the west. it will thicken across the west. it will turn cloudy, wet and windy. in the east, it will stay dry and chilly overnight. 7 degrees first thing on sunday in norwich. then this weather front moves in and parks itself over the uk on sunday morning and afternoon. from the morning and afternoon. from the morning onwards, the rain and the wind increases across western areas of the uk. by the time we get to lunchtime, two thirds of the uk will have been engulfed by the rain. by mid—afternoon, all of us will have seen some mid—afternoon, all of us will have seen some rain. tomorrow, steady rain on the way, with strong winds across western and southern areas. by across western and southern areas. by the evening, we will have to wait
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till eight o'clock before the rain clears away from the south—east and then this guys will clean and the weather will improve. monday will be a fine day. —— the skies will clear. you can see on the weather system across scandinavia and another one over here. temperature is not bad in scotla nd over here. temperature is not bad in scotland and northern. i have a couple of bags on the sofa now. there is a reason. we are trying to explain about when you get a flight and you know you have the carry on trying to work out whether they allow think you have got on your plane is the right size to fit in the compartment, to take on board. this is the reason why. ryanair has announced plans to change its baggage policy in a move which it says isn't driven by profit but a need to improve turnaround times. we will try to explain.
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from november, the operator's passengers will be forced to pay extra if they want to take luggage on board. at the moment, you can take a small bag on the aircraft free of charge, as well as a small case which is stored in the plane's hold, but if you're a priority customer, you can have both on board with you, for an extra £6. as of november, you can still take a small bag on, provided it fits under the seat in front of you. but if you want to take hand luggage you'll have to pay an e8 fee, unless you are a priority customer, but the number of those tickets are to be capped for only half the passengers. hopefully that has explained a bit. the travel journalist helen coffeyjoins us now. she will explain more. these are the two bags that steph was referring to. this is what it comes down to. explain what it will mean a view rock up with what you think is a bag
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you could have got on before but you cannot get on now? this might have been a bit big but potentially you could have taken both these bags for free before. if you have not paid extra, now you can take on smaller bag, andi extra, now you can take on smaller bag, and i think this probably fits. that can be no more than 40 x 20 x 25 centimetres. we have been measuring. it is basically that. that is 40. then that one cannot. that probably does not. that belongs to robert, a producer. he says he gets on the plane with that nobody but he will not be able to with the new rules. he will have to take a much smaller bag. for example, this one. like a rucksack. exactly. where is that going? into the cabin with you. under the seat? it is not being stored in the overhead lockers.|j
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get really annoyed. this is my suitcase. i would not take that on board. would you not? i would put that in the hold. it annoys me that people shove these in the top ranks. they are allowed. whether they are allowed or not, i think it takes up allowed or not, i think it takes up a lot of room. if you need a suitcase like that, put it in the hold. that is changing as well in terms of cost? you pay £6 to be a priority booking. that means you get to ta ke priority booking. that means you get to take your small bag, and you also get to take a bigger bag, no more than ten kilograms, into the hold with you. something like this. as you have said, there is not room for every passenger to put a bag in the overhead lockers so they have capped it at about 50% of the passengers. 95 people. if you want to take a bigger bag, you have to pay £8 and it goes in the hold. not only do you have to pay more, you have to be
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quick at declaring what bag you're going to take. you have to be more organised than before. are people going to be spending their evenings before a flight with spending their evenings before a flight with a tape measure measuring their bags? i think they should. i do that because ryanair are quite... strict. strict about it. i have been burned before by not measuring the bag. they say, that will be an extra £50 return to take that bag in the hold. do you think this is driven, as ryanair says, hold. do you think this is driven, as rya nair says, by hold. do you think this is driven, as ryanair says, by a desire to quick in the turnaround times, or by profit? i think it is driven by the turnaround times, but that is part of ryanair‘s turnaround times, but that is part of rya nair‘s business turnaround times, but that is part of ryanair‘s business model so it is ultimately about profit. they are saying they do not anticipate they will make more money from it but i think that is a white lie. if you go from 30% of people booking priority to basically most of the plane wanting to pay extra so they can ta ke wanting to pay extra so they can take a bigger bag you will make more
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money. we do not want to accuse ryanair of lying so we will ask them. iam sure them. i am sure will that some point. we will see if they have made more me out of this. thank you for explaining. we had better keep this. we will need it. have you got any flights coming up? you can measure me. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. time now for a look at the newspapers. the children's commissioner for england, anne longfield, is here to tell us what's caught her eye. good morning. how are you travelling, sensible packer?” good morning. how are you travelling, sensible packer? i do have the tape measure right. i like having one of those things in the overhead lockers because they are quick. you can get on and off without having that extra 20 minutes. i am sorry. without having that extra 20 minutes. iam sorry. iam without having that extra 20 minutes. i am sorry. i am all right with that. just do not get on an aeroplane with naga. that is fine. first let's look at the front pages. the graphics are not going to work.
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lots is being covered. the first papal visit to place might be nearly 40 yea rs. let's papal visit to place might be nearly 40 years. let's see what you have been looking at. it has been gcse week in the express. the exam results are out. the exam results are out and lots of families will be spending the weekend with a sigh of relief it is all over, and the children, whether they have got the right results are not, they will be able to start planning. this year it has been tougher exams and kids have been telling me about the stress from matt. not only has it been tougher, it has been unknown and they have not had past papers, so that has been an issue. it exam results have remained steady. now they are over, there is something about looking and reviewing what it means, is specially for disadvantaged kids. london has been pulling away again, especially around the north. the northeast
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doing quite well progress wise. nonetheless, we all want kids to get the best opportunities. nonetheless, we all want kids to get the best opportunitieslj nonetheless, we all want kids to get the best opportunities. i have a great beef about this. what about the young people who do not get the exams and the fact that then, in society, we are leading them to feel like they are a failure in life? they have probably got other great skills. what do we do about that? they have probably got other great skills. what do we do about that7m drives me mad. there is a massive spotlight on the exam results. the kids who have not been taking exams or they are not going down to the exa m or they are not going down to the exam results, the spotlight goes over and it never comes back. we could talk for a long time about that, but good vocational, practical courses, qualifications, that will help them get ready for life. it will also value them as part of the school, not seeing them as dispensable. even if you do not do well in your exams, at 16 you have
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to get your maths and english gcse to get your maths and english gcse to carry on. that is where it is tough. now all the new exams are over, they are done, they have gone through the first boundary, now let's look at what that means. well done to everyone doing them and also, naga, you got your maths gcse. you got seven. i had it before, to be fair. you got another one. livestock about social media. the impact it is having on young children. you were keen to talk about this. yes, the impact, the editors talking about hate speech. what we have today is tom watson, the deputy the labour party, talking about plans to tighten regulation on social media. it has been brewing for a long time. there has been a chilling of the relationship with social media companies. the government is going
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to put forward a plan in october which has been many months and consultation. this is the opportunity to reset the deal. consultation. this is the opportunity to reset the dealm consultation. this is the opportunity to reset the deal. it is the definition of the social media companies. apologies for speaking over. at the moment they are almost publishers of other content. other people take responsibility for what is on the. newspapers have to take responsibility for what is in them. when social media began not that long ago, no one would have anticipated the level of impact it would have on the life of everyone. we know now, so this is the time. 0ne we know now, so this is the time. one of the popular things social media is the how—to instructional videos. do you use them? a couple of things. i use them for golf tips. they are so popular. i used one to alice a wedding cake.|j they are so popular. i used one to alice a wedding cake. i did not have much time to do it so i needed to learn quickly. —— to ice a wedding
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cake. it was fine. there has been a story today about the youtube stars who are having their matchup. this story is saying that there seems to bea story is saying that there seems to be a move away from that. the trend is around not having celebrities on the internet, so given that kids spend lots of time online looking at craft things like this, it is a good move. they are saying that a quarter of things on there just have people doing the crafts rather than the celebrities, which are looking to monetise that, looking to turn it on toa brand. monetise that, looking to turn it on to a brand. that is something which iam to a brand. that is something which i am concerned about in terms of the impact on kids. people are savvy to the fact they are getting paid quite a bit of money for marketing certain things. if they are going to be on, they need to be good. lovely talking to you. thanks for joining us. the headlines are coming
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on. we will see you soon. hello, this is breakfast with steph mcgovern and naga munchetty. here's a summary of this morning's main news. in just under an hour, pope francis will arrive in ireland after travelling from rome, he'll be the first pontiff in almost 40 years to have visited the country. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to watch him speak over the weekend. he'll also meet privately with victims of sexual abuse by members of the catholic church. the first holidaymakers to be flown back early from the egyptian hotel where a british couple died have arrived home. john and susan cooper
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from burnley were staying at the steigenberger aqua magic hotel in hurghada. thomas cook said the circumstances of the unexplained deaths remained unclear. the couple's daughter who was also staying in the hotel says she believes her parents‘ deaths are suspicious. president trump has called off the us secretary of state's visit to north korea because he feels insufficient progress has been made in dismantling pyongyang's nuclear programme. mike pompeo was due to visit next week. in a tweet mr trump also blamed china for the cancelled visit, saying the country was not doing enough to pressure north korea, due to ongoing trade tensions with america. women in england will be allowed to take an early abortion pill at home, under a government plan due to take effect by the end of the year. currently, women ending a pregnancy in its first 10 weeks have to take two pills at a clinic 24 to 48 hours apart. the move will bring england into line with scotland and wales, but the society for the protection
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of unborn children said the move "further trivialises abortion". the hurricane heading towards hawaii has been down—graded to a category one storm — but is still expected to bring disruption. hurricane lane has already caused flash flooding and landslides around the islands — and is now sustaining winds of 70 miles per hour. the national weather service forecaster says it is expecting the storm to weaken, but the authorities have plans in place in case there are still problems. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has defended comments he made about "british zionists" when he was a backbencher. it has emerged he told a palestinian conference five years ago that british zionists "did not understand english irony". mr corbyn said he was referring to people who support the creation of a jewish state, corresponding to the historic land of israel, and not to alljews. the family of a british—iranian woman imprisoned in iran on spying charges are fighting for her three—day temporary release to be extended.
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nazanin zhagari—ratcliffe was reunited with her four—year—old daughter this week but is due to return to prison tomorrow. she was jailed in 2016 on spying charges which she denies. earlier, richard ratcliffe told this programme that he is hopeful that her time out of jail will be extended. we have had a big step two days ago. i was pleased that the iranian ambassador to london tweeted a picture of nazanin being released, which i took as a very good sign. fingers crossed, i'm hopeful. until we get the call to say, yes, and as the day goes on we don't hear, we will gradually get more nervous. i think it's always been steps forward and steps back, so we shouldn't get too far ahead of ourselves. but hopefully it will be a good day today and a good day tomorrow. the first of a new series of rail strikes on northern has begun, as part of the dispute about the role of guards on trains. members of the rmt union are set to walk out for six
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consecutive saturdays. northern has said it will operate around 30% of its usual services, with buses replacing some trains. guests at a colorado hotel would have been in for a surprise if they went down to the lobby in the early hours as a special visitor was getting his bearings. i see what you did there. this bear had a snoop around the stanley hotel, which overlooks the rocky mountain national park. we are assuming that is where he or she came from. must have been quite a shock, i'm not sure i would be the person who would like to remind the bear about no jumping on person who would like to remind the bear about nojumping on the furniture. it is the same rule they have here. lets just furniture. it is the same rule they have here. letsjust break it and go wild. are you up for it? it might be
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first time the breakfast sofa. it's like goldilocks and the three bears, he is searching out the porridge. we have a big game coming up?l different story to the grumpy mourinho we have been talking about. let's talk about the rugby league day in the sun. the challenge cup is up day in the sun. the challenge cup is up forgrabs. warrington wolves will be back at wembley for the fifth time in ten years later as they face french side catalans dragons in the challenge cup final. wolves will be favourites, but dragons have impressed many in their run to this, their second cup final. they're coached by former england boss steve mcnamara and he told us what he changed when he arrived in the south of france. the french culture is they drink wine and they eat bread at every meal. it's not conducive to elite performance if you're doing that every meal. so it's a small little changes, implemented to our group. some bigger changes, also, to make sure that we come in line,
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playing in an english competition, against the elite players in england, and we have to match those standards. you can follow the final live across the bbc — on bbc 1, radio 5 live sports extra and the bbc sport website from 2pm. there have been plenty of rumours about what's going on behind the scenes at manchester united — but managerjose mourinho says he's not had a row with his boss ed woodward. but he didn't say a great deal else. a tetchy press conference on friday. in fact he only spoke forjust over four minutes. this was his response to a question about the talk of a fall—out behind the scenes at united. don't ask me because i don't read. i don't know... i don't know 10% of what is written. i don't know 10% of what... of what is coming on the tv screens. so i'm not the right guy to answer to it. the tottenham hotspur goalkeeper hugo lloris says he apologises
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‘wholeheartedly‘ after being charged with drink driving in the early hours of yesterday morning. lloris, who captained france to victory at the world cup last month, said in a statement it is not the example i wish to set. he was stopped by police in central london after a night out with some of his french team mates. england's women have finished third at the under—20 world cup after beating hosts france in a penalty shoot—out. england's goalkeeper sandy mciver made two saves, before georgia allen stepped up to secure a 4—2 victory for the lionesses. listen carefully! very important news, isn't it? middlesbrough are top of the championship this morning. whoop! after a stoppage time goal gave them victory over west brom at the riverside stadium. boro dominated throughout but it took until the first minute of added time for daniel ayala to poke in the winner. giving boro boss tony pulis a win
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over his former side. fernando alonso says he wants an apology from red bull, after they denied his claim that they'd offered him a drive for next season. alonso will retire at the end of the year, after he failed to secure a deal away from the mclaren team, but red bull boss christian horner insists they haven't offered him a contract since 2007. 0n the track, formula 1 is back from its summer break. ferrari's kimi raikkonen clocked the fastest time in friday practice ahead of the belgian grand prix. lewis hamilton was second quickest. moto gp comes to silverstone this weekend with marc marquez looking to extend his championship lead at the british grand prix tomorrow. but he could only manage the 4th quickest time as andrea dovizioso — who won at the course last year — set the pace in free practice yesterday, followed by britain's cal crutchlow, who finished just a fraction off the italian's time. the riders had decent conditions but heavy rain is forecast for tomorrow's race. we know wimbledon has a strict dress code of all white
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for players and now the french open is set to introduce one of their own — and that means serena williams will be banned from wearing her black catsuit at roland garros. the french tennis federation says, "it will no longer be accepted, you have to respect the game and the place." the 23—time grand slam champion wore the suit at this year's tournament — and spoke about how it helped her deal with the issue of blood clots — which she said almost cost her her life, when giving birth. now it's archery, but not as we know it. in field archery you move around a cross country course, shooting at different targets. it's a bit like a round of golf. the british team are gearing up for the world championships in italy and our very own mike bushell went to an event to release his inner robin hood. a step into the unknown, across hill and valley in a form of archery that takes this precision sport back to how it was centuries ago. i wanted to be robin hood,
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and probably haven't grown out of it since. it's the sport that takes us back to our roots, to a time when we all had to hunt for our food, and here in the wilderness in watership down in hampshire, 80 or so of the country's top field archers are negotiating the course. cross—country archery if you like. if you think about it, if ugg and thug didn't shoot a bow or throw a brick so many million years ago, we wouldn't be able to shoot arrows. it's in the gene pool, mate. it's darts for outward bound people. it's adventurous, i like exploring. yeah, it's nice to be outdoors. it is a bit like a round of golf. rather than just aiming at the same target, you cross all sorts of rough terrain while trying to keep your composure. 0ften that's walking up and down the hills you just shot on, which will affect your heart rate.
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but in order to shoot as consistently as possible, you need that also to be consistent. up to the next target then, there are 24 in all in the competition and they can be between five metres and 60 metres away. this looks a relatively near one, is it? about 15, 20? about 15 from here. it's shooting on different slopes, between trees, light and dark, so that affects your distance judgment. keep pulling, keep pulling, keep pulling. even using a traditional longbow, it requires a surprising amount of strength to pull the string back. if you're inspired to give it a go, for safety reasons, it must be done as part of an organised club session and numbers are increasing. in the last few years we've seen a shift to girls, and that, i think, is down to a lot of the films that have come out recently. like, the hunger games and brave, and even a bit of the avengers, because it's all encouraging young people to see the sport in an exciting light. this is definitely the most
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extreme of the targets, right up this steep hillside. members of the british team there are aiming at that tiny little target, 60 metres there near the bottom of this bowl. the modern bows used by the british team heading to the world championships in italy this autumn are so powerful, so high—tech, there's no way i could draw back the string far enough. i can't even pull it back towards my nose, you've got to... yes, i pull it back 30 inches for mine. it's notjust being strong enough to hold it, it's being strong enough to do it 70, 80, 90 times in a rolling competition. it's so different and challenging. it's ok to not be perfect, whereas with target archery, it tends to be a bit more like you have to hit the gold every time. mike bushell, for bbc news, near watership down. he is always up for it. he's brilliant. you would not want to
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stray into the wrong path if mike busheu stray into the wrong path if mike bushell has a bow and arrow in his hand. or anyone! thanks so much. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the headlines: pope francis will meet child abuse victims later today during the republic of ireland's first papal visit for almost 40 years. the first holidaymakers to be flown back early from the egyptian hotel where a british couple died have arrived home. tour operator thomas cook says the cause ofjohn and susan cooper's deaths remained unexplained. electric blanket, heating early on. it is turning, isn't it? you have had your jumper on this it is turning, isn't it? you have had yourjumper on this morning. a thick, winter jumper, a thick, winterjumper, i did indeed. it's going to be another chilly night across eastern part of the country. this time of the year,
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the country. this time of the year, the great thing is that even if the morning is nippy, the afternoon is still pretty warm, if there is no wind under the sun is out, the august sunshine enough. you can see the motion of the cloud. it's coming out of the north—west, drifting in a south—easterly direction. that is where the area is coming from. it is because the jet stream, which is dragging in the cooler polar air from the north, in two parts of france and germany as well, so it is cooling quite a view areas in europe. this is what looks like later this morning and into the afternoon. not an awful lot of change. there will be a little bit of cloud build—up, maybe one or two showers developing. very light and fleeting. you can hardly see the weather map. the temperatures will get up to 1920 degrees in the london area. for most of us tfl be 16 or 17 degrees, for ourfriends in the western isles about 14 celsius. a fine evening on the way. a beautiful
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sunset out there eventually. clouds increasing across western areas, rain sweeping into belfast by about 5am 6am. i had at that, the skies will be clear in eastern counties. norwich might be about 7 degrees first thing in the morning. this low— pressure first thing in the morning. this low—pressure we have been forecasting a way few days will be parked right on top of us during the course of sunday. sunday will bring a good few hours of study, if not heavy rain. —— steady. by the time we get into mid—morning, the rain into south—west england, merseyside, scotland. most of us will have had a dose of rain. it will feel fairly cool dose of rain. it will feel fairly cool, the wind strong across western and southern coasts. not quite gale force but strong enough. some surf out there as well. by tomorrow evening it was out into the north sea and then the skies clear once again. monday, the weather is
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improving. i think by the time we get to monday lunchtime, the sun will be out, the weather will have improved and it will feel very decent. temperatures getting up to about 21 in london, the high teens even about 21 in london, the high teens eve n a cross about 21 in london, the high teens even across northern parts of the country. a mixed weekend, but not a bad one. we have a fine day today. tomorrow a bit of a wash—out for some and then bang, they monday in england and wales is looking absolutely fine. it could be worse. —— holiday monday. absolutely fine. it could be worse. -- holiday monday. a quick question, what is your favourite seaside town? in the uk? yes. i would have to say it is portsmouth. that is nice. you will find out why we are talking about this now. we are taking a trip to the beach. where is your favourite players? the beach. where is yourfavourite players? i really like all come in norfolk. we have got some great places.
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mine is definitely the north—east coastline. we will be talking about one of my favourite places now. if you watch breakfast regularly, you might remember that last year we visited coastal communities that were struggling financially, especially out of the summer season. all the tourists go, what do you do then? one of them was whitley bay. my my cousin is a coastguard there. you know some useful people. i am not often in this eve when she would need to rescue me. 12 months on, and following a cash injection, ricky boleto has been to see how the seaside town plans to cope when the sun sets and the holidaymakers have packed up their buckets and spades. i used to come here, it must‘ve been some 40 years ago. we've just come todayjust to see the new spanish city and see how it has improved. the weather's not the best! but you know, i mean, for a day out, it's great. it is a great coast and kids like the sand and buckets and spades
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no matter where they are. this summer, we've been spoilt for choice with millions of brits heading to the seaside to soak up the sun. coastal communities have been reaping the rewards. it's been amazing. i mean, the sunshine has been fantastic, it's brought a lot more people down to the beach. been working around the clock. there's been a lot of late hours. been sometimes 2:00 in the morning here making ice cream, but no, we've managed to keep up with the demand — just! but how long will they be flavour of the month? well, today, we're back in whitley bay. 12 months ago, this seaside town was undergoing a face—lift, part of a decade—long plan to regenerate the area. people were really sad about where they lived. there was no pride because it was so awful when you walked along the area. dereliction and demolition. it was just sad, sad, sad. but now there's a new feeling in whitley bay that we're all pulling together to make this a great place to live, to work, and to be proud of. £2 million of investment
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from the government's coastal communities fund, as well as council and lottery support, has transformed one of the town's most iconic landmarks. just look at the difference a year makes. we're inside spanish city here and businesses around here say they've seen record takings so far this year and visitor numbers are up too, but that's not all down to the weather. the next challenge for coastal towns is to persuade visitors to keep coming back all year round. it's really easy to get a cheap flight to the med and so for resorts like this to fight back, there has to be investment and imagination. otherwise, i'm afraid, we will see the continuing decline of the british seaside resort. whoa! michael owns a nearby hotel. he knows how important it is for businesses to adapt. in the ‘60s and ‘70s we had the scottish — the glasgow fair, the edinburgh
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fair, where we'd be full of scottish visitors — only for a fortnight a year, though — but it was busy, it was vibrant. and then that disappeared. and then we have the stag and hen parties of the ‘80s and ‘90s. again, that market went. and because the businesses didn't evolve and didn't change their products to the market, a lot of businesses closed. capturing both the corporate and leisure market has kept michael busy, and in the last two years, 50 new businesses have started up in the surrounding area. invested of a quarter ofa billion pounds in seaside towns. but still, there are some coastal communities that feel left out. whitley bay may never return to the glory days of the ‘60s but it is starting to see real change and a bit of that old seaside magic.
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ricky boleto, bbc news. that is brought back memories for you. yes. i love it there. i often do the park run there on the coastline. great to see the money has helped. it makes you want to sit down, swimming in the sea, the park run. it's being billed as one of the biggest events in the history of the internet. two youtube stars, ksi and logan paul, are set to take their beef into the boxing ring. the two men have more than 30 million subscribers between them are set to earn a fortune from tonight's clash. 0ur arts and entertainment correspondent colin paterson caught up with them ahead of fight night. who's ready for the biggest internet event in history? two of the biggest youtube stars taking their online rivalry into the boxing ring. i can't wait to punch you right in your stupid, smug face. britain's ks! and his american opponent, logan paul, each have almost 20 million subscribers, predominately teenage boys attracted
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by their mix of comedy, bad language, and hostility towards other youtube stars. despite not being professional boxers, tonight both are set to make seven figure sums in a pay—per—view fight broadcast live, not on satellite tv, but on youtube. for anyone who says this is wwe, it will be scripted, what have you got to say? this isn't scripted. someone is getting knocked out, and it is not me. a lot of people watching this fight are very young. how good a role model are you? i never like people calling me a role model. i am not a role model. i'm just a guy that does things on the internet. if people are inspired by that then that is cool. but logan paul is the baddie of the piece after causing global outrage earlier this year by filming the body of an apparent suicide victim in a japanese forest. i do not expect to be forgiven. i am simply here to apologise. when i spoke to him, he made it clear he is still trying to make amends.
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i don't think this is the redemption. i think it may mark a part of it, but by no means is this fight redemption for my mistake that happened in january. this fight also shows the way that the entertainment industry is changing. over the last decade youtube stars have worked out how to monetise their huge online following. this has taken it to a different level. this is an audience used to not paying. it is a pay—per—view event so live numbers, we're expecting it to be huge, but over the period of time of the content, it will run to hundreds of millions of impressions. and while boxing is one of the oldest sports there is, the fight is the start of something new, and whover loses, everyone is set to be a winner. a rematch in the usa is already booked in for early next year. colin paterson, bbc news, manchester. let's talk about this in more detail with richard johnson from the marketing group social chain, and youtuber and journalist elena cresci.
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good morning to you both. i do not know if i am showing my age or lack of knowledge about watching youtube channels, i do not do it often, i am a bit confused about this. why is it such a big deal and why have people bought into it? can you explain? i would not worry, everyone is a little confused about it. basically these men have about 40 million subscribers between them. think of it as an extended soap opera. they have been beefing with each other on twitter for a have been beefing with each other on twitterfor a while. have been beefing with each other on twitter for a while. basically all of the past year. this is the natural progression from sending nasty insults about each other. apparently. how do they make money from this? the fight is really interesting because usually these people are making money from other youtube revenue. that has increased this year, branded commercial deals, and selling their merchandise, which
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logan paul is good at, he mentions it in every video. they have made an event and they have sold about 15,000 tickets tonight, ranging from between 35 and 150 quid. it is £7.50 to watch it on paper view. how unusual is that on youtube? we were talking about it earlier. unit upon if you want tips about icing cake or whatever but now you're paying for something like this? it is not the familiar model. people are used to watching things for free on youtube. last year they had a fight, joseph parker and fury, last year they had a fight, joseph parkerand fury, and last year they had a fight, joseph parker and fury, and it was paper of on youtube but how many people watch that will not compare to this evening. loads of young people now probably never see or watch live television. 0ften everything they are consuming is on youtube. why do young people do this? it is the immediacy, but the personality. it
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isa immediacy, but the personality. it is a massive thing on television as well. what part of the reason that these two have made such big names for themselves is that they upload videos every day. it is a massive undertaking. there is a big problem with youtube stars know when they are getting burnt out. they feel pressure to produce content every day. when they are doing that, they feel like your best friend, in a way that traditional celebrities cannot. it is not the same. how much of that is regulated. parents have to rely on them not to overstep the mark?m is not regulated at all, in any way. that is why logan paul's controversy happened. can you explain that? the only sense of regulation is dictated by the advertisement revenue. when youtube says, this content is not suitable or not appropriate, therefore you're not going to get
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paid for it, that is when it hits them in their wallets. the controversy this year? earlier this year, logan paul filmed controversy this year? earlier this year, logan paulfilmed the video from a forest injapan. it was famous for people going there to kill themselves, and after that happened, youtube did pull advertising and he released an apology video. in reality, his subscriber base did not change that much. it has not affected him. he has this massive boxing match coming up, it has not affected him that much. that is partly because the subscriber base gets incredibly loyal because they feel like this person is theirfriend. loyal because they feel like this person is their friend. the other quy: person is their friend. the other guy, ksi, he has been in trouble before for misogyny. there is a question from parents about them being role models? it is potentially no different to what we have seen throughout many years with celebrities and fans. often we do
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not necessarily see some of the bigger star is being impacted that much by issues are things they have got themselves involved in. i think it isa got themselves involved in. i think it is a cause for concern. the kids watching areas are so influenced by what they say and do that there has to bea what they say and do that there has to be a level of responsibility.” often talk to young people about how to get intojournalism. often talk to young people about how to get into journalism. maybe you can to get into journalism. maybe you ca n start to get into journalism. maybe you can start online. do you think being on youtube is for everybody? can anyone do it and do it well? it is ha rd to anyone do it and do it well? it is hard to start now and do as well as ksi hard to start now and do as well as ks! and logan paul have done. it is one of those games that if you got this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 10: pope francis is set to arrive in ireland to begin the first papal visit to the country in almost 40 years.
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i anita wiegele at dublin castle. a little later pope francis will deliver a speech in which he is expected to talk about the dominant issue of this visit, child abuse by priests and in catholic run institutions. women in england are to be allowed to take the second of two early abortion pills in their own homes instead of in a clinic. holiday—makers arrive home after being flown back early from an egyptian hotel following the unexplained deaths of a british couple. us secretary of state mike pompeo will not be travelling
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