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and accused the republican party of abusing power, dividing america and threatening democracy. he also urged democrats to vote in the november's mid—term elections. president trump hit back, saying the speech sent him to sleep. a fragile ceasefire seems to be holding in the libyan capital, tripoli, following a week of clashes between rival militia factions. the un says at least 47 people have been killed and 1,800 families internally displaced by the violence. british airways could be fined as much as $650 million for a huge data breach. hackers managed to access details of 380,000 bookings made with the airline over a two—week period. the compa ny‘s apologised and said it's100% comitted to compensating customers. coming up at 6:00, breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent. but first on bbc news, the travel show. this week we are injohannesburg.
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where i will be taking a lesson with some of the most famous township dancers in south africa. one, two, one, two... easy! week it the ibiza clu bs a one, two... easy! week it the ibiza clubs a wheelchair. i am not a chair, iam clubs a wheelchair. i am not a chair, i am not a clubs a wheelchair. i am not a chair, iam not a person clubs a wheelchair. i am not a chair, iam nota person in a clubs a wheelchair. i am not a chair, i am not a person in a chair, iam me. chair, i am not a person in a chair, i am me. and we had to scotland to catch a glimpse of some rare flying visitors to 0rkney. catch a glimpse of some rare flying visitors to orkney. we are not entirely sure where the eagles have come from. there is an outside chance they have come direct from norway. first up on this week's programme, we had to ibiza. a bill eric islands known as much for its nightlife as its idyllic sunsets —— baelaric. but what is it like
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hitting the famous dance clubs they are ina hitting the famous dance clubs they are in a wheelchair? alex taylor agreed to take us for a spin to find out. ibiza, home to a world—famous nightlife scene four decade strong, and a paradise for clubbers worldwide. as someone who lives for clubbing, parties and a good time, it is no wonder i've ended up here. the only difference is, i'm in one of these. i am alex, and i am a bbc journalist. i've got cerebral palsy and have used a wheelchair since i was young. so i need a carer to help me with lots of day—to—day things. i also happen to be a pretty big clubber. i am also happen to be a pretty big clubber. iam myself also happen to be a pretty big clubber. i am myself on the dance floor. i am clubber. i am myself on the dance floor. iam not clubber. i am myself on the dance floor. i am not a chair, i clubber. i am myself on the dance floor. iam nota chair, iam nota person in a chair, ime. last year i went to ibiza for the first time and
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i had went to ibiza for the first time and ihada went to ibiza for the first time and i had a pretty bad experience in terms of access. this summer i'm heading back to ibiza to see if things might be changing. i will be joined by my carers, james and rachel. in ibiza i am staying in a specially adapted hotel and. —— hotel room. it has got the space and facilities i need, but i'm not wasting any time. we are heading straight out to ocean beach for one of theirfamous straight out to ocean beach for one of their famous pool parties. i straight out to ocean beach for one of theirfamous pool parties. i had a fantastic time here last year, and the access was actually really good. i always find it is a bit odd how much attention i get on the dance floor. it can be found to have people always asking me for selfies,
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but i think it also shows how long we've got to go before seeing a wheelchair on the dancefloor is the norm and a novelty. right, so ijust left 0 cea n norm and a novelty. right, so ijust left ocean beach, had a great time, every lyg o n left ocean beach, had a great time, every lygon atmosphere. a really good party. i have got glittery stuff on my face, i have no idea what it is. i catch the hotel and i'm getting ready for our first night out, and we are heading to pasha. it is a big name on the island, it has been here for years and years. i've heard it is actually quite upmarket, which is ok, i can make the effort and look good enough to get in. otherwise, i hope it has access. in my chair, at least, so i can actually have a good time and is thatis can actually have a good time and is that is what i am therefore. rachel isa that is what i am therefore. rachel
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is a private carer. i often ask her to help me on evenings out and if i go out partying, because she likes to party like me. one way in which ibiza has made progress with accessibility is with its taxis. many of which are wheelchair accessible. when we arrive at ibiza, it was a good start. a member of securities spotted us and guided us ofa securities spotted us and guided us of a side door into the garden. —— through a side door. we tried to enter the club at were greeted with three steps and no ramp. so we were stuck in the garden. it wasn't until almost half an hour later that someone almost half an hour later that someone noticed us and showed us in through a fire exit. after a bit of a dance, i wanted to
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check out the toilet. they had no bars or anything that would actually help you to use the toilet as a wheelchair user with mobility issues. so, we are going to a night. -- call issues. so, we are going to a night. —— call it a night. 0nce james managed to drag me out of bed, rachel and i had a catch up about last night by the pool. people are willing to sell you a ticket for a0 euros. exactly. to only be able to go into the garden, or, you know, they didn't say to you, you have to get someone to come and open a fire escape for you to actually get in. it's just all seems a bit...
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escape for you to actually get in. it'sjust all seems a bit... since filming, pasha say that they are sorry for the way i was initially treated when i arrived at their club. ina treated when i arrived at their club. in a statement, they say: accessibility laws in ibiza are similarto accessibility laws in ibiza are similar to those in the uk, stating that businesses must make reasonable adjustments to cater for those with access issues. but there is also a new clause in local law that aims to initiate fines for clubs that failed to make reasonable adjustments for access. i am eating the centre, a
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wheelchair user from ibiza. —— meeting vicente. tonight we are heading to the world—famous tonight we are heading to the world —famous amnesia. last tonight we are heading to the world—famous amnesia. last year i had a pretty bad experience there, andi had a pretty bad experience there, and i am hoping things might have changed. no, i don't have a ticket, i am with alex. i have the ticket. i have one ticket. so, just like last year, they wanted to charge my carer to enter. so that would add an extra 55 euros on to the cost, and i can't really afford that. there is no way he can go in without me. it's not fair. it cost a lot of money, you see. so i don't have a choice, because i have to have her help. if it was you, what would you do? after about five minutes via gearing, the security guard backed down.
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—— five minutes of arguing. however, once i was inside, the disabled access once i was inside, the disabled a ccess was once i was inside, the disabled access was fantastic and i felt really welcome. after filming, access was fantastic and i felt really welcome. afterfilming, we contacted amnesia about my experiences but they did not respond. i wanted to finish my ibiza holiday with a bang, so we are heading to es paradis. it is a place where despite some access issues, i felt overwhelmingly welcome, and thatis felt overwhelmingly welcome, and that is really half the battle. in my opinion they should be more of an accessibility, included, it is
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repression to see somebody in a wheelchair like alex. everybody approaches in, nobody feels like he is in approaches in, nobody feels like he isina approaches in, nobody feels like he is in a wheelchair so we distance ourselves from him. i wonder why they are a lot more open in that environment then maybe if i was walking down the high street, not walking, but you know, going down the high street. i think it is because it is an environment which is all about enjoyment, acceptance, and things like that. i have often wondered why it can't be extended everywhere, you know. everyone is nice to me always, but there is a different altitude when you are on the dance floor. —— attitude. i don't know if i act in —— actually have the answer as to why yet. despite all of this, nothing. me from going clubbing, because when i am on the dance floor, i feel free. still to come on the travel show, we
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travel to scotland to track down some rare flying visitors to 0rkney. and i meet the township dancers here in south africa who have taken new york a storm. one, two, one, one, two, one. yes! so don't go away! we are off to scotland now, where backin we are off to scotland now, where back in 2016 for the first time in 1a0 years, white tailed sea eagles returned to 0rkney. now, to the great joy of returned to 0rkney. now, to the greatjoy of islanders are two chicks have been successfully hatched. so we went to find out what the historic return means for the island. white tailed eagles were
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persecuted to extinction in the british isles 2018 is the hundredth anniversary of wendy last british bird was shot. —— when the last british bird. so it is quite good to celebrate with some good news. we are not entirely sure whether eagles have come from. we know that they don't come from the east coast. there is an outside chance they have come direct from norway, which would be quite nice, because there are these links between 0rkney and norway. and i can see one chick at the moment, but the nest allege slopes right down at the back. —— nest ledge. so both chicks can disappear down into the nest. they are the only white tailed eagles nesting in 0rkney. they have tried a few previous times and have not managed to produce any chicks, so it is lovely to see them growing well and looking well. our dad found the
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tomb in 1958. he founded by accident, looking for stone to make corner posts for fencing. he discovered it was a wall, so he followed the wall through a pile of rubble and eventually he came to a black hole. it was dark, so he got a cigarette lighter, put that in, lit it, and there were between 20 and 30 skulls. along with human remains, there were lots of remains, in particular, bones of the sea eagle and the white tailed eagle. there we re and the white tailed eagle. there were 70 talons found altogether. 0ne person appears to have five buried with him, another had seven. so the sea eagle was obviously very important to these people, 4000 or 5000 years ago. so this is the life—size outline of the mail and the female is a bit bigger than this. we are really lucky that the birds have chosen to nest opposite the car park. we get a loss of visitors that are stopping
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of here, they have heard the eagles hit -- lot of here, they have heard the eagles hit —— lot of. the islanders have very much taken them to their hearts. because we have such a great range of wildlife in 0rkney, really, the white tailed eagles are the icing on the 0rkney cake. people come from all over the world. nobody really knows what the next step will be for the birds, because nobody who is alive now has seen this before. but there is great potential for this to be the start of a new population. and they really look like they belong, soaring up on the cliffs. visitors have been coming to see the tomb of the eagles for many yea rs see the tomb of the eagles for many years now. it is good now that they
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can go and see the real bird. to wrap up this week, i am in alexandra, a township in the babita's larger city, johannesburg, and home to a sensational form of street as. the meeting high energy routines with fashion, this is pantsula. this style of dancing is absolutely incredible. it is fast pace, energetic. and it is technical. but for young south africans it is so much more than this. it is a movement that encapsulate
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storytelling, fashion, and social expression. and just look at those dance move. my mind isjust blonde. —— blonde. for this group everything in the act holds a special significance. their clothes are the colours of the national flag. you would never get it anywhere in the suburbs. it is a local culture. whatever we do, we are telling our stories, background stories. so you tailor dancer is depending on how you are feeling, what story you are trying to tell. that is how we tell stories will stop i can never sit home and be watching tv and in a couple of years i will sate letters do this move, all of us can we do that together. just once. ——i will sate let us do. you guys are always ready. i love that. from growing up
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in this poor neighbourhood, the group has gone on to international acclaim. applause. in 2017, director danny boyle handpicked them to perform at one of your‘s most prestigious venues, carnegie hall. it was a peak experience, especially because, to be honest, it was our first time on the plane and being in new york, it was something different. you could tell we were far away from home. was something different. you could tell we were far away from homelj read that one of you cried tears of jov- read that one of you cried tears of joy. who was that? you are denying it now. no shame. no embarrassment. the background of the dancer is closely tied to the history of the nation. we are now way to the biggest township in south soweto. ev
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pa ntsula biggest township in south soweto. ev pantsula has a deeply political message. that matt healy pantsula. zaleta has a reputation for activism. it was home to nelson mandela during apartheid in years prior to his arrest. pantsula has its roots in the same era. it must contemporary forms with traditional african da ntz, contemporary forms with traditional african dantz, an act of cultural divides against the white government. talk to me about the kind of social and political m essa g es kind of social and political messages that you express when you da ntz. —— dance. messages that you express when you dantz. -- dance. the first political message is to be seen as black people, we are powerful. the second is we are trying to tell the world that we are still free, but we still have two push ourselves. and we have two push ourselves like ten times harder than any other individual.
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before i try out some moves, the teacher and performer has offered to show me some beginner steps. i have heard a lot about this step. i know nothing about it. tell me about it. it is named for the mimicking of the signs that the trains are used. this is the first. and then we go back. that's it. now we are going to go fast because the train is going fast. can't get on the train slow. yes! i think danny galea is a bit more practice though. ——i think they
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need. for him and other pantsula the former is, they want to see the debts continue to grow throughout their communities. —— dance. 0k, as far as their communities. —— dance. 0k, as farasi their communities. —— dance. 0k, as far as i understand it, pantsula is performed with traditionally male groups. i always believed that pa ntsula groups. i always believed that pantsula is a black peoples culture, it is not only for boys. pantsula must be a career, like other dancers, pa ntsula must be a career, like other dancers, pantsula must be taught at schools and it is for everyone. just wa nt schools and it is for everyone. just want to give it to the whole world. teach everyone. it doesn't have to be in south africa. and now the moment of truth. do i have what it ta kes to moment of truth. do i have what it takes to be an honorary member of the troop? ok, stand here. ok. it is going to be, one, two, one. one,
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two, one. one, two, one. so it is going to be, one, two, one. easy. 0k. slow. going to be, one, two, one. easy. ok. slow. one, two, one. i am not getting the last bit. come on, focus up getting the last bit. come on, focus up here. focus on my feet. ,,. -- one, two, one, one, two, one, one, two, one. thank you guys. i not good enough tojoin two, one. thank you guys. i not good enough to join the group. thank you for teaching me some moves. sadly, that is all we have time for this week. join us next time when... carmen is in australia, heading to a
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resort that is going crazy for crypto currency. ok, so we are going to pay by calling. thank you. that was so fast. don't forget, you can keep up with us on social media. the details are on the screen. until next time, rummy and the rest of the tea m next time, rummy and the rest of the team in johannesburg, it next time, rummy and the rest of the team injohannesburg, it is goodbye. —— from me. good morning. the weekend is upon us. many of us will see a little bit of rain at some stage in the weekend. that is by no means the whole story. there will be a lot of dry weather around as well and some spells of sunshine. quite a complex pressure pattern.
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high pressure to the south. one area of low pressure to the north—east. then this wriggling weather front pushing in from the atlantic. this is essentially going to send a pipeline of moisture in across central parts of the uk. for wales, the midlands, northern england, we will see outbreaks of rain through the day, the odd heavy burst. some of that rain dribbling down into east anglia. the further south you are more in the way of dry weather, some brightness and brighter skies to be had further north through saturday afternoon. extra cloud through the far north—east of scotland. get yourself into some sunshine. aberdeen 16, 17 in glasgow. a cool fresh feel, similar story for northern ireland. northern england into wales and the midlands, outbreaks of rain at times, the odd heavy burst over the hills, particularly. it will be quite breezy. breezy further south as well. towards the channel islands you may see breaks in the cloud and a little bit of sunshine. remember that pipeline of moisture, it piles its way in as we go through saturday night into sunday.
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at this stage the rain will drift further north as well, perhaps getting into southern scotland. cool in north—east scotland, further south with a fair amount of cloud it will be mild. outbreaks of rain across western and some northern parts of the uk. there could be patchy rain and drizzle around through the morning, close to newcastle, as the great north run gets under way. as we go on through the day i am hopeful the cloud will start to break up. we'll see spells of sunshine developing into the afternoon. temperatures around 16 or 17. it will be fairly breezy. across the rest of the country, a similar story. rain will drift across many northern parts of england, northern ireland, and scotland. the rain continues across northern scotland through the day. some thundery showers later on. increasingly windy. further south, more sunshine towards the south east and some slightly higher temperatures as well. moving out of sunday and into monday, high pressure still influencing the weather in the south. more frontal systems in towards the north—west. it will be northern and western parts of the uk that will see outbreaks of rain, often breezy conditions. further south, more in the way of dry weather. some sunshine. and it will start to warm up as well.
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good morning, welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and ben thompson. 0ur headlines today: cutting off cold callers — from today companies who pester people without their permission risk fines of up to £500,000. stop party infighing and start fighting brexit — former frontbencher chuka umunna wades into the row over the direction of the labour party. alastair cook serves up something to remember him by: england's record run scorer made 71 in his last test match — but india are on top. it's fast, furious and not for the faint hearted — i'm on the run in an extreme form of tag. and the weather is looking hidden
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