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the exhibits react to your presence and your touch. nothing is just played on loop. everything is changing and reacting all the time. behind the scenes, 520 computers and a70 projectors bring to life the work of cgi artists, engineers, and architects. some of the artjust doesn't stay put. characters leave their point of origin and wander into other rooms and across other works. visitors even get their chance to add their own art to the exhibition. colour an animal, scan it in, and it comes to life, joining the user generated menagerie that is flying, swimming, and crawling the floors and walls. the other reason it's called borderless — thanks to all the mirrors some of the works seem to go on forever. it's certainly a place where time becomes irrelevant,
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until you really have to leave. and that is it from japan for this week. i cannot think of a better way to end the programme. don't forget, we live on facebook and on twitter and we will put up loads of backstage photos and videos there. the address is @bbcclick. thank you so much for watching. we will see you soon. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: killed inside the consulate. after two weeks of denial, saudi authorities admit the death of journalist jamal khashoggi. lift off. the european space agency begins a mission to mercury to try to uncover some of the secrets of the solar system. the duke and duchess of sussex unveil a war memorial in sydney
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as they prepare to start the invictus games. and in sport, englands cricketers are in action in sri lanka. they've taken three wickets after winning the toss, as they go for the one day series win. good morning to you. it has been a glorious past two days. lots of sunshine, this weekend is not looking too bad but there will be a little bit of rain in the forecast, particularly on sunday. to emulate if all of the details. —— join the later for if all of the details. —— join the laterfor all if all of the details. —— join the later for all of the details. —— join me later for all of the details. it's saturday 20th october. our top story: after weeks of denial, saudi arabia has admitted that the missing journalist, jamal khashoggi, died during his visit to their consulate in istanbul earlier this month. saudi state tv says the initial findings of an investigation suggest he died when a fight broke out. president trump has described the latest version of events as credible. 18 people have been arrested and two seniorfigures have been sacked as jon donnison reports. after weeks of denials, saudi arabia is changing its tune.
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the admission thatjamal khashoggi is dead, finally came on state tv. more than a fortnight after the journalist walked into the saudi consulate in istanbul, never to be seen again, the saudis now say he was killed in a fight that broke out inside the building. speaking in arizona, president trump said the saudi explanation was credible. saudi arabia has been a great ally, but what happened is unacceptable. we are going to see, they have arrested, just for the people at the table, a large number of people having to do with the event that took place in turkey in the consulate, the saudi consulate. reporter: do you consider it credible, their explanation? i do, i do. many disagree, including within his own republican party. senator lindsey graham said to say he was sceptical about the new saudi
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narrative, was an understatement. saudi arabia announced it was sacking the deputy chief of intelligence, ahmed al—asiri, but that could be seen as a move to protect saudi arabia's de facto ruler, crown prince mohammad bin salman, who many believe may have sanctioned the killing. saudi arabia will hope its partial admission will dampen down international criticism, but for those who believe it is a cover—up, many more questions remain. jon donnison, bbc news. in the early hours of this morning, europe and japan launched two spacecraft on a mission to mercury, the planet closest to the sun. the joint project is named bepicolombo and it will take the probes seven years to reach their destination. scientists hope it will allow them to discover more about the planet's origin. our science correspondent jonathan amos has more details. the beginning of a very long journey.
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bepicolombo is setting out on a 9 billion kilometre trek to the inner solar system. this is europe and japan's first mission to the planet mercury and it'll be hugely challenging. where the joint probes are headed so close to the sun, it is as hot as a pizza oven. novel technologies must protect spacecraft from the hellish conditions. scientists hope they will make a raft of new discoveries. mercury is an oddball, it has an oversized iron core that no one has yet explained and surface materials that shouldn't be there in so hot an environment. british teams are heavily involved, they have built instrumentation and spacecraft components. if we want to understand how our solar system formed and evolved, then mercury is a key part of that. our current theories of solar system formations, including the earth and other planets, cannot explain mercury, it is an anomaly. so we need to go to mercury and find out more information about the planet so we can really understand how our
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solar system formed. the sun's immense gravity will pull hard on bepicolombo, this means the probes must be careful not to go too fast and overshoot mercury. an arrival date has been set for 2025. only when they are in orbit can the probe can split apart and begin their parallel investigations. jonathan amos, bbc news. the family of a man who died whilst on holiday in egypt has told the bbc of their shock after his body was repatriated, and laterfound to be missing several organs. 62—year—old david humphries from milton keynes, collapsed at a beachside resort in september. a post—mortem examination in the uk found his heart and kidneys had been removed. the family has instructed a legal team to investigate what happened. i was with my son and ijust collapsed to the ground. because it was bad enough losing him and everything that they had gone, they had misdiagnosed him and done a postmortem without my consent,
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saying he had been embalmed and he hadn't, and to find out his heart and kidney is had been gone, if it's one of those people over there that is the vital organ they leave in so they can get further on, so why take my husband's? hundreds of central american migrants travelling to the united states have clashed with police on the border between mexico and guatemala. the mexican authorities have told migrants only those with valid documents will be allowed in. president trump has thanked mexico for stopping them far from the us border and said the military would be called upon if needed. the migrants, mostly from honduras, say they are fleeing violence and poverty. polls have opened in afghanistan's long delayed parliamentary elections, with more than 2,500 candidates and nearly 9—million registered voters taking part. however, the build up has been marred by violence and the taliban has ordered afghans to boycott the vote. nearly a third of all polling stations remain closed because of security concerns. ten candidates have been killed and there are fears of electoral fraud. two men have been charged
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with the murder of a man in battersea, south london. ian tomlin who was a6, died from a head injury in the communal area of the estate where he lived on wednesday. 45 year old michael swan and 48 year old gary beech are due to appear before magistrates later today. the fourth edition of the invictus games starts in sydney today and will see 500 competitors from 18 nations taking part. the event was set up by prince harry to give recovering armed forces personnel a new way of dealing with the traumas of combat. the opening ceremony takes place later at the sydney opera house as our correspondent hywel griffith explains. for michael, the next week is going to be intense, as he prepares to represent britain in rugby, volleyball and basketball. he says competing at last year's games in toronto was life changing. since been discharged from the air force in 2005, he'd struggled with depression.
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but being part of a team again saved him. being in the military, obviously you trust each other with each other‘s lives, really. when you do sporting events like the invictus games, you are working in tightknit groups, just like within the military. you can read each other‘s plays and games, it's like you're on the same wavelength. last year's games in toronto saw teams from romania and ukrainejoin invictus, this year poland will make its debut, bringing the list of countries to 18. after months of training camps, now it is down to last—minute fine—tuning. invictus is still in its infancy, with just 500 competitors, it's not on the same scale as something like the paralympics. but within four years it has succeeded in giving sick, wounded and injured veterans from across the world a new focus in life. it's certainly been given prominence here in australia, yesterday's flag raising ceremony on sydney harbour bridge was shown on live television. the games themselves have been on primetime every night. it made the still seen
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as prince harry's pet project, but the games are growing into a serious sporting competition. hywel griffith, bbc news, sydney. we're joined now by our sydney correspondent hywel griffith. hywel, what can we expect there today? not long before the opening ceremony, is a excitement that in? absolutely. this is what the royal visit is meant to be at our. of course, all week it has been dominated by news of the baby. with a couple hours for the opening ceremony, there is a sense of anticipation down there at the opera house. is pretty tight security, so the competitors and their family, many of whom have flown in for this, they are there and having spoken to
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one or two today, they are itching to compete. they appreciate that all of the attention goes on to the duke and duchess, ithink of the attention goes on to the duke and duchess, i think many of them will appreciate the platform it has given them. for them, will appreciate the platform it has given them. forthem, it will appreciate the platform it has given them. for them, it is about sport. is about competition, about getting to be elite, having enjoyed so getting to be elite, having enjoyed so many injuries. the only time a synergy so many injuries. the only time a synergy and duchess today was at the unveiling of an extension of the anzac war memorial in sydney, prince harry in his book military uniform. he was there to honour the fallen and for the victors games athlete. thank you very much, speculator. -- invictus skeins athletes. —— invictus skeins athletes. —— invictus games. there are daily highlights of the invictus games every evening on bbc one at 5:25pm. and as the athletes prepare for the invictus games down—under, an australian team has just become world champions in the uk. timbersports involves
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competitors sawing and chopping wood, at speed, using axes and saws. there are six disciplines, including the underhand chop, the stock saw, the standing block chop and the hot saw. great britain were knocked out by the eventual winners in the last 16. the event has been taking place in liverpool and it's the first time the championships have been held in the uk. the individual world champion will be crowned later today. 20 men have been found guilty of being part of a grooming gang that raped and abused girls in huddersfield over a seven year period. the men, mostly of pakistani heritage, were convicted of more than 120 offences against 15 girls, the youngest of whom was just 11. the girls were plied with drink and drugs, and some were abandoned on the yorkshire moors. the one of the victims described her abuser‘s reaction when she refused to give into his demands. he kept punching me and punching
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the. it like my nose was broken. he keep me and i got out of the car and started running. i jumped keep me and i got out of the car and started running. ijumped over the fence and i started running down the moors and then i ran back up and saw them drive. i had tojump in front ofa car, them drive. i had tojump in front of a car, covered in blood, at 4am in the morning to get a lift back to huddersfield. we're joined now by nazir afzal, former chief crown prosecutor in north west england. morning. why are we still hearing things like this? i have sat on this sofa so many times talking about this issue. we have now uncovered this issue. we have now uncovered this criminal behaviour in more than 20 towns and cities in the united kingdom over a period of seven or eight years. it is good news that people have been prosecuted, it is good news that victims are finally getting justice. the reality, however, is that we are still
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scratching the surface. every day pretty much, police officers and others are uncovering and other victim. i think the answer has to be, yes, prosecution is fantastic, it is the endgame, but let's prevent it is the endgame, but let's prevent it in the first place. what can we do about that? we quite rightly raised the ethnicity of the perpetrators, when it comes to this sort of abuse, sadly you are right, british pakistani men are disproportionately involved. although the leader of this trip was indian. the point is that this is an issue that has to be grappled with, it is not being grappled. fact that victims have simply been ignored for such a long time, there are so many stories, you probably heard where they have got to the police and the authorities have simply allowed them to carry on. thatjust because the lease. go back a step. -- beggars belief. the phrase used in relation to the city, this is an issue that has to be grappled with. a lot of
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people reading to individual stories and hearing about victims in sync to the perpetrators are, will draw certain conclusions. how do you address that very, very difficult issue? firstly i contextualise it. if you are in the family or an institution online, it is a british white man. but when it comes to shriek grooming, sadly the ethnicity seems to be british pakistani. i think you cannot get away from that. i tried to understand this for the last seven or eight years. eric often the victims when they are left behind and up in the night—time economy, you will find disproportionate numbers of pakistani men and cab drivers and thatis pakistani men and cab drivers and that is where the predators hide. i think you will also find it you focus on the ethnicity, then sadly you will say to young victims, if you will say to young victims, if you are british pakistani and go with that particular other men, sadly they will be abused by that person to. we have uncovered is that
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when you are prosecuted and put the men injail, a group of white men stepped into the void that was now created and work on abusing the victims. there is still a sense of denial. went ever i talk about this issue, people will say stop talking about british pakistani men as it somehow that will make the issue go away. it is not. work is happening in the communities. there are serious issues white happen in the first late. i am serious issues white happen in the first late. iam happy serious issues white happen in the first late. i am happy to talk about those but we don't have time. what we do have time to talk that is the other end of that. these young girls who are not being protected. there are many tales, we have looked at the research, many tales of these girls flagging this abuse that they all see. what is concerning, my first question is why are we still talking about it, why are these gaps in the system in social care, up to the police before you have to get a prosecution. where are these gaps? 0bviously
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obviously the events yesterday had to do with a crime up to 2011. erick rowan still happening now. much of the work that has been prosecuted is non—resident, 2000 two and sell about 2015, or thereabouts. there are still situations where girls are vulnerable —— 2000 to about. are still situations where girls are vulnerable -- 2000 to about. when victims are from out of control back there —— background, they are evolving from hourly, taking drugs, whatever it is, the authorities have said you are too difficult, i will focus on some of the victim. they have been ignored. it is too early to give you some of the most horrific examples. victims, sadly, have come forward, talked about their experiences, and then gone back to the person offending against because that is the they trust. one other question, in the immediate aftermath of the trial, there would
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have been plenty ofjournalists and the police, various authority figures came out to address the cameras, none of them were prepared to ta ke cameras, none of them were prepared to take questions about what had happened when, who knew what when. if no other lesson has been learned, surely transparency, openness about the mistakes that were made, and immediately my sense watching some of that is already they are doing the back up, don't say much, wait for it to be dragged out, possibly by journalists at a for it to be dragged out, possibly byjournalists at a later date, there will be people working on the stories, to note who knew what when. why are they not more open? no one is suggesting that on the doorstep they could do everything. do you know what i mean? it feels that there is an establishment position. i had my head in my hands when i had them saying things like lessons will be learned. why can't you get it right first time? the reality is, actually, the problem has been incompetence. people have been really bad at theirjob over many, many years. they have not listed,
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not acted appropriately, the last thing they want to do is focus on their own incompetence, rather than their own incompetence, rather than the bravery of the victims, absolutely essential that we talk about the bravery of the victims. they distracted by talking about the bravery of the victims rather than their own incompetence. we have to start from that point. if we accept that we got it wrong, all of us, every agency for 20 or 30 years, then we are in a better place to fix things. if we are in denial about that or pretending somehow that we are addressing it, on the surface, there will be another victim today, and there will be another victim denied. nazir afzal, we had to leave it there. good to talk to. nazir afza l , it there. good to talk to. nazir afzal, former brief —— chief prosecutor in the northern england. here's stav with a look at this morning's weather. good morning to you both. it has been gloriously last couple of days. mist and fog through the morning. dense in places. for this weekend, most dense in places. for this weekend, m ost pla ces dense in places. for this weekend, most places will stay dry, particularly england and wales. a
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little rain tomorrow across scotland and northern ireland. this is the picture this morning. we have mist an fog patches across parts of it and wales, west midlands, could be stubborn to clear. most places it should do so. then plenty of satan. 0ur further should do so. then plenty of satan. 0urfurther north, the north—east should do so. then plenty of satan. 0ur further north, the north—east of scotla nd 0ur further north, the north—east of scotland with some shelter from that wind —— plenty of sunshine. light rain or drizzle here. temperatures, mid to upper teens celsius. hide and we expect this time of year. 0vernight it will be mostly dry —— higher than we expect will stop with the mist and fog developing. across the mist and fog developing. across the north—west we will have the rain becoming heavier and more persistent by around dawn. there are the tevita is. double figures with the breeze and cloud in the north, sickle figures for the south. a fine day for england and wales my —— single figures. the wood to the north—west
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corner of the country. it will be thinking south—eastward is and then into the far north—west of england. it will quickly fizzle out and become an band of cloud through the midlands into wales in the afternoon. the height of the skies brightened up, some blustery showers, sunshine ahead of it as well —— behind it. we could c17 oriented degrees. something fresher moving behind this weather front. —— we could see 17 or 18 degrees. they an area of high pressure building in for much of next week. quite a squeeze in the isobars and those weather front across the north of the country, breezy for most. not semi— problems with mist and fog as we have seen the last few days. —— not so many problems. most places dry with lots of sunshine. 12— 1a degrees, it will feel fresher. deeper into the week we will start to see winds more northerly. it will
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stay largely dry and breezy, with some sunshine. it will turn colder late in the week. back to you too. thank you very much. you have been making a mess. just your stuff away. the question is, where do you put the plastic waste? how much time you spend at home separating rubbish, putting it into different bins for recycling? in swindon they had been told to put the plastics in the general waste. the authority says it's worried that plastic isn't being "properly recycled" and wants to burn it alongside other rubbish. the chief executive of the recycling association, simon ellin, joins us now. good morning. good morning. i don't understand. why would you tell your residence that the right stuff is not being recycled and then not tell them what the right stuff is?l really strange decision. something
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we don't get. use the word there, confucian. that is the problem we face with the of swindon. —— confusion. they will deliver a recycling service, remove it, then deliver it again. quite why you would want to burn nonrenewable fossil fuels, it is scientifically proven, why you would want to withdraw that and then incinerate it... swindon council, to try to get clarity on this, swindon council have asked the residents to stop separating plastics, put them in general waste bins instead. it would appear they are not convinced that by separating it they are making any environmental progress. there is no point doing it as they don't have the evidence it is being treated properly and separated out. why would they say that if they didn't think it was true? to be fact is council, we did at them for a response, the council has said, swindon council says it is
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fortu nate, swindon council says it is fortunate, in a sense, because it has an option to temporarily put the plastic recycling through a specialist plant that converted into fuel. it is using it in some way, but i suppose it does not meet the initial problem into the bard —— in the bud. the system they have got, for burning and recovering the energy, is for residual waste or anything not recyclable. the high—value materials, such as your milk bottles and your plastic drink bottles, at milk bottles and your plastic drink bottles, et cetera, it is scientifically proven that c02 savings and conservation of natural resources and conservation of fossil fuels is the way to go. the problem swindon have done if they had never collect it properly in the first place they've never had a proper collection system in place. they collection system in place. they collect their plastic mixed in a bag. there is nobody locally that can split the bags and then fully plastic out of that. that is what it basically boils down to. it is an odd decision in today's day and age and the mixed messages it is. we get
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annoyed about it, to be honest, because most of the work we do is great and then you get councils like swindon bucking the trend or doing something daft. it is not selling gas in people's mines, if you're another part of the country, can they be confident that this isn't they be confident that this isn't the imparting of somewhere else —— selling gas in peoples minds? that you were doing something that is not being done properly. we can get that out what we do. most of the stuff you put in the recycling bin with councils will be recycled. the problem we do have, there is confusion out there, what can and can't be a cycle than proper labelling and everything else, so manufacturers steadily soppy process. you can with absolute confidence, most of the stuff you put in your bin will be recycled, although there are fluctuations in supply and demand and prices on everything else. do you do more than tell us how to recycle, the
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recycling association, talk to the councils? it is building, you have told us how to recycle before and put to bed some of the myths about recycling, but strachan deemed in hampshire has closed its recycling banks, southampton council has removed plastic recycling bins around the city. the guardian newspaper recently had a report that the plastics recycling industry is being investigated for fraud was at this and yourjob to clean it up?m is. absolutely. make it easier. removing banks, most people have a collection from their doorstep now. you don't actually need the recycling bags for the plastics. that is why that was done. we are working around the clock, really hard, with government and other agencies to try to get this right. there are exciting things that happen in the industry will stop one of the main ones being the new policy out later this year, coming out next month, contained in that is going to be a requirement from the manufacturers, the retailers who produce the material in the first
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place, to be responsible for the life cycle of the item. what that will mean is if they are going to have to pay for it they will produce less and they will be designing for recyclability, that will be a game changer. for example, with plastic, if we can get it down as we think we can to four different polymers, clearly labelled, and then every household has roughly the same recycling system, it is pretty easy, really. you can pick it up and say that can be recycled and put it in the recycling bin. and job done. we are working really hard on to make easier for people. thank you very much. simon ellin. thank you for coming in. you may think starting a farming business without land, an agricultural background or much money is almost impossible. that didn't stop a couple from cumbria who have spent the last five years tending a herd of 100 beef cattle with the help of investment from their community. david and bekka corrie—close now have a tenancy at a national trust farm and only use methods that are low impact, sustainable, and nature friendly.
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breakfast‘s john maguire went to meet them. 0na on a bright, sunny autumn's day, cumbria looks at its very best. and it is this landscape, the soil, the plants, and the animals, where david and bekka corrie—close have chosen to live and to farm. finally getting this was installed so we have water in every field. it will make a massive difference to the farm. they are not from a farming family and neither went to agricultural college. this is their dream. not a fairytale one though. and they are determined to make it a reality. so out determined to make it a reality. so ourfamily determined to make it a reality. so our family initially, when we decided that we were going to live off grid in a yurt and start buying animals and start farming, they thought we were absolutely nuts, didn't they? well, they were supportive, but they probably thought it would last five minutes. but it didn't last five minutes. and we are incredibly stubborn, determines people. after five years
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learning the ropes, they had taken ona learning the ropes, they had taken on a national trust tenancy. both parties are adamant that the farm must be nature friendly. we want to make sure that there is a viable business for them, but it is about making sure there is space for nature and allowing that to thrive. and the wider function as well, making sure the soil is protected, ekol d, water, making sure it holds backwater, but things are important to us, as well as you can see it is gorgeous here. sure it is open for people to enjoy as well. with the national trust we know we have got that understanding from a landlord, then that —— landlord on the same page, which will give us the flexibility to try things, fail at things, and to succeed. they call their business the warned beef company. that cattle will stay out all year round and will keep their horns, which often removed if they are kept in sheds in winter. they
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raise £20,000 by a recruiting local investors. it is called community supported agriculture. today they are delivering a box of meat as part ofa are delivering a box of meat as part of a return on investment. when we started investing they were grazing nature reserves , started investing they were grazing nature reserves, at the areas rich in biodiversity. so we supported that. and the low food miles will stop it fitted our needs. the food miles are ridiculous. the farm is there, the slaughterhouses there, and the consumer is here. it is all within a mile and a half. the couple understand the pressure on farmers and the agriculture sector. and believe they have found a way to strike that delicate balance, making the land pay without it costing the earth. lovely story. and stunning scenery. lovely story. and stunning scenery. lovely to see the community helping out. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast
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with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. saudi arabia has admitted that the missing journalist, jamal khashoggi, died during his visit to their consulate in istanbul earlier this month. saudi state tv said the initial findings of an investigation suggest he died when a fight broke out. president trump has described the latest version of events as credible. 18 people have been arrested and two senior figures have been sacked. earlier on breakfast we spoke to david hearst, editor of middle east eye who descibed an audio recording of the incident. i haven't heard the tapes, but some of them did describe it to me in greek tale —— great detail that he was attacked almost immediately after he was dragged out of the
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room. there was very little conversation, lots of shouting and screaming and swear words. the other amazing thing was that the if this was a dispute or row or interrogation went wrong, why were the locally hired staff told to leave 45 minutes before this happened? and why was a doctor present, who was a specialist in cutting up what is extremely quickly? —— bodies. in the early hours of this morning, europe and japan launched two spacecraft on a mission to mercury, the planet closest to the sun. the joint project is named bepicolombo, after the italian engineer who first calculated the maths behind mercury's rotation and orbit. it will take the probes seven years to reach their destination and scientists hope it will allow them to discover more about the planet's origin. hundreds of central american
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migrants travelling to the united states have clashed with police on the border between mexico and guatemala. the mexican authorities have told migrants only those with valid documents will be allowed in. president trump has thanked mexico for stopping them far from the us border and said the military would be called upon if needed. the migrants, mostly from honduras, say they are fleeing violence and poverty. polls have opened in afghanistan's long delayed parliamentary elections, with more than 2,500 candidates and nearly 9—million registered voters taking part. however, the build—up has been marred by violence and the taliban has ordered afghans to boycott the vote. nearly a third of all polling stations remain closed because of security concerns. 10 candidates have been killed and there are fears of electoral fraud. the macedonian parliament has voted in favour of starting the procedure to formally change the country's name to the republic of north macedonia. injune, it reached a deal with greece, which also has a region with the same name,
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after 27 years of talks. the vote could unblock the country's bids to join nato and the european union. the fourth edition of the invictus games starts in sydney today and will see 500 competitors from 18 nations taking part. the duke and duchess of sussex are on a 16—day tour of australia and will attend the opening ceremony at the sydney opera house. the seven day event was set up by prince harry to give recovering armed forces personnel a new way of dealing with the traumas of combat. more sport on the way, of course. live sport as well, the england one—day international team just took another wicket against sri lanka. we should say, for people who don't know the ins and outs of tv, when you look away, you are looking at it live. and delivering a sports news, thatis live. and delivering a sports news, that is multitasking. it is five
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wickets for england. let's see a couple of the wickets so far. some highlights for you from moeen ali who has taken 2 of the 5. sri lanka on 154— five. -- 154/5. this is the fourth match of a five match series, the other three badly affected by rain. it is monsoon season out there. they'll be hoping to avoid it today, but there is rain forecast. the premier league is back after the international break, and the early kick off is a big one. chelsea host manchester united, and united bossjose mourinho's been up to his old tricks. he says he'd love to sign his old club's star man eden hazard, but admits that it would be impossible because chelsea are led by intelligent people. this fixture's been a bit fiery over the years, but both managers say they going into today with plenty of respect. would i celebrate like crazy? my team go at stamford bridge or my team victory at stamford bridge, i don't think so. i think i will always try to control myself,
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to respect the stadium and to respect the supporters that were my supporters and my stadium for many years. what a weekend it could be for lewis hamilton. he's on the verge of winning his fifth world title, and he'll do it if things go his way at the us grand prix in texas. and as nick parrott reports, things are already looking good for hamilton. when it rains in formula 1, there is less fun to be found on the track. the high risk reduces the running time, fans and teams have to amuse themselves. # i just want you back for good # with a fifth world title within reach, lewis hamilton was keeping his poker—face on, playing it safe by staying in the garage. title—rival sebastian vettel couldn't afford that luxury, and it cost him. speeding during a red flag saw
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the stewards deal him the massive blow of a three place grid penalty, and if that wasn't enough to ruin his day, hamilton rubbed his superiority in. with less than ten minutes ago in the second session, he finally ventured out and clocked the quickest time. more than five seconds ahead of the german. hamilton has won here for the last four years and few would against him, making it five in a row in austin, to land his fifth world title. leicester tigers won for the first time in this season's champions cup. they beat scarlets 45—27 in a great game at welford road. they were trailing on the hour, but hit back though a fit again manu tuilagi and then didn't look back. tuilagi showing the kind of strength that's got him back into the england squad. it is
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now, i'm sure many of you will remember this classic wimbledon match. the year was 2010. john isner against nicolas mahut in the longest match to date. the match went on for 11 hours and that record will never be beaten at the all england club, because wimbledon have announced that a tiebreak will be played at 12—12 in deciding sets from now on. you see him jogging over. they were like two boxes kept in the ring way past when they should be there and they were completely out of energy. everybody at that point realised you can't do that. not at that point, it has been eight years, nine years longer that they have been playing these epic final set. the all england club has said they will introduce this final set tiebreak. 0nce introduce this final set tiebreak. once you get to 12 games all they will bring in tiebreak and it will be decided. johanna konta's good run at the kremlin cup
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in moscow is over. she lost in the semi finals to the russian daria kasatkina. plenty of positives though for konta after a difficult season. kyle edmund meanwhile is into the semis of the european 0pen. almost a million people across the uk have taken part in beat the street. a free challenge which rewards competitors for exploring their town or city on foot or bicycle. the idea's to get people more active, and is currently being played in poole, weymouth, torbay, southward and swindon where we sent breakfast‘s mike bushell to find out more. suddenly one day they appeared.
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nearly 200 grey boxes or and lampposts around swindon. from a distance, they might look like a parking meters, but when approached they make funny noises. these are pa rt they make funny noises. these are part of the beat the street game, 175 boxes have been put around swindonjust 175 boxes have been put around swindon just like 175 boxes have been put around swindonjust like this 175 boxes have been put around swindon just like this and other towns and cities around the uk seeking get out there and explore more of our urban environment and to our cards on here, make it light up, and score and onto the next one. these little boxes have helped this then we settle into their new home in swindon. they have now gone exploring after work, making friends with the places and people. we are new here, but we don't have things like that. it encourages us to spend more family time together. like that. it encourages us to spend more family time togetherlj like that. it encourages us to spend more family time together. i wasn't encouraged by it. . 0nce beat the
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street came, i wanted to win the. your town is transforming into a giant, fun, free game. it is the brainchild of a doctor in berkshire, who wanted to find a way to persuade his patients to be more active and help from sport england and local councils means the game is free to play. beat the street is supposed to bypass the barriers of transport and shows that getting people active is fun at the same time. system has been out using the maps and swipe cards they used. he loves it, it is something he can do. he can be a pa rt something he can do. he can be a part of something that is completely mainstream. it brings the whole community together. that is what i have seen. if you are not sure where a box is, you can call a friend.
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they will guide you that way. humphreys, one of the first towns, saw the number of cycling go up by 90% and walking by 25%. in swindon, it has brought new members to the running club. popping out for a 30 minute walk into an half hours later icame minute walk into an half hours later i came home. there is less than xbox to find. it is notjust families and running groups, there are now 68 schools around swindon, primary schools around swindon, primary schools playing the beat the street game and they score ten points for their school if they can swipe the boxes with one of these. we have to find them first, is notjust phones, is the old—fashioned map. we are there, what do you reckon? around there, what do you reckon? around the corner? you know, you have been looking. let's go find it and swipe the points. it makes a funny sound. when you find a box, you get happy
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and then you just feel really proud. have you done over a mile already close that we are still got another box to find if you want to get those points. do you want to get those points? be further. up for his topics and boxes will school you a whopping 30 points, you just never know. with the game still coming to 50 dunmore towns and cities, there isa 50 dunmore towns and cities, there is a long way to go. it isa it is a bit like urban orienteering then, isn't it? the time is 7:44 a.m.. the sound effects and the weather. here's stav with a look at this morning's weather. good morning to you. no sound effects can i stop quiet start to the day. waiting for the weather watchers to be up and about. look at this gorgeous one inherited, you can see a little bit of missed around. weekend wise, it is kind to be mostly dry, a bit of sunshine around
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whittlesea in the brain is ahead on that tomorrow particle is the morning. as we had through the course of this morning the best in the south—east. the eastern cell and doing pretty well with sunshine, sheltered from that south—westerly breeze. there will be more cloud across western scotland, northern ireland, shrunk the wind here and a little bit of patchy, light rain and drizzle. temperatures were you have the cloud around the midteens, in the cloud around the midteens, in the sunshine across. scotland and across southern and eastern england you can see 17 or 18 celsius. not very pleasant topic into this evening and overnight most places are dry, clear spells across southern and eastern parts, could see a little bit of missed and for developing once again. notice the rain putting up becoming heavy across the north—west of scotland thatis across the north—west of scotland that is because we are aware the frontier moving down across the
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country. it is going to weaken considerably as it could push is in northern ireland and into northern england later on and late into sunday it central areas as a band of cloud has a spot of rain on it. starting up again chile, bright sunshine in england and wales. a wet disappointing start to your sunday for scotland and northern ireland, like i mentioned that band of cloud will move southwards to brighten up neither behind it across scotland and northern ireland, a few blustery showers, little bit fresher but ahead of sunny and warm. 1780 degrees. a bit disappointing we have the cloud, computers around 15 or 16 celsius. a weather front clears off into the continent, big area of high pressure be in as we head to the working week. always someone at concluding with the north of the country, this will bring outbreaks of rain, maybe longer spells of northern scotland and the northern isles topic quite easy, but further south and because it is an area of high pressure there is currently being largely dry with sunshine.
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look at those temperatures, we are introduced cooler air by this part of the week, around 12— 14 celsius. if anything, it turns cooler is the week wears on certainly by the end of the week. it should be largely dry thanks to the high—pressure. thank you very much. it is time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch. mean—spirited and rude? was some of the bbc reporting of princess eugenie's wedding a bit off—colour? or was the bbc royal coverage sycopha ntic and excessive? first, the b—word has again dominated the news this week with much discussion about the likelihood of leaving the european union without a deal in place to have it was one of two possible outcomes laid out recently by the bbc assistant political editor norman smith. 0ne, another referendum on brexit itself or two, crashing out of the eu
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without any deal. a number of viewers have taken exception to the phrase used at the end there with in frost asking... —— ian frost. it has been a right royal week with a number of monarchy related news reports on bbc television. it started last friday with the wedding of princess eugenie, the queen's granddaughter and jack brooksbank at st george's chapel in windsor castle. the bbc had apparently turned down the opportunity to broadcast it in full but there was still plenty of live coverage
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on the news channel and reports on the bulletins and online. too much for one person who wrote... but when royal correspondent nicholas witchell reported on the wedding, that prompted objections from a different direction... hold onto your hats, it's another royal wedding. though this one, not quite in the premier league, despite the sharp ambitions of the bride's father and mother. the duchess of cornwall evidently had a pressing engagement and couldn't make it. and then stand by for the arrival of the mother of the bride, sarah ferguson, also known as the duchess of york. she's not been an entirely welcome figure within royal circles for a good many years. she's had an unfortunate habit of embarrassing them. and then as man and wife together, a carriage ride, it's been seen as an attempt to emulate the ride is taken by harry and meghan
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after their wedding and concerns have been expressed about the cost of providing security. a number of viewers took exception to the tone of that report, including this one, who recorded this video for cook his comments were fairly sarcastic and at times quite mean—spirited. he made some comments about the sharp ambitions of the bride's father and mother in an obvious dig at prince andrew and sarah ferguson. we all know that sarah ferguson has had a stormy relationship with the royal family over the years, but really, i thought it was a bit low of nicholas witchell to have a dig on eugenie's wedding day. there was also a comment about how this wedding was not in the premier league as well as the insinuation that eugenie and jack's carriage ride was copying meghan and harry's. i expect a higher quality ofjournalism from the bbc. be that as it may, that wedding news was trumped in the eyes of some by an announcement on monday. the secret is out, the duke
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and duchess of sussex confirmed they are expecting their first child as they arrive in australia for a 16—day tour. again there were complaints about what some viewers saw as excessive coverage of that happy news... and that wasn't the end of the royal bonanza, as well as further reports from the australian tour of the duke and duchess of sussex, there was more baby news on tuesday, with the birth of a son to the duchess of cambridge's sister pippa middleton and her husband james matthews. 0ne viewer told us... clearly, this is one of those topics
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where it is impossible for the bbc to please all of the people all of the time. but has the past week's royal coverage ended up annoying just about everyone? to answer that, i'm joined by the deputy news editor of bbc news. thank you for coming on newswatch. let's start with the last issue, a charge often laid against the bbc that when it comes to the royal family, using to throw editorial values out of the window? i would reject that. but i expect that you would expect me to say that. i think royal stories find their place in news bulletins, so to take one of the criticisms there, specifically had on, about the news of the pregnancy with the duke and duchess of sussex, yes, it was the lead story on the one o'clock television news, it was also the most widely read story on the news website that stay. if you look at the other stories
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that were necessarily competing for the top of that bulletin at one o'clock, our audience is quite different to six o'clock and ten o'clock. i think it was still the right story, it was a story that broke over the morning, it developed and you have reaction through the day. it didn't develop in the sense that it was pregnant and everyone knew it can go and we have reaction and everybody responded to what actually was a rather happy news story. at that point of the day, on brexit bridgend that being the lead story on the later bulletins, by that point, the prime minister haven't actually spoken, she had not gone to brussels and there had not been any development in that story. so i would say that the royal stories find their place in news bulletins. it is all about the amount of time, to be fair. for minutes on a pregnancy
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in a half—hour bulletin at one o'clock, who there's a another story which did not get a full report as a result? i'm not not going to go through the exact running order but i would say that we covered that story as we would do any other breaking news story, a news story that has a significance on that day. the wedding of the duke and duchess of sussex was the most watched television programme on the bbc this year. they are a hugely popular story for us online and on other outlets. and i think there is often a criticism of bbc news and the bbc and actually news in general, that people are absolutely sick of the diet of grim news, i've spoken to people, i'm sure you have, who say that they no longer engage, they no longer listen or consume news because it is all too grim. so actually the great news of a pregnancy of this couple, especially with a story around harry and his fist to be,
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i think people are really interested, they really like that story. equally as we heard in the viewer comments, that report by nicholas witchell about princess eugenie's wedding really startled people, he is an experienced royal correspondent and some people felt it was rude — what was going on there? this is this question again that we find ourselves in, we're being criticised about covering meghan and harry's pregnancy, within cover the wedding and there's nothing that i saw in that report by nick watt shall, as you say, our senior royal correspondent, it wasn't factually correct. there have been reports, royal biographies have spoken about the embarrassment felt by the royal family over sarah ferguson and what happened. she hasn't sat in the same room as herformerfather—in—law the duke of edinburgh. the queen is our head of state,
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she attended that wedding and therefore i feel all of those elements that nick... but totally, and it changed later, some of the language about not in the premier league and stuff, it was altered, wasn't it? i think it was still very much the same time through the day. in the end and you have raised it to some extent, with brexit and universal credit and so much serious international news, things like yemen, viewers need and want analysis of these stories, does the bbc need to think how much time you can devote to the royal family, even if it is welcome light news against all the darkness? think we simply can't win here and i think that there is obviously a discussion that we have to have take each and every news story relating to the royal family on its merits. we apply exactly the same news values to all of the stories that we have covered recently about the royal family. it is absolutely true to say and i would want the viewers to know this, that in our editorial meetings, we do discuss these
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stories and we apply the real judgement that we would do to any other story. thank you so much. before we go, sometimes as a journalist you ask a question and your interviewee does not want to answer it, or even hear it. example came this week when spencer stokes, business and transport correspondent for bbc look north, raised with the ceo of building firm person on the subject of his £75 million bonus. 0bviously doing well this year, it did well last year, that was reflected in your bonus, do you have any regrets surrounding that? ithink... sorry. obviously, i thought the two issues were tight together, really. i'd rather not talk about it, been well covered, actually, so...
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so you don't want to talk about that today? are there any lessons to be learned from that, it was the biggest bonus in the country? no. 0k. i think that's really unfortunate, actually, that you've done that. if mr fairburn wanted fewer people to know about his bonus, he'll be disappointed, as that clip has been retweeted half million times. as one person put it, social media is a game changer. thank you for all your comments this week and we welcome all your opinions on bbc news and current affairs and volunteers to appear on the programme as well. to call us... we are on twitter...
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and have a look at our website. that is all from us we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage once again next week. good morning welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: killed inside the consulate, after two weeks of denial saudi authorities admit the death of journalist jamal khashoggi. lift off, the european space agency begins a mission to mercury to try to uncover some of the secrets of the solar system. the duke and duchess of sussex unveil a war memorial in sydney as they prepare to start the invictus games. and in sport... england's cricketers are in action in sri lanka, we'll bring you the latest from the fourth one—dayer. england are looking for a series
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