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you can see the portrait of the the conservatives always knew that voters were likely to give them a bloody nose this week, but the extent, losing 1300 former king and queen of thailand councillors, was worse than they feared. and because of that, some are saying their patience there. we have been seeing scenes of has run out. it's not the first time we've heard senior tories calling for mrs may to go. there. we have been seeing scenes of the newly crowned king of thailand in the past, she's simply ignored their calls. but it is again a reminder that many in the conservative party think grant titles. we will continue to mrs mayjust can't deliver. 0thers, though, say there should be watch those events as the coronation compromise with labour to make sure events continue. brexit is delivered. i think we do need a mood for compromise, but compromise often involves looking at the positions of different groups and coming up with something in between. the prime minister has called talks between the government hello and welcome to bbc on the labour leaderjeremy corbyn and opposition will resume news — i'm reged ahmad. to set aside their differences early next week. sources tell me there and "do a deal" to leave are still substantial differences. palestinian officials say a mother but after labour had and her baby were among the european union. four people killed in the gaza strip her comments in a sunday newspaper — a tough time at the polls, follow the conservative party's too, jeremy corbyn says during hours of israeli air strikes worst result in english local there is impetus to get a deal done. and tank fire. elections since 1995. israel disputes it was a result the former conservative party leader but opinion in labour is split. of their strikes and says it's iain duncan smith called some point to losses on mrs may to resign. in brexit—supporting areas and say responding to palestinian militants mr duncan smith said she was in failure to deliver it who've fired more than two hundred would be a breach of trust. rockets into southern israel. effect a caretaker prime minister. three israelis were 0ur political correspondent i think we've got to leave wounded by the barrage. because we had a referendum, our middle east correspondent, we asked people whether they wanted to leave the eu, and by a small nick eardley reports. majority they said they did, and we said we would tom bateman reports. honour the result. but many labour mps are arguing urgently seeking a solution. the exact opposite, that the party needs to back another referendum and ultimately stay in the eu. air raid sirens sounded in southern tories mulling over devastating they point to huge gains
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local election results trying at the local elections israeli towns as a barrage of rocket to find a way to solve for the greens and the big winners, was fired from gaza. the party's troubles. the liberal democrats. i think there were some local these members are in scotland. factors but there is no doubt israel shot down dozens of them before its tanks and warplanes there weren't any elections that the big nationalfactor targeted militant here this week, but many agree was the issue about brexit. sites in the strip. failing to deliver brexit was behind the liberal democrats have been this evening, the palestinian health against brexit and campaigned ministry said a iii—month—old girl against brexit, campaigned was killed in an airstrike the election drubbing. in the east of the strip, for a final say for the british people for the last nearly three while her mother was wounded. and this former leader years and i think people have heard has had enough. he believes theresa may has a 22—year—old palestinian man died that now from the liberal democrats, earlier in a separate strike. lost her authority and has that we are the stop brexit party. this latest flareup follows months to go now. these elections have posed big of tensions between israel and questions for a government struggling to deliver brexit. gaza—based militants who demand we have in a sense a kind answering them won't of caretaker prime minister necessarily be easy. nick eardley, bbc news. the easing of a crippling blockade at the moment, you could argue a caretaker leader that israel says is needed of the labour party, the final vote count has been but a caretaker prime minister. tallied in the northern irish and i think therefore making to prevent weapons getting in, fundamental decisions 00:01:32,166 --> 2147483051:37:30,798 about where we go with this 2147483051:37:30,798 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 would be a big mistake. elections, where the dup and sinn fein have won the largest israel demands calm on the boundary share of the vote. but it's the smaller after more than a year parties and independents of palestinian protests who have made significant gains. the cross—community alliance party were the biggest winners, largely at the expense at the perimeter fence. of unionist parties, with the greens also making gains. sinn fein‘s number of seats remained static. it coincided with the funerals talks aimed at reviving of two militants killed northern ireland's power sharing in an israeli air strike. administration are due to be held next week — john campbell has more. retaliation, israel said, for the wounding of two soldiers shot by palestinian gunmen. it marks yet another ratcheting up of hostilities despite repeated well, there's no real surprise attempts by egypt and in that the dup and sinn fein the united nations to broker are still the two largest parties.
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a longer term truce. the dup is to the right a little, sinn fein is the biggest national tom bateman there. let's get some of party, so really, the story was that surge by the alliance party, the day's other news: drawing support from catholic and protestants. cyclone fani has caused extensive it mainly had its support damage in bangladesh, in greater belfast, middle—class despite weakening as it areas, but here it pushed its appeal blew north from india. more than 1,000 homes far beyond that, for example, have been destroyed and entire villages submerged. it won a seat on derry city the number of people killed council for the first time in a0 years. by the storm has risen to 16. sri lanka's president maithripala sirisena says the security forces would "eradicate terrorism" and restore stability before presidential elections due to take place this year. the authorities have also called on the public to surrender swords and large knives following the leader of that party, says that this indicates many voters in northern ireland are looking the deadly attacks. to new solutions to its problems. state media in north korea say the country's leader, kim jong—un, oversaw the testing i think what it is saying is that of rocket launchers and tactical people want to see politics guided weapons on saturday. the report was issued that delivers. they're not interested after pyongyang fired in the kind of tribal what were described as short—range politics of the past in terms of unionism and nationalism, they want the politics projectiles into the sea. that put people first and that's what we are offering. there's been a fall in the number of children injapan — northern ireland politics for the 38th year in a row. is full of problems, government figures show whether it's stagnation in stormont or brexit, but what we have been around that the number of people under 15 consistently and persistently has dropped by a third over to offering solutions.
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the past three decades. that is what people want the government has tried to counter from their politicians the decline in birth rate and that is what we have given them. by loosening its tight immigration laws. tens of thousands of people have taken part in a pro—scottish the newly—crowned king of thailand independence rally in glasgow. has been granting titles police scotland estimate that to members of the royal between 30—and—35, 000 people attended the ‘all under family, on the second day 0ne banner‘ march. marking his coronation. the organisers say they are 0ur correspondent laura a "pro—independence organisation whose core aim is to march bicker is in bangkok. at regular intervals until scotland is free". in just a few hours‘ time, one of the most powerful monarchs in the world will take to a parade through the streets of bangkok. they're expecting 200,000 people to line the streets. the newly anointed and crowned king rama x will be carried a 17—year—old boy has been arrested through the streets on suspicion of murdering on palanquin by 16 men. a teenage girl in wiltshire. it's quite hot today, 38 degrees celsius heat, the victim, who's not been named, quite a difficultjob. died at a property in kaan yesterday afternoon. police say they will have a "significant presence" in the town over the weekend as he will visit three sacred temples and pay respects to the ashes of his ancestors, he'll be carried through about seven inquiries continue. kilometres of the route. we are expecting to see scenes of people getting a glimpse of this new king. he is seen as more remote than his well—loved father former defence secretary and far more controversial. gavin williamson has described an investigation into he spent a lot of time in munich the national security council leak as a "shabby and discredited witch
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with his 13—year—old son, he's very close to the military, hunt" — and called for a "proper, full and impartial" assessment a military which has overthrown two of the investigation. governments in 13 years in thailand. it comes after the met police said what people are wondering the leak, about the chinese is ‘what is this powerful monarch tech giant huawei, did not amount going to do?‘ to a criminal offence. but for the next few days mr williamson was sacked he will anchor and cement his place 00:04:12,198 --> 2147483051:38:50,814 at the head of one of thailand's 2147483051:38:50,814 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 most powerful dynasties. after the prime minister said she had evidence to suggest he was the source of the leak — which is something he denies. 0ur political correspondent chris mason explained what's happened. at one of those meetings, a row ended up in the newspaper. the prime minister was determined to get to the bottom of it. those at those meetings sign the official secrets act, so any link is potentially a criminal matter. as you say, the met police have said what happened didn't amount to a criminal offence. williamson has always denied being the leaker, but the statement he put out, really punchy, says there needs to be a proper, full and impartial investigation. ascribing it as a shabby and discredited witch—hunt, badly mishandled by both the prime minister and others, referencing the civil service.
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now there is clearly a difference between evidence of a crime being committed or not and a boss, the prime minister, losing trust in an employee, gavin williamson. that loss of trust was clear last week with his firing, but mr williamson again providing evidence he is not going quietly. taking you back to the scene in thailand as those celebrations continue in bangkok at the grand palace. you can see the king at the top right there. these are continuing ceremonies that have been going on for a number of days. the second day, and the third day will be tomorrow. right now, he is participating in a ceremony where food is offered to the monks. that is where they are now. earlier, we
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saw him conferring royal titles on members of the royal family and that went on for some time. later on, there are large crowds expected to gather on the streets of bangkok as he takes part in a procession where he takes part in a procession where he goes around the city so people will be anxious to watch that happen and then tomorrow will be the final day of celebrations as the coronation continues. there is the new queen consort there. king maha —— kept the king married the queen a few days ago before his official coronation. those celebrations are continuing as kim maha vajiralongkorn office food. —— king.
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more on cyclone fani. india's been praised for its rapid evacuation of more than a million people, which the united nations says helped minimise the loss of life after a devasating cyclone struck its eastern coast. up to 12 people were killed when cyclone fani made landfall near the city of puri in 0disha yesterday. the storm was the strongest to hit india in 20 years. 0ur correspondent rahul tandon has been to one of the worst—hit areas. driving towards the areas hardest hit by the cyclone. along the way, the destruction is all too visible. these people are amongst the hundreds of thousands who were moved to safety in puri. they came to the shelters with whatever they could carry. many are still traumatised. translation: he has been sick. my wife is worried. she is constantly crying. there is no medical help here. we are suffering a lot. next to the shelter is one of the areas worst affected by cyclone fani. this woman returned to her home
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for the first time this morning. translation: this used to be our bedroom. the roof has blown away. all the houses in the slum here have been damaged. across 10,000 villages in 0disha, there are scenes like this. there used to be life here. now there is just despair. in india, it is always the poor who suffer the most. this "basti", or slum, has been completely destroyed by the cyclone. they fled from here for their lives, and when they returned there was nothing left. they're now worried about their future. they say nobody is helping them. wherever the cyclone struck, it left a trail of destruction. buildings damaged and thousands of trees uprooted. more than 2.5 million people are without electricity. the physical infrastructure damage has been enormous,
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so it will be a big challenge for the administration, and we are on the job. a lot of damage has taken place, people have been injured. some casualties have been reported. the authorities here are working on a war footing, but with many areas still inaccessible, they are struggling to assess the damage caused by one of india's most powerful cyclones. rahultandon, bbc news, puri. this is bbc news. the headlines: four palestinian people have been kiled in air strikes by israel. the retaliation came after militants fired dozens of missiles from gaza. thailand's king grants new titles to members of the royalfamily on the second day of elaborate ceremonies marking his coronation. despite leading days of protests against president maduro's rule, the venezuelan opposition
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leader, juan guaido, appears to have failed in his latest attempt to persuade the country's military to back him. mr guaido had urged his supporters to rally in large numbers outside military barracks. but local media say only a small number of people turned out. caroline rigby has more. delivering a memo, protesters seeking military support for their cause, but their appeal for soldiers to join the people was ignored by some and totally rejected by others. translation: there was a group of us this morning who went to deliver a letter to the national guard but it wasn't received. the message is "unity, join the people, do not defend an illegitimate government. " translation: we are not at war. venezuelan citizens are simply in a civil rebellion. all venezuelans are here because we have a need to make our claims. we have a right. chanting.
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in reality, few people heeded the call from opposition leader juan guaido to turn out for mass demonstrations. it marks an important political victory for nicolas maduro, just days after a botched attempt to remove him on tuesday. yet the man who's declared himself acting president still insists the majority of soldiers are behind him. translation: 8096 of the army does not agree with the policy of the regime. who can be satisfied with a salary of $10 a month? that's absolutely not enough to make ends meet. but appearing in front of thousands of troops, nicolas maduro staged a show of force. he declared his army remained united and ready to defend against what he described as traitors as well as any foreign military intervention. translation: be ready to defend the homeland with weapons
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in your hands! if one day the us dares to touch this territory, this sacred earth, those rifles that you hold are rifles of the republic to defend our land, our sovereignty and our homeland. don't stop, join the armed forces, don't stop! venezuelans are exhausted and angry at the collapse of the economy and lack of basic services and after days of unrest, many will be frustrated at the opposition's failure to capitalise on a historic opportunity to dispose of the man widely blamed for much of the country's woes. caroline rigby, bbc news. aviation investigators have retrieved black box recorders from a military—chartered passenger jet that skidded off the runway and into the water after landing in florida. the flight was carrying 143 passengers. 21 people aboard were hurt, although none seriously. the commanding officer of the local naval air station says the cause of the incident is yet to be determined. it is a miracle.
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it could have ended very — we could be talking about a different story this evening. i think there is a lot of to say about the professionalism of the folks that helped the passengers off the aeroplane. there's a lot of to say about that, because it very well could be worse. manchester city have won the women's fa cup, with a 3—0 victory over west ham at wembley. it's the second time they've won the trophy in three years. jo currie reports. wembley. it's been the scene of some fairytale finishes over the years. just 12 months ago, west ham were playing in the third tier of women's football but after heavy investment from the club, they recruited a new squad of professional players and were awarded a spot in the super league super league and now they are just 90 minutes away from their first major trophy. manchester city hadn't tasted a defeat domestically all season. there may have started the match as
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favourites, but it was west ham that took charge of the first half. jane ross could have, maybe should have put them ahead. after the break, a breakthrough. waltz with a swerving effort that the keeper. the favourites were finally finding their rhythm, then the hammer blow. a deflection on the way in, city now just minutes away from being crowned champions. this still times over 18 year substitute lauren hemp to put the result and come out of that with this fortuitous effort. we've got a group of winners and people who want to learn and improve and we have a good blend of youth and experience. i feel as though we can get so much better and it's an exciting time for out better and it's an exciting time for our football club stop it's an impressive and to west ham's season, but for man city, they are once again the dominant forces in women's football. for the first time in more than 30
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years, the kids from fame are to be reunited on stage. the tv show was a massive hit in the 80s, now eight of the original cast are getting together for two special charity shows, and it's all thanks to a detective from liverpool who tracked them down. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson has dusted off his lycra to bring you this report. # fame! the kids from fame, back performing in the uk for the first time in more than 35 years. # fame. # i'm gonna live forever, i'm gonna learn how to fly, high. # i feel it comin' together. # people will see me and cry. # fame! # i'm gonna make it to heaven. it was a great show. a great show, a great concept, great characters. plus watching dance is fun. i could watch dance all day. all day. you have dreams. you want fame?
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well, fame costs, and right here is where you start paying. fame, the tv series, a spin—off from the movie, started on bbc one in 1982. it was a phenomenon in the uk. the soundtrack spent 12 weeks at number one, they were regulars on top of the pops. at number three, the kids from fame. it's from the television series, fame. the kids from fame. high fidelity made it to numberfive in the singles chart. # high fidelity, high! they even ended the year playing london's royal albert hall. newsreel: the kids from fame have turned television fiction into fact. there was another tour the following year, but fame ended in 1987 and fans here never thought they would see them live again. until a detective inspector in the merseyside police managed to reunite the cast for two charity shows this weekend. i've loved it since i was a kid, since i was 11. it was everything to me when i was growing up. it was my dream and it's really quite surreal to think that that dream actually is happening right now. to be part of that with those guys is...
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it's like an alternative universe. # high fidelity! and now her childhood heroes are in liverpool. i get to be with this group of people that i am indelibly connected to. i mean, we were a family. we worked a minimum of 12 hours a day and when we weren't doing that we were in the studio. if we weren't doing that, we were in dance rehearsal. we were a family, for better or for worse. and we were not too shabby, i have to say. being back, we've kind of gone back to that age. we're back to being kids again. we definitely, we see each other and we fall into our old habits. that little kid stuff. # fame! # i'm gonna live for ever. # baby, remember my name. last—minute dance rehearsals are taking place. vlma in liverpool
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are providing backup. there we go! ha, ha, ha, yes! the reason i am a dancer is because of fame. so it is surreal. absolutely surreal to be here today with the actual cast. and, amazingly, we have gotten through a whole report on fame without mentioning legwarmers. remember my name, it's colin patterson, bbc news, liverpool. i'm sure that's getting a lot of fans. before we go, wejust i'm sure that's getting a lot of fans. before we go, we just want to return you to the scene in bangkok. we've been keeping an eye on it as pa rt we've been keeping an eye on it as part of the coronation celebrations and ceremonies for king maha vajiralongkorn. you can't quite see him at the moment, but he is a ahead of that row of monks. you can see them on the far left, there. the king at the moment is participating ina king at the moment is participating in a ceremony where food is offered to the monks. there at the amarin
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throne hall, earlier they brought out some fresh food and they've been tasting it, we've been watching many dignitaries there and the queen — king maha vajiralongkorn is right at the top of the table there, and behind you can see the queen consort just watching proceedings. later on he is actually going to ride in the royal palanquin in a seven kilometre route from the grand palace. it ta kes route from the grand palace. it takes the king around the palace, along a couple of roads and stopping off to pay respects at several temples and a lot of people are expected to turn out to watch him so they can get a glimpse of the newly chlorinated king. it's the first time the country has seen a new monarch in nearly seven decades. yesterday, we watched a lot of events, a lot of very formal
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ceremonies, a lot of symbolism where he was finally crowned and anointed. today we get to see these blessings, royal titles were conferred earlier and of course the public will come out to see him a bit later see that here on bbc news. now, the weather with matt taylor. good morning. it was certainly chilly yesterday out in the sunshine and especially if you were caught out by any of the heavy showers across the uk. a few things happening today. we have high pressure starting to nudge in a little bit more. that puts a cap on the atmosphere, limiting the amount of showers and also by pushing in the coldest and strongest of those winds will be diverted out into the north sea, meaning lighter winds for many. but there's lighter winds to start the day and after the clear skies for many through the night means quite a chilly start away from the towns and city centres. temperatures below freezing in a few spots, but it will be a lovely,
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bright start for the vast majority. some good sunny spells to get the day under way. a bit more cloud north—west highlands of scotland, showers in 0rkney, shetland and still a breeze here, that will push showers further into scotland as you go through the day. elsewhere, more cloud developing through the day could bring just the odd shower here and there across northern ireland, england and wales. the vast majority, though, will be dry. lighter winds down the east coast won't feel quite as chilly. as you go into sunday evening and overnight, the showers across northern scotland will work their way southwards that little bit more. temperatures 9— 1a degrees at very, very best. clearer skies again for some in england and wales and so a chilly start again to monday morning. but maybe not as quite as cold as sunday morning. coldest of all will be the highlands of scotland, this is where we'll be most prone to frost to start bank holiday this monday. that's because you'll be on the north side of this weather front, which will be working its way southwards. now that is going to be the zone of thickest cloud through monday. it stretches across southern scotland into northern england to begin the day, it affects
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northern ireland too. and as it pushes its way southwards into northern england, eventually north wales and the midlands will see a few more showers develop, maybe not a heavy one over the pennines and peak district. to the south of it, still some sunny spells, most places dry and isolated showers to the north of it. better chances of some sunshine between a few showers here and there. into tuesday, little will have changed because not too much on the way of wind overnight, so how you finish monday, you'll start tuesday. showers will break out here and there during the day as temperatures start to rise, and really at levels of what we've seen over the past day or so, 7— 13 degrees at best. but there will be a few changes during the middle parts of the week, tuesday night into wednesday, this area of low pressure starts to spin its way in, bringing strong winds across france and also into the channel islands. but across england and wales, a greater chance of more persistent rain for many of you, which will break up into showers and staying cool on thursday. see you soon.
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this is bbc news, the headlines: palestinian officials say four people have been killed and seventeen others wounded in israeli airstrikes in gaza. israel says the military action is a response to over two hundred rockets fired into southern israel by palestinian militants. three israelis were wounded by the barrage.
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