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good morning, welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and nina warhurst. our headlines today: former allies borisjohnson and michael gove are set compete against each otherfor the conservative party leadership. they're among eight hopefuls now in the running for the chance to become prime minister by the end ofjuly. the social media app snapchat is dubbed a "haven" for paedophiles by a newspaper investigation into online grooming — the firm insists it has safeguards in place. a hiker found alive more than two weeks after she went missing in a forest in hawaii describes how she faced a choice between "life and death". celtic make history with their latest scottish cup final win.
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they beat hearts to claim an unprecedented domestic treble treble as neil lennon's offered the manager's job on a permanent basis. why scientists want your help recording the spead of bugs that leave clusters of froth on garden plants. the weather story not as straightforward today, with a lot of cloud and some rain slowly sweeping its way south and east. also a little bit cooler and breezy. it's sunday the 26th of may. our top story: the contest to replace theresa may as prime minister looks set to feature a battle between two former allies who famously fell out the last time the job was up for grabs. environment secretary michael gove is expected to formally announce his leadership bid later today, while former foreign secretary borisjohnson has already declared he intends to run. so far, seven mps have confirmed they'll stand.
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here's our political correspondent, chris mason. look at these two — architects of the leave campaign three years ago, now they seem to be involved in a tantalising contest. why? well, remember this? in view of the situation in parliament, i have concluded that person cannot be me. borisjohnson concluded that person cannot be me. boris johnson shocked concluded that person cannot be me. borisjohnson shocked westminster by pulling out of the leadership race to replace david cameron. until michael gove, a former supporter of his, said this. i came to realise this week that for all of boris's formidable talents, he was not the right man for that job. ouch. well, now they will take each other on. who else is in the race? andrea
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leadsom, who resigned as leader of the house days ago, told the sunday times that if she became pm the uk would leave the eu at the current deadline with or without a deal. formerforeign deadline with or without a deal. former foreign secretary dominic raabe agrees, saying he would prefer to leave the eu with a deal, but as he says the country must also calmly demonstrate an unflinching resolve to leave at the end of october at the latest. he also set out plans to cut a penny of the basic rate of income tax, and boost apprenticeships and paternity leave. but in these opening skirmishes of the campaign, what is emerging as the campaign, what is emerging as the central fault line is the instinct of candidates on an ideal brexit. some are willing to embrace it, others believe it would be a disaster. the outlook of the potential winner could shape our country for years to come. let's speak to political
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correspondent tom barton, who joins us now from our london newsroom. tom, how the candidates want to deliver brexit is already the key issue in this campaign, isn't it? that is right, and the three candidates who have announced this morning are all prominent brexiteers. of the eight candidates, a huge number who are in the field so a huge number who are in the field so far, five of them backed leave at the referendum in 2016. three of them backed remain. and there are some clear differences starting to emerge. we have not heard detailed policies from all the candidates yet, but yesterday, rory stewart, a former remain campaign, he said if he was pm he would not implement an ideal brexit, saying that would be a disaster. matt hancock, another former remain campaign, said that he
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would need to be brutally honest about the trade—offs needed in negotiations. by contrast, brexit supporters like andrea leadsom and dominic raabe today are firmly keeping no deal on the table. we have not heard michael gove's pitch yet, we should hear that later on the political pod cast, but it will be interesting to see where he pictures himself as a former prominent brexit supporter who has backed theresa may's deal throughout the last few months —— dominic raab. many thanks, and we will delve into the papers a little later and see what they have to say about this. voters in more than 20 eu countries will go to the polls today to select new meps. a number of countries, including the uk, have already voted, but the results can't be revealed until the polls have closed across the eu. here's our europe correspondent, damian grammaticas. the uk was in the first wave of
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countries devoting these eu elections, and uk results, out this evening, will be watched for how far the handling of exit may have impacted the share revoked one by the conservatives and labour, and how people are divided between pro— and anti— brexit parties. across europe, half a dozen more nations — this is latvia — have already voted. in some countries it is migration thatis in some countries it is migration that is the top concern. elsewhere, the numbers of young people unemployed. here in northern france it isa unemployed. here in northern france it is a contest between president macron‘s bro eu movement, and the anti—eu nationalists of the former national front, which are being watched. translation: i am going to vote, it is my duty as a citizen, but i don't know yet who for. this vote will be an important point of the future elections. it will give an idea who might come out on top.
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and there are some early indications. in the netherlands people were able to cast ballots on trams. prime ministers liberal party says exit polls integrate they did well. the dutch socialists believe they are the real surprise and should top the results here. in ireland, which voted on thursday, the green party believes it did well on the back of voter concerns about climate change. the official results will be announced when polls close this evening. the sunday times says it has found evidence that the snapchat app has become what it calls a "haven" for sexual predators who target young people. the newspaper has uncovered thousands of reported cases involving the photo—messaging app since 2014. john mcmanus reports. snapchat has helped to revolutionise
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mobile communication. it is a simple idea. photos and videos sent between uses idea. photos and videos sent between uses are deleted once they have been viewed, very quickly. that tends to induce a carefree attitude, which means if you feel like sending your mate an embarrassing picture of them all you, well, the image will quickly disappear once it has been seen. that makes the app popular with teenagers. but the sunday times says there is a dark side to the craze for sending what are known as snaps. it says data it obtained underfreedom of snaps. it says data it obtained under freedom of information snaps. it says data it obtained underfreedom of information request shows that police officers are handling about three child sexual exportation cases every day, in which snapchat has played some kind of role, although it doesn't specify exactly what. users of the app can message each other, which means potential abuses can chat to and groom victims. and the deletion of images makes it difficult to trace evidence of wrongdoing. it is also
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easy for abuses to screen and save it to other platforms. there are 14.5 million snapchat users in the uk, and those who want to join must be aged at least 13. the company says... there are reporting tools within the app to report abuse. president trump has begun the second day of his state visit to japan, the first to be made by a foreign leader since the coronation of the country's new emperor, naruhito. he started the day playing golf with the country's prime minister, shinzo abe. let's get the latest from our correspondent hywel griffith who's in tokyo for us this morning. he is off to the sumo wrestling next, right? yes, he is coming here to the stadium, where people are queueing around the block not actually to see donald trump but to see the stars of sumo. a few large gentlemen have already arrived. the huge police presence as well, and
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donald trump will have a ringside seat. a seat rather than a traditional pillow. that has caused some controversy, but the red carpet has been rolled out. he will become the first state visitor to meet the new emperor naruhito. i think this is showing his status and the importance of the relationship between the two countries, who behind closed doors are trying to hammer out a new trade deal. what it's worth, on twitter president trump said that the golf was great and progress on the trade deal is also great. experts have said that they think the democrats would rather see donald trump fail than to see the country flourish. they are making the most of political capital back home. thank you very much, we like that insight. a few "large gentlemen" have already arrived.
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a woman has been found alive more than two weeks after she went missing in a forest on the hawaiian island of maui. amanda eller was rescued by helicopter from a deep ravine. she'd been hiking in the area when she became lost and then injured. ramzan karmali reports. the last 17 years of my life had been the toughest of my life. pica amanda eller knows how lucky she is to be alive. she spent over two weeks lost in a forest in the hawaiian island of maui. the yoga instructor thought she was walking back to her car but was walking further and further into the wilderness. it came down to life and death, and i had to choose, and a joe's life. i wasn't going to take the easy way out, even though that meant more suffering for myself. amanda was rescued from a deep ravine. she waved down a rescue helicopter funded by donations. ravine. she waved down a rescue helicopterfunded by donations. one of her friends was on that rescue helicopter. out of the woodwork she
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comes out, arms swinging. i thought, there she is! i know her very well so there she is! i know her very well soi there she is! i know her very well so i said, that is amanda eller! i thought, how was she dressed, she is not wearing shoes, we have to land this thing! don't jump not wearing shoes, we have to land this thing! don'tjump out of the helicopter! . in order to survive she foraged on berries, but she was injured with a fractured leg and severe burns from the sun. doctors say she should make a full recovery. she is most gratefulfor say she should make a full recovery. she is most grateful for those who didn't give up on her.|j she is most grateful for those who didn't give up on her. i had the most gratitude and respect and appreciation, i can't even put it into words, for the people who helped me, who have prayed for me. her mother, julia, has called the rescue a miracle. this has been a deadly week on mount everest. british climber robin haynes fisher was yesterday confirmed as one of the eight people who have died on the world's highest peak in the last seven days.
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overcrowding and high winds are believed to be contributing factors. we can talk to the mountaineer martin hewitt, who's at everest base camp, having successfully made the climb earlier this week — hejoins us now from nepal. martin, thanks for taking the time to talk to us on breakfast tv this morning, we are very grateful to you. explain to us what the situation was like when you made the summit. we saw an amazing picture, which you may or may not have seen, ofa which you may or may not have seen, of a queue of hundreds of people waiting to get to the top. what was it like for you? yes, very similar. this season, in essence the jetstrea m this season, in essence the jetstream has moved north for quite some time, and that resulted in a weather window in which a lot of people were trying to get up to the summit of the mountain. so, overcrowding was a significant issue. did it feel dangerous to you?
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we were very lucky, we prepared well, we were quick on the hill, we had a very professional team. we overtook at least a hundred people from the south camp to the south summit. many people will use supplementary oxygen in order to reduce the risk of frostbite, and when you are doing that you have to get up and down within a certain timeframe. and the reality is that there are a number of people on the mountain who simply do not have the experience, the technical skill, the fitness or robustness to be there. because mostly the poorly companies will take anybody who is willing to 90, will take anybody who is willing to go, there are people on the hill who shouldn't be there —— nepali. go, there are people on the hill who shouldn't be there -- nepali. so, they are too free and easy with selling permits to people, that is what you are saying? yes, there are a number of issues on the mountain that professional operators and some
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commercial operators who have been here for some time are trying to push back, trying to professionalise what is going on, but ultimately you are dealing with corruption, with people inaudible. organisations that will take your money and let you go. there is no due diligence whatsoever on the people or climbers who they are allowing to attempt the summit. you are very experienced, you were in the military, you are in the middle of doing the adaptive grand slam, which is the seven highest peaksin slam, which is the seven highest peaks in the world as well as going to the north pole and the south pole. i was reading this morning that there are fewer able—bodied people who have done that that have walked on the moon. and you are the first person with a prosthetic limb to do that, is that correct? not in my case, i actually have a paralysed arm. iwas my case, i actually have a paralysed arm. i was shot in afghanistan, and the bullet paralysed my arm so i
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don't have the use of that arm. in essence, it is all about trying to demonstrate what can be achieved with disability if you are operating with disability if you are operating with a professional team and you prepare properly and thoroughly and you mitigate every risk you can. we are trying to change the perceptions of what can be achieved with disability, and i frankly of what can be achieved with disability, and ifrankly haven't experienced what i have in the last few months. martin, we are grateful to you for talking to us, and the best of luck with the rest of your challenge. clearly you are well prepared and you are ready, and to talk about everest as a hill, you said you are on the hill, you obviously have it well within your comfort, and we are grateful to you for talking to us. ididn't i didn't realise there was that much difference between the teams that
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can prepare you, it is obviously really important. we were speaking yesterday on the programme to people who are talking about how free and easy it is to get up there, and he was very powerful, wasn't he, talking about it. louise is here with a look at this morning's weather. good morning, ithink good morning, i think i will stick with a nice walk in the chilterns, thatis with a nice walk in the chilterns, that is about my speed. it is a mild start for many, but some rain in the forecast. it has already arrived overnight in the far north—west and onceit overnight in the far north—west and once it moves through it will introduce something a little bit easier and cooler. so this has been the story over the last few hours, that rain sitting through scotland, northern ireland and into north wales. you can see it is fairly fragmented further south, that means it will turn quite light and patchy as it moves its way south and east, turning showery into the afternoon. this will be the story through the course of the day, quite a lot of rain in scotland. that rain sits in the north of england down into wales, a few showers moving their way through the midlands down into the north—east corner. a few showers
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into the london area but nothing particularly significant into the afternoon. behind it, i breathe easier and brighter story. we will see an improvement into the afternoon but the far north of scotla nd afternoon but the far north of scotland will stay pretty miserable, i'm afraid, for much of the day. look at the temperatures, nine degrees, breezy and wet. if we're lucky we might see temperatures into the high teens, maybe 21 degrees, but not as glorious as it was yesterday for some. that front were clear away with the exception of the far north of scotland. this front will cling onto the far north and will cling onto the far north and will produce a pretty miserable day on monday as well. it has not been a great bank holiday weekend here, has it, and those temperatures expected to struggle. we start off on monday morning with the cloud and rain around. elsewhere, a bright and sunny start but with the north—westerly breeze we continue to drive in the risk of a few showers on those exposed west facing coasts. they will be a bit hit and miss but one or two will be quite hefty, and the further east you go it could be drier and brighter, and the further east you go it could be drierand brighter, and if the further east you go it could be drier and brighter, and if you see 19 degrees, on the whole not a bad
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tank holiday monday. that front will continue to move its way south. the most important thing about it is it means the wind will change direction. by tuesday are really noticeable difference in the feel of the weather, temperatures struggling to climb above the average for the time of year. there will be a few scattered showers, so a cool northerly breeze, temperatures at the very best around 9— 16 degrees for many of us, and if you catch one of those showers you will know about it as well. looking ahead, because of course it is mid—term week, wednesday into thursday there are indications that wind is set to return and into next week it could be warmer still. i hope you still get to do your walk in the chilterns. we will be back with the headlines at 6:30am. now it's time to join carrie gracie and mark kermode for the film review.
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hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. you aren't here to announce your candidacy for the leadership of the conservative party? thankfully not! what are the big releases? we have aladdin, the latest disney live—action remake. rocketman, which isn't a biopic, more a musical about eltonjohn. nobody knows that we are fun. and booksmart, which has been described as superbad for girls. aladdin first, did guy ritchie rub the magic lantern with this? that's very good!
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you've had jungle book, cinderella, beauty and the beast, and dumbo and now this, so it is like disney is working through the back catalogue, turning those animations into live action movies. now we have this one, the street rat turned royal suitor. he needs the help of a genie, played by will smith, and it was robin williams in the original animation. there's a strange sense of watching something that is new, but also a sense that you've seen it before. hey, can you make me a prince? there's a lot of grey area in, "make me a prince." i could just make you a prince. 0h, right. you'll be snuggled up with that dude for the rest of your life. be specific with your words. the deal is in the detail. got it. which i don't really understand, because if she likes
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you, why change ? she has to marry a prince. ok, i can do that. kind of the same, but different. better? no, definitely not. you know when you asked about guy ritchie and the magic lamp, i thought about king arthur not pulling the sword out of the stone. in terms of this he makes it work, there's no question that it's fun and enjoyable. it makes some updates, especially in the character of princess jasmine, who is much more the agent of her own destiny. she gets her own song, and they have reject some of it. my problem is, i'm not entirely sure — actually i am sure what the artistic point of redoing these films is. i know that the financial point is that they end up being very successful. will smith does a pretty decentjob. very hard doing that role because when the animation was done, so much of it was robin williams riffing, and then they built the animation around his improvised riffs. you don't have that.
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so what you have something that is efficient, a die—hard story, they've updated it slightly, they've made some changes which are admirable. but a lot of the time you get the feeling that i know this already and it's impossible not to miss the robin williams animation. plus, i love animation. i have to say, i'm cautious about embracing the idea of taking the animated films and making it as a live action because i'm not sure what the point is, other than ticket sales. and you know you mentioned the song forjasmine. is it a proper feminist update? yes, i mean, it's a good, catchy and empowering song. the fact that they've done that may be justification enough. i'm slightly cautious about this whole thing about working through the animations. i'm not entirely sure this is a great thing. so that's fine, and it does the job. then you get to rocketman, which is not a biopic of eltonjohn,
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it is a musical based on his life, directed by dexter fletcher, who was brought in to save bohemian rhapsody when it was falling apart, bryan singer. i think it's wonderful. we were talking about the trailer before. the trailer is amazing. often an amazing trailer means the film isn't so good but the movie is every bit as good. firstly, whereas bohemian rhapsody had a problem with the timeline which meant that if the songs are in the wrong place, it is irritating. but because this is a jukebox musical, you can put the songs wherever you like. secondly, taron egerton is brilliant. he doesn't look like elton john but it is the physicality of the performance, the chest forward but looking like he is vulnerable behind the glasses. the film is about a little kid who wants a hug. a central relationship between him and bernie taupin, which has the tenderness such as in captain fantastic.
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it almost looks like it's been directed by ken russell. i'm a big fan of him, dexter fletcher has worked with him. there are scenes that i think ken russell would have loved. tributes to mgm musicals, fantasias. the whole thing just swept me off my feet. authorised but not sanitised, right? absolutely, there was a thing with bohemian rhapsody being family friendly, but this, it's a story of sex and drugs. finally enough, it owes a structural debt to the ian durie biopic, sex & drugs & rock & roll, which was set up as a vaudevillian stage show with ian durie as the unreliable narrator. here you have elton writing his story from rehab. he walks into rehab dressed in a costume that makes him look between a demon and a chicken. he goes into this self—analysis.
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i read one review, "i am eltonjohn, i'm an alcoholic, a sex addict, and i have a problem with shopping." he also says "i am elton hercules john," adding to the absurdity. wonderful. talking about sex and drugs, they feature in your next movie. they feature in the trailer for booksmart. talking about trailers, the trailer makes booksmart look like it is a superbad film but it is more than that. directed by olivia wilde, kaitlyn dever and beanie feldstein are playing amy and molly, who have spent their school careers not partying, being focused on education so that they can get two good colleges but the end of term is coming and they are realising that they might have missed out.
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mark thy calendars and make thy plans to attend the drama department summer programme shakespeare in the park...ing lot. we will be performing the bard's comedies as modern tragedies, outside whole foods across town. it's actually funny — it's what we did in my summer programme last year, when i lived in barcelona. i will be directing, and alan may be starring, pending auditions. i don't audition. i'm offer—only. this looks like fun, but i'm not going to be here. yeah, amy's spending the summer in botswana helping women making tampons. well, blood attracts lions. i'm saving lives. oh, well, that's actually noble. i have a fear of big cats. i can't because i'm working all summer, and also i don't want to. you are a philistine. why would you be here
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when you can debate? because some of us care about others. and some of us want to win. nobody's winning in that outfit. that is really funny and what i like about it, it is funny, i laughed all the way through, but at the heart of it it has that american graffiti end of an era feel about it, they are going their separate ways and it is sensitive about theirfriendship. it is evenhanded about the characters with regard to race, gender and sexual orientation. it looks at all of them with an open mind. funny but never mean, it doesn't have that mean spiritedness which runs through some films. it reminds me of bridesmaids in that it has that same sense of being about friendship, someone going from single to married, in this case going from school to college. the essence is the same, what your friends mean to you. for all the stuff that's in the trailer, the animal house—style bad behaviour, it is very sweet and funny and well—written, and very well played.
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and for everyone, notjust for teenagers, young people? i'm 57, however old it is, and i laughed all the way through. excellent! that's a recommendation. the best? i love birds of passage, a colombian film about the birth of the drug age. birds of passage is really terrific. a story brilliantly told. it was described by a film—maker as not the godfather, it is the godmother, it has the same sense of epic sweep. you'll have to seek it out because it is arthouse. and on dvd? burning, a three—way love triangle that may or may not be a murder mystery. i've seen it three times and i don't know how to define it but it is haunting and i was mesmerised. you sold them all to me, i will spend the weekend in the cinema! that's it, thank you for watching.
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hello, this is breakfast with rogerjohnson and nina warhurst. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: the contest to replace theresa may as prime minister looks set to feature a battle between two former allies who famously fell out the last time the job was up for grabs. environment secretary michael gove is expected to formally announce his leadership bid later today, while former foreign secretary borisjohnson has
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already declared he intends to run. so far, eight mps are in the frame and their positions on a no—deal brexit are emerging as the central issue. voters in more than 20 eu countries will go to the polls today to select new meps. a number of countries, including the uk, have already voted, but the results can't be revealed until the polls have closed across the eu. more than 400 million people are eligible to vote in the election. the social media app snapchat has become a "haven" for paedophiles who are using the platform to groom children, according to a newspaper investigation. the sunday times has uncovered thousands of reported cases involving snapchat since 2014 and says police in the uk are handling around three child sexual exploitation cases a day, in which the photo—messaging app has played a part. president trump has begun the second day of his state visit to japan by playing a round of golf with the country's prime minister, shinzo abe. he'll also attend a sumo wrestling tournament later today and become
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the first foreign leader to meet the country's new emperor, naruhito. the united states and japan are in the process of negotiating a delicate trade deal. a woman has been found alive more than two weeks after she went missing in a forest on the hawaiian island of maui. amanda eller was rescued by helicopterfrom a deep ravine — she'd been hiking in the area when she became lost and then injured. she survived by drinking from streams and eating plants, and was malnourished, shoe—less, sunburned and had a broken leg, when she was found. she said the experience was the "toughest" of her life. if you're looking for a new way to relieve stress and tension in your life, you might think about taking up yoga. but forget the downward dog...
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this is literally the cat's whiskers. yoga with cats has become a thing in alsace in north eastern france where sessions are fully booked up. one teacher described the energy the feline friends bring to the classes as "happiness" — and they certainly look like natural yoga masters. they are pretty flexible, aren't they? if you look at the next shot, there is a sitting underneath the woman doing the plank... if that was me over that cat there is every danger it could get squashed! yes, you need a very good plank, don't you, do not drop on the poor kitten. i'm just glad they have nine lives! the whole way through that you were just sitting there... you know when you are not sure what is coming
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next, the last thing i expected to come out of your mouth was yoga! it sounds quite relaxing for a sunday. so, neil lennon, we were talking about celtic going for the trouble trouble, and they did it. yes, they did. this is a job neil lennon has had before, it is like being offered your old job back. the tea m being offered your old job back. the team found out on twitter, they all called him back into the changing room for the celebrations. a huge day for the fans and for him. for a while it looked like hearts might spoil the party but celtic came back from a goal down to beat them 2—1. it's the third season running they've won all three domestic trophies, completing the treble treble. with more on their unprecedented achievement, here's chris mclaughlin. the 134th scottish cup final, but
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for celtic three was the magic number. their prize? a trouble for the third year in a row. the first half was pretty much like the mid—may glasgow whether, all the little bit dull. hearts started to soak up what celtic offered, and despite this chance, the champions offered up very little. but shortly after, the goal game was crying out for. first blood to the underdogs. but their lead didn't last long. celtics bush, hearts tripped, penalty given. this level of providing relief for those in green and white. it all got a little bit stodgy again until ten minutes before the end. with history in their sights, eduard once again delivered the goods. history,
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silverware, and enough for neil lennon to be offered the job on a permanent basis. celtic have made world football history. the trouble trouble is there's —— treble treble. you will never see this again, it is all about them. i spoke to them a bit at halftime because we didn't turn up in the first half, then we needed parts to score before we really got our energy levels back, and the response from them was excellent. but hearts wouldn't let us excellent. but hearts wouldn't let us off easy and it was a very good final in terms of pressure, emotion, but they've done at. the climax of the league one campaign is upon us with sunderland set to face charlton athletic in the final match of the season to determine who will play in the championship next year.
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meanwhile, it's tranmere who move to league one after snatching a dramatic late winner in the league two play—off final against newport. they left it late though, connorjennings with the winner with less than two minutes of extra time remaining to clinch back to back promotions. celebrations for who else but premier league referee and tranmere superfan mike dean, slightly more subdued than we saw in theirsemifinalwin! england women's manager phil neville blamed what he described as a ‘messy‘ performance by his side on a tough week of training that included camping with the royal marines. england won their penultimate warm up match ahead of the world cup beating denmark 2—0 in walsall. nikita parris scored the opening goal for england just before half—time but it was a far from flawless performance from phil neville's side. jill scott added some gloss to the scoreline but they were outplayed for long periods by denmark. england play new zealand next week before their world cup campaign starts on june 9th.
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we did take them camping on wednesday night and they probably got one or two hours of sleep. we took them on obstacle courses, we expected that today, and the pitch wasn't great. but ijust wanted them to do the basics well, pass the ball to do the basics well, pass the ball to each other. they were a bit slow, to each other. they were a bit sloppy, slow, iwas to each other. they were a bit sloppy, slow, i was bored watching the first half and i don't know what thought. my players were shattered, andi thought. my players were shattered, and i have to say we have worked hard, and yet there are still massive improvements to go. australia's steve smith scored a century as his side beat england by 12 runs in their world cup warm up match at southampton. both smith and david warner were playing their first match in england since serving bans for ball tampering and both were booed by the crowd. it didn't put smith off though as he hit a century. australia made 297, which england looked on course to make until joss buttler was caught and they ended up losing by 12 runs.
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we never like losing. i think obviously reflections on the day, i think we were pretty good but not quite up to the mark as we expect. we are probably ready for the tournament to start yesterday, probably, i think everyone has been champing at the bit to get started. but some really good performances. somerset beat defending champions hampshire by six wickets to claim the one—day cup at lord's. they chased down a target of 245 to win a 50—over final for the first time since 2001. after opting to bat, hampshire were restricted to 244—8 from their 50 overs. jamie overton took three somerset wickets, and somerset never looked troubled in their chase. james hildreth hitting an unbeaten 69 as they reached their target with six wickets in hand. lewis hamilton dedicated his pole position for the monaco grand prix to the late niki lauda. hamilton edged out team mate valtterri bottas to take pole ahead of today's race.
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the world champion finished ahead of his mercedes partner by eight hundredths of a second to take the 85th pole position of his career. max verstappen will start from third on the grid. just the desire and the will to get this pole position, it means so much to me. i had to dig deeper than ever and i'm so glad that i could get that deep. i'm just really grateful to my team, that was beautiful. so i feel amazing. in rugby union, leinster held off a fightback from glasgow warriors to retain their pro 14 glasgow took an early lead through matt ferguson's try before the irish side hit back with tries from gary ringrose and cian healy to seal an 18—15 victory at celtic park. european rugby union champions saracens are just one match away from successfully defending their premiership title. they're through to the final after beating gloucester — but they had to come from behind. ben morgan putting gloucester ahead early on. that was as good as it got
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for gloucester though. six saracens' tries followed as they ran out winners by 44 points to 19. warrington closed the gap on super league leaders st helens to four points after a 26—14 victory over wigan in one of three magic weekend matches at anfield yesterday. it was warrington's second victory over wigan in 13 days. blake austin with the pick of the tries for the wolves. elsewhere there were wins for the catalan dragons and huddersfield giants. now this week at the european tour's made in denmark, players have to walk through a beer tent to get to the 14th tee, and no one is going to better this from jamie donaldson — who came off the 13th green and dedcided to bust some serious moves — much to the delight of the crowd.
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he didn't have the best day, a few bogeys. but still ended up the hero of the day. it is like michaeljackson meets something else. when you said they had to walk through a beer tent, i had to walk through a beer tent, i had visions of them picking up a pintand had visions of them picking up a pint and downing it and then carrying on! we've been reporting this morning on president donald trump's visit to japan and in just over a week he'll be here in the uk. but back at home, an issue central to his campaign and presidency has been immigration, and his promise to build a wall. newsround's hayley hassall has spent 10 days travelling along the united states—mexico barrier to meet the people being affected by it. this is the border wall stretching 2000 miles from the east to west coast of america. it stands at 16
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foot high, built out of steel and concrete. why? to stop the people from outside, mexico, from coming over to their side. there were million unauthorised immigrants in the us in 2016. about half of them we re the us in 2016. about half of them were from mexico. although that number is slowly decreasing, there are still places where mexicans visibly lined the streets. you might be able to see behind me there are about ten latin american males who are gathering outside this home depo store, illegally looking for work. translation: i have been coming here every day for around 16 years. people are fleeing out of fear. they don't have work, families are u nsafe, don't have work, families are unsafe, so we have come to the us in search of that safety because we know that everything is better controlled here. not all migrants managed to get work. many are still struggling to even get to the border. this guy wants to help. hugo
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drops of water and food and places he knows migrants are trying to cross. how dangerous is this area for migrants? are they putting their lives at risk was yellow they risk their lives, not only in the winter because it is cold, but also in the summer it gets up to 120 fahrenheit in this area. according to abc news, more than 260 people died this year trying to cross the border. most of them were from heat exposure, and 53 of them were children. while charities drop of water in the desert, we spotted two illegal immigrants. we have just desert, we spotted two illegal immigrants. we havejust seen desert, we spotted two illegal immigrants. we have just seen two men running down from those hills, coming overfrom mexico, and now border security have arrived. after a quick scramble down the hill, we managed to get to where the officers have taken hold of the migrants. without any struggle, the men are
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put into trucks and taken away. we have to stop filming. seeing those men detained in front of me was difficult, but i wanted to see the other side of this argument and meet the officer whose job it is to defend this new wall. somebody knocks at your door you would want to know who it is. and when someone knocks at the door and you open it and you don't know who they are, you are not inclined to let them in. us immigrants could cause trouble? yes, we have gang members coming across the border and people who are bringing in dangerous substances like narcotics. how much wall -- differences this warmaking to your job? it is making a huge difference. we did a 90 day analysis since it went up and the volume of traffic dropped by 64%. the number of assaults we had on agents also dropped by 50%. this woman and her family have travelled many months from guatemala. with three children
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they lived in a tent before handing themselves into immigration. translation: we went to the border and they through gas at us and hurt my little girl. the family has been granted temporary asylum and natalya told me about the journey. translation: we slept in a little tent with mattresses in the park. there wasn't any food, i was hungry. natalya and her family don't yet know whether their right to live here will be made permanent, and they told me to live in fear of being sent back. for supporters of trump's immigration policy, the building of this wall means an end to illegal immigration, and without an end to things cheap labour, illegal selling, and an influx of a population that the us says it can't support. but for people on the latin american side it means asylum is being denied. an interesting insight, isn't it? and you can see more
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"living with the wall" reports on the newsround website, and they're also available to watch on the iplayer. here is louise with a look at this morning's weather. good morning, louise. good morning. there's some rain in the forecast u nfortu nately, there's some rain in the forecast unfortunately, but it's bank holiday weekend, so it's kind of traditional, isn't it? a cloudy start for many of us, it is quite mild out there, that said, but rain in the forecast will move through and introduce something just a little bit easier and cooler. this has been the progress of the wet weather through the night, mostly in scotla nd weather through the night, mostly in scotland and northern ireland, just starting to push into fringes of north—west england and north wales. it is fairly fragmented further south, so it is going to be showery rain as it moves its way slowly eastwards and it will take its time in doing so stop probably not arriving in the midlands until the middle of the day, down into lincolnshire, east anglia and the south—east corner, we could see a few showers by the end of the afternoon. once that front peers through, behind it we could see some brighter conditions. so a better
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afternoon for northern ireland, northern england and may be north wales as well. the far north of scotla nd wales as well. the far north of scotland will be breezy, wet for much of the day and disappointingly cool for the time of year. those temperatures struggling to get up into double figures. if we're lucky we might see 19 to 21 in the south—east corner, but not the warmth that had yesterday. now, that front will continue to sweep its way south—east off to the near continent overnight, and for bank holiday monday, a bit more of a breeze. this wea k monday, a bit more of a breeze. this weak weather front here is a real nuisance in the far north of scotland. first thing in the morning, the temperatures struggling, a lot of rain around. elsewhere, dry and sunny start. but with that breeze, the north—westerly flow, it could drive in more cloud, a little bit more moisture, so the risk of a few more showers cropping up risk of a few more showers cropping up as we risk of a few more showers cropping up as we go risk of a few more showers cropping up as we go through the day, especially on exposed west facing coasts. further east, more shelter from the direction of the wind and a drier and warmer value, but a cooler day on bank holiday monday. cooler
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still as we go into tuesday, because that nuisance front swings its way steadily south. we will see the wind swinging around to more of a northerly direction, never a particularly warm source, whatever time of year it is. that will make it feel warmer still. a scattering of showers, very hit and miss. if you don't showers, some sunshine coming through. —— if you dodge the showers. these temperatures slightly below average for the time of year, so below average for the time of year, so into thursday and friday, still a reasonable amount of dry weather around. there could be some rain through northern ireland and northern england towards the end of the week. thank you, louise. lots of nice showers for half term week, that's great, isn't it? we will bring you the latest headlines at 7:00am. time now for this week's travel show. this week, on the travel show: it's ladies' night in the atlas mountains.
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i think this might be my wedding. and i'm stepping up to the plate in new york. i don't know if i'm going to be able to hit it that hard, but i'm going to give it my best shot. no pressure at all. well, there's a little bit of pressure. we're starting this week by heading off to morocco, tojoin a high country that's on trend. around the world, some tour
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companies have reported that bookings for women's—only adventure trips up by a whopping 40%, so we sent cat moh to the atlas mountains to join a trekking group that's run solely for and by women. the berber tribes have lived in the atlas mountains for thousands of years, in villages and towns dotted across the slopes and valleys. so i've been to morocco before, but this is the first time i'm actually making it out into the mountains, and i'm super excited about it. but it's also the first time that i'm going to take part in a women's—only expedition, so let's see how that goes. most of the women helping us
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on our two—day trip are berber, and trusted members of the community. today we're walking through some of the clay villages in the valley, deep in the high atlas mountains. leading us is hafida, morocco's first female mountain guide. she qualified 25 years ago, very much a pioneer of the time. to have women in the expedition, and to have women hiking and helping other women, i love this idea, to have the women coming in from far away, western women, to share the life of the berber women. in honour of our arrival, some of the locals are throwing us a party. but there's one rule. the berber women often gather in the evenings to sing, dance and chat.
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they don't always dress up in their traditional outfits, but they wanted us to have the full experience, and they have kindly lent us their clothes. i'm actually wearing someone's bridal dress. so i've been wedged in the middle. oh, and apparently the male musicians don't count as men, so it's all still considered above—board. i think this might be my wedding. i catch up with zina.
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she has long been an advocate for women's rights in morocco, and has pushed hard to launch these women's only tours. zina, so what do women get out of this, rather than joining a regular mixed group? in a country like morocco, where especially in places that are a bit conservative, like here, it's really hard to be able to interact with the locals, and especially with women locals, when you come with a group of mixed tourists. in a group with women only, we can actually break some barriers, and get to learn about the customs, the tradition, they open up. we can help women and empower them and provide them with an income. fatima is a widow. normally women would give up this lifestyle, as it's considered a man'sjob. she lives in a cave with her daughter and has begun hosting
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female tourists to supplement her income. they also help out with the daily tasks, some staying for up to a week. this afternoon, it's getting the goats back into the pen to milk. sounds simple enough. what do i do? yells. that's a faster way to do it. there we are. 0h, some are escaping! i can see why these trips are becoming so popular. we've met some wonderful women who have welcomed us into their world. and, although i'd been to morocco before, it sometimes felt like i was only experiencing half
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the story, half its people. but now, i'm leaving with maybe more of an understanding of the country and its customs, and an appreciation for the women who live here in these challenging but stunning mountains. cat moh reporting there from morocco. i'm heading north to new york where a street version of baseball has been played for decades. it's called stickball. if you come to the bronx in the spring or summer, there is a street called stickball boulevard where most sundays, the emperors stickball league keep this tradition alive.
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ok, so as far as i can tell, each player has three attempts to serve the ball, one attempt to hit it. if they miss the ball, they're out. if they hit it, it's about getting to first base, second base, et cetera. to keep the game going, the street is closed off to traffic. shouting. there is a lot of smack talk, as well — a lot of smack talk. in fact, i've been told smack talk accounts for 90% of the game. but there's also a lot of camaraderie. everyone is just having fun. it's just about a bunch of friends getting together and hanging out. how did you get into it? we are washed—up baseball players. that's part of it, but the other thing is it's a tradition. stickball is a tradition that always happened in new york city, and a lot
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of our parents put us into the game. my family has been playing over 50 years. i remember a young kid going to see my uncles play downtown. it was really cool. how about you, young man, are you into it? nope. all of you have customised your bats. what are they made from? wood. closet poles from the home depot. closet rods, poles, whatever. new york emperors stickball league was established in the mid ‘80s. we have approximately 100 members playing stickball. one of the league's founders was called steve mercado. he was a fireman in engine company 40 who died in the 9/11 attacks. it was his vision to just try to push this and advance the league. he always wanted it to be an olympian event. so on memorial day weekend, we have teams from california come. we have teams from florida, orlando, miami, tampa. we constantly try to uphold the vision for him. his two sons, as a matter
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of fact, play in the league now, and it'sjust a legacy we want to continue. i don't know if i will be able to hit that hard, but i'm going to give it my best shot. ok, let's go. let's do it. grab a stick for you. this one right here. 0k. let it bounce once, step into the ball. 0k. i feel like the ball clipped the bat. i'm going for a clean hit this time. all right, so this time, you've got to run to first base. now they're going to talk trash, though. keep your eye on the ball. argh! don't say it, don't say it. just toss it up. that's good. there you go. run it out, run it out! let go of the bat!
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they laugh. i think i'm going to leave it to the professionals. i need a bit more practice. i might be done, but if you want to catch some stickball, the emperors league big blowout memorial day competition takes place next weekend. well, that's your lot for this week. but coming up on next week's travel show: i'm going to be looking back at a white—knuckle start to the year on the programme. like when ade experienced life in the fast lane in dubai. wowee. that was incredible. so much raw power. don't forget, you can keep track of us wherever we are in the world on our social media.

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