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this is bbc news, the headlines at seven. . . labour suspends a member of its ruling national executive committee, peter willsman, after he recorded suggesting the israeli embassy was behind the pa rty‘s israeli embassy was behind the party's anti—semitism row. the london bridge attackers, a lawyer for the victims‘ families tells the inquest there had been opportunities galore to spot what they were planning. president trump says he‘ll impose a 5% tariff on all goods coming to the united states from mexico unless the country does more to stop illegal immigration. and there is excitement in madrid as liverpool and spurs fans arrived
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ahead of tomorrow night‘s champions league final. we will have an extended interview with the liverpool managerjurgen klopp. and our news watch, did the bbc‘s reporting on the european elections get the balance right between the success get the balance right between the success of the brexit party and that of parties supporting remain? join us of parties supporting remain? join us at 7:45pm on bbc news. we are going to start this hour with some breaking news coming into us from america. sir philip green, whose company arcadia and his brands such as topshop and dorothy perkins, has been charged with four accounts of misdemeanour assault in the united states. this comes after a pilot instructor alleges the arcadia
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owner repeatedly touched her inappropriately, according to prosecutors. sir philip has previously denied these allegations, that have been investigated for some time now, sojust to confirm that have been investigated for some time now, so just to confirm that the county attorney‘s office in america has confirmed he has been charged with four counts of knowingly touching another person with the intent to injure, insult or provoke. his company is also in a lot of trouble, as you probably know. his family has been asked to pump in another £50 million to the pension scheme of arcadia to secure its financial future. he was once dubbed the king of the high street. arcadia employs around 18,000 people in britain and he is battling to save his company after a collapse in sales and profits in most of the chains, including topshop, bertens, miss selfridge, but thatjust in from america, sir philip green are charged with four counts of misdemeanour assault. a senior
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labour official has been suspended from the party following accusations he made anti—semitic comments. peter willsman, a member of labour‘s ruling body, allegedly claimed that the israeli embassy was orchestrating complaints against the party leader, jeremy corbyn. it comesjust party leader, jeremy corbyn. it comes just days after the equality and human rights commission launched and human rights commission launched a formal investigation into whether labour had unlawfully discriminated against, harassed or victimised people because they are jewish. labour says the party takes all complaints of anti—semitism extremely seriously. chris mason has this report. peter willsman sits around an important table in politics, with a seat on labour‘s ruling national executive committee, or nec. politically, he is on the left of labour. the same wing as the leader, jeremy corbyn. this is the moment injanuary he was secretly recorded at a meeting this is the moment injanuary he was recorded at a meeting one of these things
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about anti—semitism is that they‘re using that to whip people up. they use anything, any lies. it‘s all total lies, theyjust whip it up. you know, i imagine, i tell you this off the record, it‘s almost certain who is behind all this anti—semitism againstjeremy. almost certainly it was the israeli embassy. do you plan to withdraw as a candidate from the nec? it isn‘t the first time mr willsman has been accused of inappropriate remarks about labour and anti—semitism. last summer, he was recorded claiming jewish trump fanatics were behind the allegations. but this row about anti—semitism within labour matters because it extends well beyond one man. it‘s provoked anger and demonstrations, and dogged the party for much ofjeremy corbyn‘s time as leader. today, labour said, peter willsman has been suspended from the labour party pending investigation.
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ifjeremy corbyn and the labour leadership have a jot of feeling about the concerns in thejewish community, pete willsman can‘tjust be suspended, and it left to be blown over, and let back in at some point in the future, he needs to be expelled from the nec, be expelled from the party, for now and for good. and this seniorfigure in the party agrees. if this is not dealt with incredibly effectively, and quickly, and i'm saying 14 days should be the time limit, then is the institution capable of being effectively anti—anti—semitic, or is the institution so sclerotic, in some way, that it might itself be institutionally anti—semitic? the party now has to decide what to do about peter willsman. let him stay, or kick him out. let‘s get more analysis on this now
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from our political correspondent jess parker, whojoins us from westminster. labour must be under excruciating pressure now to act and act quickly when it comes to anti—semitism in the party? act quickly when it comes to anti-semitism in the party? yes and, lo, the labour party i am sure would point out that they have suspended mr wells man pending an investigation —— mac mr wells man. and that processes need to be followed according to party rules, if they take further action, if they choose to do so, and we have to emphasise we haven‘t heard from mr willsman and his side of the story on this one but as you say, growing pressure, not least of all from a number ofjewish groups and, in fa ct, number ofjewish groups and, in fact, three have written to the general secretary of the labour partyjennie formby today calling for partyjennie formby today calling foer partyjennie formby today calling for mr willsman to be expelled from the labour party. that is the board of deputies of british dues and others, they have written tojennie formby saying they met with jeremy
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corbyn and his top team last year —— british jews. they say they were trying to stop the labour party‘s seemingly inexorable slide into racism against dues and say the party has done nothing to address the specific points and request a maid at that time or sins, so they are amongst those calling for the expulsion of mr willsman and also pointing to another explosion that happened earlier this week, that was that of alistair campbell, of course, tony blair‘s former spin doctor. he was expelled from the labour party after saying he had voted liberal democrat in the recent euro european parliamentary elections and there is a suggestion in this letter that the labour party, where it has the will to act swiftly, it does so but as i say, from the party perspective, they have a number of processes to go through and it is not a case of automatic exclusion and in this case, they need to investigate the case, they need to investigate the case properly. when you look through
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the archives, labour has been plagued by accusations of anti—semitism since 2016 and even before, and jeremy corbyn promised it would be taken care of and is under control but a lot of mps have quit the party over his handling of anti—semitism. what has jeremy corbyn had to say about this latest incident? we haven't heard from jeremy corbyn today. it is important to say it is parliamentary recess, which means it is basically a break formps, which means it is basically a break for mps, there aren‘t many around westminster at the moment, including the leader of the opposition but, look, i think the next timejeremy corbyn does appear in front of a microphone or a camera, there will be questions put to him in terms of his view of this latest development, because it is important to point out, peter willsman, national executive committee, this is a very important body in the labour party, it is the ruling body of the party and mr willsman is an elected member of that. so, yes, while he is suspended by the party and he can‘t
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turn up to nec meetings, in terms of his actual removalfrom turn up to nec meetings, in terms of his actual removal from the nec, should that be decided as the right thing to do not, he would either have to resign or not to be elected next time around in order to be removed from that body. 0ver next time around in order to be removed from that body. over the next couple of weeks, it is clear that the labour party will be investigating this case. one presumes that mr willsman himself might eventually make some kind of comment as well. yes, thank you for that update. some breaking news coming from our colleagues in birmingham, the bbc understands that a high court injunction preventing pa rents a high court injunction preventing parents and campaigners from protesting outside and a primary school has been granted to birmingham city council —— anderton. this started over lgbt lessons to primary school children and some of those protests have spread to other schools, teaching lessons in diversity and equality around the country, but this high court injunction would mean that the pa rents injunction would mean that the parents will no longer be able to
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protest outside the school gates. they have been doing that for the past nine weeks, trying to stop teachers from using books and pictures of same—sex couples in lessons, which is also part of the curriculum. in response to the injunction, one parent has said the protest will continue, just a little further away from the school. that is just further away from the school. that isjust in from our further away from the school. that is just in from our colleagues further away from the school. that isjust in from our colleagues in bbc birmingham, we will try and find out a bit more information and get some reaction as the night progresses. the london bridge inquests have heard that there were opportunities galore to spot that the attackers we re galore to spot that the attackers were planning a rampage before it happened. gareth albertson, representing several families of the victims, outlined a number of insta nces victims, outlined a number of instances where the three extremists we re instances where the three extremists were together and suggested there may have been potential clues to indicate they were plotting an attack. here is more from daniel sandford.
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dumping a mobile phone to avoid any surveillance, just days before the attack. meeting in the street in the small hours of the morning. re—fuelling a hire van as they head toward central london on the night itself. this is what m15 surveillance officers might have seen if they had been following the three men. representing the families of six of the eight people killed, gareth patterson qc said today, there were opportunities galore for this attack planning to be picked up prior to the beginning of the attack. the court has heard that khuram butt, the lead attacker, had been investigated by m15 for two years, that police had seized his computers and phones eight months earlier, devices that showed clear support for the islamic state group, as well as a job application for the prince‘s trust. time and again, lawyers for the bereaved families emphasised how they believed that if khuram butt had been properly monitored by m15, his relationship with the other two killers and their preparations for
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the attack could have been spotted. for xavier‘s family, dominic adamson said he was a dangerous man, who should have been treated as such at all times. a phone found after the attack had been used to search for westminster abbey in the palace of westminster before the destination was set as oxford street, suggesting the intended target kept changing. phones seized from his home and relative showed how worried they were about him. 0ne message said, let‘s look out for khuram, i feel he‘s a bit dodge, i feel like he is an isis sympathiser. north yorkshire police say the seven—year—old boy who fell from a roller—coaster yesterday is in a critical but stable condition. the boy, who suffered head injuries, was flown to hospital in leeds from the
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lightwater theme park in ripon. he is said to have fallen 15 feet from the right. a health and safety investigation is under way. mexico has criticised the threat from the united states to bring in new ta riffs united states to bring in new tariffs on its imports. president trump said he would push up tariffs u nless trump said he would push up tariffs unless mexico stopped people from illegally crossing the border it shares with the united states. stock markets in many countries have registered significant falls since mr trump‘s announcements. let‘s get more from chris butler in washington. donald trump has long claimed that mexico could do more to stop migrants from illegally crossing over into the united states. he has done nothing to hide his frustration, even tweeting pictures of large groups being apprehended by border patrol agents as they try to sneak into america. but it‘s notjust people who cross this border every day. it‘s a huge amount of trade and the president believes that offers an opportunity to put pressure on the mexican government. in a post on twitter,
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he said onjune the tenth the us will impose a 5% tariff on all goods coming into the country from mexico. he warned the tariff would gradually increase to up to 25% by the 1st of october. mexico has called the proposal disastrous and warned that it will respond vigorously. translation: of course if this threat is carried out it would be grave, very serious, extremely serious. but i‘m sure this is something that is not destined to happen. if this is put in place, in my opinion we must respond very strongly. tariffs have become a favourite weapon of president trump. he has used them in his ongoing trade battle with china with some concern on the stock market. and there are firms rattled about this latest dispute, including several of the world‘s largest car manufacturers who have factories in mexico and a huge market in america. they are not alone. some in the white house are said to be worried about the potential
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wider economic impact and what this could mean for the us mca trade deal between canada, america and mexico. as president trump was finalising his plans, the us vice president mike pence was north of america‘s other border to discuss the agreement with the canadian prime minister justin trudeau. the prime minister and i discussed the whole process of ratification here in canada and in the united states. i assured him that the president and i are absolutely determined to work with rank and file in the congress and the leadership to move the us mca forward and to move it forward this summer. but it still has to be ratified by each of the countries and these tariffs could put that in doubt. certainly mexican officials are warning that they will retaliate and that is sure to test cross—border relationships once again.
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we are going to get more on this now and joining me from mexico city is the bloomberg managing editorfor economics and government in latin america. thank you forjoining us. just looking at that report, just for those of us that don‘t exactly understand how this works, let‘s look at the manufacturing industry which donald trump is targeting in mexico. as i understand that looking at that report, we are notjust talking about a complete car coming over the border and there is a 5% tariff on it, we are talking about parts of a car that crossed the border several times so there is a tariff every time because it is made in both countries. exactly, chris, and that is what makes this a threat even more dangerous for mexico because to make cars, sometimes these parts need to go over the border three, four or five times and we need to know the details but if the us is going to put this tariff
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of even 5%, that means that every pa rt of even 5%, that means that every part will be taxed 5% every time that it crosses the border. that will make, obviously, producing cars in mexico much more expensive and hurt the local economy quite a lot. is there anything the car manufacturing industry can do? can they make the whole car in mexico or is there some sign that some manufacturers are moving the whole business to america? well, that is what may be president trump once with this. he said in another tweet this morning that hopefully this will create a flow of car—makers going back to the us, but the reality is that since he is president, we haven‘t seen that, even with all of the threats and even with all of the threats and even ta riffs even with all of the threats and even tariffs imposed on mexican aluminium and steel in the past year, so aluminium and steel in the past year, so we aluminium and steel in the past year, so we need to see what happens. the reaction from the mexican government, it is a bit wait
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and see. they will try to talk trump out of this idea or try to delay, postpone it or even have these ta riffs of postpone it or even have these tariffs of 5% for some time and see if it can be negotiated. longer term, we will need to see the impact for the auto industry but as i was saying, so far, we haven‘t seen companies going back to the us because of all of this situation. we have seen an impact on the markets today following this thread from president trump, but if this happens, if this goes ahead, what will it mean for mexico? notjust the car manufacturing industry but the car manufacturing industry but the whole of mexico? well, it will be very negative for the mexican economy. i mean, be very negative for the mexican economy. i mean, we be very negative for the mexican economy. i mean, we need to see that the mexican economy, it is not in the mexican economy, it is not in the strongest position, actually. in the strongest position, actually. in the first quarter, it had a contraction compared to the previous quarter. the estimates for this year is of growth of around 1.5% but some
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of the most negative forecasts talk about less than 1% of growth, so if we include a tariff of even 5% on all of the exports, let‘s remember that 80% of all the products that mexico exports go to the us, this will hurt the economy greatly. we have seen several economists are saying this will probably put the economy in recession and obviously thatis economy in recession and obviously that is something that mexican business doesn‘t want to see, right? but we need to wait and see until june the 10th and obviously further than that, if this is a short—term issue or a longer term situation, to see the exact impact on this economy. the thing is, one wonders really what mexico can do about the mass migration towards the united states of america. i have been to the board of myself in this job and i have seen it for myself and it is not only mexicans. in fact, there are very few mexicans crossing the
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border illegally and some of those people are very, very desperate. border illegally and some of those people are very, very desperatem is exactly that, chris. i mean, mexico has said it is not our responsibility if these people pass out through our country and go to the us. what mexico can do is boost detentions, for instance and it is doing that. if we see the numbers for april, for instance, the number of people that had been detained by the immigration officers here grew by almost 80% compared to last year, but that is probably not enough to satisfy trump. i think that is the key question now, what will make trump back down from this threat, what will make him happy in terms of migration? and not only migration because he also spoke about the drug trafficking, which is a much more difficult problem in a sense because we have all of this demand coming from the us, so it is not an easy solution, it is not a solution we are going to find in ten days from here untiljune ten, but certainly
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mexico has to do more or at least be seen as mexico has to do more or at least be seen as doing more to try to solve this issue. mr willsman, good to talk to you, thanks —— juan, good this issue. mr willsman, good to talk to you, thanks ——juan, good to talk to you, thanks ——juan, good to talk to you, thanks. the cbi has written an open letter to all the conservative party leadership candidates calling on them to promise that the uk will only leave the european union with a deal. in the letter, its director—general warns that a no—deal brexit would cause british company severe damage. the cost of no deal is so great, so severe severe damage. the cost of no deal is so great, so severe across companies of all sizes that this is something that should absolutely be a last resort. a plan 2, not a plan a last resort. a plan 2, not a plan a plan b. police have been ordered to return documents that they seized from journalists in belfast.
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more and more gps are cutting their hours or quitting the profession altogether after the workload and recent tax changes that had their pensions. many say it is not financially worthwhile to continue and more figures saved at more gps have a close, 138 last year alone across the uk. hugh pym reports. jackie knows all about long waits to see a gp. she knew her back and neck problem wasn‘t urgent but she got a shock when she was told how long it would take to get an appointment at her local practice. i was told that there was no appointments available and the earliest appointment i could get, this was back in march, would bejune. however, the books were not open, the appointments weren‘t actually open yet forjune and i‘d have to phone back in another month‘s time and, of course, you know what happens,
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is that you phone back in another month‘s time and theen month‘s time and then all of the slots are taken again. patient numbers are growing — more of them are elderly with complex conditions. there‘s a tighter squeeze on the whole system. so what are the pressures on general practice? well, recent research showed there were falling gp numbers across the country relative to the size of the population. a new report says there has been an increase in the number of practices closing over the last five years and doctors‘ leaders say that pension tax rule changes mean some have opted to leave the profession. gps are twice as likely now to retire early from theirjobs than they were previously. the new arrangements for pensions mean that the pension pot of senior gps are taxed at a higher level and this creates an incentive, a financial incentive, for some gps to be leaving early. gps also say there‘s a rising workload which is taking its toll on members of the profession.
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so a lot of that‘s down to the fact that there hasn‘t been investment in the general practice the way it‘s required for the last ten years or so. that‘s meant that the workload has had to to go up, there are not enough gps to cope with the workload, that means the ones that were working in general practice were either burning out or deciding to cut down the number of sessions they were doing, which has made the problem worse. nhs england says there is new investment, with more doctors and health staff being recruited, and some practices may be closing because they‘re merging with others and creating more efficient health care. but training new doctors will take time and patients may wait a while yet to see the benefits of the promised improvements. the us led coalition against the so—called islamic state group says it has unintentionally killed more than 1300 civilians in iraq and syria since 2014. in a statement, the coalition said it had carried
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out 34,500 strikes in its air campaign since it began nearly five yea rs campaign since it began nearly five years ago. the death toll figure provided by the coalition is slightly higher than its previous admission, but you uk based monitoring group has suggested the true figure is nearer 13,000 fatalities. scientists have found a way to rapidly kill huge numbers of the mosquitoes that spread malaria. researchers in burkina faso and the united states have enhanced a fungus found ina united states have enhanced a fungus found in a toxin found in a species of spider, which kills mosquitoes that carry the disease. in trials, it has reduced mosquito populations by more than 99%. the liberal democrat mpjo swinson has said she is running to become the next leader of her party. the lib dems came second at last week‘s european elections. jo swinson says she wants to tackle what she called the forces of nationalism and populism in britain. she will be running against sir ed davey, former
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energy secretary in the coalition government. there will be intense political campaigning in peterborough this weekend ahead of next week‘s by—election. the seat was held by the labour mp who was forced out after being convicted of perverting the course ofjustice over a speeding ticket, so the by—election is being seen as a test of whether the brexit party can continue the success it has achieved in the european elections. morneau from alex forsyth. —— mike moore now. in or out? that‘s the question that still seems to be dominating in peterborough. at the lido, swimmers were weighing up who to vote for as their next mp. in this city, most people voted to leave the eu, and it keeps surfacing as the key issue. janet wants someone who‘s committed to leaving. 0bviously, brexit is on everybody‘s mind, and that‘s a blessing and a curse. it obviously weighs very heavy on my mind as well, but there are other issues beyond brexit, so it‘s very difficult to know who to vote.
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i know the eyes of the country are going to be on peterborough. once the centre of british brickmaking, peterborough is built on industry. still selling local bricks, this builder‘s merchants says brexit uncertainty hasn‘t damaged business. but they do want clarity. i don‘t mind which party, you know, it is about brexit, basically. and getting our exit sorted out. that is the key thing, i think. in this election, the brexit party is hoping to build on its recent success. last won by labour, this seat is usually a fight between them and the conservatives. but the lib dems are pushing hard after doing well in recent votes. in total, 15 candidates are standing, including representatives for the green party and ukip. this election is of course about the support each party gets, but beyond that, several crucial votes in parliament have been on a knife edge lately. so whoever wins here could make a difference to decisions that
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affect the whole country. within peterborough‘s large polish community, it‘s a chance to make a change. anna sells specialist clothes and shoes for children, relying on imports from her native poland. she says concern about brexit has damaged her business. lots of the polish community travel back... leave peterborough? leave peterborough, yeah. so, that‘s what affects my business. i‘m going to look for the party that wants to remain. come on in. for some, it‘s much wider than brexit. carol runs the community fridge, providing fresh food and company to those who need it. i think the mp has to care about homelessness. there is not enough housing stock, there are drug and alcohol—related issues. it makes me enormously sad that in this day and age, we have queues down the alleyway for food.
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there's your bananas... whatever the choice, the outcome here clearly matters. let‘s have a look at the weather, with chris. hello again, we have had mixed weather fortunes today across the uk. for scotland and northern ireland, it has been notjust cloudy but it has been wet for much of the day as well whereas further south across england and wales, the cloud has been breaking up and we have seen some has been breaking up and we have seen some sunshine country during the afternoon. those brightening sky is worked into denbighshire as we went through the afternoon and for the night time, the clear skies will stay with us on a good part of england and. the rain in northern ireland and scotland easing out of the way although it could stay damp around some of the western coasts in scotla nd around some of the western coasts in scotland and perhaps a similar story for north west wales, otherwise mainly dry and mild, temperatures between nine and 13 degrees. saturday, we have a weather front with us but quite a weak one, bringing a zone of cloud and the odd
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spot of rain across north wales into north—west england, claudia scotland and northern ireland with the odd patch of rain but brighter than on friday. sunshine elsewhere and in the sunshine, hot towards the south—east, highs reaching 28 degrees. that is your weather. good evening this is bbc news. the headlines... topshop boss sir philip green has been charged with four counts of misdemeanour assault in the us after a pilates instructor alleged he repeatedly touched her inappropriately. labour suspends a member of its ruling national executive committee, peter willsman, after he‘s recorded suggesting that the israeli embassy was behind the party‘s anti semitism row. the london bridge attackers a lawyer for the victims families tells the inquests there had been opportunities galore to spot what they were planning. president trump says he‘ll impose a 5% tariff on all goods coming to the united states from mexico unless the country does more to stop
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illegal immigration. this time tomorrow, we‘ll be under half an hour away from the champions league final in madrid. fans of liverpool and tottenham hotspur have been pouring into the spanish capital, as the two teams prepare to take part in the first all english final in over a decade. well, sally nugent asked the liverpool managerjurgen klopp before he flew out to spain if he felt under pressure having lost last year‘s champions league final. it is part of life. we have not holiday 365 days in. there are more stressful moments are lesser forms, and having stressful moments in a positive way. it makes life exciting. it is good. i go to sleep with one line up in my mind and wake up with one line up in my mind and wake up with a different one. and no clue what happened in between. in the
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night somebody is telling you. 0bviously. it is wonderful. the only job i really can do. to be honest. but with together with a bunch of world —class but with together with a bunch of world—class players in a sensational club, ifi world—class players in a sensational club, if i said i was not a happy person, i would club, if i said i was not a happy person, iwould be club, if i said i was not a happy person, i would be crazy. you mentioned the crowd. you use the crowd. use their energy. yes, use it when it is there. we want to create a fuss up so we know ourjob is to create an atmosphere. you cannot play boring football and expect the crowd will be going nuts. and singing out loud. and being really passionate or emotional. it is a lwa ys passionate or emotional. it is always a mix of the atmosphere we create on the pitch and atmosphere of the people. able to create on the sand. exceptional. when you go in front of the crowd into your fist bump that and they roared back
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at you, what does that feeling like? when i was long ago, people used to ask me to come on the fence. as a player, i was there quite often. we had one day to celebrate because we a lwa ys had one day to celebrate because we always fight for staying in the league. the last match, we celebrated. 0ne league. the last match, we celebrated. one time of the year when fans. because i was a player, people asked me to go up there and i didn‘t. but then i realise it is not my place. i should not be here. players should be there. but people still ask me. and i go there. now here, pretty similarwith still ask me. and i go there. now here, pretty similar with the three fist pumps. i felt them here, pretty similar with the three fist pumps. ifelt them in here, pretty similar with the three fist pumps. i felt them in that moment. ifelt all the fist pumps. i felt them in that moment. i felt all the energy has to go somewhere. i did it. maybe i did ita go somewhere. i did it. maybe i did it a second time in for a third
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time, people asked me to do it is not about what i like to do what they want to come as no problem but it is they want to come as no problem but itisi they want to come as no problem but it is i don‘t want to be, the camera is following me constantly. your collea g u es is following me constantly. your colleagues on the picture waiting for you to do something. it feels strange. i don‘t want to do it for them what‘s up if it is in the moment together with the crowd. i do it for them. in the moment, you realise it is a big thing, camera. it is pretty difficult to enjoy it. you judge it on a feeling? of course. you have been described in your biography as so passionate and energetic on the tax lien. i think the author describes you as a six—year—old after it far too much sugar. —— energetic on the touchline. thank you. that is a compliment, isn‘t it? i am touchline. thank you. that is a compliment, isn‘t it? iam not touchline. thank you. that is a compliment, isn‘t it? i am not sure. yes, my energy is pretty high around football. can you keep that up around the rest of the time?|j
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football. can you keep that up around the rest of the time? i don't have to. do you go home and com pletely have to. do you go home and completely switch off? yes. pretty much. how? it happens. specific resources . much. how? it happens. specific resources. putting it on the game. and when i got home, i am really done. i am and when i got home, i am really done. iam really and when i got home, i am really done. i am really passionate, and when i got home, i am really done. iam really passionate, it and when i got home, i am really done. i am really passionate, it is a long around again. beer, wine, when a command, and my little little pup: when a command, and my little little pup, wouldn‘t be able to drive. i would have to drive the car. i would have beer and look around and com pletely have beer and look around and completely done, drive home, the boys asking about this and this and this in the game come and i spoke already 5 million times about the game. which earned her list. so it is not that i think let‘s talk about it again. —— with a journalist. so
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at home, my energy level is done. that is it. in general, i think that it is part of myjob. during the game. that is how it is. being the reserve tank. i enjoyed what i am much calmer than i used to be. much. you cannot imagine what i did. what did you do? massive injuries on the touchline. it was really crazy. meanwhile, i am fine. it was long ago i injured myself did you ever lose your temper? that happened in the past. i am still the record—holder. ask the german rest. still the record—holder by paying fines. —— my german referee. just being too close to the rest. it was not appropriate. stuff like that. i have lost my temper from time to time but even that is long ago. how did a boy who came from such a
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sporty family really sporty dad, grew up playing football, tennis, skiing, and that kind of very disciplined upbringing, for your practising and practising on the time, how did you get to be so relaxed and so comfortable with the? a big fortune and blessing of my life was that i left to do what my father wanted me to do. if i would have been a abor interested in art or whatever, that would have been a tough childhood. —— i love to do. i was exactly the lively boy who wa nted was exactly the lively boy who wanted to do all the things. when i was practising, it was not a duty. i wa nted was practising, it was not a duty. i wanted to go there. you cannot play football 12 hours a day. play tennis. let‘s go skiing. —— you can play football. i realise in life, it is really important when you have
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luck, you should realise it. for me, that left me as a very calm person. i knew my father was very demanding in this part. but he loved watching his slightly talented boy doing all that stuff. so it was nice for our relationship. it really goes. i respected him a lot as a teacher and asa respected him a lot as a teacher and as a coach in all that stuff and he made so many good things in decisions when i was a kid. he asked me to doa decisions when i was a kid. he asked me to do a letter to do improve my writing. i would ask why. i can run. good let‘s go. then she asked me to do athletics improve. i remember when i had scored four goals and again, afterwards we had a phone call and he said again, afterwards we had a phone calland he said i again, afterwards we had a phone call and he said i saw your hair cut. that is awful. never mind the game. laughter thank you. u nfortu nately, game. laughter thank you. unfortunately, he died before i became a manager. but i know he is now ina became a manager. but i know he is now in a better place. and having
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the best position in any stand and sing all the stuff if he was still alive, it would‘ve been more intense in my career. he would have asked for a lot of things. it was a change this or why did you bring command? like a supporter with knowledge. because he would have been in. he would ask me if he could watch training session the stuff like this. i miss them of course. but professional wise, it is more relaxed. —— i miss him. professional wise, it is more relaxed. -- i miss him. you have a real faith, relaxed. -- i miss him. you have a realfaith, don‘t relaxed. -- i miss him. you have a real faith, don‘t you? relaxed. -- i miss him. you have a realfaith, don‘t you? it relaxed. -- i miss him. you have a real faith, don‘t you? it feels like he is with you going into the final. what do you think he would say to his slightly talented boy leading a tea m his slightly talented boy leading a team into a third champions league final? when it this time. laughter smiling like that on saturday. 17,000 spurs supporters have tickets for the final but many more have
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made their way to spain to soak up the atmosphere. chris reports on the determined efforts just to be the atmosphere. chris reports on the determined effortsjust to be in madrid for the big day. the soon as the final whistle blew and after them, a scramble for flights to madrid began. we got back to amsterdam square about 1230 after the game. ellie was straight on the phone. yes, straight on, where can we get to the flight straight to madrid already too expensive. planning and affordable trip to madrid hasn‘t exactly been child‘s play. we managed to get a good deal, £500 for flights plus two nights. the only trick is we have to somehow get back to valencia after the game. taking the unusual route of going by casablanca. i flight from beirut to casablanca, flying carpet to madrid. 250 quit each. first date to monday. then getting on the train. -- £250 each. and a return to malaga.|j then getting on the train. -- £250 each. and a return to malaga. i am
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going to get weak on friday. paul much of valencia, on saturday morning, driving to madrid, going to cost us probably £720 for the two of us. cost us probably £720 for the two of us. how about reaching the spanish capital by am a land? like charlie. -- via capital by am a land? like charlie. —— via muh land. same journey. we have samejourney. we have got same journey. we have got a samejourney. we have got a couple of beers are ready to get off on the next light. others gather it before 6am this morning to begin a 24 hour coach journey come 6am this morning to begin a 24 hour coachjourney come all 6am this morning to begin a 24 hour coach journey come all the way from london. once in a lifetime, i don't ca re london. once in a lifetime, i don't care what time we have to get up to get to this game. take it or no ticket, i don‘t think it makes any difference. we will soak up the atmosphere come as a fan you have to be there. whatever it takes to get there, todd and the fans are determined to make it to madrid. —— totte n ha m determined to make it to madrid. —— tottenha m fa ns. full coverage
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determined to make it to madrid. —— tottenham fans. full coverage on the bbc over the weekend. next week marks the 75th anniversary of d—day. the largest seaborne invasion in history. which began the liberation of german occupied france from nazi control, and laid the foundations for the allied victory in the second world war. 90—year—old, jim radford, is thought to be britain‘s youngest d day veteran. he‘s written a charity song called ‘the shores of normandy‘ to help raise money for a permanent memorial on the d day beaches to those who sacrificed their lives. jim came into the studio a little earlier today and spoke to my colleague, carrie gracie. in 1944, at this picture ofjim was a 15—year—old galley boy, serving in the merchant navy. he wrote a song later, the song is called the shores of normandy. it is about his part in the normandy invasion or his feelings about the invasion possibly more accurately. he recorded it and release it as a charity single to help find a permanent british memorial to the man who gave their lives during the d—day landing in
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the battle of normandy. i thought it is very special to have you today and you could see your way to singing it for and you could see your way to singing itfor us, and you could see your way to singing it for us, we would be very grateful. i'll give you the first verse. you have to buy the video after that. # and the cold grey light, on the 6th ofjune in the year of 44. # the empire ladd sang out from pool # the empire ladd sang out from pool, tojoin with # the empire ladd sang out from pool, to join with thousands more, the world has seen the largest leap, we sell in closer. #we we sell in closer. # we set our course for normandy at the don of the day. so beautiful. thank you. now it is time for your views on the news watch. now it‘s time for newswatch. this week samira ahmed hears reactions to coverage
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of the european elections. hello and welcome to newswatch with me. remain the parties did a well in the eu elections but did it bbc news coverage to make too much of that under the success of brexit party? 0thers under the success of brexit party? others have complained and the success of nigel‘s new party receiving too much attention. 0n election night. it was the eu vote that was never meant to happen here. but when the results came in on sunday evening, the bbc election night machine swung into action. 0ver night machine swung into action. over the next two hours, there was plenty of analysis and interpretation of the results. at a quarter past one in the morning, huw edwards asked laura kuenssberg where she thought things stood. laura, so far, what are headline stocks? brexit party the clear winners. maximising the inheritance they got
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from ukip. they have been outperforming ukip in these elections. really squeezing the tories. terrible result for them as a governing party. in fact right now. no doubt about the big losers on the night, but the emphasis on the brexit party st clear winners annoyed some of their opponents. susan thought there was a another fair way of looking at the outcome. and recorded this video of her thoughts when watching on monday morning. four parties were leading with a pro—eu anti—brexit message. the dems, the greens, change uk, these parties secured at this point in time 38% of the vote in their vote share went up. it is a shame they didn‘t have a full reliance as they didn‘t have a full reliance as they discuss and maybe you could have reported a better but is still obvious. the brexiteers, nigel‘s brexit party in his old ukip party
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got 36.8% of the vote. they got a bit less

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