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this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: jubilation for liverpool — crowned winners of the european champions league — after beating tottenham 2—0. huge celebrations in the spanish capital. it's the sixth time liverpool have won europe's premier football contest. 40 a0 yea rs i a0 years i have been waiting. a0 yea rs. a0 years i have been waiting. a0 years. and i love it. but a sadder story from the world of football — former arsenal and sevilla winger jose antonio reyes is killed in a car crash. and police in the american state of virginia say a disgruntled employee was responsible for a workplace shooting that
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killed 12 people. hello and welcome to bbc news. liverpool are champions of europe for the sixth time. they claimed that title after beating fellow english side — tottenham hotspur — in the champions league final in madrid. an early penalty from mo salah — and a late finish from divock 0rigi gave them a 2—0 win. liverpool's european cup win should soften the blow a little after missing out on the premier league — and it's the first trophy for managerjurgen klopp at anfield. 0ur correspondent hugh woozencroft is in madrid — here's his analysis on the match. the match itself didn't have the quality we hoped for four a team in
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liverpool who finished second. it was a great evening for them nonetheless. it hinged on a pivotal moment afterjust 25 nonetheless. it hinged on a pivotal moment after just 25 seconds, a penalty awarded to liverpool, by the video assistant referee judging the ball to have been handled, it was a debatable decision but by the rules of the law, the correct one was corrected by salah, striking the ball. the rest of the game until very late on, was bitty, it was scrappy, a lot of people feeling the three—week gap from the end of the premier league season until now, coupled with the fact that it was 30 degrees or so at kickoff inside the stadium contributed to a lack of quality throughout. the second goal camejust a quality throughout. the second goal came just a few minutes from the end, the substitute was one of the humerus of the semi—final as liverpool came from three goals down
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to beat barcelona. he's got a couple of times in the second leg, is replaced in the starting lineup but cannot the bench to really produce the only moment of genuine equality —— genuine quality in the match was not it was the veil in the coffin for tottenham in the first champions league final was they were hoping to win theirfirst league final was they were hoping to win their first silverware under their manager. that accolade goes to klopp. he puts his past behind him, he has lost six as a manager until tonight. in fact, he has lost six as a manager until tonight. infact, liverpool ‘s record wasn't brilliant, in 2007 they were beaten by ac malan. they we re they were beaten by ac malan. they were beaten last year by madrid. to secure their sixth european cup title, they now move up to third on the all—time list as i say, ahead of munich and barcelona. it has been a fantastic evening for the fans
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inside the stadium. many more tens of thousands who will be partying late into the night, here in madrid. a 2-1 late into the night, here in madrid. a 2—1 victory over spurs and the champions league final. liverpool manager, jurgen klopp, gave this reaction to the win. tonight is with the emotional, that is my main feeling. it's overwhelming, all that stuff. it feels really good but i am much, that i thought i would be when it finally happens. sol that i thought i would be when it finally happens. so i was not, it was not important to me to touch the cup of whatever, i love the pictures when the boys headed, a lovely winner. the faces in the stands, that gave me everything i need. by tomorrow, going to liverpool and the something to celebrate that is big. i'm looking forward to that. gavin lee is with the liverpool fans in central madrid. 0ver over the guy want to say good luck with this one, what is happening
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there? early hours of the morning. this is one of the main squares here in madrid, they are still partying, they are in brilliant spirits. sea of red everywhere. parental guidance for the cycle of our going to go in and geta for the cycle of our going to go in and get a sense of the atmosphere tonight because the beer is flowing, the tops off, it's 2a celsius in madrid, they have won the biggest prize in europe. let's look around for a moment because these are fans who are in the best spurs. 20,000 or so, haven't managed to get into the stadium. they have come out and try to soak up the atmosphere tonight, and you can tell that they are soaking up everything around them. there is a family want to speak to someone there is a family want to speak to someone in the crowd. you live on the bbc, what is your name? rebecca. we have you come from? northern
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ireland. this is rebecca from northern ireland. tell me about the atmosphere tonight. best day of my life. it is your first time in madrid? yes. tell me about the spurs fans, the liveable fans and one capital? how many us? it's been great, no fighting. it's been unreal. brilliant. enjoy the beer, enjoy the night. this way, there's quite a lot of police over here because it is the biggest surveillance operation for spain in the history of sport. they've got a700 officers, you can see the blue lights in the distance, they have drones up ahead, they wanted to be like this, celebrate three butjust in case, they want to make sure, they are making their own little
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science here. parental advisory here. while that's it, it's early hours of the morning, they are still going, so am i. the house ready, i am sweaty. loads of beer, we have avoided it so far and we're doing pretty well forced that as a heroic effort, thank you very much for your endeavours. well as we've been seeing plenty of liverpool fans made it to madrid just to watch the game in bars and restaurants around the city as well as those inside the stadium. thousands more will be expected to welcome them home for a victory parade on sunday — probably plenty of them were at the liverpool arena watching a big screen showing of the game hosted by bt sport. 0ur reporter stuart flinders was amongst them. most of these fans arrived here full of confidence. they were convinced that this was going to be liverpool's year. but even they couldn't have imagined liverpool getting off to the start,
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a penalty in the opening couple of minutes. mo salah placed the ball on the spot, and this place fell clearly silent. it was like a church in here. once the ball hit the back of the nets, the place went up and the noise could have been heard halfway to madrid. the rest of the game seemed pretty quiet. certainly the fans here fell quiet as they took in what happened. they watched the clock tick away and then finally, near the end of the match, that second goal sealed it for them. the crowd went wild again and they knew... they thought before they came here this was going to be liverpool's year, and they knew for certain it is. of course for every winner there is a losing team. spurs were always the underdogs going into the final and simonjones spent the evening with some of them in north london. we are here in north london, some pretty dull faces, hundreds of fans have packed into the pub to watch the game on big screens.
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thousands more went to watch the game at the nearby stadium, the brand—new tottenham stadium. it wasn't the result they wanted. things got off to a really bad start, spurs going behind and under two minutes, giving away a penalty. then a second half goal. despite that the fans have been in good voice during the evening, they have been cheering on their team, even though it didn't go the way people wanted. but people here have been very proud of the way the spurs have played in the champions league, this season. they never expected them to get to the final but they admitted that they were the underdogs but against perhaps the better hope and judgement, they thought that maybe they could pull off a victory. it hasn't proved to be that way but if you take another look down there, fans still chanting for their team. they know this has been a successful season, even if the result wasn't the one they wanted.
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there was a minute's applause in honour of footballer jose antonio reyes ahead of the champions league final between tottenham and liverpool in madrid. one of his former clubs sevilla announced that the former spain, arsenal and atletico madrid player died in a car crash. the 35—year—old was a member of the famous arsenal invincibles team which went unbeaten in the english premier league in the 2003—200a season. among the many trubutes is this from reye's former arsenal teammate theirry henry, who said: a team of eight mountaineers, including three from britain, has gone missing in northern india during an attempt to climb the country's second highest mountain. their goal is believed to have been the east peak
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of the nanda devi mountain, which is more than 7,000 metres high and lies close to the border with china. the alarm was raised on friday night after the team failed to return to base as expected. the expedition is being led by the experienced climber martin moran whose company, moran mountain, runs many expeditions in the himalayas. in a statement the company said: now other news: a man described as a disgruntled employee has shot dead 12 people at a local government building in the us state of virginia. all but one of the victims
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were colleagues of his. the gunman was armed with two .a5—caliber pistols, both of which appeared to have been legally purchased. chris buckler reports. the police had no choice but to run in the line of fire but little could have prepared them for the carnage they discovered inside this local government building. the office workers were finishing up for the weekend when one of their colleagues walked in and started firing shot after shot, indiscriminately killing a dozen people. they said to stay and wait until the cops got there and let us come out. there was probably about 20 of us in an office, crammed in. we barricaded the door. for those that managed to escape the relief was obvious, as others were airlifted to hospital. so far the only explanation that has been offered for all of these deaths and injuries is that the gunman was a disgruntled employee. the suspect, and this will be
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the only time we announce his name, is dewayne craddock. at a news conference, the authorities were determined to focus on the victims, not their killer. one had worked for the city of virginia beach for more than four decades, another for just 11 weeks. this was a long—term lack of any other term, running gun battle with this individual. vigils after shootings like this in america have become almost a custom, but nothing can prepare people for an attack on their community. my mom works down there and she was there, just trying to call everyone and make sure everyone was ok. it still doesn't even seem real. this was the 150th mass shooting in the us this year. but in the aftermath of these murders many people here did not want to talk about tighter gun controls. a large number of americans still believe in the constitutional right to bear arms, despite the obvious evidence about what easy access to guns allows. chris buckler, bbc news, virginia beach.
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let's get some of the day's other news. a complete ban of plastic bags has come into force in tanzania which has become the 3ath african country to bring in such restrictions. under the new environmental laws, using, selling importing or producing plastic bags is completely banned in the east african state. anyone caught using plastic bags or wrappings could face a week injail. the state funeral for the veteran democractic republic of congo opposition leader, etienne tshisekedi, has taken place in the capital kinshasa. tens of thousands of people attended the ceremony, including several heads of state, and the drc‘s current president — his son, felix tshisekedi. he died two years ago in belgium, but congo's previous government had blocked the return of his body. india said it's unfortunate that the
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us is ending its preferential trade status week. it has been the largest beneficiary of a scheme that allows some goods to enter the us duty—free was... trump says the scheme will end for india next week. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: 30 years on — we go back to tiananmen square with one of the student leaders who witnessed the massacre of protestors. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the momemt of crowning in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given, the great guns of the tower shall be shot off. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who has died at the age of 7a. 0utspoken but rarely outfought, he transcended the sport of boxing, of which he was three times a world champion. he was a fighter and he fought all the way to the end, even through his illness.
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yes, he did. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in europe. today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles album sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band, a record described as "the album of the century." this is bbc news, the latest headlines: liverpool have won football's top club competition, the european champions league, beating fellow english club totte n ha m. the authorities in the us city of virginia beach say a disgruntled municipal employee carried out the mass shooting at a government building which left twelve people dead.
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the uk border force intercepted 7a migrants on saturday after eight small boats attempted to cross the english channel. the home office said the men, women and children have had medical examinations. a criminal investigation's been launched. here's richard galpin with more details. eight boats in total, 7a people. seven of those boats were intercepted by border force and the coastguard just one boat managed to reach the south coast of england. 0n top of that, the french authorities intercepted another two boats in french water. and this is linked to the fact that the weather is good, it is warm, calm and that encourages people to try and make the crossing. in response there has been a robust statement from the home secretary. he has said that the numbers of people trying to cross now is deeply concerning and they are putting their lives at risk. is very
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dangerous and the english channel is a very busy shipping lane. the home secretary says he will do everything possible to stop more people crossing and saying that people trying to enter the uk illegally will be sent back. there has been criticism from the local mp in dover saying that the crisis was supposed to have been dealt with by the home secretary last christmas and yet the numbers are continuing to increase and the home secretary needs to get and the home secretary needs to get a grip. more than 30 people have been arrested as thousands of hells angels have been marking an event. arrests were made on suspicious —— suspicions of drug offences. it marks the anniversary of the creation of the first branch of the clu b creation of the first branch of the club in the uk. a factory explosion in russia has entered 79 people and damaged 180 nearby homes. city
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officials say the factory was used to produce and store high explosive bombs for the military. 0r people inside were safely evacuated. a huge tower of smoke overshadows the city, the aftermath of a huge explosion. witnesses say there were at least two huge blasts that caused the shockwave through the city. translation: there was a terrifying column of smoke. 20 metres high. there were probably a couple of kilometres high. a black column of smoke in the shape of a mushroom. the explosions took place in a factory that stood high explosive forms for the military. scores have been injured and despite the damage to windows and nearby homes there we re to windows and nearby homes there were no fatalities. most of those heard were cut by flying glass. translation: at the moment one
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person is in a serious condition. there is no threat to the local population and all the emergency services are making checks and evaluations to make that make eliminate any possibility of situation getting worse. over half of those injured were residents of the city and not in the plant when the city and not in the plant when the blast occurred. last august, three people died when another factory blast happened in the city. now a criminal investigation is being launched into potential safety violations at the plant. thirty years ago, the centre of beijing was occupied by hundreds of thousands of protesting students. then, in the evening ofjune the 3rd 1989, soldiers suppressed the protests with bullets and armoured vehicles, killing unknown numbers. at the time, dan wang was a 20—year—old student leader at china's elite peking university, and was one of the most high profile activists. he spoke to witness about how the tiananmen square crackdown turned his life upside down.
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just before i go a reminder of the top story. liverpool have been crowned champions of europe for the sixth time after recording a 2—0 win over tottenham in the champions league final in madrid. the game was not exactly a classic but after liverpool were put ahead from the penalty spot in the second minute it sealed the win with a second goal three minutes from time to dig those celebrations are ongoing in madrid
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and in liverpool and ride around the world. you can get in touch with me at any world. you can get in touch with me atany time world. you can get in touch with me at any time on twitter. this is bbc world news. the first half of the weekend and the first day ofjune brought a burst of heat and sunshine for some of us. scenes like this were repeated across many southern and eastern parts of the uk with a feed of warm airfrom iberia lifting temperatures to the west of london, close to 28 degrees, the warmest day of the year so far. as you can see that was not the story everywhere. towards the north and west it was not as warm as that because we had more cloud and outbreaks of rain and that cooler weather is heading in everyone's direction over the next 2a—a8 hours. low pressure taking charge of the scene and this cold front
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here bringing outbreaks of rain. we're getting off to very mild and muggy start to sunday. we will see heavy rain continuing to drift across scotland and then here is a cool front, a band of cold and showers drifting eastwards. the odd flash of lightning and rumble of thunder. as we see the showers moving further they will squash the heat increasingly into eastern parts of england. parts of the south—east and east anglia could again reach 26, 27, 28 degrees through the afternoon but further west cooler and fresher. 19 or 20 degrees at best with a band of cloud and showers that could temporarily bring thunder and lightning. for northern ireland, bright skies for much of the day but showers return later on. for scotland we see a band of cloud and showers continue to drift eastwards and for all of us it will be breezy. thunderstorms of us it will be breezy. are possible for
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northern thunderstorms are possible for northern ireland. and this swirl is deep pressure. bringing brisk wind. with some hefty showers. all of us into cooler air by monday morning so the temperature as we start the day between nine and 12 degrees. here is the cold front. all of us are behind that on monday so a cooler and fresher field. with low pressure in charge and tight lee squeezed bars —— tightly squeezed bars it will be fresh, especially across the north. further south, not as many showers, only a couple, but most places will be dry. those temperatures, wherever you are, 15— 20 degrees at the very best. we stick with a cooler theme as we had through the week ahead. rain at times but also some spells of sunshine.
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this is bbc news, the headlines: liverpool have beaten fellow english club tottenham hotspur 2—0 to win the european champions league. liverpool's german manager, juergen klopp, said it was the best night of his professional life and paid tribute to his boys forfighting on "with no fuel in the tank" after an exhausting season. eight climbers, including four britons and others from the us, australia and india, are missing on india's second—highest mountain. they began their ascent of nanda devi — near the border with china — almost three weeks ago — but rescuers were sent out when they failed to return. a gunman who shot dead 12 people in a local government building in the american state of virginia has been named by police. dewayne craddock was a disgruntled employee of the public utilities department.
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