tv Breakfast BBC News June 9, 2019 6:00am-7:00am BST
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good morning, welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and victoria fritz. 0ur headlines today: one of the uk‘s most wanted men is arrested in malta after 16 years on the run. the contest for the next conservative leader and prime minister hots up before it formally starts tomorrow. england and scotland fans descend good morning, welcome on the south of france, to breakfast with ben thompson as the two sides prepare to meet and victoria fritz. our headlines today: one of the uk's most wanted men in the women‘s world cup. is arrested in malta after 16 years on the run. the contest for the next conservative leader here on the and prime minister hots up before it formally starts tomorrow. england and scotland fans descend on the south of france as the sides prepare to meet in the women's world cup. here on the french coast, the
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scottish team have a point to prove. heavy rain in the forecast, and i will have all the details coming up shortly. it's sunday, the 9th ofjune. our top story, one of britain's most wanted men, who's been on the run for 16 years, is set to be extradited to the uk, after being arrested in malta. police want to question christopher guest more junior over the murder of a man at a remote farmhouse in cheshire in 2003. he'll next appear in court tomorrow. simonjones reports. in handcuffs, far away from home, christopher guest more junior, described as one of europe's most wa nted described as one of europe's most wanted fugitives, headed to his first court appearance, which is set to see him extradited to the uk. it
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is alleged he fled the uk in 2003, after this man was tortured and beaten to death in front of his two children. mr waters had been running a cannabis farm in knutsford, when a group of men stormed the property to demand money. three people are currently serving life sentences for his murder. he is wanted in connection with mr waters‘s death, the attempted murder of another man, and false imprisonment and assault of other people at the scene. the national crime agency said it had waited a long time for this moment. it insisted it was never going to give up the hunt. mr morejunior was arrested on a joint arrest warrant following an operation with authorities in malta. he has been remanded in custody and will next appear in court on monday. the conservative leadership race officially begins tomorrow but the runners and riders
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are already jostling for pole position. michael gove is attempting to put policy back on the table as he faces claims of hypocrisy after admitting taking cocaine around 20 years ago. joining us from our london newsroom is political correspondent susana mendonca. a lot of criticism of michael gove in today's papers over his admission about taking cocaine — how is that likely to play out? it is pretty awkward for michael gove, not least because he is actually doing an interview on the andrew marr show later this morning when no doubt this will overshadow what he would like to be talking about, which is his policy plans. of course, following those, the revelation that he had taken cocaine around 20 years ago, there has been an article republished from 1999 that he wrote where he was criticising middle—class drug takers. so accusations of hypocrisy
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directed at him. he will be giving an interview and he will want to be talking about policy plans and a radical idea, the idea of getting rid of vat and replacing it with smaller taxes, although no clarity on what they would be or how they would work. but he certainly wants to get the focus back onto that. at the moment, in terms of a recent poll of conservative grassroots, he has come second behind boris johnson. he sees himself as a front runner, but he wants to get the focus back policy and away from his history, and something that has been quite embarrassing for him. speaking of the interviews they have been giving. 0n the front of the sunday times this morning borisjohnson. he is not the only runner and writer. he and michael gove are just two of many. yes, he is seen as a front runner, when you see opinion polls.
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he still needs to get through the party, and get to the final two. the contest officially starts tomorrow. borisjohnson contest officially starts tomorrow. boris johnson today talking about how he is the answer to beating jeremy corbyn and nigel farage, that he is the only one who can beat them. we also have sajid javid, and we understand that ruth davidson has put her back in behind him. chris grayling is also another who is backing him. no doubt we will hear a lot more from other candidates in the coming days. a woman has died after being struck by lightning while walking on a mountain range in the scottish highlands. the 55—year—oldwas hiking near kinlochleven when she was hit yesterday evening. police scotland said another woman in the same group was also injured — she's now in a stable
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condition in fort william. the leyton orient manager, justin edinburgh, has died at the age of 49. the former tottenham defender, who guided 0rient back into the english football league last season, suffered a cardiac arrest five days ago. the club's chairman nigel travis said they were completely heartbroken. five teenagers arrested in connection with a homophobic attack on two women on a london night bus, have been released on bail. a group of young men began harassing them after discovering they were a couple, and asked them to kiss while making sexual gestures. the suspects were questioned on suspicion of robbery and aggravated grievous bodily harm. thousands of people have taken to the streets in venice, calling for large cruise ships to be banned from its waters. the long running dispute has flared again after last weekend, when a cruise ship crashed into a smaller tourism boat. protesters say the large ships cause environmental damage and pollution.
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the two british teams in the women's world cup are playing each other today. england versus scotland kicks off at five o'clock in nice. the lionesses are favourites to win but scotland are growing in confidence, as jane dougall reports. come on england! there has always been rivalry between these two nations, especially in the beautiful game. fans have descended on picturesque nice, and the banter has begun. it is the first time they qualified, and it is great... come oi'i qualified, and it is great... come on england! ranked third in the world, england are favourites, but the coach knows that it could be a potential banana skin. it is important not to get caught up in the emotion, notjust of the rivals but of the first match in the world cup. if we don't succeed in this world cup we have to accept the
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criticism that goes with it. we spoke about our ambitions and what we wa nt spoke about our ambitions and what we want to achieve, and if we don't achieve what we want we leave ourselves open for criticism. scotla nd ourselves open for criticism. scotland may be the underdogs, but with players like aaron cuthbert, they could cause an upset. with players like aaron cuthbert, they could cause an upsetlj with players like aaron cuthbert, they could cause an upset. i think we have grown and developed and matured as a team. i think we have played a different brand of football, we have certainly bridged the gap, but that is up to us to make it happen on the pitch where it matters. the scotland side will want to capture and remember every moment, because they will make history in this stadium, playing in their first ever world cup history in this stadium, playing in theirfirst ever world cup match. but england don't just theirfirst ever world cup match. but england don'tjust want to win this game, theiraim but england don'tjust want to win this game, their aim is to win the tournament, and they won't let sentiment stand in their way. take a look at these pictures of a baby elephant taking her first steps at a zoo in belgium.
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she's only a few hours' old here, and doesn't yet have a name. it wasn't long until the calf was up on herfeet, with help from her mother, and getting used to her new surroundings. keepers say asian elephants are critically endangered, with just 38,000 left in the world. let's look at today's front pages. the observer leads with a former drugs chief calling michael gove a hypocrite after he admitted taking cocaine more than 20 years ago. an article written by the tory leadership hopeful in 1999 has emerged in which he calls for tighter laws on the use of the drug. the sunday times leads on an interview with another
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leadership contender, boris johnson. he claims that if he becomes prime minister, he will retain the 39 billion pounds demanded by brussels until a better brexit deal is reached. jeremy hunt is pictured on the front page of the sunday express. the foreign secretary says he will keep a no deal brexit on the table if he becomes prime minister. meanwhile, the sunday telegraph draws attention to michael gove's pledge to become leader of the conservative party he will replace vat with a lower and simpler alternative after the uk leaves the eu. we are starting to get a sense of what the leadership contenders would stand for as far as brexit is concerned and a range of other things. the rivalry between the english
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and scottish football teams is long, intense, and not just limited to the men. the women's teams will face each other in the world cup in france today, nearly 140 years after their first recorded match. scotland won that one. sally is in nice to tell us more. it looks beautiful where you are, but the calm waters before the ferocious battle later? you hit the nail on the head. it is really pretty, actually. we are in the port of nice, and it is beautiful, on the french riviera. i tell you what is interesting about this, we have been talking a lot about the atmosphere, what it is like in the buildup to the game. i can tell you at the moment that the atmosphere is mainly quite sleepy. the only other people we have seen awake are coming out of nig htclu bs we have seen awake are coming out of nightclubs on their way home. that has been interesting! we arrived
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yesterday from paris and we saw a few england fans and a couple of scotla nd few england fans and a couple of scotland fans, we know many of them will be flying in today for the big match, which is this afternoon. what like where you are, tell us bit more about the atmosphere. well, we are expecting it to be great later, because even though it is beautiful here, this game tonight will not be so here, this game tonight will not be so beautiful. it is going to be a bruising contest, and the last time these sides played competitively, euro 2017, england won the match 6-0. but euro 2017, england won the match 6—0. but this is a very different scotla nd tea m 6—0. but this is a very different scotland team coming into this match tonight and we are expecting them to play in a very different way. they we re play in a very different way. they were bruised by that last competitive fixture and i don't think the margin between them will be so great. scotland are ranked 20th, england are ranked third, so they sound like they are miles
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apart, and they are in some respects, but this scotland team is ready for this match tonight. watch out for erin cuthbert, she is one of the stars, she was a fan, a mascot, and now she is playing for the team. she has a swagger about her when she plays, she is brilliant, and a real star in the making in terms of that. in england, one player plays for a french team most of the time, she lives here. and she is going to be very important. this is the best opportunity the women's game has had to raise its profile, it has a million platform, so they really have to deliver with the football. getting a bit noisy, sorry about that! they are clearing up after a party. i was going to say! a lot of people on their way home from a night out, and the bin laurie ——
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truck is out. here's louise with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. light winds for all of us. good morning. light winds for all of us. sally will be pleased to hear about that. she was having seriously bad headache, that was her opinion. 0verthinking that would come out wrong. the uk today it is a quieter story. a case of spells and scattered showers. much lighter winds. some significant weather to come in the forecast. it is worth bearing in mind and listen to the end of this forecast. there is yesterday's area of low pressure that brought the rain. we are in this little lull at the moment. you can see the clear skies. that has allowed the temperatures through the night to fall down to low single figures in one or two spots. lovely sunshine coming through at least.
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not a bad start of the day. a scattering of showers through northern ireland and much of scotla nd northern ireland and much of scotland through the morning. as we go into the afternoon we could see bands of showers that south—westerly wind just organising themselves through the south—west and across wales. maybe hazy sunshine into the south—east corner. a better day, a much better day across the north of england compared to yesterday. showers into northern ireland and scotland. some of them quite sharp as well. in terms of the feel of the weather, with more sunshine and lighter winds it should be a little better out there. we might see 19— 20 degrees. it still could be better for this time of year. as we go through the evening we will continue to see showers for a time. take a look at what is developing in the south—east corner. another area of low pressure that is going to threaten. that is going to bring some significant rain across much of eastern england through the course of monday. monday morning rush hour, if you are making your way towards the capital, could be a tedious one. and that a low pressure across the
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near continent is going to feed a lot of rain across the country monday into tuesday. particularly. in fact, we could see as much as 20-60 in fact, we could see as much as 20—60 millimetres of rain. that is over one month's 20—60 millimetres of rain. that is over one months worth of rain in the next couple of days in these areas. that is a lot of rain in a short space of time. it may produce issues with localised flooding. a lot of surface water and spray. it will be difficult on the roads stop into monday then, the wet weather will gradually drift westwards. the best of the weather on monday looks further north and west. in actual fa ct, further north and west. in actual fact, the best of the warm. 18—19 with sunshine in sheltered western areas of scotland. the north—easterly wind will start to pick up particularly on tuesday. that will add insult to injury on top of all that rain. some of it heavy, feeding and across east anglia, through the midlands, and into wales. temperatures 13— 1a
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degrees. a colder feel for the time of year on tuesday. and some of that rain quite heavy and persistent. as we move into wednesday and thursday, that rain is going to shift further north. things will quite down across england and wales. that low pressure will be a bit of a nuisance into the week. back to you two. 0h will be a bit of a nuisance into the week. back to you two. oh dear. that does not look great. it isn't what we ordered. we will have a word with her. we'll be back with the headlines at 6:30. now it's time for the film review with martine croxall and mark kermode. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. mark, lovely to see you. what have you got for us? interesting week. we have late night which is a new film staring emma thompson as a chat show host. the new x—men movie, dark phoenix.
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and gloria bell. a remake of sebastian lelio's gloria. you're a bit gravelly today. i know, it's my tom waits throaty voice. sorry about that. well, i hope it lasts. let's start with late night, shall we? this is a writer that people might know from the us office. yeah, so, mindy kaling, and it stars emma thompson, she's a chat show host, katherine newbury, she's been there for ages, she's a proper host, she's smart, she's intelligent, she interviews proper, smart, intelligent guests, but it turns out her ratings are on the slump and she decides that the problem is that she's got a writer's room that is not doing theirjob, more to the point, they are all white males and she doesn't know any of them. here's a clip. uh, if i may, ijust wanna say, it is such an honour to meet you, ms newberry, i'm chris reynolds. uh, my name is eugene mancuso, and when my parents got divorced, this show...
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i don't know who any of you are. i don't know who any of them are. um...oh, well, ah...tom. i'm tom, i write the monologue. i'm actually the youngest monologue writer in the history of the show. no, no, no, don't care. do you know what, i'm not going to remember any of this so here's what we're going to do. you're one, two, three, four. hi, katherine. 0h, burditt, thank god! how's your baby? she's 27. her baby's doing well, she's just started pre—school, she's, uh... z—z—z—z! nevermind, i don't wanna know. i don't know why i asked, actually, you're five, six, seven. that is what i am going to call you all from now on. are we allowed to call each other by our own names? just learn the numbers, reynold. imean, two... can one and i switch? i'mjust— i'm the most senior writer.
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i'll take seven. lucky seven. 0k, can wejust get into it now and see if we can salvage anything with taping? oh, i love it already. exactly. you were laughing all the way through it, as was i. i mean, i do think emma thompson does that kind of thing — "z—z—z—z— i don't care, don't care." "just move on." and so what happens is, she says, right, i have a woman in the writer's room, and mindy kaling who plays molly applies, she has no comedy experience at all, she'd been working in a chemical plant. but because they have to make the signing, she immediately gets signed up. she's referred to by the other writers as a diversity hire, but of course, what happens is she starts turning the programme around. she gets katherine newberry to start talking about subjects that interest her, to make jokes that are political and more edgy than they would be in the past. and, slowly, fortunes start to change. so i think, you know, very much like, did you see booksmart? booksmart is really funny. there's booksmart and bridesmaids, what this has done as it has demonstrated that we have actually been seeing only one half
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of mainstream comedy for quite a long time. there've been so many movies that have shaken up the gender balance. for a long time people thought women—led comedy movies would never work. and they're working terrifically well. emma thompson is terrific. mindy kaling is very good. the script is very sharp. the problem to some extent is, in the third act the comedy kind of narrows down and becomes more dramatic, i mean, it is a blend of drama and comedy. and i think from my point of view, i wanted a bit more broadcast news meets 30 rock, a bit more network, and you actually end up with something which is closer to the devil wears prada meets soapdish. but that said, it is consistently funny. though not quite as tough as i wanted it to be, it is consistently funny, and theperformances are very good. and it's worth watching just for those scenes in which emma thompson literally and the performances are very good. but it's making a serious point at the same time, isn't it? it is, absolutely. it's making a very serious point, and that's what i'm saying, the world has changed. you remember when bridesmaids came out and everyone was saying, "well, it can't possibly compete with things like hangover..." and of course it did. and i think this will do very well. as i said, my only reservation is ijust wanted it to be slightly harsher about the media,
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but then that's my own prejudices coming into play. next one, x—men, dark phoenix. how many more x—men do we need? well, this is an end of sorts, in the same way that avengers: end game was an end of sorts. sophie turner isjean grey who become dark phoenix after an encounter with a solar flare which may or may not be a solarflare, which gives her hidden powers but also unlocks the trauma. and she's a divided soul, is she an asset or is she dangerous? the film starts with a car crash. i have to say that narratively, an awful lot of the film continues in that way. it's very incoherent plotting, this script is not good, the dialogue is not great. and there are lots of those smashy, crashy set pieces in which you have umpteen different super heroes, all of who have a difference of, "right, freeze that, laser that, heat that up!" it does look very box—ticking. there are some good things about it, i think sophie turner does a really good job with the central role. i thinkjessica chastain is kind of excitingly as the nemesis who is searching for the dark power, and james mcavoy is always good. but it is very, very scrappy and it does rely heavily on special effects set pieces. and in an age in which we've had movies like logan, which is a character study which happens to have superheroes
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in it, i wanted much, much more from this. you've not sold it to me. and you were never going to. no, but you were never a x—men fan anyway, but i think even if you were an x—men fan, you wouldn't. .. i would struggle, would i? now, gloria bell. yes! the director has already made this film but in spanish. exactly. so, there's a film called gloria from 2013. this is sebastian lelio who made a fantastic woman, and he made it in spanish an now it's a remake in the english language staring julianne moore. the first thing to say is if you've seen the original version, there's an awful lot of this that you will recognise because it has been pretty much moved wholesale from santiago to america. however, julianne moore is gloria bell, she's a divorcee, she's looking for love in singles bars, and she meets john turturro's arnold, who is himself a divorcee, although he has commitment issues, which we see very clearly when she introduces him
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to her family and he walks out ‘cause he just can't face it. here's a clip. what are you doing here? can we talk? i don't have anything to say to you. i really need you to listen to me. i do. how could you be so rude, arnold? for what? i was introducing you to my family. i brought you to my son's birthday party and you had the nerve tojust disappear? you would've done the same thing, it wasn't an easy situation! really? i searched for your eyes again and again. i didn't exist. we were in love. oh, please. we were in love. he didn't mean — he was wrong! how many times did he have to say that? it make me sick. i threw up. i don't know how you could do something like that to me. and the girls called, so... growa pair.
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well, i know where my sympathies lie. i know, i wish in a way we hadn't been watching the clip, we'd been watching your reaction! laughs. ‘cause when he said, "how could you do this", you went, "0hhh!" and exactly. and i actually thinkjohn turturro does a very good job of playing that character who's needy and weedling. and from the very beginning, she wants to like him but there's something fundamentally askew. she's also terrific. because she does that thing — she has a smile, but it looks like a smile that's on a brave face. you know, there's a kind of screen that's happening behind this smile. also, one of the things i really like about this is she is a very physical performer. she goes to these clubs where she dances, ‘cause she always enjoyed dancing, and she dances in and out of date way, which is the most complicated thing to do. don‘t we all! yeah, exactly. but find me the last time somebody in a big budget movie did that. i think that‘s really well done. as i said, my only reservation here would be — if you‘ve seen gloria you may get
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a sense that you have seen this before. but i think it is pretty solid and i really likejulianne moore and john turturro is... whispers: very creepy. yeah, he is. very needy and weedling. yeah, good choice though. best out, rocket man. i love rocket man, have you seen it yet? not yet. do you want to see it? yeah, i want to see it more than i wanted to see queen which i still haven‘t seen. because this is a musical. queen is a biopic. not queen, bohemian rhapsody. bohemian rhapsody is a biopic, but this is a proper musical, it‘s described as based on the true fantasy. and i thought it was a musical, the kind of thing that ken russell would have made. it‘s really well done. taron egerton is fantastic in the title role. it‘s brilliantly directed by dexter fletcher who of course famously came in and saved bohemian rhapsody when it was all falling apart. and whether you‘re an eltonjohn fan or not, and i am, i mean i grew up with madman across the water and captain fantastic and goodbye yellow brick road, but i couldn‘t believe how much i enjoyed this. i just sat there beaming through the whole thing and i‘m desperate to go and see it again. and i think you‘d love it.
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you would love it because it is such a vibrant, fantastic cinema experience. and it‘s not sanitised, is it? no, it‘s not, that‘s the comparison that people made with bohemian rhapsody, it is a bit sanitised. this isn‘t, this is full on. the full sex and drugs life and then some. you‘ve sold it to me just on that. best dvd. a private war. it is a narrative drama by matthew heineman who‘d made documentaries before about marie colvin, the war reporter. the film itself has some flaws. he says it‘s not a biopic, it‘s a psychological portrait. but it has a brilliant central performance by rosamund pike who absolutely gives it 110%. and it‘s one of those films where that centre performance will see you through perhaps the shortcomings, the simplifications of the film itself. again, it‘s an important subject and she really carries it and she really does. the thing with marie colvin, it is a story a lot of people will know the truth of it. yes, not least because we‘ve seen it done in documentary film. which is why there‘s the question
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about is dramatisation necessarily the way to go? and actually, i think the jury is still out on that. but if you‘re going to have a dramatisation of it, it has to have a central character who is charismatic and electrifying and can hold it, and i do think rosamund pike does that. plus she kind of genuinely looks not like rosamund pike. again, it‘s all to do with the stance, it‘s to do with the physicality of the performance. you‘ve got through it. your voice survived, now you‘ve got to go and rest it. is that a way of saying stop talking? no! yes, ‘cause they‘re telling me. i‘ve gotta stop too. mark, thank you very much. thank you. that‘s it for this week, thanks for watching. bye— bye.
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one of britain‘s most wanted men, who‘s been on the run for 16 years, is facing extradition to the uk, after being arrested in malta. police want to question christopher guest more junior over the murder of brian waters at a remote farmhouse in cheshire in 2003. he‘ll next appear in court tomorrow. the conservative leadership race officially begins tomorrow with 11 mps still in the running to replace theresa may as prime minister. contender michael gove is likely to face tough questions today on his former use of cocaine, despite his efforts to put the focus of his conservative leadership bid back on his policies. a woman has died after being struck by lightning while walking on a mountain range in the scottish highlands. the 55—year—old was hiking near kinlochleven when she was hit yesterday evening. police scotland said another woman in the same group was also injured.
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she‘s now in a stable condition in fort william. the leyton orient manager, justin edinburgh, has died at the age of 49. the former tottenham defender, who guided 0rient back into the english football league last season, suffered a cardiac arrest five days ago. the club‘s chairman nigel travis said they were completely heartbroken. five teenagers arrested in connection with a homophobic attack on two women on a london night bus, have been released on bail. a group of young men began harassing them after discovering they were a couple and asked them to kiss while making sexual gestures. the suspects were questioned on suspicion of robbery and aggravated grievous bodily harm. thousands of people have taken to the streets in venice, calling for large cruise ships to be banned from its waters. the long running dispute has flared again after last weekend, when a cruise ship crashed into a smaller tourism boat. protesters say the large ships cause
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environmental damage and pollution. i think it is time for a bit of sport. good morning, sally. yes, we are in the port of nice this morning, gearing up for the big game this afternoon. if you can hear a noise in the background, it is thunder. i think it is about to pour down, that this could be an interesting five minutes from me. kick off here in nice it at 5:00pm and england go into this match as one of the tournament favourites — they‘re ranked third in the world,
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they won the she believes cup in march. but scotland are a vastly improved side to the one thrashed 6—0 by england at euro 2017. for a scottish team to play in a world cup for over two decades, our journey so far has been fantastic, and we are playing against a formidable england team who are ranked third in the world, and part of the reason phil neville took the job is to win the world cup. it is going to be a tough task but one that we are really looking forward to. we probably have one of the most difficult games in the first round, because they are players we have a lot of respect for, teams that know each other, a really difficult game for us. it is important to get off toa for us. it is important to get off to a good start and to keep building the confidence and belief we have, and grow into the competition. the world‘s second ranked side
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germany were far from their best in their opening match, just edging past china in rennes, thanks to teenager giulia gwinn, who scored the only goal of her game, in herfirst competitive appearance. spain came back from a goal down to beat south africa 3—1 in their opening game, scoring two penalties before lucia garcia sealed it. norway scored three first—half goals to beat nigeria in reims, a fairly straight—forward opener for the 1995 world champions. and the heavens have opened! steve clarke‘s reign as scotland men‘s head coach got off to a dramatic start, with a 2—1win over cyprus in their euro 2020 qualifier. 0liver burke scored the winnerjust three minutes from time at hampden, a much—needed win that keeps them joint second in their group. it‘s three wins out of three for northern ireland, who came from a goal down to win 2—1 in estonia, josh maggeness with a late winner. but wales lost 2—1 to the world cup finalists croatia in 0sijek — they‘re now out of the automatic qualification places going into their match against
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hungary in budapest on tuesday. we didn‘t really play well. two poor goals we gave away, and so disappointed. when you don‘t play like you can do, and still create chances against this top team, you have got to be disappointed. it‘s the game that no—one wants to play, the third place play—off, but after losing their nations league semi—final, england face switzerland in portugal later, aiming to get something out of it. we have thousands of fans here, and we need to make sure that our performance is one that gives them something back, and that we finish the season in the right manner, having had a very good season. and every time we take the field we are learning things about the players and we are learning things about how we need to play and how we need to
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improve, so for us it is an important match. england are back on track at the cricket world cup after a comfortable victory over bangladesh in cardiff. they got off to a flying start, jason roy smashing his way to a brilliant 153, as they posted 386 — their highest ever world cup total. and bangladesh never really threatened, england winning by 106 runs. jason and johnny were outstanding, they assessed conditions well, waited for the bad ball, waited to impose themselves on the innings. 128 is a considerable stand at the top of the order. and it‘s three wins from three for new zealand. they beat afghanistan by seven wickets at taunton. australia‘s ashleigh barty has taken her first grand slam title, beating the czech teenager marketa vondrousova in straight sets to win the french open — she‘s now the world number two. rafael nadal plays dominic thiem in the men‘s final later. and ferrari‘s sebastian vettel edged out lewis hamilton‘s mercedes to take pole for today‘s canadian grand prix. it‘s only the second time in seven
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races that mercedes have been beaten to pole. just before the storm really rolls m, just before the storm really rolls in, ijust want to just before the storm really rolls in, i just want to show you all exactly where we are. we are in the port of nice, among the fishing boats, but if my cameraman moves that way, can you see the super yachts? are you surprised that we are not allowed anywhere near them? this is a beautiful place, many fans coming here today. a great location to come to. if you are coming to the game, coming to watch england and scotla nd game, coming to watch england and scotland play here tonight... which one is yours? what do you mean? i thought they were all yours! what about the rowing boat behind you, is that yours? i know, ithink about the rowing boat behind you, is that yours? i know, i think we might be on one of those later. you might need it for cover at the moment.
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well done for persevering with the rain. it is nice to know that even those with super yachts get rained on! let‘s talk about food, shall we? i know a lot of you will be just having your breakfast, or at least thinking about it. what do you think about food and music? a buzzing atmosphere is one of the reasons many of us enjoy going out to eat, but celebrity chef nigella lawson caused a stir this week by suggesting restaurants should stop playing music, because it drowns out the taste of the food. so is she on to something? let‘s speak now to professor charles spence from oxford university, who‘s been looking into the relationship between taste and sound. good morning. where do you sit on this? nigella is saying we should stop playing music because it is
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distracting us from the taste of food. but you want a good atmosphere, don‘t you? food. but you want a good atmosphere, don't you? yes, silent restau ra nts, atmosphere, don't you? yes, silent restaurants, nobody wants those, they make you feel a bit exposed. but it is true that restaurants are getting increasingly loud, and people are complaining that they can‘t have a conversation. it is true that it can suppress the taste of food, so in the lab we do experiments and we have found that it has suppressed the taste of sweetness and salt. so, there is science behind it? the music you are listening to can influence how much you enjoyed? yes, how you enjoy it, and how you tasted. you can play
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certain music to perhaps boost sweetness or sourness, for example. is it that it has to be classical music, calming music, relaxing music, calming music, relaxing music, or is itjust personal preference? part personal preference, although a lot of the research says that no matter where you are eating out, if you put classical music on you are likely to spend more and enjoy the food more than a top a0 hits, for example. and, apparently you can bring out the sweetness in food by playing high—pitched music, and the taste of coffee by playing low pitched music instead. could restaurants use this to their advantage? we know supermarkets play certain kinds of music to get us to buy certain things, but could restaurants use this information? absolutely. for smaller restaurants it will be hard, but for the chains thinking very
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ha rd but for the chains thinking very hard about this, i think some north american chains change the tempo of the music at different times of day, so at busy times they put the beats per minute up so people move through faster, and in the afternoon they slow it down in order to get people to linger to keep a bit of an atmosphere between service. that is so interesting. when we are thinking about eating out and also going out, i wonder whether this effect drinks. if you are in a bar, if you were to increase the beats per minute, would that change how fast you are consuming alcohol, for example? absolutely, some say they will deliberately play loud, fast music because it will increase sales by up to 27%. we really do drink to the beat. that is fascinating. there is so much evidence to suggest that thatis so much evidence to suggest that that is the case, and a cynic would
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say they are monetising that and cashing in on it. but i suppose you could also say that food is about so much more than what is on the plate. it is alljust part of the experience, isn‘t it? it is alljust part of the experience, isn't it? yes, that is what my book is all about, if you are sitting on a soft chair, what the lights and music i like, it can change the spiciness of the tofu in a soft chair versus a hard chair, that‘s for the taiwanese say. it is thejob of a that‘s for the taiwanese say. it is the job of a psychologist are and measure the impact of all these things we thought didn‘t matter but they actually do, and enhance it so they actually do, and enhance it so they can have the best meal experience possible. one thing you said, authenticity — are you saying ifi said, authenticity — are you saying if i was to go to said, authenticity — are you saying ifiwas to go toa said, authenticity — are you saying if i was to go to a spanish restau ra nt if i was to go to a spanish restaurant and eating plr, and someone is there with a spanish guitar... -- paella. experiments
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have been done in a spanish restau ra nt, have been done in a spanish restaurant, if there is flamenco playing, they are more likely to order the paella, and if the music was coming from somewhere else you would feel that the food was not as authentic, not as spanish. would feel that the food was not as authentic, not as spanishlj would feel that the food was not as authentic, not as spanish. i feel so used! you are watching breakfast from bbc news. the headlines— one of the most wa nted news. the headlines— one of the most wanted man in europe is arrested in malta. the leadership battle for the conservative party hots up for it officially starts tomorrow. we know it is a bit thundery and wet
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in the south of france this morning, but what is it doing a little closer to home? it‘s not looking great as the week progresses, is it? know, in fa ct i the week progresses, is it? know, in fact i could do with a little bit of calming mozart behind me. the beethoven is heading in our direction. some rain in the forecast, a miserable saturday, four june, but it will be a case of sunny spells and some scattered showers. in some places it will stay dry. that is because yesterday‘s low pressure, this curl of cloud on satellite picture, that is drifting away, but i do need to point out there is more cloud waiting in the wings. somewhere between the two is this little lie we have happening at the moment, and that is a reason why it is relatively dry and sunny. scattered showers across the far north of scotland and ireland from the word go. we can see showers moving into the south—west, and sunshine in the south—east will turn
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increasingly hazy. longer spells of rain and organised bands, and the odd rumble of thunder occasionally as well. a better day in the north of england compared to yesterday, showers going into northern ireland and scotland. if you are caught in some of those, some are quite heavy, temperatures will struggle, 1a—16. highest values of 19 or 20 in the south—east corner. sunday night, the showers will start to push their way north and east, butjust what happens into the south—east corner, this next frontal system moving and will bring heavy rain into the south—east for the early morning rush—hour first south—east for the early morning rush—hourfirst thing south—east for the early morning rush—hour first thing on monday morning. that‘s not what we want to hear. some of the rain will be heavy and it will be quite persistent. it is going to continue to track its way steadily westwards. these frontal systems will be with us for the next couple of days so on monday we will see a spell of wet weather, moving its way across eastern
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england into the midlands. we have got the potential for 20—60 millimetres of rain, that is about a month‘s were, in the next couple of days, through parts of lincolnshire, east anglia, and driving its way westwards into the midlands as well. that could cause an issue with localised flooding and the potential for a lot of surface water and spray on the roads. the rain will gradually drift westwards as we go through the day on monday. for much of england and were a miserable day. further north and west, some drier, sunnier moments, and may be some warmth as well. 18 or 19 degrees possible in sheltered southern scotland. the wind moves around to more of a north—easterly, so adding insult to injury, on top of more heavy and persistent rain it will continue to feed in from the near continent, and feel disappointingly cold for the middle ofjune. 1a degrees under the cloud and rain, the best of the dry and bright weather further north—west. but that rain is heading up to scotland and northern ireland later in the week.
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just looking at that forecast. the middle ofjune. we have had a weird year so far of weather. it was dry and hot in april, very little rain in may. what you think is going on? now you are saying a month‘s worth of rain falling in some areas and potentially two days. weather tends to balance itself out a little bit, doesn‘t it? it has been incredibly dry. they know that growers and gardeners, particularly across eastern england, where we have not seen much rain at all this year are desperate, unfortunately it is coming ina desperate, unfortunately it is coming in a very short space of time. it is typical to take on particular occurrence over a couple of days to illustrate what is happening over the year. no doubt we will be taking account of all the rainfall totals we get and summarising the as we go on. so far across much of eastern england, in particular, it has been a dry start of the year. ok. thank you very much, louise. more from louise a
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little bit later. we‘ll be back with the headlines at 7:00. now it‘s time for click. electric whirring. formula e. the highest class of competition for electrically—powered racing cars. it is still very young, with its inaugural season taking place in 201a. but it‘s quickly becoming incredibly popular. this is the car the teams race in, it is the generation 2 car, completely battery—powered but still capable of achieving speeds of up to 17a mph. 0—60 in 2.8 seconds. now, we know how popular formula 1 is, but formula e is looking to overtake it in the
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world of motorsport. big names like bmw, nissan, and mahindra are involved, with races taking place all over the world from mexico, to france, to china, to germany. we are here at the xl centre which will be home to next year‘s london race. what‘s interesting is that this will be the first track in the world that runs both outside... ..and inside a building. we will have more on formula e later in the show. but first i want to tell you about someone that has been happening in baltimore in the us. because just over a month ago, on 7 may, this city of 3 million people was struck by a massive ransomware attack. almost instantly, get this, the entire city‘s municipal functions were shut down, and they have been ever since. even now, a month on, no—one seems to know what to do about it.
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dave lee has been finding out what happens when hackers take down an entire city. baltimore is a vibrant city of the us east coast. around 10 million people live here. but right now it is in the grip of a massive cyber attack. this malicious attack, this virus, forced city officials here to shut down some crucial services. well, today is the 10th day of a crippling cybersecurity attack on baltimore city. city leaders say the fbi has opened a criminal investigation. technicians are working to resolve the issue, but until then many files in the city‘s computer systems are unusable. the city‘s interim mayor, who‘s less than a month in the job, faces a crisis. our team is working very hard. i can‘t give you a timeframe, because you know, when the virus hit, we had to find out where it is throughout the whole system.
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the hackers are demanding $100,000 worth of bitcoin to set the city‘s computers free. they were early reports that hackers may have used a flaw not discovered in china or russia, but perhaps here, just 20 miles away from baltimore. the new york times reported that the hack may have used an exploit known as eternal blue, developed by america‘s own national security agency, the nsa. the nsa however denies its exploit was used, and even if it was, its advisers argue that baltimore should have protected itself, as a security patch for the vulnerability has been available for more than two years. so focusing on a single exploit, especially one that has a solution through a patch that was issued years ago, is really shortsighted. vulnerabilities will continue to be found, doing the basics is required for responsible network administration. regardless of how exactly
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the hackers breached baltimore‘s open defences, security experts say it speaks to a bigger problem. unfortunately, baltimore city‘s it operations are not in great shape. the city is underfunded for its it department. it‘s a man—made disaster. and it‘s a disaster that‘s the result of negligence and of putting things off until tomorrow. so i‘m on my way now to city hall, to meet with the woman tasked with leading baltimore‘s recovery from this attack. now, there‘s talk that they will apply for federal emergency funds, that is the same thing as if there was a big flood or some other natural disaster. baltimore, like many governments, faced challenges in terms of resources and systems being antiquated, that may make them vulnerable to these types of attacks.
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what our city has shown is that our employees are willing to work really hard to find ways to keep the operations of city government moving, and to support our citizens and our employees, and that‘s what we‘re doing. the city has said it won‘t pay the ransom, but more than a month on now, recovery efforts are still ongoing. the eventual cost will run into the tens of millions of dollars, and unless millions more are spent bringing the network up to scratch, it could happen again at any time. now, formula e is notjust a competition between electric powerhouses. it is also a testbed so the teams can further develop the tech in these racers. the idea is that this tech then filters down into everyday electric road cars, in the same way that other motorsports have influenced petrol and diesel vehicles. but one of the main features
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of formula e is that all teams have to drive this car, they are not allowed to change anything about it. except for one thing. so what is that? kate russell went for a spin in berlin to find out. music plays. woohoo! this year‘s formula e season has been a beauty pageant for the latest in electric car tech. as second—generation racecars eat up the tarmac with more power than ever before. i was one of a handful ofjournalists who got to drive a generation 2 car for the first time on a track, following the berlin e—prix.
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with 25% more torque and 25% more power than the gen 1 cars, gen 2 goes 0—60 in a blistering 2.8 seconds. the powertrain is what converts the electricity from the battery into power to drive the wheels. and what they learn on track goes directly into the production vehicles. the teams all have the same core hardware, so eking out a winning performance is about tuning the powertrain. the teams all have the same core hardware, so eking out a winning
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performance is about tuning the powertrain. there is also more race strategy this season, as battery range has almost doubled — meaning no need for a pitstop, as long as you can manage your power regen over the a5 minute race. coasting, that is something we do during the race. we have to use our energy most efficiently, and then and in a move to make the sport more exciting, the fia has added an engine boost feature reminiscent of triggering power—ups in a video game. basically you have to go off the ideal line to trigger this attack mode, where you have more power, 25kw additional power, during eight minutes. and if somebody is right behind you, it means they will likely overtake you. then you will have to overtake him again using more power. so it‘s like playing chase while driving.
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with the combined look and sound, it does feel a little like driving into the future. wow. and new to formula e this year is the market leader for electric consumer cars. we were able to use a lot of our knowledge in the production side to come racing. of course racing will help us develop future technologies, but we really wanted to demonstrate what was capable today. has someone gone in the wall and the exit... this season jaguar launched the i—pace e—trophy, racing on the same city circuits, and well, it would be rude not to,
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really, wouldn‘t it? this i—pace may have been stripped down for racing but it‘s the same basic car you can drive out of a showroom. the road car is focused on comfort and driver ability to use it every day, whereas this is a pure race car. and lessons learned on race day are vital for future innovation. which is why so many carmakers want in. what we hope is that season one, we focus on development of the race car, and then season two, three, beyond, we can bring what we learn from the race, or the race track, back into the road car. the same engineers who developed the i3 and i8 powertrains have developed our motor on the formula e car, so it is really directly related. like their formula e siblings, these cars are quick and quiet. you said there is no frills, you can hear the noise of the track going under the car. you are able to hear a lot more of what the tyres are doing and almost what the brakes are doing as well, so it adds an extra dimension to it.
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and after spending a day on the track here in berlin, i am going to look at electric road cars with a lot more respect in future. that is it for the short cut of click at the moment. the full version is on iplayer. if you need us through the week we will be there on instagram, youtube, facebook, and would we live at @bbcclick. thanks for watching. 00:59:31,528 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 and we‘ll see you soon.
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