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this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00. the first televised debate in the race to be conservative leader and prime minister has taken place, but without boris johnson. contenders have clashed over whether parliament should be suspended to deliver brexit on time. just a second. we must ask parliament to vote. we cannot leave u nless parliament to vote. we cannot leave unless parliament votes on it. more huge protests in hong kong, with some calling on the leader to resign, despite ditching controversial plans, for extradition to mainland china. it is not just it is notjust this street that is jammed with protesters. it is the next one over and the next one beyond that. more people have been forced to leave their homes in lincolnshire after severe flooding. heavy rain with storms are forecast. tens of millions are left without power in four south american
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countries, after the failure of a hydroelectric dam. and india beat their arch—rivals, pakistan at the cricket world cup, watched by an estimated billion people. and at half past 11 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers nicola bartlett — the political correspondent for daily mirror and broadcaster john stapleton. stay with us for that. in a crucial week for the conservative leadership race, the candidates have gone head—to—head in their first televised debate. the eventual winner, to be decided next month by party members, will become prime minister. there are six candidates still in the running — all of them men — but the frontrunner, borisjohnson, refused to take part in tonight's channel a debate,
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prompting his rivals to claim he was ducking scrutiny. some of the sharpest exchanges came over brexit and whether it was right to suspend parliament in order to ensure withdrawal by the end of october. here's our political correspondent, ben wright. he turned up. so did he. i don't think there is any point to these debates without boris? very much, yes. five of the tory candidates vying to be the next prime minister. arriving for the first tv debate. but the front runner decided to skip it. they had an empty podium and the picture, but boris johnson wasn't there. he thought this crowded stage would be too blue on blue, a bust—up between politicians from the same party. which it was. and brexit dominated, of course. just a second, michael. we must allow parliament to vote. give ourselves a shot at the best... we cannot leave
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unless parliament votes for it. you would buckle. you have said you will take no deal off the table and defend legislation... i will defend our democracy. dominic raab says he is the only candidate who would be prepared to suspend parliament to leave the eu without a deal at the end of october. stop taking things off the table. make sure the only thing we are absolutely 110% committed or is keeping our promises to the voters of this country. it is the wrong thing to do, i wouldn't do it and i don't think most people in the conservative party would do it either. we are not selecting a dictator of our country, we are selecting a prime minister of one of the proudest parliamentary democracies in the world. while four of the candidates said they would try and renegotiate the brexit deal parliament has rejected by the latest october deadline, rory stewart said it was time for realism. the fundamental issue here is there is a competition of machismo. everybody is saying, i am tougher. we are not going to get
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a different dealfrom europe. you and i and jeremy and sajid have argued for that deal. 550 page document, works out in detail. you will not get any changes out of europe and your attempts to get any changes out of europe will leave you stuck for months and years to come. like dominic raab, there is another candidate in this contest who says the country must leave the eu on october the 31st, come what may. but he wasn't here. where is boris, if his team will not allow him out to debate with five friendly colleagues, how will he fare with 27 other countries? he should be here to answer that question. with boris johnson far ahead at the moment, this was a chance for rivals to prove they should be his challenger in the ballot of tory members. i can bring people together, transform public services and make our country stronger. i'm still an outsider.
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lam campaigning on telling the truth. we need to show that we don't just tolerate modern britain, we embrace it, we love it. i will deliver brexit, i will bring our country together, i will fire up our economy. i am the only candidate committed to leaving by the end of october, come what may. what was boris johnson doing to all this? enjoying a take away it seemed, perhaps in front of the telly, letting his competitors scramble to catch him. the health secretary matt hancock who dropped out of the conservative leader race at the end of last week has announced he will now endorse borisjohnson. in an article in the times newspaper tomorrow mr hancock says so, what's next in the process to find a new tory leader, and prime minister. well more ballots of mps are scheduled to take place next wednesday and thursday, to whittle down the contenders,
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to two. then the 160,000 members of the conservative party, will have their say, with the winner expected to be announced, in the week beginning the 22nd ofjuly. well, do you have any questions for the next prime minister? on tuesday, bbc one will be hosting a live election hustings, with all the candidates left standing for conservative leader, one of whom of course, will be moving to number 10. that debate will be shaped by your questions, and we're asking you to submit them in advance. email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk with your question, and do include your name and contact number if you're interested in asking it live from your local bbc studio. hundreds of thousands of protestors were back on the streets of hong kong, a day after the territory's chief executive, carrie lam, suspended controversial plans to allow extradition to the chinese mainland. many of the demonstrators want her to resign, and greater protections against beijing. rupert wingfield—hayes reports from hong kong. chanting. in the sweltering heat of a sunday afternoon,
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they came out again in their hundreds of thousands. a sea of black t—shirts, the now unofficial uniform of these protests. today they wore no facemasks or helmets and had just one chant. "withdraw the bill." these are truly remarkable scenes we're seeing here in the centre of hong kong again this afternoon. it's notjust this street that is jammed with protesters, it's the next one over and the next one beyond that. all of these people chanting, "withdraw the bill". all heading to the centre of hong kong to surround the government's offices. this is a massive display of discontent with carrie lam and her government. your message for her today is what? is to stop it. to stop hong kong people from being two groups, going out and fighting with each other.
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we are one hong kong and not two hong kongs. so she should stop what she's doing so in order not to make the people so angry and so going out and fighting with each other. yesterday carrie lam said she will suspend... not acceptable! withdraw! totally withdraw. not acceptable to hold. we need to withdraw it. this is what we want, all the people — hong kong people. tonight, under immense pressure from this huge protest, hong kong's chief executive released a grovelling apology. "i admit deficiencies in the government's work have led to substantial disputes in society", she said. "i apologise to the people of hong kong and pledged to adopt a more sincere and humble attitude." butjust as mrs lam was sending her apology, protesters were setting up a shrine to the first martyr claimed by this movement. the flowers and candles are for a man who fell to his death on saturday night after climbing a building to unfurl a protest banner.
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a sea of protesters then surrounded the government headquarters. the police were on their best behaviour, no helmets, shields or barriers in sight. but if today's protest shows anything, it's the public anger here will not be assuaged until the hated extradition bill is gone. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. the wife of the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, has appeared in court injerusalem, to admit misusing public funds. as a part of a plea deal, sara netanyahu has agreed to pay the state around 12,000 pounds, some of it in the form of a fine. electricity is slowly being restored to huge parts of south america, after a catastrophic power failure. at one stage today, tens of millions of people were without electricity, in argentina, brazil, uruguay, chile and paraguay. here's chris buckler.
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at first light, much of south america was left in darkness. a massive power outage left tens of millions of people without electricity and crippled communications in city after city. in argentina, people were preparing to go to the polls, but with trains halted by the power cuts and all the traffic lights out in the streets, several provinces took the decision to temporarily delay local elections. this was a failure on a quite remarkable scale. a 25—minute trip took me almost an hour and a half to be completed, and during the journey i saw three collisions. the collapse of argentina's national grid caused a blackout that stretched notjust across this country, but throughout uruguay, and even into some parts of brazil and paraguay. businesses were left
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scrambling to fire up generators in an effort to save their stock. translation: we don't know much. what i read was on facebook, where it said that the problem came from argentina, but the truth is we really don't know a lot. energy companies have been struggling to determine the cause of these unprecedented problems. slowly throughout the day, customers have been reconnected, but by early evening that's still left half of argentina without electricity and preparing for what could be a long, dark night. chris buckler, bbc news. two teenagers have been charged with the murder of an 18—year—old man, who was stabbed in wandsworth in south london on friday. police say mohammed nadir dafallah who's 18, along with a 17—year—old boy, will appear at wimbledon magistrates' court tomorrow. the restaurant chain wahaca, has changed its policy on walk outs, after a waiter was told to foot part of his customer's bill when they left without paying. a furious diner took to social media
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to highlight the issue. in response, the company confirmed that waiters would no longer have to pay any element of the bill when this happens. hundreds of people in a town in lincolnshire, who've left their homes because of flooding, have been told they won't be able to return until wednesday at the earliest. with more heavy rain forecast in the coming days, there are fears the river steeping, in wainfleet will burst its banks again, after overflowing last week. luxmy gopal reports. after four days of flooding, the town of wainfleet is still at the mercy of its river's flood defences. hundreds of people have had to leave their homes. both myself and my neighbours both stood here and watched it slowly creep up and as we watched it, the police arrived and said, you need to get things together and consider evacuation. many businesses are at a standstill. i've got a lot of tyres upstairs. most of them are all right, it's all the stuff that's
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downstairs that's waterlogged. the hardest bit is because it's an online business, people are still buying them but i can't get down to get them out. more than 500 workers from in and around lincolnshire are helping with the flood rescue operation. emergency teams will be stationed here all through next week. volunteers have travelled in from miles around to give out sandbags and suppliers. raf chinooks have been dropping bags of sand and gravel to shore up the river's flood defences. it's done the job and they have held up for now but there's a risk of more flooding to come. these houses are among the 600 properties that have been evacuated. with weather warnings being issued and heavy rain forecast over the next few days, residents have been told not to return home until wednesday at the earliest. this pumping station is vital to turn away floodwaters and was itself flooded.
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sandbags were rushed here by martin and his friends. they've distributed 13,000 of them over the last few days. we're just doing the we can as a community to help people and save people's lives and homes, and that's all we can do, really. high volume pumps have been brought in by the environment agency, who are continuing to monitor the river levels overnight. all that the people of wainfleet can do is watch and wait and hope they defences hold out. luxmy gopal bbc news, wainfleet. the headlines on bbc news: the first televised debate in the race to be conservative leader and prime minister has taken place, but without boris johnson. contenders have clashed over how to deliver brexit. hong kong's leader apologises as hundreds of thousands stage another protest against plans for an extradition law, which has now been suspended. hundreds of people in lincolnshire still can't go back to their homes because of flooding — descibed by the environment agency as "unprecedented".
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sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. here's gavin. it was one of the most keenly anticipated encounters at the cricket world cup, if not in sport! but in the end, it was a comfortable victory for india, beating their fierce rivals by 89 runs in manchester — watched by more than a billion people worldwide. this is how it finished at old trafford: india set pakistan target of 337 for victory. play was suspended due to rain with pakistan 166 for 6 after 35 overs. pakistan were set a new target of 302 off a0 overs. india comfortably winning by 89 runs via the duckworth lewis method largely due to 140 from rohit sharma and virat kohli's 77. let's take a look at the table then. india move up to third above england. pakistan in big trouble — above only afghanistan now.
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tomorrow west indies face bangladesh in a critical game for both sides. the final round of the us open golf is underway at pebble beach in california, with england'sjustin rose very much in contention. the american gary woodland still leads the way on 13 under. rose slipped back to parfor the day, after a birdie on the first, but bogeyed the next. brookes koepka is the man to watch, with three birdies so far. —— four birdies. rory mcilroy has dropped back, now on “11. the chelsea manager maurizio sarri has left the club tojoinjuventus on a three year deal. he only had one season at stamford bridge but led them to third in the premier league and they also won the europa league. he has signed a three year deal at the italian champions. frank lampard, the clubs record goalscorer and current derby boss is favourite to replace him.
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the usa have booked their place in the last 16 of the women's world cup after a 3—0 win over chile in paris today. craig templeton reports. what do you do after you've scored 13 goals? make changes for start. one of those changes was carli lloyd, the only woman to score three annabel cup final, it didn't take long for her best opportunity. all class players where they need more than one chance. that is now a record sixth consecutive world cup goal. it was about to get worse for chile. and no, this isn't a repo, this time it was lloyd left with the freedom of paris. two for her, three for the usa. the americans continued to press. when it looked like it was about to before, the keeper was there again. the best was yet to
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come. an outstanding performance. lloyd had a hat—trick chance from the spot but proved she is human after all. the last 16 beckons for the usa but they will be looking even further. sweden are also through after their 5—1 win against thailand in nice. fridolina rolfo with the pick of the goals. sweden face the usa next in the final round of group f fixtures to decide who tops the group. hosts france are back in action tomorrow against nigeria. british heavyweight tyson fury says he wants a rematch with the wbc champion deontay wilder after an impressive win in las vegas against the german tom schwarz. fury put on a show for the american public, as he maintained his unbeaten record. that sucker carried away. i don't walk in tonight, i put on a good show. i'm not going to look into it too much, don't pack back in time,
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look forward, —— let's not get carried away. i did that with the full outfit. living in america, it was proper american experience, i loved every minute of it. fernando alonso has claimed back—to—back wins at the le mans 24—hour race. alonso shared the car with fellow former formula one drivers sebastien buemi and kazuki nakajima. the toyota crew, who took the lead with an hour to go, were also crowned the world endurance champions. the race was watched by over 250,000 spectators. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website, including live commentary from the us open. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. go woodland is leading right now, brooks koepka close behind, justin rose on ten under. catch that all on
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oui’ rose on ten under. catch that all on our website. passengers on—board one plane are guaranteed the kind of in—flight entertainment most of us would want to avoid, stalling in the air and spiralling towards the ground. what sounds like a white—knuckle ride is in fact an airborne lab designed to give aeronautical students a taste of what it is like when things go wrong. the aim, to help them design planes that are safe in the sky. here's our science correspondent, richard westcott. it's an extraordinary lesson. in an extraordinary classroom. with very different teachers. should you feel unwell, backs are provided in the seat pocket in front of you. the point of having a flying classroom is at the students can experience first—hand some of the strange things that aircraft can do. and now we are about to experience some of those strange things. it starts gently enough, the downward spiral that doubles your body weight. then
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the pilot starts doing this. three, two, one, go. three, two, one, go. if you want to design a safe and co mforta ble if you want to design a safe and comfortable aircraft, you need to feel how it's going to react when things go wrong. this plane is full of sensors that give real—time data to the engineers on board. in fact, many of today's passengers are university lecturers who want their stu d e nts to university lecturers who want their students to experience the ride. we've got a flight simulator but that's just on the ground. they do theory, they do laboratory sessions, this is the real thing. we do a lot of the theory and i teach dynamics and control of aircraft and we can do that on scale models and wind tunnels but what a calculation might say is ok, is not ok for a person
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actually in that vehicle. we just darted to relax when they went for the big one. point the nose up until the big one. point the nose up until the plane nearly falls from the sky. —— started to relax or stop then the safety system kicks in. and we start floating. some loved it, some didn't. in the new digital control tower, the aerospace expert told me the industry is worth 35 billion to the industry is worth 35 billion to the uk economy. and the plane is critical for the next generation of engineers. it takes them into flight test regimes that you would never get that normal experience of. and then they see weight really matters. and there's nothing like the physical experience to make you realise why something really matters. they now want to raise money to buy a new airborne
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classroom. tomorrows plan designers can have a lesson they will never forget. i've tightened my seatbelt, i thought i was well strapped in and that i thought my head was going to hit the ceiling it was so extreme. so it really is a fantastic experience for students. you just don't get this in a simulator or any other way. how do you think students would react to that? it would be the highlight of their degree course, it would be the thing that was remembered. the duke of cambridge has paid tribute to his children and his father on social media today. it is being father's day. on the palace's social media account he shared pictures of him playing with his son louis, on a swing, and another of himself in his raf uniform walking on the runway with his own father — the prince of wales. the pictures were shared with the simple message: happy father's day. the duke and duchess of sussex also shared a picture of their six week old son, archie mountbatten windsor
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with a message, "wishing a very special first father's day to the duke of sussex". and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers. that is coming up after the headlines. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. with all the heavy rain we had last week, the water has been coming off the hills and down into our river catchments. the river seven looked like this over the weekend with some local flooding and there's still a number of flood warnings here across structures in the midlands and still some out and they can share as well. we have had low pressure over or close to the uk every day of this month so far, today no exception. it is just to the west of ireland. continuing to throw rain and showers across many areas was not if you're heading outside over the next few hours, you could get a downpour in northern ireland but the latest
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weather oakley in northern scotland. take your wet weather gear here. south—westerly winds will continue to work and so it is however a mild start to the day. you won't need to many layers, just take some wet weather gear. we have a weather front extending across wales and parts of north—west england, that is going to be slow—moving so if you find yourself underneath this narrow band of rain, it could be with you for the length of time. the far north of england, northern ireland and scotland, a mixture of right spells and heavy, thundery afternoon showers. across of much of south and east midlands, largely dry. some bright sunny spells at times in the june sunshine, whatever that comes out, it will feel the warmth of the good news is this area of the pressure is going to start to lose some of its influence, the bad news is we've got another area of low pressure moving up from ourselves. more rain is on the way. for tuesday, the register weather to start off with will be a crust with —— western scotland with the rain pushing eastland with time. further
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samples, drive retirement turning rather cloudy and humid across southern parts of england and wales was up southern parts of england and wales was up we southern parts of england and wales was up we may start to see some showers broke out later in the day. the met office have issued a warning for some thundery rain to move up from the south. the rain that we get is going to vary from place to place. but however —— however with the ground saturated after last week's rain, because his surface water flooding building up week's rain, because his surface waterflooding building up quickly over get the heaviest of those thunderstorms coming through. and there is a lot of uncertainty about how far east or west the storms will be, it does look like it's mostly england that is at risk, perhaps damp weather across eastern wales, there will be some dump was getting into western scotland and northern ireland but the weather has not and as wet here so hopefully the rain won't have significant impact. that is your weather.
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hello. this is bbc news with martine croxall. we are on air. that red light, that lets you know. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment — first the headlines. the first televised debate in the race to be conservative leader and prime minister has taken place but without boris johnson. contenders have clashed over how to deliver brexit. hundreds of thousands have taken
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part in a mass protest in hong kong against a controversial extradition bill. hundreds of people in lincolnshire still can't go back to their homes because of flooding described by the environment agency as "unprecedented". tens of millions of people were left without power in four south american countries, after the failure, of a hydroelectric dam. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has formally named a new area in the golan heights after president donald trump, hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster john stapleton and nicola bartlett — the political correspondent for daily mirror.
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many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the times leads on the conservative leadership race, reporting that former contender, the health secretary matt hancock, has announced he is backing borisjohnson to be the next prime minister. this evening's tv debate leads many of the other papers — including the metro which reports an empty podium was left for borisjohnson who did not attend. the daily mirror calls the uxbridge mp a ‘chicken' for his no—show — with his rivals condemning his decision. and that story also makes the front of the guardian — with the contenders using the debate to set out their vision for the future of the uk. india's win over pakistan in the cricket world cup makes the front of the financial times — millions worldwide watched the match — making it one of the most viewed events in world sport. the i leads with theresa may's plan for a 27 million pound boost to education spending. the daily mail say nine in ten cannabis users and growers in some areas of england are being let off without a criminal charge, according to an investigation by the paper.
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and the telegraph, like many of the other papers includes the picture released on father's day of the duke and duchess of sussex's son archie, as prince harry celebrates being a dad. so, the conservative leadership contest makes most of tomorrow's front pages. it isa it is a £27 billion push on spend and, sorry, not million. can ijust ask you to sit forward a little bit john. your light is a little off. you were in the dark. that is no good at all. the times. that's where we will start. leaders clash over a nodal brexit. suggestion still being made by dominic sajid —— raab is that he may not let parliament said. still determined to make plain that he wants this over
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