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this is bbc news. the headlines at 11 p:m.... borisjohnson and jeremy hunt take part in the first of 16 hustings in front of the conservative party members where they set out their plans for brexit. so just be clear you are not going to make any comment at all on what happened last night. to make any comment at all on what happened last nightlj to make any comment at all on what happened last night. i think that pretty obvious. mrjohnson avoided answering questions about why the police were called to the flat he shares with his partner on thursday night. president trump has tweeted that the us will hit iran with what he called "major additional sanctions" on monday to stop tehran from developing nuclear weapons. police have arrested a 25 year old woman on suspicion of two assaults and endangering an aircraft after a plane was escorted into sta nstead airport.
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the government announces a new permament memorial to mark the first national windrush day — which honors the british caribbean community. andy murray is through to the doubles final at queen's, in his first tournament since hip surgery injanuary. and at 11:30, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers nigel nelson and jo phillips — stay with us for that. good evening. borisjohnson and jeremy hunt have been making their pitch to conservative party members in the first of sixteen hustings to choose the next conservative leader and ultimately prime minsiter. at the event in birmingham,
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mrjohnson avoided answering questions about why the police were called to the flat he shares with his partner on thursday night. here's our chief political correspondent, vicki young. have you ruined your chances of becoming prime minister, mrjohnson? mrjohnson, why were police outside your house last night? he's been accused of hiding from scrutiny. avoiding detailed answers about his policies on brexit and tax. today the questions were more personal. as borisjohnson faced hundreds of conservative party members and was asked why police had been called to his flat in the early hours of friday morning. i don't think they want to hear about that kind of thing. unless i'm wrong. police were called to the flat mrjohnson shares with his girlfriend carrie symonds after neighbours reported hearing an angry row and were concerned about her welfare. a neighbour passed on a recording to the guardian newspaper.
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it's reported a woman can be heard screaming and saying, get off! and, get out of my flat! the metropolitan police told the bbc there was no cause for police action. so what about questions of character? would mrjohnson answer that? does a person's private life... don't boo. no, no, don't boo the great man. when he answers this question i will move on. does a person's private life have any bearing on their ability to discharge the office of prime minister? well, look, i've tried to give my answer pretty exhaustively. on brexit he said he was determined to take the uk out of the eu by october the 31st. what i said was that leaving in october the 31st was, my words were eminently feasible, which was taken to mean i wasn't ioo% determined to do it. eminently feasible means it is not only that we are going to do it, that it is possible.
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borisjohnson is already boris johnson is already the favourite in this race, and leadership contests are an predictable, he could face more uncomfortable questions as he has today. some people think that he is a risky choice but given the dire state of the political party they mightjust think he is a risk worth taking. up next foreign secretary jeremy hunt. he campaigned to remain during the referendum. now he wants to lead a pro—brexit party, so could he be trusted to deliver? if we got to the 31st of october and the eu have not shown any willingness to negotiate a better deal, that can get through the house of commons, that is not going to trap us in the customs union, then myjudgment is that weighing those difficult options up, the political risk of no brexit is far worse than the economic risk of no deal. and what about his character?
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did he have the charisma and steel to be prime minister? some people would say he is too nice. i think it is possible to be very polite and very tough. and i think my track record shows, you know, some very difficult industrial disputes that i had at the department of health. the advantage of the politeness is that people will talk to you, but by golly, i hope they don't underestimate you, because i'm going to get that deal. went to make that i thought he was fantastic, at the rain came alive and when boris spoke he was absolutely brilliant. jeremy surprised me, and he came over it much more sooner surprised me, and he came over it much more sooner than i thought he would. and food for thought. what you think about questions about boris johnson's you think about questions about borisjohnson's personal you think about questions about boris johnson's personal life?m was inevitable given that they would be asked and probably inevitable that he would choose not to answer.
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there will be 15 or more of these hustings before conservative members choose our next prime minister. plenty of time for more questions. earlier our political correspondent jonathan blake gave his analysis of the hustings. i think what we saw was a typically borisjohnson i think what we saw was a typically boris johnson performance and typicallyjeremy hunt performance so each really performing true to type. borisjohnson ripping each really performing true to type. boris johnson ripping a each really performing true to type. borisjohnson ripping a —— working a room and getting a big rhetoric but working specifics and jeremy hunt coming across as a more serious candidate and bring everything that a relatively straight back and doing what he does best. supporters of each lap he had been thinking that their man was the right one for the job and for those still trying to make up their minds who to vote for, there was not as i say anything hugely new in there. in terms of policy we heard more from boris
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johnson that we have done previously on tax and trying to raise or lower income tax rates which was described as middle to high earners and jeremy hunt talked about his plans for literacy. he seemed to have a anecdote for every answer and it is for training a softer side to the home secretary, who is sometimes managerial and perhaps a bit too nice to be a negotiator. as ian dale said, you seem to have been all over the place because he kept bringing up the place because he kept bringing up his visits and people he met but if he is not careful it might grate at that after a while and boris johnson both on the question of the issue that has been an that has dominated night and over today, the flat the police were called to an swerving that entirely and refusing to a nswer swerving that entirely and refusing to answer questions on it which went
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down well in the room and if that is how most conservative party members are thinking, i think he will not necessarily have to much trouble with it from here on but this was the first of 16 of these events and we will hear and see a lot more of the cnn as the campaign goes on and they may need to go further with their answers and give more detail and specifics about proposed plans and specifics about proposed plans and policies as time goes on. the first of 16 hustings and talk us through the timetable. these events will run between now and the penultimate week injuly. they will have their ballot sent out by post in the first weekend ofjuly and they will be free to fill those out and return them at any point over the next couple of weeks. there are as they say 15 more of these events which will be streamed online for party members and anyone else he chooses to watch them and it will be the week of the 22nd ofjuly that the week of the 22nd ofjuly that the winner will be announced. there has been a little bit of a question
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of the first proposed debate between the two candidates... jeremy hunt has questioned the timing of that. because it is a couple days after party members will receive their ballots in the post so he clearly feels that it should be before that so that people do not have the opportunity to vote before seeing and hearing both candidates going head—to—head. and hearing both candidates going head-to-head. and i suppose although it is conservative party member is choosing the next party leader, they will of course become prime minister which is why it is so important for the testings to be broadcast in this way. yes and there is a huge amount of scrutiny on this process because although as you say, the contest is to be conservative leader and whoever wins will become our next prime minister. because it is a leadership election that is happening outside of a general election, it is a process which is a holy can to the conservative party itself. but that said with the tv
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debates and with these televised hustings as well, there will be a huge public interest of course in the process and i am sure candidates will be keen to get their ideas and opinions across to the conservative party membership and those who will vote for them and also more broadly to appeal to the public and electorate at large say they feel they have a mandate for the job of prime minister and not just conservative party readers. jonathan blake there. president trump says his administration plans to impose additional sanctions on iran, to try to prevent the country acquiring nuclear weapons. the foreign office here says one of its ministers will meet senior officials in tehran tomorrow, for talks aimed at easing tensions between iran and the united states. our north america correspondent chris buckler is in washington. he seems to be favouring diplomacy despite the fact that many of his senior advisers in the white house
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had been calling for military action after a drone in the gulf by the iranian forces and some feel that next messages have been sent to tehran when a clear message was needed. a threatening of dark consequences if there were further attacks. for the moment, donald trump is choosing sanctions as his weapon, not force. but the us military remains primed and ready in the gulf, and while the president abandoned strikes on iranian targets on thursday, the countries still appear to be on a collision course, unless something changes. if the leadership of iran behaves badly, then it's going to be a very, very bad day for them. but hopefully, they are smart and hopefully they really care for their people, not themselves. and hopefully, we can get iran back onto an economic track that's fantastic.
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washington is putting further sanctions in place in an attempt to prevent iran developing nuclear weapons. tehran has already warned it is about to breach limits on the amount of enriched uranium it can stockpile, putting the future of the iran nuclear deal in doubt. by threatening the accord, they are trying to get america's allies to put pressure on president trump to relax the sanctions that are causing real pain for people in iran. translation: the economic situation is changing every day. sanctions and welfare are getting worse. this is because the two governments, iran and the us, are escalating tensions. after attacks on tankers and the downing of an american drone, the strait of hormuz is not only one of the world's most important trading routes, it is the centre of international tensions. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. amnesty international campaigners havejoined richard ratcliffe — outside the iranian embassy in london — to show solidarity with him —
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as his hunger strike over his detained wife's plight enters its eighth day. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is also on hunger strike in iran. she was jailed for 5 years in 2016 — after being convicted of spying, which she denies. richard ratcliffe spoke to us earlier. certainly increased tensions are never good for us, certainly we watch the news closely and we would be worried if things get too far, so i'm glad the minister will be trying to lobby both for the de—escalation of tensions and a chance for him to talk about nazanin's case. in terms of her condition she is still where she was. she is in the general ward with other women. some of the women are checking she is ok and certainly the clinic is starting to worry and keep checking on her. she was off to see the head of the prison clinic and they keep wanting to put her on a drip which she has refused to do. we are waiting to see what the response is from the iranian authorities. there has not been one today.
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day eight is getting tough. i am sitting down, i am getting tired and slower in thinking. i am not hungry oddly, but it is a gradual deterioration of being able to operate, but so far i am able to keep strong. police have arrested a 25—year—old woman on suspicion of two assaults and endangering an aircraft, after a plane was escorted into sta nsted airport. airline jet—2 confirmed its flight from london to dalaman in turkey was forced to return to the airport due to an "extremely disruptive passenger". earlier our correspondent simonjones told us reports relating to the incident began around 6:30 this evening. people reported hearing a loud bang or explosion in the area around the airport and it was actually heard and much of essex and as far away as canned and many people were racing out of their house because it was a
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loud noise and some people at sta nsted loud noise and some people at stansted airport loud noise and some people at sta nsted airport came loud noise and some people at stansted airport came out of the building and were worried that maybe a aircraft came down and people were asking what exactly happened and it turns out to raf fighter jets asking what exactly happened and it turns out to raf fighterjets were scrambled to escort an aircraft back into sta nsted airport scrambled to escort an aircraft back into stansted airport after a passenger on board a commercial flight passenger on board a commercial flight became disruptive. know what was that big bang, it was a sonic then which happens when one of the raf fighter aircraft went faster than the speed of sound. and it causes a sonic wave a bit like a large thunderclap and that is what caused the noise. that commercial aircraft was safely escorted back down into stansted and we were told to 25—year—old woman has been arrested on suspicion of two assault and endangering a aircraft and she remains in custody this evening and that large noise was not an explosion but something called a sonic boom.
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the headlines on bbc news... boris johnson and jeremy hunt take part in the first of sixteen hustings in front of the conservative party members who will choose which of them becomes the next prime minister. president trump has said he'll impose further sanctions on iran to try to stop tehran from developing nuclear weapons. police have arrested a 25—year—old woman on suspicion of two assaults and endangering an aircraft, after a plane was escorted by two typhoons into stansted airport. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's chetan pathak. good evening... afghanistan were so close to causing the biggest shock in the history of the cricket world cup, but in the end, india dug deep to grind out an 11—run win in southampton. afg ha nista n resticted india's batsman to 224—8, but they also struggled to get runs. mohammad nabi thought he'd kept them
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in with a chance until the very final over when mohammed shami's heroic—hatrick wrapped up the game. the result means india have lea pfrogged england into 3rd in the standings. sunday's other match was no less dramatic... as carlos brathwaite took west indies to within five runs of an astonishing win over new zealand at old trafford — but he was caught, on 101, as he went for a six that would have won the match. they were chasing 292 for victory after kane williamson hit a century for new zeland earlier. west indies are all but out of the world cup, with new zealand topping the table and now set for a semifinal place. norway are through to the quarter finals of the women's world cup after beating australia on penalties. they took the lead just after the half hour mark when isabell herlovsen picked her spot and finished confidently. but into the last ten minutes australia found the equaliser when elise kellond—knight scored direct from a corner to take the game to extra time. no more goals followed so penalites were needed,
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norway were the better side at those winning the shoot out 4—1. meanwhile two time winners germany are also through after beating nigeria 2—0 alexandra popp opening the scoring... and moments after the restart... the video assistant referee was involved once again.. nigeria will feel aggrieved to see the penalty given. sara dabritz converted the penalty, making it two before the break. and in the 82nd minute, lea schuller scored the final goal. germany head into the quarter finals where they'll play either sweden or canada. england play cameroon tomorrow afternoon in valenciennes in their last 16 match. they're the favourites to go through and would face norway in the quarterfinals. from me taking the job we put a lot of pressure on ourselves so we did that because when we get two moments like this we practised for 16 months and of going out there and as the favourites, as the team that eve ryo ne favourites, as the team that everyone wants to beat and being
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able to perform under that pressure soi able to perform under that pressure so i think our players thrive under that now and because we have been practising it now for forever since i've got thejob. world number 38 gilles simon is into the final of queen's tomorrow after beating daniil medvedev. it was another gruelling three—setter for the frenchman — he's gone the distance in all four of his matches this week. but he eventually got the better of medvedev after ‘over two and a half‘ hours on court. thought the shot. and he'll face feliciano lopez in that final after he beat the 18 year old canadian felix auger alia—seem in straight sets. and lopez was working hard today as he went straight back out on court to finish his doubles quarterfinal with his partner andy murray — which they won. they then played the semi final — againstjohn peers and henri kontinen which they won in a champions tie break in the final set. so three games back to back for lopez and two for murray as his return to full strength after his hip surgery continues. they'll play britain'sjoe salisbury and american rajeev ram
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in tomorrow's final. mercedes' dominance of the formula one season looks set to continue into its 8th race — the french grand prix, lewis hamilton took pole position. the championship leader was 0.286 seconds quicker than his teammate valterri bottas. behind them, ferrari's charles leclerc was third while team—mate sebastian vettel could only manage seventh. that's all the sport for now. ben te'o. —— back to you. business leaders are calling on the next prime minister to publicly commit to delivering the hs2 high speed rail project. more than 20 groups, including the cbi, federation of small businesses, and the chambers of commerce, say the scheme providing faster links between london and the midlands and then eventually to northern england is a "once—in—a—generation opportunity" to rebalance the economy. manchester airport has said an it failure prevented many passengers
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from checking in at all three of its terminals for several hours today. long queues built up, with some passengers describing chaotic scenes. the airport says the problems have now been fixed. police in hong kong have described the behaviour of protesters who besieged their headquarters throughout yesterday as illegal and irrational — and say they'll pursue those who organised it. thousands of people joined in the demonstration. it's the latest in a series of protests demanding a controversial extradition bill be scrapped. there's growing evidence that an increasing number of businesses and organisations are paying out millions to hackers in secret — against the advice of law enforcement agencies. so—called ‘ransomware' attacks — although in decline overall — appear to be becoming more targeted with the computer systems of governments, institutions and multi—national corporations being hijacked until a fee is paid. cyber—security reporterjoe tidy has been to visit one norwegian company
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still recovering after thousands of their computers were taken offline by hackers. nestled away in the norwegian forest, this aluminium plant had no idea that it was being targeted by hackers but when it was hit which is one of 170 sites brought to a standstill by a catastrophic cyber attacks. computer systems went down everywhere, 35,000 attacks. computer systems went down everywhere, 35, 000 employees attacks. computer systems went down everywhere, 35,000 employees forced to use pen and paper. five weeks on and they are still recovering. this is another one of our computers that went down. and that was all gone. all gone. he managed to keep the plane going manually and relied on skills by tired workers and paperwork. at the headquarters they are still rebuilding their systems.
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later that they have to shut down the entire network for the 23,000 pcs and they are still recovering and we do not trust anything. the ransom note that appeared, for a large fee they would restore the files but hydro never tried to negotiate and refuse to cave into the cyber criminals. i think in general it is a bad idea to pay, it feels in industry and it is probably financing all sorts of crimes. there are plenty of companies that are paying and keeping it secret. to understand that the scale we need to go to the us where ransomware parent to make payments are an open secret. this crippled divvy up 80% of that coin. it is a company that helps navigate the world of cyber extortion. we have half a dozen to a
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dozen cases. big companies? some of them yeah, public companies and name brands. industry analysis as overall ra nsomwa re brands. industry analysis as overall ransomware attack brands. industry analysis as overall ra nsomwa re attack numbers brands. industry analysis as overall ransomware attack numbers are in decline but hackers are increasingly going after baker targeting demanding more money. we recognise that when a company needs to pay and it isa that when a company needs to pay and it is a large number than that needs to happen and that can be seven figures. heidi feel when you to happen and that can be seven figures. heidi feelwhen you pay seven figures? not good. it is not a good outcome and everyone recognises that. you are dealing with life and death of the company. there is no doubt it is a major dilemma and something authorities are trying to ta ke something authorities are trying to take control of without legislation. the ransom actually makes the criminals and encourage them to commit further crimes and the whole idea that if you pay and are feeling organised crime on a global basis. but looking at the damage here, it is obvious why the easy way out is
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attractive. the repair bill currently stands at over £40 million. events have taken place across britain to mark ‘national windrush day'. it's the first time the uk has formally celebrated the contribution of people from the caribbean in the aftermath of the second world war and that of their descendants. the government has also announced a permanent monument at london's waterloo station. it's more than 70 years since the first of the so—called windrush generation arrived by ship — to help rebuild post—war britain. our community affairs correspondent, adina campbell, reports. five, six, seven, eight. one last practice for these schoolchildren in north london. for weeks they have been preparing performances for a special audience. some of the residents in this care home belong to the windrush generation and have been sharing their stories with their younger guests. hi, my name is kayla. where do you come from?
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i'm fromjamaica. do you remember the year you came? yeah, 1959. what was your first day like in the uk? it was all right. when i came, i settled down. the empire windrush brings 500 jamaicans. the empire windrush docked at tilbury port in essex back in 19118. hundreds of passengers from the caribbean who were invited over after the second world war left their families are to start a new life in the uk. taking upjobs in the nhs, armed forces and other public services. some of these experiences are reflected in the group performances at the care home. half a million pounds of government funding has been made available for community events all over the uk, to celebrate members of the windrush generation their families. # i don't need nobody #.
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it is hoped these extraordinary stories will help us remember their valuable contribution. # all i need is you #. adina campbell, bbc news. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers — political editor at the sunday mirror and sunday people, nigel nelson and the political commentator, jo phillips. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. thank you very much and very good evening, what a nice start to the weekend for many of you, not said that for a while this month but while many had a good day three today, some were heading to the beach and dorsett and blue skies overhead to be replaced by some stormy ones and we got to the next
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couple of days but later in the week the sunshine returns and at the same time heat and humidity is set to build and at times this week it will be incredibly humid by day and night. not too humid out there tonight and into the morning and as you go into sunday, at low pressure will bring storm clouds and creeping closer towards us. high—pressure selling trade so tonight into the morning most places dry and i bet more through the highlands and isolated showers. main focus for the rain on sunday, developing to the southwest in the morning and parts of wealth in the afternoon and south and west of northern ireland. most areas will stay dry and sunshine is turning hazy into the afternoon and temperatures in the mid teens and mid—20s towards the southeast corner and already starting to feel that little bit more maggie. as there gets more humid into the evening, this time tomorrow some severe storms and northern england especially potentially to northern island and it will vary quite widely
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but we will see the worst of the storms with flash flooding and it will happen impact into monday morning's reischauer and some of the heaviest rains to begin with across the eastern half of scotland but that will ease its way north rates and in the morning cloud elsewhere, nasty and muggy start and sunshine comes through and temperatures rise and potentially more severe storms and potentially more severe storms and again it will be past the midlands with southern scotland the main focus for those but sunshine as it breaks through further south and temperatures vary widely and a cool day in scotland with an easterly breeze. entities say, southern scotla nd breeze. entities say, southern scotland pressure way northwards and gradually ease away but then we can bring more severe storms and the eastern half of england most prone. but a little further westwards. to say some stormy sharp stomach starts and then quite warm and she made so and then quite warm and she made so a bit further north as well.
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temperatures may take a dip as he go through metal parts of the week as cooler air pushes around this area high—pressure. as a high pressure moves east and later on in the weekly dragon southeasterly winds and could be record—breaking gin temperatures across the near continent for us, mid 20s mo 30 possible. —— and mid 30s possible. bye for now.
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