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this is bbc news. i'm geeta guru—murthy. the headlines at ten. president trump wraps up the 620 summit in osaka with news that trade talks between the us and china will resume. we agreed that i would not be putting tariffs on the $325 billion that i would have the ability to put on if i wanted. meanwhile, at her last g20 summit as prime minister, theresa may says she hopes her successor is able to secure a good brexit deal. i believe they want us to deliver not just what that means in terms of leaving the eu, but the brighter future that we believe the uk can have outside of the european union. that's what i was working on, it is what my successor will work on. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british motherjailed in tehran,
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has ended her hunger strike after 15 days — her husband has also ended his own hunger strike outside the iranian embassy in london. parts of the uk are set to see the hottest day of the year today, as a heatwave continues to grip europe. storming it — stormzy makes history by becoming the first black british solo artist to headline glastonbury. england will face the united states in the semifinals of the world cup. that's after the us knocked out the hosts france in paris last night. and at 10.30, the travel show visits an eco—tourism project in thailand, where travellers are helping to give something back by replanting a mangrove lake.
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good morning and welcome to bbc news. the g20 summit has ended in osaka in the past few hours, with president trump committing to resuming trade talks with china. mr trump said he wouldn't impose any further sanctions on beijing after holding talks with the chinese president, xijinping, in an attempt to deescalate the trade war between the world's two largest economies. here's how he summed up his meeting with president xi. we had a great meeting, and we will be continuing to negotiate. and i promise that for at least the time being, we're not going to be lifting tariffs on china. we won't be adding an additional tremendous amount. we have, i guess, $350 billion left which could be taxed or could be tariffed, and we're not doing that. we're going to work with china on where we left off to see if we can make a deal.
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president trump is now on his way to south korea — where he offered to meet the north korean leader kimjong—un in the korean de—militarized zone. i understand that we may be meeting with chairman kim, and we'll find out. we spoke with the people. kim jong—un was very receptive when he responded. so we will see. because tomorrow we are going to the dmz. i said, well, i'm there. i will shake his hand, we get along. there has been no nuclear tests, there has been no long—range ballistic tests. they gave us back our hostages, which was great. and a lot of good things are happening out of there. so i let him know we'll be there, and we'll see. i mean, i can't tell you exactly, but they did respond very favourably. karishma vaswani is in osaka.
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first of all on the us china trade talks, that has been absolutely critical, the tariffs have been stifling to economic growth, and the fears about what that could mean for the global economy, so it is a big deal, isn't it? it is, but it shouldn't really be seen as a major breakthrough, because on the one hand, while we are now going to see a resumption in trade talks and no further tariffs, we are actually still in a far worse position than we we re still in a far worse position than we were before the trade war began. there is still hundreds of billions of dollars worth of goods on either side that have tariffs slapped on them. companies that are operating in china selling their products to the united states while they might have some immediate short—term relief are still trying to figure out what this means if no trade deal is eventually signed. they are going to have to start making contingency plans. many of them already have, shifting their operations out of
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china to countries like vietnam. so certainly although it will be seen asa certainly although it will be seen as a positive on monday morning when markets open and there will be a sigh of relief amongst investors, in the long term and certainly for right now, the trade war is still very much on. and this rather extraordinary development on the north korean front, diplomacy again through twitter. yes, early this morning we saw this tweets coming in from president trump, even though us officials had said before the g20 summit that they would not be any chance of such an invitation being extended to the north korean leader, but lo and behold, you have this invitation via tweets, and he said that he would like to meet with the north korean leader, kimjong—un, at the demilitarised zone when he goes there on sunday. he is on his way to seoul right now, and he seemed to indicate that this is something of north korean leader would like to do as well, talking about their great
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relationship. now, we've heard from the north korean foreign ministry that says it hasn't received an official invitation or official proposal, but that it seems like an interesting suggestion. but i have to underline, if the two of them do meet, it would be the third time that the two leaders meet face—to—face, and still no progress on denuclearisation. 0k, karishma vaswani, thank you very much. also at the g20 theresa may pledged more than £11; billion to help end aids, tuberculosis and malaria epidemics around the world. the prime minister also defended the deal that has been negotiated between the uk and the eu — but said it would be up to her successor to find a way to deliver on the referendum vote. joining me now is our political correspondent, tom barton. in terms of what theresa may announced today, has significant was it? it is a lot of money, £11» billion. it is also a significant
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contribution towards the global fund, this organisation which takes money from states to fight those three big diseases. they have asked for £11 billion to top up their funding. there is a significant contribution towards that. it is going to be used to fund a medication for more than 3 million people living with hiv, treatment for 2 million people with tuberculosis, and 90 million mosquito nets over the next three yea rs. mosquito nets over the next three years. but what you have really got hit in political terms is of course a prime minister withjust hit in political terms is of course a prime minister with just a few weeks left of her premiership really thinking about leaving a legacy. she is going to hope that this will be pa rt is going to hope that this will be part of that legacy. also talking at the 620 part of that legacy. also talking at the g20 about climate change, trying to persuade other countries to adopt a net zero emissions target like the uk house. she has had some success there, although not enough to get it included in the official communique. her big legacy, though, of course,
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is going to be the b word, brexit. and her struggles with it. and of course there is a leadership election campaign going on right now, and at a press conference this morning, she was asked about that leadership campaign and about whether she accepted the argument put forward by some that conservative party members are more concerned about delivering brexit than they are about the future of the conservative party. i believe that conservative party members, as with the majority of the public in the united kingdom, want us to deliver on brexit. i believe they want us to deliver not just what that means in terms of leaving the eu, but the brighter future that we believe that the uk can have outside of the european union. that's what i was working on. it is what my successor will work on. and there are hustings again today between jeremy hunt and and there are hustings again today betweenjeremy hunt and boris johnson, which come as an interesting new poll from yougov show thatjeremy hunt is more popular with the public than boris johnson, so in an election scenario
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which is very much possible, could that sway tory voters? who knows. a fascinating poll, because it asks two questions. firstly, who would be the best prime minister, and jeremy hunt appears to have the majority among conservative voters, not conservative members, conservative voters. but when asked, who do they wa nt to voters. but when asked, who do they want to win the leadership election, borisjohnson comes want to win the leadership election, boris johnson comes out want to win the leadership election, borisjohnson comes out on top, so go figure. more hustings today, one in carlisle and one in manchester, both up in the north west of england, and i guess foreign policy was the focus yesterday. we may hear a little more about that today, a little more about climate change. borisjohnson little more about climate change. boris johnson today little more about climate change. borisjohnson today keen to talk about education. he is saying that he will spend more of the education budget on the schools in rural areas which have been underfunded historically, and that is obviously
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likely to be popular with party members. jeremy hunt is talking about a national insurance contribution holiday for employers if they take on veterans when they leave the army, so both big conservative issues, it will be interesting to see what members want ask them about at the hustings later this afternoon. tom barton, speak to you soon, thank you very much. the british—iranian woman nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who is currently serving a five—year jail sentence in iran has ended her hunger strike. she's been convicted of spying — a charge she denies. her husband richard ratcliffe, also ended his hunger strike outside the iranian embassy in london where he has been for the last 15 days. here's what he told the bbc earlier this morning. i had ihada i had a phone call this morning, and it is good news, she had decided to stop a hunger strike, so i will be stopping it, so good news. good news for yourself but particularly for her? that's quite right, it was
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getting hard for me, but i'm sure it is harder for her. she said she had had some breakfast this morning, a bit of porridge with some apple and banana, and i'm relieved, because we wouldn't have wanted to push it much longer. what has it achieved? well, i think we will only know after it is finished. what we have had is lots of media attention. we've had must be more than 100 mps who have come down to visit and show solidarity, and the media from around the world have been aware of her case. around the world have been aware of hercase. i around the world have been aware of her case. i think in iran we have come a much bigger story than we we re come a much bigger story than we were before, and there is an awareness that this needs to be solved. you have really got under the skin of the iranians, particularly the diplomats here in london. we have certainly got them cross, perhaps more than i was expecting, so in the early days they put upa expecting, so in the early days they put up a fence to block us off, and then tweeting them, they were trolling us on social media, and various articles claiming i was breaking the vienna convention. but the idea was to bring the problem to
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their doorstep, so the idea was to bring the problem to theirdoorstep, so i'm the idea was to bring the problem to their doorstep, so i'm glad that happened. and the politicians you mentioned who have visited you, quite a wide variety, including jeremy corbyn. what was your conversation with him? he stayed for about 40 minutes, brought his wife, talked about his own experience of being on protest, suggested that he would go and try and liaise with the iranian ambassador to see what could be done. that is interesting, because he of course in the past has worked for press tv, which is the propaganda arm of the iranian regime. he obviously has a potential ability to talk directly to them. do you expect that now to happen? he said he had also been to iran as pa rt of said he had also been to iran as part of the parliamentary delegation with others, so, yes, iwill part of the parliamentary delegation with others, so, yes, i will meet up with others, so, yes, i will meet up with him later next week, when i have had a meal and been to a&e and get checked. so your expectation when you follow up with him is what? i think my first expectation would
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be to go and meet with tulip who is out be to go and meet with tulip who is ourmp, and see be to go and meet with tulip who is our mp, and see with all that wealth of concern in parliament what we can do in the next few weeks. the speaker came down and said, listen, if there is anything we can do, let us if there is anything we can do, let us know. that was richard ratcliffe speaking to justin that was richard ratcliffe speaking tojustin webb early on the today programme. today parts of the uk could experience the hottestjune weather in more than 60 years. temperatures are expected to reach 34 celsius in parts of the south east. it follows extreme heat across europe, with health warnings still in place in france after record—breaking temperatures yesterday. 0ur reporter leigh milner is in camden park for us this morning. it is certainly warming up to what could possibly be the hottest day of the year. the reason why i am here is because on this day in 1957, the highest temperature in june is because on this day in 1957, the highest temperature injune was actually recorded right here in camden square. 35.6 degrees. now, that might sound hot, but spare a
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thought for people living in france at the moment. they had record temperatures of 45.9 degrees yesterday. now, the health minister has warned the public, making sure they are safe. also whether services haveissued they are safe. also whether services have issued red alerts for parts of the country. now, the reason for this heat wave, meteorologists say, is because hot air is coming across from africa over europe and it's causing havoc. we have seen the wildfires are spread over catalonia, and here in the uk we have even seen some roads actually melt. also it is important to know if you are travelling by train this weekend, make sure you look out for any cancellations or delays, because they are actually worried that the tracks will start to buckle. now, if you live in the area, he is a little fa ct you live in the area, he is a little fact for you. this play area actually used to be the old weather station, where they took the temperature back in 1957. and it will be full of children later on. hopefully the parents will follow the guidelines from the nhs and make
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sure they put plenty of this on them, and drink lots of water. absolutely, good advice. stormzy has made history as the first solo black british artist to headline glastonbury festival. as he took to the famous pyramid stage, wearing a stab vest emblazoned with a union jack, the 25—year—old also became the second youngest headliner in the event's history. stormzy used his set to highlight what he describes as inequality in the justice system and the arts. paul hawkins reports. a historic moment, and it wasn't wasted. first there was the union jacks stab proof vest, a nod to knife crime. glass to be, this is one of the most, not one of the most, the most iconic night. then they were crime statistics, plus a sample of a speech by labour mp david lammy on bias in the criminal justice system. the mp tweeted later he was humbled and inspired. labour leaderjeremy corbyn called the
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performance political and iconic, saying it won't just performance political and iconic, saying it won'tjust go down in glastonbury history, it will go down in our country's cultural history. there was also a nod to ballet shoes, which only recently were made available for all skin tones, and a guest appearance by coldplay‘s chris martin. tonight the sun are —— the killaz are headlining. let's talk to our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba, who's at glastonbury this morning. what was it like with stormzy on stage, and why is it taken so long for a first black british artist to headline? well, it is a reflection of the music industry, and people's place in it. itjust happens that there hasn't been a black british solo artist of that kind of level who has really been close enough to demand that headline slot on the pyramid stage, although some people
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might argue that the likes of dizzy rascal should have been given that role, a favourite at glastonbury who has produced some memorable performances here. but stormzy went down well and reallyjustified that pyramid stage slot last night, went down very well indeed. i am joined by two people who actuallyjoined last night, first of all, what did you make of stormzy, was it what you are expecting? it was mind blowing, to be honest. what a show, and such a good message as well. some people we re nervous about a good message as well. some people were nervous about how it would come out, but he really put on a performance, and it was amazing to watch. are you fans of grime music, or is itjust something that you thought we would go and see stormzy and see what he is like, whether hype can be up to? friends are more
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fans, so we went along with those, we are here with nine people this year, and getting everyone together, it was such a crowd, that it really went. everyone was really supportive, and you could tell how much it meant to him, and thatjust made it even bigger. this is your first glastonbury. have you tried to get here before? what is the experience like first time in? get here before? what is the experience like first time mm get here before? what is the experience like first time in? it is overwhelming, really. amazing. this year, very hot. there is so much to do, i don't think we were prepared for the scale of it. we are camped up for the scale of it. we are camped up on for the scale of it. we are camped upona for the scale of it. we are camped up on a hill, and you can see to the other side, and you canjust see it all laid out, and... you will never get round everything! there is so much to do. tom, emily, we hope you enjoy the rest of the festival, very impressed that you are up relatively early for most festival goers. we are going to be here all day at the festival here at worthy farm, we will see the likes of janet jackson,
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liam gallagher, and the killaz will be headlining on the last night. the director is just wondering whether your guests have actually even gone to bed overnight! let's just trust that they were very early. the headlines on bbc news. president trump wraps up the g20 summit in osaka with news that trade talks between the us and china will resume. meanwhile, at her last g20 summit as prime minister, theresa may says she hopes her successor is able to secure a good brexit deal. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british motherjailed in tehran, has ended her hunger strike after 15 days — her husband has also ended his own hunger strike outside the iranian embassy in london. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn. it is all cricket world cup in my house, but i know there is another world cup? that is right, england have to beat the best in the world
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to make it to the women's world cup final after the usa beat hosts france to— one in last night's quarterfinal in paris. american co—captain megan pina proved to be the difference, scoring a goal in each half. the usa saw the game out despite a penalty claim for handball. the semifinal between england and the usa will take place on tuesday night in the 60,000 capacity stadium in lyon. you have to give it up to the french team. they outplayed us for sure with the ball today, but we were so good defensively, so strong. we hit them where it hurt, we took our chances, this team just unreal, unreal amount of heart. england reaching the semifinals means there will be a great britain's women's team at the next yea r‘s great britain's women's team at the next year's 0lympics. britain last played in the london 2012 games, and as england have reached the last formuka of the world cup in france, it means a british team will compete
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in tokyo in 2020.12 it means a british team will compete in tokyo in 2020. 12 nations fielded women's sites. manchester city striker sergio aguero played a part in both goals as argentina beat venezuela in the cup in america quarterfinals. argentina went ahead when aguero's loader right was flicked in, a lovely finish, this, by martinez, a lovely finish, this, by martinez, a lovely little sort of cruyff flick. giovanni and lasalle so tapping home, and argentina will play brazil ina home, and argentina will play brazil in a mouthwatering semifinal. manchester united have signed 0saka from crystal palace. he only made his debut last year. he has agreed a five—year deal that will earn him up to £80,000 a week. after saying he believes he is good enough to win wimbledon, british number one kyle edmund has been drawn against spain's moon in the
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first round next week, but he fell short yesterday, losing in straight sets to the unseeded taylor fritz in the semifinals at eastbourne. an all—american final this afternoon, sam querrey winning the other semi, and in the women's draw, karolina pliskova will face angelique kerber in the final after easing past kiki bertens 6—1, 6—2 in less than an hour. she progressed without having to hit a ball after her tunisia opponent withdrew with an ankle injury before their semifinal. geraint thomas has been named joint leader with the colombian rider for tea m leader with the colombian rider for team ineos for the tour de france next month. thomas had doubts about his ability to compete after his crash on the tour of switzerland. chris froome misses out after fracturing his femur, elbow and wrist in training earlier this
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month. and that the european games in minsk, great britain's women claim silver in the team pursuit, beaten by italy in the final. and britten's men secured three bronzes in the boxing. laurent prices into the middleweight final. england's women got their rugby super series title defence off to a good start. the comfortable victory in their opening game against the host usa, the rose won the tournament in 2017 and beat the americans 38—5 in san diego. they will face canada in their next match injust over a week's will face canada in their next match in just over a week's time. saint helens increased their lead at the top of super league to eight points after coming from behind to beat warrington. they trailed by six points midway through the second half, but fought back, running in three tries to win 21—10 at the halliwelljones stadium. three tries to win 21—10 at the halliwell jones stadium. that three tries to win 21—10 at the halliwelljones stadium. that is just about it for now, but the final practice for the formula 1 austrian grand prix gets under way at 11 o'clock this morning. you can follow all of that on the formula 1 section
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of the bbc sport website, and i will have more for you in the next hour. john, thank you very much. the national farmers' union says a trial where seasonal workers from non—eu countries, like ukraine and moldova, are offered visas to pick crops on uk farms should be extended from 2,500 workers to 30,000. farmers say it could help fill the gap left by a drop in the number of people coming from the eu. the home office says the pilot will remain under review. katy austin is here with us. why can't they get british workers? that was the whole point of the brexit promise, wasn't it? i spoke to one farming, who say they simply can't get british people interested in coming and picking their crops. he has got up to 20 tonnes of cou rg ettes to has got up to 20 tonnes of courgettes to be picked every day. he needs workers at that peak season, and for years and years, he has depended on people coming over from eu countries like poland, more recently bulgaria and romania, to
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pick the crops, because it has been liquidy for them when their economies back home weren't as strong as the british economy, so they could make a lot of money by coming here. in the past couple of yea rs, coming here. in the past couple of years, that has been much more difficult. the farmer so part of thatis difficult. the farmer so part of that is due to uncertainty around brexit and in the future whether they can stay and come back, but a lot of it is because those are the economies are stronger so it is not as lucrative for those workers to come over, so farmers have been complaining that is a big labour shortage, crops being left to rot in the field, they say. so the government has acknowledged their issues around this, and this year is the first year they have said, we will get companies into recruit 2500 workers from countries like ukraine, moldova, russia, and see if we can give them visas, bring them over here, especially for that work. they can stay for six months, and then go home. so this could be a modelfor other parts of the agriculture sector, and may be other parts of industry, because whether it is the health sector or the technology sector, many business leaders have
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said they are worried about falling migration. but it is expensive and time—consuming, isn't it? migration. but it is expensive and time-consuming, isn't it? that is right. this is being seen as a test of this immigration system. can you give people visas to work in a single industry? the government is making a section for farm workers, because normally the points system is more of a skill —based system, but the home office has said it will look at this this year and next year, it is not committing to scaling it up to 30,000 next year, even though the businesses who do the recruitment tell me there is huge demand in places like ukraine for these places, even if it is expensive to get the visa, even if it takes a few weeks for it to arrive, people want to do the work, and the government says it will keep the scheme under review, see if it could work in the future. some of that will depend of course on whether the next prime minister wa nts to ta ke whether the next prime minister wants to take that forward. katy austin, thank you. the queen will address msps at holyrood shortly to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the
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scottish parliament. 0n 1stjuly 1999, power was devolved from westminster to edinburgh, allowing laws which affect day—to—day life in scotland to be passed there. the anniversary comes as brexit continues to raise questions about the future of scotland as part of the united kingdom. let's talk to our correspondent alexandra mackenzie who's at holyrood palace. alexandra, the whole question of whether devolution or even independence will be the future of scotla nd independence will be the future of scotland is very much rife, isn't it? yes, absolutely, and there is a lot of chat about that here at the bottom of the royal mile on this saturday morning, when people are beginning to gather, some wanting to get a glimpse of the queen, people who have come from all over the world. we met australians here and children whojust world. we met australians here and children who just want to see the queen. 0ther children who just want to see the queen. other people are here very much to celebrate 20 years of devolution, and what the parliament has done for scotland. now, i am
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joined by, a few guests here we have, first of all, you are from scotland, and you are 27 years old, from perth. joseph, do you remember much about life before the scottish parliament? i don't remember much, i have grown up with it for most of my life, and some people do, some people don't, but i do like the building. we have made big changes in the education system, some of them going through at the moment, they are very good. i have been in they are very good. i have been in the parliament quite a few times, and everybody is really friendly. and what would you like to see happen in the next 20 years? for it to become more established in the framework of scotland. i think it has certainly shown itself to be really good, but if they show more people how it works, and educate people, and become more established, basically. 20 years ago today, the
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building behind us wasjust wasteland, it was very controversial because of the design and because of the coast, but would you think of the coast, but would you think of the building? i remember all the controversy when they built it, but it is pretty nice, it fits nicely into the architecture. most people appreciate it now and it is really good. 0k, thank you very much, joseph. we have also got some friends with us from australia, and we will come to dad, what is your name? michael. have you come especially to see the queen? we are in edinburgh on our travels, but we thought we would take the opportunity, it only comes up once ina opportunity, it only comes up once in a lifetime for most of us, so we thought we would come and see what we can see. coming from australia, do you hear much about the scottish parliament? not specifically. we are interested in the whole way that the government of this region is, because we understand that it is great britain and then you have the regions. it is actually quite interesting when we look at it from out interesting when we look at it from our point of view is the history of
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out our point of view is the history of our states and our nation, so it is interesting, we are still learning. and what are you hoping to see today? bestie i think these girls would like to see her riding by. you three have all come from australia. what is your name? renata. and how old are you? six. and what are you hoping to see today? the queen, because i really want to be her. you'd like to be the queen? that sounds very exciting. you want to be the queen of the united kingdom? we hear that there are some places available! and do you like meghan as well? enjoy the rest of your holiday. here in scotland, the political landscape change very much over the last years. the first minister, donald dewar, sadly died a year after the parliament opened, but he said devolution was a journey with no end, so that is still seen
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