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making their pitch to be the new prime minister — borisjohnson and jeremy hunt take part in campaign events across the country. as the two candidates attempt to win over party members — a bbc investigation finds that some may have recieved two ballot papers in the post. california braces itself for aftershocks after the most powerful earthquake to hit the state in 20 years. the duke and duchess of sussex release the first photos of the christening of their son at windsor castle. commentator: the murray williams show is under way. it's the dream team on centre court — andy murray and serena williams pair up for doubles action at wimbledon.
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and an explosion of colour in the capital as more than a million take to the streets to celebrate pride. good evening. it's been another day of frantic campaigning in the race to be the next prime minister, with borisjohnson and jeremy hunt meeting conservative party members in the latest of a series of events taking place around the country. ballot papers have now been sent out to around 180,000 members — with the result being announced in just over two weeks time. today's events come as a bbc investigation has found that some members have received two ballot papers in the post. 0ur political correspondent ben wright reports. as political fights go, it's a pretty friendly affair.
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the two contenders for number ten joshing with rival camps as they tour the country. it was nottingham this morning and another q&a for the party faithful and then onto south wales for the second hustings of the day. borisjohnson dropping in on barry island on his way to cardiff. jeremy hunt running out of time to turn his self—proclaimed status as underdog around. get things wrong and there will be no conservative government, no brexit, maybe even no conservative party. but get it right, and we will deliver brexit, unite our party and unleash the potential of our amazing country. he and borisjohnson don't debate each other at these things, but they are both telling the tory faithful they would be prepared to leave the eu without a deal despite recent warnings from people like the chancellor about the economic impact.
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if we had to come out on wto terms, i really think that this country has the versatility and the creativity to get through it and prosper and thrive. at the moment, it's impossible to measure what impact all these hustings are having on the minds of tory party members. they will decide who will be living here by the end of this month. conservative activists have around a fortnight to cast their vote, but today it emerged that some of them have received more than one ballot paper. according to the tory party, it now has 180,000 members, but the bbc has learned that at least 1000 of them have received two ballot papers in the post. some, for instance, were based in more than one constituency and had joined separate local parties. others had changed their name. obviously there is an issue here, i accept that. but rather than get bogged down in the process, the truth is that even in a general election, people are registered in different areas. electoral law doesn't apply to this contest,
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but the tory party says anyone caught voting twice would be expelled. well, it's made very clear on the ballot paper that you are only allowed to vote once, and i expect conservative members to follow that. as the campaign rolls on, the candidates' pitches are now very familiar to tory party members who are picking the next prime minister, and the onus is on them not to break the party's own election rules. ben wright, bbc news. the former head of m16 has told the bbc that the uk is going through a "political nervous breakdown". sirjohn sawers has said the country could have a prime minister who doesn't have the "standing" to be leader. he was critical of both the conservatives and labour. it's been reported that metropolitan police detectives have questioned the american actor kevin spacey over allegations of sexual assault in the uk. according to variety magazine officers travelled to the united states in may, where the oscar—winning actor was interviewed under caution but not arrested. the allegations — mr spacey denies — relate to the period
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between 1996 and 2013. officials in southern california are warning of potentially dangerous aftershocks following the state's biggest earthquake in 20 years. the 7.1 magnitude tremor struck near the city of ridgecrest — about 150 miles north—east of los angeles. this report from sophie long contains some flashing images. oh my god... it created waves in family swimming pools and in communities across southern california. oh my god... two earthquakes in two days spread panic. it continues to... this is a very strong earthquake. the tremor so strong... we are experiencing very strong shaking... ..even some who did not feel it, watched it.
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we will be back after this. wow. business owners looked on as potential profits were shaken from shelves and crashed to the ground. we felt around ten or 11 after—shocks. they've been coming pretty frequently and each one, they are still scary, because you almost don't know, is this a full earthquake? that the epicentre was near the desert town of ridgecrest may have prevented immediate fatalities. but landslides littered roads with new danger. no serious injuries have been reported but broken gas pipes caused fires that engulfed homes in flames, left thousands without power and fear this is not yet over. it's just devastating. as people assess the damage, they brace themselves for more. the largest earthquake in california for 20 years, a stark reminder that millions here are living along a fault line that could claim many lives at any time. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles.
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the duke and duchess of sussex have released two photographs to mark the christening of their baby boy. archie harrison mountbatten—windsor was baptised by the archbishop of canterbury in front of close friends and family in a private ceremony at windsor castle. here's our royal correspondent nick witchell. so, here it is, the photographic record of a private family christening at windsor castle. and there he is, archie harrison mountbatten—windsor, two months old now, in the clearest image we have seen of him. sitting on his mother's lap in a replica of the royal christening robe, with his immediate family around him. in the row behind the sussexs, meghan‘s mother doria ragland, and diana princess of wales's sisters jane fellowes and sarah mccorquodale. a second black—and—white photograph was also issued showing archie with his parents. in the words of a statement, the couple were happy to share the joy of the day with members
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of the public. however, the sharing was limited, at the couple's insistence. despite all the perks that go with the job, harry and meghan want archie to have as private life as possible. it has irritated some who say a publicly funded monarchy and royal family should be accessible. we want to see them together, meeting the people, in great britain and of course around the world. i think it is a private thing with the family, but it would be nice if they were to come out afterwards and maybe show the public that the baby has been christened. archie mountbatten—windsor on the day of his christening, oblivious to the kind of debate that is part and parcel of being royal. nicholas witchell, bbc news. new legislation in england and wales could see murderers who refuse to reveal the location of their victims‘ bodies spend longer in prison. "helen's law" follows a campaign by the mother of helen mccourt, who was killed 31 years ago — but whose body has never been found. dan johnson reports
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for marie mccourt, the grief of more than 30 years has been compounded by the added pain of being unable to bury her daughter. helen was 22 when she disappeared. she was murdered by ian simms, a pub landlord who is still serving a life sentence and refuses to say what he did with helen's body. marie took her campaign to downing street, calling for helen's law to prevent murderers like simms being eligible for early release. now the justice secretary has agreed to the change across england and wales. to have this law means that other families will not have to hopefully go through the pain and grief for as long as i have. i believe that these killers now have to face up to what they have done, because to take a life is horrendous, but then to take the lives of the family of that loved one and not let them know where their loved one's body is,
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there is no torture worse than that. the parole board can already use withholding information as a reason not to release a prisoner because it may suggest they are still a risk to the public, but it is optional. now, helen's law changes that. it makes factoring it in a legal requirement. the hope is this move will help address criticism of the parole system and rebuild trust. this is one element of trying to restore confidence, by making it mandatory, in effect, for them to take account of this particular issue. there are lots of issues with the criminaljustice system and it is people like marie who identify what they are and campaign for them that will change the system. this is marie's weekly ritual in memory of helen. it is this ongoing anguish the ministry ofjustice says it is acting to recognise, on behalf of families denied the chance to lay their loved ones to rest. dan johnson, bbc news. now, with all the sport, let's cross over to 0lly foster
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at the bbc sport centre. good evening. the england lionesses are heading home from the world cup empty handed. the head coach phil neville questioned the need for a bronze medal match, describing it as a "nonsense game". sweden won 2—1. jane dougall reports. nice is where england's world cup campaign began, and it's here theirjourney will end. still the chance of a medal, but the lionesses had to get past the gold and blue of sweden, which proved difficult. 0n the attack from the start, a cross blocked by alex greenwood unwittingly set up kosovare asllani. commentator: 1—0 to sweden. england were looking exposed at the back. a pass to sofia jakobsson, who was left free to shoot. it's a terrific finish. the lionesses looked like they had wilted in the heat. but then jill scott fought through midfield and found fran kirby. kirby! 2-1. 0n fire now, top goal—scorer ellen white chested the ball
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down and thought she'd put them level. 2-2! but it was the referee who looked again. handball, and just as in the semifinal, var denied white an equaliser. it then fell to lucy bronze for a last chance, but a superb clearance by the sweden defender and the lionesses‘ hopes were gone. heartbreak for england again. in a tournament which they had ambitions of winning, they have fallen short of even a consolation third place medal. but while the squad will travel home with nothing around their necks, they will arrive to a greater audience and appreciation of women's football. the support these players have gathered along the way will help inspire future england squads, but this one will have to regroup if it wants to compete with the best. jane dougall, bbc news, nice. there was a chaotic start to the tour de france, with a number of crashes punctuating the opening stage in brussels. defending champion geraint thomas
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was involved in this one in the last few kilometres, but he avoided injury and he didn't lose any time to his main rivals. dutchman mike teunissen took the yellow jersey. the british number 0nejohanna konta has made it through the second week at wimbledon for only the second time. andy murray was knocked out of the men's doubles today, but he had better luck with his new partner in the mixed. from the all england club here's our sports correspondent natalie pirks. time flies when you're having fun. and when the partnership dubbed "serandy" finally got on centre court... applause. ..it was guaranteed box office. the smiles kept coming as the partnership began to flourish. though it wasn't always faultless. serena, get up. laughter. with the first set in the bag, they turned on the style, to make murray's first return to centre court in two years a successful one. after he lost his men's double match earlier, this pair were feeling the love. who's the boss in this pairing? well, we're a team. there's no i in team.
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we were saying before the match, we're both the youngest sibling, so we're used to being bossed by our older brother and sister, so we're sort of taking it in turns, i guess. johanna konta came through three sets against sloane stephens to make week two, but in an epic five—setter, britain's dan evans was so close to joining her. instead, joao sousa is portugal's first player in history to reach the last 16 and will play rafa nadal. wimbledon is still loco about coco gauff, but today the teenager and partnerjay clarke had no answer for their opponents lindstedt and 0stapenko in the mixed doubles. she's got biggerfish to fry next week, though. and from the youngest to the greatest, roger federer is now the first player in singles history to record 350 grand slam match wins. no sweat. natalie pirks, bbc news, wimbledon. and finally, we know the line up for next week's cricket world cup semi—finals. england are going to play australia
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and india will face new zealand. go to the bbc sport website for details of today's final group matches. britain's biggest ever pride has been taking place in london with an all—singing, all—dancing carnival of colour. 0rganisers say up to 1.5 million people attended. this year's event celebrated 50 years since the first stonewall uprising in new york, where a series of violent confrontations took place between police and gay rights activists. here's our lgbt correspondent ben hunte. and just a warning, this report contains some flashing images. politics, protest and one big party. pride came to london today and for many here it was a saturday like no other. this is believed to be the country's biggest pride event ever, with diversity the central theme. it's an opportunity for us to stand in solidarity and show that
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no matter what race, religion, sexuality, we belong, we are londoners, we have a place here. everyone is equal. everyone can be whatever they want to be, whatever they do, it's up to them, and i think it's really important for, straight, gay, transgender, whatever it is, to come out and support. more than 30,000 people from across the lgbtq community have marched through the streets today. they've come from over 600 organisations and corporations with many of them marching for the very first time. 0rganisers estimate that more than 1.5 million people were on the streets of the capital to watch the parade today. with homophobic and transphobic attacks on the increase across the uk, some activists had called for this year's flagship pride event to return to its roots as a protest. whilst we're living in a time when there's so much polarising and toxic debate over our trans siblings, we always have to go back to our history, our herstory and our theirstory.
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however, for many of the attendees we spoke to today, they were just grateful to have the opportunity to be so visible and so proud. ben hunte, bbc news. that's it from us. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. enjoy the rest of your night.
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this is bbc news, the headlines. work to protect a lake district beauty spot from flooding is finally complete after more than three years. glenridding was badly hit during storm desmond in 2015 flooding twice in a matter of days. since then, work's been ongoing to repair damage and protect the community. £1.2 million has been spent on the flood management system. now, it's finally finished there's relief but also frustration as megan paterson reports. it isa it is a landscape which inspired wordsworth and countless other sins. glenridding is a lake district duel.
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the tranquillity today is stark contrast to the chaos of december 2015. it was very scary, especially for the poor souls who live on the stretch of the village, and a feeling of helplessness especially at the start because we were cut off for two days, so when the rain comes and off those steep fells that comes down with some force and washes down notjust down with some force and washes down not just water but all these rocks, so not just water but all these rocks, so to see it now and we have this great new green space is superb. however, it doesn't take a lot of rainfall to get this back. for much of the last three years this pretty village has been a building site. tonnes of silt and gravel to shift, walls to build higher and drainage to improve. prevention the main focus. the main focus was gravel coming down the system and blocking the channel. now we have improved the channel. now we have improved the gauging systems in the way we monitor the river levels. we have also installed a camber that from
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oui’ also installed a camber that from our incident room we can monitor how the river is behaving, making sure bridges are cleared of debris so we can keep water moving through the system rather than coming out of its banks and into people's properties. the community came together in the aftermath to mop up and clean out. alan has had a business yearfor 37 yea rs alan has had a business yearfor 37 years and like many he has been left frustrated by the speed of the work. devastating to see your business and livelihood sail off down the road. the period of time it took, i can't believe it took three years. why has it taken three years to do this? the challenge of working in the river environment is always an opportunity to make things faster and we wanted to make things faster and we wanted to make things faster and we wanted to make sure the scheme we left was as was as good as it could possibly be hand blended in with the community in the longer term. as the climate changes so will the landscape. this community like many others hopeful it can manage those
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changes and limit the devastating impact of future flooding. 0rkney‘s archaeological treasures are of global significance but their world heritage status could soon be under threat because of climate change. experts say rising seas and higher rainfall mean popular sites like the ancient village of skara brae are "extremely vulnerable". james cook reports from 0rkney. ska ra skara brae is important to me because it is part of 0rkney‘s history. they thought is about skara brae at school and it was really interesting to learn about. brae at school and it was really interesting to learn aboutm brings a lot of people enter orkney and surrounding areas and for me i had a lot of great experiences there when i was younger. it generates a lot of interest from which everybody benefits. everywhere you go in orkney you meet history. but now
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that history is under threat. skara brae is onlyjust clinging on. for yea rs brae is onlyjust clinging on. for years ewan hyslop has been watching nervously as the sea advances on the village. this has been here for, what, 5000 years? is the really that severe a threat from the way the climate is changing in the last few yea rs ? climate is changing in the last few years? the threat here is very real. in terms of the survival of this site. the global projections for sea—level rise are quite astonishing, and that by the end of this century, by 2100, the sea level around most of the planet could be one metre higher than it is now. around most of the planet could be one metre higher than it is nowm these defences were not here what would have happened to the site? these defences were not here what would have happened to the site7m the defences were not here we would have lost parts of the site and possibly up to two thirds of the site would have gone. two thirds of
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ska ra site would have gone. two thirds of skara brae would have been washed away. so these defences are absolutely essential. and it is not just skara brae. access to the ancient ring of brodgar is also threatened by climate change. the treasures of 0rkney have weathered the elements for thousands of years so the elements for thousands of years so it is tempting to think of them as robust but scientists say they are actually more fragile than that and they are now extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change. but there is some good news. this report also finds the community here is tough enough to respond to the challenge. in 19621 was part of afamily the challenge. in 19621 was part of a family very interested in 0rkney‘s history. this building here is different. it is not a house because it doesn't have beds in it. patricia long has been intrigued by 0rkney‘s heritage since she was a little girl. she is now a tourist guide and
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exemplifies the 0rcadian resilience. we have always had the climate to contend with. it is an unpredictable factor. the fascinating thing about the social history is how we take what is the next thing and make the most of that when it moves on, whether it is the herring shoals moving on or the end of the warrants will be look at the next thing. now it is renewable energy. this is the main business in the world for wind power and wave and tidal power to be tested. we just make the most of what has come along and deal with events. so there are grounds for optimism. after all, 0rkney has been adapting to the climate for thousands of years and acadians say this time the island heritage will endure. —— 0rcadians. and we'll be taking an in—depth lookat the papers with our reviewers — that's coming up after the headlines.
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now it's time for a look at the weather. some of us enjoyed a fine start to the weekend but not everyone and we have seen a weather front working southwards across the uk during saturday. clear the way from east yorkshire and enjoying a fine afternoon but this was the view free time under the weather front for parts of wales, the midlands and into east anglia. for part two of the weekend the weather front is pushing away to the south of us, and the flow coming down from the north would indicate that it is not particularly warm but with high pressure close by it indicates a fairamount of dry pressure close by it indicates a fair amount of dry weather for the second part of the weekend and that will be the case. if you shower is to be had through parts of north and north—east scotland, some into northern england, but for many it is going to be dry with a mixture of cloud and sunshine and the temperature close to average for the time of year. it means a cooler feel
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to things across southern england and compared with the recent days not particularly warm. a fairly noticeable breeze. here is how things are looking as we go into sunday evening, so if i an end to the day. looking into monday, high pressure but a frontal system from the atlantic about to move in and as we go on through the day you notice the warm front we saw, an area of thicker cloud starting to push into western parts of the uk. for many, monday will start sunday, on the cool side, and cloud starting to build but further sunny spells and the temperature for the most part into the high teens and low 20s. into tuesday, let's take a look at this weather system again coming in from the atlantic, so the front coming in will bring outbreaks of rain towards northern ireland and scotla nd rain towards northern ireland and scotland and perhaps heavier bursts in some spots. perhaps north wales and north midlands will be the southern limit of the south of that,
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some sunny southern limit of the south of that, some sunny spells and staying mainly dry. the higher temperatures, maybe 24 dry. the higher temperatures, maybe 2a celsius and one or two spots but where you have the cloudy will rain for a time where you have the cloudy will rain fora time and where you have the cloudy will rain for a time and the temperature down into the mid teens some spots. this frontal system is still taking a ride around this area of high pressure as we go into wednesday which means again into the northern half of the uk, close to a weather front you will see some cloud and the chance of some showers developing through the day, but it leaves southernmost parts of the uk mainly dry and again, higher temperatures. a range of temperatures. a range of temperatures on the cool side into the northern isles. from wednesday into thursday, we are going to see a lot of low pressure close by, that will be the focus of showers developing and that will likely be the case going into friday as well. sunny spells and the chance of catching a shower, maybe one or two heavy not out of the question and maybe a rumble of thunder with some
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of the showers as we go towards the end of the week and again into the low 20s. looking like weather changes on the way into next weekend, all the clues in thejet stream, this ridge on thejet weekend, all the clues in thejet stream, this ridge on the jet stream out to the rest of us in the atlantic, looking like it will slide across as next weekend with high pressure underneath that so that will indicate settling down. at the moment next weekend looking mainly dry with some sunshine warming up. the only threat is if the reg in the jet stream the only threat is if the reg in the jet strea m ta kes the only threat is if the reg in the jet stream takes longer to arrive over the uk and that is something we will keep you updated on in the next weather for the week ahead.
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hello, this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — first the headlines: conservatives are warned they'll be expelled from the tory party if they vote more than once
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in the leadership election, after a bbc investigation found some had received multiple ballot papers. california braces itself for aftershocks after the most powerful earthquake to hit the state in 20 years. around 20 people are injured — two seriously — after a gas explosion rocked a florida shopping center. the duke and duchess of sussex‘s son has been christened at windsor castle. there's been criticism for excluding the public and keeping secret the identity of archie's godparents. hundreds of thousands of people have been on the streets of the capitalfor the pride parade. london mayor sadiq khan said he was hoping it would be the biggest pride event ever held in the city.

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