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the bike is already the headquarters for a much smaller scale british version of that called merlin, where radio telescopes in cheshire and for example in cambridge, although data from their comes into jodrell example in cambridge, although data from their comes intojodrell bank. again the unesco order is a recognition of that work and the work that they are going to do in the future atjodrell bank. let's ta ke let's take you back to hong kong, where it appears that violence has flared. you can see the riot police with shields, riot helmets on. we have had reports of button charging of protesters. the local time is about 11.30, hong kong time. earlier in the day, there had been a march that had ta ken in the day, there had been a march that had taken some of the protesters through the streets of a
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popular shopping destination, dotted with shops. that march had taken those protesters to the city's high—speed rail station, that connects hong kong to the mainland. a very sensitive spot for china. a lot of visitors actually pass through there. what we understand has happened is that the violence has happened is that the violence has flared in the district of mongkok. the police have been trying to disperse protesters. witnesses say the protesters have been trying to defend themselves with umbrellas. the tension lasted for about 20 minutes. you can see that riot police are still there, they have loud halos and shields as well, we saw a police van and drive off earlier with journalists trying to ta ke earlier with journalists trying to take pictures inside. we are watching this closely. stay with us.
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now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. after a largely fine end to the week, the week ahead is looking mixed. you might appreciate a splash of rain on the garden, because there hasn't been much of that today, some patchy rain in south—east england clearing away. a fine evening for most. turning quite chilly, rural spots quite widely in single figures, close to freezing in north—east scotland. there might be a brief touch of frost to be had as monday begins. a lot of sunshine from the word go. soon clouding over in northern ireland. outbreaks of rain moving in here. cloud increasing to the west may turn drizzly elsewhere in a few spots. maybe an isolated shower to be found towards the east and south of the uk. for most it is going to be a fine monday, temperatures in a high teens or low 20s, pretty much where it is going to stay. yes, there will be some occasional sunny spells, but likely some rain or showers to be had at times. that is your latest forecast.
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hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... mps are calling for an inquiry into leaked emails from the british ambassador to washington describing president trump's administration as "inept", "insecure" and "incompetent". iran says it has breached yet another condition of its 2015 international nuclear agreement. clashes have broken out between demonstrators and police in hong kong, after another large—scale protest against china's increasing control over the territory, greeks are going to the polls to elect a new parliament, with opinion polls suggesting defeat for the left—wing government. the jodrell bank observatory in cheshire — which has been at the forefront of astronomical research — has been declared a unesco
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world heritage site. we have some breaking news coming we understand a 7.1 magnitude earthquake has struck eastern indonesia. there has been a tsunami warning issued. a 7.1 earthquake has hit indonesia, with a tsunami warning issued. more on that as we get it. now on bbc news, the deaths of 1a children at a summer camp shocked russia in 2016. yulia james meets some of the families of the children, who are still looking for answers. in 2016, a summer holiday turned to tragedy when 1a children
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were killed during a boating activity at a camp in russia. the news shocked the whole of russia. three years on, a trial has found the summer camps director and her deputy guilty of leaving children in danger. they were sentenced to 9.5 years in prison, while the case against the officials who are responsible for organising the trip is yet to come to court.
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moscow is russia's richest region. every year, the city government spends around $60 million sending orphans and children from low—income families on a summer holiday. it is roughly the same amount as the annual budget of a medium—sized russian city. annually, around 60,000 moscow children go to holiday camps for free. valentina's son, zhenya, was one of the children sent to the syamozero summer camp in karelia in 2016. the region borders finland, and is famous for its beautiful lakes and rainforests.
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and her deputy, the head and deputy of the region's consumer watchdog, and two of the camps instructors. the court found the camps director, yelena reshetova, and her deputy, vadim vinogradov, guilty. they were sentenced to 9.5 years in prison. two officials from russia's consumer watchdog were acquitted.
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a separate criminal case was launched against two employees of moscow's department of social protection. tatyana barsukova and yelena semkina have been accused of negligence. they were responsible for organising holidays for children, but the judge has sent the case back to the prosecutor's office for further investigation. there has been little progress. we are catching the same night train the children would have taken from moscow to syamozero.
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we have carried out our own investigation to try and understand what caused the deaths of these children. we have been given documents which shed light on the events preceding this tragedy. could these deaths have been avoided? andrei 0rekhanov is the head of essoyla village near the camp. he first received complaints about it in 2010, when the camp illegally fenced off the public beach. year after year, andrei found serious violations.
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three years on, as the winter snow starts to melt, the camp is still closed. andrei used to come here annually to carry out checks. he found new problems every time — from leaky tents to overcrowding. despite these discoveries, more senior government bodies allowed the camp to keep working. syamozero camp kept winning government contracts.
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according to public databases, moscow's department of social protection had contracts with syamozero camp for three years in a row — in total, worth $1.5 million. in 2016, they bought 923 places for around $600 each. but on the camps website, they were available for $100 less. after the tragedy, russia's anti—monopoly agency accused department of social protection employees of conspiring with the camps administration to win the tender.
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she wrote to local police, moscow's department of social protection and other government bodies. she later became a witness for the prosecution. here is what she wrote. "i would like to complain about conditions in syamozero camp. there were twice as many children as should have been. they had to stay in leaky tents. moreover, my daughter and two other girls refused to go on a boat trip around the lake in shabby boats with no roof. they were supposed to row for 32 kilometres in the rain. the three underaged girls were just left behind on the pier by the staff. they would not take them back to the camp." this complaint was written almost a year before the tragedy. moscow's department of social protection responded, saying that they did not find any problems during their checks. the local prosecutor's office and the health ministry carried out their own checks and found multiple failings at the syamozero camp.
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they informed the department of social protection and its head about them. despite all of this, the department still signed a contract with the camp for the equivalent of us$700,000 next summer. immediately after the tragedy, the head of moscow's social services department, vladimir petrosyan, said in several interviews the department had not received any complaints about the syamozero camp. the two employees of the social services department who were investigated for negligence, yelena semkina and tatya na ba rsukova, are both still employed there as social workers.
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the bbc asked moscow's department of social services to comment on the documents found. they told us: "all of the questions you have raised have been subject to a criminal investigation which is still ongoing, and being handled by russia's investigative committee. until a judgement has been made, we cannot comment on this matter to the media." according to the evidence heard in court, some of the camps instructors and children received text messages from emergency services warning them about the impending storm. the children were afraid and asked if they could stay on the shore. the court heard that vadim vinogradov insisted that they go, and on 18june 2016, the group of 47 children and 3 adults set sail. two out of three boats overturned.
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the alarm was only raised the next day, when 12—year—old yulia korol managed to make it to a nearby village and tell them what had happened. at the same time, locals discovered the bodies of the first victims here on the beach. yelena reshetova lost contact with part of the group, but as the court heard, did not alert the emergency services. despite the storm, some of the local
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anna's family fell apart after the tragedy. her son now lives with her ex—husband, and she lives with her youngest daughter. the families of the victims and the prosecution have won an appeal against the acquittals of the two officials from russia's consumer watchdog, and the case will go back to court. the officials continue
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hello, most of us have been enjoying a fine sunday. there are weather changes on the way, in the week ahead. that might be good news if you want a bit of rain on the garden. there will be some rain at times this week. high pressure in control, but there are weather fronts gathering in the atlantic. this area of high pressure is going to be squeezed away southwards along with the settled weather. let's look at the satellite picture. you can see a lot of land showing up. not a huge amount of cloud out there. an area of cloud towards the far south—east did produce and outbreaks of rain as we started sunday, but it has been brightening up for many through the afternoon.
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one or two showers around. any of those are fading as we go into the evening. largely clear skies. temperatures are going to dip away overnight. quite widely in the countryside in single figures, close to freezing in northern and eastern scotland, where there might be a brief touch of frost as we are going to monday morning. the cloud increasing to the west. we talked about atlantic weather systems coming our way. for northern ireland, cloud moving in. some outbreaks of rain. cloud increasing elsewhere to the west, and might produce drizzle, especially on coasts and hills later in the day. for the south and east, isolated showers. for most it is going to be a dry monday and temperatures in the high teens or low 20s. pretty much where they are going to stay for much of the weekend. that is fairly close to average. as for wimbledon, well, it is going to be pleasant temperatures for playing tennis as we start the week. just into the low 20s. it might get a little bit warmer as we go through the week, but not by much. it's looking mainly dry with outbreaks of cloud and a few sunny spells to be had. remember the area of high pressure
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being squeezed to the south? that is the situation on tuesday. this weather front is taking some outbreaks of rain from northern ireland, across scotland, part of northern ireland, north wales, towards lincolnshire, norfolk. south of that, high pressure clinging on. more cloud around. some sunny spells to be had, temperatures in the low 20s, whereas we are in the mid—teens in northern scotland with outbreaks of rain. still some outbreaks of rain on wednesday, thursday and friday. it is looking like showers, but some of those could be heavy and thundery. a range of temperatures across the uk. the mid—teens for northern scotland, mid—teens for some in northern england. decidedly mixed. there will be some occasional pleasant sunshine. some opportunities for getting wet. temperatures fairly close to average for this stage ofjuly.
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this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at five: the government launches an inquiry into leaked emails from the uk ambassador in washington describing president trump's administration as "in ' ' and "incompetent". skirmishes have broken out between demonstrators and police in hong kong, after another large—scale protest against china's increasing control over the territory, it's 0—0 at half time in the women's world cup final in france — the americans are hoping to beat holland to win the trophy for a fourth time. international condemnation of iran's announcement that it's breached another condition of its 2015 international nuclear agreement. the jodrell bank observatory in cheshire —
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