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are you worried that a possible conflict with iran is quite close?” don't think we are close to a situation that could escalate rapidly. it doesn't do to make it isn't the time but there is a steady level of incidents. this is an today at five: the pioneering surgery in britain to separate conjoined twins. area... like the english channel, 20 safa and marwa from northern pakistan were born miles apart at its widest point, a joined at the head — lot of traffic going through, the rarest form of the condition. american sailors, british sailors ca ptu red american sailors, british sailors captured by iranians and the usa over the past year a team of specialist surgeons shot down an innocent civilian at great ormond street have been trying to separate the girls — the bbc has been given exclusive airliner 20 years ago. there have access to the family and the surgery. been tan can linings and so on. there has been a steady level of the twins have been in theatre now military killing and dying in the area. i don't think what is going on for more than seven hours and there now is so significant that it would are still several hours in this shoot up to a high point. i think it operation to go. so far everything isa shoot up to a high point. i think it is a combination of diplomacy, is going to plan and both girls are doing well. economic actions and then these we have a special report, military spats. but if there was a and hear from the girls‘ mother. miss calculation from either side, the other main stories surely that could lead to an
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on bbc news at five. escalation into a military conflict. you saw how our present reacted when england's world cup winning cricketers head to a reception in downing street he was about to take that step, he this evening to celebrate — backed off and said, you know, let's as the sport looks to build talk about this a while. the iranians are certainly talking. they on their momentous victory. denied that they did it, for example, which is the first step for backing down. you don't have to tell your people you did and it failed. it's probably sunken a little bit more this morning butjust a really we are seeing tendencies for great day yesterday. restraint rather than to lean forward and escalate. we were seeing a new study — described pictures in the gulf of one of the as groundbreaking — into the eating disorder — tankers that was allegedly attacked anorexia — claims its origins are in both the mind and the body. by the iranians, and their gunboats, a serial thief who targeted victims and putting minds on tankers. how, through gay dating apps is found guilty of murdering a businessman with an asa and putting minds on tankers. how, overdose of the drug ghb. as a naval man, do you protect all that shipping? a lot of british shipping in the gulf, but how do you and the racism row over donald trump's tweets about four protect it with a limited number of congresswomen he said should "go warships? it is pretty hard to stop back" to where they came from. now he demands an apology from them one of those 100,000 tonne tankers. as you saw the ones that had limpet mines attached to the side they kept on trucking and pulled to anchorage further south. the only way to take
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them down is to get on board with either helicopters, or boats, which can be done tankers have learned how two years ago twin sisters to have protective teams on board safa and marwa were born that don't take a huge number of in northern pakistan. places. they can be protected. it is they were conjoined twins — extraordinary difficult to sort out joined at the head — who's who in this one. yes, it may in the rarest form of what is already a rare condition. well, over the past year a team have british ownership but it is of nearly 20 specialist surgeons flagged somewhere else, oil is owned at great ormond street hospital have been attempting astonishingly by four or five different countries. complicated surgery to separate them — surgery that threatens both their lives if it goes wrong. japan or iran attacked a japanese our medical correspondent fergus walsh has had exclusive owned norwegian tanker. they are not access to family and the surgery — and tells their story in a two—part series. enemies of norway but they were just some viewers may find his first out there. it is very hard to have a report now distressing and it also contains some flashing images. precise against one country kind of a campaign going on. do you think the american military and the british royal navy need to be sending more vessels to protect the shipping or are you suggesting that we have one case today, safa and maybe we don't need to bother? well, the fact hms montrose was there at
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the fact hms montrose was there at marwa. they are in this journey the right time and was able to ward off the small number of patrol boats together. in orderfor marwa. they are in this journey together. in order for one to do well they have both to do well. coming, it implies to me the joined at the head, safa and marwa intelligence is good about what's going on. you can put a small number have never seen each other. this is of horses in the right place. you the start of an incredible journey can have reaction teams on them. it aimed at giving them independence. looks to me like the military it is october 2018 at great ormond commanders are doing what they are paid to do. in the long term, where street. their mother has been do you see a relations with iran? praying for the stay for nearly two yes, the economy is struggling there but it doesn't look like the regime yea rs. safa is about to be toppled. it won't praying for the stay for nearly two implode suddenly. this is a problem the world is going to have to deal years. safa and marwa have the skull with for many years, potentially.” think that's very true. the iranians is one long tube, incredibly rare. self—image is this is the persian gulf, we are the persians, we should be the dominant country in the the 21—month—old girls have the same region, and all of these other regional rivals, like saudi arabia, brain but it is misshapen. the should listen to our line. certainly surgery brain but it is misshapen. the surgery is so complex it will happen the outside countries like the uk or in three stages over several months. the twins will not be physically usa have any business here. and that separate until the final operation. is unacceptable because that is
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where most of the world's oil comes each twin is supplying the brain of from, that is the economy on which we all depend. so we won't leave the other with blood. cutting these that place, neither is the uk, connections is dangerous and will neither are all the other countries ta ke two connections is dangerous and will take two operations to complete. the that have oil fuelled countries and iran will have to decide that their interests cannot include running the artery from safa going to supply the place. i think that is what is going brain of marwa a is clamped. the to have to happen. last question. donald trump, the way he conducts twins have been in theatre for seven diplomacy as often via twitter, saying whatever is on his mind. as a hours and there are several i was still to go. so far everything is former military man, how would you have felt dealing or serving under a going ok and both girls are doing president like that? it makes your well. a frame is made up from pieces job a lot harder. a lot harder. your of the twins skull. being older they basic criteria as a military are of the twins skull. being older they a re pretty of the twins skull. being older they are pretty active so whatever we do commander is the lives and safety of has to be strong enough to resist your people. the political bosses, the twisting and bending forces they whether they are skilled or not, will be putting on their heads. the that isn't your call. i think my line on resignation and drawing a twins are from pakistan. ideally the
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line on resignation and drawing a line and saying no is if my people we re surgery twins are from pakistan. ideally the surgery when healing ability line and saying no is if my people were being put at risk, their lives, for no good purpose. so, that is the strongest but there were delays finding a donor to pay the medical way you do it as a military commander, you provide your best costs. despite the risks the family and doctors believe it is right to advice, you follow the advice given. do you think president trump go ahead. it is clearly very difficult to go through life when sometimes exacerbates tensions you join together like that so it rather than easing them? you know, does make a very persuasive case in you try not to... you try to turn favour of attempting this operation. the family are very clear on that. down the volume a little bit and look at the actions and orders. we've all worked for bosses we've if we felt there wasn't a very high chance we could do it safely we liked, and bosses that are would think very carefully about difficult. you just try to do your whether we should do it or not. i think the whole team feel there is job, right? absolutely true! i an excellent chance of a successful wouldn't contradict that! thank you separation here. model of the twins so wouldn't contradict that! thank you so much for being with us, admiral dennis blair. so good if you to come and talk to us about the current brains and she had skull had been created using a 3d printer. for situation. enjoyed it, ben. you're watching bbc news, let's take you through our latest headlines. surgeons it is massively helpful so being able to touch and hold these things make so much difference to understanding how these things are. surgeons have successfully separated
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twin girls were born joined at the this right hemisphere is standing up so head. england's world cup winning this right hemisphere is standing up so this is jetting this right hemisphere is standing up cricketers continue to celebrate so this isjetting into this right hemisphere is standing up so this is jetting into the skull of the other child. what we need to their momentous victory. they'll be achieve is to effectively on twist attending a reception at downing street this evening to recognise the brains which is difficult to do winning the tournament for the very just in your head. —— mike on twist. first time. theresa may has described remarks by president trump that for democratic congress should this is surgery without a scalpel go back to the countries they came using virtual reality. —— untwist. from as completely unacceptable. it really works. now we can see a the head of the commission level of detail we have not for countering extremism says previously. mike a month after the the government has been "too slow" to respond to protests outside first operation of the twins are primary schools in birmingham, backin first operation of the twins are back in theatre. surgeons have to against the teaching to mostly finish separating their shared blood muslim pupils about lgbt relationships. vessels. but they fear losing marwa speaking to the bbc‘s panorama, sara khan also said the protests when her heart begins to fail. . we had been "whipping up fear and hysteria". sima kotecha reports. chanting.
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protesters outside schools in birmingham have been campaigning against the use of storybooks are not stable but we are less featuring same—sex couples. parts of programmes unstable. the crisis passes. because teaching about equality. most pupils at the schools are muslim. being gay and legal is ok. that doesn't mean we have ma rwa unstable. the crisis passes. because marwa is the wicket when the to morally accept it. surgeons give her a major blood are you homophobic? i'm not homophobic at all. vessel to increase her chances of we have nothing against the lgbt community. survival. but it disadvantages safa you believe what you want, but i shouldn't have to agree with the way they are living. now the lead commissioner for countering extremisms, sara khan, has described what she has seen in birmingham as extremism. and 20 hours after the operation she i would describe them as a mob. has a stroke. we were very used to it is a mob who are chanting losing her and she stayed in surgery and shouting and engaging in intimidatory threatening behaviour. for 48 hours. but after a lengthy the dfe could have done so much more. i think they were too slow time in intensive care both twins to respond but also clarifying what is actually being taught pulled through. the last few months after their last operation on the to pupils in school. brain has been a bit of a stormy in 2020, the government wants all schools to teach lgbt content as part of new compulsory time for safa and marwa but they are relationship and sex education. the guidance was changed both hanging in there and reasonably
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because the world has changed. well. the next challenge will be to we want children to grow up understanding that some separate the girls. people are different, and fergus walsh is with me now... some relationships different from what they may have experienced but all are valuable. teachers‘ leaders are now concerned that report covered two operations and there is a major operation to that the protests will escalate further. come. it happened in february and with schools elsewhere the girls took three months to in the country already seeing pushback from parents. recover from the second major we are seeing cases being referred almost on a weekly basis now. operation that lasted 30 hours. they over 70 schools where had already gone through 35 hours of these issues have been surgery had already gone through 35 hours of surgery before they became raised directly. physically separated. without panorama has spoken to other religious groups around the operation where they were physically country who are now looking to build apart for the first time in the campaigns of their own. in glasgow, pauline lives took 17 hours in february. gallagher has set up catholic family voice. witnessing that was really the muslim community extraordinary and talking to the in birmingham are total surgeons after they had physically stars as far as we're concerned separated these girls. the relief on and they are trailblazers. their faces was extraordinary and we are encouraged by what we see. then at half past one in the morning they were going to tell the family. judith nemeth runs the values foundation set up last year to promote they then had a lot of hurdles to what she calls traditional family values in education. face. they have had months of there is no way that people of faith physiotherapy and were only discharge from hospital earlier this will teach that it's ok to be gay.
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month so they have been in great they won't because the bible tells us it isn't 0k to be gay, but that doesn't mean ormond street for almost a year. that we are intolerant this is incredible surgery. and a of people who do follow that life style. very, very rare condition but it is schools across the country are getting ready taking up huge resources. tell us for the summer break and protests about the funding of it, but also at the gates are likely to stop. but with the new guidance coming into what lessons medical science will force next year, it‘s unclear learn from this kind of surgery. on what the autumn term will bring. sima kotecha, bbc news. that latter point, a lot because they have had to use new techniques here. they have used virtual reality and you can see the full panorama and a new type of 3d printing which sex education: the lgbt debate in schools on bbc one will help them in more routine tonight at 8:30pm. and it‘ll be available afterwards on the iplayer. operations getting their head round it, if you excuse the pun of how they would separate these two brains that would fuse together was really a drug dealer has been convicted of murdering a man with the sex drug, ghb. tricky and the use these models to gerald matovu, who‘s 26, help them do that. in terms of gave eric michels a fatal dose at his home in south—west london funding extraordinarily expensive, after the pair met through a dating app. our home affairs correspondent probably at least £1 million. that daniel sandford reports. (vt was paid for by a donor but raising
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the money for this is not easy are murdered for his bank cards, not something i health service can his computer, his mobile phone and a few bottles of wine. do. but this condition is rare. business executive and part—time there may be about half a dozen of actor eric michaels. these cases worldwide each year. and he had contacted his killer gerry matovu through the gay dating app grindr. finding the money to pay for that picking him up from a homeless kind of thing is really going to be hostel and stopping off at sainsburys on the way back to his south—west london home. difficult. we will have the second but that night, gerry matovu drugged him with the sedative ghb in order to rob him. he gave him a fatal dose. of these reports tomorrow. and you can find lots more today, eric michaels‘ sons information about the operations describe the family‘s grief. on the bbc news website. i‘ll never meet anyone like him cricket fans and schoolchildren ever again in my life, have been celebrating and losing him has been at the oval ground in south london today — where the england men's like losing a limb. world cup winning team were showing off their trophy. they beat new zealand in remarkable the devastation it fashion in what has been described causes is unbelievable. by many as the best final ever. the players have been especially when he had invited to a reception so much to live for. at downing street this evening. i mean, he was only 54. many will be hoping that the world cup win our sports correspondentjoe wilson leaving eric michels dead in his bed, gerry matovu left in a minicab with a suitcase of loot. reports from the oval. in the following days, he and an accomplice brandon dunbar
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went on a spending spree lord's perhaps was exhausted. using eric michels‘ bank cards. he‘s a liar, he‘s a hustler, he‘s a thief. in any case there's another famous cricket venue in london for england's he had no regard for most famous cricketers. that feels like their a person‘s welfare. status today, anyway. no regard at all for their life, at the oval, for the first time, because he‘s using a really welcome world cup winning men. dangerous drug to facilitate his we were flying yesterday and probably it has sunk crimes. in a bit more this morning. matovu had been using ghb to rob people he met on grindrfor years. it was just a great day yesterday, between them, he and dunbar had robbed at least a dozen people. especially sharing it with the lads. here they are seen leaving the flat of one of their targets. five victims went to the police, we just went back to the hotel, seeing family and friends. but the investigations were limited. it went on pretty long. the most extraordinary incident i guess a few of the boys are tired this morning, happened at this east london hotel but i guess it was worth it. last may after a dutch businessman it only takes a second to lift who was a guest met matovu on grindr. a trophy, but it takes years to plan a world cup campaign. there should now be time here, matovu drugged him and stole all his possessions, and space to enjoy it. social media, from her majesty including his clothes, his laptop, his mobile the queen, from the prime minister phones and his bank cards. and from countless others. he even took the flat screen a digital celebration. television and the toilet brush from the hotel bedroom. to match the scenes yesterday near the fountains but police failed to identify
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in trafalgar square, the man who had drugged his victim into unconsciousness, and cricket can do this... even though it would have been easy for nearly 15 years there has been to do so from his grindr account. i don‘t understand why it wasn‘t a charity called chance to shine. followed up at that time, because we might not be where we are today if it was. established because many in cricket it‘s just a shame my dad had feared that the sport to die for them to go was disappearing from state schools in britain. and find him, basically. this morning they put on an assembly in south—west london, the police were well as they do every week, but never before after aware of gerry matovu. such a cricket frenzy. he had been convicted of selling drugs to stephen port, cricket has been hidden away for 20 the notorious ghb serial killer. years and people who are not traditional sports fans today we can reveal that were gripped, i saw social media, i had text messages. matovu had even drugged and robbed port himself, just before stephen port was arrested for killing four men, prompting this exchange on whatsapp. people i have been trying to convince forever that cricket's a great sport. they saw it yesterday and they saw the drama of a game and how it could unite people. every story has two sides. this case has highlighted once more new zealand must be the unluckiest how police don‘t always take runners up in cricket history. mind you, not everyone the misuse of this incredibly there was distraught. new zealand is where dangerous drug seriously enough. ben stokes was born,
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and where he still has family. any allegation of anything they were gripped by the action on the other side of the world. involving ghb in the future when we were watching it it was an incredible feeling, should be taken very, to have your son out there, very seriously and doing what he does and getting right investigated every time. down to the last ball. so we probably got the best eric michels‘ sons want the drug of both worlds as i see it. laws to be changed to recognise just new zealand played so well. how lethal ghb can be. they deserved so much out of the game and they did get a lot daniel sandford, bbc news. out of the game too. this week marks 50 years the complications of crucial moments since the historic moment are still being discussed. standby — when the throw hit when the first man — ben stokes' bat and flew neil armstrong — to the boundary, it is now suggested set foot on the moon. the apollo 11 mission represented — it should have been five in armstrong‘s own words — instead of six runs, a "giant leap for mankind," with the world watching because he had only completed one and marvelling — including run at the time of the throw. well... the astronauts‘ families. ruthless, brave, fortunate — just months after apollo 11, all these qualities england alan bean became the fourth man typified at this world cup, on the moon as part of apollo 12. all qualities that they lacked his wife and daughter have well... been speaking to the bbc ruthless, brave, fortunate — all these qualities england about their memories of that typified at this world cup, all qualities that they lacked moment in 1969. in previous editions. this team have an incredible opportunity to not only inspire from yesterday, men were leaving the earth to land that's going to inspire, on the ocean of storms. but they are young, they are a team my father is alan bean that will stay together a few years. and he was the lunar module pilot
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you're looking at a couple of them on apollo 12, the fourth man to walk that may not be there in four years' on the moon. time at the world cup, our neighbourhood was but the majority of this team very close to nasa. are just at the start everyone was either an engineer, of what could be a very long journey flight controller or physician. in the england team. maybe this was the most our neighbourhood had gripping cricket match ever, a very focused goal. but it is only the start we didn‘t really think of this summer. the england cricket team about it that much. will attend a reception this ijust knew he was training evening at downing street. to go into space. our correspondent dan launch date was very exciting. johnson is there for us. it was a rainy day. we huddled all altogether, my the prime minister ensured the match mother, grandmother, brotherand i. yesterday and wants to host the team he trained seven—and—a—half years. that have so much to celebrate so we were just excited they will be here about seven that it was finally going to happen. o'clock. there is already fun and we had been waiting for so long. three, two, one, zero. games and their hosting a reception for sport stars who have been all engines running, involved in getting kids off the commit lift off. streets and involved in all kinds of and when it goes, the birds fly and it‘s so much noise supports. they have been kicking and the ground shakes. foot balls supports. they have been kicking footballs around downing street and it feels like the end of term. a roger, roger. bye—bye, see you on the other side. have fun. we just went on to school celebratory atmosphere already and the cricket team expected around because that was what we seven o'clock. already people were supposed to do. mom tried to keep our normal routine as kids. thinking back to 2005 when the and of course we were enjoying england team won the ashes and were the moment in being there, invited to downing street. people but we still had to keep doing what we were supposed to do. that was important to my dad.
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commenting on the style of freddie you always have in the back of your mind that something could go wrong. flintoff celebrating then and he did he told me, "remember, i am doing what i always something unspeakable in the downing loved, so don‘t worry". and i did have great confidence in his skill. street garden and was found we would rather him do what he loved, even if it had a big risk. reportedly in the prime minister is chairdrinking a reportedly in the prime minister is chair drinking a bottle of beer. i can't believe it. amazing! that was such a great final, such a and go for landing. tense game of cricket and such a the day that he landed on the moon, good advert for the sport. the hope it was about 12.30 houston time. is it infuses youngsters and gets we were all sitting around watching the next generation involved in the tv and hoping for the best. cricket but i have been some no—one else can tell concerns this world cup struggle to you "i love you to the moon gain momentum initially, perhaps and back" and really mean it. because it was not on free to air and i know that that was true. television but no one can fault the final which was an amazing spectacle which will be celebrated here so often he would say how his thoughts would drift back to his family. tonight. so, how will the england's men's when he was on the moon, victory — and the fact he looked up and saw that it was shown on terrestrial tv that earth and thought, "gosh, everybody — affect the popularity of the sport i love is over there."
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and its take—up at grassroots level. when alan first got home, let's talk to england women's cricketer alex hartley — he had lost a lot of weight. part of the team that won he was a finicky eater and eating that space food was not his thing. the women's world cup in 2017. he didn‘t talk about it a lot when he came home, not because he wasn‘t proud or anything, but he kind an amazing game, we all absolutely ofjust wanted to be loved that and were all on the edge with his family, you know? when you see somebody who has of our seats. how will that been working so hard and has such a dream, translate to the grassroots of the we just knew how hard he‘d work. and we had too, mostly my parents, men and women's game? you know, they made translate to the grassroots of the men and women's game7|j translate to the grassroots of the a lot of sacrifices. men and women's game? i think you just have to look at what is he really did love us to the moon and back. happening on social media today and and, well, i think he is still up the newspapers. everyone is talking there thinking about us. about it and everyone wants to be involved in cricket. i can only thank sky and channel 4 for getting time for a look at the weather. it on tv. it was a phenomenal game and i'm happy it will inspire the next generation. there was a court in that report saying that cricket how is it looking? this might bring you back down to has been hidden away for 20 years. earth with a bump because it has do you think that the fact it is not been a beautiful start to the week but do to will change. it will turn in terrestrial tv means that a lot of young people playing sports in more unsettled so i hope you haven‘t got used to the blue skies and schools don't see a lot of cricket sunshine that most of us have
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and are not inspired or enthused to enjoyed today. having said that a play it? i think kids are still slow start across eastern parts of england, quite a lot of cloud around inspired by it because you can still but much of that has broken up. some see cricket everywhere but it does sunshine in many areas as we enter make a difference when it is on the day. going into tonight, dry terrestrial tv. it is easier to see. yesterday that was a phenomenal game weather and claire bob skies. only a of cricket with games like that slight change into northern ireland happen all the time and the more we and western scotland where cloud and can see them the more inspirationm terms of cricket for both boys and spots of rain appear. temperatures girls are there enough schools between 8—15. tomorrow, mostly a playing it in i think so. i think it fine start with mist clearing early. then we see spells of sunshine. this is getting i had but i think we need band of cloud and rain which has been pushing into the north—west, you can‘t make it out but it is a weather front introducing a bit more moisture. there is more of a chance of seeing a shower tomorrow to get more kids playing as many afternoon but temperature is doing sports as possible and as they get very nicely, low to mid 20s. a fine older they can you said you had to day on wednesday but rain towards the north and west. it earns more play boyc cricket. what was that u nsettled the north and west. it earns more unsettled for more of us as we head towards the end of the week. some like as you comments such as they rain and brisk winds as well. have a girl so they but then you
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are the but then you end up laughing at everyone else. doesn't have doesn't have lasting foundations?” think it can only get better. the men have the ashes coming up and the women are in the ashes series now. hopefully it will inspire girls who will see it as a dream job. more trophies to come? fingers crossed. what does it mean for sport in this england‘s world cup cricket champions head to downing street for a reception country? often anglin fell short. to celebrate their historic win. i'm thinking about penalties in the jubilant fans surrounded football and it seemed to me that captain eoin morgan and his team at the oval this morning was how it was going to go and after yesterday‘s narrowest and most dramatic of victories
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anglin would lose by the narrowest of margins but lady luck was on the against new zealand. side of england last site. as mike when you see everybody‘s reaction, and you know how much support england. —— mike england.” and following we had, that‘s when we really start to understand what we did. i will be live here at number ten side of england last site. as mike england. -- mike england. ithink the lad was on our side and i saw we where, ina we re the lad was on our side and i saw we were the first country to when the i will be live here at number ten where, in a short while, england‘s football and cricket world cup and cricketers are due to arrive after a that has to be inspiring. match like no other. cricketers are due to arrive after a match like no other. more than eight million people tuned watched the extraordinary match the origins of anorexia nervosa and we will be asking if it could are in both the mind and the body, according to an international study. inspire a new generation. anorexia is largely seen as a psychiatric disease. but doctors at king's college london also tonight... showed changes hard—wired into some people's dna altered the way they processed fats and sugars and may make it easier to starve their bodies. the eating disorder charity beat said the findings were groundbreaking. laura shah suffered with anorexia from a young age and is now in recovery. she gave her thoughts on the study.
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i can definitely see how it could be... ..a relief. but also knowing that there was something not wrong but something that predisposed you to have that illness, as opposed to your mind just going against you. but i also think that the fact it is now a physical illness as well, it's the same as a mental illness, which is part of the whole mental health movement now anyway. your brain is part of your physical health, it is a physical part of your body. so i don't think because it is a physical illness it's now more important than a mental illness. dr gerome breen, is a professor of psychiatric genetics at king's college london, and co—led the study. he is with me now. tell us, how important do you think the study is? it is telling us things we didn't really know before about anorexia. it is true anorexia has been seen from a purely
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psychological viewpoint but individual clinicians have long noticed their patients may have metabolic problems. but our study shows, gathering over 100 million data points and 17,000 patients, as anorexia seems to have a psychiatric genetic component but also metabolic genetic component but also metabolic genetic component. that means depending on the metabolism you have, you may be more susceptible to anorexia or deal with it in a different way? yes, i think it is quite interesting. in short hunts terms the genetics we find where that anorexia patients seem to have a pattern that is the opposite of type two diabetes. we saw negative correlations with bmi and insulin resistance. whereas we saw positive correlations were things like
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anxiety and depression. presumably this in the long term will affect how anorexia is treated. yes, in the long term. in the short term it should inspire a new way of studying anorexia and metabolic biochemistry of the disorder, particularly in patients who don't respond well to treatment. in the long term we are hopeful we can use it to develop new therapies and improve existing therapies. when for example a patient is in hospital being treated foran patient is in hospital being treated for an excelsior depending on the metabolism some patients may be difficult to treat than others. don't have the systematic measurements of treatments being treated for that. this was a pretty big study. i hear what you say, the need to be more studies but this was a major study. it was a huge study of 17,000 patients worldwide
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involving several universities. it is only with a sample of the size we can investigate the genetics of this disorder. our study tells us we have been ignoring the body side of the illness and we have now have to investigate that with the tools used to investigate metabolism such as protein and biochemistry. hopefully if we do that we can make progress. i know what you're saying, this is fairly early—stage is research but when we talk about assuming it was psychiatric before can you say how much is psychiatric and how much metabolic? i would talking about 20% or is it hard to say? what a desire to know roughly we seem to see half and half sharing. —— it is hard to know. before it was seen as largely
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a coeliac theatrical —— largely a psychiatric illness. it was a surprise on the strength of the correlations was a surprise to us. but it does not mean the treatment of anorexia will change overnight. the treatment for anorexia that is urgently needed is psychological and mental health based treatments. a man accused of killing a heavily pregnant woman and her baby son at her home has appeared in court.aaron mckenzie, from peckham was charged with the murder of 26—year—old kelly mary fauvrelle and the manslaughter of her unborn child. ms fauvrelle was stabbed to death in her bedroom in thornton heath, south london two weeks ago. her son riley died in hospital four days after being delivered at the scene.
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theresa may has described remarks by president trump that four democratic congresswomen should go back to the countries they came from as ‘completely unacceptable'. in a series of tweets, the president said they should fix the ‘catastrophic‘ governments in their countries of origin instead of criticising the us. three of the congresswomen were born in the united states, while another came to the country as a young child. let's see what the us president said. he began "so interesting to see "progressive" democrat congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world, if they even have a functioning government at all, now loudly and viciously telling the people of the united states, the greatest and most powerful nation on earth, how our government is to be run. why don't they go back and help
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fix the totally broken and crime—infested places from which they came? then come back and show us how it is done. these places need your help badly, you can't leave fast enough. i'm sure that nancy pelosi — the democrat house speaker — would be very happy to quickly work out free travel arrangements!". prospective democratic presidential candidates denounced mr trump's tweets as racist and divisive. but despite the criticism president trump escalated the row this afternoon saying that he thought the women should apologise for that they've said — tweeting, when will the radical left congresswomen apologise to our country, the people of israel and even to the office of the president, for the foul language they have used, and the terrible things they have said? so many people are angry at them andtheir horrible and disgusting actions!
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alexandria ocasio—cortez has been giving her reaction this afternoon. it is unfortunate how he feels about people of colour in this country and emigrants, naturalised citizens are not in this country. i would tell him it is time to move on from him and move on from his conception of an america that we have tried to move past. frances steed seller is the national reporters with the washington post. she says this sort of rhetoric from president trump is something we have seen before. trump knows that his future, his re—election in 2020 depends on firing up the space of largely white voters who rallied behind him in 2016. if you go back four years, it's almost four years exactly when he made... spoke in a way that people then thought would make him unelectable. he talked about mexicans as rapists and criminals.
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and republicans at that point thought he wouldn't be able to move forward on a platform like that. in fact, it proved to be his winning ticket, to rally these white, largely white southern people who felt left out, left out by diversity politics, left out by identity politics. and this is certainly an approach that steve bannon pushed very, very hard from early on. so now you see this coming up again. there's been outrage this morning, understandably, on media and other places but trump has doubled down. again, this is very much trump's approach, make an outrageous statement, demand an apology from other people, double down yourself and move on. we saw this, if you think again, right before the election, in 2016 when the access hollywood tapes came out, when he talked about grabbing women by the crotches. again, there was questions about whether he could survive that. in fact, he did, doubled down and moved on. this is very much trump playing to his own strengths.
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after hundreds of thousands of people had their say over who should feature on the new £50 note — the bank of england has announced it'll be alan turing. the computer scientist is celebrated for his work in helping to crack the german enigma code announced it'll be alan turing. the computer scientist is celebrated for his work in helping to crack the german enigma code during the second world war. he killed himself in 1954 after being persecuted for being gay. the new note will be in circulation by the end of 2021. the bank of england governor mark carney said portraits on banknotes offer an opportunity to celebrate the british achievements. it isa it is a chance to represent the great achievements in this country whether it is achievements in the a rts whether it is achievements in the arts are statecraft like churchill are achievements in literature like jane austen on moral philosophy and economics like adam smith in this case in science like turing and also to underscore the values and spirit
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of this country so all the characters in the bank we think do and looking at them in a holejust give some of the sense of what it means to accomplish in the united kingdom. turing the outstanding mathematician of the last century and a series of accomplishments, he helped end the war two years early saving countless lives and he is the father of modern commuting and moderate intelligence —— modern computing under modern intelligence and virtual everything we do today. he is an individual who u nfortu nately suffered he is an individual who unfortunately suffered great tragedy and was persecuted through his lifetime and i think the response of the country to that also shows the value of this country. time for a look at the weather.
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sta rt start of a new week, looking good. yes, this picture came today and it's been like this for many parts of the uk but don't get used to it because, as ever there are some changes on the way. we have things turning much more unsettled as the week there is on but i think we will manage to squeeze a bit more sunshine out of it first. through the rest of today, then, looking pretty decent with a lot of cloud earlier on across east anglia and the south—east which has been breaking up. heading into the evening, some late sunshine to be had and some clear spells through the night. one or two mist patches and some extra cloud pushing in towards northern ireland, western scotland, squeezing out some rain in the night. temperatures generally in double digits, a little bit cooler in the countryside spots in eastern england. tomorrow any early mist clearing with good, sunny spells once again but a bit more moisture pushing in from the us generating the old heavy shower as we get into the old heavy shower as we get into
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the afternoon. temperatures if anything higher than today. 22 for glasgow, 26 in london, further south and east, another fine glasgow, 26 in london, further south and east, anotherfine day glasgow, 26 in london, further south and east, another fine day on wednesday but rain towards north and west turning more unsettled by the end of the week. not only wet, unseasonably windy for a time as well.
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this is bbc news. the headlines. england's world cup winning cricketers continue to celebrate their victory — they'll attend a reception at downing street this evening to recognise winning the tournament for the first time. theresa may has described remarks by president trump that four democratic congresswomen should go back to the countries they came from as "completely unacceptable". a new study — described as ground—breaking — into the eating disorder — anorexia — claims its origins are in both the mind and the body. a serial thief who targeted victims through gay dating apps is found guilty of murdering a businessman
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with an overdose of the drug ghb. all these bought the day after the day before which was pretty exhausting, i have to say! yes, exhausting for the viewers as well with so much to watch. we will start with the cricketers who have been enjoying their world cup success today. they've been greeted by hundreds of fans who came to the oval, they were there to celebrate a first—ever men's cricket world cup victory. england beat new zealand in the final in the most dramatic of circumstances, some calling it the greatest match in cricket. a quick reminder the scores were level after 50 overs to a super over was needed but they were level on 15 runs after that, too, so england won the world cup by virtue of scoring more boundaries overall in the match. these were the scenes at the oval earlier. today the squad brushed aside claims they were given an
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extra run by mistake in the final over of regular play. the squad now head to downing street a little later on for a drinks reception with the prime minister theresa may. she was at lord's to watch them win yesterday. joe root says he feels the team can get even better. to be involved in the previous world cup, go through all that, to see the transformation and the development of the side of the last four years, to be part of thatjourney, it's been extremely enjoyable, exciting. we had some great fun on the field, playing in the manner we have, and now to be able to enjoy being world champions is brilliant. so proud of eve ryo ne champions is brilliant. so proud of everyone that's been involved, so pleased for eoin morgan, all the ha rd pleased for eoin morgan, all the hard work he's put in, building and growing this team. another busy day at the netball world cup after northern ireland's earlier defeat to malawi tracey neville's england have sent out a message to the rest of the teams after victory overjamaica. our reporters there. what does this
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results mean for england? this is a huge result for england, a real confidence booster for the roses. they were not expected to come up against the jamaicans quite so early in the tournament, who are actually tipped to be the team to beat here and that is exactly what england did. it was a fascinating match to watch and we always knew it was going to be closely fought but actually england were the ones who took the early lead, looking very confident, and really finding their flow but then they let jamaica back in the first half. jamaica with a very consistent shooter injanine fowler, and she was closing the gap. at half—time england only led by two goals. then england came out fighting in the second half, they meant business and they pulled away to 13 goals at one point but the final score was 56 to england and 48 to jamaica. an amazing scoreline considering the standard jamaica is and england obviously coming into this with a lot of pressure on their shoulders but the celebrations at
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the end were clear. tracey neville really wa nted the end were clear. tracey neville really wanted that whim, putting out a message to the other nations, and the crowd loved it in liverpool, it said the arena lied. let's hearfrom the coach, tracey neville, after that match, and her thoughts on how it went. we knew it was going to be difficult, four games in a row. we knew jamaica after yesterday were going to be coming for the win so we knew this was going to be one of the toughest games of this round. we are pleased with the girls, and you talk about here is on the court and i think we had seven today. and four on the bench! four wins from four but scotland's magic in south africa is getting under way now, how are scotla nd is getting under way now, how are scotland getting on? scotland have had a very tough draw in this tournament from the start. they are now up against the very much in form south africa. let's take a look at how they are getting on at the moment, they arejust how they are getting on at the moment, they are just behind how they are getting on at the moment, they arejust behind me. it looks like south africa have started to ta ke looks like south africa have started to take the lead. scotland were leading in the first five minutes
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but south africa are very experienced, they've got a lot of people on the team that know how to see out these big games. scotland will give a good fight but they haven't been able to be consistent over the course of the tournament. they've shown they can compete with the best and well but they haven't been able to beat them and it'll be interesting to watch because england will play south africa on thursday but, at the moment, england are definitely on course to make it through to the semifinals and they've got a day off tomorrow so they've got a day off tomorrow so they can enjoy that and be back in action on wednesday. 0k, kate, thanks for the update. that's all the sports now but find more on the bbc sport website. thank you very much indeed. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt says there's a "small" but closing window to save the iran nuclear deal. he's been in brussels to talk to eu leaders about ways of easing tensions. iran has threatened to ramp up its nuclear programme after president trump abandoned the deal and imposed new sanctions on the country. the deal, signed four years ago, involves iran limiting its nuclear
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activities in return for the easing of economic sanctions. the summit comes amid heightened tensions between the uk and iran, especially over shipping in the gulf. dennis blair is a former us national intelligence director and a retired us navy admiral who commanded us forces in the pacific. he is here with me now. thank you so much for being with us. i suppose the question is is the iran nuclear deal dead after president ron pulled out of it or is it on life support? i think it is somewhere between life—support and needing revision. i mean the original agreement addressed half of iranians behaviour, half was in the nuclear programme and missile programme which will deliver the nuclear weapons. the other half was an aggressive activity throughout
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the region in iraq, yemen, syria. and thejc the region in iraq, yemen, syria. and the jc poa the region in iraq, yemen, syria. and thejc poa did nothing about those areas. and the lopsided nature of it because the usa to pull out. was that right? was president from fright to pull out of it, do you think? i worked for president reagan and when president reagan didn't like a treaty, he would try to negotiate better terms. he was notably successful. the law of the sea treaty, which had some flaws from his point of view, i think that would have been a better way. six countries we negotiated with, talked about it. we were using the big, broad acts, sanctions, right? offering temp and make the choice between being a productive member of the international community and not. and not just limiting the international community and not. and notjust limiting themselves to a near nuclear state and going on with the rest of the activities so there is a legitimate activity there
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so there is a legitimate activity there soi there is a legitimate activity there so i would have advised approaching it to this other way. one of the consequences is it to this other way. one of the consequences is heightened tension with iran between the usa and iran and the uk and iran but president trump is very close to ordering air strikes against the iranians, and called it off with ten minutes to go. that is what i understand! so,
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