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or this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: five, four, three, two, one. 50 yea rs at 11: five, four, three, two, one. 50 years since the apollo mission to the moon. a milestone in space exploration. i was always asked wasn't i the loneliest person in the whole lonely history of our whole lonely solar system when i was by myself in that lonely orbit? and the a nswer myself in that lonely orbit? and the answer was no, i felt myself in that lonely orbit? and the answer was no, ifelt fine. myself in that lonely orbit? and the answer was no, i felt fine. the off duty officers who tried to take on the london bridge attackers, and inquest rules the killers were lawfully short dad. president trump steps up his attacks on former
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congresswoman insisting he doesn't have a racist bone in his body. germany's ursula von the lion has been narrowly elected as the first female president of the year commission following a secret ballot. the number of drug—related deaths in scotland scored 2/1000 last year, the highest since records began in 1996. we can sell you the story of safa mawara, born together, now living apart —— value. story of safa mawara, born together, now living apart -- value. we have gone through so many operations and now it works —— tell you the story. and at 11:30pm will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with lord henryjones —— digbyjones and henry bonsue.
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good evening. it was one of the most extraordinary achievements of all time, the mystery and the allowed man to walk on the moon —— mission, and ina man to walk on the moon —— mission, and in a historic moment in 1969, it captivated people across the globe. six, five, four, three, two, one, zero! all engines running. lift off! 50 yea rs zero! all engines running. lift off! 50 years ago today the apollo 11 rocket lasted from the kennedy space centre in florida. all thoughts were with the three astronauts in the tiny capsule, but there is another side to the story. the impact it had on the millions who stayed up watching tv as the mission unfolded. will the uk's space agency has been
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piecing together their stories and the lasting effect that the event had on their lives. he is david. colombia, columbia. this is the story of what landing on the moon meant to us. it's one small step a man... one giant leap for mankind —— it's one small step for man. photos, a national memory bank of this reuniting moment —— uniting moment. between hundreds of contributors, we've been speaking to three of them. i went with my parents and all of the myjunior them. i went with my parents and all of the my junior school. that is armstrong. just myself on the left year, my dad on the right, looking at the television. you're thinking i've never been up this late, or a.m.. the children got very bored and started getting up and running
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around. i'm dodging trying to see and i'm getting so frustrated that i burst into tears. everything about the mission has gone so perfectly that a mid course correction due early tomorrow morning... the man in bbc‘s studio was james burke stop filling time without pictures were more than four hours. the atmosphere was quite tense because it was something you got one go out. if you got it wrong, you got it completely wrong. you can just make out the back... wrong. you can just make out the back. . . and wrong. you can just make out the back... and i had horrid dreams the night before that he be walking down the steps and he would say is some ring andi the steps and he would say is some ring and i would say something on top of it. -- say something. but this year spectacle of it, the moon was watching this demonstration of science and engineering and for a generation of young viewers, it was inspirational. i knew at that point that that was what i wanted to do, i wanted to be involved in that side of life, those programmes. i think you can talk to an awful lot
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of people from my generation and later who were inspired. these are the apollo stories from britain's living rooms, an archive of memories, inspiration, and feelings. i just thought it was the start of bases on the moon leading to bases on mars, but it turned out to be a bit different to that. and jackie... it inspired me, but i was in this situation that the best i could aspire to was to be a clerk typist. 50 years on, she is now a professional space artist. so i always knew i would be an outsider of science but i was determined, despite that, that i'd get in there somehow and i did. however, a lot of the tv coverage has been lost, much of the bbc commentary has not survived. aldrin coming out.
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thankfully, one eager 12—year—old was recording it at home. and young philip longden even added his own moon commentary. eagle taking off for the moon... david sillito, bbc news. ajury at the a jury at the inquest of the old bailey has ruled that off—duty police lawfully killed the three men who carried out the london bridge attack in june 2017, who carried out the london bridge attack injune 2017, the three men we re attack injune 2017, the three men were shot dead after they killed eight people and injured 48 others. members of the public filled moments before the armed police arrived and footage that hasn't been shown until now was shown at the inquest. daniel sa nford now was shown at the inquest. daniel sanford reports. borough market — famous for its restaurants. but that night, men armed with knives were looking for victims. come back, come back! unarmed pc bartosz tchorzewski had run to within two metres of them, before backing off.
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straightaway, i see that he has a vest, or rather a suicide belt. you just have no tools to fight with that kind of danger, so we made a decision to withdraw. get trojan! go through there, run! "get trojan," one officer shouts — a police term for firearms specialists. run, run! get to the car! get trojan! but for some reason the attackers don't follow them further. a man on a bike tries to get the police's attention, and the officers decide to go back and find the attackers. police, police! well, i guess we are police officers, so we have to do something. the firearms officers have to know where to go, so at least we have to know where they are. ijust think we needed to circulate where they were. it's no good us not having any eyes on them. so, yeah, wejust, i guess,
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followed them back into the market, back down bedale road, not quite sure exactly where they'd gone. at that point, two bakers also joined the chase, armed only with plastic crates and a broom. stay there! the plan — to distract the attackers, to stop them stabbing any more people. stay there! paul clarke, who's filming it all, tells his family to stay back. they'd seen several people stabbed in front of them in a restaurant, but he also follows to keep an eye on the attackers. siren. that siren — the sound of the firearms officers arriving. gunfire. i sort of dived myself one way into a shutter, ‘cos i was stood there perfectly in line... it was, like, me, one of the attackers, and the firearms officer. quite lucky not to have been shot myself.
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what the bleep is going on here? the firearms officers left their vehicle so quickly that no—one put the handbrake on, and it rolled into some chairs as the attackers fell to the floor. and two unarmed officers stepped forward to handcuff the suspects — worried about the possible suicide belts. i think if i had time to think about what i was doing, maybe i wouldn't have done it. i had one thought, and that was people's lives needed to be saved, and if they were real, then we're all in proper trouble. these dreadful events showed us the very worst of humanity, but it also showed us the very best as well. what stood out were the accounts of tremendous bravery and compassion by the public and emergency services alike. the response that night, under the most extreme and chaotic of circumstances,
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was quite simply extraordinary. the three attackers murdered eight people. but all through their rampage, people tried to stop them. without their bravery, they could have killed many more. daniel sanford, bbc news. right. let's take a look at some of today's other news stories. regular pay is growing at its fastest rate for nearly 11 years, according to the office for national statistics. wages in the uk grew by 3.6% in the year 2 this may, the highest growth rate since 2008. germany's outgoing defence minister has secured parliamentary approval to become the first female president of the european commission. the german conservative will replace jean—claude younger on the first of november. she said she would support a further exit extension —— juncker. flooding has forced millions of people from their homes across
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northern india as the monsoon season continues to bring heavy rain to the region. across india, nepal and bangladesh are hundred and 30 people have been killed. donald trump has renewed his attack on four democratic politicians from minority backgrounds. he's rejected accusations of racism after saying they should go back to where they came from. he is insisting he doesn't have a racist bone in his body. he accused the four congresswoman, all us citizens of being anti— israel, and the usa and pro— terrorist. our north america, and despondent —— correspondence nick biron reports. race has always been the most volcanic fault line of american politics, and one that has always run right through the nation's capital. but never in the modern day has a sitting us president used such deliberately divisive language. donald trump pat himself on defying norms and manufacturing outrage, and he has intensified his attack on the four congress women of colour.
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i have a list of things here said by the congresswomen that is so bad, so horrible, that i almost don't want to read it. it's what they say about our country. it's my opinion that they hate our country. and that's not good. it's not acceptable. thank you very much, everybody. that night, the four non—white congresswomen targeted by the president's racist twitter onslaught stood shoulder to shoulder in a tableau of american diversity. he's launching a blatantly racist attack on four duly elected members of the united states of house of representatives, all of whom are women of colour. this is the agenda of white nationalists. today it became a digital duel, donald trump claiming that those tweets were not racist. "i don't have a racist
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bone in my body." congresswoman alexandria occasio—cortez hit back. "you have a racist mind in your head, and a racist heart in your chest." not many republicans on capitol hill have openly criticised donald trump, and there has been support from the party leadership. the president is not a racist. the president is not a racist, and i think the tone of all of this is not good for the country. but it's coming from all different ideological points of view, that's the point. virginia was a battle ground in the american civil war, a conflict that often feels like it has never been truly resolved. so what's been the response that the latest racial flare—up? it just doesn't feel presidential at all. i don't really like it. he's the face of america and america is the ideal melting pot. and telling people to get back to their countries because they have different coloured skin is not what america is about. i don't view his remarks as racist. i know some people believe that, but i understand where he is coming from.
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yet more division in this land of warring political tribes. donald trump will probably be happy with how this race row is playing out. these twitter attacks are a matter of political calculation. he's mapping out the battle lines for next year's presidential election. nick bryant, bbc news, washington. the number of people who died in scotla nd the number of people who died in scotland last year after taking drugs reached record levels. and the drugs reached record levels. and the drugs death rate is also higher than any other eu country or america, thatis any other eu country or america, that is according to new data available. dog related deaths in scotla nd available. dog related deaths in scotland have more than doubled over the last decade, using just over 1000 last year. that is more than a quarter up on the previous year. it means the country's drug death rate per million people is nearly three times that of england, wales and northern ireland. sarah smith has
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more. talk to any drug users in dundee and they all have stories of friends who have recently died of a drug overdose, and their own near death experiences. i was in icu, and they called my family up to say that i was going to die. we were up smoking crack till four in the morning, and i had took valium and heroin. it is that lethal cocktail of drug use that's largely to blame for the increase in drug deaths. the vast majority of those who died had more than one substance in their system. these street valium pills, which contain all sorts of dangerous chemicals, can be particularly deadly. people are taking them, and them, and taking heroin as well, and maybe they're on medication as well. so that's happening. you can kick drugs. this gym class for recovering addicts shows what is possible.
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sharon brand is a former heroin user who now runs recovery projects like this one. but she knows the problem is getting worse. she sees the users are getting younger. now its children, its children. what, who are taking drugs? that are dying. there's three generations of drug users in dundee now. kids who are watching their parents taking drugs? notjust their parents, their friends' parents, their friends' grandparents. whoever it is, it is right through my community, it's right through it. to stop people accidentally overdosing in the streets, the scottish government wants to open medically supervised consumption rooms, where users could take illegal drugs in a safer environment. but the scottish government don't have control over drugs laws, and that idea's being blocked by the uk home office. the scottish government have declared the situation an emergency and have set up an expert task force. the evidence is that actions like the safer consumption rooms
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will make a difference, will save lives, so i think we should follow the evidence, and i really would encourage the uk government to work with us in order to make that happen. drugs are the current crisis. ten years ago, scotland successfully slashed epidemic levels of knife crime. experts say it's a problem that needs a similar approach. you know, if you did a venn diagram, there is always that same group of people, and what typifies them is trauma and hopelessness. and the fact they are no' thinking about next year, they are just thinking about, "is today the day i die?" cos they don't care about themselves, and nobody else cares about them either, and what does that say about us in scotland? # all this talk of getting old...# do—it—yourself initiatives like this open—mic night for former addicts and friends try and provide some social support. charities complain there isn't nearly enough formal treatment for addicts in scotland — in a country where, for the first,
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time drugs are killing more people than alcohol. sarah smith, bbc news, dundee. this week we have been telling the remarkable story of safa and marwa, twins born in pakistan conjoined at the head. after three major operations, lasting more than 50 hours, they have been separated. we we re hours, they have been separated. we were given exclusive access to the family and the surgeons for nearly a year. safa and marwa share a single skull. the two—year—olds have already undergone two complex operations at great ormond street hospital to prepare them for separation. now, finally, that day has come. their brains, locked together since birth, are eased apart.
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so this is safa's brain, that's marwa's brain. so they are separate, apart from that piece of dura? after seven hours, the final connection of bone and tissue are severed. fantastic. at last, after three major operations, the twins are no longerjoined. what was the moment like when they were separate for the first time? what did that feel like? it's a very emotional moment. we've been working a long time to get them here, they've been through so many operations, and now it's worked! so you've still got, what, four or five hours to do? yes, we have to put them together now. so we've taken them apart, and we have to reconstruct their heads. marwa is still in the operating theatre through here while safa has been moved just next door. for the first time, the survival of each of the twins is not dependent on the other. and that will make it easier for the two surgical teams
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to regulate their heart rate, blood pressure and other vital signs. safa and marwa's brains used to have a distorted shape. but four months earlier a plastic sheet was inserted between them, and by gradually tightening the pressure, it has largely corrected their appearance — essential before their skills can be rebuilt. this means both teams can begin reconstruction. the patchwork of skull pieces are shared between theatres. a piece for me, a piece for you. to have enough to cover their heads, they have to divide each bit in two. the bone fragments were pieced together to form the skull of marwa on the left and safa on the right. the gaps were seeded with bone cells. these should slowly close up. the final task is to stretch the skin over their reconstructed skulls.
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there's just enough to make the join. a pretty amazing day, isn't it? hi, everything is good! at 1:30 in the morning, the surgeons tell the family it's all done. # hello, safa! # hello, marwa! # how are you today? then begins the long road to recovery. the twins have daily physiotherapy. this will help them reach some basic milestones — learning to roll, sit, and hold their heads up. # twinkle, twinkle, little star. # how i wonder what you are...# but the separation has taken its toll, especially on safa, who suffered a stroke
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after one of the operations. we made the decision that the bulk of the common vessels go to marwa, the weaker twin. because of that decision, safa suffered a stroke. what i really want to see is the weakness that safa has at the moment, and she has a weakness in her left arm and left leg, improves. so for me, the big moment is going to be when she walks and when she uses her left arm properly. because, you know, i have given her that weakness, and for me, that is a hard thing. five months after separation, nearly a year since they were admitted to hospital, the girls are leaving great ormond street. time to say goodbye to doctors and nurses who have become friends. until the twins are well enough to return to pakistan, they'll stay in london — all paid for by the donor who funded their surgery. the twins are likely to have some
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learning difficulties, but their mum, zeinab, is overjoyed at the freedom separation has brought. whatever hurdles safa and marwa may face in years to come, they will at least do that as separate, independent girls. twins still, but conjoined no more. fergus walsh, bbc news. emmy nominations are out, with game of thrones reigning supreme. it received a record 32 nominations, historically it has one more enemies
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than any other prime—time show. —— emmy awards. killing eve's star has been nominated for leading actress. jodi faces competition from her co—star, sandra oh. i asked jodi faces competition from her co—star, sandra oh. iasked her jodi faces competition from her co—star, sandra oh. i asked her how it feels to be nominated?” co—star, sandra oh. i asked her how it feels to be nominated? i am feeling overwhelmed, it hasn't quite sunkin feeling overwhelmed, it hasn't quite sunk in yet. i had kinda forgotten about it and put it to the back of my mind because i didn't think it was going to happen so i actually came out of the gym and had a load of messages, so it was a nice surprise. it has been quite a year for you, hasn't it? you have been a ba fta for you, hasn't it? you have been a bafta winner, and finally enough you
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are coming up against sandra oh again. i know, that is always the way! i sometimes feel like people try to play you off against each other but i think it is such a wonderful problem to have. it is a nice position to be in for both of us. what is it like working with a director who also happens to be up for a nomination and worked on flea bag, what is it like working with her? incredible. she is larger—than—life her? incredible. she is la rger—than—life and so her? incredible. she is larger—than—life and so fantastic. working with her has been the biggest highlight of my career so far. everything she touches turns to gold, i think she is so much her own person and i don't think anything she does can be replicated, she is really so unique. i have told her
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she has to cast me in everything she does. apart from finding ways to kill people, why do you think killing eve has been so popular? what was it like playing the role? killing eve has been so popular? what was it like playing the role ?|j think what i enjoyed the most is i found the show to be very refreshing. it has that dark humour andi refreshing. it has that dark humour and i think it questions people's morals. they end up finding themselves rooting for people who they wouldn't usually, and there is that kind of danger and naughtiness that kind of danger and naughtiness that i think people enjoy. for me, when i watch things i want to be entertained, and sometimes i don't feel that killing eve has a bigger message, and it is therefore entertaining, and i think that is what people have found in the show,
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at least i hope... when your nomination was announced, many people said, oh my goodness, her use of a cce nts people said, oh my goodness, her use of accents and the way she betrays the different characters is incredible, is that really something you have developed or has it come naturally to you? really appreciated and they enjoy watching your work on the screen. i think accents are a lwa ys the screen. i think accents are always something i have played around with, growing up, especially with my dad. we were always doing impersonations, or if we saw an accent on an advert on the tv we would do them around the house, so i picked up an earfor them. i have by no means mastered them all, but it is definitely a challenge that i enjoy, especially because i find —
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although i would love to see more liverpool accents in drama on the tv, i do find ita liverpool accents in drama on the tv, i do find it a lot easier to separate myself from the character when i am not using my own voice. you are often playing apart within a pa rt you are often playing apart within a part in killing eve, has been difficult for you? how did you find that? it is something i think i can't think about too much. i just have to tackle it on the day. in many respects, i think the preparation she does for the role that she plays, she is an actress in many ways, the character herself. that is part of what i had to do to get my head around that. she is a chameleon, and as an actress, it is something you have to do yourself. you mentioned black humour, would
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you perhaps like to do more comedy? yeah, ithink you perhaps like to do more comedy? yeah, i think comedy is really underestimated. i think comedy is so ha rd underestimated. i think comedy is so hard because the moment you try to be funny it isn't. there is a fine line, and like i said in the show there is that balance between drama and humour, but no, i have definitely enjoyed playing with that and it is something i would love to explore further. on your instagram, you very aptly put it as" systems are doing it for themselves", that eurythmics head, what have you got planned for the future? i know there isa planned for the future? i know there is a third series of killing eve coming out, but what else is on the cards? inaudible. then i am back to
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film killing eve, and as for the near future, who knows? film killing eve, and as for the nearfuture, who knows? that is one of the love hate situations about acting, you never know what is around the corner. hopefully something really exciting, that would be nice. well, jodi, keep doing it, thank you very much. we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers shortly. stay tuned for that. in the meantime, then rich has the weather. hello. welcome to our long—range weather forecast. as we look ahead to next week, there could be some warmer weather on the way. just how warm it will be remains open to question as i show you ina remains open to question as i show you in a moment. between now and
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