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this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 5pm. two mass shootings in the united states. the first in a walmart store in el paso, texas, where 20 people were killed. a suspect has been taken into custody and police search his home. he's been identified by local media as 21—year—old patrick crusius. the second shooting took place in dayton, ohio where nine people died. officials said the speed of the police‘s response could have saved hundreds of lives. if dayton police had not gotten to the shooter in under a minute... and think of that — 26 injured, nine dead, hundreds of people in the oregon
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district could be dead today. the water level at a derbyshire dam has been reduced by more than three metres in the battle to prevent it collapsing. whaley bridge residents are still being told they can't return home. heathrow airport holds last—minute talks with unions in an attempt to avert strikes next week but they say airlines have started to contact passengers on affected flights. boris johnson announces £1.8 billion of extra funding for hospitals in england. a daredevil french inventor has succeeded in crossing the english channel on a jet—powered hoverboard injust 20 minutes.
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let's get the latest now concerning events in america. we go to el paso, texas where we had that mass shooting takes place. there is a news c0 nfe re nce shooting takes place. there is a news conference in place. let's listen in. we will provide that information to you after everyone here speaks in turn. thank you, good morning. today, the fbi continues to look at a number of different potential crimes to be charged we have initiated our domestic terrorism hate crimes fusion cell. that cell is comprised of agents, intelligence and analysts as was of the places for the united states from our headquarters. experts from oui’ from our headquarters. experts from ourcriminal from our headquarters. experts from our criminal investigation as well as our counterterrorism division who look at all the various pieces of evidence and they correlate that
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information to ensure that we are sharing properly and we can pursue a criminal investigation, i:e., potential civil rights hate crime along with any potential domestic terrorism charges that might be possible as well and those could both run parallel. i would also like to remind everyone that anyone who has information regarding this incident can go to a website that we have posted fbi duct of el paso shooting. —— fbi.gov. you can upload video that you may have of the shooting and help us in this investigation. we have completed three search warrants outside of this jurisdiction three search warrants outside of thisjurisdiction and three search warrants outside of this jurisdiction and we three search warrants outside of thisjurisdiction and we continue to look at other avenues and investigative leads as they are
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coming in. i am the district attorney. it's a very difficult time for our community. it's a heavy heart —— with a heavy heart that i talk to you. but we are in the process of working together with all law enforcement especially the el paso police department, the texas department of public safety, and the fbi. also with the us attorneys office, we will proceed with the investigation. i can tell from the outset that the state charges capital murder and so he is eligible for the death penalty. we will seek the death penalty. the loss of life is so great we certainly have never seen this in our community. we are a very safe community and pride ourselves on the fact that we are so safe. and certainly this community is rocked, and shocked, and saddened
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by what has happened here yesterday. but we will proceed in an orderly fashion and certainly we will get ready for trial and the prosecution of this person... if i have left you with anything it wouldn't be what we would go for —— what we would do going forward. i would ask you to think of the 20 wives lost. those we re persons think of the 20 wives lost. those were persons in our think of the 20 wives lost. those were persons in our community. and were persons in our community. and we will miss them. —— 20 lives while. and all of the victims who either suffered physical or emotional impact from what happened, we are just not a community that really... this is not us. we are like the bright sunshine today, that is us. we are a really good and loving community. but we will hold him accountable. thank you. my name
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isjohn him accountable. thank you. my name is john basham and him accountable. thank you. my name isjohn basham and united states attorney for the western district of texas which covers el paso. my grandmother has lived here for 50 yea rs. grandmother has lived here for 50 years. she is 91 since it was much a much smaller community come she has ever seen anything like this wasn't my mongrel appear, my dad grew up and went to college year. i live here and i was very young. it's been very devastating for the community. i have been impressed by ourfirst responders, the das office, police, fbi, and the work we have conducted. we worked a long night last night. i have been in close consultation with attorney general barr. we are conducting a methodical investigation but with a few towards bringing federal hate crimes charges under 18 usc 249 and federal firearms charges which carry a penalty of death. we are seriously considering those charges and we will conduct a methodical and
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careful investigation. we are also treating this as a domestic terrorist case, there is a statutory definition of terrorism. this meets it and appears to design —— appears assigned to intimate the civilian population. we treating this as a terrorism case and we will do what we do to terrorists in this country and deliver swift and certain justice. with that, i will turn over for questions. i failed to recognise everyone in the room. my name is tommy gonzalez. i would like to send a message to the families and that is our first responders are working diligently to unify the families and get the bodies back to them as quickly as possible. we are spending oui’ quickly as possible. we are spending our resources to make that happen. now i open it up for questions.
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reporter: yesterday there was some hesitation in saying that this was a hate crime. are you sick instead now or can you now say that with critical certainty that this is a hate crime? basically from the manifesto we first saw, we have to attribute that manifesto to him based on the information and since where it came from. we are going down that road, and it is beginning to look more like that is the case. reporter: a follow—up question. is that being resolved... ? we have a centre that has been turned to a grieving centre in the central area —— a greeting
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area where has been turned to a central... i would like to ask the media to be respectful of the families right now. we have been getting complaints that the media have been overburdening them with questions when actually they are more concerned about finding out about their wealth ones. we ask you respectfully to abide by their wishes. —— their love ones. we are looking at first partners and everyone on the ground participating in this with providing them references to alleviate their suffering. reporter: has a suspect been detained? yes he has. can you describe the scene? there is not words you can place to say something like that. you have to see it for yourself. when i first got on thisjob, i did not know there was an older to blood and
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there was an older to blood and there is an a to you first—hand see that, my disruption of as horrific would be un—serving as far as that seamlessly. i cannot tell you what that means other than from a normal individual that doesn't have to deal with that on a day—to—day basis, it will leave an impression that you will leave an impression that you will never forget. i believe it at that. reporter: what has he told you so far?|j cannot get into the detail of that. we have to respect of the fact that this person still has his rights and even this person still has his rights and even though he is cooperating, we still have to keep that in play to make sure the investigation goes forward successfully. i'm sorry. you said the suspect purchased the firearm legally. you know where this rifle was purchased ? firearm legally. you know where this rifle was purchased? not at this time. i'm sure we will find that out later with the help of our federal authorities but right now, those are particulars about the investigation that i think we need to maintain
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within our purview. i'm sorry. is he what? that is allowable in the state of texas. technically. of course normal individuals seen the type of weapon would be learned protectively it was within the realm of the law... can you give us more details about where that was, how it happened, and how it took place? the responding officers and part of the public safety were part of that arrest. when he saw the officers approaching the scene where he was at, he basically surrendered and that was over on the further west aside from the shooting site. i can't confirm that as matter of
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fa ct, can't confirm that as matter of fact, but that's where i believe he was. of those three search warrants outside of those jurisdictions, can tell specifically where those are? they occurred in the dallas area. where the individual in question is from. and i believe there was some media coverage of those residents when we did it. so again, we continue to do the investigations. not going into particular detail as to what was found and things like that but a lot can transpire in 24 hours. and as we continue to investigate and gather information... has he been cooperating... has he been cooperative and... is there substance to the cooperation without giving any details. he was forthcoming with information. he did not hold anything back. particular questions were asked and he
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responded in the way they needed to be answered. a lot of people have said regarding to mr terrorism that... —— domestic terrorism... can you walk us to the process? ok we are going to leave that press comes their taking place in el paso, texas. where 20 people were killed and 26 were injured. the main points we have learned is that obviously the fbi are involved. the da office in the us attorney office are going to be seeking the death penalty. the state charge of capital murder will be applied to the suspect. the death penalty because his crime is described as so great, "this is not us" described as so great, "this is not us". that was the comment. also looking at the charge of domestic
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terrorism and the attorney office saying that "we will deliver swift and certain justice". on saying that "we will deliver swift and certainjustice". on the saying that "we will deliver swift and certain justice". on the subject of the gun that was used which was an assault rifle, there was a question posed, and the gentleman there said that "technically, that type of gun was in the round of the law". so this is concerning patrick crusius, the 21—year—old who is currently in custody in relation to the paso shooting in texas in which he killed 20 people at a walmart mall. —— the el paso shooting. just hours later, another gunman opened fire in the us city of dayton in ohio, killing nine people and injuring at least 26 others. the shooting happened outside a bar and the gunman was killed by police. officers say they believe he was acting alone.
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and some breaking newsjust in — we can now name the gunman the gunman by officials. connor betts, 24 years old, from bellbrook, ohio. police are searching his house. 24 years old. two eyewitnesses explained what they saw as events unfolded. people just started running, they started pushing us out the back door, into the alley out the back, because they did not want us coming out the front, because they did not know where the shooter was, or how many there was. the screams, the cruisers, the chaos, i have never been pushed out of newcom's, i have never been told to get out of newcom's, but the security guards in themselves were running around telling people to get out, and just how everybody was acting, you knew that something was wrong, and then, when you came outside, as soon as you hit the front street, you saw the bodies and you knew that this was different, you knew it was something you never
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thought of experiencing. would not want anyone to experience. the city's mayor, nan whaley, gave an update at a news conference, and said america needed to ask itself why so many people were dying. dayton has gone through a really tough year. three months ago, early in the morning, the day after memorial day, i think we had not quite this many cameras, but a discussion about 14 tornadoes that ravaged the city. now to be awakened in the middle of the night to a mass shooting and the 250th shooting in our country this year, happening in dayton. what goes through my mind is that one seems completely preventable. and ijust question when is enough enough?
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let's get the lastest from peter bowes who's in los angeles. peter, we now have the name of the suspect. yes, we do. connor betts is the person who has in the last few minutes just been named. the person who has in the last few minutesjust been named. 24 the person who has in the last few minutes just been named. 24 years old. this enquiry is moving on at quite a pace. it's reallyjust a matter of hours since this second shooting happened, but clearly a major investigation as there is in el paso in texas to try to understand the motives of the person responsible. and it is the motives. in terms of el paso, we do have this ma nifesto. in terms of el paso, we do have this manifesto. any feel for what was in that? well, we know that it
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expressed white nationalist views and it suggested that this shooting happened in this predominantly hispanic town, more than 80% of people who live in el paso are hispanic, and that the shooting was directed at that community because of the people who live there. we heard at a news conference a few moments ago that the authorities, the fbi specifically, is looking at whether it would be appropriate to charge a suspect with civil rights hate crime and domestic terrorism charges. that would take these allegations to another level. he is already facing capital murder charges, which officials havejust confirmed means that he would be eligible for, and they are seeking, the death sentence if he is found guilty. there were questions put to the police chief concerning the fire that he used. yes, we understand this was an assault rifle that seems as if it was a legal firearm and
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again, we often hear this in shootings of this nature, that the actual gun had been bought legally somewhere. but the focus of course will be on the person using firearm and if you look in the political sphere, many, many calls once again for tougher laws, to fit background checks, background checks that could identify people who might not be sta ble identify people who might not be stable mind, who might not be appropriate to own a gun, to be much more rigorous in those of background checks to make sure those people cannot get hold of guns of any kind, whether they were initially bought legally or it may be by someone else or clearly they would be in the hands of someone, perhaps illegally, if it was owned by another person, but the point being to be more rigorous on the background checks of people who could potentially get hold of a fire arm. thank you very much for that update. the headlines on bbc news.
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twenty people have been killed in a mass shooting in a walmart store in the us city of el paso, texas — a man has been taken a man has been taken into custody by police. police are treating it as a domestic terrorism. a second mass shooting has taken place in the us, in dayton, ohio. ten people, including the shooter, have died. police have named the suspected gunman as 24—year—old connor betts. he is from ohio. in derbyshire, efforts are continuing to shore up the dam near whaley bridge, and to bring the water level down at toddbrook reservoir, ahead of heavy rain forecast for the east midlands. police say the situation remains critical but that the water lever critical but that the water level at the reservoir has now been reduced by more than three metres. residents who've had to move from their homes are no longer able to return to collect possessions
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because police say the emergency services have to concentrate resources on securing the dam. and charlotte is now in chapel—en—le—frith, where residents are due to have a meeting with the authorities shortly. charlotte, i want to quickly pick up the point about those residents that went into whaley bridge earlier. police are concerned not all of them came out. exactly. that is what the police said. yesterday, police said people living in whaley bridge who had been evacuated could go home for just 15 minutes and pick up some essentials, valuables, some people had even left their pets in the town, so it was important for them town, so it was important for them to go back and rescue them. however, some people who went didn't come back, and police state that is a huge concern, and they have actually said that residents who have done that i putting the lives of officers at risk because they need to keep going back into the town to check on
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their welfare. of course this is still a critical situation. yes, a lot of water has been removed from the damp, it has been drained and diverted away, but we are expecting heavy rain tonight, so peoplejust don't know at this stage if the dam will hold. people here having the meeting behind me in the high school, one question they want to know is, when can we get back into our houses? the fact is at the moment there doesn't seem to be a definite answer. engineers say the water level in the dam will have to be reduced a lot further because that —— before they can assess the structural damage. until it gets to that level they do not feel confident allowing people back into their homes permanently. it could be that they move back and then they may have to leave again in a few days a. ok, charlotte gallagher, thank you very much for that update. we are all watching the weather forecast, of course. if you are affected or worried about what is going on in whaley bridge, there is
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a bbc local radio news special on the emergency in the whaley bridge area on radio manchester, radio sheffield and radio derby from 6pm, with regular updates from the emergency services so with regular updates from the emergency services so you can stay updated that way. talks are going on to try to prevent two days of strikes at heathrow by engineers, firefighters and security staff. 177 flights are set to be cancelled on monday and tuesday in preparation for the strikes set for monday and tuesday. in a statement released by heathrow this afternoon the airport said, "airlines have now started to contact passengers on affected flights and passengers should contact their airline for more information." our correspondent katy austin is at heathrow airport. waiting to find out more about the talks. obviously, more importantly, the passengers are waiting. should they travel to the airport? that's
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right. as talks have gone on and on without any agreement being reached which can prevent a strike, we have been hearing more news that airlines have now started to contact passengers about cancellations. many passengers about cancellations. many passengers we spoke to were still very passengers we spoke to were still very unsure passengers we spoke to were still very unsure at what was going on, whether they should travel as they we re whether they should travel as they were expecting too, although some, for example virgin atlantic, had already been told their flight was being moved and would go from gatwick instead. just to remind you what this potential strike is all about, there is a long—running dispute over pay between heathrow airport and members of the unite union who do jobs such as security guards, engineers and firefighters. and members of that union rejected the latest pay offer, which heathrow said would give front line staff and increase of 7.3% over 2.5 years. that wasn't accepted and therefore the strike this monday and tuesday
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and potentially more strike days later in august, they are still very much on the cards. time is running out now and i've heard nothing to say that there will be a resolution anytime soon to prevent those going ahead. thank you. a teenager has been arrested after a child fell from height at the tate modern in london. an air ambulance flew the boy to a central london hospital following the incident earlier this afternoon. visitors to the art gallery reported they were not allowed out of the building for around twenty minutes whilst the air ambulance was on the scene. the child's condition is currently unknown. borisjohnson has pledged £1.8 billion in a one—off funding boost for the nhs in england. the prime minister said it would go towards "vital new kit" and upgrades for 20 hospitals. labour said it fell "significa ntly short" of the amount needed by the nhs — and would not reverse years of cuts.
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here's our political correspondent, jessica parker. a pledge on entering office. and we start work this week with 20 new hospital upgrades and ensuring that the money for the nhs really does get to the front line. more detail, including which 20 hospitals will get specific upgrades, is expected imminently. but 1.8 billion is less than the nhs in england spends on an average week, and health organisations say the bill to clear the nhs maintenance backlog is more like £6 billion. our hospitals, the ceilings are collapsing in wards, sewage pipes are bursting, cancer patients are getting their diagnosis appointments cancelled because of old faulty equipment and it is because the tories have done these smash and grab raids on the investment budgets.
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this all has particular significance for boris johnson after that slogan on that bus during the referendum campaign. a spending commitment already made by his predecessor, theresa may, is designed to more than meet that amount, and the conservatives claim that sound management of the economy means that the cash is available. the health service is better funded now than ever before in its history. 1.8 billion is nothing to be sniffed at. it is a significant commitment on top of what was already a very significant commitment to the nhs. boris has made it clear the nhs is a priority. but with spending priorities, too, on the police, education and brexit preparations, some will suspect more borrowing is on the horizon. the prime minister may be willing to turn on the taps, but keeping the cash flowing isn't always so easy. jessica parker, bbc news. riot police in central hong kong have fired rubber bullets and pepper spray to disperse pro—democracy protesters blocking a cross—city tunnel, as regular demonstrations
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and the longstanding political crisis entered their third month. police chased the protesters into hong kong's causeway bay shopping district and fired tear gas to try to disperse the crowds. our correspondent stephen mcdonell was there. well, as you can see, i have the mask on because of the chaotic scenes here in the causeway bay shopping area. on the other side of where those flashing lights are, that's a fire truck which came in to put out a fire that was lit in the middle of the street by the protesters. but very sort of big battles between protesters and riot police. a lot of pepper spray, a lot of tear gas and this time riot police were running through, charging very fast to get them out of this shopping district because... to give you an idea of what it normally looks like, maybe we can come through here a bit. this is where tourists, many tourists from the mainland
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would come to buy... in fact, the tear gas might have cleared up and i'm going to take this off. where people would come from the mainland especially to buy their perfume, their designer bags and the like. and have a look at it now. imean... now we've got barricades here and you can still see all the flashing neon lights here. but about five minutes ago, that looked something more like a war zone. it was completely covered in tear gas, you couldn't see from one end of the street to the other. and this is all leading up to tomorrow's strike. a lot of what these protesters were trying to do today was to drum up support for that strike. the police were not going to have them in this part of the city, though, and they came in very tough to clear them out.
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a french inventor‘s successfully become the first person to cross the english channel on a jet—powered hoverboard. it was second time lucky for franky zapata, who fell into the sea whilst trying to refuel on his first attempt last month. james waterhouse reports. just a warning — if you're a fan of taking the ferry or train, they're about to seem very boring. this was how franky zapata decided to make the 22—mile crossing over the english channel, and how's this for an arrival? just to see him in the distance with my little binoculars was just amazing and as he flew over, just amazing. i didn't know what to expect. i thought it would be a historical thing but it was really high—tech. that's amazing. crossing the channel, however you do it, has always captured the imagination.
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matthew webb was the first person recorded to swim between france and britain in 1875. louis bleriot was the first person to fly it in 1909. ijust came to provide something more to cheer him in. yes, why didn't they have a brass band here? like they did for bleriot. yeah. more than 110 years later it's the turn of the jet powered hoverboard. franky zapata's invention is a bit bigger than a skateboard, powered by five turbines and fuelled by kerosene stored in his backpack. first thing in the morning he set off from close to calais, riding a piece of kit able to propel him to speeds of up to 118 mph. around 20 minutes later he arrived near dover in kent before making a cheeky wave and softly touching down. part of the journey involves refuelling on a raised platform on a boat. first time around he lost his balance and fell into the sea. no issues now, however — theyjust used a bigger one. once on english turf,
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he described his achievement as crazy and then broke into tears. james waterhouse, bbc news. well down him. whether now here is stan. showers continue to rattle on into the evening across parts of scotland and northern in that including the flood sensitive areas of northern england. this warning ballot till around midnight. but these thunderstorms will tend to ease down through the course of the early hours. something a little bit drier following on behind, but then another band of showery rain pushes in from the west, and again some of the rain could be quite heavy, perhaps even thundery. nowhere particularly cold tonight — in fact, a muggy night to come for many. 13—16 degrees will be the low. on into next week, then, low pressure is firmly in the driving seat through monday and tuesday. this area of low pressure anchored to the north—west of the uk
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will bring plenty of heavy, maybe thundery showers, especially across the north and the west of the country. again, giving rise to some localised flooding in places. the best of the dry weather will be in the south and the east. temperatures will be around the seasonal average. hello this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. the headlines. two mass shootings in the united states. police say they are treating the first in a walmart store in el paso where 20 people were killed as domestic terrorism. police have been searching the home of the suspect, named locally as 21—year—old patrick crusius, and say if found guilty, he could face the death penalty. the second shooting took place in dayton, ohio where nine people died. officials said the speed of the police's response could have saved hundreds of lives. and police have named the suspected gunman as 24—year—old connor betts. heathrow airport holds last—minute
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talks with unions in an attempt to avert strikes next week but they say airlines have started to contact passengers on affected flights. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's hello there. we'll start with the cricket at edgbaston, where australia are building a strong lead in the first ashes test, after yet another sensational performance from steve smith. the australian talisman scored 142, his second century of the test, to haul australia in a solid position on day four. with england yet to bat again, joe wilson reports on now, on the main highlights of the day so far. in sport a precious few seem to live ina in sport a precious few seem to live in a different world and move at their own speed and dictate the
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pace. true vips. steve smith is one. he arrived at edgbaston at 9:45am ready to battle. england had to try something. something what that is different. options were limited with anderson injured. he was only a substitute field there for some he could not bowl until the next test. ben stokes found the edge and bear so how the catch but that was him out. smith was still doing his thing. he bats like nobody else. great fun unless of course you are the bowler. plenty more whether came from how was your patients? wilting? with this short smith got to 100, his second of the match and with every beaming minutes in the middle, smith was extending austria's weed. he might‘ve been the main bowling hope. well smith eased him away. there were moments when edgbaston wandered will be ever see another
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wicket? well book, success. steve smith was gone, yes him except he had made 152. england's captain knows one thing already. afterjust four days of this five match series, he needs a new plan for steve smith. ideas welcome. and a theory or two from matthew wade would be useful. he is in grade four now after 100 of his own. remember when austria were on the ropes in this test? suddenly if very different ashes. joe wilson, bbc news, birmingham. joe wasn't reporting there. and this is how things stand currently. australia currently on 454—7. a lead of 364. matthew wade with a century as well. australia lead with england still to bat. australia haven't won a match in any format at the edgbaston since 2001.
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what a dramatic finish to tell you about, in the formula one. lewis hamilton won the hungarian grand prix overtaking max verstappen in the closing stages to extend his lead at the top of the drivers championship. it was the gamble from a pit stop that paid off for the mercedes driver. nick parent reports. formula 1 has enjoyed three epic races on the spin. and for hungary it was hoping for a grand finale. lewis hamilton was keen to back—up... but he has max verstappen standing in his way. the young dutchman was on pole position for the first time and the perfect start saw him stay ahead of the mercedes. hamilton quickly got past his team—mate to move up to second. but on a circuit where it is difficult to overtake him it looked like max verstappen would hold on for a second win in a row. that was until mercedes gambled by bringing in hamilton foran
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until mercedes gambled by bringing in hamilton for an extra pit stop. but it turned out it was. red bull could do nothing as his 22nd we quickly evaporated. with just three la ps quickly evaporated. with just three laps ago, the game was up and hamilton went on to claim his eighth win of the season. despite the recent wobbles, mercedes show they are still masters of this sport. nick parrott, bbc news. very grateful for the day and for the team for continuing to believe in me and continuing to push and to be able for a race to push right that, i'm telling you it was tight all the way. we were just not fast enough. i tried everything i could on that to stay alive but unfortunately it was just not enough. so that victory puts hamilton 62 points ahead of bottas in the championship with nine races to go.
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that's a maximum of 234 points available. but it looks like it would take some dramatic change of fortune for him not to go on to retain his title. hamilton's 81st career win, leaves him ten shy of michael schumacher‘s all—time formula one record. abd schumacher‘s son is perhaps on the path emulating his father claiming a maiden win in formula two. 20—year—old mick schumacher started from pole himself, and held off the challenge from japan's nobuharu matsushita to win in budapest. schumacher is a member of the ferrari driver academy and is widely tipped for a move to f1 in the future. a sixth win of the season has seen reigning champion marc marquez increase his lead in the moto gp standings. he's now 63 points ahead of italian andrea dovizioso after ten rounds having beaten his nearest rival into second place at the czech republic grand prix. australian jack miller took
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third, as britain's cal crutchlow finished fifth. the final round of the british open golf at woburn is heading for an exciting climax. but hopes of a british winner are fading. bronte law's had a disappointing day — five bogeys have left her well off the lead. charley hull has also struggled on her home course, this double bogey on the seventh has seen her drop out of contention. but what a duel at the top. south korea'sjin young ko, who won the evian championship last week is tied with america's lizette salas with five holes to play. it promises to be an exciting finish to that. onto football now — and manchester city have won the community shield, the season's annual opening match. the premier league winners beat liverpool the champions league holders at wembley to claim the early bragging rights ahead of the new season. it starts properly on friday. but it went all the way to penalties
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— as katie shanahan reports. on to the —— under the wimpy arch assigned football is back and so—so rivalry between manchester city and liverpool adding extra spice to the to the occasion. the premier league champions started slicker as raheem sterling gave them the lead for sub scoring against his former club for the first time. after the break, liverpool hit the bar and the post but finally got what they deserve. he headed home the equaliser. mohammed sought nearly one it for liverpool in the last minute but a remarkable clearance off the line sent the game to penalties. a from liverpool gave gabriel the chance to win it for city, adding another trophy to their cabinet. katie shanahan, bbc news. and we're just entering the second half, of the championship match between bristol city and leeds, two sides hoping to challenge for promotion this season. leeds went ahead thanks to pablo hernandez, who had the space to turn and shoot.
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marcelo bielsa's side missed out on promotion to the premier league last season, after losing to derby in the play—offs. catch the latest on that at —— match on the bbc sport website. rangers kicked—off the season with a 2—1 victory at kilmarnock but they left it very late. steven gerrard's side got—off to a good start at rugby park, scott arfield putting them ahead after 16 minutes but when kilmarnock levelled it late in the second half, it looked like it was going to be a draw until connor goldson's stoppage—time header secured all three points for rangers. in the later kick—off, sam cosgrove scored two goals to help aberdeen get off to a winning start. they beat hearts 3—2 at pittodrie after coming back from 2—1 down. ryan hedges with the winner five minutes from time. everton have completed the signing of striker moise kean from juventus, their fifth of the summer. the teenager is an italy international and joins for an undislcosed fee thought to be around £30 million.
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kean scored six goals injuventus' serie a title—winning campaign last season. in the super league, hull kr snatched a late winner against castleford with a drop—goal in golden point extra—time. danny mcguire saved the day for the relegation—threatened side as the tigers were going for their third win in a row. castleford lead 26—14 with just over 20 minutes left. two ben crooks tries levelled the scores before mcguire's winning kick. 27—26 the score. a niall evalds' hat—trick helped salford keep their super league play—off hopes alive by thrashing london broncos. 58—28 the score there. and 150 of the world's top professional cyclists are in london and surrey today, competing in ride london which you can watch live on bbc one right now a 169km course which starts in central london before heading into the countryside and finishing on the mall in front of buckingham palace.
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familair faces from the tour de france — caleb ewan, who won three stages in the tour competing. there will also be a great british cycling team, led by world and european champion ethan hayter. the course will include five climbs of box hill, as opposed to previous editions where there was only one ascent. you can catch that on bbc one and on the bbc sport website. it is the largest price point for any one day race in the world. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. as well as more on the ashes and the community shield. that's bbc.co.uk/sport.
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i love food. who doesn't? and like everything else in our lives, food has become globalised. we have access to a multitude of cuisines. out of season, a thing of the past. but the true cost of this indulgence is becoming apparent with a spiralling public health crisis and environmental destruction. i've been to a facility in north london where our discarded food ends up. in this country, household waste makes up for at least 70% of what's thrown away. currently only half the uk's food waste is being processed. if it all came to a place like this it could power 350,000 households. this place receives
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about 30 lorries a day. full of waste, mostly coming from homes. this whole operation is powered by the waste that comes in here. and, surprisingly, there is actually only one machine. that's because what arrives here is just food waste in plastic bags. so all that needs to happen is the plastic be separated from the food. but that shows just how important it is that we do our bit at home first. after the food is removed from the bags, a kind of soup is created. it even has its own recipe to make itjust right for the next bit of the process. these tanks behind me are actually called the digesters and they work like the human digestive system, breaking down food in just the same way. in fact, the temperature inside there is 37 degrees — the same temperature as the human gut. once the food is broken down,
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the gas produced is turned into electricity and the rest is sent as manure to the surrounding farms. but there is no denying that aside from the waste, we need to be creating more food to be able to feed the world's growing population. and to be able to do that, we need to find ways of creating sustainable and efficient farming. so we took a trip to the orkney islands off the coast of scotland to see how 5g is being used to do just that. 5g networks are starting to pop up in uk cities. but for many rural areas, even getting a basic signal remains a challenge. including in the orkney islands off the north coast of scotland, with a population of just 22,000 people. in the past, an argument against setting up mobile networks in remote locations was the high cost of infrastructure, relative to low population. but this could all be about to change. in a revolutionary move, the uk's communications regulator, ofcom, is opening up part
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of the airwaves, or spectrum, to anyone who wants to use it. at cost price on a first—come first—served basis. mobile operators want to provide service right across the country. some places don't use all the spectrum, sometimes it might be available for others to use. we are hoping innovations will come out of it and new industries will develop. industries will not be constrained by bits of wire, and will be able to use radio. experiments to build local networks are already under way. the 5g rural first trial has brought 5g capabilities to different projects across the orkney islands. one of the most remote and under—connected parts of the uk. but while remote, the islands contribute significantly to uk exports of salmon and whiskey. salmon is one of the uk's biggest food exports, worth more than £700 million a year. many salmon farms are located offshore in scottish waters. with up to 25,000 fish in each cage, there is a lot of data that
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needs to be collected. this box monitors sensors in the water that include temperature sensors, salinity sensors and oxygen sensors, so it is seeing how oxygen is going to the fish. the oxygen levels affect when and how much the fish are fed. automatic feeding systems work off that data on a wi—fi network over a 5g connection, with four feeders running at once. just did that feed off your laptop? yes. i am connected to the barge computer via screen connect which is a total benefit to us because we can be out on site and ready to feed the fish rather than have a man just sitting and feeding them all day. he can be out working with us and helping us. and some processes are still done by hand, like checking for sea lice. that could change as well. we will be doing health checks on them and make sure they are nice and clean. that one is beautiful. so if you had a 5g connection you may not need to do this, where you remove the fish from the water? no. we would have hd cameras that
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could monitor the condition. 56 brings a couple of elements that maybe we didn't have with 4g. of course it has higher bandwidth. but it also brings low latency, meaning that the time the signal takes to go back and forth becomes much much faster. we can deploy it in areas that we may not have been able to before. it is all now coming together into a single infrastructure, providing solutions that maybe over 46 was only a dream. while only 22,000 people live in orkney, a further 200,000 tourists come to visit its whisky distilleries and famous neolithic sites every year. many arrive by cruise ship including this disney one, dropping off hundreds of passengers. by selling access to bespoke wi—fi networks over 5g, the local community could pay for the masts needed to get network access all year round. so we are standing in the middle of the ring of brodgar and you can
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see two masts from here. if you look over here, there are two masts up there. we are running from that right now. fantastic. can we see? so... that's us connected now. that is the full signal. number 15 is queueing up. signal strength is impressive. other applications like augmented reality tour guides are being tested, which tourists can also buy while visiting. is it possible to see you have a signal or a connection to your network here? no, ijust have emergency calls. i have no 4g, no 3g. this is a 5g connection. oh, wow! is this something you would want to use? yes. especially if you have children as well. i think it's a good idea. for important sites at this, yes. the 5g network is also being tested on windfarms. the orkney islands produce over 130% of its electricity demand through renewable energy, selling the excess back to the national grid.
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with sustained winds over 100mph during the winter and farms in remote locations, having sensors delivering data in real—time to a central point can help keep the turbines running in dangerous conditions. these turbines are now connected to a smart grid which mixes renewable energy with battery technology. before, they were connected by copper wire to telephone lines, making them vulnerable to damage from lightning strike. we're hoping that the 5g system will minimise the amount of outages that the project can have. you can imagine that if we were connected by a simple wire, that can fail and that will stop generation. and we do not want that. we want to be able to provide power whenever it is windy and send it to scotland where it can be used. all these projects are still in the pilot stage. but with ofcom opening up the airwaves, they could soon become reality. in some places like orkney where spectrum is not intensively used, we want people to be able to use
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spectrum as a way of deploying new services, be it in rural areas where people are doing new and innovative things or inside factories or enterprise offices as we go toward more industrial it and new 5g services we just want people to be able to do it and do it. ofcom will assess each bid for parts of shared spectrum by ofcom ensure there is no interference with other users. it will start taking bids for these shared case uses towards the end of the year. so we have seen how new ways of farming and even creating food in a lab can solve one problem — but we still need to be wasting less at home. so i have been taking a look at some technology that aims to help. these smart tags and containers are still in preproduction. they are designed to ping you reminders about your leftovers. as for your supermarket shopping, you can track that using apps
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like kitche or nowaste, which alert you to food that is about to go off, and keep track of how much your wastage is causing you. snapping a picture of your receipt creates a digital pantry. kitche did seem better at deciphering the text than nowaste. kitche also suggests recipes for cooking soon to expire food, although you would need to add more ingredients as well. the result made this seem a bit of a novelty to me. we've seen a few smart fridges that let you take a peek inside remotely, but those will set you back thousands. fridgecam is trying to give the same convenience for a couple of hundred quid. the idea is that it will snap a picture every time you close your fridge door,
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so you can see what is inside from anywhere. it also uses image recognition to keep an eye on the product — that is the aim anyway. in reality, in this type of fridge at least, the camera viewjust wasn't wide enough to show more than one or two shelves. as for those snaps, it will tell you who has been opening the fridge. these apps may encourage us to think about how we treat food a bit more, but changing our lifetime shopping and eating habits might be a harder nut to crack. that's it for the short version of our sustainable food special. the full programme can be found on the bbc iplayer. you can keep track of the team on youtube, facebook, instagram and twitter at @bbcclick, and of course we will be back next week. thanks for watching.
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hello, there. for some of us across the south, it has been a fine end to the day whereas further north, plenty of showers and thunderstorms continue to rattle on through the evening to the first part of the night. most of the thunderstorms in this yellow warning area affecting parts of scotland and northern england including flood sensitive areas across northern england. this warning valid till around midnight. thereafter for the rest of the night, those thunderstorms will ease down. you can see them rattling their way northwards and eastwards in the early hours. some rain falling and then another line of showery rain pushes in from the west towards the end of the night. again some of this rain could be quite heavy. though not cold — a particularly
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muggy night for us, temperatures no lower than 13—16 degrees. so we start the new working week on an unsubtle note thanks to this area of low pressure which is going to stick around in fact throughout the week. that is going to be anchored mainly to the north of the uk on monday. across parts of scotland, and northern ireland where we will see most of the showers. there could be some thunderstorms there. a few showers clearing the east of england as the day wears on. drier and brighter in the afternoon for much of england and wales. warm as well. 22—25 degrees. feeling less humid, and we will have a slightly fresher south—westerly breeze across the board and particularly across the south. during monday night, it stays showery across the northern half of the country. again there could be some heavy mist and rain there. low pressure still with us as we head on into tuesday, anchored across scotland and northern ireland. so here is where we are likely to see the heaviest moving so here is where we are likely to see the heaviest slow—moving downpours throughout the day.
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you can see them develop widely as we go late into the afternoon in scotland and northern ireland and into northern england and parts of wales as well. remember flood sensitive areas could be battered by some of these downpours so we could see the risk of flooding in places. the best of the brightness across the south—east is where we could see 23 degrees and close to the high teens in the north. low pressure slowly pushing its way eastwards on wednesday and will still be affect parts of the country, bringing further showers across more northern and eastern areas. so it remains unsettled towards the end of the week. maybe something a little bit drier from thursday to friday and then it will be windy again as we head on into the week. watch out for the risk of some localised flooding.
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this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 6pm: two mass shootings in the united states — the first in a walmart store in el paso, texas — where 20 people were killed. a suspect has been taken into custody and police search his home. he's been identified by local media as 21—year—old patrick crusius. we are treating it as a domestic terrorism case, and they going to do what we do with terrorists in this country, which is deliver swift and certainjustice. the second shooting took place in dayton, ohio where nine people died. officials said the speed of the police's response could have saved hundreds of lives.
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