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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. miracle in pakistan, survivors pulled from the wreckage of a plane crash in karachi —but 80 people are confirmed dead. a two—hour expletive—ridden video of jair bolsonaro in a brazilian cabinet meeting will be released as part of an investigation into his son. the british prime minister's chief adviser is reported to have broken lockdown guidelines by travelling to his parents‘ home to self—isolate when suffering with coronavirus. new quarantine rules for travellers to the uk. visitors face fines for not self—isolating. while muslims around the world prepare for the end of ramadan — we look at how eid celebrations this year will be different under lockdown.
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hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. first... at least eight people have been confirmed dead, after a plane crashed into a residential area, in the pakistani city of karachi, minutes before it was due to land. -- 80 —— 80 people have been confirmed dead. the airbus a320 was enroute from lahore in the north of the country when it came down in sight of the runway. it was about a 90 minute journey. at least two passengers survived. in a moment we'll be speaking to the sister of one of survivors of the crash, zafar masood, who's the ceo
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of the bank of punjab. but first this report from secunder kermani. these are the moments just before the plane crashed to the ground. at the site, panic and chaos. this residential area is just a short distance away from the airport. rescue workers combed through the debris, looking for surviving passengers and injured locals. this man, head of a major bank, was pulled out from the wreckage alive, but otherfamilies have been left distraught. translation: we pulled out a small child and his mother. they are both alive. then we found two dead bodies on top of the building. there might be a few more bodies up there, with the rest under the plane, but we just don't know yet. the muslim festival of eid is this weekend, and many of those travelling would have been hoping to celebrate with loved ones.
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karachi's health workers were already stretched, dealing with coronavirus. the city has been the epicentre of the country's outbreak. now a state of emergency has been declared in all major hospitals. an investigation into the crash is under way. a recording points to technical problems. we have lost engines. mayday, mayday! there will be questions for airline authorities. there have been other crashes in the past as well. but first, for dozens of families, instead of eid festivities there will be funerals. secunder kermani, bbc news. one of the survivors was zafar masood, the ceo of the bank of punjab. his sister, zainab imam, joins me from washington.
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a miracle that he survived this, how is he and have you spoken to an?” have, he is a miracle and —— it is america. he we are all in a state of shock and we are so blessed and grateful. he is well, he is in hospital and he is injured but these are not major injuries so we are hopeful that he will recover fully very soon. “— hopeful that he will recover fully very soon. —— is a miracle. hopeful that he will recover fully very soon. -- is a miracle. what did he tell you about what had happened in those moments before the plane came down because it was almost at the end of the journey. came down because it was almost at the end of the journeylj came down because it was almost at the end of the journey. i have not been able to talk to him very much about it and of course our family, we have all just about it and of course our family, we have alljust been focused on being lucky and being so thankful and grateful that we are at one of
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the lucky ones, where our loved ones survive this horrible crash and he talked about his rescue, he talked about how some people came and immediately to his rescue. he was able to figure out that his arm had been hurt and his leg had been hurt and they were just exceedingly kind and they were just exceedingly kind and he was able to get to the hospital very soon after the crash. and he is a brave man and i know i nest and. he had the presence of mind to call our parents immediately and we are so grateful and so blessed that we did not go through that pain of not knowing where our loved one was as so many other
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families have. as soon as he realised he immediately made a phone call? yes, he got to the hospital and he was able to borrow the phone ofa and he was able to borrow the phone of a staff member over there and called home and let us know that he had survived and he was in the hospital. had you heard of the crash? did you know that your brother was travelling on this flight? yes. yes i knew he was travelling on the flight, he had message on our group what's app chat saying he had taken off and would be arriving around 3pm pakistan time which is around 6am where i am in washington, dc. i hadjust woken which is around 6am where i am in washington, dc. i had just woken up and was looking at my phone and saw the what's app chap and then i
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opened twitter and saw this news that this plane had crashed and i was certain that because of the time... iwas was certain that because of the time... i was completely in shock and that is how i learned about the crash. he amazingly survived and we think one or two others. we do not know how many people were wounded or killed on the ground and all of this of course at the time of eid starting this weekend, some terrible news for the majority of people but for yourfamily a news for the majority of people but for your family a real blessing. yes, we arejust for your family a real blessing. yes, we are just very grateful and we are very lucky, our heart goes out to all the family members who
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lost a loved one or more and loved ones. i saw a family was struggling and they have not survived. it is just... yes, it is a time of... it is good news press that there is so much bad news all around and really we we re much bad news all around and really we were the lucky ones and we feel for those who are hurting right now. thank you very much indeed for joining us on bbc news. brazil's supreme court has authorised the release of a video, that reportedly shows brazil's president bolsonaro confessing to interfering with the federal police to help his family. mr bolsonaro sacked the national police chief, mauricio valeixo last month, while police have been investigating his son, carlos bolsonaro. the video shows the president saying, "if one cannot change the law enforcement official, one changes his boss; if not his boss, one changes the minister.
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we're not kidding around". before going on to say "i will not wait for my family or friends to get screwed because i cannot change one of our law enforcement officials." 0ur correspondent katy watson is in sao paulo and has been watching the video. he thought not to get this release but a judge overruled him. how damaging is this? before we start the language that has been used in the language that has been used in the press certainly has been a very tame version of what we have seen in the video. this video is part of this, it was privately showed as pa rt this, it was privately showed as part of this investigation of the supreme court that this video, it is more dramatic than... brazilians went crazy for watching this and took down the supreme court website. it is two hours of shocking comments
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not just from it is two hours of shocking comments notjust from bolsonaro but his ministry is about pretty much every topic. the damage it is going to do, you wonder how long bolsonaro can last in thejob you wonder how long bolsonaro can last in the job as president. really? and the allegations against his son have been around for sometime and talk through those? this comes back to when thejustice minister and he resigned saying that bolsonaro had been politically interfering and this is down to just one son, several sons are under investigation from wrongdoing including corruption and money laundering and we have seen in the video, the talk of how he does not wa nt to video, the talk of how he does not want to get his family, screw his family over and he pointed out when he resigned asjustice minister that
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bolsonaro was wanting to have the police chief moore on his side his head have access to intelligence and thatis head have access to intelligence and that is not how it works. that is why he left. this is damning and every possible way for it bolsonaro. thank you very much indeed. here in the uk it's been reported that the prime minister's chief adviser, dominic cummings, travelled out of london during the lockdown, whilst ill with coronavirus symptoms. mr cummings travelled from london to durham, nearly 420km away in the north of england, when he had coronavirus in march. 0ur political correspondent, leila nathoo is at westminster. back on the 30th of march we found out that dominic cummings had down, come down with coronavirus sometimes. at the time they said he was self isolating at home but tonight they are reporting that subsequently he and fact travelled
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to his parents home and that police made contact with the family to remind them of the rules around essential travel and guidance at the time was made law a few days before he said there were a limited number of reasons why people should be leaving their homes and if you have coronavirus sometimes your self, the guidance was and is that you should be not leaving your home at all for at least seven days. a source close to cummings said he did travelled from london to durham and the source said that he and his wife stayed in a separate building and the reason why they travelled there was because they were both ill and needed help with childcare. there have been other senior figures accused of breaking rules. professor neil ferguson, a leading scientist had to step down from his role. parties are questioning cummings's position
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which is awkward for number ten he said they are not going to comment. anyone arriving in the uk from abroad could face a $1200 fine, if they fail to self—isolate for 14 days. the measures will come in from the 8th ofjune, to help prevent a second wave of coronavirus infections. with more, here's our transport correspondent, tom burridge. soon, almost anyone arriving into the uk will have to self—isolate for two weeks. most people on this flight from amsterdam into manchester thought it was a good idea. we've just come off a klm flight. it was absolutely jam—packed full of people. and, erm, who knows who's got coronavirus? after some confusion, the government now says only people arriving from the republic of ireland will be exempt. medical workers will too, and people like lorry drivers who transport goods. fruit pickers will not be able to travel away from the place they work. anyone who flouts the new rules
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could face a £1,000 fine. the home secretary said it was the right time for this measure. as the transmission rate across the uk falls and the number of travellers arriving in the uk begins to increase, imported cases could begin to pose a larger and increased threat. is it fair to assume now that most summer holidays abroad will not happen this year? this is absolutely not about booking holidays. we have to be clear that we want to avoid a second wave, and that is vital. but the travel sector, already battered in the pandemic, will be hit even harder. airlines believe mandatory masks, gloves and temperature checks will be enough to get more flights moving safely again. it's like a lot of boris johnson's strategies — it's make it up as you go along... the boss of ryanair says the quarantine is... bonkers, and unimplementable. the real issue here is the people
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arriving into the uk, for example, heathrow and gatwick, then get on the london underground or gatwick express to get into london to wherever they're supposed to isolate, so the whole purpose of isolation is defeated. and this travel agent in surrey currently has no summer bookings. i think it will be a final nail in the coffin for my and many other businesses, if this continues. i can't realistically see customers necessarily wanting to self—isolate for two weeks after they come back. bilateral deals with countries with low infection rates, known as air bridges, are possible in the future but, when it takes effect onjune the 8th, the quarantine will be a blanket measure. it will be reviewed every three weeks. tom burridge, bbc news.
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stay with us on bbc news, still to come... could we be seeing a return of professional football in england anytime soon? the bbc speaks exclusively to the english premier league's boss. this morning and indian air force plane carrying mr gandhi's body. the president witnessed the final return from the political battlefield. ireland voted overwhelmingly and favour of gay marriage. it was a remarkable climate to what was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever get into a pop singer. and has been a peacefulfuneral demonstration so far. the prelaunch
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ritual is well established here. said to be in good spirits thatjust a little apprehensive. it was a bloodied battle for a poor country and the challenges ahead are daunting but for now at least this time to celebrate. this is bbc news, the latest headlines... a pakistani passenger plane carrying nearly 99 people has crashed into homes in the city of karachi. at least 80 people have been killed. several survived. the british prime minister's chief adviser comes under pressure following claims he broke the rules around lockdown by leaving his home to travel to visit his parents the muslim holy celebration of eid is this weekend. it marks the end of a month of fasting for ramadan, the biggest celebration
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in the muslim calendar. normally people gather in mosques and parks in huge numbers to celebrate but it will be very different this year. zainab gulamali is a spokeswoman for muslim council of britain, who have come up with a dos and don'ts guideline list for muslims celebrating eid this year. shejoins me now. in advance, it is going to be a very different eid and a very different ramadan. exactly there was a lot of anxiety as to what it will look like in lockdown away from the left lens and away from the mosque and we managed to adapt and survive a whole month and now we are looking at a very similar looking eid. it isn't time for giving and celebration at the end of the month of fasting but how will people get around that, suites or neat deliveries in many countries as well? of corus and eid
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is centred around the mosque and our families as well and there is the congregational eid prayer and with the mosques close it is not possible. and we are encouraging them to pray in the congregation in their own homes in lou of meeting friends and family and going to people's families, we encourage them to have a lovely meal at home and dial their friends to have a lovely meal at home and dial theirfriends and to have a lovely meal at home and dial their friends and family with video conferencing to connect in that way. we have the ways from around the world watching at the moment, talk us through what is happening here because of the lockdown rules there is some suggestion that places of worship may be old able to open at some stage and are you planning for that and self distancing —— being put in place? we were told that the earliest they can open will be the
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4th ofjuly earliest they can open will be the 4th of july but earliest they can open will be the 4th ofjuly but of course i had at that a lot of preparatory work needs to go and buy mosques and community centres to make sure that they are covid—i9 safe and put measures in place to protect their communities. we have been consulting with over 300 mosques in recent weeks. we know not allowing people and over the age of 65 or it may be high risk, or still adhering to social distancing measures while attending. still adhering to social distancing measures while attendinglj still adhering to social distancing measures while attending. i do not know if you know the history of previous times where it eid or ramadan has been affected by plague several hundred years ago or is this really unprecedented for islam? particularly this generation and in the last three decades this is absolutely unprecedented that what is really great to see is how well communities have adapted. that was
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concerted efforts by mosques to take their services online and still able to connect with their communities and provide the services, the prayers and the sermons into the homes of people. they also had loads of mosques set up for things or initiatives to help members of their community and also wider society who are in need. ramadan is about giving back and we have seen communities adapt to the pandemic and get back which is really great. thank you very much indeed forjoining us here on bbc news. the boss of the english premier league says it has done everything possible to persuade players it's safe to resume training. richard masters told the bbc that the resumption of germany's bundesliga gave him hope the same could happen for the premier league. our sports editor dan roan reports. it may be hard to believe, but this was the last time the premier league was in action. two and a half months after leicester city's win over aston villa,
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players have had to wait until this week to start an initial phase of non—contact training, and today, in his first interview since the start of this crisis, the man in charge told me about his hopes for a resumption of the season next month. i sense there is some momentum and positivity behind it. we've gone back to training but it's only a first step. it's step by step. all of the clubs' work in the communities, the 100,000 jobs the premier league supports, all of those are potentially at risk, as with other industry sectors, and i believe ultimately we have a responsibility to try to get back to business to protectjobs and to move forward. but, with unresolved rows among clubs over the safety of players, the use of neutral stadia and whether relegation should be scrapped, plenty of hurdles remain. you have to have contingency plans. curtailment is still a possibility, so what would happen in that environment is something we are yet to discuss with our clubs. contact training could start next week but, with six cases of the virus among premier league clubs revealed, some players have refused to train
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over their concerns. today the premier league held a meeting with the footballers union to discuss the increased risk to black, asian and minority ethnic players. the league has been accused by some of putting wealth above the health of players and their families. is that fair? no, it's not. we wouldn't have taken the first step to go back to training if we weren't convinced that we'd created a very safe environment for our players to go back to, and each of our clubs voted unanimously for it last week. we think it is safe to return and the decision as we ultimately have to respect the decision not to return to training. it is their prerogative. if you were a footballer, would you play? i think i would. i've listened to the arguments. i've been in the meetings, talked to the medical advisers and i would be comfortable to do so. last weekend, the bundesliga became the world's first major league to resume. as in germany, football here will have to get used to playing without fans, but for how long? nobody knows the answer to that. i just think we have to plan accordingly. we have to take it step by step. at the moment, there
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is still optimism we will see fans back in grounds next season. the premier league will not be back to being itself, at its best, until we get fans back through the turnstiles. with an unprecedented financial crisis facing cash—strapped clubs in the football league, could the top flight do more to bail out the rest of the football family? 0ur clubs are suffering significant financial losses. our support for the rest of the game is unprecedented across european football, and we are very committed to that. like all sporting competitions, the premier league is waiting to re—emerge from its enforced shutdown. when and whether the action will resume remains unclear. dan roan, bbc news. before we go, rolling thunders was an annual event in the us on memorial day weekend. thousands of bikers would descend on washington dc to bring attention to service members who went missing in action. this year's event is scaled down, and renamed. but still loud.
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music. president trump held a ‘rolling to remember‘ event at the white house today. motorcyclists got the chance to cruise around the south lawn, and rattle the windows a bit. bikers are urged to ride 22 miles in their home communities to raise awareness about veteran suicide. about 20 veterans take their lives each day. so that message is heard loud and clear. a reminder of our top story... a pakistani international airlines passenger plane has crashed into a residential area of the city killing at least 80. airbus was carrying 81 passengers and eight crew. —— 91
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passengers and eight crew. —— 91 passengers and eight crew. miraculously at least two if not another passenger on that plane survived. we will be back soon. hello there, we have seen unusually windy weather for the time of year affecting the northwest and the uk and particular. the strongest gust of landing could be 61 mph on the parts of scotland and we could have guests in the low seventies miles per hour. many of our beaches are uncontrolled for understandable reasons with similar rough seas this weekend and it is best to stay well away. more rain and strong winds thanks to the sale living area of low pressure and the strongest winds a lwa ys low pressure and the strongest winds always close to the centre of the low passing to the north of scotland and although we start off very windy indeed across the northwest, it
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begins to slowly space out the low pressure and gets less intense through the afternoon. here at the temperature is 80 start the day on saturday but blustery winds pressing for is scotland and still reaching around 60 mph and slowly eased down after that. northern ireland and scotland, scotland looks wet from most of the day and quite cold as well. some sunshine, it could seen on showerjust well. some sunshine, it could seen on shower just about anywhere but will not last long get the windy conditions. still around 50 mph and northern scotland. just 11 degrees in glasgow saturday afternoon and some sunshine in london and even the winds are not feeling too bad at all. we do have a bit more rain to come through and the rain tends to ease down as we go through sunday with freighter conditions writing and for the last. 17 degrees in belfast that 22 towards the london
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area and the warming trend to our weather is set to continue into next week as well. this area of high pressure builds towards the south and the sunniest weather will be across england and wales which could do with some rain here and let their front will move off the atlantic bringing some rain into western scotla nd bringing some rain into western scotland and northern ireland but probably not too happy. gets a bit warmer and temperatures reaching the mid 20s and we could see mid to high 20s as we head into the first part of the new week as a letter sent me gets quite a bit warmer. that is the latest weather.
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the headlines: a pakistani passenger plane carrying nearly 99 people has crashed into homes in the city of karachi. officials have so far confirmed 80 deaths, but at least two passengers have survived. brazil's supreme court has authorised the release of a video, that reportedly shows brazil's president bolsonaro confessing to interfering with the federal police to help his family. it's being reported that dominic cummings — who's a key adviser to the british prime minister boris johnson — broke lockdown guidelines by travelling to his parents' home to self—isolate while suffering with coronavirus. the british government has confirmed that from june the eighth people arriving in the uk will have to self—isolate for 1h days. anyone breaching the rules will be fined 1200 dollars.
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