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would success look like for them?” think success, from what people are said to me, what looked like the prime minister's review, they think thatis prime minister's review, they think that is complete lip service to their cause, kicking it into the long grass as david lammy, the totte n ha m long grass as david lammy, the tottenham mp, said out of the prime minister announced his review, we've had lots of reviews, what we want to see action recommended from those reviews to be implemented. so, greater justice in the reviews to be implemented. so, greaterjustice in the justice system, more turnaround health inequalities in education and so on, you can list effectively every area of society, that's why a lot of people come out today to protest, because they don't want this to be kicked around a committee table in whitehall, they really want to see action. and i think it's interesting also is a relationship with police here. clear, a lot of people are concerned with police brutality, it isa
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concerned with police brutality, it is a mellow situation here, no altercations that winter turned with police, the police are relaxed around protesters. we saw fewjoking with them earlier and at one point, when protesters date temporarily not quite occupy but were certainly in the middle of the road by trafalgar square, one of them got an allowed her to politely ask everyone to get off the road to help the police do theirjob properly. so this is several atmosphere, but that should be misunderstand as them at watering down their demands. they want to see change across british society. thank you very much. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello, most of us have avoided the showers today but there is a greater chance of catching them tomorrow after overnight rain tonight and edging towards western parts of britain, sweeping views across the night and it will be covered by a
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fresh to strong westerly wind. the south—east of england, earlier in the morning with overnight temperatures holding into double figures. tomorrow, rain across eastern england, pushing north across scotland and into the northern isles, into the eye like afternoon. then there are some showers around. anywhere i could catch a shower but most likely, most frequent was northern ireland, northern england and scotland where some will be heavy, possibly thundery as well and we move through fairly quickly on a brisk south—westerly wind. some gusts around 30—a0 mph. it will be cooler well you have the most frequent showers and stronger winds but i have most of the sunshine, central and eastern parts of england and the low 20s.
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as the uk considers plans for summer travel — the spanish foreign minister says british citizens will be allowed into spain without needing to quarantine from tomorrow. we will allow british visitors to enter spain just like we will allow british visitors to enter spainjust like the we will allow british visitors to enter spain just like the rest of the european union or schengen area as from the 21st ofjune freely and without the need for a quarantine. the outcome of a review of the two metre social distancing rule in england will be announced in the coming days. the chancellor, rishi sunak, says it's important for businesses to be able to trade again. particularly for the hospitality industry, for pubs and restaurants are keen to see if there were some changes that can be made. that is why we are reviewing the rule and the outcome will be out later this week. three children have died and a woman is critically ill after a fire at their flat in paisley near glasgow. anti—racism protests have been held in cities in the uk for the fourth weekend in a row.
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northern ireland sees no new cases of covid—i9 recorded over the past 2a hours. we've just seen the warmest may globally on record and it was also exceptionally dry across much of the uk. meanwhile, the sustained rainfall shortage across other parts of europe has been the worst in more than a century. in our monthly episode of climate check, bbc weather‘s susan powell looks at the most recent scientific data and the links to climate change. hello, and welcome. 2020 is already turning out to be a record—breaking year and you're only halfway through. it was the warmest may globally since records began and yet again the biggest temperature anomalies in the darkest shade of red your behind me were at the
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polls. temperatures is 10 degrees above average in parts of antarctica, alaska and siberia. in the uk, may, we saw the highest number of hours of sunshine ever recorded in one month. data is recorded in one month. data is recorded using sunshine recorders like these are the sun burns through the glass onto a special card but modern mechanisms are in place now in some places. averaged out, there was a whopping 626.2 hours of sunshine across march, april and may, and that is more than you'd get ina may, and that is more than you'd get in a typical british summer. so, what was that with a pattern? meteorologists referred to them as blocking highs. the jet meteorologists referred to them as blocking highs. thejet stream meteorologists referred to them as blocking highs. the jet stream that the other areas of low pressure in from the atlantic, the major source of rain in this part of the world, was buckled considerably further north than you would see any typical spring, taking the rain north along with it, allowing high pressure to
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establish or block for weeks on end. consequently, northern france and the benelux area all had a much drier spring than usual, too. sustained rain fall shortages are even but for the czech republic, it's having the worst drought in 500 yea rs. it's having the worst drought in 500 years. the lack of soil moisture is now visible from space and is being monitored by satellite. compare the average spring soil map with the green shading with this year's in red. some places are 30% down. a dry spring followed an exceptionally wet february. in the uk, the netherlands in parts of scandinavia. these side by side maps from the met office show a dramatic contrast between a very wet february in the uk and the exceptionally dry spring. scientists also finding increasing evidence for the seasonal behaviour elsewhere around the globe. princeton university is looking at apparent
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hotspots in asia, africa and oceania and studying possible links to climate change. staying extreme, let's look at our planet was much bigger storms. the ist ofjune marked the official start of the atla ntic marked the official start of the atlantic hurricane season and it's the sixth year in a row there have been preseason storms but this is the first time we've seen three. in contrast, after the earliest of tropical depression, one ye showing its self in the pacific basin in april, it has been a slow start with just two systems so far. —— one—e. and the us weather as wondering why this —— if this is tied to climate change. what we do know about the storms, hurricanes and cyclones as they draw their energy from warmer ocean waters. so, with warming waters globally, we've seen about a degree or so rise since the
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beginning of industrialisation. it's more likely for these powerful storms to form. and certainly that ties in with what we have been observing in the north on indian ocean in the last few weeks. super cyclonic storm amphan in may was one of the strongest ever seen in bengal. meanwhile nisarga in the arabian sea was one of the strongest to make its way into the indian location of maharashtra... and one of the highest to disturb the upper and lower level patterns. climate scientists will certainly be staying glued to the observations. has our exceptional spring set is up for potentially a summer of record—breaking and in the northern hemisphere, and of course, just how well the rest of the 2020 summer season well the rest of the 2020 summer season play out? that might how will the rest of the 2020 storm season
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play out? —— how will the rest of the 2020 storm season play out? more weather soon. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello, i'm olly foster, here's what's coming up on sportsday a huge win from brighton as they come from behind to beat arsenal in injury time. there's an unlikely winner at ascot as the royal meeting comes to a close. and despite the easing of the lockdown we meet the gymnast still locked out because she's not british. hello and welcome to sportsday.
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hello there, 4 more matches in the premier league today and so far it's been all about late goals. neal maupay scored in the 95th minute for brighton as they beat arsenal 2—1. the gunners players accused him of causing the injury that saw their goalkeeper bernd leno leave the field it might have ended his season. and amidst angry confrontations at fulltime he says arsenal need to learn humility. alex gulrajani reports on a fiery encounter on the south coast. another moment of history, with not many people there to see it. the traditional saturday free pm now live the television. a first for uk fa ns live the television. a first for uk fans who have to watch from home. right are fighting for premier league survival, a promising start for arsenal would have been a touch whatever your advantage point. his opposite number wouldn't be doing his for much longer. bernd leno
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