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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a multiple stabbing in reading, west of london, leaves three people dead and three seriously injured. security sources say a man arrested is of libyan origin. president trump addresses thousands of supporters in oklahoma, but the indoor arena is far from full. spain agrees to let in tourists from britain and the eu, without covid—19 quarantine. and if you think you've got your work cut out with home—schooling, spare a thought for the south korean foster dad teaching ten children who've never used a computer.
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hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. police in the uk have launched a murder investigation after three people were stabbed to death in the town of reading, west of london. three other people were seriously injured. police were called to the scene in forbury gardens in the centre of reading around 7pm on saturday evening. a 25—year—old man from the town was detained at the scene and has been arrested on suspicion of murder. john mcmanus reports an airambulance an air ambulance descending to the centre of reading in response to reports of a brutal attack. the first alert came at around seven pm yesterday evening. witnesses reporting a lone man attacking random members of the public in forbury gardens. it is a small park right in the centre of the berks town. it was busy with people relaxing in the sunshine on the longest day of the year.
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one witness described the sudden and savage nature of the assault. there was quite a lot of people in the park, all drinking with friends. and there was a group of about 8—10 people i think, middle—aged men, drinking in a circle. and suddenly, this one lone man started off the park of the rest —— of the park to the left, stabbed one, just once, went around to the next person, stabbed them, went around to the next person and managed to get three of them before anyone thought of realised. a local journalist who spoke to one of many witnesses said people scrambled to escape the scene. there was a waiter at a restau ra nt there was a waiter at a restaurant near to the gardens which are about 300 yards away who i spoke to around nine o'clock this evening, who said that he saw loads of people running away from the scene, he saw customers who were collecting orders telling staff at the restaurant that they have seen those of police cars
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go by. and they themselves were forced to close the restaurant early is a safety precaution for their staff. as well as specialist counterterrorism police, the air ambulances were joined by five regular ambulance crews and a hazardous area response team. police say that several people were taken to hospital, three have died from their wounds, and another three are seriously injured. the 25—year—old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder. the bbc understands that he is of libyan origin and had previously been in prison in the uk, but for a relatively minor offence. police say they are not currently treating this asa are not currently treating this as a terrorist incident but they are working with counterterrorism officers and are keeping an open mind as to the motivation. then, about one hour later, officers arrived at an address itself of the town centre and quickly moved some residents away from a block of
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flats. at iipm, armed police with shields entered the building. responding to the attack, the prime minister borisjohnson attack, the prime minister boris johnson tweeted: while the labour leader sir keir starmer said: this was a frightening and deadly attack on members of the public enjoying an ordinary summer public enjoying an ordinary summer evening. now, the investigation into why it happened gets under way. john mcmanus, bbc news. let's go to the us. president trump has told a rally of his supporters in tulsa in oklahoma that anyone who burns the american flag should face a year injail. his was trump's first rally since march, when the us —— this was trump's first rally since march, when the us coronavirus lockdown began. although the president said that almost a million people had requested tickets for the event, the tulsa's bank
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of oklahoma center, which can host up to 19,000 people, was, however, farfrom full. during his speech, trump said he asked for coronavirus testing to be slowed down because the us was having so many positive test results. i've been speaking about these remarks from mr trump to republican strategist matt mackowiak. —— to republican strategist matt mackowiak. i took that as a joke. there was laughter from the audience right after he said it. you know, he said the more you test, the more cases you have, the more negative the coverage is. and that's true. the more important thing is the positivity rate and the hospitalisation rate, and both of those numbers have remained fairly low in the united states compared to other parts of the world, so i took that as a joke. i understand the media and some of his democratic opponents will take that literally, and we will see what he says when he's asked about it but it certainly looked to me like he wasjoking. what you make of the fact that the rally is taking place at all? of course, the area where he is — he's speaking in tulsa in oklahoma, which has seen daily records throughout
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the week of increases in numbers there. well, oklahoma was one of the first states to reopen. they're now in phase three of their reopening. they started reopening june i. so i think he felt it was one of the safer places to go. being that he wanted to do this large gathering, he needed to go somewhere that had a republican mayor and a republican governor, and so tulsa has both. look, i think this was a test run. the campaign wants to see what the demand is like, whether people will show up to these events, whether they can be held safely, and that's why he wanted to go to a safe place to get that started. look, we've seen protests, racial protests around the country, over the last 3—4 weeks. there have been very, very few questions about the public health risk to those events. and so now to see the media turn around and ask questions about the public health risk of this, i think makes a lot of people kind of scratch their head, so i don't think this rally will matter that much. i thought that he sort of went through his greatest hits tonight. there wasn't a lot of new material but he's trying to get back in campaign shape. we are 4.5 months from the election and he hasn't had
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a rally in 119 days and now, they're back on the campaign trail and he will mix that in with his official duties. on the messaging, people online and journalists, they are covering it in pointing out he spent nearly ten minutes talking about him walking down a ramp and not really getting a sense of the actual re—election campaign message. is that a bit of frustration for you? a little bit, but i will say this — i think when he gives speeches off teleprompters, the message is better but the delivery is worse. you can tell his heart is really not in it. it's not the language he uses. he's not comfortable doing it. but when he does that in the white house for major speeches, i think they go well. in this case, he thinks it's more fun for the audience if he sort of riffs. so he does have a teleprompter but he does go off script and he wanted to tell a funny story about walking down the ramp at west point 10 days ago. it did take a while and it was a little strange,
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but it was also kind of endearing in a way as well. so, look, he wants to be authentic in these settings, he wants to be very different from other politicians, and he is very different and that cuts both ways, because he creates problem sometimes with the things he says, but on the other hand, that's part of the reason why people show up at these events hours and hours and hours beforehand, because he is so unpredictable. that was the republican strategist matt mackowiak. now, during his long campaign speech, the president spoke about the dangers of the minnesota police department being dissolved following the black lives matters protests. he used the example of an "hombre" breaking into a woman's home. "hombre" is the spanish word for "man" and is often used offensively to refer to mexican and latin american men in the us. hey! it's one o'clock in the morning! and a very tough — you know, i've used the word on occasion, ‘hombre' — and a very tough hombre is breaking into the window of a young
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woman whose husband is away as a travelling salesman or whatever he may do, and you call 911 and they say, "i'm sorry, this number is no longer working". our north america correspondent david willis says that despite racial tensions being so high in the us at the moment, the president made little effort to show sensitivity around race. people have been watching this speech to see what the president would say about the protest about racial injustice in this country, and the answer to which was very little, or virtually nothing. he did say that he has done more for black americans in his four years in office than his presumptive rival joe biden had done in 47 years, and that was kind of central to his knocking ofjoe biden, who he also called "a shameless
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hypocrite" and a "hostage of the radical left". the president, as you mentioned, also recommended that it be a major offence — a criminal offence — for anybody to set fire to the american flag — an offence which he thought should be punishable by a year in prison. he talked about nominating new conservative justices to the us supreme court, the highest court in the land. that's significant because, of course, this last week has seen the president being dealt two defeats by the supreme court. and, overall, he was very keen to get back to this election rally format. we know — we have seen over the years — he enjoys it personally. but behind that, he hasn't been doing particularly well in certain polls recently. he hasn't. he has had a pretty disastrous week in various forms and that
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has seen, of course, the publication of a book by his former national security advisorjohn bolton, which is very critical of the president and his ability to govern. we've had those setbacks, that i mentioned, in the supreme court and we have seen the number of coronavirus cases here in the united states multiply. added to which, the president's approval rating has diminished and all the polls, major polls, recently put him quite considerably behind joe biden. now, there was a lot of speculation that this would be, as his — the start of his re—election campaign, a very big rally today, but seems there were some empty spaces in the auditorium and that will not have pleased donald trump. david willis there. let's get some of the day's other news. the federal prosecutor for new york has said he's leaving his position immediately, after being removed by president trump. geoffrey berman, who led the investigation into mr trump's personal lawyer, michael cohen, had earlier denied reports he had resigned. he'd originally said
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he would stay in place until a successor had been confirmed by congress. —— until a successor had been confirmed by congress. a usjudge has blocked president trump's attempt to halt the publication of a book written by his former security adviser, john bolton. mr bolton was fired by mr trump in september after 17 months of serving in the white house. the book includes claims that mr trump had been unaware that britain was a nuclear power, and that he had sought help from chinese president xi jinping to win the presidential election. china has given details of its new national security legislation for hong kong, which would dramatically change the area's way of life. it includes plans for an office in the chinese territory which would collect intelligence. international organisations and hong kong activists have said this would crush hong kong's freedoms. health officials in germany say the reproduction number of the coronavirus has jumped to almost 1.8 — the highest value since the middle of march. the increase was caused
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by localised outbreaks that affected several hundred people this week. more than 1,000 people working at a meat processing plant in north—western germany have now tested positive for the disease. health experts say the total numbers of covid — 19 cases in germany — is still very low. the prospect of a summer holiday to spain has become a reality again as the country opens up its borders to many foreign visitors, including those from britain. it's removed the need for people to isolate for two weeks. the same won't yet apply to spanish visitors to the uk, as simon jones reports. the beaches in barcelona looks set to become a lot busier. as locals arejoined by set to become a lot busier. as locals are joined by visitors from abroad. spain is opening up from abroad. spain is opening up to most of the european countries, as a state of emergency is lifted, formally marking the end of a three month lockdown. anyone flying
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in the will face a rather different reception at the airport. there will be temperature checks and visitors will need to provide details of where they are staying. after a period of uncertainty, the spanish government has confirmed uk tourists will be able to visit without having to quarantine on arrival. when we we re quarantine on arrival. when we were discussing with the uk authorities see if they would do the same on their side, we had nevertheless doing this out of respect for the 400,000 british citizens that have a second residence in spain and that are dying to benefit from their homes in our country. but despite the temptation of a socially distanced drink in the sun, the british government is still advising against all but essential travel abroad and for the moment, people flying into the moment, people flying into the uk will have to spend two weeks in quarantine. spain, though, is desperate to get its tourism industry going again, so tourism industry going again, so vital for the economy, but this is a country that has seen more than 28,000 deaths from
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coronavirus. it says it will do all we can to ensure the safety and security of visitors but the question now is how many will be tempted by a spot of cm sangria will people decide to holiday at home instead? —— a spot of c. you are watching bbc news. the headlines: three people have been killed and others are critically injured after a multiple stabbing in reading, west of london. president trump addresses supporters in tulsa, oklahoma for his first campaign rally since the covid—19 outbreak reached the us. brazil continues to see an increase in cases of coronavirus. a day after passing the 1 million mark, the country has announced that now almost 50,000 people have died from the virus. only the united states has more. katy watson reports. too many to count, yet each and every one matters. crying grief so raw,
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a pain that's grown in brazil —— growing in brazil every single day. it's a pain that trainee surgeon douglas shares. seven members of his family got covid—19. his mother and uncle passed away in the hospital where he works. his grandmother also died. my central nucleus of my family was completely destroyed because my mum and my grandmother, because we are an italian family, so the mama is the centre of the family. he was the only one to attend his mother's funeral. the entire family was quarantined. it's the worst thing ever. because you have nobody to cry with you. you have nobody to give a hug. they are seeing the curve going up, not going down. do you think bolsonaro is responsible? he has his own part of duty in this, sure.
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we need to get a — we need a leader and he's not a leader. he's just another politician. and the politicians have decided that cities should start to reopen. after more than three months of quarantine, life as it was before. president bolsonaro continues to say very little. this is what he's wanted from the start — a return to normality. but there is no such thing as normal here with so many people dying and the virus still spreading fast. on the streets, though, there's a feeling of trepidation. "public tra nsport‘s full, it's complicated," says this lady, who works as a cleaner. "i'm scared but i have to work, don't i?" doctors are concerned about a second wave before the first one is even over. jair bolsonaro isn't listening. it's cost him two health ministers, but how will historyjudge him? maybe the election, next election, it's time.
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after we go through covid—19, after we spent some time, some years, we'll look behind and see, well, maybe if we had done it this way or that way, it would be better. but there's no going back. brazil has joined the us as an exclusive member of a club nobody wants to be a part of. katy watson, bbc news, in sao paulo. french prosecutors have said they will charge four men from the country's chechen community following disturbances in the central city of dijon. over the past week, there've been several nights of clashes between groups of chechen and north african youths in which both sides were filmed brandishing real and replica weapons. bill hayton reports. the charges follow a series of police raids in dijon and elsewhere. an elite unit was brought in because of fears of violence. four men now face charges. three are russian citizens, while the fourth is french, but of russian origin. they are accused of association with criminals, aggravated violence
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and property damage. translation: if you remember, at the very beginning, there was quite a lot of talk about drug trafficking. so far, the origin does not seem to be drug trafficking. but we've not completely ruled out connections with possible trafficking or activities with organised criminal nature. the violence began the week before last, with the beating of a 16—year—old chechen boy, allegedly by men of north african origin. a call was put out over social media for the chechen community to seek revenge. last friday, dozens of men, said to be of chechen origin and from many parts of the country and even abroad, gathered in the suburb of gresilles. there were four nights of clashes. the authorities called on everyone not to take matters into their own hands. translation: these facts were not reported
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to the police. there was no complaint and, therefore, the police cannot do their investigative work or search for and arrest the perpetrators. i would also point out that these acts of initial aggression are now part of the investigation and the perpetrators are and will be sought. the incidents have brought attention to france's growing chechen community with many expressing fears about further violence. but community leaders and the father of the 16—year—old boy have appealed for calm. bill hayton, bbc news. now, many people across the world are struggling with homeschooling due to the coronavirus pandemic, but a man in south korea has a particular challenge. kim tae—hoon has fostered ten north korean boys, most of whom have little experience with the internet and computers. kim and his children told us what this unprecedented online schooling is like for them.
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the effects of the coronavirus lockdown have been felt all around the world. jobs have been lost. lives have been put on hold. but it's notjust people who have felt the impact. in bolivia, stray animals have suffered because of covid—19. but one man is determined to do something about that, as the bbc‘s tim allman explains. it's pretty obvious that fernando loves his 4—legged friends. so much so, he spends most of his time travelling around la paz looking out for them. in his brightly coloured van, he and his volunteers try to deal with an ever—growing problem. translation: more or less, 2,000 dogs are helped daily in different neighbourhoods and more than 1.8 million
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rations have been given out during the quarantine. it can be done. reach your hand out a little and ask for help and listen to the one above. the authorities estimate there are nearly 800,000 stray dogs in bolivia. fernando helps as many of them in bolivia as he can, promoting adoption, sterilisation and education. but the most important thing — giving the animals something to eat. translation: i had food from three restaurants and gave them scraps. and with the quarantine, the volume of abandoned dogs increased by 10,000%, so one bag wasn't enough, we had to carry three, four, five, six large bags a day to be able to feed the street dogs. this is a day and night operation — donations coming from across the city. and fernando is not a man to show discrimination. he'll even help
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the odd stray cat. tim allman, bbc news. a reminder of our top story: police in the uk have launched a murder investigation after three people were killed in the town of reading, west of london. three other people were seriously injured. a 25—year—old man from the town was detained at the scene and has been arrested on suspicion of murder. as always, there is plenty more on the website of cause. if you are watching around the world and watching here in the uk. you can reach me on twitter. give me your thoughts on programme stories we are covering, what we should be covering. i'm @lvaughanjones. do get in touch there. that is it from me. i will be back with
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the headlines in a couple of minutes time. for now, though, thank you for your company. you we re thank you for your company. you were watching bbc world news. goodbye. hello. sunday gets off to a wet start for many of us, but for many, it will brighten up. but following the rain, don't put the umbrella away because there will be further showers. some of those could be heavy on what will be quite a blustery day for many of us, a bit cooler than it was on saturday. now, the rain courtesy of this area of low pressure. it will start to pull away from easternmost parts of england by late morning. still has to push northwards through scotland, though, in the morning and then across the northern isles as the day goes on. now, this is how the day begins temperature—wise. we're looking at temperatures around 10—14 degrees. a very blustery start, particularly where you're still seeing this rain. and, again, it clears from eastern england late morning, still has to push on northwards across the northern isles during the day. but notice behind the rain, brightening up very nicely. there will be decent sunny spells around, but quite heavy downpours
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running in towards northern ireland, scotland, parts of northern england. it could be thundery. showers scattered about elsewhere through england and wales. it will move through quite quickly on these brisk winds. these are average speeds. there will be gusts, though, around 30—40mph in places. and for many, it will be a bit cooler, but there's still some spots in eastern england creeping into the low—20s. now, still some of these downpours around initially on sunday evening, but they will tend to fade. so, actually, for many of us, there will be increasing sunshine to end the day, and largely clear overnight and into monday morning. will allow temperatures to dip down a little bit lower, some spots then single figures as monday begins. your eyes may be drawn, though, to our next weather system coming in, these weatherfronts that will head in through parts of northern ireland and scotland in particular. and with fairly strong winds still associated with the next spell of rain moving in here. so, here's a look at how monday is shaping up — some rain into northern ireland, parts of scotland may just brush parts of north—west england and wales as well, especially north and west here,
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but elsewhere in wales and across the rest of england, it looks to stay mainly dry, variable cloud and sunny spells. and here, temperatures will creep up a little bit higher, and higher still as the week goes on because this is the picture mid—week — we'll have low pressure to the north—west and this weather front in scotland and northern ireland, so here, we'll keep temperatures closer to average, bit of warmth in the sunshine, may see a bit of rain at times. closer to the high pressure, though, across large parts of england and wales, it'll be mainly dry with a feed of air not from the atlantic, but coming in from a hot continent. this is where temperatures will be heading up. hottest weather of the summer so far and some spots reaching into the low—30s.
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this is bbc news. the headlines:
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police in the uk have launched a murder investigation after three people were killed in the town of reading, west of london. three other people were seriously injured. a 25—year—old man from the town was detained at the scene. he's said to be of libyan origin. president trump has addressed supporters in tulsa, oklahoma, in what was billed as a comeback rally. the president said that almost a million people had requested tickets, although the 19,000 capacity arena was roughly a third empty as mr trump spoke. spain has agreed to let british citizens and those from the european union travel to the country from sunday without the need to self—isolate for two weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic. the spanish foreign minister said her government was discussing whether britain would reciprocate. now on bbc news, the week in parliament.

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