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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. world cup winning england defender and former republic of ireland managerjack charlton has died at the age of 85. critics condemn president trump after he spared his former adviser from jail. roger stone had been sentenced to a0 months for obstruction and lying to congress. mps warn the predicted grades system being used in place of exams in england this summer could deny pupils from disadvantaged and
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ethnic minority backgrounds the marks they deserve. labour calls for the uk government to clarify its position on face coverings, after the prime minister said a "stricter" approach was needed in england. bosnia is marking the 25th anniversary of the srebrenica massacre, in which 8,000 bosnian muslim men and boys were murdered. hello and welcome, if you're watching in the uk or around the world. stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. but first, the england football legend jack charlton has
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died at the age of 85. the former centre—half, who was a member of england's 1966 world cup winning team, as well as a former boss of the republic of ireland, passed away on friday night following a long—term illness. a statement from his family said: "as well as a friend to many, he was a much—adored husband, father, grandfather and great—grandfather. we cannot express how proud we are of the extraordinary life he led and the pleasure he brought to so many people in different countries and from all walks of life". andy swiss looks back at his life. few have blended courage and charisma quite like jack charlton, as a player, a manager and as part of english football's most famous family. commentator: bobby charlton with the corner. jack! perfect goal! charlton grew up in northumberland and, after a brief spell as a miner, opted for a career in football, along with his younger brother, bobby. while bobby's attacking flair soon him a star, jack's defensive qualities were rather less glamorous.
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commentator: great tackle by charlton. he came in like a brick wall and he's hurt. he got an elbow in the face. for all his bravery, he always admitted he was no match for his brother. people try to compare us and i used to say you shouldn't compare us. i can't play. i can stop other people playing, but i can't play. bobby can play. he's a creative player, but there is a place in the game for both types. it was a point he proved very successfully. charlton's power helped him score goals as well as stop them. he spent his entire playing career at leeds united, winning the league title in 1969. he wasn't called up for england until he was nearly 30, but soon made his mark, scoring his first international goal against finland in 1966. commentator: jackie charlton has got it. and it's a goal! a month later came his defining moment, both he and bobby part of the team which lifted the world cup.
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the brothers were now both international celebrities. after 35 caps and more than 600 appearances for leeds, charlton eventually retired as a player in 1973, before embarking on the next stage of his career. he was first a manager at middlesbrough, where his passion and personality proved an instant hit. if the ball‘s coming towards you and he's coming back, there's no way you're going to jump. he guided them to promotion, before spells at sheffield wednesday and newcastle united, but it's at the republic of ireland's manager that he will be most colourfully remembered. after taking them to the first ever world cup in 1990, charlton's team produced the shock of the tournament by reaching the quarterfinals. commentator: ireland, they are in the last eight and the party can begin! the english hero was now an irish one too. at the 1994 finals, despite receiving a touchline ban, he guided ireland to the last 16, before two years later, he resigned
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and effectively retired. away from football, charlton was a man who enjoyed the rural life, especially as a keen fisherman, while his garrulous nature and ready wit made him a chat staple. you are the same age as me, would you believe? i was told you were a bit older than me. i remember going to a cricket match and watching you report on it, i was only 15. his relationship with his brother had become strained after a family dispute, but on an emotional night in 2008 he presented an award to the player he still regarded as the best. when we were kids and we used to go to the park and play and we would go home for dinner, he would stay on all day. bobby charlton is the greatest player i have ever seen, my
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brother. while he often lived in his brother's shadow, jack charlton's achievements, like the man, stood tall. one of english football's biggest and best loved characters. 0ur sports correspondent katherine downes is at the bbc sport centre for us. a career with so many chapters. what stands out for you 7 a career with so many chapters. what stands out for you? probably most obviously be remembered for that 1966 world cup victory in the team with his brother. it is still defined as the most successful moment in english sporting history, some would say. that will certainly be the highlight of most people remember him for, but leeds united, theirfans are remember him for, but leeds united, their fans are flooding social media this morning to pay their respects to him. he dedicated his entire playing career with them, at 23 year plan period. one of the all—time
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great central defenders in the game, the club have said of him this morning. that was his playing career, and a nutshell. it was england and leeds. it was nearly a playing career that nearly didn't happen at all. at 15 years old he briefly pursued a career as a minor. he said! briefly pursued a career as a minor. he said i don't want to be a football, i'm going to follow my father down the mines. he did briefly before realising that mining was not a pleasant pastime and he reconsidered that offer from leeds united and the rest is history. it was his mother who got into football originally. his father, bob, wasn't much of a football fan, apparently. his mother enjoyed playing with her sons and getting them into football. she was a keen school football coach and that is how she got jack she was a keen school football coach and that is how she gotjack and bobby both playing. 15 years old when he started to play for leeds united. he went on with them
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to win the second division title, first division title, the fa cup, the league cup, then 35 appearances for england in two world cups and that a european championship. after his retirement in 1973 he went on to become a manager for middlesbrough. they won the 1974 second division title. he led sheffield wednesday to promotion, as well as a spell at newcastle united, before retiring from football altogether... i have missed a massive part of his career, of course, his spell with a return —— republic of ireland. he had an incredible career as the manager of the republic of ireland, taking them to the first—ever world cup finals, and that run to the quarterfinals where the whole ireland was transformed for a generation. leeds united sang that his contribution to the game and leeds united
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will never be forgotten. he will remain in football folklore forever and his records at leeds united are unlikely ever to be surpassed. tributes to jack charlton have been pouring in online. his grandaughter, emma wilkinson, tweeted "beyond sad to have to say goodbye to my beloved grandad, jack charlton. he enriched so many lives through football, friendship and family. he was a kind, funny and thoroughly genuine man and ourfamily will miss him enormously." the fa wrote: "we are devastated by the news that jack charlton, a member of our world cup—winning team of 1966, has passed away. our deepest sympathies are with jack's family, friends and former clubs." ireland's football association tweeted: "the fa! is deeply saddened to learn of the death ofjack charlton, the manager who changed irish football forever. our thoughts are with pat and the family at this sad time. #rip".
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leeds united, they said the club we re leeds united, they said the club were deeply saddened to learn of the death of a club legend. in the united states, leading democrats have condemned donald trump's decision to commute the prison sentence of roger stone, his long—time friend and political ally. senator elizabeth warren said mr trump was the most corrupt president in history. mr stone was due to begin a 40— month jail term next week. he was convicted last novermber of obstruction, witness—tampering and lying to congress during an investigation into russian interference. the white house said mr stone had been treated unfairly. freya cole reports. asa as a former donald trump adviser and a self—proclaimed dirty trickster, roger stone was due in prison next
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week. but all—time french president donald trump has used his commuting powers to stop the sentence from going ahead. traitor! the 67—year—old was convicted of lying to congress, obstruction and witness tampering link to the robert mueller investigation of russian interference in the 2016 election campaign. buta interference in the 2016 election campaign. but a statement released by the white house said roger stone isa by the white house said roger stone is a victim of the russia hoax, that the left and its allies in the media perpetuated for years in an temp two undermine the trump presidency. mr stone has big plans for his new—found freedom. stone has big plans for his new—found freedomlj stone has big plans for his new-found freedom. i am going to do three things. i'm going to write another book about this experience, because people need to understand the extraordinary abuses in our judicial system. i am going to work as hard as i can to help general flank at exoneration, because the
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refusal of thejudge flank at exoneration, because the refusal of the judge in flank at exoneration, because the refusal of thejudge in his case to dismiss his case and try to drag it through the summer is outrageous. democratic senator elizabeth warren, however, has set the donald trump is abandoned the rule of law and made a mockery of our democracy. it is not the first time president trump has flexed his powerful commuting powers. in this case he has freed a long serving ally who has boy to do everything he can to get mr trump re—elected. mps have warned that young people in england risk missing out on the grades they deserve, after exams were cancelled because of the coronavirus. a system of predicted grades is being used instead, but the education committee says it risks inaccuracy and bias against pupils from less affluent groups and ethnic minority backgrounds. dan johnson reports. while some pupils may be back in school, nobody is doing exams this summer.
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instead, grades will be given by teachers based on expected performance, taking into account mock exam results and coursework. grades are then standardised across england by the regulator, 0fqual. that ensures grades are roughly in line with previous years, but parliament's education committee warns the system could be unfair and may discriminate against some pupils, we are very worried about what is called unconscious bias, that means disadvantaged groups, particularly children with special educational needs, low pupils, pam e pupils are often under protected in their graves, and we are worried that the system that has been devised by 0fqual does not reflect that. 0fqual told us its standardisation process was designed so students weren't disadvantaged. any who are unhappy with the grade they are awarded can opt to sit an exam in the autumn. dan johnson, bbc
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news. for more on this we can speak now to the conservative mp robert halfon, who you saw in that report, who is chair of the education select committee. i'm alsojoined by grace hunt, who is an a—level student. tennis in more detail about your concerns over what is unfair in the system. the first thing i should say as there is no silver bullet and all of this. the teachers, the regulator and the department for education have been working very hard to get the system right because of the pandemic in the crisis we are in as a country, but what we want to do is iron out the flaws. we believe is a committee that there is not a level playing field. we know that there is co nsta nt playing field. we know that there is constant under protection of grades of disadvantaged pupils. survey after survey shows that. the sutton trust says that 1,000 disadvantaged stu d e nts trust says that 1,000 disadvantaged students are under protected
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every year. we want a fair rolls—royce appeal system that isn't just year. we want a fair rolls—royce appeal system that isn'tjust for well—heeled and sharp elbowed families, because at the moment you have to be at a supreme courtjudge to understand it and be sure that you will get a fair process. we also wa nt to you will get a fair process. we also want to make sure that students who are during autumn exams, who opted to do exams rather than get the grades system that is currently under way, that there is a proper teaching and education for them because they need to guarantee that there will be taught, given every possible educational support over the next few weeks, so that they can have a fair crack at those exams. we also, finally, are asking for the ca ptu re also, finally, are asking for the capture premium, which the government have announced, which is for schools to be extended to pull 16 people to have to do their gst —— gcse qualifications in further education colleges. chris, tallis,
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how are you concerned that this will affect you? well, like you said generally students from low—income families to get under protected because generally in the private areas, the attitude for education, schools and ta ken areas, the attitude for education, schools and taken seriously, so personally there is concern that i will not get the grades that i wanted to get because i can take the exams, because of the system and because i am from a low income family and a deprived area myself, i am worried that the predictions in the past, like the students who are like me from past years, i am worried that that is going to lower my grades. you will know that next
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month what the grades you have been given our in august, is that right? yes. you need those grades for the degree you want to do. yeah. so it really matters to you to get good grades. i am guessing you feel that you have worked hard and you would have preferred to have sat the exam and get the chance of a really good grades. definitely. iwas devastated that the exams would not be on, to be honest. what about these measures that the government, or that rather the regulator has put in place? they do have an appeal system, and they also have an opportunity if you want to sit the exam in the autumn to do that. do either of those give you some comfort, that if you don't see the results that you need that you have got a course of action thereafter? yeah, definitely. i am
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glad that they put the reset scene, but my only concern is sent you have to take them in october, that means a lot of people if they want to resettle have to defer a year. since there are already a lot of people to fairing, it will be a lot more competitive to get on the courses. what about the appeals, i am just walking through your options, say your grades in august don't come out the way you want, do you understand the way you want, do you understand the system for appealing? we have heard from the committee that some people who have different circumstances might be able to work that system better, that appeal system. are you worried about that? yeah, ididn't system. are you worried about that? yeah, i didn't even know there was going to be an appeal system. robert, coming back to you, this affects all kinds of young
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people. are you finding that the government and temp three —— 0fqual, are they listening to you? the first thing i could say is i wish grace every good luck, i'm sure you will get the grades that you need. a due some top brilliantly the content of our report and the problems we are worried about. we have had some success. worried about. we have had some success. we asked 0fqual, who came to our committee, we said students need a helpline for the appeal system. they have said they will do that. it needs to be a state—of—the—art helpline, notjust for those who knew how to navigate the system and lobby mps, it should be for everyone. there should be a step—by—step guide on how to appeal if they think the grades are unfair. it can be a paid helpline where you wait 20 minutes to get the phone answered. we will have to leave it there. robert and
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grace, thank you. grace, we wish you all the best. fingers crossed for you next month. the headlines on bbc news: jack charlton has died at the age of 85. critics condemn president trump after he spared his former adviser from jail. roger stone had been sentenced to 40 months for obstruction and lying to congress. ceremonies have begun in bosnia to mark the 25th anniversary of the srebrenica massacre, in which thousands of bosnian muslim were murdered. the killings were carried by bosnian serb forces and was the largest mass murder of the conflict and the worst in europe since the second world war. as part of the ceremony, the remains of recently identified victims will be buried in the cemetery in potocari.
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allan little, who covered the bosnian warfor the bbc, reports. it was the worst atrocity on european soil since the nazis. yet there and boys separated from their families and, in the space of a few days, murdered and thrown into mass graves. at united nations peacekeeping force not only failed to stop it, it actively handed over thousands of bosnian muslims to their killers, led by the bosnian serb commander ratko mladic. the shared international shame that echoes down the decades. it is not as if we didn't know it would happen. many saw it coming. mass murder happy part of the bosnian serb military campaign three years before zach srebrenica, cap and
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date themselves called ethnic cleansing. the crimes committed rank among the most heinous known to humankind. enter here, ratko mladic was one of several convicted of genocide. the yugoslavia tribunal was the first experiment in internationaljustice and leading nazis were tried at nuremberg. even with quite a considerable number of people who had been convicted, not only in the hague but in the local courts as well, a considerable number of people have been identified and finding these mass graves, there is still something really missing, and what is missing is the recognition of their suffering and their pain. but genocide denial persists. in our age are freely available alternative fa cts , age are freely available alternative facts, many bosnian serbs refused to acknowledge either the scale or the nature of what happened at srebrenica. the rewriting of history has already
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had deadly consequences. last year, a white supremacist murdered 51 muslims at friday prayers in new zealand. in the minutes before the murders, he had been listening to a song glorifying the bosnian serb leaders convicted of genocide. mass murderers repurposed as heroic defenders of a white christian european heritage. this man survived the genocide only because workers are interpreter for dutch peacekeepers there. because workers are interpreter for dutch peace keepers therem because workers are interpreter for dutch peacekeepers there. it is a rallying cry today or a rallying point for extreme right—wing violent extremists. teacher of some of the wider ramifications of the denial of bosnian genocide and they have come home to roost. at srebrenica, they are still burying the dead. it has taken 25 are still burying the dead. it has ta ken 25 years to are still burying the dead. it has taken 25 years to find and identify some of the victims. about 1,000 are still missing and the survivors live ina still missing and the survivors live in a world where some still say it has all been exaggerated, or never
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happened at all. let's speak now to amil khan, from uk charitable initiative remembering srebrenica, that promotes srebrenica memorial let's speak now to amil khan, from uk charitable initiative remembering srebrenica, that promotes srebrenica memorial day on 11th july and educates about the consequences of hate. history is not over here. no, absolutely. it is concerning that 25 yea rs absolutely. it is concerning that 25 years after the genocide, which has been recognised by two international courts, you still have many here are challenging what happened, which has done nothing but make worth the pain and suffering of the victims who have already been through so much, whilst also serving as an impediment to reconciliation in the region. whilst also serving as an impediment to reconciliation in the regionm is hard to say that lessons have been learnt of people are still arguing over what the lessons are, 01’ even arguing over what the lessons are, or even the facts. absolutely. that is one of the things we highlight in the memorial day. as you
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saw from the memorial day. as you saw from the report, denial is quite prevalent, but also the fact that people continue to glorify the acts that were committed 25 years ago. for example, earlier last year you had the nobel prize for literature given to an denial of the genocide. many within bosnia continue to challenge what happens, or continue to deny or minimise the events that occurred, which is deeply disturbing, not just occurred, which is deeply disturbing, notjust for those who have to go through that, but for those who seek to have a future in bosnia which is stronger than the one we have had in the last two decades. obviously extremely painful for those who are only burying the remains of their loved ones now, 25 yea rs remains of their loved ones now, 25 years later. yes, absolutely. 8,000 men and boys were killed 25 years ago, their bodies were dumped
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in mass graves. 25 years on, there is still a significant number who are missing. there are those who will be buried later today at potocari, but many families are still looking for the remains of their loved ones. i'm sorry, the remains of their loved ones. i'm sorry, we the remains of their loved ones. i'm sorry, we have to leave it there, thank you forjoining us. thank you. tougher rules on wearing face coverings could be on the way in england, after the prime minister said a "stricter" approach may help stop the spread of coronavirus. it's already mandatory to wear a face covering in shops in scotland and ministers are considering whether to follow suit in england. the government has previously said the scientific evidence around wearing masks in public is "weak". john mcmanus reports. could this be the face of your future shopping trip in england? well, it's unlikely that you'll bump
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into the prime minister when you pick up your groceries, but boris johnson's government is considering whether to make the wearing of face coverings mandatory in shops. at an event on friday filmed at downing street, the prime minister dropped a very large hint. we're looking at ways of making sure that people really do observe, really do have face coverings in shops. the balance of scientific opinion seems to have shifted in favour of, more in favour of them than it was, and we're very keen to follow that. face coverings have been compulsory in scotland's shops since yesterday. but one expert has cautioned that they are not a panacea. social distancing and good hygiene practices are paramount, and we need to emphasise that. what we don't want is a situation where people think that because they wear a face mask, somehow they can relax. in a move welcomed by swimmers, outdoor pools in england will reopen from today,
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though only four out of more than 100 will do so. the industry body, swim england, has warned that a third of lidos will remain closed this year because it's not financially viable for them to open, and it has questioned the lack of notice. we've always said that it takes a minimum of two weeks to bring a pool back into commission once it's been out for so long. there's a lot of work to do to do that, not only bringing your staff off furlough for a kick—off, but also to get the pool temperature up, to get the water microbiology right, to get the dosing right, and just to get all the covid protections in place. in response, the government said that while it recognised not every business could reopen on the permitted dates, its approach was guided at all times by medical and scientific advice. as some swimmers take the plunge again today, it's a sign of a return to some kind of normality, whatever the government's final decision on face masks. john
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mcmanus now it's time for a look at the weather. high pressure is dominating this weekend, meaning it will be dry and most areas through today. a little more cloud on the westerly breeze into scotland and northern ireland and still a few showers in the north—west of scotland. the winter later today, 17 degrees for scotland and northern ireland, warmer through the midlands and the south—east of england, where there will be a lovely end to the day. more cloud tonight further north. the north there will be rent for a while overnight, which should become at the end of the night. these are the temperatures in the morning, cooler in rural areas. a bright and sunny start for much of the country and more sunshine to come across wales, the midlands and southern england. some fair weather cloud elsewhere. perhaps this we are not arriving
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into northern ireland and western scotla nd into northern ireland and western scotland until the evening time. i that a lot of dry weather. temperatures should be higher on tuesday, picking a 24 or so in the south—east of england.
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hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. world cup winning england defender and former republic of ireland manager, jack charlton, has died at the age of 85. critics condemn president trump after he spared his former adviser from jail. roger stone had been sentenced to 40 months for obstruction and lying to congress. mps warn the predicted grades system being used in place of exams in england this summer could deny pupils from disadvantaged and ethnic minority backgrounds the marks they deserve. labour calls for the uk government to clarify

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