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the toughest jail sentence in new zealand's history for the white supremacist who gunned down 51 people in two mosques. 29—year—old brenton tarrant is told he will die in jail as the judge calls his actions inhuman. relatives of the dead celebrate as he was jailed. he'd shot people indiscriminately and streamed it all live. one victim's sister called m result for her brother. i would tell him justice is served today, hussein, justice is served. also on the programme tonight... highstreet chain pret a manger is axing almost 3000 jobs from its shops after a big drop in trade because of the pandemic. anyone in trade because of the pandemic. returning to the switzerland,
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anyone returning to the uk from switzerland, the czech republic and jamaica from saturday will now have to quarantine for m days. the uk records the highest number of new covid cases for almost three months, but hospital admissions and the death rate remain low. we'll be looking at why. and hurricane laura — one of the strongest to ever hit the us gulf coast — is now battering louisiana as it moves inland. coming up on bbc news, manchester united's paul pogba tests positive for coronavirus. that means no nations league, but will he be ready for the start of the premier league season? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a 29—year—old white supremacist has been told he will die in jail after murdering 51 worshippers at two mosques in new zealand last year.
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brenton tarrant filmed his attacks and streamed it all live on social media. the judge called tarra nt‘s actions inhuman and said he had shown no mercy. outside the court, relatives of the dead celebrated as he was jailed. shaimaa khalil reports. celebrating justice. it's the sentence they demanded, and the one they got. the terrorist who devastated their lives will spend the rest of his life injail. he tried to look as strong as he can, he tried to look like he doesn't care. and i'm very sure that he was so much screaming and crying inside him. yeah. we said always in our language, alhamdulillah, thanks to god for everything. alhamdulillah. brenton tarrant hoped his attack on two christchurch mosques would bring fear and division to new zealand's muslim community. instead, it brought people together. but the judge condemned the wicked
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violation of a place of worship and a killer who showed no mercy. it was brutal, and beyond callous. your actions were inhuman. you deliberately killed a three—year—old infant by shooting him in the head as he clung to the leg of his father. the terror you inflicted in the last few minutes of that small child's life is but one instance of the pitiless cruelty that you exhibited throughout. the judge spent almost an hour paying tribute to each of the people killed and injured. he spoke about their lives, their achievements and the agony their families have gone through. one man, he said, died in the embrace of his wife and the embrace of his faith. new zealand's prime minister, who led the country's response to the attack, said she was relieved by the sentence. the trauma of march 15th is not easily healed. but today, i hope, is the last where we have any cause
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to hear or utter the name of the terrorist behind it. his deserves to be a lifetime of complete and utter silence. aya's brother, hussein al—umari, was murdered in al noor mosque. today, she feels the family can move forward at last. it felt like a ton of weight was lifted off our shoulders. this whole week has been an emotional rollercoaster, and to conclude that on a high note was fantastic. aya, i know that you speak to your brother when you visit his grave — what will you tell him today? hussein is with me all the time, not only when i visit him in the grave. and i have this necklace that i wear of our favourite picture of me and him, and what i would tell him is, justice is served today, hussein, justice is served. this massacre will remain a painful and harrowing mark
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in new zealand's history, a day when 51 people were killed as they gathered in prayer and peace. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, sydney. the coffee and sandwich chain pret a manger has cut 2,800 jobs from its shops as it restructures the business to cope with the impact of the pandemic. the high street chain says it has seen clear signs of recovery since lockdown was eased but trade is still down around 60% on last year. 0ur correspondent greg mackenzie joins us now. another high—street victim here? another high—street victim here? another victim indeed. 2800 to go from pret. 2800 lost. in addition to these job losses, 30 from pret. 2800 lost. in addition to thesejob losses, 30 branches from pret. 2800 lost. in addition to these job losses, 30 branches are to disappearfrom these job losses, 30 branches are to disappear from the high street. these job losses, 30 branches are to disappearfrom the high street. now, they include many here in the capital, but also up and down the
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country, including edinburgh, cardiff, newcastle, leicester, to namea cardiff, newcastle, leicester, to name a few. the chief executive of the company has said he simply gutted be losing so many of his colleagues, but simply blamed the covid—i9 pandemic, which he claims had taken away almost a decade of growth at the coffee and sandwich chain. thank you. three more countries have been added to the list requiring travellers to quarantine on their arrival in the uk. anyone travelling from switzerland, jamaica and the czech republic must quarantine for 14 days if they arrive here after 4am on saturday morning. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge is here. so, more and more countries being added to this list? yes, i think these countries being added or taken off today are not massively significant on their own, but you have to look at the bigger picture. international travel was effectively shut down by the pandemic at the end of march, through the whole of april and the whole of may. june, there
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was a very slight recovery in hopes of something much more significant intojune and of something much more significant into june and july. really, of something much more significant intojune and july. really, the hasn't materialised. the government the quarantine on, took it off for a lot of countries and since then it has put the brakes on time on time and time again. ministers insist that it and time again. ministers insist thatitis and time again. ministers insist that it is crucial cases of the virus are not brought into the country. but the uk is taking a more cautious approach than france or germany. they brought in testing at airports, if you test negative from an at—risk country, you don't have to self—isolate. the government market was looking at that here, but it hasn't publicly backed the idea. the aviation sector has been a dark place for a long time and see less and less light at the end of the tunnel. people on low incomes who have to take time off work to self—isolate will be paid by the government — if they live in areas of england with high levels of covid the payments, equate to around 13 pounds a day. people who get universal credit or working tax credit will be eligible from next week. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports.
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business was slow this morning at 0ldham's tommyfield market. for dressmaker eunace, having to self—isolate for two weeks would be tough. she receives universal credit, so probably would get the extra benefit. i've got children. i know how much i spend, you know, to buy stuff in the house. but £13 isn't very much, is it? it's not much, but £13 is something. across the way, justin's family have run this shoe shop for 50 years. he doesn't get any benefits, so having to stop work for two weeks ébfljfii §=*5§5‘;~t t ' ’ t’ ' t i would have to close.
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