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this is bbc news, i'm lewis vaughan—jones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the metropolitan police has responded to criticism of how it handled an unauthorised vigilfor sarah everard in london. we absolutely did not want to be in a position where the employer —— enforcement action was necessary, but we were placed in this position because of the overriding need to protect people's safety. exactly a year since a young black woman, breonna taylor, was shot dead by police officers, us investigators say they've made significant progress in their probe into the killing. her boyfriend says he needs justice. breonna taylor was murdered, so
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i mean, somebody was �*s responsible, you know? the only question i have now is what's next? russian police break up an opposition conference in moscow and detain 200 people, including high—profile figures. and the voice of formula 1, murray walker, has died at the age of 97. hello, and thanks forjoining us. four arrests have been made after clashes between the police and some people who defied advice and gathered in south london for a visual memory of sarah everard. the 33—year—old's body was found in woodland in kent on wednesday,
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one week after she disappeared while walking home. more than 1000 people gathered on clapham common, despite organisers cancelling the event and urging people to hold doorstep or online individuals instead. —— vigils. there has been widespread criticism of the police. this report contains flushing images. —— flushing. police moved in to try to break up police moved in to try to break up an unofficial visual to mark the life of sarah everard, near to the spot where she was last seen. more than 1000 people had gathered. the police said it wasn't safe under lockdown restrictions. but the organisation reclaim these streets, which had cancelled its own plans by vigil, said it was deeply saddened and angered at the sight of officers manhandling women at an event against male violence. this image made front—page news. people are angry. they are
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angry we were silenced, in this case, about women being silenced, and women having violence against them. the olice violence against them. the police said _ violence against them. the police said they _ violence against them. the police said they repeatedly asked people to obey the law and go home, but in a tweet, the home secretary said: the mayor of london said although the police have a responsibility to enforce covid laws, the response was at times not appropriate nor proportionate. and there are calls for the met�*s commissioner, who visited clapham on friday, to resign. the leader of the liberal democrats said cressida dick had lost the confidence of the millions of women in london. in the early hours of this morning, the police defended their actions, saying that hundreds of people had been tightly packed together, posing a very real risk of covid being spread. a very real risk of covid being sread. �* , ,, ., ., spread. chanting: shame on you! part of the reason _ spread. chanting: shame on you! part of the reason i _ spread. chanting: shame on you! part of the reason i am _ part of the reason i am speaking to you tonight is because we accept that the
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actions _ because we accept that the actions of our offices have been _ actions of our offices have been questioned. we absolutely did not— been questioned. we absolutely did not want to be in a position— did not want to be in a position where enforcement action— position where enforcement action was necessary. but we were _ action was necessary. but we were placed in this position because _ were placed in this position because of the overriding need to protect people's safety. in to protect people's safety. brixton to protect people's safety. in brixton hill, reclaim these streets lit candles to claim that mark the lives of women killed by men. sarah everard was also remembered at downing street and by the labour leader. a serving police officer, wayne couzens, has been charged with her murder. he will next appear in court on tuesday. sarah's family, who described her as bright and beautiful, are now trying to come to terms with their loss. simonjones, bbc news. let's hear a little more from jamie klingler, one of the organisers of the vigil, who also founded the reclaim the streets movement. so we went to high court yesterday and basically, the police won't allow to blanket and say that protests weren't allowed but they had to give us the parameters where we could do it safely and legally and within covid standards, and we met with them for two hours last night
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and just didn't get anywhere. we didn't get anything that said — if you do it with 30 people, you're allowed to do it. we had nothing given to us to say how we could tell people to come and do it safely and that we were allowed with stewards, so, that we could be fined and all of the women up and down the country that were doing individual satellite vigils could be fined, so we took the decision that we'd rather that money go to women's charities. so we pivoted online and we're going to do a crowd funding for £320,000 which is what we would have had to pay in fines if we all got fined. we're very sad not to be together and we think it's a human right to protest, but because we can't do it we figure it's better to keep it about sarah and keep it about all of the women and violence against women and reclaiming our streets. so on doorsteps of candles or a moment of silence online that we're going to try later, just to really refocus it on women rather than our disagreement with the met police. let's go to the us now and the latest on the case
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of breonna taylor, exactly a year on. federal investigators say they've made significant progress in their probe into the killing the young black woman, shot in her home by police officers. police forced their way into her apartment during a botched drug raid. they used a so—called "no—knock" arrest warrant that didn't require them to announce themselves. ms taylor's death helped spark black lives matter protests in louisville and across the country over the excessive use of force used by officers. our washington correspondent larry madowo is in louisville and has been speaking to lonita baker, an attorney for the taylorfamily, and benjamin crump, who's an attorney for the taylor family and also george floyd's family. it is a controversial, no—knock warrants, kentucky hasn't banned it, only the city of louisville, well, it's in the house right now and our hopes are that the legislators in frankfurt hear our cries and that they ban no—knock warrants. and the whole thing about it is notjust to protect us, the everyday civilians,
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it's also to protect police officers. it's proven fact that no—knock warrants are inherently dangerous to everyone involved, they have no business being in our policing. attorney crump, you said the settlements, 27 million for the floyd family, 12 million for the breonna family. but those don't put in place the required reforms. what are the reforms necessary? well, the good thing, - lonita baker led the reform efforts here in louisville, with the legal team - for breonna taylor, and it was just precedent—setting. - it talked about having - a sentence for police to live the neighbourhoods that they patrol - so hopefully they won't shoot first and ask questions later. because they know who their neighbours are. l number two, it talked - about having social workers being hired so when they get those calls that deal with - non—criminal matters, that you i can have somebody actually come and try to de—escalate -
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the situation versus making it a life or death situation. and then also the citizens . review, that they're working on, is just stuff that other cities can use to monitor. themselves, and in fact, - george floyd act in minneapolis mirrored a lot of the things that they did _ in breonna taylor. and i believe george floyd and breonna taylor- will be forever linked - because they were both killed by the police in 2020, i at the height of the covid pandemic where everything has shut down in america _ except implicit biasi and police brutality, and that's why when we say his name, george floyd, we also i will be saying her name, breonna taylor, - for the rest of history. after the summer of protests and black lives matter, do you think something has changed in america, lonita? it hasn't changed yet but i don't think the protests are going to end until we have
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the change that we deserve, so i do think the protests are working, i'm going to tell those that are out here in the streets to keep it up. we can't wait until we have another victim to resume protests, so we have to keep them going and that's what we've been doing here in louisville, kentucky, they were not just for the summer, they've been out here through snow, rain, everything, so keep it up. and finally, for, sorry, you were going to say something. no, i'llwait- till your question. for african—americans who see these victims all the time in the news, every few days there's another case, do you feel there's an exhaustion that comes with it? certainly i think there's - a measure of post—traumatic stress, we call it racial. battle fatigue, that a lot of the social scientists j are starting to term it. but i do believe - we will win this war. i say to our brothers - and sisters over the uk, that we are so sure - that we will win this war that we have no doubt in our heart because l based on our ancestors, what they overcame. i you know, black people - in america overcame slavery. we overcame being three
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fifths of a human being. at the founding of this country, we overcame the reconstruction, _ we overcame dred scott decision by the supreme court that said there were no rights that - a black person had that a white person was bound to respect. i we overcame jim crow. we overcame his much wiser son, jim croer.| and based on all of that there, based on the presidents, - black people in america, - i know that we will overcome. so that's why we continue i to say breonna taylor's life matters, george floyd's life - matters and black lives matter. let's get some of the day's other news. a huge car bomb in herat, western afghanistan, has killed at least 8 people and injured around 50 more. the united nations has condemned what it called an alarming increase in attacks deliberately targeting civilians, despite peace talks taking place between
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the taliban and the afghan government. anti—mining protesters in argentina's patagonia region have attacked a minibus carrying president alberto fernandez. the president was visiting an area devastated by forest fires, which have killed one person and destroyed at least 200 homes. mr fernandez had to seek refuge behind a wall as the crowd pelted his bus with stones. bictoin has risen above $60,000 for the first time. the cryptocurrency has more than tripled in value since the end of last year. some analysts think the latest surge is partly down to the huge us stimulus package approved this week. the former interim president of bolivia, as well as several former ministers, have been arrested. prosecutors say they took part in a coup against the then president evo morales, almost two years ago. will grant reports.
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it has been a precipitous fall from grace. from living in the presidential palace to being held on terrorism charges in a matter of months. former bolivian presidentjeanine anez claims the charges against her, which include terrorism, sedition and conspiracy, are nothing more than political intimidation, and that her arrest had been irregular and motivated by revenge. her supporters agree. translation: the public - prosecutor's office knows that a trial will not succeed which is why they make these legal tricks and carry out illegal detention without citing absolutely anything. chanting. but the wounds of november 2019 are still raw in bolivia. the country's long—standing left—wing president evo morales stood for an unprecedented fourth term in office, despite losing a referendum to be allowed to do so. the controversial vote led to riots and he eventually resigned after the military
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demanded he stand down. after president morales fled into exile, there were violent clashes between his supporters and the security forces, and now those who have backed mr morales want ms anez to answer for what happened. translation: we are asking forjustice. - we want a maximum penalty, because there have been deaths, people have been injured and are still suffering in hospitals. recently, one of mr morales�*s allies, luis arce, took the presidency, and he's been able to return to his beloved bolivia and remains a crucial political force in the andean nation. ms anez may claim she had nothing to do with the ousting of power of mr morales two years ago, but she faces the battle of her life in trying to prove that. will grant, bbc news. this is bbc news,
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our top story: confrontations in london as police break up an unauthorised vigilfor sarah everard. a serving police officer is charged with her murder. exactly one year since a young black woman, breonna taylor, was fatally shot by police officers, us investigators say they've made significant progress in their probe into the killing. to myanmar, and the leader of a shadow civilian government is urging protesters to continue theirfight against the military, which seized power last month. in his first public address, mahn win khaing than said this was the nation's darkest moment. the worst of the violence took place in the city of mandalay, where once again, police opened fire on peaceful protestors. jonathan head reports. the days in myanmar�*s towns and cities are punctuated by protests, by lethal volleys of gunfire from the army and police...
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..and by the funerals of those who have been killed. the death toll in this elemental battle between unarmed people and the military regime, whose authority they still refuse to accept, keeps climbing. today was another terrible day in mandalay, where opposition to the military coup runs very high. the police started, they showed up at 10am. by then the rally was already over. as i said, they were there to kill. they didn't have to kill, they didn't have to shoot a single shot. people were about to go back, people were about to disperse, but they did anyway. this woman has just lost her husband. he had volunteered as a neighbourhood guard, and joined a protest at a police
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station near his home in yangon last night, demanding the release of detainees. the police responded by opening fire. after five weeks of this, and around 80 deaths, people have still not given up. everyday they rebuild the barricades that shout their defiance at the soldiers. every day, the soldiers pull them down. firing abuse, and shots, back at the people. jonathan head, bbc news, bangkok. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has condemned the arrests of two hundred opposition politicians and activists in russia. he called for an end to the persecution of independent voices. russian police made the arrests at a hotel, where delegates were meeting to prepare for municipal elections. aruna iyengar has this report. the weekend forum, a gathering of municipal deputies from all over the country, had just begun and a moscow hotel, when police burst in.
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ilya yashin was just one of nearly 200 detained by police. they're accused of taking part in an event organised by open russia, based in the uk and banned in russia under a law against undesirable organisations and foreign interference. open russia was set up by prominent kremlin critic mikhail khodorkovsky, who owned the oil giant yukos before he was convicted in two controversial cases and spent a decade behind bars. he now lives abroad. police say the event also broke covid prevention rules. not all participants wore face masks. those detained are likely to face a fine or a spell in police detention. organisers say the forum was actually convened by a different group, the united democrats project. among those arrested are some
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of russia's most prominent opposition voices, who'd come together to talk about contesting local elections. the incident comes as police continue to crack down on opposition activity as elections loom. last month, alexei navalny, president vladimir putin's most prominent critic, was jailed for two and a half years. his arrest sparked mass protests and a tough response from police. on friday, dozens of countries called on russia to release navalny, saying actions by russia against the opposition leader were unacceptable and politically—motivated. activists say laws on undesirable organisations and foreign agent are being used to suppress dissent, but russia says the laws are needed to protect its national security from outside meddling.
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the former boxing world champion, marvin hagler, has died at his home in new hampshire, aged 66. the american, known to fans as marvellous marvin, became the undisputed middleweight world champion in 1980, and dominated the division through most of the decade. the broadcaster murray walker, described as "the voice of formula one," has died. he was 97. his distintive commentary style and passion for motor sport, won him fans around the world. andy swiss looks back at his life. so, it's ready. it... ..is... ..go, go, go, go! and schumacher leads, brilliant start... exuberant, excitable and utterly unmistakable. the austrian driver in the black sauber... murray walker was the high—octane it was once said that even in his quieter moments, he sounded like his trousers were on fire. that's it, bang, bang, and off!
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his passion came from his father, graham walker, who raced motorcycles and was himself a commentator, often sharing the duties with young murray. the sensation is that tommy wood went through, not on time, not after time, but ahead of time. and after commentating on his first british grand prix in 1919, murray walker became an integral part of formula i. but in a sport of inevitable risk, he was faced with tragedy, too. world motor racing champion ayrton senna has been pronounced clinically dead. when the great ayrton senna died in a crash in 1994, walker's shock was only too clear. this is the blackest day for grand prix racing that i can remember in the many, many years that i've been covering the sport. walker never hid his emotions. most famously when his friend damon hill won the world title in 1996. damon hill exits the chicane
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and wins the japanese grand prix! i've got to stop because i've got a lump in my throat. because he really genuinely loved motorsport and was fascinated by formula 1 and all things with an engine, he communicated that enthusiasm and people were drawn in by that and they recognised that, as well. for real spectacular driving, watch this! his frenetic style wasn't without its gaffes... looks through a completely clean windscreen and that's the big advantage, of course, of being in front. his energy and enthusiasm endeared him to millions and when he covered his final british grand prix in 2001, the affection was plain to see. one of sport's most—imitated voices, but there'll only ever be one murray walker.
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the motor racing commentator and broadcaster, murray walker, who's died, at the age of 97. the grammy awards take place in los angeles on sunday evening. it's the biggest night of the year for the music industry and organisers are promising a ceremony like no other. there'll be no audience, and performers will be separated onto five stages, arranged in a circle inside the la convention centre. sophie long has been speaking to some of the first—time nominees. dynamite immediately became the record—breaking song on multiple platforms for k pop band bts. isn't a grammy nomination for them and the london duo who wrote it. wow! a grammy nomination. _ london duo who wrote it. wow! a grammy nomination. getting - london duo who wrote it. wow! a grammy nomination. getting a i grammy nomination. getting a grammy nomination. getting a grammy nomination _
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grammy nomination. getting a grammy nomination on - grammy nomination. getting a grammy nomination on a - grammy nomination. getting a grammy nomination on a song| grammy nomination on a song that— grammy nomination on a song that we — grammy nomination on a song that we wrote over zoom in lockdown and the midst of a pandemic has to be a silver lining — pandemic has to be a silver lining to _ pandemic has to be a silver lining to any dark cloud and any— lining to any dark cloud and any terrible year, so we are just— any terrible year, so we are just so_ any terrible year, so we are just so happy. it any terrible year, so we are just so happy-— just so happy. it was 'ust like, a mad i just so happy. it was 'ust like, a mad like, i just so happy. it wasjust like, a mad like, surreal| just so happy. it wasjust i like, a mad like, surrea120 like, a mad like, surreal 20 minutes of watching it and a buzz and then it was, back to real life. , ., real life. keep it moving. david and _ david and jessica have written hundreds of songs together and kind of knew this was a little different. ~ kind of knew this was a little different-— kind of knew this was a little different. ~ , ., ., ., different. we understood how hu . e different. we understood how hue bts different. we understood how huge bts were, _ different. we understood how huge bts were, we _ different. we understood how huge bts were, we knew- different. we understood how huge bts were, we knew thati different. we understood how. huge bts were, we knew that it was their— huge bts were, we knew that it was their first ever english speaking song which was a major thing _ speaking song which was a major thing that— speaking song which was a major thing that we were like, i think— thing that we were like, i think this is that. and it only .ot think this is that. and it only got more _ think this is that. and it only got more and more exciting than we saw— got more and more exciting than we saw the visual, the video and — we saw the visual, the video and we _ we saw the visual, the video and we were like this is nothing _ and we were like this is nothing we could ever imagine, it'si'ust — nothing we could ever imagine, it'sjust the level of nothing we could ever imagine, it's just the level of this is nothing _ it's just the level of this is nothing that we had ever worked on before — nothing that we had ever worked on before. in nothing that we had ever worked on before. .,, ~ , nothing that we had ever worked on before-— on before. in los angeles, the states on before. in los angeles, the stages being — on before. in los angeles, the stages being set _ on before. in los angeles, the stages being set for _ on before. in los angeles, the stages being set for bts - on before. in los angeles, the stages being set for bts to - stages being set for bts to perform on sunday night, but due to the pandemic, jessica and david will be watching thousands of miles away in
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london. what is your grammy night going to look like? i will be watching it in bed with my girlfriend and my dog. that's as rock �*n' roll as it is going to get. that's as rock 'n' roll as it is going to get.— that's as rock 'n' roll as it is going to get. yeah, i think i'm is going to get. yeah, i think i'm going — is going to get. yeah, i think i'm going to _ is going to get. yeah, i think i'm going to be _ is going to get. yeah, i think i'm going to be doing - is going to get. yeah, i think i'm going to be doing the - is going to get. yeah, i think . i'm going to be doing the same, but i'ni— i'm going to be doing the same, but i'm probably going to have to set— but i'm probably going to have to set an — but i'm probably going to have to set an alarm, because i think— to set an alarm, because i think i_ to set an alarm, because i think i will be in my dressing gown — think i will be in my dressing gown drinking meant tea and i think— gown drinking meant tea and i think i'm — gown drinking meant tea and i think i'm gonna fall asleep by late one _ think i'm gonna fall asleep by late one am and that is when it comes— late one am and that is when it comes on— late one am and that is when it comes on copy they won't get to hang — comes on copy they won't get to hang out— comes on copy they won't get to hang out with host trevor know whether— hang out with host trevor know whether this time but a grammy nomination or two, and david's case: _ nomination or two, and david's case, is a massive achievement and a _ case, is a massive achievement and a vote _ and a vote of confidence in their partnership. you have had such amazing — their partnership. you have had such amazing success _ their partnership. you have had| such amazing success together, are you stuck together now, do you think we're she's going to be stuck to me.— be stuck to me. whoever she ends u- be stuck to me. whoever she ends up marrying, _ be stuck to me. whoever she ends up marrying, however, | ends up marrying, however, like, i'm here.— like, i'm here. they may be missing _ like, i'm here. they may be missing out _ like, i'm here. they may be missing out on _ like, i'm here. they may be missing out on the - like, i'm here. they may be missing out on the parties i like, i'm here. they may be i missing out on the parties but
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that's not killing the excitement closer to home. it’s excitement closer to home. it's absolutely. _ excitement closer to home. it�*s absolutely, yourjoy from my whole family. i absolutely, your 'oy from my whole family.— whole family. i think if it wasn't for _ whole family. i think if it wasn't for both - whole family. i think if it wasn't for both of - whole family. i think if it wasn't for both of our i whole family. i think if it - wasn't for both of our families being — wasn't for both of our families being so— wasn't for both of our families being so mega supportive we actually wouldn't have been able — actually wouldn't have been able to _ actually wouldn't have been able to do this job we are doing _ able to do this job we are doing right now, we would have gave _ doing right now, we would have gave up— doing right now, we would have gave up a — doing right now, we would have gave up a long, long time ago. so it's— gave up a long, long time ago. so it's actually credit to our family's— so it's actually credit to our family's support that we have been able to be even nominated for a _ been able to be even nominated for a grammy because itjust wouldn't _ for a grammy because itjust wouldn't have got to this point without— wouldn't have got to this point without their support. the winners will _ without their support. the winners will be _ without their support. tie: winners will be revealed without their support. tia: winners will be revealed in without their support. ti9 winners will be revealed in a socially distanced at star—studded ceremony. with mexico's wrestling arenas closed during the pandemic, its stars have found a different battle to fight. they've taken on covid—19, one mask at a time. as you can see here, the wrestlers grabbed unsuspecting merchants, picking them up, masking them and adding a touch of disinfectant for good measure. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones.
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i'm lewis vaughan jones i'm lewis vaughanjones and this is bbc news. bye bye. hello. well, the weather on sunday morning isn't looking too bad for most of us — bright, even sunny skies on the way but it's not going to last. clouds are expected to increase and rain is in the forecast. in fact quite early in the morning it will already start to rain across some western areas of the uk. and as one weather system pulls away, a bit of a gap here through the early hours and then this next weather front pushes in and that's going to bring the rainfall on sunday. so, the forecast through the early hours shows the clear skies there across most of the uk. a few scattered showers here and there, the winds are light as well and by early on sunday morning, temperatures are close to freezing in some of the northern towns and cities. in the south of the country, it's closer to around four celsius for example in plymouth and in cardiff. so here is that bright or even sunny morning across many parts of the country with the clouds
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quickly increasing there from the west, so rain for belfast, rain reaching the north—west of england, certainly the lake district. liverpool in for some rain. probably rain reaching birmingham sometime early in the afternoon. but not the extreme south—east of england or the north or the east of scotland. in fact in aberdeen, it may well stay sunny all through the day. but i think as far as southern england's concerned and east anglia, you will get rain later on on sunday. now, the forecast into monday shows high pressure building very close to the uk. there are weather fronts approaching us and they will be brushing the far north—west of the country but i think that high pressure is eventually going to win. so, here's monday morning and we've got lots of fine, again bright or sunny weather, but clouds increasing here in the north—west. so, skies i think are a little hazy both in the morning
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and the afternoon for places like belfast and glasgow but sunshine for norwich and london. and the temperatures, 13 celsius with lighter winds and sunshine, shouldn't feel too bad at all. tuesday into wednesday, that high pressure establishes itself across the uk but notice there's a weather front riding around its edge. so at times, it may be cloudy. but on balance, i think it's the high pressure that will win so, here's the outlook for the week ahead. you can see mostly settled weather across the majority of the uk. temperatures rising a little bit but then it looks as though it's going to turn a little bit colder again towards the end of the week.
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was the nation's darkest moment. this is bbc news,
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the headlines: police in london have been heavily criticised for breaking up an unauthorised vigil for a woman who was allegedly kidnapped and killed. sarah everard's death has become the focus of widespread anger in the uk about male violence against women. a serving police officer has been charged with murder. exactly one year since a young black woman, breonna taylor, was fatally shot by police officers, us investigators say into the killing. ms taylor's death helped spark black lives matter protests across the country. bolivia's former acting presidentjeanine anez has been arrested on terrorism charges, along with a number of former ministers. prosecutors say they took part in a coup against the then president evo morales in 2019. mr morales returned to bolivia from exile after a fresh election victory last october. now it's time for a look back at the week in parliament.

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