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this is bbc news, i'm maryam moshiri. senior royals attend a church service after the death of the duke of edinburgh and tell of the loss felt by the queen and their family. she described it as having left a huge void in her life. it's been a bit of a shock. however much one tries to prepare oneself for something like this, it's still a dreadful shock. a nuclearfacility in iran's left without power in what's suspected to be a cyber attack — iran describes it as an act of terrorism. a major easing of england's lockdown — pubs, gyms, hairdressers and all shops can all be open for the first time this year. it shines a light on the ignored in america, but nomadland's not overlooked at the baftas, it's the big winner at britain's
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top film awards. hello and welcome. queen elizabeth has said the loss of her husband, the duke of edinburgh, has left a huge void in her life, according to their second son, the duke of york. prince andrew, princess anne, and prince edward have been also been speaking of what he meant to them. remembrance services for the duke of edinburgh took place around the uk, including canterbury cathedral. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. on a day of pause and reflection, prayers for the duke were said in many church services. and after the service at the chapel of all saints in windsor great park, members of his family spoke about him. it's a great loss.
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i think the way i would put it is that we've lost almost the grandfather of the nation. and i feel very sorry and supportive of my mother, who's feeling it i think probably more than everybody else. she described it as having left a huge void in her life. but we, the family, the ones that are close, are rallying round to make sure that we're there to support her. the earl and countess of wessex also spoke about how the queen was dealing with the loss. thinking of others before herself. she's amazing, yeah. as always, yes. so, er... but bearing up, but again, it's just that wave of affection - for him and just those lovely stories, theyjust mean- so much, and the tributes have beenjust fantastic, _ and that's really, really|
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important and we really do appreciate it. and i think it's so lovely for so many people to learn about what he did, because i think quite a lot of the things that have come out will have surprised some people. the countess spoke to members of the congregation about the manner of the duke's death. it was right for him. it was so gentle. she said his passing had been "very, very peaceful, as if someone had taken him by the hand, and off he went". at a special service of remembrance for the duke in canterbury cathedral, the archbishop spoke about loss. we may pray and offer love for all who find that a great life leaves a very great gap. britain's former prime minister sirjohn major knew the duke. he said his death would leave an enormous gap
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in the queen's life. i hope she will be given some time and space. i know she is the monarch, i know she has responsibilities, but she has earned the right to have a period of privacy in which to grieve with herfamily. and sirjohn said he hoped the duke's funeral would give princes william and harry a chance to mend their differences. the friction that we are told has arisen is a friction better ended as speedily as possible and a shared emotion, a shared grief at the present time, because of the death of their father, of their grandfather, i think is an ideal opportunity, i hope very much that it is possible to mend any rift that may exist. outside buckingham palace, barriers have been erected around the pavements, and signs have been put up to discourage people from leaving flowers. but despite the discouragement, bouquets and personal tributes are still being placed. this evening, one more
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family tribute, a written message from princess anne, the princess royal, describing her father as "my teacher, my supporter and my critic". "we will all miss him," she wrote, "but he leaves a legacy which can inspire us all." our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell there — who joined us to talk through the days ahead. it is reported, though not confirmed, that prince harry has arrived back in the united kingdom from california without his wife, of course, and he will need to have, if he is to fulfil the full five days of covert quarantine at home, buckingham palace, of course, insisting that everything will be fully coated compliance. other activity behind the scenes, there will be a lot of preparation and rehearsal. —— covid. even though it is very small, there are royal guards and royal marines who will be responsible for the movements of the coffin within the
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castle. so rehearsals, finalising the guest list, would link it down through 30 guests that won't be easy. and what in all of this of the queen? well, we have heard from the wessex's that she is stoic and bearing up and thinking of others. the business of monarchy will continue, the red boxes will continue to go to winter —— windsor castle for her to work on. although, of course, it is the case that the dukes death cannot altogether have been a surprise, i was struck by the opening words and princess and's statement this evening. she said or wrote, "you know it's going to happen, but you are never really ready." —— princess anne. and how true that must be in the queens case. she has less than six days to start to adapt and prepare to appear at her husband's funeral. let's get some of the day's other news... experts say more than half of patients in intensive care for covid in brazil are under a0. they believe this may be
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owing to greater exposure to the virus, and to lower rates of vaccination. in march, there were 11,000 patients in icu under the age of 39. the us secretary of state has said he has real concerns about russia's military build up on its border with ukraine. antony blinken has warned moscow there will be consequences if it acts aggressively towards kyiv. the formerjordanian crown prince, prince hamza, has appeared in public with king abdullah. it's the first time they have been seen together since hamza said he had been placed under house arrest after being warned against undermining the country's stability. they were attending a ceremony to mark 100 years ofjordan�*s independence from britain. nepal is experiencing its worst wildfires for a decade — with smog affecting large parts of the country. air quality in the capital kathmandu was rated as the worst in the world in the last week. officials say that more than 1a times as many fires have broken out this season,
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compared to a year ago. iranian nuclear officials say the natanz atomic facility has been hit by a terrorist act. the site is reported to have lost powerjust a day after new advanced uranium enrichment centrifuges were unveiled there. last year, a fire broke out at the plant, which the authorities said was sabotage and blamed on israel. the bbc�*s middle east analyst — sebastian usher — explains. well, we still don't know the extent of what happened within the facility. the original statements that came out from iran played it down to a considerable extent, saying that there were no casualties, no leaks, but it was an electrical problem, essentially portraying it as an accident. but as you were saying, we heard laterfrom the head of the atomic agency in iran who called it an act, saying it was a terrorist act.
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now, he didn't aim who he said was behind it, you wouldn't really expect him to, but he said the perpetrators, iran would reserve the right to take action against them. interestingly, in israel, iran has blamed israel for previous incidents here. in israel, there has been no official comment about it, but the media there has been quite outspoken in saying that it all seems to point to israel having been behind what happened and talking about a cyber attack similar to what happened back in 2010 there again when the stocknet virus was put into the computer system there and caused a huge amount of damage which put back the nuclear programme in iran by several years, and that was israel and the us together. as soon as it emerged that there had been some kind so, sebastian where does this now leave the deal?
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50, sebastian where does this now leave the deal?— now leave the deal? well, that's obviously _ now leave the deal? well, that's obviously still - now leave the deal? well, that's obviously still very i that's obviously still very much up in the air. we have seen progress last week when there was a resumption of talks of all the current participants in the deal in vienna. iran was there. the us was also there. of there. the us was also there. of course, the us pulled out under president trump back in 2018. imo the diplomatic effort is to get the us to return to the deal, to sign up to it again, and forto the deal, to sign up to it again, and for to step back from the breach is that it has been steadily building in the past couple of years in response to the very, very strong and quite hostile strategy that the trump administration had adopted a round. a problem with that is the choreography. neither side wants to look like they are taking the first steps. so the hope is that with another meeting happening in the end of this coming week, that process will be able to create the conditions that those steps can
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be taken by both sides. but what we have been hearing isn't hugely encouraging, at least publicly from my run. they are still insisting that all sanctions that the us reimposed under president trump, previous president trump, will be lifted. the issue for the pipe administration is that they would be happy at some point to lift the sanctions which are specifically to do with the lukey —— nuclear programme with iran, but other sanctions have been imposed to deal with other issues. that could be more difficult. certainly politically, domestically for president biden. so there is a lot that needs to be discussed to get anywhere to make any real progress. this sort of incident is only going to make it that much worse. israel has made absolutely clear that it is against the us returning to anything close to the agreement that was signed in 2015. this would look to be an attempt to try to put a spanner in the works and already a very fragile process.
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summit breaking sports news for you. japan's hideki matsuyama has won this years masters title and in doing so has become the first male asian player to win one of golf's coveted major titles. heading into the final day with a four shot lead he survived a couple of scares to win by one shot. although this is his first major title he has enjoyed success at augusta before winning the silver cup for the top amateur finish 10 years ago congratulations to him. the former british prime minister david cameron has broken his silence over his lobbying work on behalf of the financial firm greensill capital. after weeks of criticism over contacting ministers about greensill — he says he did not break any rules but accepts he should have gone through "only the most formal of channels". our political correspondent chris mason has more details. for three weeks, the headlines
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kept coming, and for three weeks, david cameron said nothing — that is until tonight, with a publication of a statement, a lengthy statements, 1700 words, in which he made a "duffjudgment". let's take a step back here, lobbying, trying to influence government is entirely normal, individuals do it, businesses do it, charities, trade unions. but, how people can text the chancellor and get a reply? how many people can go for a private drink with the health secretary? david cameron did. as you say, he didn't break any rules, but there is a bigger thing here. did it pass the sniff test? and in this statement, mr cameron acknowledges, no, it didn't. let's take a look at a couple of key sentences. he says... labour say tonight he should come here to parliament to answer questions from mps. those ministers who were
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lobbied faced questions as well, although, they say they've behaved entirely properly. some people are making the argument that if these rules weren't broken, then maybe it's the rules themselves that are broken and need fixing. chris mason, or political correspondent there. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: it shines a light on the ignored in america, but nomadland's not overlooked at the baftas — it's the big winner at britain's top film awards. pol pot, one of the century's greatest mass murderers, has reported to have died of natural causes. he and the khmer rouge movement he led were responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million cambodians. there have been violent protests in indonesia,
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where playboy has gone on sale for the first time. traditionalist muslim leaders have expressed disgust. the magazines officers have been attacked, and its editorial staff have gone into hiding. it was clear that paula's only contest was with the clock. and as for a sporting legacy, paula radcliffe's competitors will be chasing her new world best time for years to come. quite quietly but quicker. and quicker, she assumed to just slide away under i the surface and disappear. this is bbc news, the latest headlines... services are held to remember the duke of edinburgh, his children say queen elizabeth has described the loss of her husband as having left a huge void in her life. thousands of businesses in england are preparing to reopen on monday in the next
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stage of easing the third national lockdown — due to the coronavirus pandemic. they include shops — while pubs and restaurants will be able to serve outdoors. hairdressers, beauty salons, gyms and outdoor attractions like zoos and theme parks can also reopen.(ani) wales also like zoos and theme parks can also reopen. wales also reopens retail tomorrow — remaining pupils will return to school and restrictions on travelling across the border will ease. in scotland all pupils, except those who are shielding, will return to the classroom. and pupils in northern ireland will also go back to school. here's our business correspondent, katy austin, on the changes in england. the first lockdown pushed this lingerie and swimwear chain to the brink. since then, they've ramped up online and closed some stores for good, but they still see monday as hugely important. we've had lots of calls from customers, which tells us that obviously, lots of customers are wanting to come into shops, but we know
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that some will want to continue shopping from home for some time. and we are yet to find out exactly how much of that mix is a permanent shift. changing rooms can open, carefully managed, and bra fittings will be done, contact—free. our teams are using actually the fitting rooms opposite, so rather than actuallyjoining them in the fitting room, they're doing exactly what they would normally do, from further apart. people are being encouraged to shop alone and stay socially distanced. bravissimo is confident of opening safely. profitably — not sure. the british retail consortium says that non—food stores will have lost £30 billion worth of sales over the three lockdowns. it's also clear that the past year has sped up a change that was already under way towards there being fewer shops on our streets and people buying more online. but some things sell much better in person. after a slow winter, this bed retailer hopes to benefit from pent—up demand when it reopens 172 stores
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in england tomorrow. all of our stores will have very clearly designated sanitising areas, our products are for the majority requiring an assisted sales process where customers and the sales staff can touch and feel and lie on the products, and so being able to do that is an integral part of the sales process. pubs, restaurants and cafes in england can serve outside from tomorrow. gusto will open three restaurants including this one in liverpool. they are fully booked, but it's not worth opening nine others with small outdoor areas. by the time we've got in a team of chefs, someone to wash the pots, a team front of house to make drinks and serve the food and a manager to run the place, we would actually be worse off than we would be by staying closed. hairdressers are already open in wales and scotland. tomorrow, england, too. with social distancing, this salon will only
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have 50% capacity. we opened up our online bookings quite a few weeks ago, and we have been inundated. we're fully booked until the beginning ofjune, and we've also had our phone lines open, so, yeah, we've got our clients banging the door down, they can't wait for us to open. shops can open late to cope with an expected initial rush. after a painful year for retail, they're relying on customers to keep coming back. katy austin, bbc news. there's been more worrying activity at a volcano in st vincent in the caribbean. there are reports of power cuts on the main island after heavy ashfall. thousands of people have already been evacuated from their homes. (map)residents in barbados, nearly 200 from their homes. residents in barbados, nearly 200 kilometres to the east, have also been urged to stay indoors. scientists warn that eruptions could continue for days — or even weeks. june shipley is visiting family on the island she told me about the situation there. at the moment, the red zone, which is near the volcano, they have been evacuated.
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there have been issues and concerns, but people have been finding they cannot be evacuated to other countries. they cannot stay in the hotels, as the prime minister announced, unless they have the covid vaccine. other islands have actually said they will take the residents regardless. sailors have been, fishermen have been rescuing people. the local bus drivers, they have been rescuing people as well. and bringing them to the safe zone, which is the green zone, which is outside of the area and closer to town. where i am at the moment is a green zone, so we're quite safe. i mean, we do hear the rumblings of the volcano and we do see the smoke coming from the volcano and we do get a lot of ash. i mean, the land is covered in ash. the veranda, the trees, everything is covered with ash at the moment.
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and there's a photo, isn't there, june, that you took and i think we can show to viewers now, can't we? let's have a look at this now and this is a photo of this huge cloud over the horizon. i mean, that must be a pretty scary thing to see if you're looking at it from as far away as you are. yes, yes, it is because even though it's in the distance, but you can still see it very clearly. and we can hear the rumbling sounds very clearly. i mean, the rumblings have literally just stopped about five minutes ago and were going on for about half an hour. so, what are authorities telling you? what are they saying that seismologists in the area are predicting? i mean, are they expecting to see something really explosive happening? yes, they have predicted a very large eruption, but not an eruption where it runs down the sides of the volcano. more like it's going to go upwards and outwards. and what is your plan? i mean, you told my producer
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earlier that you can't get hold of the high commission, the british high commission. what is it that you personally want to do? do you want to get off the island? can you? oh, yes, i do. we were due to return to the uk on the tenth. i came over here for my mother's funeral. last minute, ourflights were cancelled. we tried to get through to the embassy, we've had no luck in getting through. we've had our pre—travel covid tests. we've been told to travel again, we need to have a new covid—19 test 72 hours before we travel to the uk. where we can get those done in this current time, i genuinely don't know. we just don't have a clue. ok, well, june, i want to give you my deepest condolences as well for the passing of your mother. thank you. and thank you very much talking to us and the best of luck. hope you get home. thank you. the annual bafta film awards ceremony has paid tribute to, the duke of edinburgh, who became the organisation's first president — in 1959.
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"nomadland" was the big winner. but this year, because of the pandemic, winners delivered their acceptance speeches remotely. our arts editor will gompertz was watching. there was a sombre note to begin this year's baftas, as the academy paid tribute to its first and greatly admired president. before we start, we're extremely saddened by the passing of his royal highness prince philip, the duke of edinburgh, on friday. now, the duke was bafta's first ever president over 60 years ago and was the first royal patron, a line that goes through all the way to bafta's current president, his grandson, the duke of cambridge. it was a largely virtual awards in which the nominees appeared on giant screens while the celebrity presenters opened the golden envelopes in a virtually empty royal albert hall. nomadland was an early and fitting winner, a film about loss and loneliness striking a chord in a year when the pandemic has left a lot of people bereft and isolated.
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the film was helmed by chloe zhao. .. if you can look over your shoulder. ..who became only the second woman ever to be awarded the best director bafta. we would like to dedicate this award to the nomadic community, who so generously welcomed us into their lives. its star, frances mcdormand, won the leading actress award, as many expected, but she was unable to attend the event. nor was sir anthony hopkins, who won the leading actor bafta for his powerful portrayal of an elderly man with dementia in the father. oh, i was a dancer. were you? dad! yes? you were an engineer. what do you know about it? yes, tap dancing i was my speciality. the winner of the best supporting actress was... yuh—jung youn for minari. especially recognised by british people, known as very snobbish people, and they approved me as a good actor.
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so i'm very, very grateful and happy. she won for her performance as an equally straight—talking grandmother in minari. you can murder a liberator, but you can't murder a liberation! l daniel kaluuya followed his golden globes win with a best supporting actor bafta for playing fred hampton injudas and the black messiah. i i'd like to thank chairman fredl jr and mama akua for partnering up with us and joining hands to bring this man to - the position that he belongs. emerald fennell won for outstanding british film and original screenplay, ending the night with two baftas to add to her personal collection. but i only have this chocolate bafta which has melted in my hand because my palms are so sweaty. bukky bakray, the teenager who plays the eponymous character in the british drama rocks, appeared genuinely surprised to win the rising star category. the big winner, though, was nomadland, which finished
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the night with four baftas, including the prestigious best film award. will gompertz, bbc news. that's it for me. bye—bye. hello there. generally speaking, it looks like monday should be a dryer day, and temperatures may be a little higher than they were over the weekend. it certainly was a cold weekend, and we had widespread wintry showers developing, even had some snow here for a while in greater london. a lot of those wintry showers are fading away, but we still have cold air across the uk. high pressure towards the southwest — and running around the top of it, this weak weather front has been bringing some damp weather into northern ireland, that's pushing into parts of wales and southern england. there could briefly be a little bit of sleet and snow as we run into the colder air. and we start monday with a widespread frost, perhaps some icy patches. lowest temperatures in scotland and northern england, where we have the clearer skies. maybe still some damp weather, a bit of rain or wintering us across parts of wales will soon
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move into southern england. that doesn't last long, cloud breaks, sunshine comes through, we're left with the odd shower. most of the showers will filter into western parts of northern ireland, much of scotland, northern, eastern england, and the midlands having a dry day, much better day than it was on sunday with some sunshine — and as a result, temperatures will be a couple degrees higher, as well. still cold and those temperatures will fall away quickly into the evening with those clearer skies, most places ending the day fine and dry. high pressure is building in across the uk for tuesday. you think of high pressure, you think dry weather — and for most places, it will be, but not quite everywhere. starts cold and there'll be a frost around. the sunshine coming through, some cloud developing especially in the west, maybe bringing a few showers into northern ireland, southwestern parts of scotland, wales, and western areas of england. the distribution of showers does keep changing a bit, but it does look drier towards eastern areas, and more parts of the country will see temperatures in double figures. now we still have high pressure in charge as we move into wednesday. things look a little different — yes, it'll start cold,
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there may well be a frost around, as well, and after a sunny start, cloud will tend to build up. but this time, it'll probably spread out a bit more, there won't be the depth of cloud, so we're unlikely to see many, if any showers around, and those temperatures in western areas could hit 13—14 celsius. it's fairly quiet weather over the weekend, there won't be much rain around, many places will be dry. but it'll still be cold — not quite as cold as it was over the weekend, mind you, but there's still a risk of frost overnight. goodbye.
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this is bbc news, the headlines...
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queen elizabeth has said the loss of her husband, the duke of edinburgh, has left a huge void in her life, according to their second son, prince andrew. he was among members of the royal family to attend church as rememberance services were held across the uk. iran says one of its nuclear site's been hit by a terrorist attack after power was lost at an underground facility used for uranium enrichment. israeli media's quoting intelligence sources there as saying it was caused by an israeli cyber attack. thousands of businesses in england can now re—open in a major easing of coronavirus restrictions. gyms, hairdressers and beauty salons are among them. bars and restaurants can also serve people outdoors and all shops can reopen. it's the first time this will happen in england since the third lockdown. now on bbc news — it's time for hardtalk.

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