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this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughanjones, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. senior and around the world. royals attend the church service senior royals attend the church service after the death of the duke of edinburgh and talk about the loss for the queen and the family. she described it as this having _ and the family. she described it as this having left _ and the family. she described it as this having left a - and the family. she described it as this having left a huge i it as this having left a huge void — it as this having left a huge void in _ it as this having left a huge void in her life. it has been a bit of— void in her life. it has been a bit of a — void in her life. it has been a bit of a shock, however one might— bit of a shock, however one might strays to prepare themselves, it is still a dreadful shock. a nuclear facility in _ dreadful shock. a nuclear facility in iran _ dreadful shock. a nuclear facility in iran is - dreadful shock. a nuclear facility in iran is left - facility in iran is left without power, not suspected to be a cyberattack, but the powerplant describes it as an act of terrorism. pubs, gyms, headdresses and shops can open
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for the first time this year. and nomad land not overlooked at the baftas, compared to america, it is the winner of britain's top film awards. hello, and welcome to the programme. 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
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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. 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'sjust 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,
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really 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.
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britain's former prime minister, sirjohn major, knew the duke. he said his death would leave an enormous gap 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
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are still being placed. this evening, one more family tribute, a written message from princess anne, the princess royal, describing herfather 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, and he will need to fulfil the full five days of quarantine at home. buckingham palace insisting everything will be fully covid—i9 compliant. other activity behind the scenes, there will be a lot of preparation and rehearsal, even though the ceremonial component is very small, but there are bearer parties from grenadier guards and royal marines which
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will be responsible for certain movements within the castle. the rehearsals, finalising the guest list, whittling it down to 30 guests, that won't be easy. and what in all of this, of the queen? well, we have heard from the wessex as she is stoic and bearing up and thinking of others. the business of monarchy will continue, the red boxes will continue, the red boxes will continue to go to windsor castle for her to work on. and of course, the duke's death cannot altogether have been... we were struck by the opening words of princess and's statement deceiving. you know it's going to happen, but one is never really ready. how true that must be in the queen's case. she now has less than six days to start to adapt and to prepare to appear at her husband's funeral. nicholas witchell there. _ the king of thailand has sent a
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message of condolence to queen elizabeth ii following the death of prince philip. the respective royal families have strong ties going back centuries. let's speak to pavin chachavalpongpun, a scholar who's done extensive research on the thai monarchy. thank you very much for coming on the programme. what is the reaction there in thailand? well, it has been one in the thai media. and as one social media said, regarding the passing of prince philip, it has gained a lot of coverage on the thai people, especially even like this, itjust erupted in the media of thai crisis. we talk about the demand for reform of the monarchy. there has been a lot of interest in the passing of the prince. find the passing of the prince. and historically. — the passing of the prince. and historically, what _ the passing of the prince. and historically, what has the relationship being between the thai royal family in the british royal family? it thai royal family in the british royal family? it has been very _
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british royal family? it has been very cordial. - british royal family? it has been very cordial. the - british royal family? it has been very cordial. the two l been very cordial. the two royal families exchanged visits not too often, but each time it was successful. the lake king and his wife came to the uk in 1960, and his reception was kind of an introductory visit. the king was enthroned in 19 46, the king was enthroned in 19 a6, so it took him more than a decade to finally introduce himself to the greatest monarch on earth, you know, in that reception. and the were received in bangkok twice, in 1932, 1996. received in bangkok twice, in 1932,1996. queen received in bangkok twice, in 1932, 1996. queen elizabeth and prince philip. you could conclude they had a good relationship. over several decades. relationship. over several decades-_ relationship. over several decades. ., , decades. and that phrase you use there. — decades. and that phrase you use there, the _ decades. and that phrase you use there, the image - decades. and that phrase you use there, the image of- decades. and that phrase you use there, the image of the l use there, the image of the british royal family, very high status in the world, is that is something that is shared
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amongst the population, or moan thailand is? it amongst the population, or moan thailand is?— thailand is? it is true. because _ thailand is? it is true. because at _ thailand is? it is true. because at the - thailand is? it is true. because at the end i thailand is? it is true. because at the end of| thailand is? it is true. - because at the end of the day... —— among people in thailand? at the end of the day, we share a constitutional monarchy system. i think people look to the british royal family, especially its longevity and how it navigated through difficult times. this is something i think notjust as an interesting thing from the thai royal family but also the thai royal family but also the thai royal family but also the thai people, looking at the survival of the royal family. pavin chachavalpongpun, interesting to speak to you. thank you. let's get some of the day's other news.
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and iranian nuclear power plant has lost power. in and iranian nuclear power plant has lost power.— has lost power. in israel, iran has lost power. in israel, iran has blamed — has lost power. in israel, iran has blamed israel— has lost power. in israel, iran| has blamed israel for previous incidents at times. in israel, there has been an official comment about it but the media there has been quite outspoken in seeing it all seems to point to israel having being behind what happened in talking about a cyberattacks that's what happened back in 2010 intends again, when a virus was put into the computer system there, and caused a huge amount of damage, which put back the nuclear programme in iran several years, and that was israel and the us together. our tanks to sebastien there. ——
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thanks. thousands of businesses in england are preparing to reopen on monday in the next 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. 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 that some will want to continue shopping from home
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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 underway 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 in england tomorrow.
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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 have 50% capacity. we opened up our online
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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. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the backlash over photos of cambodia's genocide victims edited to appear to be smiling at. ——to be smiling. 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.
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there have been violent protests in indonesia, 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.
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in brazil, where over 350,000 people have died from covid—19, experts say more than half of patients in intensive care are under a0. they believe this may be owing to greater exposure to the virus, and to lower rates of vaccination. smaller neighbouring countries are struggling as well. the day after peru reported its highest numbers, there was an election. polls have just closed. our americas editor candace piettejoins me now.
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what has been happening this election? , . ., election? this election has been taking _ election? this election has been taking place - election? this election has been taking place at - election? this election has been taking place at a - election? this election has| been taking place at a time election? this election has i been taking place at a time of great political crisis in peru and during a pandemic which has been very severe, for most peruvians they feel that the political handling of the pandemic has been an absolute disaster, there have been three presidents that have gone through this pandemic and been impeached or been removed from office, so the peruvians don't feel that they have had very much stability for this last year. like most of latin america, peru also has an extremely weak health system so today during the elections we saw queues of people waiting to vote and those queues vying with the lines of people queueing to wait to try to find oxygen to take to their loved ones who are either in hospitals that are too overcrowded and can't deal with
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what is going on or tojust take it home to people who haven't even made it to hospital, so it has been some of the worst most record pandemic numbers of deaths and at the same time as peru has been going through this election. people have been very disapproving of this. neighbouring chile has cancelled its referendum vote to take place this sunday because of the growing numbers coming from this variant, this brazil variant, which is beginning to infect other countries. so the background to the elections has been very much one where people are absolutely terrified of going outside, of what is happening, there's been a lot of panic as well and concerns and anger, frankly at the political classes. frankly at the political classes-_ frankly at the political classes. ., ., . an article in the news website vice has caused controversy
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for including altered images of victims of the khmer rouge genocide in cambodia. courtney bembridge has been covering the story and joins me now. first of all, it is obviously quite a disturbing topic but took us through what has happened. took us through what has happened-— took us through what has hauened. , , ., happened. these photos were taken in the _ happened. these photos were taken in the 1970s _ happened. these photos were taken in the 1970s at - happened. these photos were taken in the 1970s at a - taken in the 1970s at a notorious prison camp, there were some 1a,000 people sent to their deaths, in fact only seven people made it out alive so this was a very harrowing place and these images were taken by the khmer rouge and they have been described as wanting. they are on display at a museum which is at the old site of the former prison camp but an irish artist recently took on a project where he was calibrating these pictures, adding to them. the problem being he has also taken some other liberties and people are not too happy with that stop you want to bring up some of those pictures, you can see on the left there the originals and on the right the edited
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version, the artist has made the inmates appear like they are smiling and he said that he wanted to humanise the victim but not everybody sees it that way. but not everybody sees it that wa . ~ . but not everybody sees it that wa , ~ ., ., , but not everybody sees it that wa. ., .,, way. what has the reaction been to what he _ way. what has the reaction been to what he has _ way. what has the reaction been to what he has done _ way. what has the reaction been to what he has done there - way. what has the reaction been to what he has done there in - to what he has done there in cambodia?— cambodia? the cambodian authorities _ cambodia? the cambodian authorities were _ cambodia? the cambodian authorities were furious, i cambodia? the cambodian i authorities were furious, they demanded that the article come down. it said that altering the images disrespects the victims, this was a brutal regime where 2 million people died and the culture ministry has released a statement that we can bring up now which says that the work seriously affects the dignity of the victims, the reality of cambodia's history and was in violation to the rights of the museum as the lawful owners and custodians of these photographs. the museum has also commented... we photographs. the museum has also commented. . ._ photographs. the museum has also commented... we 'ust saw those words. * also commented... we 'ust saw those words, let's _ also commented... we 'ust saw those words, let's see _ also commented... we just saw those words, let's see what - also commented... we just saw those words, let's see what the j those words, let's see what the museum had to say. the museum said that minimising _ museum had to say. the museum said that minimising the - museum had to say. the museum said that minimising the pain - said that minimising the pain and the trauma of our community
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from those who are not connected to the experience is not only revising and erasing history, it is a violent act. and what is going to happen now? . . , and what is going to happen now? . ., , ., now? vice has removed the article but _ now? vice has removed the article but many _ now? vice has removed the article but many people - now? vice has removed the i article but many people online are not happy with that, they want to see an apology from both vice but also the artist involved, he is an irish man named matt lowry, with contacted him for comment but he is unable to comment at this time but he said online that a lot of the victims of these, a lot of the victims of these, a lot of the victims of these, a lot of the relatives of these victims actually supported him, he has spoken to a number of them and some of them actually requested these photographs because in many cases it was the only photo they had of relatives and they wanted a memento of them smiling. i guess the controversy came in with the fact that these images were published, notjust given to those families. so a controversial thing, we have got an online petition and we will see how that pans out. {lilia will see how that pans out. ok, thanks very _ will see how that pans out. ok, thanks very much _ will see how that pans out. ok, thanks very much for _ will see how that pans out. ok, thanks very much for talking us through that.
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japan's hideki matsuyama has won this years masters title and in doing so has become the first male player from an asian country 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. the annual bafta film awards ceremony has paid tribute to, the duke of edinburgh, who became the organisation's first president, in 1959. 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
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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. 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.
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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 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. 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! daniel kaluuya followed his golden globes win with a best supporting actor bafta for playing fred hampton injudas and the black messiah. i'd like to thank chairman fred jr and mama akua for partnering
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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 the night with four baftas, including the prestigious will gompertz, bbc news. some great winners there, went there? some wonderful performances too. i will be backin performances too. i will be back in a few moments time with headlines so stick around that. there is more on the website.
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you can reach me on twitter, i'm @lvaughanjones. i'm lewis vaughan jones i'm lewis vaughanjones and this is bbc news. 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 south—west — 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, there may well be a frost around, as well, and after a sunny start, cloud
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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—1a 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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katy austin, bbc news.
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this is bbc news. the headlines: queen elizabeth has described the huge void the death of prince philip has left in her life, according to prince andrew. life, according to prince andrew— life, according to prince andrew. ., , ., ., life, according to prince andrew. ., ., ., , andrew. iran says one of its nuclear sites _ andrew. iran says one of its nuclear sites have - andrew. iran says one of its nuclear sites have been - andrew. iran says one of its nuclear sites have been hit| andrew. iran says one of its l nuclear sites have been hit by what it calls a terrorist attack after a power was lost attack after a power was lost at a facility used for uranium enrichment. intelligence sources saying it was caused by an israeli cyberattack. thousands of businesses in england now reopen in a major easing of corona restrictions. gyms, salons and buyers can reopen.

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