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change important month, the climate change important conference _ month, the climate change important conference in november in glasgow. this is_ conference in november in glasgow. this is supposed to be the manifestation of global britain. and global— manifestation of global britain. and global britain will not be taken seriously if we have the rights and wrongs, _ seriously if we have the rights and wrongs, it — seriously if we have the rights and wrongs, it is at loggerheads on individual— wrongs, it is at loggerheads on individual issues and in the round as it _ individual issues and in the round as it has — individual issues and in the round as it has been displaying schadenfreude over vaccines. and that sort— schadenfreude over vaccines. and that sort of— schadenfreude over vaccines. and that sort of thing. it needs can be desperately and quickly, to send positive — desperately and quickly, to send positive overtures to europe and to receive _ positive overtures to europe and to receive them back in return. let�*s receive them back in return. let's move onto _ receive them back in return. let's move onto the — receive them back in return. let's move onto the male, _ receive them back in return. let's move onto the male, i _ receive them back in return. let�*s move onto the male, i appreciate it's not your story but hopefully you've been to get enough from your paper public reporting of it to get a sense of how the mail feels about this. this is the collapse of the murder trial of the death of a man, 49 years ago. to former paratroopers
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in the 70s to the judge ruled, ordered to find not guilty. the judge ruled that it was inadmissible and therefore the case collapse. the evidence. what's the background to this and how could it affect other potential prosecutions? because there's a number of cases not least blood he sunday which are waiting in the wings. blood he sunday which are waiting in the win . s. �* . blood he sunday which are waiting in the wins. �*, . , ., blood he sunday which are waiting in thewinus. �*, . , ., , the wings. there's a number of cases cominu u- the wings. there's a number of cases coming up relating — the wings. there's a number of cases coming up relating to _ the wings. there's a number of cases coming up relating to these - coming up relating to these historical events. this one is about 50 years ago when the shooting happened, and it is astonishing that it has taken this long to come to court, and for these paratroopers to have this hanging over them for that long is enormous political pressure to make sure that northern ireland veterans are not at risk of prosecution this long afterwards, and the government frankly has not really done very much on it. to my
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recalling for this witchhunt commit to be added for good and that this doesn't happen again. there's a number of veterans who have cases like this potentially hanging over them, and i think the fact that this evidence was ruled inadmissible in this trial does raise questions about whether future trials can actually go ahead successfully whether or not they will just all be scrapped. whether or not they will “ust all be scra ed. , ., . whether or not they will “ust all be scraed. . , .~ ., scrapped. john, what is your take on it? northern — scrapped. john, what is your take on it? northern ireland _ scrapped. john, what is your take on it? northern ireland is _ scrapped. john, what is your take on it? northern ireland is unusual- scrapped. john, what is your take on it? northern ireland is unusual in . it? northern ireland is unusual in terms of some conflicts come you have columbia were there's quite an extensive process or going on that involves charges, war crimes charges against former guerrilla leaders in colombia. we have the truth and reconciliation process in south africa which was quite brutal and explicit, but actually did involve people openly talking about the things they had done. northern ireland we never seem to have that and a lot of things were brushed over, and then now 20 years on from
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the good friday agreement some of the good friday agreement some of the bitterness is bubbling up again through these cases. absolutely, i would say i don't think the truth of a process elsewhere have been as smooth as that. columbia is now mired in violence again, sadly, and the idea that that country is anywhere closer to peace or close to peace would be optimistic.— peace would be optimistic. these thins peace would be optimistic. these thin . s are peace would be optimistic. these things are incredibly _ peace would be optimistic. these things are incredibly difficult, - peace would be optimistic. these things are incredibly difficult, and the passage of time, people normally think the _ the passage of time, people normally think the passage of time helps to heal wounds but it does not if those wounds _ heal wounds but it does not if those wounds are — heal wounds but it does not if those wounds are coming in anyway come politically— wounds are coming in anyway come politically attended to. and as you say it _ politically attended to. and as you say it now — politically attended to. and as you say it now in northern ireland as a result— say it now in northern ireland as a result of— say it now in northern ireland as a result of the incredibly intricate and fraught brexit arrangements we are now— and fraught brexit arrangements we are now having quite considerable
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tovatist _ are now having quite considerable loyalist paramilitary violence. and the reciprocation that's going to happen— the reciprocation that's going to happen among splinter republicans, we've _ happen among splinter republicans, we've got— happen among splinter republicans, we've got the dup leader and first nrinister— we've got the dup leader and first minister arlene foster stepping down _ minister arlene foster stepping down. shortly. and that is leaving a vacuum _ down. shortly. and that is leaving a vacuum. northern ireland is an extraordinary mess and sadly, it is a comment— extraordinary mess and sadly, it is a comment on the uk, ireland, the united _ a comment on the uk, ireland, the united states and others, to help deal with— united states and others, to help deal with that. and alongside that you have — deal with that. and alongside that you have these historic allegations of crimes— you have these historic allegations of crimes on all sides, both the british— of crimes on all sides, both the british state and loyalist paramilitaries and republican paramilitaries, so many of which have _ paramilitaries, so many of which have not— paramilitaries, so many of which have not been resolved.- paramilitaries, so many of which have not been resolved. we've got about a minute _ have not been resolved. we've got about a minute left _ have not been resolved. we've got about a minute left let's _ have not been resolved. we've got about a minute left let's talk - have not been resolved. we've got about a minute left let's talk to - about a minute left let's talk to one more story, and talk of about it
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more in the next review. this is the guardian story, the rest of the by—election may be lost for labour. is this an expectation management sort of leak do you think or is it serious? ., ., , ., serious? oh, for me? i thought you were mentioning _ serious? oh, for me? i thought you were mentioning to _ serious? oh, for me? i thought you were mentioning to harriet. - serious? oh, for me? i thought you were mentioning to harriet. it's- were mentioning to harriet. it's interesting. in harriet palmer paper, — interesting. in harriet palmer paper, only yesterday or the day before _ paper, only yesterday or the day before they had opinion polls down to only— before they had opinion polls down to only a _ before they had opinion polls down to only a 1% margin between the conservatives and labour. and yet keir starmer this morning on the today— keir starmer this morning on the today programme was sounding not great _ today programme was sounding not great and — today programme was sounding not great. and if it is expectation management, exactly what expectations are they trying to land? — expectations are they trying to land? and in other words we lost a historic— land? and in other words we lost a historic seat — land? and in other words we lost a historic seat but not so terribly is not much — historic seat but not so terribly is not much of expectation management. ithink— not much of expectation management. i think this _ not much of expectation management. i think this is _ not much of expectation management. i think this is not and i think the
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situation — i think this is not and i think the situation is _ i think this is not and i think the situation is desperately bad, and i scratch _ situation is desperately bad, and i scratch nov— situation is desperately bad, and i scratch my head how on earth are labour _ scratch my head how on earth are labour leader doing so badly at a time _ labour leader doing so badly at a time when — labour leader doing so badly at a time when the prime minister is mired _ time when the prime minister is mired in— time when the prime minister is mired in all kinds of problems. | mired in all kinds of problems. promise mired in all kinds of problems. i promise you faithfully and were giving an opportunity to respond on this story in our next review. that's an incentive to watch the second paper review. harriet on labour's problems and john also back with us at 1130. lots of the stories covering vent not least the story of the duchess of sussex�*s new children's book and mortgage highs. sport next and then the weather. good evening i'm and this is your sports news — for the first time in their history, manchester city have reached a champions league final —
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beating paris saint—germain 2—0 at the etihad stadium and 4—1 on aggregate. riyad mahrez who scored in the opening leg last week was the beneficiary of some poor defending as he picked up city's first of the night 11 minutes in ps6 had chances to equalise but couldn't take advantage so when mahrez got on the end of a phil foden cross he made no mistake. pep guardiola's side in charge and their opponents struggling, angel di maria paying the price for his petulance and when the full time whistle went it was guardiola's side who moved through to play either chelsea or real madrid in instanbul on the 29th of may. real madrid's marcelo will play against chelsea tomorrow in the second leg of their champions league semi—final, after he was freed from electoral duty in the spanish capital. the brazilian had been called to work as a scrutineer for a regional election and the club had tried to free him of it, but it's understood a lady who has no idea who the defender is offered to step in meaning he could travel to london with his team—mates with the tie precariously poised at 1—1 from the opening leg.
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meanwhile chelsea and liverpool will have a supporter presence in future decisions at board level of their respective clubs. it follows both clubs withdrawal from a proposed european super league which saw a backlash from both sets of supporters. a man has been charged over a protest against manchester united's owners which took place outside a hotel where the team's players were staying. fans gathered against the glazer�*s ownership and united's potential involvement in the breakaway european super league on sunday. it comes as the premier league looks to bring in a new owners charter to stop future attempts to join any breakaway organisation. what a game to miss out on? the report, manchester united is probably one of the biggest games shown worldwide. across the globe. may be after l classico, it is up there with the biggest and so the fans have caused a real problem and
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getting this game postponed, i think is concerning because now you have got a precedent. 50, 100 fans can get a game called off and postponed what happens next time fans are not happy with their football club? are they now going to do the same? that's the way that i two weeks after he was sacked by tottenham, jose mourinho has been installed as the manager of italian side roma next season replacing fellow portuguese paulo fonseca. roma who play the second leg oftheir europa league semi—final against manchester united on thursday night, are currently seventh in serie a, and it sees the 58 year old return to italy, where he managed inter milan between 2008 and 2010, leading them to the champions league and serie a titles. but his time in north london was short lived and he was dismissed afterjust 17 months at the club. they have a lot of debt, so not entirely— they have a lot of debt, so not entirely sure jose mourinho is the film entirely sure jose mourinho is the right man — entirely sure jose mourinho is the right man as we know he loves to spend _ right man as we know he loves to spend money. not sure how much it will be _ spend money. not sure how much it will be able — spend money. not sure how much it will be able to bring to him in
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terms — will be able to bring to him in terms of— will be able to bring to him in terms of challenge and leadership that i'm _ terms of challenge and leadership that i'm sure he will be looking for. that i'm sure he will be looking for~ but— that i'm sure he will be looking for. but it's a gamble on his behalf because _ for. but it's a gamble on his behalf because it's — for. but it's a gamble on his behalf because it's a very difficult job to coach _ because it's a very difficult job to coach roma. rotherham united's hopes of staying in the championship hang by a thread following a goalless draw at luton this evening. it all comes down to saturday — the last day of the season in the fight for survival — with three clubs, derby county, rotherham and sheffield wednesday all with a chance of staying up. rotherham will go to cardiff knowing only a win will do, while derby and sheffield wednesday meet at pride park. the indian premier league has been postponed after further covid 19 cases among players forced the cancellation of another match in the world's richest cricket tournament. the country has recorded more than 20 million cases, and so far reported more than 222,000 deaths from the virus. india's board of control for the game says they do not want to compromise on the safety of the players, support staff and the other participants. 11 english players are among those who will now return home, with india scheduled to tour england from mid june to september and then host the t20 world
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cup later this year. india has stopped these to be shipped final, then there's a long test series with england, and then the world to teach wendy's. so very little window between the tournaments, between the series that are already scheduled. so unlikely they're going to find another window to complete the league this year. in rugby league, wigan forward tony clubb has been banned for eight matches and fined £500 after being found guilty of using racist language during last week's super league win over hull fc. the 33—year—old directed his comment towards hull forward andre savelio and it was then reported to the referee during the match. an independent tribunalfound clubb guilty of using "unacceptable language based on national or ethnic origin" but went on to say they didn't believe he is a racist.
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tom daley has won a second gold medal at the diving world cup in tokyo a competition which serves as a test event for the olympics this summer. he added the individual 10m platform title with a stunning back three—and—a—half somersault. he also won the 10m synchronised event alongside matty lee on saturday. daley is expected to challenge for more medals at this summer's delayed games which he's already qualified for. and that's all the sport for now. hello. it's a return to frost in some rural areas as wednesday begins particularly in parts of scotland and northern england. showers in northern scotland, wintry on health and for northern ireland, wales and parts of the midlands and east anglia and southern england start with hail and thunder during the
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day. gusty winds around the showers the winds are lighter than they have some sunshine to be had. showers are wintry on hills and widespread as into northeast england. going to be a chilly day. highs of around eight to 12 celsius. some showers will continue into wednesday evening, a batch moving south across scotland over night into thursday morning. it give snow to relatively low levels with another frost for some as thursday begins. but an area of cloud and rain flirted with the south coast of england on thursday. showers moving out of scotland general of england and ireland, and between the two we get to see a bit of sunshine and dry day in wales for example on thursday. won't feel any warmer, wet and windy for the weekend.
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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. mexico's president promises a full investigation after at least 23 people were killed when an overpass with a train on it collapsed. growing calls for a national lockdown as india's confirmed number of covid cases passes 20 million. president biden sets a new vaccination target. he wants 70% of america's adult population vaccinated by the lith ofjuly. and a top advisor to the uk government says it's unlikely there will be any need for another lockdown in britain.
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