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in few sports do they crown a champion who turns 51 next month. this is phil mickelson's sixth major, but it could be his and golf�*s most extraordinary. mickelson last won this trophy 16 years ago, but through the decades he has kept his touch around the greens. commentator: it has done. look at the crowd. _ in this final round, the momentum was building. at the 10th hole mickelson went four shots clear. it's another mickelson birdie. cheering this is the loudest golf has been since the lockdown and by the 18th he was fighting through just to take his shot. earlier this year, mickelson dropped out of the world's top 100. now golf was gathering for one of sport's greatest redemptions. he dedicated the turnaround to his brother tim who is his caddy, and to the older heads in the game who keep going. it's very possible that this is the last tournament i ever win but it's also very possible that
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maybe i go on a little bit of a run. i don't know. but the point is that there's no reason why i or anybody else can't do it at a later age. it just takes a little bit more work. were it not for tiger woods, mickelson may have won more but here was his great rival paying tribute to the sport's new record. mickelson�*s now the oldest major winner, proof that the veterans can beat their younger rivals, and that in golf it's never too late. joe lynskey, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. the youthful matt taylor! very kind, thank you, you probably won't say that when you have seen the forecast but let's be honest, most of us want to see the back of scenes like this at the moment and a bit more of this. at long last there is a certain small degree of optimism in the forecast. low pressure which brings rain, has been dogging the weather charged so far this month. into the weekend, high
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pressure will be more dominant bringing most places, and i mean most places, dry, and with its position just to the east we will drag in a bit more warm air, temperatures closer to where they should be more typically at the end of may. they are that in mind when looking out the window this afternoon because once again for many it is a case of dodging the downpours. we have seen some pretty nasty one so far around, this one just to the east of london earlier. but there has been some sunshine, northern ireland faring badly at the moment, as is northern parts of england, a few showers here but no where near as many as elsewhere. wales, central and southern england, frequent and heavy and at times now thundery showers, this curl of persistent rain across central and western scotland, keeping it cool, winds from the north—east. in the sunshine across the central strip it feels quite pleasant, the sun has so much strength to it now in late may. but when the showers come along further south, expect temperatures to drop sharply. there is heavy, thundery and at times showers with hail will gradually push away from
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the south and east as we go into tonight. there will be further outbreaks of rain in scotland and northern england but drier in the south and the rest of the country, south and the rest of the country, so things coolest into tomorrow morning but also brightest with a fair bit of sunshine. fewer showers around across the south and into wales and northern ireland tomorrow, further outbreaks of rain in scotland and northern england, turning into heavy and thundery showers in the afternoon but a better afternoon in northern scotland compared to today. it will field a good deal milder. elsewhere, as you work in a night in the sunshine, cool in the showers, finishing the day with persistent rain in cornwall and the isles of scilly, spreading into the channel islands and into france on tuesday night. by wednesday, many of southern and western areas fairly dry, a few showers. more showers and a cool breeze down the east of scotland and eastern parts of england, temperature struggling here. in the west in the sunshine, temperatures creeping up once again. if we lose the area of low pressure from the east and start to bring in a bit of high pressure, it is looking drier on thursday. high pressure not strong enough at this stage to prevent rain arriving into ireland through the day, some will
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be heavy command on the western fringes of great britain. but most will be dry with sunny spells, feeling warmer, and as i said, a bit more optimism into the bank holiday weekend. most places at least! thank you very much, matt taylor. that's all from the bbc news at one so it's goodbye from me — good afternoon, it's 1.35pm and here's your latest sports news. after becoming golf�*s oldest major winner, phil mickleson will be eyeing another slice of history by becoming just the sixth man to win the career grand slam next month. his final round at kiawah island saw him finish on six under, two shots ahead of brooks koepka, to clinch his second us pga title at the age of 50. and with the us open, the only major missing from his collection, next month, this type of form will give him the belief he could complete the set in his home city of san diego, joing the likes of tiger woods and jack nicklaus.
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it's very possible this is the last tournament i ever win, if i'm being realistic. but it's also very possible i may have had a little bit of a breakthrough in some of my focus and maybe i go on a little bit of a run, i don't know. the point is that there is no reason why i, or anybody else, can't do it at a later age. it just takes a little bit more work. liverpool have been celebrating securing their place in next season's champions league after victory over crystal palace. knowing a win would almost certainly seal their spot in the top four, the reds were 2—0 winners at anfield with sadio mane scoring both goals. and despite struggling with injuries for most of the season, jurgen klopp�*s men end up finishing third, wth chelsea joining them in the top four at the expense of leicester. absolutely incredible. the whole team, obviously, yeah,
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used the experience of the season already at the end of the season. fight through it. don't expect there's any easy situations, just fight through it. that's what we did. here we are. qualified for the champions league. it's unbelievable. it feels really, really great. wales forward hal robson—kanu has been left out of their training camp ahead of next month's euros. with the final squad to be announced on sunday, it's increasingly unlikely he'll be included. he was one of the stars of their run to the semifinals at euro 2016, scoring in their quarterfinal win over belgium. england announce their squad tomorrow. spain have left out sergio ramos from theirs. the real madrid centre—back, who is 35, has been struggling with injury and has only played one game since the end of march. his absence means there are no players from real picked by enrique for this summer's delayed tournament. britain's francesca jones was beaten in the first round of qualifying for the french open by top
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seed vena zvonreva. it was a tough opening draw against the former world number two and two time grand slam finalist. jones was told she would never become a professional player because of a condition which meant she was born without several fingers and toes, but went on to qualify for the australian open earlier this year. britain's dina asher—smith laid down a marker to her 0lympic rivals by winning the women's 100 metres at the diamond league in gateshead. much to the delight of the home crowd, she won in a time of in 11.35 seconds in unseasonably cold and wet conditions. she produced a season's best which will boost her hopes ahead of this summers olympics in a field which contained several of her tokyo rivals. great britain topped the medal table at the european swimming championships after more success on the final day, adam peaty with another gold, taking his tally to 16 european medals in total. olympic champion peaty got his fourth gold in budapest
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in the men's ax100m medley — alongside luke greenbank, james guy and duncan scott as they broke the championship record. and the women won their 4x100 medley. kathleen dawson, molly renshaw, laura stephens and anna hopkin combining to break the championship record as well. that means great britain finish the championships on top of the medal table with an impressive 11 golds. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. the bbc has uncovered allegations of widespread neglect and illness among the 20,000 migrant children being detained at camps in america. many of the youngsters say they ve
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fled violence in central america. the us government said children in its care have access to nutritious food, recreation and are being kept in a healthy environment. hillary andersson�*s report begins on america's southern border. midnight on the rio grande. smugglers carry migrants across to the land that they've dreamt of. but this is a night of fear. many of the adults will be deported in the morning. there are children here too, travelling alone. most of them will stay. jordi has fled violent gangs in guatemala. tonight, he has a new dread — america's camps for migrant children. this is donna, texas. these tents held almost 4,000 children earlier this spring.
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these, the notorious cubicles the migrants call ice boxes. journalists haven't been allowed to speak to children inside to tell their stories. but we've tracked down children who have been released. ariani, ten years old, was about to see her mother for the first time since she was four, after a harrowing ordeal. this a few weeks ago. she says they're not sure because they can't recognise her, but it is her. ariani fled violence in honduras, then spent weeks in donna.
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to paola, 16 years old, who was in the same camp, it was a child jail. lights were on all night, children cried incessantly and were left filthy. now a mass movement of children is under way. we obtained flight logs. here, children are about to be flown to a set of new and secretive detention sites around the country. cindy was transported out of donna with a0 girls, all sick with covid. cindy was flown 1,500 miles away to a new detention site in california.
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there are 1a new facilities set up to reduce overcrowding. we set out to find them. this is a camp with a capacity for 10,000 children in el paso, texas. we've been told hundreds of children are being isolated in tents for covid, scabies and lice, and there's at least one allegation of sexual abuse. an official document indicates children under six may be sent here. in the heart of downtown dallas, we'd heard that hundreds of teenage boys were being held here in the convention centre. we asked for access, but no. staff have to sign agreements that they won't talk about what goes on inside. so, they've asked us to leave the premises. they don't want anyone filming anything around this place, and no one will give us any reasons for the secrecy. this man who worked inside spoke to us
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on the condition of anonymity. the boys have been in there for 45 days straight without any sunlight. they go to bed hungry, it's freezing cold. no recreational time outside, none of that, no fresh air, no nothing. how do the boys cope with that? how can they cope? they're all depressed. i heard the other day that several were contemplating suicide because of the conditions here. this, a rare glimpse inside, was secretly shot and given to us. children spend on average a month in the new facilities. responding to the allegations of neglect, the government told the bbc that the children have access to nutritious food, recreation and are being kept in a healthy environment. ariani drew pictures in detention of love hearts and flowers to fight off her sadness. many nights now, she wakes up screaming.
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ariani, once bubbly, has become withdrawn. like thousands, she may bear scars of her detention for life. hilary andersson, bbc news. myanmar�*s former leader, aung san suu kyi, has appeared in court in person for the first time since her government time since her government was overthrown by the military in february. she faces a series of charges — including violating a state secrets law. 0ur south east asia correspondent jonathan head has the latest. her lawyer said that she actually doesn't know where she is being detained. so she has been completely kept sealed off. they're not really sure about how much she knows about what is going on, but her ally, president win myint, who was detained along with her has told his lawyers that in fact they have been told nothing at all. they have got no sources of information. they have been held now for 16 weeks. so, this was the first time that she was allowed to leave that secret place of detention somewhere in the capital naypyidaw.
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it was the first time she got to meet her lawyers. this has been a real source of concern for her. there have been at least five court hearings and a number that have been adjourned, and until now, she has never actually been able to meet her lawyers in person. she has had video link conversations with them, but ones that are listened into by the security forces. so, up until now, there has been no ability by her to be able to discuss her case or prepare any kind of defence. so, i suppose to that extent it was important, but she only got 30 minutes, so it is hardly enough time when you are talking about six charges that carry multiple years in prison. and nobody really is under any illusions that there is going to be a fair court process here for her. most outsiders look at this and see these various charges that range from the trivial to the really quite serious as a device to somehow disable her from any future contest in an election. and the military has talked about holding an election at some point in the nearfuture, and it is quite clear
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they would not do that if she, given her popularity, was able to contest it. the headlines on bbc news... eu leaders are considering sanctions against belarus, after a ryanairflight was forced to divert to minsk so authorities there could arrest an opposition activist who was on board. a prominent uk black lives matter activist — sasha johnson — is reported to be in a critical condition after being shot in the head. people who live in overcrowded homes in england are to be offered alternative accommodation if they need to self—isolate, to try to bring down covid infection rates. a group of metro mayors and council leaders say the uk will struggle to reach its climate change targets unless more money is put into local hands. 0pposition politicians have written to the prime minister calling for "further and faster" action
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to protect the environment. the government says councils and mayors have "a pivotal role" in reducing carbon emissions. five live's rachel burden reports from leeds. welcome to sunny leeds. as you can see the skies are blue, if you have come to this area around 300 years ago, the air would have been grey and thick with smoke. very different picture these days. —— snog. —— smog. as much as leeds was the cradle of innovation in industry, a real heartland of industrial britain, although centuries ago, now it strives to be a greener, cleaner city, add they have set ambitious targets to hit on the zero emissions by 2030. —— net zero. as part of a big project, we will be tracking the course of leads's —— leeds' progress towards that big goal over the course of the next 12 months, i definitely like that is going
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to work it needs staff community engagement, local people to buy into it. what better place to come and explore these ideas than in one of the oldest immunity centres not just leeds but the whole country? this working men's club is the oldest surviving working men's club in the country, i am joined by the councillor, helen, and also daniel who is a student at leeds university. helen, we have been hearing hearing how the mayors are saying we need to be given more power to dry this kind of greener agenda to the cities. where do you see the responsibilities lying? the government, individuals, businesses? it is with all of us, it is hugely important that local communities and _ the local authorities i given these powers and most importantly the _ funding to be able to tackle what is a crisis, and we have seen over
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the _ last 15 months that we as a country and city are able to deal with a crisis. it takes everybody to pull together. when local authorities, such as a vaccine roll—out, are given the powers, funding, we can do it successfully. we know our communities and when the committees pull together they can really pull it off, and if that is what needs to happen with the climate crisis. we have shown what can be achieved when everyone gets their heads together, but where do you start? what's the practical first step? to see what you are dealing with, that's what we have done over the last couple of years. with our climate jury and the people of leeds, 8000 people responded to our big climate conversation, it is about what we can all do, so if we are asking people to make decisions to change the way that they live their lives, we as a council need to facilitate that, make it easier to choose to cycle or walk rather than use your car, and have really good public transport. retrofitting homes, 47%
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of our carbon output is from people powering or heating their homes. there are very practical steps we can take right now, and from today people can apply to have solar panels installed if they have an income of under £30,000. practical steps and we can see that working for people and make it their lives better. you have to make it easy for people, has to benefit their families. daniel was part of the jury, do you want to spring for your position was when it came to climate change before being involved in this project, and how it may have altered as a result of the conversation? —— explain your position. when i first started, - i was a nihilist, i thought we had doomed ourselves and it was what we - deserved, but by engaging with - a group of people that represented leeds, we talked - through the problems, thought about how we
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could _ solve them, produced a report, i my being part of something that produced suggestions gave me hope. these are people from a range of backgrounds. yes, it was specifically designed to be - representative in terms i of age, gender, ethnicity. if you look at the population, and the jury, they— are the same. when we are asking people to go green, often it feels like drive less, eat different things, don't go on holiday. how do you change the narrative around that so it feels like there is a benefit to making these measures? all our recommendations boiled down to _ giving people a choice that is - meaningful to choose to go on the bus that is as good as going on the car, or to choose - to insulate your home at a reasonable price. j so you need to - incentivise people to be able to make changes. that they want to make, and also tell people what they can do. helen, if there is one thing people can do, what change
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would you advise them to make? think about leaving the car at home and travelling to work once a week, or cycling, and the temperature in your home, we do not need it so tropical. that is true most of the time, although leeds is fairly chilly this morning, probably a few people with heating on, five live will follow this project over the next 12 months, so catch up with everything there and we will be back in leeds to bring you updates in the weeks to come. while other parts of the world suffered lengthy lockdowns, for most of the past year, east asia has remained relatively unscathed by the virus. but now cases in the region are rising — despite strict measures and tight border controls. even places considered success stories — like singapore and taiwan — are returning to partial lockdowns. from singapore, nick marsh reports. this is now shafirah�*s office. it's also a classroom for her daughter, hazira. just when everything
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seemed fine in singapore, highly infectious variants entered the country. the government says they're spreading fast, with children being infected much more this time around. now schools are shut, and the message is to stay at home. i really didn't expect that the number of cases can increase like that and we again come back to square one here. what i'm looking for now is my family to be safe, to be at home, don't always go out, and for myself, the opportunity right now to work from home. i already work from home, and for the children, i think it's better for them to be at home. it's almost certain that the variants came in through the airport. cracks in the supposedly watertight quarantine system saw some airport workers infected, then mixing with the general public. now, dining in at food courts and restaurants is banned and you can only meet in groups of two. here we are again, tightening up once more. and the question being asked
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by a lot of people here and in other parts of asia, is if this can happen even in a safe place like singapore, what hope is there of going back to normal life anytime soon? having done so well against the virus until now, some places have pursued a zero—covid approach. the experts say this is not realistic. many countries did use their borders to effectively keep the virus out. now, that's not sustainable. you can't keep locking down and doing mass testing forever. eventually, you have to live with this virus. the hope is in the vaccine, obviously. that's clearly the most important tool we've got to preventing serious infection. singapore does look to be on course to vaccinate everyone by the end of the year, but most other countries in the region don't have enough supplies. taiwan and japan will probably have to wait until the middle of 2022.
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poorer countries, for much longer than that. for them, the road to a post—covid world will be a long one. nick marsh, bbc news, singapore. brazil s president, jair bolsonaro, has led more than 1,000 supporters on motorcycles through rio de janeiro, in defiance of coronavirus restrictions. crowds lined rio's streets to wave to their president and salute the motorcade. the country has been one of the worst hit countries in the world with coronavirus. gail maclellan reports. roaring engines and a sea of green and yellow, the colours of brazil's national flag, and leading it all, jair bolsonaro. thousands turned out in rio to support the president and his latest show of defiance against coronavirus restrictions —
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restrictions he has consistently flouted and criticised. translation: bolsonaro, for me, is the return of freedom, it is the l return of my country. i am a patriot and with him i feel that we are proud to be patriots once again. proud of the green and yellow colours. bolsonaro for 2022. but not everyone agrees. the motorcade took to the streets just as the senate committee started investigating the president's handling of the pandemic and the slow roll—out of the country's vaccine programme. because, in brazil, the situation is grim. the pandemic began, as well as 4118208 deaths. that means brazil has the second highest death toll in the world. these alarming figures mean, despite the big show of support on wheels, that mr bolsonaro's approval ratings have declined sharply.
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his band of supporters may be shrinking, but what they lack in number, they make up for in noise. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. if you're fed up with the rain clouds and unusually cool conditions, there is weather optimism coming later. instead of low pressure, high pressure is across much of the uk, keeping most of the rain clouds at bay, not all of them, but it will also boost temperatures as well, back to levels more typical of late may. drier, warmer for many as we head towards the bank holiday weekend. contrast again to what is out there today, big downpours. a little bit of sunshine here and there, the best of which is in
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northern ireland. england, fewer showers, more persistent rain across the north of scotland, especially cool, nice if you dodge the downpours across parts of central and southern england and wales, this evening fading, the showers still going in parts of scotland, one or two dotted around elsewhere. brightest and clearest towards the south—west, northern ireland, temperatures dropping further to allow a cool start to tuesday, but drier and brighter weather. scotland, northern england most prone to heavy showers, they will come and go. fewer showers elsewhere, a better chance of staying dry for many compared to today, chiefly across northern scotland and southern england, cornwall and later the channel islands likely to see more persistent rain, running its way into france as we go through tuesday night. showers dotted around into the night, through to wednesday, cloudy, occasional rain down the eastern coasts, chilly in the breeze. elsewhere one or two showers but a lot of drier weather, in the sunshine you could see
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temperatures hit 17 celsius across the west of scotland, some parts of the south—west midlands and southern england. as we get to wednesday night, low pressure pulling away, high pressure building, not strong enough yet to prevent rain clouds butting in towards the far west later, especially for northern ireland, heavy rain, splashes across western fringes of england, wales and west of scotland, much of scotland, eastern wales, a dry day on thursday, temperatures creeping back up to where we should be, 18 or 19 celsius in a few spots. the bank holiday weekend, not completely dry, but more of you will spend time drierfor longer, feeling a bit warmer.
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this is bbc news.. the headlines... international condemnation after a ryanair plane is diverted and forced to make an emergency landing in belarus, where the authorities arrested a dissident on board. i think it's the first time it's happened to a european airline, but i mean, this was a case of state—sponsored. . .. it was a state—sponsored hijack, it was state—sponsored piracy. the bbc board has announced a review of its editorial and whistleblowing policies following lord dyson's report into martin bashir�*s interview with diana, princess of wales. the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp, says there will be an investigation into his rehiring. i take comfort from the fact that martin_ i take comfort from the fact that martin bashir is no longer here. i don't _ martin bashir is no longer here. i don't take — martin bashir is no longer here. i don't take comfort yet from
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