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all this is bbc news, i'm all mark lobel. our top stories. it's heaven for the blues, as chelsea fans celebrate their team winning europe's champions league, beating manchester city 1—0. dozens of protests around the world to show solidarity with the people of belarus. more than 100 macaque monkeys are rescued from a smuggling gang operating in the jungles of thailand. and british prime minister borisjohnson is reported to have married his fiancee carrie symonds in a secret ceremony.
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hello and welcome to bbc news. chelsea fans are celebrating, after their team won the champions league final in porto. they beat fellow english side and premier league champions manchester city in a 1—0 victory, after seven tense minutes of extra time, to pick up their second european cup. more than 16,000 supporters were allowed into the stadium in portugal to watch the match, after the venue was switched from turkey because of covid—19. 0ur sports correspondent natalie pirks reports from porto. it's been a feat of organisation for the city that stepped in at the last minute, and for the fans who scrambled flights, hotels and expensive tests. 12,000 fans of both sides had tickets, but thousands more had travelled without them.
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and with hope in their hearts and with nerves starting to jangle, both sets of fans knew they were within touching distance of the greatest prize in club football. this is our dream, this what it's all about. all the pressure's on city, there's none on chelsea. just going to have a happy day. we've been following city for many years and we'vei got these tickets, - and we deserve them. the third all english champions league final began with a bang, timo werner giving city their first scare. city looked menacing and threatening, but they were frustrated by a blue wall. city may have had the intent, but it was chelsea who picked the perfect pass. kai havertz, their most expensive player of all time, rewarding his paymasters with the breakthrough they craved. things were going from bad to worse for city, rudiger�*s robust tackle ending the night for kevin de bruyne, but as he walked off in tears, his team found some rhythm. chelsea's captain needed to be alert to the ever—present danger.
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he needed to find something special from somewhere, but chelsea were clinging on for dear life. finally, after seven agonising minutes of injury time, they erupted with joy, chelsea champions of europe once more. 0h, whata night for chelsea fans. you can probably hear we are the champions ringing out here. and how fitting that fans were back in the stadium to see them win their fifth major european trophy and their second champions league since munich in 2012. chelsea had been on a bumpy run of form coming into this match, but crucially they have beaten city twice in their last two outings and thomas tuchel said that gave them belief. it was a masterclass in tactics from tuchel. he's become the first manager to star with two different teams in consecutive champions league finals. city had started this match with all—out attacking intent, no defensive midfielder, and that proved to be a gamble too far. chelsea defended well, they starved city of space and crucially
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they took their chances. tuchel asked his side to start strong and finish stronger. and by listening to him, they got the better of pep guardiola once more. seeing roman abramovich in the stands, the owner of chelsea, with his family celebrating, you can see what it meant to the club. and right now you can really see what it means to chelsea fans. natalie pirks reporting from porto. back home in west london, chelsea supporters have been taking to the streets to celebrate. 0ur reporter matt graveling is there. ok, so this might not be porto in portugal — this isjust outside stamford bridge. for fans here who couldn't travel, they don't care one bit because their team have just won the champions league for the first time since 2012. and you can see them celebrating behind me. i would like to tell you that it's been purely peaceful, but a couple of moments ago we did see one big batch of chelsea fans pushing the police back down the road. the game itself, what a spectacle — great game,
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man city and chelsea, havertz scoring in the first half to secure the win for chelsea. and we did have a very impressive light showjust over stamford bridge a couple of moments ago with lights spelling out "champions, this is for the fans". and of course that is the message they want to send. this is the fans�* — regardless of who won this evening there would have been celebrations like this somewhere in the country, celebrations that we haven't seen for a very long time, that people here hope they will be seeing again next season. matt graveling with victorious chelsea supporters outside their home ground stamford bridge in west london. there've been dozens of demonstrations around the world to show solidarity with the people of belarus. in poland, hundreds of demonstrators have taken to streets of the capital, warsaw. small gatherings have also been held in other european countries, the us and australia. many protesters have been calling for the release
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of the belarussian journalist roman protasevich, who was detained along with his girlfriend. the plane he was flying on was forced to land in minsk last weekend. at a rally in the lithuanian capital vilnius, the belarusian opposition leader, svetlana tikhanovskaya, said people around the world were supporting belarus at a decisive moment. translation: they joined the action because they - understand how this year and this moment are important for us. just like me, they are sure that we will win. just like me, they're sure that we'll return home to our loved ones, and the credit will go to each of you, as we are building a new belarus together, and each of us present here is its foundation. so, once again, thank you very much for being here today. meanwhile in southern russia, president putin has unexpectedly held a second day of talks with mr lukashenko. they spent the day onboard a yacht in the black sea resort of sochi. mr putin told the belarusian president the kremlin
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was closely following the case of mr protasevich's russian girlfriend sofia sapega, who was detained with him. the two men also discussed providing additional flights between russia and belarus, whose national carrier has now been banned by several european countries. earlier i spoke to franak viacorka, a friend of the detained belarussian opposition journalist roman protasevich, and senior adviser to svetlana tikhanovskaya, the belarusian opposition leader. i asked him what he knew about mr protasevich's welfare. roman protasevich and his girlfriend are in custody in minsk, he was interrogated and there was a video about his confession of crimes that were never committed. irate confession of crimes that were never committed.— confession of crimes that were never committed. we don't have much information _ never committed. we don't have much information about - never committed. we don't have much information about his - much information about his health. definitely we saw some bruises on his body and his face, perhaps he was beaten during the detention. we also don't have information about
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his girlfriend sofia sapega, a russian citizen, who was visited by a representative of the russian embassy, and a lawyer as well, but let's do all possible to release them as soon as possible. there is not much you can do when you are in jail, you are praying and hoping that your colleagues, your friends, hoping that your colleagues, yourfriends, germany, uk, your friends, germany, uk, united yourfriends, germany, uk, united states, will stand for you. and not to forget that besides them, there are a47 other besides them, there are 447 other political prisoners in very difficult conditions, many of them sentenced to multi—year prison terms from three to 90 years of prison. let s get some of the day's other news. protestors have ta ken to the streets in brazil's largest cities to demand the impeachment of president jair bolsonaro over his response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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in the capital brasilia, thousands have gathered in front of the congress building, many demanding covid vaccines. brazil has the world's second highest coronavirus death rate, after the us — nearly half a million people have lost their lives. a ferry carrying nearly 200 passengers caught fire whilst travelling to a remote island in eastern indonesia. passengers and crew on board were forced to jump into the sea, but no casualties have been reported so far. initial reports suggest the fire started in the engine room. the authorities in northern india say at least 22 people have died after consuming toxic liquor in the state of uttar pradesh. they said the victims bought bottles of alcohol from licensed shops on thursday, but complained of illness after drinking it. the authorities have arrested six people and closed five stores in connection with the incident. the president of colombia, eevan duqay, has said he is sending army troops to a quarter of the country's regions in an attempt
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to restore order after weeks of deadly anti—government protests. as thousands marched across colombia to mark a month of demonstrations, there was renewed violence in the southwestern city of cali, with at least 10 further casualties on friday. 0ur latin america correspondent will grant reports. colombia is no stranger to violence, but these scenes have shocked the nation. two months after the protests began, they're showing no sign of letting up. what started as an outpouring of anger over a proposed tax hike has now exploded into pitched battles in several major cities. the epicentre of the anti—government protests is cali, a city which suffers from all of colombia's social ills, from poverty to paramilitaries and drug cartels. every day, peaceful protests soon descend into burning barricades and stone throwing. the authorities responding
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with tear gas and live rounds. the latest incident to enrage demonstrators was the sight of civilian gunmen shooting at protesters with the police. shouting & gunfire. one of the alleged shooters, an off—duty agent from the state attorney's office, was apparently lynched by an angry mob. in response, the president, ivan duque, announced the deployment of some 7000 military personnel around the country. translation: i want to make it absolutely clear _ that the maximum deployment of military assistance to the national police begins as of tonight. he they won't find it easy, though. the protesters are in no mood to back down. this violence brings back painful memories of colombia's 50 year civil war between left—wing farc rebels and the state. indeed, many say the open
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wounds from that conflict have fanned the flames of these clashes. now, instead of strengthening the peace, colombia's long and bloody history of social unrest has simply started a new chapter. the president of the democratic republic of congo says the situation near the recently erupted volcano in the east of the country is "serious but under control". earlier there was confusion over reports of a second eruption. the communications ministry later clarified it was a false alarm. it said a plane flying over the area detected smoke from intense charcoal burning, which it mistook for volcanic activity. it all comes a week after nearby mount nyiragongo roared back into life, causing devastation and sparking an exodus. i talked to the director of the goma 0bservatory. he told me this was a false
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alarm and nyiragongo did not erupt. but before this there was a lot of panic because goma residents have been living for a week now since the eruption of nyiragongo under fear because of numerous traumas happening and cracks on walls and residences. so people, when they heard it, it was really a panic moment here. it's only now that people are also learning via the same social media and so on that this was a false alarm, so people are trying to calm down. but, as you know, about 400 people have left goma and are fleeing away from the city. about ten districts have been identified as very dangerous because there is a great quantity of lava or magma which can erupt from any cracks
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of the roads that have been provoked by more than 100 tremors that happened a week after the nyiragongo erupted. an 18—year—old man has appeared in a london court charged with conspiracy to murder over the shooting of the black lives matter activist sasha johnson last week. the campaigner, a prominent figure in the uk movement, remains in hospital. 0ur correspondent tim muffett was in court. it's almost one week since sasha johnson was shot at a house party in peckham in south london. thank you all for coming today. the black lives matter activist remains in a critical condition in hospital. this morning 18—year—old cameron deriggs of bromley hill in lewisham appeared at westminster magistrates' court. he's been charged with conspiracy to murder in relation to the shooting. several members of cameron deriggs' family, including his parents, watched proceedings from the public gallery. an application for bail was rejected by district judge michael snow.
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deriggs is now due to appear at the old bailey on the 25th ofjune. four other men have also been arrested in relation to the incident but have been bailed until latejune. detectives are continuing to appeal for anyone with information in relation to the shooting, which took place in the early hours of last sunday morning, to contact police. tim muffett, bbc news, at westminster magistrates' court. this is bbc news, a reminder of our top stories chelsea win the biggest prize in european football for a second time, beating manchester city 1—0 in the champions league final. demonstrators take to the streets across the world to call for the release of an opposition journalist arrested after his passenger jet was forced to land. environment officials in sri lanka have warned the country is facing one of the worst ecological crises in its history following a naval container fire off the country's coast. thousands of military personal
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have been deployed to clean up waves of microplastic pollution that have been washing ashore since the chemical transport vessel caught fire last week. joe robinson has more. with each wave, the task ahead becomes tougher. millions of microplastic pellets have already washed ashore. to be cleaned up by the army, navy and air force scrambled onto the beach. this is an ecological disaster site. 0ne team managed almost clear their section of negombo beach beach on friday night, only to find it covered the following morning. the fire on the express pearl began over a week ago, as it waited to enter colombo port. four indian ships have joined the sri lankan navy in their efforts to fight the blaze and mitigate the destruction. the navy does now believe the fire is under control, but the extent of the damage to the environment is still being assessed. the vessel was carrying hundreds of containers
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of industrial chemicals, threatening key parts of the area's ecosystem. fishing has already been banned along an 80km stretch of coast while the clean—up operation is under way. but the threat to local jobs could be far longer—lasting. the plastic pellets pose a particular threat to sea life in an area known for its crab and jumbo prawn stocks. now, the livelihood of thousands of fishermen is under threat of being eroded. joe robinson, bbc news. living with the coronavirus pandemic has led to several changes in our lives. as hospitals and health centres around the world had to close their doors, seeing a doctor online became a real alternative to in—person visits. while telehealth has been around for years, accessing healthcare in this way only took off after covid. is this change here to stay? we can speak to associate professor karen galvin from the university of melbourne now. she works in the field
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of hearing impairment and has a child living with a chronic illness. thanks you forjoining us. do you think the pandemic uncovered the true value of telehealth? i uncovered the true value of telehealth?— uncovered the true value of telehealth? ., , ,., , ~ telehealth? i absolutely think it did. it gave _ telehealth? i absolutely think it did. it gave us _ telehealth? i absolutely think it did. it gave us no _ telehealth? i absolutely think it did. it gave us no option, i it did. it gave us no option, and encourage both patients and health care providers to use this fantastic option that has been around for quite a while. what advantages did it uncover? first of all, obviously it allowed us to access health care without being exposed to the coronavirus. in more normal circumstances, it also saves time and money, less time off work and school, it saves parking costs, travelling costs, and for those living with chronic illness, it saves the emotional burden of
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constantly having to get themselves out of the house and attend appointments. for those people particularly, it allows their carer or parents or support person tojoin their carer or parents or support person to join them more easily in those appointments. it more easily in those appointments.- more easily in those appointments. more easily in those anointments. , ., ., appointments. it is not always eas , it appointments. it is not always easy, it cannot _ appointments. it is not always easy, it cannot replace - easy, it cannot replace in—person examinations, and people have to understand how to use the technology, and there were questions about the quality of care?— quality of care? well, certainly _ quality of care? well, certainly during - quality of care? well, - certainly during covid-19, some certainly during covid—19, some of my colleagues at the university of melbourne conducted a large australia wide survey, and they found that only half of the health care providers have ever received any training in telehealth, and the vast majority of health care providers and clients have never used telehealth. to know which are the best platforms to use, certainly video consultations, they got higher scores for satisfaction than telephone consultations, so we
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certainly have work to do to improve the system. we just need to work on getting those things right. do need to work on getting those things right-— things right. do you think --eole things right. do you think people would _ things right. do you think people would be - things right. do you think people would be worried | things right. do you think- people would be worried they might not get the right diagnosis? i might not get the right diagnosis?— might not get the right diagnosis? might not get the right diaunosis? . ., diagnosis? i agree with what ou said diagnosis? i agree with what you said before, _ diagnosis? i agree with what you said before, some - you said before, some consultations definitely need to be face—to—face. if there is a physical examination required, obviously that doesn't need to be face—to—face. 0f doesn't need to be face—to—face. of course, lots of other diagnoses rely more on test results, imaging results, blood test results. and the doctor doesn't actually examine the patient physically in that appointment. and many, many health care appointments do not relate to an actual diagnosis, it's the treatment that follows that diagnosis. i5 it's the treatment that follows that diagnosis.— that diagnosis. is it the case with your — that diagnosis. is it the case with your daughter - that diagnosis. is it the case with your daughter that - that diagnosis. is it the case with your daughter that the | with your daughter that the diagnosis was actually adjusted through telehealth? it’s diagnosis was actually ad'usted through telehealth?h through telehealth? it's not so much that _ through telehealth? it's not so much that it — through telehealth? it's not so much that it was _ through telehealth? it's not so much that it was adjusted - much that it was adjusted through telehealth, it'sjust through telehealth, it's just that through telehealth, it'sjust that she was so unwell that she had so many appointments to attend, just to get the tests
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and have the symptoms managed that there wasn't time or emotional energy for her to attend other appointments that may provide additional information, and that's what happened. she was free to attend more appointments that discovered more symptoms and put the picture together in a clearer way.— clearer way. indeed, ithink there were _ clearer way. indeed, ithink there were three _ clearer way. indeed, i think- there were three appointments a month, almost one a week, that your daughter had. so it really helps people with chronic illness, doesn't it? absolutely. even if it's not a chronic illness, people do go through periods where they have to attend the doctor or other health care appointments frequently for a short period of time. i spoke to a mother the other day whose son was diagnosed with a syndrome which involves hearing and visual impairment and she was attending five appointments a week at one point soon after his diagnosis, and having to
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take her three—year—old along to all of those appointments as well. that settles down for some people but there can be a period of intense medical care for a lot of people.— for a lot of people. briefly, what other _ for a lot of people. briefly, what other health - for a lot of people. briefly, what other health care - for a lot of people. briefly, - what other health care services do you think telehealth could adopt? do you think telehealth could ado t? ~ .., adopt? well, medical appointments, - adopt? well, medical appointments, and i adopt? well, medical| appointments, and we adopt? well, medical- appointments, and we have adopt? well, medical— appointments, and we have seen during covid—19, and allied health appointments as well. we found that in audiology, we were able to continue a lot of appointments that would normally be provided and do it via telehealth. the university is currently providing hearing tests for patients in cambodia from melbourne.— from melbourne. professor, thank you — from melbourne. professor, thank you very _ from melbourne. professor, thank you very much - from melbourne. professor, thank you very much for - from melbourne. professor, - thank you very much for coming on the programme and sharing your story. more than 100 long—tailed monkeys that were being illegally smuggled in the back of a pickup truck have been rescued in thailand.
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a field hospital has been set up, equipped with ultrasound scanners and breathing tubes, to treat 80 of them. sedated but safe, rescued macaque monkey is, many pregnant, being treated by a thai medical team. pregnant, being treated by a thai medicalteam. more than 100 were discovered, terrified, gasping for air, in meshed bags tied together, being transported to the cambodian border. 18 didn't make it. translation:— border. 18 didn't make it. translation: ., ~ , , translation: the monkeys were exhausted and _ translation: the monkeys were exhausted and dehydrated - translation: the monkeys were exhausted and dehydrated for- translation: the monkeys were exhausted and dehydrated for a i exhausted and dehydrated for a long time. some of them had respiratory problems because of overcrowding during the smuggling operation. wildlife smu: alina smuggling operation. wildlife smuggling in _ smuggling operation. wildlife smuggling in asia _ smuggling operation. wildlife smuggling in asia is - smuggling operation. wildlife smuggling in asia is nothing i smuggling in asia is nothing new. tigers and other animals have been traded, dead or alive, to neighbouring countries in what is a lucrative if illegal business. the authorities have been intercepting the banned wildlife shipments, but closing down the ruthless gangs behind it is a more difficult
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proposition. the smuggling of the monkeys was a carefully planned operation. a pick—up truck was eventually intercepted and taken to a field hospital equipped with ultrasound scanners and breathing tubes. the driver of the truck says he didn't know the truck says he didn't know the animals were in the back of the animals were in the back of the vehicle. he is being detained and questioned about wildlife smuggling. there are reports that borisjohnson has married carrie simon is in a secret ceremony on saturday. he is said to have exchanged vows with her in westminster cathedral in front of a number of close friends and family. there had been a lot of speculation about exactly when and how this wedding was going to take place. the sun and several other papers this evening reporting that it happened earlier at westminister cathedral — not very far from here
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in downing street. now, the couple had been linked publicly in the media since the start of 2019. when they moved in here later that year, after boris johnson was elected leader of the conservative party, they were the first unmarried couple to do so. they got engaged later that year, towards the end of 2019. last year, of course, they had a son — wilfred — he's nowjust over a year old. downing street is refusing to comment on reports of the wedding this evening, and that's not entirely surprising — borisjohnson is notoriously private about his personal life. whenever he's asked questions about his family he refuses to be drawn on that, so it's no real surprise that there isn't any official confirmation coming out of downing street this evening. this is of course mrjohnson's third marriage — he got divorced from his second wife marina wheeler while he was prime minister. that makes him the first prime minister in a very, very long time to have both divorced and now remarried while in office. in almost 200 years, i think.
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you can reach me on twitter — i'm @marklobel. goodbye. hello, there. many places saw some warm sunshine on saturday but we did have a bit more cloud across northern and western areas. but through sunday and into bank holiday monday we should see more in the way of sunshine, so it will feel warmer across the board. now high pressure is dominating the scene but its orientation, where it's sitting, is allowing a little bit of low cloud and mist to roll in off the north sea, and that will affect northern and eastern coasts at times. but it will tend to burn back to the coast through the day. the odd isolated shower could develop here and there. we could see a little bit of high cloud across southern britain into the afternoon. but it's the low cloud and mist affecting the northern isles, perhaps down in towards north—east england, across in towards coastal east
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anglia, which could affect the temperatures. close to the coast, around the mid teens celsius, but you have to have further inland to see those values reach around the low 20s celsius with a good deal of sunshine around. you can see the odd shower dotted across parts of scotland and northern ireland, too. these will fade away during sunday night and then we'll see that low cloud and mist roll back into some eastern areas, perhaps even in towards the south—east england. further west that you are, the skies will tend to stay clear. so very little change in the pressure pattern as we head on into bank holiday monday. this weather front is kept at bay, higher pressure towards the north—east there. so it could start quite grey and cool across some eastern and south—eastern areas, but again the sunshine will get going on that cloud, burning it back to the coast. could see a little bit of fair weather cloud bubbling up again. otherwise we should see more sunshine around and it will be a little bit warmer — those temperatures reaching 23, maybe 24 or 25 celsius in the warmest spots. now for tuesday, i think this is the peak of this warm spell. it will be a dry and sunny day for most.
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again, a bit of fairweather cloud just building up through the day but i think we could see temperatures reach around 25, maybe even 26 degrees in the warmest spots. a little bit warmer, as well, across north sea coasts as we pick up more of a southerly breeze on tuesday, but then we'll start to see a change. from wednesday onwards, we could be looking at this area of low pressure moving up from biscay, it will bring a line of showers and thunderstorms, particularly across southern and western areas, and it will also introduce something slightly cooler and fresher as we move towards the end of the week — but that will be most noticeable across more northern and western areas. that's it, see you later.
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chelsea fans celebrate their team winning europe's champions league — after beating manchester city 1—0 in an all—british final. it's the second time the london team has been crowned the best club in europe. over 16,000 supporters were allowed into the stadium in portugal to watch the match. demonstrations have taken place around the world to show solidarity with the people of belarus. many have called for the release of the belarusian journalist roman protasevich, who was detained along with his girlfriend. the plane he was flying on was forced to land in minsk last weekend. environment officials in sri lanka have warned the country is facing one of the worst ecological crises in its history following a naval container fire off the country's coast. thousands of military personnel have been deployed to clean up micro plastic pollution washed ashore, since the fire last week.
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