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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm philippa thomas. shock as denmark's christian eriksen collapses on the pitch at the european football championship. translation: we saw christian eriksen collapse, _ translation: we saw christian eriksen collapse, and _ translation: we saw christian eriksen collapse, and then - translation: we saw christian eriksen collapse, and then he i eriksen collapse, and then he received help in cpr on the pitch. then christian came back before leaving the stadium, and he was awake at the time. leaders at the g7 summit agree on a huge spending plan to counter the influence of china.
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and queen elizabeth ii official birthday is celebrated at windsor castle. hello, and welcome to bbc news. danish footballer christian eriksen is in a stable condition in hospital after he collapsed on the pitch during his nation's european championship match against finland. the 29—year—old suddenly fell to the ground in front of his home supporters in copenhagen. team—mates and medics rushed to his aid. the game was suspended. when it resumed, at the request of both teams, finland won the match i—o. nathalie pirks reports. christian eriksen is the talisman of the dutch
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international team. —— denmark national team. but around half—time, without a player around him, he staggered to the ground and collapsed. team—mates immediately recognise how serious it was, forming a protective ring around him as medics rushed onto the pitch. fans could only look on in horror as doctors attempted to resuscitate the midfielder. his team—mates could barely look as they hoped beyond hope he'd be ok. back in the bbc studio, former players were understandably emotional. i think football totally goes out of the window right now, and you're thinking about his family, all the rest of the players that are out there witnessing it, as well. i actuallyjust messaged my mum and told her i loved her, and i think it's a reminder of how quickly life can change. the latest update from uefa is that christian eriksen has been transferred to hospital and has been stabilised. the news from the danish fa that he is awake is the news all football fans wanted to hear. natalie perks, bbc news.
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klaus egelund is a danish footballjournalist. he gave us this update from aarhus. we know that christian is speaking, he's been in touch with his team—mates during the break in the match, and he asked them to resume the match — that's what we are hearing at the moment. but i mean, this is controlled information, obviously, at this point, so i think most of the information going around is something that's been circulated widely. christian eriksen is a national hero, he was the crowned champion with inter milan, he's been crowned a footballer of the year, he is our biggest football star since michael amber some 30—35 years ago. so i think you could say this is football and royalty in denmark that was battling for his life
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—— footballing royalty. most of you have probably seen the pictures of the players healing him on the pitch. he was stretched off behind the white linen, so everyone was really concerned. i mean, everyone was really, really concerned about his well—being. this was definitely the key, the core member of the squad, all of a sudden collapsing to the ground. i mean, this is had a huge impact. —— this has had. earlier we spoke to dr sam mohiddin, the cardiologist from st bart's heart centre in london, who treated the footballer fabrice muamba in hospital, after he collapsed whilst playing for bolton wanderers nine years ago. these things are rare. they are incredible catastrophes that have ramifications that really just... ..affect communities around them. we think around 500 individuals a year will have a sudden cardiac arrest. situations can often include sporting activities
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when it happens. what happened to christian eriksen happen to fabrice and a number of others, other high—profile athletes is rare, but it does happen. in fact, because it can happen, many sporting institutions, clubs, national organisations will actually arrange screening tests for their athletes to try and detect some of the underlying causes that can result in cardiac arrests. but clearly that isn't the only answer, these events still happen. in this was the reaction from the danish director. translation: we saw christian eriksen collapse _ translation: we saw christian eriksen collapse and _ translation: we saw christian eriksen collapse and he - eriksen collapse and he received help in cpr on the pitch. then chris and erickson was awake at the time. he is at the hospital right now for further examination, where we are also in contact with him.
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the players have contacted christian, he's well for some it is sad news, but in this game, fortunately, christian is doing well and the players are playing this much for him. he is well, and that is what we are thinking about, and our thoughts, of course, orwith christian's parents and family. because christian is well, it is important for him to know that that he is awake —— them to know. he got help quickly from our doctors and the rest of the staff who helped and saved him. the players have been reassured that christian as well, and that was important to them. there's no doubt that the players are playing on adrenaline, and we must take care of everything else afterwards. right now, football is not important, but the players have talked with christian and they know he is well thought and that gave them some comfort, and they are now playing the game for him. reaction to the collapse on the pitch of footballer chrisitian eriksen. our other top news story today — it's been day two of the g7 summit. leaders have reached a broad consensus on a plan to finance infrastructure projects in the developing world to counter china's influence. it's meant be an alternative to
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the belt and road initiative. my colleague christian fraser is at the summit in cornwall, south west england. a very good evening from falmouth, where the sun has just gone down on day two of the summit. six hours of talks between the leaders, with the focus on future, pandemic preparedness, security and a particularfocus — pushed by the americans — on how to contain and challenge china's growing influence in the developing world. the seven leaders are being asked to commit, to a project borisjohnson has dubbed the carbis bay declaration. that will be wrapped tomorrow. but his stand—off with the eu over trade in northern ireland post—brexit has over—shadowed the conference. politico's chief brussels correspondent, david herszenhorn, gave me the details on that. there is this continuing disagreement where, from the eu side, they really think borisjohnson wants them
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to solve a problem he created. he pushed to undo the agreement they reached with theresa may, to put essentially a customs border in the middle of the irish sea. now that's coming back to haunt him. but everybody, really — because we've seen already unrest on the island of ireland — so the eu does have an obligation here because, of course, they too want to protect the good friday agreement, they are very heartened thatjoe biden is kind of on their side, reminding boris johnson that if ireland is hurt in this process, he'll have a very hard time with this special relationship. but this is not done yet, it will continue for a while. on the wider issue of china — do the europeans see eye—to—eye with joe biden? they're much closer on china, and clearly we will hear some noise out of beijing after this communique. from all the reporting we've done, there will be tough language on tentions in the taiwan strait — there has never been a statement like that before by the g7, the last time they had a communique was one line on china. —— tensions in the taiwan strait.
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here we expect a more robust section and something the chinese government will probably react to very strongly, not happy, saying the g7 is meddling and interfering in theiraffairs. in terms of the communique tomorrow, obviously we've been briefed some over the big headlines, first of all, do you think we will get a vaccine declaration from the europeans in terms of numbers they are prepared to donate, in terms of doses? we do believe that. they've already said 100 million, we think they are prepared to up that. emmanuel macron reacting tojoe biden's announcement of a 500 million dose donation, saying, "if they are more ambitious, the eu should also be more ambitious." i think that's a sign — the big overarching message, of course, of this summit is, withjoe biden here, the alliance is back, the cooperation is back. they aren't worried, as with donald trump, somebody will leave this summit and suddenly blow up that communique as he did after quebec. so it's been two years, but even longer because emmanuel macron avoided doing the communique in france because he was worried donald trump was going to upend it. so here, finally they'll have a nice, robust communique, a joint statement on vaccines,
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on climate change, on china, on russia. we hear language coming on ethiopia, concerned about what's happening in the tigre region — quite a lot of areas where they will show there is broad agreement amongst the seven wealthy democracies and how the world should be run. and just quickly to close, any sticking points? anything they've still got to iron out? the last piece i'm hearing is that, on the intellectual property issue — remember, joe biden surprised the europeans by advocating for lifting patent protections for vaccines, and they pushed back hard, angela merkel in particular, saying that alone won't increase production quickly, which is what they need, and there's a risk of the western mrna technology — what's behind the pfizer and moderna vaccines — simply being transferred to a country like china that can make use of it rather than helping nations like africa that really need doses. so there's a little bit of wrestling at the end. the us seems to want to go fatherthere, saying, "lift those patent protections. " the dutch, the germans, and the french seem to be holding back, saying, "no, let'sjust say ip should not be an obstacle
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to vaccine equity." here in cornwall, a number of ngos are hoping to have their say on proceedings, including the urgency of tackling global poverty. ruth valerio is an environmentalist, theologian and director of global advocacy at disaster relief and development charity, tea rfund. she told me what she wants the g7 leaders to conclude. we want to see 0.7| being put back again by the uk government. 0.7 gdp? 0.7 of gdp, which is our aid i budget going toward some of the poorest communities in the world. _ we know we've been hearing that, as that money is cut, l fewer girls are going - to schools, more vaccines are sitting on shelves that aren't being delivered, . other health services. aren't able to happen. boris johnson wants to be seen as a global leader. l
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this is an absolutely crucial year for so many issues. i that won't happen if he's a man who breaks his promises — - above all, breaks his promises to some of the most _ marginalised communities in the world. _ but wouldn't he say, "when we made this commitment in the manifesto, we weren't facing a pandemic, we've gone up an awful amount of debt." last week, british viewers would say we couldn't afford to put £10 billion into schools to help students get up to speed. so should we be spending that sort of money on people overseas? well, yesterday, i heard i boris johnson talking very positively about our economy and about the economy - bouncing back. and the aid cuts have come at a time when others - are facing a double whammy of covid and climate. - so now is not the time for us to be turning our backs - on our global neighbours.
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there is also £450 million of new money, we are told, that's going towards children's education. is that outside the 0.5 that the internationall aid budget now is? well, it's "new money", but let's put that in - the context of the cutl which is the equivalent of about £5 billion. so it might be a little . bit of new money here, but then you've got a huge amount of aid cuts. - so it's a drop in the ocean and really doesn't mean anything. | let's talk about climate change, because of course, this does affect the poorest communities — there are 47 of the poorest nations around the world who were promised £100 billion, ithink, at the paris climate agreement. earlier. laughter. a lot earlier! and still, we're trying to get up to that mark — which is where the cynicism comes from in something like this. yeah, that's right. the finance ministers- last week recommitted to delivering that £100 billion.
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but let's remember, that was committed in 2009 and it - still hasn't been delivered. so this weekend, we need to see a plan for it- to be delivered quickly —i but then we mustn't stop and think that we've done it, because that should've been| done years ago. we now need to be focusingl on what other money we can release in order to support . the lower and middle income countries as they face l the brunt of the climate crisis. we were talking to someone from the union project earlier, and he said he really did see common purpose and a real focus on climate change at last night's dinner. he recognised that the uk is actually leading from the front, and i think we are about to get a new green initiative and framework for investment in developing countries. is it time for other g7 countries to follow the uk's example? yeah, i'm really encouraged i to hear that from tim schmidt. earlier this year, the uk ended their financing i
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of overseas fossil fuels — - a brilliant example that we now need to see the other g7. nations following that lead, and also ending their support to overseas i fossil fuel projects. ruth valerio therefrom to your fund. the leaders have been on the beach tonight for a barbecue and an informal get—together. around open campfires, they've had crab claws, scallops, marshmallows and brandy butter, and they've been serenaded on the beach. we've had our own sea platter and we were also treated by a farm with band to a sea shanty. # for leaders to meet wouldn't do them any harm # for leaders to talk wouldn't do them any
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harm # and we'll all hang # and so g7 leaders agree a plan today. # you're not in cornwall just for a holiday. # all of our grandkids will thank you all one day. # and we'll all hang on behind. # 0h, a week in carbis bay wouldn't do them any harm. # a week in carbis bay wouldn't do them any harm. # a cornish green tea wouldn't do them any harm. # and we'll all hang on behind. # and so g7 leaders agree a plan today. # you're not in cornwall just for a holiday. # all of our grandkids will thank you all one day. # and we'll all hang on behind. # a covid jab for all wouldn't do
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them any harm... each leaders getting to their own press conference with their own press conference with their own national media, and of course we will bring you all the details of that and all the reaction to it here on bbc news. more tomorrow, as he sat for. you are watching bbc news. the top stories this hour... shock as denmark's christian eriksen collapses on the pitch at the european football championship. the danish football association says he is awake and recovering in hospital. at the end of the second day of the g7 summit, leaders agree on a huge spending plan to counter the influence of china. the united nations human rights chief, michelle bachelet, is warning of a military build—up and rising
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violence in myanmar. sweeping arrests of activists, journalists and opponents of the junta are continuing. the un says it is deeply troubled by reports of detainees being tortured. there are particular concerns for an environment activist arrested early this week by security forces. the family has told the bbc they fear he will not come home. rebecca henschke reports. this is the last image of him. witnesses say security forces shot him while he was riding his motorbike onjune 8th and then took him away. he was a well—known local land rights activist, having led protests against a controversial large—scale copper mine. and in recent weeks had helped organise protests against the military coup. now his family fears for his safety. translation: i see on social media that they are arresting | people who are healthy and then later returning their bodies. so i'm worried
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for my son's life. i like to plead with them not to torture my son, and release him. since the coup on february 1st, at least 20 people are known to have died in custody, according to rights groups who are keeping a toll. his family has had no information about where he's being held, and the military has not responded to the bbc�*s requests for information. translation: he's a good boy who looks out for his parents. i we are now in a difficult situation, but i know this is the nature of the revolution and we have to face it. i have been a political prisoner many times. more than 800 people have been killed by security forces since the military took power. the united nations rights body now warning of a further escalation in violence and a deepening humanitarian crisis.
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despite the brutal ongoing crackdown, a nationwide movement demanding a return to democracy continues. rebecca henschke, bbc news. thousands of people have taken part in a march in canada to rememberfour members of a muslim family who died in what prime ministerjustin trudeau said was a terrorist attack motivated by hatred. a man has been charged with multiple counts of murder following the incident last weekend. maan al—yasiri reports. after tragedy, solidarity. with placards trumpeting love and acceptance over hate and division, thousands of canadians turned out to march in support of a muslim family who died when they were struck by a pick—up truck last sunday. police have described the incident as a hate crime. talat afzaal, salman afzaal, madiha salman and yumna afzaal — a family spanning three generations — died while
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enjoying an evening walk near their home in london, 0ntario. a nine—year—old boy — fayez, the fifth victim — is the only survivor. among those marching in their memory, a mix of people from all faiths and backgrounds. it feels really good that people support us. you feels so empowered, you feel so united, it's an insane feeling. you forget how, like, good humans are. prime ministerjustin trudeau has described the incident as terrorism and vowed to clamp down on extremist groups and online hate. this is alarming for the whole i community, regardless if you're the muslim or the christian, or the jew or— the hindu, everyone. it can happen - with any community. a 20—year—old man, nathaniel veltman, is due to appear in court on monday, charged with four counts of first—degree murder and one of attempted murder.
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maan al—yasiri, bbc news. to nigeria now, where police have forcefully dispersed protesters in the country's two cities of lagos and abuja. activists called nationwide protests on saturday to spotlight increasing insecurity following the rising rate of abductions and killings in the country. the bbc�*s chris ewokor reports. it's a tough day today for protesters in nigeria. police in abuja and lagos fired tear gas at protesters to disperse them forcefully. some of the protesters were arrested. they had come out in their numbers across major cities in nigeria to protest growing insecurity and what they describe as "clampdown" on freedom of expression in the country. this comes a week after twitter was banned. the government said twitter was being used to undermine the corporate existence of this country.
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matter of fact, twitter had deleted a tweet by the president, claiming that it breached its rules. in the last six months, hundreds of students have been kidnapped from their schools. simultaneously, multiple attacks have also taken place. especially in the northern regions of the country, many protesters are calling on buhari to leave, saying he had failed to secure the country. president buhari also addressed the nation today. he admitted that he had failed to secure the country. he said that his promise to bring an end to growing insecurity, especially insurgency, and noted it was hampered by the consequences of driving them, scattering them, and driving them further inward into the country. this is referring to the growing attacks and kidnappings, especially in the northwest and central nigeria. it is not yet clear how many
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people or protesters police have arrested today, but many people are angry. they are complaining that, even on democracy day, they couldn't even be allowed to protest in their country. chris ewoko, bbc news, abuja, nigeria. the celebration of the queen's official birthday — trooping the colour — has taken place at windsor castle with a somewhat scaled down parade because of coronavirus restrictions. here's our royal correspondent nick witchell. in the quadrangle of windsor castle where, two months ago, the military paraded for the funeral of the duke of edinburgh, today the celebration of a birthday. royal salute. present arms! it is the queen's birthday parade, marking this year, her 95th birthday and for the second year, because of the pandemic, the parade took place within the comparative
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privacy of windsor castle rather than in public on horse guards parade in central london. unlike last year's very reduced parade, this year a colour was trooped from the 2nd battalion of the scots guards. the standard was paraded through the ranks. there was intricate drill, closely observed by a monarch who attended her first birthday parade with herfather, george vi. wistful moments, perhaps, with memories of the many years when she would always have been accompanied to this parade by her husband. but this is a monarch who is keeping busy. last night she was in cornwall at the g7 summit. tomorrow she will be hosting president biden at windsor and, all being well, next year trooping the colour will be back on horse guards parade, the start of the special platinum jubilee weekend when britain will be marking her 70 years on the throne. nicholas witchell, bbc news.
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you can reach me on twitter. i'm @philippabbc. thanks for watching bbc news. hello there. the first half of the weekend saw temperatures reaching 25 celsius in hampshire. the second half of the weekend will be warmer across the uk, and it will be feeling more humid as well. we've got high pressure building up from the azores. that's bringing with it the heat and the humidity and, for many parts of the country, dry weather, too. but there is a weather front that will be heading towards the north west of scotland, where we've already got some pockets of rain and drizzle, early on sunday morning. elsewhere, though, it's going to be dry. sunshine at times for england and wales, some areas of cloud. should get more sunshine breaking out in northern ireland, and much of scotland seeing some sunshine away from the north west, where it turns wetter during the afternoon. here, the pollen levels won't be quite so high, but across england and wales, very high pollen levels — grass pollen at this
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time of the year — helped by the heat and humidity. now, it's going to be a warmer day in northern ireland. could make 26 celsius in aberdeenshire, and for the midlands towards the south east of england, 27—28 celsius. it's going to be a muggy game of football at wembley. that heat and humidity ahead of that weather front, which brings rain down across scotland and northern ireland on sunday night. by the time the rain reaches northern england, there's not much left. that rain peters out, and a band of cloud will head its way towards the south east. sunshine follows on behind. showers in the north and west of scotland, and it's cooler, fresher air that's coming in behind that band of cloud for many parts of the country, except towards the south east, where we've still got the heat and humidity and we could make 30 celsius for the first time this year. may start to feel a little cooler and fresher as we head into monday evening. and as we move into tuesday, we've still got another area of high pressure building across the uk, keeping most places dry. but a next weather system is again pushing in from the atlantic.
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and that means some stronger winds developing in scotland and northern ireland, increasing cloud, some rain towards the north west of scotland. more in the way of sunshine, though, and strong sunshine for england and wales. and those temperatures in many areas beginning to climb once again on tuesday, although it won't be as warm as monday in the south east of england. looking further ahead, scotland and northern ireland does turn cooler. we get a spell of rain midweek. but as the heat and humidity builds in england and wales, that could trigger some heavy rain and the potential for some thunderstorms as well.
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this is bbc news. the headlines — danish footballer christian eriksen collapsed on the pitch at the european football championships. the 29—year—old suddenly fell to the ground in front of his home supporters in copenhagen, causing the match to be temporarily suspended. the danish football association says he is recovering in hospital. leaders at the g7 summit have reached a broad consensus on a plan to finance infrastructure projects in the developing world to counter china's influence. president biden said he wanted it to be an alternative to china's belt and road initiative, which he said has left many poorer countries in debt. queen elizabeth has celebrated her official birthday at windsor castle with the trooping of the colour. the ceremony was scaled down because of coronavirus restrictions. the queen was marking her 95th birthday in the week when her husband prince philip would have been 100 years old. now on bbc news, we're in coventry as the city's
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