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this is bbc news — i'm kasia madera with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. one of the most anticipated matches of euro 2020 so far — ends in a goalless draw as england face scotland at wembley stadium. voting ends in iran's presidential election to choose both sides claim victory as the eu and astrazeneca face each other in court over the supply of vaccines to europe. the woman who punched a crocodile on the nose to save her twin sister tells us how she fought off the deadly reptile. more trouble at the golden globes as two members of the body that organise the awards quit, calling the organisation �*toxic�*.
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hello and thanks forjoining us. goals were few and far between in the three games on friday in euro 2020. the oldest rivalry in world football produced few chances and no goals as england played out a goalless draw at wembley. the other game in group d — between croatia and the czech republic — finished 1—all at hampden park. in group e, sweden followed up their opening draw with spain with a 1—nil win over slovakia in st petersburg — a victory that moves them to the top of group e. dan roan reports from wembley on the stalemate in group d. no older rivalry and no greater stage. a quarter of a century had passed since wembley hosted the only previous meeting between these two teams at a major tournament, one of england's most memorable victories, but the visitors have enjoyed success of their own, a night
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of history and hope lay ahead. we've got a good chance, a good squad, good line—up. anything can happen and england always underestimate us. we have nothing to lose. i'm nervous. i can see scotland getting a goal and it's making me nervy but i think we will come through. these fixtures almost always have an edge and with the rain failing to dampen the atmosphere, it was clear be no exception. in a lively opening period, john stones�*s karen hadaway came agonisingly close to putting england ahead. so much for predictions. this could be cagey. jordan pickford forced into a great save by stephen o'donnell for the hard to believe a0 places separate these teams in the world rankings. despite an injury time goal mouth scramble, england had been kept at bay in a performance that raises more questions than answers.
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a goalless draw the result, but a point scotland will be proud of. dan roan, bbc news, wembley. speaking after the game — england manager gareth southgate said he understood fans in wembley booed after the final whistle. scotland manager steve clark congratulated his players on their performance in the tournament thus far. ourfans are our fans are entitled to react however they want. and we are disappointed with our own performance, and i totally understand their reaction. we are expecting to beat scotland, they will be frustrated by that. and in the end we have got to live with that and deal with that. �* , ., got to live with that and deal with that-— got to live with that and deal with that. �* , ., ., with that. i'm proud of them, and i'm pleased _ with that. i'm proud of them, and i'm pleased for _ with that. i'm proud of them, and i'm pleased for them - with that. i'm proud of them, and i'm pleased for them as i and i'm pleased for them as well— and i'm pleased for them as well because they are criticised a little bit too much _ criticised a little bit too much after the results on monday. we've been improving for a _ monday. we've been improving for a long — monday. we've been improving for a long time so it is nice
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to see _ for a long time so it is nice to see the _ for a long time so it is nice to see the boys play on the pitch — to see the boys play on the pitch. they defended well, and the most — pitch. they defended well, and the most pleasing aspect was we played _ the most pleasing aspect was we played well. we can now speak to england fan and founder of blog, englandfootball.org, dom smith. good of you to stay up to talk to us. be honest, what did you think of the england performance?- think of the england erformance? ~ . ~ , performance? well, frankly i thou . ht performance? well, frankly i thought that _ performance? well, frankly i thought that england - performance? well, frankly i thought that england were . performance? well, frankly i i thought that england were out battled tonight. or last night as it is. it was by no means in their interest to play to the occasion but i think it was certainly in scotland public interests with the tartan army behind them and as the clear underdogs. i thought that was certainly in scotland public interest and i thought they really took the game to england and made it difficult for southgate's side.- and made it difficult for southgate's side. why was en . land southgate's side. why was england not _ southgate's side. why was england not performing i southgate's side. why was - england not performing better? what is your reckoning, what is your reasoning was?— your reasoning was? they pressed — your reasoning was? they pressed england - your reasoning was? they pressed england down - your reasoning was? they pressed england down inl your reasoning was? they i pressed england down in the wings very well. they had three
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admit fields rather than england's two. ultimately i think scotland just work harder throughout the game and england just did not take the risk they needed to win the game. find needed to win the game. and tem -s needed to win the game. and temps are — needed to win the game. and temps are taking _ needed to win the game. and temps are taking the risks, when you look at say is a non—football fan we're seeing some of the most highly paid sports people in the world playing there. why are they not taking these risks? it’s playing there. why are they not taking these risks?— taking these risks? it's a good question- _ taking these risks? it's a good question- a — taking these risks? it's a good question. a lot _ taking these risks? it's a good question. a lot of _ taking these risks? it's a good question. a lot of england - taking these risks? it's a good | question. a lot of england fans and those who watch football weekend and week out and those who don't are asking the same i think ultimately gareth southgate and englander are seeing the bigger picture here and when they did not play to the occasion this thought is just another tournament match, they got a draw and have now got four points in the current european championships pretty much guaranteeing you progression to the next round. it's not the wind the defence wanted to let tickets were extra nearly expensive but
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ultimately they've got their four points and they are basically through now. we saw thousands _ basically through now. we saw thousands of _ basically through now. we saw thousands of army _ basically through now. we saw thousands of army members l thousands of army members coming down to support their team, when it comes to scotland what do you think for the rest of the tournament?— what do you think for the rest of the tournament? they opened with that disappointing _ of the tournament? they opened with that disappointing defeat. with that disappointing defeat to the czech republic, and scotland lost that picture. a draw last night is an impressive result for them but they face croatia next to england to know all too well or a decent side, and perhaps they have dropped off in the last two or three years but scotland, if they can give the grit and determination that they did yesterday again in theirfinal they did yesterday again in their final game they did yesterday again in theirfinal game then they did yesterday again in their final game then they can 100% their final game then they can ioo% get something from that game, and if they can get a wind and they go through. find wind and they go through. and of course this _ wind and they go through. and of course this term _ wind and they go through. and of course this term it had been postponed to a back on now. regardless of england's performance tonight or last night however you want to put it, you must be thrilled to see
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football. �* ., ., ., , football. and to have the fans back in stadium _ football. and to have the fans back in stadium is _ football. and to have the fans back in stadium is so - back in stadium is so important, wembley is only a quarterfull important, wembley is only a quarter full of these matches, it is different depending on where you are in europe. this european championship tour is all over the continent. in budapest and hungary they have full stadiums and that's a fantastic spectacle. it feels like finally sports and the world is starting to come back to the way that it was before the pandemic and that can only be a good thing. i the pandemic and that can only be a good thing.— be a good thing. i can hear the messages _ be a good thing. i can hear the messages coming _ be a good thing. i can hear the messages coming through, - be a good thing. i can hear the l messages coming through, tom smith, england fan and founder of england football daughter work. really good to talk to you and thank you for england and scotland have battled out a nil—nil draw polls have closed in iran's presidental election after voting was extended to midnight local time. the winner will succeed hassan rouhani, who's not allowed to serve for a third term. but with candidates hand—picked by iran's powerful guardian council, many would—be voters have become disenchanted, especially among the young.
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the vote also comes at a sensitive time for the country — with us sanctions still battering the?economy and the future of the iran nuclear deal hanging in the balance. our middle east editor jeremy bowen reports. elections in iran are not free or fair, but they're a window into an opaque country with a repressive regime. any resemblance to democracy is coincidental. candidates are vetted in advance. millions of frustrated iranians have stopped hoping that voting will improve their lives. in the city of shiraz, he was pulling down every election poster he could find. well done, shouts the man in the car. this man posted a plea to boycott the election next to portraits of his son, amir hussain, who was killed
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with hundreds of others in protests in 2019. my vote, he says, is for the downfall of the dictator and the criminals who sold out the country. a hardliner, ebrahim raisi, the head of thejudiciary, seems to have a clear path to the presidency. his strongest rivals were not allowed to stand. get set. a viral video compared raisi to the murderous middle eastern tyrant in the sacha baron cohen film the dictator, partly because of the way that voters were denied a real choice. and it's because of the executions of thousands of regime opponents in the late 1980s. raisi was one of their prosecutors. his past sends a bleak message to iranian reformists who want more freedom.
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this man, not the president, is at the pinnacle of power in iran. he is ayatollah ali khamenei, the 82—year—old supreme leader who seems determined to deliver a victory for conservative hardliners. the only candidate left who might appeal to reformists is abdolnaser hemmati, the former central bank governor. elections in iran can produce surprises, but he needs a miracle. iran's nuclear future remains the big issue for any president. ebrahim raisi says he supports reviving the international deal that restricts iran's capabilities. iran's price would be an end to the sanctions that have caused real hardship. this was a queue for a chicken in a country with huge reserves of oil. whoever�*s president, the iranian people need some relief. jeremy bowen, bbc news.
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let s get some of the day s other news a court in switzerland has sentenced a former liberian rebel commander to 20 years in prison for numerous war crimes including rape and murder committed during the 1990's. the judges upheld 21 of the 25 charges against alieu kosiah. he's the first liberian to be tried for crimes carried out during the country's civil wars dangerously hot temperatures across the us south—west continue to climb this week. an excessive heat warning is now in place for much of arizona and california, and southern areas of nevada and utah. people are being told to stay in air—conditioned areas and out of the sun. many areas have seen temperatures topped 43 celsius for much of this week. the palestinian authority has cancelled a deal under which israel was to give it at least a million coronavirus vaccines. the palestinians said the jabs were too close to their expiry date.
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there's been international criticism of israel's failure to fully extend its world—beating vaccination programme to the occupied territories. a court in belgium has delivered a ruling on the supply of the astrazeneca covid—i9 vaccine to the european union. the eu brought the case, saying that the pharmaceutical company had broken its contract, by not supplying enough doses to the bloc. the court in brussels ruled that the firm must send 80 million doses by the end of september in line with a strict timetable, with the first fifteen million due onjuly the 26th. it will be fined ten euros for every dose short. both sides claimed victory, with the president of the european commission ursula von der leyen tweeting
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we don't know why she says 50 million and not 80 million. astrazeneca has too claimed victory, welcoming the court's decision and saying it would easily meet the target, having already supplied seventy million doses. our europe regional editor, mike sanders, explained more about today's ruling. it is by a belgian court in brussels, not by an eu court and the judge has set out a distinct timetable about supplying vaccines to the european union, and the first 15 million doses must be supplied very specifically by 9am on the 26th ofjuly, so not long there. astrazeneca feel quite confident that they will be out of reach these deadlines and says it is pleased with thejudgment. if it fails, of course, and there are several of these deadlines coming up, if it fails, it will be fined a rate of ten euros for every dose short. the eu has really been criticised for being slow
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in supplying vaccines to the population, and ursula von der leyen has been herself blamed for the speed of the procurement process. she has always insisted that she was very eager to tie these contracts down on a sound and legal basis. she says that this judgment at the court in brussels has validated to that extent and shows what the eu negotiated with the vaccine supplies is on a sound legal basis and can be enforced by a court, as has happened here. she said at the time when she came under criticism, that vaccine procurement was a marathon, not a sprint. looking at the situation when it comes to vaccinations in the uk injust a moment.
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stay with us on bbc news, still to come. would you punch a crocodile in the face? we speak to a woman who did just that — to rescue her twin sister. there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word known to be one used by the ira was given. army bomb experts were examining a suspect van when there was a huge explosion. the south african parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registration act, which for 40 years forcibly classified each citizen according to race. just a day old and the royal baby is, tonight, sleeping i in his cot at home. early this evening, - the new prince was taken by his mother and father to theirapartment- in kensington palace. germany's parliament, the bundestag has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat of government from bonn to berlin. berliners celebrated into the night, but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn.
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the real focus of attention today was valentina tereshkova. the world's first woman cosmonaut. what do you think of - the russian woman in space? i think it's a wonderful achievement, and i think we might be able to persuade the wife. it would be a good idea, if i could, to get her to go up there for a little while. this is bbc news, the latest headlines... england and scotland have played to a 0—0 draw at wembley in their eagerly anticipated group game at euro 2020. the result leaves both sides still able to qualify for the next round. polls have closed in iran's presidental election after voting was extended to midnight local time. the winner will succeed hassan rouhani, who's not allowed to serve for a third term. all adults in england can now book their coronavirus vaccine — as part of the uk governments plan to vaccinate as many over 18's as possible
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ahead of the new target date for the end of restrictions onjuly 19th. it comes as new data from public health england suggests that a single dose of the pfizer or astrazeneca vaccine reduces the risk of needing hospital treatment by three quarters. here's our health correspondent catherine burns. in normal times, this would be entirely unremarkable — festivalgoers braving the british summer weather. i feel a wee bit damp, but this will be the in normal times, this would be entirely unremarkable — festivalgoers braving the british summer weather. i feel a wee bit damp, but this will be the highlight of my year. download festival at donington park at leicestershire is going ahead as part of a government pilot scheme. everyone's had to test for coronavirus before pitching their tents. no tents in sheffield, but the queues for vaccines started early this morning. from today, all over—18s in england can book theirs. my arm doesn't hurt too bad, and i think that's outweighed by the prospect of having normal life back. normal life was penciled
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in to start in england next monday, but it's been pushed back a month to get as many people vaccinated as possible. 18—year—old andreas and his mates have just left sixth form and want to celebrate before university. how does it feel that it's finally your go after seeing all the other ages have theirs? it's just good to feel like you're actually doing something, because for so long, we were sitting doing nothing. yeah. ijust really want to get the vaccine, so that i can sort of go out as much as i can this summer. long—term, it's probably good we all get it, but short—term,| i don't think it makes any real difference to your life, - what you can do. unlike the rest of you guys, you are not 18 yet, are you? no, i'm not. and there is a level of vaccine envy. it's kind of a race at this- point between the vaccinations and the increase in cases at the moment. - figures from the office for national statistics suggest that one in 540 people across the uk would test positive for covid.
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that is up, not hugely — about 10% on the week before. this vaccine push comes as public health england says 99% of the cases it's checking are now the delta variant. and since february, 806 people with it have needed hospital treatment, but only 84 of them were double vaccinated. and there's good news, too, about the impact of a single jab. if you've had two doses of either of these vaccines, you're more or less guaranteed not to end up in hospital. your chances of ending up in hospital are reduced by more than 20 times. and even one dose, once you've had a chance to make an immune response to it, will very substantially reduce the risk of ending up in hospital. with just 31 days now until the 19th ofjuly, the postponed freedom day, everyjab in every arm will give us extra protection. catherine burns, bbc news.
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a british woman who was attacked repeatedly by a crocodile in mexico has been discharged from hospital. 28—year—old melissa laurie suffered a perforated intestine and several other injuries when she was attacked by the animal in a lagoon. her twin georgia had to fend off the creature, while trying to pull her sibling to safety. she's been speaking to will grant. a bandage hiding the teeth marks in her wrist is the only outward sign of georgia laurie's recent encounter with a crocodile. but the horrific attack which almost killed her twin sister melissa has left much deeper, emotionalscars. i heard her scream and i saw her being taken underneath by the crocodile. then i realised she was really in trouble when i was calling out her name and there was no response from her. my worst fear became a reality is that i have probably lost her, that she is dead. their nightmare began here at the manialtepec lagoon, and their unlicensed german guide told the tour group they could swim in these waters,
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despite it being hatching season for crocodiles. i grabbed her body, pulled her towards me and wrapped her around my chest. she was blue and i tried to revive her. then the crocodile came along, so i'd beat it. and it went away but then she started going into a fit, flailing her arms and legs. i think she thought it was still attacking her. i try to calm her down and then it came back. so i'd beat it off again, but i was trying to hold her head up at the same time so she didn't take in any more water and beat it. and then it went away and i dragged her body away to safety and then a boat came along. but unfortunately, they couldn't get close enough with the boat and it took a little while and then it came back for a third time. that is when i sustained the most injuries because it
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grabbed her on the leg and her behind and try to death roll her and drag her away. i was beating it on its snout and it grabbed my wrist and my arm. so i had to beat it off with my other arm. georgia's quick thinking and bravery, hitting the animal repeatedly on the nose undoubtedly saved melissa, who is still recovering from a perforated intestine and other injuries. crocodile attacks in this part of mexico are rare, but rarer still is to survive one and tell the story afterwards. the twins are pretty unique in that regard, but the scars of their experience, both emotional and physical could take a lifetime to fade. she thought that this was the way she was going to go and she wasn't ready. she was thinking of me in herfinal moments. what is going to happen to georgia? you know, it's really harrowing that she was feeling that way. i am counting my lucky
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stars that someone was looking out for us. will grant, bbc news. strawberries story two members have resigned from the hollywood foreign press association, the body that organises the golden globes, denouncing the organisation as toxic. the hfpa has been battered by recent criticism. back in may, the us broadcaster nbc announced that it would not air the?golden globes in 2022. among the reasons given — the hfpa had not had any black members in more than 20 years. diederik van hoogstraten?and wenting xu wrote a letter here is some of what they had to say. the majority of the membership resists deep change, despite our lawyers and spokepersons suggesting otherwise publicly. they also said — the hfpa continues to accommodate a toxic environment that undermines
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in a statement, the hfpa said they... with more here's our north america correspondent david willis. this has been a terrible year for the hollywood foreign press association. no question about that. it has long been the butt ofjokes as a group, about 85 star strucj journalists, many of whom worked for obscure overseas publications and even then, part time rather than full—time in many cases. those jokes became a lot more serious this year following the publication of an expose in the los angeles times which talked about corruption in the organisation and basically made it seem more like a sort of country club at best or a cabal at worst.
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that was followed by a news that some of the big powerful companies like amazon and warner bros. were boycotting the hollywood foreign press association until reforms had taken place, and nbc which airs the annual golden globes ceremony also announced that it was stepping back. well, now we have this very damning criticism from insiders who are basically saying that the, and emotion towards reform that the organisation says it is taking is really no more than window dressing. you have this organisation set eccentric and then very important annual event that gets a lot of publicity well beyond the age of pa. and finally — a european art collector has just paid a whopping 3 point 4 million dollars for a copy of leonardo da vinci's mona lisa. take a look at this. known as the "hekking mona lisa," after its owner who unsuccessfully argued that a copy he had bought in the 1950s was the real thing. it's one of many reproductions
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of the original, which hangs in the paris louvre museum. hello there. friday brought us to very different days of weather depending on where you were across the uk. forsome, beautifulsunshine and there was the scene for weather watcher and if you compare that with this picture from oxford, where the rain was teaming with some parts of southern england saw over a month's worth of rain in just 24 hours use see that wet weather on the earlier radar picture. but the contrast in the weather system will be less dramatic. some places will be a little cloudier than others. some will see some showers, but generally speaking, there's quite a lot of dry weather on the way. we will see some spousal sunshine developing and some showers breaking up
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particularly across parts of scotland through the day and some of those will be heavy and some creeping across the channel islands in the southern counties of england would later on. temperatures perhaps at their highest and parts of wales in northwest england giving up around 21 or 22 degrees. as we have through saturday night, we are going to see some of the showers pushing up from the south. some longer spells of rain and places. northern ireland and scotland sting largely directed the night with some clear spells and temperatures generally between eight and 14 degrees. so, for sunday, it is quite a complicated weather setup. low pressure to the southwest and this system will bring some early rain across southeastern and northeastern parts and if you showers elsewhere. early rain across southeastern and northeastern parts so, the detailfor sunday probably will not change between now and then. but we are going to see quite a lot of cloud spilling up from the south with some showers and longer spells of rain.
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some sunny spells across parts of northern ireland, southern scotland, and perhaps the north of england. but even here, we could see some showers breaking out. and temperatures will depend on how much attention you get which is generally between 13 and 20 degrees. let's have a look at the start of next week. as we head into monday, this whether frontier is likely to come quite slow moving across southern parts of the uk. so that means there will be operates of rain here. with the wind coming down from the north, we are going to tap into some rather cool air for the time of year. monday is the summer solstice. it is not going to feel much like summer, cool for all, wet down towards the south. stays unsettled and quite cool into tuesday.
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this is bbc news, the headlines england and scotland have played to a nil—nil draw at wembley in their eagerly anticipated group game at euro 2020. it was the first contest between football's oldest rivals at a major tournament since euro 96. the stalemate still leaves both sides still able to qualify for the next round. polls have closed in iran's presidental election, to choose a leader to succeed hassan rouhani —— who's not allowed to serve for a third term. in a highly controlled contest —— almost all those allowed to run were regarded as hardliners. the conservative cleric, ebrahim raisi is expected to win. ajudge in brussels has rejected a legal attempt by the eu to force the drugs firm astazeneca to provide it with 120 million doses of its coronvirus vaccine, by the end ofjune. the court instead ordered the company to deliver just over eighty million doses by september. now on bbc news — the media show.
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