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this is bbc news 7 these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. england and scotland played out a goalless draw at wembley but both countries keep their hopes alive of reaching euro 2020's knockout stage. we could have done a lot better than we did. it was just not a great game for us, really. brilliant for our guys. the england team is worth millions and millions of pounds, our guysjust do their best for scotland. hardliner ebrahim raisi is projected to win iran's presidential election — partial results give him a commanding lead over his nearest rivals. us catholic bishops are on a potential collision course with president biden after voting on a document that could bar him
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from taking communion. the son of a private investigator whose murder has remained unsolved for more than three decades criticises the metropolitan police's handling of the case. pop—up vaccination centres and walk in clinics open in england in a major push to offer coronavirus jabs to all remaining adults. and... rock fans from across the uk celebrate at the scaled down version of the download festival in england as it goes ahead as a test event. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. england and scotland's hotly anticipated match at the euros ended in a goalless draw last night.
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the result leaves both sides still able to qualify for the next round. it was the first time the two sides had met in a major tournament for 25 years and was played out in a typically raucous atmosphere despite wembley stadium being only a quarterfull. it was the tartan army who were elated at the final whistle, while england's players heard the sound of loud jeering from their supporters. our sports presenter jane dougall is outside wembley. following their first loss in the tournament, the hopes were not high as they came to face england and it was a much anticipated match. it's
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quieter now than it was last night but i can imagine they will be a few sore scottish heads and some english ones. last night's game was no exception in terms of drama. after a quarter—century without meeting, england and scotland scotland had great excitement. . natalie perks has the story of the match. —— natalie pirks. in the bars, in the streets and in the rain, scotland fans were confident they were about to see the end of a 22—year wait to beat england. there was more riding on it for scotland, but you would never have known. it was england who came under early pressure. it's a good ball in. it was adam's shot that was blocked. scotland were well organised. england needed to settle. john stones almost calmed the nerves. it's headed against the post. scotland were growing into the game with every minute,
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billy gilmour covering every blade of grass and stephen o'donnell doing everything but score. clip into the back for o'donnell. great save, pickford. england lacked urgency. harry kane, the captain, looked jaded and listless. as the game swung from end to end, scotland once again threw the sink at england. rhys james with a much needed clearance off the line. as the clock ticked down, scotland's hunger did not wane. adams is in on it. scotland were menacing, nipping at england's lacklustre heels, but there was still time for one heart—in—the—mouth moment for the tartan army. james, into the middle. instead, like everything england had touched, it came to nothing. scotland, meanwhile, now have a lifeline. the most pleasing aspect for me was that we played. we created good chances in the game, and on another night we might have nicked it. but listen, england had one or two chances as well, so i think at the end of the night it's a fair result. i think it's one of those nights where we know
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it's a unique occasion. it's an experience our players will learn from, we all have to learn from. and if you can't win the game, you have to make sure you don't lose, because in tournaments that's critical. scotland are the third—lowest—ranked side in this tournament, but they were much the better team here, and england looked devoid of ideas. that point for scotland means they can still do it. that point for england means they must do better. natalie pirks, bbc news, wembley. well, so many people were so excited about this match that more than 20 million viewers tuned in to watch last night. that is across both itv and stv, that's scottish television. it's the most watched football match since england play croatia in the 2018 world cup. as you can imagine and as natalie alluded to in her report earlier, they were so many
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scottish fans within wembley. more than 3200 who raised the roof, elated that they had managed to get a point against england. that was not anticipated, as you can imagine. 0n the other hand, the england fans were not happy with their team. they booed them at half—time and many were not happy with the decisions that manager gareth southgate had taken. this is typical england, isn't it really, don't you think? it's like — this is what we do. we're a bit average. i don't know. we'll do better against the better teams. we will still win it. terrible result — terrible. scotland wanted it. more than england. that's why england didn't do anything about it. - scotland wanted it more. they attacked from the off. england sat back and let it happen. we underestimated them thinking we would easily destroy them. no. that is not the case.— is not the case. obviously, i hope we win the _ is not the case. obviously, i hope we win the group _ is not the case. obviously, i hope we win the group but _ is not the case. obviously, i hope we win the group but seriously, l
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we win the group but seriously, improvement is needed if we want to id improvement is needed if we want to go far— improvement is needed if we want to go far in_ improvement is needed if we want to go far in this — improvement is needed if we want to go far in this tournament. come on scotland. we had a game plan and we're going to qualify, so thank you. i was expecting a 12—0 victory. i was looking to win, i but here we are going up against croatia. we should win that one. come on, scotland! we can do this tuesday night now. we're going to do it. three points against croatia and we're in the last 16. come on, scotland! well, it's quite optimistic but both sets of fans had very polarised opinions on last night's match. there was some banter between fans and pundits who had come to wembley to watch last night. chris waddle, 62 caps for england and pat nevin, 28 caps for scotland. i spoke to them both before the match and pat
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said he wasn't nervous but he didn't anticipated scotland doing as well as they had and chris waddle basically said england were going to thrash scotland so i wonder what they said after the match. i thrash scotland so i wonder what they said after the match.- they said after the match. i think it's one winning _ they said after the match. i think it's one winning 13 _ they said after the match. i think it's one winning 13 for _ they said after the match. i think it's one winning 13 for scotland i it's one winning 13 for scotland against england so it's a tough game. and stevie clarke mentioned in your piece that every single player for scotland got an eight or nine. not attend because they did not win the game but they were competitive all the way through. they look like their hearts and soul were in that game for their country so they got a lot to be happy about and scotland are still in the tournament. remember, they've never qualified in a group stage before and now is their chance.— their chance. yes. very disappointing _ their chance. yes. very disappointing england, | their chance. yes. very _ disappointing england, defensively. the goalkeeper, jordan pickford
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looked — the goalkeeper, jordan pickford looked solid. surprisingly, i thought— looked solid. surprisingly, i thought the way that england had played _ thought the way that england had played the last few years, they always — played the last few years, they always create and take a lot of chances — always create and take a lot of chances but whatever he set out in the first _ chances but whatever he set out in the first two games, it's just chances but whatever he set out in the first two games, it'sjust not happening. he's got to change it, he's got _ happening. he's got to change it, he's got to— happening. he's got to change it, he's got to change it, gareth. we need _ he's got to change it, gareth. we need to— he's got to change it, gareth. we need to score goals, england, and he's going — need to score goals, england, and he's going to have to look at that. so, he's going to have to look at that. so. what — he's going to have to look at that. so, what does this all mean for scotland and the england? well, england have a win under their belts after their one nil victory against croatia and scotland have four points in the group. so if they when theirfinal points in the group. so if they when their final match points in the group. so if they when theirfinal match on points in the group. so if they when their final match on tuesday there when their place in the knockout group. the scotland, now, despite this being a fantastic result against england which nobody really expected, they need a win in their next match if they are to have any hope of staying in the match. they play croatia on tuesday but after
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last night's match they do have a point and there was what many are calling a historic moment at wembley. it has given scotland a point, it's given england a point but, crucially, it's given scotland confidence going into their next match. it's the first time they've played england in a major match in 25 years. much more to get excited about the fans. jane dougal at wembley. to iran now —— which has been holding a presidential election. the man projected to win by a wide margin is a hardline cleric — ebrahim raisi — a harsh critic of the west and a close ally of the country's supreme leader. speaking in the last hour, ayatollah ali khamenei hailed the election as a victory for the nation over "enemy propaganda". bbc persian�*s kasra naji explained what we can learn from this election.
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they say he's one great percentage of the _ they say he's one great percentage of the votes. many citizens will see this as _ of the votes. many citizens will see this as a _ of the votes. many citizens will see this as a dark day for iran because he has _ this as a dark day for iran because he has won— this as a dark day for iran because he has won these elections in a way that the _ he has won these elections in a way that the elections have been engineered for him to win, to pave the way— engineered for him to win, to pave the way for— engineered for him to win, to pave the way for him.— engineered for him to win, to pave the way for him. several candidates were prevented _ the way for him. several candidates were prevented for _ the way for him. several candidates were prevented for standing. - the way for him. several candidates were prevented for standing. stop i the way for him. several candidates. were prevented for standing. stop so what does this mean among the hardliners if they open the process at? , , ~' . . , at? this is it. i think what has happened _ at? this is it. i think what has happened is— at? this is it. i think what has happened is that _ at? this is it. i think what has happened is that they, - at? this is it. i think what has happened is that they, the . happened is that they, the hardliners, judging by their performances in past elections have come _ performances in past elections have come to— performances in past elections have come to the conclusion that they are not going _ come to the conclusion that they are not going to — come to the conclusion that they are not going to win in any free and fair elections. therefore, they've opted _ fair elections. therefore, they've opted this—
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fair elections. therefore, they've opted this time to basically engineering it in a way that they will have — engineering it in a way that they will have their candidate to win. in the way— will have their candidate to win. in the way we — will have their candidate to win. in the way we have seen. roman catholic bishops in the us have voted overwhelmingly to draft a teaching document addressing whether catholic politicians who support abortion rights — including presidentjoe biden — should be barred from communion. the decision is seen as a direct rebuke to mr biden, and exposes the deep political and cultural divisions within the american church. 0ur north america correspondent, david willis, has more. seen here attending mass on the day he was inaugurated, joe biden is arguably the most religiously observant commander—in—chief in half a century. but even as he was being sworn in, a senior church leader was condemning the new president for his advancement of so—called "moral evils", among them his views on abortion. in the name of the father and of the son... it is a divisive issue for the church hierarchy
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here in the us and, in their spring assembly, it was argued that those whose views were at odds with church teaching shouldn't be allowed to receive communion. the eyes of the whole country are on us right now. if we fail now and do not act courageously in presenting church teaching — again, this is a teaching document, comprehensive — of presenting this clearly and convincingly on this core catholic value, how can we expect to be taken seriously when speaking on any other topic? the vatican is wary, fearing such a move could politicise the sacrament of holy communion. 0thers fear the issue could deepen divisions among american catholics at a time when the church needs to rebuild its congregation after the pandemic. quite a few pastors here in chicago are puzzled to hear the bishops now want to talk about excluding people at a time when the real challenge before then is welcoming people back to the regular practice of the faith and rebuilding
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their communities. the president himself clearly didn't want to be drawn on the issue. that is a private matter and i don't think it's going to happen. thank you. a private matter which, it is felt for those who favour the more conservative christianity of the trump era, might have more to do with the election calendar than religion. there seems to be a rush to this and i don't think the holy spirit traditionally works that quickly and certainly the roman catholic church doesn't. i can't help but wonder if the years 2022 and 2024 might be part of the rush. joe biden favours a more liberal christianity, one focused on issues such as poverty and climate change and racial inequality, but abortion is such a sensitive issue here that his stance on it may yet lead to him being barred from receiving holy communion. it's very sad because they are using this to bully the president
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with something that is profoundly sacred to him and many of our elected officials, so i think it would be a cause of great embarrassment for the church and a cause of great pain for our elected officials. the election of the most religiously observant president sincejimmy carter has exposed once again the deep divisions within the catholic church. the bishops are due to meet again in november. the headlines on bbc news. england and scotland played out a goalless draw at wembley but both countries keep their hopes alive of reaching euro 2020's knockout stage. hardliner ebrahim raisi is projected to win iran's presidential election. partial results give him a commanding lead over his nearest rivals. us catholic bishops are on a potential collision course with president biden after voting on a document that could bar him
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from taking communion. pop—up vaccination centres and walk in clinics are opening in england this weekend, in a major push to offer coronavirus jabs to all remaining adults. it comes as latest figures from public health england suggest a single dose of the pfizer or astrazeneca vaccine reduces the risk of hospitalisation by three—quarters. sean dilley reports. the mission to offer all uk adults their first vaccine by the end ofjuly is taking a major step forward this weekend as additional clinics and some walk—in appointments are being offered across key sites in england to anyone over 18. the jabs will be available at selected sites in all parts of the country. in london, the olympic stadium, tottenham, chelsea and charlton athletic football clubs will all join community venues across the capital in opening their doors. in the north—east and yorkshire,
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walk—ins are being offered at university campuses at sheffield and york, and at the elswick fire station in newcastle. in the midlands, injections were available at a community centre in loughborough and at a drop—in bus in wolverhampton. and the north—west is hosting what it is calling a weekend of walk—ins across the region. this has gone down well with health professionals. i could not be more delighted to have more walk—in clinics across lancashire this weekend. this is a result of so many conversations and the wish of so many people, including people working in the nhs in our communities. i am very hopeful that we will see a significant increase in the uptake. thomas elston took early advantage of wolverhampton's roll—in bus. my family members got covid previously, back injanuary. they did suffer a bit, but they made a lucky recovery. i recommend it to anyone that has the vaccine. i think it's a really good idea —
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especially our age group, as well, because we can be prone to it. covid infections have risen slightly in the last week, with 119,000 estimated confirmed across the uk. the more infectious delta variant accounts for nearly all of them. nhs england is urging eligible adults to take advantage of the weekend's walk—in sessions without delay as stock will be offered on a first—come, first—served basis. there's some additional surge testing taking place in parts of england. it's been ruled out in certain areas. department of social curses of lambeth and cumbria. saturday in clapham, brixton, stockwell, west norwood and vauxhall, conserving a rise in cases
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of the delta variant. anyone living or working in these areas of lambeth are strongly encouraged to take a coronavirus pcr test whether they are showing symptoms or not. meanwhile, in cumbria, everyone aged 12 to 30 who lives works or studies in cumbria is encouraged to take a pcr test. the department of health and social care says, again, whether they are showing symptoms or not, those of school age will be offered testing at school, we are told. the son of a private investigator whose murder has remained unsolved for more than three decades has criticised the metropolitan police's response. earlier this week, an independent panel accused scotland yard of "a form of institutional corruption" over daniel morgan's case — a claim that was later rejected by the force's commissioner. sanchia berg reports. daniel morgan pictured here with his children, just months before his death. his son, also called daniel, wasjust four years old when he was brutally killed.
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earlier this week, an independent panel found a form of institutional corruption in the metropolitan police helped explain the failure to solve daniel morgan's murder in a pub car park in south london 3a years ago. the metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, apologised to the morgan family and said she would take time to consider the panel's report. but she said she did not accept that the force was currently institutionally corrupt. i don't accept their apologies. i think we've heard enough apologies. i think it's time for action now and i'm not sure whether they are, with what they have said, the right institution or the right organisation to get to the bottom of the seriousness of all these allegations. i just don't see the metropolitan police as a credible organisation, and what they say makes it to me feel even less credible. frankly, it makes me angry. the home secretary, priti patel, told parliament the report was devastating.
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she has asked the independent body that assesses the police whether it can look into the issues raised. it is the kind of independent oversight the morgan family are calling for. let's get the latest now on the presidential election in iraqi. members of the government including the interior minister have declared the interior minister have declared the winner with just a small potential edge with a small percent of the votes still to be counted. a low turnout overall. tahar bu—med—ra joins me from london, he is a member of the advisory board ofjustice for victims of 1988 massacre in iran. thanks forjoining us. and for
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viewers who are not aware of the massacre perhaps you could tell us about that in 1988, there was the eradication of all iran and opposition and he issued affect to our. the massacre took place during the summer of 1988, so, political prisoners who were already serving prisoners who were already serving prison terms were taken out and were executed. raisi was one of the members of the so—called death commission and he was one of the people who executed a large number
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of political prisoners in iran. some people give a figure of over 30,000 people. so raisi is a self—confessed murderer. what does his elevation to president, what does that mean for ordinary people in iran, for their rights and what does it mean for people who publicly objected to the current regime? it is people who publicly ob'ected to the current regime?h current regime? it is quite a difficult time _ current regime? it is quite a difficult time for _ current regime? it is quite a difficult time for the - current regime? it is quite a difficult time for the people | current regime? it is quite a - difficult time for the people here to see an ultraconservative to be chosen to become president of iran. in fact, the regime... much before
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yesterday's election, raisi was actually appointed as the next president. so let's not talk about elections in iran. the whole system is designed for the supreme leader to appoint an ex—president and he did. to appoint an ex-president and he did. �* , ., ., did. and indeed several of the reform candidates _ did. and indeed several of the reform candidates were - did. and indeed several of the - reform candidates were prevented from standing. do you think there was a fear and nervousness among political leaders that if they had opened up the process more that that would have made a big difference in the polls? would have made a big difference in the olls? ~ , , the polls? well, indeed, because durin: the the polls? well, indeed, because during the election _ the polls? well, indeed, because during the election procedure, i the polls? well, indeed, because i during the election procedure, those genuine candidates, the people who have some popular wave, political wave, they were eliminated and the list was cut down from a large number of candidates who have cut
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down to four of them. the three contenders against raisi were told they had no popularity at all and they had no popularity at all and the choice of the supreme leader has been confirmed in the person of raisi. i’d been confirmed in the person of raisi. �* ~' ., been confirmed in the person of raisi. �* ~ ., i. ., , raisi. i'd like to get your thoughts on what this _ raisi. i'd like to get your thoughts on what this means _ raisi. i'd like to get your thoughts on what this means for _ raisi. i'd like to get your thoughts on what this means for the - raisi. i'd like to get your thoughts on what this means for the rainy l raisi. i'd like to get your thoughts i on what this means for the rainy and dual citizen detained in iran since 2016? ,, �*, ., . ., dual citizen detained in iran since 2016?. . ., 2016? she's a victim of the system and ou 2016? she's a victim of the system and you know _ 2016? she's a victim of the system and you know that _ 2016? she's a victim of the system and you know that this _ 2016? she's a victim of the system and you know that this lady - 2016? she's a victim of the system and you know that this lady was i 2016? she's a victim of the system and you know that this lady was in | and you know that this lady was in prison in a very unfairjudicial system presided by raisi himself. he, before the elections, was the head of the judiciary and he he, before the elections, was the head of thejudiciary and he is he, before the elections, was the head of the judiciary and he is the one who is using the case of her, in order to blackmail the british
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government and here we have such a murderer becoming a presidents. i am sor , we murderer becoming a presidents. i am sorry. we are — murderer becoming a presidents. i am sorry. we are out _ murderer becoming a presidents. i am sorry, we are out of _ murderer becoming a presidents. i am sorry, we are out of time but thank you for talking to us today. and we will now say goodbye to viewers on bbc world. rock fans from across the uk are at donington park in central england this weekend for a scaled—down download festival. the country's biggest rock and metal event was resurrected after the government gave the go—ahead following a number of smaller—scale test events. a significantly reduced crowd of 10,000 people will attend the three—day festival. luxmy gopal has more. they seem like scenes from pre—pandemic times rather than just this weekend — no masks and no keeping two metres apart. after all, you can't do social distancing in a mosh pit. the download festival pilot is a huge stepping up
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of the government's testing of live events — three days long, with capacity for 10,000 happy campers. to be back here, it's just incredible. i'll go through every guideline and jump through every hoop they want me to to get back here like this. live festivals are basically all i do with my spare time, and live music, so it'sjust incredible to be able to be here again and experience that. oh, i'm so excited for it. it's been so long since we've been |able to socialise properly and see| people and make new friends. strict measures are in place to allow this level of freedom at the site, and what has been called the first moshing since covid. the event will help guide government policy. people are going to be living on site so we're going to understand that kind of living and socialising interaction, and also we're going to have large—scale stage—type events, and understand the science of things like the mosh pits. but with a recent rise in the covid infection rate, driven by the delta variant, should these events be going ahead? we'll do our best to reduce the risks.
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i think the question for the future is the one you ask — what level of risk are we happy to take with these sorts of events? i think we'll be able to calibrate that through the research that we're doing. data suggests cases are spreading mainly among the under 25s. around a fifth of people here are that demographic. that age group are gathering together wherever they are. actually what they're doing here is gathering together safely, because they're all being tested before they gather. limits on crowd sizes at outdoor events were set to be lifted on monday, but rising infection rates have delayed that stage of the lockdown road map by a month. there will be further pilot events in the coming month, to learn more about how crowds and covid safety can coexist. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. we've lost the extreme heat but we've also lost the reliable sunny weather and, we've also lost the reliable sunny weatherand, in we've also lost the reliable sunny weather and, in fact, there's been quite a lot of cloud around so far
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this morning. you can see there are some breaks developing now. the cloudy skies, really from the wash the bristol channel and that will stay rather grey for much of the day but certainly driving yesterday. further north and west, some sunshine coming through which may trigger off some showers in scotland and north—east of england. by the end of the afternoon, some heavier showers across the west country but temperatures should peak at 22 celsius. through this evening and overnight, there's the risk of further sharp showers moving up across southern england. the heaviest of which is across the south east of england but that rain will tend to ease away as we go through the day. sunday, again, largely fine and dry but not as warm.
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hello. this is bbc news, with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines... england and scotland played out a goalless draw at wembley but both countries keep their hopes alive of reaching euro 2020's knockout stage. hardliner ebrahim raisi is projected to win iran's presidential election — partial results give him a commanding lead over his nearest rivals. us catholic bishops are on a potential collision course with president biden after voting on a document that could bar him from taking communion. the son of a private investigator whose murder has remained unsolved for more than three decades criticises the metropolitan police's handling of the case. pop—up vaccination centres and walk—in clinics open in england in a major push to offer coronavirus jabs to all remaining adults. and rock fans from across the uk celebrate at the scaled down version of the download festival in england as it goes ahead as a test event.
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