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this is bbc news. 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's just not a great game for us, really. brilliant performance from the guys. the england team is worth millions and millions of pounds, our guys just do their best for scotland. at its peak, 20 million people were tuned in to watch the action last night here at wembley. hardliner ebrahim raisi
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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. hello and welcome if you re
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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. 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 presenterjane dougall is at wembley and sent this update. as you can see, this morning, on wembley way, it's far quieter than it was last night but i would imagine there are a few sore scottish heads this morning and a few concerned english ones. while the passions run as deep as they do between these two countries, there is usually drama and last night's game was no exception. after a quarter of a century without meeting in a major
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tournament, the match between england and scotland had great excitement, lots of chances for both sides, despite that scoreline. our sports news correspondence natalie pirks has the story of the match. 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. o'donnell will get it in a good position. it's a good ball in. it was adams�* shot that was blocked. scotland were well organised. england needed to settle. john stones almost calmed the nerves. tomori and rice at close quarters. it's headed against the post. scotland were growing into the game with every minute, 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.
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as the game swung from end to end, scotland once again threw the sink at england. reece 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. when we had the ball, we created good _ when we had the ball, we created good chances and 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 it's a unique occasion. it's an experience our players will learn from, we all have to learn from.
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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's across both itv and stv, that's scottish television. that is the most watched football match since england versus croatia in the 2018 world cup, really incredible viewing figures, isn't it? as you can imagine though, and as natalie alluded to in her report little earlier, there were so many scottish fans within wembley. more than 3200 who just raised the roof elated that they had managed to get
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a point against england. that was not anticipated, as you can imagine. on the other hand though, the england fans were not happy with their team's performance. they booed them off at half—time and at full time as well, 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. 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's not the case. hopefully win the group, but, you understand, serious improvement is needed if we want to go far in this tournament. fantastic. from a scot's - perspective, fantastic. and at least we've given . ourselves the chance to go into the last match. we got what we deserved out of the game. there were a couple of chances, one way or another, but a brilliant performance from the guys. i was expecting a 12—0 victory.
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i'm gutted. i was looking for the win, 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 nevin 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. let's hear from them let's hearfrom them both.
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i think it's one win in 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 a ten because they did not actually 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've 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. yes. very disappointing england, defensively. the goalkeeper, jordan pickford looked solid. can't fault him for doing his job. surprisingly, i thought the way that england had played the last few years, they always create and take a lot of chances but whatever he set out in the first two games, it's just not happening. he's got to change it,
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he's got to change it, gareth. he's given them enough time. we need to score goals, england, and 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 the draw against scotland means they have four points in the group. so if they when their final match on tuesday they win their place in the knockout group. 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 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.
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it's the first time in a major tournament in 23 years. 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 dougall 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". a little earlier bbc persian�*s kasra naji explained what we can learn from this election. they say he has won some 18 million votes although 6 or 7, 8% have to be counted yet. many iranians are going to see this as a dark day for iran as he has won these elecitons in a way where it has been engineered for him to win. to pave the way for him to win.
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several of the main reform candidates were prevented from standing, where they? how much nervousness this mean there was amongst the hardliners of what might happen at the open the process of? how much nervousness this mean there was amongst the hardliners of what might happen at the opening up of process? this is it. i think what has happened is that they, the hardliners, judging by their performances in the past elections, have come to the conclusion that they are not going to win in any free or fair elections, therefore they opted this time to basically engineered it in the way that they engineer it in the way that they will have their candidate to win, the way as we have seen. what does this mean, in practice, for iranians, for their everyday life?
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the hardliners taking the presidency mean that they have taken all the centres of power, legislative, the executive and the judiciary. basically they have complete control over iran, and what they want to do is to establish a sort of puritanical, sort of islamic society, a very austere... there will be a lot of limitations on freedoms, freedom for women, for example, is meant to be curtailed in a big way. fewerjobs for them, fewer rights for them. there will be controls on social media, on press, even more than before. so, it looks pretty sort of bleak. that is in iran. let's look at iran's relationship with the rest of the world. and we expected be cleared officially —— declared the winner, very soon.
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what does this mean for the relationship with the rest of the world? absolutely. iran is going to a massive economic crisis because of sanctions from the us. my guess is that the new regime in iran is going to look to try not to bail it out of this economy by investing in iran, hoping that they can get hundreds of billions of dollars of chinese investment into the country. the relations with the west is going to be very tense for the coming years, in terms of nuclear talks. as you know, there are currently talks, in direct talks between iran and the us in vienna to bring back the two countries into compliance with the 2015 agreement. i think the result today is going to have a negative impact on those talks. already, i hear reports that the talks are going to be suspended now for a few weeks,
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so that all sides can take stock as to what is going on in iran and how to proceed. 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. 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,
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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. our 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 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
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seriously when speaking on any other topic? the vatican is wary, fearing such a move could politicise the sacrament of holy communion. others 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 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
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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 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
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to meet again in november. 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,
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tottenham, chelsea and charlton athletic football clubs will alljoin community venues across the capital in opening their doors. in the north—east and yorkshire 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 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 rolling bus.
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thomas elston took early advantage of wolverhampton�*s rolling bus in bilston. 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 — 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. confirmed cases 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. a three—day coronavirus travel ban has come into force in the portuguese capital, lisbon, as new covid cases continue to rise. the number of daily infections are back to levels last seen in february. thejump in infections comes less
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than a month after portugal opened to visitors from the eu and britain. the conservative mp forwakefield, imran ahmad khan, has been charged with sexually assaulting a 15—year—old boy in 2008. in a statement on twitter, he denied the accusation in what he says are "the strongest terms". the wakefield mp has been suspended from the conservative party, and will next appear in court injuly. the co—chair of the conservatives, amanda milling, has said voters in the chesham and amersham by—election have sent a "warning shot" to the government about planning reforms for england. the issue dominated large parts of the campaign, which saw the liberal democrats overturn a 16,000 tory majority. critics of the legislation say it could reduce local influence in planning decisions. 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
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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. 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
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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. 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. two top executives from one of hong kong's biggest newspapers, apple daily, have been denied bail while facing charges of violating a controversial national security law. a small crowd of people gathered outside to support the men — they believe the charges are intended to silence criticism of the authorities. ryan law and cheung kim hung were accused of asking foreign nations to impose sanctions on hong kong and the chinese government.
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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 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|
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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. 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
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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. it's really significant because it goes further than the previous government's events. here we are backstage at download festival. this is more significant because of the scale. so, unlike previous events, there is a capacity of up to 10,000 people. it's also over several days. it's a three day camping event and there is, time, the legal mosh pit that has been allowed. that's the first time since coronavirus that people have been able to get close together, really jammed in together to be able to mosh at a festival.
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and, the way it's being able to happen is like with previous test events, everyone attending the festival has had to do a coronavirus test beforehand, test negative and will have to do it again but the level of freedom they've allowed as a result of that here is the biggest and the closest we've come to normality yet. so, let's speak to a couple of the lucky festivalgoers. have you been able to enjoy this authentic experience? if we start with you first, how does it feel to have been at a real, live music festival for first time in ages? it feels amazing. anna and i are massive downloaders. this is our fourth time. last year was virtual but, yeah, it's great to see live music again. i'm loving it. it's really great. and, anna, you have had to do strict coronavirus measures to get in but was there a little bit of you that was still concerned about being so close to people, so close to people, what would
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coronavirus still around ? i would say no because it's been really strict. we had to detest at home and in tests when we arrived and that kind of thing, so it's been pretty stringent, i would say so. how much i'd been able to take advantage of the fact you don't have to wear face marks and you're able to wear face marks and you're able to get close to people? last to wear face marks and you're able to get close to people?— to get close to people? last night, we were able _ to get close to people? last night, we were able to _ to get close to people? last night, we were able to get _ to get close to people? last night, we were able to get very, - to get close to people? last night, we were able to get very, very - to get close to people? last night, l we were able to get very, very close with frank carter and the rattlesnakes.— with frank carter and the rattlesnakes. . �* with frank carter and the rattlesnakes. ., �* ,, ., rattlesnakes. there have been some female - only _ rattlesnakes. there have been some female - only mosh _ rattlesnakes. there have been some female - only mosh pits _ rattlesnakes. there have been some female - only mosh pits and - rattlesnakes. there have been some female - only mosh pits and it's - female — only mosh pits and it's great _ female — only mosh pits and it's great to— female — only mosh pits and it's great to take advantage of those spaces _ great to take advantage of those spaces. did great to take advantage of those saces. , ,, ., ., �* spaces. did it feel surrealto be able to hug _ spaces. did it feel surrealto be able to hug people _ spaces. did it feel surrealto be able to hug people and - spaces. did it feel surrealto be able to hug people and see - spaces. did it feel surrealto be| able to hug people and see live music again?— able to hug people and see live music again? yes. totally surreal. eve one music again? yes. totally surreal. everyone has _ music again? yes. totally surreal. everyone has the _ music again? yes. totally surreal. everyone has the exact _ music again? yes. totally surreal. everyone has the exact same - music again? yes. totally surreal. everyone has the exact same sort music again? yes. totally surreal. i everyone has the exact same sort of energy. _ everyone has the exact same sort of energy. you — everyone has the exact same sort of energy. you seen_ everyone has the exact same sort of energy, you seen loads _ everyone has the exact same sort of energy, you seen loads of— everyone has the exact same sort of energy, you seen loads of random i energy, you seen loads of random people. _ energy, you seen loads of random pe0ple. pe0ple _ energy, you seen loads of random people, people smiling. _ energy, you seen loads of random people, people smiling. well- energy, you seen loads of random people, people smiling. well done for caettin people, people smiling. well done for getting up _ people, people smiling. well done for getting up this _ people, people smiling. well done for getting up this early. _ people, people smiling. well done for getting up this early. enjoy - people, people smiling. well done for getting up this early. enjoy the | for getting up this early. enjoy the rest of the festival, so as well as being a great experience for fans, it's important that the level of information that the government will be able to get so big events can
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continue safely in the future. here is your weather now with louise. hello, there. it's been a relatively quiet start to our weekend so far. yes, a lot of cloud around, but i suspect if you are waking up to scenes like this in south—east england you'll take it, because yesterday was a miserable day, wasn't it? we had a month's worth of rain. it was really relentless throughout the day. so cloudy skies for many. the cloud is already starting to break up and some sunshine coming through and that may welljust trigger off a few isolated showers as we go through the day across scotland and northern england. temperatures should peak at 22 degrees. overnight, the risk of further sharp showers moving up to central and southern england. the
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heaviest of which will be in 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 as it has been. 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.
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