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this is bbc news with the latest headlines. pop—up vaccination centres and walk—in clinics open in england in a major push to offer coronavirus jabs to all remaining adults. hardliner ebrahim raisi has been declared the winner of iran's presidential election in a poll in which most would—be candidates were barred from standing. northern ireland's new first minister, paul givan, has been told he will have to resign when a new dup leader is in place. 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. and coming up in half an hour on this week's click... the team takes in the world's largest video games exhibition, e3, to see what games will be making
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the headlines over the coming year. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. 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 surge testing is being rolled out in areas of south london and cumbria amid a rise in cases. here's our health correspondent katharine da costa. charlton athletic playing host to a pop—up vaccination centre, one of a number of extra clinics in the capital making it even easier to access the jab. some are offering walk—in slots
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to over—18s but here, it is the over—40s being invited to roll up their sleeves for a second dose of astrazeneca. i guess for me, the most important thing was just to feel well and a bit freer in society and to not be a danger to others, either. it is expected to be a bumper weekend of walk—in vaccinations in the north—west, too. the region has the highest case rates in the country but extra doses of vaccines and enhanced testing is helping to slow the spread. this is a result of so many conversations and the wish of so many people, including people working in the nhs and our communities. and i am very hopeful that we are going to see a significant increase in the uptake. firstjabs won't stop a third wave of the delta variant overnight. it will take a few weeks to build immunity, but health experts are cautiously optimistic the extra push to offer second shots may avoid another surge in hospital admissions. i am, i suppose, at the moment, cautiously hopeful that whilst we probably can expect some sort of wave of hospital admissions
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in the next few weeks, it won't be the same scale that we saw in january. everyjab in every arm brings us closer to so—called freedom day. it is hoped hundreds of thousands of people across the country will turn out for what is set to be a super saturday. katharine da costa, bbc news. professor adam finn sits on thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation, which advises the government. hejoins us now. do you believe this is a third wave and, if so, does it pose the same risks that the first and second wave stood? i risks that the first and second wave stood? . ., , , risks that the first and second wave stood? . . , , ., , ., stood? i certainly believe it has a third wave- _ stood? i certainly believe it has a third wave. we _ stood? i certainly believe it has a third wave. we are _ stood? i certainly believe it has a third wave. we are seeing - stood? i certainly believe it has a third wave. we are seeing the . stood? i certainly believe it has a - third wave. we are seeing the number of cases going up consistently now and the beginnings of a rise in hospitalisations. in terms of the second part of your question i think we are all very optimistic that this will be different from the previous
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waves. the early signs are that it will be. the age distribution of hospitalisations is much more even over the different age ranges, without that large number of elderly and it is clear that the vaccination is making a difference.— is making a difference. there was concern that _ is making a difference. there was concern that variants _ is making a difference. there was concern that variants of _ is making a difference. there was concern that variants of the - is making a difference. there was concern that variants of the virus| concern that variants of the virus may pose difficulty for the vaccine but you suggested those who are double vaccinated are not ending in hospital if the come in contact with the latest variant? the hospital if the come in contact with the latest variant?— the latest variant? the figures we have at the _ the latest variant? the figures we have at the moment _ the latest variant? the figures we have at the moment suggest - the latest variant? the figures we have at the moment suggest that| the latest variant? the figures we i have at the moment suggest that if you have had two doses of the vaccine and get to this infection you are 20 times less likely to end “p you are 20 times less likely to end up in hospital and if you have had one dose of the vaccine at least a couple of weeks ago you are about four times less likely to end up in
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hospital. the vaccines are definitely improving the risks when it comes to the risk of getting seriously ill. to some extent they are also reducing down the risks of you infecting somebody else if you get the infection but the exact degree to which they do that is less certain. ~ ., , certain. where there have been .0 -u . certain. where there have been pop-up vaccination _ certain. where there have been pop-up vaccination centres - certain. where there have been pop-up vaccination centres or l certain. where there have been i pop-up vaccination centres or walk pop—up vaccination centres or walk in clinics in england this weekend, do you think measures like that will help to stem this third wave or do we need to go even further? what help to stem this third wave or do we need to go even further? what is ha enin: we need to go even further? what is happening at — we need to go even further? what is happening at the _ we need to go even further? what is happening at the moment _ we need to go even further? what is happening at the moment with - we need to go even further? what is| happening at the moment with these walk in centres will influence what happens in latejuly and august. what is influencing what is happening right now is what happened up happening right now is what happened up until the end of may. vaccines have a built—in delay to their effects but you are always gaining ground for the future by doing this. so the more people come in and get
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immunised now, the better position we will be later in the summer as this third wave plays out. the auestion this third wave plays out. the question for _ this third wave plays out. the question for many _ this third wave plays out. the question for many people will be if we are seeing a third wave what does this potentially mean for easing of restrictions and things like the ability to travel overseas and have foreign holidays? the ability to travel overseas and have foreign holidays?— foreign holidays? the first thing is that if we do _ foreign holidays? the first thing is that if we do see _ foreign holidays? the first thing is that if we do see a _ foreign holidays? the first thing is that if we do see a real— foreign holidays? the first thing is that if we do see a real break- that if we do see a real break between the number of cases and the number of hospitalisations, that will make an enormous difference in terms of our liberties and the restrictions likely to be imposed on us because it is really the overwhelming of hospitals which has driven the lock downs we had at the beginning of the year and also in the spring of 2020 so if
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hospitalisations do not go up and we don't see that kind of surge then the need for further restrictions will be avoided. in terms of international travel i think it is a rapidly evolving situation and it is harder to be certain what exactly will go on. there are concerns in other european countries about this variant which is now dominant in the uk but to the truth is that the variant is now beginning to circulate independently of anything that we do, in europe as well. i think it is very hard to predict. the europeans clearly wants to have movement within the eu based on vaccine records but if there are a big surges cases in other countries that might change. you big surges cases in other countries that might change.— that might change. you are in coimbra in — that might change. you are in coimbra in portugal, - that might change. you are in coimbra in portugal, and - that might change. you are in coimbra in portugal, and we i that might change. you are in - coimbra in portugal, and we have seen lisbon has introduced
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restrictions because of a rise in cases. so it is notjust a question of how fast the roll—out is succeeding here but how things are going in other countries, especially popular holiday destinations. my popular holiday destinations. m colleagues popular holiday destinations. m: colleagues here popular holiday destinations. m; colleagues here in portugal think that the rapid rise which seems to be around lisbon is almost certainly also related to the delta variant and i suspect we will see this happening in other parts of europe as well so i think it is a very uncertain period in terms of what is going on with epidemiology around europe, and very hard to predict. there is a question about when is the right time and if there is a right time to start vaccinating children. we are at the point in the uk now where increasingly we are almost at the point where the vast majority of adults will have had both doses before long. in your view what is the right point to start weighing up the risk versus benefit
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of vaccinating under 18s. i am weighing up the risk versus benefit of vaccinating under 18s.— of vaccinating under 18s. i am a member of— of vaccinating under 18s. i am a member of the _ of vaccinating under 18s. i am a member of the gc _ of vaccinating under 18s. i am a member of the gc vi _ of vaccinating under 18s. i am a member of the gc vi and - of vaccinating under 18s. i am a i member of the gc vi and because of vaccinating under 18s. i am a - member of the gc vi and because this is under intense discussion at the moment we have been asked firmly to avoid discussing this in media interviews because anything that i say will be taken to represent the view of the committee. i think all i can say at this point is that we are very carefully weighing up the pros and cons of doing this. clearly the benefits of children, if they are to benefits of children, if they are to be immunised, it needs to be evaluated carefully, and in particular we need to identify children who are at high risk in the way that some adults are, so that they can be protected with vaccination without delay. beyond that i can't really comment at this point. that i can't really comment at this oint. . ., ., ~ i., that i can't really comment at this oint. . ., . ~ y., ., point. fair enough. thank you for our point. fair enough. thank you for your time- _ a hardline ultra—conservative will be iran's next president after winning most of the votes counted so far. ebrahim raisi beat three other candidates in a poll
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in which most would—be candidates were barred from standing. mr raisi is under us sanctions and has been linked to past executions of political prisoners. the bbc persian's kasra naji has been giving me the latest. he has won about 18.1; million votes, and the turnout apparently is about 48%, 49%, which is the lowest ever since the iranian revolution years ago. what does that tell us about political opinion in iran? it means he is not a very popular man, many people protested, they did not take part in elections, there was talk of boycotting the elections. now with the figures just published, if you do the calculations,
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you come to the conclusion that millions of people either did not go to vote, they boycotted the elections, or they spoiled their ballot papers when they did go to the polling stations. so there is quite a lot of protest votes there. it means a good chunk of the iranian population is disenchanted, seriously, discontented, and they feel left out of the political process and that is dangerous in iran. iran is reeling under the terrible economic crisis brought about by mismanagement in a big way and the us sanctions. there have been two rounds of serious nationwide protests in iran in the last few years in which hundreds, some say thousands, were killed in these demonstrations and protests. i suspect the result today is not going to give us assurances of stability,
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more stability in the years to come. the dup's paul givan has been told that he will have to resign as first minister after a new party leader takes over. he is northern ireland's youngest first minister and before long he will also be the shortest serving leader to hold the post. mr givan was informed of the news after the resignation of the dup leader, edwin poots, on thursday night. sirjeffrey donaldson, who is favourite to be the next dup leader, has made it clear he plans to lead the party from stormont as first minister. a little earlier i spoke to our ireland correspondentjulian fowler. he explained the latest from northern ireland. sirjeffrey donaldson expected to become the new leader, currently he is the favourite, and it was thought he would keep paul givan in position, as his removal will create some
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political instability. but edwin poots stepped down afterjust 21 days as dup leader over his decision to agree a deal with sinn fein to introduce irish language legislation, in order to nominate his close political ally paul givan as first minister. but with that decision for edwin poots to go, it means paul givan will have to go too. jeffrey donaldson has made it clear he intends to leave westminster and come to stormont and lead the party as a first minister. what that will mean when paul givan does step down, michelle 0'neill as deputy first minister will also have to go, which will lead to a seven—day period again when the dup and sinn fein will have to nominate to those positions. it could lead to more negotiations
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with the government, more demands, and that will mean more instability and itjust shows really once again how precarious power sharing can be at stormont. this might be a simplistic question but, given edwin poots was leader of the dup, why was he not himself first minister? that was his decision. it did cause some surprise. but when he stood in the leadership contest following the ousting of arlene foster as party leader and first minister, he made it clear if he became leader he wanted to remain as agriculture minister. part of his reasoning was as the agriculture minister he has some control over the ports and has a part to play in terms of the implementation of the northern ireland protocol. that is the big issue facing unionism at the moment in northern ireland,
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the brexit irish sea border. edwin poots wanted to stay on as agriculture minister and so he decided to split that role. a majority of the party voted for him as leader and went along with that idea. three weeks on, many of those who sided with him are now having second thoughts. senior conservatives have responded to the party's shock defeat in thursday's by—election in chesham and amersham, by warning the government not to "drift away" from its core voters. the conservative co—chairman, amanda milling, described the result as a "warning shot" by voters over the hs2 high—speed rail link and reforms of the planning system in england, which critics fear could reduce local influence over planning decisions. a little earlier our political correspondentjess parker explained what the by—election could mean for the conservatives. parts of the south and south—east particularly, where there
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are concerns that the reforms the government is putting forward could see more green spaces built on in areas, who feel they have already had to take a lot of housing. so he was warning he wouldn't want to see the party drift away from its core voters as he said has happened to the labour party in parts of the midlands and north, traditional territory the conservatives took off labour to some extent in the last general election. you mentioned amanda milling, co—chair of the conservative party, i think in an effort to calm some nerves this morning, she has released a piece in the daily telegraph saying that the party is listening and that it is a warning shot, and trying to send a signal that they will pay attention to these concerns. but of course we will have to wait and see what the government comes out with in terms of planning reforms. we expect some firmer proposals later this year. the headlines on bbc news... pop—up vaccination centres and walk—in clinics open in england
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in a major push to offer coronavirus jabs to all remaining adults. hardliner ebrahim raisi has been declared the winner of iran's presidential election in a poll in which most would—be candidates were barred from standing. northern ireland's new first minister, paul givan, has been told he will have to resign when a new dup leader is in place. sport now, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. now, it's set to be a big day at the tournament, with france, portugal, germany and spain all playing today. world champions france can make it to the knockout stages with a win over hungary in budapest. but it's the hosts who have taken a surprise lead. attila fiola put them ahead just before half—time. they need a win after losing their first game to portugal, who play germany later.
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that game is live on bbc one right now. it is still i—0 to hungary, so france are looking to hit back. 57 minutes played so plenty of time for the world champions. it's the final day of the one—off women's test between england and india in bristol with 108 overs scheduled for the day. india following on in their second innings have moved to 212—7 after bowled out 231 after most of friday was lost to the weather. india and new zealand got the inaugural world test championship final under way in the past few hours in southampton. after a first day lost completely to the weather the black caps won the toss and chose to field while india are currently 120—3 at tea. england's richard bland shares
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the clubhouse lead at the us open. he's going into the third day. the 48—year—old only won his first european tour event a few weeks ago and has only ever played in two majors. he's the oldest man to co—lead the us open at the halfway stage. golf is all i know. when times got tough and i lost my card two or three times, i thought what would i do, going to get an officejob? i'm not that intelligent, i'm afraid. it was right, 0k, not that intelligent, i'm afraid. it was right, ok, i'll get my head down and work hard and i always knew i had the game to compete on the european tour at the highest level, i have always known that. but as any golf career, you're going to have peaks and troughs of course. i think every kind of sportsman and woman they have that never die or never quit attitude. and at queens club in london, the british number two,
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cameron norrie, is in semifinal action in the cinch championships. this game is live on bbc two. norrie is up against the second seed, denis shapovalov of canada, who's ranked 14th in the world. it is 3-3 it is 3—3 in the opening set. the number one seed is already through to the final. matteo berrettini, who's ranked ninth in the world, looked in good form as he beat australia's alex de minaur in straight sets, 6—4 6—4. heather watson is through to the semifinals of the viking classic in birmingham. this is live on the bbc sport website. it is after watson beat the number three seed. watson beat the number three seed, donna vekic of croatia, in straight sets, 6—4 6—2.
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after the disappointment of crashing out of the last race max verstappen bounced back to claim pole for tomorrow's french grand prix. the championship leader had dominated practice at paul ricard circuit and put his red bull on the top spot on the grid more than four tenths of a second ahead of world champion lewis hamilton. valtteri bottas in the other mercedes will start from third. bbc one, bbc two and the bbc sport website. there is no need for us, really, is there? enjoy your break, we will plough onto your! at its peak, 20 million people watched on tv yesterday, as well as 22,500 fans at wembley, to see scotland play england. it was the first time the two home nations met in a one—off encounter at a major men's football tournament in 25 years. the game ended 0—0 but scottish fans were delighted, as they go into the final group game with their hopes alive. frankie mccamley has the story. the morning after the night before, a headache all round.
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especially for those dealing with the aftermath in london's leicester square, cleaning throughout the night and this morning. the odd scottish fan helping out, too. the square is starting to regain some sense of normality but there is damage that is going to take some time to fix. this water fountain used to be surrounded by a flower bed. it is now caked in mud, bottles and cans, and the stench of alcohol is hard to ignore. we probably could have done a bit better, supporter wise, for the mess. i hope it does not take too long to clean up. if there are fan zones, everyone is controlled and that is the way it should be, there was no reason for there not to be fan zones. the lack of official space meant many stayed at home, glasgow's george square packed full of supporters. but thousands of other members of the tartan army went to london anyway, ignoring warnings not to come without a ticket. blue and white drenched every street corner.
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# yes, sir, i can boogie #. and boogie they did, well into the night, before catching up on their sleep this morning waiting for the train back home. it was brilliant, no trouble. we were alljust having a good time, you know. the red carpet was out for the scotland fans, magic, fantastic. it was not a win but it was the result scotland needed to keep them in the competition. the dream stays alive on both sides of the border. frankie maccamley, bbc news. 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,
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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 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.
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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. last year, covid restrictions wiped out the uk's summer festival season. this year, despite many events being delayed or cancelled, some are going ahead. download festival, at donington park near derby, is one of them. it's taking place this weekend as part of the government's live event pilot scheme. the crowd is smaller and all those attending have had to have a negative covid test. our correspondent luxmy gopal reports. 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.
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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 isjust... it's incredible. i will 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 isjust incredible to be able to be here again and experience that. strict measures are in place to allow this level of freedom at the site. the event will help guide government policy. people are going to be living on site so we are going to understand that kind of living and socialising interaction and also, we are going to have a large—scale stage type event and be able to look at the science and understanding of things like the mosh pits. we do the maximum in our power at events to reduce the risk. i think the question for the future is the one that you ask is what level of risk are we happy to take with the sort of events? i think we will be able to calibrate that through the research we are doing. data suggests cases are spreading
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mainly among the under—25s. around a fifth of people here are that demographic. that age group are gathering together wherever they are. what they are doing here is gathering together safely because they have all been tested before they came. 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 months to learn more about how crowds and covid safety can coexist. luxmy gopal, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. it has been a cloudy day, some breaks in the cloud with sunshine coming through for some of us in the afternoon. in the south, across northern france some thunderstorms have broken out and these will push north. the rain will be quite
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extensive, quite heavy with some thunder across south—east england, anywhere from the isle of wight and hampshire east into hampshire as well. there are could be localised flooding especially given how wet it has been over a few days. temperatures overnight 10—111. tomorrow, the rain moves from the east of england and we are left with a lot of cloud across the country. showers of scotland in the afternoon, one or two in northern ireland, although most of us will have cloud all day but there will be some sunshine in south—west scotland north—west england and the of wales.
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hello, this is bbc news with me, ben boulos. the headlines: queues for covid vaccines as pop—up centres and walk—in clinics open in england in a major push to offer coronavirus jabs to all remaining adults.
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hardliner ebrahim raisi has been declared the winner of iran's presidential election in a poll in which most would—be candidates were barred from standing. northern ireland's new first minister, paul givan, has been told he will have to resign when a new dup leader is in place. 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. now on bbc news, click takes in the world's largest videogames exhibition e3 to see what games will be making the headlines over the coming year. this week — it's only a game show, it's only a game show, but what a game show! we are at e3 to look at the big new games. the new game stars, made by you, and the mum and daughter trying to boost representation in games.

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