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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. europe's football authorities face a backlash after refusing to allow a stadium to be lit with rainbow colours for the germany —— hungary game. a climate report says there will be an irreversible change even if global targets are met. a special report from texas, where thousands of migrant children are held in overcrowded camps. and pop star britney spears is that to appear in court in her battle to free herself from the control of guardians.
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hello and welcome: at football's european championship an extraordinary row has broken out. the fans of engand, croatia and the czech republic have much to cheer about as their teams went through to the knockout stages of the european championships. it's being played in munich, and europe's football authorities are facing a growing backlash over a decision not to allow the ground to be lit with rainbow colours. the city asked it to do so as a gesture of tolerance, sparked by recent a hungarian law banning what's been termed the promotion of homosexuality to under eighteens. this is what they had in mind. rainbow colours as a display of solidarity and had the backing of the national team.
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translation: of the national team. tuna/mom- of the national team. translation: , , translation: this is something lona translation: this is something long overdue _ translation: this is something long overdue to _ translation: this is something long overdue to be _ translation: this is something long overdue to be normal - translation: this is something long overdue to be normal in - long overdue to be normal in sport and the target is that it should be normal and i believe that even small gestures and signs are a step in the right direction. translation: i direction. translation: 4' direction. translation: ~ ., translation: i think with all the importance _ translation: i think with all the importance of— translation: i think with all the importance of symbols, i translation: i think with all the importance of symbols, iti the importance of symbols, it is important to act on those things and to live by these values. the request came from the city of munich in response to a recent law passed in hungary banning lgbtq literature for minors including educational material. uefa said: the statement goes on: the german goal keeper will be allowed to wear his rainbow armband during the game but the munich mayor said not to allow the light display was shameful.
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translation: i have the feeling this could backfire. _ i do not think uefa presents itself as a cosmopolitan, modern and tolerant association with such a decision. the foreign minister of hungary described it as: the country is already under the spotlight after uefa launched an investigation into potential discriminatory incidents, including homophobic displays during the matches of hungary against portugal and france. and we'll have more on the germany game as well as reaction to tuesday's matches involving england and scotland a little later in the programme. the extent to which irreversible climate change is already underway has been laid bare by a leaked report from the intergovernmental panel on climate change. the report seen by the afp news agency makes it clear that dangerous thresholds are much
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closer than previously thought. even 1.5 degrees celsius of warming, that's the lower target set by the ippc will be beyond most organisms ability to react. current levels of adaptation the report says, are inadequate for the level of change that lies ahead. there are risks of cascading impacts — changes that set off others — with oceans rising and forests turning to savannah. with me is our reporter courtney bembridge. it is not good news at all, is that, what is new in the report? it that, what is new in the report?— that, what is new in the reort? ,.,, , report? it paints a pretty grim icture report? it paints a pretty grim picture of _ report? it paints a pretty grim picture of what _ report? it paints a pretty grim picture of what we _ report? it paints a pretty grim picture of what we are - report? it paints a pretty grim picture of what we are facing i picture of what we are facing and it is the speed at which the changes are expected to happen that is being underlined in this draft report, so it paints a picture where millions
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could be killed by heatwaves, the shallow bodies of water available to us are warmer than our blood. it sounds like a scientific novel set in the future but scientists are saying and the intergovernmental panel on climate change is saying that by the time a child born today is 30, these effects will be painfully obvious. there are concerns this is happening much quicker, though previous climate models that suggested it may take a century for the effects to be felt but it is coming faster and some of the descriptions, 80 million people, more today, could be facing starvation as a result of climate affecting food and also an extra 420 million people to be exposed to extreme heat waves. in humid countries, that would be worth because the ability of the body to call itself through sweat, the air would be too humid for that to happen and so it is estimated from the draft report that it
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would take about six hours for the human body to start to go into organ failure and die. 50 into organ failure and die. so it is into organ failure and die. 50 it is depressing reading for sure, and a stark warning to leaders. wejust had sure, and a stark warning to leaders. we just had the g7 meeting in cornwall and climate crisis was on the agenda there. let's talk about the timing, because it was supposed to be the report published next year? that's right, february 2022 but it was leaked — — — sorry, it was meant to be published but it was leaked today. and we're looking at the world leaders gathering again in november in glasgow to talk about climate change in the cup 26 agenda and it was on the agenda at the g7 summit but governments are under increasing pressure to commit to target the net zero x 2050. the report talks about 2050. the report talks about 2050 but some of the risk by them, if global warning is not
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rapidly contain, 80 million more people could be at risk of hunger. we are expecting this to be on the top of agenda but as i said this is grim reading but we've had report after report like this and this is said to be the most expensive in terms of the impact on human life, notjust species and other extinct species, but this is talking about the fact that it will become unlivable for humans and within a quicker space of time then previously estimated. fix, space of time then previously estimated-— estimated. a call for action, definitely- — estimated. a call for action, definitely. thank _ estimated. a call for action, definitely. thank you - estimated. a call for action, definitely. thank you for - definitely. thank you for explaining that. let's get some of the day's other news. the world food programme says tens of thousands of people in southern madagascar are living in famine—like conditions. its director says the crisis has been caused by climate change, with drought after drought. david beasley said wealthy nations had a moral obligation to help. the usjustice department says it's taken control of more than 30 websites belonging to iranian state broadcasters and three operated by an iranian—backed hezbollah militia.
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websites belonging to state controlled press tv and al alam are among those displaying us government agency seals with a message that they've been seized. new zealand is increasingly covid—i9 alert level in wellington after a visitor from australia tested positive for the delta variant of the virus. it means people must follow social distancing rules in offices and schools and bans gatherings of more than 100, including at weddings and funerals. the indian health ministry says a new mutation of the delta variant of coronavirus is now a varied of concern in the country. labelled delta path, around 12 cases have been detected so far — — two dozen cases. early testing said it should be more transmissible and vaccines may not offer as much protection.
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whenjoe biden moved into the white house he made the issue of voting rights one of his key platforms. but the democrats' attempt to push forward a bill to make it easier for people to register and to cast their vote has failed to win the necessary support in the senate. with its emphasis on protecting voting rights and ensuring the integrity of elections, the �*for the people' bill represented the largest overhaul of the us electoral system in a generation. democrats also saw it as a means of offsetting measures passed by republican—controlled state legislatures which impose new limits on voting. this state legislatures which impose new limits on voting.— new limits on voting. this is about the — new limits on voting. this is about the american - new limits on voting. this is about the american people | new limits on voting. this is. about the american people is right to vote. unfettered. it is about their access to the right to vote in a meaningful way. nobody is debating, i do not believe, whether all americans have the right to
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vote. the issue here is their actual access to the voting process or is that being impeded? and the bottom line is that the president and i are very clear with support s1, we support thejohn very clear with support s1, we support the john lewis voters rights act and the fight is not over. republicans argued that such measures are necessary to prevent voter fraud which they believe led to donald trump's defeat in 2020.— defeat in 2020. and they see the 'for the _ defeat in 2020. and they see the 'for the people' - defeat in 2020. and they see the 'for the people' bill- defeat in 2020. and they see the 'for the people' bill as i defeat in 2020. and they see | the 'for the people' bill as an infringement on state's right and one that would tilt elections in the democrats to boss paper. elections in the democrats to boss paper-— boss paper. the rotten inner workings _ boss paper. the rotten inner workings of _ boss paper. the rotten inner workings of this _ boss paper. the rotten inner workings of this paragraph i boss paper. the rotten inner. workings of this paragraph are fully— workings of this paragraph are fully exposed to the lie. we know — fully exposed to the lie. we know it _ fully exposed to the lie. we know it would shatter a decade old understanding that it should _ old understanding that it should have a bipartisan referee _ should have a bipartisan referee antenna federal election into a party majority with— election into a party majority with the _ election into a party majority with the democrats at the wheel to get— with the democrats at the wheel to get their political opponent. to get their political o- onent. ., ., .,
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opponent. following the vote, the senator — opponent. following the vote, the senator majority - opponent. following the vote, the senator majority vote - opponent. following the vote, | the senator majority vote chuck schumer said it was evident that voter suppression had been part of the official platform of the republican party. their endurin: of the republican party. their enduring disgrace. _ of the republican party. their enduring disgrace. and - of the republican party. their enduring disgrace. and he - of the republican party. theirl enduring disgrace. and he said their right _ enduring disgrace. and he said their right to _ enduring disgrace. and he said their right to an _ enduring disgrace. and he said their right to an fight - enduring disgrace. and he said their right to an fight to - their right to an fight to protect voters rights was not over. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the famous jazz festival of senegal returns after nasty being cancelled. the session after being cancelled last year. members of the neo—nazi - resistance movement stormed the world trade centre, armed with pistols and shotguns. - we believe that, according to international law, that we have a rightful claim to certain parts of this country as our land. i take pride in the words "ich bin ein berliner". cheering and applause.
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as the uk woke up to the news that it is to exit the european union, leave campaigners began celebrating. in total, 17.4 million people voted for the uk to leave the eu. the medical research council have now advised the government that the great increase in lung cancer is due mainly to smoking tobacco. it was closing time for checkpoint charlie which, for 29 years, has stood on the border as a mark of allied determination to defend the city. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: europe's football authorities face a backlash after refusing to allow stadium to be lit with
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rainbow colours for the germany— hungary game. a late climate report says that there will be irreversible change, evenif will be irreversible change, even if global warming targets are met. thousands of migrant children are being held in a camp in texas, which is ridden with disease, is insanitary and is lacking medical resources. an investigation by the bbc has revealed the facility at fort bliss in el paso as grossly overcrowded. children are sleeping several hundred to a tent, with shortages of clean clothes. staff working there say that illnesses such as covid and flu have affected hundreds of children in recent months. 0ur correspondent hilary andersson sent this special report. deep in the chihuahuan desert of west texas is a tented camp holding thousands of migrant children in conditions that are alarming.
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these are the camp's white tents. it's set in a military base. we weren't allowed near it but you can glimpse it from the road. there it is, there it is. it's just down there, behind these white buildings. these pictures are the world's first look inside. they were taken secretly by employees who are banned from filming or speaking about conditions. the tents are massive. hundreds of children are crammed in. i'm texting staff inside. they say disease is everywhere. an employee has agreed to an interview after work. this is not his real voice. there are very significant numbers of kids with covid. i know there were quite a few with strep throat. lice became a very big problem. at one point when all the girls were consolidated into one tent, the lice were so widespread they actually had to put
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the tent into lockdown. and how many girls were in that tent? hundreds and hundreds of girls. when a child gets covid their bed is stripped, then they are moved to tents that at times, we are told, have held hundreds of sick children. this is a rare look inside one of the covid tents. this 15—year—old spent five harrowing weeks in detention. he's now been reunited with his mother here in america. in the camp he became severely ill with covid and struggled to fully recover. this is not his real voice. it was difficult to see a doctorfor medicine. when we went to ask for medicine they gave us dirty looks and they always laughed among themselves. children wear wristbands. they're checked any time they leave a tent. they are marched in their hundreds to meals. the food was not well cooked. sometimes the chicken had blood on it, the meat was very red. we were so hungry we ate it
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but we got sick from it. the desert climate here is harsh. wild winds blow sand which breaks into the tents, coating the children. there is a shortage of clean clothes. the heat is relentless. over a million migrants have tried to cross into the us this year, mostly from central america. many adults are deported. but under president biden, children may stay. most have relatives here but the system is failing them. there are thousands of children in this camp who have no idea how long they'll be here, or when they will be reunited with theirfamilies. and many of them are vulnerable children who fled their home countries to seek safety here in america. but all the evidence is that under the care of the us government these children are being severely neglected, and in some cases put in danger. downtown el paso. i'd been told where to collect
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a memory stick containing secret audio recordings of a camp training session in which staff said children were being sexually abused. an employee came out of the camp to meet us. she said the department of homeland security had spoken to staff about a rape. this again is an actor's voice. dhs mentioned there was a rape. they're giving girls pregnancy tests. i also heard theyjust announced the results in front of everyone here. and i heard the other night that another contractor was caught in a boy's tent, you know, doing things with him. the authorities have not responded to the specific allegations in this report but say that children in their custody are given the required standard of care and access to medical services.
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they say they're working to speed up the release of children to their relatives. many children have been in here for over a month. some, like this boy, have tried to run away. the 15—year—old we met sank into despair. i watched the days go by and i felt very low. i thought that i was not going to get out of there, that i was not going to see my family again. and sometimes at night we would cry. during the worst time i was nearly at the point of committing suicide. this camp is closed to public scrutiny, yet the biden administration portrays itself as compassionate and open. staff here took serious risks to expose the damage being inflicted on children. but there are around 12,000 children in other camps around america whose condition remains largely unknown. hilary andersson, bbc news.
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singer britney spears is set to appear in court in los angeles today. she wants a financial institution to take sole power of her estate without the involvement of her father. we spoke to a music editor at variety. well, it will be riveting one way or another, that is for sure. nobody has seen her speak in this way for such a long time. she has had plenty of instagram posts and things like that, but what she says is going to be very interesting, especially in light of the new york times story — yesterday for you, actually — that brought out, apparently, some legal documents that hadn't been seen that said she'd been fighting to stop her fatherfrom being her conservator for many years. without sidebarring too much on the complexities of conservatorships, they are designed largely
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for elderly people who may have dementia or are otherwise aren't able to take care their own affairs. they aren't really designed for somebody like britney who probably needed some form of assistance in 2007 when she was at the height of the challenges that she was facing at the time, but it for it to have gone on for this long is really kind of inconceivable. as promised, with more on football's european championships, here's the sports news. hello i'm tulsen tollett and this is your sports news where we start with england beating the czech republic 1—0 at the european championship to move through top of group d. raheem sterling was again england's lone goalscorer, the czech republic going through as one of the best third placed teams, but for gareth southgate's side, it sets up a last 16 match against the runner up in group f which contains france, portugal, germany and
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what we wanted to do was to make sure that we won the group, stay at wembley. we don't know whether that will be contagious in terms of whether drawer might takers but we would rather be here and, you know, we could have come second instead of a really difficult draw. so, to win is good for the confidence and great our fans will be able to see the next round here. croatia move through second in the group after they beat scotland 3—1 at hampden park. luca modric and ivan perisic goals in the second half making sure the world cup finalists are into the knockout stages. who england face will be decided later when holders portugal led by cristiano ronaldo face world champions france in budapest, in a match that they need to at least get a point from if they want to progress. ruben dias will miss that last 16 match if he picks up another booking, whilejoao moutinho and renato sanches could start after coming off the bench versus germany, while for france forward 0usmane dembele has been ruled out of the tournament with a knee injury sustained against hungary.
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all four results remain possible in the final of cricket's world test championship between india and new zealand in southampton heading into the sixth and final day. india closed on 64—2, leading by 32, and the extra day will be used due to time lost to the weather earlier in the match. new zealand had ground out a first—innings lead of 32 by turning their overnight 101—2 into 249 all out. england get their limited over series against sri lanka underway later in cardiff when they play the first of three t20 internationals. with less than four months before the t20 world cup in india, england captain eoin morgan says it's a huge chance for players to secure a place in the travelling squad. you want guys to be on the money from the first game because there is no breathing space. we played two games in two days. one day between the following game. it can come at
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you quite quickly. we haven't necessarily played a lot in this way before, it can present some challenges. defending champion karolina pliskova will fall out of the top 10 in the wta rankings for the first time in nearly five years after an opening round loss in eastbourne. the czech, a former world number one, has been one of the most consistent players on the women's tour, but was beaten 2—6 6—2 6—2 by italian qualifier camila giorgi. chinese swimmer star sun yang has been banned for more than four years for breaking anti—doping rules after a retrial at the court of arbitration for sport. the court's verdict ends sun's hopes of defending his 0lympic title in the 200 metres freestyle in tokyo next month but as it was backdated to february last year he will be available for paris in 2024. game one of the nba's eastern conference finals gets underway later with the atlanta hawks travelling to the milwaukee bucks. the hawks overcame top seeds in the east — philadelphia — while the bucks led by giannis antetoukompo came from 2 nothing down to beat
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the brooklyn nets. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team, that's your sports news for now. the pandemic led to the pretty much complete shutdown all over the world, and as the lockdown eases, in senegal, a renowned jazz festival is back. # let, let, let me love you...# in saint louis the sounds are always smooth, the groove is always fresh. the city's jazz festival draws in the crowds, safety precautions permitting. after this year's cancellation, this was a welcome sight for locals. i was relieved and everybody was relieved too, and it was a beautiful energy, a beautiful vibration, a beautiful link also between the stage and the audience. on a small island
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where the senegal river meets the sea, the old town of saint louis is famous for its colonial architecture and its love of music. in one packed bar, jamm, a fusion band from the capital, dhaka, do their thing. this is notjust art, it is commerce to. translation: the festival not taking place last year - was an economic disaster for saint louis. i understand why this year, despite the crisis, the festival was held. if it wasn't, it would have been a huge blow for the city. this is billed as africa's biggest jazz festival. its sound, its vibes survived a global pandemic. the music of saint louis goes on. tim allman, bbc news.
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the business is next. see you soon. hello there. it certainly was a chilly start across eastern scotland on tuesday, but that is where we had the lion's share of sunshine — over 14 hours of it. and it was our top spot in terms of temperatures as well, 21.4 celsius the high. now, we have been drawing a curtain of cloud, though, across scotland over the last few hours. this weather front bringing in some showery outbreaks of rain, and it will bring a change of fortunes to start our day on wednesday. yes, it will be a cloudier and slightly damper story, but it will also be a milder one. double digits first thing in the morning. clearer skies across england and wales. that's where we'll start with the best of the sunshine through the day. now, as the day progresses, perhaps clouding over into north wales and northern england, as that weather front slowly meanders its way out of the scottish borders.
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we keep quite a lot of cloud and some bits and pieces of rain into the far north—west. quite murky to coasts and hills as well. the best of the sunshine further south and east, and we'll see temperatures peaking at 21 or 22 degrees. that's 72 fahrenheit. moving through wednesday evening, we'll continue to see a little more cloud pushing out of the north of england, down into the midlands, but it should be a largely fine and dry end to the day across the south—east. that weather front will continue to move its way slowly south and east. and at the same time, another weather front will introduce some heavier rain into the far north of scotland. so, as thursday goes, we can split the country to three. the best of the sunshine, east anglia, south—east england. a weak weather front, a band of cloud slowly brightening up into northern england later. and then for northern ireland and scotland, some of that rain still quite heavy for a time here. top temperatures on thursday afternoon, again, 22 degrees, 72 fahrenheit. now, as we move out of thursday into friday, those weather fronts continue to push their way steadily south. and a little area of
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low pressure forms. and circulating around that low on friday, there will be bands of showery rain. so, not a complete wash—out. bit of a messy story, really, to tell on friday. the best of any drier weather, but with a northerly breeze, will be in the far north of scotland. so here, not particularly warm. we should see temperatures peaking at 22 degrees, 72 fahrenheit. that low pressure will influence the story for the start of the weekend, still bringing the risk of some sharp showers. the best of the drier weather is likely to be further north. take care.
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