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this is bbc news — i'm shaun ley — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. ninety—nine people are unaccounted for — and one is confirmed dead in miami — after the partial collapse of a twelve—storey apartment building. another horrific discovery in canada — more than 750 unmarked graves have been found near a former boarding school for indigenous children near a former boarding school those near a former boarding school places were instituti for those places were institutions for rain, torture and death. down in germany they had concentration camps. we had them here, that they were called residential houses. it's back to the beach for some british holidaymakers — president biden announces a one—point—two trillion dollar infrastructure package that has the support of democrats and republicans.
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we had a really good meeting. we had a really good meeting. we have a deal. is the uk government updates its travel restrictions, more uncertainty. and the cosmic dawn, scientists say they found the first convincing evidence of when stars begin to shine. hello and welcome. a major rescue operation is underway in miami in florida, after an entire portion of a twelve story apartment building collapsed to the ground. at least one person is known to have died. 99 people are still unaccounted for. on the left of your screen, you can see what the building looked like before the collapse. on the right, the pile of debris scattered around the footprint of the fallen tower.
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the insides of peoples homes were laid bare to the elements. the bbc�*s will grant is on the scene and a warning, his report contains images that some may find distressing. local residents likened it to a bomb going off. the entire sea facing wing of the towers collapsed in the early hours of the morning. 12 stories of apartments falling in seconds. the shocking moment caught on cctv. the building is literally pancaked and there was just feet and between storeys where there were ten feet. within minutes, scores of firefighters and search and rescue teams began scouring the tonnes of debris for survivors. miraculously, a young boy was pulled from the rubble among ten to be treated at the scene and then transferred to hospitalfor his injuries. at least one other there was not so lucky.
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anxious relatives began to gather at the community centre converted to a family reunification point in the governor of florida offered the state plus possible in the governor of florida offered the state's full support. it is really traumatic to see the collapse of a massive structure like that and right now, we have fire rescue, they are in search and rescue mode. they are trained to identify survivors. i know that made contact with some and they are doing everything they can to save lives and that is ongoing and they are not going to rest. but it is hard for the families to stay hopeful as the dread of their worst fears grows with each passing hour. i think they're gone, i don't want to think that but we've been calling them nonstop and no reply and nobody knows anything. this tragic incident has shocked the city of miami and surrounding counties now the process must move from searching for survivors
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to looking for answers as to how an expensive apartment building can with people still asleep in their beds. but it's speculation that can wait, for now this close—knit stretch of beach is focused on supporting its grieving neighbours. an indigenous group in canada says, it has found 751 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school in sas—katchewan province. they say, it is currently unclear how many of the graves belong to children. it comes weeks after the remains of 215 children were found at the site of another former residential school in british columbia. in a statement — prime minister — justin trudeau said
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chief bobby cameron from the federation of sovereign indigenous nations, which represents 7a first nations in the province of sas—katchewan, gave the bbc his reaction. down in germany they had concentration camps, we had them here in saskatchewan. residential schools. this is a crime against humanity. an assault on our first nation people. we are proud people. for all of our survivors who have told these stories for decades and decades and decades. because they lived it, they have seen it, they witnessed it and they have experienced all of these horrific acts on our children. now people believe it because you cannot deny these bodies that are being found. for more on the history of the dark history of residential schools in canada i spoke withtricia of residential schools in canada i spoke with tricia logan — head of research and engagement at the — residential school history and dialogue centre at the university of british
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columbia. over hundred 50 schools that operate in canada for over hundred 50 years, they opened in the late 1800s and the last school was closed in 1997. so, they operated in canada for a long time in almost every province and territory of canada. the origins of the schools were based on an industrial boarding school model that is used in a lot of different countries were indigenous children in canada, first nations, inuit children were for a long time forcibly taken from their parents as kind of a broad systematic effort on behalf of the government of canada in churches, the catholic and protestant churches in canada to forcibly assimilate and tried to civilise or christianize indigenous children for a long time forcibly and for several generations, there's a
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indigenous families that have generations of families attended the schools. wiping out the past _ attended the schools. wiping out the past and _ attended the schools. wiping out the past and trying - attended the schools. wiping out the past and trying to - attended the schools. wiping | out the past and trying to turn these children into something they weren't. but what else happened in the schools beyond a propagandizing of when my term is cultural propagandizing. what happened in terms of these children were treated and how might there may be so many graves?— be so many graves? from the start, be so many graves? from the start. from — be so many graves? from the start, from the _ be so many graves? from the start, from the time - be so many graves? from the start, from the time the - start, from the time the children were coming home and survivors had returned from the schools and part of the truth and reconciliation condition in canada must listen to the stories of the survivors that told us about the reality and truth of the schools, because the way they operated were not like schools at all. it was very little day today education and a lot of them. the schools became very notorious for high rates of disease and death as well as high rates of physical and sexual abuse and neglect,
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malnutrition, very poor food and sexual abuse and neglect, malnutrition, very poorfood or access to food and very cruel punishment throughout the administration of all of the schools is a very systematic, systemic set of schools in all parts of canada, very forcibly and systematically removing people from their homes and affecting generations of those communities. let s get some of the day s other news. donald trump's former lawyer rudy giuliani has had his law licence suspended in new york. a court there called his comments about the 2020 us presidential election false and misleading. but the decision, made by a five—judge panel, is temporary — pending the outcome of a full disciplinary hearing. last year more deaths than births were registered in the uk for the first time in over a0 years. in total, just over 683,000 births were registered compared with nearly 690,000 deaths. the coronavirus epidemic led to a sharp rise in deaths last
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year but birth rates have also been falling for the last decade. people in gibraltar have been voting in a referendum to ease one of the strictest abortion bans in europe. abortion is banned in all circumstances in the british enclave. the government is proposing to allow abortion where a woman's mental or physical health is at risk or when foetuses have fatal physical defects. the referendum will decide if a change in law will take effect. president biden says a bipartisan deal has been reached on his massive package of spending on us infrastructure. mr biden had initially wanted two—trillion dollars to overhaul and upgrade america's roads, bridges and water supplies, but he has backed a one—point— two—trillion dollar package. the deal has been brokered by a group of republican and democratic senators and the president confirmed he was happy with what they had come up with. we have a deal.
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and i think it's really important. we've all agreed that none of us got all of what we wanted — i clearly didn't get all i wanted, they gave more than i think maybe they were inclined to give in the first place — but this reminds me of the days we used to get an awful lot done up in the united states congress. we actually worked with one another. we had bipartisan deals. for more details — heres our north america correspondent peter bowes. this is an signed and sealed yet. there somewhere to go and it has to get through congress and while the president is indeed sounding very optimistic, it certainly isn't the $2 trillion colossal programme he outlined a few weeks ago but he has got a significant deal at least at this stage to improve infrastructure, roads and bridges and rail networks and water systems and broadband supplies on the country. things
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that are desperately needed in some parts of this countryjust to improve daily life for many people and also the president is saying that while this has been at least a deal on the physical infrastructure, he wants to see it passed in tandem with measures under his american families plan and so, paid leave and childcare money for american families and that is still to be finally agreed and negotiated as well. while it may be harking back to the days of across the aisle, the kind of politics we haven't seenin kind of politics we haven't seen in america in the last few years. that is an achievement for presidentjoe biden. there is some work to be done to get this family through. stay with us on bbc news, still to come... sweeping restrictions grappling with a fresh outbreak of covid—19.
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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 in certain parts of this country as our land. i take pride in the words "ich bin ein berliner." cheering 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 marker of allied determination to defend the city.
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this is bbc news, the latest headlines. 99 people are unaccounted for. one is confirmed dead after the partial collapse of a 12 story apartment building. the horrific discovery of canada, seven of 50 unmarked graves have been found near a former boarding school for indigenous children. the green list of countries that british travellers can go to without quarantining on return has been extended. quarantining on return from wednesday popular holiday destinations like ibiza, majorca and madeira, as well as malta and a number of islands in the caribbean are being added. but 7 with the exception of malta — the new additions are all on a so—called watch list which means they are at a higher risk of changing from green back to amber. caroline davies reports on another summer of uncertainty for british holidaymakers and the travel industry.
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no roar of the engines, silent and static. gatwick airport had 69 passenger flights today. this time of year, pre—pandemic, they would have had between 800 and 900. as the school holidays into close of the green list is increasingly critical for the industry, but today's announcement is good news for some. after over a month of hoping, malta is one of the countries that will go green from next wednesday. bermuda and barbados will also go green, but all of the new additions apart from malta were on the green watchlist meaning the government is warning they are at risk of going to amber. the red list is also getting longer with six additions including tunisia and uganda. the green list does not go far enough for the industry. we are delighted the balearics, malta, is on the greenest but it's disappointing that the government still don't seem to be following the date around the science because many more destinations should have
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been put onto the green list and we'd encourage safe and sustainable opening of travel to really start to ramp up now. the uk travel industry is desperate to see more people setting off trips but it's not just about the uk's green list. it's also about which countries will let uk visitors in. germany's chancellor angela merkel said again today that she wants to see the eu have a more unified approach on travel rules. to stop the spread of the delta variant, yesterday, she urged other countries to impose quarantine, as germany has done, on uk arrivals. but what about fully vaccinated travellers? the uk government did say it was looking at removing quarantine for them but not until later in the summer. we see there is a case for double vaccination, fully vaccinated, mean that you perhaps don't have to quarantine so we can take those countries in the amber list and allow people to come
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back without having to do the quarantine you would have to do for amber, but not yet stop partly because of course not everybody has been offered a vaccine yet and secondly because the scientists are still working on the implications, so there are a number of different questions which still need to be answered. it won't come soon enough for sarah and peter, who live in america. both are fully vaccinated and due to travel in a few weeks. sarah hasn't seen her parents in two years. we are not talking about holidays. it's not a holiday i want to do. it's not a holidaywe want to do. i want to see my family, my parents, and it's the same for so many people around the world. i don't see any reason why it can't happen now. with a negative test to fly and fully vaccinated, why not? today's list opens up some much longed for destinations but international travel is yet to take off and the warnings are that this summer will be far from smooth. caroline davies, bbc news. well, given the rising number of new cases in the uk
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how welcome abroad will british holidaymakers be this summer? our medical editor fergus walsh looks at how the virus is spreading in the uk and europe. britain does not have the feel of a country in the grip of a third wave of coronavirus. the prospect of foreign holidays for the fully immunised looks tantalisingly close, but rising virus levels here may put paid to that. just a month ago, the united kingdom had one of the lowest rates of coronavirus in europe, most of which was coming out of its second wave. but the rise of the delta variant here — first identified in india — has changed all that. now the uk has a higher level of cases than spain, greece, france, italy — indeed, anywhere in europe — and it's still rising here, and that may make some popular holiday destinations think twice before wanting to admit british tourists. there certainly is some fear right now about importing
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delta, particularly from the uk, where it's so prevalent. the good news is that fully—vaccinated individuals are considerably less likely to catch or transmit delta, or to be seriously ill if they get it. however, there's still a large portion of the populations in many countries that aren't yet fully vaccinated, and that's the real risk here. across the eu, three in ten adults are fully immunised. in the uk, it's double that — six in ten adults have had both doses. in france, where there's a lot of vaccine hesitancy, coverage rates are unlikely to ever match those achieved here. fewer than two in three of those aged over 80 in france are fullyjabbed, whereas in england, it's more than nine in ten. italy has introduced a five—day quarantine for travellers from britain. germany will only admit uk citizens for exceptional reasons. even then, they need
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to quarantine for 1h days. it's urging the rest of the eu to follow suit, in a bid to curb the rise of the delta variant. nonetheless, delta is expected to become the dominant strain across europe by the end of august. that really depends on the actions taken... so, what impact might that have on cases? it's not inevitable that the spread of delta will cause a significant new wave, but that really depends on countries and public health authorities responding very quickly, robustly, in order to control any increase in transmission. last summer, there were no covid vaccines and, yet, some foreign travel was permitted. now, those who are fully immunised are better protected than ever, but it's unclear how much freedom that will bring with it. fergus walsh, bbc news. sweeping new restrictions have been imposed across sydney as australia's largest city grapples with a fast—growing covid outbreak.
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officials are concerned about the "extremely contagious" delta variant. the cluster of new cases marks the largest rise in infections since december. but what are the restrictions? sydney's residents have to wear masks indoors and households will be limited to a maximum of five visitors. people who live or work in central and eastern areas will also be banned from travelling out of the city. and restrictions will also be put in place at dining venues, gyms, sporting arenas and other gathering areas. norman swan who s a medical doctor and one of australia's leading health journalists. he told us how the virus returned to sydney. all infections in australia come in from overseas. we have been a fortress island for quite a long time since march of last year. and we came in from hotel quarantine, which is in
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an ineffective way to stop overseas people from coming into the infections and in this case, it was a limousine driver driving air crew and the limousine driver was not vaccinated and apparently wasn't even for cautioned and so that's how this one got out and there was an outbreak in melbourne recently, just a month or so ago and i was from a leak in the quarantine in south australia, a man comes back and spreads it from there. that was the other variants but this is the delta variant that they're coping with in britain at the moment. it raises concerns about the ability to control it, given that we know from india in the uk how viral into this particular variant can be. what about the effectiveness of foot australia sticking of what australia sticking to in terms of vaccinating its population? before you go onto that, and when watching from britain or overseas, they want to get it from austria because
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australia has zero tolerance for covid. we respond to very low levels the contract tracing in testing and so i do not going until lockdown. know about going until lockdown. with vaccination, we have at a really stumbling not very effective vaccination programme, not very well procured and we have relied on this and like britain, we face around 4% are fully vaccinated, maybe going into 30% of the first dose we are relying on this heavily and the problem we're going to face is twofold, a bit like britain where you are relying on astra, which is not terribly effective against the delta variant and also we have a very large proportion of the population and unite us. we are very vulnerable. it's called the cosmic dawn — when stars formed for the first time. and astonomers now say that moment happened between 250
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and 350 million years after the big bang. scientists describe that discovery as the holy grail of astronomy. our science correspondent pallab ghosh reports. the night sky is littered with stars, but when did they first begin to shine? discovering when this critical moment known as the cosmic dawn began, has been this man's life's work. and now he has the answer. the holy grail has been to look back far enough that you would see the very first generation of stars and galaxies. we've determined their ages and that gives us the first convincing evidence of when the universe was first bathed in starlight. because we are ourselves the product of stellar evolution, in some sense, we are looking at our own origins. using telescopes from across the world, the team analysed some of the most far—away galaxies. so distant, they are just a few pixels on the computer screen. there are also among the earliest, seen not long after the creation of the universe. by working out their age, the team calculate the start of the cosmic dawn — when the first stars began to shine.
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so, what is the cosmic dawn, and why is it so important? the universe was created 13.8 billion years ago in the big bang. after a brief flash, it entered a period known as the dark ages. then, according to the new study, 250—350 million years after the moment of creation, the first stars began to form, bringing light to the universe. and here's what happened. the purple areas are clouds of hydrogen gas, becoming ever denser until they form stars, blazing like fireworks. this simulation is based on astronomical data, but the new results indicate that the first galaxies will be bright enough to be seen by nasa's james webb space telescope, to be launched later this year. i am so excited! why are you so excited?
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isn't that just fantastic? that, as humanity, a tiny little civilisation on planet earth, that we can create a telescope that we can send up into space and peer back to the universe as it was just a couple of hundred million years after the big bang. this simulation shows just how different the very first stars were to what we see today. but these objects led to the formation of the universe as it is now, including everything and everyone on earth. we are, ultimately, made from the stars that were born at the dawn of the cosmos. pallab ghosh, bbc news. the greatest show on the galaxy. let's bring some life pictures from the property containing more than 130 units, 80 of them occupied miami, part of which collapsed early thursday morning. he told reporters that this has been
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sent to the federal agency bringing national help to this crisis. hello there. northeast england's had the highest temperatures on thursday. one or two spots going closer to 26 degrees with some good spells of sunshine. but i don't think friday will offer a repeat performance because the weather has been changing. we've seen rain pushing in from the northwest in association with a band of cloud that you can see here this is a frontal system and as that drops its way southeastwards through friday, behind it, we pick up a northerly wind, quite a brisk northerly wind in places and that will be feeding cooler air down across most parts of the uk. so, a cooler day on friday, quite a messy weather day really, but across england and wales, many spots will start off cloudy with outbreaks of rain. further south, it should dry up and brighten up with some sunshine and just the odd hefty
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shower into the afternoon. but for northern england in north wales, it is likely to stay grey and wet all day long. for northern ireland in western scotland should see a bit of sunshine. eastern scotland plagued by cloud and patchy rain. a brisk wind here keeping temperatures down to just 12 degrees in aberdeen, similar temperature there in newcastle, may be 20 down towards the south where we could see the odd thunderstorm breaking out through friday evening. and then into the early hours of saturday cloud left behind. some splashes of rain here and there minimum temperatures between seven and 13 degrees. now, as into the weekend, it is a story of split fortunes. high—pressure trying to build in towards the north and west of the uk. low—pressure spinnng close to the south, the detail will change between now and then but closest to that area of low pressure in the south, there's the chance of the odd shower to break out on saturday across southern england, parts of wales. further north, although we'll have quite a lot of cloud, it will be increasingly drying out through the day.
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temperatures between 1a and 20 degrees. and as we get into sunday, this area of low pressure will become slow moving across the continent and is likely to throw bands of rain up in our direction from time to time. southern parts of england, wales may be the newtons can see some rain at times on sunday, but for the north will see more in the way of dry weather and some spouts of sunshine and temperatures bouncing back, 21 degrees in glasgow, a similar value there in london. that is all from me for now.
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this is bbc news, the headlines. a search and rescue operation is continuing in miami where a twelve story apartment building collapsed on thursday — leaving ninety—nine people unaccounted for. one person is confirmed dead — it's feared that more are under the rubble — though some residents may have been in second homes elsewhere. candidates prime minister justin trudeau has said his country must learn from the mistakes of the past after the second five in a month of unmarked graves in catholic residential schools. first nation chief said ground penetrating radar had found the bodies. presidentjoe biden is held a deal has been reached between democrats and republican senators in the united states and rebuilding them modernising ageing infrastructure for tree dollars need to go through congress. $1.2 trillion.

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