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this is bbc news. very good to have you with us. i'm rich preston. our top stories: the mayor of the miami county where an apartment block collapsed, has ordered an immediate audit of all buildings of a similar age — five people have been confirmed dead. the uk health secretary, matt hancock, resigns, over the publication of pictures showing him kissing a colleague, in breach of covid guidance. he'll be replaced by sajid javid. he'd led the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic from the very beginning and says he's let people down. i understand the enormous sacrifices that everybody in this country has made, that you have made, and those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them, and that is why i have got to resign.
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the us braces for an extreme and dangerous heatwave in the northwest, with supplies being handed out to the homeless in many areas. how the party capital of the world — ibiza — is hoping its clubbing scene can reopen, just in time for the return of british tourists. wales�*s euro 2020 dreams are over, beaten 4—0 by denmark as italy knock out austria, with a 2—1victory. rescue teams searching for survivors after an apartment building collapsed in florida, on thursday, say their efforts are being severely hampered by fires which have broken out in the rubble. the local mayor has ordered an immediate audit of all
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buildings of a similar age. five people are known to have died, more than 150 are missing. james reynolds reports. the remains of the towers south are incredibly difficult to get into. fires from deep within the wreckage are beating back rescue teams. they are having to go beat by bit, wherever they can get past the smoke. but officials insist the search for survivors is not yet over. we are continuing our search and rescue because ourfirst responders believe there is still a possibility. there are crevices so there is an air, they are able to peak through but right now we are obviously trying to stabilise the situation because of the fire on side. ., , situation because of the fire on side. . , , , on side. the family members it is an agonising _
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on side. the family members it is an agonising time. _ on side. the family members it is an agonising time. on - on side. the family members it is an agonising time. on the i is an agonising time. on the fence at a nearby tennis court, they have put up photos of residents who were asleep when it collapsed. residents who were asleep when it collapsed-— it collapsed. they are still lookin: it collapsed. they are still looking for _ it collapsed. they are still looking for my _ it collapsed. they are still looking for my mum - it collapsed. they are still looking for my mum and i it collapsed. they are still. looking for my mum and my grandmother. as a family member, i saw the footage, and the days that have passed by, there is no hope they are alive but we hoping may find some kind of remains or something. families want to know how a ao—year—old building can simply come down within seconds. an inspection carried out in 2018 found evidence of major structural damage to a major concrete slab below the swimming pool and also cracking of columns and beams in the building's garage but repairs were not immediately carried out. the authorities have promised a full investigation. james reynolds, bbc news. you saw pablo rodriguez injames reynolds�* report. earlier i spoke to him — his mother and grandmother are currently missing.
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there is not really any updates. the only update i did get was today, i finally got a phone call today from somebody in the organisation and theyjust told me that they are still looking for my mom and my grandmother. as a family member who saw the footage and the days that have passed by, we know there is no hope of them being alive. we're just hoping they may be find some kind of remains or something. but there is no real ongoing information sharing. what part of the building were they in? my mother's unit was in the 11th floor of the first tower that collapsed. so you see the video — which is all i can see when i close my eyes — her unit was the second one down from the very middle of that tower and then the other building fell on top of it. so when i see that video that is the moment i am watching my mother and my grandmother die.
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had your mom raised concerns about the maintenance of the building previously? she had — so had several other unit owners. they had expressed concerns about mismanagement from the board, about potential corruption, aboutjust the condition in the garage, around the building generally. obviously, they didn't believe the condition it was in, otherwise they would not have stayed in the building. the report which came out now showing years ago that this was a known condition and that if they didn't take action this would exponentially increase the danger of the structural integrity of the building is reaching a level of criminal negligence. that is for somebody else to investigate but to me it is inconscionable that they let the building get to the pont it was at in 2018 when the report was done, to allow it to get
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to that state of disrepair where the building does not exist, that is clear negligence on the part of everybody involved. pablo, have you been going down to the site to see the rescue operation? i have been down there twice. i went down the day it occurred, and i went back down to give a dna swab yesterday. i have not been down there. i have friends that are involved in the rescue efforts, so i get some kind of updates from them, but not through official channels. i know the first responders and everybody working there are tirelessly doing the bestjob that they can. but information is not forthcoming. there is not a lot of hope for any of us and it is a devastating situation. this happened on thursday. have you been given any sense of the timescale for you or other families when you may be reunited with your relatives? we have not. we have not been given — i shouldn't speak for everyone — i have not been given a timeline of when
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we might be able to expect any kind of information. just to go back for a second to the point of expressing concern, the night before it happened, i had talked to my mother about 7pm that day and she told me that she had woken up around 3am or 4am in the morning because she heard loud creeking noises that woke her up. she didn't think much of it. i didn't think much of it. buildings don't make those sounds. but it didn't occur to us that it was at this level. after i saw the footage, it haunts me now that we should have paid more attention. pablo rodriguez there. you can follow that story on the bbc website. the uk health secretary, matt hancock, has resigned, a day after admitting he'd breached social distancing guidelines by kissing a colleague in his office. calls for him to step down had come from some
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of his own conservative party, after the publication of images showing him embracing his aide, gina coladangelo. on saturday night the former home secretary and chancellor, sajid javid, was announced as mr hancock's replacement. our political correspondent, ben wright has the story. one of the most familiar faces of the pandemic, the health secretary at the heart of decision—making as the country battled covid, and often seen at his side was this woman, gina coladangelo, a former lobbyist, adviser to the health secretary and long—term friend. but yesterday came this image of them kissing in matt hancock's office, breaking, as he admitted, the government's own covid guidelines and plunging his career into crisis. this evening, he quit. i understand the enormous sacrifices that everybody in this country has made, that you have made, and those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them, and that's why i've got to resign. matt hancock hoped
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to ride out the storm, a cabinet minister with big ambition, who had the backing of the prime minister. number 10 considered this matter closed and it was mr hancock who decided to step down. to be frank, it shouldn't have come to this. borisjohnson should have shown the guts, the spine, the awareness to have sacked him on friday. you cannot have a health secretary who designs the covid rules, so blatantly breaking the rules in the way he did. neverfarfrom a podium, matt hancock wrote rules the rest of us were told to follow. for some tory mps, mr hancock's credibility was shot. what has been clear over the last 2a hours is that, for a sizeable minority or even majority of the public, they no longer had confidence in matt hancock. it wasn't the affair, it was the apparent hypocrisy of being someone who had made the rules
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but then broke their own rules. there was another big problem. last september, gina coladangelo was appointed to the board that oversees the department of health on a taxpayer funded salary. the government said the appointment rules were followed, but labour demanded an investigation. tonight, mrs coladangelo stepped down from her role. matt hancock has been close to politics and power from the start of his career. chief of staff to george osborne in opposition, entering parliament in 2010 and clocking up ministerial jobs once the conservatives were in power. he became health secretary in july 2018 and even stood for the leadership of his party. i want this campaign to be about the future of britain. a marker, a signal of intent. but for now, his ministerial career is over. in his letter to matt hancock this evening, borisjohnson said:
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leaving hisjob, matt hancock thanked those he had worked with. i'm very proud of what we have done to protect the nhs at the peak, to deliver that vaccine roll—out, one of the fastest in the world. and i look forward to supporting the government and the prime minister from the backbenches. reporter: morning, mr javid. the former chancellor sajid javid now returns to the cabinet as the new health secretary, taking over during a pandemic that is not yet over. thank you very much indeed. in his resignation letter, matt hancock apologised to his family for putting them through all this. a spokesman declined to comment, but tonight it's understood mr hancock has also left his wife. ben wright, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news: the former us president, donald trump, has addressed his first major campaign—style rally since leaving the white house in january.
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mr trump promised thousands of cheering supporters in wellington, ohio, that in 2022 the republicans would "take back the house, take back the senate, take back america". police in colombia say they've found two guns which were used to fire at a helicopter carrying the colombian president, iv n duque, along with his defence and interior ministers late on friday. the government's offered a reward of $800,000 for information that could lead to arrests. the turkish president recep tayyip erdogan has launched his flagship istanbul canal project, at a construction site that the opposition says has nothing to do with the multi—billion dollar scheme. president erdogan said the canal would save the future of istanbul, where he was once mayor. opponents say banks are reluctant to fund the canal in view of its possible environmental impact. large numbers of people have been leaving the bangladeshi capital, dhaka, ahead of a nationwide covid lockdown. from monday, people in bangladesh will only be allowed to leave their
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homes in an emergency. bangladesh has seen an alarming increase in cases since mid—may, many attributed to the delta variant of the virus. one of the host cities in the euro 2020 football tournament, st petersburg, has recorded its highest ever daily death toll from the coronavirus. the russian city reported one hundred and eight deaths in the previous twenty—four hours. it's due to host the first quarter—final on friday. five people have died in a hot air balloon accident in albuquerque, new mexico, in the southwestern united states. the accident caused power outages in the area for several hours after the balloon came into contact with a power line. police said the wind had pushed the balloon into power lines where it then caught fire. here is one witness describing the crash. around seven, we were just getting in the car, when we heard a loud bang, my reaction was to tell
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my girl to get down, i didn't know if somebody was shooting or what, but i looked up when i saw the balloon and she is screaming and everybody is screaming "the balloon". it was by itself and i said where's the basket? i immediately reacted and started running this way. i got to right here, there's another gentleman and a few others, and the thing was just on fire. this is bbc news. the headlines: the mayor of the miami county where an apartment block collapsed, has ordered an immediate audit of all buildings of a similar age — five people have been confirmed dead. the uk health secretary, matt hancock, has resigned over the publication of pictures showing him kissing a colleague, in breach of covid guidance. he'll be replaced by sajid javid. parts of the us are seeing an extreme heat wave, with temperatures expected to intensify. all of washington and oregon and parts of idaho, wyoming and california were under an excessive heat warning as temperatures are set to soar
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20 to 30 degrees fahrenheit above average throughout the region during the weekend and through next week, with dozens of daily record high temperatures are expected to be set, with monthly and even all—time records broken. earlier i spoke to climatologist nick bond. it is across the entire pacific northwest of the united states and some records have already been set and this is just the tuneup for a couple of excruciatingly hot days coming up. how unusual is this for the region? highly unusual. in particular, the duration that we are looking at. of course, records do not happen very often and what is remarkable about this is not just that the records are going to be broken by a comfortable margin since sometimes but the heat is sticking around for so long. i will give you an example, here in the united states we still use the fahrenheit scale, 100 degrees is a magic
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number and in seattle that has happened twice. it is now almost a sure thing we will get three days in a row of that and moreover, nighttime temperatures that are going to be a record high for the minimum temperature. so this is unusual. and what precautions do you advise people to take? there are the usual ones of stay hydrated and do not exert yourself unnecessarily in the full sun, that sort of thing. it also a buddy system is something that is important in these situations, to know what the symptoms of heat exhaustion are, nausea and feeling bad and that sort of thing because that can turn into heatstroke which is very dangerous. and so checking in on elderly and those with compromised health, that is important.
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can you give us a sense of what role climate change plays in these extreme weather events? from what we have seen of this area is an overall increase of a couple of degrees fahrenheit in the daytime temperatures, maybe a little more at night in the last 50—100 years. and so it may be making the event worse but it is mostly a highly unusual weather pattern conspiring to bring us these torrid conditions. you will have to excuse me for the film of sweat but in my house right now in seattle it is 32 and i am hoping that it at least drops to the high 20s by tonight.
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nick bond, earlier. france is holding the second round of its regional elections. in the first round onjune 20, voters gave the traditional centre—right party, the republicans, a surprise boost, while the far—right national rally party of marine le pen has been left trailing behind in second place. our france correspondent hugh schofield is in paris. the big takeaway, as they say, from the first round, was the very high abstention rate in the election. only one in three voters turned out, which raises all sorts of questions about french democracy. but the interesting thing was that it affected all the parties, including the hard right national rally party of marine le pen. the white working class that normally turn out for her did not last sunday. the key question in this second round is whether she can re— galvanise them, get them to turn out, and, if you can, then
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all is not lost for her, because she did disappointingly badly in round one. but there will be eyes on the south where her candidate could take it. if her candidate could take it. if he does it will be a first for the hard right and a big boost for them ahead of the presidential elections. for the rest, the emmanuel macron party, this is their candidate in the ile de france region. they won't take anything. they candidate has not qualified because they did so badly the first round. the attention this sunday is most likely going to be on the centre—right, the mainstream right, the sarkozy and chirac, the republican party, as they call themselves now. if they can build on the successful showing in the first round, and hold onto the regions they already have with a bigger score, that will be a
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big boost for them out of the presidential elections next year. they will be able to show or to say that they are not the hard right, not be party of marine le pen, but they are the alternative to emmanuel macron. and who is the person who will be chosen to lead them into those elections because probably it will be one of the characters who have come to the fore in the selections, like pecresse. our france correspondent hugh schofield with that report from paris. football, now, and at the european championship, wales have been knocked out, losing 4—0 to denmark in the first of the tournament's round of 16 matches. the welsh conceded three goals in the second half and had a player sent off. hywel griffith was watching the action in amsterdam. they should have been walking down the aisle. instead, caitlin and jake's big day was spent cheering for their team. the pandemic forced the couple, who live in the netherlands,
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to postpone their wedding. so no cake, just plenty of danish. we feel lucky to be one of the tiny minority of wales fans are here today. this denmark also had loved ones that couldn't be here. christian eriksen still recovering, their inspiration. wales, outnumbered again, started well, getting the ball to bale, but unable to make it count. denmark changed tack and found their flow. now wales were frustrated as the pressure builds. and as kasper dolberg cut inside, he broke wales' spirit. this denmark strike first! from holland to back home. wales needed to find a way to disrupt denmark's dominance. instead, they faltered, and dolberg doubled the lead. it's a terrible clearance. there was no choice.
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wales threw everything at it, but simply couldn't turn the tide. and that is the end for wales. a fourth felt cruel. the final whistle perhaps a relief for everyone. i'm disappointed for the players. i'm really proud of them. we have got a great group and i have said to them we have got to learn from this and bounce back bigger and strongerfrom having gone through this experience. having crisscrossed the continent, wales have reached the end of the road and are heading home proud and outplayed by a danish team who, after the most difficult start to this tournament, are living a football fairy tale. hywel griffith, bbc news. and in the second game of the round of 16, italy have beaten austria 2—1 to qualify for the quarter—finals. all three goals came in extra time. italy will now play either belgium or portugal on friday. ibiza, the party capital of the world, was forced to stop dancing and close down its entire club scene because of the pandemic. now the mediterranean island is hoping a test event this weekend could prove the vital clubbing industry is capable
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of reopening without causing a spike in infections, just in time for the return of british tourists. anna holligan was there, and sent this report. music is the pulse of this island. ibiza's economy revolves around its nightclubs. now ibiza it has been greenlisted by the uk, this island is gearing up for the return of mass tourism, and this experiment could represent its revival. the guinea pigs are all key workers, like these nursing assistants. lucia told me that she really wants to dance. "it has been so long since we have enable to party here." herfriend said "it's true — after such a long time you really do want to go for it." most other bars are serving again but beyond this event, dancing is still banned.
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there are signs ibiza is emerging from the crisis — there are no restrictions on people travelling to these shores from the uk but the balearic authorities want to tighten entry rules. we think with the number of cases in the uk, it is the right moment to put in place some controls to make sure that everyone who comes here is safe and can have a safe holiday. balearic beats were born here and the ibiza experience can draw people in for life. you know, kids come here at 17, 18, 19 years old, fall in love with the place, and they keep returning year after year until even in their 50s — they bring their kids here and rent villas. so it plays an important part of being a gateway to discover the island. djs worry if the tune does not change soon, the clubbers will simply go elsewhere. there is something
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magical about the island. ibiza it is about the clubbing, you cannot stop it. there needs to be a place for it somewhere and if not here then it will be somewhere else. there is a lot riding on a sensitive experiment. media access was tightly controlled. and soon the moves that were meant to be restricted to the dance floor were breaking out elsewhere. ibiza's iconic venues should reopen within weeks if the results from this event prove that clubbing can happen without ruining efforts to defeat the pandemic. anna holligan, bbc news, ibiza. a fire at a marina on the southern side of hong kong island has clouded the area with thick black smoke. an explosion was heard, and video footage shows the fire was raging in the early hours of sunday morning at the aberdeen south typhoon shelter. sixteen boats moored at the marina are thought to have caught fire and one
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person has been sent to hospital with injuries. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @richpreston. from me and the rest of the team, thank you for watching. hello there. the first half of the weekend brought us plenty of dry weather. for many places, the second half of the weekend promises more of the same. but in southern areas, there's quite a big change on the way, blue skies in swanage on saturday afternoon, sunday afternoon will bring grey skies and some outbreaks of rain in the south. courtesy of a very slow moving weather system. you can see this curl of cloud and an area of low pressure that has become marooned just to the northwest of france. it will be throwing this band of rain northwards across the channel islands into southern counties of england through sunday morning, the odd shower running ahead of that into east anglia, the midlands, into parts of wales, more persistent rain to the south midlands and south of wales later, but all the while northern england and ireland, much of scotland will be dry with sunny spells although thicker cloud could bring the odd
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spot of rain in the far northwest of scotland. 15 degrees in stornoway, 22 the high in london. some of this rain could turn pretty heavy with the odd rumble of thunder. it will move north overnight into parts of east anglia. maybe even clipping into parts of northern england. northern ireland and scotland stay dry with clear spells and temperatures staying in double digits for most of us. the slow moving weather system will still be with us into monday. that means further outbreaks of rain at times across the south with high—pressure building in further north and that is where we will see the driest of the weather. wet start across parts of wales in the southwest of england. a few more showers developing for southeast england, the midlands and east anglia through the day, maybe one or two into northern england, northern ireland and scotland should be dry with spells of sunshine, i think we see the highest temperatures across western scotland, 23, maybe 2a degrees.
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those showers in the south not great news for the start of wimbledon. there could be interruptions to the play on monday and indeed heading into tuesday because our slow moving weather system will still be with us, further pulses of rain across the south of the uk where further north our area of high pressure will keep things drier, sunnier and warmer. we could see temperatures in glasgow on tuesday getting up to 25 degrees, but always the chance for outbreaks of rain further south.
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this is bbc news. the headlines: rescuers searching for survivors after an apartment building collapsed in florida say their efforts are being hampered by fires which have broken out in the rubble. it's emerged there'd been warnings three years ago about the building's structural safety. five people are known to have died, with almost 160 missing. the uk health secretary, matt hancock, has resigned, after he breached social distancing guidelines, by kissing a colleague in his office. mr hancock informed the prime minister he was resigning in a letter, saying he'd let people down. former chancellor sajid javid has been confirmed as the new health secretary. five people have died in a hot air balloon accident in albuquerque, in southwestern united states. the accident caused power outages in the area after the balloon came into contact with a power line. police said the wind had pushed the balloon into power lines where it then caught fire.
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