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this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. after the revelations of kissing a colleague in his office, the uk health secretary matt hancock resigns, with an apology for breaching coronavirus guidance. 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. classified ministry of defence documents containing details about hms defender and the british military have been found at a bus stop in kent. the death toll from the collapsed apartment block in miami rises
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to five as rescue teams continue to try to search for survivors. grab a jab — half of all adults under 30 in england will have had their first covid vaccine by the end of the day. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the former uk chancellor sajid javid says he's "honoured" to be appointed health secretary. it follows matt hancock's resignation after he breached social distancing guidance by sharing an intimate embrace with a colleague. he had the support of the prime minister, but faced growing pressure from his own conservative colleagues to step down. here's our political correspondent, ben wright. one of the most familiar
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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 on friday came this image of them kissing in matt hancock's office, breaking, as he admitted, his government's own covid guidelines and plunging his career into crisis. last night, 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 to ride out this 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
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who decided to step down. what has been clear over the past 2a hours is that a sizeable minority or even majority of the public no longer have confidence in matt hancock. it wasn't the affair, it was the apparent hypocrisy of being someone who made the rules but then broke their own rules.— broke their own rules. there was another big _ 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. mrs coladangelo stepped down from her role. it wasn't the first time matt hancock had been under pressure in recent weeks. the prime minister's former aide dominic cummings ripped into mr hancock's performance during the pandemic. the secretary of state for health should have been fired for at least 15—20 things, including lying to everybody. ..later releasing whatsapp messages that showed boris johnson calling the health secretary "totally hopeless". recently, the queen seemed sympathetic.
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and matt hancock strongly rejected dominic cummings' allegations. man: you're hopeless, mr hancock? i don't think so! reporter: morning, mrjavid! 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 of this. a spokesman declined to comment, but it's understood mr hancock has also left his wife. ben wright, bbc news. our political correspondent helen catt is with me. many would have said this was inevitable. figs many would have said this was inevitable-— many would have said this was inevitable. ~ , .,, ., . ~ inevitable. as soon as matt hancock, the health secretary, _ inevitable. as soon as matt hancock, the health secretary, admitted - inevitable. as soon as matt hancock, the health secretary, admitted he i the health secretary, admitted he had broken those rules, it was always going to be extremely difficult for him to stay on in that role because it is so prominent,
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because it is him who helps to set those rules really publicly and asks the public to enforce them. having said that, he had the backing of the prime minister, so it was his decision to resign. i think it's fair to say that he was helped to come to that conclusion by a number of conservative mps, senior conservative figures, rather, who were talking to him and the prime minister in the background of all of this. but what it has raised with the labour are questions over boris johnson'sjudgment over the labour are questions over boris johnson's judgment over this. they said it is right, the labour leader keir starmer said it was right matt hancock resigned but borisjohnson should have sacked him and some people will say, look, boris johnson, we know he doesn't like getting rid of his ministers, he doesn't like to feel like he's been bounced into it, and there will be some who see this as loyalty to people he has appointed, and others who say this is a failure of leadership, it is lacks political judgment. mil leadership, it is lacks political 'udument. �* ., leadership, it is lacks political judgment. leadership, it is lacks political 'udument. �* ., ., ., ., judgment. all of the attention now is on said judgment. all of the attention now is on sajid javid — judgment. all of the attention now is on sajid javid regarding - judgment. all of the attention now is on sajid javid regarding the - is on sajid javid regarding the pandemic and he has to hit the ground running and he has a challenge ahead of him. suitability for thejob?
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challenge ahead of him. suitability for the 'ob? �* , ., challenge ahead of him. suitability for the 'ob? �* , . ., ., ., for the 'ob? he's had what in normal times for the job? he's had what in normal times what would _ for the job? he's had what in normal times what would be _ for the job? he's had what in normal times what would be considered - times what would be considered biggerjobs in government, so he's been the home secretary, has been the chancellor, so he has the pedigree, if you like, for it. but he's coming into this job as health secretary at a time when it is the most prominent he has ever been in the pandemic still, it's not over, he has somejudgments, he's going to have to make them quickly come on things like, for example, there is due to be a review on the 5th of july whether to lift the final restrictions on life in england. that's coming up in the next few days when they have to make that decision. he has bigger things to look at in the long term like the impact on the nhs and how to fund a long—running thing in the uk, how to fund care for the elderly and vulnerable.— fund care for the elderly and vulnerable. ., vulnerable. 0k, helen catt, we will leave it there _ vulnerable. 0k, helen catt, we will leave it there for _ vulnerable. 0k, helen catt, we will leave it there for now _ vulnerable. 0k, helen catt, we will leave it there for now but _ vulnerable. 0k, helen catt, we will leave it there for now but thank - leave it there for now but thank very much. mo hussein is a former special adviser to amber rudd when she was uk home secretary — and was chief press officer for number 10 under david cameron.
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good morning to you, thank you for joining us. good morning to you, thank you for 'oinin: us. ., ~' ., good morning to you, thank you for 'oinin: us. ., ~ ., , ., joining us. you know the ins and outs of no _ joining us. you know the ins and outs of no 10. _ joining us. you know the ins and outs of no 10. what _ joining us. you know the ins and outs of no 10. what did - joining us. you know the ins and outs of no 10. what did you - joining us. you know the ins and l outs of no 10. what did you make joining us. you know the ins and - outs of no 10. what did you make of what took place over the last 2a hours? i do think this was coming down the line. it was quite premature for no 10 just to say the matter was closed a few days ago where we were getting more reporting in the media about this issue, and crucially we were getting more and more mps who had gone back to their constituencies for the most part getting very nervous about this in terms of this idea that people will use against government the us and then argument, different rules for politicians of different rules for politicians of different rules for everybody else. the problem was matt hancock was the person signing off on these rules. he wasn't a minister in another department, he was the health secretary. so it did make it feel more and more untenable for him to stay. i think he made the right decision but it could probably have
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been made slightly sooner. did decision but it could probably have been made slightly sooner.- been made slightly sooner. did he fall on his sword, _ been made slightly sooner. did he fall on his sword, or— been made slightly sooner. did he fall on his sword, or was _ been made slightly sooner. did he fall on his sword, or was he - fall on his sword, or was he effectively pushed out? i think there is probably _ effectively pushed out? i think there is probably an _ effectively pushed out? i think there is probably an element l effectively pushed out? i think| there is probably an element of both. i think they were waiting to see how much this cut through. sometimes in government the calculation is, is thisjust sometimes in government the calculation is, is this just a bubble story, just people in westminster talking about this? just something the media are really pushing, or do people, voters across the country notice, do they really care? i think the feedback coming from mps and even anecdotally from people who clearly have got to know matt hancock because of his role in the pandemic, were alive to this and alive to what was happening in terms of why can he do something and we are told to do something else? that was certainly an issue. there would have been other considerations as well around moving him. does that precipitate a reshuffle, does the prime minister feel he precipitate a reshuffle, does the prime ministerfeel he is precipitate a reshuffle, does the prime minister feel he is bounced into something he's not ready to do quite yet. i think the
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self—awareness meant it would have looked betterfor self—awareness meant it would have looked better for him to realise this was the right thing to do. but behind—the—scenes i think encouragement would have certainly led him there. the encouragement would have certainly led him there-— led him there. the question i'm thinkin: led him there. the question i'm thinking of _ led him there. the question i'm thinking of now— led him there. the question i'm thinking of now is _ led him there. the question i'm thinking of now is why - led him there. the question i'm thinking of now is why did - led him there. the question i'm thinking of now is why did this | thinking of now is why did this happen now? is it fair to say it was directly related to what dominic cummings had to say? and yes, he has been tweeting over the last few hours. does he continue to have influence over no 10? ha. hours. does he continue to have influence over no 10?— hours. does he continue to have influence over no 10? no, i don't think he does. _ influence over no 10? no, i don't think he does. i _ influence over no 10? no, i don't think he does. i think— influence over no 10? no, i don't think he does. i think you - influence over no 10? no, i don't think he does. i think you would l think he does. i think you would like to think he does but reality is different. i think that is borne out in the appointment of sajid javid who i think is a very competent minister having run five different departments, i think. minister having run five different departments, ithink. sajid minister having run five different departments, i think. sajid javid departments, ithink. sajid javid clashed departments, i think. sajid javid clashed with dominic quite famously, as you will remember, a year or so ago, which led to him leaving the role of chancellor. i think no 10, to avoid giving a victory to dominic cummings by getting rid of matt hancock, have also put somebody in place that he equally doesn't like.
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i think that shows the amount of influence that he has. ma i think that shows the amount of influence that he has. mo hussein, sor to influence that he has. mo hussein, sorry to interrupt, _ influence that he has. mo hussein, sorry to interrupt, but _ influence that he has. mo hussein, sorry to interrupt, but thank - influence that he has. mo hussein, sorry to interrupt, but thank you i sorry to interrupt, but thank you very much. dozens of pages of classified government documents have been found by a member of the public at a bus stop in kent. the ministry of defence papers contain details about the warship hms defender and the british military presence in afghanistan. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams joins us now. what more can you tell us about this? , ., , ., what more can you tell us about this? , ., , . ., what more can you tell us about this? , .,, . ., , this? this was a bunch of documents found behind — this? this was a bunch of documents found behind a _ this? this was a bunch of documents found behind a bus _ this? this was a bunch of documents found behind a bus stop _ this? this was a bunch of documents found behind a bus stop in _ this? this was a bunch of documents found behind a bus stop in the - this? this was a bunch of documents found behind a bus stop in the rain i found behind a bus stop in the rain early on tuesday morning. it was found by a member of the public who contacted the bbc when they realised that they were potentially of some sensitivity. we looked at them, and indeed discovered that they were, and they break down into a number of categories, as you already mentioned. references to hms defender, which carried out that controversial passage through the waters just off the crimean
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peninsula on wednesday, and the papers show that there was a great deal of debate, as you would imagine, that what the likely russian reaction was going to be. also some stuff relating to british arms trade around the world, the defence dialogue between the uk and the united states with some observations aboutjoe biden's early months in the presidency. and also, perhaps most sensitively, a document marked secret uk ayes only, which discusses proposals for britain's possible military presence in afghanistan after the withdrawal of nato forces, a process which is going on right now —— uk eyes only. that's extremely sensitive. what going on right now -- uk eyes only. that's extremely sensitive.- that's extremely sensitive. what is the reaction _ that's extremely sensitive. what is the reaction from _ that's extremely sensitive. what is the reaction from the _ that's extremely sensitive. what is the reaction from the mod - that's extremely sensitive. what is the reaction from the mod on - that's extremely sensitive. what is j the reaction from the mod on this? pretty limited, as you would imagine. they have confirmed that there was a loss of papers, that this was reported by the official concerned. we are not naming the official. we believe it comes from the office of a senior official at
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the office of a senior official at the ministry of defence. but we are not in a position to say any more than that. the mod says an investigation has been launched. it involves ministry of defence police and they think it is inappropriate to comment further. clearly this is highly embarrassing, and for the individual concerned probably excruciating.— individual concerned probably excruciatinu. ., �* . , . ~ individual concerned probably excruciatinu. . ~ . , ., excruciating. paul adams, thank you ve much excruciating. paul adams, thank you very much for— excruciating. paul adams, thank you very much for that. _ officials in miami have ordered safety checks on all buildings of a similar age to the apartment block which collapsed on thursday, killing at least five people. more than 150 others remain unaccounted for. rescue teams are still searching the rubble. james reynolds reports. the remains of the champlain towers south are incredibly difficult to get into. fires from deep within the wreckage are beating back rescue teams. they are having to go bit by bit, wherever they can get past
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the smoke, but officials insist that 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 air. they are able to, you know, pick through. but right now, obviously, we are trying to stabilise the situation because of the fire and the smoke. forfamily members, it is an agonising time. on the fence of a nearby tennis court, they have put up photos of the relatives who were asleep in the tower when it collapsed. they're 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 maybe find some kind of remains or something. families want to know how a ao—year—old building could simply come down within seconds. an inspection carried out in 2018
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found evidence of major structural damage to a concrete slab below the swimming pool and also abundant 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. with me is william marquez from bbc mundo. william, you are watching the story closely for us. before we get onto the investigation, real issues in getting through that rubble and trying to find survivors. yes. getting through that rubble and trying to find survivors. yes, it's a very hard. _ trying to find survivors. yes, it's a very hard, long, _ trying to find survivors. yes, it's a very hard, long, complex - trying to find survivors. yes, it's - a very hard, long, complex process, very risky as well. they have been hampered by smoke coming from fires. it makes it very difficult to breathe when you are there. also by the rain. i lived in miami for a long time in a similar building, and you have to imagine that these stories are divided by concrete
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slabs 30 centimetres thick. you can imagine 12 of these coming down. so they have to try and look through all of the tonnes of rubble, and also be very careful, not risking their lives or risking lives of possible survivors. i understand when it comes _ possible survivors. i understand when it comes to _ possible survivors. i understand when it comes to the _ possible survivors. i understand when it comes to the fires - possible survivors. i understand when it comes to the fires that l possible survivors. i understand - when it comes to the fires that they can't simply wed them down because it adds more weight to the rubble as well. , �* it adds more weight to the rubble as well. , ~ ., , well. yes. and the other thing is those fires _ well. yes. and the other thing is those fires come, _ well. yes. and the other thing is those fires come, possibly, - well. yes. and the other thing is j those fires come, possibly, from leaked fuel from cars that have been smashed from the collapse. so it's a source of fire. the smashed from the collapse. so it's a source of fire.— source of fire. the now about the structure and _ source of fire. the now about the structure and the _ source of fire. the now about the structure and the process - source of fire. the now about the structure and the process that i source of fire. the now about the i structure and the process that those two buildings, one went down, but it was a pair of them, have started. yes. not only that, but they have ordered an audit of buildings of a similar age pre—1990. one of the main issues in miami—dade is water management, which comes from flood and rain, and creates something
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called blackish water that settles around the foundations of the buildings and corrodes them. a lot of the newer buildings have drainage pools. but these older buildings don't, and about 70% of all residential buildings in miami—dade are pre—1990. {lilia residential buildings in miami-dade are ore-1990-_ residential buildings in miami-dade are pre-1990. 0k, william marquez, thank ou are pre-1990. 0k, william marquez, thank you very _ are pre-1990. 0k, william marquez, thank you very much. _ are pre-1990. 0k, william marquez, thank you very much. thank - are pre-1990. 0k, william marquez, thank you very much. thank you. i half of all adults under 30 in england will have received a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine by the end of today. more than 11.2 million people, aged between 18 and 29, will have had a jab. the vaccines minister nadhim zahawi called this a "phenomenal achievement". dr mike tildesley is professor of infectious disease modelling at the university of warwick and joins me now. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. before we look at the modelling and how we are going with
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the vaccine roll—out, i want to ask you very quickly about reaction to what took place this weekend with the health secretary. do you think there would have been a lot of damage done to the fight against the coronavirus? i damage done to the fight against the coronavirus? ., damage done to the fight against the coronavirus?— coronavirus? i mean, obviously it is difficult for — coronavirus? i mean, obviously it is difficult for me _ coronavirus? i mean, obviously it is difficult for me to _ coronavirus? i mean, obviously it is difficult for me to comment - coronavirus? i mean, obviously it is difficult for me to comment on i coronavirus? i mean, obviously it is| difficult for me to comment on this, because i'm a scientist and not a politician. but i think it's a reminder to all of us, that it's really important, regardless of what we do, that we follow the rules. i worry when these high—profile figures do come out and it turns out they have done something that might infringe the rules and i think we just need to remind people that we are not out of the woods yet. it is really important that we all follow the guidance that is in place. because covid hasn't gone away yet, so these measures are in place for a reason. so i think hopefully it's not damaging in terms of making sure that we get really high adherence to the rules. ., ., that we get really high adherence to the rules. . ., ., ., ~' the rules. 0k, we are all looking towards the _ the rules. 0k, we are all looking towards the 19th _ the rules. 0k, we are all looking towards the 19th of _ the rules. 0k, we are all looking
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towards the 19th ofjuly. - the rules. 0k, we are all looking towards the 19th ofjuly. how- the rules. 0k, we are all looking| towards the 19th ofjuly. how are the figures looking? how is your modelling looking? i’m the figures looking? how is your modelling looking? i'm cautiously o timistic. modelling looking? i'm cautiously optimistic. what _ modelling looking? i'm cautiously optimistic. what we _ modelling looking? i'm cautiously optimistic. what we have - modelling looking? i'm cautiously optimistic. what we have seen i modelling looking? i'm cautiously. optimistic. what we have seen with the situation over the last few weeks is we have seen cases going up, probably in quite a concerning way, but we haven't yet seen that reflecting on a significant rise in hospital admissions and deaths. both of those metrics have been creeping up of those metrics have been creeping up a little bit but i wouldn't expect we would see the same wave of hospital admissions and deaths as we saw back injanuary. cautiously optimistic, and i think the next week or so is going to be crucial so that we can clearly establish what the link is between cases, hospital admissions and deaths that will hopefully help to inform the 19th of july reopening. hopefully help to inform the 19th of july reopening-— hopefully help to inform the 19th of july reopening. what do you make of the utake july reopening. what do you make of the uptake of— july reopening. what do you make of the uptake of the _ july reopening. what do you make of the uptake of the vaccine _ july reopening. what do you make of the uptake of the vaccine with i july reopening. what do you make of the uptake of the vaccine with these | the uptake of the vaccine with these p°p�*up the uptake of the vaccine with these pop—up clinics? what sort of impact has not had on the roll—out and the uptake, and the final figures as well? i uptake, and the final figures as well? ~' ., . . uptake, and the final figures as well? ~ . . . , ., ~ uptake, and the final figures as well? ~ . u , ., ,, ., , well? i think the vaccine uptake has been incredible, _ well? i think the vaccine uptake has been incredible, actually. _ well? i think the vaccine uptake has been incredible, actually. it - well? i think the vaccine uptake has been incredible, actually. it has i been incredible, actually. it has really been a ray of light. in a
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way, we are always kind of ready to analyse and criticise things and decisions the government have made and so forth, but i think the vaccine campaign has been incredible. the uptake across all age groups has been fantastic, so that's great news. there is one thing we do really need to focus on, and i think that is that there are certain communities, and particularly areas with large population densities, multi—generational households and so forth, where access to the vaccine has been not quite as high, and it is possible that as we reopen further, those communities might have more sustained infections. so i think we really do need to focus on getting access to the vaccine to those communities so that we don't get sustained outbreaks as we open up get sustained outbreaks as we open up more. idr get sustained outbreaks as we open u- more. , ~ ~ get sustained outbreaks as we open umore. , ~~ , , get sustained outbreaks as we open u- more. , ~ ~ , , ., up more. dr mike tildesley, what ou're up more. dr mike tildesley, what you're saying _ up more. dr mike tildesley, what you're saying is — up more. dr mike tildesley, what you're saying is it _ up more. dr mike tildesley, what you're saying is it is _ up more. dr mike tildesley, what you're saying is it is not - up more. dr mike tildesley, what you're saying is it is not quite i you're saying is it is not quite hesitancy in these groups, those groups you highlighted we are all very familiar with, is more accessibility? i very familiar with, is more accessibility?— very familiar with, is more accessibility? very familiar with, is more accessibili ? ~ , , accessibility? i think so. this is wh i'm accessibility? i think so. this is why i'm always _ accessibility? i think so. this is why i'm always very _ accessibility? i think so. this is why i'm always very reluctant, | accessibility? i think so. this is i why i'm always very reluctant, and sometimes i do use the word uptake, and i try not to do that, because
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really it is not people refusing to have the vaccine, it's really kind of getting the vaccine out into those communities, may be hard to reach communities, may be getting community leaders to really communicate directly with members of those communities so that we do get as many of those people taking the vaccines as possible. dr as many of those people taking the vaccines as possible.— vaccines as possible. dr mike tildesley. — vaccines as possible. dr mike tildesley, we _ vaccines as possible. dr mike tildesley, we will _ vaccines as possible. dr mike tildesley, we will leave i vaccines as possible. dr mike tildesley, we will leave it i vaccines as possible. dr mike l tildesley, we will leave it there for now, but thank you very much. france is holding the second round of its regional elections — which some believe will signal what might happen in next year's presidential vote. in the first round last sunday, 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 far behind in second place. hugh schofield reports from paris. the big takeaway, as they say, from round one was the very high abstention rate in the election. only one in three of the voters turned out, which raises all source turned out, which raises all sorts
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of questions about french democracy, of course. but the interesting thing was that it affected all the parties, including the hard right national rally party of marine le pen. her core voters, the youngsters, the white working class, who normally turn out for her, didn't last sunday. and the key question in this second round is whether she can be regalvanise them, get them to turn out, and if she can, then all is not lost for her because she did disappointingly badly in round one. the key question, all eyes will be on this region of provence—alpes—cote d'azur in the south were her candidate thierry mariani is in a strong position, he could take it, and if he does take it then it will be a first for the hard right and a big boost for them ahead of the presidential elections. for the rest, the macron party, this is their candidate in the ile—de—france region, no hopers. they're not going to win anything. in fact, in many regions their candidate hasn't even qualified because they did so badly in round one.
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so the attention this sunday is most likely going to be on the centre—right, mainstream right, the old gaullists, the party of sarkozy and chirac, the republican party, as they call themselves now. if they can build on their successful showing in round one, if they can hold on to the regions they already have with a bigger score, that will be a big boost for them ahead of the presidential is next year because they will be able to show, or they will be able to say, that they and not the hard right, not the national rally party and marine le pen, they are the true alternative to emanuel macron. and who is the person who is going to be chosen to lead them into those presidential elections? well, probably it will be one of the characters who have come to the fore in these regional elections like valerie pecresse in the ile—de—france region here, like xavier bertrand in the north, like laurent wauquiez in the lyon region. these are the names to remember.
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hugh schofield. ibiza's nightclubs are expected to reopen in mid—july, after the balearic islands were added to the government's green list of quarantine travel destinations. a trial event has been taking place this weekend to see if there's a safe way to let the party island start up again. anna holligan sent us this report from ibiza. dance music plays. music is the pulse of this island. ibiza's economy revolves around its nightclubs. now, ibiza's been green listed 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 "i really want to dance. "it's been so long since we've able to party around here." her friend said, "it's true. "after such a long time, you do really want to go for it." most other bars are serving again but beyond this event,
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dancing is still banned. 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 politicians want to tighten the entry rules. we think that with the increase in the number of cases in the uk, now is the right moment, you know, to put in place some controls to make sure everyone that comes here is in the right condition, 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 coming back, yearafteryear, until, you know, even in their 505 — they're bringing their kids here and they're hiring — they're renting villas. so, you know, the clubs play a really important part of being that gateway to discover the island. djs worry if the tune doesn't change soon, the clubbers will simply go elsewhere.
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there is something - magical about the island. ibiza is about the clubbing. and it would be foolish —| you cannot stop clubbing, simple as, you know? there needs to be a place for it somewhere. - and if it's not here, _ it's gonna 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 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
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shelter. it's though 16 boats have caught fire and one person has been sent to hospital with injuries. you're watching bbc news. hello. for the rest of the day, for many of you it remains dry, sunshine varies from one place to another but in the south we will see further rain in the form of heavy and thundery downpours. an area of low pressure centre towards north—western france, you will notice how the cloud is revolving around and if that spins around we get loads of that cloud coming around bringing the downpours, widely across southern counties of england and may be south wales, fringing up to the m4. to the north we couldn't rule out an isolated shower in eastern england, the vast majority dry with sunny spells, the best in the west and temperatures here up to around 21 degrees. in the mid teens, high teens in the east, 22 with any brighter breaks in the
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south. breezing in southern areas compared to recent days. those heavy and thundery downpours continue over the evening and overnight, into east anglia, midlands and wales, humid air brought in towards the south—east, 16 the low in london. fresher further north but here we start the day with some dry and bright weather on monday. it is here where high pressure dominates. as we go through monday and tuesday and wednesday, low pressure still towards the south, many parts of england and way is will still be susceptible to further showers. that includes in wimbledon come opening day could bring the downpour around through the day. there will be some play, but be wary of some interruptions and i wouldn't rule out the odd rumble of thunder. the day will begin wettest across parts of the midlands, wales, south—west of the midlands, wales, south—west of england, a few showers fringing into northern ingot but by and large northern england, scotland and northern ireland, dry day, sunny spells, some outbreaks of sunshine further south but here we could see more heavy and thundery showers developing as we go through the
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afternoon. temperatures up to 22 degrees here, 21, 22 in the west of scotland. most other areas in the high teens. there was heavy and thundery showers continue into monday evening and monday night replaced by longer spells of rain pushing in from the east. they will be on and off through the day across east anglia and then the midlands and other parts of southern england. parts of wales, south—west, may be a bit drier compared to what we see in the next 2a hours. the best of the weather in the far north of england, scotland and northern ireland, highs of 2a in western scotland as we could see at times through the rest of the week. the driest weather here, showers in the first part of the week across england and wales. you soon.
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this is bbc news. the headlines. after the revelations of kissing a colleague in his office, the uk health secretary matt hancock resigns, with an apology for breaching coronavirus guidance.
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classified ministry of defence documents containing details about hms defender and the british military have been found at a bus stop in kent. grab a jab — half of all adults under 30 in england will have had their first covid vaccine by the end of the day. and we'll have more on that vaccine drive right here through the bbc. before that, let's catch up with the sport and gavin has all of that. huge disappointment for wales this morning. they are on their way home from euro 2020 after being knocked out 4—0 by denmark. it's a fairy tale journey for the danish side after the emotion of seeing their team—mate christian eriksen's cardiac arrest in their opening game. but, for wales, the competition is over, as hywel griffiths reports from amsterdam.

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