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this is bbc news with the latest headlines. sajid javid says he recognises the "huge responsibility" facing him as he takes over as health secretary, following matt hancock's resignation. i will do everything i can to make sure that i deliver for the people of this great country. we are still in a pandemic and i want to see that come to an end as soon as possible. a cabinet minister defends the prime ministerfor refusing to sack mr hancock over the controversy. we are in the middle of a very surreal situation with the pandemic, something that he has got huge experience of dealing with, a phenomenal success with the vaccine roll—out we have seen with the team at the department of health. he and the prime minister wanted to deliver on that. an urgent investigation as classified ministry
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of defence documents containing details about the british military are found behind a bus stop in kent. and as ibiza prepares to welcome back british tourists, one of the party capitals of the world experiments with reopening its famous clubs. good afternoon. the new health secretary, sajid javid, says he recognises the huge responsibility confronting him, as the country faces rising cases of coronavirus. mrjavid was speaking publicly for the first time since taking up his post, following matt hancock's resignation last night.
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questions are being asked about why borisjohnson ignored calls to sack mr hancock. meanwhile, tomorrow, mps will be given an update on whether covid restrictions will be lifted in england. when the prime minister announced that the new date for restrictions easing would be i9thjuly, he said there would be a mid—point review of the data to see if it would be possible to ease two weeks earlier. our political correspondent helen catt reports. he's already done some of the top jobs in government but sajid javid is walking into a new department with challenges on a huge scale. we are still in a pandemic and i want to see that come to an end as soon as possible. that will be my most immediate priority to see that we can return to normal as soon and as quickly as possible. as he is back in government, matt hancock is out. he resigned after being caught on camera breaking social distancing
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rules by kissing a colleague. those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them, and that's why i've got to resign. he's left his ministerialjob and his marriage, but remains an mp. in newmarket in his constituency, many agreed that the accusations of hypocrisy over the rules meant he had to stand down from government. i'm pleased he has resigned. ifeel like he had no choice but to resign. he is setting the rules, he setting the guidance, and he is expecting everybody to follow those, but then he hasn't followed those himself. how can he tell us to do one thing and then he does- something else himself? it's not right, is it? he's a bit of a hypocrite, isn't he? the decision to go was matt hancock's although he was helped by private discussions with senior tories. not, though, by the prime minister, who backed him publicly. it shouldn't have come to this last night. borisjohnson should have had the guts, the spine, the awareness, the judgment to sack him on friday. one cabinet minister this morning
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said he was right not to. we are in the middle of a very surreal situation with the pandemic, something that he has got huge experience of dealing with, it's a phenomenal success with the vaccine roll—out we have seen with the team at the department of health. he and the prime minister wanted to deliver on that. the department of health will investigate how the image of matt hancock in his ministerial office was able to find its way onto the sun's front page. top of the in tray for the new health secretary, the government is due to give a statement to mps tomorrow about the potential lifting of the final legal restrictions in england onjuly 19th. then he'll need to think further ahead. we had not seen flu or respiratory syncytial virus last winter so there will be increased susceptibility in the population. there is a very real risk this winter of covid and flu and rsv, respiratory syncytial virus, which could put
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of pressure on the nhs. july 19, still on track? for sajid javid the challenges start immediately. _ for sajid javid the challenges start immediately. helen catt, bbc news. and helen explained why borisjohnson had not sacked matt hancock before his resignation. we know from looking back at how the prime minister has reacted in similar situations before that he's not a prime minister that likes to be bounced into sacking someone. i think in some ways it's no surprise he came out backing matt hancock initially, certainly on friday the line was that matt hancock had apologised, the matter is closed, downing street said. but senior conservative figures behind—the—scenes said to the prime minister and matt hancock, the situation is not possible for him to continue as health secretary, given that tension between having broken the guidelines, the guidance that he had helped to set, and what that would do to his credibility when he had to come out and talk about further restrictions for example to the public.
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senior tory figures were urging that in the background over the last couple of days. it was always going to realistically be whether matt hancock decided he was going to go or not and having listened to those figures and reflected, he has decided to go. we know he is an mp with ambition, so to him, what the rest of the party thinks does matter and i think that might be the big difference, you might be thinking of dominic cummings last year where actually, there was more of a concerted effort last year you saw cabinet minister after cabinet minister defend him, we did not see that with matt hancock over the last couple of days but the big difference is that he is a political figure, what the party thinks matters. let's talk about sajid javid, the man, people remember he has held back offices in the past but remind us, the circumstances under which he left the cabinet and what his approach and style might perhaps tell us about how
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he's gone to operate in the health department. he has held some really big roles in government which in normal times would be more high—profile than the health secretary. the biggest one, he was the home secretary and the chancellor for about six months. he then stepped down, you might remember there was a big row around whether or not he could keep his own advisers. there was an attempt by downing street to consolidate the centre a little bit and he was told that he would have to sack all of his advisers by dominic cummings. the former aide to the prime minister and he refused to do so and quit rather than sack them. that was when he was last in government. this is him coming back, his return to government. we know in his background, he has a finance background and so... we know that he got quite interested in finance back in the �*80s in fact. what the rest of the party is going to be looking at is that there was always some tension that a lot of backbenchers felt perhaps matt hancock was overly cautious. i think there will be a bit of...
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may be not an expectation but certainly backbenchers will be looking to see whether sajid javid has quite the same style or level of caution over restrictions and matt hancock were seen as driving, being a driving force behind restrictions and i think there will be quite interesting attention paid to whether sajid javid takes the same approach. i happen talking to a woman who lost her father to coronavirus last year. i think it should not have taken him this long to stand down. 2a hours too late. i feel that there was not really any other option, his
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position had become untenable. and he needed to go. simple as that. when you are in a position of senior leadership in government, as he was, you cannot afford to be flouting the rules and he flouted the rules that he made and which he expected the rest of us to follow so in my mind, there is no question that his behaviour was unacceptable, he had lost our confidence and yes, he needed to go. those rules that you mention, you yourself had to follow them to the most painful end, in the most painful way, because your father fell unwell while he was in a care home? that's correct. my father contracted covid in a care home and subsequently died.
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we were not allowed to go into the care home, for the last few weeks of his life we were not able to have any tactile contact at all. we were reduced to talking to him through a window. which when i think back, it's absolutely heartbreaking. that we were not there to really comfort him and be close to him in a tactile way for those last precious weeks of his life. we, as bereaved families, feel very, very disappointed and very let down by matt hancock's behaviour. because you followed the rules and you felt
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that was the right thing to do? yes, absolutely. i think we all have a part to play. we got on and did what was required. i feel that there is a real problem with integrity here. notjust with matt hancock. but with the entire government. we have heard the lies and the deceit and the lack of transparency that has been shown. it also serves to compound the grief that we feel. classified ministry of defence documents containing details about hms defender and the british military have been found at a bus stop in kent. a member of the public passed the papers to the bbc. the government has admitted that
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it's a serious breach of security, and says an investigation has been launched. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams says the documents include material about the british warship involved in an incident with russian forces in the black sea last week. it lead to something of a confrontation, it had to do with britain's arms trade, the defence dialogue with the united states and more sensitively perhaps a paper which discusses proposals for the uk military presence in afghanistan after the end of the current nato operation which is winding down at the moment. clearly that is something unlike the hms defender episode which is happening in the future. it obviously involves all of our nato allies and particularly the united states. that's a document of extreme sensitivity. the ministry of defence has launched
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an investigation into this, it is confirmed an official reported these papers missing but the labour party is demanding an urgent investigation. the shadow defence spokesman is saying that he wants the defence secretary to report to parliament this week, in his words, to reassure the public that no military operations had been put at risk. the nhs says half of all adults in england under the age of 30 will have received at least one covid vaccine by the end of today. hundreds of walk—in vaccination sites have opened across the country this weekend to boost numbers. the latest figures show more than 60% of adults have received both vaccine doses. police in sussex are responding to a large unlicensed music event in the steyning area. social media footage showed hundreds of party goers dancing in the early hours of sunday. three people have been arrested for drink and drug—driving offences
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and there are road closures in the area. our reporter aruna iyengar gave me this update. a number of roads remain closed in the area in west sussex, about five miles from worthing on the south coast of england. a significant area number of people are on the scene and will police the roads to ensure the safety of road users and people in the area. they have made three arrests for drink—driving offences as they continue to respond to this unlicensed music event as they call it in the area. a significant people from outside the sussex area attended the event, they say they will fully investigate this illegal activity, clamping down hard on this and will take positive action against those found to have organised it. under current coronavirus rules, gatherings must not exceed 30 people unless covered by a legal exemption. the videos i saw earlier today really hundreds of people enjoying the festival. professional sound systems, lighting system, gazebos, dozens of cars lining the country road, hundreds of vehicles in the area.
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we have talked a lot about breaking guidelines in the last 48 hours and that footage says quite a lot. in other areas, there is an incident that has happened in south—east london. a far more serious matter, a man was knifed to death at an illegal rave in a warehouse next to millwall�*s stadium which is the den in bermondsey, south london last night. he was treated by paramedics but was pronounced dead at the scene. police are trying to establish his identity and contact his family. they have also arrested a 16—year—old boy in connection with the rave and he was rushed to hospital with head injuries but that's not, they are not thought to be life—threatening. aruna iyengar there, well since then metropolitan police have confirmed that the victim in south bermondsey was 26 years old.
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a man in his 20s has died after armed police fired shots inside a property in milton keynes. officers were called yesterday morning to an address in two mile ash following reports of a serious disturbance. police discovered a man in his 30s who had died and a seriously injured young child, before coming across the second man. police say a taser was deployed before shots were fired. the headlines on bbc news... sajid javid says he recognises the "huge responsibility" facing him as he takes over as health secretary, following matt hancock's resignation. brandon lewis, defends the prime ministerfor refusing to sack mr hancock over the controversy. an urgent investigation as classified ministry of defence documents containing details about the british military are found behind a bus stop in kent.
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sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's katie. india have set england's women a modest target to win the first of the three one day internationals at bristol's county ground. england need 202 runs to beat the tourists after winning the toss and putting them into bat. for the hosts, 17—year—old sensation shafali verma was soon brought down to earth by anya shrubsole. captain mitali raj top scored with 72, but off 108 balls, and her side finished their 50 overs on 201—8. lauren winfield—hill and tammy beaumont began the reply for england but winfield—hill has just gone for 16 and england are 25—1 from 5 overs.
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serena williams says she'll not be in the us team for the tokyo 0lympics next month. wimbledon starts tomorrow and the 23—time grand slam singles champion has told reporters she's "not on the olympics list". the four—time gold medalist made her debut at the sydney games back in 2000, and has previously said she was reluctant to go because she wouldn't be able to take three—year—old daughter 0lympia with her. shejoins rafa nadal and dominic thiem in deciding not to compete attokyo. south africa's rugby squad are self isolating after three positive covid—i9 tests among the team the springboks were forced to cancel training injohannesburg, where they're due to play the british and irish lions in the first test onjuly 3rd. in a statement they said that cancellation was a "precautionary measure",the lions are set to travel to south africa on sunday evening. wales are on their way home from the euros today after being thrashed a—nil in the round of 16 by denmark. well, theirfairytalejourney continues after an emotional start to the tournament
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with christian eriksen suffering a cardiac arrest in their opening game. hywel griffiths reports from amsterdam. i think inevitably a lot of disappointment last night. it was a terrible end to what has been a pretty happyjourney for wales. lots of people, fans, complaining about the fact that wales had to go from baku, to rome, to amsterdam whereas other teams like england have had games on home soil. also gripes about the referee feeling key decisions went against them, but ultimately this is a moment wales have time. it is a bitter pill to swallow, but you can learn from games like that. denmark showed how a switch of tactics can suddenly put things in their favour. and there are a lot of players in that wales squad he will now be thinking about the next tournament. wales have not qualified for world cup since but there are games that in september
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if they win, it gives them a good chance of going to qatar next year and they could turn this to yet another incredible journey. there are two games at the euros today. first up, the netherlands take on czech republic in budapest. and then the world number one�*s, belgium take on the reigning champions portugal in the day's evening game. you can follow both those games via the bbc sport website and app. there'll also be live commentary on bbc radio 5 live. it's the final day of the british championships in manchester with britain's best athletes bidding for places at the forthcoming 0lympics. jazmin sawyers has qualified for tokyo after winning the women's long jump final with a stadium record of 6.75 metres. teenager keely hodgkinson stormed ahead in the women's 800 metres, passed fellow britsjemma reekie and laura muir. so that means hodgkinson and reekie both claim automatic qualification, while muir will have to wait
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until monday to see if the selectors find her worthy of inclusion. and, fabio quartararo has won the dutch motogp to extend his lead at the top of rider standings. the frenchman dominated on his yamaha at assen to claim his fourth victory of the season. the series now has a mid—season break, no prizes for guessing how quartararo will be spending, probabaly working on his golf game. and staying with motor sport the styrian grand prix is reaching it's conclusion. there's commentary on radio 5 live plus full text coverage on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. bye for now. thousands of people have been continuing to leave the bangladeshi capital, dhaka, ahead of a nationwide lockdown. crowds have flocked to dhaka's ferry terminals, to try to get home to their towns and villages. from monday, people in bangladesh will only be allowed
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to leave their homes in an emergency. bangladesh has seen an increase in covid cases since mid—may, many linked to the delta variant. the bbc�*s akbar hossain has more from dhaka. the government—published figures shows that the positivity rate, the nationwide positivity rate is now, coronavirus is more than 23%, although the districts bordering with india, the situation is more grave there, because the positivity rate is, in many districts in the bordering area, is more than 50%. bangladesh government thinks that, in consultation with the health experts, that this is the time to put strict measures so that they can contain the spread of the delta variant. without having strict measures or a strict lockdown, it would be impossible to contain the situation, because hospitals in the rural areas, especially in the rural areas, is overwhelmed and doctors are finding it very difficult to deal with patients.
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that's why the government has some strict measures. people are leaving the capital dhaka, because they have some livelihood issues, because many people are saying that they cannot afford to feed their families while staying during lockdown in the capital city. that's why they are leaving the capital city and heading towards their village. and i have spoken to some families and they say that they have no option but to leave the capital city, because when the coronavirus first detected in 2020, march, bangladesh has imposed several lockdown measures in the last one and a half years, but the situation has not improved, so many people have lost theirjobs already and many people are on the verge of losing theirjobs so they think if they lose theirjob, which already many people have, they can not stay in the urban areas so they have to move to their village anyway, that's why they are leaving the capital city.
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officials in the miami county where an apartment block collapsed on thursday say the death toll from the disaster has risen to five. another body was found in the rubble but 156 people are still missing. safety checks have been ordered by the authorities on all buildings of a similar age to the one which collapsed. france is holding the second round of its regional elections, which some believe may be an indicator of 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. with president macron�*s centralist en marche party in third. our correspondent hugh schofield reports from paris. the big takeaway, as they say,
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from round one was the very high abstention rate in the election. only one in three of the voters turned out, which raises all sorts 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 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 where 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
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their candidate hasn't even qualified because they did so badly in round one. 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 presidentials 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 emmanuel 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,
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like xavier bertrand in the north, like laurent wauquiez in the lyon region. these are the names to remember. ibiza was forced to shut down its famous club scene because of the coronavirus pandemic. now the mediterreanean island is hoping that a test event this weekend could pave the way for the reopening of its clubs — just in time for the return of british tourists next week. 0ur correspondent anna holligan sent this update from ibiza. here this update from ibiza. we are on ibiza's famous sl strip here we are on ibiza's famous sunset strip and it's home to some of the powers that helped to give ibiza its status as the party capital of the world. but look, you can see cafe mambo all shutdown for now because when the tourists were here, they used to come and watch world—renowned djs like fat boy slim play for free and then would follow them to the clubs but right now, the
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whole clubbing industry on the island is shut down because of covid—19 so you can come and spend time in the bars like the original cafe delmar. but dancing is still banned. this is san antonio bay, this is where the majority of british tourists spend their time on ibiza and of the 4 million foreign visitors who come to this island every year, 1 million of them are british and of course there is a lot of anticipation here about the return of brits from wednesday. people can travel from the uk to id for, they will not have to show a negative pcr test or double vaccination and they will not have to quarantine when they return home either. now that ib fat is on the uk's green watchlist but there is some concern and the director of tourism here in ibiza has asked the
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government tightly controls to ensure the brits from the uk do not bring any new variants of the virus but of course the delta variant is still so prevalent they don't want to undermine their efforts to fight the pandemic. clubbing is essential, it is so unique to ibiza, this industry the they are trying to have it reopened in time for the return of the brits and an experiment took place this weekend. 11100 key workers were given access. they had to show a negative pcr test or a double vaccination certificate to get in and then they were allowed to dance on the dance floor only wearing a if this event isjudged on the dance floor only wearing a if this event is judged to be a success, then the rest of the clubbing industry on this party island should be allowed to reopen by the middle ofjuly. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller.
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very pleasant sunny spells in scotland and northern ireland, much of the week ahead looks dry with a ridge of high pressure, not good if you want more rain on the garden but pleasant summer weather is on its way. heavy downpours across southern areas of the uk, particularly south—west england, south wales could see flooding in a few spots, impacting travel, parts of east anglia and the middle and seeing some of that heavy rain pushing north and outbreaks of rain to start tomorrow, plenty of cloud across england and wales, sunny spells in scotland and northern ireland, milder start to the day. it is here on through the afternoon and into the evening there will be scattered about heavy possibly torrential thundery downpours. could bring flooded impacting travel, noticeable breeze, for the most part the wind looking light and sunny spots in scotland approaching the mid 20s. by
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