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a new health secretary begins work following matt hancock's resignation for breaching social distancing. former chancellor sajid javid says his priority is getting out of the pandemic, and he's honoured to be taking the role. i also know that it comes with huge responsibility and i will do everything i can to make sure that i deliver for the people of this great country. his predecessor's departure came after an affair with his aid and the breaking rules he made. labour says the matter not closed. there's huge questions still to answer. if anybody thinks that the resignation of matt hancock is the end of the issue, i think they're wrong. we will be looking at challengers for the new health secretary and for
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the nhs in england. a serious security beach — how were documents about this royal navy warship among those found at a bus stop in kent? 150 people are still missing after the collapse of a florida apartment block. nine bodies had been recovered from the ruins. and belgium havejust recovered from the ruins. and belgium have just knocked recovered from the ruins. and belgium havejust knocked out portugal in the last 16 of the euros. good evening. the new health secretary sajid javid says his immediate priority is to get the country through the pandemic so life can return to normal as quickly as possible. the former chancellor was speaking as he returned to government to
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replace matt hancock, who resigned after it emerged he was having an affair in breach of the guidance he helped draw up. the labour leader, sir keir starmer has said there are "huge questions still to answer" about how cctv were leaked, as well as how and the prime minister'sjudgment. here's our political correspondent ben wright. after 18 months away from the cabinet, sajid javid is back, an old hand in a newjob. the former chancellor and home secretary arrived at the department of health this morning and the cameras outside were ready. we are still in a pandemic and i want to see that come to an end as soon as possible and that will be my most immediate priority, to see that we can return to normal as soon and as quickly as possible. mrjavid was appointed quickly following matt hancock's resignation last night. on friday, images were published of him kissing a colleague in his office. by breaking the government's own covid rules, mr hancock's political credibility was damaged and his personal authority was tarnished because of the way
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his affair was exposed. at first, matt hancock hoped an apology would be enough to cling on. and number ten stuck by him, repeatedly saying that it considered the matter closed. but privately, senior tories were telling downing street and mr hancock that his position was untenable. labour said borisjohnson should have sacked his health secretary on friday. matt hancock was right to resign because he broke the rules, he had to go. but the prime minister should have sacked him. yet again, borisjohnson was too slow, too weak and didn't show the leadership that was needed. and then there's the question of how on earth these images were captured from inside matt hancock's private office. was it cctv or a hidden camera? ministers want answers. viewers will have seen this morning some coverage in the press around what people are saying has happened. the department of health will be investigating this, quite rightly, to understand how this was able to happen, put aside what was on the pictures, the fact that it was leaked at all.
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camera shutters click. sajid javid has a daunting in—tray, from dealing with an ongoing pandemic to an nhs under pressure. he will also have a big say over covid rules and may have a different view to his predecessor. i don't imagine that actually his caution will be diminished when it comes to the pandemic but i certainly think his view could be defined as a lot more liberal when it comes to covid restrictions. tomorrow sajid javid is expected to update mps on the government's target for lifting all remaining covid restrictions in england next month. he is a new voice around the table with big decisions to make. ben wright, bbc news. as you heard there, as well as the pandemic, the new health secretary's inbox includes other pressures on the nhs in england and the government's ambition for a social care plan. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. another day when those over 18 in england are being encouraged to grab a jab. a big push in vaccinations to try
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and get as many people as possible covered by the 19th ofjuly. the vaccination programme has been a really significant success in the response to the pandemic and walk—in vaccination centres like this in north manchester have been open all weekend, helping to ensure at least half of all those under the age of 30 in england have received at least their first dose by the end of today. but progress on vaccinations cannot hide some significant problems, most pressing the country's recovery from covid. amd experts warned there could still be some difficult months ahead. we see the alpha variant and now the delta variant and how many letters there are in the alphabet! we could see many more. we have to expect it will be a bumpy road out and there will be twists and turns that we are not
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wishing to see. no vaccine is 100% effective. even those who have had two doses can still fall ill, leading to challenges for the nhs. there is a huge backlog of operations and procedures but the risk of burn—out amongst doctors and nurses is very real. already understaffed, the nhs now has a workforce struggling to cope. many feel devalued especially when you consider the government belief that they deserve a 1% pay rise so i think there's going to be a lot of work that sajid javid needs to do to instill confidence amongst health care workers forced to make sure they are retained to deliver the care needed in this hugely challenging period. and there are long—term issues as well, not let the question of how to fund social care. it is a problem that has plagued governments for the past 20 years and one former health secretary says without reform of social care, the wider health service will struggle.
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top of sajid javid's list will be to get at social plan that will set the nhs opt for the future. how get at social plan that will set the nhs opt for the future.— nhs opt for the future. how long will he have? _ nhs opt for the future. how long will he have? six— nhs opt for the future. how long will he have? six months - nhs opt for the future. how long | will he have? six months because nhs opt for the future. how long - will he have? six months because the government — will he have? six months because the government said _ will he have? six months because the government said they _ will he have? six months because the government said they will _ will he have? six months because the government said they will do - will he have? six months because the government said they will do it - will he have? six months because the government said they will do it by - government said they will do it by the end of this year and he will want to honour that promise. all this at a time the nhs in england is looking for a new chief executive, one of the most challenging jobs in politics just got tougher. dominic hughes, bbc news. the latest government figures on coronavirus show there have been 111,876 cases and 11 deaths and in the latest 24—hour period. however, a technical error meant some data hasn't been processed, so the true figures are likely to be higher. on average, there were 14,865 new cases per day in the last week. in the last 2a hours, just over 230,000 people received a first vaccine dose. that takes us to more than 44 million people having had their first jab.
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close to 200,000 people have just had their second jab, which means nearly 32.5 million people fully vaccinated, or more than 61% of uk adults. 0ur health editor hugh pym is here. what do you make of the new health secretary, what he has said so far and is up against? fidjid secretary, what he has said so far and is up against?— and is up against? said javid is been plundered _ and is up against? said javid is been plundered right]— and is up against? sajid javid is been plundered right into - and is up against? sajid javid is| been plundered right into some crucial decisions about the pandemic. ministers have to decide tomorrow if they can be a lifting of restrictions from july the 5th, that seems unlikely, and there is a decision aboutjuly the 19th, decision about july the 19th, whether the decision aboutjuly the 19th, whether the lifting of all restrictions can take place. we had indications today he takes a more libertarian view of lockdown than his predecessor, he said he wanted to see a return to normal quickly but this evening aides are guiding us that he will look at the data and be briefed by health and medical
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leaders before leaning one way or another but beyond july the 19th there are major challenges, the possibility of a winter flu outbreak because it was almost completely suppressed in the most recent winter so natural immunity has waned. there is this backlog of nonurgent surgery that needs to be dealt with a waiting list over 5 million in england, the need to organise a boosterjab programme for covid and the flu jabs, the issue of nhs pay, a possible row there is the head of nhs england, sir simon stevens, an experienced leader is stepping down next month so we will have a new head of nhs england and a new health secretary at a critical moment for the classified ministry of defence documents, health service.
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classified ministry of defence documents, including details about the warship hms defender, have been found at a bus stop in kent by a member of the public. after the papers were passed to the bbc, the government acknowledged a serious breach of security, and an investigation has been launched. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. when hms defender left the ukrainian port of odessa last week, at the start of a journey likely to draw hostile attention from russia, secret documents about its mission were lying in a soggy heap behind a bus stop in kent. the documents show that officials were keenly aware that sailing close to the coast of crimea, which russia annexed in 2014, could cause an incident. what do we understand about the possible welcome party, one of them asked? this map shows two possible routes. the one marked in green would challenge russia's claims of sovereignty. possible russian responses could range from safe and professional to neither safe nor professional. to sail further south could be interpreted by russia as a sign the uk was being scared and running away. hands to action stations... hms defender took the green route. russia's response was hostile.
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this wasn't the point of the exercise, but the documents show that this was hardly unexpected. all that is now in the past but the papers don't stop there. there is much more. the range of material is quite alarming because it covers relations with russia, with hms defender, it covers afghanistan, it covers arms exports, relations with the united states. the level of classification of all this stuff is not all that high but anything classified shouldn't be going outside the mod, covering this range of issues. one issue perhaps, but not this range of issues. that's pretty sensitive. nato is in the middle of withdrawing from afghanistan. britain is still negotiating with its partners, especially the americans, about what kind of british military presence might remain. 0ne document makes a number of recommendations with dates, locations and numbers. and there are warnings. any uk footprint in afghanistan that persist is assessed to be vulnerable to targeting by a complex
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network of actors. the government says the loss of documents is now being looked at. i think it is a serious breach in the ministry of defence, i've spoken to the defence secretary, they are taking forward an internal investigation into how this happened. labour says the crew of hms defender did theirjob well last week but the security lapse shows the government did not. i want to see the defence secretary complete his investigation urgently. come to the house of commons this week to reassure the public about what has happened. were there any military operations put at risk? this whole episode has been more embarrassing than damaging. if the material had fallen into other hands, officials know it could have been worse. paul adams, bbc news. let's take a look at some of today's other news. in france, marine le pen's far right
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national rally party have failed in their bid to win a regional election. run—off vote suggests its prime target, provence, was won by the centre—right party, the republicans. tens of thousands of people are continuing to flee the bangladeshi capital dhaka ahead of a strict nationwide lockdown to curb spiralling coronavirus infections. ferries out of the city have been packed with passengers. the shutdown sparked an exodus and although it's been pushed back to thursday, police say the number of migrant workers leaving is growing. in florida around 150 people are still unaccounted for, four days after the collapse of a 12 story apartment block. 0fficials after the collapse of a 12 story apartment block. officials say the death toll has risen to nine. champlain towers crumbled to the ground injust 12 champlain towers crumbled to the ground in just 12 seconds, champlain towers crumbled to the ground injust 12 seconds, trapping people inside. rescuers have been searching
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the rubble of the 55 apartments using dog teams and sonar equipment to find survivors. 0ur correspondent will grant is in surfside for us where the operation continues. this is now the fourth date since this horrific event and in that time the families have had no positive updates whatsoever. there is next to nothing to give them hope and yet they are holding onto it anyway. these things aren't supposed to happen in america. the infrastructure of the richest country in the world, in one of its richest cities, is meant to be solid and reliable. but when the 12 storeys of champlain towers collapsed, almost 160 residents disappeared beneath the rubble in seconds. only a handful have been found. as of today, one victim passed away in the hospital, and we've recovered eight more victims on site, so i am confirming today that the death toll is at nine. theirfamilies can now only pray for a miracle.
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at the local church, the priest with the list the priest read the list of parishioners missing since the collapse. a quiet seaside community now ripped apart. yet while hope remains, the families and survivors are clinging to it. 0ne churchgoer�*s family had a miraculous escape and are struggling to comprehend how their small apartment still standing. i have a lot of survivor's guilt on this, you know? why me, and why not my neighbour from 604? she was a lovely lady, you know, and i saw a picture of her, you know, and ijust can't see anybody, you know... i hope to god that they're going to find somebody, but, man, you know, if you saw what i saw, nothingness, and then you go over there and you see, like, all the rubble, how can somebody survive that? there is little for the families to do but continue to wait for information. many have said that they do truly
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believe they could still be reunited with their relatives. others have now accepted the grim fact that the chances they survived are very slim indeed. yesterday, it wasjustj so surreal, you know, all this energy of this acceptance, and denial, acceptance and loss, i but i know that in my heart they are most probably- in heaven now. like, us catholics believe they are in heaven. - as the work goes on, more than 150 people are still to be found. the moment this community fears next is hearing that this has moved from a search and rescue operation to one of search and recovery. will grant, bbc news, miami. china's space agency has released video of its zhurong rover moving across the surface of mars. the pictures were acquired by a wireless camera that is planted on the ground. the robot is investigating vast terrain in the planet's northern hemisphere.
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it's been an exciting evening of football. here's sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre. the top ranked team in the world, belgium, are through to the quarterfinals of euro 2020 after beating portugal. the netherlands were dumped out by the czech republic, as adam wilde reports. this is a beauty orange, the netherlands have so far been one of the term and's brighter teams, eye—catching performances coloured by growing confidence. few gave the czech republic much hope, the netherlands finding space and chances but little more, but then a moment to turn a tournament, the dutch defender could not turn quickly enough, a handball which would ultimately end his game. now with the numerical advantage, time to make it count. thomas hollis here
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the extra man. the czech republic in front, dutch eyes could scarcely believe it but it was about to get worse. patrik schick has been one of the stars of this tournament. here on the end of this break he made it two and completed one of the tournaments biggest upsets. in seville, another big team would definitely be going out, reigning champions portugal against belgium, ranked the best side in the world from a big build—up that deserved a big moment. it came from belgian's dog hazard. the standout moment from a quiet first half —— thorgan hazard. portugalwould a quiet first half —— thorgan hazard. portugal would not go without a fight but could not quite find the goal they needed to stay. they are out, cristiano ronaldo and all. belgium have never won a major tournament but are becoming the team tournament but are becoming the team
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to beat. british number 0nejohanna konta is out of wimbledon, after a member of her team tested positive for covid—19. the 27th seed was deemed a close contact, and will now have to isolate for ten days. she was due to play katerina siniakova of the czech republic in the first round on tuesday. england women cruised to an eight—wicket victory against india in the first of their three one day internationals at bristol. tammy beaumont and nat sciver starred with the bat as they helped chase down 202 to claim the win, after a sluggish innings from india. england now lead the multi—format series 4—2, after points were shared from the opening drawn test match. lewis hamilton says his mercedes team would keep pushing, as red bull's max verstappen won the styrian grand prix. that extends his formula one championship lead to 18 points over britain's seven—time world champion. katie gornall reports. lewis hamilton has turned many a tidal race into a procession but not this year.
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max verstappen made sure of that. the red bull driver lined up in austria 12 points clear of hamilton in the championship. eight metres clear on the grid. away we go. from the first lap verstappen took control, further back things were not quite so smooth. verstappen and hamilton were in a race of their own, but even with a seven time champion on his tail... the 23—year—old never looked flustered, managing to turn 71 laps into a cruise, behind him in the mercedes, there was frustration. what should i do? i cannot close the gap. in front of him was only the chequered flag. and he wins the styrian grand prix. hamilton's only consolation, a point for the fastest lap. in the end, there was little hamilton could do as the greatest threat to his dominance of formula 1 continues
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to prove he is up to the challenge. katie gornall, bbc news. and you can head to the bbc sport website for more on how teenager keely hodgkinson beatjemma reekie and laura muir to secure an 800m spot at the tokyo 0lympics. that's it from me, mishal. sarah, thank you very much. a first look at the moral�*s newspapers is coming up on the bbc news channel in the moment but that is it for tonight. now it's time for the news where you are.
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hello and welcome back. you are watching bbc news. we will have a look at the papers in a moment but before that, ibiza, the party capital the world was forced to stop dancing and close down his entire club scene because of the pandemic, now that isla is hoping a test event during the course of this weekend to prove a vital clubbing industry is capable of reopening without causing a spike in affection just capable of reopening without causing a spike in affectionjust in capable of reopening without causing a spike in affection just in time for the return or british tourism. anna halligan has been there and sentenced this report. —— sent us this report. i'd beta has been green listed by the uk, this island is gearing up for the return of mass tourism in this experiment could represent its revival. the guinea pigs are all key workers
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— 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, 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 at17,18,19 years old, fall in love with the place, and they keep coming back, yearafteryear, until, you know, even in their 50s, they're bringing their kids
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here and they're renting villas. so, you know, the clubs play a really important part of being that gateway to discover the island. djs worry that if the tune doesn't change soon, the clubbers will simply go elsewhere. there is something - magical about the island. ibiza is about the clubbing. and it would be foolish... you can't stop clubbing, simple as. you know, there needs to be a place for it somewhere, . and if it's not here, _ it's going to 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 beat the pandemic. anna holligan, bbc news, ibiza.
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records at the ready, wimbledon returns tomorrow and it is pouring with rain in central london. after the championships were cancelled last summer, the event this you will look a bit different. it is part of the government test event programme, a large number of fans will be allowed to attend at the two weeks progress. chris slegg was allowed behind the scenes to see the preparations. wimbledon fell silent last year. now, a familiar sound of summer can be heard once more. grunting. it was only last monday that those running the tournament learned how many spectators will be allowed. we will start off at around 50% of the grounds capacity — so that's around 22,000 — and as we work our way through the championships, that will increase, and we've been enabled to get to 100% of our capacity for the men's and ladies' finals weekend. 0n wimbledon fortnight last year, this place was completely deserted because, for the first time since the second world war, the championships didn't even take place. well, this year,
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the show is back on, and come finals weekend, there will be a capacity crowd of 15,000 spectators here on centre court. ground staff have been ensuring the courts look as immaculate as ever while working in covid bubbles. i think, if anything, it's, kind of, made the team more, sort of, empowered to deliver better than normal, purely because we missed out for a year and everyone realised how much they missed it. so now, you know, we're kind of chomping at the bit to get the championships under way. the ladies' final won't feature simona halep — the defending champion has withdrawn with a calf injury. rafa nadal is out. roger federer has fitness concerns. novak djokovic — favourite to retain his 2019 title. andy murray will play singles for the first time since 2017. despite living close by, like all players, he'll have to stay in the tournament hotel in central london. it'll have a reduced capacity, but henman hill is open, and when people are sat there, or
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sat around any of the tennis courts, they won't have to wear one of these. we're asking people to wear masks, but when they're seated — so that could be on the hill, it could be in centre court, it could be on court 12 — people will be able to remove their masks so that they can enjoy the environment. and, because all these people have been through the covid certification, they can look each other in the eye and know that not only have they passed the test and the entry requirements, so have the people sitting next to them. the familiar sight of the queue won't be seen — tickets have been sold online. those who take to these seats over the next fortnight feeling luckier than ever to be here. chris slegg, bbc news, wimbledon. with and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers — tony grew and caroline frost, and they are raring to go. that's coming up after the headlines.
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time for a look at the weather. hello. most of us thought a bit of sunshine at some point during the course of the weekend and some places we will see more of the coming week, practically across the northern half of the uk. a north—south split at the moment, a lot of dry weather was sunshine in the north but further south, more cloud bringing showers and longer spells of rain and thunderstorms around. very mixed fortunes this week high—pressure toppling in across scotland and northern ireland. no pressure sitting close to southern england and that will be throwing their showers up across many southern parts of england and wales. monday dawn and a cloudy night and initially some heavy rain for the southwest towards the midlands and she had these for a time but heavy showers developing for east anglia and the southeast as well, hit and miss them if you do catch one of them across southern england, it could be hail and torrential rain and bringing the risk of localised flooding and perhaps travel disruption for the further north and a much different story. dry weather was sunshine and
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from northern ireland, scotland in the far north of england. 0f from northern ireland, scotland in the far north of england. of course today, it marks the start of the championship. we may well see a bit of rain interrupting play for a time of rain interrupting play for a time of tuesday, things look drier and warmer later in the week. heading through monday evening and overnight, further heavy showers and thunderstorms in the south, if you sponsor to the north, much of northern england, scotland and northern ireland remaining clear and dry, so temperatures getting to single figures in one or two spots with staying very mild and a humid feeling down towards the southeast. some wore the same on tuesday for england and wales, a fairly cloudy the further south you are to make chance of catching a few more of these heavy showers and especially for parts of southern and eastern england during the afternoon and some thunderstorms and hail and temperature downpours. what a difference the north and the light winds and sunshine for england, wanted to grow showers come up with temperatures in glasgow about 24 degrees. it does look eventually
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from about wednesday onwards that low pressure will start to ease away towards the continent in higher pressure will build later in the week to more widely across the uk, before weather fronts oppression and for the weekend. but from about wednesday onwards, a lot of places saying drier and warmer weather on the way before showers push away from the west during the course of the weekend. goodbye for now. hello, this is bbc news. the paper review coming up after a look at the headlines. sajid javid says he recognises the "huge responsibility" facing him as he takes over as health secretary, following matt hancock's resignation. 150 people are still missing after the collapse of a florida apartment block — nine bodies have been recovered from the ruins. an urgent investigation as classified ministry of defence
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documents containing details about the british military are found

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