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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the confirmed number of dead from the collapsed apartment block in florida rises to 9 with many more still missing. thousands of people in bangladesh scramble to leave the capital dhaka ahead of a new covid lockdown. britain's new health secretary begins work after the embarassing resignation of matt hancock. 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 i deliver for the people of this great country. a serious breach of british security how were documents about this royal navy warship among those found
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at a bus stop? as china's communist party prepares to celebrate 100 years in power we take a look at president xi's vision for the future. hello and a warm welcome if you have justjoined us on bbc news. in florida, around 150 people are still unaccounted for four days after the collapse of a i2—storey apartment block. officials in florida said the death toll from the disaster had risen to nine afterfour more bodies were found in the ruins. the building is in the town of surfside in miami dade county,
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a residential complex called champlain towers which crumbled to the ground in just 12 seconds trapping people inside. rescuers have been searching the rubble of the 55 apartments using dog teams and sonar equipment in the hope of finding survivors. our correspondent will grant is at the scene and sent us this report. 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.
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theirfamilies can now only pray for a miracle. at the local church, 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. is 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
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wait for information. many have said that they do truly 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 wasjusti 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. bbc mundo's beatriz diez has more from miami. until now, all the authorities are insisting this is still a search and rescue mission, but the mayor and also the governor of florida has
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said that even this morning but even you said, the chief of the fire department has a ready said that they have to assess and they will see when the changes to search and recovery operation, which is very hard for the family members, they are showing this fair and everybody is just waiting for the news and some group orfamily members, they asked to go to the site, they wanted to see a close by and wanted to pray nearby and they were taken with some buses there in different groups. in the whole situation is very harrowing now. it the whole situation is very harrowing now.— the whole situation is very harrowing now. it must be also extremely _ harrowing now. it must be also extremely worrying _ harrowing now. it must be also extremely worrying and - harrowing now. it must be also - extremely worrying and disconcerting for people delivering in the other blocks around with that block was until he collapsed on thursday because presumably since nobody knows yet because of that, they don't know their blocks might also be at risk. it don't know their blocks might also be at risk. , , ., ~ be at risk. it is. they were talking eseciall be at risk. it is. they were talking especially about _ be at risk. it is. they were talking especially about a _ be at risk. it is. they were talking especially about a block _ be at risk. it is. they were talking especially about a block between | be at risk. it is. they were talking i especially about a block between the
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one that fell, the champlain taoist north, and the mayor of surfside come he even said that he cannot say whether it is completely safe to be there because that building was made by the same developer, the same materials, the same time, so people are considering whether to evacuate and go to a different place, and for example, myself, ilive and go to a different place, and for example, myself, i live in a very similar building a few blocks away, and we have been going through construction here in this building and you can tell that the neighbours, we are all kind of worrying and asking whether we should consider to stay or find a temporary place. thousands of people in bangladesh are scrambling to leave the capital dhaka to head to rural areas before the start of a strict nationwide lockdown. police have described some of the crowds of migrant workers trying to get out as "unmanageable". there's a danger that the exodus will worsen the country's surge of delta variant coronavirus cases which the government has described as "dangerous and alarming".
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the bbc�*s elettra neysmith reports. this is what happens when the authorities announced the top is locked down. tens of thousands of people desperate to leave dhaka before it kicks in. —— the toughest of lockdown. many here are migrant workers who fear they have no choice. lockdown mean no work, and no work means no money, forfood or rent to look after families. the sharp rise in covid cases means rail and bus services are already suspended. these ferries are one of the only ways out. police say the numbers are unmanageable. health officials fear it can only add to already soaring cases of the delta variant sweeping the country. bangladesh has recorded its highest daily death toll from covid. the government has described it as dangerous and alarming. vaccinations offer a way out, but the roll—out here has been slow.
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partly because of the halt of vaccine exports from india. but there is good news. 2.5 million doses of the moderna vaccine are being gifted to bangladesh from the united states, under the covax programme, the global initiative aimed at providing equal access access to vaccines. it's hope, but with a population of 170 million, things may well get worse before an impact. britain's 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. he's returning to the government to replace matt hancock who resigned after pictures emerged of him breaching social distancing with his passionate embrace of an aide in his office. 0ur political correspondent ben wright reports. after 18 months away from the cabinet, sajid javid is back, an old hand in a newjob.
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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 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
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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. 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
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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. classified british ministry of defence documents including details about the warship hms defender have been found at a bus stop in south east england 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
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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, hands to action stations... hms defender took the green route. russia's response was hostile. 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'uch more. 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.
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the level of classification of all this stuff is not all that high, but anything that's 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... the government says the loss of documents is now being looked at. i think it is a serious breach, and the ministry of defence — i've spoken to the defence secretary — are taking forward an internal investigation into how this happened. labour says the crew of hms defender did theirjob well last week, but this security lapse shows the government didn't.
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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's happened, whether any military operations were put at risk. this whole episode has been more embarrassing than damaging. had the material fallen into other hands, officials know it could have been a lot orse. paul adams, bbc news. in france, exit polls indicate that marine le pen's far right national rally has failed in its attempt to win its first ever regional election. it did worse than expected in its targets of provence, and the region around calais in the north. i've been speaking to hugh schofield in paris about how much today's results will dent marine le pen's hopes for power. she's never had any power in the regions or in the department of the counties. so this is a chance for her to show that she was moving ever onwards and upwards, and there was a
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strong possibility even after the poor showing last weekend that she would hold onto or would capture the big region of them at the mediterranean coast where we know the far right is very strong but it did happen. 0ne the far right is very strong but it did happen. one of the left wings candidates sit down. —— it did not happen. a lot of left—wing boats went to the anti—hard right candidate who was the incumbent centre—right candidate and he whined very easily, 53%, 57% to 43%. that she won very easily. a clear defeat for marine le pen and these were elections in which she was expecting to do well and was being paraded rather as the likely victor of the selections, that she was hoping not just for one reason but several, 12 that are there are mainly france and that are there are mainly france and that she does not have any now. there will be a lot of self—doubt and questioning going on in the hard
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right marine le pen camp. this could've been _ right marine le pen camp. this could've been a _ right marine le pen camp. this could've been a for _ right marine le pen camp. this could've been a for her - right marine le pen camp. this could've been a for her hopes of the presidential election if she had done well and forces and momentum to build up and it will be hard to do that come are the people are now beginning to question the strategy she's been pursuing? she's an inverted calmist is trying to clean of the act of what was a front nationality founded by her father, distancing herself from some of the more extreme elements. does this suggest it is not working electorally? mil suggest it is not working electorally?— suggest it is not working electorall ? �* ., ., ,, , electorally? all of that issue, but unknowable _ electorally? all of that issue, but unknowable to _ electorally? all of that issue, but unknowable to what _ electorally? all of that issue, but unknowable to what extent. - unknowable to what extent. definitely there are people within her camp are saying it is become so lukewarm i can't really see any point and by the ring to go to vote for her because if she will turn into a slightly more outspoken at the european version of the republicans party and scale back all of her quite strident language from the past about islamism and immigration and so on, then there is
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nothing to distinguish from the others, they are just another milk party of the centre. of course, her opponents will say that is not the case. she may be changing the language but she remains a firebrand and someone who is very hostile to immigration and trades on all sorts of tripwires. i think it is very hard to draw 80 proper conclusions of these elections because they were just regional elections and because the level of abstention was so high, 65, 60% two out of three voters did not turn out. they will turn out for the presidential election because people care about that much with the care about regional elections. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the south african president, cyril ramaphosa, has imposed strict new measures to tackle an alarming rise in covid infections, which he says poses a grave challenge. for the next two weeks alcohol sales are to be banned and all gatherings — including political and religious
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ones — are not allowed. official figures from russia show there've been nearly 4,000 covid—related deaths there over the past week, a new record. both moscow and st petersburg have registered their highest ever daily totals and st petersburg is due to host euro 2020 quarter final match in the coming days. parts of the us and canada are seeing a severe heat wave which forecasters say could mark the start of one of the most extreme and prolonged high temperatures ever recorded there. in the us, one large region including all of washington state and oregon and parts of idaho, wyoming and california will see temperatures soar dramatically throughout the region well into next week. and a heat wave stretching across western canada, from british columbia into southern saskatchewan and up through yukon and the northwest territories, is set to break daily and all time temperature records much earlier in the year than usual.
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from los angeles, our north america correspondent peter bowes sent this report. afamiliar a familiar scene in southern california at this time of year. this wildfire in san diego county has been burning for several days. it is under control, but a sign of what is to come as the days get hotter. 0n the streets of portland in oregon, they are not used to extreme heat. but with temperatures over 40 celsius in some places, this heat wave is highly dangerous. good morning. anybody home? volunteers of the delivered water for the homeless. the forecast for the next few days is for searing temperatures but officials fear could claim lives. ~ . ., , ., , but officials fear could claim lives. ~ . ., , ., lives. we are referring to this as a life-threatening _ lives. we are referring to this as a life-threatening heat _ lives. we are referring to this as a life-threatening heat for - lives. we are referring to this as a life-threatening heat for this - life—threatening heat for this region and our overnight lows are going to be about the same as our usual seasonal highs. what going to be about the same as our usual seasonal highs.— usual seasonal highs. what is remarkable — usual seasonal highs. what is remarkable about _ usual seasonal highs. what is
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remarkable about this - usual seasonal highs. what is remarkable about this one . usual seasonal highs. what is remarkable about this one is | usual seasonal highs. what is i remarkable about this one is not 'ust remarkable about this one is not just that — remarkable about this one is not just that the records are going to be just that the records are going to he broke — just that the records are going to be broke by sometimes comfortable margins. _ be broke by sometimes comfortable margins, but that the heat is sticking _ margins, but that the heat is sticking around so long. essential su lies sticking around so long. essential sunplies are _ sticking around so long. essential supplies are being _ sticking around so long. essential supplies are being distributed - sticking around so long. essential. supplies are being distributed from emergency cooling centres, where people can also escape from the punishing conditions. this people can also escape from the punishing conditions.— punishing conditions. this is a - lace punishing conditions. this is a place where — punishing conditions. this is a place where anybody - punishing conditions. this is a place where anybody can - punishing conditions. this is a | place where anybody can come punishing conditions. this is a - place where anybody can come to get a break from the heat and it is really important to give your body some rest periods because it does work, it is work for your body to keep you cool. work, it is work for your body to keep you cool-— work, it is work for your body to keep you cool. this heat wave is affectin: keep you cool. this heat wave is affecting a _ keep you cool. this heat wave is affecting a vast _ keep you cool. this heat wave is affecting a vast region, - keep you cool. this heat wave is affecting a vast region, from - keep you cool. this heat wave is - affecting a vast region, from canada to mexico. an atmospheric heat dome, a huge area of high pressure, is to blame but years of drought are compounding the problem. this is the hoover dam, with historically low water levels. drops rising temperatures, and growing concern over the dangers they pose. and there is still a long summer ahead. china's communist party is marking its 100th anniversary later this week.
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in the run up to the anniversary, president xijinping has been talking about the party's past glories and his vision for it into the 21st century. the party was founded in 1921 after radical ideologies like marxism gained traction among chinese intellectuals. it grew quickly, and by 1949 it defeated the kuomintang's cow min nationalist government in a civil war, leading to the establishment of the people's republic of china. the ideology of china's communist party has since undergone many enormous and sometimes drastic changes. let's speak to jude blanchette of the centre for strategic and international studies. thank you very much for being with us on bbc news. this is a hugely important symbolically important event for the chinese estate since of a one—party state. but how can i dare i say it, consistent has chinacommunist flexibly bent over the last 100 years? hot
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chinacommunist flexibly bent over the last 100 years?— the last100 years? not very. -- communists— the last 100 years? not very. -- communist's values _ the last 100 years? not very. -- communist's values have - the last 100 years? not very. -- communist's values have been. | the last 100 years? not very. -- - communist's values have been. party leaders have had to twist themselves into contortions to justify moving from more radical ideologies under the mao era to a more pragmatic market tolerance or market friendly approach after the death of mao, but i think that it's one of the key characteristics of what has allowed the party to survive this long, it is adaptability, no other leninist party has remained in powerfor as long as the ccp or indeed live to be 100, so while we may point out that is inconsistencies i think it was see that as a key component of its resiliency. see that as a key component of its resilien . , . , ., ., , resiliency. resilience is a really interesting _ resiliency. resilience is a really interesting word _ resiliency. resilience is a really interesting word to _ resiliency. resilience is a really interesting word to use - resiliency. resilience is a really interesting word to use about l resiliency. resilience is a really i interesting word to use about that because it has come so many external pressures and indeed internal ones from famine to the kind of demands of a newly class a a much greater class people who were entrepreneurs, people who have wealth of their own and people who have their own businesses, but still operating in
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the same sort of political environment that previous generations would've recognised in terms of the restriction.— terms of the restriction. certainly. and uuite terms of the restriction. certainly. and quite unfortunately, - terms of the restriction. certainly. and quite unfortunately, more - terms of the restriction. certainly. l and quite unfortunately, more more so it seems that the direction as you mention, the general secretary of the communist party xi jinping is taking the country resembles key elements of china's past and for folks if you talk to friends and colleagues in china, certainly there are some eerie echoes of previous events like the cultural revolution that mouth worried but i think it is important to remember that what is being constructed in china under xi jinping is not so much a backward looking system, this is really supposed to be a technologically enabled the sophisticated modern authoritarian system, so to understand the party we need to look where it is going as much as we look where it is going as much as we look where it is going as much as we look where it came from. in where it is going as much as we look where it came from.— where it came from. in terms of where it came from. in terms of where it came from. in terms of where it is _ where it came from. in terms of where it is going, _ where it came from. in terms of where it is going, to _ where it came from. in terms of where it is going, to what - where it came from. in terms of| where it is going, to what extent where it came from. in terms of i where it is going, to what extent is the story of china now and there
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communist party, the story of that one, president she's in pain, just at the might want to bend the story of deng xiaoping. at the might want to bend the story of deng xiaoping-— at the might want to bend the story of deng xiaoping. head of the great ruestion. of deng xiaoping. head of the great question- it — of deng xiaoping. head of the great question- it is _ of deng xiaoping. head of the great question. it is hard _ of deng xiaoping. head of the great question. it is hard to _ of deng xiaoping. head of the great question. it is hard to answer- question. it is hard to answer concisely because on the one hand, as people who travel to china no, this is a fantastically complicated country come at 1:1.4 billion people is a shame to reduce it to the decision of the one human being and yet we that leaders of authoritarian political systems have outside influence over the direction their country travel and as she jinping has eradicated the constraints on power that were there for previous leaders, we do have to start looking very closely at where he is taking the country because increasingly it will be his decisions that decide the fate of the country. the anniversary _ the fate of the country. the anniversary on _ the fate of the country. the anniversary on thursday will be fascinating for you and for the rest of us to watch. thank you very much forjoining us.
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to the football now and it's been an important night at the european championship with some of the favourites of the tournament going head to head to book a place in the quarterfinals. first up it was the czech repulic who delivered the tournaments first real shock by defeating. real shock by defeating the netherlands by two goals to nil. the match turned after the thirtieth minute when the dutch defender de ligt was red carded for a bad tackle. the czech republic took full advantage scoring two goals in front of a full stadium in budapest. and then it was belgium's turn to deliver the goods against holders portugal which they did with a moment of class from their striker thorgan hazard. the winger driving home a shot from outside the box to take the victory one goal to nil. for all the stats and what this means for the rest of the tournament just go to our website. staying with china, and the country's national space administration has released new photos and videos captured by its mars probe
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during the country's first landing and roving exploration on the red planet. the footage also includes sequences from zhurong's landing in may, showing the deployment of its parachute system and the moment of touchdown. you're watching bbc news. let's take a look at the weather on earth and the front pages for tomorrow. 0ur the front pages for tomorrow. our guests will be tony grew and caroline frost. they have been going through the additional front pages we have had in the course of the last hour and we will be covering all of the papers. quite a lot of stories on the front of the telegraph. but here is the weather before that. hello. it isa it is a bit ofa it is a bit of a mix forecast. a north—south split in for the next few days as high—pressure hunting gun across scotland, northern
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ireland, low pressure closer to the south throwing showers along the spells of rain across england and well. monday morning starts on a cloudy note for english and welcome heavy showers initially in the west, later in the day we see some of those heavier showers fishing in the parts of youth in england and thunderstorms developing along the south coast and if you do catch one of the showers can be could be torrential. hell, look like letting possible. in the north, a lot of dry sunny bright weather. clear skies will last until monday evening and tuesday in the north. temperatures about single figures here. my out of the south where you have all of the cloud and the patchy outbreaks of rain. much of england was again on tuesday will be cloudy and showering, we could see some of those heavy showers developing but once again thunderstorms in the southeast during the afternoon for the plenty of sunshine further north than highs to around 24 degrees. goodbye.
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we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines. sajid javid said he recognises the huge responsibility he faces as he has his first day in the office as health secretary, following matt hancock's resignation. 150 people are thought to be missing after the collapse of the apartment blocks thursday. nine bodies have been recovered from the ruins. an investigation has classifieds documents about the british military against russia off the coast of crimea have been found in a kent bus stop. crimea have been found in a kent bus sto. ~ ., , crimea have been found in a kent bus sto, . .,,, ~' crimea have been found in a kent bus sto. ~ ,,, ~' ., crimea have been found in a kent bus stop. was striking for distance! shocks in the _ stop. was striking for distance! shocks in the eurozone. - stop. was striking for distance! i shocks in the eurozone. belgium knockout portugal in the netherlands are also out —— in the euros. hello and welcome to our look ahead
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to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. sifting through them, tony grew and caroline frost. welcome back to both of you. the metro leads with a political story of the weekend, as is the former health secretary has been reported to the police are flouting the social distancing rules. the i leaves with concerns about how the footage was obtained, and whitehall is calling for a review. the mirror quotes the opposition as the labour party accuses matt hancock of being a hypocrite. he still has questions to answer about his decision on friday to accept his resignation on saturday. mr hancock's replacement sajid javid features widely on the front pages. the ft says he's promising a return to normality. the
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