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people protest against recent efforts by states to restrict access to abortion. after days of chewing at the pumps the army begins delivering fuel to petrol stations across the uk on monday. i appreciate how frustrating and infuriating it has been for people. the situation is stabilising but it is a problem that has been driven really by demand, not by supply.
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climate ministers gathered in italy saying a lot more progress needs to be made before a key un summit in november. this is the scene on lipoma where two new streams of lava pose a further threat of disruption in the erupting volcano forces more residents to flee. welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the abortion rights battle in america is taking to the streets today with protest being held across the country. thousands of advocates adjoining 660 matches against recent efforts by
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states to severely restrict access to termination. campaigners believe the us supreme court has been more likely to take action to overturn at the national right to abortion provided in the road the rate —— row the rate —— row the weight. mm rate -- row the weiuht. , , mm rate -- row the weight. , , calvanise mm rate -- row the weight. , , calvanise rotesters. mm rate -- row the weight. , , calvanise -rotesters. peo - le mm rate -- row the weight. , , calvanise rotesters. peole are galvanise protesters. people are demonstrating in all 50 states and here in washington, dc and the focus really is on the supreme court because the balance of power has shifted there. donald trump appointed three conservativejustice and now there is a supermajority of conservatives on the bench and the supreme court, just a month ago, allowed a very restricted abortion law to go ahead in texas. this is a law to go ahead in texas. this is a law that would ban abortion after only six weeks of pregnancy. also,
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the court is expected to hear a mississippi challenge to natural abortion rights. those guaranteed by the roe v wade decision. people here are really focusing on protecting about that they have had for some five decades and they say it is not just about registering protests but its to carry out that fight. the fuel crisis _ its to carry out that fight. the fuel crisis in _ its to carry out that fight. the fuel crisis in the _ its to carry out that fight. the fuel crisis in the uk _ its to carry out that fight. the fuel crisis in the uk continues with the situation in london and the south—east critical according to retailers. the petrol retailers association said elsewhere the to the restraint of drivers. figures show more than two thirds of sites they contacted now have few but 16% have none. the military is due to help delivery to petrol stations from monday. our business correspondent katie austin has the
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latest. there were queues to fuel again this morning in parts of southern england. this is the first time i'm queuing up because my boy normally gets it for me, but today, oh, my gosh. it's like christmas came early. no issues in newcastle though. no problems at all, ijust put £100 in. a few days ago it was hard but i think it's picking up. i the body representing independent forecourts says availability across the country has improved. it thinks about two thirds of sites now have petrol and diesel while 16% have run dry, but it's labelled the situation in london and the south—east as critical. all deliveries must now go to london and the south—east and to the independent forecourts, which make up 65% of all forecourts in the uk. 200 military personnel, including 100 drivers, have been called in to help boost supplies.
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they are being trained and will start on monday. the first big amount will really be working through this weekend, deploying on monday on their own more and then by the end of the week another 60 to 70 will come online. amid a shortage of hgv drivers across the economy, 5000 visas for foreign workers had really been announced, lasting until christmas eve. that includes 300 fuel tanker drivers. we now know they will be able to start immediately and the length of time they can stay has been extended until the end of march. a700 of the visas are for food lorry drivers, and they will not be able to start until later this month but their length of stay has been extended up to the end of february. ministers insist the fuel situation will continue to improve if people only
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buy what they need, even when supply levels return to normal motorists are being told they should expect to pay more at the pump as wholesale prices rise. there is a warning the situation appears to be worsening borisjohnson has said that the boris johnson has said that the fuel situation is stabilising and issued a fresh warning to the road haulage industry that it cannot expect to rely on cheap immigrant labour in future. speaking on the eve of the conservative party conference in manchester the prime minister said he wanted to end the uk's reliance on low—wage foreign workers and for it to become a well—paid, well skilled, highly productive economy. we have a system that allows us to control immigration and that gives us flexibility we can open up markets if we need to and we will keep everything under review. but what we don't want to do is go back to a situation in which we basically allowed the road haulage industry to be sustained with a lot of low—wage immigration that meant that wages
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didn't go up and facilities, standards, the quality of thejob did not go up. so the weird thing is now that people don't want to go in to the road haulage industry, don't want to be lorry drivers, precisely because we have had that massive emigration approach and help wages down, held the quantity, quality of the job done. we want to see investments in facilities and which are now starting to see is for the first time in over a decade, you are seeing wages going up around the country. that is fundamentally a good thing, that's what we mean and wages are going up faster for those on the lower incomes, that what we mean by levelling up. taiwan has accused china of wanton aggression after an unprecedented number of chinese military aircraft
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crossed into his air defence zone. taiwan said that a chinese military aircraft entered the zone into waves on friday and china said a further 20 chinese military aircraft flew to self—declared zone on saturday. the white house says president biden will work with lawmakers to the weekend on his landmark spending legislation. mr biden says he is working hard to get the wider reconciliation bill passed pitting his party together. the number of deaths caused by kevin 19 the united states has passed 600,000. it is the highest number for any country in the world. the us is facing a further resurgence in cases due to the prominence of the delta variant. climate ministers gathered in italy say a lot more progress needs to be made by wealthy countries before a crucial us summit in glasgow in
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november. frustration on the streets... ..as young activists marched to the milan climate conference on friday. this is our future and we have to fight for our futures. inside the conference today, a mood of quiet formality, as negotiators brought this meeting to a close. what's been discussed though could hardly be more urgent. the fires, the floods, the melting of the ice and the rising of the sea... the overall message from leaders here is one of cautious optimism, that it will be possible to reach a decisive climate agreement in glasgow, but that it won't be easy. glasgow is the starting point. people who are here in milan representing some of the most vulnerable and small island nations are really concerned that we are still a long way from the trajectory of keeping global temperature increase this
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century to within this key threshold of 1.5 celsius. we are already in a 1.1 world. we are facing increasing frequency and severity of storms and flooding. a 1.5 world is very scary to think about, especially for islands like us, and what's even scarier is that we are still not there, in terms of ambition, in terms of cutting down emissions. this vast coal mine in india, a country that still depends heavily on coal for energy, is just a glimpse of what a challenge it is to slash carbon emissions. but leaders here agree that meeting that challenge is now urgent. by 2030, we need to reduce emissions globally by 45%, but what we need is everyone to come forward and if there is a gap we are going to have to set out how we will close this gap in this decisive decade. the true test, bringing the politics in line with the science, will be at the critical un climate conference in just one month's time. victoria gill, bbc news, milan. on top of climate change,
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deforestation is now being seen as a leading cause of damage to the environment and human health. scientists are warning that the ongoing clearing of the amazon rainforest could have deadly consequences. more than 12 million brazilians will be at high risk of heat —related illnesses within the next 100 years. our correspondent reports. brazil is a country is to death in the face of pandemic but this is a graveyard of another kind. an orange farmer all his life, he has never experienced a drought like this. translation: i think the weight is going, the rainfall keep increasing in the future. you would to see each year the rainfall has been lower. the colour has drained from these orange groves. the fruit and leaves dried to a crisp. he says he will have to take this all up and start again but to the ground is too hard for the machines and even after it would take another three years to
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harvest new fruit. water levels at the region's most important water source, the river basin, are at their lowest since the 1940s, hampering an important trade route and threatening the livelihoods. brazil has more than 10% of the words freshwater supplies and this word's freshwater supplies and this river alone is the second biggest in south america after the amazon, it provides 45 million people with fresh drinking water. not here in brazil but in paraguay and argentina, too. the water level has fallen so low that ever there is struggling to continue to generate electricity. experts put it down to extreme weather caused by a natural weather phenomenon on. but they say increasing deforestation in the amazon making it worse. we are unfortunately — amazon making it worse. we are unfortunately very _ amazon making it worse. we are unfortunately very near - amazon making it worse. we are unfortunately very near a - amazon making it worse. we are unfortunately very near a tipping |
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unfortunately very near a tipping point of amazon forests disappearing. 6070% of the forest may be replaced by a very degraded ecosystem, degraded savannah. due to climate change and local deforestation. the flying rivers will be reduced every year so there will be reduced every year so there will be reduced every year so there will be less to the south. with water rationing across the region, taps run dry by early morning especially in poor neighbourhoods like this. ~ . , especially in poor neighbourhoods like this. ~ ., , ., especially in poor neighbourhoods likethis. ., , , ., like this. what is owed, the best of times. like this. what is owed, the best of times- she — like this. what is owed, the best of times. she the _ like this. what is owed, the best of times. she the luxury _ like this. what is owed, the best of times. she the luxury of _ like this. what is owed, the best of times. she the luxury of a - like this. what is owed, the best of times. she the luxury of a shower. times. she the luxury of a shower but cannot use it. when they get what are the family stories it here but they are scared to use it in case they run out. they also risks diseases with mosquitoes laying their eggs on the surface. it is
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very difficult for their health. and it won't get any easier until the rain starts to fall and the leaves once again turn green. a distant wish for now with fears this drought could continue next year, too. the volcano that has been erupting for the last 11 days in the spanish island of la palma is spewing out to new streams of lava, threatening further destruction. many homes and crops have been destroyed and thousands of people having forced to evacuate since the eruption first began last month. danjohnson is there. it seems like every day this volcano is producing more and more lover. there are new events opening up. new ways for the lover to escape and that means even more lover flowing downhill, putting even more homes and villages address. more than 1000 properties have been destroyed now and this is in the area that has been evacuated so there are homes here where people
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have not been able to get back for more than a week now. wondering whether they will ever be able to come back in libya because nobody knows how long this volcano will keep erupting. you can see sort of ash that has spread right across this area. it is thick, coarse stuff which covers absolutely everything. at times you can feel it in the air, you can taste it but it all depends on the changing direction, which areas are under threat and which areas are under threat and which areas are under threat and which areas are taking the gases that are escaping from there and also down at the sea as well because where the lover hits the water there is another potential for toxic gases there. can see how powerful that volcano is. how much lava and smoke is continually being produced day or night. people are wondering how much more is there to comfort of the experts think could last for weeks or potentially months more.
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let's have a look the live pictures by lava continues to flow from the volcano. authorities in advising people to limit time outdoors in parts of la palma as erupting volcano on the island is spewing red hot lava and thick clouds of black smoke of over 6000 people have been evacuated because of the proximity of lava flows to their homes. quite extraordinary images that were getting from the spanish island. the headlines. across the us there are more than 600 abortion rights valley is being held as people protest against recent efforts by states to restrict abortion access. after days of queueing at the pumps uk retailer say there are some improvement nationwide other fuel supplies remain critical in london and south—east england.
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uk home said police must raise the bar by taking the harassment of women more seriously. she said sexually should not be taken lightly. she said women to be confident to call out such offences. ministers have promised reform of the criminaljustice system after the criminaljustice system after the murder of sarah everard by a serving police officer. the death of sarah everard prompted an outpouring of public grief and now the government is said it is determined how mad it will bring about permanent change in how society deals with violence against women and girls. the prime minister said there are too few prosecutions and convictions for sexual violence. the time from report to referral, from referral to court proceedings, from the court proceedings to the conclusion, all three of those segments is far too long. and what you are seeing is the whole
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system snarled up with evidential problems, with the data issues and mobile phones, disclosure and all that kind stuff and this is a nightmare for the women concerned. he kidnapped, raped and murdered sarah everard. he then dumped her body in woodland in kent. cars registered to him had previously been linked to allegations of indecent exposure but he was not identified as a potential sex offender. it is claimed he use a whatsapp group to swap misogynistic messages with officers from the metropolitan police of the civil nuclear constabulary and the norfolk constabulary. we have also got to address issues going on within the police force and you will have seen this stuff about the officers on the whatsapp group. you've got to come down very hard on them. the home secretary said the police must raise the bar by taking harassment and flashing more seriously. patel told the telegraph they should
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not be considered low—level crimes. we are absolutely committed to tackling violence against women and girls and that is going to be our focus. it is one of our priorities, so you will see us out and patrolling hotspots. there are calls for more scrutiny of the police themselves. this has been going on for many many years and i'm tired of— i hearing police forces say we arel going to learn lessons from some tragedy. the lessons don't seem to be learned the lessons are the l women's suffering has to stop and when that happened - in the country are saying that and you have to _ listen and police forces are not doing that. - and so it has to be listened to at a lower level and i'm i sorry, that means resourcing - and that means more police available and more money put into policing and i into the court system but we also. have to have much better processes of training police and those in the justice system. - opposition politicians accuse the government of starving the police of resources but there is a growing consensus
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that the death of sarah everard must act as a watershed moment. the president of the philippines is certainly a controversial figure, adored by supporters but accused by critics of encouraging thousands of extrajudicial killings on its war on drugs. now, on the day that the election season begins, he has said that he is retiring from politics. the bbc�*s philippine correspondent explained where he is really preparing to go. he said similar things in the past and so we have to take the statement today with a pinch of salt but in the philippines it is really about the drama, it is about the gossip and it is a bit like the telenovelas are soap operas that play out in the country. this is the kind of stuff that people talk about so today's statement fully thrusts the family name into the gossip mongering and
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rumour—mongering that is going on today in every household in the philippines interested in politics and so what could happen is two scenarios. one, he could be switched on the night before november 15, the deadline for switching in a candidate, as we saw him do in 2015 in november when he eventually was successful for president. in november when he eventually was successfulfor president. or in november when he eventually was successful for president. or it could be that are setting up the family brand. his daughter potentially running for president. today she found her candidacy for mayor of a city but today we might see that november 15 to run with his aides and that would be a tandem that a lot of people are already used to because the senator works very closely with the president at the moment. let's catch up with the sport. thank you. we will start with the premier league. chelsea are back on top of the table tonight after two late goals gave them victory
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over southampton. head of the blues in front. level from the spot. the saints captain was then set off. two late goals gave chelsea the three points to go back to the summit. i liked the game. it was an entertaining game. from both sides, very intensive game and also here to entertain our supporters and we did this. i liked the energy and i liked the attitude. i had the feeling that we have our expectations right, what to expect and how to respond in the middle of the attitude right and in the end we got finally the result right. the end we got finally the result riuht. a . , the end we got finally the result riuht. . , ., the end we got finally the result riuht. . , . ., right. manchester united and everton both missed a — right. manchester united and everton both missed a chance _ right. manchester united and everton both missed a chance to _ right. manchester united and everton both missed a chance to go _ right. manchester united and everton both missed a chance to go to - right. manchester united and everton both missed a chance to go to go - right. manchester united and everton both missed a chance to go to go to l both missed a chance to go to go to the top in the early kick—off, drawing one all at old trafford. a well deserved point for the side. the home side had the lead just before half time but everton fought
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back. even did the cristiano ronaldo celebration after scoring. just one win in their last four competitions. everton have lostjust once in the league so far. i everton have lost 'ust once in the league so far.— league so far. i felt we started well, scored _ league so far. i felt we started well, scored a _ league so far. i felt we started well, scored a very _ league so far. i felt we started well, scored a very good - league so far. i felt we started well, scored a very good goall league so far. i felt we started. well, scored a very good goal in league so far. i felt we started - well, scored a very good goal in the first half and we should have had that cutting edge and we should have done better, of course, and it is a disappointing goal to concede. it's happened too many times that we were on the attack by this time a coroner, and we are well enough organised behind it but we just don't deal with the situation well enough. you can rely on that feeling. we have got to do it. we can say, well, we deserved more points, because when you don't score the goals you don't. sal; points, because when you don't score the goals you don't.— the goals you don't. say that we lla ed the goals you don't. say that we played against _ the goals you don't. say that we played against a _ the goals you don't. say that we played against a very _ the goals you don't. say that we played against a very good - the goals you don't. say that we | played against a very good team. it's not easy here and we did well so we were defending quite well in the first—half. we had our chances.
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we conceded a late goal that maybe we were not expecting. the reaction of the team in the second half was quite good. everybody was doing what we had to do. but how do gives a very good team and try to create chances and we did it. a pity in the last one because it was offside but it could have been even better but we are pleased with the way that we played. also in the premier league leeds got their first win of the season. willis one that game and though the first manager and goalless draws at burnley and brighton. britain's player put her names in history book as she won the first race and broke away with more than 80 kilometres to go. rain affected those behind them she is also the first british rider, man or woman, to win the race. a dutch riderfinished second woman, to win the race. a dutch rider finished second over a woman, to win the race. a dutch riderfinished second over a minute behind. there was a shock ending to the rugby championship as new
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zealand failed to finish with 100% record. they were beaten by the world champions south africa in a thrilling match. new zealand ahead and have a final kick when south africa scored a penalty to win. new zealand finished as champions with five wins but a victory from south africa sees them replace the all blacks at the top of the world rankings and australia finished second after beating argentina. and finally you may won the us open in the ryder cup this year but he cannot add another title to his collection after reaching the last eight he was beaten in the final of the association world championship. we had a top distance of 391 yards with a top bowl speed of 280 miles an hour. the fellow american won the event with a distance of 422 that is all your sport for now. back to you. i remind of our top story this hour. thousands of people across the us
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are taking part in marches in support of abortion rights. much more, of course, on all of our news stories on the bbc website and i am on twitter. this is bbc news. we're just going to catch with the weather. it has been pretty grim down here. hello. sums and at times in northern ireland. a soak across much of the rest of the new quay. rain clearing tonight as showers and there will be a few van tomorrow but overall tomorrow is looking like a much brighter day but blustery one because low pressure will be close by and a band of showers from the east. the strongest winds across the north of scotland and into the northern isles. this would strengthen overnight and especially for shetland we are expecting us of 60 or 70 mph going into tomorrow morning. after the rain, clear skies
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for many but the showers are put into the west, particularly the north—west of the uk put up temperatures around 509. close to freezing in the of mainland scotland. a marathon tomorrow in london we have expecting plenty of sunshine. just the chance of a shower getting run into the afternoon with a bit more cloud building and by then. this is how sunday is shaping up. if you are planning to stay in the armchair. lot of sunshine to begin with across eastern parts but remember that a weather front i showed you. a band of showers moving from west to east most frequent in the west but some will travel further east is the day goes on. you may catch a heavy one. these are average wind speeds. thus of up to 3545 mph so it is going to be a blustery one and temperatures around 13 or 17. scotland are still seeing some longer spells of rain. getting on sunday evening as showers will especially into the west. the driest clearest weather overnight into monday so later in the night it looks like showers will become a bit more widespread across southern
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england and temperatures may be a little bit higher going into monday morning. on monday brings another day of sunshine and showers. it will attend a cloud over from the south—west later in the day and later in the day we will start to see them at base of a moving into northern ireland, wales south—west england. that is yet another area of low pressure. the position is not set in stone but it looks as though it will bring its wettest windiest weather into wales and england. we may see a bit fringing towards eastern parts of northern ireland and southern scotland. notjust the heavy rain but strong winds too. gail's places and looking towards wales and south—west england but we will keep you updated on that but more wet and windy weather on the cards.
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hello, this is bbc news. after days of queuing at the pumps, retailers say there is an improvement nationwide, although fuel supplies remain critical in london and southeast england. an american firm is set to take over morrisons. the home secretary says police must raise the bar by taking the harassment of women more seriously. the queen opens the sixth session of the scottish parliament in holyrood and speaks of her deep and abiding affection for scotland. now on bbc news, chris clements investigates scott let's housing problem. the biggest rise in house prices for more than a decade... so, yeah, it's kind of a struggle. you just hit walls everywhere you look, really. my goal of a mortgage now is unrealistic. ..the families waiting years
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