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this is bbc news. the headlines: the west steps up pressure on president putin over the war in ukraine, with an eu plan —to ban all imports of russian oil by the end of this year as the war rages on, russian missiles strike key infrastructure in ukraine — including three electricty stations in the western city of lviv, causing power blackouts. political parties take part in a final day of campaigning for local elections in england, scotland and wales and elections for the northern ireland assembly. after liverpool reach the champions league final, all eyes are on man city tonight to see if they can make it too. and a shirt worn by diego maradona when he scored the iconic hand of god goal is expected to fetch millions
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of pounds when it goes under the hammer within the next half hour. bulgaria, hungary, slovakia and the czech republic, have all called for exemptions. the proposal was announced by the european finished —— commission this morning as part of the latest round of sanctions on moscow in retaliation for the war in ukraine. the british government is also introducing fresh sanctions against russia as part of the international pressure on president
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putin as he intensifies his military offensive in ukraine. new measures will include... new measures will include a ban on russia accessing uk accountancy, management consultancy, and pr services. lets head to kyiv and ben brown. hello from the capital of kyiv and the latest reports we are getting from the southern city of mary apple is that russian forces are trying to storm the steelworks where ukrainian fighters making a pretty desperate last stand. there have been bombarded in that steelworks for weeks and weeks but according to the mayor of mariupol, he created innovations have lost all contact with those remaining 2000 troops they have got in that steelworks and they have got in that steelworks and the mayor says that the russians are trying an assault on that steelworks. they are using artillery
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jets, tanks, and missiles fired from white ships as well. the russians are denying that but from the point of view of the civilians who are still trapped in that steelworks this is a really desperate day because we think there may be some 200 still there, 100 were evacuated but 200 are still there including some 30 children. russia is continuing to strike infrastructure targets across this country including several in the western city of lviv. 0urfirst report is from our correspondent in lviv, joe inwood. for a city that has often felt a long way from the war, last night was a rude awakening. at least three electrical substations around lviv were hit by russian missiles. much of the city was left without power. water supplies were also disrupted. i don't know where is the next target for russian missiles. today in lviv, it is a huge hub for refugees and every day lviv hosts new wounded.
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today in lviv hospital, we had to gather more than 1000 wounded. it was not actually the city centre that was hit, but this place, a rather anonymous industrial park on the outskirts and it is because of that — an electrical substation. the russians say that six of them were hit in total across the country. they're trying to disable the rail network and the reason they want to do that is because that will stop the flow of weapons from the west to the east. andre found a part of a missile lodged in his shed. russia says it launched cruise missiles yesterday from a submarine in the black sea and it has warned nato that if shipments of weapons continue, they will be targeted as well. the port city of mariupol has witnessed some of the most brutal fighting of the invasion. in the last few hours, the mayor said a new convoy of evacuees is leaving the city.
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they are following a group freed over the weekend from the massive azovstal steelworks, the last point of ukrainian resistance. yesterday, their convoy arrived in the relative safety of the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia. this is what weeks of living in the dark, short of food and water and under constant bombardment will do to a person. even the journey to safety was an ordeal. translation: you enter a tent, take off your clothes, _ they check your documents. they kept saying that all was well and they would rebuild _ and reconstruct mariupol —j there is no more mariupol. but russian preparations are already under way for the annual victory parade on the 9th of may. with many predicting president putin needs to give people something to celebrate, the window to negotiations could be closing. earlier i spoke to alexander rodnyansky. he's a senior adviser to the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy —
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here's what he had to say. and the reports it is being stormed by russian troops.— and the reports it is being stormed by russian troops. there is nothing aood that by russian troops. there is nothing good that elites _ by russian troops. there is nothing good that elites are _ by russian troops. there is nothing good that elites are a _ by russian troops. there is nothing good that elites are a civilians - by russian troops. there is nothing good that elites are a civilians and l good that elites are a civilians and troops in case they are successful in taking control of the steel plant. it in taking control of the steel lant. , ., , .,~ in taking control of the steel lant. , . , plant. it is heartbreaking because there are at _ plant. it is heartbreaking because there are at least _ plant. it is heartbreaking because there are at least a _ plant. it is heartbreaking because there are at least a couple - plant. it is heartbreaking because there are at least a couple of - there are at least a couple of hundred civilians inside and we understand including 30 children who are there in those bunkers and tunnels beneath the steelworks? that is riuht. it's tunnels beneath the steelworks? that is right- it's not _ tunnels beneath the steelworks? twat is right. it's notjust military personnel it's also civilians. not everybody has been inoculated. the russians decide to take it by storm nonetheless. irate russians decide to take it by storm nonetheless-_ nonetheless. we had some reports that the russians _
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nonetheless. we had some reports that the russians are _ nonetheless. we had some reports that the russians are wanting - nonetheless. we had some reports that the russians are wanting to i that the russians are wanting to stay some victory parade on mariupol in may the 9th which is when they marked their victory over nazi germany. is that your understanding that you heard those reports that that you heard those reports that thatis that you heard those reports that that is something she might try to do? . , , do? that might be true. he hurriedly su orts do? that might be true. he hurriedly suworts about _ do? that might be true. he hurriedly supports about how _ do? that might be true. he hurriedly supports about how they _ do? that might be true. he hurriedly supports about how they are - supports about how they are preparing to escalate the war further and to declare a state of war finally officially on may nine to basically bring in more troops and organising full—scale mobilisation of their population to increase the pace of their offensive. so far they have stalled for the last few weeks and days they have not been advancing almost not at all in the east and now they are probably trying to bring new energy to that offensive and take my territory again. == to that offensive and take my territory again.— to that offensive and take my territo aaain. ., ., , territory again. -- more territory. we have seen _
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territory again. -- more territory. we have seen these _ territory again. -- more territory. we have seen these attacks - territory again. -- more territory. we have seen these attacks on i we have seen these attacks on ukrainian infrastructure. we had them before but they seem to have been a lot last night in particular in levy of, do you think they are trained to bring this country to a standstill taking electricity substations and cutting off power and heating petrol stations and roads and so on?— and heating petrol stations and roads and so on? that's right. they are t in: roads and so on? that's right. they are trying to _ roads and so on? that's right. they are trying to disrupt _ roads and so on? that's right. they are trying to disrupt the _ roads and so on? that's right. they are trying to disrupt the logistics i are trying to disrupt the logistics and they're also trying to disrupt supplies of new weaponry coming in from the last sitting or exactly what they are doing and are also hitting the civilian population and trying to destabilise the country from within as much as possible and obviously bring hardship to civilian populations so that's the type of objectives they are pursuing. haw populations so that's the type of objectives they are pursuing. how do ou see objectives they are pursuing. how do you see this — objectives they are pursuing. how do you see this war _ objectives they are pursuing. how do you see this war going _ objectives they are pursuing. how do you see this war going now? - objectives they are pursuing. how do you see this war going now? we i you see this war going now? we are into the third month. you are getting supplies of weapons from the west, do you believe this is a war you can ultimately rain? i
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west, do you believe this is a war you can ultimately rain?- west, do you believe this is a war you can ultimately rain? i think in the lona you can ultimately rain? i think in the long run _ you can ultimately rain? i think in the long run there _ you can ultimately rain? i think in the long run there is _ you can ultimately rain? i think in the long run there is no _ you can ultimately rain? i think in the long run there is no question| you can ultimately rain? i think in i the long run there is no question we will be victorious. —— you can ultimately rain? as we have heard... heard... so — as we've heard — european union member states are being asked to approve a complete ban on imports of russian oil. the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, said it won't be easy but it will be done in what she called an "orderly fashion", so that eu members can find alternative energy supplies. today we will propose to ban all russian oil from europe. this will be... applause. this will be a complete import ban on all russian oil, seaborne and pipeline, crude and refined.
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for the eu sanctions to be imposed, all member states have to vote in favour — and that now seems unlikely — because a hungarian government spokesman has told the bbc his country considers the proposal to be unacceptable. hungary buys most of its energy from russia, and has closer links with moscow than most of its eu colleagues. zoltan kovacs has been speaking to stephen sackur from our hardtalk programme — and he outlined why any such ban on russian oil would ruin his country's economy. the commission chief made it plain that the commission intends to put this before all member states this oil embargo, are you telling me when it comes to coherent cooperative eu action you will exercise your veto, is that what you are going to do? yes but at the end of the day you have to remember how the eu works.
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the proposals coming from brussels and it's important to emphasise this is coming from brussels that is the administrative bureaucratic centre of the european union, not from the member state is proposing something that's unacceptable and they know the hungarian position and they are familiar with our ratio of russian gas and oil in our energy portfolio and the importance for our economic system so they know what they are proposing is against hungarian interests and against the _ possibility that is feasible and if we do that we are going to ruin hungarian economy. that was stephen sackur talking to zoltan kovacs, from the hungarian government — and you can see the full programme on the bbc news channel and bbc world news in the coming days — log on to our website to check the times.
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0ur correspondentjenny hill is in moscow and says the kremlin�*s preparing for the possibility of eu sanctions. the kremlin this morning dismissed such talk as just plans. a spokesman for vladimir putin saying that this would be a double—edged sword and by saying that, what he meant, he was repeating something which vladimir putin quite often tells the russian people, that any kind of energy embargo on the part of europe would hurt europe more than it will hurt russia. vladimir putin, i think for some time now, has calculated, not without justification, that it will be very difficult for the eu to come up with a cohesive and agreed position on any kind of embargo on russian energy supplies and he's seeing that today. it gives him a bit of time to try and work out what he will do
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when he loses the very important revenue from oil and gas sales to europe. he's talking about intensifying sales to other customers, particularly those in asia. ultimately, of course, it will hit russia hard but vladimir putin knows it's going to take some time to really see europe making an actualfinal decision on what it's going to do and really turn its back on russian oil and gas. germany opposes an overnight ban on russian oil, saying it would spark a recession. but berlin backs the eu s plan for a phased—in embargo, saying the country could now survive the economic hit. 0ur berlin correspondent damien mcguinness reports from schwedt, a town on the german—polish border, that is still dependent on russian oil. since soviet days, russian oil has
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come to german refinery through a pipeline called friendship but putin's invasion of ukraine has ended any feelings of affection. closing this refinery would destroy thousands ofjobs including in factories that depend on it. the site provides fuel for 90% of vehicles in berlin and much of eastern germany. shutting it would lead to a collapse in supplies for petrol stations across the region says the mayor. this would hit drivers, emergency services, police and even berlin airport she says. german economy minister has now struck deals with other countries so that german refineries can get oil by ship via polish and german ports. but this refinery is majority owned by the russian company rosnift
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which is why it's the only site in germany to still use russian oil so berlin is now looking at a new law to allow the german state to take over such sites. the difficulty facing this oil refinery really illustrates the dilemma that germany is in. how do you ween yourself off russian energy while at the same time avoiding destroying the german economy? the german government says that's now possible with coal. it could be possible to move away from russian oil. the big challenge of the future is russian gas. before the invasion of ukraine, germany got most of its oil, coal, and gas from russia. since then, berlin has managed to reduce dependency on moscow and now wants a ban on russian oil and coal this year and on russian gas by 202a. with poland just the other side of the river, the war
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in ukraine feels very close. i know what war means says this restaurant owner who grew up in war torn former yugoslavia. he fully supports ukraine and helps refugees coming over the border. without the refinery he says businesses like his would go under. the race is now on to find alternatives to russian energy so that germany can turn off the taps. a german perspective on how to be in itself off of russian coal, gas and oil. and just to let you know that at 16:30 bst - that's 15:30 gmt on thursday,
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i'll be answering your questions on the war in ukraine, live from kyiv. there'll be a range of panellists to answering questions on a range of aspects of the conflict. you can get in touch on twitter, using the hashtag �*bbc your questions' — and you can email us on — yourquestions@bbc. co. uk. seniorjudges have been hearing challenges to prison sentences of five calories. a punishment that means he would never leave jail. lawyers are also looking to give a whole term sentence to the stepmother of arthur hughes, the six—year—old who died after being abused at the family home in the west midlands. we will speak to our home and legal affairs correspondent. this is a complex series of appeals here where it's part of the high
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court building. what we have got here is a super appeal. every now and then fivejudges here is a super appeal. every now and then five judges come together to examine the big legal issue and in this case they are looking at life orders because while the law is settled that they are permissible you can knock somebody up forever and effectively there away the key, the precise circumstances into which thatis the precise circumstances into which that is possible is still a matter of some debate so in some cases it's pretty clear especially in relation to an ideologically motivated crimes such as terrorism but it's a bit of a grey area in others and that's what we have been hearing because the judge will try to isolate these complex and tragic murders and try and come up with some clear principles for sentencing judges around the country to use for decades to come. they lead case in terms of public profile is the murder of sarah everard. the former police officer was jailed with a holy life or at our last autumn and the sentencing judge said he could
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impose it in his very particular circumstances because the police officer had abused his position of trust with society effectively con sarah everard into his car and the circumstances of the murder led to a complete damage of trust, public trust in policing and undermining democracy itself so in that sense the course has been trying to wrestle with whether or not that is an appropriate lifetime. there are other cases which are slightly different. emma who was jailed with a minimum term of 29 years as part of her life sentence for the murder arthur hughes. that means she could leave jail in 29 years time. the attorney general wants that to be reconsidered for a whole life whiter because of the sadistic and cruel nature that little boy a's death. her lawyers told the court today that it would be wrong to give her a whole life whiter because of the
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background of the offenders. someone who had serious mental and high risk of suicide. lots of complex themes here for thejudges to of suicide. lots of complex themes here for the judges to wrestle with. when thejudgement comes here for the judges to wrestle with. when the judgement comes out which could be in a few weeks it could be defining what's happening to very serious murderers for many years to come. ~ . , , ., come. what is it they are taking into consideration _ come. what is it they are taking into consideration in _ come. what is it they are taking into consideration in this - come. what is it they are taking i into consideration in thisjudgement into consideration in this judgement because they're trying to come up with something that would be guidance for the future that other judges would be able to follow. the law is judges would be able to follow. tue: law is pretty judges would be able to follow. tte: law is pretty clear judges would be able to follow. tt2 law is pretty clear in some respects. if somebody has committed two or more murders or there is a sadistic element or in relation to the murder of a child or terrorist mode if those cases already called to be considered for a holy life whiter by a sentencing judge and one of the complex problems of the law is the definition of what makes the most serious offences. it can be
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quite a subjective thing for a judge to deal with which is why very often these areas cases are reserved for these areas cases are reserved for the most experienced criminaljudges around the country and this is where the grey area is in some of these cases. there is a man called jordan who is serving 40 years for three murders. two of his children and his partner. it's an appalling series and absolutely shocking crimes. he's 40 years means he may never leave jail but today that attorney general said he should have been considered for a hard life whiter because if you take the three crimes together and the elements of planning and control which are involved in them how could a judge not to have considered a holy life whiter in that case from the outset? those are the balancing acts which the court of appeals are going to have to deal with today to set these principles. 0nce with today to set these principles. once the principles are set what you will see isjudges once the principles are set what you will see is judges around the country having a clear idea of where those boundaries lie. there's one
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point worth mentioning that since judges had this power over the last 20 years they have been more inclined to use it than politicians who had it before them so it's not as if there is a lack of willingness from judges to lock people up forever at the question is where the boundaries are. it's the final day of campaigning ahead of elections across the uk tomorrow. people in northern ireland will choose the government at stormont and voters in england, wales, and scotland will pick who they want to run services that affect everyday life in their local area. in england, ballots are being held for 146 councils in major cities including leeds, manchester, birmingham and all 32 london boroughs. there aren't many elections in rural areas. there is also a handful of mayoral elections. in scotland, every local authority, 32 in total, is being contested. all of the seats in 22 local councils across wales are up for election. in northern ireland, voters will elect 90 members
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of the legislative assembly 0ur political correspondents in england, scotland and wales brought us the latest. most of the votes cast in england tomorrow will be in towns and cities, from parish councils to elected mayors. largely in london, local authorities providing local services, from libraries to bin collections, planning and potholes. but they will also provide the best indication for some time of the national political picture. so the conservatives will be braced for the voters' verdict on their handling of the cost of living crisis for many, the government's response to the war in ukraine and partygate saga. sir keir starmer will talk about his plans to tackle household bills but is still facing questions about his own conduct in lockdown. the liberal democrats will be looking to take seats from the conservatives in the south, labour in the north and the greens and others will want to make gains as well. there is plenty at stake. a lot of conservative mps here are waiting for the results of these local elections to decide whether it is time for borisjohnson to go and sir keir starmer is facing a big test too to show that he can
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lead labour to success. once the votes are in and begin to be counted tomorrow night, plenty at westminster will be watching very closely. this is a week of political anniversaries. it's 25 years since tony blair came to power at westminster and it's 15 years since the snp took charge of scotland's devolved administration. what's remarkable looking back is how rapidly that political shift occurred in historical terms, how short the gap between those two events was. where does that leave us now? well, labour have faded over time in scotland and this city is an example of that. the snp now run the council here in glasgow, once really the heartland of the labour movement. what is going to happen this time? that of course it's
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up to the voters. they will be choosing councillors, all 1200 or so up for election in 32 councils across the country and in scotland, they will be using a system of proportional representation, not first past the post. they will be ranking candidates in order of preference. 0n the face of it, these elections are about local issues such as schools and bin collections in libraries and so on, but they might also tell us something about the wider political picture. what does the snp vote tell us about the current level of support for independence in scotland? how are the conservatives bearing with the partygate scandal, especially given their leader in scotland at first called for the prime minister to resign and then withdrew that demand? and what about labour, are there any signs of a revivalfor the party? and here that they used to call red clydeside. we might get some answers by friday evening. here in wales, labour has been
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the dominant force in welsh politics for the last century but in the last local elections here in 2017, its grip weakened, it lost over 100 council seats and ended up with overall control of only seven of the 22 local authorities. plaid cymru and the conservatives took one council each, but large swathes of the welsh political map were a big grey area, representing all the little coalitions and the real significant role of independent candidates here in wales. take a look for example on friday at what happens to this area, the vale of glamorgan, could it turn from grey into a primary colour? this place has been taken by both labour and the conservatives before. and whilst it is also about local issues like planning, schools and council tax bills, the role of national leaders might really come into play, whether it's how people think mark drakeford, the welsh labour
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first minister performed in the pandemic or what they make of the prime minister boris johnson's role in the pandemic and partygate. one other factor in wales is 16 and 17—year—olds get the vote, counting won't begin until friday morning here, and we should start to get some early results on friday afternoon. the election results for the stormont assembly in northern ireland could trigger months of uncertainty and negotiations over who leads the executive. 0ur correspondent chris page brought us the latest. you might be forgiven for thinking that politics in this part of the uk tends to be very predictable but in this election, there is a significant possibility of a huge shift. for the last five elections to the devolved assembly here at stormont, the democratic unionists have won the most seats and sinn fein has come second. however, polls are suggesting that there could be a surge in support for the cross community alliance party and that sinn fein could emerge as the largest party. that would put the party's vice
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president michelle 0'neill in line to become the first ever irish nationalist to hold the first minister's position in northern ireland. now aside from the battle as to who comes out on top, the other issues prominent in this campaign have included the rising cost of living and the health service. northern ireland presently has the longest hospital waiting times in the uk by far. but there's serious doubt as to whether a devolved government will be formed at all after this election. under the power—sharing system, both the biggest unionist and the biggest nationalist party have to agree to go into coalition and the dup leader sirjeffrey donaldson has said his party will be staying out of government unless the brexit trade border with england, scotland and wales is scrapped. whenever it comes to the overall picture, while there is no doubt a shift towards sinn fein and away from unionism would be a significant moment for northern ireland. however, the offices of first and deputy first minister
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are legally equal so other party say it doesn't matter who wins this election. in any case, this ballot will be critical for the very future of devolution in northern ireland and also given the importance of that brexit issue, it will potentially have big implications for the relationship between the uk and the eu. ten for a look at the weather. there are some heavy showers around at the moment. we have seen across eastern parts of scotland more central and eastern areas of england seeing that and this is the rainfall picture as it's developed today and some of these are under the mh as you can see a rash of these into lincolnshire for example in the past hour or so. they will continue to move further east and clearly as we get deeper on entities evening for the first part of the night. they will be clear skies behind it with
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some fog and at the same time the cloud will thicken up in northern ireland and scotland. the patchy rain moving in across much of the uk. a cooler night tonight. tomorrow it will be high pressure building and scotland and northern ireland you are close to weather fronts here. cloudy and in places damp start today. it will be raining everywhere but it will stay right across northwest scotland into the afternoon. it will turn brighter in places and for wales and england the weather is a lot of cloud around and isolated showers it would be dry with a few presents i spell is coming through. it is looking warmer as well. some spots reaching into the low 20s tomorrow. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... the eu announces new measures against russia. sanctions on the
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suspect of war crimes and a plan to ban all imports of russian oil. today, we will propose to ban all russian oil from today, we will propose to ban all russian oilfrom europe. this will be a complete import ban on all russian oil seaborne and pipeline, crude and refined. figs russian oil seaborne and pipeline, crude and refined.— russian oil seaborne and pipeline, crude and refined. as the war rages on, crude and refined. as the war rages on. russian — crude and refined. as the war rages on, russian missile _ crude and refined. as the war rages on, russian missile strike - crude and refined. as the war rages on, russian missile strike key i on, russian missile strike key infrastructure in ukraine, including three electricity stations in the western city causing power blackouts. political parties take part in a final day of campaigning for local elections in england and scotland and wales, election for the northern ireland assembly. the man who killed sarah everard asks the courts to reduce his sentence, arguing that he shouldn't be forced to die injail. a shirt worn by diego merritt donna when he scored the hand of god goal has sold at auction with just over £7 million. —— atjust over £7 million.
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sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly. good evening to you at home. the blue side of manchester has certainly made their presence known in madrid this evening as city prepare for their second leg show down tonight. well let's cross live to 0lly foster, in madrid for us. after last a �*s drama, the fans prepaying for more of the same? t prepaying for more of the same? i think they are, yes. madrid is a very happy place at the moment. the sun is shining and for realfans, they celebrated the league title over the weekend with four games to spare. as a lwa ys always i drama with manchester city. they are barely taking it to the wire again in the premier league, and of course, they've got the second leg of the semi final, just the one goal advantage after a match for the ages, really, at the end he had last week. 4—3, topsy—turvy, re—on the dread kept coming back into it, and that is why the
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manchester city fans who have made the journey here once again are a little bit nervous. some of them just thinking, oh my word, liverpool are waiting for us in that final. are we going to blow it again? can we trust pat guardiola to choose the right team. there's a chance he can hear those trusting in pat guardiola, but they weren't all singing from the same hymn sheet. i just hope for a 0—0 draw and a really boring match, but obviousiy— and a really boring match, but obviously it's not going to be bad, and i_ obviously it's not going to be bad, and i expect the loads and loads of goals _ and i expect the loads and loads of coals. , ., and i expect the loads and loads of coals. , . , ., �* and i expect the loads and loads of toals, , ., , ., �* , and i expect the loads and loads of toals, , ., a, �* , ., and i expect the loads and loads of toals, , ., �* , ., ., goals. every game you've 'ust got to win. it's goals. every game you've 'ust got to win. as so — goals. every game you've 'ust got to win. it's so hard, i goals. every game you've 'ust got to win. it's so hard, it'si goals. every game you've just got to win. it's so hard, it's so nervous. i win. it's so hard, it's so nervous. we are _ win. it's so hard, it's so nervous. we are city— win. it's so hard, it's so nervous. we are city fans _ win. it's so hard, it's so nervous. we are city fans. it's _ win. it's so hard, it's so nervous. we are city fans. it's like - win. it's so hard, it's so nervous. we are city fans. it's like nerves. j we are city fans. it's like nerves. we are city fans. it's like nerves. we are _ we are city fans. it's like nerves. we are use — we are city fans. it's like nerves. we are use to— we are city fans. it's like nerves. we are use to it. _ we are city fans. it's like nerves. we are use to it. inte— we are city fans. it's like nerves. we are use to it. we really should have a two-goal _ we are use to it. we really should have a two-goal crashing - we are use to it. we really should have a two-goal crashing by i we are use to it. we really should have a two-goal crashing by now, | we are use to it. we really should i have a two-goal crashing by now, but have a two—goal crashing by now, but thatis have a two—goal crashing by now, but that is not the city way. they have to make it hard for themselves. i reckon if we can play the same way tonight— reckon if we can play the same way tonight as — reckon if we can play the same way tonight as we did last week, i think we will have it. of course, this is the one piece of
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silverware that has evaded manchester city. as you mentioned, they go in this game with a pretty slim lead. they won't want to be throwing away this opportunity. tia. throwing away this opportunity. no. you heard throwing away this opportunity. tin you heard that fans say i think we will have them. i'm not sure but thatis will have them. i'm not sure but that is in spanish, but there is very similar sentiment from the real madrid fans in the tap house bars and the bars all around the brain avail because they all feel they have to trust in their players, another magnificent game as he did against chelsea in the quarterfinals, rememberthat against chelsea in the quarterfinals, remember that cheeky penalty against city this time last week. the niciasjunior, what a talent he is. so much pace, but they think manchester city fans will have a little bit tomorrow to stop real madrid's attacking forces. kyle walker probably returning to the side with all of his pace to try to blind to the niciasjunior. coming back from suspension as well, pat guardiola says he just wants them to
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be the best version of themselves. look at my dredge, the talisman for real madrid says they are 13 times european champions, and with that comes i believe that they can achieve anything. you know if we get even half the match that we had last week, this could be another champions the classic tonight. we are looking forward to it with liverpool waiting in the wings. speaking to us from madrid, we will speak to you again later on. watford manager says he will leave the club at the end of this season and won't be taking up another managerialjob in the premier league, honoured with the cbe for his services to football. watford are currently on the verge of relegation to the championship which will be confirmed if they fail to beat hobson's former club, crystal palace this weekend. dan evans is through to the third round of the madrid open tennis after beating
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roberto, meanwhile, british number one camera noreen makes it three british man in the last 16 there after he battled pastjohn is nearing three sets. he faces the 7th seed carlos alcaraz next. andy murray makes up the threesome — he faces iold rival and world number one novak djokovic next. the westward has asked to be released to play and greg norman saudi funded golf invitational series next month. englishman richard bland has also requested to be released for the event in hertfordshire injune. westward says if anyone comes along and gives us any chance at a pay rise then you have to seriously consider it. six time major winner phil mickelson was one of the first high profile players to seek release from the pga tour last month.
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more for you and sports at half past six. goodbye for me. thank you very much. a charity is calling for all medical students to receive better training about eating disorders after a survey suggested that patients did not receive adequate care. around 1.25 million people in the uk have an eating disorder, according to the charity beat, but there are currently no requirements for medical schools to provide any teaching in this area. it added that over two thirds of the people they surveyed — who have an eating disorder — felt their gp did not understand how to help them. zoe conway has this report. when you restrict your food intake, it numbs you. and so anorexia is a functional illness, it's a way to cope with difficult feelings or beliefs. joss had anorexia for five years. she says it was a way of coping with the sexual abuse she suffered as a child by a nonfamily member. i was quite skeletal.
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i was just very depressed. i would pace around the house all day. my day was just pretty much filled with numbness. i couldn't really take in much information. it was all about just like the exercise i was doing, the food i was eating. her family knew nothing of the abuse. the illness came out of the blue. was this an incredible shock, walking into this house, just feels like such a loving family environment? it was a complete shock. you think these things happen to other people, not to you. and yeah, we just never saw it coming at all. when suddenly they say, you know, ifjoss can put on so much weight a week, and i was doing the maths and i was thinking, well, to get to the target weight, that's going to be three months. and you had this sudden moment, this isn't a quick fix. this is something we are living with. joss feared for her own life. she grew increasingly desperate. i sought out my gp�*s number of her own home and ijust rang her at her home one evening and kind of put my foot
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down and said look, i'm really scared for my life. and i really need you to advocate for me, to fight for me, because the services just kept putting me on waiting lists and just kept telling me your weight is not low enough or we don't have room for you. the charity beat says medical schools need to do a betterjob of training doctors. at the moment, two thirds of people who go to their gp report that they don't get the referral for assessment that they should get, that the nice guidelines say they should get. so the medical professionals, they want to do a good job. but the system that is letting them down and eating disorder patients down is the medical training establishment. the general medical council says that eating disorders �*are a complex, high risk area of practice that should be covered in every doctor's education. joss has turned her life around,
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she is now working for the nhs as a psychologist. i am very, very proud ofjoss. she has come so far. you know, she has accomplished so much. i don't know how to put it into words, really. we really are enormously proud of her. zoe conway, bbc news. for details of organisations which offer advice and support with eating disorders, go online to bbc.co.uk/actionline the governor of the us state of oklahoma, has signed a law which bans abortion after 6 weeks of pregnancy. the move came hours after a leaked document suggested that an historic law which legalised abortion in the united states, could be overturned. abortion has been a legal right across the us for almost 50 years under the roe vs wade decision. abortion is violent! it's a decision that many pro—choice
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campaigners had feared. and whilst it's not the final decision, people have been having their say, including vice president kamala harris. those republican leaders who are trying to weaponise the use of the law against women, well, we say, how dare they? how dare they tell a woman what she can do and cannot do with her own body? applause. how dare they? how dare they try to stop her from determining her own future? how dare they try to deny women their rights and their freedoms? this is all happening because the supreme court of nine justices, who serve life terms, have been asked to rule on a law in the state of mississippi. that law directly challenges roe v wade. the bench has a conservative majority, which is in favour of rolling back abortion rights. if the court is successful, nearly
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half of america could ban abortion. 13 states have so—called trigger laws. another 13 would automatically ban, or severely limit, access. 36 million women of reproductive age would live in places without abortion services. following the leak of the draft, there have been many protests in states like florida, where a restrictive law has already been signed which will ban abortion at 15 weeks. but pro—choice campaigners are worried that if roe v wade is overturned, states like these will ban abortion outright. we need to make sure that people are aware that abortion remains legal. people can still access abortion care, and this fight is not over. you can stay at school and have a baby. you can have a job and have a baby. as an adult woman, when birth control failed me, my husband| and i made the choice i to have a legal abortion. and i'm horrified about that decision would be strippedl away from my grandsons and granddaughters. i
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polls consistently suggest most americans want to keep roe v wade in place. but it's not what everyone wants. i'm pro—life. and i've made that very clear from the moment i announced my candidacy. and i believe that what we found during the campaign, and even through today, is that there is a lot of common ground on this topic. we want fewer abortions in virginia, not more. it is very rare that rulings made by the supreme court are made public ahead of time, and draft opinions can change. the court will release its final decision over the summer. nomia iqbal, bbc news, north america. the uk governments denied reports in the paper at that number ten had blocked the initial spending in the first weeks of the ukraine were, ben wallace was speaking in finland,
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allen little started by asking whether he accepted that finnish and swedish accession to nato would be seen as a further provocation and undermining their own sense of security. i undermining their own sense of securi . ~ , , ., undermining their own sense of securi . ~ ,, ., ., , security. i think russia always 'udaes security. i think russia always judges everybody _ security. i think russia always judges everybody else - security. i think russia always judges everybody else by i security. i think russia always i judges everybody else by itself, so it's no surprise that they are accusing an exercise is somehow a preparation of war, which is the latest allegation here. we don't act that way. we exercise to improve our capabilities, but it is in no way nearfair preparation of capabilities, but it is in no way near fair preparation of any offence. it's what we do as our forces in the west and europe. i also recognise, of course, russia is always sensitive about its borders, but so are other countries. every country has a sovereign rights, whether they are big or small to make its own security arrangements. but it's the big or small bet that russia seems to ignore. it seems to be some countries are allowed to choose, some countries aren't. we don't buy into that, and we are
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therefore here to exercise with our friends and allies to make sure that they understand that we are always here to support their freedom to choose. , , 2, here to support their freedom to choose. , , ., , ., choose. this is a country that builds security _ choose. this is a country that builds security and _ choose. this is a country that builds security and defence i choose. this is a country that i builds security and defence into the fabric of its whole society. it's capable of mobilising an army of 280,000 people from a population not much more than yorkshire. what is it that we and the rest of nato can learn from the fans? we that we and the rest of nato can learn from the fans?— that we and the rest of nato can learn from the fans? we can learn from their— learn from the fans? we can learn from their readiness, _ learn from the fans? we can learn from their readiness, their- from their readiness, their understanding about turning people from reserves into a ready army. that is a really important scale. they have absorbed it into their whole system, and i think we can all learn from that where we have in many western countries big standing professional armies but a shortage of skills and in countries like finland and in sweden, norway, they use their reserve to fail those skills when they need them, and i think we can learn those lessons. we also need to learn how to fight further north in the cold, you know,
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up further north in the cold, you know, up in the arctic circle in some cases, and also border security him as he pointed out, they've got a very long border with russia. they obviously police that differently. they understand their neighbour, really important that we don't miscalculate, we understand russia, but what's important now is the memories that have gone another parts of western europe about understanding russia, so i think it's important we learn from them as well. �* , ., ., , well. and this time of really quite securi , well. and this time of really quite security, unprecedented - well. and this time of really quite security, unprecedented since i well. and this time of really quite i security, unprecedented since 1945, two other nato countries including the substantially more on security and defence. in the substantially more on security and defence-— and defence. in this current therefore — and defence. in this current therefore period, _ and defence. in this current i therefore period, record-breaking therefore period, record—breaking £24 billion extra and haven't seen a rise like that since the cold war. what comes next is the next phase, obviously will have to reflect ukraine, ispending obviously will have to reflect ukraine, i spending or be a couple of years ago that hadn't happened.
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0ur budget should be a threat led commit that that changes, we need to do next, absolutely sometime about what we are seeing and what lesson that means for our defence posture. if it requires more than of course i will have those conversations with the minister and to the wider government. fin the minister and to the wider government-— the minister and to the wider covernment. . , government. on that limited number ten block your— government. on that limited number ten block your efforts _ government. on that limited number ten block your efforts to _ government. on that limited number ten block your efforts to increase i ten block your efforts to increase defence spending in the first weeks after the invasion of ukraine? i am not auoin after the invasion of ukraine? i am not going to _ after the invasion of ukraine? i am not going to comment _ after the invasion of ukraine? i —n not going to comment on that. certainly some of the reports in today's papers are incorrect. defence secretary ben wallace speaking to allen little. 40 years ago today, during the falklands war, an argentinian jet launched an exocet missile at the royal navy destroyer hms sheffield. the results were devastating — 20 crewmen died and the ship was fatally damaged. it was the first british warship to sink in enemy action since the second world war, becoming a defining moment of the conflict. today a memorial — in honour of those who served on the ship —
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is being unveiled at the national memorial arboretum in staffordshire. phil mackie has this report. it was a moment the realities of the falklands war struck home. the first of four british ships to be sunk in 1982. 20 lives were lost and many more were wounded. argentine newspapers described the super etendardit as the avenger of the belgrano. the attack on hms sheffield as a devastating blow to the enemy. today the survivors had a chance to remember theirfriends who did not make it. dave harrington was a stoker and in the engine room when the missile struck. there was a thump, that is all i can describe it as, and two seconds later a fireball totally covered me. and one of my nightmares regularly now is that i can still see myself with my hands up to my face screaming and seeing my reflection in the flames. it was quite harrowing, shall we say.
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and you still have nightmares about that? oh, god, yeah. regularly. this will stand as a tribute to those who died, made of sheffield steel, it is called the shiny sheff and was unveiled at the service today. of course it is a memorial, there are people whose partners or parents died that day in may 1982, but it's also a reunion, as many of these people have not seen each other for 40 years and so it is a chance for them to get back together once again. dave harrington suffered 20% burns. he was also diagnosed 17 years later from ptsd. so normally he spends the anniversary of his own. i've met a few people so far from the sheffield and it is very emotional. i brought my handkerchief just in case. and of course looking at these names... it is heartbreaking.
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to think of all those ones we lost. it is very emotional, that is the only way i can put it. it was the first british ship lost in action since the second world war. it is a day old comrades will never forget. phil mackie, bbc news, at the national memorial arboretum. just reminder that the six o'clock news is coming up very soon with soapy railway. the argentina football shirt worn by diego maradona when he scored his infamous "hand of god" goal has sold at auction for almost seven—a—half million pounds. it was the goal which, of course, helped knock england out of the 1986 world cup. the auctioneers, sotheby�*s, said the total was a record amount for a sports top — beating the four—and—a—half million pounds spent in 2019 on a jersey worn by the american baseball star, babe ruth. christian allen from the national football museum joins me now from manchester.
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christian coming up and home to district for 20 years. how surprised are you had that it's gone for so much money? i5 are you had that it's gone for so much money? is unprecedented. i wouldn't say _ much money? is unprecedented. i wouldn't say we _ much money? is unprecedented. i wouldn't say we are _ much money? is unprecedented. i wouldn't say we are surprised, i much money? is unprecedented. i wouldn't say we are surprised, we | wouldn't say we are surprised, we understand the social significance in sporting significance of the shared, but certainly it's an unprecedented amount, we are very good to have it on display for the last 19 years, it's great that it's come to auction, and raise the awareness of the value of the bond memorabilia.— awareness of the value of the bond i memorabilia._ you memorabilia. who has spotted? you have to ask — memorabilia. who has spotted? you have to ask someone _ memorabilia. who has spotted? you have to ask someone else _ memorabilia. who has spotted? you have to ask someone else that. it's. have to ask someone else that. it's a significant amount, our interest as of the museum is to have these objects on open display and to see the museum here in manchester. it would belong to steve had shuswap
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shirts one time, didn't think he ever salads, shirts one time, didn't think he eversalads, but shirts one time, didn't think he ever salads, but it's more than a shirt, it's only a short, what is so special about it? i shirt, it's only a short, what is so special about it?— special about it? i think it's the name special about it? i think it's the game itself. — special about it? i think it's the game itself, obviously, - special about it? i think it's the game itself, obviously, it's- special about it? i think it's the game itself, obviously, it's a i game itself, obviously, it's a unique shirt, and argentina to the game and the away shirt is too heavy, they were in the previous round and players weren't huge fans of it, the kit was sent out into mexico to find new squad kits, and they found this kit and very quickly sold out dated argentine badge assigned to them which means these are just assigned to them which means these arejust one—of—a—kind. assigned to them which means these are just one—of—a—kind. they weren't kits they were again, and obviously the fact that it was in a significant game where he scored both the goal of the century and the contentious hand of god, it's gone down, it's a famous game and two famous goals, of chris mayor donna was the star of the match. hagar was the star of the match. how --oular was the star of the match. how popular an _ was the star of the match. how popular an exhibit _ was the star of the match. how popular an exhibit was - was the star of the match. how
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popular an exhibit was it i was the star of the match. how popular an exhibit was it when it was with you? it popular an exhibit was it when it was with you?— was with you? it was incredibly -o - ular, was with you? it was incredibly popular. we — was with you? it was incredibly popular, we have _ was with you? it was incredibly popular, we have visitors i was with you? it was incredibly popular, we have visitors from| was with you? it was incredibly i popular, we have visitors from all over the world, the significance of mayor and outgoing particularfor mayor and outgoing particular for our mayor and outgoing particularfor our international visitors, equally, it was a great reminiscence of tool and memory tool to having a memory, i suppose our and memory tool to having a memory, isuppose ouran and memory tool to having a memory, i suppose our an opinion on the goal and that match. we were lucky here in manchester, we've welcomed ministers from appellee, for example, who worshiped mayor donna as a guide, so it was like about it of passage for them, i suppose, to visit the shirt here in manchester at the time. it was one of our key objects the museum.— objects the museum. what will you ut in its objects the museum. what will you put in its place? — objects the museum. what will you put in its place? it's _ objects the museum. what will you put in its place? it's the _ objects the museum. what will you put in its place? it's the case i objects the museum. what will you put in its place? it's the case with i put in its place? it's the case with all museums _ put in its place? it's the case with all museums and _ put in its place? it's the case with all museums and art _ put in its place? it's the case with all museums and art galleries, i put in its place? it's the case with| all museums and art galleries, we have a rotation of objects can it's not the same museum if you visit the couple years down the line, a lot of objects to change because they go back to land areas or they are
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auctioned off in this case, they go to exhibitions, so the moment we have the same case, so the famous yellow, we've got a usa shirt, but we like to rotate what's on display, i suppose, and hopefully this will change the exhibition. hour i suppose, and hopefully this will change the exhibition.— i suppose, and hopefully this will change the exhibition. how often do ou aet change the exhibition. how often do you get donated _ change the exhibition. how often do you get donated something - change the exhibition. how often do you get donated something that i change the exhibition. how often do you get donated something that is l you get donated something that is really this special? where do your objects come from? it really this special? where do your objects come from?— really this special? where do your objects come from? it was loaned to us, we objects come from? it was loaned to us. we are — objects come from? it was loaned to us, we are incredibly _ objects come from? it was loaned to us, we are incredibly grateful - objects come from? it was loaned to us, we are incredibly grateful for i us, we are incredibly grateful for that, it depends, really, we get donations of all sorts yet the national football museum. we are a charity, so we do rely on those to some extent, and objects, a lot of them are loaned to us as well, but it's rare for an object of that significance to be loaned to us. we are grateful that we have had it on display for so many people to seek in the millions of visitors to see over the past 19 years. it
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in the millions of visitors to see over the past 19 years.- in the millions of visitors to see over the past 19 years. it was an infamous — over the past 19 years. it was an infamous item of _ over the past 19 years. it was an infamous item of clothing. i'm l over the past 19 years. it was an i infamous item of clothing. i'm kind of slightly anxious about asking you this question, but where there particular gestures that england fans perhaps used when they were standing in front of it to have their photograph taken? i standing in front of it to have their photograph taken? i think a lot of people _ their photograph taken? i think a lot of people probably _ their photograph taken? i think a lot of people probably mimicked | their photograph taken? i think a i lot of people probably mimicked the hand of god goal, i suppose, mimicked the punching the ball into the next, people, again, international visitors are probably more likely to worship it, but i think it's great that some people get to see it and going back to previous question, maybe we need that in its place to tell the full story. that in its place to tell the full sto . ., , , �* that in its place to tell the full sto. ,�* �*, story. that is true, isn't it? it's a very interesting _ story. that is true, isn't it? it's a very interesting aspect i story. that is true, isn't it? it's a very interesting aspect of i story. that is true, isn't it? it's i a very interesting aspect of running a very interesting aspect of running a museum, that cure ration and how important it is to tell the whole story. important it is to tell the whole sto . , ., important it is to tell the whole sto. ., story. exactly that. maybe we will have to get _ story. exactly that. maybe we will have to get an _ story. exactly that. maybe we will have to get an england _ story. exactly that. maybe we will have to get an england shirt i story. exactly that. maybe we will have to get an england shirt for. have to get an england shirt for that game instead, but it was one of those objects that whether you love it or hate it was a conversation
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starter that visitors really enjoyed malec a lot of objects we have in the museum. malec a lot of ob'ects we have in the museum.— malec a lot of ob'ects we have in the museum. thank you for taking such tood the museum. thank you for taking such good care — the museum. thank you for taking such good care of _ the museum. thank you for taking such good care of it _ the museum. thank you for taking such good care of it all— the museum. thank you for taking such good care of it all those i such good care of it all those years. christian from the national football museum in manchester, thank you very much. football museum in manchester, thank you very much-— the father of the world's only nonuplets — nine babies born at the same time — says they are all in good health as they celebrate their first birthday. abdelkader arby from mali said their 26 —year—old mother, halima cisse, was also well. probably rather tired. the hospital in morocco where they were born is still helping care for the babies. the five girls and four boys are now sitting up, crawling and starting to walk. look at them. utterly, utterly gorgeous, but how on earth do you keep up with them all? think of the nappies says our director. time now the weather forecast. hello. the rain heavy enough to be bouncing across the ground across parts of eastern england at the moment. also thundering downpours
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across eastern scotland. this is the rainfall picture it's developed so far today. as you can see, lightning as well, some thundering downpours, mainly through eastern areas, just now moving through the london area, it will cover more of the southeast over the next couple of hours before clearing away tonight. wales and england, mainly dry, if mist and fog patches around, whereas for northern ireland and scotland, some thicker cloud moving in here. a bit of patchy brain developing, more especially northwest scotland as the night goes on. a cooler night and start to the day tomorrow. high—pressure trying to nudge and to give a largely fine day through england and wales. in scotland and northern ireland tomorrow, closer to rain bearing weather fronts. northern ireland tomorrow, closer to rain bearing weatherfronts. rather dull in places, i damp start today, or breaks rain and breezy conditions continuing in northwest scotland whereas elsewhere in scotland, it mayjust whereas elsewhere in scotland, it may just try to brighten whereas elsewhere in scotland, it mayjust try to brighten up a little bit, more especially northern ireland for a time. for england and wales, a fairamount ireland for a time. for england and wales, a fair amount of cloud around, that will squeeze out the out isolated shower, but nothing on the scale of what some have seen
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today, also some pleasant sunny spells and what is going to be a warmer day as well with a warm spot just creeping into the low 20s. 0n through thursday evening and night, we will continue to see some outbreaks of rain across northwest scotland, but it becomes heavier and feeds across more of scotland and northern ireland with that breeze as we go into the night and into friday morning where is england and wales stay dry. a milder start to the day. on friday, we take some rain slowly out of scotland and northern ireland, sunny spells, chance of a few showers following him behind, that rain will push into northern england, wales, later the midlands, i had a fact, some sunny spells for a time and northern ireland, sunny spells, chance of a few showers following him behind, that rain will push into northern england, wales, later the midlands, ahead of that, some sunny spells for a time it southern england before it clouds up. some warmth here, and the sunny spells actually behind the rain may not feel too bad into the afternoon. now, we get some rain feeding across very dry parts of england overnight and into saturday morning. a few millimetres here and there towards east anglia and the southeast, for example. then on saturday,
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high—pressure building back in again. a lot of fried —— fine weather round, the sunny spells, thicker cloud for a time for scotland, and of the name and a northern england, squeezing out a few spots of rain one or two light showers. most places on saturday and indeed on sunday are looking dry, on sunday, northwest scotland and perhaps northern ireland could see a little bit of rain moving in as the day goes on. as always, the forecast for where you are or where you are going online and through the.
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at 6pm... ukraine's abandoned children, displaced by the war — an investigation finds some of the most vulnerable have been left behind in institutions. a special report from a facility in south—west ukraine where disabled children have been taken by carers and then just left behind. because of their disabilities, they are not treated as human beings. they are only kept alive here. as russia targets power stations in western ukraine, the european union sets out plans to maximise the pressure, with more sanctions on russia, including a complete ban on oil imports. political parties take part in a final day of campaigning for local elections in england, scotland and wales, and the elections for the northern ireland assembly. could this be chelsea's new owner? britain's richest man,
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