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this is bbc news — i'm ben boulos — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. russian forces capture severodonetsk in eastern ukraine — after weeks of intense fighting. abortion clinics start to close in the us — after a supreme court ruling removed american women's constitutional right to abortion. �*i'm not going to change' — british prime minister borisjohnson remains defiant — despite heavy defeats in two by—elections. if you're saying you want me to undergo some sort of psychological transformation, i think our listeners will know that is not going to happen. norwegian police say they're treating friday's deadly attack on a series of oslo bars and nightclubs as islamist terrorism. and — sir paul mccartney —
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the star of glastonbury — on stage in front of a massive crowd. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. russian forces are said to have occupied the city of several desk. we set heavy chevron —— shelling have reduced the city to ruins. saturday also saw an upsurge in weeks of heavy shelling have reduced the city to ruins and ukraine's army has now pulled its troops out.
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saturday also saw an upsurge in russian missile strikes across ukraine. in his nightly address, president zelensky said the war had entered an emotionally difficult stage and that air defence systems held in storage in allied nations were needed more than ever. shelley phelps has the latest. it was horrible last week, yesterday we could not take it any more, thank you to the soldiers who evacuated us from there, otherwise this would have been it. i already told my husband if i die, please bury me behind the house. you need to understand, there is much shelling, it is no is a tactical withdrawal to fight from higher ground nearby. but it's a huge loss, and russia's biggest victory since it captured the port of mariupol. president zelensky used his nightly address to call for more assistance.
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this confirms that sanctions packages against pressure are not enough, that ukraine needs more systems with questions that weapons and the modern systems our partner has should be in ukraine where they are now needed. they are needed now here more than anywhere else in the world. meanwhile, russia says it will supply belarus with a missle system capable of carrying nuclear weapons. it follows concerns from the country's president, alexsander lukashenko, about what he describes as "agrressive policies" being pursued by its neighbours poland and lithuania. we have made a decision. within the next few months, we will hand over to belarus at the tactical missile systems which
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as you know can use both ballistic and cruise missiles, both in conventional and nuclear versions. the war in ukraine is top of the agenda for global leaders arriving at a summit in munich. president zelensky will address them on monday, hoping to persuade them of more support for his war—torn country. shirley phelps, bbc news. there's been further strong criticism by president biden of the supreme court's decision to ban a woman's constitutional right to abortion — the ruling was he said painful and devastating for many americans. clinics have begun closing in some states, and there've been demonstrations both in support of and opposed to the ruling. ou washington correspondent nomia iqbal reports. more than 2a hours after the supreme court threw out roe v wade, the protests continued. i'm here because i think america has digressed several decades since this ruling. the answer to pro—life is pro—death. and so does the
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ideological divide. you're being shouted at by someone who's... the things we're saying aren't going to change those people's minds. the constitutional right to an abortion will end, leaving it to the individual 50 states of america to make their own laws on it. i know how painful and devastating a decision this is for so many americans, and i mean so many americans. the decision is implemented by states. my administration is going to focus on how they administer and whether or not they violate other laws by deciding not to allow people across state lines to get public health services. and we're going to take action to protect women's rights and reproductive health. the country mr biden now leads is even more split. around 26 republican—led states will ban abortion except for when a woman's life is at risk. but it's unclear how that will be medically determined. democratic—led states like new york say they will protect abortion rights.
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conservatives have been building for this moment for decades. they say this is about protecting women's rights. there are just so many people that don't understand the pro—life movement, they don't understand the pro—life position and they don't understand all the things that we are doing to help women and children. this is not a religious issue at all, this is a human rights issue. many of the protesters who are here and are pro—choice have told me that they want the government to do more, but president biden has said there is nothing he can do to restore abortion rights to a national level. he is hoping this will galvanise voters for the midterm elections in november, but will it be enough for voters to turn their attention away from other issues that they deeply care about? nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. we can now speak to louise melling from the american civil liberties union. louise is deputy legal director
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at the aclu and the director of its ruth bader ginsburg center for liberty. louise, thank you for coming on. clinics closing already, what impact is is having across america? . , ., ,, ., america? the decision issued on frida , america? the decision issued on friday. as _ america? the decision issued on friday. as you — america? the decision issued on friday, as you can _ america? the decision issued on friday, as you can imagine, - friday, as you can imagine, devastating. the courts declared that the federal constitution retired —— provides no protection for abortion and states similarly begin to ban abortion and clinics on friday started to send people away and cancel appointments. the right to access to abortion which has been so critical for so many, now it has no protection in the federal constitution. the im act federal constitution. the impact has _ federal constitution. the impact has been - federal constitution. the impact has been immediate, what is your message to women in the states affected who are worried and scared right now? first states affected who are worried and scared right now?— and scared right now? first of all, we and scared right now? first of all. we see — and scared right now? first of all, we see you, _ and scared right now? first of all, we see you, and - and scared right now? first ofi all, we see you, and speaking from all the organisations, we
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were here before and we will be here, we will put everything we have to the fight to ensure access, to secure services and restore the right.— restore the right. you say you will do everything _ restore the right. you say you will do everything you - restore the right. you say you will do everything you can, i will do everything you can, what can you and other campaigners do and what should people be doing to try and change this ruling?- people be doing to try and change this ruling? first of all, we change this ruling? first of all. we can _ change this ruling? first of all, we can shine _ change this ruling? first of all, we can shine a - change this ruling? first of all, we can shine a light. change this ruling? first of all, we can shine a light on the harm's because people need to know what the real—life harms of this decision are. secondly, we can tell everybody to go to the ballot to vote for a new state legislator against people who restrict, antivert also on measures that are coming up in the states to enshrine state... and what we really also need to do is work to change the culture, to speak to change the culture, to speak to why this matters so much, to talk about, again, to shine a light on the harm's, to shine a light on the harm's, to shine a light on the harm's, to shine a light on why this right is so important and to build the
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culture and state laws to rebuild our rights. in culture and state laws to rebuild our rights.- rebuild our rights. in 13 states. _ rebuild our rights. in 13 states, abortions - rebuild our rights. in 13 states, abortions are l rebuild our rights. in 13 - states, abortions are being banned in most cases but of course abortions are not going to stop. i guess many people buy back fears is that this will see a rise in illegal and unsafe abortions.— will see a rise in illegal and unsafe abortions. what we know for sure is _ unsafe abortions. what we know for sure is that _ unsafe abortions. what we know for sure is that we _ unsafe abortions. what we know for sure is that we are _ unsafe abortions. what we know for sure is that we are going - for sure is that we are going to see a real disparity, in terms of people with needs and people that don't have needs. we will see increased risks, we were 111 times more likely to die in childbirth in america than in having an abortion. in a state of mississippi, the number is as 75 times as likely to die in mississippi is to carry to term. so, we are going to see real harms. i5 carry to term. so, we are going to see real harms.— to see real harms. is this auoin to see real harms. is this going to _ to see real harms. is this going to impact - to see real harms. is thisl going to impact negatively poorer communities across the states as well?— states as well? the most devastating _ states as well? the most devastating impacts - states as well? the most devastating impacts are i states as well? the most. devastating impacts are with states as well? the most - devastating impacts are with so many of our rights and liberties, is for people with
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limited resources. it was true before this decision and now it is even more true. people who don't have the means struggle to travel the distances for any kind of medical care, for abortion, they struggle to take time off from work, they struggle to find childcare, they struggle to find people to preserve their health as they are carrying to term, it is so unjust and just such an insult to the dignity and rights of women. . ~' to the dignity and rights of women. ., ~ i. to the dignity and rights of women. . ~ ,, y . women. thank you very much indeed for — women. thank you very much indeed forjoining _ women. thank you very much indeed forjoining us - women. thank you very much indeed forjoining us on - women. thank you very much indeed forjoining us on that i indeed forjoining us on that issue of abortion in the united states. staying in the us, the most significant gun control bill in nearly 30 years has been signed into law by president biden. it imposes tougher checks on young gun buyers, and encourages states to remove guns from
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people considered a threat. congress approved the legislation with bipartisan support this week, following a spate of mass shootings. here in the uk, the prime minister has insisted that questions about his leadership have been settled and that he will lead the conservative party into the next general election. borisjohnson�*s comments follow his party's defeat in two by—elections this week. speaking to the bbc from rwanda, where he'd been attending a meeting of commonwealth leaders, he claimed that people were heartily sick of questions about his conduct and that a psychological transformation of his character would not happen. from the rwandan capital kigali, our political correspondent alex forsythsent this report. diplomacy has been at the forefront of this commonwealth summit, but for the prime minister this morning, issues closer to home were dominant. evening, sir. last night he attended an official dinner with his wife, carriejohnson, mingling with government heads while his own leadership is under scrutiny. after losing two by—elections and his party chair, critics want him to change. and his party chair, but borisjohnson says he won't
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undergo a psychological transformation, claiming it's policy people care about. after losing two by—elections and his party chair, when things are tough, of course people are rightly going to direct their frustration, their irritation at government and at me. i'm the leader of the government. i think, to be absolutely clear, in the last few months, people in tiverton, people in wakefield just heard far too much about stuff they didn't want to be hearing about. his cabinet have rallied round — some more so than others. the foreign secretary, in kigali herself, was pretty clear where she stood. i have absolute confidence in the prime minister. he's doing a fantasticjob. he's led on delivering on brexit, helping britain recover from covid. but those who've long called for him to go haven't given up. borisjohnson is actually galvanising an anti—boris johnson vote. the leader of the party should normally be more popular than the party itself, and what we're seeing with borisjohnson is that he's
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a huge drag on the ticket. the summit in kigali was meant to be about boosting trade and co—operation, but for the uk it's been overshadowed. first by plans to send asylum seekers here, then by politics miles away. this morning the prime minister claimed that the question of his leadership was settled when he won a vote of confidence among his own mps. clearly for some, that's not the case. after rwanda, he's not heading back to the uk but on to europe for meetings of the g7 and nato. but he knows his domestic problems will be waiting. here, the clean—up begins as the commonwealth summit closes. borisjohnson wants to brush away these by—election defeats, clear he's not going anywhere. but there's no doubt they will leave a mark. alex forsyth, bbc news, kigali. police in norway have charged a 42—year—old man with murder, attempted murder, and terrorist acts after a shooting which left two people dead and 21 others injured.
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shots were fired at a popular gay venue in the capital oslo. the man had been known to the security services since 2015. duncan kennedy reports. the police were quick to seal off the area, but the gunman�*s attack lasted several minutes. the targets included a bar popular with the lgbtq+ community called the london club. translation: so i got to london and went both inside, _ outside and upstairs, and there were several injured and there were people already helping out with those who had been shot. this is norway's worst terrorist attack in 11 years. a norwegian man of iranian descent has been charged with murder and terrorist acts. the country's prime minister said oslo had been hoping to celebrate its annual pride parade. we expected a lively and enthusiastic parade through our streets,
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of people celebrating pride after three years of pandemics and other standstills. instead, we have a dark day where terror struck oslo this night. although the pride parade was officially cancelled, this was the response. chanting: we won't disappear! thousands marching to show their defiance towards violence and their defence of diversity. duncan kennedy, bbc news. lars arnesen is the vice chair of oslo pride. he told us about his disappointment at having to cancel this year's event. and that was a really, really hard decision to make because we know that our community has been waiting for this parade for three years now through the pandemic, they have not been able to be in the streets since 2019, so we really worked hard to make this happen, but unfortunately it was
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impossible, due to security reasons. i think this has affected us really, really hard. personally, for me, i know a lot of the people that were outside london pub last night and i know a lot of the volunteers that we have in oslo pride also know people that were there and were either witnesses or injured. so, this has definitely been a really hard hit to our community, and i was really happy to see that even though we cancelled the official event earlier today, it was still thousands of people that met in the streets and showed their solidarity, and lay down flowers outside london pub. so, i was really happy that we were able to be together, even though we were not able to have the official pride parade today.
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it affects me personally. i have friends that were there and i have friends that were attacked, so this has been a really hard day for me and, you know, we have been awake for many, many hours now, and we are very, very tired, but we try to do our best to get through this. thast was the vice—chair of oslo pride, lars arnesen. stay with us on bbc news. still to come. a new government, but will it be a new approach to climate change? we'll bring you the latest analysis from australia. china marked its first day of ruling hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations. a huge firework display was held in the former colony. the chinese president jiang zemin said unification was the start of a new era for hong kong. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal.
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scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly that was cloned in a laboratory using a cell from another sheep. for the first time in 20 years, russian and american spacecraft have docked in orbit at the start of a new era of co—operation in space. applause. challenge powered past the bishop rock lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering a record that had stood for 3h years. and there was no hiding the sheer elation of richard branson and his crew. this is bbc news, the latest headlines. as russian forces capture severodonetsk in eastern ukraine, president zelensky says the war is entering an emotionally difficult stage. abortion clinics start to close
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in the us after a supreme court ruling removed american women's constitutional right to the procedure. although the shock of soaring fossil fuel prices is being felt across the globe, one country that should not be so badly affected is energy—rich australia. but the new labor—led government has pledged to minimise the use of fossil fuels in order to urgently fight climate change. to find out how successful this plan might be, we'rejoined by dylan mcconnell, who is an energy systems research fellow at the university of melbourne. thanks for coming on. how did australia get into a power price shortage and search situation, given it is so energy—rich? situation, given it is so energy-rich?— situation, given it is so energy-rich? situation, given it is so ener: -rich? �*, ., , energy-rich? it's a very good question _ energy-rich? it's a very good question and _ energy-rich? it's a very good question and essentially - energy-rich? it's a very good question and essentially it i question and essentially it comes down to the fact that we are still very dependent on coal and gas and our markets
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are in the international arena, we don't have any export controls so we are highly dependent and susceptible to price fluctuations in the international space which have been dramatically impacted by the conflict in ukraine and thatis the conflict in ukraine and that is basically following through to our domestic system. moving to renewable energy sources is important for global warming, many countries are doing that, is this a demonstration it is not that easy to do so? i demonstration it is not that easy to do so?— demonstration it is not that easy to do so? i wouldn't say that myself. _ easy to do so? i wouldn't say that myself, i— easy to do so? i wouldn't say that myself, i think - easy to do so? i wouldn't say that myself, i think it - easy to do so? i wouldn't say that myself, i think it is - that myself, i think it is actually more an argument about actually more an argument about actually weaning ourselves more off fossil fuels and coal and gas, australia still largely dependent on coal and gas, 67% of production is from fossil fuels, and if anything, this is really an argument and become
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less and they are volatile and associated with another kind of key crisis about 30% of coal plants, that actually contributed to the shortage and the this the amount of, i, there will be more impetus to progress lower carbon options and more flexible resources, whether it, to essentially reduce the likelihood and our dependence that has been a big
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policy shift with a new government coming in, in terms of climate and energy.— of climate and energy. where is ublic of climate and energy. where is public opinion — of climate and energy. where is public opinion on _ of climate and energy. where is public opinion on this? - public opinion on this? certainly the results of the last election suggest that there is an improved interest in reducing climate, reducing emissions, it has been dubbed the climate election and there has been a whole raft of candidates elected on the basis of stronger climate action, so i think there is renewed, i guess, importance placed on actually addressing carbon emissions. i guess what we will see in the coming months is as electricity prices and energy prices start flowing through to electricity bills, we may get some pushback on policies that have increased energy prices but all things being equal, they should be reducing prices. thank you.
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the us presidentjoe biden has touched down in munich in germany ahead of a three—day g7 summit that will focus primarily on the war in ukraine. leaders will meet on sunday in the bavarian mountains, and will discuss ways to increase pressure on russia whose actions in ukraine have created food and energy crisis hitting the poorest communites worldwide. sir paul mccartney has taken to the pyramid stage for glastonbury�*s headline performance. it's the postponed 50th anniversary of the festival, and there for us is our culture editor, katie razzall, who has just sent this report. # can't buy me love, love. # can't buy me love...# 80 years of age and the pyramid stage is his. sir paul mccartney, glastonbury�*s oldest ever solo headliner. # can't buy me love...#
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this morning's sound check took place in front of fans who had already claimed the best spots. some were really dressing for the occasion. i got here nice and early because i thought i'd make the most of it. i beat them all here. brilliant. we've only got nine and a half hours to wait. that's all. i've worked a night shift and i come here, haven't gone back to the tent but i may as welljust sit here and hang in there. he's the legend, i he'sjust written the soundtrack to our lives. it's great. we are on the way to the park, you're not following me that far, are you? # don't walk away... noel gallagher was the warm up act for mccartney here tonight. ten years after leaving oasis, he has a best—of album with his solo venture high flying birds. i started off my record buying journey with best—ofs because back in the day, when people used to go to record shops and didn't have that much money, you know you're not going to buy all eight, nine beatles albums,
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you're going to buy the red and the blue one, the best of the beatles and work your way in that way. what do the beatles mean to you? everything. i don't really trust people who say they don't like them. you meet a few, i don't really like the beatles. it'sjust like, well, who do you like? as for macca himself, yeah, he's got the back catalogue that literally no—one else in the music business can touch. oh, man, it's so good to be here. we were supposed to be doing this three years ago. there have been many legendary sets in the somerset fields over the last half a century. this one has onlyjust begun. katie razzall, bbc news, glastonbury. we wa nt we want to bring you a correction about a man in norway who has been charged with the attempted murder, well, murder of two people
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where 21 others were injured, and we will have more news on that story, and you can get more news on our website. thank you for watching. hello. we've had some dramatic skies across parts of the uk through saturday, especially in the west, where we saw the most frequent showers. and some of those showers brought thunder and lightning and impressive cloudscapes. and it's all been down to an area of low pressure which has been slow—moving to the west of ireland. and that continues gradually north and eastwards through sunday, bringing the most frequent showers to the north and the west of the uk, and the strongest winds here, as well. so, through sunday morning, most frequent showers across northern ireland, northern and western scotland, north west england, parts of wales, perhaps a few into south west england. not so many getting further eastwards. in fact, the further east you are, the more likely it is to stay dry with the best of the sunshine, and hence the highest amateurs. but somewhat cooler further north and west where you've got the cloud,
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the showers and also the strength of the wind. so, for western coasts, particularly for irish sea coasts, we could see those gusts touching a5, maybe 50 mph through sunday afternoon. so, it's a blustery afternoon. it should push the showers through fairly quickly, and whilst we can't rule out showers at glastonbury, certainly through the second half of the afternoon, it's looking dry. we should see increasing amounts of sunshine as well to end the day. so, fingers crossed for much of the day it should stay mainly dry. but as we had through sunday evening and overnight, thouse showers start to make their way a little bit further eastwards. once again, the further east you are, it should stay mainly dry with some clearer skies, and those showers just starting to ease across parts of scotland and northern ireland as we head through the early hours of monday morning. and it's a mild night, with most places will be in double figures. so, into monday, here's our area of low pressure. it's still close by, now to the north and west of scotland. we've got a second system starting to approach from the atlantic as well. so, once again on monday, it's a day of sunny spells and showers, but it looks by this stage that the showers will start
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to move their way a little bit further eastwards. so, nowhere immune from a shower, but there will be some lengthy spells of sunshine in between. the winds not as strong, but it's still a fairly breezy day. and in the sunshine, we'll be seeing temperatures quite widely in the high teens, if not the low 20s celsius. it looks like east anglia and south east england will probably see the warmest conditions on monday. but it is a fairly unsettled week ahead. there'll be showers or longer spells of rain for many, but temporarily it should get a little bit warmer across east anglia and south east england. that's all from me. bye— bye.
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this is bbc news, the headlines. the president of ukraine says the war with russia has entered an emotionally difficult stage, after the city of severodonetsk fell to the russian army. in his nightly address, volodymyr zelensky said he didn't how many more blows there would be before victory appeared on the horizon. demonstrations for and against the us supreme court's decision to overturn the constitutional right to abortion have taken place in many parts of the country for a second day. hundreds of people, mostly opposed to friday's landmark ruling, gathered outside the supreme court building in washington. norwegian police say they are treating friday's
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