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this is bbc news. the headlines at eight. russian cruise missiles strike the ukrainian capital, kyiv, causing large explosions, one person is killed. on the first day of the g7 summit in germany, a committment to mobilise £500 billion for global infrastructure programmes in developing countries by 2027. through strategic investments, will have the sustainable amount and shared global stability. the prince of wales accepted a suitcase containing a million euros in cash, from a former qatari prime minister, according to the sunday times. there is no suggestion the payments were illegal. at least 21 people are reported dead at a nightclub in the south african city of east london.
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the mp patrick grady steps away from his snp membership while police investigate allegations of sexual harassment against him. good evening. russian missiles have struck the capital of ukraine just as g7 world leaders gather in germany — and as president zelensky warned the war was entering a difficult phase. the russian strike hit a nine—storey residential building in kyiv, killing one person and injuring six others, including a 7—year—old girl. 0ur correspondent nick beake has been at the scene. once again, ukraine's capital is under attack. this video said to show
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the city's horizon as more russian rockets hit. and once again, civilians are in the firing line. a residential block in the centre of kyiv smouldering, ripped apart. screams inside, rescuers reach a young girl, pinned down by debris. they manage to bring her to safety and then taken to hospital. take her to hospital. moments later, a ukrainian official appears outside, brandishing a russian passport, saying that one woman still trapped is originally from moscow. shortly afterwards, paramedics bring her out but her condition is not clear. whether or not this was the intended target, it's shattered the relative calm that had returned to the capital, kyiv, in recent weeks. it feels like this is vladimir putin sending his own message at a time when those g7
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leaders are meeting. we find two residents trying to take it all in. tamara says the first strike came after six in the morning and she heard four in all. i can't find the words, she explains. elaine asks, "just tell me why they are doing this to us". among those arriving to see the damage, the former boxing champion mayor of kyiv and he makes clear this is just the latest of hundreds of missiles russia has fired onto his city. more than 300 buildings in our home town was destroyed, 220 apartment building and one of them destroyed today. these flats are near to an ammunition factory that was hit in april and could have been the intended target today. but the head of national police says they are now collecting evidence which could prove this attack was a war crime.
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there have been more explosions here as the day has gone on. this may be far from the fiercest fighting raging in the east of the country but russia has tried to strike fear and pain at the heart of ukraine's capital. nick beake, bbc news, kyiv. in germany — where the g7 group of world leaders are meeting, borisjohnson says the conflict in ukraine is at a critical point. he was speaking after meeting president macron of france, and amid a focus back home on his leadership and position after by—election losses. 0n the first day of the summit the leaders have proposed wide—ranging investment in infrastructure for the developing world, aiming to mobilise around £500 billion for a series of projects over the next five years. 0ur political editor chris mason reports. the leaders of the world's richest countries gather to work out what to do next about ukraine. they begin by mocking president putin.
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bare—chested horseback! the canadian prime minister suggests they should mimic the russian leader by riding bareback on a horse, as he has done. beyond the jokes, though, there are real differences of emphasis and approach here about how much and for how long ukraine should be helped. the uk insists it must be for the long haul. the prime minister, though, acknowledges some are tiring of it. i think that the pressure is there and the anxiety is there and we've got to be honest about that. the g7 has been solid and we continue to be solid. but in order to protect that unity, in order to make it work, you've got to have really, really honest discussions about the implications of what's going on. these two men look like the best of friends. a reunion of a year old, now...
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but in private, the prime minister emphasised to the french president any attempt to settle the conflict now, with russia having stolen ukrainian territory, would be a mistake. at this summit, the aim is to portray as much unity and resolve as possible as the conflict in ukraine drags on and its costs back home, not least rising prices, become more obvious. president biden in conversation with the summit�*s host, the german chancellor, stressed a sense of togetherness was imperative. we have to stay together. as putin is counting on from the beginning that somehow nato would... and the g7 would splinter and... but we haven't and we're not going to, so can't let that aggression take the form it has and get away with it. the fundamental truth for all of the leaders here is the democratic pressures they face back home from their parties and their public. borisjohnson is well aware of this, of course. this matters because the leaders
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have to mould and flex their views to reflect their domestic audience. unlike their opponent, president putin, who does not. the challenge, then, is how to stand together, how to move as one. not easy and not guaranteed in the long term. chris mason, bbc news at the g7 summit in germany. so what do the talks mean for ukraine so what do the talks mean for i'm joined now by former uk ambassador to ukraine, simon smith. so what do you mabel of it in the we were a fly—on—the—wall in these talk, g7 talk, we know ukraine high up talk, g7 talk, we know ukraine high up the agenda what will have been discussed. it up the agenda what will have been discussed. , . ., up the agenda what will have been discussed. , . . , ., up the agenda what will have been discussed. , . ., , ., ., up the agenda what will have been discussed. , . ., ., ., discussed. it very clear you have a lot of representatives _ discussed. it very clear you have a lot of representatives round - discussed. it very clear you have a lot of representatives round the i lot of representatives round the table, let us remember that the european union is represented and thatis european union is represented and that is a whole lot of other countries too, and, everyone of
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course will be aware as you have mentioned, that there are going to be different domestic pressure, different perspectives that the various people round the table have, but i think all of them will recognise that the summer is really good opportunity to take stock of the position, to, and also, to consolidate their support for ukraine in difending itself against russian aggression. there is a lot of the time, annual g7 surgeon mitts get high yakked by latest new, and thatis get high yakked by latest new, and that is obviously not the case this year, these leader also have had ukraine near the top of the agenda for a good many month, and they will be be talking to a lot as year has gone on, about how to defend ukraine, against russian aggression, i think they will see it and given the amount of financial resource
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that g7 can moan lose his, g7 is not an international organise in the senseit an international organise in the sense it doesn't make initial law but the decisions it makes can be very influential and have huge impact, given the financial resource they represent. so i... fin impact, given the financial resource they represent. so i...— they represent. so i... on a practical — they represent. so i... on a practical level, _ they represent. so i... on a practical level, sorry - they represent. so i... on a practical level, sorry to - they represent. so i... on a| practical level, sorry to jump they represent. so i... on a - practical level, sorry to jump in, they represent. so i... on a - practical level, sorry tojump in, i was interested in the background and the talks that go on all year round, the talks that go on all year round, the importance of the summit for these conversations, give us a flavour of how they work, they don't talk specifics on sanctions is it about general messages or do they talk about specifics too in the? talk about specifics too in they will do both. — talk about specifics too in they will do both. a _ talk about specifics too in they will do both. a lot _ talk about specifics too in they will do both. a lot of _ talk about specifics too in they will do both. a lot of the - will do both. a lot of the discussions at a g7 summit can be very specific, and very concrete. they are notjust hot very specific, and very concrete. they are not just hot air very specific, and very concrete. they are notjust hot air and unproductive exchanges of wind, these g7 summits really do focus
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down, particularly when face have vital things on their agenda like russia's war on ukraine, they will get down to brass tack, they will exchange perspectives on what specifically and concretely to do next. so they will be looking at where next to go on sanction, a. sure they will be looking at where next to go on military support for ukraine, ithink next to go on military support for ukraine, i think another issue that is important, is to remember that there will be a number of guest countries invited, we have india, indonesia, south africa, expected at the summit, and, i think that is a really great opportunity, also, to reach out to some of the countries of outside the g7, particularly some countries who have perhaps tended to take the view to say this is a conflict and both parties need to sort it out. and i think it is time that the opportunity is taken, to reach out to countries like india and indonesia, to say if you are
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worried about global food shortages for example, there is an easy way to stop that and that is for putin to withdraw his troops from ukraine and stop interfering with ukraine's benicio del toro rail integrity. i think it is —— territorial integrity. please, you better be concerned about the fact that putin is committing an act of horrendous global vandalism, is committing an act of horrendous globalvandalism, in is committing an act of horrendous global vandalism, in sustaining his war on ukraine. simon smith, fascinating to hear your analysis. thank you for talking to us. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are lizzy buchan, the deputy 0nline political editor at the mirror and olivia utley, the assistant comment editor for the telegraph. it's emerged that the prince of wales accepted donations for his charitable projects of up
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to three million euros in cash — from the former prime minister of the gulf state of qatar. the sunday times has also reported some of the money was handed directly to prince charles. 0ur royal correspondent, jonny dymond, explained what the prince's representatives are saying about this. the prince's office does not deny the substance of this story although they clearly have some concerns about some of the detail. but they acknowledge that a very large donation was passed over in cash to the prince. he passed it to his assistants and they put it in the bank account of his charities and the appropriate checks were made. there is no suggestion of any illegality or rule breaking. this is somewhat embarrassing partly because such a huge donation being made in cash.
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a bank transfer or a cheque would be more regular partly because there has been so much controversy around previous fundraising efforts from some of the prince's charities. perhaps most importantly, because of the suggestion, perception amongst some that one person giving such a huge donation may end up having undue influence on the heir to the throne, the man who will be king. johnny diamond, thank you. at least 20 young people have been found dead in a nightclub in the port city of east london in south africa. the cause of death is not yet known — there were no injuries on the bodies and its thought there may have been a gas leak. the bbc�*s shingai nyoka reports. the nightclub where so many young people died. police remain at the scene of the incident in which the cause of these deaths remain far from clear. 0fficers responded to distress calls at enyobeni tavern in the early hours of this morning. most of the victims were teenagers. at this stage, the parents have been told they have to visit the morgue to identify their children. the problem was police were trying to secure the crime scene,
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or preserve evidence, so they had to restrict access. of course, there were so many people there and so many people that didn't know if their children were in the nightclub at the time, so it became a bit of a... um... situation to... to stop them from entering the space. south africa's president, cyril ramaphosa, expressed his condolences to the families and called for a thorough investigation. the police have ruled out a stampede as the cause. there are suggestions that the revellers could have inhaled or ingested a toxic substance. shingai nyoka, bbc news. an inquiry�*s been launched into the treatment of asylum seekers in glasgow, during the pandemic. it'll look at the events that led up to the deaths of two people, one of whom was the man who stabbed several people at a hotel, two years ago. the bbc�*s, suzanne allan, reports. it's exactly two years since six people were stabbed at the park inn in glasgow. the attacker badreddin abadlla adam was shot dead by police. he was one of hundreds of asylum—seekers moved into city
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hotels at the start of lockdown and another took his own life. tandy was housed in the park inn too. she says the conditions were awful. we were not treated like human beings. we were just given two hours notice to actually just pack our stuff and go into hotels. the communication was really poor, the dietary requirements and all of those things were not taken into consideration. my mental health did deteriorate for a while. the campaign group, refugees forjustice, formed after the park inn stabbings has been calling for a public inquiry into how asylum seekers were treated in glasgow. with no inquiries in the works, the group has commissioned its own, headed by a leading qc. it will examine what was done and why. the question is, were there flaws in the care of those people, and were very bad decisions made about the housing andr was there any question of monetary benefits in the mind of those who made
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the decisions to move those peoples to those hotels. a home office spokesperson said... they describe the use of hotels as... flowers were laid today in commemoration. this inquiry with hopes insight will be gained. baroness kennedy is hoping to have the final report out by the autumn. suzanne allen, reporting scotland, glasgow. the headlines on bbc news... one person has been killed after russian cruise missiles strike the ukrainian capital, kyiv, causing large explosions. 0n the first day of the g7 summit in germany, a committment to mobilise 600 billion dollars for global infrastructure programmes in developing countries by 2027. the prince of wales accepted a suitcase containing a million euros in cash, from a former qatari prime minister,
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according to the sunday times. there is no suggestion the payments were illegal. the snp mp, patrick grady, is to sit as an independent member of parliament, amid a police investigation into sexual harassment allegations. 0pposition parties have been critical of the way the snp leadership have handled the affair. here's our political correspondent, andrew kerr. patrick grady has been dominating the headlines. mr grady representing glasgow north was suspended from the comments for two days after he had been found to have acted inappropriately towards a male snp staff member. now, it's emerged the metropolitan police have received an allegation of sexual assault. a snp spokesman said:
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both the first minister and the snp westminster leader have been criticised for their handling of the initial harassment allegations. the first minister expressed she is willing to meet while ian blackford said this last week. let's review everything that is going on and let me make this absolutely clear, if the complainant feels aggrieved then i am sorry for that and it is important that we sit down and we listen and we learn any lessons that have to be addressed from that. no—one from the snp was available for interview today. the latest development comes from the beginning of a significant week for the party and the wider independence movement. with the first minister due to outline her plans on tuesday for a second referendum. nicola sturgeon said today that independence is essential to resolving the cost—of—living crisis.
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speaking on today's sunday show, the conservatives are critical of the process. i'm not going to play sturgeon's games on this issue, i would take no part in her pretend referendum when there is real work to be done, real work to take with us crisis in scotland, will work to support the nhs. before the summer break, issues for the snp westminster will also feature in the days to come. a service has been held at 0slo cathedral to honour the victims of an attack on a gay nightclub in the city. the head of the norwegian protestant church said �*bullets cannot kill love' during the service. two people were killed and 21 injured during the attack in the early hours of saturday morning. three crews taking part in a great britain rowing challenge, have been rescued near northern ireland and wales following bad weather. this footage from the coastgard shows the 6—strong crew being rescued off the antrim coast on saturday evening. the second vessel with five people on board was rescued from the irish sea on sunday morning, and the thrid off the coast of wales. all 16 rowers are reported
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to be safe and well. the glastonbury festival draws to a close this evening, after three days of performances including sir paul mccartney on the pyramid stage last night. the final acts include kendrick lamar — and diana ross — as our culture editor, katie razzall reports. # hey, jude, don't make it bad... 36 songs, an incredible two hours and 50 minutes, with an almost five minute sing—along to heyjude. # na, na, na, na—na, na—na.... a night in which glastonbury history was made. mr bruce springsteen! cheering. sir paul mccartney, the oldest ever solo headliner, joined onstage by another old—timer.
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# how could i dance with another... dave grohl. # everybody had a hard year # everybody had a good time... and movingly, on screen, byjohn lennon. that is so special for me, here i am singing withjohn again. we're back together. so emotional and overwhelming. obviously his presence and the history that he brings and how generously he brought all the band members back together, like, both past and present. there are 100 performance stages at this festival. soon the other stage, which saw a packed—out 0livia rodrigo set, will host the years & years singer and star of the tv drama it's a sin, 0lly alexander. 0bviously, we've played here a few times, but to be back here now, 2022, it feels so special. i'm just, i'm excited. i'm so excited. diana ross! yeah, tell me about diana ross. woo! i'm just very, very excited. she's a legend. i mean, so many hits. 0bviously, i'm coming out, like,
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that's just going to be amazing. # i'm coming out, i want the world to know... diana ross, a legend in the glastonbury teatime legends slot, opened her show with that anthem. later tonight, the festival closes with kendrick lamar. katie razzall, bbc news. volunteers have been out in force in cumbria today collecting water samples from windermere. the "big windermere survey aims to analyse what dangers are in the water. it comes as one conservationist warns that england's largest lake is on the verge of "catastrophe" unless urgent action�*s taken to improve its water quality. suzanne hailey reports the wonder of windermere. a crown that is the lake district. but pollution is a growing problem. today, they're testing the water. it's important to me that the ecology of the lake is cared for and that we have some really solid evidence to back up any
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of the decision—making processes that we kind of take to make sure that the lake is healthy as it can be. volunteers have gathered samples from all around the lake. such a good opportunity, really, to get involved because so many times we have to look after the environment but don't always have opportunities to. after collection, they are returned for initial tests. we are testing the conductivity of electricity in the ph, - the plants and animals they can live within the lake. _ the tests on the water will inform the experts who need to know the state of the lake so that they can manage and improve things going forwards. people in the windermere area get real information rather than hypothetical information that may be coming through. it also, will be able to advise the environment agency in will be interested in the results. and if there are problems that we can identify, they can take action. we are part of the big plan to keep windermere in good condition.
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poisons blue—green algae blooms are populating the lake, it is a sign that all was not well beneath the surface. clinic in axis fertiliser for algae and we get lots of phosphorus coming in from sewage and septic tanks it creates this bloom event. it depletes oxygen out of the water and kills fish that is fundamentally what we are seeing in windermere. it is implementing measures to reduce the phosphate contributions from its systems and the fact that it's affecting water quality in windermere is complex. one thing is that its future is secure. it's 25 years this weekend since the first book in the harry potter series — the philosopher's stone — was first released. a number of different publishers
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passed on the book before bloomsbury bought into the magic. in a tweet, authorjk rowling recalled the moment she first saw the book on the shelf of a book store in edinburgh, thanking the fans who have made it a global phenomenon. earlier i spoke to harry potter fans jennie bentley and ashley hodgkins from their cafejunction 9 3/4. i asked them for their memories of read harry potter for the first time 25 years ago. i can remember i was in primary school and my reading teacher gave it to me as a book to read. i don't know if it was so big back then, but when she gave it to me, i was literally about seven or eight. so, istarted reading it really young. and then because of the age obviously when the films were released, we've both sort of grown up with them as they were in the films. so, it was almost like we were growing with them. that's a magical thing because there's a whole generation of kids who kind of followed the story through the school years of the books and then obviously the film magnified that. ashley, when you started reading them and getting into them, was there any sense that this
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was going to be such a phenomenon a quarter of a century later? well, the truth is i hadn't actually read the books when i was younger. i read the books after watching six of the films, so it was after the half—blood prince film came out in cinemas, that made me want to read the books because i never really read asa kid. i see, so you did it the other way round, but the magic was the same? yeah, absolutely, yeah, yeah. i wanted to make sure i finished the series of the books before the final two films came out as well, so that's the way i did it. and you are both are such keen fans that you decided to try and incorporate the themes into a business, so what have you guys done? well, it was in april last year, sort of post—covid restrictions and things, and we had the idea that we could do something,
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our own business. so, what we decided to do was a harry potter—themed cafe, wizard—themed cafe. we do coffee, cakes, toasties, that sort of thing. and if you can see behind us, you can see the floating candles and things that are themed to sort of the wizarding world. i can see it, and, jennie, how is it all going? it's really good, actually. i mean, everything's been great over the last year, better than we could have ever expected, so we really couldn't ask for anything more. really incredible, obviously, for everyone who's supported us. yeah. of course, what is it about the books, what is it about the magic that's just caught so many people's imaginations over so many years? i don't think you can summarise it in sort of one answer, really. i think it appeals to so many different people for so many different reasons. the characters and the writing in the books just captures the reader, and you canjust... i mean, for me, it was different, i watched the films first, but for the ones that reading it the first time, you get to imagine this magical world that no one has ever her written about or thought about before, i think, and you feel
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like you're really in it. you still feel different now when you read the books cos he's been reading the books again, so, he's reading them again, and he still feels, like, the magic now even when he's reading them again afterjust so long, even though he's seen the movies and everything. it brings it all back. it's timeless. it is timeless, isn't it? and, jennie, what about you? what do you like so much about them? ijust love that it's so perfect for all generations. like, it's not aimed at one person, so it's not aimed at children, it's not aimed at adults. like, we have every generation in here — babies, toddlers, children grandparents, like, everyone. everyone just loves it, like it's amazing. and it's so fantastic how everbody still loves it and appreciates it and just gets involved. like, it's not even necessarily about anything in particular in the books or the movies, it's just how it brings everyone together. now it's time for a look
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at the weather with lucy martin. hello there. with low pressure in charge today, it's been a fairly unsettled day, blustery across the board and, of course, some of us have seen cloud and outbreaks of rain. you can see this swirl of cloud and rain on the satellite and radar picture from earlier. drier and brighter towards the south and east. now, over the next few days, that area of low pressure does clear away, but the next area of low pressure is hot on its heels and we're going to see further changeable and unsettled weather to come. so what can we expect this week? well, there will be rain and showers at times, particularly in the north and west. not a total wash—out, some sunshine, the best of it to be found in the south and east. breezy at times, with temperatures close to average for the time of year. so, here's how it looks as we go overnight into monday. we've got that band of showery rain gradually working its way east, some showers following on behind it. ahead of it, though, a largely dry picture with some clear spells. temperatures not falling too far, in the double figures for most. potential for one or two showers just to feed into the south and east in the early hours. so, monday starts off with that band
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of showery rain over in the west. it works its way eastwards through the day. could be some heavy bursts of rain in there. if you catch one of those showers, it has the potential to be heavy, possibly thundery. drier and brighter behind it, although turning cloudier for northern ireland later in the day with some rain to come. and of course, wimbledon kicks off on monday. potential for one or two showers to begin, but as the day wears on, becoming drier with some good spells of sunshine and temperatures in the low 20s. now, we saw that cloud and rain pushing into northern ireland. that's associated with that next area of low pressure. and as we move into tuesday, it edges eastwards. it doesn't make great inroads, though, so for northern and western areas, it's a fairly soggy picture. behind it, seeing a mixture of sunny spells and showers for northern ireland. ahead of it is largely dry with some sunny spells, the best of the brightness to be found over in the south and east. here's where we'll see temperatures at a maximum of around 23 celsius, but generally sitting in the mid to high teens. as we move overnight, tuesday into wednesday, we see those weather fronts work their way further east.
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so for wednesday, we'll see lighter winds than tuesday,

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