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welcome to bbc news. i'm david eades. our top stories: in denmark, three people are killed in a shooting at a shopping centre in copenhagen. three others remain critically wounded. translation: suddenly we heard shots. - i think there were 10 shots. we ran through the mall and ended up in a toilet, where we all huddled together. there were around 11 of us. we were so scared. it's just been a terrible experience. police say a 22—year—old danish man has been charged with �*intentional killing' and will appear in court on monday. ukraine's troops have withdrawn from the strategic city of lysychansk. russia says it now controls the entire region of luhansk. at least six mountaineers are killed in an avalanche in the italian dolomites after part of a glacier collapsed.
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and another win for novak — the serbian tennis player eases his way through to the quarter finals at wimbledon. hello. thanks for joining hello. thanks forjoining us. a gunman has killed three people and wounded many others, three of them critically, at one of denmark's biggest shopping centres. a 22—year—old danish man has been arrested and charged with the attack which sparked panic among shoppers at the fields mall in south copenhagen. denmark's police chief said the motive was unclear but he could not rule out an "act of terrorism". our security correspondent gordon corera reports. chaos on a sunday afternoon, as gunfire erupts inside the fields shopping centre, in copenhagen. some shoppers fled the complex,
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others tried to find cover, desperately seeking hiding places. translation: we were “ust about to order food, i and then, we heard shooting, two, three, four shots, so i said to my daughter — who had taken a seat — to lie down, then we ran into a disabled toilet and closed the door. outside, police and emergency services raced to the scene, closing off the shopping centre. members of the public were evacuated. those inside were told to stay and wait for police to come to them, as they secured the building. translation: we can confirm there has been a shooting - with many casualties. we now know there are also several killed. when we arrived there we apprehended a suspect in the immediate vicinity of field's. he is now in custody, and we are now working on the information we have on him. a concert by the singer harry styles was about to start only a mile from the shooting. police described the man
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they detained as a 22—year—old dane. they do not believe there were other gunmen. they've not yet said what they believe the man's motive was, but police say they cannot rule out terrorism. gordon corera, bbc news. we can give you a bit of an update from the ground. adrienne murray is our correspondent in copenhagen. what we know so far is that the shooting took place in the late afternoon, early evening and police say the first reports they heard came at about 5:30pm. they then surrounded the area and sealed off the shopping centre, we saw images of shoppers slowly making their way out, some looking clearly in distress. what we then know is police managed to detain one suspect. we know he is a male aged 22 and danish, an ethnic dane, as police described him.
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the police said they don't yet have a motive for the attack but they can't yet rule out terrorism. they don't know entirely whether he acted alone or with others but they said there was no reason to suspect he had collaborated with others. the investigation is still ongoing, it's rather early, but there has been a very big police presence. police said that they have heightened their alert and have police on heightened alert across the island of zealand, where copenhagen is located. what we know so far about those — there were a lot of eyewitness accounts of panic inside the shopping centre, people trying to take cover, hide behind counters, hiding in toilets, it was a harrowing situation for the shoppers inside. some eyewitnesses say single shots were fired, very loud single shots. this was a very popular venue, a shopping centre on a sunday
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afternoon, it would've been busy with families and young people, just a few hundred metres away from the royal arena, one of denmark's biggest concert halls, and harry styles was supposed to play there tonight. that's now been cancelled but 17,000 fans would have been in the area. a lot of young people around and as you can imagine, scenes of chaos and panic. the police sealed off the area and told all the fans to go home, ultimately. shootings are very rare in denmark. the country has had terror attacks in the past. the last major one was in 2015 but there have been subsequent arrests and incidents since but mass shootings are very rare and gun ownership is very low in denmark so as you can imagine, it's a very, very shocking event that's taken place this evening. pretty traumatic stuff in
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copenhagen. adrienne murrary reporting. with me is our reporter, azadeh moshiri. you have more detailfrom you have more detail from the police as to what happened. there was a 20—year—olds i spoke to was arrested and they've added he was arrested while possession of a rifle and ammunition for the rifle. we now know he has been charged with manslaughter and will face a judge on monday. it's worth saying that in denmark manslaughter in this instance actually means intentionally killing someone. in terms of the casualties, we know that three people have lost their lives, three have been critically injured and more have suffered injuries. authorities are sad that anyone who has been hurt in the incident should avoid calling the emergency line unless they are suffering from serious or life—threatening injuries. they mentioned however that they are offering mental health services throughout copenhagen, the danish red cross has also put out the statement and are
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encouraging children especially those who would have been at the harry styles concert, less than a mile from the incident, or shoving any popular shopping centre. figs or shoving any popular shopping centre. �* , ., centre. as a reporter said, it's a rare _ centre. as a reporter said, it's a rare occurrence - centre. as a reporter said, it's a rare occurrence in . it's a rare occurrence in denmark is not surprisingly the response is considerable. that's right, there been reactions from international leaders but it's worth starting with denmark's prime minister, prime minister mette frederiksen: she went on to say: shortly after the shooting the danish royalfamily shortly after the shooting the danish royal family also announced that they were cancelling an event that they were holding on monday because they were meant to celebrate they were meant to celebrate the tour de france being hosted in denmark, completing its
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first three stages, starting in copenhagen. they released a joint statement, saying: harry styles has reacted because as we mentioned, there were thousands of his fans waiting in the concert hall for him to, before it was cancelled. he posted on social media a few times, initially saying: he has urged people to care for each other. in terms of world leaders, we have the irish taoiseach, who sent condolences as did neighbouring world leaders like finland and norway. it's only been awake since gunman opened fire in a bar in oslo, killing two people. bar in oslo, killing two maple-— bar in oslo, killing two --eole. v . ., ., people. it's close to home. it is. people. it's close to home. it is- thank _ people. it's close to home. it is. thank you _ people. it's close to home. it is. thank you for _ people. it's close to home. it is. thank you for bringing - people. it's close to home. it is. thank you for bringing us| is. thank you for bringing us up—to—date. ukraine has confirmed that its forces have withdrawn
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from the city of lysychansk in eastern ukraine. the city has until now been the last ukrainian stronghold in luhansk, which is a part of the industrial donbas region where russian forces have been focussing their military efforts. there are reports of russian fighters in lysychansk�*s city centre and russia is claiming control over the entire luhansk region. ukraine's military command said that any �*continuation of the defence of lysychansk would have lead to fatal consequences' so a decision was made to withdraw. 0ur correspondent, sarah rainsford, sent this report. the capture of lysychansk was a moment for russian forces to celebrate. but their backdrop was another ukrainian city in ruins. russia has been pushing through the eastern donbas for weeks. blasting ukrainian positions in a slow but deadly advance.
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vladimir putin calls this a war of liberation. ukraine says it's obliteration. its own forces have been defending with everything they've got. but they say they need more, because russia's firepower is overwhelming them. and on day 130 of this war, ukraine had to admit it had lost lysychansk. that means the whole luhansk region, half of the donbas. in his nightly address, volodymyr zelensky confirmed ukrainian troops had withdrawn — for now. translation: we care about the lives of our soldiers. - we can rebuild the walls. we will win back the territory. but people must be taken care of, above all. in kyiv, we met soldiersjust back from the donbas. a businessman, a mechanic, and a medic before the war,
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three men who volunteered to fight when putin invaded their country. the russians like tactic to destroy all of the city, all of the village, totally. everyone is afraid to die. everyone is afraid of explosions. we want to protect our families, friends, wives, from terrible scenes that russians give our citizens in mariupol. we cannot let this happen again. so you'd go back to the donbas? we haven't any choice. we must do it. there is now deadly fallout from this war in russia, too. moscow says these blasts are from shooting down ukrainian missiles fired across the border. four civilians were killed. that's nothing like the number dying in ukraine every day, but it is a sign that not everything is going to vladimir putin's plan.
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sarah rainsford, bbc news, kyiv. there are issues on both sides of the border. russia has blamed ukraine for the explosions which reportedly killed four people in the city of belgorod, which lies near the border with ukraine. the accusation has been dismissed by ukraine. let me show you where belgorod is. belgorod is a russian city located north of kharkiv — ukraine's second city — and has been attacked on several occasions since the russian invasion started in february. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg is in belgorod and explained how the security situation there has significantly deteriorated. one of the justifications vladimir putin came up with when he launched with a "special military operation," as he calls it, in ukraine, was the need to protect russians, to keep russians safe. but the reality is that the security situation here in belgorod and other russian regions
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close to ukraine is worse than it was in february. now, will vladimir putin throw up his hands and say, "i admit it, i was wrong, this invasion has not made the lives of my people safer" — of course he won't. so, we see the russian authorities blaming ukraine and the west — in fact, the russian foreign ministry today accused of the west of having encouraged ukraine to attack belgorod, and warned that if there were more provocations, then those responsible would pay the price. and finally, one key point — as long as the kremlin controls television and the media, it controls the messaging. and the message it's putting to the domestic audience here is, "it's the west to blame, it's nato to blame, it's ukraine to blame" — it's anyone else except the kremlin. steve rosenberg. 0ne steve rosenberg. one other notable line: ukraine's ambassador to turkey says local customs officials have seized a russian cargo ship carrying what it says is stolen ukrainian grain.
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earlier, ukraine's prosecutor—general asked ankara to detain the ship, currently anchored off a turkish port, east of istanbul. the kremlin says it's not theft but rather export of goods from territory it controls. kyiv is hoping forensic analysis will prove the grain has been plundered. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: tributes to peter brook — one of britain's leading theatre directors — who's died at the age of 97. china marked its first day of rule in 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. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly
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that was cloned in a laboratory using a cell of another sheep. i for the first time in 20 years, i russian and american spacecraft have docked in orbit - at the start of a new era of cooperation in space. tennis balls thwack cheering and applause challenger 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: in denmark, at least three people are killed in a shooting at a shopping centre in the capital copenhagen. police say a 22—year—old danish man has been charged with intentional killing and will appear in court on monday. the authorities in northern
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italy say they will resume the search for survivors of an avalanche in the dolomites on monday. at least six mountaineers were killed and eight others injured when parts of a glacier collapsed, sending snow, ice and rock cascading down the slopes of marmolada. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. at first, there is a distant rumbling sound. then, there's the cascading river of melting snow and ice, along with rocks — which, from this vantage point don't look too big but, close up, many would be boulders, moving with deadly speed. as one rescue worker said, anyone in its path would've been swept away. the trail of destruction can be seen from aboard this helicopter, a giant scar running down the side of the mountain. the marmolada glacier is the biggest in the italian alps and sits upon the highest mountain in the italian dolomites.
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this tragedy took place one day after a record high temperature of 10 degrees celsius was recorded at the glacier summit. alpine rescue teams and sniffer dogs were deployed but the search has been slow with bodies buried under snow and ice. it's not clear how many climbers may still be on the mountain. an investigation has been launched to find out what caused the disaster and whether global warming may have played a role. this is a beautiful part of the world but, never forget, it can be deadly too. tim allman, bbc news. let's look at that question of possible global warming. earlier, i spoke tojudah cohen, director of seasonal forecasting at atmospheric and environmental research, and asked him if the recent hot weather in italy caused the avalanche. well, i'm a big believer in 0ccam's razor —
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that means the simplest answer is probably the most likely to be correct — and it's been very hot in that part of europe, in italy, especially in the alps. i know rome had an all—time record high for the month ofjune and the alps has been one of the warmest regions relative to normal across the entire globe, so i think it's very reasonable to make that connection that the heat contributed to this event. and it does appear, certainly from the records, as if there is an accelerated pace of loss of glaciers — in fact all over the world. this is correct. most glaciers are either retreating or melting. actually, only a very small portion of glaciers are mountainous glaciers, such as in the alps. most of the ice — most of the global ice — freshwater ice is over antarctica, maybe already 5%, and then another 12% or so is in greenland and only less than 1% of the ice
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is in the mountains, yet mountain glaciers are contributing to 20% of the observed sea level rise, so they are certainly punching above their weight. yeah, that... crosstalk. and they're melting faster than the other larger glaciers. right. and is there, realistically, judah, is there anything that we can do about that? so, i think in the short term, you know, more warming, more melting of these glaciers is inevitable and i think the best thing that we can do is reduce global carbon emissions, i think that — and eventually slow and reverse the global temperature rise but, i mean, that's going to take, i think, decades. well, yeah, at least. so, i don't know, do you think these sorts of events are likely to be more frequent? and it does raise concerns about mountaineering in the alps, for example. yes, so, i mean, these are rare
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events and it's very hard to do reliable statistics on such rare events, but it certainly makes sense that certainly, warmer temperatures do contribute to more of these type of avalanches, these glacial avalanches, so i think it's certainly reasonable to be expect more of them. most of them happen in remote areas. we don't actually observe them. this one is only on the news because it happened to kill some hikers in the region but typically, they don't impact populated regions, so they don't get reported but, certainly, mountain glaciers are melting, whether it's a slow melt or an avalanche. i'd expect that to increase in the coming years. let's turn to sport and to day 7 of wimbledon. top seed novak djokovic put an end to the fairytale run of the dutch wildcard player tim van rijthoven after a four—set battle on sunday. chetan pathak from bbc sport has been at the tournament and rounds up the rest of the news from day 7.
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the world number two, 0nsjabeur, remains the favourite in the women's draw after another battling display, winning in straight sets over elise mertens. jabeur beating the 24th seed, who'd knocked out the former champion angelique kerber. jabeur, though, not to be stopped this time, trying to make history — the first woman from north africa and the arab world to reach number two in the world rankings. can she win her first grand slam? well, she's into her second consecutive quarterfinal here at the all england club. and next up for her will be the czech marie bouzkova, the 23—year—old beating caroline garcia in straight sets. we've got an all—german quarterfinal to look forward to as well. tatjana maria, one of the stories of the day, knocking outjelena 0stapenko, the former french open champion. 0stapenko had two match points, but maria saved them and ended up winning the match in three. she's going to play her german compatriotjule niemeier, the world number 97 beating the british numberfour heather watson.
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in the men's draw, we had an absolute cracker between future of men's tennis — jannik sinner and carlos alcaraz. the italian tenth seed coming through this one in the end in four sets, alcaraz battling hard. both of these vastly inexperienced players on grass but sinner getting the job done — a famous win for him in his grand slam career. in the same half of the draw, belgium's david goffin got through five brutal sets against the american frances tiafoe. goffin�*s reached a quarterfinal here before. now in the last eight, he's going to play the british number one cameron norrie — the number nine seed here at the all england club. never reached a second week of a grand slam until now. he's knocked out tommy paul in straight sets, the american — his close friend and training partner. norrie too good on the day. and on monday, the fourth—round matches continue when we're
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going to see rafael nadal, simona halep and, before them, nick kyrgios open play on centre court. so, nick kyrgios back in action on monday but his tournament has, as usual, not been without controversy. the australian beat stefanos tsitsipas of greece on saturday, but both players have been fined for their behaviour during that match. tsitsipas received a $10,000 fine for hitting a ball into the crowd, while kyrgios will have to pay $4,000 for uttering an audible obscenity. kyrgios had already been fined $10,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct during his first—round match. one of post—war britain's leading theatre directors, peter brook, has died in paris at the age of 97. peter brook's early stage career ranged from radical interpretations of shakespeare to broadway musicals. his best—known film was lord of the flies, released in 1963. sarah campbell looks
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back on his life. i know a bank where the wild thyme blows, where oxlips and the nodding violet grows... a midsummer night's dream on trapezes — surely not? yet, those who saw the royal shakespeare company's 1970 production thought it brilliant. what better way to capture the strangeness of shakespeare's playful comedy of dreams, fairies and love? peter brook had been directing for 20 years — always original, always challenging. he'd flourished in the �*60s and �*70s, one of thousands of artists who rebelled against the old conventions. how are you today? then, controversially, he turned his back on english theatre. at the bouffes du nord, a former music hall in paris, he created an international company of actors. they toured the globe, performing in africa and australia.
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with them, brook produced work that fused many different theatrical traditions — like a nine—hour version of the hindu epic the mahabharata. the theatricality of theatre is that one group is telling a story to the other and there is this intimate relationship which must never be broken, and a complete shared understanding that, of course, it's not for real. to many, he was the greatest theatre director of the 20th century — a man whose talent crossed continents and cultures to create memorable and magical work. peter brook, who's died at the age of 97. a reminder of our top story. police in copenhagen say three people have been killed and three critically injured following a shooting at a shopping centre in the danish capital. a 22—year—old suspect has been charged with intentional killing and will appear
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in court on monday. police say they are still trying to establish a motive. that's the main story this hour. thank you for watching. hello there. the weather story for this upcoming week looks rather benign. we've got high pressure trying to build in slowly from the south—west. that will slowly settle things down for northern and western areas, and we should start to see increasing amounts of sunshine and warmth across southern and eastern parts. for monday, low pressure still to the north of the uk, higher pressure to the south. it's close enough to bring further showery bursts of rain at times, most of it across the north and the west of scotland. a few showers for northern ireland, one or two across north west england and north wales. the band of cloud will sink southwards while, after a sunny start in england and wales, it will turn cloudier for a bit through the afternoon. most places should stay dry across southern and eastern areas. the majority of the showers will be across the north and the west of scotland. temperatures again mid to high teens in the north, could see the low 20s
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in the south—east. so, for wimbledon, it'll be a sunny start. could see a bit of cloud tending to push down from the north—west by around lunchtime, but i think it should stay dry through the day and fairly warm — 21—22 degrees with a light north—westerly breeze. now, through monday night, it's dry for most with clear spells. a bit more cloud pushing into northern ireland, across the irish sea, into western england and wales. lows of 9—12 celsius. tuesday itself, then, more cloud around for northern ireland, in towards parts of england and wales and then, a weather front will arrive later across western scotland to bring outbreaks of rain here. will stay quite breezy across the far north of scotland. elsewhere, lighter winds, variable cloud, some sunshine. again, top temperature on 22, maybe 23 degrees, mid to high teens further north. could see this feature bring some wetter weather to the northern half of the country as we head into wednesday. it'll be quite windy as well across scotland. i think most of the rain slowly peters out through the day — just a few showers affecting western scotland, maybe
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northern ireland — but for england and wales, variable cloud, some spells of sunshine and a slightly warmer, muggier air mass. there could be highs of 2a degrees in the south—east, the high teens further north. now, as we move towards the end of the week, although we could see further rain at times on thursday in the north, by friday, this area of high pressure will exert its force across the country, so it should turn drier for all areas with some sunny spells. the best of the sunshine across southern and eastern areas — will actually turn quite warm through the weekend here. always a bit more cloud, though, in the north and the west.
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this is bbc news — the headlines: three people have been killed after a gunman opened fire in a shopping centre in the danish capital, copenhagen. many more were wounded in the shooting, three of whom are in a critical condition. a 22—year—old danish man has been charged. he'll appear in court on monday. ukraine's military has confirmed that it was forced to withdraw its troops from the embattled eastern city of lysycha nsk following a sustained russian offensive. it said it made the decision to save its soldiers' lives, adding that russia enjoyed multiple advantages in terms of artillery and troop numbers. the authorities in northern italy say they'll resume the search for survivors of an avalanche in the dolomites on monday. at least six mountaineers
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