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this is bbc news — i'm sally bundock — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world: a danish man is due in court following a shooting at a shopping centre in copenhagen where three people died. ukraine's president vows to take back control of the luhansk region after russian troops occupied the city of lysychansk. the search for survivors resumes in northern italy after six mountaineers were killed when part of a glacier collapsed. more questions for borisjohnson — what did he know about an mp accused of groping young men and when did he know it?
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and week two of wimbledon gets underway, with rafa nadal hoping to book a place in the quarterfinals. hello and welcome. a 22—year—old is to appear before a judge in denmark accused of killing three people in a shooting in the capital copenhagen on sunday afternoon. several other people were hurt in the attack on the country's biggest shopping centre, three of them are said to be in a critical condition. police say they're still trying to determine a motive but haven't ruled out terrorism. azadeh moshiri reports. people fleeing the people fleeing the sound people fleeing the sound of people fleeing the sound of gunfire ina shopping gunfire in a shopping centre. while
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many ran out to safety, some were told to stay put until the police could tell them it was safe to come out. but for several others, it was simply too late. they were killed during the shooting. translation: we are focusing on whether this act was done by the suspect alone or if it was done with others. there is no indication it's been done by several people. we can also say the information we can give you here is somewhat uncertain. you may say we are in a chaos phase. may say we are in a chaos hase. ., . ., .,, may say we are in a chaos hase. . . ., ., , phase. that chaos favours involved _ phase. that chaos favours involved armed _ phase. that chaos favours involved armed officers i involved armed officers stopping a bus near the venue as they launched a search operation throughout the area. the mall is a popular destination on the outskirts of copenhagen, with more than 140 shops and restaurants and catering to lots of younger customers. that's why many were seen escaping the scene, some holding hands, as they fled to safety. i
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holding hands, as they fled to safe . . , ., holding hands, as they fled to safe . 4 ,4 4 , safety. i had spoken to my daughters. _ safety. i had spoken to my daughters, they _ safety. i had spoken to my daughters, they were - safety. i had spoken to my daughters, they were in i safety. i had spoken to my| daughters, they were in the restaurant where the perpetrator was firing shots but they managed to get out now they are hiding in an which they are hiding in an which they are hiding in an which they are leaving now because they are leaving now because the police have said that it's ok to leave the apartments and 0k to leave the apartments and now we are waiting for them. this is horrible, just pure terror. this is horrible, 'ust pure terror. . , . terror. in a statement, the denmark— terror. in a statement, the denmark prime _ terror. in a statement, the denmark prime minister. terror. in a statement, the i denmark prime minister said: and less than a mile from the shooting, with thousands of harry styles stands waiting in copenhagen's royal arena for him to come onstage, the concert was eventually cancelled. the 22 year suspect has been charged for the attack and while the motive is currently unknown, police said they cannot rule out the shooting as an act of terror.
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azadeh moshiri, bbc news. let's speak to tom carstensen, a danish journalist who spoke to witnesses of the attack last night — some of whom came into a direct contact with the perpetrator, he joins us from copenhagen. a shocking event, many trying to do just what happened. what more can you tell is? fix, to do just what happened. what more can you tell is?— more can you tell is? a very late-night _ more can you tell is? a very late-night risk _ more can you tell is? a very late-night risk briefing i more can you tell is? a very. late-night risk briefing where the numbers were confirmed, three people, and they also confirmed again that they do work on the theory that he did work on the theory that he did work alone but they are not ruling out that he could have had people help him and basically not leaving any stone unturned and massive police wasn't all over copenhagen, they knocked down some doors to a few apartments in relation to this and are not giving much out about the guy that is 22, ethnic danish, and we have at islamic terrorism before in denmark and surrounding countries which is why they are underlining that he is danish
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and not from another country. now we are waiting for him to be put in front of another judge to see what he actually has to say, police have not released much about him. three are confirmed _ released much about him. three are confirmed killed, _ released much about him. three are confirmed killed, others i released much about him. three are confirmed killed, others in i are confirmed killed, others in critical condition. what do we know about the type of weapon he was using because gun ownership in copenhagen is very rare, isn't it? the ownership in copenhagen is very rare. isn't it?— rare, isn't it? the police have not said anything _ rare, isn't it? the police have not said anything but - rare, isn't it? the police have not said anything but from i not said anything but from people i know, it looks like a hunting rifle, but not like in the us, we can have an automatic rifle, those are very hard to in denmark, looks more traditional where you need to reload it quite often which is lucky in this case because guns are hard to come by. you can have them if you are a member of the shooting club for instance, you can have them at home but to have a gun at home legally, you would have to attend a shooting club for two
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years many times so it's not like, you can'tjust buy a gun in denmark legally. obviously you can buy them legally but this doesn't look like an automatic rifle, more normal rifle. there has been rumours he might have had a handgun as well but police did say there could be another gun but we hear the shots there, it's not automatic fire, it is a single shot you here and many videos that we've seen. figs shot you here and many videos that we've seen.— that we've seen. as we were hearing. — that we've seen. as we were hearing. it's _ that we've seen. as we were hearing, it's the _ that we've seen. as we were hearing, it's the country's i hearing, it's the country's biggest shopping centre, sunday afternoon, all sorts of people there, harry styles concert not far away. this is going to have a huge impact, isn't it, on people living in the city but also across the country. absolutely, it's a place we used to go a lot, with my wife and my kid and a lot of people will be wary now. it's a
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strange time, we have three days of tour de france in denmark, people were partying and this happens the minute that the buses and planes leave for france and this turns everything upside down so it will have a lot of impact on people, a lot of things cancelled, the royal family has cancelled, the royal family has cancelled some events so it's definitely changing the mood for a long time here. we haven't had any attacks since 2015. our neighbouring countries sweden and particularly norway have been hit harder with wings like that. ~ hit harder with wings like thatr 4 ,, u, hit harder with wings like that. ~ u, 4 that. we appreciate you “oining us early that that. we appreciate you “oining us early this morning, i that. we appreciate you joining us early this morning, thank i us early this morning, thank you. the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy has vowed to take back control of the luhansk region in the east of the country after russian troops gained the city of lysychansk. ukraine said russian troops had mounted a sustained offensive — and the defending forces withdrew to save lives. our correspondent sarah rainsford reports.
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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. 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,
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volodymyr zelensky confirmed ukrainian troops had withdrawn — for now. translation: we care about the lives of our soldiers. i 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, 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.
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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. sarah rainsford, bbc news, kyiv. ukraine's ambassador to turkey says local customs officials have seized a russian cargo ship carrying what it says is plundered ukrainian grain. 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.
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we are nowjoined by peter zelmayev, a ukrainian analyst and director of the eurasia democracy initiative. let's talk about the fall of lysychansk let's talk about the fall of lysycha nsk to let's talk about the fall of lysychansk to russia, how big a blow strategically is this? first of all, this was a desperate move by putin, four months of war and he needed to show his electorate, the russians, that there are significant victories, and this is part of the reorganisation of the war effort, beating back from kyiv, and saying we will concentrate on the east and conquer the rest of the administrative territory of these two areas. and so he
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desperately needs to show there is a significant military success. forthe is a significant military success. for the ukrainians, the paramount importance was to keep the troops. keep throwing their much—needed supplies into this battle and keep in mind that it continues to outgun ukrainians and ukrainians don't have this history and tradition to use the troops as canon, the way the russians do, to have a sort of mandate to do it so well it is a victory, strategically speaking, i don't think it is a big one but yes, putin is now going to use this to try to regroup, freshen up the troops and try to continue rolling over this territory.
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let's talk about this ukrainian missiles crossing over to russia, civilians killed, your thoughts on that and the impact that has on putin, who is trying to perhaps capitalise on thatis trying to perhaps capitalise on that is sort of reason why russia should be at war with ukraine. 4 , . ukraine. you 'ust nailed it, withyour— ukraine. youjust nailed it, with your question. - ukraine. youjust nailed it, with your question. it's i ukraine. youjust nailed it, with your question. it's not ukraine. youjust nailed it, i with your question. it's not in the interest be shelling russian civilian areas. from the photos right now that we are seeing, it looks like it may have been a russian—made rocket which ukraine does not have in its arsenal. there are several reasons i should do this. keep in mind that several years ago, for the start of the second chechen campaign in russia, just when putin had come to power, there were very
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suspicious bombings and areas in russia which wouldn't be used with a rationale to open within the region of chechnya so it's very much in line with these kgb tactics, that kgb operatives, in essence, this is a way to try and rally, to try start looking at full—scale mobilisation to garner sympathy, for example, the shelling of the ukrainian population, including a shopping mall last week. to try to dissuade the west, look at how irresponsibly this may be part of the plan. we how irresponsibly this may be part of the plan.— part of the plan. we have to leave it there _ part of the plan. we have to leave it there but _ part of the plan. we have to leave it there but we - leave it there but we appreciate your time again and we will check in again with you soon, thank you for filling us in. you are with
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stay with us on bbc news. still to come: all the sport including what's ahead for week two at wimbledon. central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualties, and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible. germany will be the hosts of the 2006 football world cup. they've pipped the favourites, south africa, by a single vote. in south africa, the possibility of losing hadn't even been contemplated. celebration parties were cancelled. a man entered the palace i through a downstairs window and made his way— to the queen's private bedroom. then, he asked her for a cigarette. i and, on the pretext - of arranging for some to be brought, summoned a footman on duty, i who took the man away. one child... ..one teacher... ..one book...
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..and one pen can change the world. education is the only solution. applause this is bbc news. the latest headlines: a danish man is due in court, following a shooting at a shopping centre in copenhagen, where three people died. the authorities in northern italy are resuming the search for survivors of an avalanche in the dolomites. 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
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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. this tragedy took place one day after a record high temperature of 10 degrees celsius was recorded at the glacier summit. it has been one of the warmest across the globe and it is reasonable to make the connection that it contributed.
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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. a man has died, and thousands of people have been told to evacuate their homes, amid torrential rain and majorflooding in australia's largest city, sydney. an intense low—pressure system off australia's east coast is forecast to bring more heavy rain through monday, across new south wales, after several places in the state were hit with about a month's rain over the weekend. roads have been cut off, with 18 evacuation orders in western sydney alone and warnings of more to come. officials have urged people to leave their homes when ordered and avoid
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driving on flooded roads. we have around 30,000 people the subject of either an evacuation order or evacuation wanting and want to acknowledge the impact that these latest floods are having on those communities of impact. for many communities, this is the fourth flood they have seen in the less than 18 months and some of those images are truly heartbreaking, seeing people's homes, their lives turned upside down again, and of their livelihoods very much impact. after a trip abroad, borisjohnson's back in the uk and back under scrunity over his leadership. it's after reports the prime minister was aware of allegations of inappropriate behaviour of an mp he promoted to deputy chief whip. chris pincher was suspended by the party earlier this week over allegations he had groped two men. our political correspondent
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damian grammaticas reports. borisjohnson is boris johnson is back borisjohnson is back in westminster after eight days abroad and back under scrutiny, now for a pointing chris pincher is deputy chief whip earlier this year. akrotiri at thatjob last earlier this year. akrotiri at that job last week after it earlier this year. akrotiri at thatjob last week after it is alleged he publicly grabbed two men at this pub. he has apologised and said he drank far too much and is now seeking medical help. he faces an enquiry by a parliamentary watchdog after a complaint and has been suspended as a tory mp. new allegations emerged over the weekend, including critique made inappropriate advances toward free mps. he strongly denies the claims. the issue for borisjohnson is when he was considering to make chris pincher a whip, one of the mps contacted downing street to express his concern. so how much did borisjohnson
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know? and mp reported the line, that mrjohnson did not know anything specific. he that mrjohnson did not know anything specific.— anything specific. he did not know about _ anything specific. he did not know about specific - know about specific allegations. the whip was removed. chris pincher is under formal investigation and it is important that process is allowed to happen. dominic cummings. _ allowed to happen. dominic cummings. a _ allowed to happen. dominic cummings, a former - allowed to happen. dominic cummings, a former aid i allowed to happen. dominic cummings, a former aid in l allowed to happen. dominic i cummings, a former aid in our fierce critic of mrjohnson, said that mrjohnson had referred to chris pincher as pincher by name and pincher by nature. when mrjohnson set out on his recent trip abroad, his party had just lost to election and he may have been hoping that on his return he would have been finding questions about his leadership fading, finding questions about his leadershipfading, instead finding questions about his leadership fading, instead he
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faces new ones. damian grammaticas, bbc news. time now for the sports news hello i'm tulsen tollett and this your sports news, where we start with tennis and defending champion, novak djokovic, is through to the quarter—finals at wimbledon after a four set win over dutch wildcard tim van rijthoven. the serbian top seed is chasing a 7th title overall at the all england club and was a 6—2 4—6 6—16—2 winner on centre court. the 20—time major winner will now face italianjannik sinner for a place in the semi—finals and he was relieved to have beaten the curfew and a potential return on monday. i don't know if there was a curfew, 11 o'clock? is that still on? ok, iam curfew, 11 o'clock? is that still on? ok, i am lucky. curfew, 11 o'clock? is that still on? ok, iam lucky. it curfew, 11 o'clock? is that still on? ok, i am lucky. it is 20 minutes to 11. thank god. but i have had some previous
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experiences of playing a match for two days under the roof, with rafa nadal. it is not pleasant if you cannot finish the match on the same day. i am glad i did and looking forward to the next game. in the women's draw third seed, 0ns jabeur, is into the quarter—finals after the tunisian won in straight sets over belgium's elise mertens. jabeur is the highest remaining seed and after her 7—6, 6—4 win, now faces 23—year—old czech marie bouzkova in the last eight. later on monday, men's second seed rafael nadal goes up against dutchman, botic van de zansculp, in the last 16. the spaniartd has won the first two grand slams of the season and is a two time winner at wimbledon, his last title here 12 years ago. and former world number one, simona halep, will face a spaniard herself in women's fourth seed paula badosa when they take to centre court. the romanian was champion
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here in 2019, while badosa has never gone further than the 4th round at these championships. belgium's wout van aert has kept the leader's yellowjersey at the tour de france after finishing second for the third stage in a row, but it couldn't have been closer. the last of the three stages to be held in denmark ended in a bunch sprint for the line. van aert looked to be heading for victory, but dutch sprinter dylan groenevegen won it with a late lunge. monday is rest day before the race resumes in france on tuesday. ferrari's carlos sainz took his first formula 1 victory to claim an extraordinary british grand prix. the race was delayed for an hour, after a huge pile—up at the first corner. alfa romeo's zhou guanyu was freed from his car and thankfully not seriously injured. sainz won the race after ferrari's tactics appeared to cost his teammate charles leclerc victory. red bull's sergio perez was second with mercedes lewis hamilton third. max verstappen could only finish seventh and his lead
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in the standings has been cut to 34 points. india hold a 257—run lead over england, heading into day 4 of the fifth and final test at edgbaston in the coming hours. despite a johnny bairstow century, the hosts were dismissed in their first innings for 284 while india were steadied by an unbroken fourth—wicket stand of 50 between cheteshwar pujara and first innings centurion rishabh pant, as they look to set england a target too difficult to chase down. india are 2—1 up in a series that was postponed last september, and are eyeing theirfirst triumph in england since 2007. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team, that's your sports news for now. and it is your business news coming up next with me. we will
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be talking about all sorts of issue, not least the cost of living crisis and the impact on households notjust in the uk but in other countries as well. i will see you soon. 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
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to high teens in the north, could see the low 20s 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 —
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just a few showers affecting western scotland, maybe 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 24 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 with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. warnings uk families have been left brutally exposed to the effects of surging prices by years of low wages. turkey's president erdogan continues to refuse to raise interest rates in the face of runaway inflation — will the latest figures out today force a change in tack? world leaders are meeting to talk through plans to find the hundreds of billions of dollars thought to be needed to rebuild ukraine. and pushing back against the great resignation — we take a look at companies in asia looking to hit the work—life balance sweet spot to keep their top workers.

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