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sir mo farah reveals to the bbc he was brought to the uk illegally from east africa as a child. the four time olympic champion says he was made to do housework and childcare and prevented from going to school for years. people know me as mo farah, but it's not my name, or it's not the reality. we'll have more on sir mo's extraordinary story. also this lunchtime the conservative leadership contest continues. former chancellor rishi sunak launches his bid, saying it's not credible to promise tax cuts now. as grant shapps pulls out — the ten remaining candidates in the race have until six o'clock this evening to secure the backing of at least 20 of their colleagues. heathrow airport limits the number of passengers who can depart each day
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to reduce travel disruption. nasa's new telescope delivers its first full—colour image showing light from galaxies that are billions of years old. and coming up on the bbc news channel. england will find out later who they face in the quarterfinals after storming into the last eight with a record—breaking victory over norway. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. sir mo farah has revealed he was trafficked into the uk as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant. the four—time olympic champion told the bbc he was born hussein abdi kahin but was given the name mohamed farah by those who flew him from east africa with fake documents. he previously said he came to the uk from somalia with his parents as a refugee.
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our community affairs correspondent, adina campbell has the story. one of the defining moments of the london 2012 olympics. sir mo farah on olympic saturday. taking gold in the 10,000 metres, part of a record—breaking career cementing his place in the history books. but life could have turned out to be very different and we now know he's not who we think he is.— different and we now know he's not who we think he is. most people know me as mo farah _ who we think he is. most people know me as mo farah but _ who we think he is. most people know me as mo farah but it's _ who we think he is. most people know me as mo farah but it's not _ who we think he is. most people know me as mo farah but it's not my - who we think he is. most people know me as mo farah but it's not my namel me as mo farah but it's not my name and it's not the reality. the real story is i was born north of somalia as hussein abdi kahin. in a story is i was born north of somalia as hussein abdi kahin.— as hussein abdi kahin. in a new documentary — as hussein abdi kahin. in a new documentary he _ as hussein abdi kahin. in a new documentary he also _ as hussein abdi kahin. in a new documentary he also reveals i as hussein abdi kahin. in a new
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documentary he also reveals he as hussein abdi kahin. in a new- documentary he also reveals he was a child slave, traffic to the uk at the age of nine and. to work for a family in west london. —— and made to work for a family in west london. i had to cook and clean for a family. she said if i ever want to see my family again i shouldn't say anything, if i say anything they will take me away. often i would lock myself in the bathroom and cry and nobody is there to help. after a while ijust learned not to have that emotion.— while ijust learned not to have that emotion. despite what was ha enin: that emotion. despite what was happening behind _ that emotion. despite what was happening behind closed - that emotion. despite what wasi happening behind closed doors, that emotion. despite what was - happening behind closed doors, mo farah was a cut above the rest during his teenage years, and it was a conversation with his pe teacher who helped him escape from the abuse at home. years later the documentary captures the moment he is reunited with his mum who he thought had died. mi;
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with his mum who he thought had died. ~ , �* , with his mum who he thought had died. 3 �* , ., with his mum who he thought had died. g �* , ., , with his mum who he thought had died. g h . died. my mum's name is aisha. i will never forget- — the tape will have a number on it, i will call, this is the number. then it would say if this causes you trouble, leave it, you don't have to contact me. and i would say, of course i'm going to contact you. that's when i first called my mum. sirmo farah sir mo farah says he's made this documentary to tell the world what really happened in his childhood and to shed light on the serious issue of modern slavery, to show people greatness can be achieved even after monumental trauma.
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and adina joins me now. why has he decided to talk about this now? he why has he decided to talk about this now? , ., , why has he decided to talk about this now? ,, , ., , ., , this now? he says it was really important _ this now? he says it was really important for _ this now? he says it was really important for people _ this now? he says it was really important for people to - this now? he says it was really - important for people to understand exactly what he experienced all those years ago and to challenge perceptions of modern slavery and trafficking. however, there was a risk in terms of him making this documentary because back in the year 2000 when he was given british citizenship that was under the name mohamed farah but we know that's not his name, his name is hussein abdi kahin. however, the home office has come back to us today and said no action will be taken against him, he has the right to remain in the uk, and what happened should never have happened. but what this documentary has done is open up this wider debate about the nature of children who are forced into domestic servitude and it shows that it can happen to anyone, even people like
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sir mo farah, one of the greatest athletes this country has ever seen. and remain hidden.— and remain hidden. absolutely. thanks very _ and remain hidden. absolutely. thanks very much. _ and you can see the real mo farah on bbc1 at 9 o'clock tomorrow night and on the bbc iplayer. in a speech to mark the official launch of his campaign to become the next conservative leader, rishi sunak has said it's "not credible" to promise lots more spending and lower taxes. the conservative mps have until the end of the day to win the support of at least 20 colleagues, allowing them them to officiallyjoin the contest to be the next conservative leader. tomorrow, the first round of voting will take place among conservative mps. candidates with fewer than 30 votes must withdraw. further rounds of voting will whittle the number down to two finalists before the end of next week — with a deadline on thursday 21st. party members will then vote for who they want to be the next leader — last time 160,000 were eligible to take part. the result will be announced on fifth septemberour politcal correspondent helen catt reports.
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not one, not two, but three campaign launches this morning as nominations formally open in the conservative leadership contest. already assured of his place, rishi sunak, keen to paint himself as the financially responsible candidate at his launch this morning. mr; responsible candidate at his launch this morning-— this morning. my message to the -a and this morning. my message to the party and the _ this morning. my message to the party and the country _ this morning. my message to the party and the country is - this morning. my message to the party and the country is simple, l this morning. my message to the party and the country is simple, i have a plan to steer our economy through these headwinds. we need a return to traditional conservative economic values. and that means honesty and responsibility, not fairy tales. honesty and responsibility, not fairy tales-— fairy tales. looking on, the transport _ fairy tales. looking on, the transport secretary, - fairy tales. looking on, the transport secretary, grant | fairy tales. looking on, the - transport secretary, grant chaps, who announced he had dropped out of the race to back rishi sunak. at the same time, the chair of the foreign affairs select committee was launching his bid. —— grant chaps.
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we need leadership with a renewed sense of mission. one that delivers results. leadership that will return government to the service of our economy, our people, and our country. economy, our people, and our count . ., ., , country. the former equalities minister set _ country. the former equalities minister set out _ minister set out her pitch. throughout my life there have been people who said you can't, you shouldn't, this is not for you, and in politics many people who said you were in the wrong party, you are saying the wrong things, you can't do that. liz truss is the best candidate. that is what we are working for. she is a eurosceptic, she will deliver for the voters and she believes in
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low taxation. find for the voters and she believes in low taxation.— for the voters and she believes in low taxation. for the voters and she believes in - low taxation.— the low taxation. and she's a woman. the big unknown — low taxation. and she's a woman. the big unknown is— low taxation. and she's a woman. the big unknown is whether _ low taxation. and she's a woman. the big unknown is whether priti - low taxation. and she's a woman. the big unknown is whether priti patel- big unknown is whether priti patel will throw her hat into the ring. some worry that the right—wing vote will end up being split between too many candidates. labour's shadow cabinet meeting in high wycombe is concerned about what is happening while this is going on. it is planning to call a vote the no—confidence tomorrow. planning to call a vote the no-confidence tomorrow. finally the to -a no-confidence tomorrow. finally the tory party concluded _ no-confidence tomorrow. finally the tory party concluded that _ no-confidence tomorrow. finally the tory party concluded that boris - tory party concluded that boris johnson was unfit to be prime minister. that was blindingly obvious a while ago. having come to that conclusion they cannot now allow the country to cling on for weeks on end. the allow the country to cling on for weeks on end.— allow the country to cling on for weeks on end. ., ,., ., weeks on end. the reason there have been three launches _ weeks on end. the reason there have been three launches happening - weeks on end. the reason there have been three launches happening at - weeks on end. the reason there have | been three launches happening at the same time this morning in west london is because this contest is happening pretty quickly. candidates have until six o'clock tonight to get the backing of 30 conservative mps to enter the race. they will then need the support of 30 to stay in. that does not leave much time for schmoozing mp colleagues as the
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party hopes to whittle down the field to just two by next week. what's also been interesting is to see some of the candidates trying to address their perceived weaknesses head on. rishi sunak went out of his way to say he would not demonise borisjohnson. kemi badenoch was keen to address her lack of experience. thank you very much. scotland's top law officer has asked the supreme court to decide whether holyrood can pass its own legislation to hold another referendum. ministers in london believed the scottish parliament does not have the power to hold another vote next year.
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a bbc investigation has uncovered evidence that members of the british sas executed detainees and murdered unarmed people in afghanistan. panorama has discovered that one unit killed 5a people in suspicious circumstances, that senior officers failed to report the alleged murders and they didn't disclose evidence to the military police. the mod says it will always hold uk troops to the highest standards and that they served with courage and professionalism in afghanistan. richard bilton reports. special forces were out most nights. in the winter of 2010, the sas were hunting the taliban. but we have found some uk units were out of control. the sas came here, a village in central helmand, through a hole into the wall and into a building.
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people here say that everybody in the house was brought into the courtyard and the special forces troops bound all the men's hands. and then, one man was taken back inside and killed. haji ibrahim was a former district governor. a un investigation found he was not a threat, but an unarmed civilian. translation: his hands were tied at the front. i he had been killed. they had shot him in the corner of his eye, and later they had fired a shot at my father's chest. the suspicious killing was far from a one off. panorama obtained military reports that show people were repeatedly shot dead after surrendering to the sas. in report after report, special forces claimed they sent a detainee back into the building to help with the search.
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the detainee was then shot, after supposedly grabbing a weapon. military insiders say the sas accounts are implausible. special forces routinely search and restrain detainees. impossible. if the person was so negligent, you would be getting rid of the special forces guy, you would be saying "you allowed someone to grab a grenade behind the curtain, you don't deserve to be in the special forces, you could have got everybody killed." we looked at one sas tour and identified 5a suspicious killings injust six months. the evidence suggests sas executions went on for three years. i think allegations of the kind that you're making are incredibly shocking, and if they are true, then they would make me deeply sad and also deeply angry.
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the ministry of defence said in a a statement today... "we believe that bbc panorama's episode about sas operations in afghanistan jumps to unjustified conclusions, from allegations that have already been fully investigated." the main mod investigation into war crimes in afghanistan was operation northmoor, but senior investigators who were part of it have told us they were stopped from getting to the truth. we were hitting brick walls in every direction. i believe there was pressure from above to shut down the investigation. it became increasingly clear it didn't matter what evidence we were able to gather, these cases were never going to be allowed to go to court. the ministry of defence says military police will consider any allegations, should new evidence come to light. some believe it is time to look again at the behaviour of sas death
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squads that arrived in the night. richard bilton, bbc news. panorama: sas death squads exposed: a british war crime? is on bbc one at 9pm tonight. the time is 13.15. our top story this lunchtime. sir mo farah reveals to the bbc he was brought to the uk illegally from east africa as a child and forced to work a domestic servant. from travelling to the airport to a helping of tapas, the costs holiday—makers are paying abroad this summer are higher than before the pandemic. we will have all the latest report, result, interviews and features from
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the bbc sports centre. soaring temperatures are continuing across many parts of the uk, with the met office issuing a weather warning for extreme heat across parts of the england and wales this weekend. in some places temperatures could reach higher than 35 degrees celsius. our correspondentjon donnison has been finding out how people are coping with the heat. another lazy hazy day for seeking out the shade, with temperatures once again round 30c, and forecast to get even hotter. i can't believe like they're saying saturday and sunday could be in the 40s. that must be sort of record. 110, something like that? just mental weather, you do sweat a lot, i must admit. no lie, just take on plenty of deodorant is what you have to do.
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i'm originally from the caribbean so i'm kind of used to the heat, so i never really complain about it, so whenever it's really hot here, itjust reminds me i'm back home, to be honest. and this is no longer unusual. every year, for the last ten years, the uk has had days where it has been over 32 degrees. so another year where we could see records broken. the hottest temperature ever recorded in the uk 38.7c, that was in cambridge, but forecasters are saying the next few days could see the most sustained heat wave for more than 50 year, with temperatures even pushing 40c. in london's hyde park, people have been doing what they can to keep cool. and while many have been enjoying the sunshine, doctors are warning to look out for signs of dehydration and heat exhaustion. heat causes about 2,000 excess deaths every year, and so when we get these alerts we really want people to modify their behaviour, so that they look out for each other, they look out for the most vulnerable,
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which includes young people and older people. the hot weather has been pushing up from southern europe, and many countries on the continent have had it far worse. in spain and portugal, the extreme heat has led to wild fires. there, temperatures above a0 degrees have already been recorded, and france, germany and italy are all expected to hit similar highs over the weekend. and here in the uk, and around the world, climate scientists have been warning for years that all of this is going to become the new normal. john donnison, bbc news. if you are travelling abroad, heathrow airport says it has introduced a cap on passenger numbers this summer as the aviation sector struggles to cope with demand for travel. no more than 100,000 passengers will be able to depart daily until early september. our business correspondent caroline davies is here.
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tell us a bit more about why they are doing this.— are doing this. well, ultimately heathrow says _ are doing this. well, ultimately heathrow says they _ are doing this. well, ultimately heathrow says they are - are doing this. well, ultimately heathrow says they are under l heathrow says they are under resourced an we have seen the images, over easter, the half—term, you have seen crowds of people, we have seen backlog, piles of bags that haven't been able to be processed and this is part of the airport trying to improve the expense of passengers but the reality is this means there will be flight cancellations that there will be seats that will be cancelled as well. the cap is 100 thousand. they anticipated 104,000 every day. this is below prepandemic levels which would have been up to 125,000 deparring. at that level the airport is saying it doesn't think it can cope with that number of passenger, even though this is a crucial period nor the airport and airlines to make up nor the airport and airlines to make up a lot the monetary policy they lost in the pandemic. so up a lot the monetary policy they lost in the pandemic.— up a lot the monetary policy they lost in the pandemic. so there will be ca -s lost in the pandemic. so there will be caps lacings — lost in the pandemic. so there will be caps lacings and _ lost in the pandemic. so there will be caps lacings and doubt - lost in the pandemic. so there will be caps lacings and doubt about i be caps lacings and doubt about where they, who they are going to
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affect? , ., ., ., �* affect? yes, at the moment we don't know which — affect? yes, at the moment we don't know which airlines _ affect? yes, at the moment we don't know which airlines will _ affect? yes, at the moment we don't know which airlines will be _ know which airlines will be affected, which flight also be affected. we know the cuts heathrow have said will be proportionately done and take into the account the fact some have already cancelled their flights but in terms of how thing also be rejigged that is tricky, they are saying one thousand -- 1500 tricky, they are saying one thousand —— 1500 more seats have been sold at the moment for each of the days than they have capacity for. how the airlines will be able to rejig things, still able to make holidays an destinations will be trick. that is what airline also be looking at once they realise how many flights will be cancelled.— will be cancelled. thank you caroline- — if you are planning on travelling abroad this summer it's not travel disruption that you'll need to bear in mind. new research has found some of the added holiday extras — things like insurance, parking and food abroad —
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have dramatically gone up in price. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has more. we've got a lot of coins in there. it's happy holiday memories for this family. there was so many types of pasta! but their euro camp trip this easter had a sting in the tail. the cost of eating out, and actuallyjust buying food in the supermarket, in holland, was so much more than we expected. itjust felt surprising and a little bit disappointing, i think, that it wasn't sort of as cheap as things used to be when you went on holiday. research for the bbc by travel comparison site ice lolly shows that average holiday prices have gone up, but so have all the extras. single trip travel insurance is up 40%, from £35 to £52, compared to june 2019. average airport parking prices last month were up almost 30%, compared to june 2019. but it is car hire that has seen the biggest increase, with rates more than doubling, from £222 a week, to nearly £500
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a week, with the biggest rises in ireland, italy and portugal. now through is a global shortage of new vehicles so they can't get their hands on enough cars, to meet the big demand this year. the pound has dropped in value, too, so we are getting a little less euros or dollars for our cash. just like at home, inflation is spiking across much of the world, and that means that the prices on the menus are increasing. at this cafe in benidorm, ashley is facing much higher costs but trying desperately to keep his prices fixed. many of our plates of food we've not put the prices up, because after such a couple of difficult years in the tourism industry, we are a bit too worried to put them up and scare away potential customers we are hoping to gain, so instead we are taking the hit. karen writes a blog about travelling with children, and has lots of advice to try and keep costs down. i always look at booking my car hire
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straightaway, i always look at booking my car parking at the airport straightaway. these costs only ever go up before the holiday, and they tend to be the things that people forget to do until just before. with so many disappointments over recent years, it is tempting to max out the credit card on holiday, but with rising costs once you get back home, keeping the reins on holiday spending will be more difficult but more important than ever this year. colletta smith, bbc news, in west kirby. horses whose jockeys breach whip rule also be disqualified under a new report. rules are applied to riders who use four or more strikes above the permitted level and jockeys will face double the length of suspension for use in major races. of suspension for use in major races. the bbc has gathered evidence suggesting that problems scanning valid digital tickets may have contributed to the chaos at the champions league final in paris, and that stewards at the event may not have
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been properly prepared for front line roles. french authorities have so far blamed the chaos on fake paper tickets among liverpool fans, a transport strike, and local troublemakers who broke into the stade de france. our paris correspondent, lucy williamson, reports. these scenes haunt france's global image. fans with valid tickets blocked from the stade de france, caught between local gangs and tear—gassing police. but what caused the chaos at the turnstiles here on 28th of may? french authorities point to thousands of fake paper tickets among liverpool fans. that's not what steve saw. i could see around me, lots of people holding their phones up, trying to get their qr codes on the application. my partner's qr code did activate, and it was the only one i saw of dozens around me.
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mine didn't. steve says the hold—up at his gate was caused by problems with digital tickets on uefa's mobile app. uefa says any glitches were due to fans not enabling bluetooth on their phones. steve, an experienced it engineer, says he did. i think it's a problem actually within the application itself. the download that i took off the app store, its latest update a few days before the match resolved connectivity issues. and when we got to the match, we had connectivity issues. we asked uefa about this. they declined to respond until their own investigation was complete. some traced the problems to the lifting of checks at the stadium entrance, where stewards were meant to activate digital tickets with a swipe card. crowds, re—routed because of a rail strike, arrived at an entry point too small to handle them overwhelming stewards. france's football federation told us at an inquiry that more than 1600 stewards hired through private security companies were all vetted and certified for work. but one experienced stade de france steward hired
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for the champions league final painted a different picture. translation: that day we had agents on their first assignment _ who were called 24 hours beforehand. the private agencies that work with the stade de france don't have enough stewards and sometimes have to recruit agents without professional training. i know a lot of people who have been vip security guards at the stade de france with no certificate or security training. official explanation for the scenes here has rested on fake tickets, local trouble makers and a transport strike, but there are other questions for france and uefa to answer. notjust questions around fake tickets, but problems with valid ones. not just the crowds, but the stewards put in place to manage them. notjust the chaos on the night, but the preparation of politicians and police.
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14 months until the rugby world cup. 24 months until the olympic games. some in this country are worried. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. it's the deepest, most detailed view of the universe we've ever seen, and contains light from galaxies that has taken many billions of years to reach ours. this is the first image released by nasa from the world's most advanced telescope — the james webb space telescope — which was launched into space last year. the pictures show some galaxies that date back more than 13 billion years, close to the dawn of time. our science editor rebecca morelle reports. a deeper view of our universe than we've ever seen before. this is the first full colour image from the james webb space telescope, and it is teeming with galaxies. some are from just a few hundred million years after the big bang.
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we are seeing light that has journeyed for over 13 billion years to reach us. it is almost like a time machine. you're looking back into the far distant past, and so we can begin to answer those questions such as how did the first galaxies and stars form? the hope with this telescope is we see sort of almost in real time, as it were, a history of the universe, playing it out. and lift off! the telescope blasted off last year, on christmas day. the start of a new era of exploration. james webb is a collaboration between the american, european and canadian space agencies, and over the last six months it has been getting ready for its mission. the james webb space telescope is an engineering marvel. at its core is a 6.5 metre wide mirror, made up of 18 hexagonal segments. each perfectly aligned to act a as single surface. it also has a sun shield the size of a tennis court to protect it from the heat and light of the sun.
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the telescope will look back further in time than ever before, showing us the light from the very first stars to shine. we will also be able to see how they came together to form the earliest galaxies, and it will study other planetary systems, revealing whether life could exist beyond our world. so having seen these very first images, we already are getting a hit of what this telescope is going to do for astronomy. i do truly believe what we learn from this awesome new telescope is going to change the way we understand the universe in really fundamental ways. this picture is from the hubble space telescope. until now, this has given us our best view of the cosmos. but here's the same image taken byjames webb. it is 100 times more powerful, and the difference is clear to see, revealing more galaxy than stars in far greater detail. but this is just the start. more images will be released in the coming hours. our understanding of the universe and our place in it is about to be transformed. rebecca morelle, bbc news.
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time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. that is a very serene picture but more cloud than expected. yes this is a change to the weather some of us are having today. this was sent from the wales area, and that cloud has been thick enough to bring a bit of light rain no huge amount but you might see some this afternoon, in the south—east it is a the same story with the high pressures —— temperatures hitting the �*30s. extreme heat billing into sunday and monday. this afternoon, here is that area of cloud. it is a weak weather front. it is bringing a bit of rain, not much rain left on that at all, so most of you probably will have a dry afternoon. still hot in the south—east with hazy sunshine. 32
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