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this is bbc news. i'm david eades with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. "systemic failures" revealed in the way police responded to the mass killing at a texas school in may when 19 children were among the dead. if we need a simple phrase to describe what the report says, again, i would tell you, multiple systemic failures. wildfires triggered by extreme heat burn across southern europe. the high temperatures claim more than a thousand lives. ukraine's president zelensky fires the head of the country's security agency and the prosecutor general, citing cases of treason in the two organisations. the five conservative mps hoping to replace britain's
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prime minister borisjohnson turn on each other in their second tv debate. but share one view. if you wished to serve, who here would be happy to have borisjohnson in the cabinet? please, raise your hands. not a single hand—raised. we'll take a look at what this says about the leadership race so far. and jenny from the block becomes mrs affleck. nearly 20 years after they first dated, jennifer lopez and ben affleck have tied the knot. hello and welcome to the programme. a preliminary report into a mass shooting at a school in texas in may has found "systemic failures" in the response of the law enforcement officers. 19 children and two teachers were killed when an
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18—year—old gunman opened fire at the school in uvalde. the report says that while almost 400 officers responded, there was a lack of urgency and no one took overall command. mark lobel reports. 19 children and two teachers killed amid systematic failures and poor decision—making. that's the damning conclusion from the most exhaustive probe of why it took nearly 400 police and other officers more than an hour to confront and kill an 18—year—old gunman here in may in what texan legislators described as a chaotic scene marked by a lack of clear leadership and sufficient urgency. their report found that law enforcement responders failed to adhere to their active shooter training and failed to prioritise saving the lives of innocent victims over their own safety, blaming the officers�* lackadaisical approach. the people of uvalde, before this, felt it couldn't happen here.
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they felt that. that's the false sense of security i worry about. i think some of the same systems that we found here that failed that day are across the entire state and country. that false sense of security started at the robb elementary school gates. the five—foot tall exterior school fence couldn't impede the gunman. exterior and interior doors were unlocked or propped open, due to non—compliance by school personnel allowing him to easily enter through an unlocked door. i promise you, i promise you, you do not want this to happen to you. i promise you. last week, relatives of schoolchildren gunned down and seriously injured called for an assault weapons ban, horrified by new footage showing it took officers over 70 minutes to confront the perpetrator. the findings suggest the attacker
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fired around 100 of approximately 142 rounds before any officer entered the school, but adds that victims could have survived if they had not had to wait so long to be rescued. uvalde school district police chief pete redondo, who many thought was in charge that day, was suspended, pending investigation, and has since resigned. but the report points out there were better trained and equipped responders present. as it's released, it poses another urgent question — whether the security systems in many american schools can be trusted. mark label, bbc news. i've been speaking to texas state senator, roland gutierrez — he told me what went wrong. i've been saying systemic failures since day two. i've been saying systemic failure since day two. i didn't need a media report to tell me the system failed these kids. we had communication errors,
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human errors, human frailty. the kids were braver than the police that day. the local police chief, as we know, has now gone from a suspension to resignation. does that, in any way, satisfy the need of the people you represent, some of the families and parents? it's bigger than that. it's legislation. we have to find solutions to the problem. every law enforcement agency there failed. even the local school police, being blamed by the investigating authority, our texas state troopers — they began to blame the local police and then you start to question the sheriff's office. they need to turn the mirror around on themselves because it was 91 state officers there on scene, many of them milling around the hallway as well. this report at least does one thing — it tells us to stop
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pointing fingers at everybody and makes everybody begin the first step toward accountability. right, but that will be a very long track. when you say systemic, when we hear about systemic, is that within texas, is that across the united states? how far does systemic take us? it's the very top of every level. the real problem in the us is that we have access to this type of militarised weaponry in the hands of 18—year—olds. in this state... sorry to interrupt, but what do you do — that is a fact, isn't it? and that's not going away anytime soon — so how much of a turnaround do you need or do you need to see in the policing system to change the way in which they approach these issues because, let's be honest, there are events like this, most people would say, far, far too frequently, yet not every time do we hear a story like this from a point of law enforcement. this is the keystone example of what not to do
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in a mass shooting situation. but certainly, police force in uvalde probably need to be retooled, certainly at the state trooper level. the director needs to take a look at himself or the governor needs to demand accountability of the director of public service, steve mccraw, and this juncture, everybody that is heading those agencies, that was on the phone, that was almost because, they chose not to act, need to look at their futures within those particular agencies, people they self—directed, but take immediate action. senator roland gutierrez. a ferocious heatwave is continuing to cause wildfires and mass evacuations across western europe and parts of north africa. with the latest, here's our europe correspondent, jessica parker.
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a constant battle being fought in spain, portugal, greece and here in south—western france, where, in gironde, today... oh, la, la! ..the blaze reached the shore. it's driven people from their homes to shelter in the shade of an evacuation centre. translation: they told me| to leave but i wanted to stay, so they came a second time and gave me five minutes to pack. i've been staying here since wednesday afternoon. voila. she worries for her house, and then spots something. canadairs — water—bombers flying towards her village of cazaux. this road leads straight there. we go in with the fire service. it's a restricted zone. smoke hangs like mist
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in the woods — an ever—shifting and growing adversary. translation: we see a big i difference with climate change. we can see that the soil has become drier and drier. for us, the wildfires are the most dangerous. this road, which leads up to the evacuated village of cazaux, is closed off, and what they're really trying to do here is stop the fire from spreading from this side of the road to this side of the road, but the winds have just picked up a little and we've been told we've got to leave. wind and heat also made things worse at another blaze inland. authorities said tonight the situation was deteriorating. this family, from germany, has been sleeping outside, their caravan left at the camp site they had to flee. translation: it�*s completely overwhelming. you see these kinds of things on tv but i never expected to get caught up in
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something like this myself. it's hard work in the heat to keep blazes at bay that have already burned through over 100 square kilometres of forest across gironde. any brief moments of respite don't last for long. jessica parker, bbc news, in south—western france. britain's first extreme heat warning has come into effect, with parts of southern england expected to reach a record a0 degrees celsius — 105 fahrenheit on monday. the government says it's treating the unprecedented red alert as a national emergency — urging people across the country to take precautions, and warning of severe travel disruption. lots more on our website for you about this story.
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you can watch an explainer from our weather forecaster ben rich about what is driving the ferocious heat that continues to affect many parts of europe. do head to bbc.com/news or simply download the bbc news app. president zelensky has sacked his security chief and top prosecutor over accusations of that some members of their departments were collaborating with russia. of the sacked officials, one is a childhood friend of the president, while the other has played a key role in the prosecution of russian war crimes. in a televised address, mr zelensky said over 600 cases of collaboration and treason have been opened against law enforcement officials. translation: more than 60| employees of the prosecutor's office and security service of ukraine have remained in their occupied territory and are working against our state. the former head of the main department of the security service in the autonomous republic of crimea was detained.
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i dismissed them in the beginning of the full—scale invasion. as we can see, the decision was justified. sufficient evidence has been collected to give notice of the vision of state treason to this person. police in russia have arrested the prominentjournalist, marina 0vsyannikova. she shot to international attention in march when she interrupted a live tv programme by holding up a poster to protest against the war in ukraine. her detention comes days after she posted images on social media with a placard denouncing president vladimir putin as a murderer. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we'll tell you whyjlo has swapped herfamous name after a trip down the aisle. radio: i see you coming down the ladder now. i
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that's one small step for man... ..one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire is being blamed tonight. for the first crash - in the 30—year history of concorde, the world's only supersonic airliner. _ it was one of the most vivid symbols of the violence and hatred that tore apart the state of yugoslavia but now, a decade later, it's been painstakingly rebuilt and opens again today. there's been a 50% decrease in sperm quantity and an increase in malfunctioning sperm unable to swim properly. seven, six, five... thousands of households across the country are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potter.
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this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: systemic failures revealed in the way police responded to the mass killing at a texas school in may when 19 children were among the dead. wildfires triggered by extreme heat burn across southern europe. the high temperatures claim more than 1,000 lives. the candidates for the leadership of britain's governing conservative party have clashed in their second live tv debate. the three women and two men all said they would not be prepared to give borisjohnson a job in their government. here's our political correspondent, ben wright. there's plenty ofjeopardy with these debates. frontrunners hoping to hold their advantage and not to trip up, their closest rivals jockeying to break from the pack — a chance to dazzle for the outside bets. the race to be tory leader and the next prime minister
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remains wide open, and that's why the fight is getting fierce. rishi, you have raised taxes to the highest level in 70 years. that is not going to drive economic growth. you raised national insurance, even though people like me opposed it in cabinet at the time. i'd love to stand here and say, "look, i'll cut this tax, "that tax and another tax and it will all be ok." but you know what, it won't. there's a cost to these things. that's the current foreign secretary attacking the man who was chancellor, until a few days ago — a glimpse of what was to come. tax plans again dominated the argument about the cost of living crisis. where we really need to concentrate is on growth and under your tax trajectory, that is going to be much harder. you're genuinely proposing that we borrow to fund our day—to—day spending, putting those bills on a credit card?! literallyjeremy corbyn didn't think that that was the right approach! there are lots of tax and spending promises flying around this contest and there was an appeal for candourfrom some
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of the candidates. while i was working at the treasury, it was always a choice between difficult option a, terrible option b, mad option c and we need to be honest with the public about how difficult things are. because i'm finding it very difficult to understand who is disowning and who is defending the record of the last few years that they've been in government. it's pretty confusing to me, anyway. they were then asked about the reputation of the man they are seeking to replace in number 10. would you have borisjohnson in your cabinet if you were pm? if borisjohnson was watching this, he would have seen serving cabinet colleagues and tory mps vow to make a break with his premiership. keir starmer, in two years' time, is going to hold that record against us and we need to make sure we are winning conservative seats across the country. and even really good people lent credibility to the chaos. serving in government is not easy. it requires taking difficult decisions. tom has never done that. it's very easy for him to criticise what we have been doing. but we have been out there on the front line, making the case... sorry, i have been on the front line, kemi. the five candidates were asked
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to put a question to each other and the mudslinging got even messier. when we both worked in the treasury, myself and other ministers raised the issues of covid loan fraud and you dismissed us, and it has cost taxpayers £17 billion. why didn't you take us seriously? in your past, you have beenj both a liberal democrat and remainer. i'm just wondering which one you regretted most? - the reason i am a conservative is because i saw kids in my school being let down in leeds. i saw not get the opportunities, not get the proper educational standards that you might have got at your school, rishi. rishi sunak drew the most fire into night of mike britell blue on blue debate, as frontrunners do. —— rishi sunak drew the most defiant tonight's brutal blue on blue debate, as frontrunners do, while liz truss and penny mordaunt probably cemented their status as his main challengers. tomorrow, conservative mps will eliminate another contender and by wednesday, they will have chosen the final two before tory party members get to pick our next prime minister. ben wright, bbc news,
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westminster. a rather different contest for you here. australia's cameron smith has won the 150th open championship at st andrews. he produced a stunning final round to become the first australian in almost 30 years to lift the sport's most prestigious prize. ben croucher was watching. it was a round fitting of winning any tournament. to do it here at st andrews, at the home of golf in the 150th 0pen championship, was quite special. cameron smith, champion golfer of the year. his 8—under par round of 64 — his second 64 of the week — lit up this famous 0ld course. five straight birdies starting at the 10th kick—started his quest for the claretjug. a final birdie on 18 ensured he would become the first australian to win the open in 29 years, one shot clear of playing partner cameron young. his score of 20—under par is a record here at st andrews. smith came from four shots back on the final day. viktor hovland's bid fell away whilst rory mcilroy, at the tournament he called golf�*s holy grail, hejust couldn't produce
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when it mattered. with every putt that didn't drop, it sucked the life out of the record crowd here. and eventually mcilroy, whose 8—year major drought continues. we will remember this week for record crowds, for benign conditions and low scores, for tiger woods making an emotional walk up the 18th, but we will also remember it for an australian with his own inimitable style becoming golf�*s latest major champion. earlier, i spoke to tony meyer, golf australia's state high performance manager in queensland. he has worked closely with cameron for over 15 years. look, i always knew he was going to have to do something pretty special on sunday to get the win, and he was able to. certainly, throughout the week, the way he was hitting the ball, the puttsjust didn't drop in that third round, so i knew if he could get a few putts to drop and put some pressure on the leaders, he was certainly definitely in there with a chance.
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what is it about — i mean, he is pretty slight, very softly spoken, he holds a putter as if it is he's an extraordinary putter — but what did you see in him when he was just a teenager that made you think he might reach these sorts of dizzying heights? well, how you see him on the tv is how he is in person and how he's always been. he's always been very relaxed and easy—going. he's just always been able to leave golf at the golf course — and leave a bad round particularly at the golf course — so i think that was one thing that always stood out to me. i think also, too, he is such a fierce competitor. when the going gets tough, that's how he loves it. so, those big moments, like the 150th 0pen, is where he is going to thrive. and he has always had an incredible short game, as you've seen — his putting and short game has been — is clearly one of the best in the world and has
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always stood out. wel, he is now, clearly, one of the marquee players in the world of golf. i've got to ask you this — we have the controversy over the saudi—backed liv golf at the moment, and cameron was sort of careful to duck around that a little bit. how would you feel if he were to step into that golf circuit at the moment, given obviously his potential being so huge? yeah, look, it's not something i've given a lot of thought, to be honest. i am just extremely proud and extremely grateful to see him living out his childhood dreams and to win the open championship at st andrews in the 150th. with a 64 in the final round, 30 around the back nine, it's something that all of us won't forget for a long time. tony meyer, who used to coach cameron smith. the ethiopian runner tamirat tola has won the men's marathon at the world athletics championships in oregon
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in the united states. he finished in a championship record time ofjust over two hours and five minutes. he beat the previous record, set over a decade ago, by more than a minute. hollywood stars ben affleck and jennifer lopez have married in las vegas. the news that the couple, dubbed �*bennifer�*, tied the knot comes 17 years after they called off theirfirst engagement. veteran showbiz reporter jeanne wolf told me that although the wedding was no surprise, nobody expected the couple to tie the knot in las vegas. it was was going to happen but i don't think they knew it was going to happen this way. i can imagine that the last minute, them saying, "we have to answer all these questions "about when are we going to get married, where are we "going to get married, what are we going to wear, "what are we gonna serve? and suddenly they looked at each other and said, "let's just do it." i'm sure they planned it a few days in advance, but the way she puts it, they stood in line between four other couples at the marriage bureau to get their licence,
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went to the little white chapel, which is famous in las vegas — and the little white chapel kept the doors open after midnight — and jennifer has just put out the most wonderful messages about happy she is and how happy ben is. just another couple queueing up to get their wedding vows sorted. i mean, let's also face one or two realities, jeanne. i was going to say forjlo — she is nowjennifer affleck — this is her fourth marriage now, isn't it? oh, yeah. and she — she acknowledges that. she says "love was patient, it waited all these years," but she says they are both much more mature, different people, know each other, know themselves, know what they want out of life, and so she says this was the right time to do it. you can't look back with regrets. you have to look forward.
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and they have five children between them, and she said their children were the best witnesses they could wish for, and being parents and going through all the experiences they did made them ready for marriage. crosstalk. yeah! does it change anything, do you think, i think she said, "i'll bejennifer affleck" — or at least that is what is on the wedding certificate. crosstalk. does it change anything to what she's going to do in the world? i don't think she will change much that she will do in the world. they will be doing a lot of things together. i don't know if she means jennifer affleck will be her formal name, her professional name — i don't know. i'm sure they discussed this at length, and we all have big question marks about that — jennifer affleck! chuckles. she isjenny from the block and she will tell you that. she is giggly — she published a picture of her sitting up in bed, you know, the night after, and she says this is the happiest night of her life.
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i think all we can do is realise that they are like every other couple, you know? who faces the prospect of a big wedding and all the tension that comes with that, and suddenly they said that we are told they have a house together already in la, and suddenly, they said let's do it, and boy they did, and they are sharing it in a very sweet, glamorous and loving way. it's not going to change much in terms of attention — they will still be the focus of your world? are you kidding? who is going to get the first sit—down interview? they are going to be followed off the plane, they're gonna be — what are they wearing? are they going to have another wedding, as often people who elope do? who is going to be invited? how many thousands of people? they will be asked questions. you notice wherever they go they kind of kiss in public. so, we will see more kissing even though they are
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mrand mrs. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ bbc david eades. temperatures reached 33 celsius across north east wales — the hottest day of the year so far in the uk — but barely worth a mention because we have dangerous heat for monday and tuesday. the welsh national record is going to be smashed monday afternoon, and for england monday and tuesday, seeing temperatures into the 40s — that's going to set a new mark for england and also for the uk. but we're talking about dangerous heat. the met office have got this red extreme heat warning — unprecedented heat warning — across these areas of england. there's also a broader amber weather warning in force across all of england and wales and a good chunk of scotland as well. these areas will have impacts to people's health, due to those high temperatures, and impacts to infrastructure as well. it's very dangerous. now, over the next few hours, temperatures come down to reasonable levels, actually,
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as we start off monday morning - 14 to 18. if you're up early, open your doors and windows, let that cool air into your house for 15 minutes or so and then, shut everything because, as we go through the day, shut those windows, shut the doors, shut the curtains. it's really effective at locking the heat out of the house, and it's going to be an extraordinary day. temperatures widely for england and wales reaching the mid to high 30s, low 40s in places. this is dangerous heat. it will have an effect on quite a few people for their health. and it is notjust those extreme temperatures by day — ten o'clock monday night it's going to be hideous with temperatures widely still into the 30s. tuesday, a bit of rain coming into northern ireland. we've got some fresher air eventually dropping the temperatures here. but for scotland, england and wales, it's another day of dangerous heat. temperatures could hit around 41 celsius, smashing the all—time uk temperature record and bringing further health impacts for some people. it's really important to keep your property as cool
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as can be. keep curtains closed all day. shut windows and doors all day, except first thing in the morning, when it might be a bit cooler. drink plenty of water. and remember, a cooling shower could help you if you are feeling like you are struggling to cope with the extreme heat that we'll have on both monday and tuesday. the heatwave will come to an end. on wednesday, we've got a weather front pushing eastwards, bringing some thundery rain. still quite hot across the east but not dangerous levels. and in the west, temperatures much more comfortable.
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this is bbc news. the headlines: i'm david eades. a preliminary report into a mass shooting at a school in texas in may has found "systemic failures" in the response of the law enforcement officers. nineteen children and two teachers were killed when an 18—year—old gunman opened fire at the school in uvalde. a ferocious heatwave is continuing to cause wildfires and mass evacuations across western europe and parts of north africa. in portugal, the government says more than 650 people have died in the last week due to the extreme heat conditions. president zelensky has fired the head of ukraine's security agency and the prosecutor general, claiming there have been cases of treason in the two organisations.
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in a televised address, he said more than 600 cases of collaboration

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