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this is bbc news. the headlines at six. holidaymakers and hauliers face a third day of disruption at the channel tunnel. delays around the port of dover have eased, but travellers spent all night stuck in queues at folkestone. at folkestone at about 9am yesterday morning for a train at 10.30, and then we've slowly been crawling along for the past 21—plus hours. this is the scene live at the channel crossing in kent, where queues are stretching back miles. the entire board of cricket scotland resigns ahead of a review expected to find scottish cricket to be institutionally racist. fire services declare a major incident due to a large blaze at a beauty spot in surrey. several fire engines have been sent to the scene. as firefighters in california struggle to contain a huge blaze there, the us special envoy for climate john kerry says president biden may announce
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a climate emergency. we are moving forward, but we're not making enough progress and we are not moving forward fast enough. rishi sunak and liz truss vow to toughen controls on migration in their latest announcements in the conservative leadership race. and a surprise bronze in the penultimate day on the world athletics championships. good afternoon. people attempting to cross the channel have faced a third day of delays, despite the large queues at the port of dover easing. officials say traffic is now "flowing normally", with about 6—thousand private vehicles passing
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through the port today. but for much of the day, it was a different picture for those using the eurotunnel to travel to france, with such long delays at folkestone that the aa has called it the "hotspot of holiday hell." from there, vishala sri—pathma sent this report. the not so quick holiday getaway continues, although progress has been made in dover where reports suggest traffic is flowing better than it has been over the last couple of days. frustration, however, continues in folkestone today, where cars and lorries have been trying to get to the eurotunnel entrance — some families even spending the night in the car. we arrived at folkestone at about 9am yesterday morning fora train at10:30am. and then we've slowly been crawling along for the past 21—plus hours. the challenge today has been
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to clear the backlog of freight. around 600 lorries passing through folkestone today. some have been here for 15 hours plus and that's because the stretch of road on the m20 has been partially closed to accommodate them, effectively becoming a lorry park. and they're competing with families for spaces who want to get away on holiday. despite the challenges of today, there has been some improvement. compared to friday and saturday, we had a very busy start at the folkestone eurotunnel panel and we had a track warning out for that this morning. however, we have seen it get very busy up until lunchtime and now late afternoon, those delays have fallen considerably and we're hopeful that by 10p tonight, we should be back by 10pm tonight, we should be back
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to usual levels heading into the eurotunnel terminal. the department for transport says it is investing more than £30 million to improve parking facilities in england, but the eurotunnel says more needs to be done to improve the situation. the consequences of adding border controls, whether it's for _ freight or passengers, - is additionaljourney time, disruption to flow. and that means that you get people's journeys, whether it's carrying - goods in a truck or travelling - across the channel for a holiday, there is disruption. for now, the warning is the coming months are said to be challenging. despite this, it hasn't put these families of trying to cross the channel for a much anticipated summer holiday. jean—marc puissesseau is the president of the ports of calais and boulogne. i asked him what he thought was the reason for the long queues. in calais, it's very difficult to make any comments about dover. whilst i know now this afternoon that everything is going well. what happened in dover yesterday and the day before
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is what sometimes... the reason is because there are not enough french police at the ports in dover. they are not able to open in calais port. so, it's difficult to know exactly what happened in dover, so, it's difficult for me to know exactly what happened in dover, but i know it's very important that the english government and the french government together with the borderforce, that that they meet together in order to have enough decimal at their boots when there is an increase of the traffic. that's the frustration that families will feel, this is no surprise. the first weekend of the school summer holidays, a lot of people want to cross the channel. i have heard very angry message
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towards the french border force i have heard very angry message towards the french that we are spoiling their holidays. we have also... so i think that this is an error. i know that the french government is taking decisions in order to avoid what happened, in order to have enough people to avoid this traffic jam. but it happens sometimes, it's notjust a french problem. they are undergoing an increased... you say the french government are taking steps and will make a decision to stop this from becoming a longer—term problem.
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what might they do? there will be more people. its people... the brexit. you think it's down to brexit? it is. there would not be this problem. the consequence of the brexit controls, and for the controls, would you have a lot of people who want to travel, according to the huge amount of traffic to have enough people to do the controls. that's the problem and over, i think. in calais, there is much more grace in the newport and grace in the new port and so on, but it's something that should not happen. but there have always been checks on the border even before brexit. this is nothing new.
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even if you are not completely in the eu, it has never happened before, never. sorry, it's due to the controls. it's due to the brexit. now you have to be able to let all the controls as easy as possible. all the controls made as easy as possible. the entire board of cricket scotland has resigned with immediate effect — ahead of the release of an independent review of racism in the sport. the report, to be published tomorrow, is expected to find institutional racism in the scottish game. here's our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie.
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this is a gloomy day for cricket in scotland. but these players were not put off by the dreich west of scotland weather, or the dark clouds that have gathered round the game. gathered around the game. the review was commissioned by sport scotland last year. it followed allegations of racism and discrimination, including claims from the all time leading wicket taker including claims from the all—time leading wicket taker majid haq and qasim sheikh, who also played for scotland, and said tomorrow will be emotional. cricket scotland said it was truly sorry to anyone who had experienced racism in the sport, and they had taken initial steps to deliver a resolution, but the resignation letter from the board suggested that the proposals from the review meant that their work was not feasible. the board has not yet seen the full report due out tomorrow, but said...
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it is now aware of the proposed timescales and of certain mandated actions proposed within the report that it believes make the delivery complete vindication of my clients, who had their careers stripped from them, who saw their dreams shattered, and many others who followed in their footsteps. this organisation stands accused of institutional racism, from top to bottom, the cricket board in scotland could do nothing other but resign. it's understood that sport scotland is extremely concerned by the review�*s findings. it previously stressed that there was no place for racism or discrimination of any kind in sport. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, glasgow. paul reddish is a member of running out racism, a group of players, administrators and fans calling for changes to cricketing institutions in scotland to eradicate racism in the game.
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he gave me his reaction to the resignations. well, given the reasons that they've given, in particular that they didn't feel that they were in a position to take things forward, i think it's the right decision. we don't know what precisely will come tomorrow. they appear to have some inkling of it. but we need people fully committed. they have their own reasons for why they've come to that conclusion, but it's really important we're fully committed to making the changes, and therefore i think it's the right decision. we don't know the contents of the report until it's published tomorrow, but it's based on what you know from speaking to players, staff, those who are close to the game. what do you think we might learn from it about the stages of scottish cricket and the presence of racism within it? so, if the people that come forward
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to our campaign for support to be able to disclose into the review in the way that we would expect, we absolutely expect that report to conclude that there is racism throughout the game, that there will be significant changes required in order to address and eradicate that. we think it will be a very difficult read. we haven't seen ourselves, but we have been involved in a number of the meetings with the people who disclosed their own stories into that review, and i think it's going to be really difficult. what needs to be done now to improve the situation? well, tomorrow is another milestone. tomorrow will have a set of findings and recommendations, but that's when the hard work starts because we need to start taking action now. there's no leadership board in place. so the first thing we need
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is a group of people in leadership there's an interim chief executives been there for a matter of five days. so the first thing we need is a group of people in leadership positions absolutely committed to the journey that needs to go ahead, and prioritising the actions and improvement that have led to racism in our game above many other things that we've prioritised ahead of it. what we also need to do is look at rebuilding trust amongst those who have now been brave enough to come forward but have perhaps given up on the fact that discrimination was just part of the game, and that means addressing past issues. it's notjust about implementing the recommendations. clearly, where there have been individuals that have caused discrimination, and that will also need to be addressed.
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do you think the spotlight would have been shone had it not been for the yorkshire players like azeem rafiq highlighting his experience? well the spotlight has been highlighted before a number of people have spoken out, and that's not necessarily been listening to not necessarily been listened to over the years and it's been shut down on occasions. what azeem rafiq did is kept going and for the first time, somebody was able to break through that barrier and be listened to. that's allowed people to push that story again, and this time get more success because the conditions azema success because the conditions azeeem created meant that this time around, somebody actually listens to them. firefighters are tackling multiple weather—related fires. major
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incident has been declared. as a fire blazes in hankley common. several fire engines have been sent to the scene, and local people have been advised to avoid the area, and keep their windows and doors closed. with the largest active wildfire in the us spreading rapidly near yosemite national park, a state of emergency has been declared in that area of california. the blaze has grown fast since friday, and firefighters have struggled to get it under control. more than 6000 people have been evacuated and ten homes have been destroyed. rianna croxford reports. explosive and extreme, engulfing thousands of acres of woodland. hundreds of firefighters struggle to tackle the blaze with help from above. thousands of people have fled the area. officials say ten homes have already been destroyed. this army veteran is spending his
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wedding anniversary waiting to see if he's one of those affected. a lot of memories, though. my family grew up there, my kids, and...| don't know. just sad. as smoke from the flames continue to billow, having built momentum over the past two days, officials in california have declared a state of emergency for the area. and though the fire is largely uncontained, firefighters remain hopeful. we're optimistic that we have, you know, great crews, they're on the ground and with the support with the aircraft that we will make progress with the fire. with the aircraft, that will make progress with the fire. but as temperatures continue to soar, intensified by years of extreme drought, there is concern things will only worsen over the months ahead. rianna croxford, bbc news.
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the us special envoy for climate says the world is not moving fast enough to tackle the global climate crisis. speaking to the bbc�*s jim naughtie, senatorjohn kerry said president biden is considering whether to announce a climate emergency, to give him additional powers to push his renewable energy agenda. we are moving forward, but we're not making enough progress and we're not moving forward fast enough. so we are behind where we need to be to avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis, and i think everyone in europe and united states are feeling the early parts of those consequences. hopefully, we can turn this around and accelerate what we promised in glasgow. it's interesting because that requires industrialised nations' cuttage, giving quite a tough message. historically, responsible nations have moved to reduce pollution and protect their citizens. we need to do that now. that's a benefit and
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that's a benefit now. fastest—growing job in the united states was wind turbine technician. third fastest, solar panel installer. most countries can grow their base, balance their grade more effectively, provide less expensive energy and less damaging consequences at the same time. with china and india, you spent a lot of time talking to those nations and you know that they get the effects of climate change and china has to do with water and irrigation. and yet you know that their policies are antithetical to what needs to be done. how fast do you think they are likely to increased their pace? likely to increase their pace? if not, we will all fall behind.
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it's notjust china and india, it's every one of top 20 that equal 80% of all the emissions. they all have to do more. china has a new plan in place. we think they could do more. we'd like to see them transition to coal faster. we think their way is to make that happen. india has set a goal of deploying 500 gigawatts, a lot of energy, in the next eight years in order to try to meet their obligation, and they are deploying very, very rapidly and working very hard. that wasjohn that was john kerry. that was john kerry speaking to the bbc�*sjim naughtie on radio 4's the world this weekend. russia has admitted that it carried out yesterday's missile attack on the ukrainian port of 0desa. it's just a day after it signed a deal in which it promised not to target the port, in order to unblock shipments of grain through the black sea. millions of tonnes are stuck in ukraine, causing global shortages and price rises. james waterhouse reports from the south of the country.
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translation: people are starving, but it's getting spoiled here. - volodymyr summing up ukraine's grain problem. his is some of the 20 million tonnes trapped the country. more than anywhere else in the country and they're all struggling. translation: all of this made the situation for the farm is very hard, even unbearable. i am 72 years old and in over 70 years, i don't remember such a difficult year like this one. it's hoped a grain deal| involving ukraine and russia will see 5 million tonnes shifted every month through the black sea, a prewar level... ..vecause it can't stay here. ..because it can't stay here.
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farmers like volodymyr need this agreement to work for their livelihoods. ukraine needs it to work for its economy and tens of millions of people around the world needed to work to survive. and it is those forces which are keeping this deal going. for now. it couldn't be more fragile. moscow's released this footage admitting to a missile attack on the port of odesa yesterday a day after agreeing to leave it alone. it claims a military yesterday, a day after agreeing to leave it alone. ship and a warehouse full of western supplied missiles were the targets. the kremlin�*s likely defence is that by doing so it didn't violate the deal. and how's this for a charm offensive? russian�*s foreign minister sergey lavrov meeting his opposite number in egypt, one of ukraine's biggest grain customers. he's trying to build support across africa as his country battles anger and sanctions over the war in ukraine. translation: the food crisis didn't start yesterday - or in february, it started with the pandemic because of serious mistakes that western states made regarding food and energy.
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regardless of blame, if volodymyr doesn't sell his grain, there won't be a next harvest. james waterhouse, bbc news, in odesa. the two candidates left in the race to become the next conservative party leader — and prime minister — have both vowed to toughen controls on migration. rishi sunak has proposed a cap on refugee numbers, and to withold aid from countries which won't accept the return of asylum—seekers whose claims have failed. liz truss has said she would increase the number of frontline border force staff by 20%. rishi sunak has been laying out his plans this afternoon while a visit to congleton in cheshire. top of my mind right now is immigration. it is a vital issue that we need to address and fast. today, i've set out a plan to fix our system, today, i've set out a plan to fix oursystem, make today, i've set out a plan to fix our system, make the rwanda policy work and ensure that migration to this country is legal, orderly and controlled. this country is legal, orderly and controlled-— controlled. you say you'll do whatever— controlled. you say you'll do whatever it _ controlled. you say you'll do whatever it takes. _ controlled. you say you'll do whatever it takes. how -
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controlled. you say you'll do whatever it takes. how far i controlled. you say you'll do | whatever it takes. how far we controlled. you say you'll do - whatever it takes. how far we go on that? ida whatever it takes. how far we go on that? ., ., , ., whatever it takes. how far we go on that? ., .,, ., .., , whatever it takes. how far we go on that? ., ., , that? no option could be off the table because it's _ that? no option could be off the table because it's important - that? no option could be off the - table because it's important that we have control of our borders. i am the product of that and my family immigrated here, but it's absolutely right that the system works fairly for all and people can't break the rules. i will ensure as prime minister that we gripped the challenges we face, fix the problems that our borders and ensure the migration here is legal, orderly and controlled. that's what i'll deliver. , , , controlled. that's what i'll deliver. ,, , ., ., deliver. why push forward with rwanda? the _ deliver. why push forward with rwanda? the home _ deliver. why push forward with rwanda? the home affairs - deliver. why push forward with - rwanda? the home affairs committee said they were aren't convinced it's going to work and it's going to be expensive. figs going to work and it's going to be exensive. �* , ., . ., , expensive. as chancellor, i signed off on the policy — expensive. as chancellor, i signed off on the policy and _ expensive. as chancellor, i signed off on the policy and major- expensive. as chancellor, i signed off on the policy and major at - expensive. as chancellor, i signed off on the policy and major at the l off on the policy and major at the funding it needed, but is now important that as prime minister, i make that policy work. people want to know that our borders are secure. i've set out a ten point plan today to grip the problem and deal with it rapidly as prime minister. i'm prepared to do whatever it takes to keep this country safe and make sure our borders are secure. how keep this country safe and make sure our borders are secure.— our borders are secure. how sure are our borders are secure. how sure are you that all —
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our borders are secure. how sure are you that all of _ our borders are secure. how sure are you that all of those _ our borders are secure. how sure are you that all of those plans _ you that all of those plans are going to be legal? being rate already —— questions being rate out —— raised already. we already -- questions being rate out -- raised already.— -- raised already. we need to be honest about _ -- raised already. we need to be honest about our _ -- raised already. we need to be honest about our that _ -- raised already. we need to be honest about our that these - -- raised already. we need to be honest about our that these lawsj honest about our that these laws have on our ability to grapple with this problem. i said no option be off the table. we have a new british bill of rights is being introduced, but i believe it will help the challenges. two a and strengthen our ability to deport people who should be here and protect our borders. but this is a very serious issue. it is a priority for me, for the country, and as prime minister, i will apply the same grit and determination to that as i did to getting this country through covid and solve the problem. country through covid and solve the roblem. . ,. country through covid and solve the roblem. . y., ., , , , ., problem. have you dropped the plan about holding _ problem. have you dropped the plan about holding refugees _ problem. have you dropped the plan about holding refugees on _ problem. have you dropped the plan about holding refugees on cruise - about holding refugees on cruise ships? i about holding refugees on cruise shi s? ., about holding refugees on cruise shis? ., ., ., ships? i said we need to look at all creative solutions _ ships? i said we need to look at all creative solutions to _ ships? i said we need to look at all creative solutions to make - ships? i said we need to look at all creative solutions to make sure - ships? i said we need to look at alll creative solutions to make sure that we have the places we need to detain
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refugees and ensure that we can process them as quickly as possible, and i'm prepared to look at solutions in the scotland and other countries i looked at. we need to tackle this problem creatively, because it is a big challenge and right now, it's not working as well as it should. as prime minister, i will fix that.— will fix that. you say that it's broken. you've _ will fix that. you say that it's broken. you've been - will fix that. you say that it's broken. you've been in - will fix that. you say that it's - broken. you've been in parliament, you've been in government, so why did you fix it in the first place was yellow i did make sure that the rwanda proposaluiiafi was yellow i did make sure that the rwanda proposa— was yellow i did make sure that the rwanda proposal was funded properly, but as prime — rwanda proposal was funded properly, but as prime minister, _ rwanda proposal was funded properly, but as prime minister, i _ rwanda proposal was funded properly, but as prime minister, i want - rwanda proposal was funded properly, but as prime minister, i want to - but as prime minister, i want to make sure that policy actually works. it's part of a ten point plan that i sent out today to really make a difference. i voted for brexit in part to have control of our borders and i now want to deliver on that as prime minister. people have seen me deliver radical things like the furlough scheme, but i stood up and
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help this country get through coronavirus. i want to apply that same energy and grip to those challenges. yesterday, i talked about solving the nhs problems. today i'm talking about illegal migration. these are the country's priorities and as prime minister, i will grip them. this priorities and as prime minister, i will grip them-— will grip them. this is a country that prides _ will grip them. this is a country that prides itself _ will grip them. this is a country that prides itself on _ will grip them. this is a country that prides itself on its - will grip them. this is a country i that prides itself on its reputation as being a champion of human rights. what your plans to narrow the definition of refugees go against that? ~ ., �* definition of refugees go against that? ~ . �* , definition of refugees go against that? . �* , that? what i'm proposing is something _ that? what i'm proposing is something that _ that? what i'm proposing is something that is _ that? what i'm proposing is something that is very - that? what i'm proposing is l something that is very similar that? what i'm proposing is - something that is very similar to what they do in australia, and we are a country that i am proud has always had a long tradition of welcoming migrants from around the world like my family, for example, but it's important that that migration is done legally. the people who coming year and the ones that are going through proper processes. that's common sense and that's the type of system that i will deliver as prime minister. rishi sunak there. british model tamara ecclestone has
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offered a reward up to £6m for the return of her £25m stolen jewellery. three italian men have been jailed for their part in the biggest domestic burglary in english legal history. in december 2019, ms ecclestone's west london mansion was one of three celebrity homes targeted and raided by the international thieves. posting on instagram ms ecclestone wrote: "if you are the source, you get the reward. it's that simple." one of the world's most famous models, kate moss, has revealed how a photoshoot as a teenager opened her eyes to the dangers of the fashion industry. ms moss told the bbc�*s desert island discs that she was asked to take her bra off at a shoot when she was 15 years old. the model said the experience had "sharpened her instinct" and that as a result she could "tell a wrong �*un a mile away". i had a horrible experience for a bra catalogue. i was only 15, probably, and he said, "take your top off."
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i took my top off, and i was really shy then about my body. and he said, "take your bra off." and i could feel there was something wrong, so i got myself and i ran away. how did that affect you, that experience? i think it sharpened my instincts. i'm very... i can kind of tell a wrong'un a mile away. the pope has just arrived the pope hasjust arrived in canada, and edmonton. the pontiff has described the visit as a trip of penance during which he will apologise for the role of the roman catholic church in residential schools for many indigenous children's abuse. this is the scene live there and edmonton. the pope's plane just touched down live there and edmonton. the pope's planejust touched down in live there and edmonton. the pope's plane just touched down in the last few minutes or so, and the steps are
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being brought to the door. these things usually take a little bit of time, but we did see a moment ago some dignitaries waiting to receive the pope there at the airport. we won't stay on these pictures because it can take a little while on these visits for the pope and his team to disembark, but also you what — we will contact to that later and bring you updates on that visit as and when we get them. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello again. it's been a hot and sunny day across east anglia. temperatures in them number of spots exceeded 30 celsius. further west was not nearly that hot. quite a few of these pulses of rain turned out to be quite heavy as well. there is a little bit more rain to come. light and patchy across northwestern areas, but some heavier rain hanging
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around, loitering in northern scotland. our weather front is going to start pushing back southwards. much of england and wales warm once again. 16—18 for many. this weather front pushes southwards, eventually moving into northeast england. a few showers elsewhere, but some dry and sunny spells coming through, and temperatures lower than we've been used to over recent days. i teens for scotland and northern ireland and northern england, and not as high for south—east england, but still warm at 25 in places. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: delays around the port of dover and folkestone are easing after holiday—makers and hauliers faced a third day of disruption at the channel tunnel. the entire board of cricket scotland resigns ahead of a review expected to find scottish cricket to be institutionally racist.

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