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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. federal agents search the florida home of donald trump. his son says they were looking for presidential documents wanted by the national archive. # you better shape up, �*cause i need a man... tributes from the worlds of music and film for olivia newton—john. the star of grease has died at the age of 73. france swelters through its fourth heatwave of the summer as wildfires and the worst drought on record leaves towns and villages without drinking water. and the spectacular closing ceremony of the commonwealth games in birmingham brings down the curtain on 11
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days of competition. a very warm welcome to the programme. the former us president donald trump has issued a statement saying that the fbi has carried out a raid on his florida home at mar—a—lago. he was not in the state at the time. mr trump said that a large group of agents arrived at the compound with a search warrant. "they even broke into my safe!" he said. a spectacular fbi search on former president donald trump's florida home to reportedly seize official papers he has handled. 50 seize official papers he has handled. . seize official papers he has handled-— seize official papers he has handled. ., ., , seize official papers he has handled. . ., , handled. so that means the most famous conservative _
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handled. so that means the most famous conservative politician . famous conservative politician in the united states, the former president, likely to be now a candidate for president, is being investigated seriously for a crime. that is unprecedented.- for a crime. that is unrecedented. �* ., for a crime. that is unrecedented. �* . ., unprecedented. an unnamed law enforcement— unprecedented. an unnamed law enforcement official _ unprecedented. an unnamed law enforcement official told - unprecedented. an unnamed law enforcement official told cbs - enforcement official told cbs that the secret service guarding the ex—president was notified shortly before the warrant was served around 10am, and that agents protecting mr trump helped the fbi investigators. several boxes were taken away, the source said, adding that no doors were kicked down, and that the rate had concluded by the late afternoon. donald trump was reportedly in new york at the time. where he issued a statement condemning what he called an unannounced ride as dark times for our nation. in the weaponisation of the justice system. to prevent him from running for the white house again.
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president trump was one of the biggest critics of hillary clinton when she used her personal e—mail as the secretary of state and potentially some people think she violated some of the laws related to only using government official e—mails, documented to become records, and here we have president trump having done something gently much more egregious. figs gently much more egregious. as attention turns to which classified documents it is suspected may have been removed from the white house, for others, the legal process itself is under scrutiny. this ma be itself is under scrutiny. this may be much _ itself is under scrutiny. this may be much ado _ itself is under scrutiny. this may be much ado about - itself is under scrutiny. ti 3 may be much ado about nothing. the reality is that not much is going to come of this. it seems
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that the justice going to come of this. it seems that thejustice department, as it has been for the last decade or so, it has been for the last decade orso, has it has been for the last decade or so, has become much politicised.— or so, has become much oliticised. ~ ., , politicised. the white house sa s politicised. the white house says they — politicised. the white house says they were _ politicised. the white house says they were given - politicised. the white house says they were given no - politicised. the white house l says they were given no notice of the fbi raid on mr trump's home. mark lobel, bbc news. let's speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes. peter, there are a lot of people interested in this. what is going on at mar—a—lago. what more can you tell us? is going on at mar-a-lago. what more can you tell us?— more can you tell us? there are clearly two _ more can you tell us? there are clearly two potentially - more can you tell us? there are clearly two potentially two - clearly two potentially two sides to this. either the justice department is justified in getting a search warrant to search the former president's home, because he says he has been cooperating with the relevant government agencies, perhaps there is something that he has not helped them with and they feel justified he has not helped them with and they feeljustified in doing what they did today. the other side of the story, and we are hearing this a lot, we heard in mr trump hearing this a lot, we heard in mrtrump cosmic hearing this a lot, we heard in mr trump cosmic statement and his supporters, but this was adjusted department
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overreaching the authority with political motivations. prosecutorial misconduct is the way that the former president put it. there is much that we don't know yet about this, the justice department, the fbi have not issued statements about it. all we have heard other details from president, former president trump. though it could go in either direction.— it could go in either direction. , ., , , direction. yes, absolutely. it seems to _ direction. yes, absolutely. it seems to be _ direction. yes, absolutely. it seems to be surrounding - direction. yes, absolutely. it seems to be surrounding his| seems to be surrounding his handling of official papers, and us presidents bylaw are required to transfer all letters or work documents, any e—mails to the national archives, aren't they? it is all about that, it would seem. yes, it does seem it would all about that, the president's some went on television here and confirmed as much data that is what it is about. we have known about this investigation for some time, at the archives office actually got back about
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15 boxes worth of documents from mar—a—lago a few months ago. we knew the investigation was continuing. we don't know is what they are looking for now, and whether any resistance is being put up by the former president or whether there are any other issues at stake. but, yes, that seems to be what they are looking at, these crucial documents that should have been left behind at the white house when the president left, but some ended up at mar—a—lago. 0k, we shall keep a close eye. thank you. we will have more honest boy later on in our programme. —— more on that story later. the singer and actress olivia newton—john, who became a global icon for her portrayal of sandy in the 1978 movie grease, has died of cancer at the age of 73. her stellar career included four grammy awards and sales of more than 100 million records. 0ur correspondent david sillito looks back at her life and remarkable career. # summer loving, had me a blast
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# summer loving, happened so fast # i met a girl crazy for me # met a boy, cute as can be... sandy in grease was clean—cut, fresh—faced innocence, and it was john travolta who knew who would be perfect to play this slightly naive american teenager — a 29—year—old australian, olivia newton—john. # if not for you, the winter would hold no spring... herfirst hit was in 1971, seven years after she left school, aged 15, determined to be a singer, something which rather shocked her academic family. her grandfather had won a nobel prize for physics. # country roads, take me home to the place i belong... born in britain, she'd grown up in australia,
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and after years of touring clubs, made her name in america as a country singer. # ..take me home, country roads # all the kids like ten tin sodas in a row # followed hand in hand... blonde, wholesome, family—friendly, easy listening — no wonder eurovision came knocking. # you better shape up, �*cause i need a man... and then came grease. # and my heart is set on you... it was huge at the box office. there were six hit singles, and the premiere, a near riot ensued. this was a new level of fame. back off! come on! there was then naturally huge interest in her next musical. xanadu gave her a hit single. the film, it was the inspiration for a new award ceremony, the golden raspberries. # let's get physical, physical... and then there was physical.
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# i wanna get physical... she was terrified it would destroy her girl—next—door image. instead, it became an anthem for the sweatband—wearing hordes of the aerobic �*80s. of course, many tv stations would cut away before this final shot. # if not for you... after a break for marriage and children, her career was never quite the same. but, 30 years on, olivia newton—john was still performing. it was a reminder of how it all began. # if not for you... # sandy, you must start anew... like a burst of australian sun, blonde, wholesome and pure, if anyone was going to be sandy, it was olivia newton—john. come on, sandy! # goodbye to sandra dee.
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adam horsburgh is the chief executive officer of austin health, who operate the olivia newton—john cancer wellness & research centre. hejoins us now from melbourne. a very warm welcome to the programme. we were looking there at her incredible career, which of course was the pinnacle was the film greece. but it was very, very sad news when he first learned —— decades ago that she had breast cancer and she became a huge ambassador, didn't she?- ambassador, didn't she? yes, that is right. _ ambassador, didn't she? yes, that is right. she _ ambassador, didn't she? yes, that is right. she has - ambassador, didn't she? yes, that is right. she has lived - that is right. she has lived with cancer for 30 years. during that time, she with cancerfor 30 years. during that time, she had with cancer for 30 years. during that time, she had shown great commitment to help and support us through thatjourney
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as well, and helped us to establish the 0livia establish the olivia newton—john cancer wellness and research centre here at austin health in melbourne. that provides a full range of cancer treatment services, but also, importantly, 0livia drove the development of the wellness centre to look after the much more hedonistic hole needs of the patient. more hedonistic hole needs of the patient-— the patient. and her decision to be open — the patient. and her decision to be open about _ the patient. and her decision to be open about that, - the patient. and her decision to be open about that, to - the patient. and her decision to be open about that, to go | to be open about that, to go public about her illness was huge, wasn't it, really, for the fight against cancer, because she brought global attention to something, as you say nearly 30 years ago that wasn't really talked about very much then. wasn't really talked about very much then-— much then. that's right. i think many _ much then. that's right. i think many people - much then. that's right. i think many people found | think many people found inspiration through 0livia think many people found inspiration through olivia and her own cancerjourney and how open she was about that as well. not only did she establish the cancer centre here, but she had given hope to so many other patients here and much further afield as well.
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and the fact that it was nearly 30 years ago she had beaten cancer several times, 30 years ago she had beaten cancerseveraltimes, it 30 years ago she had beaten cancer several times, it came back a third time, and sadly, this time, she wasn't able to debated. but in terms of her philanthropy and her input into what you are doing where you are, talk us through the impact that has had.— that has had. yes, as i say, olivia really _ that has had. yes, as i say, olivia really did _ that has had. yes, as i say, olivia really did drive - that has had. yes, as i say, olivia really did drive the i 0livia really did drive the establishment of the cancer centre here, and particularly the wellness centre, which has helped to change the way that cancer service is provided here and much further afield. so 0livia was instrumental in that, and was a regular visitor to the centre as well. she is known to many of the staff here and has had many interactions with patients both past patients and current patients as well. just today, the staff and patients have been speaking with very fond memories of the times with 0livia here at the cancer centre. we times with olivia here at the cancer centre.—
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cancer centre. we really appreciate _ cancer centre. we really appreciate you - cancer centre. we really appreciate you talking . cancer centre. we really | appreciate you talking to cancer centre. we really - appreciate you talking to us, adam, on what is i am sure a very difficult day for you all. so thank you very much telling us about her life and what she did for wellness and cancer research, which is quite incredible. 0livia research, which is quite incredible. olivia newton—john there, more detail on the website as well. let's get some of the day's other news. at least seven people have died in flash floods in the south korean capital, seoul. 0fficials it was the heaviest rainfall in 80 years. the worst affected was the upmarket gangnam district where metro stations flooded and cars were washed away. police say seven other people are believed to be missing. taiwan's military has started live—fire artillery drills simulating an attack on the island. last week, china launched its largest—ever war games around taiwan in response to a visit by house speaker nancy pelosi, the highest—ranking us official to visit the self—ruled island in decades. but taiwanese officials these drills had already been scheduled and not in response to china's exercises.
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a us court has sentenced two of the three white men who murdered a blackjogger in 2020 to life in prison for federal hate crimes. gregory mcmichael and his son travis are already serving a life sentence for the murder of ahmaud arbery, a black man who was shot dead whilejogging. kenyan voters are going to the polls to elect a new president to succeed uhuru kenyatta whose second and final 5—year term draws to a close. mr kenyatta is supporting his longtime political rival, the former prime minister, raila 0dinga, against the deputy president, william ruto. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: 11 days of competition comes to an end at the spectacular closing ceremony of the commonwealth games in birmingham.
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the big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a huge job of crowd control. idi amin, uganda's brutal former dictator, has died at the age of 80. he's been buried in saudi arabia where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. 2 billion people. around the world have seen the last - total eclipse of the sun to take place - in this millennium. it began itsjourney- off the coast of canada, ending three hours later, when the sun set - over the bay of bengal.
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this is bbc news. the latest headlines — federal agents search the florida home of donald trump — his son says they were looking for presidential documents wanted by the national archive. wendy 0lson is a former us district attorney for idaho. she also worked as a trial attorney at the us department ofjustice in washington. she's now a partner in a boisey idaho law firm. some suggest this search has politicised the department of immature take on what is going on. a search warrant was served, fbi agents went to mar—a—lago —— give us your take. so the biggest takeaway is that
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a federal magistrate judge reviewed an affidavit by an fbi agent and determined there was probable cause that evidence of a crime, contraband or something illegally possessed was, at the time, in the residence, in the place that was searched. so that's what happened today, and they take away from that, beyond that, is some speculation or some educated guesses about what the purpose of the execution of the search warrant was, what kind of an investigation wanted in connection with. of course, in the united states, the new york times is reporting it is in connection with the classified documents that president trump took away from the white house when he left office injanuary of 2021. but in order for that search warrant to be executed, there must be what we call current probable cause. the information can't be stale, so there is evidence suggesting that some materials are still there at mar—a—lago, or at
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least were in the time the judge signed off that re—signed up judge signed off that re—signed up on the search warrant. though former president's son has confirmed the investigation is about the handling of national archive records, so that would be what it is assumed it is all about. but some are saying it is much ado about nothing, and of course this comes as donald trump prepares for a possible third presidential run in 202a. is this about politics, as opposed to miss doing? i this about politics, as opposed to miss doing?— to miss doing? i would say no. so first of— to miss doing? i would say no. so first of all, _ to miss doing? i would say no. so first of all, for— to miss doing? i would say no. so first of all, for the - so first of all, for the warrant to be authorised, i'm sure it was done at the highest levels of the fbi, which likely includes director chris rea, who of course donald trump appointed, and the current attorney—general, who is known to be very much a straight shooter. the federal magistrate judge in florida who would have had to authorise the search warrant is not someone who was presidentially appointed. that
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person is appointed differently, so a very rigorous application, and one of this nature would be feted at the highest levels of the department and again by the judge. department and again by the we , , ., ., , judge. this is going on is the same time — judge. this is going on is the same time as _ judge. this is going on is the same time as the _ judge. this is going on is the same time as the select - same time as the select committee, the us has a present product —— representatives looks at his actions in his actions onjanuary six. donald trump is adamant this is all a witch hunt, and even when he was in power, he said there was a witch hunt against him. do you think thisjust a witch hunt against him. do you think this just adds to that argument? it is certainly one that president trump is made, and it is not uncommon for people who are subjects in terms of investigations to suggest that the government has improper information, and certainly donald trump has used that time and time again, but pretty soon it becomes like the child who cried wolf. it's hard to believe that time and time again, federal law enforcement, many of whom appear to be very
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sympathetic to donald trump, would take these extraordinary steps if there wasn't substantial evidence, and not just barely probable cause, but the substantial evidence to withstand the kind of scrutiny that undoubtedly this affidavit underwent at the justice department underwent at thejustice department and by underwent at the justice department and by the underwent at thejustice department and by the judge who signed it. we will wait to see what happens. thank you. france is in the middle of its fourth heatwave of the summer, as its worst drought on record has left villages without drinking water. weather forecasters say it's the most severe drought since records began in the late 1950s. sylvia lennan—spence reports. parts of south—eastern france ablaze. urgent efforts to control the flames burning dangerously close to home for residents here. this fire, sweeping through 80 hectares of land. dozens of people from the region urgently moved to nearby
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evacuation centres. amidst its fourth heat wave, with temperatures of up to a0 celsius, dispensing what the government says is its worst drought on record. now france's nuclear power regulator has extended temporary waivers, allowing five power stations to continue discharging hot water into rivers amid an energy crisis, possibly endangering wildlife. this holiday accommodation was evacuated in the nick of time in northern italy, as wildfires raged there, destroying many homes. in north—western spain, this fire has already banned around 1000 hectares of woods in the area. firefighters and military emergency units under pressure to control the flames at one of hundreds of wildfires in spain since the start of the year. with scenes becoming all too familiar and devastating, these wildfires in the unprecedented heat waves, as europe's hot summer continues to turn up the
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temperature on all involved. sylvia lennon spence, bbc news. the commonwealth games came to a spectacular close last night, after 11 days' of competition. jane dougall rounds up the action from birmingham. the sport continued on the last day of the commonwealth games here in birmingham, with another 12 gold medals up for grabs was not there was a great day for india in the badminton. there was a huge win in the women's singles for pv sindhu. she was the pre—competition favourite and managed to come through to beat michelle li of canada and collect her first commonwealth games gold medal. like chez san came back after using the first set to win the next two to be to say young of malaysia in the men's singles. also a great win in the men's doubles, beating england. there was a dominant performance from malaysia's purley town and ten amara n in the women's doubles. they saw off lauren smith and
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chloe birch of england. not such good fortune for the indian men's hockey team though. they were comprehensively beaten 7—0 by the defending champions, australia, who continued their dominance in the sport. england did manage to secure bronze though, beating south africa 6-3. though, beating south africa 6—3. elsewhere, the singaporean duo won gold in the women's doubles table tennis. they beat the australian pair 3—0. in the men's singles, india's sharaf kamal at chanter beat england's liam pitchford. he came from a set down to seal a a—1victory. in the pool, england's brilliant form in the diving continued. they won gold in the mix to synchronise ten metres platform final with noah williams and andrea spendolini—sirieix beating their compatriots for an england 1—2. scotland's james
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heatly and grace reid also got gold in the three—metre springboard synchro, and in squash, england were guaranteed a gold medal in the men's doubles. it was well champions james well strop and declan james well strop and declan james who got the better of their compatriots daryl selby and adrian waller. but england could only manage silver in the women's doubles. sarah—jane perry and alison waters missing out to the new zealand pair. so, at the end of 11 days of competition, guess what? it was australia who finished on top of the medal table, just as they did four years ago at their home games at the gold coast. they topped the standings pretty much from the get go, going on to win an incredible 67 gold medals, and a total haul of 178 medals. that is two more than the host nation england, who have had their best games for total medals won. 57 of them gold. the home crowd no doubt helping
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them along. canada achieved their goal of finishing in the top three. it means they finishing third. india just below them in fourth. said it was busy, jane dougall summing it all up. go to bbc sport, for more. britney spears is set to return to the music scene with a duet with sir eltonjohn. he confirmed the collaboration by sharing artwork for the new track; a single rose and a rocket emoji. the song is thought to be a remix of his 1971 classic, tiny dancer, and will be titled, hold me closer. it will be the first release from britney spears for six years, and the first since a judge overturned an order that put the singer's father and lawyers in charge of her life and career. you heard it there.
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still to come, all the top business stories, including why metaverse real estate is rocketing. i know. we will explain. see you in a moment. hello, there. i'm sure a lot of people are thinking it's warm enough already, but it will get hotter through the rest of this week. temperatures will continue to rise with heatwaves spreading to many parts of the uk. a lot of people may be headed to the coast, hoping for something a little bit cooler, with some sea breezes, but already, we've seen temperatures hitting 30 degrees in surrey in the sunshine on monday. now, you may be surprised to learn the temperatures could be as low as 8 or 9 degrees first thing on tuesday morning in rural parts of wales in northern england. it's going to be warmer in northern scotland for the breeze, bringing cloud and a little bit of rain.
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that gets pushed away to get more sunshine developing in scotland and it will be a sunny day on tuesday in northern ireland and again across england and wales. sea breezes a bit cooler and in inland and temperatures continuing to rise among england and wales. widely 29—30 degrees, 25 or so east of scotland and northern ireland. the heat is building underneath that area of high pressure and keeping the rain confined, really, to the far northwest of scotland. later on in the week, we will start to pick up in east or south easterly breeze and that will draw in some of the heat that we've got in western europe where it is hot in many places already. now, we're not expecting to break any records this time. however, by the end of the week, temperatures to the west of london could be reaching 36 celsius. as we head into wednesday, sunny skies pretty much across the board, there will be breezy in the far northwest of scotland but it should stay dry here. those temperatures are continuing to rise at 27 degrees and eastern parts of scotland and the northeast of england, and 32 is likely through the midlands, towards the south east of england as well. that heat will linger for some time. you can see it maintain above 30 degrees in london
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to the weekend. it's not going to be as hot in scotland and northern ireland, and temperatures may start to drop a bit over the weekend. but the rain has been all or nothing since the 1st ofjuly — nothing across many parts of the southern uk and a lot of rain in the highlands of scotland. some people are looking for some rain and asking when it's going to come. the signs are that early next week, with falling pressure, temperatures will be dropping and there could be some rain.
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