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welcome to bbc news, i'm david eades. our top stories. at least ten people have been killed and many more injured in a series of stabbings in canada. police say two suspects are on the run, and are urging people to stay inside. we are still looking for the two suspects. we're asking residents across saskatchewan and neighbouring provinces to be vigilant. rejected — a radical new constitution for chile, offering gender equality, minority rights and healthcare for all is soundly beaten in a referendum. britain's wait for a new prime minister is nearly over — the result of the governing conservatives leadership election will be known in a few hours.
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and the venetians are back on board — the annual regatta takes place in full for the first time since covid. we begin in canada, where police are searching for two suspects thought to have stabbed ten people to death. at least 15 others have been wounded. the prime ministerjustin trudeau has described the events in the province of saskatchewan as "horrific and heart—breaking". police there say they are investigating 13 possible crime scenes and are looking for two men they believe carried out the attacks. at this point in our investigation, we have located ten deceased individuals in 13
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locations in the areas of james smith cree nation and weldon, saskatchewan. several others have been injured, 15 of which at this point have been transported to various hospitals. there may be additional injured victims who transported themselves to various hospitals. let me be clear. we are still looking for the two suspects. we ask residents across saskatchewan and neighbouring provinces to be vigilant. at this stage in our investigation, we believe some of the victims have been targeted by the suspects, and others have been attacked randomly. the two suspects are damien sanderson and miles sanderson. damien sanderson is described as a 31—year—old male, 5'7", 155lbs, with black hair and brown eyes. miles sanderson is a 30—year—old male, 6'1", 240lbs, with brown
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hair and brown eyes. if they are listening or receive this information, i would ask that they turn themselves into police immediately. they are considered armed and dangerous. jason kerr is the editor of the prince albert daily herald in saskatchewan. hearing the police account there of what has happened so far, is that up—to—date as far as you are aware in terms of these two suspects still being on the run?— on the run? yes, as far as we know, on the run? yes, as far as we know. they — on the run? yes, as far as we know, they haven't _ on the run? yes, as far as we know, they haven't been - on the run? yes, as far as we | know, they haven't been taken into custody. officials have not updated the number of victims that were killed or injured, so that's the most recent thing we have on that front. the other recent development, the first community where the stabbing occurred has declared a state
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of emergency due to the murders and assaults that occurred this morning. from the red cross and other mental health organisations, people are helping residents deal with the traumatic things they witness today. i traumatic things they witness toda . . ., ., traumatic things they witness toda . . . ., , today. i can well imagine why they would — today. i can well imagine why they would want _ today. i can well imagine why they would want to _ today. i can well imagine why they would want to do - today. i can well imagine why they would want to do that. l they would want to do that. trying to piece this together, 13 possible crime scenes across a number of towns. it's an extraordinary, i don't know what you call it, rampage? it’s what you call it, rampage? it's something _ what you call it, rampage? it�*s something people are used to seeing in major cities, the type of thing we read about with new york or los angeles, but to see this happen in small—town saskatchewan, the james smith cree nation and well done, they have very small numbers of people, so it's shocking for people. everyone is auoin shocking for people. everyone is going to _ shocking for people. everyone is going to know— shocking for people. everyone is going to know someone -
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shocking for people. everyone i is going to know someone either who has been killed or is now in hospital. any more on the rationale behind all of this, jason? , ., , rationale behind all of this, jason? , .,, ., rationale behind all of this, jason? , ., ., jason? this was asked at a press conference - jason? this was asked at a press conference this - jason? this was asked at a - press conference this afternoon but they are being very deliberate in their investigation, not saying anything about a possible motive, not saying anything about whether these men were known to police or had a criminal record. all they will say is some of the initial killings were believed to be targeted but others appeared to be random. once again, it's so early in the investigation that they are not willing to talk about it. it they are not willing to talk about it. , ., they are not willing to talk about it— they are not willing to talk about it. , . ., ., , about it. it is a dreadful as well as extraordinary - about it. it is a dreadful as| well as extraordinary thing. thank you very much, jason. now to chile, where voters have rejected a new constitution that would have radically transformed the country's social and economic structure. with almost 90% of votes counted, 62% were against, with just 37% in favour
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of the proposed changes. the referendum result is a setback for chile's left wing president, gabriel boric. this new constitution focused on social rights, the environment, and indigenous rights, and would have replaced the current text dating back to the augusto pinochet dictatorship. we're nowjoined from santiago by paula molina, a journalist at bbc mundo. let's start with the result and the scale of victory or defeat, depending on which way you look at it. bigger than you would have expected? it’s at it. bigger than you would have expected?— at it. bigger than you would have expected? it's beyond the expectations. _ have expected? it's beyond the expectations. there _ have expected? it's beyond the expectations. there was - have expected? it's beyond the expectations. there was no - expectations. there was no polling. it was 62% of the
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vote, which is really something unprecedented in terms of what the polls had announced before. so yes, it is... inaudible. but democracy is stronger today, and they will begin to work with a new constitutional route. one that will come out of an agreement between the left and the centre, and that will take place in congress. i will take place in congress. i imagine that's going to be a hard sell. it's taken three years to put this together, and some 388 articles in the document, so wide ranging. issues like gender equality and environmental protections, lgbtq environmental protections, lg btq rights, environmental protections, lgbtq rights, indigenous rights, health care for all,
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this was a massive package. yes, it was, and it was a long process. it came out of political agreement, a wide agreement that was reached just after the social unrest of 2019. so on the bright side, it was a constitutional process and this referendum, the majority of the voters said no, we don't want this constitution. what still remains is 80% of people voted in favour of changing the constitution, of a deep reform of the 1980 constitution. so the political process will now have to take that into account, that 80% of the people voted for a change of that constitution. but now the
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political system will have to think about how to replace it. well, exactly. i don't know if this is an unfair question, but what do you think was in the proposed constitution that turned so many people off? that's an excellent question. perhaps the way the convention was written, the proposal... it was written, the proposal... it was made by independent people not connected to the political parties, and i think it was hard to negotiate inside the conventional, that was one of the problems. there were some scandals in terms of a few members of the convention, and all this process to create a distance between public opinion
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and the convention, that was part of the distance and this is the problem we are dealing with, but it's an opportunity to write a new constitution. certainly plenty of celebrations from people who are opposed to this constitution, and we will see how the president manages to stitch something else together. for now, thank you. here in the uk, we're a matter of hours away from learning who'll become the next prime minister. whoever wins the leadership election for the conservative party will take over from borisjohnson on tuesday and will immediately face a number of challenges — chief among them, soaring energy prices. the frontrunner, liz truss, has promised she'll set out immediate action on energy bills if she's elected. meanwhile contender rishi sunak says he's got a clear plan to help people struggling with bills, including support to insulate their homes. our political editor chris mason has this report. behind millions of doors right now, anxiety
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about spiralling bills. and behind this door by tuesday afternoon, a new prime minister. is it in the bag now? liz truss is all but certain to replace borisjohnson, and is promising a big intervention within days, to help. i understand that people are struggling with eye—watering energy bills, and there are predictions of even worse down the track. and so the only question that matters — what will she do? if i'm elected as prime minister, i will act immediately on bills and on energy supply, because i think those two things go hand—in—hand. we need to deal with the immediate problem. we need to help people. we need to help businesses. but we also need to sort out the supply issues that have ended up... made us end up being where we are now. liz truss also explained today the rationale at the heart
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of her approach to tax and the economy. in short, her desire to cut taxes. cutting national insurance, as she has promised, benefits better—paid people more than poorer—paid ones. inevitably, when you cut taxes, you tend to benefit people who are more likely to pay tax. of course, there are some people who don't pay tax at all. but to look at everything through the lens of redistribution, i believe, is wrong. because what i'm about is about growing the economy, and growing the economy benefits everybody. so far, the economic debate for the past 20 years has been dominated by discussions about distribution. and what's happened is we have had relatively low growth. the immediate focus, though, is energy bills. labour say they would freeze them over the winter, and point out... the two leadership candidates,
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liz truss, you've just heard from, cannot give a specific answer to the one question, frankly, that everybody wants an answer to, which is, what the hell is going to happen to my bills? still smiling while walking towards defeat, this was rishi sunak this morning. it's all over now, isn't it? last week, he sounded conciliatory towards his rival. take a listen to his tone of concession today. if you don't win this time, would you ever run again? oh, gosh. we just finished this campaign, laura. so i say i need to recover from this one. but i look forward to supporting a conservative government in whatever... so that's a yes. you're not ruling it out. no, gosh, no, no. i think that myjob now is to just support a conservative government. how much others will be willing to support the government may depend on the extent to which they feel the new prime minister gets the reality of life for many. people in leeds told us what they're hoping for. costs need to come down, and the government need to take action and help support people.
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i want them to think about working—class people. because we work hard, and we can't afford lots of things. everything's going up, so- everyone's feeling the pinch. it's a struggle when you've got children because you feel- like you can't do the fun things you used - to be able to do. yeah, it's a difficult one. i wouldn't want to be a politician trying to figure all this out, because where's the money come from? i guess they're gonna have to pull it from somewhere else, aren't they? and yes, this is some distance from an easy time to take office. the dilemmas and difficulties of government will begin the moment the new prime minister walks through that door. chris mason, bbc news. and stay with us — we will have more later in the programme with emilio casalicchio from politico. also, we're with the pakistan military in a race
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to save lives after weeks of devastaing floods. freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes the spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. we say to you today, in a loud and a clear voice, enough of blood and tears. enough! translation: the difficult decision we reach together| was one that required great and exceptional courage. it is an exodus of up to 60,000 people, caused by the uneven
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pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free! this is bbc news, the latest headlines. at least ten people have been killed and many more injured in a series of stabbings in canada. police say two suspects are on the run, and are urging people to stay inside. we arejoined by we are joined by a correspondent covering british politics. there is not a lot of getting going on as to who is going to win, most people have
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decided liz truss is going to win, i suppose the getting started as to what on earth she can do to ameliorate this almost impossible —looking situation over energy prices, rampant inflation? we situation over energy prices, rampant inflation?— rampant inflation? we are t in: rampant inflation? we are trying to _ rampant inflation? we are trying to work— rampant inflation? we are trying to work out - rampant inflation? we are trying to work out at - rampant inflation? we are trying to work out at the l trying to work out at the moment what liz truss might do when she gets into office about the cost of living crisis. report in the papers this morning that she is going to look at freezing energy bills, which is an idea that the opposition labour party has been pushing for a good few weeks now. the way that would work is either the government would reimburse the energy companies for the money customers don't pay or they could take out loans and pay the loans back later. it sounds like that is a plan that is
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definitely on the table, with reports she could come up with a package or something like £100 billion to try to help people, which would be bigger than the fellow package that paid people while they were not working during the coronavirus. it does sound like something big could well be coming. huge amounts of money once again, post covid, where once again huge amounts of money were spent to bail out many businesses and individuals. on a more granular issue, who she will have with her is going to be intriguing, isn't it, as to whether it is a distance from a borisjohnson whether it is a distance from a boris johnson feeling or whether the likes of rishi sunak will step in line if called upon. i sunak will step in line if called upon.— called upon. i would be surprised _ called upon. i would be surprised to _ called upon. i would be surprised to see - called upon. i would be surprised to see real i surprised to see real difficulty coming from someone like rishi sunak. although they have fought this campaign quite
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hard and he came at it from a very different perspective, i don't think he would go hard on the political attacks and make life difficult for liz truss. it is possible she could try to offer him some kind ofjob to ameliorate him and keep his supporters on side, but we will have to wait and see. it does seem like his supporters, at least that i have been speaking to tonight, they do worried that she is just going to give lots of cabinetjobs to her supporters that have backed her in the leadership race. it does feel a bit like it could be a bit of a winner takes all, which could create tensions in the party. which could create tensions in the party-— the party. i'm sure plenty of --eole the party. i'm sure plenty of people will— the party. i'm sure plenty of people will think _ the party. i'm sure plenty of people will think there - the party. i'm sure plenty of people will think there are l the party. i'm sure plenty of. people will think there are no best jobs around people will think there are no bestjobs around given the state of the economy and the short window of opportunity before the next election, but
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thank you very much for that. here in the uk, police investigating the murder of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel in liverpool have arrested three men. olivia was shot when a gunman chased another man into her home and opened fire. our reporterjudith moritz is in liverpool and sent this update. on thursday evening, merseyside police issued an appeal to people living in this community to help them find olivia's killer. they asked people to consider their loyalty, saying they believed it is highly likely that others were helping to shield the identity of the gunman, maybe even to help him dispose of or hide the two guns he used in the attack. in the early hours of this morning, a little over 48 hours later, there were raids in the runcorn area, about 11 miles or so away from here, and two men were arrested, and then this afternoon came news of a third arrest.
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of the three people who are being held, one man, aged 3a, has been arrested on suspicion of olivia's murder and the attempted murder of her mum cheryl, who tried to stop the gunman as he burst into the house nearly two weeks ago. the other two men are being held on suspicion of assisting an offender. all three men are from the greater liverpool area, all of them now in custody being questioned by detectives. merseyside police by the way have said all the way through this that it is a highly complicated investigation, and that is why they say they need the help of the local community to build as strong an evidential picture as possible to ensure that those who are responsible for this can be brought tojustice. pakistan's climate change minister has said industrialised countries must keep their promise to pay reparations to countries facing the consequences of global warming. sherry rehman was speaking after floods that have affected the lives of more
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than 30 million people. balochistan is one of the most affected provinces with many districts still out of reach as roads and bridges are swept away. the bbc�*s farhatjaved has been given access to one rescue mission there, by the pakistani army. shocked, shattered and starving. the fight for survival gets harder. abbas and his cousin havejust been rescued from a village that has been cut off for days. translation: the rains destroyed everything. i then all my equipment was washed away by the flood. my house was razed to the ground. i still have the key of my shop. i don't have the courage to throw it away. it was my bread and butter. this is the province of balochistan. almost half the country's total land, and the least developed. fields, usually used as farmland, now completely submerged in water. and people run after aid, even if it means putting
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their lives in danger. what we are seeing here is complete destruction. everything these people owned is destroyed. every bit of their land, every piece of their belongings is gone with the water. military helicopters carry out daily rescue operations in this remote area, but there are not enough of them to reach every part of this vast province. at a relief camp in dera murad jamali district, families get basic aid. but the emotional toll of this disaster is clear. translation: the water was this high. _ my husband and i picked up our children, but the water was flowing very strongly. we tried really hard to keep holding on to our children's hands. they kept slipping. my husband held my hand and kept telling me to stay strong, to keep walking and not to be scared. and the fear now is that time is running out
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for some of those most desperately in need. farhat javed, bbc news, balochistan. the coronavirus pandemic led to a global lockdown that had a devastating impact on millions. all kinds of industries were affected, including tourism. but now, as the pandemic eases, many cultural events are finally returning to normal. that's certainly true in the italian city of venice, as the bbc�*s tim allman explains. venice always looks pretty spectacular. but it rarely looks much more spectacular than this. a procession of boats filling up the grand canal for the annual historic regatta. it's a tradition that dates back centuries. but there is something a little different about this year's event. the
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spectators have returned. for the first time since covid, the full regatta is taking place, and not a moment too soon. translation:— translation: last year we couldn't stay _ translation: last year we couldn't stay because - translation: last year we couldn't stay because there | translation: last year we - couldn't stay because there was a ban due to covid. this year we are much readr so we have more fun. we are much readr so we have more fun-— we are much readr so we have more fun. �* ., , more fun. and now we stay here in venice — more fun. and now we stay here in venice on _ more fun. and now we stay here in venice on an _ more fun. and now we stay here in venice on an important - in venice on an important day, so it's— in venice on an important day, so it's very important to stay here — so it's very important to stay here and _ so it's very important to stay here and i_ so it's very important to stay here and i am very happy to be here _ here. translation: ., , . translation: it was exciting, ou could translation: it was exciting, you could see _ translation: it was exciting, you could see people - translation: it was exciting, you could see people were - you could see people were passionate. forthe you could see people were passionate. for the last three years, it hasn't been done, so you could see the people who were participating, they had a lot of emotions. this were participating, they had a lot of emotions.— lot of emotions. this was the re . atta lot of emotions. this was the regatta last _ lot of emotions. this was the regatta last year. _ lot of emotions. this was the regatta last year. plenty - lot of emotions. this was the regatta last year. plenty of l regatta last year. plenty of but a limited number of people watching. —— plenty of boats. with the end of covid, the city can enjoy the event in full, a spectacle like no other in a
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place like no other. it's good to see see those pictures from venice. stay with bbc news. hello, it has been a weekend of extremes across the uk, warm sunshine helping temperatures up to 26 celsius across east anglia, torrential rain, particularly, for northern ireland and scotland. for those of us that need the rain, there will be some notable rain in the forecast over the coming days, there will be sent warm spells of sunshine and graduated temperatures will start to come down. we start monday with rain across north east england. behind it, warm spells of sunshine for many, a few heavy and thundery showers, showers becoming more frequent across wales and south—west england throughout the afternoon. a breezy day, some gusty winds across south—west england,
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the northern isles south—west england, and temperatures getting up to 25 celsius across eastern parts of england. through the evening, the showers pushing further northwards and eventually we will see rain across scotland as well, some heavy and potentially thundery. behind it, some clearer skies, maybe patchy mist and fog. another muggy night with temperatures not much lower than 1a or 15 celsius. on tuesday, the area of low pressure parked to the west of the uk, still some gusty winds for irish sea coasts and once again plenty of showers. some of us will start dry on tuesday, but it won't be long before the showers start to get going, you can see them developing like a rash across a large swathe of the uk. they could merge together longer spell of rain, warm in the sunshine again
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in the eastern side of england, where you have a showers and the breeze, more like 18 or 19 celsius. low pressure makes slow progress eastwards as we head through the latter part of the week. plenty of showers, they will be slow—moving and it looks like we should get some rain for areas that need them. the week ahead will be a mixture of sunny spells but also some heavy and potentially thundery showers and slowly the temperatures start to come down as well. goodbye.
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this is bbc news — the headlines: police in the canadian province of saskatchewan are searching for two suspects after ten people were stabbed to death. at least another 15 people were wounded. the royal canadian mounted police are investigating 13 possible crime scenes, including the indigenous area ofjames smith cree nation. voters in chile have overwhelmingly rejected a proposed new constitution that would have transformed the country's social and economic structure. with almost all the votes counted, 62% were against, with just 38% in favour. the result is a setback for chile's left wing president. ahead of monday's expected announcement she's to lead britain's governing conservative party and become prime minister — the foreign secretary, liz truss, has said
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the country faces serious challenges requiring immediate government action.

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