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this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. world cup frustration for england fans — a 0—0 draw with the usa — but both teams can still progress to the knockout stages in qatar. wales will be chasing that improbable result if they are to keep their world cup dream alive. social media footage appears to show residents in china protesting against lockdown laws which they say hampered rescue attempts during a deadly fire.
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ukraine's president says six million households are still without power, after intense russian missile strikes hit the country this week. the london fire brigade is "institutionally misogynist and racist", according to a damning review into its culture. i sat with a very senior female officer, who said to me, whenever she goes into a dangerous incident, she is always thinking, will the men around me protect me? rail services across the uk are disrupted as thousands of train staff take part in another large—scale strike over pay. just why did 2500 volunteers pose naked on sydney's bondi beach?
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hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. england remain top of their group at the world cup in qatar, despite a disappointing goalless draw, against the usa. the england manager gareth southgate says he was "not unhappy" with his team's performance in its 0—0 draw. the result means that all four teams in group b can still qualify for the last 16. england will need to avoid defeat by four goals to wales in their final group match to do so. it was a frustrating evening for england as the usa created the the better chances on the night. and the americans came closest to scoring when they hit the woodwork in the opening half. the form england had shown in their opening game — where they thrashed iran —
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was certainly missing. i'm joined by our sports correspondentjohn watson who is in doha. it was a disappointing performance, as many england fans have been reflecting. still, england have plenty to be happy about in this group. plenty to be happy about in this a rou n . , ., ., plenty to be happy about in this u-rou. . �* plenty to be happy about in this ”rou, ., �* ., group. good afternoon ben, hello from doe half. _ group. good afternoon ben, hello from doe half. if— group. good afternoon ben, hello from doe half. if those _ group. good afternoon ben, hello from doe half. if those england i group. good afternoon ben, hello i from doe half. if those england fans to feel a little deflated after the highs of that impressive opening victory against iran, their first at this world cup. against the united states they were hoping to secure the victory which would have seen them become the first nation to qualify for the group stages at this world cup, with a game to spare. a slightly disappointing performance. not a bad result in the context of the group, england still very much in the driving seat, and on course to qualify for the knockout stages of this world cup. for wales, massive disappointment. a lot of fans were gathering here yesterday morning ahead of that match against iran. they were in full voice, and
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hope they could produce the win which would have moved them a step closer to qualifying. as it was, they lost 2—0. they can still qualify, a lot of permutations at bay play, but if the iran or united states when their match in the group next tuesday, wales would need to beat england by at least four goals to stand any chance of keeping their world cup dreams alive. the plans have lead been enjoying themselves. billy gave me his thoughts on the performance last night. i’m billy gave me his thoughts on the performance last night.— performance last night. i'm not disappointed. _ performance last night. i'm not disappointed, i— performance last night. i'm not disappointed, i know— performance last night. i'm not disappointed, i know there - performance last night. i'm not disappointed, i know there is i performance last night. i'm not disappointed, i know there is a | performance last night. i'm not. disappointed, i know there is a lot of booze _ disappointed, i know there is a lot of booze in — disappointed, i know there is a lot of booze in the stadium which was i thought— of booze in the stadium which was i thought was uncalled for. i remember bein- thought was uncalled for. i remember being in_ thought was uncalled for. i remember being in brazil in 2014, a little landed — being in brazil in 2014, a little
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landed and then i was in sao paulo and we _ landed and then i was in sao paulo and we were out of the competition. i know— and we were out of the competition. i know how— and we were out of the competition. i know how the germans and the argentinians feel at the moment now. if they— argentinians feel at the moment now. if they lose _ argentinians feel at the moment now. if they lose their next match, they are out _ if they lose their next match, they are out of— if they lose their next match, they are out of the tournament. the skill is to stay— are out of the tournament. the skill is to stay in— are out of the tournament. the skill is to stay in the tournament and get into the _ is to stay in the tournament and get into the knockout stages. unless wales _ into the knockout stages. unless wales beat us by three or four goals we are _ wales beat us by three or four goals we are in_ wales beat us by three or four goals we are in the next round. you wales beat us by three or four goals we are in the next round.— we are in the next round. you talk about the world _ we are in the next round. you talk about the world cup _ we are in the next round. you talk about the world cup you've - we are in the next round. you talk about the world cup you've been l we are in the next round. you talk. about the world cup you've been to previously. what have you made of this world cup so far? it previously. what have you made of this world cup so far?— previously. what have you made of this world cup so far? it has been a different world _ this world cup so far? it has been a different world cup, _ this world cup so far? it has been a different world cup, and _ this world cup so far? it has been a different world cup, and we - this world cup so far? it has been a different world cup, and we have i different world cup, and we have approached it differently. we are very open— approached it differently. we are very open minded. let's come here and see _ very open minded. let's come here and see what it's like. people have been _ and see what it's like. people have been wonderful, they have been really— been wonderful, they have been really friendly. the organisation hasn't _ really friendly. the organisation hasn't necessarily been great, but if you _ hasn't necessarily been great, but if you consider, they are not used to organising something like this, and they— to organising something like this, and they have made some pretty hefty errors _ and they have made some pretty hefty errors i_ and they have made some pretty hefty errors lam _ and they have made some pretty hefty errors. lam not and they have made some pretty hefty errors. i am not going out to criticise — errors. i am not going out to criticise them, i am just telling you my— criticise them, i am just telling you my thoughts as a fan. certain
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things— you my thoughts as a fan. certain things could be better. everyone talks— things could be better. everyone talks about the beer experience, i think— talks about the beer experience, i think not— talks about the beer experience, i think not tricky for a month will be fine _ think not tricky for a month will be fine what— think not tricky for a month will be fine. what you see that is great is, or the _ fine. what you see that is great is, or the foot — fine. what you see that is great is, or the foot of fans revolve around a beer culture, not necessarily that you will— beer culture, not necessarily that you will get really drunk, that you'll— you will get really drunk, that you'll have one or two pies before the game, — you'll have one or two pies before the game, and you stick together. i have been— the game, and you stick together. i have been with mexican fans, whether you go— have been with mexican fans, whether you go they— have been with mexican fans, whether you go they find themselves in bars. ithink— you go they find themselves in bars. i think the _ you go they find themselves in bars. i think the qataris didn't realise how important that is to our culture _ how important that is to our culture it _ how important that is to our culture. it has been very hard to try to _ culture. it has been very hard to try to find — culture. it has been very hard to try to find little places to go to, but as— try to find little places to go to, but as football fans are, they are very good — but as football fans are, they are very good at finding football fans together and enjoying themselves. that was— together and enjoying themselves. that was billy grant from the salted of brentford podcast speaking to me earlier. he gave his take of his experiences in qatar. there were some worrying pictures earlier. there was a fire which has broken out near one of the fan villages
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close to the left sale stadium. which will stage the final. picture show huge plumes of smoke. there has been a tweet that has come from the interior ministry. some concerning pictures. we understand no casualties, it was close to that fan area, but doesn't seem to have effected any of those world cup —related projects, and doesn't seem to have been close to where the fans are or any of the world cup stadiums. the fire in that area seemingly under control with no injured at that stage. certainly some worrying pictures from that fire which happened earlier. thank ou john, fire which happened earlier. thank youjohn. that— fire which happened earlier. thank you john. that is — fire which happened earlier. thank you john, that is john _ fire which happened earlier. thank you john, that is john watson - fire which happened earlier. thank you john, that is john watson in i fire which happened earlier. thank you john, that isjohn watson in doe half. ukraine's president volydmyr zelensky says six million
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ukrainian households are still without power, after more missile strikes hit the country this week. the number of affected households has reduced by half since wednesday. but many have been left without light, water or heat as winter sets in. 0ur correspondent in kyiv — jessica parker — told us what it is like for people living in ukraine without power and water at the moment. well, if you think about it, if you lost power on wednesday night after those missile attacks, it is now saturday morning and i don't know what you can see at the moment, but there is snow now falling here, it is about1 degree, but of course temperatures will keep getting colder as we head to december and as you were saying there, for millions of people they might still be waking up with no electricity, so they can't turn the lights on, no heat, so their homes will be very cold and maybe even no running water as well. it is extremely difficult conditions and if you think as well about young families, maybe elderly people living on their own... but they are trying
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to set up these so—called points of invincibility, the government and local authorities, which are essentially shelters, refuges, whether they are public buildings — we went to one that is set up in a tent last night — where people can go where there will be some heating, a place to sit, maybe you will be able to charge your phone, have access to drinking water as well. but president zelensky overnight in his address said that actually some of these shelters weren't yet really up to scratch and needed to be improved and i think that is because of course the expectation is russia could keep striking energy infrastructure through winter, so you could keep seeing more of these blackouts and therefore these kinds of shelters will be increasingly important for millions of ukrainians. rail passengers are facing more disruption this weekend as thousands of drivers from 11 train companies go on strike. the walk—out by members of the aslef union is part of a long
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running dispute about pay. passengers are being advised to check their route before they travel. here's our transport correspondent katy austin. another strike and more disruption for passengers. with the train strike and there's no trains from hungerford to reading. so it is a 2.5 hour bus ride. it is understandable but inconvenient, i would rather have it resolved quickly. this time it is train drivers walking out. their union says members still haven't been offered a pay rise, and the government needs to help resolve the dispute. we don't want other workers suffering, we don't want the general public suffering going forward, but the only way we have got at this moment in time to reienforce our needs other people's needs is to take the action we are taking. i would like to say we are closer to resolving the dispute, but the dispute still exists. some of the operators affected will run no trains at all, while others will only have limited services. it means thousands of people
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are going to have to rethink their travel plans, but aslef believes it has strong support from the public. the rail industry says passenger numbers and revenue have not recovered after covid, so changes to working practices must be agreed to fund higher pay. we are in negotiations and making reasonably good process, still a long way to go, but the fact that we are in negotiations and are discussing things, that is why we have asked aslef not to be calling strike action during this period. we are trying to work with them to get towards a pay offer. this is the latest in a long string of rail strikes that looks set to continue into the winter. earlier this week the rmt union announced a fresh wave of strikes by its members in december and january. aslef is ballotting its members for further action, but its leader is due to meet the transport secretary, mark harper, next week, who has already met the rmt�*s mick lynch. the government said the dispute was harming the economy and the future of the railway depended on unions working with employers to agree
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a new way forward. katy austin, bbc news. our business reporter noor nanji has been to euston this morning to see how the strikes have impacted rail users this morning. the station is open. that's because the tube is still running and there are still services as well on the london 0verground. now, strike action had been expected there, too, but that was suspended as union members are considering a new pay offer. but all other rail services here have been heavily disrupted. as you can see behind me, there are representatives there from aslef, the train drivers�* union, who are behind these strikes. and as a result of all of this, it is very quiet in the station today, compared to what you'd normally expect at this time on a saturday morning. and don't forget, this is a very big retail weekend as well. it's a big weekend for shopping because it is the black friday sales. normally, you'd expect people to be heading into london for those sales. it is, of course, the world cup as well.
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so people might be trying to get together with friends and family to watch those games. now, around the country as well, people have been told to expect disruption if they're travelling, for example, to major sporting events, and also to the opening of christmas markets in different parts of the country, including in bath. there are restricted railway services there as well. fans heading to twickenham to see england take on south africa have also been told to try and avoid taking trains or to expect some disruption. now this is a 24 hour strike, but we have been told there could be some knock—on disruption into sunday. so as ever, the advice remains to check before you travel. some news coming in from italy. we are hearing reports that at least eight people have been killed in a landslide. , , ., . . landslide. this is on the italian hohda landslide. this is on the italian holiday island _ landslide. this is on the italian
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holiday island of _ landslide. this is on the italian holiday island of ischia, - landslide. this is on the italian i holiday island of ischia, according to reuters quoting the news agency. they are quoting the local police. they are quoting the local police. the italian five grade have said that a rain storm started in the middle of the night, caused flooding and landslides on the island. writers are saying 13 people are missing on that island. earlier there was saying that there were reports that eight people had died. the italian prime minister, giorgia meloni, is in close contact with the civil protection minister, and the civil protection minister, and the civil protection minister, and the civil protection department to follow what is happening. also reports that a car was dragged into the sea and two occupants were rescued, according to the italian fire brigade. varying reports on casualties, one reporter saying eight dead and 13 people missing. we will bring you more on that, those reports are still coming in to
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us us from italy. the headlines on bbc news... world cup frustration for england fans — a nil—nil draw with the usa — but both teams can still progress to the knockout stages in qatar. social media footage appears to show residents in china protesting against lockdown laws which they say hampered rescue attempts during a deadly fire. ukraine's president says six million households are still without power, after intense russian missile strikes hit the country this week. social media footage from china appears to show residents of the western city of urumqi protesting against covid restrictions, after a fire in a block of flats killed ten people. demonstrators are seen arguing with officials, chanting "lift the covid lockdown", and breaking through barriers.
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there was an eruption of anger online in china following the deadly blaze, with some questioning whether pandemic restrictions prevented residents from escaping or hampered fire—fighting efforts. urumqi, in xinjiang province, is home to many uyghur muslims. it's been under stringent coronavirus measures for three months as beijing continues its zero covid policy, despite record daily infections. 0ur correspondent katie silver is following this story from singapore. the fire broke out on the 15th floor of this apartment building on we understand it took authorities about three hours to put it out and according to state media, ten people died from it and nine were injured. this deadly blaze has then attracted attention on social media, making many complain and question his ongoing commitment to
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this ongoing commitment to zero covid. some residents telling the bbc that they question whether or not these people were able to leave the building and many for example relying on chats from the government to give themselves security that they were able to leave. now we have seen videos of emerge on tiktok as well as weibo, which is china's equivalent of twitter, showing people coming up against officials and hazmat suits, screaming out, lift the lockdown, as well as hitting drums. all of this comes about is the fact that china was the first into this pandemic and it seems like it is going to be the last out. it has now been almost three years that people are faced lockdown pressures, quarantines, as well as having to deal with snap lock downs, so what we have seen, for instance on that front, particularly when it has come to the world cup, people have seen that as triggering, they have seen videos of people online out and about in crowds with no masks on. on friday we saw the third day in a row of consecutive daily cases hitting
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joining me now is rahima mahmut. originally from xinjiang , she is currently the uk director of the world uyghur congress thank you for being with us. what is your understanding of what happened with the fire, and what these protests have amounted to. thank you for havin: protests have amounted to. thank you for having me. — protests have amounted to. thank you for having me, and _ protests have amounted to. thank you for having me, and this _ protests have amounted to. thank you for having me, and this is _ protests have amounted to. thank you for having me, and this is the - for having me, and this is the results of ongoing suffering, not only that the chinese people since the lockdown two ways of their suffering extreme cold starvation, and inhuman measures of the lockdown policy, and ongoing concentration camps. the fire we believe, but when
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we believe over 40 people died, not just ten people. the government has already sent out notices, saying that anyone not following the government's narrative about this fire, that information, would face consequences. in fire, that information, would face consequences.— fire, that information, would face consequences. in terms of whether covid restrictions, _ consequences. in terms of whether covid restrictions, which _ consequences. in terms of whether covid restrictions, which we - consequences. in terms of whether covid restrictions, which we know l covid restrictions, which we know are very strict in china, whether those restrictions did hampered the rescue efforts after that fire, or whether they stop people getting out of the fire? what is your understanding on that? of the fire? what is your understandin: on that? ., . understanding on that? from nvidia and the social— understanding on that? from nvidia and the social media _ understanding on that? from nvidia and the social media messages, - understanding on that? from nvidia and the social media messages, it l understanding on that? from nvidia| and the social media messages, it is because this strict measure. even some peoples houses, the buildings, are completely sealed from the entrance as well, and also the streets, because it is very narrow.
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0wners cannot go out to remove their cars. that caused a lot of dockage for the firefighters who came to the area. because of these kinds of restrictions that people are locked inside, unable to escape, and that is why the casualties are so high. we have seen these protests. how unusual is it to have protests like that in the street, against the authorities? i that in the street, against the authorities?— that in the street, against the authorities? .. . ., authorities? i can guarantee i... i listened to _ authorities? i can guarantee i... i listened to all— authorities? i can guarantee i... i listened to all the _ authorities? i can guarantee i... i listened to all the voices - authorities? i can guarantee i... i listened to all the voices that - authorities? i can guarantee i... ll listened to all the voices that were shared on social media. i can hear the strong chinese action. they cannot go out even if they can, they are too terrified of the consequences that they could face.
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they could be locked up for years for very minor mistakes or anything that chinese government can brand them as separatists or terrorists, stop are leveraged to protest. your weather is protesting, _ stop are leveraged to protest. your weather is protesting, that is quite a brave thing to do. they face many risks of they go out onto the streets and challenge the zero covid policy. i streets and challenge the zero covid oli . ., , . streets and challenge the zero covid oli . . , . ., , streets and challenge the zero covid oli . ., , . ., , , policy. i am very glad to see this kind of protest _ policy. i am very glad to see this kind of protest three _ policy. i am very glad to see this kind of protest three months - policy. i am very glad to see this i kind of protest three months after the lockdown. people are suffering, businesses are suffering, people are facing starvation, people cannot go out to buy food. they have to rely
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on food being delivered to their door, and people are running out of money. all this... and of course the fire triggered this protest. the chinese people finally saw that if they didn't stand up, if they don't go out and protest, they will face a similar kind of situation. we're seeing a lot of video footage of how the chinese are trying to flee the region. in order to leave the region they have to have an exit certificate. they are selling for many thousand yen for one certificate. you can see the desperation. i am very nervous, i feel so terribly sad and helpless, because there is no way my people can escape to.
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because there is no way my people can escape to— because there is no way my people can escape to. thank you very much indeed. think— can escape to. thank you very much indeed. think of _ can escape to. thank you very much indeed. think of hackney. _ a damning report into the london fire brigade has found it to be "institutionally misogynist and racist", with multiple cases of bullying targeting ethnic minorities and women. the independent review was ordered after a trainee firefighter took his own life two years ago — his family raised concerns that he'd been bullied because of his race. helena wilkinson reports. misogyny, racism, bullying. a shocking culture which has been uncovered at the london fire brigade. example after example of abuse and poor behaviour at almost all levels of the organisation. i sat with a very senior female officer who said to me in tears, that whenever she goes into a dangerous incident, she is always thinking, "will the men around me protect me,
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given how much they have treated me as dirt back at the station?" that was not one person, that was many people. 0ther incidents at the london fire brigade include... a black firefighter having a noose put by his locker. men huddled around a screen watching porn at some fire stations. and women being sexually taunted. the report said the behaviour of some brigade staff left a clear trail of psychological harm. this report has to be a watershed moment when we get rid of the institutional racism, homophobia and discrimination that exists in our fire services. it's possible to say, we have some wonderful firefighters, we saw that during the summer when they dealt with wildfires in our city because of the heat waves. but serious problems in the fire brigade. the brigade's commissioner,
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andy roe, said he was deeply sorry for the harm that had been caused. going forward, he said, it would be completely clear to staff what behaviour was not acceptable, and what the consequences would be. helena wilkinson, bbc news. we'll update you on the news from italy. about eight people have been killed according to various reports. this is after a landslide in the italian island of ischia. we are hearing from the deputy prime minister, and also the infrastructure minister. he says on a tweet that we have been following what happened and our thoughts are going to the families and rescuers who operate in the infamous weather. we are hearing that there has been very heavy rainfall engulfing some
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buildings. there is some video on that twitter account. we'll bring you much more on that. you are watching bbc news. the left— wing president of peru, pedro castillo, has appointed his fifth prime minister since taking office injuly last year, as a bitter dispute with the opposition— controlled congress continues. betssy chavez, a young lawyer and former culture minister, replaces anibal torres. president castillo, a former primary school teacher and union leader, has accused congress of blocking proposals aimed at tackling poverty and social inequality. thousands of people are expected to gather today in pakistan's garrison city of rawalpindi, near islamabad, for a rally called by the former prime minister, imran khan. it's the first protest march he'll attend since being shot three weeks ago in what his allies have called an assassination attempt.
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mr khan, who was ousted in a confidence vote in april, is demanding the government calls early elections. 0ur repoter samira hussian has more from faizabad. just to give you a sort of sense of where i am, rawalpindi and islamabad are what they call twin cities. rawalpindi is in the province of punjab, where imran khan enjoys quite a lot of support. in islamabad, the capital, of course, that is governed by the federal government, who is very much at odds with mr khan and his entire political party and the movement. so what is happening right now is that you can see there is already some road blocks happening and all along this road, people are being forced to walk towards where mr khan is going to be addressing the supporters. now, as you rightly pointed out, we have not heard from him in person, in the flesh, at one of these rallies since he was shot earlier this month, and so they are expecting quite a lot of people to gather.
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exactly when that will happen, however, is a bit of a question. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello. the day started with a little bit of brightness for some of us. but further west across the uk, a soggy saturday morning. and that rain shifting eastward through the weekend. it is going to feel mild as well. outbreaks of rain through the rest of the day across scotland, northern england, wales, the midlands, into the south—west, particularly heavy bursts over high ground. brightening up a little bit for northern ireland, staying dry for much of the day in the south—east of england on 11 to 14 degrees. it is going to be windy, particularly gusty for some western coasts and actually come overnight, the winds in north—west scotland could well gust to around 60 or 65 mph. rain continues to journey south eastwards, clear spells and some showers following on behind. another mild night. this rain could well get stuck for a time across the south—east corner.
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really struggling to clear. the further north and west you are, there will be more in the way of sunshine. scattered heavy thundery showers. staying quite breezy but staying mild with highs of ten to 30 degrees.
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hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... world cup frustration for england fans. a 0—0 draw with the usa, but both teams can still progress to the knockout stages in qatar. social media footage appears to show residents in china protesting against lockdown laws which they say hampered rescue attempts during a deadly fire. ukraine's president says six million households are still without power, after intense russian missile strikes hit the country this week. the london fire brigade is "institutionally misogynist and racist", according to a damning review into its culture.

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