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this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm martine croxall and these are the latest headlines. israeli police say a 13—year—old boy has shot and injured two people in eastjerusaelm a day after seven people were shot dead near a synagogue. graphic footage is released showing the moment 29—year—old black man tyre nichols was beaten by five police officers in the us city of memphis. protests have ta ken place across the united states in response — the police officers have been charged with his murder. a 15—year—old girl has died after being stabbed in northumberland. police have arrested a 16—year—old boy on suspicion of murder. i can confirm we have launched a murder investigation following the tragic death
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of a 15—year—old girl yesterday. first and foremost, our hearts go out to her loved ones at this truly devastating time. british regional airline flybe ceases trading for a second time. hundreds of staff have been made redundant. retired nato general petr pavel has been elected as the new president of the czech republic, seeing off his populist challenger and the former prime minister, andrej babis. israeli police say two people have been wounded in another terrorist attackjust outside the old city in occupied eastjerusalem and the perpetrator
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was a 13—year—old boy. it comes a day after a palestinian gunman killed seven people near a synagogue. that attack has led to dozens of arrests with the guman being killed at the scene. on thursday, nine palestinians died during an army raid in the west bank town ofjenin. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports. another victim of a jerusalem shooting being treated by medics. an israeli father and son were injured in a new attack this morning. the suspect is just 13. he's said to be the relative of another teenager shot dead by israeli forces this week. the police are not going to allow terrorist organisations to take advantage of children. we see that they have no shame in using such 13—year—olds to commit the crimes. meanwhile, this was the scene of last night's attack —
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here, a palestinian gunmen opened fire after prayers in a packed synagogue at the start of the jewish sabbath. as people rushed to help the injured, one witness said they were shot, too. i went out and saw my neighbour running to the scene. he told me to call the police. i told him not to go. he only got married a year ago. i saw him dropped down from a bullet. rest in peace. israeli politicians were quick to arrive at the scene. the veteran prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, promised new security measures and urged people not to take the law into their own hands. some locals were calling out "death to arabs!" already in palestinian towns and cities, there had been sweets and celebrations as news spread that seven israelis had been killed. overnight, israeli police made more than a0 arrests, leading away a line of suspects
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from the home of the palestinian gunman. later, with security forces still there, the 21—year—old's father said his son wasn't part of any political group and that he didn't know why he acted alone. he was my son. i was not inside his mind or his thoughts. everyone has a different attitude in this life. but tensions were already running high a day after the deadliest israeli military raid in the occupied west bank in years. nine palestinians, two of them civilians, were killed. the israeli armed forces say they were acting on intelligence to prevent islamichhad fighters here carrying out major attacks. in response, palestinian militants fired rockets from the gaza strip. in recent months, amid rising violence, there have been repeated international calls for calm. but now, once again here, there are fears of wider unrest. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem.
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i'm joined now by issa amro. he's a palestinian human rights activist and founder of the youth against of the youth against settlements movement. how have we got to the point where a 13—year—old is shooting in this way and is being regarded as the terrorist?— and is being regarded as the terrorist? , _, ., terrorist? first, i condemn all es of terrorist? first, i condemn all types of violence _ terrorist? first, i condemn all types of violence against - types of violence against palestinians and against israelis and i am completely and many other palestinians are against this violence. i think the current government is responsible about all the casualties and all the killing in eastjerusalem and all the palestinian and israeli civilians
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who were killed, they are at the responsibility of this fascist government. after winning in israel, netanyahu incited the palestinians. he tried to suppress the palestinians. so there is a huge incitement campaign against the palestinians and the teenagers and kids, they see it and they think the way to react is how that kid reacted, especially since we know there is no way to resist. we live under israeli military occupation which means we are not allowed to resist the israeli occupation in using nonviolent resistance, me personally i was convicted, indicted, attacked by the soldiers
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for callingj his valiant resistance to get out. for calling] his valiant resistance to get out-— for calling] his valiant resistance to netout. ., ., ., ., , to get out. you say you are against violence, to get out. you say you are against violence. but — to get out. you say you are against violence, but the _ to get out. you say you are against violence, but the language - to get out. you say you are against violence, but the language you're i violence, but the language you're using to describe this right—wing government as fascist, that is surely inflammatory in its own way, it helps no one, what we have seen over the last few days, there is a fence are connected, surely using that kind of language is actually going to make matters worse. it’s going to make matters worse. it's not about going to make matters worse. it�*s not about the language they use, it is about the facts... you not about the language they use, it is about the facts. . ._ is about the facts... you will agree that language _ is about the facts... you will agree that language matters? _ is about the facts... you will agree that language matters? yes, - is about the facts... you will agree - that language matters? yes, language matters, that language matters? yes, language matters. but — that language matters? yes, language matters. but it — that language matters? yes, language matters, but it is _ that language matters? yes, language matters, but it is the _ that language matters? yes, language matters, but it is the right _ matters, but it is the right description of the current israeli government who are suppressing me, you do not recognise me as a human being homophobic and are ready against palestinians's rights, there are against the ten state solution
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orany are against the ten state solution or any solution for the palestinian people, who are calling to displace the palestinians from their homes. they were talking about displacing palestinians... —— tea estate. but palestinians... -- tea estate. but any israeli — palestinians... —— tea estate. but any israeli government, whatever their political make—up, try to promise and carry out operations which will keep the population safe and secure. what is required, in your view, from the leaders on the palestinian side and the israeli side to settle this down? i agree. but the israeli _ side to settle this down? i agree. but the israeli government - side to settle this down? i agree. but the israeli government is - side to settle this down? i agree. but the israeli government is not| but the israeli government is not defending itself. my but the israeli government is not defending itself.— but the israeli government is not defending itself. my question to you is... defending itself. my question to you is- -- sorry- — defending itself. my question to you is- -- sorry- my _ defending itself. my question to you is... sorry. my final— defending itself. my question to you is... sorry. my final question - defending itself. my question to you is... sorry. my final question to - is... sorry. my final question to you is what leadership is required
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from the palestinian authorities and the israeli government now to settle this situation? the israeli government _ this situation? the israeli government has - this situation? the israeli government has to - this situation? the israeli. government has to recognise palestinian rights to have their own state and to end the israeli occupation and apartheid, stop destroying palestinian villages and palestinian houses, stop the raids and arrests of palestinian children, stop the attacks on palestinian human rights organisations and human rights defenders to act according to international law and give the palestinians the full equal rights as everybody else. from the palestinian side, the show should fight corruption and lead our heareth to lead non—violent resistance to get their rights and ending israeli occupation and apartheid and for the international community to make israel accountable for its violation of the
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international.- for its violation of the international. ~ . , , . ., for its violation of the international. ~ . ,, . ., international. we appreciate you talkinu international. we appreciate you talkin: to international. we appreciate you talking to us. — international. we appreciate you talking to us, thank _ international. we appreciate you talking to us, thank you - international. we appreciate you talking to us, thank you very - international. we appreciate you i talking to us, thank you very much. and in the next hour, we will hear from israel's ambassador to the uk. graphic footage has been released of police officers in the us city of memphis, beating a black motorist who died three days later. the video dating back to the 7th of january shows 29—year—old tyre nichols being repeatedly kicked, punched and pepper—sprayed as he lay on the ground, calling out for his mother less than 100 yards from her home. five black officers are facing murder charges. a warning — you may find the footage in nada tawfik�*s report distressing. video of the incident is disturbing right from the start. everything about the officers' approach is aggressive in this initial traffic stop. taken aback, tyre nichols is heard protesting his innocence. i didn't do anything! turn around! all right, all right, all right, all right. after officers wrestle him to the ground, he seems to comply with their commands.
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all right, i'm on the ground. lay down! but as this encounter continues, mr nichols breaks away and flees. the next videos capture the moment five black officers charged with his murderfind him, and what follows is extremely graphic. at this point, they surround him and brutalise him. repeatedly, they kick him in the head, strike him with a baton and punch him. in distress, he calls out for his mother. footage from later shows the officers talking to one another and recounting their version of events. tyre nichols was ultimately taken to the hospital in a critical condition and died three days later from his injuries. 0fficials warned about the video's horrific nature in advance, but nothing could prepare people we met in memphis for what they would see. as a man of colour, it was extremely hard because it could have been me. i've been pulled over
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for speeding, you know, five, ten miles over, nothing excessive, but you never know what kind of situation that could turn into. nojustice! no peace! protests have been peaceful, perhaps a result of the family's call for calm and the fact that all five black police officers have been charged in tyre nichols' death. after the video's release, the shelby county sheriff announced two deputies who responded to the scene had been relieved of duty. president biden said he was outraged and deeply pained by the video and echoed tyre nichols' family's calls for a peaceful protest. what's at stake is, first of all, innocent people's lives, number one. number two, it has a lot to say and do with the image of america. it's an image not helped by these videos. the need for police reform is again
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at the forefront of people's minds. deray mckesson is an activist and co—founder of campaign zero, an organisation focused on reforming policing in america. he began by telling us what he understood happened on that tragic night. police reports have made it sound like he reached for a gun. there was a traffic violation that required the officers to pull him over and that he was combative. and then, when you've seen the videos, again, you're reminded that there was actually no traffic infraction at all, that there was no reason for the officers to pull him over. definitely no reason forfive, six, seven. a lot of officers on that scene. he didn't reach for a gun, but they tortured tyree for at least 30 minutes and killed him. there's a part of the video where they literally stand him up, handcuffed and just beat them. he is handcuffed for
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the majority of the time. he's in police custody. there is no fighting back. he can't reach for anything, like, he is handcuffed and they are literallyjust propping his body up and beating him. you know, in america, the police kill on average three people a day. and remember, this was supposed to be the like elite unit that's dealing with serious crime. you're, like, why is the elite unit doing traffic stops? right? so the police have a 99% chance of getting away with killing people, like theyjust aren't going to get criminally prosecuted, probably not going to get fired, and they know that. so it's really hard to hold the police accountable and they understand it. and it breeds this culture where they sort of feel like they can do anything because they sort of can in most places until a moment like this. so i think the call is really on legislators. it's on policymakers to do something to rein in the power of police. a teenage boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 15—year—old girl was stabbed to death in northumberland. the incident happened in the town of hexham on friday afternoon. police were called following reports that a teenage boy and girl were injured in a suspected assault — both were taken to
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hospital, but the girl died later that evening. the boy suffered serious, non—life—threatening injuries. detectives have launched a murder investigation. chief superintendent sam rennison from northumbria police gave this update. i can confirm we have launched a murder investigation following the tragic death of a 15—year—old girl yesterday. first and foremost, our hearts go out to her loved ones at this truly devastating time. a 16—year—old boy who was also injured during the incident remains in hospital in a stable condition. he and his family are also very much in our thoughts and we wish him all the best and a speedy recovery. specially trained officers will continue to support the families in any way that they can. the tragic news comes after we were contacted shortly after 5:10 yesterday by the ambulance service,
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reports of a teenage boy and girl being injured in the area of the town centre. 0ur reporter, peter harris, gave us this update from hexham. yes. the flowers have been building throughout the day. just inside the police cordon here where this incident happened. as you said, this was quite early in the day, really, just after 5:00 yesterday, police were called to this spot, to those reports of a girl of 15 and a boy of 16 having suffered stab wounds. now, sadly, it was announced this morning that the girl has subsequently died. her family, as you would expect, are said to be devastated beyond words. they're receiving specialist help. the boy remains in a stable condition in hospital. now, the police have arrested a 16—year—old boy. he's being held in custody on suspicion of murder. now, for those who don't know hexham, it's generally a very quiet market town, which i guess does illustrate that this kind of thing really can happen anywhere. we've heard a few words today
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from the mayor of hexham, that's derek kennedy, expressing the shock that people feel here. he said it's an absolute tragedy. he described the anxiety that parents here in hexham feel on hearing this news. and he said, in many ways, because this is what he described as a warm and loving community, he said, when something, a tragedy of this scale happens here, well, he said, in his words, this has knocked everyone for six. now, this investigation is continuing. we're expecting to hear a bit more from the police within the next half hour or so. they are urging people not to speculate on social media about what's happened here, but to recap, a 15—year—old girl has died of stab wounds after this incident here in hexham yesterday. the airline flybe, which operated across 23 mainly uk routes, has ceased trading. passengers due to travel with the company today have been told not to go to the airport. flybe had resumed operations less than a year ago after a previous incarnation of the business collapsed.
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joining me now is our business correspondent, noor nanji. is that it then for flybe? it's a aood is that it then for flybe? it's a good question _ is that it then for flybe? it's a good question because - is that it then for flybe? it's a good question because we . is that it then for flybe? it's a l good question because we have is that it then for flybe? it�*s —. good question because we have been here before. the last time flybe collapsed was in march 2020, in part due to the pandemic bar, but since thenit due to the pandemic bar, but since then it has been rescued and flights resumed last year but this morning we have heard it has ceased trading. this might seem more surprising given the air travel demand has rebounded since the height of the pandemic flybe faced very specific problems including the fact it had a late delivery of 17 aircraft that it was relying on and as well as that it was facing more competition because other airlines had moved into some of its regional routes. clearly, all of this is unwelcome news for passengers who were planning to travel with plan b in the coming days and even today 2500 passengers were expected to fly with
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the airline and many woke up to e—mails a notification saying their flights or off. in total we are expecting 75,000 passengers to have had their flights cancelled as a result of all of this. the civil aviation authority said it would provide advice to those affected and passengers have been told to check their travel insurance policies and get in touch with their credit card providers to see if they can get their money back but it's worth saying, if you are trying to travel in another way, british airways, easyjet and ryanair have all said they are offering special fares to people who have been affected by all of this and a train company said the impacted companies could travel for free with them this weekend. 50 impacted companies could travel for free with them this weekend. so what does this mean _ free with them this weekend. so what does this mean for _ free with them this weekend. so what does this mean for staff? _ free with them this weekend. so what does this mean for staff? it _ free with them this weekend. so what does this mean for staff? it is - free with them this weekend. so what does this mean for staff? it is a - does this mean for staff? it is a very worrying — does this mean for staff? it is a very worrying time _ does this mean for staff? it is a very worrying time for- does this mean for staff? it is a very worrying time for staff, so | very worrying time for staff, so flybe employed 321 people, mostly at belfast and birmingham airports and other sites, the majority of those
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277 people had been made redundant and the government said its immediate priority is to support their staff have lost theirjobs as well as to help people get back home. ., ., ., ,, well as to help people get back home. ., ., . ~' , home. for the moment, thank very much. a former head of the armed forces in the czech republic, petr pavel, will be the country's next president. with almost all ballots counted in the presidential election, pavel has won 58% of the vote, defeating the former prime minister and billionaire businessman, andrej babis. the new president is a firm supporter of nato, which he served as a general and the european union. the two men have spoken in the last few hours — first, petr pavel. i would like to thank not only those who voted for me, but those who did not vote for me as well because they made it clear that they respect democracy and they care about what this country will look like. i see values winning this election. values like truth, dignity, respect and humility.
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and i am convinced that these values are shared by the vast majority of us and that they are certainly worth the effort. they will be part of our lives and will return to our politics. i congratulate mr petr pavel on his victory and acknowledge my defeat. i congratulate him on becoming the next president of the czech republic. i would like to wish him to be the president of all the citizens of the czech republic, to perceive their problems and to fight for the interests of the czech republic. i would like to thank our voters very much. we have achieved a fantastic result. nothing ends because we hear the movement and i was the candidate of the movement. we'll always be here for you. i'm joined now by the bbc�*s rob cameron in prague. tell us more about petr pavel.
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petr pavel is a decorated war hero for his service in the former yugoslavia, and he is the former head of the nato military committee, so a military man down to his bones, a retired general. many people said surely checks would never elect someone who has spent so long in uniform and to be the head of state but more importantly he is a liberal who is in favour of same—sex marriage, he firmly supports the czech republic's adoption of the euro, so he has his liberal values and as we saw in that clip there said this was an election victory, of truth, honour, dignity, so those are the kinds values that he has persuaded the people to vote for this selection and give a very resounding endorsement not only to him and those values but a
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resounding defeat —— defeat the andrej babis. his opponent, andrej babis, has been a dominant force in czech poltiics for a decade. how did he manage to win such a convincing victory? i think andrej babis made the significant strategic error right at the beginning of this campaign that began two weeks ago when the two men made it through in the first round. he decided to frame this campaign through the conflict of ukraine, he put up a billboard saying, i'm a diplomat, not a soldier, i will not drag the czech republic into war, clear accusation towards petr pavel, and that has immediately freed the election against the war in ukraine, and that was really an own goal because from that moment on andrej babis was attacked for his position towards supporting ukraine and russia and he said he would organise
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a peace conference in prague and invite mr putin and mr zelensky and joe biden to somehow settle this war in this diplomatic setting and people said that would be naive, the only way to help ukraine was for russia to be roundly defeated on the battlefield, something petr pavel very much endorses. we can see this selection, the czech people stand behind him and that, and they also believe that it is their right and their obligation to support ukraine in its conflict against russia. what in its conflict against russia. what can we exoect _ in its conflict against russia. what can we expect from _ in its conflict against russia. what can we expect from petr— in its conflict against russia. what can we expect from petr pavel? he is more oriented towards the west than the east, as you said. he more oriented towards the west than the east, as you said.— the east, as you said. he certainly has a tough _ the east, as you said. he certainly has a tough job — the east, as you said. he certainly has a tough job ahead _ the east, as you said. he certainly has a tough job ahead of - the east, as you said. he certainly has a tough job ahead of him, - the east, as you said. he certainly| has a tough job ahead of him, 58% the east, as you said. he certainly i has a tough job ahead of him, 58% is has a toughjob ahead of him, 58% is a remarkably good result, a resounding defeat for andrej babis, but at the same time there is a
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large constituency of people, maybe not theirs and the big cities but those people who have not been the winners of the transformation process in this country since the fall of communism in 1989 and he now is of course their president too and has to be the president of everyone in the czech republic including those people who are very suspicious of the government's support saying ukraine's military efforts or even their own country's membership like their own country's membership like the eu and nato, so he now has to windows photos over. —— he has to windows photos over. —— he has to win those voters over. new zealand's largest city has declared a state of emergency after torrential rain prompted widespread flooding and evacuations. at least three people have died and more than 100 have been rescued from flooded cars and homes. friday's downpour in auckland damaged houses, stalled traffic and cut power to homes and businesses.
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the city is said to have received 75% of its usual summer rainfall in 15 hours. good evening. so far, it hasn't exactly been the most dramatic of weekends weather wise. we've had a lot of cloud around in many locations, but also a little bit of sunshine, some blue sky there for a weather watcher in county antrim. now, things do turn a little livelier for some on sunday, stronger winds and some outbreaks of rain, particularly across the northern half of the country. 0vernight, england and wales seeing large amounts of cloud and the odd spot of drizzle, but some clearer spells creeping in from the north—west. conversely, for northern ireland and scotland, which will start off with some clear spells, we'll see more cloud rolling in from the north—west, a strengthening breeze, temperatures for most places staying above freezing. there mayjust be a few pockets of frost.
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now, into tomorrow, it is this area of low pressure and this frontal system that will start to turn things more unsettled in the north. some outbreaks of rain eventually, but also a strengthening wind. further south, it'll be fairly breezy, a cloudy start in the south of england. but things across england and wales will brighten up with some sunny spells. through the afternoon, though, gusty winds, particularly to the eastern side of the pennines, around the north coast of northern ireland and generally quite windy across scotland. some exposed spots in the north of scotland seeing gusts of 65 miles per hour. with this band of rain moving south—eastwards, perhaps a short, sharp burst of rain moving through. just ahead of that, though, very mild temperatures of 9—12 degrees, a little bit colder behind this weather front as it sweep southwards during sunday night and into monday. but then we see this ridge of high pressure building in. so there should be a decent amount of dry weather around on monday and perhaps a bit more in the way of sunshine, at least for a time. more cloud will roll in from the west later in the day with some splashes of rain. temperatures up to eight or nine or ten degrees. now, as we look ahead to tuesday, we are going to see the winds
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strengthening through the day. there'll be some sunny spells but, from northern england northwards, some showers, too, which will be wintry over higher ground and perhaps to lower levels at times. in scotland, the winds really picking up, particularly across scotland, northern ireland and northern england, and temperatures between 7 and 12 degrees. but as an area of low pressure squashes into the north of scotland during tuesday night, quite a deep low, lots of white lines, lots of isobars on this chart. we could see a spell of very windy, even stormy weather. so it does turn quite lively for a time into the new week.
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this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall and these are the latest headlines. israeli police say a 13—year—old boy has shot and injured two people in eastjerusaelm, a day after seven people were shot dead near a synagogue. graphic footage is released showing the moment 29—year—old black man tyre nichols was beaten by five police officers in the us city of memphis. a 15—year—old girl has died after being stabbed in northumberland. police have arrested a 16—year—old boy on suspicion of murder. british regional airline flybe ceases trading for a second time. hundreds of staff have been made redundant. retired nato general petr pavel has been elected as the new president of the czech republic, seeing off his populist challenger and the former prime minister,
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andrej babis.

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