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example of positive held up as an example of positive change. it was built in direct response to the manchester bombing. i feel so strongly because we are losing _ i feel so strongly because we are losing staff, we are not giving patients — losing staff, we are not giving patients the care we want to. the bbc news patients the care we want to. iie: bbc news channel, patients the care we want to. he bbc news channel, more patients the care we want to. iie: bbc news channel, more than patients the care we want to. i“ie: bbc news channel, more thanjust patients the care we want to. iie: bbc news channel, more than just the headlines. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's olly foster. the second round of the master starts in the next 45 minutes or so. a three—way tie at the top, all sitting on seven under in the first golf major of the air. tee off time has been brought forward with thunder storms forecast for later on friday. rory mcilory hopes that will work in his favour after a frustrating first round saw him go round in level par. from augusta, here is our sports correspondent, andy swiss. he arrived with so much hope but for rory mcilory, it was a largely
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frustrating first round. just too many errors. yes, he held his nerve on the final hole but some seven shots behind the leaders, he is already playing catch up. it’s shots behind the leaders, he is already playing catch up. it's not disastrous _ already playing catch up. it's not disastrous but _ already playing catch up. it's not disastrous but i _ already playing catch up. it's not disastrous but i just _ already playing catch up. it's not disastrous but ijust need - already playing catch up. it's not disastrous but ijust need to - already playing catch up. it's not disastrous but ijust need to tidyj disastrous but ijust need to tidy it all up. i didn't feel like i was too far away today, i made five birdies but a couple too many mistakes on the card. rm? birdies but a couple too many mistakes on the card. rory mcilory has a lot of— mistakes on the card. rory mcilory has a lot of work _ mistakes on the card. rory mcilory has a lot of work to _ mistakes on the card. rory mcilory has a lot of work to do _ mistakes on the card. rory mcilory has a lot of work to do if _ mistakes on the card. rory mcilory has a lot of work to do if to - mistakes on the card. rory mcilory has a lot of work to do if to have i has a lot of work to do if to have any chance of winning that elusive masters title. not least because others here have been setting a scintillating pace. sharing the lead are victor have learned, john rama most intriguingly, brooks colette carr, one of the rebels from the live golf tour bats with a point to prove. tiger woods has his work cut out, if you glimpses of the old magic but he's already nine behind the leaders. justin rose was the pick of the british challengers, if you perfect putts and he's just a
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few off the pace. staying with the masters and we can hear from one of the joint leaders, brooks koepka. got hear from one of the “oint leaders, brooks koepka._ brooks koepka. got off to a good start. felt good. _ brooks koepka. got off to a good start. felt good. that's _ brooks koepka. got off to a good start. felt good. that's kind - brooks koepka. got off to a good start. felt good. that's kind of i start. felt good. that's kind of piggybacked off the momentum and very happy the way i played, drove the ball really nicely, put it in some good spots. even missed quite a few putts, five, six, eight, nine, ten, all inside ten feet. could have been really low but i will take it, so it's pretty good. he been really low but i will take it, so it's pretty good.— been really low but i will take it, so it's pretty good. he is in one of the early grouns _ so it's pretty good. he is in one of the early groups to _ so it's pretty good. he is in one of the early groups to go _ so it's pretty good. he is in one of the early groups to go out - so it's pretty good. he is in one of the early groups to go out on - the early groups to go out on friday. they might miss the worse of the river. there is rory mcilory�*s group. there is thunderstorms and bad weather could be a factor. could
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be a factor over the weekend as well. the england lionesses are now 30 games unbeaten under their coach but they were pushed really close by brazil at a sold—out wembley stadium. south american champions equalised to make it 1—1 in injury time. the game was decided on penalties, england coming through the shoot out 4—2. penalties, england coming through the shoot out 4-2.— the shoot out 4-2. everything has chanced. the shoot out 4-2. everything has changed. when _ the shoot out 4-2. everything has changed. when i _ the shoot out 4-2. everything has changed. when i am _ the shoot out 4-2. everything has changed. when i am talking - the shoot out 4-2. everything has changed. when i am talking to . the shoot out 4-2. everything has| changed. when i am talking to you now, it's like i expect us to win these games, you know? before it was, let's see if we can get over the line. so i think i don't know, it's quite nice really, isn't it? almost a year on and we are in this position. we are very proud to be english. position. we are very proud to be enalish. ., , position. we are very proud to be enalish. . , ., ., english. finally, ireland have lost their one-off _ english. finally, ireland have lost their one-off test _ english. finally, ireland have lost their one-off test to _ english. finally, ireland have lost their one-off test to bangladesh l english. finally, ireland have lost i their one-off test to bangladesh by their one—off test to bangladesh by in seven wickets. they resumed on 286-8 but in seven wickets. they resumed on 286—8 but could only add six runs on the morning of day four. that left bangladesh needing 138 for victory which they reached with ease.
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ireland head to sri lanka for a test series there. that is all your support for now. thank you, we will see you later. the white house has released a report about the decisions made regarding the 2021 chaotic american withdrawal from afghanistan. the 12—page report by the national security council largely blames former president donald trump's administration for the problems that unfolded as us troops were leaving. but the report admits that the us should have begun evacuating kabul earlier. 0ur north america correspondent david willis has more from washington. this is a 12 page summary of a classified report that basically casts the blame for america's do style stress withdrawal from afghanistan in two directions. the former administration of donald trump and the failures of the us intelligence service. basically it concludes that the outgoing administration of donald trump left the incoming administration ofjoe biden in an impossible position,
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having set a date for withdrawal of us troops from afghanistan there was no plan, no design as to how that should be brought about. donald trump of course in february of 2020 agreed with the taliban for the withdrawal of all us troops from afghanistan by may of the following year. joe biden managed to push that deadline back a bit but he still had to adhere to it. but by the time the biden administration had taken office, previous force of about 10,000 us soldiers on the ground in afghanistan had dwindled to as few as 2500 and thousands of taliban prisoners had been released from jail. so that put the taliban in the strongest position it had been since the american invasion in 20 years previously. this report also blames us intelligence for failures, including its assessment as early as 2021 that it would be a year or two
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before campbell fell to the taliban. as we all know, that in fact happened in a matter of days. —— kabulfelt happened in a matter of days. —— kabul felt at the taliban. david willis with that report on how the us dealt with the withdrawal from afghanistan. you are watching bbc news. let's get more on passengers travelling through dover being warned they'll face delays, as millions of travellers are expected make the crossing between france and the uk this weekend. contingency plans have been put in place to avoid a repeat of last week, which saw drivers waiting more than iii hours. simonjones has simon jones has more. it's already very busy this morning at the port of dover. we're told that traffic turning up at the moment will face a wait of around 90 minutes to get through french passport controls
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that take place here on uk soil. also some issues on the other side of the channel. coach traffic there is facing a wait of around two hours to try and get back to the uk. overall, though, the port is hoping for a much better situation than we saw last weekend, when some coach passengers talked of delays of 12, 13, iii hours to try and get on board ferries. the port insists it is much better prepared this weekend. it says it has set up a new area in the port, a marquee, where additional passport checks can take place for coach passengers. it was coach passengers who were particularly affected a week ago. that's because in a post—brexit world, everyone on a coach now has to get off that coach to have their passports looked at and stamped. the port says it was preparing last weekend for around 650 coaches, but, actually, around 800 turned up, and thatjust seemed to be too much for the port to be able to cope with. so now it says it's got additional resources in place. but some questioning why it didn't
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better prepare for last weekend and why it's taken a week to put those additional measures in place. simonjones there. have you ever used your smartphone to identify a plant? in recent years, apps for identifying plants and flowers have become more common, but are they accurate? well, a new study from the university of galway and the university of leeds has shown they can be correct as little as ii% of the time, but still concluded they are a useful tool for engaging people with the natural world. to tell us more, i'm joined now by one of the authors of the study, dr karen bacon from the university of galway... welcome to you. li% welcome to you. ii% of the time, not a great success rate, is it? welcome to you. 496 of the time, not a great success rate, is it?— a great success rate, is it? well, i think the a great success rate, is it? well, i thinkthe first — a great success rate, is it? well, i think the first thing _ a great success rate, is it? well, i think the first thing to _ a great success rate, is it? well, i think the first thing to say - a great success rate, is it? well, i think the first thing to say is - think the first thing to say is actually in general we think the apps did quite well and that kind of lower end of the result that we got from some of the apps were in relation to one of the ways we tested them. we tested them in a
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couple of different ways than one way was just giving them one shot, completely right or not. they only scored a point if they got the identification completely correct, full species identification on the first attempt. so from many of the apps, that one struggled a little bit with that and didn't get particularly good scores. but when we looked at them in more detail, and if you take the first five photographs and first five guesses that they give you and kind of look at how well they are doing, are they giving you the right genius? maybe they are not giving you the right species, then they started to do quite a bit better. so overall, we think that they generally did a fairly good job of identifying plants. fairly good “ob of identifying -lants. , fairly good “ob of identifying lants, , ., , , , fairly good “ob of identifying lants. , ., , ,, ., fairly good “ob of identifying lants. , ., , plants. these apps have become increasingly _ plants. these apps have become increasingly common, _ plants. these apps have become increasingly common, haven't i plants. these apps have become - increasingly common, haven't they? what are they useful for? i increasingly common, haven't they? what are they useful for?— what are they useful for? i think the are what are they useful for? i think they are useful— what are they useful for? i think they are useful for— what are they useful for? i think they are useful for quite - what are they useful for? i think they are useful for quite a - what are they useful for? i think they are useful for quite a range | what are they useful for? i think i they are useful for quite a range of things. unjust a day to day basis,
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they are useful if you have a plant growing in your garden or you are out for a walk and you see a plant and don't know what it is. they will give you a good indication if you want to know what that might be. i think they are really good for engaging the public with plants and we generally know that people may be a little bit to [ash attention to plants than animals. —— are a little bit less attention. these offer a really easy way to engage with plants and understand a little bit more about the natural world around us. i think that is a huge benefit for them, that they are able to do that. they are potentially useful in a lot of said to send projects, where we get the public to engage with science projects and that in a lot of ways. and they do i think have a role in education as well and looking at how we teach people to learn what plants are. again, we say
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you don't fully trust the identification but they usually give you something that is a really good starting point that then you might go to look at a key or ask an expert if you don't know the exact species. but i think they are kind of the main uses for them. certainly i think by and large they are quite good. dr think by and large they are quite aood. , ., think by and large they are quite nood. , ., think by and large they are quite ood. , ., ., think by and large they are quite rood. , . 1, . ., ., ., think by and large they are quite good. dr karen bacon i wanted to ask ou if the good. dr karen bacon i wanted to ask you if they are _ good. dr karen bacon i wanted to ask you if they are any — good. dr karen bacon i wanted to ask you if they are any use _ good. dr karen bacon i wanted to ask you if they are any use for _ good. dr karen bacon i wanted to ask you if they are any use for a - you if they are any use for a useless gardener like me but we are out of time. thank you very much, i will have to find out for myself. time for a look at the weather. hello. it may have been a chilly start to this easter weekend, but we've got plenty of fine weather to come over the next few days. changes late on sunday, turning wetter in the west, and that rain pushing south across the uk overnight and into monday, with showers following on behind. until then, it's high pressure holding on, keeping atlantic weather systems at bay. that means there's going to be plenty of fine weather and some sunshine, the best of the sunshine in the west until late sunday,
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when this weather system moves in and you can see it turning wetter overnight and into monday. let's look at the detail for the rest of today. we are going to see cloud increasing towards eastern coastal parts of scotland and northeast england, so turning grey this afternoon, maybe some drizzle and a rather chilly day here. just one or two light showers are possible across the south—eastern parts of england. other than that, there will be patchy cloud here and there. most places will stay dry, we'll get to see some sunshine. but those coastal parts of eastern scotland and northeast england with the cloud here may not get into double figures. the cloud is becoming a bit more widespread across eastern areas overnight and into the morning, and some patchy mist and fog is possible here and there. not quite as chilly going into saturday morning, but the coldest spots in the countryside will be close to freezing, so a touch of frost is possible. we are going to see often quite large amounts of cloud towards eastern coastal parts of the uk during saturday, whereas further inland, you get to see some sunny spells. the odd spot of drizzle can't be ruled out and another fairly chilly
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day where the cloud is thickest. but elsewhere, a touch breezier, but there will be plenty of dry and sunny weather on the way. the high pressure is trying to hold on going into sunday, but this weather system in the west will gradually start to move in. and whilst there is still something to play for in the timing of the arrival of the rain, it looks like northern ireland and western scotland will be first to see that moving in. other western areas, it could be well into the evening. ahead of that, there will be some areas of cloud and sunny spells, and temperatures are warmer on sunday, so more places with highs in the range of 15 to 17 celsius. 0vernight and into monday, that rain moves south across all areas. look at the showers following behind. some of these will be heavy and thundery on a blustery day with stronger winds, with more wet weather to come next week.
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live from london. this is bbc news. two israeli women have been killed in an attack in the occupied west bank. earlier, israel launched air strikes on gaza and lebanon, calling it retaliation for several dozen hamas rockets fired at israel. northern ireland on high alert — police warn republicans could provoke violence as the country marks 25 years of the good friday agreement. translation: i made a choice to leave firstl to give you a better life. we speak to a mum and daughter about their incredible escape from north korea. hello, i'm lucy hockings. we start in the middle east — where in the last few minutes
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the israeli chief of staff ordered the mobilization of a number

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