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this is bbc news, the headlines... fresh promises of weapons, though fighterjets are asked to like art amongst them. president zelensky makes a surprise visit to the uk. n makes a surprise visit to the uk. i think we have important decisions, but we have to work a little bit more on it. and could hospitals in england see more scenes like these? senior doctors are voting on whether to take industrial action over pay. a british man goes on trial in cyprus, accused of murdering his sick wife. he tells the court she begged him to help her die.
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so this is the final roundtable. and treachery rewarded bafta glory for the hit reality show the traitors, and its host, claudia winkleman. president zelensky making that surprise visit to the uk, the prime minister and rishi sunak calling for sustained support of the international community for ukraine. let's take a look at some of the military support of the uk has been offering and how it compares to other countries, here'sjoshua other countries, here's joshua cheatham. other countries, here's joshua cheatham— other countries, here's joshua cheatham. ., .,., , , cheatham. today volodymyr zelensky is in the uk to — cheatham. today volodymyr zelensky is in the uk to bolster— cheatham. today volodymyr zelensky is in the uk to bolster up _ cheatham. today volodymyr zelensky is in the uk to bolster up support - is in the uk to bolster up support for his country's fight against russia. already britain is given billions in military aid to ukraine. these are figures from last year, this is from the keel institute — the uk has given £5.86 billion in
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military aid, second only to america. we don't understand the full extent, the quality, quantity of all the equipment that's been given to ukraine by britain, but we do know three that have made their way into the country. the first of theseis way into the country. the first of these is the in law — a light anti—tank missile used by infantry, and here we have a video of it being used out in the field. the next is the challenger to — this made headlines a few months ago, this is britain's main battle tank and they are using 14 of these to ukraine. you can see the ukraine defence ministry with these tanks out on the field. lastly we have the storm shadow cruise missile — this is a long range cruise missile that will give ukraine the ability to hit targets way beyond enemy lines. russia has already said these are being used with great consequence.
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here's a picture of debris that russia says is from it and area of luhansk where residential building was hit, they say there have been quite a few civilian deaths caused by this missile. we talked to a few experts to get their opinion, they said they couldn't tell from this image alone if this was a fragment of the missile, they say they need more evidence to come to that conclusion, so we're getting evidence and will bring you more updates when we get them in. joshua cheatham there. _ junior doctors in england have already been on strike for more pay now — senior doctors or consultants are also voting on whether to take industrial action. their union, the british medical assoication, says the government's latest pay offer is unacceptable. consultants' salaries start below £90,000 - or $113,000 - but can rise nearer to £120,000, depending on their experience. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports. huw hquones may live in the newsroom.
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we heard that quote there, unacceptable that's what level of pay rise to consultants actually want? —— hugh pymjoins pay rise to consultants actually want? —— hugh pym joins us live now. those offers have not been publicised, one source told me they didn't want that sort of detail out there at the moment, so we are slightly unclear about exactly where the talks fell down. but the basic demand from the british medical association on behalf of consultants — and river, consultants are doctors with ten years of experience at for qualifying— it was to make up in some way for what they say is a 35% real terms cut in take—home pay, that's pay after tax, since 2008. and they say, the bma say that the government's offer didn't come anywhere near attempting to make up for inflation just in the last year
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or so. that's why they say they are balloting their members, consultants in england, around the nhs and the results of that ballot will be at the end ofjune, and that ballot will be on industrial action, but to be clear that could be action sort of a strike, like an overtime ban or stopping work in routine areas, we just don't know. but it's interesting that even senior doctors are taking this action, having this vote when we've already seen strikes from junior doctors — they are in talks with government ministers and aren't striking at the moment, but their dispute is not resolved. what their dispute is not resolved. what are --eole their dispute is not resolved. what are peeple saying _ their dispute is not resolved. what are people saying about the potential in terms of the impact? you've made the point that it is industrial action, short of strikes, but senior consultants often oversee junior doctors in operations, so you can see how the domino effect works. what is thought to be the likely impact if we get to that point? it
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impact if we get to that point? if it's an overtime ban or consultant saying we will only do exactly what we are paid for and not extra, then that would cause a certain amount of inconvenience and problems for hospitals because they do do unpaid work, and that would be very difficult. they could do, as they did one day in 2012, say, "we won't get involved in any routine care, nonurgent treatment," resulting in a lot of cancellations and inconvenience for patients, we've already seen that. or it could be they stage an all—out strike — that's highly unlikely, but if they did, they said they will walk out of all forms of care, making accident and emergency almost impossible to run because you do need senior consultants as well as junior doctors to provide a safe service. so there's the potential for a lot of disruption here, but it all depends on what sort of action they take. and it all depends on whether they get a positive vote for this
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form of industrial action. i should say the government line is there was a 4.5% pay rise last year for consultants, and there have been "generous tax changes" helping out on pensions for consultants. hugh ' m there on pensions for consultants. hugh pym there with — on pensions for consultants. hugh pym there with the _ on pensions for consultants. hugh pym there with the latest - on pensions for consultants. hugh pym there with the latest on - on pensions for consultants. hugh pym there with the latest on that, thanks for taking us through all that. the biographerfor harry and meghan, 0mid scobie, claims an editor at the sunday people newspaper showed him how to hack voicemails. scobie is in court today, giving evidence in the ongoing phone hacking trial. in court documents, he also claims he heard the mirror's then editor piers morgan discussing the use of voicemails while he was on work experience in 2002. four individuals including the duke of sussex are suing the mirror group newspapers for hacking their phones among others. live now the high court, where sanchia berg has been following testimony. take us through it. as you said, we
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heard this afternoon _ take us through it. as you said, we heard this afternoon from - take us through it. as you said, we heard this afternoon from 0mid - heard this afternoon from 0mid scobie, whom people will probably recognise as the author of finding free mum —— finding freedom,, but 21 years ago he was a journalism student and in turn first at the sunday mirror — sorry, first at the sunday mirror — sorry, first at the sunday mirror, then at the daily mirror. and it was on the second occasion when he was there forjust a week, he said that as an intern, he was invisible, but he was sitting on the 3am desk, the showbiz desk, and he heard discussion about a story between the journalists there and piers morgan, who was in the editor, whose desk was very close by — he said he liked to drop in and see what the 3am desk were doing, he was very interested in everything they did, and they told him about a story they were working on involving kylie minogue and her boyfriend, they were either splitting up or getting back together, and piers
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morgan asked what the source of that story was ivan he was told, according to 0mid scobie, there was voicemails, and that story was subsequently published. this is a very long time to sit on a story like that, and the barrister for mirror group newspapers suggested it was a false memory that 0mid scobie had come up with because he wanted to help prince harry, who he suggested was his friend. 0mid scobie said nothing of the sort, there hadn't been the right opportunity to recount this and the other episode inside the mirror group before now, and he said prince harry was not his friend and he was not his mouthpiece.— not his mouthpiece. thanks very much. a 75—year—old british told a court in cyprus that his wife begged him to end her life, as she was seriously ill with blood cancer. david hunter, who is originally from northumberland, is accused
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of murdering his 72—year—old wife, janice, at their home near paphos, in december 2021. 0ur corresponent fiona trott is in cyprus with the latest. well, the 75—year—old grandfather spoke for over four hours through an interpreter here at the court. at times he was tearful, when he was going over the final moments of his wife's life here at their home in paphos, where they retired to over 20 years ago. he has waited 17 months for this — he was arrested in december 2021, it was his first chance today to give his version of events in full. and we heard how he regretted killing janice hunter. "i would never help her take her life if she hadn't begged me," he said. he said that she had become hysterical and, in an attempt to reassure her, he said, "i'll do it, i'll not tell you how or when," and he said that had calmed her down. he said, "i had no intention to kill her, i was hoping something good will happen, a small miracle that she should change her mind. i didn't want to kill my wife, i loved her so much."
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we also heard details of how her condition had really deteriorated after the pandemic broke out — the local hospital closed down, meaning at one point she had to wait almost three weeks for an injection she should have been having twice a week. then she began having two blood transfusions a week, and david hunter said, "she was ashamed to leave the house because her condition had become so bad." and david hunter told the court thatjanice said this. "i'm sick of being alive, it's just leaving hospital and sitting at home. it's what we've been doing for the past 3—4 years. this is no life." now when he was cross—examined by the prosecution, they put it to him, "look, you decided how and when this was going to happen without her consent." and david hunter said, "that's not true, ijust wanted to calm her down. i waited 8—9 days for her to change her mind, i hoped she would. there was no premeditation." the hearing has finished for today. we've spoken to david hunter's daughter, leslie cawthorn, who's following events back in the uk, and she said it's been
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a very emotional experience, "to see my dad have to relive the worst day of his life." the hearing is due to resume here on 23 may. more than 1,300 bamboo shelters in cox's bazar, the world's largest refugee camp, have been destroyed after cyclone mocha hit the coasts of bangladesh and myanmar. around half a million rohingya children have no access to formal education, and instead rely on makeshift classes run by volunteers with no teacher training. 0ur south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan was given exclusive access to the camps last week, and visited one class filled with children who've never known anything other than the camps. she's sent us this report. dreams of a generation who've only
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known life as refugees. more than five—and—a—half years since their families fled violence in myanmar. they're confined to these camps in neighbouring bangladesh. half a million rohingya children denied their basic rights — including a formal education. schools aren't allowed in the camps, but aid agencies and volunteers have set up some makeshift classrooms. these are my friends. giving children the chance to learn for a couple hours a day. translation: in myanmar, | we could move around freely. now we can't even go beyond the fence that surrounds this camp. i don't see a bright future for me here because i can't even get a proper education.
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in 2017, this child's family was one of hundreds of thousands of rohingyans who made a perilous journey, walking for days. a brutal crackdown by myanmar�*s military led to a mass exodus across the border, here to bangladesh. people fled, leaving everything behind — so they rely heavily on aid agencies for almost everything. and one key concern at the moment is that the food aid that they get from the un will now be cut even further. the hardest lesson for rohingya children is survival — makeshift classrooms one of the few places they find some hope. translation: i want to be a human rights activist - because i want to help my people who are suffering. a generation resigned
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to a life of trauma, in squalid and cramped conditions. these camps are no place for a child. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, bangladesh. a bbc investigation has discovered that patients are being diagnosed with adhd — or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder — after online assessments that are unreliable. an undercover panorama reporter was seen by three private clinics, which all diagnosed him with adhd and offered him powerful drugs. but a comprehensive in—person assessment by the nhs showed that he didn't actually have the condition. the clinics insist they do conduct thorough assessments and follow national guidelines. rory carson reports the number of adults asking for adhd assessments is soaring and nhs services have been overwhelmed. i needed help, that's why i called them.
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casey faced a three—year wait so she paid almost £700 to a private clinic instead. she says harley psychiatrists diagnosed her after a 45—minute online assessment. did you ever get down here to actually see someone? no, no, i never came down here. this is the address that harley psychiatrists give on their website. hello. i'm just looking for a harley psychiatrist, please. we don't have psychiatrists here in this building. there is none in this building whatsoever? no. we have been told harley psychiatrists diagnosed almost everyone with adhd. so i paid £685 for an assessment. after filling out a series of questionnaires, i have an online appointment. all right, well, let's get you assessed and see where we can go from there.
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0k~ — my assessor is psychologist 0lga pacholec. would you say that you got distracted...? she runs through a checklist of questions. would you say that you become distracted or even bored by things quite quickly? i can get bored by things. i know i don't have the condition because i have already had a rigorous, nhs assessment. but after 45 minutes, the psychologist tells me i have adhd. i think you fit the criteria for adhd very well. so what does that mean, then? you will have it in writing, officially, that you have been diagnosed. 0k~ _ there is no expiration date for this so you are diagnosed for life. 0k. harley psychiatrists told us numerous patients don't get diagnosed, but any suggestion they're misdiagnosing adults with adhd is untrue. and they said the clinic has seen patients at the harley street address.
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lawyers for the psychologist say the official diagnosis was made later by a psychiatrist. but our evidence shows vulnerable patients are being let down. these people were supposed to help me and they took advantage of me. i wasn't someone who needed help, i was just money to them. i go undercover as a patient at two other clinics and they also diagnosed me with adhd. all three clinics offered me powerful adhd medication. there is no doubt adhd can have a profound effect and many patients who go private will have the condition. but our investigation reveals how some clinics hand out unreliable diagnoses.
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i spoke to rory carson earlier and asked him what provoked him to investigate the story. it asked him what provoked him to investigate the story.— asked him what provoked him to investigate the story. it was maybe about a year— investigate the story. it was maybe about a year ago — investigate the story. it was maybe about a year ago when _ investigate the story. it was maybe about a year ago when i _ investigate the story. it was maybe about a year ago when i was - investigate the story. it was maybe about a year ago when i was on - investigate the story. it was maybe about a year ago when i was on a i about a year ago when i was on a long drive and was talking to a source who was working on a different film, and she was telling me all about the fact that she had been diagnosed privately with adhd. and i asked her, "do you meet anyone you think might have a?" and she said, "maybe you, you have some of the symptoms." so i never thought i had adhd, and i don't, but it was something that stuck in my head. and it was in november last year when an e—mail came into the panorama inbox and i picked it up, and it was from and i picked it up, and it was from a worried mum whose daughter had just been diagnosed with adhd, the daughter was 21, diagnosed online after a a0 minute video call. and
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she was quite unhappy about the way in which the diagnosis happened, and the level of care. so that stuck in my mind, then i started speaking to more and more patients and staff who worked some at of these clinics, and that started this whole ball rolling. it's been six months and we spoke to an awful lot of people, but that was the thing, that e—mail to the inbox that started this all off. fascinating, tell me more about going undercover. how long were those assessments we were just watching, how detailed were the questions? let watching, how detailed were the cuestions? watching, how detailed were the questions?— questions? let me give you an examle questions? let me give you an example - _ questions? let me give you an example - when _ questions? let me give you an example - when i _ questions? let me give you an example - when i went - questions? let me give you an example - when i went for- questions? let me give you an example - when i went for the j questions? let me give you an - example - when i went for the nhs example — when i went for the nhs one, the consultant psychiatrist who leads the clinic, you get sent all these preassessment forms you have to fill out, and your friends and family have to fill out, and a lot of them are about who you are as a person, your psychiatric history and any symptoms you might have. the thing is adhd is a really serious
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condition and can have a real impact on people's lives. but a lot of the symptoms are things people can experience, like you can forget things and become distracted, or you might act impulsively. but when it adds up, adhd can affect your life. but the nh but —— adds up, adhd can affect your life. but the nh but -- nhs adds up, adhd can affect your life. but the nh but —— nhs one went on for three hours, it was exhausting, and i spoke about things that happened in my life that i never spoke about before. i have a lot of trauma, my sister died when i was young. but those are all part of my psychiatric history, and he probed into them, then we went through various different adhd symptoms, and he was probing how often — "you say you forget things, how often does it happen and does it affect your relationships? what your colleagues at work say?" and it was interrogating all that they are, just going on and on. i remember feeling like i needed to lie down after it. contrast that, they are 18
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symptoms associated with adhd, and at the end he said, that i have zero that meet the threshold. compare that meet the threshold. compare that with when i went private. they were all online, so i'm sitting in the front room and it's quite a nerve—racking experience because you talk about things that affect you. of the questions, most of them are of the questions, most of them are quite straightforward, "do you forget things? are you bored? can you be impulsive?" there were very few detailed follow—up questions, and all three diagnosed me with adhd, and the longest one was just over an adhd, and the longest one was just overan hourand adhd, and the longest one was just over an hour and a half, compared with the nhs which was three hours and felt like a full mental health mot. ., ,. ., ., ~ ., and felt like a full mental health mot. ., .,~ ., mot. fascinating talking to rory carson there _ mot. fascinating talking to rory carson there about _ mot. fascinating talking to rory carson there about the - carson there about the investigation. you can see more on that story on panorama, it's on iplayer now or on bbc one at 8pm tonight. reality series the traitors and its host, claudia winkleman,
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were among the big winners at the british academy television awards last night, and ben whishaw and kate winslet won the main acting awards. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. this was tv�*s big night of celebration — this year hosted by two of the uk's top comedians. this is romesh ranganathan — a bafta winner, a multiple nominee, and soon to be a national treasure. and this is, well, this is rob beckett. evening. sit down, sweetheart. sit down. no one show dominated, but family drama i am ruth — about a challenging mother—daughter relationship in the social media age — won two awards, best single drama and best actress for kate winslet. she called for more action to protect young people. to people in power and to people who can make change, please criminalise harmful content. please eradicate harmful content. we don't want it.
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we want our children back. everything bad that could have happened has happened. apple tv+ drama bad sisters won two awards, including best drama series... except that. channel a's derry girls won two, including best scripted comedy... so this is the final round table. ..while new entertainment show the traitors won best reality and constructed factual, and best entertainment performance for its host, claudia winkleman. i don't know what to say! cheering i know it's ridic... number one, i can't get emotional because i'm wearing so much eyeliner! but i just want to say a massive thank you to bafta, to everybody who was in that room went, "ok, the orange one." thank you so much. mum, school. got to go to school. two minutes. there was recognition for newcomers.
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lenny rush won best male comedy performance for am i being unreasonable? at 1a, one of the youngest winners ever. what?! laughter i just want to say, um, i'm so happy. i can't believe i won alongside so many other great nominees. thank you. um... agh! laughter please welcome the brilliant meera syal. while there was a standing ovation for meera syal, awarded bafta's highest award, the fellowship — recognition of the impact she's made over the decades. so when people are really unconscious... it was also a great night for ben whishaw. he won best actor for the drama this is going to hurt... perhaps you would like a marmalade sandwich? ..he's also, of course, the voice of paddington. so do i. i keep mine in here. paddington meeting the queen
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at the platinum party at the palace won most memorable moment, and the platinum party itself, best live event. lizo mzimba, bbc news. fantastic fa ntastic stuff, fantastic stuff, that's it from me, hopefully i'll see you at the same time tomorrow, bye for now. hello there. last week was pretty lively weather—wise — we saw some frequent thundery downpours in places. but this week is looking a much quieter weather—wise. we will see those temperatures go up a little bit day upon day — and actually for most of us, not really much of the way of rain in the forecast. today then, it has been on the chillier side, that's because we've got this northwesterly breeze feeding in. and for most, it was a case of some sunny spells and patchy cloud, more scenes like these to come in the coming days. so through the course of tonight, then, i think most of those daytime showers will tend to fade away, leaving large parts of the country with some drier, clearer conditions.
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the only real exception being parts of scotland, where we'll see a bit more cloud and some showery outbreaks of rain. it'll be a chilly one under those clear skies, too, overnight lows, typically around 3—6 celsius across the board, setting us up with a chilly start to the day tomorrow morning, but for many, it does mean it's sunshine from the word go. so through the day we'll expect to see some patchy cloud bubble up and spread out. a few scattered showers developing, too — i think these probably more frequent across parts of scotland, northern england, and a few into northern ireland, too. and those temperatures responded in the sunshine, getting up to around 17—18 celsius in a few places. now, by the time we get to wednesday, we expect this broad area of high pressure to be with us — as you can see, not many isobars on those charts, indicating some lighter winds. so we do expect to see more persistent rain gradually spreading its way into parts of scotland. meanwhile, further south, a few scattered showers developing, i think most of these focused across parts of northern england, getting into the midlands, south east england, and east anglia. away from that, more in the way of some sunny
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spells and patchy cloud, and temperatures getting up into the mid—to—high teens in places. looking further out, then, by the time we get to thursday, we've got some milder air filtering in from the atlantic, and that does mean those temperatures gradually creeping up a touch. we've also got this cold front that'll reintroduce some outbreaks of rain in places. so generally speaking then, through the week ahead, many of us clinging onto some largely dry, settled conditions. those temperatures gradually creeping up day upon day. that's your latest forecast.
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today at six... a surprise uk visit by the president of ukraine, part of a whistlestop tour to shore up support for the war against russia. a warm welcome from rishi sunak and then the pledge of more weapons to ukraine. you are with us, together with us, all great britain, you and your government. it's very important, so thank you very much for all support. the uk will remain steadfast in supporting ukraine and its people to defend itself against that aggression. after a tour that's included rome, berlin and paris, we'll be asking how successful president zelensky has been in securing more help for the fight against russia. also on the programme...
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