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there are significant discrepancies now, i think, between the the account issued by the sussexes and what the new york police are saying. it's a question of differences in perception. and we do seem to have been here before with the sussexes. but we must keep in mind, of course, that they were the people at the centre of this. they clearly found it worrying and alarming. and for harry, of course, it will have been very triggering, invoking images and recollections of the tragic circumstances which led to the death of his mother being pursued by paparazzi in paris 26 years ago. now, whether it was sensible for their spokesperson to issue the statement that they did, couched in the language that it was, which read rather like a tabloid story, i think is a moot point. but we must keep in mind that harry has made it his business to challenge the behaviour of the media whenever he feels that it is inappropriate.
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and clearly, this was a case in point. he has also a very low threshold when it comes to tolerating the behaviour of the media, he has a very low flash point, and clearly that was exceeded in new york 2a hours ago. harry and meghan have not spoken directly to the press — but we can hear now from someone who literally had a front row seat for what went on. sukhcharn singh — known to his friends as sonny — is the cab driver who was flagged down to pick up the couple and a bodyguard, as they tried to switch vehicles as a way of avoiding the photo journalists. he's been talking to the media about what happened. i was going down 67th st, east 67, i see a guy in a suit telling me and he said, are you empty? i are you looking for a fair? i pulled over to the right. a few minutes later, i
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see three people hopped out of a black car right into my cab and it was prince harry and meghan and there was another woman with them as well. as we are going away, a garbage truck was blocking us, picking up trash, and all of a sudden paparazzi came out of nowhere and started flashing, taking pictures, and they didn't stop until the security got out and said to move on in the garbage truck got out of the way and paparazzi were there. prince harry and megan on the other lady, they looked scared. it was like a light show all of a sudden. there werejust about like a light show all of a sudden. there were just about to give me the location but they never gave me the location but they never gave me the location of where they were going, then the security guard told me to circle back and as we were circling back i could see the paparazzi car following my car. my feelings were
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normal but i'm sure their feelings were more intense, because of how princess diana died in a crash running away from the paparazzi so i think their emotions must have been higher. i don't think there would have been an accident because there wasn't much traffic at night time. but you never know. when the paparazzi decided to cut me off, it is possible. i was telling people, you don't know who you are going to pick up so it proves my theory you don't know who you're going to get in your cabin. don't know who you're going to get in your cabin-— in your cabin. let's go to france now. in one of the few sit—down interviews he's given at the cannes film festival, johnny depp has been talking to the bbc about his return to cinema after a three year gap. the hollywood star was sidelined by the film industry and dropped from a major film franchise, after high—profile legal battles with his ex—wife amber heard, involving abuse allegations. from cannes, tom brook reports. johnny depp came to cannes, creating a lot of excitement.
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he was the star of the opening night film jean du barry, in which he plays french king louis xv, who falls in love with a social climber portrayed by the franco—algerian may win, who also directed the french language film. jean ne du barry isjohnny depp�*s first major film role in three years, having been sidelined by the movie industry because of his legal battles with his ex—wife, amber heard, involving abuse allegations. to his critics, he is a pariah, a controversialfigure, an alleged domestic abuser who shouldn't be embraced by cannes, although the festival director has strongly defended his choice to include the film. but many in the film industry here do welcome his return, as do his fans. and you've got a standing ovation that was apparently seven minutes long. do you view this as your kind of comeback role in a way as people in the press are seeing it? no. i mean, comeback is a weird thing because...
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he never left. no, i didn't go anywhere. you know what i mean? i mean, people may have made sure that i was not looked at favourably. powerful press, powerful media, this, that for whatever reasons, i suggest that before people start pointing fingers and making judgment on others that they have no idea about it. i would say take one day... everybody take one day off of work. stay at home. start your investigation of everyone in your family. start with your father. look way back. dad always been a just a wonderful guy. has he? your uncles? look at your brothers. look around you first before you start passing judgment on someone that you have no idea what that person has been through, who they are. there are complaints about you being
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a controversialfigure, and therefore the film should not have been included in the cannes film festival. what are your thoughts about that? it's none of my business. it's really none of my business. i never hear about the movie has his place here. never. um. i mean, there's. .. i have... why? i mean, what? i mean, at least i was probably more, far more controversial many years ago than anything now. but listen, you know, things go in whatever direction they go. and more than anything, all the weirdness has been cleared up. so it's done. and that's why... i'm certainly not going to let this
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allow, this thing to sort of define anything that i've done before. anything that i'm doing now or what i'm going to do, it doesn't exist for me any more. reviews for depp and jean du barry were mixed, some stating he looked uncomfortable in the role. but more importantly, cannes was not a public relations disaster for him. he alsojust renewed an endorsement deal with the fashion house dior and is raising money to direct a new film starring al pacino. hollywood loves a rehabilitation narrative, and while it's still fragile withjohnny depp, that appears to be emerging. tom brooke, bbc news, cannes. tom brook, bbc news, cannes. let's get some of the day's other news now. a bbc investigation has revealed that britain has so far failed to fine thousands of foreign companies for breaking a new transparency law. the legislation, introduced last year, required overseas companies with property in the uk to reveal their owners by the end of january.
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details of last week's year 6 sats reading test in england have been published, after some teachers and parents said it was so difficult, it left pupils in tears. the department for education says papers are "rigorously trialled". a survey by citizens advice suggests that up to i million people cancelled their broadband in the past year due to the cost of living. the charity said those struggling could have benefited from cheaper social tariffs or special low—cost packages. watchdog ofcom says a5 million eligible people are missing out on the deals. voters in northern ireland are going to the polls to decide who should represent them on 11 councils. a total of 807 candidates are competing for a62 seats in council chambers across the region. as challenges go — everest is one of the biggest. many people have taken it on, but one man has already made history, before he's even reached the summit. hari budha magar lost both his legs whilst serving in afghanistan.
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he's now on his way to becoming the first double above—the—knee amputee to scale the world's highest peak — but weather conditions have set him back. james dunn has been following hisjourney. cold, hostile, otherworldly terrain. this was what harry woke up to after what's already a record—breaking climb. 6,536 metres. it's very windy here. but despite intricate planning, bad weather forced them to stop. the route hasn't been opened, so we are going to stay a couple of nights here and see what's going to happen. windy in the night time. almost flying a couple of times, but we managed to spend a good rest there. to get to camp 2, he's already become the first
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above—the—knee double amputee to climb the treacherous khumbu icefall. cold and dark, it could collapse at any time. halfway up mount everest, hari is a long way from home. but here at this gym in canterbury, where i met him last year as he prepared for the expedition, there's a real sense of pride in what he's about to achieve. as a personal trainer, you end up getting maybe a lot of the same kind of clients. so to see someone like him breaking down different barriers to exercise, showing you that it doesn't matter what your situation is, you can train, you can exercise, you can have goals, you can achieve them no matter what is really inspiring and incredible to see. i think it's absolutely amazing. like, he's so inspirational. everyone is always asking about him, how he's getting on, but we're all very tight—knit here and i think we're all like a family, so we're all cheering each other on. it's an amazing achievement for him. while waiting for the route to reopen, they've now returned to base camp and will be taken back
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to camp 2 when it's safe to make the final ascent to the summit and hari's dream come true. if everything goes as planned, it's just three days left to the summit. three more days. soldier to climber, canterbury to nepal. he's already achieved so much, but it doesn't get any bigger than everest. james dunn, bbc news, canterbury. the amount of children in the uk trying vaping has risen by 50% in the last year. it's illegal to sell vapes to people under the age of 18. there are now calls for the government to crack down on the spread of vapes among children. dramatic footage of an e—scooter explosion has been released to highlight the risks around charging the vehicles. the london fire brigade published this video of an instance from earlier this month, showing the moment an e—scooter catches fire while plugged in at a house — engulfing the room in seconds. the fire service has
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warned this type of fire is becoming more common. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. —— with chris fox. i thought we would take a quick look at what's going on in italy. it looks like we will see some further extreme rainfall across the north—west of the country where we can see around 200 to 300 millimetres of rain over the mountains, likely to lead to some further severe flooding. for us weather—wise, quite a quick picture, weather—wise, quite a quick picture, we have cloud coming to the north—west, that is a front running into an area of high pressure, it's going to be quite a weak affair, bringing light spots of rain across northern ireland and into western scotland. some damp weather to come over the course of the afternoon. on the rails, hazy spells of sunshine, we will have a line of showers developing across parts of england stretching more or less from the wash down towards hampshire, dorset kind of error. that is driven by
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convergence, wind bashing together, making those showers. there will not be thunder but one or two can be quite sharp. the best of the sunshine, temperatures in the high teams. overnight tonight, but the fun continues to push its way southwards across from scotland into northern england and north wales by the end of the night. temperatures around 8 or nine celsius for most. not too cold i start to the day on friday. friday, the weatherfront bringing a few spots of rain across central and eastern areas of england, they could be a few sharper showers around as well developing through the afternoon. scotland and northern ireland will have more in the way of sunshine and so it should feel a bit warmer here, temperatures reaching around 18 in glasgow, high teens generally for england and wales. into the weekend, and nasty area of low pressure that looks like it will bring flooding to parts of italy, that actually will start to draw in an easterly wind around its periphery and so it has a distant
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effect on our shores because it will be tracking some slightly milder air in across england and wales where there should be some warm sunshine. scotland and northern ireland, cloudier with a few spots of rain. temperatures for most in the high teens to low 20s and whether sunshine comes out of the windows to light it will feel pretty pleasant. the second half of the week and promised all the cloudiness weather across north—western errors, a few spots of rain, england and wales marginally dry and feeling pleasant with dizzy spells of sunshine has temperatures again reach the high teens to low 20s.
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live from london, this is bbc news. president biden arrives injapan meeting the country's prime minister and head of the g7 summit taking in hiroshima. rivalaccounts and head of the g7 summit taking in hiroshima. rival accounts emerge about a reported car chase involving prince harry and meghan and paparazzi in new york. in england, an unprecedented apology from water companies for the amount of sewage spilled into rivers and seas. an controversial actorjohnny depp talks to the bbc at the cannes film festival, saying that his return to the big screen does not amount to a comeback. ., . ,, , �* .,
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