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degree of incident and the degree of unhappiness locally.- incident and the degree of unhappiness locally. that is following — unhappiness locally. that is following the _ unhappiness locally. that is following the fact _ unhappiness locally. that is following the fact that - unhappiness locally. that is following the fact that an i following the fact that an 11—year—old boy is still in a critical condition in alder hey children's hospital in liverpool, transferred there after a collision with a police car that took place at 8:30pm in lancaster. we had a short statement from karen edwards from lancashire police, saying that the incident has now been referred to the independent office for police conduct and lack lancaster police will cooperate fully with that. there is all the information on the bbc news website. this is bbc news. at least three people are killed in a russian missile strike on a health clinic in the ukrainian city of dnipro.
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the parents of ten—month—old finley boden have been sentenced to life in prison in the uk for his murder in 2020. and we speak to the director of a powerful new film documenting the lives of women living under taliban rule in afhghanistan. dramatic footage from south korea after a passenger opens the door of after a passenger opens the door of a commercial plane in midair. the fa have published more detail on the charges which led to ivan tony's eight months bad from football for breaking rules around betting. he was given a reduced van because of a gambling addiction. he omitted 232 breaches over a period of five seasons ending in 2021. including
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betting against his own team. brentford to say they will do everything possible to provide support to him and his family. {lin everything possible to provide support to him and his family. on 29 occasions, support to him and his family. on 29 occasions. he _ support to him and his family. on 29 occasions, he gambled _ support to him and his family. on 29 occasions, he gambled on _ support to him and his family. on 29 occasions, he gambled on a - support to him and his family. on 29 occasions, he gambled on a team i support to him and his family. (in 29 occasions, he gambled on a team he was contracted to on the time, as well as betting on the final result, i'd bet that he would be on the scoresheet. —— and batted. i3 i'd bet that he would be on the scoresheet. —— and batted. 13 times he gambled his team would lose. he was not in the starting line—up for any of those games, so that gets rid of any accusations of match fixing. brentford still in with a chance of a european place — but face newly crowned champions manchester city. the focus is very much at the bottom, with leicester, leeds and everton scrapping to stay in the top flight. everton boss sean dyche is without strikers dominic calvert lewin and nathan patterson, but is confident they can still get a result against bournemouth, with survival in their own hands. we have not had a dom for probably two thirds of our time here but has
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still performed so that is the key to that one. when he got injured the first game we realised that would not be a 10—day injury, so we knew we would have to find a way of working without him and we have found that way and it will be important to do that again, obviously a very important game. a blow for manchester united — their winger antony could miss the fa cup final next week after suffering an injury in their win over chelsea which sealed champions league qualification. the brazilian player was stretchered off in the first half of the 4—1 victory. united fear it could be a recurrence of the ankle injury which kept him out of the final two months of last season when he was at ajax. az alkmaar have issued 43 stadium bans following the violent scenes after their match with west ham in the europa conference league last week. several hammers players confronted the group of fans that had targeted an area containing their friends and family, who were unharmed. in a statement, the dutch club said more bans could follow in the future. european football's governing body, uefa, will review reports of the incidents before deciding on any action. transgender women will be banned from competing in elite
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all—female events by british cycling, following a nine—month review and consultation. trans women will be able to compete in an open group against men. the national governing body said it was a move driven by fairness. ido i do appreciate it has taken us some time to get this point and during that period there has been some anxiety, some upset, but i am wholeheartedly set it to that situation, but today is about leadership, direction of travel for british cycling. the overriding principle is around fairness and that has been put together on the basis of consultation and medical research we have available at this point in time. there's confusion around whether british boxer leigh wood will fight to regain his world featherweight title on saturday night after the defending champion mauricio lara failed to make the weight. lara weighed in more than a pound above the limit of 9 stone 2.5, meaning he's now likely to be stripped of the world title he won when he beat wood in february. the fight may still go ahead,
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with wood still able to regain his belt, but his team have hinted they may pull out of the bout, calling the situation �*a disgrace.�* and we're not far away from second practice at the monaco grand prix. carlos sainz was the early pace setter for this weekend's race. he came top in practice i. lewis hamilton was in third place as mercedes make upgrades to their car — but the session was ended early following this crash from williams' alex albon. fernando alonso, of aston martin, was second. second practice gets underway later. and that's all the sport for now. i want to spend the next few minutes talking about a powerful new documentary filmed secretly inside afghanistan. in one sequence a young woman is shown telling a taliban fighter — �*you only oppress women'. he shouts back, i told
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you not to talk — i will kill you right here. she replies, ok, kill me. you've closed schools and universities, it's better to kill me. as a snapshot, it illustrates the transformation of life for women under taliban rule but also their refusal to simply accept it. the hollywood actor jennifer lawrence is one of the producers of the film, which was shown last week at cannes. i'm delighted to say the director of the film, sahra mani, who you see there in cannes joins me live. congratulations on the film, everyone talks about its immense raw power. what was the key in what you are trying to show in this film? hello, and thanks for having me. what is happening to women in afghanistan right now is really
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shameful and it is really sad that the rest of the world keeps silence and bind their eyes on the miserable situation of afghan women, so we wanted to give voice to women who are voiceless right now and i believe ioo% are voiceless right now and i believe 100% the rest of the world new that women are not allowed to go back to a job and girls are not allowed to go to the study at the sixth grade and at the moment, women and that allowed to get out of the house without a chaperone, and every day the situation is getting worse and worse for women in afghanistan. and it is a film really told through the voices, filled by them in part. i mentioned that extraordinary exchange between one woman under taliban militant, tell us more about those exchanges and we know what
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happened to her? i know she was being arrested.— happened to her? i know she was being arrested. yes, she has been arrested, being arrested. yes, she has been arrested. but _ being arrested. yes, she has been arrested, but later— being arrested. yes, she has been arrested, but later on _ being arrested. yes, she has been arrested, but later on she - being arrested. yes, she has been arrested, but later on she is - arrested, but later on she is released, but at the moment there are so many women in the taliban present and we do not know if they are alive or not. so many women have disappeared, so many are killed, and so many are in prison inside their house at the moment. all afghan women are inside the house, all afghanistan becomes a big prison. i wanted to ask about that because so much of this was done with secret filming. tell me about the moral dilemmas might have had, because we all know the consequences of defying this regime, in terms of what you had to work out in the dangers of how you felt, what you films, the dangers to them, tell me a little bit about what you went through. {lila bit about what you went through. ok, i sent bit about what you went through. ok,
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i spent almost — bit about what you went through. ok i spent almost two years living in the border of afghanistan, trying to connect, but it was first those women who sent me these videos and telling me to raise their voice, because they knew me from my previous film and they knew that i focus on social issues and women issues in afghanistan. after several months, when i received a lot of video, i told months, when i received a lot of video, itold i had to months, when i received a lot of video, i told i had to do more than just make an archive out of this video, so i decided to make a film and it was a time that someone from the production from jennifer lawrence contacted me and asked if i wanted to make a film and any film they are happy to help me. and then we had our team in afghanistan and also these women filming their life by mobile phone and sending it to
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us, and we had a lot of training in how to film and send this material to our team. how to film and send this material to our team-— how to film and send this material to our team. and of course that had so much at — to our team. and of course that had so much at risk _ to our team. and of course that had so much at risk for _ to our team. and of course that had so much at risk for those _ to our team. and of course that had so much at risk for those brave - so much at risk for those brave women who are actually doing that. you mentioned jennifer lawrence, i mentioned her in the introduction, tell me a bit more about her involvement, because she talks about the documentary being born out of emotion and necessity. she was passionate and involved in so much of this? , ~ ., , passionate and involved in so much ofthis? , ~ ., , of this? yes. i think it was really important _ of this? yes. i think it was really important to _ of this? yes. i think it was really important to have _ of this? yes. i think it was really important to have such - of this? yes. i think it was really important to have such an - of this? yes. i think it was really - important to have such an important person from hollywood in the film as a producer, and also i am hoping having this team with the film could raise the message of this film to everywhere and i'm so glad that we start showing this film from such a high platform in cannes and our
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journeyjust starts. we need all of you, all people, that they had our voice and they watch this film and do something. at least, not accepting the situation which is right now women in afghanistan are facing. i right now women in afghanistan are facina. ., ., ., ~ right now women in afghanistan are facin.. ., ., ., ~ ., ., ., facing. i want to talk about another really powerful _ facing. i want to talk about another really powerful sequence _ facing. i want to talk about another really powerful sequence in - facing. i want to talk about another really powerful sequence in the - really powerful sequence in the film, because there is a whole sequence that you filmed inside a safe house with various exchanges between the women, really poignant exchanges where they talk about what life was like before the taliban took over. just describe for our people watching are some of those exchanges for us.— people watching are some of those exchanges for us. yes, yes. so there are many. — exchanges for us. yes, yes. so there are many. many _ exchanges for us. yes, yes. so there are many, many sequences - exchanges for us. yes, yes. so there are many, many sequences in - exchanges for us. yes, yes. so there are many, many sequences in the . exchanges for us. yes, yes. so there l are many, many sequences in the film explaining the human situation in afghanistan and you feel these women
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are talented, brave, beautiful and are talented, brave, beautifuland deserve to live their life like all of us, and understanding how the situation could be tough and with the wrong decision from there leader that afghan women should pay the high price for this. the?r that afghan women should pay the high price for this.— high price for this. they talk about the da s high price for this. they talk about the days where — high price for this. they talk about the days where they _ high price for this. they talk about the days where they could - high price for this. they talk about the days where they could wear i the days where they could wear lipstick, where they could wear high heels, you mentioned earlier one of your earlier documentaries, a thousand girls like me, which was a celebrated documentary and it is fascinating because i was reading jennifer lawrence had seen that documentary and that is why she sought you out, didn't she? she picked you out because she had seen your previous work to do this particular piece of work? obviously i have at particular piece of work? obviously i have at her— particular piece of work? obviously i have at her ad, _ particular piece of work? obviously i have at her ad, as _ particular piece of work? obviously i have at her ad, as i _ particular piece of work? obviously i have at her ad, as i told - particular piece of work? obviously i have at her ad, as i told you - i have at her ad, as i told you earlier, i am so glad to have this
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kind of collaboration. —— i have to add. and that this film has this kind of ambassador in the film to raise our voice. but please consider that i am an afghan woman and i was living in afghanistan and their voice, afghan women's story is my story, so i am one of them and i decided to dedicate my life to tell afghan women's story so while i am doing a film i would like to raise their voice and hoping for better. you are certainly doing that. a quick final thought, jennifer lawrence talked about this not being the end of the story but it will be hard to market. it was in cannes but will there be a wider distribution and did you get all those women who
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are involved in the film, did they get out of afghanistan ultimately? yes, but it is not the case. there are so many women, hundreds and thousands of women, who are still in afghanistan and we want a better situation for all of them, not only for hours. ., a, situation for all of them, not only for hours. ., ., ~ situation for all of them, not only for hoora— situation for all of them, not only for hours. ., ., ~ i., ., for hours. sahra mani, thank you for s-ueakin for hours. sahra mani, thank you for speaking to — for hours. sahra mani, thank you for speaking to us _ for hours. sahra mani, thank you for speaking to us and _ for hours. sahra mani, thank you for speaking to us and beeps _ for hours. sahra mani, thank you for speaking to us and beeps in - for hours. sahra mani, thank you for speaking to us and beeps in news i for hours. sahra mani, thank you for. speaking to us and beeps in news and congratulations once again on your documentary. thank you so much. you are watching bbc news. the time just coming up to quarter to four. in the last hour, a couple from chesterfield in the north of england who murdered their ten—month—old son just weeks after he was returned to their care have been jailed for life. finley boden died on christmas day in 2020, after suffering 130 injuries.
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stephen boden will serve a minimum of 29 years, shannon marsden will serve at least 27. let's cross to the newsroom and speak to our correspondent sanchia berg who's been covering the case. that has micro start with the sentencing itself.— that has micro start with the sentencing itself. yes. leading up to the sentencing _ sentencing itself. yes. leading up to the sentencing judge _ sentencing itself. yes. leading up to the sentencing judge went - sentencing itself. yes. leading up . to the sentencing judge went through in painstaking detail the injuries had been suffered by finley boden he was only ten months old when he died. he had endured burns, fractures, and ultimately died from a cardiac arrest. he was also suffering from sepsis. he was a very sick child by the end. to spell this out, he would have felt in considerable pain after these
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injuries were inflicted. the first ones were inflated at two to three weeks before he died. it would have been very difficult, she explained, for him to eat, play, set up. she gave a realfeeling of for him to eat, play, set up. she gave a real feeling of what it would have been like for that baby before she turned to his parents and sentenced them. she did consider certain it mitigating factors, for example finley�*s mother was only 20 when he was killed, but ultimately, she decided to give them both extensive sentencing. this is the moment when she announced what their sentences would be. the minimum term in your case, stephen boden, will be 29 years. from that, you must have deducted the number of days you have already spent in custody, which i am told is 519 days. please can stephen boden be taken down? weighing up these factors, the minimum term in your case, shannon marsden, will be 27 years.
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from that, you must have deducted the number of days you have already spent in custody, which i am told is 519 days. please can shannon marsden be taken down? that was the moment of sentencing. in terms of the background, i know you have looked at this for months, you have looked at this for months, you are able to get documentation from the courts themselves and they gave us a fuller picture in terms of when the baby was actually given back to the parents and the different views before that ultimate decision was made? what different views before that ultimate decision was made?— decision was made? what these documents _ decision was made? what these documents showed _ decision was made? what these documents showed us _ decision was made? what these documents showed us that - decision was made? what these documents showed us that was| decision was made? what these - documents showed us that was why baby finley boden was given back with only an eight—week transition period to his parents' full sole care. this came up as an issue in the crown court and it is normally hard to get the details of what has happened in family courts, but we made an application to the high court who gave us permission for the transcript. we then applied for
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further reports and documents and from those we can see the reasons why finley actually was returned within the shorter timeframe against the wishes of the authorities social workers. they were concerned because they had taken finley away at birth because they were worried about his parents' capacity to care because they were worried about his pa rents' capacity to care safely because they were worried about his parents' capacity to care safely for him. when it came to returning him to their parents' care, whilst the parents had convinced them they had changed and were going to be better loving parents, there were still social workers who had apprehensions, it is clear, and they thought they had back should be done over a longer timeframe. but what we can see very clearly from the family court documents, from cafcass, the children and family court advisory service, the guardian who is employed by them who are supposed to
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be representing the child's best interests in the case, finley�*s best interests in the case, finley�*s best interest her, she said the eight week timeframe was they want to go for and that is why he was sent back more quickly than the social workers wanted. there is a bigger review under way and we will know more once thatis under way and we will know more once that is published.— that is published. sanchia, thank ou for that is published. sanchia, thank you for taking — that is published. sanchia, thank you for taking us _ that is published. sanchia, thank you for taking us through - that is published. sanchia, thank you for taking us through all- that is published. sanchia, thank you for taking us through all of. you for taking us through all of that. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. a man has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and criminal damage, after a car crashed into the downing street gates. officers say the incident isn't being treated as terrorism. number ten confirmed rishi sunak was in downing street at the time. no one was injured. an 11—year—old boy is in a critical condition in hospital after being hit by a police car responding to an emergency call in lancaster last night. the marked vehicle is believed to
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have had its lights and sirens on. a spokesperson said an investigation was under way and it had referred the matter to the independent office for police conduct as a matter of routine. some reaction to bring you from scotland's police officers after its chief constable, sir iain livingstone, said the force was institutionally racist and discriminatory. the scottish police federation, which represents officers, said the police had been "deeply offended" and that theirjob will be made "more difficult" by the chief constable's comments. that is the latest reaction. you're live with bbc news. the actor, hugh grant, has been given permission to sue the publisher of the sun newspaper, for using unlawful means to gather information on him. a judge dismissed an attempt by news group newspapers, to block his legal action, because he didn't bring it within six years. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, is outside the high court in london.
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it isa it is a victory for hugh grant, but only a partial victory, isn't it? that is exactly right. hugh grant is claiming that the son paid investigators to tap his phones, break into his car, his home, place bugs and get into his mobile phone voicemails and he said that the company, said micro, the publisher, just do not accept it to done that for a number of years, just do not accept it to done that fora number of years, so just do not accept it to done that for a number of years, so he could not bring a case. he did not know what evidence they might be called. you have to come to court within six years. news group newspapers said he should have come to court earlier and there is nothing for them to answer in court. thejudge and there is nothing for them to answer in court. the judge sought of agreed with both sides. he said hugh grant could have a trial to examine whether his phone was tapped, his
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car was bugged, his home was burgled, because that evidence was only disclosed about two years ago, but when it came to phone hacking, thatis but when it came to phone hacking, that is getting into mobile phone telephone voice mail messages, that evidence dates back much further. hugh grant, thejudge decided, would have known about it and could have brought a case. both sides are claiming victory but someone working closely with hugh grant told me closely with hugh grant told me closelyjust closely with hugh grant told me closely just a few minutes closely with hugh grant told me closelyjust a few minutes ago in a different case here at the high court they believe they will still be able to get all of the stories about hugh grant that they are concerned about in front of a judge in court next year. concerned about in front of a “udge in court next yeahfi in court next year. thank you very much. an inquest has found... olivia died by suicide at a very she might be expelled for spending the night in an instructor's room. the coronerfound the army missed opportunities to get
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the army missed opportunities to get the 21—year—old mental health support before the incident and failed to pass on mental health risk assessments further up the chain of command. the man who took over as commandant said he was sorry for the systemic failings that led to her death. live now to our correspondent, duncan kennedy. you are right, olivia perks was described as vivacious, bubbly person who always wanted to join the army which is what she did in may 2018, but injuly 2018 and again in february 2019, there were a couple of incidents which according to question her mental health. eventually, five days later, she took her own life in her accommodation at sandhurst, that prestigious academy. today, the coroner recorded a verdict of suicide and ready a lot of criticism
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for the army, saying they missed opportunities and that risk assessments were not followed and perhaps if olivia was assessed more properly she might not have been left alone in order to be able to take her life. olivia's parents were in the inquest, and afterwards the family solicitor gave the reaction. the maternal famil of gave the reaction. the maternal family of olivia _ gave the reaction. the maternal family of olivia welcomed - gave the reaction. the maternal family of olivia welcomed the i family of olivia welcomed the findings of the coroner's inquest into her tragic and unnecessary death. the last four years have been the hardest and most difficult journey we could have embarked on. to lose our wonderful, vivacious and captivating girl in circumstances which we now know were avoidable. we have been fighting for the truth of what really happened since she passed. and the story we were presented with by the ministry of defence was very different to the conclusion that has now been reached ljy conclusion that has now been reached by the coroner. we were aware that
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the career that libya had chosen had inherent risks, but we watched with pride as she joined her commissioning course in may 2018. we felt secure in the knowledge she would be safe for those 44 weeks whilst at this prestigious academy. sadly, this was not the case. the army have also responded to those claims and criticisms in the form of the major general, the man who leads sandhurst, and he said he was deeply sorry for the systemic and individualfailings was deeply sorry for the systemic and individual failings at the barracks that and said much more could and should have been done to help olivia. he said tonight he would address all 900 cadets at sandhurst and explain olivia's life and how the army said learn the
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lessons of her death.— and how the army said learn the lessons of her death. thank you very much. we lessons of her death. thank you very much- we will— lessons of her death. thank you very much. we will have _ lessons of her death. thank you very much. we will have more _ lessons of her death. thank you very much. we will have more on - lessons of her death. thank you very much. we will have more on that - much. we will have more on that story, more from the dnipro, sudan, all on the programme here in a moment or two, do not go away. a lovely end to the week for much of the country and the prospects are looking good for the bank holiday weekend. some of the woman's weather todayit weekend. some of the woman's weather today it may well be across the west country and into south—eastern parts of wales. could make 23 degrees her. —— some of the warmest weather today. some cloud continuing to develop across parts of northern england and into wales. that will tend to melt away later on in the evening. clearerskies tend to melt away later on in the evening. clearer skies developing for most of us overnight, except in the north—west where the breezes picking up a little and that will blow in some cloud, to keep the temperatures a bit higher. another che night across eastern areas of england where temperatures were as low as one celsius in suffolk last
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night for dog —— another chilly night. a lot of dry weather and some sense for the bank holiday weekend. the exception is in the north—west where we have a little rain coming into north—west scotland, one or two spots for northern ireland, sunshine follows later on. drive for south—eastern scotland and its england and wales but there should be a lot of sunshine around. lighter winds in the south of england than today under woman day for england and wales, ten which is widely 22, 20 three degrees. —— warmer day. cloud into the north sea, high pressure tester building behind that and that cool air follows from the north. there may well be some tension around in the morning but probably more cloud in the afternoon developing more widely on sunday. small risk of a shower perhaps in the peak district. it will be cooler across many northern and eastern areas, the highest attempt to squeeze down towards the south—west and a significant drop in temperature on sunday in the
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north—east of england. as we head into bank holiday monday, high pressure continues to sit over the uk, keeping the dry theme going. quite a few more isobars across southern parts of england, so it will be quite windy here on monday. a chilly went blowing in off the north sea as well which will peg back the temperatures and take the edge of those numbers, but we should see after some cloud presses in on that breeze, the cloud breaking up more and more sunshine more widely across the uk on monday. where we have lighter winds in scotland and northern ireland, temperatures beginning to rise here but it will feel cooler across england and wales.
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live from london. this is bbc news. at least three people are killed in a russian missile strike on a health clinic in the ukrainian city of dnipro. our correspondent is on the ground. this is a continuation of russia's current strategy — wide scale drone and missile attacks across ukraine — and the outcomes are typically indiscriminate. the family of a british national who was shot and whose wife died of starvation amid fighting in sudan tells the bbc they received no assistance from the british embassy, despite repeated calls for help. lee parents lee pa rents of lee parents of ten—month—old finley boden has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the uk for his
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