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jungle after a plane crash. we bring you their incredible story. plus, history for manchester city — as they complete the treble — winning the champions league. hello, i'm carl nasman. we start here in the us, where donald trump has made his first public appearance, since becoming the first former president in history to be indicted on federal charges. he's due in court in miami on tuesday — but remains on the campaign trail. here he is at a republican party convention in the state of georgia earlier, where he claimed that the federal charges he's facing have helped his bid for reelection. the former president has been charged over his handling of classified documents, including some containing us nuclear secrets. he's accused of keeping them in a ballroom and a shower at his mar—a—lago estate in
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florida. donald trump told republican supporters in georgia that the investigation was ridiculous and baseless. only donald trump is indicted and they take one charge and they turn it into 36 charges. you saw that everybody was amazed. lawyers on television, yes. they're not usually the best lawyers, but some are very good. they're saying we've never seen anything like it. they took one charge and they made it 36 different times. and we have a thug who's in charge. this is a political hitjob. republicans are treated far differently at the justice department than democrats. let's remind you of the charges that trump is facing. the indictment unsealed yesterday contains 37 counts involving classified documents. it alleges he kept the files at his florida estate and lied to investigatiors. trump is also accused of obstructing the investigation into the handling
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of the documents. he has denied any wrong doing. one of trump's personal aides, walt nauta, is also facing charges, accused of moving files to hide them from the fbi. the a9—page indictment says the classified documents contained information about u—s nuclear programmes, defence and weapons capabilities of the us and foreign countries, potential vulnerabilities of the us and its allies, and plans for possible retailation in response to a foreign attack. well, other republican candidates have also been reacting to those charges — but few have dared to critcise their rival. here's what former vice president mike pence had to say at at a republican convention in north carolina earlier on saturday. we gather here in north carolina after a sad day for america. a former president of the united states facing an unprecedented indictment by a justice department run
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by the current president of the united states and a potential political rival. mike pence there speaking in greensboro, north carolina — and closely following the republican candidates in their race to win the nomination is our north america correspondent, jess parker. she sent this report from the campaign trail. he may be due in court on tuesday, but donald trump's not huddled at home with his lawyers, he's out on the stump, insisting he is innocent. the ridiculous and baseless indictment of me by the biden administrations's weaponised department of injustice will go down as among the most horrific abuses of power in the history of our country. his next stop, a republican convention in north carolina, where charlie is proud to show her support. i'm trump all the way.
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doesn't it worry you, the accusations? no, it's all manufactured, so they weaponised all of the agencies against him. it's terrible. but... it's like a banana republic. but there are photographs of boxes, allegedly containing classified documents in his mar—a—lago home, in the bathroom, next to the shower, in his ballroom. wait a minute, this is america. we are not guilty till we are proven guilty. it is at his florida home where prosecutors allege donald trump kept classified files, including nuclear and military secrets, and tried obstruct an inquiry into the missing documents. there are, of course, other candidate in this republican field. one of them is former vice—president mike pence, but he is among those who've been reluctant to attack donald trump in this case. there is a fear, of course, of alienating the former president's very loyal base. he may be the clear front runner, but voters do have time to browse a growing list of options.
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do you think the legal baggage he has is a problem? i think so. of course, again, i am just waiting to hear. yes, it's surely a problem with the campaign going on. i am sure he would prefer not having it. and also motivate his base too. the accusations against donald trump are serious, and it is not the only legal battle he is facing. nevertheless, his name is still stamped all over this party. jessica parker, bbc news, greensboro north carolina. it's like something out of a movie. four children found alive after surviving a plane crash and spending more than a month fending for themselves in colombia's amazon jungle. their mother, the plane's pilot and co—pilot all died in the crash early last month. colombia's president says the rescue, is �*a joy for the whole country'. simon jones has more. airlifted to safety
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from the jungle, after a story of survival against the odds. they were found by the military after a huge and long search. the children, forced to fend for themselves for more than five weeks. translation: together the military forces - and the indigenous communities that helped with the search efforts found the children after a0 days. they were on their own. they are an example of survival that will go down in history. hundreds of soldiers had been involved in the desperate hunt for the children, aged 13, nine, four and one. message plays. a recorded message was played from the air, instructing them, if they heard it, to stay still and wait for help. there was hope the children were still alive after items left behind by them, including a drinking bottle and half—eaten fruit were found. the children belong to the huitoto indigenous group. it's thought their knowledge
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of fruits and jungle survival skills helped keep them safe. their family can scarcely believe this moment has come. translation: we are happyl because until now we couldn't sleep, couldn't be happy, couldn't talk. for us, the situation was like being in the dark, living for the sake of living, because the hope of finding them kept us alive. when we found the children, we feltjoy. the children have been flown to the capital, bogota, for a full medical assessment. they are weak, they are tired, but their rescuers are calling this a magical day. simon jones, bbc news. earlier i spoke to genevieve glatsky, a reporter—researcher with the new york times's andes bureau, who's normally based in bogota.
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first of all i think many people just would love to know what more details we have about how these children managed to survive for such a long time in thejungle? so the children just arrived at a military hospital in bogota earlier this morning and we do not have exact details on how they survived. they are still recovering from the whole ordeal if they are a little bit nervous, uneasy with all of the people surrounding them. so i think instead of prying them with questions on what happened i think it will probably be a few days or weeks until we get more details from them. we heard there in the package that these are children from a local indigenous group there, a community in colombia and that there was some thought that maybe what they have learned about the jungle in terms of things you can eat there and ways you can survive might helped them. absolutely. relatives of the oldest child, a girl, 13 years old, said that she knew the jungle well.
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and certainly the area that they come from is very rural, remote so they are very certainly more in touch with nature and how to fend with themselves in an environment like that than your average kid from london or new york or bogota. and the government officials that who have spoken so far attributed their survival to those factors. what about the search itself because they were gone for weeks, the search continued tell us a bit about how that took place, what they did to try and find these children in what is a very remote area. so the search for them has really seen some twists and turns — about three weeks ago it was announced that they had been found by the president, mistakenly, because the country's child welfare institute had received inaccurate information. saying that they had been found
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so everyone had to retract the news saying they had not been found so than the whole country was just watching with baited breath to see what would happen. the military and air force, every entity deployed, every force imaginable, helicopters, land and river teams as well as collaboration with indigenous communities and even using a massive speaker played a recording made by the children's grandmother in huitoto, their native indigenous language telling them to stay put and wait for help. what about the children right now what condition are the end because this must have been a very physical ordeal for them as well as well as mental to go through. they are in remarkably good condition considering the circumstances. as far as injuries officials say they just have a few cuts and scrapes. they are not eating solid food yet because they have not been eating while in those
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circumstances so it takes a little while to reintroduce food back into their system. but they are being cared for and also receiving psychological help as well. they are said to have been in good health and spirits and are asking to play and asking for books and chatting. and they are expected to be discharged in around two or three weeks. we heard from the president there in the piece, you are often in columbia, give us a sense on how this saga affected the nation and what the reaction has been because often times these kinds of cases can fully stay in the head lines for a long time and really captures the emotions of people living there. absolutely. i think when there is some confusion a few weeks ago people were of course confused, a little bit angry on why we are getting mixed messages, but not that they have been found it has just been overwhelming joy and relief to hear this amazing extraordinary news that i'm sure we will be hearing more about for weeks and months to come.
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do we have any sense now on what will happen with these children. they are young and have lost a parent in this crash and if i have a right they were actually travelling from thejungle, to relocate to their father, give us a bit more back story on these children. yes, they were travelling with her mother to be with their father who had left the area. previously according to local media they said because he was facing threats from armed insurgent groups in the area. so it is really unclear where they are going to live, who they are going to live with, i imagine with their father, but those details have not been announced or discussed yet. officials did say in a news conference today that their education and well—being will be assured for the rest of their lives. in terms of the crash itself have there been any investigations on what caused the plane to go down? we know it was engine failure. the pilot reported that around 7:30am on may the 1st and had
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to make an emergency crash landing in the middle of the jungle among the trees. there has been some criticism as a result of this about inadequate conditions forflying in these remote areas that the planes are old and do not work well, that the technology is outdated and that there are not really adequate places to land. but official authorities deny these claims so we will see what happens going forward. a journalist with the new york times who has been following the story for us, thank you, genevieve. thank you for having me. ukrainan president volodomyr zelensky has confirmed that his country's counter—offensive against occupying russian forces, is underway. this week's escalation in fighting across the south and east of the country followed months of speculation as to when the fightback might begin. the president was speaking after holding talks in kyiv with the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau. from the capital, our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, reports.
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anotherforeign leader, canada's justin trudeau, in town, and bearing gifts — £400 million of military assistance. and finally from president zelensky, an admission that ukraine is now on the attack. translation: counter offensive and defensive actions _ are taking place in ukraine. what stage they are at, i won't say in detail, but i think will definitely feel a toll. it is hardly a revelation. all week images like these have flooded social media. ukrainian troops pushing forward, probing russian defences, looking for weak points. some of the fighting — here, south of zaporizhzhia — has been ferocious. but russia says it's repelled all ukrainian advances, destroying precious western supplied equipment in the process.
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claims it is hard to verify. translation: over the past 24 hours, the ukrainian armed - forces continue unsuccessful attempts to conduct offensive operations. whether ukraine has had a successful week is hard to know, but this is not yet its big armoured push deep into russian occupied territory. that could still be some way off, if it happens at all. ukraine knows it has four orfive months before autumn rains soften the ground once more, to change the entire course of the war. pauladams, bbc news, kyiv. in the uk — there are calls for unity within the conservative party, after borisjohnson�*s decision to stand down as an mp. three tory mps have announced their resignations in the past 2a hours.
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they trigger a series of by—elections and raise questions about the future
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of rishi sunak�*s government. today's labour are campaigning in uxbridge. giving a chance to snap out the seat where boris johnson once had a seat and a bru ptly abruptly vacated. he's not held his hands up — abruptly vacated. he's not held his hands up and _ abruptly vacated. he's not held his hands up and taking - his hands up and taking responsibility he should do. the privileges committee is still respected committee with the made—up majority of tory mps. he tried to trash them and say i've got no responsibility, i've done nothing wrong. all this means trouble for mrjohnson�*s successor here. that may have been part of his
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aim with this resignation. rishi sunak is blamed by some of borisjohnson�*s supporters for abetting his downfall. today, ministers were trying to keep out of things. the determination of whether or not he should stand down was purely a decision for the former prime minister, and that's where that rests. our focus is on delivering on the priorities of the british people. that is where the prime minister's focus is, that is the priority of all of government. that borisjohnson is divisive, for some a chaotic liability, for others an election—winner, was clear for those in uxbridge today. argh. taking the easy option out, isn't he? instead of standing there and defending himself and everyone else, he is doing the wrong thing. i don't like him in any case. i think it's the best thing that could happen, get rid of him. i would vote for him tomorrow. great man, he has a huge amount . of support all over the country. and it has been a witch—hunt. he'll be back, i reckon. and more by—elections loom. nigel adams, a loyal supporter of borisjohnson, today said he was also standing down. nadine dorries quit yesterday. she thought she was in line
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for a seat in the lords in his resignation honours, but wasn't on the list released by downing street. what all this means for rishi sunak and the conservatives is that new tensions are swirling between factions in the party, and by—elections are coming, just when the conservatives are languishing in the polls. losing any of those could lead some tory mps to question, as borisjohnson did in his resignation letter, the direction of the party and rishi sunak�*s leadership. rishi sunak should above all, borisjohnson and his backers think, be offering tax cuts. what we want is reassurance from the prime minister, that that is very much his agenda and then examples of how he is pursuing that agenda because clearly some of my colleagues don't feel they are very welcome on the journey, so that three of them have now decided to get off the bus altogether. and worse for rishi sunak, borisjohnson has hinted he might try a comeback. here in washington — us
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presidentjoe biden hosted the largest pride celebration in white house history, where he called for new measures to protect the lgbtq+ community. thousands of guests picnicked on the south lawn, listening to biden urge congress to pass the "equality act" — which would amend the 1964 civil rights act, and protect sexual orientation and gender identity in a similar manner to race, religion, sex and national origin. today i want to send a message to the entire community especially to transgender children. you are loved. you are heard. you are understood. and you belong. attendees at the white house's pride celebration included transportation secretary pete buttigieg, the first openly lgbtq person to hold a cabinet
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position, as well as survivors of deadly shootings at lgbtq clubs in colorado and orlando, florida. now then, bagpipes aren't for everyone. they can bring a tear to the eye at funerals, or a ringing in the ears elswhere. we'd like to introduce you to the man who holds the record for having the largest collection of bagpipes in the world. his name is daniel fleming, and he hopes to beat his own record by doubling his collection. crispin rolfe has his story. my my first set of bagpipes were bought by my late father and it is actually the set here. the first of many _ is actually the set here. the first of many ten _ is actually the set here. the first of many ten years - is actually the set here. the first of many ten years ago daniel fleming created a record for the most amount of bagpipes anyone could own of 105. now this year he hopes to double
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that having increased his collection to 210. bad news for the neighbours. i collection to 210. bad news for the neighbours.— the neighbours. i have got wonderful— the neighbours. i have got wonderful neighbours. - the neighbours. i have got| wonderful neighbours. and the neighbours. i have got. wonderful neighbours. and it the neighbours. i have got- wonderful neighbours. and it is wonderful neighbours. and it is wonderful that they applaud me at three o'clock in the morning when i am finishing playing. i'm not sure what they are shouting and i think it is probably more, i hope it is more. �* ., , , more. and then of course it is his wife, _ more. and then of course it is his wife, jane. _ more. and then of course it is his wife, jane. bio, _ more. and then of course it is his wife, jane. bio, thanks. i more. and then of course it is | his wife, jane. bio, thanks. he did not have _ his wife, jane. bio, thanks. he did not have that _ his wife, jane. bio, thanks. he did not have that many - his wife, jane. bio, thanks. he did not have that many when l his wife, jane. bio, thanks. he did not have that many when i | did not have that many when i first _ did not have that many when i first met — did not have that many when i first met him. he does do a lot of practising and it is not too bad, _ of practising and it is not too had, but _ of practising and it is not too bad, but he cannot really hear it if you — bad, but he cannot really hear it if you are at the front of the — it if you are at the front of the house and i am at the back with— the house and i am at the back with the — the house and i am at the back with the radio on. | the house and i am at the back with the radio on.— with the radio on. i don't know if someone — with the radio on. i don't know if someone it _ with the radio on. i don't know if someone it has _ with the radio on. i don't know if someone it has 105 - with the radio on. i don't know if someone it has 105 or - if someone it has 105 or indeed 106 sets hence why i step —— still kept collecting so i sincerely hope that more —— someone does not have more than two urgent intend. i very much doubt it. �* , ., doubt it. and if they did who would want _ doubt it. and if they did who would want to _ doubt it. and if they did who would want to be _ doubt it. and if they did who would want to be their - would want to be their neighbour. but for now they have to wait for the guinness
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book of records to verify the claim but the changes are he will be a world record breaker again. bpc look north. a look now at some other stories making headlines. visiting the uk is set to become slightly more expensive. people travelling to the uk without a visa will soon need to get an electronic travel authorization, which will cost 10 pounds per applicant. but you will not need an eta if you have a british or irish passport, permission to work, live or study in the uk, or have an entry visa. ted kaczynski, better known as the unabomber, was found dead in his jail cell. kaczynski pleaded guilty to killing three people and injuring 23 more during a mass bombing spree in the us between 1978 and 1995. he was sentenced to life without parole in 1996. a harvard—trained mathematician, kaczynski was the focus of numerous tv documentaries. he was 81 years old. on the hottest day of the year so far in the uk — at least three soldiers fainted in the scorching heat, during a
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royal military parade rehersal. it happened as the prince of wales led the colonel's review at horse guards parade. the men who fainted were stretchered away, while two others had to be helped off the parade ground. now to sports — and manchester city have won the champions league for the first time in their history — completing a treble of domestic and european trophies. it's only the second time that the treble has been accomplished by an english club — the last being manchester united in 1999. the winning goal was scored by rodri and this is how fans celebrated that moment. cheering mass celebrations there
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congratulations of course to manchester city. now before we go — it's time to start horsing around. an annual running race in powys in wales is designed to answer the question: can a human run faster than a horse? well the mane event — a 22—mile cross country route where competitors hoof themselves though muddy tracks and mountainous terrain. since the event started in the 805, its been a nightmare and only three people have ever made it to the finish line first. but today — another proved the nay—sayers wrong. winner daniel connolly came first, almost ten minutes ahead of the first horse. although, maybe the horse were rein—ing it in. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. there were two main parts to saturday's weather story, some heat and some thunderstorms. it was by quite some margin, the hottest day of the year
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so far, 32 degrees celsius in parts of surrey. lots of other places not too far behind. but for some, that heat through the afternoon, into the evening, spawned some thunderstorms. a dramatic view for this weather watcher in shropshire. this is how it looked on the radar picture through saturday evening across parts of the midlands, east wales, north—west england and also up into western scotland. some quite intense thunderstorms, a lot of rain falling in some locations. and for sunday, well, it's more of the same, more hot sunshine, but more scattered thunderstorms, in fact. a few showers and storms from the word go across parts of scotland, one or two, perhaps through the channel islands, central—southern england. and while there will be some spells of warm or even hot sunshine through the day, all that will do is intensify. those showers quite hit and miss some places avoiding them. but if you catch one across parts of southern england, the midlands, east wales it could give torrential rain, squally, gusty winds, thunder and lightning. 30 degrees in london somewhere could get to 31. northern england seeing spells of warm sunshine and the odd thunderstorm, scattered showers for northern ireland and some
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continuing across scotland. maybe not quite as warm here as it was during saturday. now for sunday night, it's another pretty humid affair. some showers and thunderstorms are set to continue. some areas of low cloud mist and fog, but some clear spells, too. but overnight lows, generally, 11 to 16 degrees. and bear in mind, we'll only get down to these temperatures very briefly because as soon as the sun comes up again on monday morning, those temperatures will start to climb. plenty of sunshine around, but again, some scattered showers and storms, perhaps a line of thunderstorms popping up from london through the midlands and into parts of mid wales. again, a very warm day widely temperatures between 20 and 27 degrees. some spots could getjust a little bit warmer than that and deeper into the week, while high pressure remains just about in charge, not quite strong enough to suppress all of the shower activity, there will be some showers, maybe the odd thunderstorm. and as more of an easterly breeze starts to develop,
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it could be that those temperatures drop back just a little bit. but broadly speaking, lots of dry weather and sunshine and it is going to still feel very warm.
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