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four children surviving for over a month in the amazon 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 title. hello. 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 north carolina, speaking in the past hour. at his first appearance of the day — in the state of georgia — he claimed that the federal charges he's
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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 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.
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but was donald trump speaking earlier today at a republican convention in the state of georgia. speaking now in north carolina, adding another state convention. looking live now. he took the stage moments ago, addressing his supporters there and as we heard earlier he has been fighting back at those charges revealed yesterday in that indictment and we will bring you more of what he says in that speech later on today. as we want to remind you about the faces —— the charges he faced. —— 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 investigators. trump is also accused of obstructing the investigation into the handling of the documents. he has denied any wrong doing.
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one of trump's personal aides, walt, 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 us nuclear programmes, defence and weapons capabilities of the us and foreign countries, potential vulnerabilities of the us and its allies, and plans for possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack. well, other republican candidates have also been reacting to those charges — but few have dared to criticise their rival. here's what former vice president mike pence had to say at at a republican convention in north carolina earlier on saturday. you know, 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 by the current president of the united states and a potential political rival. mike pence there speaking in greensboro, north carolina —
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at the same republican convention where donald trump is speaking now. 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. # it's time we stand and say... 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. doesn't it worry you, though, the accusations?
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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're not guilty till we're proven guilty. it's 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's among those who've been reluctant to attack donald trump in this case. there's 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 that he has is a problem? i think so. of course, again, i'm just waiting to hear. yes, it's surely a problem with the campaign going on. i'm sure he'd prefer not having it. and also motivate his base too. the accusations against donald trump are serious, and it's 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. well, 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.
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airlifted to safety 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. he might 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 of fruits and jungle survival skills helped keep them safe.
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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 new york times journalist who's based in bogota. 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
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in bogota earlier this morning and we do not have exact of details on how they survived. they're 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. yeah, absolutely. relatives of the oldest child, a girl, lesley, 13 years old, said that she knew the jungle well. and certainly the area they come from is very rural, very remote, so they're very certainly more in touch
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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 have spoken so far have attributed their survival to those factors. and what about the search itself because they were gone for weeks, the search continued. can you tell us a bit about how that took place, what they did to try and find these children in what's a very remote area. yeah, 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'd been found so everyone had to retract the news saying they had not been found so than the whole country was just watching with bated breath to see what would happen.
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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 to wait for help. wow. 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 circumstances so it takes a little while to reintroduce food back into their system. but they're being cared for, they're also receiving psychological help as well. they are said to have been in good health and spirits
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and are asking to play and asking for books and chatting. and they're expected to be discharged in around two or three weeks. we heard from the president there in the piece, you are often in columbia, can you 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 really stay in the headlines for a long time and really captures the emotions of people living there. oh, absolutely. i think when there was 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 we'll be hearing more about for weeks and months to come. do we have any sense now of what will happen with these children. they're young and have lost a parent in this crash and if i have it right they were actually travelling from thejungle, to
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relocate to their father? just 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's really unclear where they're going to live, who they're going to live with, i imagine with their father, but those details haven't 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 this plane to go down? we know it was engine failure. the pilot reported that around 7:30am on may i, and had to make an emergency crash landing in the middle of the jungle among the trees. there's been some criticism
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as a result of this about inadequate conditions for flying in these remote areas, that the planes are old and do not work well, that the technology is outdated, that there's not really adequate places to land. but official authorities deny these claims so we'll 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. 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.
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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. they trigger a series of by—elections and raise questions about the future of rishi sunak�*s government. the latest to announce he's stepping down with immediate effect was nigel adams — a big supporter of former prime minister borisjohnson. on friday another political ally of mrjohnson, nadine dorries, announced she was quitting, to be swiftly followed by the former prime minister himself, claiming he was the victim of a "witch—hunt". that's after he received an advance copy of a report into whether he deliberately misled parliament over covid lockdown parties at downing street.
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three by—elections will now be held at a time when rishi sunak�*s conservative party is languishing in the opinion polls. the leader of the labour party calls the situation a farce and has called for a general election. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, has the latest. is this the end of a political career? a witch hunt, borisjohnson says, forced him out. a kangaroo court he has called parliament's investigation. in truth, he saw its conclusions before we did, and decided to go. it was this, partygate, mps were probing, whether mr johnson lied to parliament. he has gone before it's published. he feels that he can't be held to account for what others did when he wasn't present. and if that is... ..that is his version, that is his story, i am merely... ..i am merely acting as a reporter. so today, labour were already out campaigning in borisjohnson�*s old constituency. they smell a chance
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to snap up this seat. borisjohnson has shown himself to be a coward once —— borisjohnson has shown himself to be a coward once more, you know. he's not held his hands up and taken responsibility, as he should do. the privileges committee, a well—respected committee, that are made up of majority of tory mps, and he'sjust tried to trash them and say "i have no responsibility, i have done nothing wrong." all this means trouble for mrjohnson�*s successor here. that may have been part of his 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 a purely decision for the former prime minister, and that is 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 among those in uxbridge today.
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taken the easy option out, hasn't he, you know, instead of standing there and defending himself and everyone else. you know, he's doing the wrong thing. i don't like him any case. i think it is best thing that could happen, get rid of him. i would vote for him again tomorrow. - great, great man, he's got huge amount of support all over- the country and it has been a witch hunt. i 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 for a seat in the lords in his resignation honours. but wasn't on the list released by downing street. for rishi sunak, by—elections are a real problem. the party's languishing in the polls, and conservatives who support boris johnson say more seats risk being lost if mr sunak doesn't follow policies mrjohnson advocates, like cutting taxes.
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what we want is reassurance from the prime minister that is very much his agenda, and then examples of how he is pursuing that agenda, because clearly some my colleagues don't feel they are very welcome on the journey, so three have now decided to get off the bus all together. worse for rishi sunak, boris johnson has hinted he might trade come back. —— might attempt. visitng 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 authorisation, which will cost 10 pounds per applicant. you will not however need an eta if you have a british or irish passport, permission to work, live or study in the uk or have a visa to enter the uk.
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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 i995. 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. a french prosecutor says a man suspected of stabbing four young children in annecy is being held with attempted murder charges. the four children include a 3—year—old british girl. two adults were also injured in a park in annecy on thursday. the authorities say the victims are no longer in a life—threatening condition. on the hottest day of the year so far in the uk, at least three soldiers fainted in the scorching heat, during a royal military parade rehearsal. it happened as the prince of wales led
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rehearsals for the trooping the colour parade. the men who fainted were stretchered away, while two others had to be helped off the parade ground. here in washington, dc, us 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. the entire community, especially to transgender children. you are loved. you are heard. you are understood. and you belong. attendees at the
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celebration included transportation secretary pete buttigieg, the first openly lgbtq person to hold a cabinet position, as well as survivors of deadly shootings at lgbtq clubs in colorado and orlando, florida. if you're familiar with the ballet scene, you've probably heard of world—renowned dancer carlos acosta. he's spent decades centre stage, but he's now focused on getting young dancers ready for the spotlight. it's part of a new company designed to give new dancers a substantial leg—up in their career, while bringing new audiences to the art. jo black has more. on stage and in the spotlight, brb2 is a brand—newjunior ballet company giving them the newest dancers from home and abroad starring roles in their own productions, something which normally takes years to achieve. the developing future stars of this company will tour theatres
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in smaller towns and cities like here in northampton, perhaps bringing the world of ballet to a new audience. it's the first time to the ballet. i'm getting on the old side and it's tick off my bucket list! i've never seen one, i am 80! it's not something we would normally do and especially not in midweek and we thought it was a great opportunity to come and see some ballet and hear the music that will be played as well and have a different experience, do something new. it's amazing, good to see all varied . ages coming to see it as well, the elderly and quite - a few youngsters as well. brb2 will run alongside its sister company, birmingham royal ballet, where the director is carlos acosta,
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one of the most recognisable faces of the art form. he became a principal dancer at just 18, so creating brb2 means he can give back similar opportunities once offered to him. when you receive a new dancer into the company, they are normally waiting around a lot before they actually have the limelight. but the more you give them the limelight, they will develop quick and fast and that is something that the company needs at the moment. having our own pool of talent that we can develop. and the dancers realise the chance to perform these main roles so early in their careers does not come along very often. now we have our own tour, we are learning so much from it that hopefully it will help us when we get to that point when we are older and principles, so we have all the tools in our back pocket from this experience.
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it's an amazing opportunity and it's a lot of pressure but i'm really excited. carlos will also return to the stage himself later this year at the royal opera house to celebrate turning 50. he retired from the classical stage seven years ago so insists these forthcoming performances are not a comeback. ballet is hard! ballet at 50 is hard! so i am really training. if i can manage to walk off, i would be very happy! that is my goal! one day carlos will hang up his ballet shoes for good. but he is already working on who will become the big names of the future. jo black, bbc news.
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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 so far, 32 degrees celsius in parts of surrey. lots of other places not too far behind. but for some, that heats 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, northwest england and also up into western scotland.
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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. so 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 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 continuing across scotland. maybe not quite as warm here as it was during saturday. now for sunday nights, 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
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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 get just 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, it could be that those temperatures drop backjust 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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