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what now for the conservative party, after borisjohnson's resignation? a senior british cabinet minister says it's time to move on. i think people both in the conservative party and outside, don't miss the drama of it all. what we have got now is rishi sunak in downing street is getting on with the job. a search operation is being carried out in egyptian waters for three british tourists reported missing, after the boat they were on caught fire. and the serbian tennis player novak djokovic makes histor, as he wins his third french open to secure a record—breaking 23rd men's grand slam title. hello, i'm gareth barlow. the former first minster of scotland nicola sturgeon says her arrest was a shock and she is innocent of any wrongdoing. she's now been released, without charge — pending further investigation. she had earlier been
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arrested in connection with an ongoing investigation into the scottish national party's finances. it follows the arrest back in april, of her husband peter murrell, the former chief executive of the party, and the former treasurer, colin beattie. both were released back then without charge pending further inquiries. a spokeswoman for ms sturgeon, says the former leader has always made it clear, she'll cooperate with any investigation. let's look at nicola sturgeon�*s statement she released on twitter. in it she says... she goes on to say... our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has the latest. yes, so a dramatic day in scotland in the developments in this ongoing investigation into the funding
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and finances of the snp. nicola sturgeon was arrested this morning at nine minutes past ten. she was taken into custody and questioned by detectives. this was under arrangement, so it was prearranged, this interview and arrest, but she was in custody for seven hours and 15 minutes, released from custody at 2a minutes past 5.00 this afternoon. nicola sturgeon was arrested this morning at nine minutes past ten. she was taken into custody and questioned by detectives. she hasn't been charged, pending further investigation, and as is normal in these kind of situation, a report will be send to the crown office and procurator fiscal service here in scotland for further consideration. within the last half hour, nicola sturgeon released that statement on twitter, and for someone who is an accomplished communicator, i think it is fair to say that the emotions came across
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as quite raw in that statement. as you said, she said... sport someone whose words are extremely measure odd, this felt like a very strongly worded she is a very high profile politician here in scotland, she is scotland's longest serving first minister, scotland's first female first minister, and, you know, very dramatic developments today, perhaps unsurprising in the sense that the other two
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signatories on the snp's accounts have also been arrested and then released without charge, pending further investigation, so perhaps it was a slight inevitability the third signatory on those accounts, nicola sturgeon, would also be questioned under caution, but certainly the timing of it has taken some people by surprise, in being arrested on a weekend. sirjohn curtice, professor of politics at strathclyde university gave us his analysis earlier. well, perhaps not necessarily as much as the drama might suggest. the reason for saying that, is that we have now had five opinion polls, conducted by four different companies, since the arrest of nicola sturgeon�*s husband at the beginning of april, and the pictures for that were very dramatic, police lines outside the home of nicola sturgeon and peter murrell, but the level
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of support for the snp in the polls at 38% is exactly what it was, on average, in the polls that have been conducted after humza yousaf became leader of the snp, towards the back end of march and that arrest of mr murrell. equally the level of support for independence at around a7, 48%, that also is unchanged. now, that is not to say that the snp doesn't have its political difficulties, it does. it faces a labour party north of the border which is much rejuvenated. labour used to be the dominant party in scotland and then in 2015 it fell to one seat, but, more or less on the back of the rise of the labour party south of the border, because the uk government, conservative government's difficulty in borisjohnson and then liz truss, labour has emerged as the principal challenger to the snp, and running at currently at round eight or nine points behind them in the opinion poll. that is enough for labour to have reasonable prospect of beginning to be able to pick up seats
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in scotland, at the next westminster election, which improves the labour leader keir starmer�*s chances of getting an overall majority. it is also true that snp support is down from what it was when nicola sturgeon resigned, but the decline in snp support occurred not in the wake of the peter murrell resignation but rather during the course of the conservative — the snp leadership contest and the problem that humza yousaf faces in a sense is not simply noises off associated with the claims about financial irregularity, his big problem is that voters in scotland, including many who voted for the snp at the last two elections, are not necessarily convinced that humza yousaf is the right person to be first minister. how does he wan to try to reverse that position?
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well, by being able to get on to the front foot to present the snp and the government is a positive light. it is that task, that task that is frankly made pretty much impossible for so long as these allegations are in place. so in other words, not necessarily going to be direct impact on snp support, the problem is that it will make it more difficult for the snp to recover and widen the lead over labour it needs to do if it is going to hang on to its westminster seats in 18 months�* time. meanwhile, a senior member of the british government says the country wants to "move on" from the political drama surrounding borisjohnson, after the former prime minister resigned as an mp on friday. grant shapps also denied accusations that the current prime minister made changes to borisjohnson�*s resignation honours list. some of his allies have claimed that number 10 interfered, but the energy secretary says rishi sunak simply passed
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the names to the commission which oversees appointments. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas reports. at the very top of the conservative party, a former prime minister and the current one, now with a deep rift between them. parliament's inquiry into downing street parties triggered boris johnson's departure. he quit on friday before facing its consequences. but the fact some of his closest allies were not on the resignation honours list released by downing street has angered him, too. today a senior minister was asked if number 10 had removed the names of some mrjohnson wanted to get peerages. as far as i'm aware that's not true. and what of mrjohnson�*s claim he was forced out by a witchhunt? he made that decision to step down. he would have been welcome to stay. as i say, a man of many qualities. a, i think a calmer period is what the country wants and what it's getting
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with rishi sunak in downing street as well. i'm going now, so there's no point hanging around all day. calm was not nadine dorries�*s reaction to learning she wasn't getting an honour. she, too, quit as an mp on friday. part of what has piqued borisjohnson appears to be his belief that he won the tories�* biggest majority here in years but has now been hard done by by some in his party. of course, scandals in his time led to some serious by—election losses. but by resigning he and those close to him are now forcing new by—election tests on rishi sunak, making trouble for his successor. we have a former prime minister crafting a letter undermining the sitting prime minister, and we've got three by—elections brought about not in the usual way because an mp has passed away or there has been wrongdoing, but simply because these mps want to put pressure on the current government. in those circumstances, of course there should be a general election.
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in nadine dorries�*s bedfordshire constituency, the liberal democrats who fancy their chances here are already out on the doorsteps. the conservatives are totally divided, completely chaotic, and letting people down. when we have the cost of living crisis, the crisis in the nhs, the conservatives seem to be unable to give the lead that britain needs. as borisjohnson recedes from political life, rishi sunak�*s new team are hoping the dramas he's created may also fade. but with an ex—prime minister who is both aggrieved and still ambitious, that may not happen. damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster. turning our attention to egypt, where three british tourists are missing after a fire on board a boat in the red sea around 25 kilometres — or 15 miles — from the resort of marsa alam. these are the latest pictures of the boat — we can't see any flames but there's still a lot of smoke and clearly a lot of damage. 26 people, including 12 britons, were rescued — they were all on a diving cruise. the foreign office says it's
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supporting the british nationals. sally nabil reports. huge fires ripped through this boat in the red sea resort of marsa alam. nearly 30 people were on board, including 15 british passengers. amateur footage shows the moments of horror as somejump to safety and are rescued. local authorities say most of the foreign visitors and the egyptian crew have been rescued, but search operations are still under way for those missing. translation: we arrived at dawn. we wake up daily at 6am and the briefing before diving is at 6:30 am. during the briefing, one of the people saw smoke coming out of the boat in front of us. it was close to us, around 50 metres away. one of the people said
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there was light smoke and in one or two minutes the smoke became white and heavy, and then it turned black. and the fire broke out so fast because it was windy in the morning. initial reports say an electric fault caused the fire, but thorough investigations are a priority now to explain what exactly happened. search operations continue for those missing, but fears are growing for their safety. sally nabil, bbc news, cairo. my colleague david waddell whose been following the story. soi so i spoke earlier to tornado marine fleet the company that runs an owns the hurricane along with five other similar vessels and they gave me the same number, there are 15 british nationals onboard as paying clients, also 12 crew, and two local guides so that is 29 people and there are three british nationals still unaccounted for, now all of the
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guests and crew and the guides who were rescued have been taken to the near rest harbour which is a village resort and i have spoken to the owner of that resort. he says all the people who have arrived who are being looked after by them are in shock, and they are really struggling to process what has happened. when i smoke to him they were still awaiting embassy support, none had passports or other paperwork and he said, at this time, as far as he was aware, the boat, the hurricane was being towed to marsa alam, a bigger resort about 25 kilometres further south down the coast. this is obviously an ongoing situation david and three british nationals still missing, what more have the tour company been saying? the tour company who chartered the boat on this occasion is a company called scuba travel i have spoken to
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the chief executive, he said their first priority is the look after testify needs of the guests and to seek out those who are miss, they are working with authorities in egypt and here in the uk, so the foreign office here has been seeking out the families, and reason trying to make sure that everyone is aware of the latest and the status of their loved ones, he does have you their loved ones, he does have you the identity of all of those onboard, including those rescued and still to be found but is unable toy share those details right now. find share those details right now. and it seems that _ share those details right now. and it seems that diving can be a relatively risky venture what precautions do we know have been taking place to prevent incidents like this. �* . like this. being in the water carried risk _ like this. being in the water carried risk at _ like this. being in the water carried risk at the _ like this. being in the water carried risk at the best - like this. being in the water carried risk at the best of i like this. being in the water. carried risk at the best of time like this. being in the water- carried risk at the best of time but there is an additionalry and that relates to the diving equipment and the gases and come pro ors and any reputable operator will want to ensure it is mitigating the risks as far as possible. we spokerly a
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senior diving instruction who outlined the briefing that guests should expect when they step onboard a both like this.— a both like this. there will be a meet and _ a both like this. there will be a meet and greet, _ a both like this. there will be a meet and greet, handing - a both like this. there will be a meet and greet, handing overl a both like this. there will be a - meet and greet, handing over paper, whoi _ meet and greet, handing over paper, who, signing a liability releases proving — who, signing a liability releases proving you have insurance, and they normally— proving you have insurance, and they normally keep hole of the passports because _ normally keep hole of the passports because that way if there is an incident — because that way if there is an incident all the passports come off the boat — incident all the passports come off the boat. then they go through a briefing _ the boat. then they go through a briefing of— the boat. then they go through a briefing of the boat, where all the emergency exits are, where the fire extinguishers are, what you can and can't _ extinguishers are, what you can and can't do _ extinguishers are, what you can and can't do in _ extinguishers are, what you can and can't do in your cabin, no smoking inside _ can't do in your cabin, no smoking inside the — can't do in your cabin, no smoking inside the boat, lit usually be on one of— inside the boat, lit usually be on one of the — inside the boat, lit usually be on one of the upper decks, well away from _ one of the upper decks, well away from the _ one of the upper decks, well away from the dive deck where we have cylinders — from the dive deck where we have cylinders and the gas is filled. no smoking — cylinders and the gas is filled. no smoking in— cylinders and the gas is filled. no smoking in —— smoking in the saloon loon smoking in —— smoking in the saloon toon no— smoking in —— smoking in the saloon toon no in— smoking in —— smoking in the saloon loon no in your. radio, you won't be able to— loon no in your. radio, you won't be able to plug — loon no in your. radio, you won't be able to plug in electrical items downstairs and they will show where the life _ downstairs and they will show where the life preservers are. in downstairs and they will show where the life preservers are.— the life preservers are. in that interview _ the life preservers are. in that
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interview he — the life preservers are. in that interview he told _ the life preservers are. in that interview he told the - the life preservers are. in that interview he told the bbc- the life preservers are. in that interview he told the bbc how| interview he told the bbc how important diving is for the red sea economy. important diving is for the red sea econom . . . . , important diving is for the red sea econom. , economy. accidents happen so i hope the don't economy. accidents happen so i hope they don't ground _ economy. accidents happen so i hope they don't ground the _ economy. accidents happen so i hope they don't ground the fleets - economy. accidents happen so i hope they don't ground the fleets because | they don't ground the fleets because it will— they don't ground the fleets because it will have _ they don't ground the fleets because it will have a massive impact on the dive centres — it will have a massive impact on the dive centres and people who live in egvpt. _ dive centres and people who live in egvpt. a _ dive centres and people who live in egypt, a lot of egyptians are employed as dive guides and all the crew onboard are reliant on these boatsi _ crew onboard are reliant on these boats. a — crew onboard are reliant on these boats. a lot — crew onboard are reliant on these boats, a lot of their money they make. _ boats, a lot of their money they make. it — boats, a lot of their money they make. it is _ boats, a lot of their money they make, it is notjust a small wage but it's— make, it is notjust a small wage but it's the — make, it is notjust a small wage but it's the tips they get from the divers— but it's the tips they get from the divers going out there, so if the boats— divers going out there, so if the boats aren't running they won't get any monev — boats aren't running they won't get any money. we boats aren't running they won't get any money-— boats aren't running they won't get an mone. ., , ., any money. we are yet to see who the reaction will — any money. we are yet to see who the reaction will be _ any money. we are yet to see who the reaction will be from _ any money. we are yet to see who the reaction will be from the _ any money. we are yet to see who the reaction will be from the egyptian - reaction will be from the egyptian authority, there has been been a number of incident, on wednesday a polish boat capsized and on thursday a russian man was killed by a tiger shark on the red sea coast, so in response to that, the diving territory, the beach area for about 45 miles up and down the coast was
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shut to diving and has onlyjust re—opened. we will have to see now how the egyptian authorities react to this latest incidents. of course none are related but sometimes there will be a kneejerk reaction. now it's time for a look at today's sport with karthi. hello from the bbc sport centre. novak djokovic has made tennis history by claiming his 23rd grand slam singles title beating casper ruud in the men's final of the french open. djokovic has now won more grand slam titles than any other male player in history — and has also become the first men's player to win each of the grand slams three or more times. his opponent, ruud, was playing in his second successive french open final, but was beaten again in straight sets. djokovic now moves back into the world number one spot. i was a seven—year—old dreaming that i could win wimbledon and become number one in the world one day. as i said, i am beyond grateful and blessed to be standing here,
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with so many incredible achievements, but one thing is for sure, i feel that i have, i had the power to create my own destiny and i just want to send a message to every young person, forget about what happened in the past, the future is something that is going to happen, but if you want a better future you create it. the french open tournament director amelie mauresmo insisted that the prime—time slots at roland garros are now more equally shared between male and female players, but thinks more can be done with the night matches. the night sessions are promoted as the highlight of the day at roland garros, but only one women's match — aryna sabalanka taking on sloane stephens in the fourth round— was scheduled for a night—time slot. this year, that we put definitely way more women's matches on the prime slots, in 2023. it doesn't make it perfect, yet,
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because of these night matches that are unique, that are only one matches, and that is where i come to the length and we talked about it last year also. staying with tennis, the three time grand slam champion, andy murray has claimed his first grass—court singles title since winning wimbledon in 2016. the 36—year—old beatjuri rodionov in the surbiton trophy challenger final in straight sets. murray believes his decision to skip the french open has beenjustified after making what he called the "perfect start" to his grass—court season. newly crowned european champions manchester city have returned home after their victorious trip to istanbul. they landed at manchester airport a few hours ago. fans were waiting to welcome them from the fence around the perimeter. there will be many more supporters out in manchester tomorrow when city parade all three of their trophies — champions leauge, premeier legaue and fa cup around manchester on monday. the australia men's captain pat cummins says winning the ashes would make it a career defining summer after his team beat india at the oval to become world test champions.
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australia stamped out india's resistance in ruthless fashion to claim a 209—run win at the oval in london. nathan lyon finished with figures of fourfor 41 as india were left runners up for a second successive final. with just five days to go before australia renew their biggest rivalry against england, cummins says winning the ashes would have a big impact on their futures the ashes would have a big impact on theirfutures. ashes tend to define eras and teams. i think the great thing about this final is we feel like we have played awesome cricket for the last two years, and being there at the end, holding the trophy feels well deserved. that is great for the team, and in a way ashes, they are hard to win, i think it has been 20 odd years, so yeah, it won't be easy, but you know, if we were to win it, that is legacy defining. ferrari have claimed a surprise victory at the centenary edition of the le mans 24 hours race. it was ferrari's first le mans win
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for 58 years and means they have now won the race ten times. toyota have been dominant over recent years, but a ferrari win made for a thrilling end to the 100th le mans race. and that's all the sport for now. residents in the sudanese capital, khartoum, are reporting fresh exchanges of gun and shellfire following the expiry of a 24 hour truce. the ceasefire had held better than previous ones, but the army and the rival paramilitary force, the rsf, resumed combat shortly after dawn on sunday. the lull in the fighting had allowed people to try to stock up on essential goods, but costs are high and supplies hard to find. the bbc�*s merchuma is in nairobi and told us would happen once this ceasefire ended.
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where there was a heavy fighting reported in the previous day, to say they have experienced what they can call the calmest day since fighting began in sudan, that is the 24 hours period when there was a truth but 30 minutes after it elapsed chaos broke and we are getting reports of fighting that has been so intense it can only be compared to war, so yes while the 24 hours truce provided some relief for people to go out and humanitarian assistance was delivered to people, now fighting is so severe, there were reports of heavy gunfire, artillery, machine guns going off and going back to the same place, where they were in the residents of the french town of annecy have gathered in support of the victims of thursday's knife attack in which six people were injured. four children — including a british three—year—old — are said to be recovering well in hospital.
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two adults were also hurt. the crowd paid tribute to those who tried to block the attacker before he was overpowered by police. a 31—year—old syrian man has been charged with attempted murder. three more arrests have been made as part of the investigation into the death of a 16—year—old boy in bath on saturday. emergency services were called to an address on eastfield avenue, bath, shortly after 11pm. members of the public provided the boy with first aid before paramedics arrived, but he could not be saved and died at the scene. eight teenagers who were previously arrested remain in custody. the mother of the four children rescued in the colombian jungle remained alive for four days, her husband reveals outside the military hospital where children are receiving care. they are said to be "very weak" but are recovering. it's becoming clear that the real hero was the oldest child — lesly — the ultimate big sister. she made camp for her siblings, providing what food she could, keeping them alive. the kids were rescued after spending weeks alone in the amazon jungle. the widower mentioned
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his wife's last words were "you guys get out of here". translation: it is a miracle of god. as a belief of the indigenous people we believe it is a test of god to see how much faith we have in him. i have demonstrated it with my own words. as i said in the beginning, we as indigenous people are able to search for them. we showed the world we found the plain and we showed the world we found the children. the first thing i did was talk to the 13—year—old girl. it is not easy to ask then because the children did not eat well for 40 days, so i have not been able to get any information from them. we hope that the children will recover well. a portion of a major us highway collapsed on sunday after a oil tanker caught fire underneath it. smoke could be see billowing up from the rubble of the collapsed
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section of the northbound lanes of the i—95 in philadelphia, which is the main north—south interstate on the east coast. the road is a key route from the city — commuters travel north towards new york and on to boston and south heading to baltimore and washington. no injuries were reported. president biden has hosted the largest pride celebration in white house history, at which 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. more on our website and on the bbc news app. you can find me on twitter: hello there it has been another hot and humid day but we are starting to see the signs of a change for the latter stages of the afternoon, the shower clouds are brewing and the
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heat is not as widespread as yesterday, we have seen stubborn cloud and showery rain into scotland, sharper showers developing in the south—west over the last few hours and you can see the first signs of those thunderstorms now, starting to break out. i suspect over the next few hours, those thunderstormses are likely once again to become more widespread, particularly across england and wales to close out our sunday evening. probablyjust in time for an evening family barbecue i'm afraid. so, we could see more persistent rain moving out of dorset, across gloucestershire and “p dorset, across gloucestershire and up into south wales, hee we could have a couple of inches of rain. may well lead to localised flooding if places, so that rain clearing away from south wales it stays misty and murky, dekeep cloud into northern scotland but elsewhere it is going to be another uncomfortable night with overnight lows in london only
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of round 17 or 18 degree, the south—west starts off cloudy and murky but lovely spells of sunshine again, another hot and humid affair for most of us and that once again with the humidity will spark off sharp potentially thundery downpours into the afternoon, as you can see quite widespread the showers in england and wales on monday. monday. northern ireland should be fine. a few showers to the west of northern ireland. and there will be some drifting and making their way across scotland as well. in terms of the feel of the weather we are still going to keep that humidity for the early part of the week, so mid to high 20s across the country on monday and potentially into tuesday, and that as we have had a hot weekend is threshold for heat wave conditions and it is going to stay warm through the night as well. there are indications of something a bit more comfortable as we head towards tuesday, so if you are
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trying to plan your week ahead i can tell you the begin of the week starts hot and humid with the risk of thunderstorms. later on sunny and
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this is bbc news. the headlines: the former first minster of scotland nicola sturgeon says her arrest was a shock and she is innocent of any wrongdoing. she's now been released, without charge — pending further investigation into the finances
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of the snp. ms sturgeon has promised she will co—operate fully

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