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the rotary aircraft first, the them. the rotary aircraft first, the helicopters. coming in now, we can hear the rotor blades. george, louis and charlotte looking up with their parents. and sure that we are all going to be drowned out in a moment as these helicopters come over. i will be quiet now as we just watch this site of this fly—past. —— watch the sites.
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so, there were two hurricanes, one spitfire and one lancaster. that site being enjoyed by the royal family. and now, the modern fixed wing aircraft. these, i think, the hercules making one of their last appearances. an aircraft which has served the rural air force for decades, and which will be going out of service very shortly, making a final appearance at this fly—past for the king's birthday parade. the unmistakable shape of the sea 17, one of the heavy—lift aircraft of the royal air force. coming through now, and it was that aircraft which we remember brought the coffin of the late queen elizabeth down from scotland in
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one of the refuelling aircraft possibly. i'm not quite sure as i am not an expert on raf aircraft. and now, ithink and now, i think a six f 35 aircraft. these are the loch needs, i think. these are the aircraft which will be used on britain's aircraft carriers. so, and they come. quite silently actually. i'm sure they will be a brawl in a moment. but here they are. six f 35. —— i'm sure they will be a roar in a
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moment. and to the king i should imagine... well this is, here we are, see our. this is a surprise gesture by the raf. —— cr. i can't count how many aircraft, i'm told 18. 18 typhoons count how many aircraft, i'm told 18. i8 typhoons forming this symbolic tribute to the king, the rain of charles iii. i have to sayjust watching that they are in absolutely perfect formation. and finally, as always,
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cheering and applause the crowd to singing the words of the british national anthem and giving three cheers at this first birthday parade for king charles. he gives a wave and turns to go inside, accompanied of course by prince and princess of wales, their three children george, charlotte and louis. the princess royal is there in green. the princess of wales on
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the right there, the duke and duchess of edinburgh. he wrote in the parade, he is now the cardinal of the reserve regiment. and other members of the royal family. of the reserve regiment. and other members of the royalfamily. i think they are going inside for a long drink after being out in the sun. several large drinks i shouldn't wonder. but that brings to conclusion this king's birthday parade of 2023. the first of the rain of charles iii. nicholas, get yourself a large drink as well. that is our royal correspondent, who was their live at buckingham palace for us, as you saw the national anthem being played after the spectacular fly past that brings to an end the events marking king charles iii�*s birthday parade, trooping the colour. we'll leave those events in
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london. but do stay with us. you're watching bbc news. let's have a look at some of the day's new stories. a man accused of murdering three people in the city of nottingham on tuesday has been remanded in custody by a court. it's alleged valdo calocane stabbed barnaby webber, grace o'malley—kumar and ian coates on tuesday —— and attempted to murder three others. dressed in a grey t—shirt and grey jogging bottoms, valdo calocane spoke only to confirm his name which he gave as an alias of adam mendes, his age and his address which he gave as no fixed abode. he has been charged with the murder of school caretaker ian coates. they were stabbed
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in the early hours of tuesday in nottingham. he also faces charges of attempted murder relating to three members of the public being hit by a van in the city centre, shortly afterwards. these attacks have caused an outpouring of grief here in the city. we have had two incredibly emotional vigils attended by the families where they spoke to crowds of thousands of people. there have been floral tributes at the ashes in birmingham, there wasa moments silence to remember the victims as well. the dual guinea—bissau portuguese national had a settled status in the uk was remanded to custody, and he will next appear at nottingham crown court on tuesday. thank you. police say four people have been found dead in a flat in hounslow in west london. the victims include an 11—year—old girl, a three—year—old boy, and a man and woman in their 30s,
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all four are thought to be related. police were called on friday to concerns over the occupants, and found the bodies after forcing their way in. simonjones is there. what more can you tell us? the olice what more can you tell us? the police have _ what more can you tell us? iie: police have described what happened here is a terrible incident. this is a busy residential streets not far from heathrow airport. the police say they were called yesterday at around three o'clock in the afternoon by a concerned member of the public. they broke into the flat and then found that those four bodies, a man and woman in their 30s, an 11—year—old girl and a four—year—old boy. it is port they were all members of the same family. they are not looking to anyone else at this time in connection with what happened. here is the scene, there has been an officer guarding the entrance to the flat over the course of the morning, and we have seen forensic officers coming and going. the police say they understand what happened is going to cause a great deal of upset and shocked in this community. i was speaking to one neighbour who used to see the family
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coming and going. he told me he was finding it difficult to comprehend exactly what had happened, but the police at this time are asking people not to speculate, particularly online about what might have led up to this, particularly as children are involved, and they may find what they are hearing particularly upsetting. in terms of that police investigation, they say they are still trying to identify they are still trying to identify the relatives of those who have died, but they are reassuring the community that they believe this was an isolated incident, but they will be increased police presence in this area throughout the course of the weekend to act as a reassurance. simon, thank you. our correspondent simon, thank you. our correspondent simonjones there. a search and rescue operation has found no new survivors nor recovered more bodies from the boat carrying hundreds of migrants which sank off the coast of greece on wednesday. 78 people are confirmed to have died but up to 500 remain unaccounted for. live now to kalamata in greece and our correspondent, sofia bettiza.
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sophia, is the operation to rescue winding down now, or is there still hope that more than can be done —— that more can be done? the hope that more than can be done -- that more can be done? the operation continues here — that more can be done? the operation continues here in _ that more can be done? the operation continues here in southern _ that more can be done? the operation continues here in southern greece, . continues here in southern greece, because there are fears that up to 500 people could still be missing at sea. many of them are feared to be women and children, who could have been trapped in the hold of the boat. this is the third day that officials are looking for survivors, but nobody has been found yet. that is partly because this is a very complicated operation. because this accident happened in one of the deepest parts of the mediterranean sea. now, as you mentioned, hopes of finding anybody alive are fading, because the boat capsized in the early hours of wednesday. and it is now a saturday afternoon. on monday, nine people who have been arrested
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on board of the boat, all from egypt, all accused a people smuggling, will appear in court. they will have to answer questions from a judge here in kalamata, and hopefully, this will help us piece together what exactly happened, because we keep hearing conflicting reports about why the boat capsized, and why the greek coastguard did not intervene sooner. yes. and why the greek coastguard did not intervene sooner.— intervene sooner. yes, as you say, questions _ intervene sooner. yes, as you say, questions to — intervene sooner. yes, as you say, questions to be — intervene sooner. yes, as you say, questions to be answered - intervene sooner. yes, as you say, questions to be answered by - intervene sooner. yes, as you say, questions to be answered by the i questions to be answered by the greek authorities. there have been calls for further investigation into what happened. do we know any more about what may come next, in terms of such investigation? that about what may come next, in terms of such investigation?— of such investigation? that is ri . ht. of such investigation? that is riqht- the — of such investigation? that is right. the un _ of such investigation? that is right. the un has— of such investigation? that is right. the un has called - of such investigation? that is right. the un has called for. of such investigation? that is l right. the un has called for an investigation into what has happened. they also said that greek authorities had a moral and legal obligation to help the people they found at sea. we do keep hearing completing reports about what happened. on one hand, you have the
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greek coastguard, that said that they approach the vessel, but everything seemed to be going smoothly. the offered help but the people on board did not want any help. they wanted to continue sailing towards italy. but some human rights groups are saying that the greek coastguard knew what was going on on the boat, knew that they needed help, and they took hours to intervene. in terms of what happens next, that is unclear. but of course, this is a problem that is not new. greece is one of the main routes for people who want to reach that european union, europe from the middle east asia and africa. they say they have a strategy to deal with migration, but in reality, they are being criticised because they're crackdown on human traffickers is forcing people to take much longer, much more treacherous routes to reach europe. one more thing, if you just look at the number of people, according to the un, more than 1500
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people have died since the beginning of the year trying to reach europe through the mediterranean sea, so critics are saying that the eu simply does not have answers, does not have a strategy to deal with the big problem that is not going away anytime soon. big problem that is not going away anytime soon-— big problem that is not going away an ime soon. ., ,, i. ., , anytime soon. thank you for bringing us the latest — anytime soon. thank you for bringing us the latest on _ anytime soon. thank you for bringing us the latest on that _ anytime soon. thank you for bringing us the latest on that tragedy. - anytime soon. thank you for bringing us the latest on that tragedy. that i us the latest on that tragedy. that is our correspondence of year but it's there. —— our correspondence of year but it's. sophia bettiza. turning to other news now, and ugandan police say militants linked to the islamic state group have killed at least a0 people at a school in the west of the country. adf rebels, a ugandan group based in eastern congo, attacked a secondary school in mpondwe, burning a dormitory. eight other people were injured and are in hospital. dozens are feared to have been abducted. police say the army is pursuing the fighters — who had crossed the border from the democratic republic of the congo. adf rebels have been operating from inside the drc for the past two decades. our correspondent patience athuraire is in kampala and following developments.
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the death toll unfortunately has increased to about a0 students. the school is said to have had a population of over 60 students, most of them were boarding students, they lived at the school. and last night, the rebels are said to have shown up at around 11:30, and attacked the students. a ugandan army commander in the region has just told the media that they had intelligence that the rebels were within the border area on the congolese side, for about two days before this attack. so, we understand that they came in, they torched mattresses, most of the boys were unfortunately hacked to death or burned, and a good number of the girls, we understand, were taken alive by the fighters. president putin has confirmed some of russia's tactical nuclear weapons have left the country for the first time since the end of the soviet union,
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and are now stationed in neighbouring belarus. the us says it's watching developments closely, but says there's no indication the kremlin plans to use them. meanwhile, a delegation of african leaders will soon hold talks with president putin in st petersberg. it comes after the same group —— led by south africa's cyril ramaphosa —— met with ukraine's president zelensky in kyiv on friday. earlier i got the latest from our correspondents shingai nyoka in harare and mayenijones in kyiv. well, president zelensky held a presser with those seven representatives of african countries yesterday, immediately after their meeting. and he said that he couldn't stop them from going to russia but he really felt that, at this moment, diplomatic overtures towards russia were not what was needed. instead, they should freeze russia out diplomatically. the reason he was advocating for that approach — he said it would send a clear message to mr putin's people, to the russian people that the reason
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they were being isolated globally is because of his actions here in ukraine. mr zelenskyi said that he appreciated these leaders coming over to see him but that he wouldn't negotiate with russia until it let go of any territories it seized in ukraine. and shingai, in terms of the impact of the war on global food prices, of course populations in africa have been particularly affected. so there is this urgent need for peace from their perspective as well. but how likely is their visit to have any effect on putin's approach? well, i think we saw yesterday, as soon as those leaders arrived in ukraine, there were explosions that were heard just outside of kyiv. and i think, for many people, that was an indication of what they think russia's attitude will be to this peace mission. but what they say is that it is not
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in africa's interests to do nothing. so they are heading to meet with the russian president, putin, but they also wanted to stress on him the impact that this has had on african economies. president cyril ramaphosa spoke yesterday about the fact that 1.2 billion africans and their livelihoods have been affected by this war and that food prices have gone up by about 14%. so they really want to impress upon both leaders the impact that this war has had on africa. they say that while they're not directly impacted, they see africans as a collateral victim of this war. and staying with you, shingai, in terms of the leverage that the african leaders may have, what are putin's interests in africa and in the continent, and could that go some way towards giving them added clout and added leverage?
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south africa, for example, which is leading this mission, has huge business trade with russia under the brics, which is the economic bloc of five nations. billions of dollars worth of trade between those two countries. but i think it also has to be remembered that america also has a huge volume of trade with south africa, going into the billions of dollars. so, on both sides, south africa has interests to protect. but what it has said, given the outcry over its pursuit of a neutral stance with russia, is that it won't be dictated to, even if those economic interests are threatened. and specifically, it's talking about the us trade relations.
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talking about the response that the visit had had from president zelensky, but how has it been viewed by the international community? well, i think... you know, there were very low... continue, mayeni. i think there were very low expectations about this visit to begin with. many people didn't necessarily see a link between the conflict in ukraine and africa. i think the delegations made it clear that that link does exist, that they have a vested interest there. i think it's also important to highlight that a lot of african countries prior to yesterday hadn't really taken a stance in this conflict, diplomatically. various countries know where they might lean, but officially, no african countries had taken sides in this conflict, and they say that's because they see this as strictly business
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between ukraine and russia. mr zelenskiy was at pains to point out that that was not sustainable, that african countries would have to choose sides. and he encouraged them to come on the side of ukraine. the reason he gave for that, he said "you've come here because your economies are suffering. there's a shortage of grain." he claims ukraine didn't cause that, — russia caused that by making it difficult for ships to pass through the black sea. and therefore, if they supported ukraine, they would send a clear message to russia that they didn't support what he described as the invasion of ukraine. so lots to think about there for african leaders as they meet president putin today. south african president cyril ramaphosa said he would be having a bilateral meeting with mr putin there to take mr zelensky�*s concerns to him. our correspondence speaking to me earlier.
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there are believed to be around 6,500,000 sea turtles in the wild. they come in a variety of different species — and many of them are endangered or even critically endangered. scientists in the middle east are doing their best to help — trying to return some of the turtles to the sea. tim allman explains. dubai's turtle rehabilitation project is small but ambitious, a bit like some of its patients. in these giant blue vats, hawksbill and green turtles are being given a little tlc, ahead of a potential return to the wild. that is no easy task, mind you. with a perennial problem getting in the way. what is happening now with climate change is that sea turtle nesting beaches are getting narrower, because of sea level rise and more frequent storms. and the beaches are getting warmer, so we are getting a higher number of females. so, the sex rate is shifting towards females. but on world sea turtle day, there is no room for pessimism. a big crowd to see off the latest batch of tenacious marine hero turtles. # something inside so strong
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# i know that i can make it but you are doing me wro the fact they can take them, get them rehabilitated and then set them back free into their natural environment. ijust think it's lovely, and to have this opportunity to watch them released back into it is fabulous. # something inside so strong. this is only a small step. there are many more steps to take, but it should be easy as long as you remember to rely on turtle power. tim allman, bbc news. total power and an inspiring soundtrack from tim almen there. —— turtle power. and before we go —— archaeologists in germany have uncovered a bronze sword —— thought to be more than three thousand years old.
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the weapon —— believed to be from the late fourteenth century bc —— was found in a grave in the town of nordlingen. officials say the sword, with an octagonal engraved hilt, would have been complex to make, and is in such good condition that it still almost shines. hello. over the next two or three days, there is a pretty good chance of catching some rain, but be warned, the storms could be quite severe in some places, with the potential for gusty winds flash flooding and hail. but there will be variations, and just down the road, you may miss the storms altogether with just a few drops of rain or hardly any rain at all. the storms will be coming into the south, and a low pressure is very close to the uk right now. this will help to spin up some of the storms over the next couple of days, but already today, some storm clouds developing across parts of ireland, and some of them could clip western parts of northern ireland, and here too, the storms locally could be severe, bringing torrential downpours and very large
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hail in places. even a couple of centimetres with gusty winds too. elsewhere, it is hazy skies, warm with just a scattering of showers across the rest of the uk. now, the morning temperatures on that muggy side, in many areas, it will be around the mid—teens. the coolest spots in newcastle about 10 celsius. so where will storms form tomorrow? the bulk of them, and remember very well scattered, meaning the gaps of fine weather in between, that will be in between, across england and wales. if these do occur, they could bring as much as 30 millimetres of rain in a short time. that is overly within an hour. in a few hours, especially later on into the day and into the evening hours, it could be as much as 60 millimetres, which could lead to some flash flooding locally. the indication is that most of the heavy storms will be a little bit further to the north, and across northern parts of england. so, this is where the most amount of rainfall
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potentially could fall. through the course of monday, will see some heavy rain for a time across eastern parts of scotland, it really could be very wet here for a time. then through the day on monday, will have a scattering of showers, but also plenty of fine sunny weather. staying on the one side. you can see those temperatures, 2a there in newcastle. around 25 in norwich. we no longer have a heatwave, but there's temperatures are still a little above the average for the time of the year, and that weather is a lot more mixed, with a few more rain clouds there on the horizon. goodbye.
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