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i the want to get a taste of the atmosphere. i have heard so many things about it and i have a bunch of friends going, so hopefully, i will have a bit of a gander around whilst also performing. i will have a bit of a gander around whilst also performing.— whilst also performing. i hope thousands— whilst also performing. i hope thousands of— whilst also performing. i hope thousands of people - whilst also performing. i hope thousands of people are - whilst also performing. i hope . thousands of people are watching you. thanks forjoining us, jacob. that's all from us tonight. victoria's here on monday. until then, have a good weekend. goodnight. # i wasjust dreaming of bumping into you # now its three in the morning and i'm trying to change your mind # left you multiple missed calls and to my message, you reply # why'd you only call me when you're high? # hi, why�*d you only call me when you're high? # somewhere darker, talking the same shite testing. testing. this is bbc news.
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deep sea specialist rob mccallum told oceangate ceo stockton rush that clients could be at risk. and he urged him to stop using the sub until it had been classified by an independent body. in an email sent in 2018, maccallum warned rush that?"| have given everyone the same honest advice which is that until a sub is classed, tested and proven it should not be used for commercial deep dive operations. he went on "as much as i appreciate entrepreneurship and innovation, you are potentially putting an entire industry at risk. so i implore you to take every care in your testing and sea trials and to be very, very conservative." stockton rush replied? ?'i have grown tired of industry players who try to use a safety argument to stop innovation and new entrants from entering their small existing market. live now to our correspondent in boston, carl nasman. us and have announced that they are doing investigations into what happened. can you tell us what they will be doing? earlier, we heard from relatives from one person on the vessel, hamish harding, they will be two investigations on the us
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side. the us national transformation safety board said they will be investigating this incident which we believe will be led by the coastguard. the canadian transport board said they will be looking into this and that they will be launching a probe and they will be conducting interviews on the ground in newfoundland where all the ships have been launched, the closest lan mast where the dive site is so we are expecting some investigations now. we aren't sure when they will wrap up but now there are some national bodies looking into this. as we've mentioned, there are more questions about safety standards at ocean gate. what have you been hearing? ocean gate. what have you been hearin: ? ., , ocean gate. what have you been hearin: ? . , ., ocean gate. what have you been hearinu? . , ., . ., , ocean gate. what have you been hearinu? . , ., hearing? there have been a chorus of concern is emerging, _ hearing? there have been a chorus of concern is emerging, many _ hearing? there have been a chorus of concern is emerging, many of - hearing? there have been a chorus of concern is emerging, many of them l concern is emerging, many of them coming from 2018 so this was a testy exchange. several e—mails that we've
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seen between the two men, the ceo, the late stockton rush. there were concerns over the materials used on the titan. material that was outside the titan. material that was outside the norm for the industry. there some issues with the certification. interestingly, this was back in 2018, the first dive to the site of the titanic wreckage was several years before this trip. but concerns were raised even in the last few days, the director of the movie titanic has made trips to titanic itself, he's been speaking about similar concerns so this has a timeline dating all the way back five years, even before the titan was fully operational owing to those
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debts. . , ., , , was fully operational owing to those debts. . , , , ., ., debts. can you bring us up-to-date on recovery — debts. can you bring us up-to-date on recovery efforts _ debts. can you bring us up-to-date on recovery efforts to _ debts. can you bring us up-to-date on recovery efforts to pick - debts. can you bring us up-to-date on recovery efforts to pick up - debts. can you bring us up-to-date on recovery efforts to pick up the i on recovery efforts to pick up the debris of the vessel?— debris of the vessel? these recovering _ debris of the vessel? these recovering efforts _ debris of the vessel? these recovering efforts are - debris of the vessel? these - recovering efforts are continuing and they are being led by a remotely operated vehicles. there is at least one in the area which will continue to scour the ocean floor for some two and a half miles below the surface. looking at the debris itself we know that five key pieces of it have been detected. they will be closer looks, may be sending images to above and trying to recover those items, bring them to the service and look at them closely, examine bits of carbon fibre to see if that material had been stressed or fatigued, fibre to see if that material had been stressed orfatigued, leading to this catastrophic implosion. interestingly, if you look at the debris fields they can tell by the size and shape, approximately at
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what point the vessel might have imploded. a whiter field what point the vessel might have imploded. a whiterfield indicates earlier in the dive and close—up means perhaps nearer the bottom where some sort of catastrophe took place. where some sort of catastrophe took lace. ., ~' ,, where some sort of catastrophe took lace. . ,, i. ., as carljust mentioned, investigations are being launched by mutliple nations ito the subs safety. the bbc�*s north america correspondent nomia iqbal is in newfoundland with this report. the transportation safety board of canada is going to investigate what happened involving the polar prince and the submersible. both are privately owned vessels, but the polar prince, the mothership which launched the submersible over the weekend, is canadian flagged. so the transportation safety board is compelled to to conduct a safety investigation. there will be teams travelling here to saintjohn�*s in newfoundland. they will be gathering information and carrying out interviews and assessing exactly what happened.
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the coastguard has, as we know, confirmed that the submersible was destroyed in a catastrophic implosion. the navy, the us navy has since come out to say that on the sunday they heard a noise that was consistent with an implosion and they passed it on to the us coastguard. the coastguard says that it still carried out that large search and rescue operation we saw because the data wasn't definitive. and just to add, we understand there's also going to be an investigation involving the national transportation safety board and the us coast guard. also, vessels are going to start returning from the atlantic here into saintjohn�*s, and that includes the polar prince. and that includes the polar prince. some vessels will, however, remain because they're involved in the recovery operation. the us coast guard has already said that they the chances of retrieving the us coast guard has already said that they... the chances of retrieving the bodies of the five men is pretty impossible in the ocean. but they do want to keep
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investigating and finding out what happened in order to bring some closure to the families. the head of the wagner mercenary group, yevgeny prigozhin, says russia had no reason to invade ukraine, and that the claim that nato posed a threat was "a beautiful story". he says the war has been a disaster, needlessly sacrificing tens of thousands of lives so that russian oligarchs could get even richer by seizing ukraine's resources. state media in russia say a case has been opened against the leader of the wagner mercenary group yevgeny prigozhin accusing him of calling for an armed mutiny. the kremlin said that president putin was aware of the unfolding situation, and provided the following statement to russian news agencies: "president putin has been made aware of all the events surrounding wagner head yevgeny prigozhin. necessary measures are being taken," let's now hear some of what prigozhin had to say:
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translation: they've been shooting at us. i we've been shooting at them. and that has been going on these eight long years from 2014 to 2022. sometimes the amount of shelling and exchange of fire has increased and sometimes it is eased. on february 24th, there was nothing extraordinary. the russian defence ministry is trying to deceive the president and the public by claiming there was insane aggression on the part of ukraine and they were going to attack us along with the entire nato bloc. was launched for completely different reasons. meanwhile on the ground, russian officials say that ukrainian forces have attacked a bridge linking southern ukraine to the crimean peninsula with long—range british missiles. 0ur bbc verify team has seen a video which shows the moment a missile struck a road bridge. richard irvine—brown from bbc verify is in the newsroom with more. let's have a look at the location shown in the video and why it's so important.
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what we have here is the crimean peninsula controlled by russia and the rest of ukraine. the road bridge offers one of the few land crossings between the russian front lines to the north and the annex peninsula. let's have a look at the footage of the missile strike together. now, keep your eyes on the top left of the screen for two reasons. one is the entrance to the missile which struck the bridge, and the other is a quick flash of a timestamp on the cctv. now we can be confident we are talking about the right bridge because we've verified five other videos recently which show the same supports the fences. supports, the fences. the poles at one end from both ukrainian and russian social media channels and we know from eyewitnesses reported across various media, the strike happened at dawn. we know that dawn was a:46am, yesterday. so a timestamp of 5:07 fits in perfectly. this is a still image shared by the local russian installed governor of the region.
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he claims ukraine is responsible for the strike and they were supplied with uk storm shadow cruise missiles. now this is what one of those looks like. it's about five metres long with narrow wings. we know the uk did supply ukraine with storm shadow missiles in may and we know that since then two strikes, one in berdyansk and one in hassan 0blast have far exceeded their previous range, which would be consistent with storm shadow missiles. and if we pause the footage here, this is the clearest shot we have of the missile compared to the size of the bridge. it certainly looks five meters long, and the final trajectory at which it hits the bridge would be consistent with a storm shadow missile. however, russian media have also claimed it's a storm shadow missile, have shared images of the debris, but we're dubious about it and are still checking it out. two weeks after the destruction of a huge dam in ukraine, thousands of people are still struggling to put their lives back together. ukraine has blamed russia for the attack on the kahovka dam. andrew harding sent this report.
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a boat beached on the roadside. plenty of puddles, and in places, more than puddles. "how can i live like this?" asks 72—year—old anna. but the worst of the flooding is now over here in kherson, a front line city still targeted daily by russian artillery. somebody has helpfully marked the high water point on this building and you can see over here on the garage door the lines where the flood waters have slowly receded from this area. but there's mud everywhere. retired teachers irina and yevgeni clear through the wreckage of their musty, waterlogged home. "we are like rats," says irina. "we've endured so many disasters. "the shelling, the flood, it's as if we've become "immune to it all."
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rescue workers suddenly race for cover as russian guns start up again. gunfire but many civilians refuse to be driven out of kherson. a defiance, a resilience, that only seems to have grown since the events of the 6th ofjune. that was the day suspected russian sabotage nearly destroyed the nearby kakhovka dam, releasing a deluge of water downstream. but what about upstream? here, that same dam's collapse has emptied out the largest body of fresh water in ukraine. this giant reservoir contained 18 cubic kilometres of water. if it helps, try picturing one giant paddling pool the size of england. and all that water has abruptly vanished. and the impact on wildlife here and on humans has been catastrophic.
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the nearby towns have all run out of water. 500,000 people suddenly relying on emergency supplies. "what do you think it's like, carrying water "like a donkey?" asks yulia. "it's scary," says nina. "and the future is even scarier." speaking of which, just across the now—empty reservoir, europe's largest nuclear power plant, still controlled by russian forces. another worry on this muddy front line. andrew harding, bbc news, ukraine. around the world and across the uk... this is bbc news.
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to deal with this growing threat. easier access to farmers�*s reservoirs and to fight fires. a lot of this comes down to how we work together as a community and how we have responsibility for fire together as a community and how we have responsibility forfire risk. for more stories, head to bbc news. you're live with bbc news. germany has passed a new immigration reform that
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expands opportunities forjob seekers outside the eu, as well as refugees who are already in germany. 0ur reporter damien mcguinness has more. this law is about attracting more workers to germany. economic leaders are saying they need workers to come to germany. it's partly because of an ageing population and partly because unemployment has been low for so long. what it means for germany in concrete terms it means slashing red tape so they want migrants to come to germany with a without a job. people from outside the eu can come to germany for up to it gear and look for a job. now people on the left and members of
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the government say this is a huge step for the country and brings germany into the modern age because the competition to attract workers as a global one and it's the only way that many modern economies can keep growing. but conservatives and the far right, afd are outraged. they said it may be that skilled workers are needed but they say this law will attract low skills and asylum seekers. the most controversial bit of law is that it will allow some asylum seekers who may not be eligible for asylum to start looking for work. many people will say, what is the problem? but members of the far right in particular object to this and some in the conservative party is also say they do not agree because it will simply attract unskilled rather than skilled workers. either way,
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migration here is a ferocious topic but the row is not going anywhere. in other news... in the us, a blow for florida governor ron desantis. a federaljudge has temporarily blocked florida from enforcing a law that would ban minors from attending drag shows, saying the language in it is too vague. a restaurant chain sued the state last month, saying the law was overly broad. mr desantis signed the bill into law last month. uk chancellorjeremy hunt says the country's largest banks have agreed to be more flexible with customers, struggling to pay their mortgages. it comes one day after the bank of england increased its main interest rate to 5%. the chancellor said they'd agreed to make it easierfor people to move to interest only payments. good news if you are traveling through london's heathrow airport. the long—running dispute involving security officers has ended, with staff accepting an improved pay offer. this is a two—year deal.
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more than 2,000 workers had been due to go on strike throughout the summer. but now that has been averted. the last—ever portrait by austrian artist gustav klimt is heading to auction next week. "lady with a fan" is expected to take in as much as $80 million. according to sotheby�*s, that makes it the most valuable work to go to auction in europe. the portrait of the unnamed woman was found on an easel in klimt�*s studio when the painter died in 1918. here in washington, india's prime minister, narendra modi, met with top business leaders and continued talks with vice president kamala harris and secretary of state antony blinken at a state lunch. both countries have pledged to strengthen ties. at the state luncheon mr modi went over the key conversations he had with the biden administration during this visit. we have added and expanded the scope of mutual cooperation in defence and strategic areas. we are working with
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the new trust in areas of new and emerging technologies. we are resolving long — pending and difficult issues in trade. afterwards vice president harris shared her appreciation for india as an ally. thank you for your role of leadership to help india emerge as a global power in the 21st century. you have helped to reintegrate with your leadership at the g20 which is making news drives on climate in finance and you have been a proponent of international institutions and global solutions to global challenges. in the final hours of india's official visit to washington, modi
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was at the white house withjoe biden and then he met the secretary of state and the vice president. india wants to deepen its economic ties but also strengthen diplomatic ties. the united states see india as a counterbalance to china's rise in the region. he announced on this trip that it's going to invest $3 billion and american drones to help control the border it shares with china. but this visit was also met with disapproval from human china. but this visit was also met with disapprovalfrom human rights groups and even with members ofjoe biden�*s political party who say that the modi government employees
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anti—democratic polities and cracks down on human rights when it comes to ethnic minorities. some leaders opted not to attend the prime minister speech to congress when he referred to democracy no more than 14 referred to democracy no more than 1a times. the united states and india are looking at this trip is a roaring success. they've announced many new initiatives when it comes to sharing technology and artificial intelligence, making microchips and climate change policies and it's a real, clearsign climate change policies and it's a real, clear sign that the biden administration is willing to overlook some issues to try and make sure that it has at least one strong ally in the region. the us supreme court on friday handed the biden administration a major victory on a key immigration case — ruling that republican—led states do not have the legal right to challenge a policy
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concerning federal immigration enforcement. the justices in a rare 8 to one ruling cleared the way for the biden administraiton to re—instate rules prioritizing the deportation of immigrants based on serious criminal records, national security threats, and migrants who recently entered the us. writing for the court, justice brett kavanaugh rebuked these claims, writing quote "in sum, the states have brought an extraordinarily unusual lawsuit. they want a federal court to order the executive branch to alter its arrest policies so as to make more arrests. federal courts have not traditionally entertained that kind of lawsuit; indeed, the states cite no precedent for a lawsuit like this" end quote. it's one of the most important music festivals on the planet, with around two hundred thousand people gathering at worthy farm in somerset, for glastonbury. over the next three days, they'll be lucky enough to see headline acts such as guns and roses, eltonjohn
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and the arctic monkeys. here's our culture editor, katie razzall.. the wonderful world of glastonbury, where dressing up is normal and can even be a right royal laugh. this festival town emerges in the somerset countryside, the size of bath, and for the first time, entirely powered by renewable energy. and if you love it, you really love it. it's my first time. it is incredible. it's more like a city than a village. and what made you want to spend your honeymoon here? because it's glastonbury. it's glastonbury. it's glastonbury, there is no better place to be. yeah, where else would you want to spend your honeymoon? - what's the best thing about glastonbury for you? uh, love the glitter! texas last appeared in the main glastonbury stage in 1999, and today they're back. is that the pyramid stage there? that's the pyramid stage. is there something very validating about it being the pyramid stage? as a female fronted band, yeah. it really is. i'm a bit like, 35 years on,
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there's not many women in music get to last that length of time, let alone a female fronted band. sol... i feel kind of like, yes! who was here in 1999 when we last played? cheering # she has a halo #. the three headliners at this stage this year are male. spiteri agrees with the festival organisers that female artists suffer from a pipeline issue. the pipeline is about who gets put forward, who gets the biggest budgets put into their records, advertising, pushing it forward. a lot of people talk about how much it's changed. it hasn't really. i feel very honoured to be a woman on the pyramid stage. _ maisie peters was up before texas. later, royal blood and of course the arctic monkeys, confirmed this morning after a laryngitis scare for front man alex turner. and throughout the day, the glastonbury perennial, who is tonight's surprise act?
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the russian military establishment has condemned is that wagner leader yevgeny prigozhin, and have said that he is playing into enemy hands. he referred to convoys that must be stopped and returned to base before it's too late and another general described yevgeny prigozhin�*s actions amounted to a stab in the back for president putin. we understand security has been stepped up understand security has been stepped up in moscow. we have that so stay with bbc news. hello. after what's been another fairly warm week for many of us, the weekend is set to bring something even warmer. in fact, i think the days at times will feel quite hot and the nights will be very warm and humid as well. but as we head into sunday,
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we are going to see a bit of a change. some thundery downpours swinging in from the west courtesy of a frontal system which is a long way away to the west of us right now, for the short term, high pressure is just about in charge. and around this area of high pressure, particularly as these weather fronts squeeze in, we've got a feed of humid air wafting its way across our shores. so quite a warm and humid start to saturday morning with a fair amount of cloud actually, and some mist and murk around some of the coasts and over some of the hills. a lot of the cloud will tend to break through the day to give some spells of sunshine, a bit of rain moving across the far north west of scotland. there's a small chance for the odd shower in parts of northern england, down into the midlands, but wales in the south of england likely to see the lion's share of the sunshine. and wherever you are it is going to be a warm day. 2a degrees for belfast, 25 for aberdeen, 29, the expected high in london. and that warmth does not ebb away quickly as we head into the evening. in fact, temperatures holding up at around 23 degrees in london and in sheffield at
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10:00 in the evening. so it could well be a little bit uncomfortable for sleeping. those temperatures falling a little bit further into the early hours of sunday. but with the humid air in place, sunday is going to turn into another very warm day. however, this frontal system pushing in from the west will bring a change for some of us with a band of heavy thundery rain already in place, across northern ireland. first thing that will push its way eastwards and ahead of it, some showers will pop up across parts of northern england, eastern scotland. these could be heavy and thundery in nature, but further south and particularly further southeast, it should stay largely dry with lots of sunshine and that warmth being squashed into the south east corner. so temperatures in london likely to get to 31 degrees, butjust 19 for belfast, fresher in the west. and that fresher air will move across all parts of the country as we move into the start of the new week. there are, though, furtherfrontal systems lying in wait, so we will see further outbreaks of rain at times and potentially some quite
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