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this is bbc news. the headlines: the mother of the teenager shot dead by french police leads a march in his memory through the suburb of paris where he was killed. after a second night of violence, 40,000 officers will be on french streets tonight — four times the amount deployed on wednesday. the uk court of appeal rules the government's plan to deport asylum seekers to rwanda is unlawful. unless and until the deficiencies
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in its asylum processes are corrected, removal of asylum seekers to rwanda will be unlawful. and scientists pick up shock waves from colliding galaxies. and damning report says that a police unit to infiltrated protest groups for four decade should have been disbanded. and scientists pick up shock waves from colliding galaxies. could it be the first evidence of giant black holes distorting space and time? sport now, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. england are doing well in their reply after bowling australia out for a16 on the second day of the second ashes test at lords. stuart broad took the first of today's five wickets, trapping alex carey lbw shortly after play resumed. steve smith dug in for australia though, and reached his 32nd test century offjust 169 balls.
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it was left tojosh tongue to remove smith — picking up his third wicket of the innings in the process. 0llie robinson then made sure they carried through their momentum to bowl out australia and see england in to bat before lunch. and the latest, england have lost a wicket. 0pener zak crawley going for a8, off the bowling of nathan lyon. england are 130—1. with only a few days to go until the start of wimbledon, a former world number one has announced that she's coming out of retirement. caroline wozniaki will make a return to the sport, but not in time for the grass court season. the dane took a step back from tennis in 2020 after a 15—year career that saw her win the australian open and be world number one on two separate occasions. the 32—year—old retired after a dignosis of rheumatoid arthritis. she announced her return on social media saying that she still had goals that she wanted to accomplish.
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in football, one of the biggest transfer deals of the summer is closing in after arsenal agreed a fee worth £105 million to sign west ham's england midfielder declan rice. it's arsenal's third bid for rice and the initial fee of £100 million would equal the british record that manchester city paid for midfielderjack grealish. city had a £90 million offer rejected on tuesday and have since withdrawn from the running. yet to act in the market are manchester united, but talks are expected to take place this week to try and resolve the situation with chelsea over the proposed move of mason mount to old trafford. chelsea rejected the latest bid of £55 million — but the two clubs will re—enter negotiations in the coming days. heavyweight boxers joe joyce and zhang zhilei will face off in a rematch at wembley arena on the 23rd of september.
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the brit lost his unbeaten record in the first fight back in april — as well as his wbo interim title — with the referee stopping the contest in the sixth round afterjoyce�*s swollen eye had twice been inspected by the ringside doctor. britain's tom pidcock has spoken about the impact of the death of italian cyclist gino mader, who died following a high—speed crash during a descent at the tour de suisse earlier this month. pidcock�*s team were competing in the event, and the 23—year—old admits the incident has affected him. personally, i think one of the things that hit me was that it happened descending, which is something that i love. it kind of showed me the consequences can be when it goes wrong, but i never take calculated risks when i'm descending and i never take unnecessary risks. but, yeah, things can happen.
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domingo german achieved the rarest of baseball feats on wednesday, throwing a perfect game for the new york yankees. the dominican pitcher recorded all 27 outs in their 11—0 win over the oakland athletics without giving up a single hit or walk. he becomes only the 24th player in major league baseball to do so, and the first in over a decade. and finally, take a look at this free—kick from the semifinals of the under—i7 asian cup, where japan took on iran. with his side already 2—0 up, ryunosuke sato scored this free—kick. we're going to show it again, becuse he and his team mate couldn't decide who to take it. look closely, they played rock, paperscissors. universally fair method to decide anything. japan are through to the final of the competition. and that's all the sport for now. let's ta ke let's take you to the latest pictures from france. they are not
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live, but we believe them to be of the french capital, paris. you can see the overturned cars burning and riot police running through the streets. there has been a lot of protesting and violence over the last 2a hours. at least 180 people have been arrested so far after two nights of unrest following the death of a 17—year—old boy. those are pictures we are getting through to us here on bbc news. we will try to bring you more on that story as and when we get it. back to the uk. here in the uk a damning report says an undercover police unit, which gathered evidence on left wing and anarchist groups forfour decades, should have been disbanded. a former seniorjudge has been looking into the work of the special demonstration squad, which was set up by london's metropolitan police in 1968. sirjohn mitting says the organisations it was investigating posed no threat.
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in some cases, police officers had sexual relationships while undercover and used dead children's names to create their false identities. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, has been following the story. this report was launched this morning in the building behind me. it is the first report with this huge undercover policing inquiry, which is actually set in motion in 2015. it is looking out the activities in this first report of a group of officers which was set up by scotland yard, called the special demonstration squad. they were set “p demonstration squad. they were set up in 1968 and the report is focusing between 96 the eight and 1975. this group were spying on organisations like the anti—apartheid movement, the women's liberation front and also trade unionism. the chair of the inquiry is asking the question, did the ends
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justify the means? the chair, a senior legal figure, justify the means? the chair, a senior legalfigure, is justify the means? the chair, a senior legal figure, is saying justify the means? the chair, a senior legalfigure, is saying he doesn't believe it does because he thinks the information that was being gathered from these groups... they were getting information from organisations who posed no threat to the british state, they were not involved in any serious crime, and he said the tactics they were using, which were very intrusive, you have to ask, was it worth it question lucky has concluded that it wasn't. kate wilson was an activist who was spied on and deceived into a relationship with a police officer. i want you to tell me other people watching, what did you go through? i had a relationship with a man i knew as mark stoneman. 0ver i had a relationship with a man i knew as mark stoneman. over the course of the 12 year period, after we discovered that mark had been an undercover police officer, over
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time, it started coming out, all of the information that we now know about these undercover units, that it wasn't just one about these undercover units, that it wasn'tjust one relationship that i had with mark. 0ver it wasn'tjust one relationship that i had with mark. over a 12 year period, i knew six different undercover police officers through different groups or because they had moved in with friends of mine. so now, with hindsight, it is difficult to sum up what happened to me because it is something thatjust keeps growing as we find out more. i think that is what is important about this inquiry, is that it is looking to so many different things. what we're talking about is institutional problem. you what we're talking about is institutional problem. you met him and were in — institutional problem. you met him and were in a _ institutional problem. you met him and were in a relationship - institutional problem. you met him and were in a relationship with - institutional problem. you met him and were in a relationship with him | and were in a relationship with him for a number of years and then stayed friends afterwards. i for a number of years and then stayed friends afterwards. i was in a relationship _ stayed friends afterwards. i was in a relationship with _ stayed friends afterwards. i was in a relationship with mark _ stayed friends afterwards. i was in a relationship with mark 15 - stayed friends afterwards. i was in l a relationship with mark 15 months, he then went on to have longer relationships, one which lasted for
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six years. relationships, one which lasted for six ears. ., ., , relationships, one which lasted for six ears. ., , six years. how has this impacted our six years. how has this impacted your life? _ six years. how has this impacted your life? what _ six years. how has this impacted your life? what is _ six years. how has this impacted your life? what is it... _ six years. how has this impacted your life? what is it... questionl your life? what is it... question like it is difficult to put into words what kind of trauma this would cause someone, finding out that, ostensibly, you have lived a lie with someone for that long? it is. it was absolutely _ with someone for that long? it 3 it was absolutely devastating and very destabilising. but i think it is important to say that i found out 13 years ago that mark had been an undercover cop, and we have been fighting now for 13 years for justice over these issues. it is only now that the police are starting to look, or the inquiry has published this report which covers 1968 to 1982. they won't be looking at the stuff that happened to me and to my friends until 2026. so it is
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notjust to my friends until 2026. so it is not just about the trauma that happened at the time, it is the last 13 years and the people who are fighting for justice 13 years and the people who are fighting forjustice over this. there are more than 200 participants in the inquiry. i'm lucky because i come through court challenges against the police, i have received information about what happened to me, but a lot of people are still waiting. so we welcome the fact that the inquiry has released this report. we welcome the fact that they have found that these relationships, these operations were unlawful, and they should have been shutdown. but there is so much still to come out and there are so many people still waiting for justice over this. people still waiting for 'ustice over this. . ~ people still waiting for 'ustice over this. ., ,, , ., people still waiting for 'ustice over this. ., ,, people still waiting for 'ustice overthis. ., ,, . ., over this. thank you so much for talkin: over this. thank you so much for talking to _ over this. thank you so much for talking to us _ over this. thank you so much for talking to us about _ over this. thank you so much for talking to us about it. _ over this. thank you so much for talking to us about it. we - talking to us about it. we appreciate your time. you are watching bbc news.
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we have launched a routine exercise. the river so in has the second biggest title range, and these waters are notoriously unforgiving. it is why volunteers drop everything to respond in all weathers, day and night, to save lives. sara also recovers those who are sadly lost, and lead joint for personal reasons. backin and lead joint for personal reasons. back in 2017, sara recovered the body of his friend, mark freeman, from the canal after he went missing following a night out. it from the canal after he went missing following a night out.— following a night out. it was the middle of february, _ following a night out. it was the middle of february, the - following a night out. it was the middle of february, the rain - following a night out. it was the | middle of february, the rain was coming in. they wouldn't stop until they count on, really. aside as it was, they found him after three days and brought some closure to us. sara relies on fundraising, at least a quarter of a year, and demands on its services are increasing. these dedicated volunteers will continue to be there whenever they are needed.
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for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. former ministers are among those named by the privileges committee, its members, most are conservatives themselves, saying that the allies of borisjohnson had attempted to impugn the integrity of the committee or lobby or intimidate its members. let's cross live to our political correspondent. the committee clearly not happy with the behaviour of some tory mps during that period. that's right. you mentioned that it was a cross—party committee, and they are very cross! so much so that
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they are very cross! so much so that they have produced a special report, effectively denouncing those people they say tried to undermine their work when they were inquiring into whether boris johnson work when they were inquiring into whether borisjohnson had lied to parliament. they produced an annex to this report which can see here, which reproduce some of the social media messages by some of boris johnson's defenders, aimed at them. i will give you a flavour of some of this. one of them, a backbencher, says that, we saw the result of a parliamentary witchhunt which would put a banana republic to shame. jacob rees mogg, the former cabinet minister, said that this committee made kangaroo courts seem respectable. there is plenty more in that vein. what they are saying is that vein. what they are saying is that they are not in the slightest bit amused, the committee say that this is a concerted campaign to undermine its integrity, but in doing so they are trying to undermine the legitimacy of
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parliament which asked them to look into this important issue. they want any future neighbours of the committee to be free from what they see as intimidation. they will be debating this next month, although borisjohnson is neither prime or a member of parliament, his legacy casts a long shadow at westminster. some of his supporters say, what is important here is freedom of speech. these were critical comments, but it is important that mps have got the right to criticise their fellow mps, people on this committee. simon clarke said that on this channel this afternoon. but also one of the people named in this report, brendan clark smith, says that it does raise serious questions about freedom of speech or stop the committee say that what was really going on here is not a matter of freedom of speech, it was at an attempt to
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alter their decision. there were floods of comments calling for them to step aside. thank you. back to the top story and the unrest in paris. 180 people have been arrested by paris and many have been marching the streets in protest after the killing of a 17—year—old boy in the city. more on that story now, crossing likely paris to my colleague who is there. bring us up to date with what has been happening in paris over the last hour or so. we have just arrived in paris over the last hour or so. we havejust arrived here, and this is where some of the people streamed through earlier today that much. you can hear an through earlier today that much. you can hearan ambience through earlier today that much. you can hear an ambience going past was not in the distance, you can see, perhaps, some of the smoke that is
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in the distance. it seems that there have been some instances of trouble in the aftermath of that march. when not sure what is burning, but we can see smoke in the background and lots of people are standing around after the march. i was speaking to people who were at the march and they said that they turned out today in solidarity, but also because they themselves said they felt scared. i was speaking to a young woman called carla who said she has been on protests in the past in paris, including the earlier protests about the retirement age will stop she said that she feels that the events of the last week now make her worry about how much she can trust the authorities, and that is something that other people have been saying here as well. we saw a sign that one of the protesters was carrying, saying, how many more things have
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happened, but not on camera? there was footage of the incident that happened, and that has galvanised a lot of the people to come out today for this march. the authorities are saying well over 6000 people took part in that march today. of course, we are expecting a lot of of course, we are expecting a lot of police on the streets around france, aren't we, over the next few hours? yes, notjust here but across the country. 0ut yes, notjust here but across the country. out of here, i can see lots of police officers who are surrounding this area all around this park, actually. in the distance, there are also other police officers who are starting to gather. it is starting to get starkey and now, when people believe that if there are going to protest, that if there are going to protest, thatis that if there are going to protest, that is when it will ramp up. that is why there is a beefed up security presence here. we also heard that the transport systems in some parts
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of paris as well, i'm just looking at this now, it says that paris transport will be suspended tonight as officials brace themselves for what they say could be a third night of unrest. that is coming from a french broadcaster here, saying that buses and trams will be suspended from around 7pm local time. so there is anticipation that it could be another difficult night here in paris. that all comes after that march you had the 17—year—old's mother addressing people who gathered. she said that route was significant that the marchers went on, because she said that her son used to go on his motorbike on that particular route, and it was an area that he loved. thank you.
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fans of the us singer madonna will have to wait a bit longer to see her back on stage. the 64—year—old material girl singer, has postponed her world tour after a stay in intensive care. her representatives say she suffered from a serious bacterial infection, but is expected to make a full recovery. 0ur north america correspondent, samira hussain, joins us from new york. what more do we know about madonna's health? madonna was actually found in her apartment in new york city on saturday. she had collapsed, she was unresponsive, and she was rushed to the hospital. she was in intensive care. there were reports that she was intubated at one point. now her manager has said she is in the clear right now, she is out of intensive care, but she is still under medical care, but she is still under medical care after suffering this bacterial infection. madonna was meant to begin a world tour onjuly 15, begin a world tour onjuly15, beginning in vancouver, canada, but
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that has been postponed. no other indication of when the tour will resume or when it will start has been made clearjust yet.- resume or when it will start has been made clearjust yet. been made clear 'ust yet. let's talk about the been made clearjust yet. let's talk about the business _ been made clearjust yet. let's talk about the business of _ been made clearjust yet. let's talk about the business of tours, - been made clearjust yet. let's talk i about the business of tours, because about the business of tours, because a lot of these famous singers make a lot of money through selling tickets for tours and we assume that the dates will be moved around, that people may still get to see madonna at some point. what does that mean financially for her and her team? well, givenjust her financially for her and her team? well, given just her actual firepower and termite within the music industry, if you think about when she announced her tour, even the four shores she announced in new york were actually sold out almost immediately. so she has a little bit of leeway in terms of that. fill immediately. so she has a little bit of leeway in terms of that.- of leeway in terms of that. fill the next ten seconds _ of leeway in terms of that. fill the next ten seconds was _ of leeway in terms of that. fill the next ten seconds was she - of leeway in terms of that. fill the next ten seconds was she is... - of leeway in terms of that. fill the
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next ten seconds was she is... ? i of leeway in terms of that. fill the i next ten seconds was she is... ? she is 45th wealthiest _ next ten seconds was she is... ? she is 45th wealthiest self-made - next ten seconds was she is... ? she is 45th wealthiest self-made woman | is 45th wealthiest self—made woman in the world. that is incredible. that is very impressive. madonna, the queen of pop indeed. sorry to cut you short in your prime. back later i'm sure with madonna. scientists say they've found the first evidence of low—frequency gravitational waves that are thought to be constantly rolling through space. the leading theory is that the waves are caused by the merger of supermassive black holes at the heart of distant galaxies, as our science correspondent, pallab ghosh reports up in space, at the heart of every galaxy is thought to be a gigantic black hole. here's a real picture of the one at the centre of our own milky way. it's four million times the mass of our sun. it became that big by colliding with other huge black holes inside other galaxies. astronomers atjodrell bank and across the world think they've detected some of these cataclysmic events. pulsars, which are like nature's clocks, really.
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0n the dish of the giant lovell telescope, dr hannah middleton tells me that ideas on how galaxies merge and grow have all been theoretical — until maybe now. we believe that galaxies and the black holes at the centre of them grow over time by mergers. but we haven't got evidence for this as yet. so if this is the signature of these mergers, it teaches us about the formation of galaxies throughout the universe. astronomers have made the detections by measuring the signals coming from spinning objects in space called pulsars, which are flashing stars at the end of their lives. pulsars are the lighthouses of the universe, sending out bursts of radio waves at regular intervals. the researchers noticed that something was changing their speed ever so slightly. they think that it's caused by gravitational waves constantly bombarding the earth. and the source, they believe, is giant black holes in orbit around each other, all across space.
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these are at the heart of distant galaxies orbiting each other. the forces between them are so powerful that they distort time and space and send ripples of gravitational waves across the universe. the lovell telescope is among a network of observatories that have picked up these gravitational waves. astronomers want to use them to study the black holes. currently, the signal that we're seeing is a noisy background from all over space. it's a bit like being in a noisy restaurant with people talking all around you. what we hope is that in the near future, we'll be able to zoom in and listen to some individual conversations, take the measurements from individual black holes and be able to really zoom in and study them. the researchers now have a new way to study the cosmos. they hope to learn how galaxies formed and discover new things that may reveal how the universe first came into existence. pallab ghosh, bbc news, at the
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lovell telescope atjodrell bank. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. the weather front that we had to start the day continues to push its way eastwards and for the vast majority of the uk we're looking at fine weather with some sunshine around to take us through the afternoon. that said, there are going to be a few showers popping up, particularly for scotland and northern ireland. and there's that weather front. the dregs of the rain still just about loitering across the east coast. now that front�*s brought 12 millimetres of rain about half an inch of rain in the space of six hours. the significance of that is that is more rain than had fallen
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for the entirety of the month ofjune, so that rain was welcome. still, it has been a particularly dry month across parts of eastern england. now, through the rest of the afternoon, as i say, one or two showers popping up for scotland, for northern ireland, an isolated shower for northern england, parts of the midlands and wales. but for the vast majority of these areas that should stay dry. the weather feeling a lot fresher now that that front�*s moved through. so a more pleasant kind of feel to the weather — highs between 18 and about 23 today. 0vernight tonight, well, we're going to continue to see showers working into scotland. and then later in the night cloud will thicken for northern ireland, wales and south west england — we'll start to get some damp weather returning here with some low clouds, some misty conditions and some drizzle through friday as this warm front moves its way in from the west, that will see a return of more humid air. so it'll feel quite muggy once again, extensive low cloud, bits and pieces of drizzle, particularly across western areas. there's probably some low cloud and fog hanging around some of the hillier areas in the west as well. temperatures, though, still reaching the high teens to low 20s and into the weekend, low pressure
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is going to stay to the north of the uk, bringing rain or showers to northern areas and it will be quite breezy as well. but the winds will be coming in from a west or north—westerly direction and those winds will be dragging in much fresher air again on saturday. so it's a day where most of us will see bright weather with some sunshine. showers, though, for northern ireland, a few for north west england and fairly frequent showers for the north west of scotland. temperatures could still reach the mid 20s and the best of the sunshine in the east. for sunday, it's a similar kind of day. again, quite a brisk west or north—westerly wind, some more prolonged outbreaks of rain working into the highlands, 0rkney and shetland where we see the best of the sunshine. still feeling warm, with temperatures around the high teens to low 20s. a bit cooler, though, for the north—west of scotland.
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live from london. live from london. this is bbc news. this is bbc news. the mother of the teenager shot dead the mother of the teenager shot dead by french police leads a march by french police leads a march in his memory through the suburb in his memory through the suburb of paris where he was killed. of paris where he was killed. after a second night of violence, after a second night of violence, 40,000 officers will be 40,000 officers will be on french streets tonight. on french streets tonight. after thousands have marched in nanterre, they say they want is
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