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this is bbc news, the headlines: a third night of rioting in france with no let up in the anger sparked by the fatal police shooting of a teenager of north african descent. president macron says that nothing can justify the violence that's swept across france. almost 900 people have been arrested. the nhs in england the biggest employer in europe unveils a new plan to train more doctors and nurses. we analyse the proposals and bring you reaction. a uk government minister,
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lord goldsmith, resigns and aims his fire at the prime minister rishi sunak. he accuses the government of �*apathy�* towards climate issues. and a bbc investigation finds tiktok is not removing some videos that deny climate change despite a promise that it would. more on all that in a moment or two, let's head to the bbc sport centre for the latest on the cricket, and hopefully it's getting better for england because it was a dismal start. that's quite right, hello. just like in the first innings, josh tun has broken the stand in the ashes test at lord's. but a rare moment of success for england today. england's first innings ended with them losing six wickets forjust 46 runs in the morning session. all out for 325, 91 behind. since then despite losing david
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warnerfor 25 since then despite losing david warner for 25 australia has since then despite losing david warnerfor 25 australia has pushed on. 71—1 latest from lord's. not all good news for australia though. spinner nathan lyon is a doubt for the rest of the series after suffering what's been described as a "significant calf strain" on day two at lord's. he arrived at the ground earlier on crutches. cricket australia say "a decision regarding his availability for the remainder of the series will be made at the conclusion of the game" defending wimbledon champion novak djokovic could face the man he beat to win the title last year in the quarter finals this time around. nick kyrgios is in the number 2 seeds section of the draw, while number one seed carlos alcaraz starts againstjeremy chardy. i've been speaking to our tennis correspondent russell fuller, who started by reflecting on the women's singles draw. i think, given the fact that three players have dominated the women's game this year, the interesting thing is that we have elena rybakina, the defending champion, and aryna sabalenka, the australian champion, in the same half of the draw, while the world number one iga swiatek finds
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herself on the other half. mind you, she's not having the best preparations for wimbledon, swiatek, she's been able to win a couple of matches at the tournament in germany but has pulled out ahead of her semifinal today because she said she had a restless night and may have had a bout of food poisoning, which is farfrom ideal when she will have to play for the first time on monday. and in the men's draw we had this sense, because of carlos alcaraz regaining the world number one spot, that him and novak djokovic would be kept apart, but plenty of otherjuicy first round matches and possible meetings later down the line as well. yes, alcaraz has a fairly tough sector of the draw as the world number one and therefore top seed. he has likes of grigor dimitrov, in his section of the draw. and djokovic at the other end has players like nick kyrgios, though kyrgios has been able to play
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just one match so far this year. but there are some very good first round matches to look forwards to, including stefanos tsitsipas against dominic thiem, the winner of that could well play andy murray. lots to look forward to there. and a couple of matches i forgot to mention in the women's draw in the first round, how about venus williams against elina svitolina for starters? or maybe even coco gauff against sofia kenin, who is a grand slam champion but has struggled a bit in recent years. team captains at the women's world cup will be allowed by fifa to wear one of eight armbands they provide highlighting social issues. the governing body is attempting to avoid a rpeat of the row ovr the "onelove" rainbow armband at the men's world cup last year, which qatari organisers called divisive. the armbands in australia and new zealand will feature a range of issues including gender equality and tackling domestic violence,
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with fifa expecting the tournament to have a global tv audience of two billion. liverpool's search for a new midfielder has taken them to rb leipzig and their hungary internatoinal dominik szoboszlai. the two clubs are in talks over the 22—year—old, who helped leipzig finish third in the bundesliga and win the german cup last season. there are reports that szoboszlai has a release clause of about £60 million, just over $75 million, which expires on friday. meanwhile manchester united goalkeeper david de gea's contract is likely to end on friday with no decision yet over whether he will remain at old trafford. it means he may become a free agent after 12 years with the club. much more on our website, of course, including the latest in the cricket, whether you're australian or england, and if you're an f1 fan, letters from the austrian grand prix practice there as well. —— the latest. thanks, we will see you in about an
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hour per time. a bbc investigation has found tiktok is not removing many videos that deny the existence of man made climate change despite a promise in april, that it would do so. bbc verify�*s marco silva has the story. there is no climate change in the manner in which they speak. wake up, guys. global warming isn't real. it's all about control. climate change misinformation is all over social media. and last april, tiktok said they would start removing it. but are they? on tiktok, it's arguably particularly bad because of the way tiktok as a platform works. anyone can post anything and it has the potential to reach thousands or even millions of views. that's rosh. he's known for debunking viral videos that make false claims about climate change. i do that by basically comparing the claims being made to scientific literature and exposing where they go wrong. bad arguments can spread really fast.
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we thought we'd check if tiktok were actually removing these videos and living up to their promise. so we reported 365 climate—denying videos. but after a day, almost 95% of them were still there. and make no mistake, these posts are getting attention. they racked up almost 30 million views. that building over there, that's tiktok�*s uk headquarters right here at the heart of london. i asked the company for an interview, but it declined. instead, it sent us a statement. tiktok says... it also said it's working with fact checkers and that people searching for content about climate change on tiktok are being shown a link
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to authoritative information. but why is any of this important? we know that there is a very rapidly closing window for us to deal with the problem of climate change, and what it requires is really good faith, public debate. that doesn't mean people can't have concerns or grievances or disagreements, but ultimately we need to be sharing the same reality. and at the moment, the pollution of the information landscape is making that impossible. for more on this i'm joined now by tik tok creator and environmental campaigner laura young. thank you forjoining us here on the programme. your very vocal on tiktok about climate change, how worrying is it, the amount of misinformation and denial there is on that platform?— and denial there is on that latform? v , ., , platform? it's extremely worrying and as that _ platform? it's extremely worrying and as that clip _ platform? it's extremely worrying and as that clip has _ platform? it's extremely worrying and as that clip hasjust _ platform? it's extremely worrying and as that clip hasjust shown, i platform? it's extremely worrying l and as that clip hasjust shown, one and as that clip has just shown, one of the problems is these videos can really go viral, is the time, and get millions and millions of views. and tiktok works with an algorithm that feeds people more of what they watch and more of what they like, so it is also worrying to know that if somebody is engaging with climate misinformation, they will likely be getting more and more of that as
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they continue to scroll. and there's a lot of people, particularly on tiktok, being that lots of misinformation, confusion around potential conflict in what they learn in traditional media or on at school, especially when it comes to climate change and this has real—world impacts because it is creating mistrust among young people on tiktok who are getting this information, and the climate movement and the policymakers who are trying to do things for clean initiatives. and there are millions of videos out there that you contain this misinformation. and the other thing we saw there was that it looks really difficult to get a lot of this stuff taken down, even if it's been flagged. exactly, and that's just due to the sheer volume of all videos that go onto platforms like tiktok, and it's notjust climate misinformation these teens are having to deal with. it's also harmful content, abusive language. and it's notjust videos. its comments. so there is a lot of
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information and videos and content out there and i think what we are seeing is tiktok as a company struggling to deal with that, and certainly, 95% of the videos you checked were still there, so it's not happening quickly enough and it's not happening efficiently enough forgetting the div these videos which are creating harm —— for getting rid of these videos. i think you said to our producer when you're talking to them that perhaps it would be wrong for tiktok to respond too harshly, you have concerns about completely going the other way, what do you mean by that? i think it's good to have some form of conversation, particularly to help with education and awareness raising, so we want people to be able to have debate and conversation. but we know there are just some particularly harmful videos that need to get removed. but something that's come up on a different social media platform, on twitter, are these things called community notes and it's almost a chance for regular people to add their thoughts or comments or give context to information that's put out there. and i think we can see a
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lot more of that on other platforms, and tiktok in particular, to be able to show there is a debate, that there needs to be more new more context, and that could certainly be done more. but i know for certain it's good to be learning and changing our views as we have more information, so we don't want all climate information to be taken down and we also don't want accounts that are putting out things there to be to sensitively brought under and then we lose all content. so we need to be looking at this from the bigger picture. to be looking at this from the bigger picture-— to be looking at this from the bi aer icture. . . ., bigger picture. laura young were aood to bigger picture. laura young were good to talk _ bigger picture. laura young were good to talk to _ bigger picture. laura young were good to talk to you, _ bigger picture. laura young were good to talk to you, thanks - bigger picture. laura young were good to talk to you, thanks so i bigger picture. laura young were i good to talk to you, thanks so much forjoining us on the programme. the prosecution has opend its case in the trial of the actor kevin spacey at london's southwark crown court. the hollywood actor is accused of sexual offences against four men between 2001 and 2013. the 63—year—old denies all 12 charges against him including sexual assault and indecent assault. live now to southwark crown court and our correspondent, helena wilkinson. take us through the day. yes, the
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prosecution. _ take us through the day. yes, the prosecution, as _ take us through the day. yes, the prosecution, as you _ take us through the day. yes, the prosecution, as you say, - take us through the day. yes, the prosecution, as you say, opened i take us through the day. yes, the i prosecution, as you say, opened the case for the jury today. what that means is that the allegations were laid bare in court, that kevin spacey comedy hollywood actor, is facing. —— kevin spacey, the hollywood actor. the persecutor told the jury they may well feel starstruck, little overwhelmed, they were sitting on a jury that was going to try such a famous person but told them that they must stay grounded throughout the trial. kevin spacey was in a glass in court one here at southwark crown court as he listened intently to those allegations that were laid out, and the prosecutor claimed that kevin spacey had abused his power and influence. and afterwards, kevin spacey�*s defence barrister went on to tell jurors that they would hear
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some deliberate exaggerations and many damned lies. kevin spacey arrived at southwark crown court this morning, and smiled as he made his way in. it is a far cry from hollywood and the film sets he's used to. the two time 0scar—winning actor, accused of 12 sexual offence charges, walked past photographers. his case has attracted global attention. inside court one, the 63 year old sat in a glass dock, appearing under his full name, kevin spacey fowler. he listened intently as the prosecutor opened the case against him. christine agnew kc told jurors that kevin spacey was an extremely famous actor who had won many awards. the prosecutor added, "he is also, the prosecution allege, a man who sexually assaults other men, a man who does not respect personal boundaries or space, a man who, it would seem, delights in making others feel powerless
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and uncomfortable, a sexual bully." the jury have also been hearing details of the allegations which have been made by the four men. the prosecution alleged that one of the complainants wrote to mr spacey to seek mentoring, went back to a flat with him, fell asleep and woke to mr spacey sexually assaulting him. kevin spacey is well known for his role in american beauty. he's also starred in other films, including the usual suspects and se7en, and the critically acclaimed television series house of cards. he was also artistic director of the old vic theatre in london between 2004 and 2015. kevin spacey denies the charges. the trial is expected to last four weeks. kevin spacey left at southwark crown court here in the last couple of
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hours or so. he walked along the pavement, got into a cab, dozens of photographers trying to take his photographers trying to take his photograph as he got into the taxi. as i say, he denies the 12 sexual offence charges that have been made against him and his barrister today in court also said the jury would in due course hearfrom mr spacey himself. the trial expected, as i say, to last for around four weeks. around the world and across the uk this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. the dragon patcher... the pothole pro... mastic asphalt. no, not mythical beasts but fixes to a perennial problem. now all part of a trial to see how they fare on 0xfordshire's roads. this kilometre length of road here in steventon was chosen
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because of the number of potholes along it that needed repairing, with the different methods used to fix it, it will now be monitored to see how the repairs last. some methods, like the dragon patcher, are already in use on 0xfordshire's roads. some techniques are trying to be environmentally friendly. we are doing everything we can. are we on top of it? no, we are not. do we want to do better? yes, we do. innovation to try to fix a persistent problem. a hope for a less bumpy road ahead. for more stories from across the uk head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. let me return straightaway to events in france because the three days of writing we have seen after the death of that teenager after a police traffic stop, just the latest
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information from the authorities with france's prime minister saying that police will use armoured vehicles against riots, a little earlier she was asked but wouldn't say whether the plan was to bring in a state of emergency. no poll on that yet but let me tell you the interior minister, who is also been meeting with the prime minister, said that throughout the country public transport will be stopped, buses and trams, from nine o'clock local time, when he was talking to reuters journalists. all part of a bundle of measures to try to ease tensions after the writing we have seen after the death of that 17—year—old. that's right for the rioting we've seen. —— the rioting we have seen. public transport being shut down from nine o'clock across the country, we will keep an eye on
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that and bring you more on it as it comes in. a uk government minister, who was accused of being part of a campaign to undermine an inquiry into boris johnson has resigned and immediately launched a broadside against rishi sunak. lord goldsmith accused the prime minister of being "simply uninterested" in climate issues. goldsmith was named as one of eight parliamentarians, said to have put "improper pressure" on the investigation. let's go live to westminster, terms of a resignation letter could not have been more blistering and personal, aimed at the prime minister. and there's been an update on the spat between the two through the course of the day. it’s spat between the two through the course of the day.— course of the day. it's absolutely stinauin , course of the day. it's absolutely stinging. this — course of the day. it's absolutely stinging, this letter _ course of the day. it's absolutely stinging, this letter this - course of the day. it's absolutely| stinging, this letter this morning. zac goldsmith is a long—time proponent of environmental issues, very passionate about them, he was the international environment minister. he has said that the government had apathy in the face of
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the greatest challenge we face, which made continuing in his current role untenable. and he penned that “p role untenable. and he penned that up very squarely on rishi sunak personally. he said the problem wasn't that the government was hostile to the environment, it is that you, our prime minister, are simply uninterested. and that signal, he said, has trickled down through whitehall, which is the catchall name for orbits of government, and because the kind of paralysis was up it was a very personal, very striking criticism. rishi sunak was asked about this and suggested there may have been a different reason for lord goldsmith�*s quitting this morning. that is yesterday, goldsmith, who was a strong ally of the former prime minister borisjohnson, was named in a report by parent's privileges committee is one of the parliamentarians who had to interfere its investigation into whether or not borisjohnson lied to parliament about parties in downing street —— a report by parliament's privileges committee he was the only only minister named. and rishi sunak
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said he had been asked to apologise about the remarks about the privileges committee because it was incompatible with his position as a minister but lord goldsmith decided to take a different course. since then, though, lord goldsmith has come back himself and said he is happily doubled my capital apologise for sharing his public views on the committee, he says as a minister he shouldn't have publicly commented and had been asked to acknowledge that and there would be no question of him being sacked if you did that, he said he is happy to do so and maintains its about the climate, he says, my decision to step down has been a long time coming. trier? been a long time coming. very interesting- — been a long time coming. very interesting. in _ been a long time coming. very interesting. in terms _ been a long time coming. very interesting. in terms of - been a long time coming. very interesting. in terms of a - been a long time coming. very interesting. in terms of a separate story there at westminster, let me quickly ask you about that whilst i've got you, because it sue gray, that senior civil servant, apparently she can start work for the opposition labour party come september. bring us up to speed on that? , ., , ,, september. bring us up to speed on that? , ,, , , ,., that? this was sue gray, she is to be a very senior —
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that? this was sue gray, she is to be a very senior civil— that? this was sue gray, she is to be a very senior civil servant, - be a very senior civil servant, she's off to become the chief of staff to labour leader keir starmer, but had to go through this process with a committee that weighs up how appropriate appointments are and it'sjob is to make appropriate appointments are and it's job is to make sure there is appropriate appointments are and it'sjob is to make sure there is no conflict with the rose she had working in the civil service and in government. so it said, yes, she can go and take on that role but has got to wait six months from when she resigned, which puts us in about the autumn time. there were issues, it said in its report, lots of people raising concerns about the perception of what it could do to the perception of the civil service, somebody going straight into a political role like being the opposition chief of staff. there was also, interestingly, they talked about the immediate speculations —— macromedia spec version, as they put it, that she may have broken the civil service code by having a phone call with sir keir starmer —— media speculations. she spoke to him in 22 about this. it said it would rule on that, there was no evidence that they had found that she had made any
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decisions which favoured labour. that may become important again next week because the cabinet office minister has tabled a ministerial statement for monday in which they will say she broke the civil service code. when she spoke to labour. thanks for the latest on both and stories. italian police have said the man who carved his name into the woes of the coliseum last week as a tourist from the uk. let's show you the pictures, the uk. let's show you the pictures, the incident was filmed by another visitor who reprimanded the man verbally before handing the according to security officials. the nearly 2000 year old coliseum is one of the best—known symbols of imperial rome and is protected as a unesco world heritage site. —— the colosseum. let's speak to an italian journalist, thank you for being here on the programme. give me an idea of the sort of reaction there has been there since this video has been
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circulated to that story.- there since this video has been circulated to that story. there been com - lete circulated to that story. there been complete outrage. _ circulated to that story. there been complete outrage. italians - circulated to that story. there been complete outrage. italians are - complete outrage. italians are completely shocked that anybody could deface one of the most famous monuments in this country. this is not the first time something like this happens in italy, and at the colosseum, in fact, and other monuments, and there are very, very serious fines for this kind of thing because italy is of course very concerned about its culture and its tourism. i mean, these are very important thing is for this country and they certainly don't want tourists coming into the country and effacing monuments. this guy apparently a british tourist, or a man who actually lives in the united kingdom, in bristol, he 27 years old and he carved using a key. his name and he carved using a key. his name and his girlfriend's name and the
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year 23 into and his girlfriend's name and the year23 into an and his girlfriend's name and the year 23 into an inside wall of the coliseum last friday. there was an american tourist who said to him, you can't be serious, and filmed him. and then put that... put that video on youtube and it went viral. yes, and you were saying there, there was a possibility of a fine, perhaps even greater, just briefly, are the authorities there are saying where they think this person is now and what attempts will be made to try to bring any sort of prosecution against him?— against him? well, they identified him usin: , against him? well, they identified him using. you — against him? well, they identified him using, you know, _ against him? well, they identified l him using, you know, photographs. and yes, they're going to send him a message. he is back in the uk at the moment, so they think he in bristol. he will be informed that he is under investigation and he faces, if convicted, upton 15,000 years —— up to 15,000 heroes is a fine and up to
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five years as a prison term. —— up to 15,000 euros. brute five years as a prison term. -- up to 15,000 euros.— five years as a prison term. -- up to 15,000 euros. we are out of time but thank you _ to 15,000 euros. we are out of time but thank you so _ to 15,000 euros. we are out of time but thank you so much _ t015,000 euros. we are out of time but thank you so much for— to 15,000 euros. we are out of time but thank you so much for your - to 15,000 euros. we are out of time but thank you so much for your time from naples, sorry that's getting a lot of attention, thanks for your time, back with more of the day's headlines and just a bit, don't go away. —— a story that's getting a lot of attention. hello again. provisionally, thisjune was the hottest on record, but one of the features about the month is it's been very dry across the south of both england and wales. st athan is near cardiff, and that's been one of the driest areas we've seen, not even a quarter of the averagejune rainfall here. mind you, there is a little bit of rain to come through today, but for the most part it's light and patchy. these rather grey skies typical of the skies you'll have working into western areas. and if i look at the rainfall totals through the whole of the day today, you see most of the rain is across western areas, but it's really light and patchy, just an odd millimetre of rain here and there.
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something a bit wetter for western scotland for a time. now, over the last few hours we have seen the cloud increasingly move in and we've got a couple of warm fronts set to move in. the first, bringing a little bit of patchy rain. the second, well, that's where we've got the really humid air that is starting to edge its way in. and so through this afternoon across wales, western england, northern ireland too, we are looking at damp weather, fairly persistent and thick drizzle coming down. with the low cloud on the tops of the hills, there'll be some mist and fog patches high up as well. eastern areas holding on to a few brighter spells, some heavier rain pushing across scotland for a time. but the wettest weather likely to be in the west of scotland. 0vernight tonight, we're going to see that humid air push right the way across the country. with that, there'll be extensive cloud around. could see a few spots of drizzle falling just about anywhere. but i suspect most of it will be across the south and the west. heading into the weekend, low pressure is going to stay to the north of the uk. we'll have fairly brisk west north westerly winds and ultimately they will bring fresher weather conditions in. a bit of rain crossing
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scotland early in the morning and across eastern england you probably start off with extensive cloud, even with a few spots of rain. the afternoon brighter, more in the way of sunshine around. but there'll be a few showers for northern ireland and northern england, fairly frequent showers for the north west of scotland where it will be quite cool. temperatures just into the teens. the warmest weather, east anglia in the southeast, 23, maybe 2a in the best of the sunshine. we'll keep those fairly windy conditions going into sunday. the showers across the northwest will be heavier, risk of some thunderstorms with some more prolonged outbreaks of rain working in across 0rkney, shetland, the hebrides and parts of highland as well. so quite a breezy weekend on the way, but there will be some warm sunshine as well.
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live from london. live from london. this is bbc news. this is bbc news. after a third night of rioting in after a third night of rioting in france, the government has ordered france, the running, buses and trams stopped running, and banned the sale of fireworks. president macron says that nothing can justify the violence that's swept across france. almost 900 people have been arrested. translation: there are lots of young people involved in these _ demonstrations, sometimes very young people so it is the responsibility of parents to keep them at home.

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