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we will analyse these nurses. we will analyse those proposals and bring you more of the reaction. and prosecutors tell a london court that kevin spacey is a "sexual bully". the actor's charged with sex offences which he denies. more on those in a moment or two, but first, we go to the bbc sport centre. hello, and australia are very much tightening their grip on the second ashes test at lord's. the lead was given them by an england collapse in the first morning of the home side lost six wickets for just 46 runs. they were bowled out forjust lost six wickets for just 46 runs. they were bowled out for just 45. usman khawaja again for the opening has taken us really to 108—1, a new 200 run lead. —— taken australia to.
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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 and 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 says he �*salutes and applauds' the decision to allow russian and belorussian players to return to the tournament this year. the all england club were fined for banning them in 2022, but djokovic says sport should be above politics. meanwhile the club's chief executive has been explaining the increase in security in response to the protests that have disrupted a number of uk based sporting events this year. we have uplifted security around the grounds this year, we work with the met police and other agencies to look at the threat and risk each year and then put measures in place accordingly, so that has been uplifted in certain places this year. and i would say we are keen
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that everybody that comes to the championships has a fantastic time championship�*s has a fantastic time and so people really respect that others want to enjoy the tennis while they're here.— others want to enjoy the tennis while they're here. obviously so at lord's some _ while they're here. obviously so at lord's some of _ while they're here. obviously so at lord's some of the _ while they're here. obviously so at lord's some of the players - while they're here. obviously so at lord's some of the players i - while they're here. obviously so at lord's some of the players i was i lord's some of the players i was taking matters into their own hands to stop the test, what would your message be to the players if there is disruption? the message be to the players if there is disruption?_ message be to the players if there is disruption?— is disruption? the important thing to sa is is disruption? the important thing to say is that _ is disruption? the important thing to say is that we've _ is disruption? the important thing to say is that we've got _ is disruption? the important thing to say is that we've got the - is disruption? the important thing to say is that we've got the right l to say is that we've got the right measures in place, to do with any disruption, and that will be the focus. i think the athletes don't need to worry about that because we have the situation under control. in terms of the players come obviously last year we didn't have russian or belarusian players taking part of this year we do. do you have any concerns, say, but the crowd reaction there might be towards the return of those players? we reaction there might be towards the return of those players?— reaction there might be towards the return of those players? we made the decision this — return of those players? we made the decision this year _ return of those players? we made the decision this year to _ return of those players? we made the decision this year to allow _ return of those players? we made the decision this year to allow russian - decision this year to allow russian and belarusian athletes to compete. it was very difficult decision, as we sat at the time, we thought long and hard about the decision we took and hard about the decision we took and consider the impact on people. but it is the right decision for the championships this year, all the athletes that are going to compete
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neutrally have signed the declaration and we are confident they will compete well at the championships and we won't have any issues. coco gauff�*s preparation for wimbledon is complete, albeit slightly earlier than she would have wanted. gauff lost in straight sets to fellow american madison keys in the semi finals of the eastbourne international. the win was keys' first over a top ten player on grass since she beat angelique kerber to win this tournament in 2014. gauff has been drawn to face world number 126 sofia kenin in the first round at wimbledon. i draw you can see more details of the bbc sport website. —— a draw. 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 repeat 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, with fifa expecting the tournament to have a
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global tv audience of two billion. liverpool's search for a new midfielder has taken them to rb leipzig and their hungary international 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'll become a free agent after 12 years with the club. much more at our website. details of qualifying forr the austrian grand prix ahead of the race on sunday and the srpint races on saturday. and that's all the sport for now. let's go to breaking news from moldova, news from the moldovan police of a shooting incident at the
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cheese in our airport, the main international airport. —— chisinau airport. let's take you through what we know so far. a man opened fire at the airport and is currently holed up the airport and is currently holed up in a room there. there are reports, as yet unconfirmed reports, that he may have taken hostages. special forces are apparently at the scene. and in terms of the detail, more of it coming in all of the while, apparently this was a foreign citizen who was not allowed to enter the territory of moldova. the authorities have confirmed two victims and as i say, their special forces are at the scene. i would like there are unconfirmed elements to this story we are trying to verify, suggesting he is a russian national and that he is taken hostages, but the bbc so far unable to confirm any of those details. but certainly the police and moldova confirming there has been a shooting
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incident at the main international airport. obviously all flights are currently cancelled, special forces there and there are reports he is currently holed up in a room, we will keep an eye on that and if there is more detail we will return to it. the prosecution has opened it's 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. our correspondent helena wilkinson is outside southwark crown court. the 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, the hollywood actor, is facing. the prosecutor christine agnew kc told the jurors that they might feel a little starstruck, a little overwhelmed that they were sitting on a jury that was going to try such a famous person.
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but she told them that they must stay grounded throughout the trial. kevin spacey was in a glass dock in courti here at southern crown court, as he listened intently to those ——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 his influence. and afterwards, kevin spacey�*s defence barrister, who is called patrick gibbs kc, he went on to tell jurors that they would hear 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's a far cry from hollywood and the film sets he's used to. the two—time oscar winning actor, accused of 12 sexual offence charges, walked past photographers. his case has attracted global attention. inside courti the 63—year—old sat in a glass dock, appearing under his full name,
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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. the jury have also been hearing details of the allegations which have been made by the four men. the prosecution allege 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,
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including the usual suspects and seven 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. matthew, kevin spacey left southwark crown court here in the last couple of hours or so, he walked along the pavement, got into a cab and dozens of photographers trying to take his photograph as he got into that taxi. as i say, he denies the 12 sexual offence charges that have been laid against him and his barrister today in court also said that the jury would, in due course, hear from mr spacey himself. the trial expected, as i say, to last for around four weeks.
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let me return straightaway to that breaking news from moldova that we were talking about with that shooting incident at the main international airport. just as we were watching halina the latest word from moldova's interior ministry, saying they captured that person —— just as we were watching helena. they do confirm they were two victims in this incident. there were reports that the person was holed up in a room in that incident appears to have come to an end with the interior ministry saying the person has now been arrested. but confirming there have been two victims, so again, when there is more on that we will return to it. a uk government minister who was accused of being part of a campaign to undermine an inquiry into boris johnson has resigned. and launched a broadside against rishi sunak.
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lord goldsmith accused the uk 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. it was examining whether mrjohnson misled mps about parties at downing street during the covid pandemic. he has long been an environmental campaigner. he was defeated as a conservative mp at the 2019 general election, but zac goldsmith was swiftly given a seat in the lords by his longstanding ally borisjohnson and he continued to be a government minister for the international environment. until today. yesterday, he was criticised by the committee that found borisjohnson had lied to parliament. zac goldsmith had agreed with those who'd called it a kangaroo court. quickly on lord goldsmith, he was asked to apologise for his comments about the committee, because i felt those were incompatible with his position as a minister. he has obviously chosen to take a different course. i accept that. i'm proud of the record of this government and of zac in government making sure that we tackle climate change. but lord goldsmith doesn't seem
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to be quite as proud of the government's record on climate change. his coruscating resignation letter focuses on policy and the prime minister himself. he said: what's notable about the resignation letter isn'tjust what he says, but what he doesn't. he makes no mention of the committee that gave his friend borisjohnson a kicking. he doesn't say his criticisms of that committee had anything to do with his resignation. in fact, by keeping the focus on his own government's policy, this has proved to be a gift to the opposition. when you read his resignation letter, it rings true, it rings true when you see
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the catalogue of failures of the government on climate. every single day brings more conservative chaos and soap opera resignations. rishi sunak should have done the right thing and sacked zac goldsmith yesterday, but it is clear he isjust too weak to manage his own party. as a close ally of borisjohnson's it perhaps unsurprising that lord goldsmith has criticised the current prime minister, but that doesn't make his comments any less politically wounding. since that report, othered goldsmith saying that he is happy to apologise for that criticism —— lord goldsmith happy to apologise for that criticism aimed at the select committee but that his resignation today was all about what he is described as the lethargy of rishi sunak and the government around climate change, so that spat is obviously ongoing.
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around the world and across the uk this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. she was possibly the most vibrant, lovely, fun, outgoing sister and girl anybody could ever meet. she was so much fun, best friend. max, with his parents and a good friend at their home in nailsea. three years on, and billie is always in their thoughts. they've set up a trust and, together with friends, are constantly fundraising to make sure billie won't be forgotten. it's here at southmead hospital that billie died from a brain aneurysm with complications. some of that money raised will fund two new researchers. we have been working on the gene that could potentially be responsible for causing this condition, and hoping that it will then translate to a clinical outcome in order to reduce the risk. billie's family are determined that the fundraising won't stop here. for more stories from across the uk,
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head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. let's turn to breaking news, this time, and from brazil because in the last few minutes, the former brazilian president giar bolsonaro has been banned from running for public office until 2030 —— jair bolsonaro, that is just coming public office until 2030 —— jair bolsonaro, that isjust coming in, banned from politics until 2030 foot of the supreme electoral court found mr bolsonaro guilty of abuse of power. he's been found guilty of undermining brazilian democracy by falsely alleging that electronic voting was vulnerable to fraud. that comment was made last year before the election defeat to lula da silva. mr bolsonaro's lawyer's, though, are expected to appeal, they have argued the statements had no bearing on the election result. the top line, the former brazilian
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presidentjair bolsonaro banned from running for public office until the year 2030. in iran, women are continuing to defy the strict morality laws in place across the country. in september, there were huge protests in the capital, tehran, and elsewhere following the death of 22—year—old mahsa amini. she died in police custody after being arrested for allegedly breaching hijab rules. it is extremely difficult for the bbc to obtain footage from inside iran but our team has verified more than 350 videos posted on social media, showing the protests in graphic detail. yalda hakim reports. in september 2022, the death of a young woman mahsa amini in police custody triggered anti—government protests across iran. a family member wept at her gravesite. translation: i swear to god that when she left home, - her clothes were so appropriate. she was dressed more appropriately than all
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of your daughters. the iranian authorities pledged to investigate amini's death. translation: woman, life, freedom. they insisted that the protests were organised by foreign powers. a bbc documentary team has analysed over 100 hours of footage from those protests and verified 350 videos. translation: the killing of mahsa happened, - i was transformed from an actress interested in women's _ rights into an activist. she was once a famous tv actor in iran. she is now an international movie star. and she's been gathering testimony on how the authorities responded in the early days of the uprising. translation: how are you?
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translation: i am fine, thanks. i'm very glad to meet you. nasreen had a teenage daughter and an old video recording shows her singing with friends. translation: she was extremely adventurous and fearless - i was always afraid that something would happen to her. four days after mahsa amini died, she was filmed setting fire to her headscarf. translation: death to the dictator. translation: | told her it is - dangerous and please come home. she finally said she would. i could hear other protesters shouting "the security forces." they never heard from her again. her death certificate stated she died from multiple injuries caused by the impact
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of a hard object. the regime denied wrongdoing and made inconsistent claims about her death. translation: personally, i have a lot of respect - for her bravery and free spirit. i beliece that we are living in a specific point in history where such events are needed. in iran today, the mass street protests of died down for now. protests have died down for now. but acts of defiance continue on social media. dancing like this can get you arrested. but there is still dancing. now let's turn to the situation in france, of course we've had three days of rioting and they approach the fourth night, nervous with a lot
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of new things being done on the ground to try to ease tensions. we have heard in the last while that buses and trams across the country have been cancelled. as have public shows. protests in many of the cities, and this is some of the damage from the riots we've seen come president macron has been talking in the last while. we will have plenty more on the programme in the next little while, we will be live in nanterres, we can talk about the latest we've heard from france's prime minister, the interior minister has also been giving details about the measures brought in in the last couple of hours. and of course we've had so many arrests, over 900 arrests in the country. and they've been giving details of fires, of shops, of the looting
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that's been going on. and of course the french president saying a little earlier that it's incumbent on families to make sure there teenagers stay indoors. also talking about the effect of social media and certainly pointing the finger of blame there, in part, in terms of what we have seen on the streets in so many cities in france. there are some of the latest details and pictures, and we will be back in paris in the next ten or 15 minutes. let's turn to a double murder investigation here in the uk, police have launched that investigation after a 15—year—old boy and a 23—year—old men were stabbed to death in islington in north london last night. the teenager was pronounced dead at the scene. a second victim died in hospital. a third person, believed to be 28, was also found at the address in an archery area, having suffered a stab wound. his injuries are not thought
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to be life—threatening. —— an archway area. our correspondent has been to the scene. london of course has a very bad problem with knife crime, in the last year we had 52 murders here, 26 of those have been stabbings, seven have been teenagers. i've been speaking to local residents and many of them have been expressing their huge shock at what has happened. some have also been saying they're not altogether surprised. i’m a some have also been saying they're not altogether surprised.— not altogether surprised. i'm a bit disappointed- _ not altogether surprised. i'm a bit disappointed. it's _ not altogether surprised. i'm a bit disappointed. it's really _ disappointed. it's really disappointing because i'm heartbroken. this is not the first occasion. this has happened before. sadness. the sadness, to think that that can _ sadness. the sadness, to think that that can happen. sadness. the sadness, to think that that can happen-— that can happen. detectives are continuing _ that can happen. detectives are continuing their _ that can happen. detectives are continuing their inquiries. - that can happen. detectives are j continuing their inquiries. there that can happen. detectives are i continuing their inquiries. there is what's known as a section 60 order in place, meaning there are increased powers here with regards to stop and search. this has been a set of killings that has really shocked this community and as we've been hearing, the police are urging
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anyone with any information to come forward. let's hear from the police, forward. let's hearfrom the police, little earlier the metropolitan police briefed reporters on the investigation. we briefed reporters on the investigation.— briefed reporters on the investiuation. ~ ., ., ~ investigation. we are working closely with — investigation. we are working closely with our _ investigation. we are working closely with our specialist - investigation. we are working l closely with our specialist crime colleagues who are conducting inquiries to identify and apprehend those involved. a section 60 order granting of such additional stop and search powers has been authorised and additional patrols will be conducted to provide reassurance to the community. please approach those of if you have any worries, concerns or information. —— approach those officers. i urge anyone with information concerning this horrific incident to get in touch. we are committed to working with rbara partners to tackling street violence but we can't do alone. —— our borough partners. if you have any information please get in touch full so we know some people may be hesitant to come forward with information but you can share what you know anonymously by the independent charity crimestoppers. they will not even ask for your
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name. italian police have said the man who carved names into the wall of rome's ancient colosseum last week is a tourist from the uk. the incident was filmed by another visitor, who challenged the man, before handing the recording to security officials. the man could face a large fine or a jail term up to five years, if convicted. the nearly 2,000 year old colosseum is one of the best known symbols of imperial rome, and is a protected unesco world heritage site. an italian journalist says the footage has been met with widespread shock there in italy.— shock there in italy. there's been com - lete shock there in italy. there's been complete at _ shock there in italy. there's been complete at rate. _ shock there in italy. there's been complete at rate. italians - shock there in italy. there's been complete at rate. italians are - complete at rate. italians are completely shocked that anybody could deface one of the most famous monuments in this country. this is not the first time think something like this happens in italy, at the coliseum, in fact, and other monuments, and there are very
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serious fines for this kind of thing. —— at the colosseum. italy is of course very concerned about its culture and its tourism. these are very important things for this country and they certainly don't want tourists coming into the country and defacing monuments. just some of the reaction to that story in italy. we will take a short break. when we are back, we will have all the very latest from france. we will speak to our correspondent, who is there on the ground in nanterre. a lot of new restrictions being brought in by the french authorities in the last couple of hours. and we will have the latest on that nhs england plan to recruit more doctors and nurses, so more reaction to that. nhs england, the biggest employer in europe, so that's a hugely significant story, and of course we have that fascinating new report we hearing about the rise in type one diabetes amongst young people post
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covid. more on all those stories here in a moment or two. we will pause for whether. 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. 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
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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. overnight 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 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
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in the southeast, 23, maybe 24 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 orkney, 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, this is bbc news. after a third night of rioting in france — the government has ordered public the biggest employer in europe, the government has ordered public buses to stop operating buses to stop operating this evening, and banned the sale of fireworks to prevent further violence. 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. that is something we all ought to do.
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