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hello, i'm carl nasman. we start in france, where police say they have arrested 80 more protestors on friday in the country's second largest city, marseille — amid unrest sparked by the killing of a teenage boy by a police officer in a suburb of paris. after days of violence across the country, bus and tram services have been halted — 45 thousand officers are out on the streets — and police have now confirmed that a young man has died during the protests, after falling from a roof. tonight, armoured vehicles have been deployed to avoid more scenes like this, from thursday. the interior minister says over 900 people were arrested in clashes in multiple cities. speaking earlier, president emmanuel macron condemned the violence and criticised social media, saying it had incited teenagers to get involved. there is an unacceptable
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instrumentalisation of the death of a teenager which we all deplore that this time should be about contemplation and respect in the face of a firmly condemned those who use the situation in this period to train create disorder and target our institutions. they are responsible for these harrowing acts in a firmly condemned and we all do, the spear and unjustifiable violence that has no legitimacy. meanwhile, france's main police union also released a statement earlier. in it, the alliance police nationale talks about war. they say — "that against this wild gang, we must impose calm — calling for it is not enough. our colleagues, as well as the majority of france, can't stand the diktat of this minority anymore. this is not time to strike, but to fight and eradicate these pests. in the last hour i spoke to our correspodent rajini vydeeanathan is in paris.
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swe s we heard about inside the scenes of chaos and where is it like where you are right now? it is remarkably calm here in the centre of paris we been driving _ the centre of paris we been driving through nanterre where there _ driving through nanterre where there have been intense violence for the past few days. we have — violence for the past few days. we have seen a few people speed past on _ we have seen a few people speed past on motorbikes, people on the sides— past on motorbikes, people on the sides of the roads but largely. _ the sides of the roads but largely, the streets of been empty— largely, the streets of been empty here. that is not to say that _ empty here. that is not to say that things will not ramp up later this evening because it was — later this evening because it was a — later this evening because it was a similar kind of picture tast— was a similar kind of picture test night— was a similar kind of picture last night with things required around — last night with things required around now and then around three — around now and then around three in— around now and then around three in the morning, for in the — three in the morning, for in the morning we started to hear noises — the morning we started to hear noises from inside our hotel and — noises from inside our hotel and looked outside and we saw the crowds of people, mostly young — the crowds of people, mostly young men walking past and that is what _ young men walking past and that is what we can shift fireworks being — is what we can shift fireworks being tet _ is what we can shift fireworks being let off and lots of vandalism and violence meant today, — vandalism and violence meant today, as _ vandalism and violence meant today, as we have been surveying the scene, we saw the
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aftermath — surveying the scene, we saw the aftermath of that. behind me, the police station, we saw police _ the police station, we saw police vans and 45,000 police officers — police vans and 45,000 police officers being deployed, more than _ officers being deployed, more than last— officers being deployed, more than last night across the country— than last night across the country and other parts of the country — country and other parts of the country we have seen some reporters _ country we have seen some reporters already this evening and so, — reporters already this evening and so, it's another night which _ and so, it's another night which is _ and so, it's another night which is unpredictable and once again. — which is unpredictable and once again, authorities are bracing themselves for more violence. we destroyed the statement from the main police union with very strong words and we are combating a wild gang, it's time to fight and eradicate these pests. but since you keeping in france, whatjob the police are doing to these protests?— protests? thing that is complicated _ protests? thing that is complicated is - protests? thing that is complicated is people | protests? thing that is - complicated is people have been taking _ complicated is people have been taking part in this violence
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blaming _ taking part in this violence blaming the police and say that is why— blaming the police and say that is why they're out on the streets _ is why they're out on the streets in the first place. it is complicated all began after death— is complicated all began after death of nahal, the 17—year—old boy who — death of nahal, the 17—year—old boy who was stopped by the police — boy who was stopped by the police at a traffic signal and shot— police at a traffic signal and shot dead by a police officer and in — shot dead by a police officer and in the subsequent days, viotence _ and in the subsequent days, violence erupted. that was captured on camera, the killing of nahat— captured on camera, the killing of nahal and the people we have spoken— of nahal and the people we have spoken to said what happened if there _ spoken to said what happened if there was— spoken to said what happened if there was no camera puts my people — there was no camera puts my people would've not known about what _ people would've not known about what happened to them and their many— what happened to them and their many other nahal that people never— many other nahal that people never know about because there were _ never know about because there were no— never know about because there were no cameras capturing the incident — were no cameras capturing the incident and so, people say this— incident and so, people say this is— incident and so, people say this is part of the systemic problem _ this is part of the systemic problem with the police in france _ problem with the police in france and some people have spoken— france and some people have spoken to will go so far say the french police are racist and — the french police are racist and we _ the french police are racist and we heard a report from the united — and we heard a report from the united nations today which is quite — united nations today which is quite damning about the way they— quite damning about the way they say— quite damning about the way they say the french police target _ they say the french police target minorities disproportionately. you then
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heard — disproportionately. you then heard from the french government, the french foreign ministry— government, the french foreign ministry were no foundations to what _ ministry were no foundations to what the — ministry were no foundations to what the un were saying there is very— what the un were saying there is very strong accusations coming _ is very strong accusations coming from the united nations and so — coming from the united nations and so come up into the day, these — and so come up into the day, these protests boil down to what — these protests boil down to what many say is a far deeper issue — what many say is a far deeper issue which withstand her sparked by the killing of 17—year—old nahal. sparked by the killing of 17-year-old nahal. sparked by the killing of 17- ear-old nahal. ., ,, , ., 17-year-old nahal. thank you so much for your— 17-year-old nahal. thank you so much for your reporting. - the us supreme court has wrapped up its 2023 term with two major rulings today. the court ruled in favor of a christian website designer who refused to provide wedding services to same—sex couples, violating a colorado state law that prohibited businesses from refusing service because of sexual orientation. the nation's highest court now says that law violates the first amendement. the court also rejected president biden's plan to forgive hundreds—of—billions of dollars in student loans.
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under the biden administration's plan, 43 million american borrowers would have been eligible for student loan forgiveness. 26 million had already applied. they each would have had up to 20—thousand—dollars worth of loans forgiven. the plan would cost over 400—billion dollars. the court ruled that the president doesn't have the authority to simply sign off on such funds. later in the day, biden announced new actions to provide debt relief, including a 12—month on—ramp payment plan. which runs from october 2023 to the end of september 2024. the white house says the plan will protect the most vulnerable borrowers from the worst consequences of missed payments. borrowers who miss monthly payments during this period will not be considered delinquent, reported to credit bureaus, placed in default, or referred to debt collection agencies for 12 months. biden condemned the court's ruling, saying it �*mis—interpreted the constitution'. here's more of what he had to say.
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i believe the courts decision to strike down my student belief programme was a mistake, it was wrong. i am not going to stop fighting to give them what they need especially those of they need especially those of the bottom of the economic scale. we need to find a new way and we are moving as fast as we can and i am announcing today a new path consistent with today's willing to provide student debt relief to his many borrowers as possible as quickly as possible. earlier, i spoke with bob costa, chief election and campaign correspondent at cbs news. a pleasure deftly with us and a flurry of supreme court rulings this week we saw from the faction struck down, tearing back of lgbt rights. biden student month forgiveness programme struck down so, how big of a setback to think this is been for a biden's agenda.
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notjust this but is been for a biden's agenda. not just this but the trip is been for a biden's agenda. notjust this but the trip to not just this but the trip to the supreme court, 6—3,673. all of these — the supreme court, 6—3,673. all of these momentous decisions under— of these momentous decisions under score the majority on this— under score the majority on this court— under score the majority on this court and while president biden— this court and while president biden has control of the white house — biden has control of the white house and the democratic party has control of the us in it, it's— has control of the us in it, it's the _ has control of the us in it, it's the republican appointed justices — it's the republican appointed justices on this court, three of them _ justices on this court, three of them appointed by donald trump — of them appointed by donald trump who will now wield real significant influence of these key aspects of american life. 673 decisions.— 673 decisions. this is a very conservative _ 673 decisions. this is a very conservative and _ 673 decisions. this is a very conservative and going - 673 decisions. this is a very i conservative and going forward supreme court and the president said recently in an interview that he does not support more justices, adding more to the court, what you think that is? many democrats have expressed outrage over the rulings would like to see reforms to the supreme court, whether it's epics, guidelines or an expansion of the supreme court.
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president biden has been listening to these calls but is in no way trying to be the tip of the spear and advocate some kind of wholesale change to the supreme court and they want to protect the integrity of the nine and the number ofjustices on the court while biting us to listen to other voices in his party on this front, he doesn't necessarily want to move in that direction. the president possible top advisers told me behind the scenes that they believe these decisions will be a lot like the abortion decision in 2022 in that it could galvanise democrats out of the 2024 presidential election and make sure the and vote for democrats next year. this was a term unveiled next >> past— this was a term unveiled next >> past week and why do you think. — >> past week and why do you think. if— >> past week and why do you think, if you look at the potting _ think, if you look at the polling numbers, that's not a whole — polling numbers, that's not a whole tot— polling numbers, that's not a whole lot of support for the way — whole lot of support for the way the _ whole lot of support for the way the president has handled the economy, wisely struggling so much — the economy, wisely struggling so much to sell his economic
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message? is so much to sell his economic message?— so much to sell his economic messaue? , ., ., , , message? is not really selling some kind _ message? is not really selling some kind of _ message? is not really selling some kind of rhetoric - message? is not really selling some kind of rhetoric or- some kind of rhetoric or slogan, it's about selling federal spending. joe biden came into office during a pandemic and he put past that american idea over $1 trillion and the trillion dollar infrastructure package. but his advisers believe he is not getting enough credit with the american people about all of the spending chileans and spending we wants to do is sell himself to the american people as someone was able to get major spending legislation through and cast himself in a way as a franklin d roosevelt type democrat, someone who used the powers and levers of government to help the economy move forward. i government to help the economy move forward.— move forward. i want to ask about robert _ move forward. i want to ask about robert kennedy - move forward. i want to ask| about robert kennedy junior move forward. i want to ask - about robert kennedy junior who about robert kennedyjunior who is running for president who wants a very controversial views and he is a democrat and a big thick vaccines, he's sceptical, but there are some pulling up to the put some of the double digits among some
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democratic voters, what does that say about the strength of an incumbent president like president biden that he could be challenged in the double digits by somebody by robert kennedyjunior. digits by somebody by robert kennedy junior.— digits by somebody by robert kennedy junior. they do not see robert f kennedy _ kennedy junior. they do not see robert f kennedy junior - kennedy junior. they do not see robert f kennedy junior as - kennedy junior. they do not see robert f kennedy junior as a - robert f kennedyjunior as a realtor to president biden in the sense that he get upset biden in a primary at the iowa caucuses, but i do believe that his candidacy is indicative of broader trends in the country. this distrust and institution, this believe that american institutions, whether it's the federal government or news media are major corporations, but they cannot be trusted especially the pharmaceutical company did not trusted by opportunityjunior in this is limited democrats and republicans are not ignoring, many of them are still looking and conservative commentators have said they believe rfk junior is in this period of up appeared to begin questioning so many of these pillars of american life and wondering if
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the party should move in a more radical populist direction. let's turn to the republican side in their new numbers that show former president trump supporters slipping a bit and went from 68% among republicans ten to 60% and how concerned do you think it's campaign be about the latest poll question will a campaign for the is not concerned about the latest point but they are concerned about the uncertainty they face as the summer and fall. he has already been indicted in new york, he has been indicted on a federal level for his handling of classified documents but two variables loom for donald trump. will he be indicted by the special counsel under federal level forjanuary six and his conduct in and around the capital attacked because megan would be indicted in georgia and fulton county atlanta, georgia for his pressuring of election officials? billboard told me that he believes trump will be indicted for the january six event and many believe you'll be indicted in georgia see if a
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front runnerfacing be indicted in georgia see if a front runner facing possibly four separate indictments. if indicted, what you think the trump campaign will do? many trump campaign will do? many trump allies — trump campaign will do? many trump allies dump _ trump campaign will do? many trump allies dump with - trump campaign will do? many trump allies dump with 11 - trump allies dump with 11 effect it is stepping in the republican party because so much of his candidacy as it was in 2016 in 2020 is your pie grievance and solidarity with the support is, they're not going to trust, has been discussing with the news media are donald trump critics of democrats are saying about these indictments of challenge facing trump. these indictments of challenge facing trump-— facing trump. where the all of this fit into — facing trump. where the all of this fit into into _ facing trump. where the all of this fit into into the _ facing trump. where the all of this fit into into the 2024 - this fit into into the 2024 campaign will this be a republican rallying cry, with the supreme court now beyond the supreme court now beyond the 2024 election ballot? shill the 2024 election ballot? all ofthe the 2024 election ballot? iii. of the above. democrats expected voters to come out in droves in 2024 to protect the rights that they believe have been infringed by this conservative majority on the supreme court republicans are now moving in a hard hard right
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culturally conservative direction. it is an echo of what happened in 2021 the virginia republican won the race for governor in virginia running on issues like education, questioning how curriculums are built in schools. all of those issues are again coming to the forefront in american politics, especially for the republican party. especially for the republican pa . . ~ especially for the republican pa . ., ~' , ., especially for the republican pa . ., ., party. thank you as always for our party. thank you as always for your thoughts. _ party. thank you as always for your thoughts. we'll— party. thank you as always for your thoughts. we'll get - party. thank you as always for your thoughts. we'll get to . party. thank you as always for| your thoughts. we'll get to the republicans in the moment but i spoke for more on the rulings i spoke with congressman bobby scott, a democratic congressman from virginia and ranking member of the house committee on education and the workforce. he explained how we got to this point with such widespread student debt in the us. states used to pay two thirds of the cost of state college now it's less than one third in the brand which is money available to low—income students to help pay for couege students to help pay for college used to cover about 80%
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of the concept of going into the state college and now it's less than 30% and all of that extra money has been, that gap has been covered over the years by student loans. and now we have all the people saying they work their way through college, gabby had a programme that covered 80% of the cost and how much that the cover was 20 and all students of the pay almost the whole thing. and that is how we got here and students of incurred a massive debt in the forgiveness programme was just a modest relief from what has become overbearing dead. it turns out that about half the people with dead would've been totally wiped out with that little relief. we just heard from democratic congressman bobby scott on today's decisions but his colleagues on the other side of the aisle are praising the rulings
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including house majority leader kevin mccarthy who called the student loan initiative "unlawful," said today's decision would mean that americans without student loans, "are no longer forced" to pay for those who do. and nikki haley, one of the 2024 republican presidential candidates, applauded the court during a summit on friday. and cani and can i just and can ijust say god placed the supreme court? they are making a lot of wrongs right. we have seen it, they have made, they have corrected things on religious liberty, we are sitting there connecting things on student loans by the affirmative action is really important. the reason why it is important. the reason why it is important is because the liberals continue to try and put minorities down. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bringing you different stories from across the uk. during lockdown, tamara ward, who lives in middle barton, couldn't visit her nephew dominic. it inspired her to organise the run five k every day in may for trivia challenge.
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hundreds of people have completed the fundraising runs, sometimes joining tamara and her family. it's a massive commitment and everyone has said to me that the team were like, "oh, it's your third year. "it's easy for you." i was like, "no, because i know what's coming. "it's worse for me." but what's really nice about it is someone gets an injury or they've been ill for two days. the rest of the team will pick up their kilometres. so as a team, it was really amazing. goglia wilson's son also has dravet syndrome. she's now chair of a national charity supporting families. £240,000 has already been raised. it will help families across the uk affected by the syndrome. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. in brazil, former president, jair bolsonaro, has been banned from running for public office until 2030. this after the supreme
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electoral court found mr bolsonaro guilty of abuse of power. he'd been accused of undermining brazilian democracy by falsely claiming that the electronic ballots used in the country were vulnerable to hacking and fraud. our brazil correspondent camilla mota has the latest. the case against paul sonora was brought against him by his rival party in a meeting that he held with ambassadors for elections. he cast doubt on the electronic voting system without showing evidence to back the fraud claims. five of the seven judges rejected the defence argument that bolsonaro was exercising his free—speech and help in meeting in an effort to discuss how to improve the electoral system in his conviction means he is banned from running for office for eight years and he says he
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is going to appeal. the big question is what happens next. pundits say even if he is unable to run, he can still be a key political figure and whether he endorses in 2026 will have a big leg up in the race to the surprise of many, he said in an interview that if his wife, formerfirst he said in an interview that if his wife, former first lady wanted, she could run for office. in the past, whenever prompted with a question like that, bolsonaro would say he thinks she should not run because she does not have enough experience but that might�*ve changed now, will have to wait and see. the un security council unanimously voted to end its decades—long peacekeeping mission in mali. the vote comes shortly after mali's militaryjunta asked the 13,000—strong force to leave the country, following years of tensions. the un withdrawal will leave mali's military with only about 1,000 wagner group fighters to help combat militant efforts. our barbara plett usher sent in this report. there have been tensions
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between the united nations and the military government of mali for years but that really came to a head earlier this month when molly's leaders ordered the peacekeepers out of the country. they had a crisis of confidence of the un force because it was not doing enough to stem the violence of the islamist insurgency and because they objected to the human rights reporting. crucially, molly has increasingly torn towards russia and its wagon or group of mercenaries and that is to with the west. they have played a role in protecting civilians also in logistics, they'd been flying government workers to cities in the complex zones and so, their departure will leave quite a large gap and it's not clear if there'll be enough wagner group soldiers especially with the uncertainty about the group after its unsuccessful after its u nsuccessful rebellion after its unsuccessful rebellion attempt against the kremlin. some experts are worried that the security situation will worsen and not only to stew molly but also the
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region mali but also the a look now at some other stories making headlines. two people have been shot dead at a moldova airport after the gunman was denied entry, the moldovan interior ministry confirmed. the shooter seized a gun from border guards as he was being escorted to chisinau international airport's deportation zone, killing the two victims. police said the gunman has been captured. israel's spy agency, mossad, says it has captured the alleged head of a hit squad that planned to kill israelis in cyprus. the operation was conducted within iran's borders. mossad claims that the hitman gave a detailed confession about his orders from iran's revolutionary guard corps. more than 170 million americans are under air quality and extreme heat alerts as a combination of canadian wildfire smoke and high temperatures sweep the country. health officials have classified air quality as unhealthy in parts of the midwest and mid—atla ntic. (pres)it�*s an issue we're seeing in many it's an issue we're seeing in many countries: a shortage
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of health care workers. now in the uk, the government has set out plans to train and retain more staff for the national health service in england, in an attempt to address the chronic workforce shortages in the nhs. the government says it will invest 2.4 billion pounds over the next five years with tens of thousands more training places being created. the prime minister, rishi sunak, called it the "largest single expansion" of education and training in the history of the health service. the plan rests on three principles. train, retain and reform _ principles. train, retain and reform. first, training. it witt— reform. first, training. it will double the number of medical training places by 2031~ _ medical training places by 2031. focusing on areas where there — 2031. focusing on areas where there are — 2031. focusing on areas where there are two few doctors today~ _ there are two few doctors today. we will train every 24.000 _ today. we will train every 24,000 more nurses and midwives a year— 24,000 more nurses and midwives a year and — 24,000 more nurses and midwives a year and increase the number ofgp— a year and increase the number of gp training places by 50%. in of gp training places by 50%. in time, _ of gp training places by 50%. in time, this will allow us to reduce _ in time, this will allow us to reduce the spending on temporary agency staff by £10
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bittion— temporary agency staff by £10 billion and cut the need for international recruitment. our reporter zari kargar has been looking at the details it isa it is a 15 year plan to fill in agent staff shortages and it's also the first ever workforce nhs england which includes new nhs england which includes new nhs apprenticeships, specialists, more generalists and also, more training places for new doctors and nurses by 2031. the government has promised 2.4 billion pounds to boost the workforce and that's of a look at some numbers. the government says that it will be doubling the medical school places for student doctors to 15,000 a year. and it's about the 50% increase in places for junior doctors is gp. the plan also talks about 24,000 more
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nurses and midwives student places a year. which is close to double the number we have at the moment. there was bit consultation on five—year medical degrees and whether they could be shortened by year. currently, half of the uk doctors and nurses are recruited from abroad. one out of every ten places in the nhs remain vacant and that means there are hundred 10,000 vacancies currently and if action is not taken, there will be 360,000 vacancies by year 2037. the plan and sticking more than a year to be published than expected. and it's during a time or nhs is been beset by strikes with dispute over doctors pay which is still continuing. but the workforce plan does not include doctors pay.
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stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. after what we had on friday, it's hard to believe that this june could be the warmest on record. across north yorkshire, temperatures were around 16 degrees in the afternoon. some other parts of the country were colder still. we're going to find more sunshine, though, over the weekend, the start ofjuly, in this clearer slot with the thicker, lower cloud moving away, taking the rain away as well. we're going to be left with more of a north south split this weekend with a sunnier, warmer weather in the south. the showers continuing further north. we'll have some
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stronger winds as well. it could be quite a cloudy start for many, but we'll see the showers in the midlands, the south east moving away. sunnier skies developing in the south, but sunshine and showers will continue in scotland, northern ireland and also northern england. frequent showers in the north and west of scotland where it will be quite windy and it may feel still rather chilly, but we could make 18 degrees this time in scotland and northern ireland, 23 or 24 in the south east. so a bit warmer than it was on friday. and for the cricketers, well, there could be one or two showers left over for the start of play. otherwise, it looks like it's going to be dry with some sunshine, a little bit breezy out there, mind you. and the winds, if anything, coming all the way back from iceland and greenland. so it's never going to be particularly warm. and that low pressure sitting close to scotland will keep it windy and wet in the far north of the mainland. more showers are to come on sunday across other parts of scotland. the odd one continuing in northern ireland, northern england. but for wales, midlands, southern england it should be a dry day. plenty of sunshine here. the winds may not be quite as strong on sunday, but if anything, those temperatures could actually be a degree or so, a lower now heading into the beginning
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of the new week. and that low pressure heading towards scandinavia. keep some windy weather, though, going across scotland. that weather front there continuing to feed rain into northern scotland. more showers coming in to the rest of the country. and whilst england and wales may start drying northern ireland too, we could see some showery rain moving in here from the west and that could arrive later on in the day at se w 19 for the start of wimbledon, where temperatures are going to be around 21 degrees. so, not particularly warm, start to the week ahead. it's going to take a while for those temperatures to rise. they may not rise a great deal, mind you. and it's still unsettled over the week ahead with some showers or longer spells of rain, particularly in the north and the west.
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hey, i'mjulia with the catch up. hey, i'mjulia with the catch up. tonight — a block on biden's tonight — a block on biden's plan, diet drink concerns plan, diet drink concerns and more chances to work down and more chances to work down under. under. but first, tiktok vowed but first, tiktok vowed to take down videos that to take down videos that deny climate change, deny climate change, although it appears although it appears they could be struggling. they could be struggling. their guidelines say anything that undermines their guidelines say anything that undermines well—established scientific well—established scientific consensus would be banned consensus would be banned from the platform, but the bbc flagged loads of videos doing just that, and after a day almost 95% were still up getting millions of views.
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