tv BBC News BBC News July 2, 2023 1:00pm-1:30pm BST
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welcome to the programme. we start of course in france after another night of violence overnight and one incident in particular drawing condemnation from across the country. the house of a local mayor was targeted. a car set on fire and that fire road towards the house. the wife of the local mayor injured. we had some pictures of the aftermath of the incident. forgive me, these are not the pictures but these are the pictures of the aftermath of the incident. you can see the car being dragged away and the wife, as i said, injured in this incident. it is now being investigated as attempted... i will get the definition exactly because i want to bring you the live pictures to show you some of the reaction.
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there has been widespread condemnation. the prime minister here is inside visiting the area. the prime minister of france. she is not alone in condemning what has happened. many politicians from not just paris but across the country condemn this attack. we can take a look now at what the mayor's response was. he went on twitter and this is what he said... he goes on to say... we have an update from the prosecutor here. an investigation into attempted murder is under way. that is what i was referencing a moment ago. an investigation now into attempted murder is under way, the prosecutor said that the mayor's wife has broken a bone in her leg.
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she is also a local politician. let's ta ke let's take a look now at some of the images from overnight. we can take a look at pictures from marseille in the south. they were in total 700 arrests last night. it was the fifth night of violence. all of this after the shooting dead of the 17—year—old on tuesday. his funeral was held on saturday. we can go live now. sofia bettiza — who's just outside lille, in the north of france. bring us up—to—date with what has been happening. last bring us up-to-date with what has been happening-— been happening. last night for the fifth niuht been happening. last night for the fifth night in _ been happening. last night for the fifth night in a _ been happening. last night for the fifth night in a row, _ been happening. last night for the fifth night in a row, violence - fifth night in a row, violence across france. 45 police officers were injured and a total of 871 fires were started last night alone. a curfew has been imposed here in
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lille, where i am talking to you from. we have been speaking to people here who are angry at the rioters but also angry at the police. another night of unrest in france. tens of thousands of police were out in force, ready for a fifth night of violence. the worst of the violence was in marseille. police fought street battles with young people. the riots began after a police officer shot dead a 17—year—old of algerian descent called nahel. the erson algerian descent called nahel. the person who — algerian descent called nahel. tue: person who was algerian descent called nahel. tte: person who was killed algerian descent called nahel. t'te: person who was killed was algerian descent called nahel. tte: person who was killed was a child and that is why more miners are coming into the movement because what is going on is unfair.— what is going on is unfair. imagine if that had happened _ what is going on is unfair. imagine if that had happened to _ what is going on is unfair. imagine if that had happened to my - what is going on is unfair. imagine l if that had happened to my brother. i if that had happened to my brother. i mean. _ if that had happened to my brother. i mean. we — if that had happened to my brother. i mean, we are not safe here. we should _ i mean, we are not safe here. we should be — i mean, we are not safe here. we should be safe with the police but we are _ should be safe with the police but we are scared of them. this
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should be safe with the police but we are scared of them.— we are scared of them. this is paris, we are scared of them. this is paris. the _ we are scared of them. this is paris, the iconic _ we are scared of them. this is paris, the iconic place - we are scared of them. this is| paris, the iconic place normally packed with tourists, lined with security forces. in suburb south of the capital, rioters rammed a car into the mayor�* house and try to set it on fire. his wife and one of his children were hurt trying to escape. he said "last night my home was attacked and my family was the victim of an assassination attempt." this is a health side inter, 35 doctors and nurses work here. rioters broke in in the middle of the night and set the building on fire. people here told us they do not sympathise with the rioters because they feel that they are destroying their own communities and that this is not the right way to demand justice for nahel. but this is notjust about nahel. his death has reignited debate about racism in the french police. many people here
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want at least an acknowledgement that there is a problem of racial profiling and excessive use of force by the french police. questions now about where we go from here. last night, compared to previous evenings was a little calmer according to french authorities but where do you think we go from here? you are right, things were calmer last night but this is still a huge problem for the french president emmanuel macron. he has had to postpone a state visit to germany, which was due to begin today, so that he could stay here and deal with what has effectively become the biggest challenge, the biggest crisis in his leadership since the yellow vest movement in 2018. this is also a big blow for france on the
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international stage. the country is getting ready to host the olympic games next year in paris. in terms of what happens next, president macron is going to hold a meeting this evening with some, with several members of his government to try and figure out how to deal with the unrest. the hope is that the rioters are starting to get tired and this is partly because of the huge police presence that we have seen here in france for the past two nights. but of course there is still a lot of anger here, anger at the police for racial profiling, for using excessive force and because of what happened with nahel. so it is very hard to predict what is going to happen next in tqm. hard to predict what is going to happen next i— hard to predict what is going to happen next in ok, so fear, thank ou ve happen next in ok, so fear, thank you very much _ happen next in ok, so fear, thank you very much for _ happen next in ok, so fear, thank you very much for that. _ now to the us. two people have been killed and another 28 are injured in the city of baltimore,
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in the state of maryland. three people remain in a critical condition. the attacker opened fire as hundreds gathered for the annual event in the brooklyn area. our reporter, nicky schiller, is in the newsroom with more details. americans waking up to the news that there has been another mass shooting, this time, as you said, in the city of baltimore in the south of the city. the gunman opened fire on an annual event in that area. two people have been killed. 28 others have been injured — three of those are critical in hospital. police say they received multiple calls at around 12.30am and when they arrived at the scene, they found multiple victims with gunshot wounds. the acting commissioner, richard worley, has given a news conference. here�*s what he had to say. our detectives are currently working an extensive crime scene. the two deceased victims we have are both adults. we have three other victims who are in critical condition. our hearts and prayers are going out to the families, sending it out to the families and friends of these victims as well as the community
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and our entire city. this is an extensive crime scene, our detectives are going to be here quite a while. if anyone saw anything or knows anything, please call 911 or call local metro crime stoppers 1—866—7—lockup. we have members of our fire department, also emergency management, as well as otherjurisdictions working with us to try to determine a motive. so as the acting commissioner said, it is a large crime scene that they are dealing with. he went on to say that they are reviewing all possible video footage in the hunt for the suspects. local media reports say that witnesses heard between 20 and 30 shots and that parents were, as you can imagine, very concerned for their children in the area. the mayor of the city was also at that news conference that was held in the last couple of hours, and he said that this incident highlighted the need to get illegal guns off the streets of the city and he had this message for the perpetrators of the crime.
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this was a reckless, cowardly act that happened here and that has permanently altered many lives and cost two people their lives. i want those who are responsible to hear me and hear me very clearly — we will not stop until we find you and we will find you. until then, i hope with every single breath that you take that you think about the lives that you took and you think about the lives that you impacted here tonight. the mayor said that his heartfelt thoughts and prayers went out to the victims, particularly of course the two people, the families of the two people who have died and those that are in hospital. as i say, another mass shooting in america. i was just checking, lewis, the gun violence archive which details mass shootings across the united states and they say on friday, there had been 336 mass shootings. so this at least the 337th
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this year in america. thanks to nicky for that. in the uk, the national health service is to nearly double the number of gambling addiction clinics in england. this is after referrals hit a record high. seven new facilities will open this summer. the reigning foreign minister blamed the swedish authorities for what happened and they burned the holy book outside stockholm�*s central holy mosque. austria — which is not a nato member — has announced plans to join the european sky shield initiative to help to protect it from any drone or missile attacks. the country�*s chancellor says no european state could effectively defend its airspace against new dangers on its own. and sri lanka has
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repatriated an elephant gifted by thailand — after the thai authorities complained it was being mistreated. the animal was presented by the thai royal family two decades ago, but demanded back after allegation it was being tortured and neglected at a buddhist temple. the four—tonne elephant was flown out of colombo on a specially chartered plane. in the uk, the national health service is to nearly double the number of gambling addiction clinics in england. here�*s joe inwood. gambling has never been easier — every smartphone can become a virtual casino. that ease of access has coincided with a huge rise in the number of people struggling with addiction. people like luke ashton. last week, a coroner ruled that his online losses contributed to his decision to take his own life. after his death, his wife annie got access to his accounts. there was just so much on there.
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ijust remember sitting there and scrolling, scrolling, scrolling and it was the same day and scrolling and seeing his transactions, it was so apparent at that point there was a major issue. how can someone make that many bets in one day? how can somebody do that and it not be picked up? they considered him a low risk. even having that information in front of them, they still considered him a low risk, so something is wrong. just under 1,400 patients were referred for help with gambling addiction last year — that�*s nearly double the figure from two years ago. it�*s led to strong criticism of the industry and the head of nhs england, amanda pritchard, has raised her own concerns, saying: the solution — seven more specialist clinics. there are already eight running, including a national
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centre in london. the plan is to have space to treat 3,000 people a year, offering cognitive behavioural therapy, family therapy, support groups and aftercare. but there are calls for industry to act too. the nhs cannot and should not do this alone, so, absolutely, we�*ve called upon industry to act responsibly, stop some of the more pernicious and aggressive marketing techniques and unsolicited approaches to people. the government recently introduced proposals aimed at reducing the harms caused by problem gambling. today�*s announcement shows the nhs expects the numbers suffering to rise. joe inwood, bbc news. the chief executive of the nhs in england, has called for the resolution of the outstanding pay disputes involving doctors — saying strike action cannot become �*business as usual�*.
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the health secretary, steve barclay, says he remains open to discussions with the doctors�* unions, but that their current pay demands are unreasonable. this months planned strikes come as the nhs celebrates it�*s 75th birthday this week. here�*s our political correspondent, tony bonsignore. for the nhs, a big birthday looms. but for many, there�*s little to celebrate. growing waiting lists, record numbers of vacancies. the worst annual crisis in a&e. today, though, a spirited defence of the health of the nhs by the woman in charge of running it. almost all our indicators are going in the right direction but what we have to recognise... but more people are waiting than ever before. and fewer people treated even though you have bigger budgets. numbers of patients, you are right, we have always said that would get bigger before it came down but the longest waits are reducing. and they are reducing consistently. the other big challenge
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is a more immediate one. further waves of strikes. junior doctors plan to walk out for five days later this month, followed shortly after by consultants. nhs leaders are worried. there is no doubt the sooner we can bring this to a resolution the better for patients. we have had well over half a million appointments rescheduled as a consequence of industrial action so the sooner we bring it to an end the better. we cannot let it become business as usual. the pressure on the government is intense. it insists it is listening and open to discussion. but there seems little prospect of a truce any time soon. we are ready to have discussions. there are other things in the contract that could be reformed. the pay progression through the consultants�* contracts. i do not think of 35% demand from junior doctors is affordable. given our need to bring inflation down. labour meanwhile has not yet set out what it would be prepared to do to end these strikes.
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i understand the pressure they face, the sense of frustration. alongside that, the conservatives with a reckless approach last year crashed the economy and we have had a real failure — if we were the next government, we are facing difficult choices. as the nhs marks its 75th anniversary it is clear big decisions lie ahead. tony bonsignore, bbc news. now it�*s time for a look at today�*s sport with hugh. the second ashes test has reached its end game. lunch on the final day of lords. australia need four more wickets to take a 2—0 lead in the series by england on 243—6 at lunch, 128 still needed, still have ben stokes and recent memories of his heroics on their side. joe wilson is our correspondence at the test. it has been an entertaining and controversial morning session so what i will do is leave it to you to
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plot us through the events. thank you very much. when i came through the gates this morning i thought to myself and maybe even said aloud, this could well be over by lunch. it could not be more alive. let�*s try and take you through what has happened. england have lost two wickets, the first one, ben duckett mistiming a pull shot to the wicketkeeper alex kerry and back garden. doublejonny bairstow to the crease. his dismissal, well, complex, controversial. let me try and describe it. another kind of routine delivery, he ducked and it went through to alex kerry, who almost straightaway through the ball back towards the stumps. in the meantime, bairstow had thought the ball was dead. he thought it was the end of the over. a kind of marked his place in the crease and walk towards ben stokes in the middle, just as the ball was hitting the stumps the bales came off. the umpires looked at it, tv replays briefly and they gave him out. i think in terms of
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the letter of the law they had no choice about that. you hear some former england bat saying bairstow lacked awareness. you will also have a perspective that was unsporting behaviour. some england supporters in particular would say they should have withdrawn the appeal because bairstow clearly thought it was the end of the over. he thought the ball it was dead. australia didn�*t. anyway, he was out, he�*s gone. but the reaction to that from the crowd, from ben stokes has been fascinating. the crowd have come alive. there were boos that australia and cheers and howls towards ben stokes and he has completely changed in the middle, he has gone into t20 mode. he hit 23 off and over, whacking fours and sixes passed 100. he knows he has only got the tail—enders to bat with so whilst he�*s there, he needs to be scoring. and while ben stokes is there, improbable as it may seem, england�*s chances of winning this
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test match are alive. one thing is for sure, the crowd are really, really into this match in a way i have never heard before at lord�*s. thank you very much indeed for bringing us up to date on the final at lord�*s. he�*s been top of the time charts for every session at the red bull ring so far this weekend, and now max verstappen could complete the clean sweep with victory in the main event. the world champion is on pole for the austrian grand prix, which starts in the next hour, having won the sprint race on saturday. there was a tussle between the dutchman and his red bull team mate sergio perez at the start of the sprint. verstappen felt perez had forced him off the track, so returned the favour shortly afterwards. verstappen showed his annoyance post race, but insisted they talked about it and it�*s all good. novak djokovic might not be the number one seed at wimbledon, but still there�*s a feeling that he�*s the one to beat. not only is he attempting to equal roger federer�*s record of eight titles, he�*s also still on course for the first calendar
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grand slam in sa years. and while carlos alcaraz is ahead of him in the rankings, djokovic isn�*t thinking about who might stand in his way. i don�*t need to have carlos or anybody else really to find that extra drive and motivation when i enter slams because i know that i have to win seven matches to win a title. so whoever i get to face across the net is, you know, it doesn�*t make a difference for me. that is under way on monday, wimbledon. underway already that is under way on monday, wimbledon. under way already today, two cycle races. the women�*s giro d�*italia and the tour de france. details via our website and the ongoing cricket of course but that is all your sport for now. thank you. debris from eight british hurricane fighter planes, dating back to world war two, has been found buried in a forest in ukraine. the aircraft were originally sent by britain, after nazi germany invaded the former soviet union in 19111.
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our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports. in a forest south of kyiv, down in an old riverbed, something unexpected. the remains of old aircraft hidden deep in the ground. and each one british to their rusty core. here you see the tail plane of a hurricane mark 2. yes, you heard that right. this was once part of a hurricane fighter plane, one of thousands britain gave the soviet union during world war ii. this is a little slice of history. evidence of the moment when, 80 years ago, western powers gave warplanes to ukraine, just as they are today, to defend against an invading army. so you think there might be a seventh hurricane down here? yeah. seven, and under this frame, eight. many of the hurricanes were destroyed fighting the invading german army.
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others were stripped for parts. but some, like these, were deliberately hidden down here. newsreel: week after week, - they took their planes into the air. the hurricane may have been the workhorse of the battle of britain, shooting down more enemy aircraft than the spitfire, but... mark the collaboration _ between british and russian flyers. many also saw action in the frozen wastes of the ussr. every plane made in britain, every plane paid for by the united states. and that�*s why these heavy frames were dumped here after the war, so the soviets didn�*t have to pay the us back for any hurricanes left intact, as had been agreed. those who discovered the plane say they�*ve made a real difference. hurricane was a strong, easy to fly machine, stable as a gun platform, suitable for not experienced pilots, and a reliable aircraft. these may look like unremarkable
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bits of metal but, to ukraine�*s aviation museum, they are symbols of british assistance that echo down the years. britain was the first who supplied fighting aircraft for the soviet union. now great britain is the first country which gives storm shadow cruise missiles to our armed forces. the museum hopes to find enough parts to reconstruct one entire hurricane to look, if not to fly, like this, as once they did in the skies over ukraine. james landale, bbc news, kyiv. a series of events are planned injapan — to remember �*the world�*s most loyal dog�*. this is the dog back in 1932. hachiko�*s owner was a professor at a university injapan and took the train to work every day. the dog used to wait outside the shibuya train station at the exact time the train was due
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to greet his owner home. after the man died, the dog returned to the train station every day for the next nine years, waiting for his owner to get off the train. the cream white akita inu, born a century ago, has been memorialised in everything from books to movies to the cult science fiction sitcom futurama. a bronze statue of him has stood outside shibuya station in tokyo for almost a decade. just a quick reminder of our main story. those events in paris and specifically that attack on the house of a local mayor on the outskirts of paris. these are the first pictures we are seeing, in the last couple of hours, of a car set on fire and then rammed into the house, injuring the wife of the politician and prosecutors there saying an investigation is now under way. that is it, plenty more online of course and on the bbc news app. you can get me on social media. i am
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lewis vaughanjones and this is bbc news. bye—bye. plenty of spells of sunshine into the afternoon and evening. a few showers, mainly in the northern half of the uk. further south is where you have the longer spells of dry and sunny weather but a fairly bright and breezy day. a noticeable wind coming in from an west or north westerly direction blowing around this area of low pressure which is drifting slowly across scandinavia. drawn in on that atlantic air we are seeing a few showers, particularly affecting scotland and northern ireland for the remainder of the day. if you�*ve not england in the north wales but further south and east, likely to stay dry with some late sunshine. more persistent rain and cloud lingering across the far north of scotland for the likes of orkney but overnight, most places
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relatively dry and clear. temperatures getting down into single figures for many northern areas in particular as we had through into the early hours of monday morning. a fresh start to the day but quite a bit of sunshine around from the word go. it will not stick around everywhere because we have got more showers on the way. we have got more showers on the way. we have this system you can see drifting in from the west. initially, that will bring some rain in parts of wales during the middle part of the morning, it will drift further eastwards through england in the course of the day but tending to fragment and become showery. more rain in the north of scotland with another weather front heading in that. sunny spells for many of us in between any of those showers. temperatures just 13—20, is a between any of those showers. temperaturesjust13—20, is a little below par, a couple of degrees below average for this stage in your life is that monday is the first day of the championships at wimbledon. a lot of dry weather through the day but as cloud thickens in the afternoon, there is that chance of some passing showers during the latter part of the afternoon. into tuesday, it looks like the next area of low pressure will move towards other parts of the uk. a bit of
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uncertainty for tuesday on the detail of how far north the rain gets. at south wales, much of southern england likely to see the rain during the day on tuesday and sunshine and showers for the rest of the uk. an unsettled sort of day and relatively cool for this stage in earlyjuly. 13—19 our top temperature on tuesday. a bit of a breeze around where you see the showers as well. so looking relatively cool and fairly unsettled over the next few days but some drier and brighter weather particularly further south than by the weekend, look at the temperatures, we could get up to around 28 in the london region. goodbye for now.
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this is bbc news. the headlines... condemnation in france after an attempt to set fire to the home of a mayor during a fifth night of nationwide riots. the violence was sparked by the killing by police of a teenager of algerian descent. service is to open a further seven in the us, two people have been killed in a mass shooting in baltimore. 28 others were injured — with three in critical condition. a search for the shooter is under way. a spokesman for south africa�*s zulu king has denied reports that the monarch is being treated in hospitalfor a suspected poisoning. the traditional prime minister previously said king misuzulu was receiving treatment after one of his advisers suddenly died. in england,the national health
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