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thank you so much forjoining us. there's been condemnation across the political spectrum in france of an attempt to set fire to the home of a mayor in a district of paris, during a fifth night of nationwide unrest. these are pictures from the incident — the french prosecutor says an investigation into "attempted murder" is under way. the mayor's wife was injured during the ordeal. she was forced to flee the home with her children. the prime minister, elisabeth borne, described it as intolerable during a meeting with mayor vincentjeanbrun a short time ago. ms borne told reporters she was "very shocked" by what happened, and that the government will do "everything it can" to restore order "as quickly as possible". rajini vaidyanathan is there now. a potential inflection point last night, a potential turning point in these riots, too. night, a potentialturning point in these riots, too.— night, a potentialturning point in these riots, too. well, the mayor of this area vincent _
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these riots, too. well, the mayor of this area vincent jeanbrun - these riots, too. well, the mayor of this area vincent jeanbrun did - these riots, too. well, the mayor of this area vincent jeanbrun did issue | this area vincentjeanbrun did issue a statement after the incident which took place here. as you can see there is police tapir, police cars, there is police tapir, police cars, the road has been cordoned off now as the investigation continues. but the statement was quite stark. he said that a line had been crossed when it came to the unrest here in france. and he described how he was at the town hall not too far from here at around 1:30am in the morning when this car that was set alight was rammed into his family home. his wife and their two young children were at home, they tried to escape. we understand that his wife broke a leg in the melee that ensued. a very terrifying time for the family. and he described it as cowardly and unjustifiable. there is a lot of shock about what has happened. this is a very quiet part of the suburbs
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of paris. it's about a0 minutes from the city centre. we have spoken to neighbours who say enough is enough, they want president macron to introduce a state of emergency to try and contain the violence that has now gone into a fifth night. and as you mentioned earlier the country's prime minister elisabeth borne was here earlier. she said she wanted to come here and meet the mayor. let's listen to what she had to say. translation: evidently, i an act like this is particularly shocking and i said to the mayor i would support him and make sure nothing like this ever happens again. we will formulate as strong a response as possible on behalf ofjustice, but also listen to the evidence and the circumstance. well, as you said before as well, prosecutors are now investigating this as an attempted murder and that investigation obviously continues behind me right now. it was one incident in another night of intense
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violence here in france. now, actually, the violence had sort of abated from the previous few nights. there were fewer arrests saturday into sunday. 0fficials there were fewer arrests saturday into sunday. officials say they arrested 700 people. compare that with the night before when 1300 arrests were made. but it was still arrests were made. but it was still a very intense night of violence across the country, as my colleague sofia bettiza reports. another night of unrest in france. tens of thousands of police were out in force, ready for a fifth night of riots. 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. translation: the person who was killed was a child| and that is why more minors are coming into the movement
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because what is going on is unfair. "imagine if that had happened to my brother," she says. "i mean, we are not safe here. we should be safe with the police but we are scared of them". this is paris — the iconic champs—elysees normally packed with tourists, lined with security forces. this is a health centre. 35 doctors and nurses work here. rioters broke in in the middle of the night and set the building on fire. the 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. what many people here want is at least an acknowledgement that there is a problem of racial profiling and excessive use of force
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by the french police. sofia bettiza, bbc news, lille. there is very much a sense that these riots, this discontent, really comes alive at night. i'm interested, you have spent several days now in and around paris, what is the mood, the atmosphere during the days after we see such violent protest overnight?— protest overnight? well, it sort of de-ends protest overnight? well, it sort of depends on _ protest overnight? well, it sort of depends on where _ protest overnight? well, it sort of depends on where you _ protest overnight? well, it sort of depends on where you are. - protest overnight? well, it sort of depends on where you are. we i protest overnight? well, it sort of l depends on where you are. we have spent some nights in nanterre which is where17—year—old nael was killed by police. and a lot of areas there saw their shop fronts smashed up, office blocks, you know, ransacked, that kind of destruction. so i think a lot of time during the day people are just sweeping a lot of time during the day people arejust sweeping up a lot of time during the day people are just sweeping up the mess, boarding up their shops ready for another evening. in the centre of paris it is somewhat different. we
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were on the champs—elysees yesterday during the day broadcasting. it was, as it would normally be on a summer saturday, very busy and full of tourists but as night fell we saw a huge police presence there after reports on social media that protesters were being called to gather in that area. so a massive, massive police presence. i've never seen anything like it in such a central part of paris. and then of course it did have the effect the police wanted because they were not major clashes in that central part of paris. so it's mixed, really. things really do seem to come alive in the very early hours of the morning around 3am, aam in the morning, and it's hard to predict where the hotspots will be. as we saw in sophia's report we have seen intense violence in the south, in marseille, there have also been problems in lille. in nanterre it wasn't as bad as the previous few nights. i think at the end of the
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day, though, the real challenge for the authorities is to try and figure out what they can do to stop this. we are looking at another night of violence. it is unclear where the hotspots will be tonight. we know that the president is due to hold crisis talks later today. there are calls for him to impose a state of emergency which would give police more sweeping powers of arrest and also bring in curfews and restrict public gatherings. some people believe that is the nuclear option and things are starting to calm down and things are starting to calm down a bit. ithink and things are starting to calm down a bit. i think we have heard from nael�*s grandmother this afternoon as well, calling for calm, urging people not to use his death as an excuse to incite violence. and calls like that from his grandmother, and also we heard from kylian mbappe and from the french football team, they understand some of the sentiments but you cannot be violent. some of those calls may be will have a difference in terms of trying to reduce the numbers who are taking to the streets. we also heard from president macron on friday telling
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parents to ensure that their children didn't go out on the streets late at night. there is a huge conversation about what needs to be done. i will end with this, we have spoken to some of the neighbours who live on the street who were shocked and horrified about what happened very close to where they live and one man said this solution, whatever, the solution, whatever it is, needs to be a long—term one. you can'tjust say we are going to this or that and it stops the violence for a week or two weeks when you don't address the underlying issues. he didn't believe there was a problem in the police force. there is of course divided opinion the root cause as to why people are taking to the streets but i think overall there is a unified view that whatever the outcome is, whatever resolution there is, it needs to be one that stops this flaring up again in a couple of weeks from now.— flaring up again in a couple of weeks from now. , ., , ., weeks from now. joining us live from france, weeks from now. joining us live from france. rajini — weeks from now. joining us live from france, rajini vaidyanathan, - weeks from now. joining us live from france, rajini vaidyanathan, thank i france, rajini vaidyanathan, thank you. i want to turn our attention now to the united kingdom. new measures aimed at curbing protest methods often used by environmental groups have come
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into effect in england and wales. under the new laws, police now have powers to move protesters who disrupt transport, while offenders could face three years injailfor tunnelling. the home office says the public order act 2023 will target "a selfish minority" but critics argue they threaten the right to protest. groups such asjust stop 0il have continued with high—profile protests — including at yesterday's pride in london event. joining me now is sir peter fahy, the former chief constable of greater manchester police. thank you so much for your time on bbc news. from a policing perspective, what is your take on these new powers? i perspective, what is your take on these new powers?— perspective, what is your take on these new powers? i think really the ke issue these new powers? i think really the key issue is — these new powers? i think really the key issue is it _ these new powers? i think really the key issue is it reduces _ these new powers? i think really the key issue is it reduces the _ these new powers? i think really the key issue is it reduces the amount . key issue is it reduces the amount of discretion that police officers have when they are dealing with protests. 0ne have when they are dealing with protests. one of the key issues here is about the definition of what is disruption. when officers are looking at a protest, up until now they have needed to show that there was a risk of serious disruption for them to be able to take action,
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particularly to impose conditions on the protests. that bar has been lowered significantly in terms of it causing more than minor disruption to the community with things like people blocking roads or walking very slowly up a road. that means, yes, the police will have the powers to intervene but it also means they will come under more pressure to take that action, and exactly as you say, with just take that action, and exactly as you say, withjust stop 0il take that action, and exactly as you say, withjust stop oil and other groups turning up to different events it is tying up a lot of police resources. but as i say it will also put the police under, i think come in certain circumstances under a lot of pressure to make sure they use these powers. ghee under a lot of pressure to make sure they use these powers.— they use these powers. give us a sense when _ they use these powers. give us a sense when you _ they use these powers. give us a sense when you are _ they use these powers. give us a sense when you are on _ they use these powers. give us a sense when you are on the - they use these powers. give us a l sense when you are on the ground they use these powers. give us a - sense when you are on the ground or when you are commanding an operation thatis when you are commanding an operation that is policing a big event, for example, ora that is policing a big event, for example, or a protest, that is policing a big event, for example, ora protest, give us that is policing a big event, for example, or a protest, give us a sense of where the balance lies from your perspective of the right to protest but then also ensuring that day to day life continues in some reasonable way in unexpected circumstances. lip
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reasonable way in unexpected circumstances.— reasonable way in unexpected circumstances. , ., ., , circumstances. up until now it has been quite — circumstances. up until now it has been quite a _ circumstances. up until now it has been quite a high _ circumstances. up until now it has been quite a high bar— circumstances. up until now it has been quite a high bar to _ circumstances. up until now it has been quite a high bar to show - circumstances. up until now it has been quite a high bar to show that there is serious disruption to the life of the community before the police could intervene. that meant really a police commander would take into account other local community feels, the impact on traffic, businesses and other things happening but also the fundamental right to i remember on things like planned protest outside conferences in manchester the commander on the ground was able to use quite a lot of discretion to try and in effect keep both parties happy. but now that discretion is going to be far reduced and that means that the police commander as soon as they see any form of disruption, traffic being obstructed, being slowed down, things like that, a particular definition around noise and noise being created in the community by the protests, they will come under a lot more pressure to intervene and there is no question it will reduce there is no question it will reduce the right to protest. and honestly a lot of protesters would say you need
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to create some form of disruption to get your case noticed and to get the coverage from the media. the opportunity here is going to be far reduced, and at the same time they're going to face far harsher prison sentences if they ignore the conditions from the police, or do other things, as you say, like tunnelling which disrupt the work of construction companies and others. are you fearful that policing is about to get politicised? some would say it already is. but potentially even more so. i say it already is. but potentially even more so.— say it already is. but potentially even more so. i think the public, there is no _ even more so. i think the public, there is no question, _ even more so. i think the public, there is no question, the - even more so. i think the public, there is no question, the public i even more so. i think the public, i there is no question, the public are really fed up of the activities of groups like just really fed up of the activities of groups likejust stop 0il really fed up of the activities of groups likejust stop oil and extinction rebellion and the way they block motorways. but i think they block motorways. but i think the public also need to recognise that these laws will apply to all protests in the future. so it might be that you are seriously angry at a new housing development in these very stringent conditions, things like the police being able to use
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stop and search without suspicion to impose all sorts of conditions on people who may be planning a protest will apply to all protests. it can put police on a difficult position if there is a strong sense of feeling within a community and they have to take strong action against protesters because there is pressure from businesses or construction companies or whatever. there is no question police are being drawn into a more difficult position. but on the other hand i wouldn't, to some extent, blame groups likejust stop 0il because they have almost force the government into this position of putting these more stringent laws and they are going to affect everybody that is trying to plan a protest. 5ir everybody that is trying to plan a rotest. ,, ., , ., protest. sir peter fahy, former chief constable _ protest. sir peter fahy, former chief constable of _ protest. sir peter fahy, former chief constable of greater - chief constable of greater manchester police, thank you for joining us. now to the united states state of maryland. two people have been killed and another 28 have been injured in a mass shooting in the city of baltimore.
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three people remain in a critical condition. the shooting happened as hundreds of people had gathered for an annual event in the brooklyn area. police say they are reviewing cctv in the hunt for those responsible. eyewitnesses told local media that 20 to 30 shots were fired during the incident. the mayor of baltimore says the tragedy highlights the need to deal with the overproliferation of illegal guns on the city's streets. brandon scott had this message for the perpetrators. 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. i want to again express that this is an absolute tragedy that did not have to happen. it again highlights the impacts
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and the need to deal with the overproliferation of illegal guns on our streets and the ability for those who should not have them to get their hands on them, and also the need for accountability on each and every level when you're dealing with guns and gun violence. and again, we will not stop until we find those cowards who decided to just shoot dozens of people, causing two people to lose their lives. and we're going to be here until we find them, until we hold them accountable, until they are held accountable for the actions that they took, because we cannot rest until they do so. you're watching bbc news. breaking developments, a statement from the white house. president biden is scheduled to travel to the united kingdom, lithuania and finland from july kingdom, lithuania and finland from july the 9th — 13th. kingdom, lithuania and finland from july the 9th —13th. president biden first travel to london for engagements with king charles iii
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and prime minister rishi sunak to further strengthen the close relationship between the nations. the president will travel to vilnius in lithuania from july the 11th — 12th to attend the nato summit there. and on the 13th, president biden will visit helsinki, finland for a us nordic leaders' summit. the statement says more details will be announced soon. president biden travelling to the uk, lithuania and finland in the coming days. now it's time for a look at today's sport. the final day of the matches being played out in an extraordinary atmosphere. there is a rowdy crowd, stokes's efforts are over having just been caught by alex carey for 155. a particularly controversial moment that preceded the action that we have been watching over the last couple of hours. our correspondent
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joe wilson is at lords. but firstly, english hopes, it seemed, joe, resting on stokes's shoulders but he is now out. it resting on stokes's shoulders but he is now out. , , ., .,, is now out. it is funny, it almost not to is now out. it is funny, it almost got to the _ is now out. it is funny, it almost got to the point _ is now out. it is funny, it almost got to the point for _ is now out. it is funny, it almost got to the point for the - is now out. it is funny, it almost got to the point for the first - is now out. it is funny, it almost| got to the point for the first time today when we could almost believe that england were favourites to win, which seems astonishing considering the state of play at the start of the state of play at the start of the day. ben stokes's innings was astonishing even by his standards. what he tried to do was just stand still and whack everything to the leg—side boundary for a four or a six. hit, unless i forgot and a couple, nine sixes in his innings of 155. he had been dropped by steve smith on 11a. 155, he finallyjust miscued one and instead of going to the leg—side boundary it went vertical and he was caught. so it's not like stokes completely carried that innings on his shoulders alone. stuart broad was with him, they put on a 100 together out of that 100 stuart broad madejust11. but in
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reality the realistic hopes that england remain dominant remained of winning this test match lay with ben stokes and there is just the tail left now. the atmosphere, as you say, has been remarkable. and just as you say, partly because of the crowd who were revelling in ben stokes's hitting until two or three minutes ago when he was finally dismissed. �* , minutes ago when he was finally dismissed-— minutes ago when he was finally dismissed. , , dismissed. and partly, too, because of what preceded _ dismissed. and partly, too, because of what preceded it _ dismissed. and partly, too, because of what preceded it because - dismissed. and partly, too, because of what preceded it because it's - dismissed. and partly, too, because of what preceded it because it's not| of what preceded it because it's not just the enthusiasm of the crowd for stokes's batting, it is the opprobrium for some australian decision—making. opprobrium for some australian decision-making.— decision-making. yes, this all relates to _ decision-making. yes, this all relates to the _ decision-making. yes, this all relates to the dismissal - decision-making. yes, this all relates to the dismissal of - decision-making. yes, this all. relates to the dismissal of jonny relates to the dismissal ofjonny bairstow. let's try and go through what happened. bairstow dropped the ball and it went through to the wicketkeeper alex carey, last ball of the over, bairstow�*s assumption was that was the end of the over, therefore the ball was dead. carry, as soon as he caught the ball, rolled it back to the stumps and hit the stumps with bairstow out of his ground. the tv umpire is looked at
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it and they applied the law of the game —— alex carey. they applied the laws of the game and declared bairstow was out. bairstow wasn't trying to take a run, he wasn't trying to take a run, he wasn't trying to take advantage of the situation, he was out of his ground. a lot of people in the stadium, certain people reflecting on it in the media, felt that australia could have withdrawn the appeal, that it wasn't in the spirit of the game. that was certainly the feeling around the stands behind me. you could tell that from the booing and you could tell about half an hour later when the players came off for lunch they walk through the famous long room at lord's, it is a unique situation, they walk past the mcc members. there was a conversation, there was a confrontation between a few of those mcc members and some of the australian players. australia, hugh, have asked for an investigation into that amidst allegations they quote of verbal abuse against their players. thank ou ve abuse against their players. thank you very much _ abuse against their players. thank you very much indeed. _ abuse against their players. thank you very much indeed. you - abuse against their players. thank you very much indeed. you may i abuse against their players. thank you very much indeed. you may have
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heard a cheer from you very much indeed. you may have heard a cheerfrom behind joe, that's the australian fans, 302—8 with england needing 69 more to win but another wicket goes down. just two more for australia to take the second ashes test at lord's. 0ur second ashes test at lord's. our thanks to joe second ashes test at lord's. our thanks tojoe wilson at the home of cricket. meanwhile, sri lanka have guaranteed a place at the men's 50 over world cup in india later this year, securing one of the two spots available at the qualifying competition. they beat hosts zimbabwe, the only other team who had a 100% record before the game, by nine wickets in bulawayo. after bowling zimbabwe out for 165 in under 33 overs, they knocked off the runs needed in almost exactly the same time. pathum nissanka ending on 101 not out. zimbabwe can still qualify if they beat scotland on tuesday. heads of the website for the latest on the cricket. holly robinson is out. england still need 69 more runs. it has taken another turn. that's all the sport for now. in the uk the nhs is to nearly double the number of gambling
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addiction clinics in england. this is after referrals hit a record high. seven new facilities will open this summer. with more, here isjoe 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. i 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.
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just under 1,a00 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, people can gamble on their phone at the touch of a button and everyone, young and old, is bombarded with adverts encouraging them to take part. the solution — seven more specialist clinics. there are already eight running, including a national 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.
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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. joe inwood joins me now. talking there about tackling people's addiction once they have developed it but what is being done to prevent people becoming addicted to prevent people becoming addicted to gambling in the first place? the government _ to gambling in the first place? tie: government has announced what they call a white paper, propose legislation, and they have a number of things in there they are looking at, so putting limits on the number of bets you can place. especially for young people, they say as low as £2 per turn, but also they are talking about making industry monitor people who are problem gamblers, so if you lose £1000 in a day and they are suggesting that the companies would have to step in. but
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there were criticisms, there have been criticisms of the government because they aren't doing much on advertising. that's one of the elephants in the room here, the extent to which advertising, specifically of football teams, is a part of this and amanda pritchard who runs the nhs in england was saying this today, there is a problem, three new premier league clubs have announced they are being sponsored by gambling companies and as long as that happens, stopping children being exposed to this is going to be very hard. joe inwood for the moment, _ going to be very hard. joe inwood for the moment, thank _ going to be very hard. joe inwood for the moment, thank you - going to be very hard. joe inwood for the moment, thank you so - going to be very hard. joe inwood . for the moment, thank you so much. 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. hachiko used to wait outside the shibuya train station at the exact time the train was due — to greet his owner home. after the man died, hachiko returned to the train station every day for the next nine years, waiting for his owner
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to get off the train. a bronze statue of him now stands the station in tokyo and has been there for almost a decade. look at that. just a reminder there are plenty more stories on our website and on the bbc news app, on your smartphone and tablet. i'm gareth barlow. do stay up with us on bbc news. hello. plenty of spells of sunshine through the rest of your sunday afternoon and into the evening. we have a few showers around, mainly across the northern half of the uk. further south you have longer spells of dry and sunny weather but a fairly bright and breezy sort of day, noticeable wind coming in from west or north westerly direction and it's blowing around this area of low pressure which is just drifting slowly across scandinavia. drawn in on the atlantic area we are seeing a few showers particularly affecting scotland and northern ireland through the remainder of the day, if few for northern england and north wales, but further south and is likely to stay dry with late sunshine around today. more persistent rain and cloud lingering across the far north of scotland over the likes of caithness,
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sutherland and 0rkney but most places dry and clear overnight. temperatures down into single figures for many northern areas in particular heading into the early figures for many northern areas in particular heading into hours of monday morning. a fresh start of the day but quite a bit of sunshine around from the word go. it won't stick around everywhere because we have more showers on the way, the system drifting in from the west. initially, that will bring rain across parts of wales, in the middle part of the morning, drifting further eastwards into england through the course of the day but tending to fragment and become showery as it does so. more rain to come across the north of scotland with another weather front moving in. sunny spells for many of us in between those showers. temperatures just 13—20 , so a little below par degrees average for this part of july. monday is the first day of the championships at wimbledon. lots of dry weather through the day but as the cloud thickens through 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 into what
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southern parts of the uk. a bit of uncertainty for tuesday on the detail how far north any of the rain gets. perhaps south wales, 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 the stage in earlyjuly. 13—90 are top ten bridge on tuesday and a bit of a breeze around where you see the showers as well. —— 13—19 . cool and unsettled over the next few days but there is some drier weather particularly further south and by the weekend look at the temperatures come up to 28 degrees in the london region. bye for now.
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you are watching bbc news. 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. 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. debris from eight british hurricane fighter planes, dating back to world war ii, has been found buried, in a forest in ukraine. the aircraft was sent to the soviet union by britain after nazi germany invaded the country in 19a1. in england — the national health service is to open a further seven �*gambling clinics' this summer — almost doubling the current number.
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