tv BBC News at One BBC News July 4, 2023 1:00pm-1:30pm BST
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today at one: the united nations says it's alarmed by the scale of israel's operation in the occupied west bank. 3,000 people are said to have fled their homes in thejenin refugee camp and ten people have been killed. a bbc investigation find that of 500 allegations of police officers abusing their position for sexual gain over five years, only 2a men have been charged. a man who killed a woman and her two daughters by setting herflat on fire in a dispute about rubbish is found guilty of murder. the big high street banks are called in by the financial watchdog to discuss claims they're failing to pass on higher interest rates to savers. and can he turn back time?
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andy murray's wimbledon begins on centre court this afternoon ten years since he first lifted the men's trophy. and coming up on bbc news: after the controversial second ashes test at lord's, we hearfrom england'sjoe root ahead of the third test, which begins at headingley on thursday. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. united nations aid agencies say they're alarmed by the scale of israel's military operation, which is continuing for a second day. it's taking place here, in the occupied west bank. palestinian officials say about 3,000 people fled their homes in thejenin refugee camp overnight, and that ten people have been killed and 100 wounded.
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israel says all those who've died were militants, and that 120 suspects have been arrested in the camp. 0ur middle east correspondent jolande knell sent this report. israel's biggest military operation in the west bank in years isn't over yet. and over night, they were desperate scenes as hundreds of palestinian families were allowed to flee the fierce fighting between the soldiers and armed militants in jenin�*s refugee camp. translation: jenin's refugee camp. tuna/mom- jenin's refugee camp. translation: , , translation: we left because we were bein: translation: we left because we were being bombed- — translation: we left because we were being bombed. the _ translation: we left because we were being bombed. the situation _ translation: we left because we were being bombed. the situation is - translation: we left because we were being bombed. the situation is very - being bombed. the situation is very bad. we were hiding in the inner room so nothing would hit us. translation: is room so nothing would hit us. translation:— room so nothing would hit us. translation: , ' . ., ., translation: is difficult for me to describe to you. _ translation: is difficult for me to describe to you. i _ translation: is difficult for me to describe to you. i was _ translation: is difficult for me to describe to you. i was standing - translation: is difficult for me to describe to you. i was standing in i describe to you. i was standing in the kitchen when a bomb exploded. i felt that the world caught on fire, like the house exploded on us. this
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mornin: , like the house exploded on us. this morning, angry palestinians have been burning tyres in protest. the knights clashes with soldiers have laid waste to the streets. you can see there are very few people out and about in what is usually a bustling city centre. it still feels dangerous. you get these occasional bursts of gunfire, people running from the israeli army. there's lots of damage around like this, and shops are closed, businesses, because of the general strike across the whole of the west bank. palestinians are watching jenin worried. and the weary exodus continues. from inside the built—up refugee camp with the palestinian red crescent escorting people out. these families said they had been trapped, surrounded by israeli soldiers. they told us they had been terrified by the raid which began with air strikes. since yesterday, it's been very difficult, the drone was shooting at us, this man says. now we have just left and we are all so
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tired. we have had nothing to eat or drink. inside the camp, israel says it seized weapons and explosives and has ten more targets, but what's happening is triggering a serious palestinian reaction. this crowd outside the hospital threw stones at passing military vehicles. prompting an israeli response. and the palestinian death toll is slowly rising. israel says it is targeting militants who have attacked its people but there are many injured palestinian civilians too. people who just got caught in the crossfire. the latest air from the middle east. a bbc investigation has found that of 500 allegations of police officers abusing their position for sexual gain over a five—year period — only 2a men have been charged. our investigation found that evidence was deleted in mishandled inquiries,
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and that vulnerable women who accuse officers of sexually exploiting them are waiting years for investigations to be completed. the policing minister says he is strengthening vetting of both new recruits and serving staff to root out predatory officers. our investigations correspondent noel titheradge has this report. the message i received was, "send us one of your party dress photos so when you blow me out i can say, i made love to her. night." i was absolutely shocked that somebody in such a position could actually send a message like that. i don't think i've ever received a message like that from anybody. and this was a serving police officer? this was a serving police officer. charlotte smith says she's been harassed by a warwickshire officer she'd met years earlier while known to police as a potential victim of grooming. she says that after bumping into detective sergeant paul whitehurst again, he pursued a sexual relationship while she was facing a dispute
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with her ex—partner. really disturbing messages were coming from someone who you wouldn't expect them from. "i would like to properly spend the night with you. no emotions, though, just laughs, likes, and plenty of shagging." they had a relationship but charlotte then complained to the force about him nearly three years ago. after that, he repeatedly visited her home uninvited. in 2022, there was an incident where he turned up outside, which was all on ring doorbell footage. when the police finally did come round, about 45 minutes later, there was no urgency. charlotte says she'd already complained about another visit but wasn't taken seriously. despite there being red markers on my house because of the previous incidents, didn't even take a statement from me. two years, i'm still waiting for the gross misconduct hearing. because he works in the anti—corruption and professional standards complaints department, that's the place you complain to, so what hope have you got? the detective sergeant, shown here on the left, denied abusing his position
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for a sexual purpose. he said the messages weren't familiar to him and he visited charlotte out of concern for her. we've also learned of evidence being deleted by forces investigating their officers. one victim of domestic abuse told bedfordshire police she'd been raped by an inspector, allegations recorded on body—worn video during two visits to her home. but the bbc has learned that footage was then deleted. bedfordshire police blames an administrative error and said interviews with the woman took place in response. we've also been told that the metropolitan police botched an investigation into an officer accused of having sex with multiple victims of rape. two former members of its professional standards team say the detective inspector's phone was wiped remotely following his arrest after best practice wasn't followed. i was absolutely shocked that somebody... that case is off the barometer disgraceful. just the footage that you've got from that young woman would be really concerning. baroness casey's review found
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that the metropolitan police is institutionally misogynist. it'sjust so shocking. he works in professional standards. she says delays in dealing with claims of misconduct are unacceptable. it's jaw—droppingly appalling that you have cases of really serious sexual allegations made against police officers that simply go on for years. our information requests have also found that individual officers have faced as many as 20 allegations. one who faced nine was only given a final written warning. these people are already traumatised, aren't they? the national police chiefs council says it's determined to learn from previous cases, but the most recent victims commissioner says reform is urgently needed. change has to be immediate. obviously complaints should be going out to another force and not being done internally. so it raises the big question, who is policing the police standards department? the home office says it's taking action, but women who've spent years
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waiting for investigations to conclude say they've lost faith in police forces. noeljoins me now. what's the response been? well, to many viewers this may feel like a familiar story. reports of police sexual misconduct have felt regular since the rape and murder of sarah everard, and the uncovering of the serial rapist david carrick, has led to many other women coming forward with allegations of sexual misconduct. but these findings extend to forces beyond the metropolitan police, and concern women already thought to have experienced appalling abuse before contacting the police. cases we investigated involve rape and domestic abuse victims. the former best said they should no longer be investigated by colleagues but by neighbouring forces.
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only by neighbouring forces and the regulator. the home office, however, says action is being taken and progress is being made. it says intelligence gathering on serving officers is being strengthened as is the vetting of new recruits. all right, thank you now. thank you. thames water has been fined more than £3 million for dumping millions of litres of undiluted sewage into rivers near gatwick airport. the judge said she believed thames water had shown a "deliberate attempt" to mislead the environment agency about the incident. our environment correspondentjonah fisher is in cardiff. explain more about this case. yes, this was a sentencing _ explain more about this case. 1&1: this was a sentencing hearing that has just come to its end. as you said, £35 million fine for thames water connected to what the court was told was a significant and lengthy period of pollution into gatwick�*s stream in west sussex and surrey in october 2017. the court was told that the sewage most likely
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spilled into the riverfor six was told that the sewage most likely spilled into the river for six and a half hours. eyewitnesses who look at the river said it had turned black and grey and there were reports of more than 1000 dead fish in the water. now, thejudge, as you mentioned there, summing up today said in quite a damning comments for thames water that there had been a deliberate attempt to mislead the environment agency, the regulator, who went in to try and investigate what had happened afterwards. thames water have pleaded guilty to this in february of this year, so they were expecting this, and there was an underserved and sincere apology given by their lawyer in court. but this is just the latest really in a series of big problems for thames water. £14 billion in debt, and rather desperately seeking the funds to try and service that level of debt. . ~ , ., a man who killed a mother and her two young daughters by setting fire to their flat has been found guilty of their murders.
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jamie barrow poured petrol through the letterbox of his neighbour fatoumatta hydara's home in nottingham last november. the court was told the 31—year old held a grudge about rubbish being dumped in an alleyway. jo black reports. in november last year, fatoumatta hydara and her two small daughters, fatimah and naeemah, were killed when their flat was set on fire. the bright flash of light on this cctv footage shows the moment the fire took hold. it was started deliberately by this man, jamie barrow, their next—door neighbour. this is him hours earlier in shops buying alcohol, before he went back to fairisle close and poured petrol through the family's letterbox. the court was told that screens could be heard screams could be heard coming from the property, but barrow did nothing and casually walked away. when he returned to the scene, he was heard asking about the fire.
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and he appeared relaxed when talking to officers. it was when he got home that he contacted the police to say that he was the person responsible for setting his neighbour's flat alight. right, jamie. obviously what you've said, when we've got here, you said you wanted to tell us something about what's happened and then you said you were going to hand yourself in... barrow admitted to manslaughter, saying he had started the fire but didn't realise there was anybody inside the flat. the prosecution told jurors he had a grievance towards mrs hydara, because he believed she was leaving rubbish in a back alleyway. but barrow dismissed claims there was an ongoing dispute. the court also heard that he struggled with his mental health and believes starting fires help to relieve his stress. this tragedy has robbed fatoumatta's husband of his entire family. he was away in america at the time. arrangements were being made for his wife and daughters to move there with him. plans and lives now shattered by the actions of their neighbour. jo black, bbc news, nottingham.
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five conservative led councils are at the high court today, opposing the expansion of ulez, the ultra low emissions zone in london. the system is designed to discourage people from driving more polluting vehicles by charging them £12.50 a day, and it's due to be expanded to outer parts of the capital at the end of august. the councils taking legal action argue that the scheme is too costly for motorists, but the mayor, labour's sadiq khan, says it's needed to tackle air pollution. our transport correspondent katy austin reports. london's ultra low emission zone is aimed at cutting the number of older, polluting vehicles on the road. there is a £12.50 daily charge for driving models which don't meet certain emission standards. this is the current zone. from late august, it is due to expand to cover all london boroughs. it is completely unbearable. ruth believes any attempt to clean up the air is a good thing.
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this is one reason why — her young son, hospitalised by a severe asthma attack. we are living with toxic levels of air pollution, and this is having really devastating consequences on people's health. notjust children's health, everybody�*s health. there is a scrappage scheme to help eligible individuals or businesses ditch their noncompliant vehicles. but kieran, who only bought this van 18 months ago, says that won't work for him. i use my van every day for work. i'm a landscaper. he wants more time to make a change. in the position i am being put in, my van must still be on the road and i'm going to be put into debt. i'm going to have to pay over £4,500 a year. so i hate to say it, but i will have to pass it on to the customers. the expansion plan has been controversial. five local councils have launched a legal challenge. i think it is the wrong solution at the wrong time.
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i think putting a charge in for everyone at this time, with the cost of living crisis, is a real problem for me. also, actually, it won't deal with the problem of clean air in london. there are many better ways of dealing with that problem. a spokesperson for the mayor of london, sadiq khan, said he had been clear the decision to expand ulez london—wide was not an easy one. but they said 4,000 londoners a year die prematurely from air pollution. around the country, the number of clean air zones has been growing in recent years. for example, birmingham and bristol both have one. the plan to widen london's ulez has attracted protests, and some cameras have been vandalised. the mayor's spokesperson said he would robustly defend the expansion in court and continue with preparations for it to come into force. katy austin, bbc news. the intertest rate on a typical five—yearfixed mortgage has risen above 6% today. it comes after the bank of england
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raised its base rate to a 15—year high of 5% last month, in an effort to tackle inflation. the news comes as the bosses of the four big high street banks have been summoned to meet the uk's financial watchdog later this week, to discuss concerns the banks are profiteering by not passing in the higher rates to savers. our economics correspondent andy verity is here. andy. thanks, jane. well, it's all about trying to tame inflation — the annual rise in the prices of all the goods and services we typically buy — from hair cuts to ham sandwiches. at the last count inflation in europe had slowed down sharply to 5.5%. in the us it was 4.0%. but in the uk, 8.7%. economists think that's because households and firms are spending too much, so you've got too much money chasing too few goods, and that pushes prices up. if you raise interest rates, you make it more expensive for everyone to borrow, so households and firms
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won't spend quite as much. but higher rates hit some harder than others, especially younger families who have stretched to buy a home with a big mortgage in the past five years. before inflation took off you could get a five—year deal that fixes your interest rate at about 2.5%. now look at how this blue line's shot up. if you want to fix your rates over five years it's more than 6%. the winners from higher rates should be savers, mostly older people, but look at this blue line — savings rates. the gap between the two — mortgage rates and savings rates — was just over 2% before rates started rising. now it's more like 3.5%. much bigger now. so who's the winner there? not savers but banks' shareholders. that gap is banks' main source of profit. now here's what the uk's big five banks' profits were for 2022 — £37 billion. they're likely to be even larger in 2023 because that gap between savings and borrowing rates has grown. who's not making bigger profits?
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landlords with mortgages. a poll by the national residential landlords association found a third of its members, half of those with mortgages, now don't expect to make a profit because interest rates are higher and also cos they can't offset their interest payments against tax any more. that's the one to watch because house prices are already falling. the more landlords decide to give up and sell up the more sellers there'll be on the market and house prices could fall further and faster than they have so far. jane. thanks, andy. our top story this afternoon... the united nations says it's alarmed by the scale of israel's operation in the occupied west bank. 3,000 are said to have fled their homes in thejenin refugee camp. and after that dismissal, the war of words over australia's ashes win continues as england arrive at headingley ahead of the third test.
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and coming up on bbc news, we'll have the latest from wimbledon as andy murray gets ready for his opening match this afternoon. the two—time champion takes on fellow brit ryan penistone on centre court. thousands of adverts for rental homes posted online say children or pets are not welcome, according to new bbc analysis. of 8,000 adverts on the property website openrent, a quarter said "no families", and three quarters said "no animals". there are no laws that explicitly stop these sort of adverts and estate agents say landlords are worried about damage. our cost of living correspondent kevin peachey reports. it's almost a full time job. sara has been searching for somewhere to rent for a year without any luck. there's a big problem with having
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children under the age of 18. that's a big barrier. being a single parent on benefits is another big barrier. also, the fact that i'm a student is a big barrier. so there's all these hurdles that i'm having tojump over, and then i find another one, and then i find another one. landlords turning down applications from tenants with children isn't against the law, but lawyers say it could be considered as discrimination. analysis by the bbc�*s data unit shows what people like sara are facing. we looked at private rental listings on two property websites for four days in may and found about a quarter of the 8000 adverts sampled on openrent revealed a preference not to allow tenants with children. on zoopla there was 300, although that was less than 1% of the total. even more, including nearly three quarters of adverts on openrent, weren't keen on applicants with pets. animal charities say that leaves renters having
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to make some tough choices. it's a really significant issue for battersea. one in ten of the animals that comes through our gates is as a result of their owners facing housing challenges. and obviously behind that statistic are hundreds of really heartbreaking stories, where people are taking the really difficult decision to give up an animal to us. rising costs and competition are making it harderfor tenants to find somewhere to live. but under a proposed new law for england, it would be tougher for a landlord to refuse any tenant with a pet. those plans would allow renters to request to keep a pet, which a landlord couldn't unreasonably refuse. but many landlords are worried about the risk of damage caused by pets. property mark, the trade body for lettings agents, says a cap on deposits has made owners even more wary of the potential cost. there's also a general acceptance that not every property is suitable for children. the listing sites we looked at were clear that there were no blanket bans on tenants with pets or children.
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the dog, i can leave at my ex—husband's. but with demand for rental properties high, for mums like sara, the search goes on. kevin peachey, bbc news. the battle between elon musk and mark zuckerberg has taken another twist, with twitter facing the development of a new messaging app created by the owner of its rival, facebook. our technology correspondent mark cieslak is with me. we find out more later this week. what will be app look like. threads, the latest creation of meta, is described as a text—based conversation app. users of social media might be scratching their heads a little bit because when they see some of these images they may seem familiar, because this new app threads looks quite a bit like
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twitter. in the last couple of years meta has invested billions in an idea called the metaverse, described as the next abolition of the internet. so far it has very little to show for this huge investment, so creating an app that essentially does what twitter does might give it a quick win. does what twitter does might give it a cuick win. ., ~ ,~' a quick win. elon musk, the relatively — a quick win. elon musk, the relatively new _ a quick win. elon musk, the relatively new owner - a quick win. elon musk, the relatively new owner of - a quick win. elon musk, the - relatively new owner of twitter, still having a time of age? he is havin: a still having a time of age? he is having a tumultuous _ still having a time of age? he is having a tumultuous time - still having a time of age? he is having a tumultuous time at - still having a time of age? he is having a tumultuous time at twitter. since taking over he has ordered massive job cuts, since taking over he has ordered massivejob cuts, he is having issues with appetisers, page sm; issues with appetisers, page $41; billion for the company and some estimates value it at $15 billion so it could be meta had sniffed blood in the water and is looking to expand its own social media empire. among other things meta owns whatsapp, instagram and, of course, facebook. mark cieslak, thank you.
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our technology corresponded. the police has seized more than 500 tonnes of counterfeit goods from shipping containers at a storage unit in manchester. the mammoth seizure — worth an estimated £870 million — included clothes, drugs, illicit tobacco, nitrous oxide canisters and counterfeit vapes, and it's being described by greater manchester police as a record haul in uk history. there are lots of british players due to be in action today on the second day of wimbledon, with two—time champion andy murray taking on fellow brit ryan peniston on centre court later this afternoon. nesta mcgregor is at the all england club for us. my my goodness, with an umbrella. yes, we will address _ my goodness, with an umbrella. yes, we will address at _ my goodness, with an umbrella. yes, we will address at the _ my goodness, with an umbrella. 1913 we will address at the big white elephant in the room injust we will address at the big white elephant in the room in just a second but would you believe it has been 18 years since andy murray made his wimbledon senior debut on court
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number two, his wimbledon senior debut on court numbertwo, and his wimbledon senior debut on court number two, and what a ride since, he won in 2013 and 2016. he is now 36 and the legs and the metal hit me and he is not what he was physically, but experience might be worth a game or two. ryan peniston, world number 268 and british number five, his opponent, it will be his first time on centre court. murray says some players rise and some players shrink. says some players rise and some players shrink-— says some players rise and some players shrink. centre court is not the same as _ players shrink. centre court is not the same as elsewhere, _ players shrink. centre court is not the same as elsewhere, it - players shrink. centre court is not the same as elsewhere, it is - the same as elsewhere, it is different _ the same as elsewhere, it is different. a different feeling, different. a different feeling, different courts, the history and tradition. — different courts, the history and tradition, it can be daunting stepping out on the first time and i need _ stepping out on the first time and i need to— stepping out on the first time and i need to use — stepping out on the first time and i need to use that to my advantage. the top _ need to use that to my advantage. the top cto, carlos alcaraz from spain, is currently playing. later british number one cam norrie is playing and the defending ladies
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champion from kazakhstan, but rain is causing havoc, play has stopped and all of the outside courts and it affected a match from the first british player and coach, katie boulter, 6—5000 in the first set against daria saville of australia. nothing could be nine roger federer�*s parade, because before the murray match, on centre court he will be presented with an award for the record eight men's singles titles at wimbledon. he is the king of grass and resigned last year. actual royalty also here, the duchess of cambridge is at sw19. thank you, nestor mcgregor. we have the weather forecast shortly. the controversy surrounding the dismissal of england batsman jonny bairstow in the second ashes test is continuing with australia's prime minister tweeting "same old aussies, always winning!" the third test starts on thursday in front of what's likely to be a partisan headingley crowd as tensions are high
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between the two teams. our sports correspondent joe wilson is at headingley. with some sunshine. sunny and stormy simultaneously — with some sunshine. sunny and stormy simultaneously here _ with some sunshine. sunny and stormy simultaneously here at _ with some sunshine. sunny and stormy simultaneously here at the _ with some sunshine. sunny and stormy simultaneously here at the ashes. - simultaneously here at the ashes. prime minister is talking about england versus australia cricket, who'd have thought? almost 100 years ago there was a full diplomatic row between the two countries, i do not think we are there yet with the jonny bairstow stumping but it is fascinating how it has divided and enraged opinions and at times it seems we were back in the classic stereotype territory of australia win at all costs with sharp practice and england, lose a lot and whinge about it, depending on which side of the world you stand. former captain joe root has been speaking. it is clear he wants to move on while still retaining the moral high
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ground. personally, i try and put myself in that situation, that position, and i like to think i would have dealt with it very differently. i think ben spoke very well on it at the end of the game. as a team, we want to play our as a team, we want to play our cricket a certain way, cricket a certain way, want to leave a certain legacy and, want to leave a certain legacy and, clearly, it's been very different clearly, it's been very different how we've gone about cricket, how we've gone about cricket, test cricket, in the last 18 months test cricket, in the last 18 months in terms of how we play our cricket, in terms of how we play our cricket, physically, if you like, physically, if you like, but i also think we play our cricket but i also think we play our cricket in a slightly different way. in a slightly different way. joe root told me he thought there joe root there was still respect between the joe root was joe root there was still respect between the players. there are cricketing issues players. there are cricketing issues for england to deal with, 2—0 down 2-0 in the series and have lost their 2—0 down for england to deal with, 2—0 down in the series and have lost their vice captain batter ollie pope for the rest of the series with injury. vice captain batter ollie pope for the rest of the series with injury. if we think about members howling at the australian players on sunday, i vice captain batter ollie pope for the rest of the series on| injury.
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the australian players on sunday, i asked joe root what he expected of said he the yorkshire public. he said he wanted people to come to support england. simple, but very england. that is simple, but very important, i think. england. that is simple, but very important, ithink. there england. that is simple, but very important, i think. there is a cricket series
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