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this is bbc news, the headlines. the bbc sees emails showing the british museum was warned two years ago that objects from its collection were being put on sale. after the baby killer lucy letby is jailed for life there are growing calls for toughter regulation of health service managers. the number of people dying from drug misuse and scotland falls to its lowest level in five years. now it is time for the sport. a full round—up from the bbc sport centre with tolson. pep guardiola is set to be missing from manchester city's dugout until after the international break following surgery on his back. the club confirmed their manager has had a routine operation and will complete his
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rehab in barcelona. assistant managerjuanma lillo will take control of the first team for city's games against sheffield united and fulham. before taking leave it seems pep was busy securing a new signing. manchester city have agreed to deal for belgium wingerjeremy doku from rennes for over 55 million pounds. the 21—year—old is set to become city's third major signing of the summer, after mateo kovacic and josko gvardiol. thierry henry has been confirmed coach of france's under 21s on a two year contract. henry scored 51 goals for france, and was most recently an assistant coach with belgium. he'll lead a france under 23 side at the 2024 paris olympics. rangers manager michael beale has full confidence that his players can move past psv eindhoven and in to the group stage of the champions league. the sides clash at ibrox in the opening leg of their qualifying match this evening and beale believes his players can replicate what they did
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at the same stage last year. we knew we would have to overcome two tough ties we have done one, now we have a big challenge the next ten days or so. look, we have a big challenge the next ten days orso. look, i we have a big challenge the next ten days or so. look, i think everyone knows that that is the competition the players want to play in, you want to put it to yourself against the best and i think ourfans want to put it to yourself against the best and i think our fans went to see the big nights here in europe. if it is not that, then we will go for the europa league, a competition we have been in but at this moment in time are full focus is trying to qualify of course. owen farrell and billy vunipola will discover sometime today if they can play at the rugby world cup. both face disciplinary panels over their recent red cards. for farrell, it's the second time in a week he's been through it, after world rugby appealed the decision to overturn the red he received against wales at twickenham. the pair risk bans and could miss the start of the world cup with england's preparations in disarray. there are four golds to be won at the world athletics championships in budapest tonight. among the contenders is great britain's laura muir.
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she'll be chasing gold in the women's 1500m. muir won bronze at last year's championships in oregon her only medal at the worlds. that's under way at around 8:30pm british time, but there's full coverage on bbc two, the iplayer and the bbc sport website. meanwhile soaring temperatures in budapest have pushed back the women's 5,000 metres heats from wednesday morning to wednesday evening. the temperature in in the hungarian capital is expected to reach 32 degrees. "world athletics" have been highlighting issues faced by pacific island nations in relation to rising sea levels due to climate change. here's simone fe�*ao who's president of athletics cook islands. i think there is enough influence not to say that they cannot ignore it any longer and they need to look at ways to change the heavens of not just our grass roots but at our league level of support to make it more sustainable going forward. otherwise you will hear of some of
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our pacific nations saying they will be unable to participate in sports much longer. see be unable to participate in sports much longer-— be unable to participate in sports much loner. ,, , . ., much longer. see you can see climate chance much longer. see you can see climate change actually _ much longer. see you can see climate change actually having _ much longer. see you can see climate change actually having an _ much longer. see you can see climate change actually having an effect - much longer. see you can see climate change actually having an effect on i change actually having an effect on your ability to participate?- your ability to participate? already not so much _ your ability to participate? already not so much of _ your ability to participate? already not so much of our _ your ability to participate? already not so much of our islands - your ability to participate? already not so much of our islands but - your ability to participate? already not so much of our islands but our| not so much of our islands but our pacific friends cannot have them because the don't have enough land above the sea level but they can put tracks on. so it is probably unheard of for some european countries that are landlocked and are having security but that is the reality for a lot of our nations. scotland's gemma dryburgh has been named as a wild card for next month's solheim cup in spain. european captain suzann pettersen has named dryburgh along with three other wild cards for next month's tournament. europe will bid to claim an unprecedented third straight victory in spain when it tees off on the 22nd of september. more on a website but for now that is all of our sport.
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the number of people who died due to drug misuse in scotland last year fell to the lowest level for five years. new figures released by the national records of scotland show 1,051 people died of drug misuse in 2022. that's 279 fewer deaths than the previous year. it's the first significant drop following several years of record high totals. the glasgow city council area had the highest rate of drug misuse deaths over a five year period, closely followed by dundee city. however, drug misuse remains a big issue in scotland. it continues to have the worst drug death rate in the uk and the rest of europe. let's discuss further. let's talk to anne marie ward, ceo of faces and voices of recovery a uk—wide charity based in glasgow. good to talk to you about this important issue. first, let me get
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your reaction to these latest figures. your reaction to these latest fi . ures. , ., your reaction to these latest fiaures. , ., , figures. they are still catastrophic, - figures. they are still catastrophic, still- figures. they are still- catastrophic, still almost three times more than england in 15 times the european average, so there is not anything to celebrate here. we are still failing catastrophically, even our nearest neighbour newcastle has half as many times more deaths. so first and foremost, there is absolutely nothing to celebrate here. this is a failure on top of failure. ., , , , ., ., failure. how is this deep-rooted roblem failure. how is this deep-rooted problem going _ failure. how is this deep-rooted problem going to _ failure. how is this deep-rooted problem going to be _ failure. how is this deep-rooted problem going to be fixed? - failure. how is this deep-rooted problem going to be fixed? i - failure. how is this deep-rooted l problem going to be fixed? i think we have to — problem going to be fixed? i think we have to have _ problem going to be fixed? i think we have to have similar _ problem going to be fixed? i think we have to have similar to - problem going to be fixed? i think we have to have similar to what i problem going to be fixed? i think| we have to have similar to what we have done in england and have a recovery focus in england. we have services coming through the public sector in scotland which is primarily made up of very highly professionalized social workers and nurses. very well—meaning and kind
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people, but you can hardly get a appointment with them it could sometimes take months. it may well be an addiction expert that they don't know the first thing about recovery. in contrast in england you can walk into any service and get seenin can walk into any service and get seen in a matter of hours was to be can also be met at the door by someone who has recovered and in over 50% of the work force are in recovery whereas in scotland i would maybe too a few percent. so that's what he changes the culture of the services when you are met with hope and quite quickly. so i think that is what we have to do in scotland we need to have more people in recovery in the workforce but also in leadership positions to chart direction here because we keep doing the same things and we still have three times more deaths.- the same things and we still have three times more deaths. some people have pointed — three times more deaths. some people have pointed to — three times more deaths. some people have pointed to other— three times more deaths. some people have pointed to other countries - three times more deaths. some people have pointed to other countries like - have pointed to other countries like portugal in the way that they deal
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with drug abuse.— with drug abuse. yes, portugal is a socially conservative _ with drug abuse. yes, portugal is a socially conservative country. - with drug abuse. yes, portugal is a socially conservative country. even| socially conservative country. even if we did implement the sort of policies that we have over the years, scotland is a very different nation and its culture, we are primarily, we normally but we effectively have decriminalisation are ready. portugal massively invested in three things. residential rehab, community rehab and integration back into the employment. scotland has not done any of those things. so as far as i'm concerned, this isjust politicians pushing and starting proxy debates about independence in westminster. you proxy debates about independence in westminster-— proxy debates about independence in westminster. ., ., ,, ., westminster. you mentioned access to rehab in the context _ westminster. you mentioned access to rehab in the context of _ westminster. you mentioned access to rehab in the context of portugal. - westminster. you mentioned access to rehab in the context of portugal. i - rehab in the context of portugal. i was reading here that in glasgow,
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just one person out of every 6000, 565 registered with addiction services is able to access rehab. so we don't have much time but if you could briefly talk about access to rehab and how that is an issue. it’s rehab and how that is an issue. it's actuall rehab and how that is an issue. it�*s actually one in every six and thousand people who are registered with addiction services will get the opportunity to go to rehab, but only for 12 weeks. the evidence base tells us the longer you are in rehab the better you outcomes will be. so that in itself is pretty tragic. the factjust that in itself is pretty tragic. the fact just getting that in itself is pretty tragic. the factjust getting a place in rehab but also in scotland we have the majority of our pretreatment budget into the excellent world leading harm reduction intervention but there is no recovery focus, no balance. i would say partly the reason why the 20% drop because in
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2021 who started investing in recovery focused services and i would like to see a lot more investment in that because i think there is a direct correlation between investing and services that help people get well, keep them from dependency and rebuild their lives again as i think that is a direction and a straight minded person would be thinking about.— and a straight minded person would be thinking about. anne-marie ward from the faces _ be thinking about. anne-marie ward from the faces and _ be thinking about. anne-marie ward from the faces and voices _ be thinking about. anne-marie ward from the faces and voices recovery i from the faces and voices recovery charity thank you for joining from the faces and voices recovery charity thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. some breaking news from the white house. the white house has confirmed that us presidentjoe biden will be travelling to new doha in india to attend the g20 leaders summit in a few weeks from september the 7th to the tenth confirmation there that joe biden the us president will travel to therefore the g20 summit.
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the last time a us president was in india was before the pandemic in february or march 2020. see us presidentjoe biden will be travelling to india at the beginning of september. staying with our other developing story that we have been keeping a cross all afternoon. that is the ongoing rescue in pakistan. a number of children and two adults trapped in a cable car which is dangling over a ravine in pakistan. i think we have new pictures that we can now show you of the night—time rescue. look at this. what a remarkable uplifting thing to see. a
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young boy who hasjust remarkable uplifting thing to see. a young boy who has just been rescued in the darkness there. you can see people hugging him, you can see the relief of course on his face. let's just bring you that footage again which comes from the rescue team in pakistan. we had heard from officials that they are focusing now on a zip line rescue. now that the helicopter rescue has been suspended due to the darkness. let's just take a look at this. they have it. some positive news coming out of pakistan. we are not sure what the number is now, the number of people who have been rescued. whether it is an additional rescue or that is the early reported number. we will of course check that out with the authorities. it does give people hope that there that even though it is now dark, it is
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the evening there in pakistan, those zip line rescues are continuing and hopefully of course all of the children in the two adults will be back on the ground out of the cable car when they have been trapped for many hours. we will stay on that story and bring you all of the latest footage as we get researchers say using mri scans to screen men for prostate cancer could reduce deaths "significantly". prostate cancer is the most common cancerfound in men, and is highly treatable if caught early. but in the uk, 12,000 men die every year the uk's death rate is twice as high as the us, spain or italy. mri scans have been found to be more effective than the current blood tests which can be unreliable. it's hoped thousands of lives could be saved. our medical editor fergus walsh has been finding out more. paul rothwell�*s prostate cancer was caught early and successfully treated. it was diagnosed here at london's
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university college hospital, when he took part in a trial using mri scans. the 62—year—old's cancer would have been missed if he'd only had the standard psa blood test, which came back as normal. if ijust had the blood test, i would be carrying on life as normal, walking around unaware that there was some sort of ticking time bomb inside me of a cancer slowly growing. so by the time i then did find out, presumably, it would have been much harder to treat and much more dangerous to me. so you feel fortunate? yeah, very fortunate. you know, thrilled that i was diagnosed so early. we don't see any sign of cancer recurrence there, so... paul was among 300 men — aged 50 to 75 — who took part in the trial, led by university college london. of the 25 men whose aggressive cancers were picked up via mri, over half, like paul, had negative blood tests. we think these are really significant results.
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what we see is that a short, ten—minute mri scan, used as a screening test, can selectively pick up significant cancers in a much more effective way than the psa blood test alone. that'll help us to diagnose the important cancers early, when they're curable. the prostate is a walnut—sized gland, which sits below the bladder. it's the uk's most common male cancer, with 52,000 new diagnoses every year. this is what men over 50 can request from their doctor, a blood test for the protein psa. high levels can indicate cancer. so it's a useful test, but unreliable, as it's not always accurate. thank you. black men have a one—in—four risk of getting prostate cancer — double that of white men — but are less likely to come forward for testing. after he developed prostate cancer,
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errol mckellar started offering men discounts on their mot if they got themselves checked out, and he now runs a charity to raise awareness of the disease. when prostate cancer turns up at your front door, it doesn't care whether you're black, whether you're white, it doesn't care about your wealth, it doesn't care about you. what it will do, if you ignore it, it will kill you. 0k, paul, nice and still... larger trials will be needed to confirm the value of mri scans, before a national screening programme for prostate cancer could be set up, which may take up to a decade. fergus walsh, bbc news. this is bbc news. let's bring you another update on that developing story coming out of pakistan. some
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good news to feed into the news day for a change. we have now been told that the number of children rescued stands at five. since we last reported the number was five. another child has been rescued. let's bring you the latest pictures beehive of the rescue operation there. as you can see now of course it is evening in pakistan and we were told that the helicopter mission had been suspended. but now they using a zip line to rescue people. this is the rescue of the isle of mohammed. you can see him there what a relief for him. we also footage we can bring you, quite remarkable footage. officials were saying that they were going to be able to send food as well through the zip lines as well and water
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while those remain inside the cable car. so we have now been told three more children have been rescued from that cable car in pakistan. these are pictures from earlier. so the number now stands at five people who have been rescued which means now, there are three people remaining in there are three people remaining in the cable car. the hope is it will not be too long until everyone is now rescued. we have been told earlier that the children who were rescued have been taken to get medical attention. there were reports that some of the children who were in that cable car were actually unconscious. but some good news, at least, that five children have now been rescued having been trapped in a cable car which was dangling above a ravine aunts that update has now come to us from the
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pakistan army. really incredible pictures there of the rescue. we will of course bring you more as in when they come in. for now let's move to ukraine. ukraine's army has been hit by allegations of corruption in its recruitment process which defence officials have described as "unacceptable and shameful". president zelensky recently sacked every regional recruitment head after officials were accused of taking bribes. and as our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse reports, the stakes for would be soldiers could not be higher. it's ok to be scared. gunfire and shouting this is the latest messaging campaign from ukraine's military. it wants people to give their details so they can be called on if needed. but what if they don't want to? translation: the system is very outdated. _ igor, not his real name, is one of them. he's not happy with how the army finds its soldiers. translation: it's like soviet times.
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recruiters using these methods now is unacceptable. _ mobilisation is why most men under 60 can't leave ukraine. here, drafting officers raid an arcade in the kyiv region. they hand out notices ordering them to sign up. russia's invasion means that ukraine is constantly trying to replace soldiers. but, with tens of thousands killed and even more injured, or exhausted, the demand is not being met with just volunteers. but there are big questions over how it calls men up. officials have been accused of intimidation, and helping some escape the country for cash. there are exemptions including for poor health, but not for just not wanting to fight. igor watched his father suffer with mental health issues after serving in afghanistan with the soviet army. translation: each |
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situation is individual. in fact, it's written - in the constitution that all male citizens must fight. it is in my opinion not - in line with today's values. this is clearly a sensitive subject. we have been refused interviews, access with drafting officers, so we are going to go to them. at the unveiling of the defence ministry's latest information campaign, an admission of problems which need fixing. i understand that people will be afraid of fighting on the front line, but i put it to you that they are also afraid of a recruitment system that has been accused of corruption, of not always following the law. do you understand why people don't trust the system? translation: corruption at - recruitment centres is unacceptable and shameful. but, we should not forget that behind all that outrage, - which is completely fair, there - are two components of our victory, weapons and people, - and the mobilisation process is what provides that.
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in an abandoned kyiv summer camp, civilians are trained in combat. the guns and grenades might be pretend, but there is a hope that people like anton will volunteer for the real thing. are you scared about that idea? of course. as every person, i'm scared. i am scared to hell. there is no chance i will be sitting here in kyiv, if this situation is worse. the ukraine of today is fighting for its tomorrow. a country united by wanting to survive. but also grappling with the fact that the battlefield is not for everyone. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv.
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let's close this hour with a reminder of that developing story which has come out of pakistan. just this hour we had an update a few minutes ago from pakistan's army telling us that five of the eight people who were stuck on that cable car have now been rescued. we understand that four of those rescues have been by this method. as you can see there, people being rescued via zip line. this shows the rescued via zip line. this shows the rescue of one boy. the rescues are continuing. it is evening in pakistan now. eight people were on board the cable car. you can see if rescue from earlier in the day. you
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can see all of the people as well who have been watching many families who have been watching many families who are incredibly worried about their what relatives who were on board that cable car. this is all happening in pakistan's khyber providence and it was and seven in the morning local time that some of the morning local time that some of the cables broke that six children on board were on their way to school so they have been trapped in that cable car for many hours. and so they have been trapped in that cable carfor many hours. and we had some report that some of those in the cable car even fell unconscious. as you can see good news now because five of the eight people on board that cable car have now been rescued. some more footage here. dramatic pictures from pakistan which shows you the scale of the
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rescue efforts. a very mountainous area and actually in these areas cable cars are used every day by many children to make what would be a very long and difficultjourney a quick one. so these children use the cable car to get to school every day. this is not the first time questions have been raised over safety in pakistan when it comes to travelling by cable car. of course there will be questions now asked again about whether this method of transport is regulated properly, whether there are proper safety measures as well. but let's close this hour out by looking at these incredible dramatic pictures here coming into us from pakistan. where we have not been told by the army in the country there that five people have been rescued. there are now three people who remain in that cable car and all hopes are that they will also be rescued soon. you
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are watching bbc news. stay with us. hello. it was a pleasant enough day for most of us today, apart from a few showers here and there. a lot of bright, if not sunny weather, temperatures into the 20s, and i think for tomorrow, we can expect more of the same. now, let's have a look at the big picture across our part of the world — and the atlantic, here's the jet stream curving around greenland, coming around iceland here, and we are right underneath the jet stream. so the weather's a little bit more temperate here — whereas south of the jet stream, that's where the real heat is, and we are in the midst of a really intense heatwave across many parts of europe. really, for this time of the year, temperatures in some spots well in excess of a0 celsius for spain, for france, for italy too. and at any time in the summer, this would have been regarded as pretty extreme. anyway, back to our neck of the woods — you can see where the jet stream is, literally right on top
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of the uk at 30,000 feet. we had some showers earlier on, there still will be a few showers around through the evening hours across some northern and western areas. and this weak weather front will nudge in, just sneak in south of ireland and nudge into parts of wales, bringing some damp and cloudy weather maybe to swansea. so a little bit of rain here first thing, but elsewhere, i think it's a dry start, generally clear. temperatures are fresh in aberdeen, about eight celsius, elsewhere still into double figures. and then, tomorrow, a few showers in the western isles pushed in by a breeze off the atlantic. a little bit of cloud there around the irish sea and western wales, but further to the east and the south, it will be warm and sunny. temperatures will be widely into the 20s, mid—20s for london and east anglia. low pressure is over us on thursday, but it's not a very strong area of low pressure — that means not an awful lot of wind, not an awful lot of rain, but there will be some showers circling, and you can see some showers there in the north—west of scotland, and also, with a weak weather front across england and wales,
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a chance of catching some rain further south, too. but it won't be enough to cool things off — in fact, in london and norwich, about 25, still hovering around 20 or so for hull, and not far off that in newcastle. let's have a look at the outlook then for the end of the week — and into the weekend, does cool off a little bit across some southern areas, but in edinburgh it looks as though it'll hang around 18 celsius as far as the eye can see. bye— bye.
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five children and their teacher trapped for 12 hours in this cable car in pakistan now face a night dangling above a ravine. the children were on their way to school in pakistan when a cable snapped. this is the moment the first child was rescued by the military four others have now been brought to safety. helicopters have been grounded for the night, but rescue attempts continue. also on the programme — wildfires claim more lives. the bodies of 18 people — thought to be migrants — have been found in a forest in northern greece near the turkish border. and how a ten—minute mri scan could revolutionise the way prostate cancer is diagnosed. and coming up on bbc news: laura muir will have her eyes
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on a medal, but a strong field awaits in the 1,500 metres

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