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fifa suspends spain's soccer chief over world cup final kiss — as coaching staff resign. thousand descend on washington's national mall — marking the 60th anniversary of a civil rights march — where the �*i have a dream' speech was delivered by martin luther king junior. and vladimir putin wants wagner mercenaries to swear allegiance to russia — after the group's leaders were presumed killed. i'm helena humphreuy, good to have you with us. spain's football federation has deleted a statement from its official website accusing the world cup winning player —jenni hermoso — of misrepresenting reality. she's accused the head of the federation — luis rubiales — of kissing her on the lips without consent after spain's victory in the final, last sunday. the federation has threatened her with legal action. mr rubiales has faced a wave of condemnation for his actions but has refused to resign.
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on saturday — 11 members of the national team's coaching staff have quit in protest at his behaviour. mr rubiales has been suspended from participation in football by the sport's world governing body, fifa. for the latest, here's our madrid correspondent, guy hedgecoe. the dispute unleashed by this celebratory kiss after spain's world cup victory shows little sign of fading. the insistence by football federation president luis rubiales that it was consensual has pitted him against the team which lifted the trophy. after refusing to resign yesterday, mr rubiales has labelled jenni hermoso, the player he kissed, a liar and has threatened legal action against her. she has said the kiss was not consensual and made herfeel a victim of an attack. a saturday friendly game between two
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amateur teams in madrid. nunes is watching her son play. but like most people here, it seems there is only one football story on her mind. translation: he's got to resign. he humiliated a woman and he needs to go. he doesn't represent us, he doesn't represent male football let alone female football. now football's world governing body, fifa, has stepped in, suspending mr rubiales from all football—related activity for three months, pending a disciplinary procedure against him. translation: this has now ended the saga temporarily because fifa i has acted much faster than spain's institutions. but on monday, proceedings will begin against him here in spain. more and more public figures are expressing support for ms hermoso. translation: i would like to give my unconditional support to jenni - the four�*s decision to suspend him
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against this an international dimension. spain is hoping to host the world cup in a joint bid with portugal and morocco. the concern is that this crisis in spanish football could undermine their candidacy. monday marks 60 years since 250,000 people gathered on the national mall in washington on a hot summer's day in august 1963. activists, college students, lawmakers, families and civil rights leaders travelled by car, bus, train and on foot to participate in the march on washington forjobs and freedom. the march became a cornerstone event for the civil rights movement and a moment in american history. dr martin luther king jr. delivered his celebrated "i have a dream" speech on the steps of the lincoln memorial. the day would end with a meeting between march leaders and presidentjohn f kennedy. the event marked the largest
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demonstration for human rights in us history, and a display of unity among five of the nation's largest civil rights organisations. well on saturday — dr king's family and civil rights leaders gathered to mark 60 years since that first march in 1963. this year's march comes under the shadow of the supreme court recent striking down of affirmative action in college admissions and abortion rights as well as the nationwide erosion of voting rights and growing threats of violence against people of colour, dues and the lgbtq plus community. but this year organisers say dr. king's dream is newly threatened and more needs to be done. dr king's granddaughter — yolanda renee king spoke at thursday's gathering, telling the crowd of thousands the fight is still not over. 60 years ago, dr king urged us to struggle against the triple evils of racism, poverty and bigotry. today racism is still with us, poverty is still with us and now gun violence has come to our places of worship, our schools and our
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shopping centres. and that's not the only problem that earlier generations didn't expect but my generation cannot escape. live now to natalie brand — washington correspondent for cbs news. natalie, great to have you with us. you are there, describe to us what has been going on throughout the course of the day? ican i can see what's striking about todayis i can see what's striking about today is the number of generations represented at this march. we spoke to a 92—year—old woman who was here 60 years ago to be at the very first march on washington and hear doctor king's i have a dream speech in paris and and today she returned with four generations going down to
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a great—granddaughterjust a great—granddaughter just one—year—old. so a great—granddaughterjust one—year—old. so that really speaks to the number of generations involved in this continuing movement, and that is another theme that we heard today across all the speakers, that is that the work continues. it is not done. doctor martin luther king junior�*s dream has not been fully realised and that the march towards progress continues. we also heard from his granddaughter. he played a clip of 15—year—old yolanda king, she also said that she would tell her grandfather, "i'm sorry that we still have to be here to rededicate ourselves to finishing your work and realising your dream." so the attendees today, thousands of them here at the lincoln memorial, they listened to a series of speakers not
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on the family members of doctor martin luther king, but the variety of civil rights leaders across the move following that, they marched from here to the mlk memorial, really a sign that they are recommitting themselves to working towards some of these goals. i recommitting themselves to working towards some of these goals. i know is art of towards some of these goals. i know is part of your _ towards some of these goals. i know is part of your reporting _ towards some of these goals. i know is part of your reporting on _ is part of your reporting on the 60th anniversary of the march on washington, you been speaking to people there, you have also been sitting down with people who were there in 1963. they were listening to doctor king's i have a dream speech. what have they been telling you about their memories of that day? you about their memories of that da ? . , you about their memories of that da ? ., , ., ., , day? yeah, well, they are all still im acted day? yeah, well, they are all still impacted deeply _ day? yeah, well, they are all still impacted deeply by _ day? yeah, well, they are all still impacted deeply by that - day? yeah, well, they are all still impacted deeply by that day - day? yeah, well, they are all still. impacted deeply by that day and that speech that they described one woman, margaret wright, described it was etched and sketched in her mind. she is someone who returns to this anniversary merge each and every
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year and tries to bring new family member is to look, again, include them in the future movement. but one sense in sitting down with a number of people who work here that day is that it of people who work here that day is thatitis of people who work here that day is that it is important to try to incorporate and include younger generations and youth because they remarked that the work here is just simply not over. they thought that it might be decades ago, but the fight continues. they really want to impart on people that they have to continue to rally around some of these goals and new challenges to bring you back to some of yolanda's remarks. she spoke about challenges you heard gun violence, environmentaljustice and climate change. so really, when there is a reflection over the past six decades, there is a sense that, you know, there is progress from that
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day, that day impacted so many, changed lives and careers, rally tomorrow to become part of the movement, but this is a movement that needs to continue to grow and include new communities and new generations of americans. natalie, our washington correspondent at natalie, ourwashington correspondent at cbs news. natalie, thank you so much for your reporting. in honor of the 60th anniversary of the march on washington, our caitriona perry spoke to dr king's daughter, dr bernice king, about herfather�*s lasting impact on the us civil rights movement. we're marking 60 years on from the march on washington. yourfather�*s i have a dream speech, how near or far do you think we are from that dream that he described? well, i mean, in all honesty, the dream that he spoke about is going to take several generations to achieve. i think there's some certain progress that we've made
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since the time he spoke about the conditions that the black community was facing at the time, when he talked about the bag check, when he talked about police brutality, when he talked about some of the economic circumstances, you know, around the black community. a large part of what he was speaking when he got to i have a dream was not to leave people in hopelessness. that in spite of all of these difficult things that we still have to fight in terms of racial and economic injustice and equities, i still have a dream that one day we will live in this kind of world. and we've made progress since then. i mean, if we look at the fact that they made ten demands at their march on washington, the substance of a good percentage of those demands was about civil rights protections and provisions. we have those today because of that
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march on washington. you know, there are things in place that protect people in case of employment discrimination, housing discrimination, federal funds can be withheld. there are things that protect people if their constitutional rights have been violated, the attorney general can institute injunctive relief suits. so these are things we are benefiting from today because of the march on washington and the subsequent passage of the civil rights act, voting rights act and the fair housing act. there are, today, if you're a black citizen in america, you have the right to register to vote at the age of 18 for the most part, there are certain exceptions to that, if you, you know, commit a felony, but for the most part, you can register to vote. in �*63, there were very few black registered voters. in fact, in �*63, there were very few black elected officials. now there are numerous black elected officials in congress, in state houses, you know, in city halls.
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obviously, we've had a black president, we've had a black ambassador to the united nations, black school board members and black county commissioners. so we're in the room now in a way that we weren't. however, with every bit of progress, there's always going to be a backlash. and i think sometimes as we are focused on, you know, continuing to fight for justice, freedom and equality, we forget that there's going to be this backlash so we don't prepare for it. and so i think it caught us off, i think it caught people off guard this time many of the things that have happened around crt or banning of books, you know, affirmative action. we'll have our full interview with dr bernice king this upcoming monday to mark the anniversary of the march on washington. to other news now — president vladimir putin has called on all employees of wagner, and other russian private military contractors, to swear an oath of allegiance to the russian state.
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the decree applies to anyone participating in military activities in ukraine, assisting the army, and serving in territorial defence units. he signed the order on friday, with it taking immediate effect. it comes two days after wagner leaders were presumed killed in a plane crash. in a separate development on saturday, a far—right sub—unit of wagner, known as rusich, said it was stopping military operations in ukraine. joining us now is retired rear admiral mark montgomery. he worked on us—ukraine relations as policy directorfor the senate armed services committee and in the navy assigned to us european command. he now works with the washington—based research group foundation for the defense of democracies. great too happy with us. thank you so much for taking the time. now, in the wake of that death, we have a situation and in which putin is
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swearing allegiance to russia. they have proved reluctant before they enjoy better conditions when it comes to pay at least under waggoner. what do you foresee happening here?— waggoner. what do you foresee ha enin: here? . ~ ., ., happening here? thank you for having me. that's happening here? thank you for having me- that's a — happening here? thank you for having me. that's a great _ happening here? thank you for having me. that's a great question. -- - me. that's a great question. -- wagner- _ me. that's a great question. -- wagner- at _ me. that's a great question. -- wagner. at this _ me. that's a great question. -- wagner. at this point _ me. that's a great question. -- wagner. at this point you - me. that's a great question. -- l wagner. at this point you have to look at wagner's _ wagner. at this point you have to look at wagner's different - wagner. at this point you have to l look at wagner's different entities. one is the overseas in africa, syria, libya wagoner group which is, i'm confident will continue to exist, it will probably transition to the russian military intelligence they already did a lot of work with them. but that is critical for that maintaining their influence in africa, syria, libya and their ability to do economic resource extraction. more challenging will be what happens with the units that are belarus now, the ones that you referred to her. i think there is a big question. there isn'tjust a money issue, there is a leadership issue. a red ledbetter, paid better
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than their russian military counterparts. as a result, i think many of them are not excited, most of them came from the russian military can chose to leave it, and i imagine they are not excited about returning. i imagine they are not excited about returnina. ~ ., i. �* i imagine they are not excited about returnina. ~ ., �* , returning. what you're saying is, potentially. _ returning. what you're saying is, potentially, when _ returning. what you're saying is, potentially, when it _ returning. what you're saying is, potentially, when it comes - returning. what you're saying is, potentially, when it comes to - returning. what you're saying is, - potentially, when it comes to troops in africa, for example, they may be led by someone from the gr year, but what specific could potentially happening with those troops that would be deployed to ukraine. do we have any clear ideas about who could take over in terms of leading particular unit?— take over in terms of leading particular unit? take over in terms of leading articular unit? ~ ., , particular unit? well, not yet. the gr ou particular unit? well, not yet. the gr you wouldn't _ particular unit? well, not yet. the gr you wouldn't be _ particular unit? well, not yet. the gr you wouldn't be a _ particular unit? well, not yet. the gr you wouldn't be a good - particular unit? well, not yet. the . gr you wouldn't be a good leadership role model there. i think it would have to be the russian military would have to be one of their leaders. they performed poorly. they've recently been arrested because they took a compliant approach to during prigozhin's mutiny two months ago. so my
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suspicion is that the troops in belarus well not to go back into ukraine in a meaningful way anytime soon. so this is a battlefield loss for the russians over time. it was probably inevitable after prigozhin's mutiny. we probably inevitable after prigozhin's mutiny. probably inevitable after priaozhin's mutin .~ ., , ., probably inevitable after priuozhin'smutin. ., , ., ., prigozhin's mutiny. we only have to think back of _ prigozhin's mutiny. we only have to think back of that _ prigozhin's mutiny. we only have to think back of that mutiny _ prigozhin's mutiny. we only have to think back of that mutiny that - prigozhin's mutiny. we only have to think back of that mutiny that you i think back of that mutiny that you mention to see quite clearly there was that disquiet within the ranks of wagner. is there any potential do you think in which a situation where someone from within the group perhaps a high—ranking mercenary tries to take control in opposition to the kremlin here? i tries to take control in opposition to the kremlin here?— to the kremlin here? i will take out a short term _ to the kremlin here? i will take out a short term life _ to the kremlin here? i will take out a short term life insurance - to the kremlin here? i will take out a short term life insurance policy i a short term life insurance policy on anyone who does that. i think we just saw how pollutant treats people who lead mutinies or who lead mutinous troops. i suspect if someone takes over those troops, it will be in fealty to put an end to eventually rejoin the fight in ukraine over some creative time. it
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has been very careful, and almost two months ago right after the mutiny, he immediately collapsed the troll farms, that this information, anything he saw that was a direct threat to him at the time, so he got rid of that, and obviously he waited a few months on prigozhin but eventually got his revenge. so i don't see anyone leading a efforts against putin, but i do think that someone could in marriage to try to lead to the wagner troops within a russian military context. the problem there is the money. they just will not get the kind of compensation from the russian general staff that they were from prigozhin. general staff that they were from pri . ozhin. �* , �* prigozhin. and interested, we've also not prigozhin. and interested, we've also got this _ prigozhin. and interested, we've also got this development - prigozhin. and interested, we've also got this development with l prigozhin. and interested, we've also got this development with a russian pyrite group of fighters who wear a subunit of wagner and also said they will no longer fight in ukraine. what do you think that tells us? what do you think all of this means essentially for russia on
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the battlefield in ukraine is yellow this is a loss for them. and prigozhin was aggressive, he was a risk taker. he looked for short—term gains. he risk taker. he looked for short-term rains. . , risk taker. he looked for short-term rains. ., , ., , risk taker. he looked for short-term rains. .,, ., , .,, risk taker. he looked for short-term rains. ., , ., gains. he was wealthy. he was all the thins gains. he was wealthy. he was all the things the _ gains. he was wealthy. he was all the things the russian _ gains. he was wealthy. he was all the things the russian military - the things the russian military isn't. and he really provided a spark their fighting. isn't. and he really provided a spark theirfighting. it isn't. and he really provided a spark their fighting. it is good that he is off the battlefield. it's good for ukrainians. i think it's good for ukrainians. i think it's good long—term, as they press forward with their counteroffensive. and i also think all of this introduces a level of disquiet and scepticism orfear, paranoia inside the russian military as they don't know exactly who is who and which way small units are going to play their hand. so i do think over all this is a positive for the ukrainians and a distraction if not a negative for pollutant. let ukrainians and a distraction if not a negative for pollutant.- ukrainians and a distraction if not a negative for pollutant. let me ask ou this a negative for pollutant. let me ask you this with _ a negative for pollutant. let me ask you this with all— a negative for pollutant. let me ask you this with all of— a negative for pollutant. let me ask you this with all of that _ a negative for pollutant. let me ask you this with all of that in _ a negative for pollutant. let me ask you this with all of that in mind, - you this with all of that in mind, what you think western allies should
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be doing to help support ukraine capitalise on this moment? == capitalise on this moment? -- neaative capitalise on this moment? -- negative for — capitalise on this moment? » negative for putin. that's actually the best question because there is an opportunity here. the united states has western allies —— as western allies have to provide the longer—range artillery that ukraine has been asking for. in the case of the united states, the attack drone system. we also need to continue to provide the cluster of munitions in significant numbers and we need to provide as much as 155 artillery as we can. finally, the mine clearing systems that allow us to preach through the russian defences. if the ukrainians had all of those numbers right now, i think we would be in a different position a counteroffensive. they can still be gotten to the ukrainians in time early to mid fall for some more progress, but the reality, without the systems, the ukrainians are trapped in a very conventional and
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difficult war.— difficult war. mark montgomery, really great _ difficult war. mark montgomery, really great to — difficult war. mark montgomery, really great to talk _ difficult war. mark montgomery, really great to talk to _ difficult war. mark montgomery, really great to talk to you. - difficult war. mark montgomery, | really great to talk to you. thanks for coming on. really great to talk to you. thanks for coming on-_ meanwhile, one of ukraine's most celebrated fighter pilots has been killed in a mid—air collision, along with two other airmen. andrii pilshchykov won fame taking part in close range aerial battles over kyiv during the early phase of russia's invasion, flying under the call—sign "juice." the crash involved two training aircraft flying over the north of the country — an investigation is underway. here are some new pictures from haiti, showing camps which have been set up in places like local gymnasium, as people abandon their homes in the capital, port—au—prince, attempting to flee gang violence. criminal groups control large parts of the country, which is causing severe food storages, killings, kidnappings, and sexual violence. since the start of this year, the un estimates close to two—and—a—half thousand people have been killed in the country, and some 200,000 displaced.
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the fbi has confirmed that within hours of releasing the names of 388 people unaccounted for following the devastating maui wildfires — that more than 100 were reported safe. authorities made public the names on thursday asking survivors to come forward, so they could focus their efforts on locating the still missing. the official death toll from the fires currently stands at 115. search and rescue teams have been searching through the ruins of the town of lahaina, since wildires swept ——my collegue, sumi somaskanda, spoke to representative sean quinlan. he's a member of hawaii's house of representatives, and the chair of its tourism committee — they discussed the recovery, and the impact the fires have had on maui's tourism industry. very good to have you with us. i just want to start with where things are at the moment. hawaii officials releasing a list of almost 400 people who are still missing. how are recovery efforts going? we are still very much in assessment and recovery mode.
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we have sent home about half of the cadaver—sniffing dogs, but we still have portions of the town that we have to search. and how have locals been adjusting as they have been unable to go home? i don't know that we'll ever adjust to this, sumi. it's been incredibly difficult. because there are so many toxic chemicals contained in the ash that has just blanketed the town, we've been really reluctant to let people go back to their homes because we're worried about the health effects and that's been incredibly difficult. to not even be able to sift through your belongings and try to pull something out of the wreckage is very, very hard to bear. yeah, it's hard to imagine, isn't it? i just want to come to that tweet we read from senator brian schatz urging people to come to south maui resorts and he's telling tourists not to cancel their visits. do you agree with this message? i couldn't agree more.
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this is such a tough time. the people are grieving right now, we are all grieving. there isn't anybody in the state that hasn't been affected by this. it doesn't know somebody who's lost a loved one or who lost their home. and we're going to give them their space to grieve and they should take all the time they need. but while they grieve, we have a responsibility to maintain the economic engine that powers maui. 70% of alljobs on the island of maui are directly or indirectly related to tourism. so there was, as you know, a lot of frustration among locals, especially in the immediate aftermath of these wildfires, while some wildfires were still burning, about tourists coming to maui. i want to play you a clip of what one local told the bbc. let's listen. the same waters that our people just died in three days ago are the same waters the very next day these visitors, tourists were swimming in. and that says a lot about where their heart and mind is through all of this and where our heart and minds are. you don't see our people swimming, snorkeling, surfing. nobody is having fun in tragedy and continuing their lives
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like nothing has happened. there is two hawaiis right now. there is the hawaii we're living in and the hawaii they're living in, they're visiting in. so you see a local there, sean, saying there are two hawaiis. do you worry that encouraging tourists to come to south maui could alienate locals? yes, i do. and the resentment towards tourism has been building for over a decade. and it's not unique to maui. i think you can see it on on all islands. i think that in some cases we may have brought in too many tourists. i think that we haven't done a very good job at addressing hot spots that lack infrastructure that have drawn many tourists. but at some point... we have to get people back to work and they need jobs to support their families, to pay their rent, to put food on the table. the situation in maui, our economic situation is, i think,
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more precarious than even many people on maui realize. hotels can't run at 30% or 50% occupancy, they're just going to start laying people off. and a lot of other businesses are going to start laying people off because the cancellations are approaching 90%, 95% for august and september. and if we can't get the tourists back quickly, then we lose our flights, we lose our airlift. if we don't have flights, we can't get people back. so we're sort of trying to skirt the edge of this canyon, this chasm, where on one side we're trying to deal with this incredible grief, and on the other side, we understand that we have to keep visitors coming to maui because it's our entire economy and we have to have jobs for people when they're ready to go back to work. thank you for your company and stay with us if you can. hello. saturday was certainly
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a lively day of weather with lots of showers around, some thunderstorms, and.....a water spout! well, this was spotted just off the coast of sandown in the isle of wight. looks kind of terrifying, doesn't it? now, the day's showers were particularly widespread across all of the uk. the wettest spot was crosby, merseyside — picking up 20 millimetres of rain — but many of us did see downpours through the day, and right now those showers are continuing to fade away — just one or two continuing across parts of wales and western areas of england, as well. but otherwise, most of us have got clear skies at the moment, with temperatures hovering around about ten to 12 degrees celsius as we head into the first part of sunday. now, there will be a change to the weather for northern ireland on sunday — we've got a little bit of rain coming through here — but for scotland, england, wales, it is another day of sunshine and showers. so a bright start for northern ireland before that band of rain arrives. showers from the word go across wales and western england. but for most of scotland and eastern areas of england, should be a dry start, and heading into the afternoon, the showers will tend to focus along this convergence line across eastern england and maybe eastern scotland, too.
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now, if you're underneath that, yes, you could see some heavy downpours and some thunderstorms, but away from that, should be dry through the afternoon for a good part of west scotland, wales and western areas of england. and where the sunshine comes out, although temperatures for many will be just below average, it will feel warm in the sunshine. reading/leeds festival continues. now, there is a risk of seeing a shower, i think, as we go through sunday. and for notting hill carnival — yes, here, too, we could see an odd passing shower — although for large parts of the day it should be dry. now, heading into what will be bank holiday monday for a number of you, we've got a weak ridge of high pressure moving in, and what that will do is it will tend to kill the showers off. could still be one or two, but not as widespread as we've seen over the course of the weekend. so a bit more in the way of dry weather, a bit more in the way of sunshine, and temperatures an odd degree higher — about 19 to 21 or 22 in the warmest spots. beyond that — tuesday,
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wednesday, thursday — low pressure dominates, really, the weather picture. well, we've been used to that for a good stretch of august, haven't we? and that means showers return from tuesday onwards — some of them turning heavy and thundery with some warm august spells of sunshine in between. heading into september, little change.
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that surfing dream. the perfect wave. the perfect look. but beneath the surface lies a murkier side. for every pristine peak, broken boards and piles of cheap polystyrene dumped on our beaches. it's really disheartening to see this amount of waste come forward. surfers may enjoy the fresh sea air, but the industry relies on toxic chemicals, producing suits and boards derived from oil. and living that dream of being at one with nature is getting more and more difficult. we do want to encourage people to get outdoors, but at the same time, at what cost to the planet? so i want to know, can surfing clean up its act?
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