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been killed in a 17 people have been killed in a new israel offences in central gaza. the head of leaders gathering his friends commemorations take place he's of seeking to subvert the 20 22 election. in the completion of appeals protests over alleged conflict of interest involving the lead prosecutor. the delayed means the case will now not go to court before the presidential election in 202a. in which donald trump is running against joe biden. a washington
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correspondent. well, this is welcome news for trump. this is ureat welcome news for trump. this is great news _ welcome news for trump. this is great news for — welcome news for trump. this is great news for mr _ welcome news for trump. this is great news for mr trump. - welcome news for trump. this is great news for mr trump. this i great news for mr trump. this means the prosecution is basically frozen. this is the case were donald trump at a number of associates are accused of attempting to overturn the 2020 election results. although pretrial procedures are all on hold pending an appeal. in appeal refers to a ruling by the judge earlier this year in response to a motion by the trump team who were seeking to dismiss the lead prosecutor in the case over an improper relationship she had with one of her lawyers. thejudge found she had with one of her lawyers. the judge found that ms. willis could say on the case, it wouldn't be dismissed. although nathan wade did resign. this is the appeal. this is due to be heard in october. that will take some 0ctober. that will take some time. it basically means that
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the case will not come to trial for the presidential election on the 5th of november. that's suits mr trump very well. the former presidents legal strategies are all his criminal cases, there were four of the way down to three after the guilty verdict last week. his strategy in relation to all of those has been the three d's, distract, dismiss and delay he is pitting all his hopes of winning the presidential election in november. if he does when he'll have a range of options to get rid of all those pesky criminal cases. there were two federal cases. they will be pretty easy to dismiss if mr trump does become president. the states case, the georgia case is a little bit more tricky this is unprecedented to start. most legal experts seem to think that if mr trump does win the presidency then it's unlikely
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anyjudge is going to then put him on trial. so there will likely be a delay in a georgia election case, a delay that could last four years whilst mr trump serves out his presidency. and a four year delay in any case is as good as a dismissal.— a dismissal. this is good news for donald _ a dismissal. this is good news for donald trump. _ a dismissal. this is good news for donald trump. thank you | a dismissal. this is good news l for donald trump. thank you for getting us up to speed. his words, the godfathers of climate chaos. he said those words in a speech to a un climate conference, said they had distorted the truth and deceive the public for decades. here's our climate editorjust in roll—out.
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temperatures in the indian capital, delhi, hitjust shy of 50 degrees celsius in recent days, the highest ever recorded. meanwhile, parts of brazil are still recovering from extensive floods caused by a deluge made twice as likely by climate change, say scientists. it is evidence, said the head of the un today, that the world is playing russian roulette with the climate. climate change is the mother of all stealth taxes, paid by everyday people and vulnerable countries and communities. meanwhile, the godfathers of climate chaos, the fossil fuel industry, rake in record profits and feast off trillions in taxpayer—funded subsidies. let's take a look at average global monthly temperatures over the last 12 months. each of the lines here is a year and shows how high temperatures were compared to before the industrial revolution, when the world started producing lots of greenhouse gases. this line shows
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the last 12 months. and, look, every single month has set a new monthly temperature records, and often by a significant margin. that's the area we've shaded under the line. the main reason — human—caused climate change. all and don't expect these records to stand for long. a new report from the un's weather body says there is an almost nine in ten chance there'll be an even hotter year within the next five years. the extreme heat in india means water is being rationed in some places. but we should not lose hope, the un chief said today. we have the technology to replace the fossil fuels driving climate change but, he says, we must act quickly. justin rowlatt, bbc news. i soon spoke to someone about the pressure on the industry.
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i think secretary general guterres really hit the mark in his speech. it was a very impassioned speech. it was very fiery, but it absolutely matched the moment. i mean, we're ata point in time where you just talked about india. there have been 25,000 reported heat related strokes just between march and may and at least 50 confirmed deaths, likely more, according to government officials. we're seeing here in the us where i'm coming at you from the national weather service, issuing a heat advisory. and we have the southwestern united states bracing for what will likely be a pretty devastating heat wave. so it's absolutely critical for the key players of the climate crisis, meaning big oil, which secretary gutierrez called out to finally be held accountable. and i'm really glad to see that strong language be included in a speech. and i'm hopeful that the upcoming un climate change conference this year will keep that same type of energy in calling out the big emitters for their role in propagating this crisis. well,guterres did make some suggestions as well in drawing a comparison between advertising big oil with big tobacco. he called on all countries to ban fossil fuel adverts.
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do you think actions like that would help? i think that would help because i think we can look at a very important parallel to big oil, which is big tobacco and how big tobacco for many decades knew about the harms of their product and work to obfuscate public the public�*s understanding about how harmful cigarettes and cigars and tobacco really was. and we actually see big oil have engaged in similar behaviours. they've really gone on this public messaging campaign for decades trying to either conceal their understanding of how much their fossil fuel emissions actually contribute to climate change. we now have evidence that they knew about this well before climate change entered into public consciousness. and as a result, you still have people today questioning if climate change is real, and that's directly due to the marketing efforts of big oil. so absolutely, we need to hold them accountable. and secretary guterres talked about, for example, banning fossil fuel advertisements, kind of taking a similar approach to what we saw with big tobacco when those
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advertisements were banned, banned in parts of the world, but really sort of casting them in the light that they deserve to be in, which is something that hasn't been done for a long time. we've often talked about individual accountability, but i think we actually need to look at the source of the problem, and i hope that brings a lot of comfort to people as well, knowing that we're actually kind of getting to the root of the issue here. and targeting big oil is key for that. and, henna, evidence is overwhelming. the data is telling us that it's getting hotter and hotter. we've got another hottest record, hottest month on record for may as well just last month. how reversible is this, though, and what sort of target temperatures should we be looking at achieving? it's only possible to stop this tide if we actually commit to the goal of limiting global average temperature increase to no more than 1.5 degrees celsius above pre—industrial levels. and that's a goal that's been espoused for a very long time. but unfortunately, we keep breaching that mark. and the concern is that
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if we breach it in kind of a long term way, then we're really going to be in a world of hurt and we'll continue to see people being impacted by these heat waves. so that's really kind of the key target. and i think what secretary general guterres is trying to do is highlight that and sort of do a clarion call as a last ditch effort to action. to the middle east, and at least 70 people are said to have been killed in the new israeli offensive in central gaza — according to the medical charity, msf. ground troops backed by air strikes are taking part in the operation — and residents reported intense bombardment. all all israel says it's hitting hamas targets and has taken "operational control" over eastern areas of the bureij refugee camp and the town of deir al—balah. it came as us, egyptian and qatari mediators meet in doha and cairo to discuss how to finalise a new ceasefire and hostage release deal. qatar said it had delivered the plan to hamas representatives and noted that it was also still waiting for a clear position from the israeli government. back in israel, five people have been arrested
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for attacking journalists in the run—up to the annual jerusalem day parade, where tens of thousands of israeli nationalists march through the old city. with more on that — hugo bachega reports. thousands of people came here to the old city ofjerusalem for the jerusalem day celebration and the flag march. this is a controversial celebration here to mark the capture of eastjerusalem by israel in the 1967 war. there was some anti—arab slogans being chanted by the crowds here. police say some people were arrested after throwing bottles of water at journalists, but we didn't have any major incidents during the march. there was a very heavy police presence here with 3,000 officers deployed. obviously, this is a very controversial event. sometimes things turn violent here. the fact that this march goes through the muslim quarter
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of the old city is seen by many as a provocation. and this year, tensions were higher because of the war in gaza. this was the first celebration that happened after the hamas attacks of the 7th of october. but again, there haven't been reports of major incidents during the march. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. images and social media to see a carriage leaning on its side derailed. 200 people were on board the express train. firefighters are trying to rescue people from the wreckage. the un nuclear agency, the iaea, has passed a resolution calling on iran to increase cooperation and reverse its decision to bar some of the agency's inspectors. only russia and china voted against the text, which was drafted by britain, france and germany. it says tehran should answer longstanding questions about uranium traces found
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at two sites there. the slovak prime minister blames his opposition for attacks against him. he said the assailant had been motivated by the liberal opposition's hatred. suspicious deaths also during the liberal time in office. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.
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your life with bbc news. narendra modi has been chosen as the head of the new coalition government in india. his bjp remains the biggest party in parliament but fell short of an absolute majority for the first time in ten years, leaving it dependent on support from smaller regional allies. earlier i spoke to rahul roy—chaudhury, who is i'm doing in studio by a senior fellow at the centre for policy
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research. thank you for coming in and speaking to me today. firstly, what do you think would be his top priorities once he resumes office again for a third term? 50 once he resumes office again for a third term?— for a third term? so prime minister — for a third term? so prime minister modi _ for a third term? so prime minister modi has - for a third term? so prime minister modi has only - for a third term? so prime i minister modi has only known for a third term? so prime - minister modi has only known a great amount of political centralisation, he is by far the most popular leader in india, even after this electoral outcome. and so the policies will be arranged around consolidating power in various ways. populist policies, more popular policies, more popular policies, there was a lot of economic stress that came up as a major political issue. this time in the election he will look to address that with welfare policies. he is going to look for one or two big bangs that could help consolidate the population in his favour. there are certain policy issues on citizenship, on reforming civil codes, hindus and muslims, i think he looked back quickly on some of these. �*, ,
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these. it's his third term in office but _ these. it's his third term in office but this _ these. it's his third term in office but this time - these. it's his third term in office but this time around | these. it's his third term in i office but this time around he doesn't have the outright majority. he is going to have to rely on his coalition partners. how's that going to play out for him and what he wants to do? will it have a moderating effect you think? really is an unknown unknown. what we know of prime minister modi, he is one of india's most popular leaders, but it's constructed around a modicum of political centralisation and the ability to take decisive action. that was true and he was the chief minister of the state, and that was true in his tenure as prime minister. if he wants to maintain his popularity he must keep his strongman image alive. and what we will have to do to maintain that image is a question. i think the coalition, what we do know with the bjp is it has extraordinary resources financially, other physical resources. it has certain control over state institutions which it has used against political opponents. i think in
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the short term the bjp and prime minister modi are going to look for ways of keeping the coalition together by using these extra political tools. and how do you think a stronger opposition will impact the next five years? one of the things in a worrying trend that we've seenin in a worrying trend that we've seen in india is when there were opposition voices, they didn't feel like they could take the parliamentary or electoral route. the most noticeable example of this is india just went through a very large set of protests by farmers, especially in the northern part of the country. the farmers felt that had they taken the standard ta ken the standard parliamentary taken the standard parliamentary route, gone through political opposition ings would have stopped because there was so much domination by prime minister modi and bjp in the formal arena. they took to the formal arena. they took to the streets and won a victory. i think with a stronger opposition the hope is many of those opposition voices enter back into the formal political system. they don't have to take to the streets in order to
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raise their objections. overall, it win for indian democracy. overall, it win for indian democracy-— overall, it win for indian democra . ~ , democracy. absolutely. look, and any democratic _ democracy. absolutely. look, and any democratic system i democracy. absolutely. look, | and any democratic system we want choices. we want competition. if the opposition is able to enter back into the formal parliamentary and electoral arena that can only be good for citizens because choices are being made in the polling booth and not on the streets. i polling booth and not on the streets. ., ., , , . ., ., streets. i do appreciate that full senior _ streets. i do appreciate that full senior fellow _ streets. i do appreciate that full senior fellow at - streets. i do appreciate that full senior fellow at the - full senior fellow at the indian centre for policy research. king charles, queen camilla and the prince of wales, have joined second world war veterans to mark the 80th anniversary of d—day. the sixth ofjune 19114 was the day that british, american, canadian and french troops landed on sword, juno, gold, omaha and utah beaches taking the germans by surprise in what was the largest ever amphibious invasion. it changed the course of world war two. throughout wednesday, commemorative events have taken place both in france
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and in the uk including a solemn vigil in bayeux. and their own efforts. and a minute's silence was observed in remembrance of the fallen. after five years of war, all that time training and waiting, who knows what those sailors, soldiers and airmen felt 80 years ago today, charged with storming the normandy coast line and beginning the campaign to free western europe from nazi tyranny. later on thursday, the us president, joe biden, will be in normandy alongside many world leaders — including ukraine's president zelensky. this 80th anniversary is focussing minds on the need for unity in the face of new conflicts. our europe editor katya adler reports. les america... les american... the americans are back in town. and it's feeling like the 1940s. from all over europe, the young and a little less young, clad in world war two allied
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military uniforms, celebrating and commemorating soldiers who landed here on d—day to liberate nazi—occupied france. these men changed the course of history. 99—year—old donald cobb's modesty is humbling. i don't feel like a hero. i mean, wejust did what we were told. i'm happy that we were able to help. 80 years on, they are still huge heroes here. it is really a lot of emotion for me. brave french men and women played their part in d—day too. katharine's father and brother were members of the resistance. this street, now named after them. translation: the allies| needed details on german military positions. my younger brother gathered
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intelligence for them. betrayed by a neighbour, katherine's brother and father were then sent to nazi concentration camps. they survived, but she missed herfather desperately. the patrie? his country. his country is more important that his family. i think it's why. but you're proud of him? yes. was it? amongst the celebrations and solemnity of the d—day commemorations, there are also painful memories of nazi occupation here, some collaboration, and so many lives lost. and also a realisation that despite decades now of pledging never again, war has come back here to europe on a scale not seen since world war two, with russia's invasion of ukraine. ahead of tomorrow's formal d—day ceremonies... a moment of liberty for us...
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..we found this international youth group rehearsing for the world leaders expected here. as a german, i wanted to send a message, a message of peace. not to repeat the mistakes of the past. and a plea from ukraine. freedom to all of us. a heartfelt d—day message for leaders everywhere. katya adler, bbc news, normandy. two nasa astronauts have set off to the international space station in a new spacecraft. starliner, built by boeing, blasted off from cape canaveral in florida on its first crewed test flight. the mission has been delayed for several years because of setbacks in the development of the spacecraft — as our science correspondent, pallab ghosh reports. five, four, three, two, one. ignition. and liftoff of starliner and atlas5 carrying i two american heroes. boeing's starliner
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spacecraft makes it up into the sky and on its way to the international space station. looking good with i speeds and attitude increasing as expected. on board, two of nasa's most experienced astronauts on the spacecraft�*s first test flight with a crew. you got a good throttle up. a view from the rocket, and we see one of the solid rocket boosters fall away. the solid rocket boostersj have now beenjettisoned after seeing starliner through its first 90 i seconds of flight. and then the main engine separates... got a good throttle up. i've got one. ..the spacecraft now safely in orbit. of course, you're seeing lots of happy faces - and cheers here in florida. it was third time lucky for the launch aborted twice in the past four weeks because of technical issues with the rocket, and this test flight has been delayed by almost a decade
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because of other technical problems in starliner�*s development. so in the post—launch debrief, the man in charge of the mission at boeing said today's success came as a relief. you know, a lot of people say, i need to smile more and i'm smiling, believe me. laughter. but it's a little bit of controlled emotion because there's a lot of phases of this mission, and wejust completed the first one. you know, pre—launch and launch is just the first part of this. we now have to get to iss, we have to dock, we have to do docking ops, we have to undock, we have to do reentry and we have to land. starliner is a brand new spacecraft that sits on top of the rocket, and this is its first test flight with a crew on board. it's been built to transport crew and cargo to and from the international space station. it'll take around a day to get there and the mission will lastjust over a week.
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and when it gets back to earth, it'll be with a bump in what's going to be the first hard capsule landing for a us mission. along with space x, they'll now be two private sector firms taking astronauts to the space station. if boeing's test flight goes well. having competition with two providers, providing nasa with a way to and from the space station should bring down costs. and that's really important for nasa and other space agencies like the european space agency and indeed the uk space agency, because we're spending taxpayers money on these flights to get our astronauts to the space station and we want to get the best value for money. but regular missions to the space station will depend on there being no further serious technical issues. with so much at stake, it'll be a big week for boeing. pallab ghosh, bbc news.
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look at these award—winning food photos. this one when the overall prize food photographer of the year 2034, let them eat cake one in that category dedicated to wetting food, the couple getting married had a long journey to the isle of skye in scotland so there cake maker produced little cake containers for them. maker produced little cake containers forthem. i'll maker produced little cake containers for them. i'll leave you with more photographs of these award—winning food photographs. hello there. having just had one of the wettest and dullest springs on record, i'm sure if you've got 12 hours of sunshine, you'd take it. that's exactly what we had on wednesday through the isle of man. a chilly day, but a beautiful day in terms of sunshine. slightly different story further north and west, temperatures struggled in parts of scotland to get up into double figures and there was a rash of sharp showers as well. that's because scotland and northern ireland, you're closest to this area
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of low pressure and a brisk northwesterly wind continues to feed showers in around that low. so we start off on a chilly note first thing on thursday morning. sunny spells and scattered showers through scotland and northern ireland, fairly widespread throughout the day. further south after a cloudy start, the cloud should break up, some sunshine come through. there's always a risk of one or two isolated showers across england and wales, but hopefully there'll be few and far between. and with a little more shelter in the south east, we could see temperatures peaking at 18 degrees. pressure on those exposed north west coast, only 14 degrees in northern ireland, cooler perhaps on the exposed north coast. and in scotland, we're looking at 10 to 14 degrees with those showers continuing on and off throughout the day. now, as we move out of thursday into friday, we see more of an organized line of rain developing, but that is where that cooler air is going to sit into the far northwest. temperatures just below par for the time of year further south. but there are indications of some warmer weather arriving over the next few days. but to start with, we're looking at single figures first thing on friday morning
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in rural parts of scotland, low single figures not out of the question once again. and there will be some rain moving its way south and east out of scotland, down into the north of england and north wales. sunny spells and a few scattered showers ahead of it. still a rash of showers, particularly to the northwest of the great glen where here temperatures will sit around ten or 11 degrees. further south, we're going to see highs of 18 celsius once again. so the temperature is pretty much stuck in a rut. weak weather front bringing some cloud to begin with across the south for the weekend. that low pressure is gradually putting away. so hopefully high pressure will tend to build, but we keep the risk of showers once again across scotland and northern ireland. somewhat drier and brighter, but not necessarily warmer further south.
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nvidia becomes the second most valuable company in the world, as optimism around ai continues to soar. and how do alcohol brands navigate a smaller, younger population that doesn't care for drinking? we'll find out more from the boss of japan's biggest brewer. hello and welcome
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to business today. i'm steve lai. a shift is emerging in silicon valley, with nvidia's stock reaching record highs. the chipmaker dominates the ai market — and its valuation has just breached the 3 trillion dollar mark. it has now overtaken apple to become the world's second most valuable company. the bbc�*s erin delmore has the details from new york. wall street's on a record breaking run. the latest all time high closes for the s&p 500 and the nasdaq. the latter powered by, you guessed it, nvidia. the chip makerjoined the $3 trillion club on wednesday, overtaking apple as the world's second most valuable company. microsoft is still the world's number one. nvidia is only the third company to ever exceed $3 trillion in market value.
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it's leading in the race to develop the chips needed

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