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hamburg near a football police in hamburg near a football fan zone ahead of a euros match in the city. israel announces an hour—long pause in military activity along a road in southern gaza but not in the city of rafah. a peace summit on ukraine closes with dozens of world leaders acknowledging all parties must come together to establish lasting peace. in the uk general election, a warning from a leading health think tank over nhs funding promises with a plea for all parties to be more transparent. princes george and louis, and princess charlotte pay a father's day tribute to prince william in a post on social media. we begin with developing news.
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police in hamburg have shot and injured a person who threatened them with an axe. police use pepper spray, and then fire several shots. this video doesn't capture all of those shots fired, there were more. we've paused them at the moment when some of those gun shots were fired. earlier my colleague nicky schiller spoke to bbc sportjournalist gary rose on the phone, he's currently in hamburg. i'm at the stadium now, which is around about five miles away from the centre of hamburg. i was in the fanzone area this morning where it seems reported that this incident took place. and there was thousands of dutch fans at that point because they always do a traditional walk to the stadium. and throughout the morning, obviously, there was no indication of any trouble. since i've got to the stadium,
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that's when the news developed. and at the moment, everything seems to be going ahead here as planned, basically. how many supporters are in the city? so, this fan walk particularly was expected to be around 30,000 dutch fans. i would imagine there's sort of similar—ish figures for the polish fans as well. majority, this is about 40,000, 16,000 seat stadium. and with 15,000 tickets sold, i believe, for each sets of supporters, so around 30,000, to 40,000 should be closer to the stadium than they were in the city centre at the time. now, we know that you didn't witness the incident, but what has the mood been like in the city ahead of this game? so in the city, it's been great. i mean, one of the things i've noticed certainly about the games that i've seen here, both on the fanzones, on the screens and in the build—up
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to their first stadium game here is that the fans are all mingling with each other. it's been a very friendly atmosphere, all excitement for the football ahead, as i say, at the stadium now as well. there's the sounds of helicopters going above, which i presume would just be the normal activity for a large european championship game. and fans are excited. butjust the two team buses arrived about 15, 20 minutes ago and the dutch fans were all lined up on the concourses to cheer them in. so it appears to be just a normal, happy atmosphere at the football. if you arejustjoining us, police in the city of hamburg have shot and severely injured a person who threatened them with an axe. gary, at the stadium, as you say, everything seems to be on track for this game to start in just over an hour's time? it does, yeah. i spoke to an official again about half an hour ago. there was no indication from speaking to them that he had any impact on this game, i believe from the police statement as well
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they did not say, the euros were not mentioned within the statement as well. so i think they were keeping the two incidents separate for the time being. but as things stand at the stadium, it's preparations, teams should be coming out shortly onto the pitch to go through the warm—ups. and as far as it seems, everything seems to be going ahead as planned. and of course, the german authorities on high alert during the whole of euro 202a. exactly. yeah. and there's been a big police presence throughout. as i say, they came out, the two teams came under police escort, which again, you would imagine was planned. and there's been plenty of police presence in and around the stadium and in the city centre itself. we will have more on that story throughout the afternoon here on bbc news. the israeli military has announced what it's calling a daily "tactical pause of military activity" along a key road in a part of southern gaza, but it emphasised that there is no ceasefire and combat would continue in the city of rafah. it says the halt in operations will be during daylight hours
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to enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to palestinians. aid organisations have repeatedly warned of a humanitarian crisis in gaza. israel has released the names of the eight soldiers killed by a hamas rocket in rafah on saturday, the deadliest incident for its troops in six months. the israeli army said the incident occurred during what it called "operational activity" in the city of rafah. the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has said the war should continue regardless. live tojerusalem and our news correspondentjon donnison. what exactly does a tactical pause mean in practical terms? i’m what exactly does a tactical pause mean in practical terms?— mean in practicalterms? i'm not sure it means — mean in practicalterms? i'm not sure it means too _ mean in practicalterms? i'm not sure it means too much - mean in practicalterms? i'm not sure it means too much of- mean in practicalterms? i'm not sure it means too much of a - mean in practicalterms? i'm not. sure it means too much of a change, really, certainly we have been getting very mixed messages from the israeli military today. we woke up first thing this morning to hear news of this tactical military force that apparently would take place daily between the hours of eight o'clock in the morning and seven
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o'clock in the morning and seven o'clock in the evening and that was to allow aid to pass in it through the kerem shalom crossing from israel into gaza which is right in the south of gaza, very close to rafa and then to travel along towards the main road which stretches right from the north of gaza to the south. however, within about an hour, we had had a clarification from the is really military who said that this did not mean an end to fighting in rafa or in southern gaza and we had some very strong comments from israel's national security minister, the hardline right winger ben—gvir who said whoever made the decision for a pause in fighting was both evil and a full. �* , ., ., , a full. are strong words there. one ofthe a full. are strong words there. one of the main — a full. are strong words there. one of the main questions _ a full. are strong words there. one of the main questions is _ a full. are strong words there. one of the main questions is what - of the main questions is what difference this might make for a
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much needed humanitarian aid. it is certainl much needed humanitarian aid. it 3 certainly desperately needed, much needed humanitarian aid. it 1 certainly desperately needed, you have been united nations are saying more than a million people in gaza facing starvation within a matter of weeks. israel maintains it is allowing trucks into gaza, it said it is allowing about 200 trucks in via kerem shalom a day and the problem is on the other side of the border where aid agencies are failing to pick those trucks up and distribute the aid. of course, aid agencies say it is too dangerous in many cases to do so because kerem shalom is so close to rafah. you have to remember that the border with egypt, the rafah crossing, that is closed entirely because israeli forces have now taken control of that whole border and there is a huge backlog of trucks, thousands of them on the egyptian side of the border waiting to pass in. the aid agencies maintain there simply isn't
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enough aid getting into gaza at the moment, israel rejects the idea that there is any sort of humanitarian crisis there. there is any sort of humanitarian crisis there-— crisis there. just to bring us up-to-date _ crisis there. just to bring us up-to-date on _ crisis there. just to bring us up-to-date on where - crisis there. just to bring us up-to-date on where we i crisis there. just to bring us| up-to-date on where we are crisis there. just to bring us - up-to-date on where we are with up—to—date on where we are with those ongoing talks to try and secure some sort of ceasefire? we have had senior us officials in the region in the last week, including the secretary of state, but what has come to it at the moment? nothing. the have come to it at the moment? nothing. they have stalled, _ come to it at the moment? nothing. they have stalled, to _ come to it at the moment? nothing. they have stalled, to be _ come to it at the moment? nothing. they have stalled, to be honest. - they have stalled, to be honest. antony blinken, who was in the region for his eighth visit since the october severance attack by hamas has now left the region, he was in qatar on the latest visit. —— 0ctober seventh attacks. he was trying to get hamas to sign up to what america have said is an israeli plan. hamas put forward some amendments to the plan which the
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united states said some of which went too far and were not acceptable, and i think one of the key things is although america says this is an israeli plan. the israeli leaders, benjamin netanyahu in particular, the prime minister gallant, the minister of defence, neither of them have said publicly that they back this plan, so it does not seem like it is going anywhere here on the ground. qm. not seem like it is going anywhere here on the ground.— not seem like it is going anywhere here on the ground. ok, thank you very much — here on the ground. ok, thank you very much for— here on the ground. ok, thank you very much for bringing _ here on the ground. ok, thank you very much for bringing us - here on the ground. ok, thank you very much for bringing us up - here on the ground. ok, thank you very much for bringing us up to - here on the ground. ok, thank you. very much for bringing us up to date on that. the latest figures for at least 37,000 people have been killed since the israeli offensive on gaza began according to the hamas run health ministry. earlier, the head of humanitarian policy at actionaid zi ad issa said that the the announced pause is not enough to be able to deliver the humanitarian aid to gaza at the required scale. before the invasions and the military operations in rafah had started we had a daily average
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of around 169 trucks getting into gaza. since may, the daily average has dropped to less than 100 trucks. a reminder for the listeners that the daily average of trucks that was getting to gaza before 7th of october was 500 trucks. so we are nowhere near the required amount of aid and type of aid that we require, that we need to deliver to the civilians of gaza. we anticipate at this stage, given the severe food and security situations and the lack of water and lack of fuels and hospitals and for bakeries, we will need at least between 1,000 and 1,500 trucks of aid per day. we don't think that the current environment in gaza will allow us to deliver that because these forces are not are not sufficient. we need a permanent ceasefire that can ensure that civilians are protected, the need for aid start to decline so we can restore water pipes, we can restore electricity lines,
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because now we also need a lot of water and fuel to be able to get to the gaza strip to allow hospitals and bakeries to work. this type of aid are not things we used to get at a high scale before 7th of october, so because of this damage to the water networks that the military operations has created, we need to deliver a lot of water. access to water now is very low. we had some data that the daily amount of water currently available for a civilian in gaza is falling below 0.7 litres, which is way below the internationally recognised limit for survival, which is three litres per day per person. leaders and senior diplomats gathered in switzerland for a summit on ukraine.
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russia was notably absent from the meeting. as the event concluded, president zelensky said he hoped results could be achieved as soon as possible. the final declaration was signed by dozens of countries and it said it was committed to ukraine's territorial integrity. some countries did not sign up to the document including india, south africa and saudi arabia. let's listen to what president zelensky had to say is that meeting wrapped up. we are responding to pressure's full—scale invasion of ukraine, not only with a full—scale offence to with full—scale deployment. countries and organisations have made a big success for ukraine and
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all partners, and our objective is to get all countries of the world to join this noble cause. political generations have left the un charter as a basis for the cooperation of peoples. we have an effective mechanism to implement the un charter and the summit reflects our intention and is open for all those who respect the un charter. president zelensky speaking at that summit as it wrapped up. we also heard from the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, let's have a listen. ultimately, it will be for ukraine to determine the conditions ofjust
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peace. the european union will support you in this and it will continue to rally support across the globe. we can build on the un general assembly resolution of happy 2023. had clearly expressed the need for comprehensive and lasting justice and peace and this was approved by 1111 countries, the vast majority of whom joined this summit. and i call on russia to heed the message of the international community, respect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of ukraine, put an end to imperialist violence and bring back the children. when russia says it is ready for peace based on the un charter, then the time will come for russia to be part of our efforts to bring the path to peace to its destination and i hope, and i work
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for the state to come soon. that is a ursula von _ for the state to come soon. that is a ursula von der— for the state to come soon. that is a ursula von der leyen _ for the state to come soon. that is a ursula von der leyen speaking i a ursula von der leyen speaking there at that two—day conference which is hoping to find a resolution to the conflict in ukraine. here in the uk, the shadow health secretary wes streeting has said he would have liked labour to have been more ambitious in its plans for social care in its election manifesto. in an interview this morning, he acknowledged that successive governments of all parties had failed to deal with the problems in the sector. a leading health think tank warned that the nhs is facing its tightest spending for decades and called on all the main parties to be more transparent about that. hannah miller reports. good morning, how are we doing? keir starmer campaigning this weekend, claiming he will get the nhs back on its feet. but that will require more ambitious treatment, says a leading health in tank as it warns both the conservatives and labour that their current manifesto commitments amount to the tightest spending plans in nhs history.
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with a lack of social care support one of the key reasons the nhs is struggling, today, labour had to defend why it has not come up with a clearer plan for reform. you are still offering people a vague we'll talk about it, we'll maybe fix it in the long—term. i think in being honest with people, that building a national care service is work that is a decade in the making. that is honest and that is where the credibility comes from. i make no bones about the fact of course on social care i would have wanted the manifesto to be more ambitious, but to get policies in the manifesto, you had to run the gauntlet of answering two fundamental questions — can we keep this promise, can the country afford this promise? the conservatives plan to limit social care costs to a maximum of £86,000 of £86,000 has been repeatedly delayed and faces
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questions about its funding. i think he has let the cat out of the bag a bit about labour's plans. he confirmed both on your show and one he did earlier that their manifesto was not the whole story — it was not actually a programme for government, it was a document to get them through the election campaign. he confirmed that there are more spending promises to come, and that can only one thing — it means more taxes. both labour and the conservatives are signed up to a plan to bring in thousands more staff to the nhs, which would require funding to increase significantly to almost £200 billion by 2028. but this is the level of funding they've allocated in their manifestos — around £20 billion less. the nuffield trust says it amounts to tougher spending plans than even during austerity. the liberal democrats have pledged very slightly more, but way below what is required. that liberal democrat figure does not include their plans for free personal care for those who need it. if you do not support family carers,
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as well as care workers, you are not going to sort this out. and i am absolutely passionate that we will do that. we have come forward with probably the most ambitious agenda on it. i'm really excited about it. and because we have talked about it, we have had a really strong reaction from people. politicians from all parties have said they need to work together to address the social care challenge. the question is who voters trust more and whether anyone will deliver. hannah miller, bbc news. there's plenty more on the uk general election on the bbc news website. now it's time for a look at today's sport. including the latest on the build—up to england's debut in the euro is. thank you. we will start with the european championship, three matches on sunday, two of the favourites, england and netherlands both in action. the dutch have kicked in hamburg against poland without their key striker who has a hamstring
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industry, but who needs him so far? poland have the lead so far, so they are 1—0 up. netherlands trying to win the trophy for the first time since 1988. then there is group c, before england get their campaign under way against serbia. 1trier? under way against serbia. very tou:h, under way against serbia. very tough. they — under way against serbia. very tough, they have _ under way against serbia. very tough, they have good - under way against serbia. - tough, they have good individual players, fantastic collective spirit, dangerous forwards, so we know that this is a really difficult opening game for us and we have to play at our very best to win the game. play at our very best to win the name. ., , . , game. next, to tennis. in the last few moments. — game. next, to tennis. in the last few moments, he _ game. next, to tennis. in the last few moments, he has _ game. next, to tennis. in the last few moments, he has done - game. next, to tennis. in the last few moments, he has done it, - few moments, he has done it, britain's jack draper has won his first—ever atp tour title, he has beaten the former wimbledon finalist matteo berrettini in the final in stuttgart. champion took the first
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set 6—3, draper took it on a tie—break in the second and then managed to break the serve to win the deciding set 6—4. he has finally got his hands on a trophy. like berrettini, said micros into the final of the nottingham open after coming from a set down and she will play the winner of the other semifinal which is an all british affair, disrupted by saturday's bad weather. you might remember emma radical new took that... —— emma
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raducanu. england are through to the knockout stage in cricket. scotland were on their way to a shock win against australia which would have knocked england out, the aussies were three down, did not look good at that stage but they reached 181 with two balls to spare. josh hazlewood suggested eliminating england might have been in their interest. . , , england might have been in their interest. ., , , , ., interest. the line has been blown riaht interest. the line has been blown ri . ht out interest. the line has been blown right out of— interest. the line has been blown right out of proportion _ interest. the line has been blown right out of proportion with - interest. the line has been blown right out of proportion with you i right out of proportion with you lot, you don't mess around with mother cricket, here where international games, england are now on the other side of the draw so it does not make much difference for the next three games. i think that was blown right out of proportion by you guys. was blown right out of proportion by ou cu s. ., was blown right out of proportion by ou cu s. . . . you guys. earlier, in a rain interrupted _ you guys. earlier, in a rain interrupted match, - you guys. earlier, in a rainl interrupted match, england you guys. earlier, in a rain -
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interrupted match, england got the win that kept their hopes alive. harry birkett, 47 not out. and namibia could only make 811—3, england eventually winning. three more fixtures then on the penultimate day of the group stages coming up, pakistan take on ireland, the 2009 champions will look to avoid being bottom of the group and avoid being bottom of the group and a defeat will open the door for the netherlands who take on a sri lanka side. that is of your spots, you can keep across what is happening in the cricket, the euros and the gulf, final round of the us open later. we will have more on that later. the
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cricket really is throwing up lots of surprises, isn't it? the prince and princess of wales have released an official photograph to mark father's day. the picture taken by catherine on a beach in norfolk shows prince william wearing a baseball cap with his arms around his three children. i think we can show you that picture. let's get more on this with our correspondent charlotte gallagher. it is definitely the first time the children have posted anything on social media. i doubt they were physically posting it themselves, they are a bit young still but this is a message from them to their father on father's day, it is a picture taken on a beach in norfolk, thatis picture taken on a beach in norfolk, that is where they have one of their family homes, they often go there in the school holidays and get a lot of privacy and time there to relax and it is obviously a very special place for them. the photo was taken by the princess of wales, you can always tell when she has taken it because she will sign it off at the bottom. obviously there was a bit of
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controversy earlier this year with the photo she had edited, we all remember the controversy that erupted from that, but this photo, she posted it today and said it had been taken by her. we also have another photo from them on their account which is of king charles and william is a very young boy playing football together in 1984 in a world garden and i think probably the reason that has been put out today, i know we are talking a lot about football today, is that england are playing their first game in the euro 2024. tv chef gordon ramsay says he is lucky to be alive after an accident riding his bike in the us. he warned his followers on social media always to wear a helmet after the incident in connecticut this week and he revealed the large bruise on his midriff. i want to wish you all a very happy father's day. but please, please, please, please, please, wear a helmet because if i didn't,
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honestly, i wouldn't be here now. quite the injury, we wish him well. to the us where dramatic surveillance footage has been released of a robbery at a jewellery store in california. take a look at this. as you can see around 20 people broke into the store using hammers to smash the doors of the store. once inside the building, they ran around smashing display cases and making off with items. the value of the stolen jewellery isn't yet known but police in sunnyvale say no victims were injured during the robbery. some of the suspects were detained after a car chase. it looks pretty terrifying, doesn't it? there is more on that and all the rest of the day's news on the bbc news website, including the latest from hamburg. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there.
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the wind not quite so strong was the south. still showers around, mostly to the east, some heavy and thundery such as this beautiful cloud captured in suffolk but still the chance of heavy, persistent rain was the north and that band of rain has been thinking southwards from northern, central scotland into southern scotland and northern england, taking pad with it as we head into the afternoon. brightening up across northern, central areas of scotland, remaining rather cloudy across northern ireland. sunshine and showers for the rest of england and wales and most of those showers out towards the east tend to be giants the south. could see highs here of 20 degrees. best of the sunshine comes with high or very high pollen levels. as we head through this evening and overnight, that band of cloud and showery rain continues to weaken, purchase further southwards, clear skies towards the north of
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that, showers for eastern scotland. clear spells towards the south in that band of cloud and where we see clearer skies, temperatures are likely to drop back to single figures, so quite a chilly start to the day tomorrow. on monday, our area of low pressure is going into the north sea, still some showers for eastern scotland and eastern england, the chance of an isolated shower almost anywhere, remaining cloudy across northern ireland. temperatures i won't we see the best of the sunshine and again it should be largely dry out was the south of england. across south—east england is where we could see more cloud that will clear away again, showers particularly towards eastern areas as we head through the afternoon on tuesday. quite cold in the north of scotland with a brisk northerly wind. temperatures remaining on cool side. high pressure starts to build
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this is bbc news. a man wielding an axe is shot by police in hamburg near a football fan zone ahead of a euros match in the city. he is now receiving medical attention. the israeli military says it will hold a daily tactical powers of activity along the southern road in gaza to allow more humanitarian aid to enter, but emphasises there is no ceasefire in combat would continue in marfa. dozens of countries attending this week's ukraine peace summit have used the final declaration to commit to territorial integrity. russia was not invited. the document recognises that all parties are needed to end the work. and prince george, princess charlatan prince louis post a father's day tribute to prince william in their first social media post —— princess charlotte.
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