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the idf confirmed the incident, saying it "violated orders". ronaldo takes a selfie with a young pitch invader, as portugal book their place in the knock—out stages of euro 202a. meanwhile, scotland prepares for a crucial match against hungary later today — victory could get them to the knock—out stages of a major competition for the very first time. so, let's start with that story about the travel chaos. passengers have been told to stay away from manchester airport after a power cut caused major disruption. all flights from terminals one and two at have been cancelled. there have been huge queues to get in, and passengers on some planes found themselves stuck on runways for several hours after arriving. further disruption is expected,
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with some flights diverted to other airports. let's speak to simon calder, who is a travel correspondent for the independent for more on this. simon, is there any sign of hope for the passengers stuck there waiting? well, if you are a passengers stuck there and you have not been told that your flight is canceled there is a pretty good chance you are going to get on your way. but it is going to get on your way. but it is going to get on your way. but it is going to be after a long delay and it might be that your luggage does not travel with you. i have just spoken to someone who has managed to get from manchester to barcelona, he is getting on a cruise ship which departs in an hour or two. he is there but his luggage is not. that is going to be a challenge. there are a whole raft of flights, at least 60 departures, many of them from easyjet. canceled during the morning and afternoon. but when manchester airport says, if you are booked out of terminal one or two, and by the way that covers easyjet,
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it covers aer lingus,... many other airlines, if you are booked out of there, do not turn up unless you know your flight is going. some people have mistaken this and thought, there will not be any flights going out for the rest of the day. that is not true, i understand from speaking to the airport. and for example, if you are booked out to dubai tonight on the emirates flight, that is likely to be going with a delay. meanwhile, british airways and ryan are passengers are flying normally, more or less, out of terminal three. but it is going to be an absolute nightmare, so i am guessing, somewhere between 200 and 300 flights outbound and inbound will be cancelled. that is going to affect up cancelled. that is going to affect up to 50,000 passengers. many of whom, of course, are stranded at the other end of the route, trying to get to manchester and wondering where their plane is. find
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get to manchester and wondering where their plane is.— where their plane is. and what ri . hts to where their plane is. and what rights to those _ where their plane is. and what rights to those passengers - where their plane is. and what i rights to those passengers have? luckily, under european air passenger rights it is perfectly clear. you are entitled to be flown back at the earliest possible opportunity. for example, if you are stuck in malaga trying to get to manchester and there happens to be a flight going by amsterdam, the airline must buy that flight for you and get you home as soon as possible. i am and get you home as soon as possible. iam hearing and get you home as soon as possible. i am hearing from many passengers that they are being told, we will not get you back until wednesday. if that is the case or if indeed you are happy to have your holiday extended at the airline's expense, they must pay for your accommodation and for your meals. of course, nobody is going to get cash compensation because this clearly is not the airline's responsibility. they are absolutely furious, particularly easyjet. because on friday night at gatwick they had to cancel dozens of flights as a result of air traffic control staff shortage episode. they are trying to
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get people away on their holidays and bring them back, but at the moment it is proving very difficult from manchester, the third biggest airport in the uk after heathrow and gatwick. and many people, of course, woke up this morning flying in from houston, they turned up at gatwick, or even belgium. lots of people going from birmingham to heathrow, it is a mighty muggle to sort out. thank you very much, that is our travel correspondent with a lovely backdrop there, who needs a holiday? we could just go to where you are, simon. 0f we could just go to where you are, simon. of course, there is much more on the bbc news website. please look on the bbc news website. please look on there and keep you updated on what the situation is at manchester airport. as you can see there, there was the messenger from the managing director without apology for all passengers affected. now, the story of a former
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child alcoholic who's turning her life around. chloe ward started drinking at the age of ii, often before going to school and later found herself living in her car. now sober, chloe lives and works at the emmaus centre in norfolk which provides a home and support for those experiencing homelessness. 0ur reporter charlie jones has her story. chloe ward had herfirst drink at the age of ii. alcohol dominated her life for the next decade. i realised quite quickly the way it made me feel. and that kind of escape. i did use it for day—to—day living. it was a survival technique, really. so, what do you think has been the lowest point for you? when i started working at the pub at about 18, that was definitely where it took off to rock bottom. but it got really bad when i was about 15. it started getting worse then. and then, yeah, i was going into school every day and i lost out on so much.
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there's so much missed time. chloe lived in her car for three months and couldn't see a way forward. but two years ago, she moved to emmaus norfolk and waveney, a former convent, where she lives and works with 30 other people who are also homeless. and her dog, teddy. it's very different. it's quite special. everyone finds out what they're doing and then we kind of all disperse off to our things that we've only just found out, which is really lovely sometimes. and it's that level of excitement, it's never boring here. there's always stuff going on. this summer, chloe will spend six weeks walking a50 miles on a new pilgrimage route from wales to norfolk, with three other people who live at the centre. the walk is raising money to convert 23 rooms into a bed—and—breakfast. each room will generate £20,000 of income, which is enough to keep a homeless person off the streets for a year.
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the walk of kindness is one of the ways that we are raising funds to generate the money to complete this building project. but also raise awareness around the issues around homelessness and the causes of homelessness. chloe has been soberfor 600 days. i still get surprised i am doing it and i have come as far as i have. there are a lot of moments that come up and i do a bit of reflection on the past and, like, especially being here, and seeing some of the people that come in. they're in similar places to myself when i was a year or so down the line. even me a few months ago is different to me now and itjust really surprises me and i'm so gratefulfor this place. for now, chloe says she is just putting one foot in front of the other.
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more than 200 women's rights organisations in france have called for protests later against the far—right national rally party. it's doing well in opinion polls before next week's elections. demonstrators allege the party will erode women's rights but it denies this. with me is our reporter meghan 0wen — why are they protesting? well, on the streets in sunny paris we are seeing supporters of over 200 women's organisations. they are very concerned that the national rally party, if it forms the next government, will incite what they call a climate of hate that will affect women, including from minority groups. they are particularly concerned about the party's attitude towards abortion and equal pay. this is something that the party completely denies, of course the party is run by marine le pen, also a woman. interestingly, the parliamentary leader of the party, released a video recently. in that video he defended the party's
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support against women's rights and said that they will introduce harsher sentences for violence against women and that they would protect women against violence from immigrants. marine le pen completely rejected the claims in this video and said interestingly, he is trying to convince women that... among immigrants there are a very large number of women who are vulnerable but the party's vision is completely the opposite for what they advocate. and feminists point out there is a high percentage of domestic abuse within france that has nothing to do within france that has nothing to do with immigration. the national rally party is seeking to woo more female voters. yes, it is interesting. in a recent study on polling day it said there weren't more women than men that voted for the party in european
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parliamentary elections. this actually sets the party aside from other anti—immigration parties and other anti—immigration parties and other big eu countries. of course, given this study, the national rally party are trying to attract votes from women but feminists groups are accusing them of exploiting women's rights in order to advance their agenda. the party are the biggest opponent to macron, and he believes that he as a president has defended the women the most with his policies. this aside, women and these protesters will feel that the concerns of women should be very much at the forefront of the upcoming election. meghan, thank ou. sorry for the gap there come out we
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were trying to get the next story it lined up. this is what we have got for you next. after losing 13 stone in weight, issy montgomery noticed many positive changes in her health and lifestyle. but what she wasn't expecting was how people's attitudes would change towards her. issy has found strangers treat her better now she is smaller, something she calls skinny privilege. natalie bell reports.. i have lost nearly i3st since 2020. i've done that through diet and exercise, i've also used weight loss injections and two weight—loss surgeries. what i've found overall is that people treat you so much differently as a typically smaller person than what they would as a bigger person. is there such a thing a skinny privilege, being treated better because of the way you look? well, issy, from grimsby, thinks so. she says since she dropped from 25st down to 13st, strangers treat her differently. basic things like people holding a door open for you or smiling at you in the street
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or in the supermarket, rather than avoiding eye contact or looking the other way, that sort of thing. i wanted to do a quick video on a very touchy, controversial subject, called pretty privilage, ——pretty privilege, or skinny privilege. it's something that, as a whole i've noticed across my social media platforms, lots of other people have shared similarjourneys. it's so sad to hear how they value themselves differently based on the treatment they get from other people. we asked people in hull what they think of skinny privilege. not surprising but i think it shouldn't be that way. why are you getting treated nicer just because you're skinnier, you know what i mean? i'm a big bloke and i wouldn't want anyone tojudge me or what i do or my capabilities just because of the way i look. it depends on people's personalities rather than their appearances. appearance has nothing to do with the way they are as a person. i think, if anything, we should be encouraging everybody to be the best versions of themselves, whatever body it's in. skinny bodies are idolised
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and we attribute people with skinny bodies with all sorts of idealised aspects of their personality that are nothing to do at all with size. it's not going away. issy wants everyone to be treated the same, no matter their weight. i think, as a society, people need to understand how their words or their treatment of people can make them feel, and the long—lasting effects that can have on someone. the leader of the scottish national party, john swinney, has admitted his party needs to rebuild trust with the public after recent scandals. he was speaking this morning on sunday with laura kuenssberg. we have had a tough time, laura. i think that has been acknowledged, i've acknowledged that on a constant basis since i became first minister, just about seven weeks ago. i have been very candid about the fact that i recognise that the snp has had that tough time, and myjob is to rebuild
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the trust between the public of scotland and the scottish national party. let's speak to the bbc scotland political correspondent lynsey bews who's in glasgow for us. how important is that question of trust for voters? this how important is that question of trust for voters?— trust for voters? this is an issue john trust for voters? this is an issue john swinney — trust for voters? this is an issue john swinney has _ trust for voters? this is an issue john swinney has returned - trust for voters? this is an issue john swinney has returned to i trust for voters? this is an issue l john swinney has returned to time and time again in this campaign, acknowledging the tough time that his party has had recently. he took over as leader and as first minister just a matter of weeks before this election campaign got under way, that followed the resignation of his predecessor who quit as first minister after the end of the snp�*s power—sharing agreement with the scottish greens at holyrood. the end of that deal, that because of mistrust within the snp itself but also with the greens, the other pro—independence party with several
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msps in the scottish parliament. the snp is also grappling with the ongoing police investigation into its finances, so that has been looming over the party for quite some considerable time. it was not the easiest start to this election campaign forjohn swinney, either. 0ne campaign forjohn swinney, either. one of the snp these former ministers faced sanctions and holyrood after being found to have breached the msp�*s code of conduct. john swinney had been defending him, michael matheson, that led to attacks over this issue of integrity and trust from his political opponents. it has certainly been a bit of a theme of this election for the snp. , , , bit of a theme of this election for the snp. , , y ., , the snp. lynsey, what is the strate: the snp. lynsey, what is the strategy for _ the snp. lynsey, what is the strategy for independence i the snp. lynsey, what is the strategy for independence in | the snp. lynsey, what is the i strategy for independence in this election campaign?— strategy for independence in this election campaign? well, they are auoin into election campaign? well, they are going into this _ election campaign? well, they are going into this election _ election campaign? well, they are going into this election with i election campaign? well, they are going into this election with a i going into this election with a pledge that if they get the majority of seats in scotland, that would be 29 out of the 57 that are on offer,
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then that would empower the party to enter into negotiations for a second independence referendum. john swinney has been asked many times what it would mean if the party does not achieve that majority of seats. would the snp take that as a message from the electorate that they do not want the scottish government to pursue a second independence referendum? he was asked about that again this morning, he would not be drawn on that. instead he talked about already having a mandate for a second vote for the 2021 holyrood election. the scottish parliament was elected in 2021 with a majority of members for a five—year term, committed to the delivery of a referendum on independence and delivering scottish independence if that was supported in the referendum. i think that democratic mandate from the people of scotland, clearly given, has got to be delivered. and i think it is, this election is an opportunity for us to advance those arguments. but it is crystal clear that people in scotland have expressed their preference to determine their own
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constitutionalfuture, and i think westminster should remove the obstacles that are stopping scotland from having that choice. as you can imagine, the constitution has been a theme of this general election campaign here in scotland. there has been a lot of discussion about that mandate for a second referendum. but it has to be said that even if the snp does achieve that even if the snp does achieve that majority of seats, and this election and goes to westminster, goes to the new uk government looking to negotiate a second referendum, nothing that we have heard so far from rishi referendum, nothing that we have heard so farfrom rishi sunak or from sir keir starmer suggests that the next uk government is going to entertain those kinds of conversations.- entertain those kinds of conversations. 0n on thursday england played against
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denmark,... england captain harry kane reflected on his teams performance against denmark at euro 2024 on thursday, in a press conference in the last hour... ido i do not think we played well in denmark, we dropped below what we know we can. but over all i think we are calm, we have been here before, we have got a lot of experience. so it is not a time to panic, of course, but it is the time to try and improve. ithink, course, but it is the time to try and improve. i think, for me, always in these tournaments, especially these early stages, it is almost like a boxer in the first couple of rounds to see at where everyone is at, or a golfer in a major tournament, it is the first round... stay calm. and that is kind of where we are at. we are looking at where we are at. we are looking at where we can improve and of course we know we can improve and of course we know we can improve and of course we know we can improve. it is not a time to panic and think we need to change everything... we can change loads, wejust everything... we can change loads, we just need to change if you find details and i think that will help
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us. let's speak to tulsen tollett, our sport news presenter in salford what do you make of what harry said? that is what is going to be the situation when it comes to playing against lavinia. england were not great against denmark but that happens to every tournament. back in 2016, i think when you look at this, we play the first game, england wins the first game, they draw against denmark in their second game after beating serbia. a lot of this pressure gets pulled from the public on these players. it has been a very long series, and this goes for all squads notjust england. they have played a very long season. there are players with injuries, we can go into that afterwards. if england to get through and win this game on tuesday night against slovenia, they will have no defeats, and from there they move into the knockout phases. i think we have to look at this pragmatically and look at the fact that they won their first game to— one. it might not have been the best
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performance, and against denmark there were a few issues. the fitness of players, harry cain has talked about the pressing situation, or their formation about the pressing situation, or theirformation problems. if going that direction... we need to look at this as if england do get a result in their next game, they are through to the knockout phase of major tournament. to the knockout phase of ma'or tournamenti to the knockout phase of ma'or tournament. , ., . , ., tournament. denied, a decisive game for scotland- — tournament. denied, a decisive game for scotland- i — tournament. denied, a decisive game for scotland. i have _ tournament. denied, a decisive game for scotland. i have been _ tournament. denied, a decisive game for scotland. i have been loving i tournament. denied, a decisive game for scotland. i have been loving the i for scotland. i have been loving the scotland fanned interactions with german fans. that has been the triumph of the tournament so far for me. what do you make of their chances? i me. what do you make of their chances? ~ ., ., , ., , chances? i think against hungary it is a fair chance _ chances? i think against hungary it is a fair chance of— chances? i think against hungary it is a fair chance of getting - chances? i think against hungary it is a fair chance of getting a - is a fair chance of getting a result. i am old enough to look back at the great scotland players of the 19705 and 805 and wonder how they did not get to major tournaments and knockout phases at all. i think the scotland team has a great opportunity. we have heard already in bulletins talking about the fact that they want to get through. they have to be at their best. if scott
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is at his best, he picked up a goal in the last game, if he plays to his potential and they can get the first goal of the game against hungary and put the oppression on there is a real chance. germany got blindsided in the first game. when you are playing the host nation and playing the very first game of the tournament, i suspect that every team when they look at the draw for the tournament they want to be playing the host nation. when you're being fired and thumped to those extremes, of course dave clark is trying to raise his players back up. he did that in the last game. if they can come up with a result, from there, who knows what happens. when you get to knockout stages of any sporting competition, you are a child. it becomes a cup final every single match. i think scotland are potentially a good chance of getting through on this game later on. i believe they will get through. we shall see. and i refuse to believe you're that old. thank you. a self—taught artist
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says it was mind blowing to have his work depicting the red arrows approved by the king. matthew emeny painted the aerobatic aircraft for a collectors�* set of 50p coins to mark the team's 60th anniversary. a special set was carried by each pilot during their last fly—past for the trooping the colour, as debbie tubby reports. the aircraft are already in the air and they include, of course, the red arrows, who this year are celebrating their 60th anniversary. one of the world's premier aerobatic display teams, flying at the weekend over buckingham palace for trooping the colour. now their anniversary has been captured not on canvas but on commemorative coins, painted by a suffolk artist. when i was painting barges, if anyone said, "you'll be asked to design a coin," i'd think "what?" especially as a self—taught artist, i got a b in art at school. how far i've come is amazing, really. i'm chuffed.
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this is a set of postcards my father—in—law andrew gave me, and this was the very first aircraft i painted. i had to research the colour scheme and everything followed on from that. he started drawing as a child, now he depicts aircraft flown through history. his paintings are even used as jigsaws. his profession, like the red arrows, relies on precision and attention to detail. painting red arrows is very much different to something like a spitfire. they're very bright red and the way that the sunlight captures the metalwork, i want to depict that well in a painting. you want to give a sense of speed with them, definitely. it's all about movement when painting the red arrows. the coins aren't for circulation, they're collector's items. a 22—carat—gold set was carried in each pilot's flying suit at the weekend. i have flown teddy bears and flags while on operations. it's something americans like to do, you take
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a teddy bear and fly it on operations over war zones, you get a certificate to sign that your teddy bear or flag has flown over war zones. but i've never flown coins. their design had to be approved by king charles. it's just amazing that he got to see the work that i did, yeah. as an artist, that's way up there on the scale of things and just gives you a nice feeling. the red arrows have not only celebrated the official birthday of our sovereign, they've commemorated their anniversary with coins drawn by a suffolk artist approved by the king. debbie tubby, bbc news. and, finally, a pair of penguins have hatched a baby gentoo at an aquarium in the north east of england. simon spark has been to meet the new arrival. at the deep in hull, there's plenty of excitement in the penguin enclosure, notjust because it's feeding time. it's because there is now more chicks to feed. stanley has just become
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a proud father and nessie is keeping her latest arrival warm and protected. because this little thing hatched on sunday, 9 june. the first gentoo chick born here in five years. it's quite rare. we have a small colony of 1a and not everyone is paired together. you have unsuccessful hatches and non—incubated eggs and crushed eggs, damaged eggs and to go through a few processes and stages to get to a successful hatch and even then the first week or so, which, unfortunately, we have now passed can be quite critical for the development as well. because mum has tucked away in the corner they have set up a special camera so we can have a look closely and nessie has stood up for usjust so we can have a look at her chick. just a little peek at a little beak. it seems nessie and stanley have all the gentoos busy, with plenty of nest—building. but to find out whether this
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is a boy or a girl they will need to do a dna test because it is too difficult to tell. at that point, they could give this little chick a name. simon spark, bbc news. very cute. now it's time for a look at the weather, withjennifer bartram. hello there. summer heat on the way but we're not expecting wall—to—wall sunshine. in fact, some areas seeing a lot of cloud, even some outbreaks of rain too. this was exeter earlier today, lots of cloud here. contrast that with this picture from norfolk. blue skies, perfect weather for an afternoon on the beach. over the next few days, it will turn warm and plenty sunshine as well. the reason for the change is the position of the jet stream. earlier in the month, the jet stream was positioned to the south of the uk, we were on the colder side, but now it's in the north, it will be brining warmer air
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and lifting the temperatures. in the afternoon, the temperatures will rise to up to 26 degrees across parts of southeast england. a little bit cooler the further north you go but still generally pleasant. this sunday evening and overnight, a fairly quiet picture, to be honest. a little cloud across parts of the midlands and norfolk, perhaps southwest england as well, otherwise, clear spells. a pretty muggy night in places, temperatures in the south east up to 16 degrees, uncomfortable for sleeping. cooler the further north you go. on monday morning, some weather fronts trying to make inroads, bringing more cloud into western parts of scotland. elsewhere, dry, fine weather with spells of sunshine and temperatures widely into the mid—205 on monday. up to 25 in newcastle, 26 across aberdeenshire. here's monday evening into tuesday, and those fronts still trying to make inroads.
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this cold front is not moving paticularly quickly and not a lot on it, bringing cloud and outbreaks of drizzly rain to scotland, northern ireland and parts of northern england on tuesday, could be some showers here. elsewhere, quite a lot of cloud but sunshine coming through and those temperatures in london on tuesday reaching 28 celsius. cooler, though, across parts of scotland where that weather front has come through. towards the end of the week, things eventually breaking down, turning more unsettled and cooler.
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college near gaza city has killed eight palestinians — according to witnesses. the strike reportedly hit an industrial college run by the un. a fourth conservative has denied any wrongdoing over bets allegedly placed on the date of the general election. scotland prepares for a crucial match in four hours' time — hoping to make it out of the group stage for the first time. hello — i'm luxmy gopal. let's start with what's happening at one of the uk's busiest airports. manchester airport says it hopes some flights will start to resume later today, and by tomorrow, it should be business as usual. passengers had been told to stay away from manchester airport after a power cut caused major disruption. all flights from terminals one and two have been cancelled. there have been huge queues to get in, and some passengers on arriving planes were held on runways for several hours. some flights have been diverted to other airports.
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