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a cost to not settling, industrial action, the challenge we face recruiting and retaining doctors and nurses and teachers but we will do it in a proper way and make sure the former president donald trump tells republican supporters at a michigan rally he �*took a bullet for democracy�* israel says it has intercepted a missile launched from yemen shortly after the israeli air force carried out a series of strikes. residents on the spanish island of majorca are set to protest against the surge in tourism that is being blamed for plummeting living standards hello. the chancellor has hinted that public sector workers may recieve an above inflation pay rise this
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summer.rachel reeves made the comments while appearing on sunday with laura kuensberg — in her first interview from number 11 downing street. with me to discuss this is the bbc�*s political correspondent tony bonsignore this is not just above inflation, it that could mean above inflation, it that could mean a number to spot nhs workers and teachers of so above inflation is we had been led to believe ed but it is not accept teachers and nhs workers the full 5.5% and if they do that will be implications because it is a
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sure the there have been years are below_ sure the there have been years are below inflation pay rises, loving standards for, a labour government is exactly— standards for, a labour government is exactly the sort of thing they there _ is exactly the sort of thing they there is— is exactly the sort of thing they there is an argument about heading off strikes— there is an argument about heading off strikes and industrial action, there _ off strikes and industrial action, there is— off strikes and industrial action, there is a — off strikes and industrial action, there is a cost of not settling of retention — there is a cost of not settling of retention. , there is a cost of not settling of retention-— there is a cost of not settling of retention. , ._ , ,, ., retention. this may be linked to izza if retention. this may be linked to pizza if you _ retention. this may be linked to pizza if you start _ retention. this may be linked to pizza if you start people - retention. this may be linked to pizza if you start people will- retention. this may be linked to i pizza if you start people will come into will stay in would it be possible to once you rise to the
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script of workers you would have to i suspect those discussions are going on because it is notjust less as one, others will be coming they and have to look at this and the round. you would have thought it would be potentially quite difficult for a labour government to say to one group others but again that is a broader calculation and other thing about this is adding up as labour and rachel reeves will feel they have won have this image of the party and they do not want even
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though only two to waste that, that is something they want to take with them we are what about the question of a mps are going to be debating the kings speech for the fourth of thatis the kings speech for the fourth of that is the economy and it is the first day in which mps can ca n start can start there are four amendments pushed by lots of labour mps and this feels like the first pressure
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point particularly if the labour party has a moral mission, it has to be to eradicate poverty, especially child poverty. there are families experiencing unnecessary hardship, rachel mentioned. tough decisions. we can fund this if we look at different tax decisions where the wealthiest with the broadest shoulders pay for this, we can. we are the sixth largest economy in the world, yet one of the most unequal in the developed world. we can fund this commitment if we want to, and it's a matter of political will. we can uplift 300,000 kids instantly from poverty if we do this. thatis that is a view replicated amongst many mps, wants to see it go but it is she did not say she would
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necessarily the sums adding up, she said she would not make unfunded spending commitments, she promised that and you have a donald trump has told a campaign rally in michigan that he is not a threat to democracy, saying he took a bullet for democracy — a reference to the failed assassination attempt against him last saturday. addressing thousands of republican supporters, mr trump said he was sure he'd win the presidential election in november. he repeatedly mocked joe biden, saying the democratic party still did not know who its candidate would be in november due to concerns over the president's health. 0ur correspondent, jenny kumah, reports. thousands turned out for this first rally since the shooting. security checks meant long waits, but many were determined to show their support.
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after what happened last week i hadn't planned on attending a rally this year because i've been to so many in the 2016 and 2020 election, but i'm here to show solidarity with trump that we do stand behind him. and as long as he stays in the fight, we're going to stand behind him now. he's bigger and better than ever. no, no, we love him. and i think he really, really, gelled the country, brought us together. a few days ago, after his near death experience, donald trump called for unity in the country. yet within minutes of speaking at the rally, he attacked his rival. but what they do is misinformation and disinformation, and they keep saying, "he's a threat to democracy." i'm saying, what the hell did i do for democracy? last week, i took a bullet for democracy. what did i do against democracy? it felt like a pop concert. the former president continued to sing the old songs, attacking the media, migrants and joe biden. the crowd cheered.
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his vice president warmed the audience up, speaking for the first time as donald trump's running mate at a rally. but there's some bad news, actually. the vice president, kamala harris, she doesn't like me. booing kamala harris said something to the effect that i have no loyalty to this country. well, i don't know, kamala. i did serve in the united states marine corps and build a business. what the hell have you done other than collect the check? jd vance is seen as someone who can help his party win crucial working class votes here and in other key battleground states. donald trump won in michigan in 2016, but it flipped back tojoe biden in 2020. the republicans say their party
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is the most united it's been for decades, and they say that contrast with the democrats as questions continue over the future ofjoe biden in the presidential race. nearly three dozen democrats have called for mr biden to withdraw. the president says he'll continue to campaign next week after isolating with covid. he insists he's staying in the race to win it. jenny kumah, bbc news, michigan. 0ur correspondent gary 0'donoghue was at last week's rally where mr trump was attacked. he was listening to mr trump's speech from inside the arena in michigan. nearly two hours on his feet, he was back on the election trail, attacking migrants, the media, joe biden, and attacking joe biden for the way he walks and talks and his iq. the crowd responded with huge cheers practically every sentence. thousands were left outside.
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if you expected unity to come after the assassination attempt, then you will be waiting a long time. because donald trump is singing the old songs and his supporters love it. this will be a moment that democrats will worry about. they remain divided. they remain unsure aboutjoe biden as their candidate and while they are that, they cannot take donald trump and the juggernaut of his campaign. 0fficials investigating the attempted assassination of donald trump last saturday have told american media that they believe the gunman flew a camera—equipped drone over the pennsylvania rally site ahead of the shooting. they say they think thomas crooks used it to help pick the best line of sight for the podium. 0ur correspondent in washington david willis has more details. reports david willis has more details. here suggest that be thomas reports here suggest that before thomas cook's was able to fire on
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that rally being addressed by donald trump, he may have surveyed that area from the sky. reports suggest that officials found in his car, as well as a bullet—proof vest, two explosive devices and three fully loaded magazines, a drone, which they believe could have been used to help him select the spot from which help him select the spot from which he subsequently opened fire. if true, this represents an extraordinary security lapse on the part of the us secret service, which apparently became suspicious of thomas crooks about an hour before the assassination attempt took place, only to lose in crowd. unconfirmed reports here also suggest that thomas crooks visited the site of the assassination at least once before the rally took place. a search of thomas crooks' cell phone has so far failed to find
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any particular motive for this attack, there have been calls for the director of the secret service to resign, and she along with the fbi director is due to give evidence on this matter to congress this coming week. israel's military says its air defence system has intercepted a missile fired from yemen before it could enter israeli airspace over the southern region of eilat. the attack comes after israeli fighterjets carried out airstrikes on saturday on the houthi controlled port of hodeidah in yemen. the reuters news agency reports that six were killed and dozens injured — when israel struck oil storage facilities and a power plant. it's the first time israel has responded directly to what it says have been hundreds of yemeni drones and missiles aimed at its territory. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the operation shows israel would reach its enemies — no matter where they are. translation: from the beginning
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of the war we vowed _ that we would harm anyone who harms us and, so, we have convened cabinet and i asked them to support the decision to attack the houthi military targets in yemen. the port we attacked was not an innocent port. it was used for military purposes and an entry port for deadly weapons supported to the houthi, by iran. benjamin netanyahu benjamin neta nyahu bear. benjamin netanyahu there. 0ur correspondent injerusalem — barbara plett usher — explained the significance of the strikes. it is quite significant for its implications in terms of the wider regional conflict, because the houthis have been firing, uh, missiles and drones at israel because of the gaza war in solidarity with the palestinians, they say. and these strikes or these attacks haven't really created any damage because they've been intercepted, most of them.
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but now they hit tel aviv last week and killed somebody. and this is why the israelis have responded with the first time they've had this direct attack against against yemen. and the yemenis have responded by saying, or the houthis have responded by saying, we will meet escalation with escalation. so the israelis have a greater threat on their northern border from in lebanon. but both of these groups, and the houthis, are backed by iran. so the israelis see this as a wider conflict with iran that's being fought on different fronts. and now this front with the houthis in yemen has flared up and created a more dangerous situation. and the wider context, of course, is these attacks on ships in the red sea and the gulf of aden. well, when the houthis started responding to the gaza war, which was shortly after the hamas attacks in october, they began by targeting the ships in the red sea, as you said, off the coast of yemen. they said that they were targeting
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israeli owned or israeli linked ships, although they have hit other ships, many other ships as well, including those that are associated with the us and the uk. and those strikes have not created a huge amount of damage, although they have sunk at least two vessels and killed at least three sailors. and they, the americans and britain responded with joint strikes against houthi military assets within yemen, trying to deplete them of their of their weapons. but in fact, those strikes have continued and picked up pace injune. and they they seem to be getting more sophisticated. so the belief is that they are getting more and better weapons from iran. and this is why the port was chosen as a target by the israelis. they said that the port was a way that the houthis were getting shipments of weapons from iran. and no doubt the israeli government would have hoped that by this stage, its conflict with hamas would be de—escalating. but in fact, what we're seeing
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is rising and dangerous tensions elsewhere. yes, that's right. which brings us back to the point that if there was a ceasefire in gaza, if the the fighting or the war, there would stop or at least pause, then the regional implications would also tone down. hezbollah for example, has said that if the if if the fighting in gaza stops, then it will also hold back on its on its targeting of israel. and there had been increasing hopes in recent weeks that the two sides were getting close to a ceasefire deal that would involve several phases, but that would involve the release of hostages and at least a pause in the fighting. but there was a big strike on an israeli. excuse me, a hamas military commander, last weekend. and since then, the israelis have continued strikes across the gaza strip, saying that they are upping the military pressure against hamas. now, their argument or the argument of the netanyahu government is that this improves
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the chances for a deal. but those who are negotiating fear that it will make it more difficult. residents on the spanish island of mallorca are set to protest today against the impact of record levels of tourism. spain has seen a number of demonstrations across different cities in recent weeks, with locals arguing they're being priced out of housing and that visitor numbers are damaging the local culture and environment. 0ur europe correspondent, nick beake, sent this report from majorca. british tourists are throwing themselves into their summer spanish getaways, escaping the weather back home. the beaches of this area, with record numbers. tourism is powering the national economy, as the good times roll. down the road, the same sand... ..but a very different experience. sonia and herson, luka, cannot find anywhere to live.
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she says many homes have been bought up by foreign visitors, or are rented out to tourists at prices she cannot afford. translation: it's hard to get up every morning and start looking for a flat. the prices get higher every day. i stop people in the street and ask if they have anything because the day is approaching when i will have to leave the apartment. we may be homeless soon because there is absolutely nothing. as spain's tourist hotspots have grown and grown over decades, debate has raged as to whether the millions of visitors bring more problems than they do benefits. but this summer, something is changed. there is a new level of anger, with many local saying they have had enough. in barcelona, a fortnight ago, locals squirted visitors with water pistols. one of a number of recent
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protests across spain. "get out of our streets!" was the chant. we can see the port and we can see how some days 12,000 arriving in the city. back in majorca, this local activist is organising a demonstration this weekend. he wants a limit on visitor numbers and rejects the claim that tourism brings great wealth for the locals. this is a fake argument because we see more tourists than ever arriving, more money than ever, but this money, where does it go? to the people or is it going only to some economic powers? this is what we are seeing. this family from rotherham, hope they are boosting the local economy. we boost it and they make the money.
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people travel around and that is what this place is for — tourism. if no—one turned up, there would be no shops here, restaurants, bars. tourism has bounced back after covid but record levels are creating new problems and provoking what could be an unprecedented backlash. nick beake, bbc news. with less than a week to go until the olympics kick off, athletes from the uk's team gb are heading to paris today. members of the athletics and rowing teams are making their way to the french capital on the eurostar from london this morning. our correspondent, chi chi uzundu is there for us. the excitement outbuilding. all the
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now the rain, however, has spread its way steadily eastwards and we're allowing for a slightly quieter second half of the weekend. sunday sees this ridge of high pressure building in which will come certainly as welcome news for the golf at royal troon. a much better day in prospect. lovely sunrise here. slightly different story in east anglia after seeing highs of 29 degrees on saturday. cloudier skies and a fresher story to come today, but there will be a good deal of dry weather in the forecast. any showers will be very isolated indeed and mostly out towards the west, so by the middle part of the afternoon it's a case of sunny spells and just a few isolated coastal showers, a little bit fresher, top temperatures of around 23 degrees. noticeably fresher in east anglia. cloudier skies with showery outbreaks of rain starting to show its hand across northern ireland. a much better story for troon. lighter winds still the risk of an isolated shower. but in comparison to
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yesterday, certainly better. and parts of aberdeenshire should see highs of 19 degrees. as we go through the evening and overnight, that patchy rain will start to pep up a little across northern ireland as we see this weather front sweeping its way slowly eastwards, it will bring outbreaks of showery rain to central and southern scotland, along with north west england and wales. overnight, a blanket of cloud moving in temperatures will stay up into the mid—teens to start the day on monday, but the rain will be quite light and patchy and will continue to push its way east as we go through the day on monday. to the north and the south of that there will be some sunnier skies from time to time, a few scattered showers and some of these showers eventually in scotland could be heavy and possibly thundery. so the best of the sunnier weather down towards the south and the southwest. highs likely at 23 or 2a degrees and it will feel quite pleasant in the sunshine. so we're going to pass the baton between sunnier skies and weather fronts, bringing rain at times, so we continue with a similar trend for the remainder of the week ahead.
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of 5.5% for teachers and nhs workers. inflation is currently 2%. former president donald trump tells republican supporters at a michigan rally he "took a bullet for democracy" — after he survived an assassination attempt a week ago. israel has carried out a series of air strikes on the port city of hodeidah in yemen — which is controlled by the houthi movement. it's the first time that israel has publicly claimed to have attacked the country. residents on the spanish island of majorca are set to protest against the surge in tourism that is being blamed for plummeting living standards among the local population. hello, i'm tanya beckett. let's go back to our top story. the chancellor, rachel reeves, has hinted she will award
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