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city face this is bbc news, the headlines: lebanon's health minister says at least 10 people have been killed in an israeli strike on a residential building in the country's south. israel says it was targeting a hezbollah weapons depot. hospital officials in gaza say at least 15 people, including children and women, have been killed in israeli strikes on central gaza. a house and warehouse being used to shelter displaced people were hit. the israeli military had ordered the evacuation of nine areas in central gaza. hospitals in india are turning most patients away as doctors stage a 2k hour strike. tens of thousands of people joined demonstrations, after the rape and murder of a doctor in a kolkata hospital.
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indonesia for the first time celebrates its independence day in nusantara, the planned new capital that's still under construction in borneo. hello. friday night saw the first match of an intriguing opening weekend of the new premier league season. a new signing scoring a late goal to rescue a big team from a potentially underwhelming start. the storylines have onlyjust begun... as patrick gearey reports. xerxes sticks it in! finishing just how he had one to start. joshua xerxes a manchester united match winner, 26 minutes into his debut. he had done in a touch what his team—mates had struggled to all evening. on opening night everyone forgot forgot the fireworks. bruno fernandes had chances, but each time bernd leno kept fulham level. and his team—mates were growing in ambition, forcing united back at times with some urgency.
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they had lost to fulham last time they played them at old trafford, but this season they are determined to do things differently, enterjoshua xerxes. a dutchman signed from bologna for moments like that. the hope now is that his team—mates can follow the new boy. it's the perfect one now in front of the fans and a win now, and it couldn't be any better. i feel very comfortable and i feel at home here and so we are having a very good time. the aim for everyone this season, just like the last is to catch manchester city, champions four times in the i’ow. the manager still there, most of the players are still there but there is one potential cloud in that light blue sky. city face a 115 premier league child is at a hearing beginning next month, the consequences could be huge, on the pitch their defence will also be tested. arsenal have been getting closer, last season they were just two points behind city. could this be their time? to
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aet city. could this be their time? trr get a top—class forward into their squad, then i think that would be enough to take them over the line. i think if they can do that then i would say arsenal can definitely win the league and beat manchester city do it. , , .,. the league and beat manchester city do it. y , ., . , the league and beat manchester city doit. , , ., , do it. just reaching this league is invigorating. _ do it. just reaching this league is invigorating, this _ do it. just reaching this league is invigorating, this is _ do it. just reaching this league is invigorating, this is ipswich - do it. just reaching this league is invigorating, this is ipswich after| invigorating, this is ipswich after their team were promoted last season. this week on sheeran bought a stake in them. at lunch time they take on liverpool and for a few hours at least everything is possible. let's speak to mike smale and jack martin, hosts of youtube channel matchdayvlogs, which covers southampton football club. thank you forjoining us on the programme. the reason we are speaking to you is because your team, southampton fc have made it back into the premiership stop mike,
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how did southampton turn things around after being relegated last year? it around after being relegated last ear? . , around after being relegated last ear? ., , ., ., ., , year? it was down to team unity, russell martin _ year? it was down to team unity, russell martin came _ year? it was down to team unity, russell martin came in _ year? it was down to team unity, russell martin came in and - year? it was down to team unity, i russell martin came in and brought the whole squad together and did a fantasticjob the whole squad together and did a fantastic job with the the whole squad together and did a fantasticjob with the players and added some strength in players that we have now signed permanently and he did a good job. jack. we have now signed permanently and he did a good job-— he did a good 'ob. jack, how do you feel about all — he did a good job. jack, how do you feel about all of _ he did a good job. jack, how do you feel about all of this, _ he did a good job. jack, how do you feel about all of this, the _ feel about all of this, the excitement, the build—up and what do you think the team's priorities will be? will it be to stay in the league or will they be more ambitious? it has to be survival. no—one in the fan base — has to be survival. no—one in the fan base is— has to be survival. no—one in the fan base is looking as above that 17th fan base is looking as above that w spot — fan base is looking as above that 17th spot. if we can stay in the league — 17th spot. if we can stay in the league we _ 17th spot. if we can stay in the league we will look to build for next _ league we will look to build for next season and that is all we can hope _ next season and that is all we can hope for— next season and that is all we can hope for this year.— hope for this year. what do you think will be — hope for this year. what do you think will be the _ hope for this year. what do you think will be the key _ hope for this year. what do you think will be the key thing - hope for this year. what do you think will be the key thing in i hope for this year. what do you . think will be the key thing in terms of making sure that the team does their flow? the
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of making sure that the team does their flow? . , , of making sure that the team does their flow? ., , , ., , a ., their flow? the ability to stick to their flow? the ability to stick to the name their flow? the ability to stick to the game plan. _ their flow? the ability to stick to the game plan, but _ their flow? the ability to stick to the game plan, but also - their flow? the ability to stick to the game plan, but also to - their flow? the ability to stick to the game plan, but also to be i their flow? the ability to stick to l the game plan, but also to be able to adapt— the game plan, but also to be able to adapt to — the game plan, but also to be able to adapt to the situation. we got in problems— to adapt to the situation. we got in problems by sticking to certain ways are playing. russell is smarter than that and _ are playing. russell is smarter than that and we — are playing. russell is smarter than that and we have seen the shape and the formation change and to be fluid that is— the formation change and to be fluid that is part _ the formation change and to be fluid that is part of our game now. describe _ that is part of our game now. describe the mood in newcastle right now to the build up later today between southampton and newcastle, amongst fans what is their mood like? , ., ., , amongst fans what is their mood like? i. .,, ., amongst fans what is their mood like? ., ., , . like? everyone has a realistic exoectation _ like? everyone has a realistic expectation of _ like? everyone has a realistic expectation of today - like? everyone has a realistic expectation of today but - like? everyone has a realistic expectation of today but it i like? everyone has a realistic expectation of today but it is| like? everyone has a realistic. expectation of today but it is the first game of the season so anything is possible, maybe we catch newcastle out and a big thing for me would be to score a goal, which might sound obvious, but i think thatis might sound obvious, but i think that is going to be the key for us is to be able to put the ball in the back of the net. fine
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is to be able to put the ball in the back of the net.— is to be able to put the ball in the back of the net. one of the things southampton _ back of the net. one of the things southampton is _ back of the net. one of the things southampton is famous _ back of the net. one of the things southampton is famous for - back of the net. one of the things southampton is famous for is - southampton is famous for is bringing up new talent, for example gareth bell, is that something that is in the works at the moment? are their players that you are watching? there are a couple actually who have shonein there are a couple actually who have shone in pre—season. we are always wondering if we will see them in first team football. russell has been confident that they will feature and it is great to see the youth development coming through. thank you very much, fans of southampton football club. six men have beenjailed for taking part in what a judge described as "12 hours of racist, hate—fuelled mob violence" in hull. the city was one of a number affected by a wave of disorder throughout england and northern ireland earlier this month. jo makle has this report.
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get out. (expletive) he was part of a mob which targeted a car, terrifying the eastern european men inside. he looted stores, filling a bag at lush like he was on a shopping spree. you can see him mouthing �*merry christmas' as he hands out stolen goods. go on, lad. and this isjohn honey trying to smash the window of shoezone. the 25—year—old certainly stood out in his white shirt with its red saint george's cross. the judge at hull crown court said he was �*front and centre of events on august the 3rd.�* in sentencing, his honour, judgejohn thackeray kc called august the 3rd �*iz hours of racist, hate fuelled mob violence which had caused immeasurable harm.�* he added that he found watching the footage was depressing and horrifying and called it utterly deplorable.
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honey received 56 months in jail. that's more than 4.5 years, after pleading guilty to six offences, including racially aggravated criminal damage, violent disorder and burglary. his defence barrister told the court he was on the autistic spectrum which influenced his behaviour. honey's sentence was not the longest. david wilkinson, seen here in the light cap and black t—shirt, was also part of the mob attacking the bmw car. get him out of here! he repeatedly strikes the windscreen. the 48—year—old got six years for this attempted arson and violent disorder. the court heard the grandfather realised he'd ruined his life. jo mekle, bbc news. the train drivers�* union aslef has defended its decision to call a series of strikes on lner, saying the situation at the company is toxic. aslef said its members working
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for lner would take strike action every weekend between — just after midnight on i september and 10 november — after what it called a complete "breakdown in industrial relations." the government has recently agreed a nationwide pay deal with drivers, but aslef says this dispute is not about pay. the duke and duchess of sussex have spoken to schoolchildren in spanish, as they continue their four—day tour of colombia. they were visiting a school in the capital bogota . more from our south america correspondent ione wells: a colombian spectacle to greet prince harry and meghan. they spent their second day of their trip to colombia meeting more young people at this school, known as one of the top schools in the world. the focus of this trip has been to highlight their campaigns to make the internet safer for children. they were shown activities these children do to help their physical and mental health.
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it comes after meghan said on the first day of their visit that being a mother drove her to help keep children safe online. i look at it through the lens of what my children, our children, are going to adopt as they get older and how we can keep them safe, because i do believe all of us agree, despite whatever disparities there are throughout the world, no one contests the fact that we want to keep our children safe. and prince harry said he was worried about how quickly false information spread on the internet. for as long as people are allowed to spread lies, to abuse, to harass without consequence, then social cohesion is, as we know it, is completely broken down. journalists weren�*t allowed to any of the events that the couple did on their second day of their visit to colombia. they brought their own camera team, which they said was to ensure that events were represented accurately.
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but what that means is that all that we can see of the events they�*ve done is what they want us to see, much like a lot of the events that members of the royal family do. their team shared these images with us of their visit in the afternoon. they met colombia�*s invictus games team — the sports competition prince harry founded. it�*s for wounded, sick or injured armed servicemen and women, past and present. this visit marked the final stop on the couple�*s tour of the capital, bogota, before they head north to the coastal city of cartagena. ione wells, bbc news, in bogota. hurricane ernesto has made landfall on the island of bermuda in the north atlantic, bringing a risk of serious flooding. the powerful category oneo storm, was downgraded from the most serious category two but is still carrying
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powerful winds, with the potenial of a dangerous storm surge and up to 30 centimeters of rainfall. ernesto�*s slow speed and large size means the islands of bermuda could be hit over a long period on saturday, according to the us national hurricane center. it�*s been described as the worst unsolved terrorist attack on the british mainland and this november marks 50 years since the birmingham pub bombings. the atrocity took the lives of 21 people, and injured more than 200 others. now, campaigners are hoping the city will come together for a minute�*s silence to remember the victims. our reporter, rebecca wood has the story. forjulie hambleton, whose sister maxine was killed in the bombings this is a really important part of the city. it catches all of the traffic, and it means that anyone who passes it, who reads it, will know of who our loved ones were. these trees are a memorial to the 21 people killed and hundreds injured when two bombs destroyed the tavern in the town and the mulberry bush on the 21st of november, 197a.
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50 years on, julie�*s calling for the whole community to come together to remember that day. this year, we are asking the community of birmingham to come together at 3:00 for one minute�*s silence. that�*s all we ask. in those 60 seconds, julie, what will you think of? 60 seconds. i will think about what i always think about my sister, maxine. i think of her every day. there�*s not a day that passes i don�*t think of her. and the other 20. and the survivors. they too, need our community to come together for them, because it is the community who gives us the strength to carry on. she�*s written to the city council and is also hoping for the support of the city�*s football clubs
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and businesses, with the aim of bringing everyone together to give one minute to pause, reflect and remember. private renters across the uk have faced an increasingly difficult environment in the past few years, with the cost of renting rising by nearly a quarter since the end of 2019 — and the number of available homes dropping. the government has promised to improve the situation, including by abolishing no—fault evictions — but currently, the threat of those evictions remains for many tenants. one of those people is carly. she�*s a mum of six and was given just two weeks�* notice before being evicted from her home of six years. tara welsh went to meet her. i don�*t even know how to prioritise what to take, because i don�*t think we�*ll get a place to stay immediately. it�*ll be emergency accommodation. it�*s 9am, just an hour
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until carly gets locked out of her home for good. look around you. i�*ve got six children. today she�*s being evicted. there�*s a lot. it�*s mostly in the living room when you go straight ahead. yeah. a removal van will take her things to storage, but she has no idea when she�*ll see them again or where she�*ll be sleeping tonight. where are you going to be sleeping tonight? i don�*t know. i might have to sofa surf. or if i�*m lucky, the council might find me somewhere to stay tonight. carly has lived in this four—bedroom home since 2018 with her six children. the rent was £1,900 a month, but she says last year the landlord wanted to put the rent up by another £100. i said, i�*m really sorry, i�*d like to pay it, but ijust can�*t afford it. she says her landlord said he wanted to move into the house, something he�*s entitled to do, and a court order was issued for her to leave
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last november. and what do you say to those landlords i guess that would say, well, actually, they�*re entitled to put their rent up. they�*re entitled to kind of claim back their property if they want to. yeah. you�*re entitled to claim your property, but morally, um, how do you feel going to sleep at night knowing you�*ve made people homeless? carly�*s children are aged between seven months and 16 years old and want to know where they�*re going to live. wouldn�*t it be nice to be somewhere a bit more longer term, though, lewis? wouldn�*t you like to be more settled? yes. me too. but i think it was packing my children�*s stuff up that really hurt the most because of the memories that come with it. are you taking out everything, sir? yeah. at 10am, the bailiffs arrive and the locks are changed. the distress alone, just unfathomable. i wouldn�*t have put this on anyone, really. put the straps. the removal men tell us that they�*re seeing more people
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who have been evicted. i believe so that the reason is actually the prices, the rent prices that's going to be ridiculously high in these days. according to a campaign group that has analysed government data, homelessness following the end of a private tenancy is rising. in the first three months of this year, a600 households claimed homelessness support, a 12% increase on the same period last year. we know that things have been difficult for renters for some time now. many councils say they simply don�*t have the properties to house everyone that needs a home. and in the private sector, there�*s been real competition for homes, of course, exacerbated by the cost of living and interest rates rising in the last couple of years, where some landlords have put up rents and others have sold altogether. carly is now officially homeless, and she�*s heading into the council offices to wait, hoping that she�*ll get somewhere tonight
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and more permanently for herfamily. a new study has found that the number of children and young adults being diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease — or ibd — has more than doubled in the last ten years. it�*s a condition that can cause severe stomach pain and diarrhoea. doctors at southampton children�*s hospital, where the study took place, say that, while genetics play a part, our changing diets may also be a factor in the rise. 0ur reporter, james ingham has more. 14—year—old imogen is now fit and well following months of intense pain. she was going to the toilet frequently after eating, she lost significant weight and felt exhausted all the time. over the period of time that i was ill, i lost about three and a half stone. and ijust didn�*t look like myself and i didn�*t feel like myself, either. it got to the point where the pain
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made me actually not want to wake up and not want to be here. imogen was diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease. but various treatments had no effect, so doctors had to resort to surgery. she needed a colectomy — her large bowel removed. i woke up from the surgery and the pain, it was just completely gone. i didn�*t feel any any pain in my stomach at all. and, um, it felt like a miracle. and i couldn�*t thank the doctors more for what they did to me, because it was like my life was taken away when i was ill, and they gave it back to me as soon as i woke up from my surgery. hi, imogen, come on in, take a seat. how are you getting on? a lot better. 1,750 children and young people like imogen are diagnosed with ibd every year in the uk. around one in 16 is treated at southampton children�*s hospital. they all have an underlying genetic
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risk, but doctors believe changing diet may also be a factor in the doubling of cases in ten years. this includes things like highly processed foods and increased meat consumption and, possibly, just eating less healthily than parents' generations would have. and whilst this isn't going to be a trigger for an individual person, at a societal level, that's been a definite shift that has correlated with the increase in inflammatory bowel disease in children. we can't infer causation from that, but it's really important to note that as a possible trigger. imogen now uses a stoma bag, which was daunting at first, but she says she now wants to talk about it to help others. my bag did save my life and i�*m not going to be ashamed of something that isn�*t something to be ashamed of. and my friends, they assure me that i�*m just like them and i�*m no different and i never will be, no matter what.
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and now you�*ve got a good future ahead of you. yeah. i can see the future, whereas before, i couldn�*t. james ingham, bbc news. arcade game fans are preparing to compete in what�*s being described as the uk�*s only dedicated pinball event this weekend. �*pinfest uk�* will see some of the best compete in the three day tournament. 0ur reporter, laura foster, has been to meet one of the regional champions who�*ll be taking part. a warning, her report contains flashing images. in nathan�*s childhood home, there�*s a room dedicated to his favourite hobby. to those who love it, pinball has all the rules and strategy of video games mixed with the timing, precision and skill of sports such as pool and snooker, and it�*s becoming more and more popular.
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# shock waves mean bad ball. there's nothing else like it. it'sjust really, really enjoyable to do. and in east anglia we've had our own league this year. that's never happened before because there's never been enough venues, enough collectors, enough games in order to do it. he�*s been playing since he was a kid and they�*ve even got their own electronic scoreboard. it�*s great. it means i get to spend a lot of time with him. he beats me. he beats lots of people. he�*s very good. i think he�*s given nathan a big, big field of friends over the years as well. so it�*s a good thing. this weekend, nathan will be competing at pinfest, the uk�*s biggest pinball contest in daventry. but there will also be hundreds of machines for members of the general public to play on for free. and there�*s already some talk in the community about competitions
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getting even more prominence in the future. i think people would be surprised by how entertaining it is to watch because, you know, people stream these tournaments, you can watch them online, on twitch and things. sadly, there wasn�*t enough time in ourfilming schedule to capture my very high final score. laura foster, at the bottom of the table, for bbc news in ipswich. if you remember the 80s tv series brideshead revisited, you might recall a teddy bear who stole the spotlight. well, aloysius is now up for auction as part of a world—famous collection of plush toys. the 114—year—old bear is expected to fetch more than £30,000, as sophie law reports. you don�*t need to go down to the woods to get your hands on these bears, but you will certainly need more than pocket money. some very rare bears from teddy bears of witney, a shop in 0xfordshire, are going under the hammer, although owner ian admits some of them will be hard to part with. i�*ve been collecting since 1985, slightly before 1985, when we opened the shop, and i have really enjoyed collecting
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everything together and i�*ve tried to find things i love and i must say i bought things with my heart and it�*s going to be a big, big wrench to see them go, but i am 80 next year, so ijust have to be realistic. you may recognise the most famous beer in the collection, aloysius, who starred in the classic drama brideshead revisited, in the early �*80s. and aloysius is always in a good temper. the bear is over 100 years old. auctioneer thomas forrester expects it to sell for higher than the £30,000 asking price. ithink it will, if i'm- being completely honest. aloysius is an historici bear with provenance, which is unattainable in any other walk of life — it's been on a film set and it's much loved around the widerl community of brideshead fans. what do you think it is about teddy
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bears that people so much? i think one of the things is it is intangible, you just don�*t know. but the extraordinary thing is that one of the wonderful things about teddy bears is they seem to improve with love. you have a doll and it breaks. that�*s the end of a doll. not so teddy bears. the more you love it the more it seems to acquire character and so i think that�*s one of the things. you can still see the bears and ian�*s shop, teddy bears 0f witney, until october. they will go under the hammer at christmas. we will leave you with these live pictures we have coming in from calcutta in india. you can see the continuing protests by doctors and their supporters. there is a 24—hour strike by public and private doctors happening in india following the killing and rape of a junior female doctor. you are watching bbc news.
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hello there. we�*re into fine settled spell of weather now, just in time for the weekend, and we should see a lot of sunshine on both saturday and sunday, especially across england and wales. winds light in the south, always a bit fresher further north. that�*s because scotland is closer to this area of low pressure over iceland, but the azores high, bringing plenty of sunshine and lighter winds to england and wales. but it will be quite a cool start to saturday morning. cool and fresh, with temperatures in single digits out of towns and cities. but there�*ll be plenty of sunshine to begin the day, cloud tending to bubble up into the afternoon, and that will bring a few showers to northern and western scotland and northern ireland through the day, where it�*ll stay quite breezy but light winds further south. temperatures here 2a—25 degrees. mid to high teens across the north, maybe 20 degrees across north—east scotland. now the showers tend to fade away across most of the north, the odd one continuing across the highlands through saturday night. lengthy clear skies again, light winds to the south. so it�*s going to be another fresh night to come with seven to 12 degrees for sunday.
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the azores, high across the south, just nudges up a little bit further northwards. so large parts of england and wales, maybe northern ireland, southern scotland will see lighter winds, but still quite breezy across the north and west of scotland, where again we�*ll have a few showers and a few showers, perhaps for northern ireland, maybe just one or two across western england and wales, but similar sorts of temperatures, mid 20s in the south and mid to high teens further north. now as we head out of sunday to monday, our area of high pressure begins to get squeezed out in towards the near continent as low pressure takes over across western areas, it goes downhill through the day across the north and the west. wetter and windier but central and eastern parts of the country will stay dry. plenty of sunshine and light winds, too. further north and west it will be turning blustery with that rain, so temperatures here high teens at best, quite warm and turning increasingly humid across the southeast 25, maybe 26 degrees. tuesday looks more unsettled generally across the country. could even see a few
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showers in the south—east. it�*ll be a breezier day to come, but the heaviest of the rain will tend to be across the north and west of scotland. temperatures here again mid to high teens up to around 20 to 2a in the south. further areas of low pressure will cross the country, bringing wet and windy spells to the north and west, but it should tend to stay largely dry, quite warm, humid and breezy across the south—east.
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live from london. this is bbc news. lebanon says at least ten people, including two children have been killed in an israeli strike on a residential building in the southern city of nabatieh. doctors in india stage a 24—hour strike over the rape and murder of a colleague at a hospital last week. ukrainian troops destroy a strategically important bridge in russia�*s kursk region, making it harder for moscow to supply its forces. the world health organization is urging manufactuers to ramp up production of mpox vaccines — as travellers bound for regions of africa hit by mpox are encouraged to get vaccinated.
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