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hello, i'm luxmy gopal. un agencies are preparing to deliver a mass vaccination campaign across gaza this weekend — to protect children from polio. the territory this month identified its first case of the disease for 25 years. it's hoped more than six hundred thousand children will be vaccinated. the programme has been disrupted by the war in gaza — israel and hamas have agreed three localised pauses in the fighting to allow health teams to carry out their work. let's speak to our guest... chair of the world health organization global commission and certified polio eradication. thank you for joining us, how feasible is it that the polio vaccination can reach all the children who needed? i'm sure it will be
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difficult, especially with the degree of disruption of the infrastructure but i think that there is a lot of experience on delivering polio vaccine campaigns in difficult circumstances and if you've got three essential things you can get success and one is having vaccine, people stood vaccinating and people to be vaccinated. i have every hope that it will be a success. with the pauses in the fighting that have been agreed, did they were maybe going on for as long as necessary for this to be implemented or other weight workers under a time pressure to get vaccinations? my understanding - to get vaccinations? ij�*i understanding is to get vaccinations? m: understanding is that to get vaccinations? m; understanding is that they said daytime pauses for three days with an option for a fourth day but again, i sincerely hope that if the work isn't completed, there will be more opportunities to get every child vaccinated. that is what will be needed.—
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will be needed. with the vaccination _ will be needed. with the vaccination programme l will be needed. with the l vaccination programme as will be needed. with the - vaccination programme as it stands, with the caveats and limitations, how likely do you think it is to tackle this resurgence in polio in the area? i resurgence in polio in the area? ~ , area? i think it will be difficult _ area? i think it will be difficult for _ area? i think it will be difficult for the - area? i think it will be| difficult for the logistic reasons that are obvious but again, if the successes achieved and the second round will be needed in september, then hopefully this will transmission will be stopped. it is really important that it is stopped. it is really important that it is stepped-— it is really important that it isstoued. i, i , , is stopped. how crucial is this for the health _ is stopped. how crucial is this for the health and _ is stopped. how crucial is this for the health and safety - is stopped. how crucial is this for the health and safety of. for the health and safety of the children and people in the area? i mean, in terms of containing this outbreak, how much of a vital difference will vaccination make? the vaccination _ vaccination make? the vaccination will - vaccination make? the vaccination will be - vaccination make? tue: vaccination will be essential to protect children and make sure that any who are vulnerable simply do not get polio. it is essential, it is important that high uptake of
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vaccination is achieved, and if it is achieved, and two rounds are done successfully, it will be a great success to stop the transmission of polio virus. it is worth reminding viewers isn't it? of the serious impact of this disease. for isn't it? of the serious impact of this disease.— of this disease. for sure, i think most _ of this disease. for sure, i think most people - of this disease. for sure, i think most people who - of this disease. for sure, i j think most people who are infected with polio don't get paralysed but some do. then, the consequences are life long and very serious. i think it is worth pointing out that this sort of campaign has been done before, even 30 years ago, there were days of tranquillity. starting in peru, when fighting was suspended so that children can be vaccinated. it is really important that success is of this. i, , , , i, this. how surprised at where ou to this. how surprised at where you to hear _ this. how surprised at where you to hear that _ this. how surprised at where you to hear that polio - this. how surprised at where you to hear that polio had i you to hear that polio had re—emerged after a quarter of a
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century? i re-emerged after a quarter of a centu ? i, , �* re-emerged after a quarter of a centu ? i, i �* i, re-emerged after a quarter of a centu ? �* i, i, century? i wasn't at all surprised, _ century? i wasn't at all surprised, given - century? i wasn't at all - surprised, given particularly is the disruption to the sewage system and the disruption to a routine polio vaccination. i don't think anyone would be surprised that there had been transmission of polio virus and if that then happens, tragically, someone is at risk of being paralysed.— tragically, someone is at risk of being paralysed. given that the pauses — of being paralysed. given that the pauses have _ of being paralysed. given that the pauses have been - of being paralysed. given that the pauses have been agreed | of being paralysed. given that i the pauses have been agreed in order to roll out this vaccination, does it, a lot of people watching might wonder in that case it is possible to get an agreement between the two sides for other similar humanitarian pauses? of course, polio is not the only issue facing civilians in gaza. i think this is really important start and if we can make a success of this, then people will look this experience and say, or that was a great achievement will more opportunities. it
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achievement will more opportunities.- achievement will more opportunities. it is worth reiterating _ opportunities. it is worth reiterating for _ opportunities. it is worth reiterating for viewers i opportunities. it is worth i reiterating for viewers who opportunities. it is worth - reiterating for viewers who may not be familiar with how the vaccination programme works, what are the logistical practicalities, how will this inoculation be ruled out? the? inoculation be ruled out? they will be many _ inoculation be ruled out? they will be many logistical- will be many logistical difficulties first for the polio vaccine has to be kept in between two and a degree centigrade so it has got to be kept chilled. then, you've got to have people who have been trained on how to give the vaccine, it is given by drop so it's not by injection so giving is by drops is much easier. but, you've gotta have the right children in the right place at the right time. people trained to administer the vaccine and plenty of vaccine supplies. get all of those and we can be helpfulfor supplies. get all of those and we can be helpful for success. chair of the world health organization for polio eradication thank you for talking through that. mi; talking through that. my pleasure- _
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an israeli air strike on an aid convoy carrying food and fuel to a gaza hospital killed four palestinians, according to us—based aid group anera. it happened on thursday, but has only now come to light. israel says those in the convoy were "armed assailants," but that is denied by the group. our correspondent jon donnison is in jerusalem for us. he told us more about the attack. this happened on thursday and it was a convoy from this american aid organisation that was travelling towards the hospital in rafa which is right in the south of gaza and what they say happened was that the lead vehicle in that convoy carrying medical supplies was hit by an israeli air strike. the group is saying that the four people travelling with that convoy who were killed were not their employees but had been brought in from the local community to protect against looters as they headed down to rafa.
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israel, though, is saying they were palestinian militants who were exporting the fact that this convoy was heading south. we will be speaking to an aid worker in gaza shortly but we want to find out what the situation is there in terms of the humanitarian side of things. well, it is absolutely grim on the humanitarian front and the un and aid agencies have been saying this for the best part of a year. it is desperate in terms of first of all the heat that people are living in an gaza, many of them are intense with shortages of water, fuel, food, medicalsupplies. we have had a rare bit of positive news coming out of gaza in the last few days
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on the humanitarian front and that is that we have this polio vaccination programme that is going to start tomorrow. that came after the first confirmed case of polio in a io—month—old baby in a 25 years. that approach and has been left partially paralysed. the un has been pushing very hard to get this vaccination programme started. to allow that to happen, there will be these area specific pauses in fighting so that is not a ceasefire, it is not the long—awaited face fire that people have been pushing for for months, but it is these temporary pauses to allow vaccinations to take place in specific areas. the un saying they want to vaccinate 640,000 young children. i just want to touch on something from lucy's reported there which was filed late last night, so those were events yesterday, but i have just heard from lucy who is still in itjenin
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and she says there is a lot of military activity going on there in the north of the west bank, patchy helicopters from the israeli military flying overjenin at the moment and it has been more active there today and it has been for the last 2a hours. i'll correspondent in jerusalem. supreme courtjudge ordered the "immediate and complete suspension" of x until it complies with all court orders and pays existing fines. x removed its legal representative from brazil, claiming thejudge had threatened her with arrest. elon musk says: �*free speech is the bedrock of democracy and an unelected pseudo—judge in brazil, is destroying it for political purposes.�* our colleague daniel gallas from bbc brazil explained the disagreement between musk and the supreme court.
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it's a long battle between the supreme court and elon musk and twitter and x in brazil. basically, the supreme court has been conducting an inquest about fake news, the spread of fake news and they identified a number of accounts on x that are supposedly propagating fake news in brazil. so, they demanded that they bring down those accounts and x said that they would not because that is a violation of free speech. their understanding escalated to the point where the supreme court was fining x in brazil and then musk decided to remove the representative of x and remove many of the offices of x in brazil. it no longer has a company, it can no longer pay the fines or no longer has to abide to many of these rules by the supreme court. so, the supreme court in response that now has suspended the use of x across brazil which is quite an
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extreme measure. so, this is a war that has been excellent lighting between both sides. how has this been viewed in brazil? it is very divisive - issue and you have two distinct camps, some people who say that musk is right and that this isn't an issue of freedom of expression, millions of people should not be not allowed to use x and x is not, does not have any obligation to take down those accounts that are spreading fake news because it's all a matter of expression. on the other hand, they think the judges right and that he is violating sovereignty by not obeying brazilian laws. that includes the president of brazil who said that he is not above the law, any company that is
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operating a brazil must comply with local laws. these two camps that are measured, they mimic a lot of what we see in society, usually there are camps that are aligned with musk and they align with the former president and right—wing conservatives. these people are very critical of all the judge these people are very critical of the judge who was seen also as an enemy of the right—wing camp so you hundreds of thousands of oasis fans have been trying to get their tickets online to one of the most hotly anticipated reunions in rock history. some fans reported the website crashing with such high demand. this is what you would be seeing if you're in a queue for tickets, one of the many fans who have been waiting patiently or agonisingly for hours in a queue for a while. oasis have issued a warning against reselling tickets to their comeback tour, after some were listed for thousands of pounds within minutes of a pre—sale.
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not linked to get promoted will be cancelled. let's start with theissue be cancelled. let's start with the issue of that website crashing because we've heard from lots of people complaining about issues with trying to buy tickets online.— tickets online. indeed, a lot of peeple — tickets online. indeed, a lot of people have _ tickets online. indeed, a lot of people have tried - tickets online. indeed, a lot of people have tried much l of people have tried much earlier than the nine o'clock deadline or the eight of am deadline or the eight of am deadline in dublin and the nine o'clock for the rest of uk. they try to get access to the ticketmaster see tickets and website, those of the official ticket holders. i was before actual on sale tickets went on. it will put in a queue to get in a queue. then, what a lot of people were reporting is that they were getting in error and then they were being kicked off then they were being kicked off the websites or they were being put in a queue and then kicked out of the queue again, a lot of people reporting a lot of
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problems. ticketmaster have said categorically that their site has not crashed, people are still able to get in, the key was moving along for fans to buy tickets. better yet, we are hearing more and happy fans and we are happy fans. it’s and we are happy fans. it's mad, and we are happy fans. it's mad. isn't _ and we are happy fans. it's mad, isn't it? _ and we are happy fans. it's mad, isn't it? the - and we are happy fans. it's mad, isn't it? the people should have to go through this ordeal to pay money for something that they are being asked to buy. something that they are being asked to buy-— something that they are being asked to buy. indeed, 30 years since oasis _ asked to buy. indeed, 30 years since oasis broke _ asked to buy. indeed, 30 years since oasis broke up, _ asked to buy. indeed, 30 years since oasis broke up, 30 - asked to buy. indeed, 30 years since oasis broke up, 30 years| since oasis broke up, 30 years since oasis broke up, 30 years since they reformed, a lot of people have been hoping that the brothers would find that love again if you like, the brotherly love, they have and they are going on tour. yes, demand of course was going to be high, there is only 17 dates announced so far because it is announced so far because it is a worldwide tool. it only announced the uk and ireland dates, so they might be other data and other cities around the world. but for now, people are being asked to pay money for something that they can't get their hands on. that is causing a huge surge of demand.
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some tickets they could get their hands on are being flogged for insane amounts of money. flogged for insane amounts of mone . i , i flogged for insane amounts of mone . , , , flogged for insane amounts of mone. i, money. yes, yes as i was looking — money. yes, yes as i was looking on _ money. yes, yes as i was looking on secondary - money. yes, yes as i was - looking on secondary website i saw someone trying to sell tickets, standing tickets, for the date in manchester for more than £22,000. a tad ridiculous slash optimistic but you never know because demand is high. there were other prices like £6,000 or a few hundred pounds but the oasis brothers and the oasis team are basically saying there is official resale sites that you can resell your oasis tickets for at face value. that basically means that what they price them at 10% more, that is the maximum they want people to make. they are trying to avoid types, ticket touts or high power sellers, from swiping up all of the tickets and then reselling them at those ridiculous prices. therefore, there are steep banks, if you need to resell the tickets
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because plants might change, go through the official people that they have partner with and they won't cancel the ticket which they threaten but we don't know yet in any detail how that will be enforced. that is the warning _ how that will be enforced. that is the warning being _ how that will be enforced. that is the warning being given, thank you very much. our reporter sarah rogers in bolton updated me on the situation with tickets. it has been quite a stressful morning here as people have been trying to get in the queue. we heard of website problems, ticketmaster are insisting they have not crashed, to hold your place and just have one tab open at a time. there are 17 dates, around 1.4 million tickets and a good number of people in this room trying to get them. so what are your chances? remi, you said it was your mum, but we heard a squeal. why?
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wejust entered the queue, which is quite rare in the room here so far, so we thought we were doing well for ourselves. you are 10,000. are you feeling hopeful? we have gone down about 9045 minutes, so there is a long wait still. india, we have heard already that there are problems with the website. ticketmaster has said they are ours did crash. we did manage to get some you are on 75,000! charlie, where are you up to? still at the this is what it looks like. it gets you all
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you have had that circle of death for about ten minutes. you don't want to touch the ipad. don't touch - anything, nobody knew. one chap here is sitting quite pretty. darren, why are you so happy while everyone else is stressed? i got wembley tickets last night. i'm happy. i don't - want to say that you look smug, watching all these panic, it's delightful. i'm going to the first night at wembley. mentioned, there is that morning, a lot of tickets that people are buying will end up on resale sites. the ban to put out a statement to say do not buy these. please choose to be really careful you are bang in front from. the band say it is
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ticketmaster that you get them from and you should only buy them at resale at face value. do bear that in mind, don't get carried away. these tickets are going at supersonic speed. will there be more dates, definitely, maybe, who knows? here in the uk, detectives are continuing to appeal for information after a 13—year—old boy was fatally stabbed in his own home. the boy — who has not yet been named by police — died in oldbury, near west bromwich, on thursday. our correspondent kathryn stanczyszyn is near the scene of the murder you can see there is still a police presence at the cordon here around this property and front garden on lovett avenue in oldbury, where a 13—year—old boy was stabbed to death on thursday inside his own home. west midlands police is asking anyone with any information to come forward, and to try and facilitate that, they've actually launched an online portal where members
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of the public can upload information, pictures or video that could be helpful to this murder investigation. they particularly mentioned doorbell cctv, things like ring systems that some people have that could also be useful. they say that they have extra police officers on hand in this neighbourhood to try and provide reassurance to the community. it is still a community that is deeply in shock. i've just been talking to one local resident who says it's difficult to comprehend how this boy's family and friends are feeling. you can see behind me the floral tributes outside this house, some candles as well and balloons spelling out rip on the door. we're expecting more of those tributes throughout today. a doctor charged in connection with the death of the actor, matthew perry, has appeared in court in los angeles after agreeing to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine.
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mark chavez was granted bail but has been barred from practising medicine. his lawyer said he was incredibly remorseful. matthew perry died in october from a ketamine overdose. another doctor and the alleged supplier of the drug are due to go on trial in the coming months. to germany now and voters in the east of the country will go to the polls on sunday with the �*far—right alternative for germany�* party set to come out on top. the afd has built a strong base in the states of saxony and thuringia — and anger with chancellor olaf scholz�*s government is surging, especially after a knife attack last weekend in which three people were killed. the main suspect is a syrian asylum seeker who had been facing deportation. the anti—immigration party is now germany�*s fifth largest party. a win this weekend would be its first—ever state victory. a warning jessica parker�*s report contains some flashing images.
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boos and shouts aimed at chancellor olaf scholz, among them "traitor" and "warmonger". chancellor scholz has not been very visible during this campaign in the east. he�*s not exactly seen as an electoral asset, and the reception for him here, it�*s mixed. an argument in the crowd. the man on the left supports the far—right alternative for deutschland. the man on the right does not. does germany feel divided to you at the moment? yeah. yes, they say, that�*s the one thing they can agree on. some upbeat music. but don�*t be fooled — there�*s tension in germany, especially around immigration. that�*s feeding the afd�*s popularity. a party in thuringia that�*s classed by domestic intelligence as right wing extremist.
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some people in germany, they�*re not just critical of the afd. they say they�*re actually scared of the afd. translation: no one wants to be called right wing - extremist or nazis. we make conservative politics, but it�*s far away from right wing extremism. that�*s what people are being told every day and they fall for it. life looks good here, but something�*s bubbling in the former communist east. what�*s driving this discontent? well, there�*s angst on issues ranging from immigration to germany sending weapons to ukraine. a deep frustration with the parties that have governed this country since reunification, and a dissatisfaction amongst people in east germany about what reunification has or hasn�*t delivered. you can constantly see where the east begins and where the west begins. better infrastructure, better industry. it�*s more more concentration on the west. and we are getting, like, forgotten.
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constantin, who says he�*ll support the afd, hops on his east german made simpson s50 moped. over decades, pride in the east was dented. many would dispute whether the far right�*s the way to get it back. but here, that�*s where the momentum lies. jessica parker, bbc news in thuringia. you might have heard the story this week of a 4—year—old boy who accidentally smashed an ancient vase during a trip to a museum. here�*s how the three—and—a—half—thousand—year old pottery looked after ariel geller tipped it over at the hecht museum, in the israeli city of haifa. well, you might not believe this. . . . . but they�*ve invited him back. ariel — seen here in a blue cap, with his hand being firmly held by mum — was given a guided tour with his family. the museum�*s curators — who try to display artefacts as openly as possible —
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wanted to reassure ariel that they understand he didn�*t do it on purpose. stay with us here on bbc news. hello again, it has been a fine start for many, lots of blue skies and sunshine out there. a beautiful scene to greet you. just one example of the weather photos we�*ve had this morning, it�*s not been like this everywhere, we�*ve got cloud across the south—east of england and a few showers have moved their way in as well. that cloud will continue into the afternoon so the possibility of the odd shower here but elsewhere, sunshine will continue and it�*s going to be a very pleasant day. maximum temperature is getting up to 17 to 22 degrees. across the uk, perhaps a bit fresher across the near seacoast. 15 or 16
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degrees. show tonight, will be going to see some heavy showers moving on, across the south—east of england. those could potentially be quite heavy and thundery into the early hours of sunday morning. they will drift away a bit further northwards and with that, comes much more warm and humid air. temperatures will rise but it also means that sunday morning will be pretty warm in the south—east of england, 15 or 16 celsius here. further north, not quite as chilly as last night as temperatures go down to nine or 10 degrees. into sunday, will continue to the threat of showers moving in across the southern areas with the odd rumble of thunder and gusts of wind, some uncertainties in the exact locations of the showers as they move into northwards. there�*ll be some dry weather sydney northwards the mother the day with whateverjust sydney northwards the mother the day with whatever just the south—east. into next week,
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high—pressure shift away to scandinavia, low pressure moves on, that�*s going to bring a more unsettled feel. they go to some showers and longer spells of rain but the showers could be on the heavier side with the odd rumble of thunder. they will drift north and eastward, later in the day, on monday. temperatures still getting up into the mid 20s across the south—east elsewhere temperatures will be 17 to 21 degrees. on through the week, it is going to remain a bit mixed, it will be a bit of rain around the and particularly on tuesday but there will also be a great deal of dry weather with some sunny spells. temperatures 18 to 24 degrees, pretty typical for this time of year. goodbye.
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this is bbc news, the headlines: humanitarian aid organisations are gearing up for a mass polio immunisation campaign in gaza, which will officially begin on sunday morning. israel and hamas have agreed to a sequence of localised pauses in fighting to allow for more than 600—thousand children to be vaccinated. israel is pressing on with its operation in the west bank for the fourth day. after a senior hamas commander and two otherfighters were killed in jenin. the german army leaves niger, completing its withdrawal from the west african nation as its military—run government turns towards russia. oasis fans are contending with long waits and technical problems as they chase tickets for one of the world�*s most hotly anticipated rock reunions. ticketmaster advises fans to hold their places in the line.. saying that the queue is moving. and if oasis isn�*t your thing, we�*ll take a look at the high—powered world
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of competitive toe wrestling. hello, i�*m luxmy gopal. we start with an update on the polio vaccination programme which will take place in gaza this weekend. the un has now confirmed it will start at 7.30 in the morning, local time. unicef has now said that the first phase will start in deir al—balah in central gaza for children between five to ten years old. it says that the vaccinations will take place for six and a half hours each day until the fourth of september. it�*s urged parents in gaza to bring their children, stressing that the vaccinations free and safe. more now from the middle east, where the israeli military operation in the occupied west bank appears to have been scaled back, but is continuing around the city ofjenin. these pictures were shot there on saturday morning, they appear to show armoured israeli vehicles moving
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