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it stays with them over life. elon musk �*s social media platform is banned. oasis fans prove their commitment to the british rock group, waiting in online queues for hours to secure tickets to their long—awaited reunion. hello, welcome to bbc news. two people who were wounded in separate incidents at the notting hill carnival in london last week have died from their injuries. cher maximen, who was 32, was stabbed and has now died in hospital. she was attending the carnival with her three—year—old daughter and other members of her family and friends. she is understood to have been wounded after trying to intervene in a fight. and mussie imnetu, a 41—year—old chef, was found unconscious with a head injury outside a
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restaurant in nearby queensway late on monday evening. police have confirmed that he has also died of his injuries. here is what the police have an ounce at a press conference in the past hour. at a press conference in the past hour-— past hour. many of you are aware that _ past hour. many of you are aware that following - past hour. many of you are aware that following the i aware that following the notting hill carnival we shared information about two people with very serious injuries. i am very sad to tell you now that both have since died. first i will talk to you about mussie imnetu. he was 41 years old and he was visiting the uk from dubai. he was found unconscious with a head injury in queensway at 11:22pm on monday, 26th of august. officers and paramedics provided emergency first aid and mussie imnetu was taken to hospital where, and mussie imnetu was taken to hospitalwhere, despite and mussie imnetu was taken to hospital where, despite the best efforts of medical staff, he sadly died on friday afternoon. a31—year—old man has
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been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent and the matter is now being treated as murder investigation. i will now talk to you about cher maximen. she was 32 years old and was stabbed shortly before 6pm on sunday, 25th of august. officers and paramedics provided first aid and cher maximen was transported to hospital in a critical condition. despite the hard work of medical staff, she sadly died this morning. she was at the carnival with a young child who is a safe and is being cared for. on tuesday morning, officers arrested a 21—year—old man, who has already been charged with attempted murder. this case is also now a murder
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investigation. the news of these two tragic deaths is devastating for both families. my devastating for both families. my thoughts are with them as they come to terms with their unimaginable loss. they will continue to be supported by specialist officers, and we ask that their privacy is respected at this time. we are still appealing for information. if you witnessed either incident, please contact 101 or crimestoppers anonymously. detectives are particularly interested in speaking to customers from the restaurant in queensway who tried to stop the attack on mussie imnetu. this happened at around 11:20pm on monday. i urge them to contact us. thank you.
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let's speak to our correspondent, catherine byaru hanga. catherine, you are at new scotland yard. two active murder investigation is now under way. murder investigation is now under way-— under way. yes, two active murder— under way. yes, two active murder investigations - under way. yes, two active murder investigations as i under way. yes, two active i murder investigations as you say, following the tragic deaths of cher maximen and mussie imnetu. cher maximen, her injuries on sunday at notting hill carnival shop so many people in the country, in particular because she had visited the carnival on the family day when people come out with their children to attend the festivities of the notting hill carnival. she was actually there with her three—year—old child. now, what it is believed is that she got in the middle of a fight, a confrontation between two groups of men, and she was stabbed and severely injured. there was help at the
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scene and she was then taken to hospital, but now the police have confirmed that she died this morning. police are saying that they are working with the local authorities in her area, as well as herfamily, to make sure that her young child is taken care of. police here are also saying that they are shocked by the events that led to her death, and also that of mussie imnetu, a chef, who had been visiting london from dubai. his death will touch his family, his colleagues and friends who live across london, sweden, dubai and eritrea. the police say that he was seriously injured. he suffered a head injury on monday, on the last day of the carnival and this was outside the doctor power restaurant in the vicinity of the notting hill carnival. he was taken to hospital and was treated but later succumbed to his injuries
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and died on friday afternoon. two men have been charged separately following the injuries of both mussie imnetu and cher maximen. a3i—year—old man was charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent, and a 20—year—old man was charged with attempted murder. what we are hearing from the authorities is that following the deaths of both cher maximen and mussie imnetu that they will now turn those investigations into murder investigations, and they will be reviewing those charges, together with the crown prosecution service. the mayor of london, sadik khan, issued a statement this afternoon. khan, issued a statement this afternoon-— afternoon. what has he said? yes, expressing _ afternoon. what has he said? yes, expressing the - afternoon. what has he said? yes, expressing the shock- afternoon. what has he said? | yes, expressing the shock that has come following the deaths of these two individuals who had attended the notting hill carnival. just to give some context and perspective of the
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notting hill carnival, this is an incredible celebration of caribbean culture in london. this is an event where people go to taste the food, experience the music, the parades, the dancing of notting hill carnival, and it is meant to be an event that brings people together, not only here in the capital, but you have people attending from across europe, from across the world, to attend europe �*s biggest street festival. unfortunately, street festival. u nfortu nately, we have street festival. unfortunately, we have seen violence at the notting hill carnival. at this past carnival there were eight stabbings, three on the sunday and five on the monday. police say they carried out a huge operation to ensure the safety of the people who attended. around 340 arrests were made for various charges and various charges there at the notting hill carnival, but again, this
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past carnival is raising those questions about the safety of the people who choose to attend it. catherine, thank you. we have one more unrelated, breaking news story to bring you from notting hill carnival — a woman who went missing after going to the event, has now been found safe and well. the family of patricia araujo, who is from ashford in kent, have confirmed the news. they had feared she had been kidnapped, and police were treating her as a missing woman. no other details, other than that she is safe and well, have been released. palestinian health workers have started vaccinating some babies in gaza against polio ahead of a mass immunisation programme that's starting on sunday. palestinian health workers carried out the vaccinations in nasser hospital in khan younis. unicef says the official campaign will start at 7:30 in the morning
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local time in deir al—balah on sunday. i was worried and afraid because this is scary. this disease makes children not able to move, eat or drink, and it stays with them or their life. this is scary. as soon as i heard _ this is scary. as soon as i heard about the start of the polio — heard about the start of the polio vaccination campaign i came — polio vaccination campaign i came. my son was the first child — came. my son was the first child to _ came. my son was the first child to get the vaccine. today there — child to get the vaccine. today there was_ child to get the vaccine. today there was one shot, and another in four_ there was one shot, and another in four weeks. by that time, he will have — in four weeks. by that time, he will have a _ in four weeks. by that time, he will have a full dosage that will have a full dosage that will prevent him getting the infection and any disease in the coming years. with— the coming years. with more from jerusalem, his our middle east correspondent. there are 640,000 children to vaccinate and the polio vaccination comes in two rounds, so more than a million vaccinations are already in gaza. the first round of vaccinations will start, as you say, tomorrow. in three weeks
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those children will have to have another vaccination, so a lot of the logistics around this have actually been about keeping the vaccination is cool because obviously it is very hot in gaza at the moment and they have got to be refrigerated, and for the most part it is local doctors who will be administering it, but with so many children to be vaccinated, it is officially going to be challenging. what is the latest on the city ofjenin? what is the latest on the city of jenin? ~ , of jenin? well, this intensified - of jenin? well, this intensified israeli i of jenin? well, this - intensified israeli military operation has now been going on for several days, and it has continued to date specifically in jenin. my continued to date specifically injenin. my colleagues there say they have been loud explosions coming from the urban refugee camp in the centre ofjenin, as well as
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bursts of gunfire. israeli helicopter gunships have been spotted overhead, and israel says it is pursuing its counterterrorism operations, its foreign minister has said there is, in effect, a war in there is, in effect, a war in the west bank, and it is a war that israel is determined to win. but it is having a huge impact on civilians living in palestinian cities in the north of the west bank, many of them have been shuttered up in their homes nowadays. i was injenin this week and it was absolutely deserted on the streets. my colleagues injenin said this morning they have seen a number of women and children being brought out in a group from the refugee camp, but it is oppositely an ongoing situation.— oppositely an ongoing situation. �* . , oppositely an ongoing situation. �* ., situation. and there has also been an attack— situation. and there has also been an attack on _ situation. and there has also been an attack on an - situation. and there has also been an attack on an aid - situation. and there has also i been an attack on an aid convoy in gaza. what is the update on that? ~ , in gaza. what is the update on that? . , ., , that? well, this actually happened _
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that? well, this actually happened on _ that? well, this actually happened on thursday, | that? well, this actually . happened on thursday, and that? well, this actually - happened on thursday, and it was a convoy from a us aid group that was taking medical supplies to the emma hospital in rafah they say the convoy was hit by an air strike and that for people, palestinians who were escorting the convoy as security to protect it from looting, died in that air strike. the charity involved says that they were not actually their employees, but they have been recruited locally. israel has said that they were militants travelling as part of this convoy �*s cover. brazil has begun implementing a block on elon musk�*s social media platform x in a dispute about the spread of disinformation. the ruling was made after the company missed a deadline to name a new legal
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representative there. a 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. and complete suspension" of x until it complies elon musk says... our correspondent is in brazil. how is this being seen in brazil? well actually this is a scenario that is quite intriguing because brazil has more than 20 million x users, and for some of them, including myself, it was very common to check on the x application from time to time and since the early hours of today this is not possible because the
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suspension of x in brazil took place at the beginning of the day. right now the most pressing question is how long is this band going to last? there is no indication that elon musk is going to step back from his decisions, meaning that he is not willing to comply with the orders issued by brazil �*s supreme court. on the other hand, if he does not comply with the orders, the supreme court will not have any legal reason to step back and reverse this order. this relationship _ reverse this order. this relationship between . reverse this order. this i relationship between elon reverse this order. this relationship between elon musk and the supreme courtjudge, elon musk has been extremely critical of him.— critical of him. yes, that's true. critical of him. yes, that's true- we _ critical of him. yes, that's true. we have _ critical of him. yes, that's true. we have to - critical of him. yes, that's true. we have to bear- critical of him. yes, that's true. we have to bear in l critical of him. yes, that's - true. we have to bear in mind that at the very heart of this question there is a dispute
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over the right of free speech because this is exactly at the centre of what elon musk has been saying. he has been saying that what this judge in brazil is doing is a threat to free speech in the country. on the other hand, thejudge is saying that we should not mistake the right to free speech with the right to free speech with the right to free speech with the right to aggression because there is an ongoing investigation at the moment in brazil, and that is the beginning of everything. this judge ordered some extra files to be banned because they were allegedly spreading misinformation, but elon musk said that he would not because he does not agree with these orders. i he does not agree with these orders. . ., ., , he does not agree with these orders. . . , ., orders. i read that last year telegram — orders. i read that last year telegram was _ orders. i read that last year telegram was temporarily i orders. i read that last year- telegram was temporarily banned as well over its failure to
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cooperate with requests to block certain profiles, so to what extent are other social media companies concerned about the actions that the courts may take? ~ , ., , . take? well, it is a difficult question _ take? well, it is a difficult question to _ take? well, it is a difficult question to answer - take? well, it is a difficult. question to answer because take? well, it is a difficult - question to answer because in 2022, during the election process here in brazil, as you said, telegram was banned for some time. telegram was not complying with the orders issued by brazil �*s supreme court. the situation is quite similar to the situation that we have now because telegram also did not have a legal representative in brazil at that time. but because of this ban, telegram named a legal representative in brazil and then this social network resumed its functioning here in brazil. so far, there is no indication, at least not to my knowledge, that other social
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networks such as facebook, instagram and others would be concerned over a ban because actually this is something that the rulings of this judge saying that meta and other networks have been complying with the orders of brazil's micro—supreme court. for with the orders of brazil's micro-supreme court. for the moment. _ micro-supreme court. for the moment, thank— micro-supreme court. for the moment, thank you _ micro-supreme court. for the moment, thank you very - micro-supreme court. for the l moment, thank you very much. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. we start with the premier league. a- a—one a — one draw between arsenal and brighton. declan rice was sent off and in the end they were made to pay. a second—half goalfrom joao pedro saw brighton come from behind to draw after arsenal had declan rice sent off in an entertaining game in north london.
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frustration for the arsenal boss who felt the referee was not consistent with his decision making. i not consistent with his decision making. not consistent with his decision makinu. . , . . decision making. i was amazed because in _ decision making. i was amazed because in the _ decision making. i was amazed because in the first _ decision making. i was amazed because in the first half - decision making. i was amazed because in the first half he - because in the first half he did not get any booking and he makes a call by law in a noncritical area on the pitch after the ball hitting his heel and turning around, to make that decision. but by law he can do it. be consistent and if thatis can do it. be consistent and if that is the case you have to sent him off because it is a red card. sent him off because it is a red card-— sent him off because it is a red card. ., ., , red card. five other games in the premier— red card. five other games in the premier league - red card. five other games in the premier league are - red card. five other games in| the premier league are under way. later, manchester city continue the defence of their title with a trip to west ham in the late kick—off.
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west ham already had a really good squad and this transfer this summer brings new players, and especially up front physicality. up especially they have an incredible defence at is a really strong team. well, we know _ is a really strong team. well, we know about _ is a really strong team. well, we know about the _ is a really strong team. well, we know about the quality i is a really strong team. well, we know about the quality of| we know about the quality of the city _ we know about the quality of the city players and the city coach, _ the city players and the city coach, but we are going to aim on saturday to be able to overcome a very good team. joe root has done it again for england. another 100 for him, this time on day three of the second test at lords. he has broken alistair cook �*s record, and now has the most centuries
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by an england batter in test cricket. his innings eventually came to an end as he was on 103, but england have racked up a huge 251 all out in their second innings. that is a lead of 482 runs. now at the us open tennis, jannick sinner and iga swiatek are among the players in action later as well as these two britain's jack draper and dan evans. if they progress they won't have to face, the four—time winner in new york, novak djokovic because he is out. it was the australian alexei popyrin who upset the defending champion, winning their third—round match in four sets in new york. and djockovich wasn't happy with himself afterwards. i played some of the worst tennis i have ever played honestly, surfing by far the worst ever. so, yes, if you play on a quick surface like this without, you know, without
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the serve, without ability to win three points there, a very low first service percentage, double faults, you can't win. next to the paralympics in paris, with more medals won on the track on saturday. in the women's 5000 metres, t54 final, catherine de brunner of switzerland, took the gold, in a paralympic record time of 10:43.62, ahead of her american and australian rivals. while in the men's 1500 t46 final, the defending champion alezander was the winner, originally from st petersberg in russia — he's in paris, competing under a neutralflag, finishing ahead of athletes from australia and france. and qualifying for the italian grand prix is under way. more for you later but that is all the sport for now. thank you.
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websites selling tickets to oasis' first tour in 15 years are warning the hundreds of thousands of fans still queueing that availability is now "limited". sites including ticketmaster have been plagued by technical issues ever since the tour went on sale this morning. this is what you will see if you try to log on. this is what we are doing in our studios. it is a blank white screen that says service is unavailable. people waiting have reported technical difficulties throughout the day, and others were kicked out of the line of mini they had tojoin were kicked out of the line of mini they had to join the queue again and start all over again. let's speak to jonathan brown, chief executive of the society of ticket agents and retailers. thank you forjoining us on this saturday afternoon. ticketmaster say everything is working, you just have to wait but it will take a while and the service is available but thatis the service is available but that is not what we're finding. how can you explain that? i’m how can you explain that? i'm not sure of— how can you explain that? i'm not sure of the _ how can you explain that? i“n not sure of the technical details behind that, but what's true is we have got a huge
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amount of demand. a huge amount of demand for these tickets with limited supply. a lot of people desperate to get tickets for these events. that will swamp websites. but they will manage through that queue. they will manage through it, people are queueing and people are buying tickets. it's not as though people are not buying tickets. but it will be frustrating simply because there are just too many people. what can you do to maximise your chances of getting a ticket? ., ., ., ticket? to follow the instructions. - ticket? to follow the instructions. people| ticket? to follow the - instructions. people who reported being chucked out and things like that, it may be that they have got things like vpn running on their computer, or it may be that they have not cleared their cookies. it may be that they are refreshing their browser, doing the things they are advised not to do. what we do know is that there is a problem with bots that go in and buy tickets automatically, and measures are in place to resist those. if
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you end up looking a little bit like one of these because you are taking similar activity, thenit are taking similar activity, then it is possible that you are going to get blocked. that is unfortunate, but those provisions are there to stop people being able to bring those tickets into the secondary market, into those headline prices we are seeing today with tickets listed for £6,000, silly things like that. but what we want, of course, is for fans to get tickets. fans need to get tickets for the event they want, but there are not enough to go round. blew; not enough to go round. very briefl , not enough to go round. very briefly, what _ not enough to go round. very briefly, what can _ not enough to go round. very briefly, what can be - not enough to go round. very briefly, what can be done - not enough to go round. very briefly, what can be done to stop the reselling?- briefly, what can be done to stop the reselling? well, the government _ stop the reselling? well, the government have _ stop the reselling? well, the government have committed stop the reselling? well, the i government have committed to look into this and are opening a consultation later in the autumn to look at what the best things to do are. lots of people have looked at it in the past, but it may be that a cap on the amount of tickets that can be resold could have two
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pass. can be resold could have two ass. . ., pass. chief executive of the society of — pass. chief executive of the society of ticket _ pass. chief executive of the society of ticket agents - pass. chief executive of the society of ticket agents and j society of ticket agents and retailers, thank you for reminding us to follow the rules on the screen. you are watching bbc news. plenty more to come. stay with us. hello there. it's been a glorious sunny start for most of us to begin this weekend. however, it's not the same for everyone. we do have more cloud around southern and eastern areas, and through the weekend i think we'll start to see increasing chance of heavy showers and thunderstorms, particularly across england and wales. but it's been a glorious start today, like i mentioned. here's a beautiful scene from conwy in north wales. big contrast, though, to cloudier, leaden skies across east anglia and the south east. it's because we're drawing this cloud off the north sea
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on a fairly brisk easterly breeze across southern areas, whereas further north, we're into the sunny blue skies. so for the rest of the day it does look like it's going to stay rather cloudy across the south and southeast. maybe a few showers starting to push up from the near continent later in the day. but a warm one to come further north with all the sunshine, low 20s for glasgow. low 20s as well for parts of wales, northwest england. now, through this evening and overnight the cloud starts to drift northwards, start to import some humid air from southern areas and that will increase the chance of some heavy showers or thunderstorm — hit and miss showers, not everyone will get them. but you can see we're importing this warm and humid air from the near continent. so quite a muggy night to come for england and wales to start. sunday could be no lower than 16 or 17 degrees in the southeast. so we start off with a bit more cloud across england and wales for sunday. best of the sunshine towards the north west. but even here the cloud tends to build. there's a chance of seeing some heavy showers and thunderstorms becoming more widespread across parts of england and wales. hit and miss showers, not everyone will get one and there's a question mark to the extent of these showers could be a bit further north, could be a bit further westwards.
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a warm and humid day to come across central and southern and eastern areas, a little bit fresher further north. for monday, we have a weak area of low pressure across the country. a couple of weather fronts that will enhance shower and thunderstorm activity, could see some showers and storms across eastern areas. another one in towards the west. again, a bit of a question mark, some uncertainty to the details of monday. have to stay tuned, but could see some sunny spells across the southeast corner and again across the far east, we could be into the high 20s. so again, quite warm here, but generally high teens, low 20s elsewhere with more cloud and showers around. i think as we run through the week, though, conditions begin to improve. we lose the shower and thunderstorms early on, and then high pressure might build back in for the end of the week to settle things down with increasing amounts of sunshine. but stay tuned.
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a this is bbc news, a this is bbc news, the headlines... the headlines... a man and woman die a man and woman die from injuries sustained from injuries sustained in separate incidents in separate incidents at the notting hill carnival. at the notting hill carnival. the metropolitan police the metropolitan police say cher maximen died say cher maximen died on saturday morning. on saturday morning. and swedish national and swedish national mussie imnetu died on friday. mussie imnetu died on friday. palestinian health workers palestinian health workers start vaccinating some babies start vaccinating some babies in gaza against polio, in gaza against polio, a day before a mass a day before a mass immunisation programme immunisation programme is due to begin. is due to begin. israel and hamas agree israel and hamas agree to three localised pauses to three localised pauses in fighting to enable children in fighting to enable children the delivery of vaccines. the delivery of vaccines. researchers believe a drug used researchers believe a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity could also slow and obesity could also slow down the process of ageing. down the process of ageing. they believe the drug could they believe the drug could
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