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the killing of three israelis at a border crossing to the occupied west bank. typhoon yagi rips through northern vietnam — leaving at least 21 people dead and more than 229 others injured. and — fireworks light up the night sky — bringing the paralympics — and paris�* summer of sport — to a close. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the venezuelan opposition leader, edmundo gonz lez, has arrived in spain where he's been granted political asylum. this was his plane landing at a military base near madrid. he left venezuela after taking
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refuge in the spanish embassy in caracas. he'd challenged the venezuelan president, nicol s maduro, injuly�*s elections, which the opposition claims it won. mr gonzalez�*s opposition colleague maria corina machado says he left the country because "his life was in danger". earlier, the european union's foreign affairs chiefjosep borrell, described it as a "sad day for democracy in venezuela". in a statement, he said... let's get the reaction of some residents of caracas. translation: i feel. . . hopelessness. what little hope we had went off with him. i think that his departure says a lot. translation: i'm very upset. but at the same time, i think he's safe where he is. we need to keep on fighting. and with faith. i'm not losing hope. but this needs to end yesterday. not tomorrow, but yesterday.
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our reporter mimi swaybee is monitoring the situation from our london newsroom. good our london newsroom. to speak with you. now with good to speak with you. now with the opposition leader exiled in spain where does that leave the opposite new and general? leave the opposite new and ueneral? , ., , general? they are still maintaining _ general? they are still maintaining a - general? they are still maintaining a clear - general? they are still| maintaining a clear unit general? they are still - maintaining a clear unit but sitting in an audio message disputed by his press team from various news outlets that the fight for freedom and democracy in venezuela will put up he also thanked his supporters and said his departure from venezuela had been marked by pressure, coercion and the threat of not being able to leave. on the other side still in venezuela the leader of the opposition really at the helm of this move said she will continue fighting for freedom in the country while edmundo
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gonz lez starts fighting outside the country. a real message of unity for that is been very interesting to see what will happen in the coming days. the opposition did collaborate, they worked with the maduro government and they say that they were allowed a safe passage out of the country by the nicol s maduro government. the vice president of government said this was to ensure that the tranquility and political peace in the country. nicol s maduro is saying he had a helping hand getting gonzalez out to spain where he is now been accepted for political asylum. iii been accepted for political as lum. , asylum. if president nicol smaduro - asylum. if president nicol smaduro has l asylum. if president i nicol smaduro has had asylum. if president - nicol smaduro has had a hand asylum. if president _ nicol smaduro has had a hand of leading to the of the opposition leader does it strengthen his hand? he will thinkthis — strengthen his hand? he will think this is _ strengthen his hand? he will think this is a _ strengthen his hand? he will think this is a major - strengthen his hand? he will think this is a major win. - strengthen his hand? he will think this is a major win. his| think this is a major win. his tsar said this is all part of venezuela as they are working together to ensure that in his
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words, edmundo gonz lez abandons and received the asylum granted by spain. he is seeing this as a positive thing that leads two are working together to get rid of the opposition leader. despite international pressure growing international pressure growing in neighbouring countries, colombia, brazil, argentina as well as the us and other nations, nicholas maduro well as the us and other nations, nicholas maduro standing firm in his positions standing firm in his positions and he wonders election, denied and he wonders election, denied any allegations of fraud. any allegations of fraud. however he will continue under however he will continue under increasing pressure to publish increasing pressure to publish these voting calories, which these voting calories, which have been long awaited. they have been long awaited. they are in law needed to be are in law needed to be published right after the election but we're still published right after the election but we're still waiting for that. that is a key however waiting for that. that is a key thing, this lack of thing, this lack of transparency which many international communities are transparency which many international communities are calling for. calling for. international communities are calling for-— international communities are calling for-— international communities are calling for. what should we be looking out — calling for. what should we be international communities are calling for. what should we be looking out — calling for. what should we be looking out for _ calling for. what should we be looking out for next _ calling for. what should we be looking out for next that - calling for. what should we be looking out for _ calling for. what should we be looking out for next _ calling for. what should we be looking out for next that - calling for. what should we be looking out for next that will l looking out for next that will tell it which way venezuela is looking out for next that will l looking out for next that will tell it which way venezuela is headed? iiii headed? iiii tell it which way venezuela is headed? , ., , ., tell it which way venezuela is headed? , ., , ., headed? if you listen to the opposition _ headed? if you listen to the opposition they _ headed? if you listen to the opposition they are - headed? if you listen to the opposition they are saying l headed? if you listen to the opposition _ headed? if you listen to the opposition they _ headed? if you listen to the opposition they are - headed? if you listen to the opposition they are saying l headed? if you listen to the i opposition they are saying they will continue fighting. this is headed? if you listen to the i opposition they are saying they will continue fighting. this is
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a rocky moment for them, a rocky moment for them, however even having an election in venezuela is march is a huge success. being seen as a leader of this, saying it's a miracle that they managed to get to the polls this time around. yes, there's a lot of work to be done, yes, they are nowhere near the presidential palace right now but it's been taken seriously not only by people in
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the incident happened at the king hussein—allenby bridge crossing. the victims were three civilian security guards. jordan has launched an investigation into the shootings. jordan and israel signed a peace treaty in 1994 and have close security and economic ties. but diplomatic relations have been strained. from jerusalem, our correspondent mike thomson reports. the day started with a deluge of 50 rockets fired into northern israel by lebanon's hezbollah. then, maherjazi, a 39—year—old jordanian truck driver, is said to have left his lorry at the allenby bridge border crossing before opening fire on civilian border staff, killing three before being shot himself. israel's prime minister had this to say. translation: in recent days, loathsome terrorists have - murdered six of our hostages in cold blood and three israeli police officers. the killers do not distinguish between us,
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they want to murder us all. the gunman's motives are unclear, though israel's actions in gaza are widely criticised in jordan, which is home to many palestinian refugees. mr netanyahu also called for unity, but that's something that is going to be hard to achieve in this deeply divided country. although many agree with his repeated insistence that defeating hamas is the best way to get the hostages back from gaza, these people aren't among them. late on saturday, an estimated three quarters of a million protesters poured onto the streets of israel, demanding that their government agrees a ceasefire and hostage release deal. but with no such agreement yet in sight, the unrest here looks likely to continue. mike thomson, bbc news, jerusalem. typhoon yagi has left a trail of destruction
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across northern vietnam, after killing more than a dozen people and injuring hundreds more. the storm killed 21 people and injured 229 in vietnam which left many fishermen missing at sea. among the victims was a family of four killed after heavy rain caused a hillside to collapse onto a house in the mountainous hoa binh province. although the typhoon has now been downgraded to a tropical depression, it previously caused extensive damage across southern china and the philippines killing two dozen people. damage across southern china and the philippines killing two dozen people. pope francis has been pope francis has been visiting a remote area visiting a remote area of papua new guinea, of papua new guinea, where he called for an end where he called for an end to division, to division, superstition and magic. superstition and magic. on a visit to the town on a visit to the town of vanimo, the pope of vanimo, the pope donned a traditional bird of the asia—pacific. donned a traditional bird of paradise headdress. of paradise headdress. about a quarter of papua about a quarter of papua new guinea's residents new guinea's residents are catholic, but pockets are catholic, but pockets of the country face of the country face the challenge of tribal the challenge of tribal violence and deep—rooted beliefs around the violence and deep—rooted beliefs around the existence of witchcraft. existence of witchcraft. later on monday, the pope will later on monday, the pope will travel to papua new guinea, travel to papua new guinea, for the next stop on his tour for the next stop on his tour of the asia—pacific.
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great ormond street children's hospital in london, says is urgently reviewing the cases of more than 700 patients, after allegations concerning the possible negligence of a former doctor. yaserjabaar worked as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the specialist centre, from 2017 to 2022. the hospital says its taking the matter incredibly seriously.
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in 2022 the trust called on the royal college of surgeons to review its paediatric orthopaedic service and in the college's report to the trust, according to the sunday times which has seen it, a case involving leg straightening and leg lengthening was said to be unsuitable. the lawyer for some of the families involved have said there are cases of muscle and nerve damage and in one case the amputation of a lower limb. the response from great ormond street is that they take very seriously the need to listen to patients and hear what has happened. they say they've been in contact with the patients and their families. the review will carry on for 18 months but the trust says they are extending their sincere apologies. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.
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sir keir starmer, says he's prepared for the uk government to be unpopular, if that's the price to be paid, for an improved economy. in his first major televison interview since becoming prime minister, he's been defending cutting winter fuel payments for most pensioners in england and wales, a move mps will be voting on this week. here's hannah miller. we're going to have to take the tough decisions and take them early. things will get worse before they get better. so we've had to take tough decisions to stabilise the economy... it's already a familiar refrain — keir starmer saying he's going to make choices that seem uncomfortable in order to change the country. top of the list of difficult decisions, targeting the winter fuel payment at only the poorest pensioners. that is not easy, and no prime minister wants to take a decision like this, but the winter fuel payments are now to be targeted, they were untargeted before,
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and i think everybody thought that wasn't a particularly good system. this year, around 10 million pensioners in england and wales will no longer receive the allowance of up to £300, which the treasury suggests will save around 1.4 billion. but at their conference in brighton, some union leaders are calling for the government to change course. to do this on the winter fuel allowance is a totally wrong choice. you should not be picking the pockets of pensioners at all, you should be leaving the winter fuel allowance exactly where it is and focus looking for the money where there are much, where there are much, much more wealthier people. much more wealthier people. meanwhile, keir starmer meanwhile, keir starmer delivered another gloomy delivered another gloomy message, this time on the state message, this time on the state of the nhs, with a report of the nhs, with a report claiming it is broken due to be claiming it is broken due to be published on thursday. diagnosis as the platform published on thursday. my conclusion is the only way my conclusion is the only way out of this now is reform. out of this now is reform. i think only a labour i think only a labour government can reform the nhs, government can reform the nhs,
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and therefore we will use this and therefore we will use this diagnosis as the platform for the reform that we now need to carry out in relation to the nhs. after the riots that dominated his first few weeks as prime minister, keir starmer admitted being worried about the rise of the far right, but he found positives in the response. i don't think we're a racist country. i think we're a country of decent people, tolerant people. the real britain was the people who came the day after. in southport, it was incredible, people came out with their trowels, with their brooms, they cleaned up, they rebuilt. they're the real face of britain.
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and was widely expected to win. his main rival, abdel—aali hassani, gained three per cent of the votes. his campaign teams says it had reported of election irregularities. and the socialist candidate, youcef aouchiche, won two per cent of the votes cast. algeria's election authority announced voter turnout was just 48 percent. to us politics now, where on tuesday the second presidential tv debate will take place in philadelphia. it's a very different scenario to the first one with nojoe biden, after he decided not to seek a second term. instead donald trump will face vice president kamala harris — who has overseen a re—energised campaign since becomimg the party's nominee at last month's democrtic convention. the debate will be seen as a further test of donald trump s temperament ? as it isn't clear whether he will change his approach — which has traditionally been aggressive and heavy on personal attacks. professor, ben warner, is from the department of communication at the university of missouri. he told me what strategy
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kamala harris may adopt for the debate. she will definitely need to present to the voters what she stands for. continue presenting her biography and at the same time delivering her contrast message to president trump. she definitely has the mode two the voters she needs to accomplish. the voters consistently say they want to hear more about her and learn what she stands for. �* ., ., , for. and for former president trum - , for. and for former president trump. he — for. and for former president trump. he is _ for. and for former president trump, he is often _ trump, he is often unpredictable. what do you think we can expect? i unpredictable. what do you think we can expect? i think we can exoect _ think we can expect? i think we can exoect a — think we can expect? i think we can expect a lot _ think we can expect? i think we can expect a lot of— think we can expect? i think we can expect a lot of the - think we can expect? i think we can expect a lot of the same. . think we can expect? i think we can expect a lot of the same. i | can expect a lot of the same. i think the big question will be in thejune debate againstjoe biden he was very disciplined, he stayed on message. i'm sure his advisers were thrilled with the performance. he's had trouble maintaining that discipline in the last few weeks. really since joe discipline in the last few weeks. really sincejoe biden
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stepped aside. it will be interesting to see if he is the discipline debater that we saw injune or if he is more of the aggressivejumping from injune or if he is more of the aggressive jumping from topic to topic it really staying on personal attacks candidate that we saw in the first debate in 2020. ., ., , , ., , 2020. follows the previous debate between _ 2020. follows the previous debate between trump - 2020. follows the previous debate between trump and 2020. follows the previous - debate between trump and biden, microphones will be switched off when the candidates are not speaking who do you think that will favour more? i speaking who do you think that will favour more?— will favour more? i think that the trump — will favour more? i think that the trump advisers _ will favour more? i think that the trump advisers are - will favour more? i think that i the trump advisers are probably thrilled with that because it helps create a disciplined environment for him and prevents him from talking over his opponent, which is probably an optic situation that they would like to avoid. at the same time, i think he's been effective in interrupting in the past, its effective in interrupting in the past, it'sjust getting his opponents off of their game, disrupted, uncomfortable. i
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think that the viewers of the debate i can benefit the most because they will get what they need, which is to be able to hear from each candidate. need, which is to be able to hearfrom each candidate. if there was one candidate who probably wanted the mics turned on more than the other it was probably the harris side. in the previous debates we've seen the previous debates we've seen the moderators carrying them out and don't fact take their candidates, they leave it to fact check each other. that can be a bit challenging for the viewers for that is that something you think they could do better with?— do better with? digital question- _ do better with? digital question. the - do better with? digital question. the idea - do better with? digital. question. the idea of the debate is that it's the candidates on their own terms. and if one candidate says something that the other candidate disagrees with, it's the other candidates job to take them to task for it. but at the same time, as a viewer you want neutral referees to step in and say well, this person says that's a lie and the other says no, it's true. which is it, can you tell us? is always a difficult balance to the moderators to strike. i
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do tend to air on the side of it is a debate, let them compete against each other. and only step in if absolutely necessary. i can see why some people would rather that the moderators had to heavier hand. briefly, what will you be looking out for in this debate? i will really be looking to see if harris is able to deliver a strong message about herself and also make a strong contrast for that i'll be very curious to see if trump is disciplined like he was injune or if he is more scattered like he was in the first debate in 2020. oi, the first debate in 2020. a reminder you'll be able to watch rolling coverage of the abc news presidential debate here on bbc news on tuesday that special coverage. from 8pm east coast time and 1am on wednesday morning if you are watching in the uk.
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the oscar winning actress kate winslet has told the bbc that women should celebrate "being a real body shape" after being told on a recent film set to sit up straighter to hide her belly rolls. speaking about her upcoming film lee, on sunday with laura kuenssberg, winslet said it was herjob to be like her character — the fashion model turned acclaimed world war two photographer elizabeth �*lee' miller. we are so used to perhaps not necessarily seeing that and enjoying it. the instinct, weirdly, is to see it and criticise it or comment on it in some way. and people were saying, "god, how wonderful, she's saying that she doesn't care about her body." i was talking about the character, it's the character that i'm playing! of course i don't care. but it was through the conversation about playing lee. and i think my point is that as women, you know, we so need to be having that conversation and just celebrating being a real shape and being soft and maybe having a few extra rolls on me. laura, life is too short, do you know? i don't want to look
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back and go, why did worry about that thing? so guess what, i don't worry any more. i don't care, i'm just going to live my life, i'm going to enjoy it, i'm going to get on with it. you've got one go around, make the most of it. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. bangladesh's interim leader, muhammad yunus, has called for the rapid resettlement of rohingya muslims in a third country. some eight thousand more rohingya have arrived bangladesh in recent months as fighting intensifies in neighbouring myanmar between the militaryjunta and ethnic militia. the new arrivals add to the more than a—million rohingya already living in overcrowded camps in bangladesh. most fled myanmar in 2017 to escape persecution by the military. a pastorfrom the philippines, wanted in the united states on child sex trafficking charges has been arrested following a police manhunt involving two thousand officers. apollo quiboloy, an influential televangelist, had been found inside his compound in davao city. the usjustice department charged him three years ago with the sex trafficking of girls and women. he also faces similar charges in the philippines.
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at least 11 people have died in southern morocco after exceptionally heavy rainfall. 1a others are missing in tata province. several houses have been washed away and roads damaged by flash floods. the country's weather service said the region had been suffering from drought for six years. in neighbouring algeria the authorities have sent 114 emergency services personnel — including divers and rugged terrain specialists — to the western saharan province of bechar. the paralympics have drawn to a close with a lavish closing ceremony in paris. china topped the medal table with great britain second. nicky schiller has more. so the paris paralympics are over. 11 days of competition ended with a spectacular closing ceremony in the stade de france, celebrating the over 4000 athletes who took part in 22 different sports. although some of them having to wear ponchos thanks to the french weather, there was also a celebration
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of parisian nightlife with 24 different artists from the electronic music scene performing. but in the end the night was really for the athletes. amongst the medals on the final day of competition, the netherlands beat the united states to retain their title in the women's wheelchair basketball. folashade oluwafunmilayo of nigeria won gold in the women's over 86kg powerlifting with a world record, and the final gold medal went to iran. ahmad ahmadzadeh took gold in the men's over 107kg powerlifting. and this is how the final medal table ended. china streaked ahead of anyone else on 220 medals — of those, 94 were gold. great britain was second with 49 golds and the united states came in third. now the host, france, they came eighth, their best
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performance in 20 years. and the french sports minister not only hailed the sporting achievement, but also highlighted the impact the games had had on french society. la qualit de l�*exp rience dans les transports en commun the. the impact the games had had on french society. translation: quality of the experience in i public transport, etc. means that now when people with disabilities get into a taxi or a restaurant, the perception and the welcome of each person will no longer be the same. so that's the paralympic revolution we're talking about. it's a social revolution. as we say, great britain came second in the medals table, and king charles posted this message on social media congratulating the paralympic athletes of great britain, northern ireland and indeed the commonwealth. he said... great britain's charlotte henshaw was amongst those to win gold on the final day in the para canoeing. i mean, it means everything. it's what i dreamed about when i was a kid, and i got to wear somebody�*s gold medal when i was ten years old, and i thought i'd like to win one of those one day. and, you know, obviously achieved that dream in tokyo. but to win the double
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here is just beyond what i could have imagined. it's what i hoped for in those like, dark mornings in the winter. but to have it come to fruition is is very special, and i'm just very grateful to everybody that's helped me get to this point. the paralympics flag has now been handed over to los angeles, who will host the next summer games in 2028. before we go, the paralympics and the equality that many athletes have been enjoying as well and countries like canada have now given equal pay to paralympic champions just like olympians. we will have more on that in business today coming up that in business today coming up in a few moments time. i will see you then. low pressure and early warmth in september have brought flooding rains to some this weekend. a month's worth of rain fell in parts of the west midlands on the slow moving weather front on sunday, which is only
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slowly easing its way eastwards through the remainder of the night. so the heaviest rain does ease. the thunderstorms ease away as well, but there'll be misty low cloud and hill fog with this weather system in the east. further west the skies start to clear and it will be chillier for scotland and northern ireland in particular. and in fact in these areas it was chillier on sunday as well. still warm and muggy in the south and still with a lot of murky weather, first thing on monday, quite grey, quite damp on that weather front initially, but compared with sunday for wales, for north west england, for the south—west of england, it's much drier picture eastern scotland as well. but the rain does roll back in to the west of scotland, northern ireland later and this cloud, murky low cloud, could just hang on in east anglia and the south east for much of the day, where we see the sunshine 17 or 18, but that's considerably down. and as we saw on sunday, temperatures are lower anyway in the north now and then that rain rushes eastwards as we go through monday night. on a developing area of low pressure actually got a sting in its tail.
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a sting in its tail i think by the time we get to tuesday. a fresher night in the south, despite quite a bit of cloud and quite a bit of breeze as well, we'lljust notice it won't feel as close. but this weather system will slowly meander its way southwards. and then behind it, we open the doors to this northwesterly air flow. hence, it will feel chilly midweek and the northwesterly wind is a chilly direction at any time of year. so we will notice that particularly tuesday and wednesday when the winds are strongest, lots of showers around, strong winds as well. notjust by day, but by night, by the end of the night, the end of the week rather, we could have a touch of grass frost in the north, but that's the end of the week. however, from midweek onwards, the showers coming in thick and fast as scotland could be a little bit wintry over the top of the munros, this rainjust dragging its heels in the south. but a windier day for all of us. gales possibly in the north and the east. and it's here where the rain hangs around, and it could give some significant rainfall across the likes of orkney and shetland as well, through tuesday and into wednesday. so although we'll see 12 to 18, i think those, temperatures
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tempered by the strength of the wind particularly so on wednesday, does look as if southern areas may see a ridge of high pressure building towards the end of the week, but we will firm up on the details as the time goes on. more online.
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as the olympic straw to a close we'll see what rewards athletes will receive. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. let's begin in the united states, where stock markets have fallen on concerns about what lies ahead for the economy. the benchmark s&p 500 fell by 1—point—7 percent, while the nasdaq lost more than 2—point—5 percent on friday. this came after a jobs report suggested the labour market was weakening, paving the way for an interest rate cut by the federal reserve next week. here in asia, investors are watching japan, which will release its final gdp readings for the months of april to june. for more on all of this, let's speak to naomi fink from nikko asset management. your reaction to the latest us jobs data? there hoping it would rebound injuly— there hoping it would rebound injuly and we did not get that and that— injuly and we did not get that and that is a source of disappointment and that said,
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