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with just four days to go before the presidential election, frantic campaigning is under way. we're in arizona beside the giant border wall separating the us and mexico. battling illegal immigration is one of the top issues on the minds of voters. which of the two candidates has the best policies? and heading from portugal to manchester — sporting's 39—year—old ruben amorim is man united's new head coach. and coming up on bbc news, the pressure is on championship leader max verstappen as the red bull driver is handed a five—place grid penalty ahead of this weekend's brazilian grand prix.
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in spain has risen again — at least 205 lost their lives on tuesday but the authorities say dozens of people are still mssing. dozens of people are still missing. it is already spain's worst flood—related disaster in modern history and the deadliest to hit europe since the 1970s. thousands of volunteers have joined the military and emergency services to help with the rescue and clean—up operation. more heavy rain is expected in the next few days. mark lowen is in valencia. sophie, the scale of this disaster is increasing by the day with the number of dead rising rapidly and many are still missing. rescuers are picking their way through cars in the hope of finding more bodies. they set up a temporary mortuary in a city convention centre. while around valencia, it is a scene of
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devastation. with tragedy comes an army of solidarity, community is stunned by what is becoming spain's worst natural disaster in its modern history. how do you even begin to clean up when the calamity keeps deepening? every day the dead are rising by the dozen, and for volunteers it's overwhelming. people i know here — volunteers it's overwhelming. people i know here have _ volunteers it's overwhelming. people i know here have gone _ volunteers it's overwhelming. people i know here have gone through - volunteers it's overwhelming. people i know here have gone through a - i know here have gone through a terrible agony... sorry. passed away. i'm angry because our local government didn't do anything about it knowing... they well knew this was coming and did nothing about it. when the floods came, they swept up and tossed around what lay in their path. cars, homes, lives appended. a
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years worth of rainfall in eight hours. juan perez inspects what is left of his home. translation: �* , , translation: all my life, my memories- — translation: all my life, my memories. my _ translation: all my life, my memories. my parents - translation: all my life, my memories. my parents lived . translation: all my life, my i memories. my parents lived their translation: all my life, my - memories. my parents lived their and now overnight. it's all gone in five minutes. ., ., , ., ., , minutes. the fear now is that many more bodies _ minutes. the fear now is that many more bodies will _ minutes. the fear now is that many more bodies will be _ minutes. the fear now is that many more bodies will be found - more bodies will be found underground as rescuers begin to reach inaccessible areas and flush out the water. the horrors are slowly retrieved, those trapped in car parks and garages as the floodwaters rose around them. on the outskirts of valencia, firefighters are stretched to their limits, locals pitching in in a desperate attempt to clear what they can. this was just one of the rivers that burst its banks with the torrents of water and mud macro and golfing everything in its wake. this is a
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scene that is repeated right across this region. what is also repeated is the growing sense of abandonment, the feeling we are hearing from many people here that in the absence of the authorities they are having to depend on one another. we found a shop owned by a woman who has had it for a0 years. it was lost in an instant. translation: ., ., , ., instant. translation: ., .,, ., u, translation: the water rose and came u . translation: the water rose and came u- to m translation: the water rose and came up to my neck- — translation: the water rose and came up to my neck- i— translation: the water rose and came up to my neck- i had _ translation: the water rose and came up to my neck. i had the _ translation: the water rose and came up to my neck. i had the feeling - translation: the water rose and came up to my neck. i had the feeling my - up to my neck. i had the feeling my life was ending. at least i'm alive but i have lost everything. my business, my home. and the government isn't doing anything, only the young people around are helping. only the young people around are helinu. �* , ,, ., helping. amidst the sadness, anger is risin: helping. amidst the sadness, anger is rising too — helping. amidst the sadness, anger is rising too at _ helping. amidst the sadness, anger is rising too at local _ helping. amidst the sadness, anger is rising too at local authorities - is rising too at local authorities that only sounded the alarm when the flooded —— flooding had already started, messages sent to people who had no chance of escape. there will be big questions to answer here, but first the clean—up, the morning, the start of coming to terms with catastrophe.
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many of the people who died were in the suburb of paiporta just five miles from the centre of valencia. you can see from this satellite image how badly the area was hit. this image was taken two weeks ago. and this is what those streets, fields and roads looked like yesterday — now completely covered in a thick layer of mud. the bridge in the middle of that image has been destroyed by the floods. people living there complained that they had no warning of what was coming their way. this was a street in paiporta at 7:17 on tuesday evening. by 7:33, traffic is building up in the street. just five minutes later as cars are backing up, the water is visibile in the distance. and now look what happens just two minutes later at 7:a0 — the whole street is under water, cars are stuck in a trafficjam, people have no idea what is happening or what they should do. at 7:50, we've frozen this image so you can see there the force of the water as cars start
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being swept off the road. it wasn't until 8pm that residents got the first emergency alert on their phones telling them not to leave home, but by then those streets were already deluged. let's return to mark lowen in the city of valencia. you can sense the anger about the warning that wasn't coming their way. warning that wasn't coming their wa . ~ , , ., y warning that wasn't coming their wa . ~ , , ., , warning that wasn't coming their way. absolutely. last friday, the weather service _ way. absolutely. last friday, the weather service in _ way. absolutely. last friday, the weather service in spain was - way. absolutely. last friday, the . weather service in spain was already forecasting the storms that would happen on tuesday. by tuesday morning they had issued their maximum red alert but it is the regional authorities' job to alert people by phone message. that only came at apm on tuesday night by which time buildings were already inundated. on tuesday lunchtime, the regional president was giving a press conference saying the intensity of the goal was —— stone was due to decrease by tuesday night. he insists every protocol was
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followed. scientists say this weather event was probably exacerbated by climate change and yet there will be big questions going forward as to why valencia and why spain was so ill—prepared. mark why spain was so ill-prepared. mark lowen in spain. _ why spain was so ill-prepared. mark lowen in spain, thank— why spain was so ill—prepared. mark lowen in spain, thank you. the teenage boy who stalked and killed his 15—year—old former girlfriend holly newton has been jailed for at least 17 years. logan macphail was 16 when he followed holly for an hour before stabbing her to death in an alleyway in hexham in northumberland last year. the judge said the great diginity and forbearance shown by holly's family in court had honoured her memory. alison freeman's report contains distressing details. these are the moments holly newton was last seen alive. the 15—year—old had repeatedly told logan macphail, seen here walking into an alleyway, that their relationship was over. holly, who was 15, hesitates but eventually her killer lures her in
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too. he then launched an attack on her that was so brutal and sustained that the knife he was using broke. the boy who heard holly's screams and tried to save her was also stabbed. today the 17—year—old was jailed for life and told he must serve a minimum of 17 years for her murder. ., , . , serve a minimum of 17 years for her murder. ., , ., , ., . serve a minimum of 17 years for her murder. ., , .,, ., . ~ ., murder. holly was a child. although ou are murder. holly was a child. although you are not — murder. holly was a child. although you are not an _ murder. holly was a child. although you are not an adult, _ murder. holly was a child. although you are not an adult, she _ murder. holly was a child. although you are not an adult, she was - murder. holly was a child. although you are not an adult, she was no . you are not an adult, she was no match for you and with a knife. she had severe injuries as she sought to defend herself from the knife. she must have realised before she died, i'm afraid, that she was fighting for her life. i'm afraid, that she was fighting for her life-— i'm afraid, that she was fighting for her life. ., ., . for her life. throughout the trial, macphail claimed _ for her life. throughout the trial, macphail claimed he _ for her life. throughout the trial, macphail claimed he couldn't - macphail claimed he couldn't remember attacking holly and that he had been carrying a knife for more than a week because he planned to hurt himself and not her, something he told police officers at the scene.
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but thejudge said but the judge said he had but thejudge said he had repeatedly lied. cctv released today showed he had been stalking her. the night before he killed her, he took bus to her hometown in northumberland where her hometown in northumberland where he waited for hours in the freezing cold. the next day he left school early, took a bus more than 20 miles to hexham while he covered face while he followed holly. cameras picked him up in a supermarket car park. in court he said he had learned about stalking people while attending army cadets. he hot —— followed holly for a5 minutes before the attack took place. macphail was jailed for 17 years for holly's murder but thejudge jailed for 17 years for holly's murder but the judge said no sentence could undo what he had done to his former girlfriend. alison freeman, bbc news, newcastle crown court. gps, care homes and hospices have
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all expressed concerns that they'll have to pay the higher employer national insurance contributions announced in the budget. gps are calling on the government to give assurances that practices will be exempt amid warnings that some surgeries will have to make staff redundant. gp practices up and down the country are going to have to find tens of thousands of pounds. and inevitably, that is going to mean a cut in services, longer appointment waits, and actually, for some practices, there is going to have to be a cut to staff and certain practices will actually go under, they'll hand their contract back. our political correspondent hannah miller is in westminster. hannah, what's the government saying about this? the government is not disputing that gps will have to pay the extra national insurance contributions, that's the way it has worked before and it is not about to change but they are suggesting that when it comes to negotiating the contract with gps later this year, the extra
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cost will be something that is taken into consideration. the department of health got a significant uplift in the budget to do a number of things including aimed at bringing down waiting times. the chancellor when she was asked about this earlier today suggested that the money will have to come out of that. we had to make a difficult set of decisions at the budget on wednesday to secure our public finances and also to put our public services on a firm footing. we announced {22.6 billion worth of additional funding for our nhs over two years. social care is a slightly more complicated picture, an extra £600 million was allocated for that in the budget but care home providers say that goes nowhere near covering the extra costs that they are facing. charities too have expressed concerns, help for heroes,
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samaritans, crisis among those signing a joint letter to the government that suggests unless there is a way of reimbursing them for the extra costs they may have to limit the number of staff or cut down on the services that they provide. the chancellor was asked specifically about charities this morning and didn't give a direct response. morning and didn't give a direct resonse. ., ., morning and didn't give a direct resonse. ., . . ~ morning and didn't give a direct resonse. ., ., . ~ ,, a bbc investigation has found that the metropolitan police received allegations of sexual assault about mohamed al fayed a decade earlier than it has recently stated. samantha ramsay was 17 when she reported being sexually assaulted in 1995. al fayed was never charged with sexual offences against anyone. scotland yard says it acknowledges that trust is affected by its past approach and is determined to do better. here's our investigations correspondent, daniel de simone. everybody that met her loved her. she is missed. it's a big hole in our lives. samantha ramsay moved
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to london in 1995 aged 17. her dream was to work in harrods. her family say what happened there changed her life. after being sexually assaulted by mohamed al fayed in his office she told a harrods supervisor. within a few minutes, the supervisor came back with mohamed al fayed and they both berated her. it was ended with, "you will not tell anyone about this because we know where you live, we know your family." she was fired and went to a met police station to report being sexually assaulted. i know she was told that, "0k, we will take this, we will write this down and we will add it to a pile of other female names that we have got that have made the same complaint against mohamed al fayed." nothing will be done, it's your word against his. the met has said its first report of sexual abuse by al fayed was in 2005 but sam's report was a decade before, meaning the met actually knew
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about him much earlier. i believe that a lot of people, women, could have been saved if the met police had listened to her. the met says there is no history of sam's case on its computer systems, but that paper—based reports from the 1990s might not have been digitised. the met says it has found reports from 21 women who accused al fayed while he was alive. he was never charged. 60 further women have come forward in the past few weeks. the handling of al fayed is not a matter of distant history, it also sheds light on how police deal with violence against women and girls today. sam died in 2007 in a car crash. she was never right after what happened in london. it really changed her outlook on life and we had 12 years of erratic behaviour after that, a suicide attempt.
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she never really found her place in life. daniel de simone, bbc news, hampshire. so many children have been killed and injured in gaza in the past year, caught up in a war they did not start. last week a bbc producer saw a photograph of a group of palestinian men who'd been detained by israeli forces in northern gaza. in amongst them was one very young girl. our special correspondent fergal keane decided to try to find out what happened to her. israel does not allow the bbc and other international media to enter gaza and report independently but with the help of localjournalists in gaza, our special correspondent fergal keane set about finding out what happened. they were ordered to leave, the men made to strip to be searched, some of them elderly, as the israeli army was hunting for weapons and anyone linked to hamas. but look to the left in the crowd,
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a small child facing away from the scene. who was she? what became of her? julia abu warda, three and a half years old. these photos were taken before the encounter at the israeli checkpoint, before the order to go. our colleague found julia in gaza city one week after the photograph was taken but with the family's memories still vivid. translation: there were soldiers on the tanks - and soldiers on the ground. they approached the people and started firing above their heads. people were pushing against each other during the shooting. they were escaping the hell of jabalia.
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a landscape in which human survival is becoming impossible. translation: we saw destruction l and bodies scattered on the ground. they were pointing their guns at us and ordering us to stay seated. it was very bad. in gaza it is not so much that children grow old before their time, it is that time stands still. they are trapped, each day like the one before, the trauma accumulating. julia's seven—year—old cousin was killed by an israeli drone strike in the street where he played. translation: it used to be normal, she would run and play, _ but now whenever there is shelling she points and says plane. she looks up and points out the drone flying over us.
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it is hard to calljulia lucky in a place like this. but she is fortunate, and the family that hold her close. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. our top story this evening... more than 200 people have died and dozens of others are still missing after spain's worst flood—related disaster in decades. and we look at manchester united's appointment of a new head coach, described by the club as one of the most exciting young coaches coming up on bbc news, england's ellis genge says there will be a respectful response to new zealand's haka before the match at twickenham tomorrow. it's afterjoe marler�*s controversial call for it to be scrapped. he's since apologised.
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until the us elections. let's join clive who's on the us border with mexico. hi, sophie. we re high above the frontier city of nogales in southern arizona and this is as far as you can go, before reaching mexico. behind you might be able to make out the border wall snaking down into the valley, but if we move a little further this way you get a sense of the scale of the barrier, with that digger in front of it. the cameraman and phil follow me around to hear. this is fancy pants. part of this wall is a bit of rock that separates
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the two countries, a bit of barbed wire, and as a result of illegal immigration from mexico into america is one of the big issues of this election campaign. more on that in a moment. kamala harris and donald trump have been campaigning in nevada and here in arizona. later they'll both be in wisconsin, all of them, key swing states and sarah smith is in kenosha in wisconsin for us now. sarah. yes, and very shortly both candidates will be holding competing rallies here in wisconsin because it is one of those all—important states. as we get so close to the election the campaign is getting ever more incendiary. in the latest, donald trump has been accused of being vindictive and a wannabe tyrant because he suggested one of his political opponents should face
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guns trained on herface. that is just the latest in a campaign that has been dominated by anger and fear. as election day approaches, donald trump is ratcheting up his violent rhetoric. he has been threatening opponents throughout this campaign. now he is taking aim at one of his biggest critics, former republican congresswoman liz cheney. she is a radical war hawk. let's put her with the rifles, standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, 0k. let's see how she feels about it. you know, when the guns are trained on herface. he has been warning people he calls the enemy within that retribution may follow if he is re—elected. the enemy from within in my opinion is more dangerous than china, russia and all these countries. this campaign has been characterised by fear. they have allowed this country to be poisoned. donald trump is increasingly unstable. we are a dumping ground, we are like a garbage can. and now in more than 20 states we have trump abortion bans.
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now, halloween is supposed to be scary, as well as fun. this county in wisconsin takes trick or treating seriously and elections as well, voting for the presidential winner in every recent contest. this year, voters feel like they are being presented with a frightening choice. we are looking at a democracy that it will no longer be that way. is he going to give up his power? he said just vote for me, just this once and you'll never have to vote again. what does that mean? really, we are not voting again? i don't know, it's terrifying. can you envisage how you would feel if you woke up and discovered that donald trump had won the election? oh, my god! i would be throwing up. republicans are scared as well. heather is going to vote for donald trump for the third time. she is worried about the economy if he loses and also about the fear tactics that both candidates have employed. i feel like they are making us live in fear.
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you know, no matter how you spin it, you know, some of us are working two to three jobs and not getting a lot of family time because we have to put food on the table and so i do believe that they are making us live in fearjust to get our vote. the apocalyptic warnings coming from both candidates about what could happen to america are making voters feel as though this election is an existential event that could have disastrous consequences if their side doesn't win. fear and loathing may be the way to win an election, but it will not help unite a country that is divided like never before. sarah smith, bbc news, sturgeon bay, wisconsin. sarah smith in one of those key battleground states. one of the others is arizona, where we are an illegal migration from mexico just over there is one of the key issues on the minds of voters and frankly
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for many reflects america's decline, as i have been finding out. on america's southern border, the cowboys have their work cut out. steven clark morales not only has to corral cattle, but he must be ever watchful on his family's 11,000—acre arizona ranch. he's always armed, just in case. one night, he was cornered by a group of men. told them to back up. they kept coming and asking for water and water, and i told him, "0k, just back up, back up." and at that moment, they kind of like hunched forward and came at me, and i backed into the car and grabbed the gun and just loaded it. and once i loaded it, they heard that and the guy kind of backed up, and from there ijust... they disbanded.
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this man couldn't walk away. steven discovered him on his land. he looked kind of banged up on the leg and on his face. he was injured, was he? yeah. he was injured on his foot. he'd escaped a gang beating in mexico and crossed the border, having run for his life. he said that they caught him and that they smashed his leg with the bat, and that they ran over his head. so many illegal migrants reaching america are escaping the drug cartels in their own lands. they're poisoning the blood of our country. that's what they've done. they've poisoned mental institutions and prisons all over the world. notjust in south america, not just the three or four countries that we think about, but all over the world they're coming into our country. migrant numbers did rise sharply underjoe biden, and donald trump knows disquiet over a broken borderfeeds a general sense that america is broken, too, and only he can fix it.
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she took on drug cartels and jailed gang members... kamala harris has now woken up to the deep—seated fears in the hearts of americans, and is getting tough on migration too. and as president, she will hire thousands more border agents and crack down on fentanyl and human trafficking... but is it too late for her campaign? and what's the best way for a candidate to show they get it? build a big wall. all of a sudden, in this part of arizona, the border wall, well, it just suddenly stops. donald trump says, "give me another four years. i'm going to keep it going that way." kamala harris has also signed on to building sections of wall. the big question — will that really solve america's migrant crisis? meanwhile, back on steven's ranch, he knows how to impress his 70—year—old mum. this is a mother's day gift. it's a pump action? yes, it is.
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oh, my lord! and that was a mother's day gift, did you say? yes, a mother's day gift. necessary, says susy, because no politician has truly bothered to deal with illegal migration. it's painful to see what goes on out there. it's painful when people come here hurt, beaten. one guy was stabbed half naked. women that are raped. it's traumatising to witness it, and it's disgusting to see it keep going on and on and on. until the countries of origin are able to support their people and feed them and give them opportunities, that wall isn't going to make any difference. they'll still keep coming. it's a soul—crushing place to be to watch this immigration problem over and over,
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year after year. i should say that susie last time i should say that susie last time round voted for donald trump. round voted for donald trump. in this election she s in this election she s thinking of not voting thinking of not voting for either of the candidates. for either of the candidates. an average of the polls suggests an average of the polls suggests kamala harris is only ahead by one kamala harris is only ahead by one point so this race is incredibly point so this race is incredibly tight. more from us here in arizona tight. more from us here in arizona at ten, know back to you, sophie. at ten, know back to you, sophie. manchester united have manchester united have appointed a new manager. appointed a new manager. and excitement back to this club on monday it was the end of erik ten on monday it was the end of erik ten hag, but by the end of the week a hag, but by the end of the week a new man for manchester united. new man for manchester united. calling him one of the most exciting calling him one of the most exciting and highly rated young coaches in and highly rated young coaches in european football, the premier european football, the premier league club said they were delighted league club said they were delighted to announce the appointment of ruben to announce the appointment of ruben amorim as head coach of the men's amorim as head coach first team. he willjoin untiljune 2027 with the option of a further year. 2027 with the option of a further ear. , ., , ., ., ,
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year. he will bring a bit of hope and excitement _ year. he will bring a bit of hope and excitement back _ year. he will bring a bit of hope and excitement back to - year. he will bring a bit of hope and excitement back to this - year. he will bring a bit of hope |
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to announce the appointment of ruben about the devil is in the detail. we have a high—pressure dominating and that is keeping it quiet and it is keeping it cloudy and on the mild side. there was some sunshine to the east of the pennines and it makes a huge difference to how the weather feels. those breaks we have had feels. huge difference to how the weather feels. those breaks we have had in this part of the country are filling in with cloud again and we could see drizzle in eastern england and into scotland, the cloud lowering on to the hills. it will turn misty and murky. but it will be mild, temperatures will not drop a great deal. if anything in the north—east of scotland it will rise later on in the night as the cloud builds. tomorrow, we have got a little drizzle and that will move away and the cloud may lift a little. we could get some late sunshine in the south—east of england and in the north—east of scotland. it will be milder than today. we have still got
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