eleanor garnier, bbc news.ght people are thought to have been killed in a stampede that broke out after a football match in the senegalese capital, dakar. fans of two local teams clashed after a game at the demba diop stadium. police responded by using tear gas, leading to panic. a wall collapsed as a large number of people attempted to leave the stadium. dozens of people are reported to have been injured. thousands of people have marched through the streets of hong kong following the burial at sea of the chinese nobel peace prize winner, liu xiaobao. the largely silent crowd walked to china's representative office to show their support for mr liu, who died in hospital on thursday, while serving an eleven—year prison sentence for his political activism. here's michael bristow. out at sea, at an unknown location, the remains of liu xiaobo were placed in an urn. with his wife and relatives looking on, the ashes were committed to the water. this video was released to suggest that in death, as in life, they had tre

eleanor garnier, bbc news. have marched in hong kong following the burial of liu xiaobao. people turned out to show their support for liu xiaobao, who died on thursday after serving an11 year who died on thursday after serving an 11 year prison sentence for his political activism. out at sea, at an unknown location, the remains of liu xiaobo were placed in an urn. with his wife and relatives looking on, the ashes were committed to the water. this video was released to suggest that in death, as in life, they had treated the nobel peace prize winner with dignity. after the ceremony, the authorities put liu xiaobo‘s eldest brother in front of the cameras, to praise the communist party's humanity. translation: first of all, on behalf of my family, and especially of my brother's wife, all the things the government has done since my brother's death were all done at the request of his family. each and every one was met with satisfaction. he was led away before journalists could ask why the nobel laureate was buried at

eleanor garnier, bbc news.o teenagers arrested by police after a series of acid attacks in north london has been charged with 15 offences. among the charges the 16—year—old faces are five counts of grievous bodily harm with intent, three counts of robbery, and four of attempted robbery. he will appear in court on monday. the second teenager has been released on bail. a 15—year—old girl has died after suffering an adverse reaction to a psychoactive substance commonly referred to as a legal high. the teenager was found unconscious in the early hours of this morning in a park in newton abbot, in devon. she later died in hospital. two other girls were also taken to hospital as a precaution. it's important for me to make sure that people do not misuse the term legal highs, which has been often talked about. it tends to give it some sort of legitimacy. these are all illegal drugs, and in fact they are very dangerous because we don't know what goes into making them. time and time again we hear locally, regionally, nat

eleanor garnier, bbc news.d carrying acid are to be reviewed by the british government following a spate of attacks which took place in london on thursday night. five people had corrosive liquid thrown at them, including one man who is said to have suffered life—changing injuries. two teenagers have been arrested. the attacks were carried out at five separate locations in east london — within the space of less than ninety minutes. it's happened amid rising concern about the number of assaults in the capital involving corrosive fluids. this report — from andy moore — contains some disturbing images from the start. where's it hurt, mate — your eyes? we need to try and get water in your eyes... in the aftermath of the first attack, police doused the victim with water. he was protected by his helmet, and lucky to escape with only minor injuries. but even so, it was a terrifying experience. i took off my helmet, and i wasjust screaming for help, because it was getting dry, and as much as it was getting dry, it was b

eleanor garnier, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news.test sport, including spain's garbine muguruza, who has denied venus williams her sixth wimbledon title in the women's final. the flamboyant italian fashion designer gianni versace has been shot dead in florida. the multi—millionaire was gunned down outside his home in the exclusive south beach district of miami. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worse floods this century. nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the "great white way" by americans, but tonight it is completely blacked out. it is a timely reminder to all americans of the problems that the energy crisis has brought to them. 200 years ago today, a huge parisian crowd stormed the bastille prison — the first act of the revolution which was to topple the french monarchy. today, hundreds of thousands throng the champs—elysees for the traditional military parade. finally, fairy penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging thems

eleanor garnier, bbc news.n made to the world—renowned iranian mathematician, maryam mirzakhani, who has died of cancer in the united states. the ao—year—old was the first woman to win the prestigious fields medal, regarded as the equivalent of the nobel prize for mathematics. while there's been much praise for her work, there's been some anger on social media at the way official media outlets have avoided showing images of her unveiled, as she chose to dress in the west. caroline series, emeritus professor of mathematics at warwick university in england, was a friend and colleague. it is just absolutely tragic news. we had known that she was ill for a long time, but it is just terrible. she was a completely brilliant and outstanding mathematician. the fact that she was iranian and the fact that she was first woman to win this prestigious fields medal, she was just such an icon and a role model and inspiration around the world. she will be sorely missed. it was the way in which she managed to combine ideas that

here's eleanor garnier. he's the man of the moment, though not for the reasons he'd like., the chancellor has found himself defending private comments in public. this time accused of saying public sector workers are overpaid. something he did not deny. i have told you, i'm not going to talk about what comes out of a private cabinet... five of your colleagues have. they shouldn't have done, frankly, because cabinet meetings are supposed to be a private space in which we have a serious discussion. i am the chancellor. you would expect me to put any discussion about public sector pay in the context of the fiscal and economic situation that we face. among the millions of public sector workers, it's teachers out protesting today, plus others like police officers and nurses who faced a 1% pay cap since 2012. celebrating workers' rights at a festival in dorset, the labour leader accused the chancellor of being out of touch. i think he's living on a different planet to many others. public sector workers have had frozen wages for the past seven yea rs. health workers in reality hav

here's our political correspondent, eleanor garnier. of the moment, though not for the reasons he'd like. for the second time this week, the chancellor has found himself defending private comments in public. this time accused of saying that public sector workers are overpaid. something he did not deny. i've told you, i'm not going to talk about what comes out of a private cabinet meeting. five of your colleagues have. they shouldn't have done, frankly, because cabinet meetings are supposed to be a private space in which we have a serious discussion. i am the chancellor. you would expect me to put a discussion about public sector pay in the context of the fiscal and economic situation that we face. among the millions of public sector workers, it is teachers out protesting today, plus others like police officers and nurses who have faced a 1% pay cap since 2012. celebrating workers‘ rights at a festival in dorset, the labour leader accused the chancellor of being out of touch. i think he is living on a different planet to many others. pub

eleanor garnier, thank you.n straight sets this afternoon. live now to wimbledon and our sports correspondent, joe wilson. hello. facts and figures tell you a lot about sport and in terms of numbers, federer is out on his own. but there is also style. what we have seen at this year's wimbledon is the performance of a true artist. a performance which almost defies time. mr cilic, have you met the men's greatest tennis player of all—time? everyone knew the of federer and the opportunity of this final. seven times he had won at wimbledon, just the record—breaking eighth remained. marin cilic began this final trying to be positive. but here is the problem. assume the point is one. it isn't. federer broke twice to win the first set, and he showed his full repertoire. are you serious? even when cilic got his serve in, there was federer. if it does not go right, go left. 36 minutes gone, a set down already, what now? what next? 3—0 down in the second set, cilic seemed deeply troubled. whether physical or emotional, for

had been dismissed by both senior conservative and labour figures. 0ur political correspondent, eleanor garnierort. tony blair once argued passionately that britain should balancing the needs of the uk economy at the same time as getting control of britain's borders is a key issue in the brexit debate but a former labour prime minister has suggested political change in france has opened the path to compromise. tony blair claims the eu could be willing to make concessions on the free movement of people to allow the uk to stay in a reformed eu. britain benefits enormously from that freedom of movement. however the question is, where there are changes to it, not alteration in the visibility of the printable but qualifications to it, around the things that concern people. but those claims directly contradict what those in brussels are saying, that the uk must accept free movement without exception or new ones. i'm not going to disclose conversations i had within europe, but am not saying this on the basis ofa whim. some of those who campaigned to leave the eu says there is no evidence to back up hi

eleanor garnier, bbc news.out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are anne ashworth, associate editor of the times — and john rentoul, political columnist for the independent. laws on buying and carrying acid are to be reviewed by the government following a spate of attacks which took place in london on thursday night. five people had corrosive liquid thrown at them, including one man who is said to have suffered life—changing injuries. two teenage boys, aged 15 and 16, remain in custody on suspicion of robbery and grievous bodily harm with intent. andy moore's report contains flashing images and some scenes you may find distressing. where's it hurt, mate — your eyes? we need to try and get water in your eyes... in the aftermath of the first attack, police doused the victim with water. he was protected by his helmet, and lucky to escape with only minor injuries. but even so, it was a terrifying ex

eleanor garnier, bbc news. military coup there.ed 200,000 people accusing them of having backed the plot. people accusing them let's hear from our correspondent mark lowen who's in istanbul. mark. mark lowen who's in istanbul. many people arrested mark but people there are celebrating. yes, there are celebrating. people here, a pretty noisy crowd, yes, people here, a pretty noisy crowd, they see it as dickie's second independence, the might last year when the people stood up the and thwarted a fifth successive coup in the history of the country, tonight president erdogan will come here to address the crowd and will speak to parliament one year from when the rubble jets speak to parliament one year from when the rubblejets bombed speak to parliament one year from when the rubble jets bombed the building. yet the opposition have not come here, they are deeply critical of the mass arrests that followed, 50,000 arrested, 150,000 sacked or suspended, 7000 more last might. the government insists it is rooting out the virus of the support

eleanor garnier, bbc news.f grievous bodily harm, three counts of robbery and four of attempted robbery, he will appear in court on monday. a second teenager has been released on bail. a 15—year—old girl has died after suffering an adverse reaction to a psychoactive substance, commonly referred to as a ‘legal high‘. the teenager was found unconscious in the early hours of this morning the in a park in newton abbot in devon. she later died in hospital. two other girls were also taken to hospital as a precaution. it is important to me to make sure that people do not misused the term legal highs, it tends to give it some sort of legitimate see, these are all illegal drugs and they are in fact very dangerous because we don't know what goes into making them up. time and time again we hear people paying the ultimate price for this, it is not worth experimenting with your life. with all the sport — here's lizzie greenwood hughes at the bbc sport centre... busy day? yes a very busy day. a stunning and surprisingly quic