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you've done it verdun! congratulations! hooray!set. beautiful! i — really, iwould do it again tomorrow. i would, truthfully. it's lovely. absolutely lovely. perfect. and how was the landing? better than last time. and all this for a man who, back in the second world war, as a veteran of the d—day landings, assumed he would never return alive. but even at the age of 101, he is still more than alive, doing things that many half his age would not dream of. richard galpin, bbc news. brave man indeed. you have been watching newsday. stay with us, because coming up, we know that china has dubbed it the project of the century, we will be looking at the century, we will be looking at the detail of its multibillion—dollar project expand its global trade links. and 2a hours ago, salvador sobral made history as the first portuguese winner of the eurovision song contest. he's now flown back to lisbon, to a hero's welcome. this was her at the airport, which was packed with fans keen to have a look at their hero. in a press conference at the air
you've done it verdun! congratulations! hooray!set. beautiful! i — really, iwould do it again tomorrow. i would, truthfully. it's lovely. absolutely lovely. perfect. and how was the landing? better than last time. and all this for a man who, back in the second world war, as a veteran of the d—day landings, assumed he would never return alive. but even at the age of 101, he is still more than alive, doing things that many half his age would not dream of. richard galpin, bbc news. brave man...
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he is prepared to become the world's allders skydiver. —— verdun.o be at 15,000 feet, verdun hayes prepares to make his second ever jump. and the former soldier, who fought and who was wounded in the second world war, has no is a skill. he is clearly fond of the free—fall, when they are descending at 120 miles an hour. —— has nerves of steel. that it is back to earth. miles an hour. —— has nerves of steel. that it is back to earthlj have done at! congratulations! are! —— done it. have done at! congratulations! are! -- done it. and with all four generations of the family backed out safely, it is time to celebrate the record here is just safely, it is time to celebrate the record here isjust that. beautiful i would do it again tomorrow. . —— done —— back down. i would do it again. and all this for a man who backin again. and all this for a man who back in the second world war, as a vetera n back in the second world war, as a veteran of the d—day landings assumed he would never return alive. but even at the age of 101, he is still more than alive, doin
he is prepared to become the world's allders skydiver. —— verdun.o be at 15,000 feet, verdun hayes prepares to make his second ever jump. and the former soldier, who fought and who was wounded in the second world war, has no is a skill. he is clearly fond of the free—fall, when they are descending at 120 miles an hour. —— has nerves of steel. that it is back to earth. miles an hour. —— has nerves of steel. that it is back to earthlj have done at! congratulations! are! —— done...
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you've done it verdun! congratulations! hooray!one to celebrate the record that he's just set. beautiful! i — really, iwould do it again tomorrow. i would, truthfully. it's lovely. absolutely lovely. perfect. and how was the landing? better than last time. and all this for a man who, back in the second world war, as a veteran of the d—day landings, assumed he would never return alive. but even at the age of 101, he is still more than alive, doing things that many half his age would not dream of. richard galpin, bbc news. and this years eurovision song contest winner salvador sobral has arrived home in portugal to hundreds of cheering fans. the 27—year—old singer has become an overnight celebrity. taking the eurovision trophy singing a love song — sung in his native tongue. the slightly overwhelmed winner had earlier admitted to not understanding this years complex voting system, but says he was very happy with the result, none the less. microsoft has described the global attack as a wake—up call and criticised customers who didn't
you've done it verdun! congratulations! hooray!one to celebrate the record that he's just set. beautiful! i — really, iwould do it again tomorrow. i would, truthfully. it's lovely. absolutely lovely. perfect. and how was the landing? better than last time. and all this for a man who, back in the second world war, as a veteran of the d—day landings, assumed he would never return alive. but even at the age of 101, he is still more than alive, doing things that many half his age would not...
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verdun, just talk me through. you have had a bit of time for it to sink in.t for a few seconds, it is ok. once you are in the air, or dived out, for two or three seconds, it is very cold, to the face, and after that, it is absolutely fine. "fine" is not a word i would use, but you fall at 120 mph don't you, for quite a while? so they tell me, i have to take their word for it. but it does not take very long, really. it is very quick, and we were very lucky in as much as we did not go through cloud. it was clear right the way from 15,000 feet until we hit the bottom. now, i know one of the things that made it specialfor you was to be joined by these guys. brian, yourson, a spring chicken atjust 74! brian, how do you feel about your dad today? amazed with him. he is an absolute star. i am so proud. to have done what he did yesterday — i mean, we all went with him, nine members of our family jumped — and it was incredible. i have done a bit of paragliding in my time for 20 odd years, but i have never left a plane without a parachute, it is quite an experience, an
verdun, just talk me through. you have had a bit of time for it to sink in.t for a few seconds, it is ok. once you are in the air, or dived out, for two or three seconds, it is very cold, to the face, and after that, it is absolutely fine. "fine" is not a word i would use, but you fall at 120 mph don't you, for quite a while? so they tell me, i have to take their word for it. but it does not take very long, really. it is very quick, and we were very lucky in as much as we did not go...
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and why the sky's the limit for verdun hayes, aged 101.p this morning one of the happiest men in the world. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. the government's emergency committee, cobra, is to meet to discuss friday's cyber—attack, which hit nhs trusts across the country. 11 trusts in england are still experiencing problems. patients have been urged to turn up for appointments unless they hear otherwise. the head of microsoft has said the attack should be treated as a "wake—up call" — and, here, questions are growing about whether the government had adequately prepared the nhs for such an attack. for our first report, let's go to our correspondent danny savage, who's at york hospital for us now. first impressions here at york today was that everything is fairly normal. the car park is busy. many people coming and going to their outpatient appointments, but then when you look around a little closer, you can see that lots of computers are still switched off with warning signs on them not to be touched. things are far from n
and why the sky's the limit for verdun hayes, aged 101.p this morning one of the happiest men in the world. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. the government's emergency committee, cobra, is to meet to discuss friday's cyber—attack, which hit nhs trusts across the country. 11 trusts in england are still experiencing problems. patients have been urged to turn up for appointments unless they hear otherwise. the head of microsoft has said the attack should be treated as a...
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d—day veteran verdun hayes took to the skies with ten members of his family at 101—years—old. mcintyre picks up best entertainment performance at the bafta tv awards. and the travel show goes to colombia to explore the legacy of one of its most controversial criminals. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the head of the european union's law enforcement agency says the hackers who targeted organisations including the nhs on friday have put out a new version of their cyber attack. rob wainwright, the head of europol, said there were now 200 thousand victims of the cyber attack around the world — and more could be affected as computers are turned on tomorrow morning. seven nhs trusts in england are still affected, with patients being warned about further disruption in coming days. here's our health editor hugh pym. it was the biggest ever attack on health service it systems. today, staff at those hospitals caught up in the disruption were doing their best to get up and running. but the nhs was one victim of a global cyber assault and europe's police agency says the scale of the
d—day veteran verdun hayes took to the skies with ten members of his family at 101—years—old. mcintyre picks up best entertainment performance at the bafta tv awards. and the travel show goes to colombia to explore the legacy of one of its most controversial criminals. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the head of the european union's law enforcement agency says the hackers who targeted organisations including the nhs on friday have put out a new version of their cyber attack. rob...
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verdun hayes, who's101—years old, completed a parachute jump from 15,000 feet.determined to become the world's oldest skydiver. he is doing it with his son, grandson and great—grandson. as the plane gradually climbs to the correct altitude, they need to be at 15,000 feet, mr hayes is moved into position to make what is only his second everjump. the former soldier, who fought and was wounded in the second world war, has nerves of steel. he is particularly fond of the brief freefall when they are descending at more than 120 mph. then it is back down to earth. congratulations! well done! hurray! with all four generations of the family back down safely, it is time for everyone to celebrate the new record that he has just set. beautiful. i would do it again tomorrow. it is lovely. absolutely lovely. perfect! how was the landing? better than last time! and all of this for a man who, back in the second world war as a veteran of the d—day landings, had assumed he would never return home alive. but even at the age of 101, he still is more than alive, doing things that ma
verdun hayes, who's101—years old, completed a parachute jump from 15,000 feet.determined to become the world's oldest skydiver. he is doing it with his son, grandson and great—grandson. as the plane gradually climbs to the correct altitude, they need to be at 15,000 feet, mr hayes is moved into position to make what is only his second everjump. the former soldier, who fought and was wounded in the second world war, has nerves of steel. he is particularly fond of the brief freefall when they...
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dressed in a yellowjumpsuit, verdun hayes, aged 101 and 38 days, is about to make history.ndson. as the plane gradually climbs to the correct altitude, they need to be at 15,000 feet, mr hayes is moved into position to make what is only his second everjump. the former soldier, who fought and was wounded in the second world war, has nerves of steel. he is particularly fond of the brief freefall when they are descending at more than 120 mph. then it is back down to earth. congratulations! well done! hurray! with all four generations of the family back down safely, it is time for everyone to celebrate the new record that he has just set. beautiful. i would do it again tomorrow. it is lovely. absolutely lovely. perfect! how was the landing? better than last time! and all of this for a man who, back in the second world war as a veteran of the d—day landings, had assumed he would never return home alive. but even at the age of 101, he still is more than alive, doing things that many half his age wouldn't dream of. richard galpin, bbc news. what an achievement. well done. don't fo
dressed in a yellowjumpsuit, verdun hayes, aged 101 and 38 days, is about to make history.ndson. as the plane gradually climbs to the correct altitude, they need to be at 15,000 feet, mr hayes is moved into position to make what is only his second everjump. the former soldier, who fought and was wounded in the second world war, has nerves of steel. he is particularly fond of the brief freefall when they are descending at more than 120 mph. then it is back down to earth. congratulations! well...
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d—day veteran verdun hayes becomes the oldest man in the world to complete a skydive. morning one of the happiest men in the world. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government's emergency committee, cobra, is to meet to discuss friday's cyber—attack which hit nhs trusts across the country. 11 trusts in england are still experiencing problems. patients have been urged to turn up for appointments unless they hear otherwise. the head of microsoft has said the attack should be treated as a wake—up call. here, questions are growing about whether the government had adequately prepared the nhs for such an attack. this was one of the hospital ‘s worst affected by the events over friday and the weekend. first and lasting impressions today have been that things are very much back to normal, almost. the car parks are busy, lots of patients are coming and going for outpatient appointments. when you get inside and look around, it is quite obvious that it and look around, it is quite obvious thatitis and look around, it is quite obvious that it is not all right yet. a lot
d—day veteran verdun hayes becomes the oldest man in the world to complete a skydive. morning one of the happiest men in the world. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government's emergency committee, cobra, is to meet to discuss friday's cyber—attack which hit nhs trusts across the country. 11 trusts in england are still experiencing problems. patients have been urged to turn up for appointments unless they hear otherwise. the head of microsoft has said the attack should be...
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d—day veteran verdun hayes took to the skies with ten members
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d—day veteran verdun hayes took to the skies to smash the record at 101—years—old.tomorrow's front pages, including the guardian.
d—day veteran verdun hayes took to the skies to smash the record at 101—years—old.tomorrow's front pages, including the guardian.
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he became britain's oldest skydiver when he was 100 but britain wasn't enough for verdun hayes.. hurray! you have done it. well done. the oldest skydiver. how are you feeling? completely over the moon. what a jump. today his achievement is starting to sink in. i slept very well indeed. and i woke up this morning the happiest man in the world! without any shadow of a doubt. it was wonderful. it was amazing, such a privilege, my great grandad, my grandad and my dad, amazing. how does it feel to know that your great grandad is the world—record holder? i can't believe it, none of my mates can believe it, he's amazing. he's not putting his feet up. i want to do something extraordinary again next year providing my health and the doctor will sign a little certificate to say i am fit. i did think about wingwalking and if that comes up of course that would be the ultimate as far as i'm concerned. so, wingwalking next, but for now, he's content to have done his bit to bring britain a new world record. let's talk about the bafta awards. police drama happy valley was one of the winners. it
he became britain's oldest skydiver when he was 100 but britain wasn't enough for verdun hayes.. hurray! you have done it. well done. the oldest skydiver. how are you feeling? completely over the moon. what a jump. today his achievement is starting to sink in. i slept very well indeed. and i woke up this morning the happiest man in the world! without any shadow of a doubt. it was wonderful. it was amazing, such a privilege, my great grandad, my grandad and my dad, amazing. how does it feel to...
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this is 101-year-old verdun hayes, about to become the world's oldest skydiver.enerations of his family joined him for the flight, he only needed to jump from 10,000 feet for the record, but went for 15,000. >> how you feeling? >> all right, absolutely over the moon! oh, yes, hopefully i'll be doing it at 102 or 103. >> reporter: he beat the previous record holder by 35 days. >> i slept very well indeed and i woke up this morning the happiest man in the world. >> reporter: hayes is a war veteran who was there on d-day in normandy in 1944. clearly jumping out of planes makes him feel forever young. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> he's hoping to do it when he's 103. >>> i'm david muir, i hope to see you right back here tomorrow. good night. california are the "new york times" and "washington post" claim that president trump shared sensitive intelligence information. >> u.s. officials told the times and post it could expose the information source and jeopardize a critical relationship. >> the lawmakers want to know more. >> we have to have a special prosecutor
this is 101-year-old verdun hayes, about to become the world's oldest skydiver.enerations of his family joined him for the flight, he only needed to jump from 10,000 feet for the record, but went for 15,000. >> how you feeling? >> all right, absolutely over the moon! oh, yes, hopefully i'll be doing it at 102 or 103. >> reporter: he beat the previous record holder by 35 days. >> i slept very well indeed and i woke up this morning the happiest man in the world. >>...
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this 101-year-old verdun hayes, about to become the world's oldest skydiver.nerations of his family joined him for the flight, he only needed to jump from 10,000 feet for the record, but went for 15,000. >> how you feeling? >> all right, absolutely over the moon! >> oh, yes, hopefully i'll be doing it at 102 or 3. >> reporter: he beat the previous record holder by 35 days. >> i slept very well indeed and i woke up this morning the happiest man in the world. >> reporter: he's a war veteran who was there on d-day in normandy. clearly jumping out of planes makes him feel forever young. steve osunsami, abc news. >>> i'm david muir i hope to see you right back here tomorrow. good night. on the front lines of health care, there are always new challenges and opportunities. at unitedhealth group, we're built to help with both. providing employers with data and insights ensuring seniors have stability and choice in their benefits. and working with governments to expand access, lower costs and improve quality. to all those with a passion to improve health care, our ques
this 101-year-old verdun hayes, about to become the world's oldest skydiver.nerations of his family joined him for the flight, he only needed to jump from 10,000 feet for the record, but went for 15,000. >> how you feeling? >> all right, absolutely over the moon! >> oh, yes, hopefully i'll be doing it at 102 or 3. >> reporter: he beat the previous record holder by 35 days. >> i slept very well indeed and i woke up this morning the happiest man in the world....
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. >> 101-year-old verdun hayes is now the oldest person to ever take part in a tandem sky dive. him go there. hayes took the plunge from 15,000 feet with his son, grandson and two of his great grandkids. >> hayes fought on d-day and started skydiving when he turned 100. >> way to go, mr. hayes. >> more news after this. what about the people i care about? ...including this little girl. and what if this happened again? i was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered, was this the best treatment for me? so i asked my doctor. and he recommended eliquis. eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots and reduces the risk of them happening again. yes, eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots. eliquis also had significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. both made me turn around my thinking. don't stop eliquis unless your doctor tells you to. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. if you had a spinal injection while on eliquis call your doctor right away if you have tingling, nu
. >> 101-year-old verdun hayes is now the oldest person to ever take part in a tandem sky dive. him go there. hayes took the plunge from 15,000 feet with his son, grandson and two of his great grandkids. >> hayes fought on d-day and started skydiving when he turned 100. >> way to go, mr. hayes. >> more news after this. what about the people i care about? ...including this little girl. and what if this happened again? i was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered,...
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this 101-year-old verdun hayes, about to become the world's oldest skydiver.enerations of his family joined him for the flight, he only needed to jump from 10,000 feet for the record, but went for 15,000. >> how you feeling? >> all right, absolutely over the moon! >> oh, yes, hopefully i'll be doing it at 102 or 3. >> reporter: he beat the previous record holder by 35 days. >> i slept very well indeed and i woke up this morning the happiest man in the world. >> reporter: he's a war veteran who was there on d-day in normandy. clearly jumping out of planes makes him feel forever young. steve osunsami, abc news. >>> i'm david muir i hope to see you right back here tomorrow. good night. ment. >>> a stretch of shootings along highway 4. live with the story. >> reporter: hi, dan. this is one of the hotspots along the snts 80 corridor that will get a new set of eyes, a second pair of eyes, if you will, thanks to this new state funded system. >> message to the shooters on the freeways, your reign of terror is over. >> reporter: a message from state and local officials
this 101-year-old verdun hayes, about to become the world's oldest skydiver.enerations of his family joined him for the flight, he only needed to jump from 10,000 feet for the record, but went for 15,000. >> how you feeling? >> all right, absolutely over the moon! >> oh, yes, hopefully i'll be doing it at 102 or 3. >> reporter: he beat the previous record holder by 35 days. >> i slept very well indeed and i woke up this morning the happiest man in the world....
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verdun hayes, who's 101 years old, completed a parachute jump from fifteen thousand feet.son and great—grandson. his son must be something like 70, mustn't it? quite a family achievement. there is vernon heading to earth. he said apparently it was a better landing than last time he did it. he was a skydiving virgin until he was 100. let's take a look at the weather prospects for skydivers and the rest of us. staying firmly with our feet on the ground. here is helen willetts. rain is clearing the east coast after giving many of the garden is a good watering overnight. then sunshine and showers. showers will congregate in the north and west, northern ireland, where they will be heaviest with a land blunder. much brighter for eastern scotland. just a scattering of showers elsewhere and some strong sunshine. temperature should be elevated to between 16 and 20 celsius in that strong sunshine as you can see. there will be a scattering of showers across england and wales, they'll tend to fade out quickly over the evening and into the night. a chilly evening and chilly start of th
verdun hayes, who's 101 years old, completed a parachute jump from fifteen thousand feet.son and great—grandson. his son must be something like 70, mustn't it? quite a family achievement. there is vernon heading to earth. he said apparently it was a better landing than last time he did it. he was a skydiving virgin until he was 100. let's take a look at the weather prospects for skydivers and the rest of us. staying firmly with our feet on the ground. here is helen willetts. rain is clearing...
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verdun hayes, who‘s 101 years old, completed a parachute jump from 15000 feet. draw up warm air which holds more moisture, hence the chances of heavy rain. this band of clouds brought a band of rain earlier. it cleared away and we‘ve seen of rain earlier. it cleared away and we‘ve seen showers of rain earlier. it cleared away and we‘ve seen showers and sunshine. showers will fade away this evening and it would be clear for good showers will fade away this evening and it would be clearfor good part of the night towards eastern areas and towards the west, thickening cloud with the area of low pressure approaching and wind and rain on the way. temperatures of eight or 9 degrees. into monday morning, rain beginning to spill its way across much of scotland. in dry towards the north—east of scotland. still largely dry to the east of the pennines, heavy rain for cumbria and lancashire. a wet start for northern ireland, too. 0utbreaks lancashire. a wet start for northern ireland, too. outbreaks of rain coming into northern wales. much of eastern england starting dry. pe
verdun hayes, who‘s 101 years old, completed a parachute jump from 15000 feet. draw up warm air which holds more moisture, hence the chances of heavy rain. this band of clouds brought a band of rain earlier. it cleared away and we‘ve seen of rain earlier. it cleared away and we‘ve seen showers of rain earlier. it cleared away and we‘ve seen showers and sunshine. showers will fade away this evening and it would be clear for good showers will fade away this evening and it would be...
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verdun hayes, who‘s 101 years old, completed a parachute jump from fifteen thousand feet. not too many clouds around across the uk today. more sunshine and we had yesterday. still a few showers around. you can see how the cloud has bubbled up to today. if you showers coming from the south—west. 0ne showers coming from the south—west. one or two heavy ones across scotla nd one or two heavy ones across scotland and more particularly northern ireland. to the evening there was showers will fade away, and with some sunshine. clearer skies overnight over eastern areas. to the west, change on the way. thickening cloud, strengthening wind, outbreaks of rain. this rain is pushing its way east. i think the heaviest rain will be over western hills, south—west scotland, north—west england, west wales. through the afternoon the rain eases off to allow sunshine where we have shelter from the high ground. temperatures, even with all the cloud and rain around, pretty good for the time of year around 16 or 17. this is bbc news. the headlines. the head of the european union‘s law enforcemen
verdun hayes, who‘s 101 years old, completed a parachute jump from fifteen thousand feet. not too many clouds around across the uk today. more sunshine and we had yesterday. still a few showers around. you can see how the cloud has bubbled up to today. if you showers coming from the south—west. 0ne showers coming from the south—west. one or two heavy ones across scotla nd one or two heavy ones across scotland and more particularly northern ireland. to the evening there was showers will...
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verdun hayes, who's 101 years old, completed a parachute jump from 15,000 feet.termined to become the world's oldest skydiver and is doing it with his son, grandson and great—grandson. they need to be at 15,000 feet and mr hayes is moved into position to make what is only his second ever jump. into position to make what is only his second everjump. and the former soldier who fought and was wounded in the second world war has nerves of steel. he is particularly fond of the brief freefall when they are descending at more than 120 miles an hour. then it is back down to earth. well done! congratulations. hurray! and with all four generations of the family back down safely it is time for everyone to celebrate the new record that he has just set. beautiful. really, iwould do record that he has just set. beautiful. really, i would do it again tomorrow. it is lovely, absolutely lovely, perfect. how was the landing? better than last time. and all this for a man who back in the second world war as a veteran of the second world war as a veteran of the d—day landings had ass
verdun hayes, who's 101 years old, completed a parachute jump from 15,000 feet.termined to become the world's oldest skydiver and is doing it with his son, grandson and great—grandson. they need to be at 15,000 feet and mr hayes is moved into position to make what is only his second ever jump. into position to make what is only his second everjump. and the former soldier who fought and was wounded in the second world war has nerves of steel. he is particularly fond of the brief freefall when...
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verdun hayes, who's101—years—old, completed a parachute jump from an altitude of 5,000 metres over westernthree generations of his family — his son, grandson and great—grandson. well done to them. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. more now on one of our main stories — that the new president of france, emmanuel macron has been sworn into office. speaking at the ceremony, which was held in paris, mr macron said he would give the french people the confidence to believe in themselves, and the country was on the brink of a great renaissance. translation: the world and europe today more than ever need france. they need a strong france, sure of its own destiny. they need a france which raises high the voice of liberty and solidarity. they need a france which knows how to invent the future. the world needs what the french people, men and women, have always wanted. the daring of freedom, the requirements of equality and a will for fraternity. and for decades now france has devoted itself in its cultural and soci
verdun hayes, who's101—years—old, completed a parachute jump from an altitude of 5,000 metres over westernthree generations of his family — his son, grandson and great—grandson. well done to them. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. more now on one of our main stories — that the new president of france, emmanuel macron has been sworn into office. speaking at the ceremony, which was held in paris, mr...
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there is a museum that has reopened recently that deals with the whole siege of verdun. there is a lot to see that wasn't there when she was serving that i encourage people to go visit if they are going to be in that area. it is not that far from paris if they can make a trip. >> we have just about four minutes left with you. we have a caller in quincy, massachusetts, named kumu. is that correct? >> caller: yes, yes. >> you are on the air. go ahead, please. >> caller: hi. i'm a volunteer helping to build p t the national desert storm war museum in d.c. my question is, can you comment on what was the support for the draft when it was introduced? was it outpouring and how has the draft changed over the years until today? >> thank you very much. >> that's an excellent question. when the draft was introduced by president wilson, it got mixed results. a lot of americans were feeling very patriotic and wanted to join up. there were other pockets of the united states. in the south, for example, there were a number of southern citizens, not so much because of the civil war and l
there is a museum that has reopened recently that deals with the whole siege of verdun. there is a lot to see that wasn't there when she was serving that i encourage people to go visit if they are going to be in that area. it is not that far from paris if they can make a trip. >> we have just about four minutes left with you. we have a caller in quincy, massachusetts, named kumu. is that correct? >> caller: yes, yes. >> you are on the air. go ahead, please. >> caller:...
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and, aged 101 years and 38 days, d—day veteran verdun hayes has broken a record to become the world'sber attack could cause more problems this morning, as people switch on their computers for the first time after the weekend. it is thought there are more than 200,000 victims of friday's cyber attack, which included nhs england. microsoft described it as a wake—up call, criticising customers who didn't keep their systems up to date. let's get the latest now from our reporter andy moore, who is outside one of the hospitals affected, the royal london hospital, part of barts health trust, which is the biggest in the country. so what exactly is happening there this morning, and how much of an impact hazard had on the weekend? well, problems still continuing here —— has it had on the weekend. problems still continuing, longer than expected waiting list send some ambulances being diverted. a lot of our patients coming in today. the hospital says where it needs to cancel those appointments, hopefully they will be in touch with patients, but they can't guarantee it so some people might be turn
and, aged 101 years and 38 days, d—day veteran verdun hayes has broken a record to become the world'sber attack could cause more problems this morning, as people switch on their computers for the first time after the weekend. it is thought there are more than 200,000 victims of friday's cyber attack, which included nhs england. microsoft described it as a wake—up call, criticising customers who didn't keep their systems up to date. let's get the latest now from our reporter andy moore, who...
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verdun proved to be costly fights for both the french and british. meanwhile back in the united states, it is mexico. there is trouble on the mexican border. by the way this is a very interesting sidebar. i'll tell you when raids occur on the mexican border, our u.s. intelligence services are convinced that the germans have their hand in them, long before the zimmerman telegram appears. so it is really an interesting thing because number one, talking about prejudices before the war, it's generally believed in the intelligence services that the mexicans can't pull anything off on the mechanic can border, they need real supervision. that real supervision is germans and there germany is behind everything going on down there and fixation of on mexico. by '17 the french are on the breaking point. that is a moment to talk about. so in '1 117, the germ -- '17 germans realize the that the nights is probably coming in. united states didn't do much. they're only involved in the last months of the war, essentially, 47 days of combat, depending on the big push a
verdun proved to be costly fights for both the french and british. meanwhile back in the united states, it is mexico. there is trouble on the mexican border. by the way this is a very interesting sidebar. i'll tell you when raids occur on the mexican border, our u.s. intelligence services are convinced that the germans have their hand in them, long before the zimmerman telegram appears. so it is really an interesting thing because number one, talking about prejudices before the war, it's...
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verdun hayes beats the previous record set by a man 35 days younger.iving around. best bit of tv i have seen ina around. best bit of tv i have seen in a while. you are clearly easy easily pleased. now the sport. just a week left to go of the premier league season and almost everything has been sorted. for hull it's relegation afterjust a year in the top flight. theyjoin middlesbrough and sunderland in going down after their 4—0 defeat at crystal palace, who along with swansea, stay up as a result. spurs ended 118 years at white hart lane with a 2—1win over manchester united, and then a party, as they head to a new stadium just next door after a year at wembley as it gets built. lewis hamilton pulls off a stunning passing move to beat ferrari's sebastian vettel to the spanish grand prix. the mercedes driver is nowjust six points behind his rival in the world championship standings. and a crash on stage nine derails both geraint thomas and adam yates' chances of contending at the giro d'italia. they slipped from podium places to around five minutes behin
verdun hayes beats the previous record set by a man 35 days younger.iving around. best bit of tv i have seen ina around. best bit of tv i have seen in a while. you are clearly easy easily pleased. now the sport. just a week left to go of the premier league season and almost everything has been sorted. for hull it's relegation afterjust a year in the top flight. theyjoin middlesbrough and sunderland in going down after their 4—0 defeat at crystal palace, who along with swansea, stay up as a...
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verdun hayes, who's101—years old, completed a parachute jump from 15,000 feet.dson and great—grandson. brilliant, congratulations to all of them. now time for a look at the weather with darren bett. some very welcome rain on the way for farmers and growers over the weekend. initially it comes from this area of low pressure, heading from a long way south towards the uk and will draw up some air which holds moisture, hence the chance of heavy rain. clouds billing from the south—west already. this band of cloud brought rain earlier. some showers and sunshine. those showers gave this evening and will be clear for a good pa rt evening and will be clear for a good part of the night across eastern areas and the west, thickening cloud with low—pressure approaching and wind and rain on the way. temperatures of eight or 9 degrees. 0n temperatures of eight or 9 degrees. on monday morning, rain begins to spill across much of scotland for the rush—hour, wet across the south—west. try towards the north—east of scotland. largely dry to the east of the pennines but heavy rain i
verdun hayes, who's101—years old, completed a parachute jump from 15,000 feet.dson and great—grandson. brilliant, congratulations to all of them. now time for a look at the weather with darren bett. some very welcome rain on the way for farmers and growers over the weekend. initially it comes from this area of low pressure, heading from a long way south towards the uk and will draw up some air which holds moisture, hence the chance of heavy rain. clouds billing from the south—west...