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when we're talking about, like, "guys, let's imagine the war will end very soon and our first home game in front of our fans." you know, even now, my skin is... ..it�*s so hard to describe these emotions and i have no doubts about that. but i have dreamed that ukraine will rebuild in the best way they can and i really hope it will be. if you close your eyes where is the place in ukraine that you see? place? yeah, what's your favorite place that you see in... kiev. kiev, straight away. the best place in the world. thank you very much, indeed. thank you so much, pleasure. and you can watch a longer version of kirsty�*s interview with oleksandr zinchenko on the bbc iplayer. that's all from us tonight. victoria's back monday. till then, have a good weekend. goodnight.
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on the three vehicles were carried out in �*serious violation of standard operation procedure�* and that the brigade chief
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the convoy belonging to the charity world central kitchen was struck in central gaza late on monday night. survivors running between the remaining vehicles before being hit again and then again. the army said its forces had mistaken the bag one passenger was carrying for a gun after spotting gunmen at the warehouse earlier. it was a visual confirmation of a gunman, first of all, on one of the trucks that then conducted shooting from one of the trucks. and when they indeed reached the hangars, there were more gunmen identified on the location. and it led basically to the entire miscalculation, misidentification and and the failure of what should have happened. israel's army said the aid was picked up by lorry at ten p:m.. the armed figure was then spotted firing from one of the trucks before the convoy moved on with other vehicles to an inland warehouse where drone footage showed more gunmen getting out of one car. that vehicle later moved north to another warehouse while the three cars from world central kitchen turned back to the coast where they were hit in separate air strikes minutes apart. the army has fired two senior officers who approved the strikes, but world central kitchen has called
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for an independent inquiry, saying the idf cannot credibly investigate its own failure and that systemic change was needed. other aid agencies say this was not a one off mistake. this is notjust an incident. this is a series, a pattern of incidents that have been going on for months and months now. we're now up to the stage of having 200 humanitarian workers killed. we're operating in an environment of complete impunity. it is a deliberate choice to allow these attacks to continue to happen. one former major general pointed out that israeli forces have also killed their own compatriots in gaza. it was a huge mistake. unfortunately, many, many other mistakes were made. for instance, israel killed three israeli hostages that managed to release themselves, and nevertheless, they were killed by israeli soldiers. and of course, no one believed that we killed them deliberately.
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the difficulties of getting aid to gaza was already deepening rifts with israel's allies. the killing of british and american nationals has shifted the debate. the port of ashdod is less than 30 miles from gaza, but for the past six months it's remained closed to aid. now this port and the nearby erez crossing point have been prised open by a stinging us demand that israel find new routes to get aid safely into northern gaza or risk losing american support. israel says its war is with hamas, not gaza's civilians, that it's fighting one and feeding the other. but aid workers accused israel of seeing them as targets and aid as a weapon of war. lucy williamson, bbc news, ashdod. i spoke with karyn beattie, the response team leader for save the children in gaza. she's currently in rafah
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near the scene of monday's strikes. you near the scene of monday's strikes. are in a row fo killing you are in a row for now. at the killing of seven world kitchen workers have you had to make any changes to what you were doing there? we changes to what you were doing there? ~ . ., ., ., there? we have given it a lot of thou:ht. there? we have given it a lot of thought we — there? we have given it a lot of thought. we were _ there? we have given it a lot of thought. we were absolutely i thought. we were absolutely shocked and really saddened by the news. and so we have had to take stock of our decisions of whether to continue or whether to pause for a short while. perhaps our international staff out. as far as we can tell there's nothing that the world central kitchen team did wrong. they didn't miss a step or anything like that. it's one of those things that we can't really look at it in see a particular threat to us. we know they we're not particularly say. it's really clear from the 200 aid
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workers who have died already. we're making the decision not to pause or to leave but we certainly are all feeling quite shocked. do to leave but we certainly are all feeling quite shocked.- to leave but we certainly are all feeling quite shocked. do you feel nervous, feeling quite shocked. do you feel nervous. are _ feeling quite shocked. do you feel nervous, are you _ feeling quite shocked. do you feel nervous, are you scared _ feeling quite shocked. do you feel nervous, are you scared they - feeling quite shocked. do you feel nervous, are you scared they are? you get a little bit... it's a strange thing to say but you get used to hearing the constant shelling and air strikes and etc. when something like that happens as it did with world central kitchen we do feel a little bit scared, i would say. because itjust brings it back to the reality of where we're. and although international humanitarian law should keep us all safe and protect us it's clearly not doing that either for us or for the 14,000 children who have been killed in this war so far. find
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children who have been killed in this war so far.— this war so far. and the idf has admitted that _ this war so far. and the idf has admitted that it _ this war so far. and the idf has admitted that it did target - this war so far. and the idf has | admitted that it did target those vehicles branded with the world central kitchen labelling but they thought they were hamas fighters in there. are you changing how you are operating or any of your procedures? no, we weren't for that we have branding on our cars. we don't have armoured vehicles, two of those were armoured vehicles, two of those were armoured vehicles. but we have the branding, we co—ordinate by putting in our movement plans. that is a system which is in place. and that information is passed to the israeli forces. and we hope and we trust that they will know that those vehicles moving could be us. clearly thatis vehicles moving could be us. clearly that is not a given. {iii vehicles moving could be us. clearly that is not a given.— that is not a given. of course you and all the _ that is not a given. of course you and all the other— that is not a given. of course you and all the other aid _ that is not a given. of course you and all the other aid workers - that is not a given. of course you and all the other aid workers are | and all the other aid workers are there to help the people who are in
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such dire situations, 2 million or so displays, a million at risk of starvation, so many children, no school in a dire situation themselves without the israeli government said it will open more crossing and increase aid in. when do you expect to see that happen? that's quite a complicated question. it's not only a matter of opening gates within areas. it's also a matter of coming up with the system thatis matter of coming up with the system that is going to allow us to move safely in the north. there is active fighting and the system that we used to co—ordinate with the israeli forces, we have to permission to move in areas where there is active final. how that is going to happen and how quickly that permission will be given is something we're not clear moment. the thing is, in the
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north, i think we're up to 30 children now that have died of malnutrition. and we know as well that adults often are only eating one meal a day, one meal every two days, sorry. they are prioritising giving that food to their children. it's absolutely critical that we're able to get aid in. and distributed evenly. we're not really sure how that's going to work at the moment. we're still waiting to hear about that. if we're still waiting to hear about that. , ., ., we're still waiting to hear about that. ., ., ., ., that. if you do manage to get the ace did that. if you do manage to get the age did not _ that. if you do manage to get the age did not aid _ that. if you do manage to get the age did not aid in an _ that. if you do manage to get the age did not aid in an permission i age did not aid in an permission from the adf will you be able to reverse some of the impacts of that malnutrition, that starvation you are describing the? i malnutrition, that starvation you are describing the?— malnutrition, that starvation you are describing the? i think for some ofthe are describing the? i think for some of the children _ are describing the? i think for some of the children it _ are describing the? i think for some of the children it may _ are describing the? i think for some of the children it may be _ are describing the? i think for some of the children it may be too little i of the children it may be too little too late because they have been
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struggling to find food for quite a while now. in the north we've been trying to flag this is a huge issue for quite a while. i hope and really trust that we will be able to move forward for some. i think for some it might be a little bit too late. which is heartbreaking. indeed it is. ka n which is heartbreaking. indeed it is. karyn beattie, _ which is heartbreaking. indeed it is. karyn beattie, the _ which is heartbreaking. indeed it is. karyn beattie, the gaza - which is heartbreaking. indeed it. is. karyn beattie, the gaza response team leaderfrom is. karyn beattie, the gaza response team leader from save is. karyn beattie, the gaza response team leaderfrom save the children, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. to provide more insight on what these attacks mean for the wider region, i spoke to jamesjeffrey. he is the former ambassador to iraq and turkey, and special envoy to the global coalition to defeat isis. he told me more about where the relationship between the us and israel currently stands. this was a very serious split between the two countries and what has been in some respects a
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successful effort to defeat hamas and deter iran and his friends in the region from launching a broader war. this has to be put in a larger context was up so far so good. but the israelis for many reasons, some of them deliberate blocking of humanitarian systems. some of the nature of trying to fight an enemy thatis nature of trying to fight an enemy that is barred into a civil area, which is a war crime. and the resulting civilian casualties has led to a dramatic humanitarian and political problem between us and israel that they are now trying and israel that they are now trying and i think successfully for the first time to work through. we i think successfully for the first time to work through.- i think successfully for the first time to work through. we saw antony bfinken time to work through. we saw antony blinken say earlier _ time to work through. we saw antony blinken say earlier that _ time to work through. we saw antony blinken say earlier that israel- blinken say earlier that israel appears to be taking responsibility and it appears to be taking the steps that the us asked it to jake. will that go some way to restoring the relationship? it will that go some way to restoring the relationship?— the relationship? it will go some wa to the relationship? it will go some way to restoring _ the relationship? it will go some way to restoring the _ the relationship? it will go some| way to restoring the relationship. the problem is it is inherent and implicit in what we're seeing. what the israelis did after defeating hamas in the whole north of gaza was
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pull their troops out for that rather like what happened to us when the british went into iraq in 2003, we destroyed governance and the enemy security forces and we hadn't replaced them. there is nobody trying to control what's going on there to distribute the aid. the israelis need to rethink this. it's easy for me to say that because they face a perhaps bigger war and the north to lebanon, which is why they put their troops out. until there is some kind of control in these areas is going to be hard to distribute aid even if it sufficiently flows end. �* , �* , ., ., aid even if it sufficiently flows end. a �* , . ., . , end. as we've 'ust heard from karyn beattie end. as we've just heard from karyn beattie getting _ end. as we've just heard from karyn beattie getting aid _ end. as we've just heard from karyn beattie getting aid in _ end. as we've just heard from karyn beattie getting aid in his _ end. as we've just heard from karyn beattie getting aid in his wanting . beattie getting aid in his wanting but you have to get permission from the idf to bring it to certain areas. and we don't see that yet. if there isn't a quick resolution do you expect further strong words from president biden? i you expect further strong words from president biden?— president biden? i think yes. i don't think— president biden? i think yes. i don't think this _ president biden? i think yes. i don't think this is _ president biden? i think yes. i don't think this is going - president biden? i think yes. i don't think this is going to - president biden? i think yes. i l don't think this is going to be...
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this is necessary but not sufficient. what you have to do is come that you have eight people not coordinating with somebody in command but they co—ordinate with a battalion or division size israeli fours who only owns area see three of the north and says we're going and by this road, provide us an escort. this is what we have to do in iraq but we learned the hard way because we did exactly the same thing and pull troops out. the israelis having destroyed what amounts to hamas government such as it was has to replace it with something for all of this to work well without further shooting. haste well without further shooting. have well without further shooting. have we any indication _ well without further shooting. have we any indication that _ well without further shooting. have we any indication that that is happening? that seems to be part of the cease—fire discussions is the concept of the day after. the cease-fire discussions is the concept of the day after.- the cease-fire discussions is the concept of the day after. sure. they are discussing _ concept of the day after. sure. they are discussing that. _ concept of the day after. sure. they are discussing that. a _ concept of the day after. sure. they are discussing that. a cease-fire - are discussing that. a cease—fire will give... a temporary cease—fire will give... a temporary cease—fire will give... a temporary cease—fire will give time for more humanitarian aid to move in without people being worried about in israeli drone
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taking a shot because they misidentified you as a hamas target because you're not supposed to be shooting at hamas even asked identified for the gaza charm of a cease—fire. i think we will get perhaps if hamas is willing because hamas just turned on the latest offer, if hamas is willing to release some hostages with them a long way to go yet. release some hostages with them a long way to go yet-— long way to go yet. james jeffrey, thank ou long way to go yet. james jeffrey, thank you for— long way to go yet. james jeffrey, thank you forjoining _ long way to go yet. james jeffrey, thank you forjoining us _ long way to go yet. james jeffrey, thank you forjoining us on - long way to go yet. james jeffrey, thank you forjoining us on bbc i thank you forjoining us on bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at another story making news. a senior conservative mp has told the times newspaper that he passed on the phone numbers of other mps to a man he met on a dating app. william wragg told the paper he had been "scared" because the individual had "compromising things" on him. it follows reports at least 12 men in political circles received unsolicited messages, raising security concerns. he has since apologised. here'sjeremy hunt and rachel reeves speaking about the issue.
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the events of last few days have been a great cause for concern. the mpm vault has given a courageous and fulsome apology for that but the lesson here for all mps is that they need to be very careful about cyber security. i’m need to be very careful about cyber securi . �* , _, . ., security. i'm very concerned about what seems _ security. i'm very concerned about what seems to _ security. i'm very concerned about what seems to have _ security. i'm very concerned about what seems to have happened - security. i'm very concerned about what seems to have happened in l security. i'm very concerned about i what seems to have happened in this incident _ what seems to have happened in this incident. especially about mps telephone numbers being passed on. that is— telephone numbers being passed on. that is really concerning. the bbc has attempted to contact mr wragg, but he has not responded. you're live with bbc news. landslides and rockfalls are threating rescue crews in taiwan trying to reach about 600 people in remote areas after wednesday's earthquake. at least 12 people were killed and more than a thousand injured in the island's biggest quake in more than a quarter of a century. 0ur correspondent, rupert wingfield hayes, reports from hualien where building demolition is also underway.
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well, it seems the situation has improved quite a lot today with those people who are trapped up in a gorge about 15 kilometres, or about ten miles, to the west of here. that is a very deep gorge. there are many landslides that have blocked the roads in there, but rescue teams have managed to get in to where the people are stranded. there's about 640 people trapped up there in a village where there is a hotel and there are other buildings. so they are being sheltered there. we understand around 400 of them are sheltering in the hotel and the others in other buildings there, so they are safe. they're not in immediate danger. they are now getting supplies in there by helicopter. but it is very difficult to get them out because the road is blocked by landslides. you can only get in and out by foot. they are bringing them out in small groups. we saw about a0 people brought out today, including people with young children and elderly people. a group of elderly tourists from america were brought out. but it is going to take just quite a long time to get so many people
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down that road in small groups, especially as we've had a lot of aftershocks here today. and every time there's an aftershock, that operation has to stop because it's bringing more rock coming tumbling down the mountainsides. a much smaller earthquake here in the us is also making headlines. not because of its intensity, but because of where it was felt — new york city. the magnitude 4.8 quake struck around 10:30 in the morning, shaking the city and its landmarks. there are no reports of major damage or injuries. the epicentre was about 56 kilometres — or 35 miles — away, in the town of lebanon, newjersey. residents of newjersey, connecticut, pennsylvania and new york state reported feeling the tremors. delegates at the united nations security council were briefly startled by the quake, while several major airports briefly paused flights to assess the damage. unlike in the west coast — which sits on a major fault line — earthquakes very rare in this part of the us.
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the last one of this size struck new york in 1983. 0urjohn sudworth has more 0n on new york of course is a scene of many of the vassar movie. i don't think story will make the fortunes of any hollywood script writer the interest, the excitement, the chatter is all of course focused on the fact that this is a relatively unusual event rather than its impact. a magnitude four point a quake is much bigger than the infrequent and sometimes largely unnoticed quakes that occasionally hit the eastern side of the united states. this one was centred on the state of newjersey. the other side of the hudson river. although some 50 miles away it was big enough that within moments residence of the city were lighting up social media with their accounts of building shaking
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and apartments rattling. the key thing of course is that the authorities say there have been no reports of major damage, no injuries. and although they are warning of the possibility of aftershocks the real message is that there is no need to panic. as always, new york is taking this in its stride with a bit of a shrug and lots of talk about it. earlier i talked about the earthquake with rutgers university earth sciences professor alexander gates. this earthquake seems very dramatic but just this earthquake seems very dramatic butjust how rare a fact is this a new york city, newjersey, this part of the country? new york city, newjersey, this part of the country?— new york city, newjersey, this part of the country? thank you for having me. we of the country? thank you for having me- we have — of the country? thank you for having me. we have earthquakes _ of the country? thank you for having me. we have earthquakes once i of the country? thank you for having me. we have earthquakes once in i of the country? thank you for having me. we have earthquakes once in a | me. we have earthquakes once in a while. it depends on the year. some years we've had up to 16 earthquakes in a single year. and then we have not. just depends on the year as to how many we're going to have. it feels like most of the time people
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don't feel all of those earthquakes. i don't think people are feeling i6 earthquakes a year, are they? most are rather small. _ earthquakes a year, are they? i’j�*if?3ii are rather small. magnitude of two to three. the reason that this one has really cut peoples attentions is is 4—.8. is the largest earthquake we've ever measured with seismographs in the area. other certain characteristic _ seismographs in the area. other certain characteristic about i seismographs in the area. other certain characteristic about the l certain characteristic about the topography of the part of the country that makes earthquakes feel bigger than they feel when they happen on the west coast? yes. there's coople — happen on the west coast? yes. there's couple of— happen on the west coast? yes. there's couple of factors - happen on the west coast? yes. there's couple of factors to i happen on the west coast? jazz there's couple of factors to that. earthquakes in this area tend to be very shallow. for example, the one todayit very shallow. for example, the one today it was only a kilometre deep. basically when an earthquake happens you will get distressed enough to break the rock along the falls. if you think of it like stacking a pencil, you build up the stress and snap and you hear the snap go for
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that what happens is if they are so close to the surface you can almost hear the earthquake go up for that it sounds like an explosion. and then a very sharp if you're closer in they fade off as you go away. could be be more? after two days might there be more today, tomorrow, the next day? i might there be more today, tomorrow, the next day?— the next day? i think we've had seven already _ the next day? i think we've had seven already from _ the next day? i think we've had seven already from what i i the next day? i think we've had seven already from what i saw. | the next day? i think we've had i seven already from what i saw. there are a lot of aftershocks coming from these. aftershocks can continue to up these. aftershocks can continue to up to a year after theirs. they will tend to get further spaced apart and be smaller but yeah, aftershocks but they won't be as big.— they won't be as big. fascinating. alexander gates, _ they won't be as big. fascinating. alexander gates, distinguished . alexander gates, distinguished service professor at the department of earth and science at rutgers university. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. president biden says a shipping channel will
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reopen into baltimore port by the end of may, after a cargo ship crashed into a major bridge there, causing it to collapse. the us leader made the remarks while on a visit to baltimore to see the wreckage. mr biden says that the federal government should pay for the bridge's reconstruction — a plan that requires congressional approval, and one that's drawn opposition from some republicans. i fully intend as the governor knows you have the federal government cover the cost of building this entire bridge. all of it, all of it. as we've done in other parts of the country in similar circumstances for the i said here, i called to authorise this project as soon as possible. let's turn to some important news around the world... an evacuation is underway in the rusian urals mountain city 0rsk, after a dam burst. thousands of home could be inundated.
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emergency crews are working to shore up the dam, the skirts the country's border with kazakhstan. bronny, the son of los angeles lakers star lebronjames, has announced he's entering this year's nba draft. it comes less than a year after the 19—year—old suffered a cardiac arrest while training with his university of southern california team. a dog missing from california has been reunited with its owners after turning up almost nine months later — and more than 2,000 miles away from the family home. 0ur neda tawfik reports on the dog's long journey and reunion. mishka the dog is finally home with her overjoyed family, a happy ending to a cross—country tale that began when she disappeared lastjuly in san diego, california, only to be discovered more than 2,000 miles away in michigan. how the terrier mix ended up there is a mystery. her owners, mehrad and miz houman, posted flyers around town and feeds on social media. and had gone months
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without any encouraging news. then, just as they were planning to travel for easter weekend to minneapolis to see relatives, they got a call from an animal welfare group that mishka had been found. daddy's bringing her home. once the family landed in minnesota, mehrad drove ten hours overnight to michigan for the emotional reunion. yeah, it's wonderful. lilly, what do you think? are you so happy? we are so overjoyed and still in shock that she's here, but we couldn't be more happy. because mishka had been chipped, the grosse pointe animal adoption society was able to match her with her owners. we don't know who or how she got here to michigan. we know she didn't walk but that's about all we know. only mishka can tell us, and she's not talking. mishka is healthy and doing great and the humans even discovered that she has learned a few new tricks. with the family home once again, they've nicknamed her the miracle dog.
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nada tawfik, bbc news, new york. before we go — a vibrant sign of spring at one english farm. a field of more than a half million tulips has opened to visitors near crawley in southern england. the rampage of colors includes more than 100 diferent varieties of tulips. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. storm kathleen will dominate our weather through this weekend. a deep area of low pressure passing well to the west of the uk, but close enough to bring gales in northern and western parts. one other consequence though — some very warm air being drawn up from the south. here's how the storm developed during friday. a strong and powerfuljet stream really energising this area of low pressure, this curl of clouds developing here. wherever you see a weather system spinning up into a curl like this, well, it shows that it really will mean business.
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this deep, low passing to the west of ireland, lots of iosbars squeezing together. so some very strong winds, but also some very warm air. northern scotland, far warmer than it has been over recent days. parts of eastern england could get to 21 or 22 degrees. some rain to start off across the northern half of scotland — heavy rain at that. it will pull away northwards and then essentially it is a sunshine and showers day. some of those showers could be on the heavy side, but it is going to be windy for all, particularly around these western coast. gusts of 50, 60, 70 miles per hour in exposed spots. so that could cause some disruption, certainly some very rough seas as well. but with those winds coming from the south, yes, it is going to be warm with temperatures peaking at 21 or maybe 22 degrees in eastern england. now through saturday evening, this weak cold front will exit the east of england. so that will leave some slightly fresher air into the early hours of sunday morning. still windy, still with quite a few showers. not as mild to start sunday morning,
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but still very mild for an april morning. and then into sunday, well, it's another sunshine and showers day. the showers likely to join together into bands. so some places could see quite a few of those heavy and possibly thundery showers. windy again, strongest winds, this time in the north west of scotland. gales or severe gales are likely still warm, but not as warm. temperatures north to south between ten and 16 or 17 degrees. but then as we head into the start of the new week, we're watching this area of low pressure. now, there's still a bit of uncertainty about this, but this could bring another bout of wet and very windy weather to southern parts of the uk as we head through monday and into tuesday. we'll keep you posted on that one. whichever way you slice it, an unsettled week of weather lies ahead. that's all for me. bye for now.
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about upcoming bbc tv programmes really suitable fare for news bulletins orjust a form of advertising? and on april fool's day, 1957, the bbc tried to convince viewers that spaghetti grew on trees. this year, it fell victim to a hoax itself. what did you watch on tv over the bank holiday weekend? bbc one's new sunday night drama this town, the latest david attenborough series or perhaps the final of the hit entertainment show gladiators. if you're wondering what those have to do with the programme about news, well, take a look at this item on last friday's shortened bbc one lunchtime bulletin. now the creator of the bbc�*s hit series peaky blinders has described his latest drama, this town, as a love letter to birmingham and coventry. set in the 1980s, it follows the formation of a band as the two tone music scene was exploding into the pop charts against a backdrop of civil unrest.

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