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hello, i'm azadeh moshiri. welcome to bbc news. president biden's national security adviser is due in israel to hold talks with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. that meeting is the latest us initiative to try and halt the fighting in gaza after the failure of negotiations involving israel and hamas. earlier, jake sullivan held talks with saudi arabia's crown prince in the in the saudi city of dhahran. in the latest violence, at least 28 palestinians are reported to have been killed, most of them in a strike on a house in nuseirat in the central gaza strip. there are signs of splits in israel, benny gantz, a member of the war cabinet has threatened to withdraw his centrist party from the coalition unless prime minister benjamin netanyahu sets out a post—war plan for the gaza strip. we can go live tojerusalem, and our correspondent danjohnson.
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what is the latest we are hearing? jake sullivan meeting with benjamin netanyahu. first and foremost, reiterating the us insistence that the military offensive around rafah remains restricted. the warning has been if israel steps up that military operations there, it will put even more palestinian lives at risk. we know already there are 800,000 palestinians who have fled that city in the last ten days or so, since israel's military moved in there. the consistent warning from there. the consistent warning from the us has been not to launch an all—out assault, that would put even more palestinians on the move and at risk. there are also calls for more aid to get into gaza, to feed palestinians in need of shelter and diplomatic aid. there are efforts going to try to pressure benjamin netanyahu into laying out some sort of plan as to what will happen next
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in gaza once the fighting is over. who will represent the palestinian people? who will coordinate the rebuilding of homes and infrastructure? who will represent them, speak for them infrastructure? who will represent them, speakfor them in infrastructure? who will represent them, speak for them in the future? benjamin netanyahu has refused to be drawn on that so far, he says his priorities are eradicating hamas and returning israeli hostages. he is under pressure from his own cabinet, saying he needs to lay out a plan to give an assurance of what his future proposals for gaza will look like, so people know in which direction they are heading. saudi arabia could be key in building an arab coalition that could play a role in gaza in the future. that is why jake sullivan has been in saudi arabia and brings that message to israel. adding to all the pressure that you have described, benjamin netanyahu is also facing pressure domestically from the israeli public?—
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from the israeli public? absolutely. there have been _ from the israeli public? absolutely. there have been very _ from the israeli public? absolutely. there have been very little - from the israeli public? absolutely. there have been very little resultsl there have been very little results from the military campaign in the last few weeks, in terms of returning hostages. the only recent development has been a return four of hostages that were killed on the 7th of october. in terms of eradicating hamas, that has not been successful yet. in rafah, there are battalions holding out and the idf has gone back into areas of central and northern gaza, where it previously declared success against hamas. that is hardly a result that benjamin netanyahu can claim either. therefore, he is under pressure to explain his military strategy, to deliver more successful results on the battlefield, and then to lay out what he foresees for the future of gaza. all he has said so far is that he will not work with the palestinian authority, which represents palestinians in the west bank. he doesn't think they should have a role in the future of gaza. he will not lay out exactly who he thinks should play a role. there is a stain pressure now from the israeli public, from figures in
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israeli public, from figures in israeli politics and from the united states, the united nations and other international organisations, saying it is time for benjamin netanyahu to set out a clear future.— set out a clear future. there will be [en set out a clear future. there will be plenty more _ set out a clear future. there will be plenty more context - set out a clear future. there will be plenty more context and - set out a clear future. there will. be plenty more context and updates on all of this throughout the day on bbc news, as well as on the app and the website. a 14—year—old boy has died and a 13—year—old boy is in a critical condition after getting into difficulty in the river tyne at ovingham in northumberland on saturday, the boys went into the water near to ovingham bridge yesterday afternoon and multiple emergency service crews were deployed to the scene. the parents of both boys are being supported by specially—trained officers. earlier our reporter andy gill gave us an update on the situation from ovingham. the police were called to this part of the river tyne at about 3.30 yesterday afternoon because those two boys that had got into difficulty in the water.
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they went into the river a couple of hundred yards downstream from here. there is a rope swing which is popular with young people. as you said, a major search and rescue operation was mounted involving the police and rescue, the fire service. a 13—year—old boy was rescued from the river. he was taken to hospital, where he is said to be in a critical condition. the body of a 14—year—old boy was pulled from the river and he was pronounced dead at the scene. at this same location two years ago, another 13—year—old boy called robert hattersley also drowned. there is actually little a photograph of him on the rocks here, by way of a memorial. last year, northumberland fire service were critical of youths who had ignored requests to come out of the river. this is a very popular spot with teenagers when the weather is warm. we've been speaking to a local councillor who herself nearly drowned as a teenager, and she is trying to get more education in schools
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about the dangers of swimming in the river here. she also wants more physical safety measures. there are life belts up on the path yeah, because the river floods, but she wants more safety measures because this is such a dangerous stretch of the river tyne. an inquiry into the uk's biggest health scandal will release its final report on monday. the scale of what happened is almost unprecedented in british medical history. more than 30,000 people in britain were infected with hiv and hepatitis c. after being given contaminated blood products by the national health service in the 1970s, 80s and 90s. many have since died, while some unknowingly passed infections on to partners — who then died. victims and their families have spent decades fighting for compensation. our health editor hugh pym reports.
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a home testing kit for hepatitis c. thousands were infected with the virus after blood transfusions dating back to the 1970s, and bbc news analysis showed that more than 1,700 have the virus and still don't know it. demand for hepatitis c test kits in england has soared since our story began. more than 12,800 kits were ordered between thursday 9th may and friday 17th may. that compares with 2,300 for the whole of april, close to the monthly average. a charity helpline has been very busy. i think the huge increase in call numbers that we have seen at the hepatitis c trust clearly demonstrates that a lot more people for the very first time are aware about inflected blood in the nhs blood supply, and that is an amazing thing, if we can find those estimated 1,700 people, even a small proportion of them, and we can save some lives, that is amazing
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it has been achieved. hepatitis c can develop with minimum symptoms. if left undetected, it can cause cirrhosis of the liver and cancer. kits can be ordered online in england and has can be arranged at gp surgeries in the uk's other nations. effective treatment is available. the inquiry has examined why transfusions with blood inflected with hepatitis c continued after the virus was identified in the late 1980s. bbc news revealed that government attempts to trace patients and test them half—hearted. another key issue is the use of products or haemophiliacs contaminated with hiv and hepatitis c, made from blood obtained by paid donors including prisons in the united states. after opening in september 2018, the final report of the inquiry chaired by sir brian langstaff will be published tomorrow.
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he has already said there were wrongs done at individual and systemic levels. a government spokesperson said it was an appalling tragedy that never should have happened, and there were plans to set up a new compensation scheme. hugh pym, bbc news. our political correspondent tony bonsignore looked ahead to tomorrow's report and possible compensation for vitcims. the question is, of course, how much and when will people start seeing those final amounts, the final compensation scheme? there has been some payments so far, but there's been huge pressure on the government to speed this up, to get a final framework out for compensation for those many, many thousands of people who've been affected. we get the final report tomorrow, monday. and so in anticipation of that, the defence secretary grant shapps was asked about that on laura kuenssberg here on the bbc a short while ago. here's what he had to say. the idea it's taken
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all of this time to get to the truth, i think is heartbreaking. i haven't seen the report yet. the government has already said that it will want to respond quickly to it. and so i know that that's what will happen. can you confirm the compensation? i can't. i'm not in that position. we'll certainly want others and the chancellor and the prime minister to talk about it. but i do know, as i say, from my own constituency casework, it's heartbreaking and it's the system over decades having let down these families. and not only has this been a scandal that's gone back decades, but of course it will take many, many more years just to get that compensation out. it's such a huge problem, this. so this is something potentially the labour party will inherit if they win the next general election. so, same question to the shadow health secretary, wes streeting, on the same programme. here's what he had to say. let it be justice for- the victims of this scandal, because every four days, _ another victim dies without justice. and justice has been - delayed for far too long. i suspect all parties are going - to have to take some pretty heavy criticism on the chin when sir brian
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reports tomorrow, including us. i and we will take that criticism on the chin. even more importantly, even in this election year where we're, - you know, slugging it out for who governs britain, i i hope we can see that rare moment i of consensus in our politics to put. this situation right. well, he said justice has been delayed for far too long now. prime minister david cameron, when he was in office, apologised for the scandal. several governments have presided over this. there's still criticism, isn't there? there will be criticism, yeah. i mean, it was theresa may, david cameron's successor as prime minister, who began this inquiry, who launched this inquiry, and that's back in 2017. and she's talked since about some of the resistance she met within whitehall to this. jeremy hunt today, in the sunday times, talking about the dilemmas he faced, given the huge amounts of compensation that will have to be paid out here.
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i suspect tomorrow, though, given the gravity of what's happened, i suspect tomorrow will be primarily about the victims. and i think there will be an attempt by politicians to raise above party politics on this, because some of the stories, as we've seen, are absolutely harrowing. and a reminder we will have full coverage of the infected blood scandal inquiry conclusion tomorrow here on the bbc news, you will be able follow it live on the bbc news website and app and also on bbc iplayer. the congolese army says it has quashed an attempted coup kinshasa and killed its leader. a group of armed men in military fatigues broke into the residence of a close ally of president felix tshisekedi at dawn and were later seen within the vicinity of the presidential palace.
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as soon as we have as 50011 as we have more as soon as we have more updates, we will bring them to you. now it's time for a look at today's sport with oli foster tyson fury says he should have won last night's fight against olexander usyk, but thinks thejudges sided with the ukrainian because the country is currenty at war. usyk is now the first four—belt undisputed heavyweight world champion after beating fury in a split—decision in saudi arabia. it was what it was. i'm not going to cry about spilt milk _ look, i've had plenty of victories and i gave god the glory. i've had this one loss, in a close fight, with a good man like usyk. it was what it was. i tried my best in there. i was having a lot of fun, actually.
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i don't know if it looked like it, but i was playing around, hands behind my back, i was enjoying it. he's a good fighter, i was catching him, he was catching me, it was a good fight. i hope you guys enjoyed it as much as i did. the fight swung in the ninth round, with some ferocious punching from usyk. a rematch has already been agreed for october, boxing pundit steve bunce was ringside in riyadh and says it was a fair result. fury did think he had won, but he said, i'm a fighting man, i will take it. two of the judges only separated them by one round. that shows it was a really tight fight, and it was a really tight fight. had usyk lost, he wouldn't have screamed. fury lost, he didn't scream. you might see him change the narrative over the next few days, that's just boxing, that's the way it works. as for the ninth round, that's one of the all—time great heavy heavyweight rounds. in round six, usyk was trailing by a couple of points. he clawed his way back, in the ninth round he hit tyson fury, i'll use an expression, now i finally know what it means, he was hit from pillar to post, his back hit every side of the ring
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in a ridiculous a0 or 50 second sequence, resulting in him toppling into the ropes, which, in boxing, constitutes a knock down. let's get to today's main event. the final day of the premier league season league season, 10 matches kick—off injust under three hours time but our focus will be on the etihad stadium and the emirates where manchester city or arsenal will be champions. we have our correspoendnet in position, joe wilson is in north london ahead of the gunners game against everton, but let's start wiht katie gornall at manchester city. a wondrous sight, no rain in manchester, glorious in london as well. simple, manchester cityjust well. simple, manchester city just have well. simple, manchester cityjust have too much what arsenal do and they will be champions and history will be made?— they will be champions and history will be made? that's right, they are in the driving _ will be made? that's right, they are in the driving seat. _ will be made? that's right, they are in the driving seat. they _
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will be made? that's right, they are in the driving seat. they start - will be made? that's right, they are in the driving seat. they start the i in the driving seat. they start the final day two points ahead of arsenal and we know that they rarely falter with the finish line in sight. what is more, as you say, there is history on the line at the etihad. if city win, they will become the first club in 135 years of the english top flight to win four consecutive titles. it would be a sixth in seven seasons, and they would underline the dominance of this team and the talent of the manager, pep guardiola. west ham will be trying to spoil the party. it is david moyes�* final game in charge of the club and he will want to sign off in style. should city slip up, arsenal will be waiting to claim the crown. they are at the emirates, where thejoe wilson will be watching. fair emirates, where the joe wilson will be watching-— be watching. fair to say that arsenal fans _ be watching. fair to say that arsenal fans arrive - be watching. fair to say that arsenal fans arrive this - be watching. fair to say that - arsenal fans arrive this afternoon clinging _ arsenal fans arrive this afternoon clinging to — arsenal fans arrive this afternoon clinging to the possible, rather than _ clinging to the possible, rather than probable. but arteta says it will be _ than probable. but arteta says it will be a — than probable. but arteta says it will be a beautiful day, and he hopes — will be a beautiful day, and he hopes. that hope is of course shared by the _ hopes. that hope is of course shared
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by the supporters. almost come what may, this _ by the supporters. almost come what may, this afternoon. arsenal fans will look— may, this afternoon. arsenal fans will look at — may, this afternoon. arsenal fans will look at this as a season of real_ will look at this as a season of real progress. absolutely. you think of the _ real progress. absolutely. you think of the points tally they will end up with if_ of the points tally they will end up with if they make sure they win here this evening, 89 would be enough to win the _ this evening, 89 would be enough to win the premier league on many occasions — win the premier league on many occasions. but they do have to take care of— occasions. but they do have to take care oftheir— occasions. but they do have to take care of their own business. just imagine — care of their own business. just imagine if— care of their own business. just imagine if man city were to lose, and then— imagine if man city were to lose, and then arsenal were to lose here against _ and then arsenal were to lose here against everton. that really would be unthinkable. for days now in terms _ be unthinkable. for days now in terms of— be unthinkable. for days now in terms of the title race, it seems to me that _ terms of the title race, it seems to me that some people think it is all oven _ me that some people think it is all oven it's _ me that some people think it is all over. it's not quite yet.— over. it's not quite yet. could be a dramatic afternoon. _ over. it's not quite yet. could be a dramatic afternoon. we _ over. it's not quite yet. could be a dramatic afternoon. we will - over. it's not quite yet. could be a dramatic afternoon. we will have l over. it's not quite yet. could be a i dramatic afternoon. we will have the champion is crowned at one of those places later. many thanks to both of you. max verstappen said it was "very special" to equal the record set by the great ayrton senna of 8 pole positions in a row. it's 30 years since senna's death following an accident on the same circuit where the emilia romagna
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grand prix is taking place this afternoon. verstappen won a tight qualifying session, with only a tenth of a second dividing the top three. britain's lando norris will start alongside him on the front row after his mclaren teaamate oscar piastri was demoted because of an infringement in qualifying. it was a big improvement for verstappen though, with red bull really struggling in practice it could be an epic final round in the uspga championship. the top of the leaderboard is so tightly packed at valhalla, shane lowry made the biggestjump in the third round, equalling the record for the lowest round at a major, 62. he had nine birdies in a flawless third round. the former open champion is 13—under—par, two shots behind the leaders xander schauffele and collin morikawa. lowry clearly enjoyed playing alongside his ryder cup team—mate justin rose, who shot a 64 to finish the day one behind lowry, along with robert macintyre.
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and that's all the sport for now. you can keep on top of everything on the bbc sport app or website. let's stay with sport — as you heard there it's the end ofjurgen klopp's spell as manager of liverpool this afternoon. he's won the club countless victories, not only the premier league for the first time but also the champions league. let's speak to craig hannan, from the anfield wrap, a collection of podcasts about liverpool fc. he's at the stadium now. how big a moment is this, given the legacy how big a moment is this, given the legachurgen klopp has now? i how big a moment is this, given the legacy jurgen klopp has now? i think it's a massive _ legacy jurgen klopp has now? i think it's a massive moment, _ legacy jurgen klopp has now? i think it's a massive moment, a _ legacy jurgen klopp has now? i think it's a massive moment, a moment . legacy jurgen klopp has now? i thinkj it's a massive moment, a moment in time for liverpool football club. he is a manager that brought back the glory days, the glory days from the past back into the present for a whole new generation to enjoy. he's delivered every trophy he possibly
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code, and he has made us feel something different, given as experiences, games and moments, and performed miracles that were used to read in the history books, he has brought that into the present day. he means everything to liverpool fans. it will be a very emotional day for us all.— fans. it will be a very emotional day for us all. thanks so much for that. day for us all. thanks so much for that- there _ day for us all. thanks so much for that. there will _ day for us all. thanks so much for that. there will be _ day for us all. thanks so much for that. there will be more - day for us all. thanks so much for that. there will be more coverage day for us all. thanks so much for i that. there will be more coverage of this big moment and the premier league results later today. mps have been speaking out about the toll the job takes on their mental health, warning that the current situation is driving some to quit politics. labour mp kim leadbeater said the "extremely stressful" nature of the role had resulted in "good people leaving public life." while the conservative's elliot colburn said that mps were not seen "on a human level" as having the same set of emotions as other people. in a couple of hours, we'll be speaking to elliot coleburn about how his experience as an mp has impacted his mental health. let's have a listen to a clip from an emotional speech he made in the house of commons back in february of this year.
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in recent years, something like 6,500 people die in the uk each year due to suicide. and in 2021, i was nearly one of them. luckily, my attempt failed. i was found by family members quickly. i received amazing care at st helier and springfield hospitals, didn't do any permanent damage and was well looked after by the nhs in the months that followed. and i want to take this chance to say thank you to everyone who saved me, and sorry to my family and loved ones who i put through such an awful ordeal. in that moment, i felt alone, and scared, and like there was no way out. and that the world would be better off without me in it. but i don't recognise that man any more. all: hear, hear! i know that nothing is ever really worth that.
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help really is out there, and i'm pretty awesome. laughter. does the prime minister agree that one death by suicide is one too many? and will he send a message from the dispatch box today that, whatever you are going through, you are not alone, that help is out there, and better days lie ahead? with me isjournalist and co—director of think tank compassion in politics, jennifer nadel. jennifer spoke to mps across the house, journalist jennifer nadel for a radio a documentary broken politicians, broken politics. it asks if politicians�* mental health is at breaking point. what have you discovered? discovered that there are a lot — have you discovered? discovered that there are a lot of— have you discovered? discovered that there are a lot of mps _ have you discovered? discovered that there are a lot of mps who _ have you discovered? discovered that there are a lot of mps who are - there are a lot of mps who are really suffering. it is partly the stresses of the job, it�*s partly the way politics is done in this country. wejust way politics is done in this country. we just heard way politics is done in this country. wejust heard elliot colburn, who sadly got to the point
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where he tried to take his own life. after he finished speaking, he was approached by keir starmer, as you may have seen in that clip, but was also invited in to meet the prime minister, who he says gave him a hug. afterwards, eight other members of parliament came up to him and said they had reached the same place of desperation. those are just the people who came to speak to him. so, we have spoken to mps from across the house, all of whom have been very courageous in speaking about their mental health. some of whom have done so in recorded interviews which you will hear at 1.30, or if you want to listen back on the player. what they all said was that the way we are doing politics at the moment is having a really negative impact on mental health, and that has implications for all of us, because we need our politicians to because we need our politicians to be in robust health if we want them to make the best decisions possible.
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when you say the way that we do politics right now, what are some of the contributing factors? is it the way the politicians themselves are behaving, or is it also the context, social media and things that amplify the divisiveness?— social media and things that amplify the divisiveness? there are a number of factors, the divisiveness? there are a number of factors. one _ the divisiveness? there are a number of factors. one is _ the divisiveness? there are a number of factors, one is definitely _ the divisiveness? there are a number of factors, one is definitely social- of factors, one is definitely social media, the threat of intimidation and abuse. add to that, the conflict —based, adversarial nature in the way we do politics. it is tribal, one side against another, and then we have the media, and it has to be reduced down to a sound bite in the days of tik—tok and twitter. and then we have archaic practices, like then we have archaic practices, like the whipping system, prime minister�*s questions, the fact you have to wonder about the house and cast a vote, you cannot do it electronically. mps live in two different places, part of their time
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in westminster, part of their time in westminster, part of their time in their constituencies.— in their constituencies. thank you so much for _ in their constituencies. thank you so much for all _ in their constituencies. thank you so much for all of _ in their constituencies. thank you so much for all of that. _ in their constituencies. thank you so much for all of that. you - in their constituencies. thank you so much for all of that. you can i so much for all of that. you can hear much more about this on the radio four documentary broken politicians, broken politics. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. a fine sunday for many, but there will be some big weather and temperature contrasts across the uk today. where we�*ve got some of that lingering fog into the afternoon, particularly around some north sea coast temperatures will probably hold at around 12 celsius. but with some longer spells of sunshine, a sunnier day than yesterday, some of the warmest weather, 25 degrees, will be found across parts of south england and southeast wales. here, certainly more
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sunshine than yesterday. we will see a few isolated showers pop up, lots of low clouds lingering towards the north and the east. here�*s the details for the afternoon, though. mid—afternoon, those lively showers, quite pokey ones across some southern counties and south wales, but nowhere near as extensive thunderstorms as we saw through yesterday. that low cloud, probably around the coast of yorkshire northwards. a few heavy showers and thunderstorms, though, around the southern uplands and the cumbrian fells, 20 to 23 here, down a bit on yesterday, but always cooler compared with recent days across the far north of scotland. now, into tonight, mist, low cloud will roll in more widely across the eastern half of the uk. could come as far west as the midlands, maybe getting into parts of western scotland, too, but some clear skies in the west. but even here the odd fog patch possible, temperatures similar to recent mornings. it does make for a bit of a grey and a bit of a slow commute for some of you on monday morning. a lot of that low cloud, though, breaking up quite quickly here in the morning.
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they will see patchy still across some northern areas. a heavy shower to the west of northern ireland into the second half of the day. but it�*s here the highs of the temperatures up to 23 degrees. elsewhere, down a little bit on what we�*ve seen this weekend. a few isolated showers towards the south east later on and a greater risk of showers on tuesday. starting to see the weather change after this warmth of the weekend. showers and thunderstorms more widely, scotland, northern england and across ireland. there�*ll still be some longer spells of sunny weather across parts of england and wales and still warm in that sunshine, too. but the big change really comes late tuesday into wednesday, gathering in the near continent, an area of low pressure, more extensive rain. how far north that goes and how quickly it moves across the country, a bit of a question mark at the moment. but it�*s certainly going to bring windier conditions compared to what we�*ve seen this weekend and into the start of the week where we�*ll still have some sunshine quite widely. outbreaks of rain then developing from tuesday onwards and, as i said, it will start to feel a little bit cooler compared to this weekend, too. bye for now.
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this is bbc news — the headlines. president biden�*s national security adviser is due in israel to hold talks with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. earlier — jake sullivan held talks with saudi arabia�*s crown prince in the saudi city of dhahran. it�*s the latest stage in the us initiative to try and halt the fighting in gaza.
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police say a fourteen—year—old boy has died and a thirteen—year—old boy is in a critical condition — after they got into difficulty in the river tyne in the northeast of england. the two boys entered the water yesterday afternoon. the younger child was rescued and taken to hospital. the cabinet minister — grant shapps — has said families affected by the infected blood scandal were let down for decades. he said the response by both the conservatives and previous governments had been too slow. the final report of a public inquiry into the scandal will be published tomorrow. now on bbc news...the travel show coming up on this week�*s show... it looks like a flotation device. it does! you could probably get into that. here we go. bon appetit. skibbereen! thank you so much.

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