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in the world's largest car market. breaking news to bring you before we get the latest from the sportscenter - cbs get the latest from the sportscenter — cbs news is reporting the number of police officers have been shot in the last hour or so in charlotte, north carolina. the charlotte police department said that multiple victims were taken to hospital for the us marshals task force comprised of officers from multiple agencies were conducting an investigation when the shooting started. not yet clear how many officers were wounded or their condition. obviously, we will update that for you as we get more news. we will bring that to you shortly. let's get a sport roundup.
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hello, gavin. hello from the bbc sport centre. premier league have clubs voted to move a step closer to the possibiliy of bringing in a salary cap. a majority of clubs were in favour of allowing the premier league to do the final economic and legal analysis of such a model, and draft the rules — with the aim of making the competition fairer. it's part of plans to reform the profit and sustainability regulations, which resulted in both nottingham forest and everton being deducted points this season. top clubs would only be allowed to spend a sum linked to the television revenues of the bottom clubs in the league. the next stage will potentially be put to clubs at agm injune. the pfa have said they have always been clear that they would oppose any measure that would place a �*hard' cap on player wages. england rugby union international billy vunipola has apologised, and paid a fine after being charged in spain, following an alleged incident. the bbc understands he was tasered by police on the island of majorca after they were called to a bar
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in the island's capital. vunipola called it a "misunderstanding" and said there was no violence. our sports news correspondent laura scott has more. we note that this incident involved a club in palma on the island of majorca on the early hours of sunday morning. the number eight who's played for england on 75 occasions has described what happened is an unfortunate misunderstanding that got out of hand. we know the police were called to the club, we understand he was tasered and arrested and later charged and appeared in court. however he is said in a statement released today that contrary to media reports there was no violence... having paid that fine we know that the spanish police investigation has closed and then he vunipola is free to fly back to the uk. what we will
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follow is an internal process and his club and he said he will cooperate with that and he unreservedly apologises for any inconveniences caused during this incident. to the madrid open tennis now, where cameron norrie�*s tournament is over — he was beaten in straight sets by casper ruud. the world number six ruud took the first comfortably, six games to 2 and the second 6—4. ruud, who won in barcelona last week, will face canada's felix auger—aliassime in the next round in the last 16. and rafa nadal�*s run in madrid goes on, he was dominant in the first set against argentinian pedro cachin. but the 22 time grand slam champion was pegged back in the second — cachin taking that set on a tie break. nadal struck back to win the decider, in a match lasting more than three hours. and facesjiri leh—etch—ka for a place in the quarters. let's take you to the world snooker championship in sheffield. the quarter—final line up will be completed later today — and ronnie o'sullivan has booked his place. he comfortably beat welshman ryan
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day, 13 frames to seven. a 52 break in his winning frame helped the �*rocket�* reach his 22nd world championship quarter—final. the seven time champion is hoping to get an outright record eighth this year. he spoke about dealing with the pressure of being the favorite. ever since i was — pressure of being the favorite. ever since i was a _ pressure of being the favorite. ever since i was a kid _ pressure of being the favorite. ever since i was a kid my _ pressure of being the favorite. ee since i was a kid my mum expected an odd turn up and play. i think i kind of grew with that as i played. i just been conditioned to dealing with that sort of pressure. that doesn't bother me is more in the pressure i put on myself. knowing what i'm capable of when i don't produce it. when i find this game hard this life gets harder. when it's easy, life becomes a pleasant place again. two is continuing tonight. it is currently 10—9 to bingham in that one. the four time winnerjohn higgins against mark allen. ten
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frames all there. first of 13 wins in those matches. they will complete the quarterfinals which start on tuesday. and that's all the sport for now. wa nt to want to tell you that we've been told in the last few minutes that the duchess of edinburgh has become the duchess of edinburgh has become the first royal to visit ukraine since the start of the russian invasion. she is there on behalf of the king, continuing along the work she's done in regards to conflict related sexual violence. you see here she's meeting people, also met president zelensky and the first lady as well. including some of the children we're told to have been returned to ukraine after being forcibly separated from their families and deported by russia. they were some of the people that her royal highness met earlier today in ukraine.
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we're going to go back to sport. if you will indulge me for a second will tell you about my weekend in manchester. i went to old trafford to watch burnley play united. where we earned a very credible point. but were you to look at the salaries of the two teams, yes, we're playing in the same league, but really there is no contest. the weekly pay of the three highest earners at united, is more than the collective weekly salary of the entire burnley squad. and you could probably say the same for luton and sheffield united who are also at the bottom. only once in premier league history have all three promoted teams gone straight back down. but the gulf in earnings probably means that will become more common in the future — and some fans might argue the competition would be poorerfor it. and so today the clubs met to discuss capping players wages to a multiple of the television revenues earned by the premier league's bottom teams. most of the clubs have voted for further consideration of that plan, except for manchester united, manchester city and aston villa. let's speak to kieran maguire, he is an associate lecturer
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in football finance at the university of liverpool and the author of the price of football. always good to have you on the program. thank you for your time this evening. what do you think has been decided today? it this evening. what do you think has been decided today?— been decided today? it looks as if these rules _ been decided today? it looks as if these rules are _ been decided today? it looks as if these rules are quite _ been decided today? it looks as if these rules are quite forward - these rules are quite forward thinking in the sense that what you might call the middle classes of the premier league, the likes of crystal palace in bournemouth and brighton, they are probably generating around about a tenth of the commercial income of the big bases, liverpool united, manchester city and so on. they hear that that growth and commercial income is unstoppable. the rules are going to be, you take the tv money from the club effectively finishing bottom of the premier league, last you multiply that by a number, let's check number five, that would give us £515 million for all the clubs in the
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premier league to spend on wages, transfer fees premier league to spend on wages, transferfees and agent premier league to spend on wages, transfer fees and agent fees. those rules in isolation i think would be quite transformative. but given that they've got to operate alongside that uefa rules as well, i still think we will be in a similar position with very much the haves and have—nots in the premier league. why, because manchester united, the top six would argue they are competing on an international market and that have to be a fair playing field what you're up against the likes of barcelona and the money they can spend?— likes of barcelona and the money they can spend? barcelona arielle madrid themselves _ they can spend? barcelona arielle madrid themselves are _ they can spend? barcelona arielle madrid themselves are both - madrid themselves are both constrained because la liga has its own wage control form. we saw only two or three seasons ago when barcelona had to sell lionel messi, other players as well because they were failing the wage control rules. that argument doesn't really work particularly well once you actually
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plug those numbers into spreadsheets. the premier league is incredibly successful. the tv deal is twice the value of that of germany, france and italy and four times that of france. it does allow clubs in the premier league to be very competitive with perhaps the exception of real madrid. you look at the work that's been done to the burn bower stadium, it started into a huge cash cow, it's a global club as well. we know that real madrid have been successful. i can't see these rules being restricted in respect of preventing premier clubs to be with other clubs in europe forget about the bottom three for second, look at the two teams that have point stock the season, everton and nottingham forest, the defence at nottingham forest and put forward is that steve cooper took bars from the bottom of the championship right to the premier league. it the bottom of the championship right to the premier league.— to the premier league. it was such that if they — to the premier league. it was such that if they hadn't _
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to the premier league. it was such that if they hadn't spent the - to the premier league. it was such | that if they hadn't spent the money they did spank about which was a small fortune, they would've been instantly relegated. there has to be some recognition that clubs coming up some recognition that clubs coming up have to be able to compete, right? i up have to be able to compete, riuht? ., , ., right? i agree with you entirely. the current _ right? i agree with you entirely. the current rules, _ right? i agree with you entirely. the current rules, they - right? i agree with you entirely. the current rules, they have - the current rules, they have unintended consequences in the sense that promoted clubs are given a lower budget, under the way that the rules operate. that means we're operating in more of a yo—yo environment. if you take a look at the detail in respect of nottingham forest, they were promoted to the end of 2022 with a squad which cost £12 million. they were supposed to compete with the likes of manchester united, chelsea and so on, which squad cost over a billion. that's1% of the value. that's not good for football because one of the things which we all enjoy about the game is
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the idea that when a match starts that both clubs have a chance of winning even if that chance might be remote, it's nice to have some hope rather than no hope. i think it could be argued, we've seen that especially in the case of sheffield united this season that getting beaten 5—0 isn't good for the premier league is a brand. certainly not good for sheffield united fans, not good for sheffield united fans, not good for football as a whole. it is there, when you say started for football as a whole, is there some evidence to pay for these players salaries, ticket prices have gone up? salaries, ticket prices have gone u . ? . ~' , . , ., salaries, ticket prices have gone u? ,.,., ., , up? ticket prices have gone up. salaries went _ up? ticket prices have gone up. salaries went up _ up? ticket prices have gone up. salaries went up by _ up? ticket prices have gone up. salaries went up by 1196 - up? ticket prices have gone up. salaries went up by 1196 last - up? ticket prices have gone up. | salaries went up by 1196 last year, salaries went up by 11% last year, revenues went up by 11%. i think the excuse for the increase in prices is more been trying to blame financial fair play and blame cost of living
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rather than linking it to player wages. rather than linking it to player wanes. . ~' rather than linking it to player wanes. ., ~ ,, rather than linking it to player wanes. ., ~ ., rather than linking it to player wanes. ., ., ., wages. thank you for coming on the programme — wages. thank you for coming on the programme tonight. _ let's look now at the protests against it that are sweeping across college campuses in the united states. nationwide rallies — during which there have been hundreds of arrests — are showing no sign of stopping. at ucla, a pro—palestinian encampment has grown in size in recent days, as has a group of pro—israeli counter—protesters. on sunday there were skirmishes between the pro—palestinian and pro—israel groups after a barrier separating the two sides was breached. and the protests have been conintuing at columbia university in new york, where they started more than two weeks ago. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal is at columbia university in new york. is there any sign that this communication and coordination between these various protests bringing up at university campuses?
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yes, it's columbia that started it essentially when they started this encampment which is just behind essentially when they started this encampment which isjust behind me. about a couple of weeks ago and since we've seen more encampments crumpled up. earlier today and why you had in enchantments, city couegein you had in enchantments, city college in new york as well as we seenin college in new york as well as we seen in other parts of the country. to give you a sense of what's happening here, we can't get inside the encampment. nobody can apart from the pro—palestinian movement or the students. it's called gaza solidarity encampment. on the other side of the entrance you've got faculty staff who have linked arms in a way to protect the students and stop people from going in. that includes a police. there was a deadline at two p:m., which was about an hour deadline at two p:m., which was aboutan hourand deadline at two p:m., which was about an hour and 43 minutes ago in which we heard that police were planning to go and basically clear students out because they've been given a deadline of 2pm to clear out
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by the president of the university. the students have a list of demands, those negotiations have failed. so now the university is saying, clear out. what you got is other students who are inside the encampment —— aren't inside but are circling around in solidarity with the students inside.— students inside. obviously, republicans _ students inside. obviously, republicans have _ students inside. obviously, republicans have been - students inside. obviously, . republicans have been making students inside. obviously, - republicans have been making use of this politically and been very critical of the college president. we featured on the steps of the university calling for the president to resign. i noticed today that there were democrats, centrist democrats, around 21 of them from swing districts who also wrote to the university saying they were disappointed in their response. the disappointed in their response. tue president disappointed in their response. tte president is disappointed in their response. "tte president is really disappointed in their response. tte president is really been criticised from both sides. as you mentioned you got right wing politicians, mike johnson was here criticising him for getting to this stage. but then
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you've got those democrats. this is a lot of the students feel who are angry about the way the university responded ten days ago went riot police went in with zip ties and arrested students. i spoke to one student, a member ofjewish voices and she had been suspended as a result. just to remind one of the demands of the students is amnesty for all students and staff who are been arrested, suspended orfired. there is huge pressure on the president and also congresswoman police really mac stefanik who held a hearing questioning the leaders of some oblique universities about anti—semitism on campuses and it led to some resigning. she has tweeted saying that the president has failed. because the 2pm deadline has been and gone. and stefanik is
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saying this is still going on, why is that? there is so much division over what is happening here. there are those saying this is an assault on free speech, it is their right to protest and then you have those students who are saying that there is a lot of hate speech going on, a lot ofjewish students have told me they feel unsafe, they feel that psalm is anti—somatic. as you can see, the protests are still ongoing. students have said to me that they are not leaving until all of their demands are met.— are not leaving until all of their demands are met. ., ., ., ,, demands are met. nomia iqba, thank ou for demands are met. nomia iqba, thank you for that- — demands are met. nomia iqba, thank you forthat- if— demands are met. nomia iqba, thank you for that. if you _ demands are met. nomia iqba, thank you for that. if you want to _ demands are met. nomia iqba, thank you for that. if you want to keep - you for that. if you want to keep across what's happening there are updates on the bbc webpage. you can follow that live we will talk about the politics of that in the next hour with our panel. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.
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that deal potentially clears the way for a company to offer its most advanced self driving software on the new cars in china. they were a couple of hurdles to this deal. what precocity really mac would they get access to extremely high resolution maps across the country. it seems it got the go—ahead. charlie leader has described tessa example of economic cooperation, may be a sign of things to come. certainly welcome at a time when the companies earnings and dip. no surprise that shares were up as high as 13% in early trading in new york today. let's speak to suvrat kothari from insideev electric car magazine.
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the performances tesla has been silenced, ? the performances tesla has been silenced,? ~ , , the performances tesla has been silenced,?— the performances tesla has been silenced,? ~ , , , ., ., silenced,? absolutely. tessa had had a rocky first — silenced,? absolutely. tessa had had a rocky first quarter _ silenced,? absolutely. tessa had had a rocky first quarter for _ silenced,? absolutely. tessa had had a rocky first quarter for saw _ silenced,? absolutely. tessa had had a rocky first quarter for saw sales - a rocky first quarter for saw sales drop, revenues drop. tesla, the leaderfor about 10% of drop, revenues drop. tesla, the leader for about 10% of its global workforce. you had problems with the cyber truck recall over an accelerator pedal that would get stock when it was depressed. kind of a rocky start for the mosques trip to china was a big win for them especially in the context of how bad the first quarter had been. == especially in the context of how bad the first quarter had been. -- musk. it sort of the first quarter had been. -- musk. it sort of bucks _ the first quarter had been. -- musk. it sort of bucks the _ the first quarter had been. -- musk. it sort of bucks the trend, _ the first quarter had been. -- musk. it sort of bucks the trend, that's - it sort of bucks the trend, that's why the story start out to me for the advanced tech companies are being dissuaded from going to china, the theft of the intellectual property is always a problem. yet musk seems confident in what is doing here. and seems to have got the go—ahead from the chinese to do it. the go-ahead from the chinese to do it. ~ , ,., y the go-ahead from the chinese to do it. ~ , ,., , ., , .
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it. absolutely, that is right. we have to understand _ it. absolutely, that is right. we have to understand first - it. absolutely, that is right. we have to understand first why i it. absolutely, that is right. we i have to understand first why musk went to china for the what is tesla these days? it's less of a car company and more in roku taxi company. at least that's what they are advertising the brand to be. it doesn't matter if it sells the best in the world, elon musk has been advertising the brand as first inform us that as a rowboat taxi company and in autonomous driving company. the wholesale driving systems, by the way doesn't mean that a car drives on its own despite the branding. it's still a level two system which requires actor drivers supervision at all times. but you need massive amounts of data to create these systems. china is a big market for tesla. tesla has not been able to tap into that market as well is gathering data or his concern for millions of its cars and the cameras at these cars are equipped with. now
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tesla has this massive treasure trove of data it can send back home and fine—tune its driving system. that's where the investor conference lies. that's why the valuation is so high. lies. that's why the valuation is so hi h, ~ ., , , lies. that's why the valuation is so hih. ., ~' lies. that's why the valuation is so hi.h. ., ~ . ., ., high. massive market in which to do that. it's interesting, _ high. massive market in which to do that. it's interesting, you _ high. massive market in which to do that. it's interesting, you talk- that. it's interesting, you talk about cars meeting active driver supervision because there is another issue at home and that is the safety of the technology at least eight lawsuits now heading to trial in the coming year, which involve fatal or serious crashes was up tesla would say that it's not liable for the crotches because it is the driver ultimately in control. does that risk putting a damper on things for elon humza yousaf? musk? tt did risk putting a damper on things for elon humza yousaf? musk? it did seem like investor confidence _ elon humza yousaf? musk? it did seem like investor confidence had _ elon humza yousaf? musk? it did seem like investor confidence had been - like investor confidence had been dampened because of so many lawsuits ongoing with nhtsa and several states in the us against tesla for the there have been instances where tesla cars have jumped stop
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the there have been instances where tesla cars havejumped stop signs, instances when tesla cars have been driving over curbs. with this new pool of data elon musk believes it can unlock some sort of silver bullet, some sort of magic that would make these cars not only self driving but also safe in the future. which they are absolutely not at the moment as we've seen from several incidents in the us.— incidents in the us. thank you very much for coming _ incidents in the us. thank you very much for coming on _ incidents in the us. thank you very much for coming on the _ incidents in the us. thank you very much for coming on the program. | a mysterious roman artefact found during an amateur archaeological dig is going on public display in the uk for the first time. it's called a dodecahedron, and it is one of the largest ever found. it was unearthed last year by a group of local volunteers in norton disney, near lincoln. here's what some of them had to say about the discovery. every was photographing, every mum was stunned. so exciting. it
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every was photographing, every mum was stunned. so exciting.— was stunned. so exciting. it looked different from _ was stunned. so exciting. it looked different from anything _ was stunned. so exciting. it looked different from anything we - was stunned. so exciting. it looked different from anything we had - different from anything we had found — different from anything we had found it — different from anything we had found. it also _ different from anything we had found. it also came _ different from anything we had found. it also came out - different from anything we had found. it also came out sort i found. it also came out sort of pristine — found. it also came out sort of pristine. suddenly— found. it also came out sort of pristine. suddenly we - found. it also came out sort of pristine. suddenly we were - found. it also came out sort of- pristine. suddenly we were looking at something — pristine. suddenly we were looking at something which _ pristine. suddenly we were looking at something which was _ pristine. suddenly we were looking at something which was a - pristine. suddenly we were lookingi at something which was a mystery. he's not— at something which was a mystery. he's not wrong _ at something which was a mystery. he's not wrong there. _ at something which was a mystery. he's not wrong there. it— at something which was a mystery. he's not wrong there. it is- at something which was a mystery. he's not wrong there. it is a - he's not wrong there. it is a mysterious object no doubt. it's believed to date back as far as the first century. some experts believe they were possibly linked to roman rituals or religion. there are no references to in any rubin text. —— roman text. they're not able to find any clues from the place in which it was found. the enigma continues. just ask amateur archaeologist phil weaver. t just ask amateur archaeologist phil weaver. . , �* just ask amateur archaeologist phil weaver. �* . . just ask amateur archaeologist phil weaver. �* ., ., ., weaver. i wasn't aware there was a roman. weaver. i wasn't aware there was a roman- that's— weaver. i wasn't aware there was a roman. that's not _ weaver. i wasn't aware there was a roman. that's not unusual - weaver. i wasn't aware there was a i roman. that's not unusual because not even the experts know.- not even the experts know. richard parker spoke _ not even the experts know. richard parker spoke about _ not even the experts know. richard parker spoke about the _ not even the experts know. richard parker spoke about the moment. not even the experts know. richard | parker spoke about the moment the team made this discovery. there
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parker spoke about the moment the team made this discovery.— team made this discovery. there i was making _ team made this discovery. there i was making tea — team made this discovery. there i was making tea on _ team made this discovery. there i was making tea on saturday, - was making tea on saturday, suddenly, a big cry goes up. i go racing over there with a few others present richard who was holding it up present richard who was holding it up and rob who was the senior archaeologist on site was saying, whoa i've never seen one of those before. i've read about them but what is this doing here? work to stop at that point. everybody came over, had a look because up until that point we'd been trying to eight finding two animal bone, the sort of things you would tend to find on archaeological sites but the last thing we expected to find was one of the finest examples of a dodeccahedrons. . ., ., ~ the finest examples of a dodeccahedrons. . ., ., ,, :: dodeccahedrons. richard parker 20 more on the _ dodeccahedrons. richard parker 20 more on the bbc _ dodeccahedrons. richard parker 20 more on the bbc website _ dodeccahedrons. richard parker 20 more on the bbc website about - dodeccahedrons. richard parker 20 i more on the bbc website about that. let me show you live pictures from columbia. we're continuing to focus
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on the deadline that's been set at columbia for this afternoon. you can see plenty of activity outside the main campus at the university. the number of campus rest over the weekend rose to at least 900. police breaking up encampments at schools across the country. use of ucla, northeastern university but the president of columbia under intense pressure at the moment notjust from republicans but also from democrats in the centre of the party who wrote to her this morning saying they were disappointed in the action she had taken on the encampments. we will look at that and how it's polling for president biden. new polling out this week that shows president truong, former president trump still ahead in some key swing states. we will be right back. monday brought breezy conditions for salmon in the sunshine it felt
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pleasantly warm particularly if you had shelter. we saw temperatures around 17 degrees through east anglia and down into the london area. a different story further west, cloud and rain lingered for much of the day. in some spots just shy of half a ninja rain. if we take a look at what's going to come through tuesday, similar story. unfortunately, out to the best we will see quite a lot of cloud in outbreaks of rain. clear skies further east and with lighter winds we will see more in the way of sunshine. showering rain in london, wales and into northern ireland in the morning for the low pressure not moving far. rather grey and damp. we could see a few scattered showers across the east anglia and south blended into the afternoon but sandwiched between the do a lovely slice of sunshine. temperatures will respond to the high teens quite widely year. even in the cloud and rain we sea temperatures mid team for some. rain we sea temperatures mid team forsome. some rain we sea temperatures mid team for some. some improvement into northern ireland, western scotland
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keeps a few scattered showers with eastern scotland a little bit cooler with the breeze coming in at the sea. it will be largely dry and sunny. at low pressure just pulls a little bit further out to the west. the wind direction changes to more of a southeasterly. to start off on wednesday it could be a relatively mild start for the pet southeasterly breeze could just drive in a little more cloud off the north sea. the potential for showering rain to drift its way along those east coast once the west will be best on wednesday in terms of sunshine. and potentially in terms of warmth. we could still see temperatures into the mid to high teens quite widely. as we move out of wednesday towards the end of the of the week the weather story gets a little bit messy. it's likely that that weather front could enhance showers across central and southern england put up the low pressure never too far away. the best of the dry and bright or whether the further north. we're always good to keep those temperatures slightly above the average for the time of year. but
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still at wind coming in from the east. at times we will be chasing cloud amounts around, outbreaks of rain but it will stay relatively mild into the bank holiday weekend.
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hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news.
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hamas has put forward a proposal that is extraordinarily, extraordinarily generous on the part of israel and in this moment, the only thing standing between the people of gaza and a ceasefire is hamas. the most important thing is, how do you build the momentum to turn that stop in the fighting into a permanent, sustained ceasefire and a political process that can bring us conflict to an end? i heard about the - protesters showing up. they are trying to show up saying that this protest is full of - hatred, so we are justi here to counter them. on tonight's panel, i'm joined by washington post live anchor and co—author of the post's early 202 newsletter leigh ann caldwell and by anand menon, director of the uk in a changing europe. we will get to our panel very shortly. let me first bring you the latest bbc news. there have been dramatic political developments in edinburgh where scotland's first minister humza yousaf has announced
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that he's resigning. he'd been under growing pressure after he ripped up a power sharing

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