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walkers and hikers safe. and a space capsule heads back to earth with dust from this asteroid which could give us clues about the origins of our solar system. and coming up on sportsday later on bbc news... it's a tough start for europe as the solheim cup gets underway in spain. good afternoon. detectives investigating the death of ten—year—old sara sharif in woking last month have released new pictures of her. they're hoping the images will prompt more people to come forward with information about sara, and herfamily. sara's father, stepmother and uncle have been charged with her murder.
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here's our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. a smiling sara sharif, seen here in a picture much more recent than those we had seen before. surrey police have released the image and a school photograph in the hope more people will come forward with information about her and her family. both pictures show her wearing a headscarf, as she usually did in the last few months before her death. the ten—year—old was found dead six weeks ago at her family home in woking. she was found to have what prosecutors called a constellation of injuries which police said were multiple and extensive. her uncle, faisal malik, herfather earl urfan extensive. her uncle, faisal malik, her father earl urfan sharif and her stepmother beinash batool appeared via video link at the old bailey on tuesday charged with murder and causing or allowing the death of a
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child. the three left the country for pakistan the day before sara was sent dead. they flew back last wednesday but without sara's five siblings, who are currently in the work —— in the care of the pakistani government. they were arrested on friday and face trial next september. detectives say the investigation into the death of sara is very active and they are keen to hear from anyone with any information, no matter how insignificant, which would help piece together a picture of sara's life. they say members of the public have already helped but they would like more people to come forward, and they hope the two new pictures showing sara in a headscarf will help to jog people's showing sara in a headscarf will help tojog people's memories. daniel sandford, bbc news. within the last hour, reports have been coming in from ukraine of a missile strike on the headquarters of russia's black sea fleet in the annexed region of crimea. —— the occupied region of crimea. straight now to kyiv and our correspondent there, james waterhouse. james, what more do we know?
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how significant could this missile strike be? it how significant could this missile strike be? . ,, ., , how significant could this missile strike be? . , , ., , , how significant could this missile strike be? . ,, ., , , , how significant could this missile strike be? . ,, . , , , ., strike be? it appears this is a strike be? it appears this is a strike at the _ strike be? it appears this is a strike at the heart _ strike be? it appears this is a strike at the heart of- strike be? it appears this is a - strike at the heart of somewhere russia tries to portray as a fortress, really, the crimean peninsula. we have verified footage which shows a direct strike, it seems, on a building close to the naval base which is the headquarters. moscow installed officials have blamed ukraine for this attack, kyiv is yet to admit responsibility for this one. russia's defence ministry has confirmed the death of at least one service personnel member. it is clear that, symbolically at the very least, this is significant. it is not yet obvious what this will mean for russian forces tactically because this is a place where
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russia's black sea navalfleet exercises almost complete dominance. ever since a full—scale investigation it has launched missile strikes with its fleet and also blockaded ukrainian ports, but it seems this is also a continuation of ukraine's tactic of targeting sites across crimea. just last week we saw a dry dock hit by british supplied storm shadow missiles were a warship was damaged. it is clearly an attempt to undermine russia's presents but it is also connected to operations further north. he others trying to cut off russian supply lines and make it harderfor trying to cut off russian supply lines and make it harder for russia to hold on to the territory it has seized since 2014.— to hold on to the territory it has seized since 2014. many thanks, james waterhouse _ seized since 2014. many thanks, james waterhouse in _ seized since 2014. many thanks, james waterhouse in kyiv. - in a uk medicalfirst, doctors have given an eight—year—old girl a kidney transplant — without also having to give her drugs to stop her body rejecting it. the girl's mother donated
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both her kidney and her stem cells — that meant her daughter's body accepted the new kidney as her own. here's our medical editor fergus walsh. aditi's health has been transformed by a double transplant, thanks to her mum and a team at great ormond street hospital in london. she has an extremely rare genetic condition which weakened her immune system and meant her kidneys were failing. so doctors took an unusual approach. first, aditi had a bone marrow transplant, using stem cells from her mum. this rebuilt aditi's immune system. six months later, she had a kidney transplant, again donated by her mother, and her immune system accepted the organ as her own. her immune deficiency had to be corrected by having mum's bone marrow first, and because aditi was able to engraft and accept her mum's bone marrow, that therefore meant that her body could then see her mum's kidney, when it was transplanted,
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as being part of her. within weeks of the transplant, aditi was taken off immunosuppression, which means she doesn't risk the long—term side effects of these powerful drugs, which usually have to be taken daily to prevent organ rejection. the family is delighted. ifeel so happy, actually, yes. i've given the blood cells and the kidney. so happy. yes, of course. i feel perfectly 0k, yes. i'm so proud of her. and she is amazing. she's doing very fine each and every day. and most of the support, i would say, is from her side. because if she was someone who was bogged down by the procedures, or what she listens to on the ward, it could have been much more difficult for us. on the other hand, she was the one who was actually more outgoing. aditi is back at school
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and both her immune system and transplanted kidney are working normally. the procedure is unlikely to be widely used, as the double transplant carries increased risks to the patient. and fergusjoins me now. auk a uk medical first, a uk medicalfirst, what do you think is the significance of this operation? think is the significance of this operation?— think is the significance of this oeration? , ., ., , operation? first and foremost it is a life-saving _ operation? first and foremost it is a life-saving treatment _ operation? first and foremost it is a life-saving treatment for - operation? first and foremost it is a life-saving treatment for this - a life—saving treatment for this little girl. doctors were running out of options. she was undergoing many hours a week of dialysis, her kidneys were failing because she had this very rare immune disorder, only one in 3 million children has this inherited disorder. it meant she was too weak for inherited disorder. it meant she was too weakfor a inherited disorder. it meant she was too weak for a conventional transplant. it has been tried elsewhere, there have been three children with the same condition transplanted in california. it will have limited applications because
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the first transplant of those stem cells which give her the bone marrow transplant is quite risky, it carries a risk of death, involves chemotherapy, but when successful you can see this little girl no longer need to take anti—rejection drugs, so it gives more treatment options for doctors and families. fergus walsh, our medical editor, thank you. this afternoon in new york the owner of a nursery and another suspect will appear in court on drugs charges related to the death of a toddler who died from a suspected fentanyl drug overdose. the drug is around 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine. matt graveling has this report. nicholas dominici was just a year old when he died while taking a nap at his nursery. nicholas and three other children were poisoned by drugs being stored underneath the floor on which they slept.
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police say the amount of fentanyl they've now discovered is enough to kill half a million people. the nypd executed a search warrant at this day care centre, where we discovered a kilo press. this is an item that is commonly used by drug dealers when packaging large quantities of drugs. the divino nino nursery is located in the bronx in new york city. centre owner grei mendez and her tenant, carlisto brito will appear in court today charged them with possession of drugs with intent to deal them, which has resulted in death. it is alleged in the complaint, before emergency personnel arrived at the daycare, before they arrived, mendez and a co—conspirator tried to cover up what happened, and all of that happened while the children, the babies, were suffering from the effects of fentanyl poisoning and in desperate need of help. fentanyl is a synthetic opioid, 50 times more powerful than heroin. while it is prescribed for pain, it is also made and sold illegally and kills tens of thousands of people across america every year. i went to the hospital that night
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to speak with the mom and dad of the three that were there. one of the babies, they were in one of the cribs next door from his sibling, and just looking at that baby laying on that crib, man, it rips your heart out. matt graveling, bbc news. 27 climbers and walkers have died on scottish mountains and hills this year. the beautiful landscape there attracts visitors from around the world — but mountain rescue teams say demand for their services is growing. 0ur scotland correspondent, alexandra mackenzie, joined some of the volunteers who risk their own lives to save others. glencoe is breathtaking, but can be bleak and hazardous. when people get into difficulty, volunteers sacrifice their time and often risk their lives to help. at the weekend, a team of around 25 people with the aid of the coast guard helicopter scoured the hillside for 56—year—old charlie kelly from clackmannanshire.
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quite good weather today, but i would imagine quite challenging terrain. yeah, it certainly can be. the terrain is very, very steep. just look around you. a lot of steep crags and lots of gullies. and so it's quite, quite challenging terrain and very complex. this search has been ongoing for more than a week. the teams now are heading off to a more remote part of glencoe at the other side of these hills. the area is extensive, inaccessible for many, but the highly—trained volunteers continued the search in often dangerous conditions. spit is a builder but drops everything when he gets an emergency call. you can't get anything more rewarding than finding someone that's in a lot of pain or whatever and then fixing that for them. it can be the worst day of their life ever, and you can
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just make that right. or if someone hasn't been so fortunate and they've passed away, it's still very rewarding for us to get there and get them back to their family and give a lot of closure to some people. there's nobody else after us. we're the last hope many people have got. police scotland work alongside the rescue teams, which are under more pressure due to an increase in the number of call—outs and deaths. we've seen massive rises. most teams across scotland, the volunteers have seen record numbers of incidents that they're attending and there's at least two mountain rescue incidents in scotland on average every single day. so there's huge and increasing demand, and that's always very difficult for volunteers who have dayjobs, they have personal commitments and they have families, too. if he's made it along that corridor, he won't have wandered that way. despite their best efforts, nothing was found and the search for charlie kelly has been scaled back.
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volunteers, including a nurse, recognise the personal cost, but remain committed. i have two children at home, so i'm quite careful with what i do on the hill. but there is always an element of risk. you just have to be aware of your own limitations when you're out doing this kind of thing. as summer gives way to the colder months, snow and ice will again transform this landscape, bringing more challenges to scotland's mountains. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, glencoe. the time is 13:14. our top story this afternoon... detectives investigating the death of ten—year—old sara sharif release new pictures of her. and how spirit of northern soul — with the legendary wigan casino nightclub —
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lives on .. and a huge blow for france at the rugby world cup — antonie dupont suffers a facial fracture against namibia, and could miss the rest of the tournament. this weekend, a capsule is expected to fall from space and land in the american state of utah. it contains rocks and dust from an asteroid, which could give important clues about the formation of our planet — more than 4 billion years ago. 0ur science editor, rebecca morelle, has the details. asteroid bennu, a 500m wide rock hurtling through space. with its boulder—strewn terrain, it tops nasa's list of space rocks that pose a danger to our planet. but it could also shed light on our very beginnings. so nasa decided to get up close and personal with it.
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after a two—year journey captured on camera, this was the moment the 0siris—rex spacecraft collected a sample in a smash—and—grab that lasted just five seconds. these bits of bennu were safely stowed in a capsule, and now they're heading back to earth. we're looking at material that existed before our planet did, before the origin of life. in fact, some of it may have been from even before the solar system formed. so we're looking at the beginning of our story. how did our solar system form, how did asteroids come together? and did asteroids like bennu literally make the earth a habitable world? for the landing site, they've chosen a vast wilderness. after travelling for billions of miles through space, the capsule is going to land somewhere over here in the utah desert. scientists think there's about 250 grams of rock and dust inside. it doesn't sound like much. just a handful or so.
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but every single grain of this is precious. and scientists will study it to reveal the story of our solar system. the return won't be easy. the capsule will speed through the earth's atmosphere at more than 27,000 mph, experiencing temperatures of 3,000 degrees, before descending down to the ground slowed by parachutes. beeping. the nasa team has been practising in the desert, working out the best way to recover the craft after it comes down. the most important thing is to keep the extraterrestrial material inside free from contamination. of course, we study meteorites here on earth and there's a lot we can learn from those meteorites. but they have gone through earth's atmosphere and potentially had some contamination from earth. so that's why we need a pristine sample from an asteroid.
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bennu's already thrown up some surprises — it's not a solid rock, it's a loosely held—together pile of rubble. and some surprising people have also been involved in the mission along the way. sir brian may helped the team to choose the best place to take a sample, by making stereoscopic 3d images of bennu. i think originally 30 different sites were selected as possibilities, but some were rejected because the boulders were too big, some were rejected because it was actually too small to navigate into. some because the materials you were going to get weren't going to be nice enough. interesting enough! and the material that we were able to supply, i think, just enabled them to tip the balance to actually make those final decisions. all eyes are now on this patch of utah desert, ready for the landing. the hope is this mission could answer that most profound question — where did we come from? rebecca morrelle, bbc news, utah. king charles and queen camilla have arrived in bordeaux
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on the final day of their state visit to france. later today, the king will meet emergency workers and communities affected by the 2022 wildfires that ravaged the region. they will both then go on to meet with uk and french military personnel before visiting an organic vineyard. sheffield united have announced that their midfielder maddy cusack has died at the age of 27. maddy was named club vice—captain last month and had become the first player to reach 100 appearances for the club last season. sheffield united said it was heartbreaking news for everyone. the labour party is promising extra powers for the independent economic watchdog if it wins the next election. labour says it's a repeat of what it calls the "disastrous mistakes" made by the former prime minister, liz truss. live now to our political
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correspondent, peter saull. what is the political significance of the statement from the labour party? of the statement from the labour pa ? ., ., ., ., of the statement from the labour pa ? ., ., ., . , of the statement from the labour pa ? ., ., ., ., party? tomorrow marks exactly one ear since party? tomorrow marks exactly one year since the _ party? tomorrow marks exactly one year since the mini _ party? tomorrow marks exactly one year since the mini budget - party? tomorrow marks exactly one year since the mini budget which i party? tomorrow marks exactly one | year since the mini budget which led to the spectacular unravelling of the premiership of liz truss and labour will take every opportunity to remind us of what happened a year ago. they argue it continues to have ago. they argue it continues to have a profound impact on housing costs one of the big criticisms of the speech given by the then chancellor kwasi karteng was that it was not accompanied by a forecast from the obr, that accompanied by a forecast from the 0br, that arguably spooked the markets because they wondered how all of the tax rises and spending cuts that were announced would actually be funded. labour are saying never again, they would give powers to the 0br to publish analysis whenever there is a major spending announcement from the government. the other thing the labour party would do is fix the date of the budgets of it always
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happens in the autumn. it's traditionally been in the spring but it has flip—flopped between the seasons in recent years. all of this is about saying to the voters the labour party can be trusted with the finances of the nation, it's been something of an achilles' heel for the party in the past and indeed the conservatives point out it was george osborne in 2010 who set up the 0br as he argued it needed to clean up the mess in government left by the labour party and fought liz truss, he says it beggars belief that labour thinks they can solve the problems of the country with more regulation and a labour government. more regulation and a labour government-— more regulation and a labour government. to shoplifting now — which has increased dramatically during the cost of living crisis. retailers are warning of aggressive and anti—social behaviour, and a lack of police response. (ani the co—op said that its food business lost £33 million this year to crimes including shoplifting and fraud. and the british retail consortium says shops are reporting eight million incidents of customer thefts in a year, with rates increasing.
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but it's notjust the big retail chains which are feeling the impact — small independent firms can be even more vulnerable, as andy gill reports from liverpool. a customer at shared earth gift shop in liverpool earlier this month. he takes an object from the shelf with his right hand and pockets it. moments later, it's the left hand in use. again, he pockets the item. we're losing a significant amount that it is affecting us. and, you know, it is our livelihood. we don't... you know, we need that money because our rents are going up. our rates are going up. cost of stock is going up. so when people take stuff, it really does affect us. people have less disposable income. the disposable income, they have, they're really choosy about what they spend it on. but also people don't... they still want things. they'll take a £15 candle, but they'll buy a £1.50 pack of incense at the till, you know. so they're taking what they want without paying for all of it.
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and that happens all the time now. shared earth is on bold street, home to many of liverpool's independent retailers. across the way at resurrection, they have noticed an increase in shoplifting lately, and today they were putting in a new cctv system to fight back. we had about £1,000 of stock taken just a couple of weeks ago. it's really tough at the moment. we're obviously trying to make a lot of money because we're an independent business. we've got people's, like, livelihoods here. we want people to be able to be paid at the end of the month. another bold street independent is grin. here, they noticed a drop off in shoplifting after the end of covid lockdowns, but now it's back up again. after covid, there was a lot less. everyone seemed to be a lot more supportive of small businesses. but now i don't think anyone cares. i think it's gone back to previous levels and everyone's... yeah, people that want to steal will steal. the body representing city centre
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businesses runs an app and a radio link to share information about criminals. it's not a victimless crime. especially in an area like bold street, where we do have a lot of independent businesses and family—owned businesses. it's, er, you know, something that needs to be addressed and we're doing the best we can to support them. merseyside police say they take all business crime, including shoplifting, extremely seriously and any incident, no matter how small, will be thoroughly investigated. andy gill, bbc news, liverpool. she's known for lighting up the dance floor but strictly professional amy dowden is currently undergoing treatment for breast cancer — and she's been documenting her journey on social media. this week, she took what she called the "hardest step" of her treatment so far, as will batchelor reports. amy dowden at home, surrounded by her family and friends. one by one, they cut
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off a lock of her hair. as each member of herfamily takes their turn, you can see the emotional impact it's having. amy is 33. she's been a dancer on strictly since 2017. she was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year and has been charting the course of her illness on social media. in a breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, often it feels like you don't have control through how you'll respond to the treatment. everything that you have to go through, how your body changes. but her shaving her hair off is her sign of saying, "i'm taking control and i'm going to put the timeframe of when my hair comes out," rather than it feeling like it'sjust happening to her. as the final lock of hair is cut away, amy posted online that she wanted to help others to share the truth and bring normality to what she called a "beautiful bald head". she described this moment as a hurdle she'd not even been able to think about, but says
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now she feels proud to have taken control. will batchelor, bbc news. the women's team golf contest, the solheim cup, is underway in andalucia in spain, with europe bidding to beat the united states for the third time in a row — but they've had the worst possible start, with the us winning all four matches in the morning session. jane dougall is there. it rather puts a dent in the european hope of winning a third consecutive solheim cup, to lose all of the matches in the morning session and to let you understand how unprecedented that is, not only were europe favourites going into the first day but this is the first time america have led after a morning session since 2009. it's not going well for europe who had a shaky start with 13 rookies who went
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out first and it was bold move by the captaincy suzanne pedersen to put the rookies at first but maja stark and linn grant struggled against lexi thompson and her partner megan khang. the maturity of thomson shone through the majority of her much and she putted the 18th to take the point for the us. in sharp contrast, the putting of europe left a lot to be desired across all of the matches. in particular charlie harle, from england, she missed several pots including an easy one on the second and that seemed to set the tone for the rest of the morning along with her partner emily pedersen. ally ewing and she mcknight from the usa winning that match going five shots up winning that match going five shots up with four holes to play and understandably that means charlie hull has not been included for the session this afternoon. hopes are
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resting on this afternoon, suzanne pedersen has shuffled the pack, as you imagine she would she has brought it gemma dryburgh who started already and spaniard carlota ciganda, the home favourite and that should hopefully give a boost to europe but it is an uphill battle for them now in andalusia after a shock 4—0 whitewash by america in the morning session. hat shock 4-0 whitewash by america in the morning session.— the morning session. not a great start. jane, thank you. now, northern soul is a music and dance movement that emerged in the north of england in the 1960s. well, this weekend, fans are celebrating the 50th anniversary of one of northern soul's most legendary haunts — the wigan casino nightclub. it no longer exists in physicalform but its spirit lives on, as david sillito reports. # do you want me to get down on my knees? # beg you, baby, please. # cry a million tears #. the fabled wigan casino in its �*70s heyday and one of the few nights a camera was allowed in —
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for a film about young people who travelled from across the country to dance all night to what had become known as northern soul. there is even a blue plaque to it, but the casino itself has long gone. in its place, as you can see, is a shopping centre. # do i love you?# but while the casino is gone, many are still keeping the faith, such as gideon here and sandy. alexa, play the night by frankie valli and the four seasons. and they've still got it. it was a wednesday. when i first walked in, i was like, whoa! you could feel it. and the hairs are standing up on my arm, literally, look. that feeling i get even now after how many decades? 45 years. i can't describe what he'sjust said there. 45 years. there'll never be another wigan casino — never ever. also in the film, young chris from leigh, who was a bit worried
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about telling her dad where she was going. "well, you're going to have to tell your dad because he's got an idea anyway," you know. but she said i'm not telling him. 45 years on, we tracked her down. did your dad ever approve of you going? well, he knew about it when he saw the film, didn't he? that showed you how bright i were! you're fantastic! nah, nah, nah. looking at these days, what was it like in there? oh, it was banging. like, you'd go and sweat was dripping off walls. and as soon as you walked through the door, you was on it. because the music was going poom—poom—poom. i saw that and i thought, i want to meet her, i want to meet her. you are a star and i found you, i found you. have i changed? nothing — nothing has changed.
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i've still not got a posh accent. # follow you around, | everywhere in town.# northern soul — and it's far more than just wigan, it's a community that's spread around the world. and, 50 years on, thousands are, this weekend, keeping the faith. david sillito, bbc news, blackpool. the question is is there any northern soul in the weather? here's ben rich. it's a beautiful scene here from the weather watcher, it's a beautiful scene here from the weatherwatcher, but it's a beautiful scene here from the weather watcher, but a chilly night tonight and things turning warmer over the weekend and with that wind and rain for many of us. feeling autumnal. the main driver of the weekend weather is this swell of cloud which you can see on the
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earlier satellite, this is a former hurricane

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