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where he's set to address the parliament shortly. new images have been released by the police. to marseille where pope francis is starting the first day of a two—day visit. this is the basilica of notre dame, i expect the pop is due to arrive at any moment now. we have just seen images of him outside, he was driving through the streets of marseille in a little white car. we're expecting him to any moment. thousands of people expected to turn out to pay respects to the pope over the next two days of his visits. he is very much going to focus migration, that is going to be the
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focus of his visit. there have been thousands of people arriving on the shores of the mediterranean. he wants it spread a message of tolerance among the better debate of how europe handles asylum seekers. pretty pictures of marseille. we will keep an eye on them when we can see the pope, we'll bring you that. you're watching bbc news. british detectives looking into sara sharif�*s death have released new images, hoping it will prompt more people to bring more information about her and herfamily. people to bring more information about herand herfamily. her father, stepmother and uncle have been charged after returning from pakistan last week. 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.
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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, 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 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 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
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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 memories. daniel sandford, bbc news. brazil's supreme court has started discussions whether to decriminalise abortion. currently, abortion is only allowed in cases of rape, or if there is a risk to the women's life or if the foetus has an underdeveloped brain. if the country's supreme court vote in favour, it could be decriminalised up favour, it could be decriminalised up to 12 weeks of pregnancy. three weeks ago, paloma had an abortion. she doesn't want to show her face, such is the taboo around terminations here in brazil. she shows me the scans, revealing that the baby she was expecting had a rare
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condition that meant it wouldn't survive birth and could have risked her life too. therein began a painful process to access a right she thought would be a given. "i asked the doctor if the baby would survive," she told me. "he said i had to wait for it to be born. the nurse who was with him said the baby's heart was beating, that i'd regret the decision in the future." through tears, paloma told them that the choice was hers, only, it wasn't. there are only three cases in which abortion is allowed — rape, when the woman's life is at risk, or in the case of anencephaly, when the foetus�*s brain is undeveloped. paloma's case wasn't one of those. she was told, though, that with two supporting doctors, a judge would likely grant a termination. her doctor refused, and it took six weeks to be granted one, jumping through hurdles all the while. "i think i speak for everyone when i say that it was a nightmare," says paloma.
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"we aren't the owners of our own bodies, are we? it was something that could have been so simple, but they kept prolonging the suffering." it's estimated that by the age of 40, one in seven women here in brazil will have had at least one abortion. but while the procedure remains largely illegal, the risk of having a dangerous abortion remains high. conservative groups are increasingly being challenged by doctors who say this needs to be a public health issue, that women will access abortion regardless and the priority is keeping them safe. natalia nearly had an abortion at 21, until her religious mother convinced her otherwise. milena is 23 and gave birth four months ago, and she's pregnant again, saying that she wants to have as many children as god allows her. both women are catholic. they believe that life begins at conception and they actively campaign against liberalising abortion. they believe the move by the supreme court is purely political. translation: we all know that i president lula has a leftist agenda, an abortionist agenda.
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feminists defend freedom to abort. the issues of abortion and feminism work together, and they're linked to the left. but those at the coalface reject that. dr herberta kronenberg santos has dealt with several women who've tried to carry out abortions at home, so fearful they were of the consequences. by the time they arrive at hospital, they're bleeding and infected. translation: we have to understand - that it's not a political decision. - it's about choices, and we all have a right to choose. the more we talk about it, the more people will understand. we have never talked so much about women's rights as we are now, talking about this prejudice. all those discussions have come together. activists from across latin america have come together on this. it's known as the green wave movement, and it's changing everything for women from mexico to argentina, and many countries in—between.
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katy watson, bbc news, in sao paulo. to marseille where the pope is currently, he has arrived in the last few minutes, and now he is seated in the centre of that very beautiful basilica. he is going to beautiful basilica. he is going to be taking a moment to take a prayer with the local clergy, and then this is going to be followed by a moment of meditation with representatives of meditation with representatives of other religions into front of memorial to sailors and migrants lost at sea. this is the start of a two—day visit to marseille, in which he really wants to focus on migration and the way that europe manages asylum seekers who cross the mediterranean. he is chosen
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marseille very much specifically because it's a port city, to talk about the issue which is very close to his heart. he said he is bringing a message of tolerance among a bitter debate. tomorrow he is going to the marseille velodrome stadium, tens of thousands of people expected to see him there, including preston emmanuel macron. they're going to attend mass with pope francis. this is the first visit to marseille from a pope in five centuries. we will be keeping an eye on the events there and coming back to them later. this weekend, a capsule is expected to fall from space and land in the american state of utah. it will include rocks and asteroids which could provide information on the planets over thousands of light
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years away. 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. after a two—year journey captured on camera, this was the moment the osiris—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.
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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. 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
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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. 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,
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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. let's go live to salt lake city, our silent correspondence is there. it's fascinating, extraordinary what they're able do. they are trying not to contaminate it, they've got it all this way, got it off in our stride and got the dust back here. they've got to be so careful now that they don't mess it up in the last stage. that they don't mess it up in the last stage-— that they don't mess it up in the last staue. , , , , last stage. yes, everything is set for sunday- _ last stage. yes, everything is set for sunday. not _ last stage. yes, everything is set for sunday. not much _ last stage. yes, everything is set for sunday. not much can - last stage. yes, everything is set| for sunday. not much can change last stage. yes, everything is set - for sunday. not much can change the outcome now, the capture will be released, they'll make her go, no—go, decision in the early hours in utah. at around 255 gmt. .
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cleanliness, sterility is their words. they need to keep the samples as pure and pristine as possible. they will whisk them away into a clean room and do some work on there, just making sure everything is fine, then take them to the space flight centre in houston where they will open the capsule and look at the samples. they will do it under the samples. they will do it under the cleanest of conditions. can you ex - lain the cleanest of conditions. can you explain the — the cleanest of conditions. can you explain the conditions _ the cleanest of conditions. can you explain the conditions of _ the cleanest of conditions. can you explain the conditions of the - the cleanest of conditions. can you explain the conditions of the test l explain the conditions of the test they're going to do, as we were hearing in that package, they are talking about the existence of this material that existed before earth, before we did.— before we did. asteroids are re . arded before we did. asteroids are regarded as _ before we did. asteroids are regarded as the _ before we did. asteroids are regarded as the leftovers, i before we did. asteroids are i regarded as the leftovers, the building blocks that threaten to meet king planets. we think this asteroid that supplied the sample was around before the earth.
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certainly its chemistry, crucially. the way it's put together tells us about what conditions were like four and a half billion years ago. they will look at the chemistry in detail. 0ne will look at the chemistry in detail. one of the things they want to see is the organic chemistry, the carbon chemistry. as you know, life on earth is based on carbon, there's a theory that many of the important compounds were delivered to earth to kick—start life on the early earth. the early earth was regarded as a hot bowl of rock, it would have driven off all of its volatile compounds, so how is it that we now have life on the planet? why isn't it a sterile rock? why do we have ocean, why do we have 70% of earth covered in water, all of those details will be delivered later by asteroids. we hope this asteroid would supply it with those answers. thank you so much, plenty more throughout the weekend en that. a queue of scientists waiting to get
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their hands on that. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. this is bbc news. this old shop, they are thinking of putting back in the markets. this is a hinued putting back in the markets. this is a hinged door- _ putting back in the markets. this is a hinged door. if— putting back in the markets. this is a hinged door. if you _ putting back in the markets. this is a hinged door. if you look - putting back in the markets. this is a hinged door. if you look at - putting back in the markets. this is a hinged door. if you look at the i a hinged door. if you look at the step, it is so one out. i was hoping it would go into a good pair of hands. h, ., , , it would go into a good pair of hands. ,., ., ,, ., it would go into a good pair of hands. ,, ., u, ,, it would go into a good pair of hands. ,, ., . ., hands. goodness how crass you are... the shep's — hands. goodness how crass you are... the shep's beauty _ hands. goodness how crass you are... the shop's beauty and _ hands. goodness how crass you are... the shop's beauty and its _ hands. goodness how crass you are... the shop's beauty and its history - the shop's beauty and its history has meant it's featured in films and dramas watched by millions across the world. residents are relieved that whoever buys it next will have to keep it as a shop and post
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office. i to keep it as a shop and post office. ., , to keep it as a shop and post office. . , _, ., office. i have been coming here for 36 ears, office. i have been coming here for 36 years. it — office. i have been coming here for 36 years. it was — office. i have been coming here for 36 years, it was a _ office. i have been coming here for 36 years, it was a little _ office. i have been coming here for 36 years, it was a little grocer- 36 years, it was a little grocer shop when i first came here. for more stories _ shop when i first came here. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. some breaking news to bring you. senator robert menendez has been charged with allegedly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, three newjersey businessmen in exchange for his influence. we have had a statement through from him, saying he is the victim of active smear campaigns, he has also said that he will not be distracted by baseless allegations. i will remain focused and continuing this
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important... sorry i don't seem to have the end of that statement. robert menendez, the democrats, facing these allegations of corruption is denying the charges against him, saying he has been the victim of an active smear campaign. prosecutors, who is chair of... robert menendez is allegedly received cash, gold bars, and also sensitive information to protect and enrich the businessmen, and then judgment... with head from new york prosecutors. we had a statement in france senator menendez, saying his victim of an active smear campaign. let's stay in the united states. police have found a large quantity of sentinel hidden under a trap door in a nursery in new york.
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these photos show bags filled with enough drugs to kill half a million people. police had been tipped off about the stash after one—year—old nicholas dominici died of a suspected drug overdose last friday at the nursery. three other children were admitted to hospital after being exposed to the powerful drug. the nursery�*s owner and her tenant have been charged with running a drug operation resulting in death and face lifetime in prison. we allege that the defendants poisoned four babies, and killed one of them, because they were running a drug operation from a daycare centre. a daycare centre. a place where children should be kept safe, not surrounded by a drug that could kill them in an instant. when law enforcement officers searched the daycare, they found a large quantity of fentanyl, and machinery used to press and package narcotics for distribution. in particular they found a brick of fentanyl, about one kilogram in weight, right on top of children's playmats in the daycare's closet.
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the story is still very much in the headlines in the us. cbs news correspondent jared hill brought me up to date from new york. something people could not really imagine happening here. a one—year—old dying in a day care because there was fentanyl being kept in the facility. we've heard there is another court date set up for the two people in custody so far but police are also still looking for a third person here, the husband of this daycare owner and there are some questions at least according to law enforcement around whether she had been helping him to escape after all of this happened. remember, what you're learning here according to the new york police department is when this all happened that she apparently made three phone calls, two of them were to her husband and then one was to 911, to the law enforcement, to get them to in and check on the children who are unresponsive. police are questioning whether she helped him to escape at one point because there was apparently evidence that he went
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into the daycare facility before one enforcement got there and then left with double bags full of something, what that is they do not know and well that he went they also do not know. —— and where he went they also do not know. the latest on that investigation. you are watching bbc news with me, this is great. back to france, but too big visits there today. king charles and camilla are there while the pope is in marseille. king charles and camilla at currently in bordeaux, and they are of course taking some time to sample some local wine. this is notjust any vineyard, it is a sustainable vineyard. it will of course be right up vineyard. it will of course be right up king charles's street. this is a vineyard where they produce solar energy and don't develop carbon capture, it is fully organic. they are signing something. they were
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sampling some local wine there which is fully organic, and they have horse—drawn vehicles as well. of course, king charles has been very much pushing the idea of sustainability for decades, now. today's visits, his last day of the visit is very much focused on the planet. earlier he was visiting a forest, and every experimental forest, looking at the impact on trees. he is wrapping up his trip to france with a visit to a vineyard. now for a bride in particular, one of the big moments of the wedding day is when the congregation and groom turn to look as you walk down the aisle. but how would that feel if you were blind? well, blind broadcaster and tiktok influencer lucy edwards descided to give blindfolds to the guests at her wedding — and the groom was also blindfolded — so that they could all experience
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the moment together in the same way. the video she shared has been viewed millions of times — here it is. music lucy edward spoke to me a little earlier about her wedding. it was the most magical moment of my life. i wish i could relive it like 1000 times over. i wanted to do it because the thought of being a blind bride and all of my loved ones looking at me and smiling, i thought it was such a bittersweet moment. my blindness has given me so many
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gifts and i went blind, i became blind at 17. i'm now 27, so i've had ten years learning the ropes. but i definitely wanted to make this moment my own and i didn't want to feel sad about it. and i think when you have a disability, there are those milestones in your life where, you know, previously i may have thought, oh, you know, in a sighted way, possibly my heart aches a little bit because i would have experienced it in another way, but which is absolutely normal. but ijust wanted to make it a really positive experience. you really made it your own, didn't you? i mean, i have to say, i find it really quite moving, watching it. how did the congregation react? because you didn't tell them in advance, did you put the blindfolds on their chairs, didn't you, when they when they walked in, how did they react? you know, it was like a surprise. everyone had wet blindfolds by the end of it. really teary. bless them.
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that was me speaking to her earlier. she said her dad didn't wear a blindfold walking down the aisle, which was very moving. if you want to see any more of her videos, look at lucy edwards. hello. the weather has been surprisingly cool today. today, it will turn very chilly. as temperatures will rise with some outbreaks of rain and winds towards the north—west of the uk. the reason for all of that, this will of crowd. it was a hurricane, herrick and nigel, not any more. it is going to bring an injection of moisture into this deep area of low pressure. that will swell swelter the north—west. that will bring a
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seven late wind bringing up warming airfrom the south. seven late wind bringing up warming air from the south. a few showers around overnight, but most places will be dry with clear skies. if you mist and fog patches around, even in some of the big towns and cities, they will seek damages of four to 8 degrees. in northern scotland, a little below freezing. tomorrow, good spells of sunshine to start off, that will turn increasingly hazy in the west with thicker cloud rolling into the south west england, northern ireland and wales. there has been starting to come up from the south, but still quite a cool feeling to date. 12 to 18 degrees for most of us. through saturday evening and overnight, this wriggling whether france really setting from norther and western... northern rain pulsing along that frontal system.
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northern rain pulsing along that frontalsystem. expect northern rain pulsing along that frontal system. expect some really intense downpours in parts of wales, north—west england and northern ireland, especially the south—western area of scotland. further south and east, sunshine and warmth, temperatures into the low 20s. the wins will be picking up, gusts of 50 to possibly 60 mph through sunday night. more heavy rain especially across the western part of scotland. some rain here to cause localised flooding and travel disruption. very autumnal showers, longer spells of rain. some chances of lengthy bits of rain down towards the south.
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live from london, this is bbc news. president zelensky meets justin trudeau in ottawa where he is set to address the canadian parliament. the images of sara sharif are released as part of a call for fresh information. and blindfolded but open hearted, the groom and guests at this london wedding, cover their eyes as attributed the bride who is blind. hello, welcome to verified live.
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three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. ukraine says its forces have successfully hit the headquarters of russia's black sea naval fleet in crimea. russia says one serviceman is missing after the attack. the local governor warned residents in the city of sevastopol that another attack was possible. he urged them to avoid the city centre and stay indoors. these pictures were posted on social media ? showing plumes of smoke rising from the building. ukraine has carried out several attacks on crimea this month ? destroying a russian air defence system and damaging a ship and submarine. russia seized and annexed the peninsula from ukraine in 2014. 0ur correspondent, james waterhouse, has the latest from kyiv. it seems like certainly if we go on the verified footage that we are seeing, it appears that russia's black sea naval headquarters in sevastopol has been directly hit. now, if we go on what the moscow
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installed, officials are saying they blame falling debris, but the images suggest

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