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her family say she was "the light of their lives". dutch police say at least two people have been killed two shootings in rotterdam. the gunman is now in custody. disappearing before our eyes. a stark warning that switzerland's glaciers have melted at a near record rate. one of the uk's most celebrated trees, the large signal at hadrian's wall, has been cut down. —— the large sycamore. a 16—year—old boy has been arrested. a bbc investigation has found that police officers are widely misusing video cameras worn on their uniforms to record incidents. officers have switched them off when force is used, deleted or not disclosed footage and shared video on whatsapp. the cameras were introduced to improve policing transparency,
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but the bbc found more than 150 reports of failings. the home office says police use of cameras must be lawful and justified. our investigations correspondent noel titheradge reports. oi! they're bashing him up! allegations of police misconduct are under the spotlight. body—worn video was meant to help protect officers who are often recorded on phones. shouting but is it also protecting victims? chanting: black lives matter! three years ago, black lives matter protesters gathered outside downing street, led by yufial on the left and his sister, louisa, on the right. what started peacefully later turned violent, leading to louisa's restraint. get off! i was telling the officer, like, "i can't breathe" and he continued to ram my face in the ground. high compliance, ok? the siblings were arrested and charged with assaulting and abusing officers. now, bbc analysis of multiple body—worn videos reveals the force used on the siblings themselves.
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i was punched, my sister was pushed and then we got charged with assault, even though we were assaulted. watch here, as louisa is pushed and then in the top left of the screen, yufial is struck by an officer. we've learned this footage wasn't initially disclosed to either sibling for their defence. evidence that benefited me was put in his case, and the evidence benefiting him was put in my case. yufial lost his job and louisa deferred studying law. two years later, both were eventually acquitted. cameras are only being put on when officers feel like it's necessary or they're being targeted. the metropolitan police told us it was sorry for errors with disclosure of evidence. no action has been taken against any of the officers involved. she looks terrified. this is really worrying and shocking. baroness csaey�*s review into the met found that the force lacks transparency. we all know that arresting people is difficult, but if you've got nothing to hide,
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release the video, release the information. no, you're pushing against me... in this case, a pc switched off his camera during an arrest. bleep hell. watch — when his colleague says he's going to use an incapacitating spray, the pc disagrees... no... ..before immediately turning off his video. a neighbour reported then seeing a pc throwing punches, but lincolnshire police found officers�* actions were lawful and necessary and said the camera may have been switched off in confusion. we also spent months digging for written records of failings. we've uncovered a catalogue of reports of misuse after sending hundreds of information requests. they show officers have deleted footage, covertly recorded conversations and even filmed and shared an image of a naked person. and we also found multiple cases of footage being accessed inappropriately by officers and shared on whatsapp. but we discovered forces routinely resist releasing
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video of camera misuse. four years ago, officers were called out to conduct a welfare check on a woman in liverpool. soon after arriving, one became involved in a row with her boyfriend which quickly escalated. just wind your bleep neck- in because you're on getting mine. next time you obstruct me doing myjob, i'll put you in the bleep car and put you in a cell. _ the man was punched five times and his partner filmed the aftermath, but merseyside police has continually refused to release footage showing two of the officers turning their cameras off following a freedom of information request, saying it's of no benefit to the public. the vast majority of body—worn video footage highlights the really good work that is done day in, day out. the national lead officer for body—worn cameras now says more video needs to be released. if there's no lawful impediment to the publication of body—worn video footage, the default should be it should be publicised. right, can you explain - to me why i'm handcuffed? the home office declined to say if it plans to enable forces to release more footage, meaning reports of misconduct will continue to come from mobile phones.
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noel titheradge, bbc news. wa nt to want to bring you some breaking news from rotterdam. dutch police say a 14—year—old girl has died after the shooting, taking a number of victims to three. you may remember we have been reporting that a woman who was 39 was killed in the shooting. her 14—year—old daughter was seriously injured, any update we are getting by reuters news agency is that the 14—year—old girl has now died, taking the number of victims to three. a male lecturer, a6, was also shot dead at the hospital. police have arrested a gun man, who has carried out those two shootings, one at a house and one at the hospital. we are finding out a few more
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details from that, and we are going to speak to our correspondent in just a moment, butjust to bring that up did that, now, the number of victims appears to be three, from two, from dutch police via the reuters news agency —— just to bring that update. just to bring the background, what we know, dutch police have arrested the gunmen. they say it was 33 years old. that is from police. he opened fire on a home before setting the home on fire, then stormed the city's erasmus medical centre, and we believe the shooting there happened as well, so two shooting incidents by a gunman in two separate locations, and now we understand three victims. our correspondent anna holligan has been across the details. i think we can speak to her
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now. just bring us up—to—date with the latest. irate now. just bring us up-to-date with the latest. ~ ., , ., the latest. we have 'ust heard in the latest. we have 'ust heard in the last few h the latest. we have just heard in the last few moments _ the latest. we have just heard in the last few moments a - the latest. we have just heard in . the last few moments a 14-year-old the last few moments a 1a—year—old girl is one of the casualties, one of the fatalities, who has died in this shooting. i havejust of the fatalities, who has died in this shooting. i have just arrived at the scene, as you can see, of the erasmus medical centre, where one of the shootings took place. and a few moments ago, i spoke to a security guard here. he did not want to talk on camera, but he told me that he was first on the scene and that the person who was killed in the classroom here was one of the teachers. that is the source, the security guard who was first on the scene, and ifi security guard who was first on the scene, and if ijust show you around here, you can see there are some dutch reporters over there, also some spanish reporters are just arrived, that i should remind you of the story, and the security guard also told me the gunmen did not enter through the main entrance. i came to the hospitaljust now, it is absolutely still in there. you can
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feel that there is something that has happened stopped so it was in the afternoon, just after lunchtime, dutch time, police got the first call that there had been a shooting at a house, and then shortly afterwards, the gunmen arrived here. we have seen photographs shared on dutch media, live pages, he appeared to be wearing combat trousers. police said he was also wearing headphones, carrying a backpack, and headphones, carrying a backpack, and he picked up a handgun from inside the hospital. police were sweeping through, very quickly, swat teens were on the scene, they slipped to the hospital. we saw the picture shared on social media. students had been their room numbers on social media... absolute chaos, as you can imagine, and confusion. nobody knew whether it was one gunmen or possibly more. police have not said they are not looking for anyone else, they believe the suspect they have arrested was acting alone. very
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few more details coming out, so three people have been killed, one of them that teenage girl who we have just heard about in the last few minutes. more information will come out throughout the evening, and police have just shared a message on twitter, x, asking for anyone with information to come forward to assist with the investigation. one other thing to mention. initially, anti—terror police were called as well. there has been speculation this was a terror attack, but as yet unconfirmed reports and police have not said anything else about possible motive. there was a fire set as well as the home not far from where i am now, at the university, erasmus medical centre in rotterdam. the fire was set there, another fire was set at this facility, and as far as we know, as far as police have said, there were no further injuries
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or casualties in these two shootings. the suspect who has been arrested, he is a 32—year—old man from rotterdam, and there were some reports earlier, rotors were reporting that he had actually been a student here at this medical centre, where people come and learn how to save lives. in this case, someone came, it seems, intent on taking them. someone came, it seems, intent on taking them-— someone came, it seems, intent on taking them. anna, you touched on it there, but taking them. anna, you touched on it there. butjust _ taking them. anna, you touched on it there, but just talk _ taking them. anna, you touched on it there, but just talk us _ taking them. anna, you touched on it there, butjust talk us the _ there, butjust talk us the geography and the timeline of what we know so far about what happened where. , ., ., , , we know so far about what happened where. , ., .,, , , .,, where. geography wise, it was not far from here. _ where. geography wise, it was not far from here. as _ where. geography wise, it was not far from here. as i _ where. geography wise, it was not far from here. as i understand - where. geography wise, it was not far from here. as i understand it. | farfrom here. as i understand it. but i've just travelled from the hague, so i have not actually been looking at the locations where the first shooting was. we have read that he either came on foot or by motorcycle here, so clearly rather
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short distance away, and also timeline wise, it was around 2:30pm or 2:55pm when police received the first report of a shooting in a home, and shortly after that, i'm not sure exactly how long but shortly after that, they received calls here. this whole facility went into lockdown, so we have seen pictures of students, doctors, patients being evacuated, people in their medical grounds, we have seen their medical grounds, we have seen the pictures of people sticking notes on the window because they were not sure where this gunmen or gun men were. we also heard he managed to enter the hospital and go all the way through, which is why police were checking everywhere, and this building itself, it is vast, it is one of the most visited in diversity teaching hospitals in the world. it would usually be a hyperactivity —— one of the
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hugest... there is also a children's hospital in here, so three casualties, obviously a lot of shock and confusion, many, many questions, but this type of attack, this kind of shooting, extremely rare here in the netherlands. i cannot recall anything like this, at least in the last decade, and a lot of the people who are here will have been affected, because the entire hospital was evacuated while police, swat teams, the anti—terror police, hunted for this 32—year—old man from rotterdam who has been detained and, as police say, is the only suspect. anna, thank you very much for that. we will be back with you as and when we get any more details from rotterdam. thank you. next, a black british sprinter has
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been giving evidence at a police misconduct hearing three years on since she and her partner were restrained by officers during a stop and search in london. bianca williams claims they were racially profiled when they were pulled over with their young baby in the car. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell reports. what did i do?! wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! he didn't do anything! ok, calm down... professional athlete bianca williams, detained by a group of metropolitan police officers after a training session in west london. it's the first time this police bodycam footage has been released to the public. officers had been out on patrol due to an increase in knife crime and gang activity in the maida vale area. they became suspicious of their car and pulled them over. her partner, ricardo dos santos, was also handcuffed and the pair were detained for a5 minutes. no weapons or drugs were found and neither were arrested. today, bianca williams said she had nothing to hide as she gave evidence at a police misconduct hearing
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in front of the five officers accused of breaching police standards of professional behaviour. when the hearing was shown police bodycam footage, bianca williams became tearful as she watched the moment she and her partner, ricardo dos santos, were handcuffed while their three—month—old baby was left crying in the back of the car. the couple claimed they were stopped because they were black and were aggressively mistreated. the five officers — an acting police sergeant and four police constables — deny any wrongdoing. adina campbell, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. as the children play in their first—floor flat, mum gina worries the living conditions here are making them sick. mould keeps coming back. when we visit, its again been cleaned off. but i9—month—old esme here hasjust
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had her third case of bronchitis, she may need an inhaler and doctors warn mould could well be contributing. these are homes in rudloe, near corsham in wiltshire. just around the corner, jo has been told hanging washing up would make the conditions even worse, not that she's got much choice in an upstairs flat in autumn. i have broken windows. i have draughty doors. i've got rotten floorboards. a spokesperson for the landlord greensquareaccord said... they said surveyors are carrying out a review of all the homes like these, which had previously been earmarked for demolition before a redevelopment scheme fell through. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. a teenage boy has been arrested in connection with the cutting down
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down of one of the uk's most photographed trees. the sycamore gap tree, on hadrian's wall in northumberland, was made famous in a key scene in the film robin hood: prince of thieves. our reporter meghan owen has the story. first of all, let's take a look at some of these beautiful images throughout the seasons now. it's easy to see why this is one of the uk's most photographed trees and also why it picked up the award for the 2016 tree of the year. now it's located in the north—east of england, next to hadrian's wall in northumberland, and it was also made famous by its appearance in the 1991 film robin hood: prince of thieves. but now let's take a look at these images from this morning. now, you can see the tree on its side next to hadrian's wall. what happened ? we simply don't know. it appears to have been cut down. and northumberland park authorities believe that it was a deliberate act of felling. now, northumbria police have arrested a 16—year—old boy and they've launched a full
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investigation, saying anyone found responsible can expect to be dealt with swiftly and appropriately. but this tree has played a really big part of many people's lives. some have proposed here, others have scattered ashes, and now this is all that's left of an iconic part of the north—eastern landscape. live now to catherine cape, who lives minutes from where the tree once stood. thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you very much for coming on the programme-— thank you very much for coming on i the programme._ what the programme. good evening. what was our the programme. good evening. what was your reaction _ the programme. good evening. what was your reaction when _ the programme. good evening. what was your reaction when you - the programme. good evening. what was your reaction when you heard - was your reaction when you heard about what happened?— was your reaction when you heard about what happened? initially, we thou~ht it about what happened? initially, we thought it was _ about what happened? initially, we thought it was a _ about what happened? initially, we thought it was a hoax, _ about what happened? initially, we thought it was a hoax, actually. - thought it was a hoax, actually. every april the 1st, there is always some sort ofjoke about hadrian's wall or sycamore gap and tree there, and our daughter came downstairs and said she sought on social media, so we decided to drive up and have a
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look ourselves. it is a very special place to us, with lots of families in the tyne valley, and as we could drove past, we saw it had been felled overnight and we are devastated, aptly devastated. it is a very special place for lots of people for lots of different reasons, as you stated before. for ourfamily, my husband and i, we met 27 years ago, it is where we had our first date. our daughter took her very first steps there at the base of the tree and we had many times where we have had happy times, we have had some sad times there. it was comfortable during the pandemic. we lost our mum through the pandemic and, as we cannot gather together, ourfamilies in our houses and our homes, we would meet and walk, and one of the walks we did was up to the tree. it was a place of solace and comfort for us. find the tree. it was a place of solace and comfort for us.— and comfort for us. and it is absolutely _ and comfort for us. and it is absolutely iconic. _
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and comfort for us. and it is absolutely iconic. thanks i and comfort for us. and it is absolutely iconic. thanks to | and comfort for us. and it is . absolutely iconic. thanks to the kevin costner film of course. just how popular was it? do you notice a difference, the movie was out a while ago, but it was a huge popular film, a really popular scene that happened there. did you notice people coming to be part of that movie history? by, people coming to be part of that movie history?— movie history? a long time ago, --eole movie history? a long time ago, people probably _ movie history? a long time ago, people probably did. _ movie history? a long time ago, people probably did. it - movie history? a long time ago, people probably did. it would i movie history? a long time ago, | people probably did. it would not movie history? a long time ago, - people probably did. it would not be in the conscience of people who come these days. we own a holiday let in a lot of our guests are young professional couples who want an experience, and they come here to go and see the tree. it is iconic, as you say. you can see it from a long distance away, right across the valley, and people want to go walk up valley, and people want to go walk up to it. i would to 80% of our esco to see the tree. they walk up to the trees they can take photographs of it to the video it and they can say they have been there. it has a very special feel about it. they have been there. it has a very specialfeel about it. i don't they have been there. it has a very special feel about it. i don't know what is going to happen now. we hope
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that another tree will be planted there, hopefully a large specimen tree, so it does stand out is iconic, but as northerners, when you go across the river tyne on the train and you see the tyne bridge, you feel at home. we look for the trio we know we are home when we can see the tree. trio we know we are home when we can see the tree-— see the tree. what are your hopes? you said you _ see the tree. what are your hopes? you said you wanted _ see the tree. what are your hopes? you said you wanted another - see the tree. what are your hopes? you said you wanted another tree i see the tree. what are your hopes? | you said you wanted another tree to be planted there? how optimistic are you that actually happens? who you that actually happens? who knows? it is _ you that actually happens? who knows? it is a _ you that actually happens? who knows? it is a unesco _ you that actually happens? two knows? it is a unesco world heritage site. we are very proud of hadrian's wall and we understand there are constraints that go along with that. that tree was a part of there, that tree has been deposited there. the fact it has survived over 300 years over a bleak and desolate place, it really should not have survived but it did, and for us, it was a civil of hope and strength, and we know that another tree was planted some years ago in front of the sycamore gap tree and he did not survive, it
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is a very, very exposed area. but we could hope that may be a large tree could hope that may be a large tree could be planted there that might survive with care.— could be planted there that might survive with care. catherine cape, thank ou survive with care. catherine cape, thank you very — survive with care. catherine cape, thank you very much _ survive with care. catherine cape, thank you very much for _ survive with care. catherine cape, thank you very much for coming i survive with care. catherine cape, | thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you. this is bbc news. despite international sanctions on russia, some western imports are getting through, like the barbie movie, and it is causing controversy. pro—kremlin politicians have denounced the film as an "advert for the american way of life." now the authorities are stepping up efforts to provide russians with more patriotic entertainment. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. russia's leaders accuse the west of destabilising russia and of plotting to dismember russia. they claim there's something ungodly about western values. so, they're not exactly tickled pink by her arrival. the barbie movie
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has made it to moscow, despite hollywood sanctions — a pirated version, that is. russia's culture ministry has criticised it for not promoting what it calls traditional russian values. this mp wants barbie dolls banned from russian kindergartens. and as for the film... so, for me personally, it's so far from the reality that i don't think it promotes what russia wants to bring to the world today. what does russia want to bring to the world? well, some people call it traditional values. how can you talk about values as a representative of a country that has invaded its neighbour? well, you know, we have a different position on that. we believe that actually nato was so aggressive to us. you hear this so often from those in power here. even though it was russia that invaded ukraine, they say it's not russia that's the aggressor.
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it's america, nato, the west that are threatening russia. and the authorities use this alleged threat to try to rally russians around the flag, to boost patriotism. it's about love for the motherland, not barbieland. and so you get more of this kind of entertainment. a three—hour drive from moscow, in the town of shchekino, we find paratrooper pop stars, singing of russia's invincibility. for this top of the patriotic pops, almost a full house. on the screen behind them, no barbie or ken — just vladimir. do these patriotic notes strike a chord? to find out, in shchekino, i ask people about the barbie movie. "right now, we need patriotic russian films to raise morale," andrei tells me.
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"and we need to cut out western habits from our lives." diana, though, thinks art is universal. "to become a more cultured, sociable person," she says, "you need to watch films from other countries." but being cultured and sociable are not russia's priorities now. those are boosting patriotism and winning a war. steve rosenberg, bbc news, russia. just want to bring you a quick update on laurence fox. the former actor, conjured it to gb news. he hasjust actor, conjured it to gb news. he has just released a video message, quite a long one, on x, formerly twitter, addressing some of the issues in that life interview with dan wootton that he gave. and those misogynistic comments about the
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journalist david evans. —— ava evans. as part of his message here, he has apologised to ava evans for those comments that he may live on air in that gb news interview with dan wootton. the fallout, as you will know, from that interview have been quite significant. laurence fox suspended, dan wootton suspended, complaints to ofcom and investigations launched internally within gb news too. and laurence fox has just released a long statement, 15 minutes or so, part of which he apologises to ava evans for his comments. let's get the weather. here is ben rich. hello there. much of the sunshine we got to see today was quite hazy in nature, thanks to a mix of high cloud
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and wildfire smoke from north america that was blown all the way across the atlantic in the wake of storm agnes, which you can see here swinging away from our shores. there is, though, another weather system now pushing in from the west, already bringing some of us some outbreaks of rain which will continue through the evening and into the night. some of that rain will be pretty heavy. so as we head into the night, some pretty wet weather for a time in western scotland, drying up there in northern ireland. but the heaviest rain, i think, will be across parts of south wales, and then up into the midlands and lincolnshire. there could be enough rain in one or two locations, perhaps most especially in the south of wales, for some localised flooding and some travel disruption. and then that rain band's weakening all the while, pushing towards the southeast corner, where it is going to stay very mild. further north and west, something cooler and fresher to take us into friday morning. so this weather system mayjust take a little bit of time to clear from the southeast corner through tomorrow morning. high pressure to the south, low pressure to the north —
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that brings a mix of weather fortunes. the further south you are, it should be mostly dry, not too many showers, plenty of sunshine. further north, some sunshine, too, but more in the way of showers, particularly in the west of scotland, with gales possible in the far north. certainly quite a windy day across scotland. temperatures of 13 celsius in lerwick and 20 celsius in london. now, friday night will be quite chilly as this ridge of high pressure topples its way eastwards, but it doesn't last long. here comes our next rain—bearing weather system for saturday. some heavy bursts of rain pushing across northern ireland, fringing into parts of north wales, northwest england, and then up across scotland. further south, we'll see some spells of sunshine. it may just start to feel a little warmer and a little more humid. that's certainly a theme we will take with us into sunday. we could see highs of 23 celsius in the southeast corner, given enough sunshine. there will be a band of cloud and showery rain draped somewhere across central, southern england into wales. to the north of that sunshine and showers, 16 celsius the top temperature in glasgow.
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and then into next week, well, thoroughly mixed. there'll be more rain at times, it'll often be quite breezy, but it mayjust turn a little warmer for a time in the south.
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sirens wail. wejust sirens wail. we just heard sirens wail. wejust heard a 1a—year—old girl is one of the casualties, one of the fatalities who has died in the shooting. brute casualties, one of the fatalities who has died in the shooting. we had two shooting — who has died in the shooting. we had two shooting incidents- _ who has died in the shooting. we had two shooting incidents- one - who has died in the shooting. we had two shooting incidents- one and - who has died in the shooting. we had two shooting incidents- one and a - two shooting incidents— one and a house where two people were injured. at least three people killed in twin shootings in the dutch city of rotterdam. the suspect was a student at a medical centre where he opened fire. one of the victims taught at the university. also tonight, 70,000 ethnic armenians — well over half the population of nagorno—karabakh — have now crossed the azeri border into armenia.
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the leader of the self—declared republic says it will cease

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