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Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News At Five 20240714

Hospitals in england are set to receive £850 million in funding for upgrades to outdated facilities and equipment. We are starting here in boston with 21 million going into the a e. That helps to expand the space they have in the a e. Tesco is to cut 4,500 jobs, mostly from its Tesco Metro Stores. Firefighters say they need at least two more days to pump water from a reservoir to prevent a damaged dam in derbyshire from collapsing. Yup, gone austraila win the first ashes test at edgbaston by 251 runs after england collapse in the second innings. Its five oclock. Our main story. President trump has condemned what he called racism, bigotry and White Supremacy in an address following the Mass Shootings in texas and ohio over the weekend that left 30 people dead. He said those guilty of Mass Shootings should face the death penalty. He blamed such killings on Mental Illness, social media, video games and what he called a glorification of violence. He said more must be done to identify those who might carry out such attacks before they do. Mr trump did not however address accusations that his own racially charged and anti immigrant rhetoric may have contributed to a rise in hate crimes. He also stopped short of calling for gun control reform. In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry, and White Supremacy. These sinister ideologies must be defeated. Hate has no place in america. Hatred warps the mind, ravages the heart, and it devours the soul. We have asked the fbi to identify all further resources they need, to investigate and disrupt hate crimes, and domestic terrorism. Whatever they need. We must recognise that the internet has provided a dangerous avenue to radicalise disturbed minds, and perform demented acts. We must shine a light on the Dark Recesses of the internet, and stop mass murders, before they start. The internet, likewise, is used for human trafficking, illegal drug distribution, and so many other heinous crimes. The perils of the internet and social media cannot be ignored, and they will not be ignored. Lets go to el paso in texas now and speak to our correspondent gary odonoghue. I wonder what you made of donald trump remarks and what people there would have made of them because difficult to address for him in some ways because he has been criticised for his own rhetoric possibly as being a contributory factor in this kind of violence. The tone is very different to what we have heard from the president certainly in those tweets a couple of weeks ago when he was talking about sending people back to where they came from, very racist in their tone. When he was talking at various rallies about what to do with immigrants. Someone in the crowd shouted out, why not shoot them . The tone was very different. He took on that sort of ma ntle different. He took on that sort of mantle of console in chief that president s are expected to take on these moments in time and in many way said the right words in the right order. Many people didnt think youd coloured white supremacist in that way but he did. The problem is you have identified is that everything that has gone before suggests this isnt necessarily what you really believes that people believe that this tone will not last and that the suggestions of some kind of movement potentially which was making before that speech and gun regulation wont go anywhere because it never does. It always ends up running into the sand, into the quagmire of congressional partisanship. So that is the big question going forward. I how much does it mean, what does it amount to other than just words . Thank you, gary. Lets speak now to richard mcalexanderfrom Columbia Law School in new york, a specialist in the rise of far right terrorism and its links with immigration. Talk to us a little bit about the rise in that kind of far right terrorism in the United States. Is ita terrorism in the United States. Is it a phenomenon that we are seeing on the increase at the moment . think so, i think the data bed it out there is an increase in right wing nationalist terrorist attacks. And it seems the big determinant of that is Anti Government sentiment. When a president says things that stoke this anger and fear of immigrants it is likely we will see more attacks. Anti immigrant sentiment. Is likely we will see more attacks. Antiimmigrant sentiment. Is there any evidence it correlates what the president has said in terms ofanti immigrant what the president has said in terms of anti immigrant rhetoric and acts of anti immigrant rhetoric and acts of violence by the far right . of anti immigrant rhetoric and acts of violence by the far right . I have seen some studies where there is a rise in anti immigrant attacks after the president stops at a location or a speech. The difference here is i think it is a little more difficult to track that because the shooter in el paso drove nine hours to el paso to commit this attack so it is difficult to pin down how the rhetoric of the president will influence him looking for correlations and patterns and looking to see what the thinking is behind the attack. If this is an increasing phenomenon what should the authorities, the fbi and so on, be doing about it . The key is to look at what is going on on the internet and that is where a lot of these young white males are being radicalised by websites sharing a far right ideology and we know from things like twitter and facebook that if you get these people off the internet and decrease their voice you will see less you will see less attacks. White there has always been attacks. White there has always been a white supremacist element to the United States and the ku klux klan and so on. Do you think that is change the last three years . I think what is different is a lot of these attackers are very young and we did not see that as much in the ku klux klan and that is a much more hierarchical organisation for this is much more diffuse where there is no actual leadership but a seething resentment towards immigrants that is floating around on the intranet and being consumed and disseminated by young white males. and being consumed and disseminated by young white males. I dont know if you heard what the president had to say today. If you did, what did you make of his remarks . He talked about Mental Illness is a problem, social media and the glorification of violence and so on but he also talked about his anger with White Supremacists and hate and bigotry. Yeah, there are a lot of causes about why people commit these attacks. I think its important to focus on what works and we should increase the Mental Health treatment and funding for it in the United States but i think if we are serious and if the president were serious about attacking White Nationalist terrorism he would have done something more than what you did yesterday and we would have a pattern of doing so. Although he was right to condemn it it needs to be condemned more persistently and in stronger terms. His own language, what would you say about whether the president should temper what he says in future . I think that absolutely plays a role. It is hard to discern exactly what the role of his rhetoric is but its no coincidence that some of these shooters and far right wing nationalists have used words like invasion which the president has and subsequently scrubbed that word from his twitter feed. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you. The Prime Minister has promised to spend £850 million on nhs building projects, at 20 hospitals in england. The money, over the next five years, will be used to upgrade outdated facilities and equipment. A further billion pounds will be used to tackle a backlog in hospital improvements. Speaking on a visit to a hospital in lincolnshire, Boris Johnson said his biggest task is to cut treatment waiting times. But labour says the money is not enough and wont make up for years of cuts in the Health Service. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes reports. Its another busy morning in the accident and Emergency Department at stockports stepping hill hospital. For years, they have struggled to cope as the number of patients seeking care has grown. But now the hospital has been given more than £30 million to build a much needed new trauma centre, which should ease some of the pressure in a e. When this was originally set up the expectation was for around 50,000 patient attendances a year. We are currently at almost twice that amount. We are approaching 100,000 patient attendances each year coming through the department. So this will be really good news for us in terms of coping with that capacity. In total, around £850 million has been promised to help with upgrades to outdated facilities and to pay for new equipment. Stepping hill in stockport is one of 20 hospitals across england that will benefit. The funding pledges part of what has been called a £1. 8 billion cash boost for the nhs. This is new money. I said ten days ago on the steps of downing street we would be upgrading 20 hospitals, 20 new hospital upgrades around the country, and this is it. We are starting in boston with 21 million there is no doubt this extra money is very welcome but health think tanks say it is a drop in the ocean. With so many nhs facilities in a state of major disrepair, it will take £6 billion in totaljust to make up the backlog of work. But there are questions over how much of this money is actually new. This is a welcome addition of {1. 8 billion to the nhs that they can spend now that they werent able to spend before. But it is merely replacing and reversing cuts made previously to our nhs capital budget, so it is not changing the long term plans we had. Labour are accusing the government of spinning the announcement as new money, having previously raided hospital budgets to pay for day to day running costs. Money, having previously raided hospital budgets to pay for day to day running costs. It looks like it is money that hospitals had already earned by cutting their costs. Ministers told them they had to cut back on their spending and if they did they would get new capital money. Then ministers blocked hospitals from spending that money. It looks like Boris Johnson has simply lifted that block on spending. A shortage of qualified staff remains a big challenge for the Health Service. Critics say New Buildings are fine but you need the doctors and nurses to work in them. Dominic hughes, bbc news, stockport. 0ur Political Correspondent pete saull is at westminster. How much of this do we think is new money . There is a debate raging about this. You saw borisjohnson saying he wants to stress this is in his view new money. It is in two parts, £850 million for 20 hospitals up parts, £850 million for 20 hospitals up and down the country to spend on new facilities, New Buildings, new wards in some cases. But those hospitals have bid for than previously, this funding and Boris Johnson so happens to become Prime Minister at the time he can make the announcement of the winning bid so it isa announcement of the winning bid so it is a bit ofa announcement of the winning bid so it is a bit of a stretch to call that element new money. The second pa rt that element new money. The second part is £1 billion for improvements and maintenance to existing buildings and some health think ta nks buildings and some health think tanks have said this is money hospital trusts have been asked to save up for and only now are being allowed to spend that money. It has as you might expect been largely welcomed by Health Professionals and trust in parts of the country that feel they havent had enough money of late but the labour party points out this is a bit of a drop in to the cutbacks implemented in the Health Service since the conservatives came to power in 2010. Does this kind of promise from Boris Johnson signal that perhaps a general election is not not too far away . I dont think it is any coincidence borisjohnson away . I dont think it is any coincidence Boris Johnson made away . I dont think it is any coincidence borisjohnson made this announcement in boston in lincolnshire, one of the biggest leave voting parts of the country. 20 areas affected here and many of those places could become general election battle grounds. The official criteria for the winning bids as these are areas with the most need but speculation is rife in westminster that the general election is imminent. According to the government it will not be before sist the government it will not be before 31st of october unless the Government Hand is forced potentially by a vote of no confidence. If it looks like we are heading towards no deal exit at the end of september, we know mps are opposed to it and a could table a vote of no confidence. The view in westminster as the Prime Minister sets the date of a general election and it could do it at the start of november so we would still leave at the end of october. There is a november so we would still leave at the end of october. There is 3111 day period under the rules where mps could come together and form a government that could command the majority of the house of commons and be completely unprecedented and extraordinary for this to happen. But we have seen some big parliamentary battles of late in westminster and it could be about to step upa westminster and it could be about to step up a notch or two in the autumn. Lets get more on this now with anneliese dodds, the shadow treasury minister. We have heard a debate raged amongst the experts about whether this is not new money. But Boris Johnson insists that it certainly is. not new money. But Boris Johnson insists that it certainly is. I am afraid that borisjohnson on this as in so many things is trying to pull the wool over peoples eyes. We have a£6 the wool over peoples eyes. We have a £6 billion repair backlog in the national Health Service and as has been mentioned by many experts you have just quoted hospitals been mentioned by many experts you havejust quoted hospitals promise previously that they would be able to get the money to spend those buildings and equipment, buildings and equipment that really need to have that upgrade, that improvement and were told by ministers you cannot have this money because it does not fit in with the treasury spending rules. So i am pleased that know they will be able to get money but what will be done about the rest of that £6 billion repair backlog. When will we see a more sensible approach to funding our nhs from this government . That to me is very much not clear from what Boris Johnson are said today. But for those 20 hospitals that will benefit, you . I think a lot of other hospitals will say we need this expenditure as well and we fit in with those rules previously and those requirements are said if trusts managed to sort out their budgets and balance their budgets in a particular way they would be able to get that money for capital spending. Those trusts which have not received that funding i think will be asking what are we meant to do . Of course it is good for those trusts that have received this money but many other hospitals right across the country will say what about our operating theatres that are in such a state . We have certain hospitals at the moment we have issues with sewage not working properly. The operating theatres in my own local trust not being safe. We need to have a sensible long term approach and it feels like Boris Johnson is turned up today for a bit ofa johnson is turned up today for a bit of a photocall about money already meant to be spent on our nhs. He is not thinking about those long term challenges. If we think about spending on the Health Service in the wider perspective, theresa may promised the nhs would get an extra £20 billion per year by 2033 which many saw as the generous offer. If labour were in power could be a match that . We set out exactly how we would do that. By having a fairer tax system so people at the very top of the income distribution, the top 596, of the income distribution, the top 5 , would pay more tax. We think thatis 5 , would pay more tax. We think that is fair but on the particular issue on investment and facilities and equipment, we have a different approach because so far the current government has bundled in a lot of those costs with other forms of spending. As we have seen they have been willing to raid those capital budgets to pay for staff costs for example. We think that when you have decent equipment and buildings you end up saving money so we have a different approach. We think there should be had National Transformation fund that would provide £250 billion worth of investment in our nhs and schools as well and other parts of Critical Infrastructure we really need. That is the sensible long term way to deal with some of these issues, not the kind of kneejerk approach deal with some of these issues, not the kind of knee jerk approach we have seen today. Thank you very much for being with us. Supermarket giant tesco says about 11,500 staff in 153 Tesco Metro Stores are set to lose theirjobs in the latest round of redundancies. The uks largest grocer said changes to the way the stores operated would serve shoppers better and help to run our business more sustainably. Lets talk to our

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