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BBCNEWS BBC News July 14, 2024

The most testing days a fledgling Prime Minister has faced Boris Johnson has a weekend to pause and a think. As many of that opinion will say content. The contrary not content. The contents have it. The lords have followed the commons, approving legislation so by monday it should be locked in law that britain cant leave the eu without a deal on october 31st. Which appears to mean the pm is boxed in. He can break his pledge not to ask for more time or he can break the law and not ask for an extension. Remember, the new law means Boris Johnson ask for an extension. Remember, the new law means borisjohnson has until october 19th to get a deal with brussels. If not, the new law says he must write and request more time, until at least january 31st. But yesterday, he said this. This bill would in theory mean that the government was obliged to write a letter asking brussels for a pointless delay. Downing street stress this is borisjohnson merely underlining he will not put pen to paper but some fear he is seeking a loophole or way around the law, and seniorfigures are loophole or way around the law, and senior figures are counselling caution. It is a fundamental principle we are governed by the rule of law that i hope that nobody of any party will question it and defying any particular law sets a really dangerous precedent. So concerned are some mp, not least tories sacked by borisjohnson this week they have confirmed readying lawyers to challenge the Prime Minister if he doesnt comply. Courts making a decision to try to make a Prime Minister abide by the law made by a parliament of which he isa law made by a parliament of which he is a member, these are strange times for democracy. Putting it to the people, having a general election is one solution borisjohnson is general election is one solution Boris Johnson is pursuing general election is one solution borisjohnson is pursuing but without Opposition Mps support that is not an option and they are refusing to help. Of course, if this man can as he has pledged get a deal by mid october, things could move in a very different direction but right now, there is little sign of that. Direction but right now, there is little sign of that. An Iranian Oil Tanker, which was seized by Royal Marines off the coast of gibraltar injuly because it was suspected of travelling to syria against eu sanctions, has been spotted near a syrian port. The ship was released on the condition it would not take oil to syria. Its been photographed by satellite near the port of tartus. Helena wilkinson reports. This is the Iranian Oil Tanker, the grey swa n this is the Iranian Oil Tanker, the grey swan which was detained off gibraltar, sparking an International Diplomatic crisis. Back injuly, it was stopped by royal marine, suspected of moving oil to syria, a breach of eu sanctions. The americans tried to stop the tanker from being released. But last month, iran gave assurances it wouldnt discharge cargo in syria, so authorities in gibraltar let the ship go. But look at these recent satellite image, released by a us Space Technology company, they appear to show the Iranian Oil Tanker now renamed adrian i in the waters off the syrian port of tartus. The trap kerr is believed to have turned off the trans ponder this week. The president S National Security adviser has responded with this. Anyone who said the ship wasnt heading to syria is in denial. Tehran thinks it is more important to fund the murderous regime than provide for its own people. Just this week iran admitted it has begun using advanced technology to enrich uranium, taking a step back from its 2015 nuclear deal. Todays development have added to the International Diplomatic stand off over iran, which shows no signs of nearing its end. Labour have said they would severely constrain or even ban the bonuses paid by banks and financial institutions, if they won an election. In an interview with the financial times, the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell said people were offended by the current level of pay outs. A key witness has been released to russia from ukrainian as part of a Prisoner Exchange. Detainees from both countries have been returned home by plane. It is thought more than 30 prisoners from each side have been swapped. A massive relief operation is under way in the bahamas, which was devastated by Hurricane Dorian earlier this week. Crowds of people have been trying to flee the worst hit island, great abaco, where theres been looting by armed gangs. The bahamian government says 43 people are now known to have died in the storm, though that figure is expected to rise. There are growing concerns about the number of young people whove died after taking diet pills containing a highly toxic substance. Dinitrophenol known as dnp is sold online as a fat burning slimming aid but in the uk its illegal to sell for human consumption. Adina campbell reports. Its a poisonous substance mainly used as a pesticide, but dnp is growing in popularity as a quick fix weight loss aid with Dangerous Health effects. In 2018, there were six deaths linked to dnp in the uk. 21 year old Bethany Shipsey had complex body image issues after being raped and emotionally abused by an ex boyfriend, which led to a number of suicide attempts. In 2017 she took her own life. Overdosing on pills containing dnp that she bought online. Since his daughters death, doug shipsey has been trying to trace the source of the dnp. Bethany ordered the pills from ukraine. Police raided this flat and found a stash of chemical substances. A man was arrested and later released without charge. Dnp is not illegal to produce or sell in ukraine. In the uk, it is legal for industrial purposes. Doug shipsey has come to ukraine to find out more about his daughters death. I havent had time to grieve beth yet, and im trying to getjustice for her and trying to prevent this happening to other young people, which is what will give myself, my wife and my family closure. Doug is here to meet the man who he believes is responsible for his daughters death. Who is this . Yeah, you sold her the dnp that killed her. I watched her die, in hospital, in four hours. Im really sorry. If i could do anything. If i knew. He admits selling the dnp, but said he never intended the substance to be used for suicide, and is not responsible for betha nys death. All i want to say is i really feel sad. It just was a Small Business idea. It was just for money. I hope you remember these eyes for the rest of your life. Thats what we needed to hear. Is this the end of the journey for you . Certainly not. Dnp is still freely available on the internet. Adina campbell, bbc news, in ukraine. Now with the very latest on the ashes, and all the days sport, letsjoin mike bushell at the bbc sport centre. It proved to be one rescue act too far for ben stokes. The new ball has maybe helped book the ashes urn a ticket on a flight back to australia. Andy swiss is at old trafford. It was like a scene from an australian nigh mare, an army of ben sto kes australian nigh mare, an army of ben stokes descended on old trafford hoping the real one could save englands hopes after his her robes of headingley, could he rescue his tea m of headingley, could he rescue his team for a second some time . The early scenes were encouraging. While attacking moments were few and far between Jonny Bairstow showed a flourish as england made a wicket free start. That was until this. Ba i rstow bowled by free start. That was until this. Bairstow bowled by Mitchell Starc beauty, gone for 17, about as emphatic as it gets. For the home fan, everyone worse was to come. As australia got the main man, stokes nair snared for 26. No miracle this time, were englands hopes leaving with him. It was surely down to their last specialist batsman. Jos buttler. He has struggled so far but could he rise to the occasion . He was running out of partner, next to gojofra archer was running out of partner, next to go jofra archer nicking was running out of partner, next to gojofra archer nicking behind for one, australia tighten their grip. England know once again they will need something is very special indeed. At lunch england are 278 for 8. They still trail israel by 219 runs and they will need another remarkable come back to keep their ashes hopes alive. Football, and its internationals weekend. England manager Gareth Southgate says his side still have everything to prove as they take on their groups bottom side bulgaria at wembley this afternoon. England have won two out of two of their euro 2020 qualifiers so far. After bulgaria, they play kosovo, at st marys on tuesday. Victories in both games would make qualification for next years tournament, a near formality. And attendance records for Womens Super League matches will almost certainly be smashed this weekend with some games being played at their clubs main grounds for the first time. The new season kicks off with Manchester City hosting newly promoted Manchester United at the etihad the two sides, havent met in the super league before, with united playing their first season in the wsl. We are making sure that we are diligent in all our preparation, making sure the players know their roles and responsibilities. Are we there yet . No, weve got a long way to go and we will probably still be finding our feet in this League Campaign when we start. But we start in a very, very tough way. Man city, arsenal, liverpool for your first three games is a tough ask for a promoted game but it will give us a good guide and a good barometer of where we are at. Rafael nadal has reached the final of the us open with a straight set win over italian matteo berrettini. The spaniard survived two set points in the opener before his class shone through in a 7 6, 6 4, 6 1win at flushing meadows. Nadal is going for a fourth title in tomorrows final against russias daniil medvedev. Thats all the sport for now. You can see more on all of todays stories on the bbc news channel. The next news on bbc one is at 5. 15, bye for now. Hello. Youre watching the bbc news channel. A plane carrying ukrainians freed in a Prisoner Exchange with russia has landed in kiev. Its thought the swap may ease tensions between the two countries following moscows annexation of crimea five years ago. Our kiev correspondentjonah fisher was watching at the airport. That is the plane behind me, where they arrived about an hour ago. There have been emotional reunions taking place on the tarmac in the last hour or so. Small children, wives, girlfriends, parents, they saw their loved ones for the first time, in some cases in as long as five years. 35 ukrainians have been brought on board that plane. Including 2a sailors caught on the kerch strait in the black sea. High profile ukrainians held in russia. Now, the interesting thing is what went the other way. An aeroplane went from here in kiev to moscow, at the same time. There were 35 people on board that. The question is whether a man called Volodymyr Tsemakh, he was operating in the occupied parts of ukraine when passengerjet mh17 was brought down in 2014. Whether he has been included in the swap. He was a Sticking Point in these negotiations, the dutch investigators looking into that crash would like to have spoken to him but there are quite a few indications that Volodymyr Tsemakh may have been included one way or the other in the swap, as a way of getting these ukrainians released and to move things forward. As you are talking, we just saw pictures of people being reunited with families, one little boy jumping into his fathers arms. What does this say, more broadly, about relations between the two countries . It is a glimmer of hope, there is a new president here in ukraine, he was here to greet those prisoners, volodymyr zelensky. He said to me that it was a new chapter and would open the possibility of further talks with russias president , vladimir putin, regardless of completed issues that exist between the two countries. Not least the conflict in ukraine and russias occupation of crimea. It was hard to see how they would have discussions if the prisoner issue was not resolved. They have taken place. We will see whether it is built on and face to face discussions with president s zelensky and putin talking about the difficult issues and relations between these two countries, which are so bad. Health officials in the United States are urging people to stop using e cigarettes after another death from a mysterious lung illness, linked to vaping. Thereve now been five deaths confirmed in recent weeks across the us, with 215 cases of people falling ill after vaping, but the problem could be much greater, with experts investigating a50 cases of lung illness that may have been caused by e cigarette use around the country. Our reporter alydia noble has more. Over 12 Million People use flavoured e cigarette, or vapes, in america, but fatalities are on the rise from a respiratory illness which seems to be related. At least 215 people are confirmed to have been affected, but hundreds more cases are being investigated. On friday, the centres for Disease Control released a statement urging people not to vape, and encouraged users to monitor themselves for symptoms. No common brand or ingredient has emerged among cases, leaving doctors at a loss for the diseases cause, and how best to treat it. The cdc is working with the us food and Drug Association to investigate the illness and what chemicals might be behind it. The illness, which leaves patients struggling to breathe, appears to be a form of lipoid pneumonia, which is caused by inhaling oils and, in most cases, developed after the patient vaped thc or nicotine containing products. The cdc statement comes after michigan became the first us state to ban flavoured e cigarettes on wednesday, after the state Health Department found that youth vaping constituted a Public Health emergency. Alydia noble, bbc news. Professor linda bauld is the president of the society for research on nicotine and tobacco europe and Deputy Director of the uk centre for tobacco and alcohol studies. Do you think the uk should follow suit in terms of what the us advice is now . Actually, the us advice is changing almost hourly. The food and Drug Administration has said that the vast majority, if not all of these cases, are definitely linked to cannabis oil. The us has an unregulated market compared to the uk. We have not legalised cannabis in the uk or products associated with it. These are contaminated oils. We think there could be a vitamin er set eight used in the oils which is causing this lip lip lip lloyd pneumonia. We have millions of people who use e cigarettes. Some are trying to stop smoking, it is essential that these people do not go back to tobacco use. You say this seems to be linked to cannabis use and not just tobacco . That is correct. There is no tobacco in e cigarettes. There is no tobacco in e cigarettes. There is nicotine but no tobacco. This is an outbreak. We have had vaping products on the market for a decade and they are used by millions worldwide. We have never seen this before. So something is going badly wrong, it looks like a Public Health crisis. It is an outbreak. It could be linked to this compound as the fda were saying last night, what american authorities need to do is identify producers to an illicit type of product sold unregulated in the us. We need to ensure it does not spread to other markets. Fortu nately, not spread to other markets. Fortunately, in the uk, we have a strict regulatory framework. The Health Care Authority has not seen any of these cases in the uk so it is important people do not panic but clearly this has to be investigated. Isa clearly this has to be investigated. Is a tad tall possible to say what could be causing this scientifically . Is it possible . It is this vitamin he acetate. It is a thickening agent. What we think has happened is the illicit manufacturers has added an agent to the oils, or other vaping products, asa the oils, or other vaping products, as a thickening agent. What is happening is when people consume that, they breathe it deep into their lungs, it is an oil that coasts metrical coats the lungs. There is a chemical at fault here. In the uk, people should only use products which have childproof packaging, a health warning, they cannot be tampered with and they are bought from reputable dealers. That is the message we must send to people today. It isnt that everyone should drop their e cigarette. The Research Suggests that they are hugely less harmful than smoking but make sure that people use reputable and regulated products. Thank you so much, professor. The childrens commissioner for england has proposed opening schools during evenings, weekends and holidays to keep children safe and away from gangs. Anne longfield has also suggested posting designated Police Officers and security to every school to help combat violence. She said that opening classrooms outside of usual hours could have a transformative effect on society. Jane Frances Kelly reports. Bell rings. The school bell marks the end of the day, but the childrens commissioner for england would prefer it if pupils stayed on for a range of activities, rather than going straight home. Anne longfield fears too many children are

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