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BBCNEWS BBC July 3, 2024

Controversial game at everton but only in private for now. The club questioned the integrity of attwell after their defeat at goodison. In a social media post, they accused attwell of being a luton supporter, who are forests relegation rivals. The Football Association and Premier League are set to take action over forests public response. Its another Var Controversy in a season thats had its fair share. Jude bellinghams fantastic season continues. He won the world Breakthrough Of The Year award at the laureus awards, to round off a brilliant week in which his side real madrid knocked Manchester City out of the Champions League and then beat arch rivals barcelona in la liga. The England International is hoping for more silverware later in the year. Its been a mad few days and, yeah, im really proud to win this award, like i said, and hopefully keep making more memories with real madrid and england in the future and hopefully ill be back. Were still in with a chance, two with madrid and obviously the euros with england, so i think success would be all three, but it takes a lot of work and a lot of sacrifice and hopefully it can happen. To snooker now. Ding junhui and Jack Lisowski Put On A Great Exhibition in the first session of their first round match at the World Snooker championship. Many predicted that this would be the tie of the round, and so far it hasnt disappointed. Lisowski, whos ranked 17th in the world, just has his nose in front at five frames to four. Plenty of time for 2016 Runner Up Ding to fight back. They resume on wednesday. And dominic dale is back at the crucible for the first time in ten years, but his first session was disappointing. Kyren wilson produced a superb performance to take a commanding 8 1 lead. He only needs two more frames when the match resumes on wednesday morning to reach round two. These are live pictures from the crucible. It is Mark Williams in an amazing battle, currently 9 8, the first to ten frames goes through. A tense one there. You can follow that all on there. You can follow that all on the bbc sport website and the app. There we go, thats all the sport from us for now. Backward back with more later on. Gavin, thanks for that. French police say a child is among the five people so far reported dead while trying to cross the channel in a small boat in the early hours of this morning. Bbc verify� Sjosh Cheetam has been looking at evidence to piece together what we know. Weve been analysing Ship Tracking Data and french media reports to piece together a clearer picture of what happened in the channel this morning to a boat similar to this one here. Now, according to french authorities, more than 100 people got onto a boat here in wimereux thats just south of calais at around 6am local time. Thats 5am in the uk. And a bbc crew saw the people getting on board the boat before it made its way across the channel. Small boats like these, they dont typically have trackers on board, so we cant trace theirjourneys. That means we cant verify independently what happened to the boat after it set sail in wimereux, but we can identify the approximate area where this Rescue Operation happened. Now, here is a still from marine traffic. Its a vessel tracking service, and it shows several ships that you can see here from the french coastguard that scrambled to the area in the early hours of this morning. A few of these french vessels were small inflatable boats. We know these are often used to quickly look for survivors in incidents like this one. So this is likely the area where the incident happened, based on those ship movements. Another aspect is the weather. So if you look at forecasts at the time, it shows that conditions were clear, but the Air Temperature was barely above freezing and the Sea Temperature was just above 11 degrees celsius, making it a potentially life threatening crossing. And we know historically that many of the people aboard these small vessels cant swim and often dont have working life vests. In todays incident, french Authorities Say 49 people have been rescued, but another 58 remain on board, not wishing to be rescued and to continue theirjourney towards the uk. Now, this year, over 6,000 people have been detected crossing the channel, uk authorities tell us, and thats up from about a quarter from the same period last year. And last year, 12 people drowned while trying to cross the channel, according to french authorities. But its only april and this year has already seen at least 1a deaths, including the lives lost this morning. Lets take a look at the nationalities of people attempting the dangerous channel crossing. This year, 40 of people arriving by small boats were from vietnam and afghanistan thats 1,266 vietnamese nationals and 1,216 afghan nationals. In 2023, afghans were the top nationality crossing the channel, making up 20 of all small Boat Arrivals that year. Iranians, at 13 , were the second most common nationalities to arrive this way, followed by turkish nationals who made up 11 of arrivals on small boats. We can look at the politics now. The governments Rwanda Asylum Bill is finally set to become law. The plan is to send some Asylum Seekers to africa most of the bill designates rwanda as a safe country. It was finally approved late last night. This was the moment the bill was backed down and therefore heading for royal assent, the next stage full so the Prime Minister said the first flight will leave the uk in ten to 12 weeks. Here is rishi sunak, Flying Overfor his trip ten to 12 weeks. Here is rishi sunak, flying over for his trip to warsaw today, saying that the deaths reported today underlined the need for his legislation, but two top un officials have been for the uk to reverse this decision. Have been calling for. In the last hour or so, labour leader sir keir starmer has been speaking about the govenment� s rwanda plan and what his party would do differently. Take a listen. Theres no doubt that we have to stop these small boat crossings. Theres no doubt about that. The government has lost control of the borders. But this rwanda gimmick is not the way to stop it. It costs an absolute fortune £300 million already, another £50 million either this week or next to remove a few hundred people. Thats a drop in the ocean. To put that into perspective, a week ago sunday, over 500 crossed the channel in small boats. Thats more than the entire number the government plans to remove in a whole year. So thats less than 1 . So what i would do is use that money to build up our border security, to take down the gangs that are running this vile trade and stop those boats arriving in the first place, not a gimmick which nobody thinks is going to work. Earlier, i spoke to richard tice, leader of reform uk, and vicky tennant, unhcr representative to the united kingdom, and they gave me their reactions to the bill. First and foremost, on behalf of unhcr, i would wants to really convey our condolences to the families of those who tragically lost their lives and others who have been affected by the incident today. We are worried, concerned, about the legislation that was enacted yesterday, and of course its latest element of the uk rwanda deal. We think its the wrong way to approach this challenge. We think there are other practical measures that could be pursued. Other practical measures that could be pursued be pursued. Like what . What ractical be pursued. Like what . What practical measures be pursued. Like what . What practical measures do be pursued. Like what . What practical measures do you be pursued. Like what . What| practical measures do you think should be pursued . Taste practical measures do you think should be pursued . Should be pursued . We think international should be pursued . We think International Cooperation should be pursued . We think International Cooperation is l should be pursued . We think. International cooperation is very important, and that means International Cooperation with the countries along the routes where refugees and migrants are travelling. So first and foremost, starting in the countries from which they are fleeing of the countries, they are fleeing of the countries, the crises that are driving these movements of refugees, but then cooperation with the transit countries, european countries, includes other countries along the routes, to offer real alternatives to refugees and Asylum Seekers and indeed migrants who are, out of despair, out of desperation, pursuing these very, very dangerous journeys, and that includes offering safe regular routes to the uk, to other countries, but it also must include maintaining access to asylum, to protection in the uk. Thats a long standing humanitarian tradition, its a humanitarian tradition, its a humanitarian tradition with which the uk is very, firmly associated, was in the lead of developing the refugee convention, and that Convention Must remain the central organising framework around which our responses organised. Framework around which our responses oruanised. , i. Organised. 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That is all very well, but we have always ledj very well, but we have always led the way, very well, but we have always led the way, and weve always taken more than our the way, and weve always taken more than our fair the way, and weve always taken more than ourfair share, but the way, and weve always taken more than our fair share, but thats been done than our fair share, but thats been done legally. Its happening now is both illegal and tragic, as i said earlier, both illegal and tragic, as i said earlier, and the reality is that all of these earlier, and the reality is that all of these people are coming from the safe country of france which means under safe country of france which means under the safe country of france which means under the un safe country of france which means underthe un 51 safe country of france which means under the un 51 convention, actually, under the un 51 convention, actually, they are not genuine Asylum Seekers because they are leaving Asylum Seekers because they are leaving a Asylum Seekers because they are leaving a safe country. The only way we have leaving a safe country. The only way we have got leaving a safe country. The only way we have got to stop this tragedy is tty we have got to stop this tragedy is by pushing the books back and, yes, we are by pushing the books back and, yes, we are spending aliens on foreign aid to we are spending aliens on foreign aid to help we are spending aliens on foreign aid to help developing nations, struggling nations thats in the medium struggling nations thats in the medium to struggling nations thats in the medium to long term spending billions medium to long term spending billions but medium to long term spending billions. But short term we got a crisis. Billions. But short term we got a crisis. Our billions. But short term we got a crisis, our borders are not being protected, crisis, our borders are not being protected, we are being charged an absolute protected, we are being charged an absolute fortune as british taxpayers and tragically people are dying, taxpayers and tragically people are dying, and it is only our policy that dying, and it is only our policy that. People dying and stop this crisis that. People dying and stop this crisis. , , that. People dying and stop this crisis. , ,. , crisis. Your policy is to return eo le crisis. Your policy is to return peeple back crisis. Your policy is to return people back to crisis. Your policy is to return people back to france, crisis. Your policy is to return people back to france, which| people back to france, which presumably would require cooperation with france . It presumably would require cooperation with france . ,. ,. With france . It does not. We are leaall with france . It does not. We are legally entitled with france . It does not. We are legally entitled to with france . It does not. We are legally entitled to do with france . It does not. We are legally entitled to do it with france . It does not. We are legally entitled to do it under with france . It does not. We are| legally entitled to do it under two treaties legally entitled to do it under two treaties i legally entitled to do it under two treaties. I have read them, i know the sentences, the clauses was to what the sentences, the clauses was to what is the sentences, the clauses was to what is required is leadership. In what is required is leadership. Practice, you what is required is leadership. In practice, you do that without the cooperation of france was blue and then with the french would do is what we have talked about. Haste what we have talked about. Have a oint what we have talked about. Have a joint processing what we have talked about. Have a joint Processing Centre what we have talked about. Have a joint Processing Centre in what we have talked about. Have a joint Processing Centre in northern | joint Processing Centre in Northern France joint Processing Centre in Northern France where you assess people, you reduce france where you assess people, you reduce the france where you assess people, you reduce the magnet factor, and heres the other reduce the magnet factor, and heres the other thing, over 2000 tragically lose their lives crossing the mediterranean. Again, you have ot the mediterranean. Again, you have got to the mediterranean. Again, you have got to pick the mediterranean. Again, you have got to pick up and take back which is what got to pick up and take back which is what greece are now doing. It is reducing is what greece are now doing. It is reducing deaths. That is what we have reducing deaths. That is what we have to reducing deaths. That is what we have to do reducing deaths. That is what we have to do. That is Real International leadership and we should International Leadership and we should lead the way on that. The inquiry into it failings at the post office that led to hundreds of prosecutions is hearing from the companys former top in house lawyer. Susan crichton was the post offices General Counsel until 2013, as the Horizon Scandal developed. She has been asked about the handling of horizon it problems in particular, the language used to describe them. The inquiry was shown notes from meetings, which showed the post offices board appeared to debate language referring to bugs within the horizon system. Lets ta ke lets take a listen. Its absolutely orwellian, isnt it, the use of the word exception now instead of bug . Changing the language within the company, crafting a briefing that now refers to exceptions should you not take responsibility for that briefing, given that you were one of the people drafting it . If i had solely drafted it, it would have been my work, then i wouldve taken responsibility or would take responsibility for it. I cant remember that. Lets speak to our employment correspondent zoe conway, whos been at the inquiry. What have they heard today . What was so strikin what have they heard today . What was so striking about what have they heard today . What was so striking about that what have they heard today . What was so striking about that evidence so striking about that evidence about what to call a bug, do we call it a bug or an exception, is that that language, that suggested language, came from the husband of the Chief Executive of the post office, paula vennells. It was her husband that suggested that word and i think that is what we all rather set up at the inquiry today. But what i think it was early port is that to think about when that conversation was happening, when these conversations were happening about language its the summer of 2013, a really significant moment in this entire post office saga, because it is that summer that the post office board is shown a report by the Forensic Accountant brought in look at the horizon system, and they have found two computer bugs that have caused problems in 70 post office branches, and what we learned today was, how did the Post Office Board React to that report . And what we heard, really, was a series of memos, e mails, we were shown minutes that really showed, in the words of the council to the inquiry, in his view, an attempt at a cover up, but really what really showed through was concerns about the National Reputation of the post Office Following that report, there was a one point and e mailfrom the head of finance, board they would not be liable for what was found in that report, there was really a concern there about the reputational damage to

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