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BBCNEWS BBC News At Ten July 14, 2024

Thats what i said in the tweet, which i guess some people think is controversial. A lot of people love it, by the way. More than 50 hours of surgery a special report on the extraordinary skill of the great ormond street team as they start to separate these twins. And the Second World War code breaker alan turing is chosen as the face of the new £50 note. And coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, the england roses maintain their unbeaten record at the netball world cup as they upset the sunshine girls. Good evening. The Prime Minister has hosted a reception for englands cricketers tonight after their incredible victory against new zealand yesterday in the mens world cup final. The celebrations continued this morning when they met fans, young and old, at the oval ground in south london. The england team have dramatically turned around their fortunes, after a dismal world cup four years ago. Eight Million People watched them win at lords on television yesterday. The hope now is that being crowned world champions will help inspire a new generation of cricket stars, as our sports editor, dan roan, reports. This report contains flash photography. Its the lift that cricket and perhaps also she needed. After their world cup triumph at the home of the sport, tonight england took the trophy to the home of the Prime Minister. Theresa may, who witnessed the drama herself at lords, welcoming the team to downing street. Earlier, at the oval, cricket, it seemed, was cool again. How good does this feel . Captain eoin morgan mobbed as the next generation of fans accepted the chance to celebrate with their heroes after one of the sports greatest ever games. Despite just a few hours sleep, one of the stars of yesterdays unforgettable final telling me just how much it all meant. It was a great team effort, i think it means a lot more to these people than to us, and that is a really good thing. What will it do for the sport . Hopefully the next generation of players are here today, a whole xi that say, we were here when they won it. England englands celebrations continued late into the night at lords after a final for the ages. This is a young team that reflects modern britain. The captain said his players had drawn strength from the diverse backgrounds and cultures to achieve success when it mattered more than ever. The team still trying to absorb the scale of the achievement. I dont think it really sunk in yesterday. We knew wed won the world cup, like, but i dont think it will for the next couple of days, to be honest. But this is the start of it, coming down here and seeing all the kids, you know, parents, videos online, you know, people in trafalgar square, pubs watching the cricket, seeing how much it meant to them. Got to run the complications of the critical moments at lords are still being discussed. When this throw hit ben stokess bat and flew to the boundary, it seems he should have got five runs instead of six, because hed only completed one at the time of the throw. Amid talk of an error by official, england have brushed off the controversy, preferring focus on the preparation and progress that has seen them become the dominant one day team in the world. Well, these are the kind of scenes english cricket has been dreaming of for years. If these players didnt realise it before, then perhaps this acclaim will show them the extent to which yesterdays extraordinary final at lords has changed not only their lives but perhaps their sport as well. They hope is that more youngsters, like these practising today at ben stokess old club in cockermouth, are inspired after a slump in the numbers playing the sport over the last decade. Just amazing to see that we could play on the same wicket as he did. Hes a real inspiration and a top class player. It shows that we could be bowling from the same end, we could be batting in the same crease as him, and it shows that we could make it and play on may be lords one day. A peak of 8 Million People watched the final, with Live International cricket back on free to air tv for the first time in 14 years after sky shared its coverage with channel 4. But almost all england games will now return behind a paywall. All the money from tv rights does go back into the game in one form or another. Balance that against, of course, wanting as many people to see cricket as we can get to see cricket. Thats a balance we have to strike. Next summer sees the launch of a controversial ioo Ball Tournament designed to attract new fans. It will do well to replicate the drama of yesterday. But for now at least these players have helped the country to fall back in love with the game. Dan roan, bbc news. President trump has stepped up his attacks on four democratic congresswomen after he was accused of being racist. He told them on twitter that they should go back to the crime infested countries they came from, even though three of them were born in the states. Theresa may is among a number of people who strongly criticised the president. But tonight he hit back, telling the congresswomen that if theyre not happy in america, they should leave. Nick bryant reports from washington. Donald trump was at the helm of a made in the usa business event at the white house today, showcasing the kind of economic nationalism thats become a selling point of his America First presidency. But its his White Nationalism that has caused the latest political storm, a racist political attack aimed at four women of colour, three of whom were born in the usa. The president of the united states. Go back to where you came from was the message of his tweets words he repeated from a president ial podium last used by his predecessor, barack obama. If youre not happy here, you can leave. And thats what i say all the time. Thats what i said in a tweet, which i guess some people think is controversial. A lot of people love it, by the way. A lot of people love it. But if youre not happy in the us, if youre complaining all the time, very simply, you can leave. These are the women he is taking aim at, dressed in suffragette white during the president s state of the union address. The muslim congresswoman ilhan omar came here as a child from somalia. Alexandra Ocasio Cortez was born in new york not far from the birthplace of donald trump. Usa, usa, usa he relies on racism, division and anti immigrant sentiment to consolidate power because he does not have a positive vision of the future in america. I want you to know that you belong, that this is our country, and no amount of hate filled bullying from the white house will change that. Were going to fight that together, and were going to become stronger for it. Downing street called the president s language completely unacceptable. The men hoping to be its next occupant agreed but stopped short of calling the twitter attack racist. If youre the leader of a great multiracial, multicultural society, you simply cannot use that kind of language about sending people back where they came from. I have three have chinese children, and ifanyone. And they are british citizens, born on the nhs, and if anyone ever said to them, go back to china, i would be utterly appalled. And i would Say Something else it is totally un british. But applause on this side of the atlantic for donald trump and hardly any criticism from fellow republicans. It seems hes trying to frame next years president ial election and using americas angry racial fault line to do so. Nick is in washington for us. He clearly doesnt think comments are going to do much damage. Yeah, race has always been at the heart of Donald Trumps political business model. When he first made his political name, it was by claiming falsely that barack obama was not born in america. When he launched his 2016 president ial campaign, he did so with an attack on mexican immigrants. This seems to be an attempt sophie, to make those four congresswomen the face of the modern day democratic party. Now, his base will love it, those who attend rallies. The question is, will it alienate moderate republicans, people who in 2016 voted for him, holding their noses, primarily because they hated Hillary Clinton . This seems to be an attempt to create new hate figures. What he seems to be asking is, which america do you want to be part of, might america all their america . What i can tell you with certainty is that no modern date sitting president has used raised so blatantly, so provocatively, so deliberately and so provocatively, so deliberately and so divisive leave. Nick bryant in washington, thank you. Two years ago, twin sisters safa and marwa were born in pakistan, joined at the head. Its an incredibly rare condition, but now surgeons at great ormond street hospital in london have successfully separated the girls. The surgery was so complex that it was performed over several stages totalling more than 50 hours and involving a huge team. In the first of three reports this week on conjoined twins, our medical correspondent fergus walsh and producer Rachael Buchanan have had exclusive access to the family and the surgery. Blouse so we have one case for the list today. They are in this journey together. In order for one of them to do well, they have both got to do well. Joined at the head, safa and marwa have never seen each other. This is the start of an incredible journey aimed at giving them independence. Its october 2018 at great ormond street hospital. Their mother has been praying for this day for nearly two years. Safa and marwa are what is known as craniopagus twins. Des kelly is one long tube. Their skull. They have separate brains, but they are misshapen. The surgery is so complex it will happen in three stages over several months. The twins wont be physically separate until the final operation. We can see the artery but to do anything to it. Each twin is supplying the others brain with blood. Cutting these connections is dangerous and will take two operations to complete. So the artery has been clamped. The twins have been in theatre now for more than seven hours, and there are still seven hours of the operation to go. So far, everything is going to plan and both girls are doing well. This central segment will be our rigid keel to hold their head together. A frame is made from pieces of their skull which can be detached in later operations. Being older, they are pretty active and so whatever we do really has to be Strong Enough to resist the twisting and bending forces that they will be putting on their heads. The twins are from pakistan. Ideally, the surgery should have been done a year earlier when healing ability is strongest. But there were delays finding a donor to pay the medical costs. Despite the risks, the Family Doctors believe right to go ahead. Its clearly very difficult to go through life when you are joined together like that. So it does make a persuasive case in favour of attempting the operation. The family are very clear on that. If we felt there wasnt a high chance we could do it safely, we would be thinking carefully about whether we should do it or not. I think the whole team feel its an excellent chance of a successful separation. Models of the twins brains and shared skull have been created using a 3d printer. For surgeons, its massively helpful. Being able to touch and hold things make so much difference to understanding how things are. This hemisphere, the right hemisphere of the brain, is standing up. This is projecting into the other childs skull. What we need to achieve is untwist the brains and that is pretty difficult to dojust in your head. And this is surgery without scalpels. Absolutely incredible. Using virtual reality. It works, it really works. Now we can see a whole lot more information and level of detail we havent been able to access previously. This is the way of the future. A month after the first operation, the twins are back in theatre. Surgeons have to finish separating their shared blood vessels. There is something deep down there i cant see at the moment. But marwas heart begins to fail, and they fear losing her. We are not stable but we are less unstable. Good enough for me. The crisis passes. Because marwa is the weaker, the surgeons give her a major blood vessel to increase her chances of survival. But it disadvantages safa. Shortly after the 20 hour operation, she has a stroke. We were very close to losing her. She stayed in that critical state for 72 hours after surgery. It was very difficult time for the girls, their families and the team looking after them. But after a lengthy time in intensive care, both twins pulled through. The last two months after their last operation on the brain has been a bit of a stormy time for safa and marwa. But they are hanging in there and are both reasonably well. The next challenge will be to separate the girls. Fergus walsh, bbc news. And you can see the second part of fergus report as the twins are finally separated, tomorrow night. Environmental protesters have used boats to block roads in five uk cities. In london, the Campaign Group Extinction Rebellion targeted the road outside the royal courts of justice. Campaigners said it was the start of a five day summer uprising. A serial thief who drugged and robbed victims after meeting them on gay dating apps has been convicted of murdering a businessman at his home in south london. A jury at the old bailey found Gerald Matovu guilty of killing Eric Michaels with an overdose of the dangerous sedative ghb. Matovu, who is 26, had previously admitted selling ghb to the serial killer stephen port. Daniel sandford was in court. Murdered for his bank cards, his phone and a few bottles of wine Business Executive and part time actor Eric Michaels. His killer was gerry matovu. Theyd met using the gay dating up grindr. Theyd met using the gay dating app grindr. Theyre seen here shopping in sainsburys on the way back to Eric Michaels house. There, gerry matavou drugged him with ghb to rob him but gave him a fatal dose of the dangerous sedative. Eric michaels sons described the familys loss. Ill never meet anyone like him every again in my life and. Losing him has been like losing a limb. The police knew all about gerry matovu. Hed sold drugs to steven port, the notorious ghb serial killer. Today we can reveal that matovu had even drugged and robbed port himself just before port was arrested for killing four men, prompting this misspelt exchange on whatsapp. I hope you dont do that again to anyone, because its not only dangerous, but to then take their stuff is criminal, port wrote. To which matovu replied, im so sorry, and it wont happen ever again. But gerry matovu did go on robbing people with drugs. After killing Eric Michaels, he brazenly left with a suitcase of loot. Hes a liar, hes a hustler, hes a thief. He had no regard for a persons welfare, no regard at all for their life, because hes using a really dangerous drug to facilitate his crimes. Five times, Gerald Matovus previous robberies using ghb had been reported to police, but the investigations were limited. For example, at this east london hotel last may, matovu targeted a dutch businessman. Here, matovu drugged him and stole all his possessions, including his clothes, his laptop, his mobile phones and his bank cards. He even took the Flatscreen Television and the toilet brush from the hotel bedroom. But police failed to identify the man who had drugged his victim into unconsciousness, even though it would have been easy to do so from his grindr account. I dont understand why it wasnt followed up at that time, because we might not be where we are today if it was. It is a shame my dad had to die for them to go and find him, basically. Eric michaels sons want Police Forces to take cases where people are drugged much more seriously, and they want the law changed to recognise just how lethal ghb can be. Daniel sandford, bbc news. Anorexia is an eating disorder that can destroy lives. Teenage girls and young women are particularly vulnerable to whats long been considered a mental illness. But now scientists at Kings College london say it may also be a partly physical illness too. New research showed that changes hard wired into peoples dna alters the way they process fats and sugars, making it easierfor them to starve their bodies. Our Health Correspondent Sophie Hutchinson reports. Laura shah is in recovery from anorexia. She was diagnosed when she was 15 years old. She was so sick, she had to be taken out of school and cared for full time at home. Mentally, it was probably the most horrific thing ive been through. The trauma that you put yourself through and mental torment every the mental torment every day, it seems neverending, and i can see why People Struggle to recover from it. Anorexia is largely considered to be a psychiatric illness, but a major new study published in the journal nature genetics suggests it may also be linked to metabolism, the way a person processes food and utilises energy. The dna of almost 17,000 patients across 17 countries was analysed. The metabolic picture we see in anorexia, we dont fully understand it yet, but it does seem that people with anorexia are genetically predisposed towards having a lower bmi, towards having lower body fat, towards having a decreased risk of type two diabetes and towards having higher levels of good cholesterol. Anorexia has the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric illness. Its estimated to affect at least 43,500 women and girls in the uk and 1a,500 boys and men. 46 of those with the illness go on to recover, 33 eventually see their symptoms improve. But for 20 of patients, treatments dont work and they remain chronically ill. Laura says she makes a daily effort to stay well and this tattoo is her signal to do so. This research, which sheds a light on why some people dont have internal signals, warning them when they are dangerously malnourished, may help develop new treatments and save lives. 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