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And please dont stress the seals a plea for Holiday Makers on the North East Coast of england to be more kind and respectful to the bathing mammals. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Within the past hour, the Afghan President , Ashraf Ghani, has made a televised address to the nation his first public comments since the taliban intensified their latest offensive. Mr ghani said that the � remobilization of armed forces� was his top priority. He also said he was consulting with international partners to prevent further violence. Heavy fighting has broken out in the afghan city of mazar i sharif, as taliban militants tighten their stranglehold around kabul. American troops have flown into the afghan capital to help evacuate Embassy Personnel and other civilians stranded in kabul. Britain and several other western nations are also sending troops as resistance from afghan government forces crumbles. The taliban also claims to have captured territory in two other provinces overnight. As the taliban military advances, reports out of washington suggest the taliban may take control of kabul in the next 90 days. Other predictions are offering it to happen even sooner than that. Heres our Asia Editor anbarasan ethirajan, with more on that estimate. These assessments they keep changing, especially those coming out of the us, initially, theyre expecting it to be six months to a year. But what happened in the past one week has been staggering and it has taken every intelligence on military by surprise, that they have captured almost half the provincial capitals. People are expecting that once . cap chose kandahar, the spiritual home, the former capital, that they will not stop at this point i negotiate as the talks were going on, but they are making their intentions very clear, they want to come to the gates of kabul. There is one of these intelligent assessments, that the collapse of couple would happen within 30 days. Here in the uk, hundreds of people gathered at a Candlelit Vigil in plymouth last night, to remember the five people killed in thursdays Mass Shooting. The youngest victim, Sophie Martyn, was just three years old. It comes as an investigation is launched by the Police Watchdog to understand why the gunman, Jake Davison, was allowed to take back his confiscated firearm and permit, weeks before the attack. Aru na iyengar reports. The youngest face of plymouth� s tragedy, Sophie Martin just three years old out for a walk with her Dad Lee when they were both shot dead byJake Davison. A sad time for this part of the world, but our community will show the rest of it how good we are. Last night, people came together from keyham and surrounding areas to try to make sense of what happened. It could have been any of us. We regularly walk our dogs in the area, we go for runs in the area and it is tough to know what has happened has happened. It has now emerged that the killer, Jake Davison, had his Shotgun And Permit taken off him by police in december following an allegation of assault. These were returned to him last month. Then, on thursday evening, six minutes of violence, the worst Mass Shooting in more than a decade. The sequence of events started at a house in Biddick Drive where Davison Shot and killed his mother. He then went onto the road, fired again, killing three year old Sophie Martyn and her father lee. The gunman then headed into a nearby park, shooting and injuring another man and woman, they are both being treated in hospital. In the park, he killed 59 year old Stephen Washington before heading to henderson place, where he shot his fifth victim, 66 year old Kate Shepherd who later died in hospital. It was here the gunman then shot himself and was declared dead at the scene. Police are looking at motives for the shooting. Online, Jake Davison was involved in the incel or involuntary Celibates Subculture of people who resent their lack of a sexual partner. His Youtube Content mostly showed him lifting weights in his home gym. In one message, he posted he spoke of feeling beaten down and defeated by life. We are the lucky ones. What those families and friends are going through for those lost ones, terrible. The candles here mark this communitys hope for the future. Iruna iyengar, bbc news. As part of their investigation, police are looking at Jake Davison� s Social Media accounts, where he posted a series of Hate Filled Rants about women, and made references to � incels� in Social Media videos. Incel stands for involuntary Celibate Which is known for its Misogyny And Hostility to women. Lets discuss this in more detail with imran ahmed, director of the centre for countering digital hate. Welcome, thank you very much for joining us. Have you seen any reaction on the incel forums to what happened in plymouth . Goad reaction on the incel forums to what happened in plymouth . Good morning. Yes, im happened in plymouth . Good morning. Yes. Im afraid happened in plymouth . Good morning. Yes, Im Afraid we happened in plymouth . Good morning. Yes, Im Afraid we have. Happened in plymouth . Good morning. Yes, Im Afraid we have. And happened in plymouth . Good morning. Yes, Im Afraid we have. And what happened in plymouth . Good morning. Yes, Im Afraid we have. And what we | yes, Im Afraid we have. And what we saw immediately where people flocking to his Youtube Channel to pay tribute to him. This is not the first time this sort of thing has happened, it has happened also sort of with the Incel Terrorist and Murderer Elliot rogers in canada. One of the first recorded incidents involving incel. We see this happen every time that the spaces that they have been allowed to create them for themselves and in which they have spread their hate, their ideology, that women are something less that they should be used only for the purposes they wish them too. They then become shrines to their purported martyrdom. So then become shrines to their purported martyrdom. Then become shrines to their purported martyrdom. So as far as ou are purported martyrdom. So as far as you are concerned, purported martyrdom. So as far as you are concerned, should purported martyrdom. So as far as you are concerned, should this you are concerned, should this ideology and this glorification, when something bad happens, should it mean that incel groups are designated as Terror Groups . 50 it mean that incel groups are designated as Terror Groups . So when ou have designated as Terror Groups . So when you have an designated as Terror Groups . So when you have an ideology designated as Terror Groups . So when you have an ideology that designated as Terror Groups . So when you have an ideology that is you have an ideology that is highly. And there is a political ideology here that they believe that women should be, they believe in political outcomes, that women should not be rationed to men, or that women should be in a subservient position in society in which they function only to serve men. And when thats confirmed confined combined with a Mobilising Ideology, one which encourages violence, in which the solution to every crisis and in an individual has made life, i know there is a lot of talk about what made him do it, it doesnt matter what made him do it, the problem is that whatever they might whenever the solution to his perceived problems were to help women, and when you have a Mobilising Ideology that then glorifies violence which encourages more and more, what else can you call that sort of ideology that a Terrorist Ideology . As the canadians have rightly done, for example, because they have a particular problem over a period of years, and then treat it as such,. What difference would it make where it to be designated as a Terror Group . Even so, to the police, Security Forces monitor these forms . As a matter of practice, already, over half of prevent referrals now are no longer from the over half of prevent referrals now are no longerfrom the most established forms of hate related ideologies, so whether it is islamistjihad is, jihad is in full, all premises of white supervisors, and insoles are treated as such. Incels. We have already been referring to the counterterrorism scheme. The challenge is not whether or not society treats it as a serious, or law enforcement, it is whether the spacesin law enforcement, it is whether the spaces in which these breeds. Quite specifically, incels are a product of the ability for disaffected men who hate women. They band together on Social Media spaces, to radicalise each other, to develop a sense of community, Ideology And Encouragement and that has all happened while researchers like those from the centre for the counter and digital hate that i run, telling the platforms, gosh, you have a serious problem here. You need to do some thing about it. It is because of their lack of action that this problem has fermented and now erupts into real world violence. Children are being killed, in that. What would you like to see happen . Im assuming you like to see an obligation of the platforms to act. But also if platforms act, it does not take away the sentiments that these people are feeling. So how do you actually go about tackling that . I think were actually going to have to do Intervention Work with the individuals involved with it, first of all, secondly, we going to have to. People who worked on those platforms, and look deep inside themselves, to ask if they are doing themselves, to ask if they are doing the right thing by maintaining this low Cost Business Model that pays virtually Nothing Moderation on these enormous ungoverned spaces that they operate. Much of which is used for really malignant causes, whether it is anti vax spreading, misinformation that undermines the pandemic response, anti semitism, homophobia, ortoxic pandemic response, anti semitism, homophobia, or toxic misogyny. And the government needs to act. The online Safety Bill has been on the book for several years now, it is now going before parliament, prelude to scrutiny starts in september. Pre legislative. We think it should be pushed into law, so by 2023. We should accelerate that process. We should accelerate that process. We should get it right. We have one good chance he would this legislation which is already on the books to be passed into law. To actually do something to hold these companies to account when they fail to act themselves. As they so often do. ,. ,. ,. , to act themselves. As they so often do. , ,. ,. , do. Director of the centre for Count And Diaital do. Director of the centre for count and digital hate, do. Director of the centre for count and digital hate, thank do. Director of the centre for count and digital hate, thank you do. Director of the centre for count and digital hate, thank you for and digital hate, thank you for speaking to us. Counter and digital hate. In turkey now, and just as crews battled to bring wildfires under control, devastating floods have swept through northern parts of the country. At least 38 people have died, and President Erdogan has declared a Disaster Zone in Flood Hit regions. Tanya dendrinos reports. Car alarms sound. Vehicles tossing in the torrent. This terrifying Eyewitness Footage captured the scene in northern turkey just days ago. Roads turned to rivers and buildings simply crumbled. And this is the aftermath, a mangled heap of mud, debris and belongings. Translation i went out and all of a sudden floodwaters gushed behind me. I couldnt look back, it swallowed homes, people, everything. President erdogan visited here on friday declaring Flood Hit regions along the black Sea Coast Disaster areas. Translation we cannot bring back people who lost their lives but our state has the power, Opportunity And Determination to compensate for any loss other than that. A mammoth Search And Rescue operation is now under way, more than 1,700 people have been evacuated and hundreds of villagers have been left without power. Turkeys Interior Ministry labelling the situation as the worst Flood Disaster he has ever seen. This on the back of wildfires in the south of country and across the mediterranean in the Week A Landmark Un Climate Report sounded a Code Red for humanity. The us federal Weather Agency says july was the hottest month globally ever recorded. The National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration calculates the combined Land And Ocean Surface Temperature was 0. 93 celsius above the 20th Century Average of 15. 8 celsius. In italy, which is starting its peak holiday weekend, 17 cities have been placed on Red Alert because of a Heatwave Being experienced across southern europe. The headlines on bbc news. Taliban insurgents continue their advance in afghanistan, as us troops prepare for a massive airlift of civilians from kabul. The plymouth Shootings Devon and cornwall police face an investigation over the decision to return a Shotgun Licence to the man who killed five people. Lets return to our top story, the situation in afghanistan and while the government in kabul is relying on the us and other western countries financial support, the taliban has reached out to china which is currently the biggest foreign investor in afghanistan. The german Marshall Fund is a us Think Tank promoting Cooperation And Understanding between North America and europe. Andrew small is a senior transatlantic fellow of the gmf� s asia programme. He says China And Afghanistan have a long standing relationship. They have committed large scale investment, significant commitments to a Copper Mine Investment and Oil Investment in the north but in practical terms, it has been extremely difficult to get these projects in motion. Essentially, they have been mothballed. I think china is waiting out the situation in which there is sufficient stability to be able to make these investments viable. For now they sit there dormant, waiting for a situation when that is possible. I think china is willing to make investment in scale and make Afghanistan A Central Hub for a lot of their Infrastructure Investments in the region, but are extremely concerned about the security situation, notjust now but for the last decade. They still will be for some years to come, so i think the chinese economic role there is still quite tentative and more talked about than something that translates effectively on the ground. So how does the rise of the taliban, the Re Emergence of the taliban fit into that picture for china . China has had long standing arrangements with taliban when they were in government last time. China was one of the few outside actors to have investment and economic interest in the country. The taliban know that in a situation where they will struggle for legitimacy internationally, they will not get aid from the west, that another government might find and china a lifeline on the economic side. There will be trying to create the conditions for at least a good political relationship with the chinese. There was a prominent meeting which took place recently with the chinese Foreign Minister in which the taliban made statements that there would be no attacks launched against china from Afghan Territory. They want to have china on side politically but china is still very nervous about the taliban and the destabilising impact on the rest of the region. And the concern that Afghan Territory would be used to host various of the groups that china is most concerned about so they will see, depending on the situation on the ground and whether the taliban are able to consolidate power, how some of these political promises the taliban has made translate. A church in florida is looking to become a weekly Vaccination Clinic after losing seven members in just two weeks to coronavirus. All were unvaccinated and four were under the age of 35 and had no underlying Health Conditions. In response, the impact Church Injacksonville held a special clinic last week and now hopes to make it a regular thing, as cases in the state, driven by the delta variant, continue to rise. We can speak now to Pastor George davis from the impact church in florida. Think you forjoining us. Seven members in the church in two weeks. The church in two weeks. There must have been devastating. H0 . . . The church in two weeks. There must have been devastating. Have been devastating. How is the church responding . Have been devastating. How is the church responding . The have been devastating. How is the church responding . The Church Church responding . The church is responding well. We are a large group of people, about 6000 and we are very close knit. The families have been very well supported, but it has been extremely difficult on All Of Us Stop Church Members and staff to come to grips with the fact that members of our church who are no longer with us. Some were very young and we expected to be with us for a long time. We expected them to be with us. For a long time. We expected them to be with ve to be with us. What is the attitude in the community . To be with us. What is the attitude in the community . Is to be with us. What is the attitude in the community . Is very to be with us. What is the attitude in the community . Is very varied. | in the community . Is very varied. Lots of peeple in the community . Is very varied. Lots of people in in the community . Is very varied. Lots of people in our in the community . Is very varied. Lots of people in our Church Lots of people in our Church Community have already been vaccinated. Since the vaccination since first became available here backin since first became available here back in december in the states, we have been encouraging people to be vaccinated. I was vaccinated as soon as my age came around, my wife was, our children, all the way down to my 14 year old son. We have been vaccinated and we held Vaccination Clinics back in march, so we had that experience if we had experienced any death from the coronavirus initially, except for my grandmother, my mother was 100 years ago she passed away in a nursing home, but outside of that we had no deaths. We still push the Vaccination Clinic back in march because i felt it was prudent for us to take advantage of this opportunity to not only pray and Trust God, but Trust God with his vaccination to work well to help us stave off this virus. 50 vaccination to work well to help us stave off this virus. Stave off this virus. So said members stave off this virus. So said members of stave off this virus. So said members of your stave off this virus. So said members of your family i stave off this virus. So said members of your family is | stave off this virus. So said members of your family is down to the youngest has been vaccinated. Would it be fair to assume that anyone who has not yet been vaccinated to take the active decision . To likely get the vaccine . The vaccine is ready of available, down to 12 years of age. It has been approved for children not yet under the age of 12, but people that i know who voluntarily being vaccinated, those who have some kind of Health Condition or the doctor has advised them to wait. I know a few people who would like to be vaccinated but the doctors not comfortable. They are preferring to wait until the Fda Drug Administration has approved the vaccination officially, but overwhelmingly, people who are not vaccinated have made a choice to not be vaccinated. Some because they just have not got around to it and have procrastinated, but lots of others who either for reasons of faith, they are just choosing, that they will Trust God, not to do with they will Trust God, not to do with the vaccination, but more and more likely, it is those who have got bad information and rely on that bad information and rely on that bad information to put them on the fence, or has made them completely opposed to vaccination of this. Soon i have this vaccine opposed to vaccination of this. Soon i have this Vaccine Drive opposed to vaccination of this. Soon i have this Vaccine Drive going, people taking it up . Irate i have this Vaccine Drive going, people taking it up . I have this Vaccine Drive going, people taking it up . We did it as a onetime event, people taking it up . We did it as a onetime event, yes, so people taking it up . We did it as a onetime event, yes, so after people taking it up . We did it as a onetime event, yes, so after the| one time event, yes, so after the fourth person that we had in our church who passed away, everyone just got frustrated, upset about the fact that this was so preventable that we decided that we would host another one day vaccination event. We did that this past sunday, originally when in saturday, it was saturday, so you had to come out on a saturday, different day other than church, so i decided we would on a sunday, we already have three services, acm, 10am and 12 noon. We made the vaccination available after each service, so they could just come over straight in from service, we talked to health professionals, they talk to health professionals, in case they had misinformation, they could give clarity, they could get the information from them, get any questions answered, we had started to pray with them if they wanted to, and then vaccination. It was intended to be a one day event, and just the second round of the shots coming up in a few weeks, that we have had such a tremendous response and the communities are responding well, so we are considering doing this on a consistent basis. Considering doing this on a consistent basis. Pastor george davies, thank consistent basis. Pastor george davies, thank you consistent basis. Pastor george davies, thank you very consistent basis. Pastor george davies, thank you very much i consistent basis. Pastor george| davies, thank you very much for joining us. The new head of the nhs in england the new head of the nhs in england says she fears Tens Of Thousands of people are are risking their lives because theyre unable to spot the first warning signs of cancer. New research also suggests three in five people would delay seeking medical advice because they dont want to be a burden during the pandemic. It comes ahead of a Campaign Launching next week to raise awareness of symptoms of urological, Lung And Abdomen cancers. Were going to get the very latest from afghanistan. We were hearing the president of afghanistan has addressed the nation for the first time since the taliban intensified their latest offensive. Secunder kermani joins me live from kabul. So what did Ashraf Ghani say in that address . ,. ,. ,. ,. , address . Everyone was waiting to hear what the address . Everyone was waiting to hear what the President Address . Everyone was waiting to hear what the president would address . Everyone was waiting to l hear what the president would say, this was the first time he addressed the nation after this really unprecedented advance by the taliban Stop Everyone has been left pretty much astonished by the pace and the scale of the militants pushing across the country, taking out around half of the provincial capitals here. President guardian in a short pre recorded Message Today said that it was his priority to re mobilise the Security Forces and prevents further incivility. Present ghani. There was mention earlier today that he would maybe announce his resignation, but that does not seem to be the case. What is also missing today from the moment, even from the public debate is any real indication of what president ghani and his team can do to reverse the situation. More and more people look at the way things are developing here, the Governments Position seems to be increasingly untenable. The taliban are taking control of another city, just a short distance away from campbell earlier today, and many say it is only a matter of time before they eventually push in on campbell. For the moment, my sources tell me that the taliban want to wait, they want to see if kabul can be handed over peaceably to them. A surrender of sorts. We have seen that happen in a number of other provincial capitals where Security Forces have been approached by international tribal leaders, when they said the game is over. To spare the civilian population from becoming caught in the middle of proactive fighting and to retreat. The taliban seems to want that to happen but president ghani and his team are digging in and so there is real uncertainty in the capital about what the futures will bring. The capital about what the futures will brina. ~ the capital about what the futures will brina. , i. The capital about what the futures will brina. ~ i. , the capital about what the futures will brina. ~. , will bring. Thank you for reporting from campbell. Will bring. Thank you for reporting from campbell. Will bring. Thank you for reporting from campbell. Kabul. Banksy has confirmed ten pieces of Street Art that have appeared along the east Coast England were painted by him. The famously secretive artist posted a video on Social Media labelled a great british spraycation, showing him working on the creations. One of the murals shows a Rat Lounging in a deckchair Drinking A Cocktail Another shows a peckish Seagull Swooping on food. Now to a top secret plan in the art world, with the famous painting The Scream on the move in norway. The iconic piece was painted by Edvard Munch in 1893 and has been carefully transported from the national museum in oslo to the new munch museum. The project was years in the making with the delicate operation kept secret. The new museum, celebrating munchs unique legacy, is due to open to the public in october. The government has said no steps will be taken to Euthanize Geronimo The Alpaca until Monday Afternoon at the earliest. Geronimos death was ordered after he tested positive for Bovine Tuberculosis twice, but his owner believes the tests are returning false results. The delay follows an application to the High Court seeking a judicial review of the warrant. You watching bbc news. Now its time for a look at the weather with sarah. Hello. We have quite a lot of dry, quiet weather through the weekend but it is a weekend of mixed fortunes. For some of us, it will stay dry with a bit of sunshine all weekend but for other areas there is some rain in the forecast. That is all courtesy of an area of low pressure which is slow moving but heading its way in from the atlantic from the west, gradually pushing east across the uk. Higher pressure in charge across much of Continental Europe and it stays very very hot in the south, especially for Spain Today where we could see 48 celsius. Here in the uk, cooler than average in fact. Increasing amounts of cloud moving in from the west. For scotland today, scattered showers. They should be confined to the northern half of scotland, sunshine through the central belt, Clouding Overfor northern ireland and Northern England this afternoon with the arrival of patchy rain. Perhaps one or two spots of rain for north wales, the midlands as well. Much of southern and South Eastern england remains dry today with temperatures 23 or 2a degrees in the warmest spots. Typically the high teens further north. This evening and overnight, that Rain Pushes Across Northern Ireland and Northern England and perhaps Sourthern Scotland later in the night. Further showers across the far north of scotland and a few spots of rain for wales in the South West as well, but South East England stays dry and quite humid, 15 degrees here but single figures across the far north of england and for scotland. Tomorrow, we have this area of low pressure, slow moving, ambling east, with quite a few different weather fronts around tomorrow. One of them producing heavy showers across northern and north eastern scotland, quite blustery here. A little bit of Rain Clearing Out of northern ireland and Northern England, affecting parts of wales, perhaps the midlands later in the day. But again East Anglia and the South East largely dry, around 23 degrees. Things are turning cooler from the North West. So, through sunday and into monday we have this North Westerly wind starting to develop, so that pushes Cooler Air across the uk, keeping those high temperatures further south into spain. Into monday for the uk, its not a bad day, a lot of places largely dry, just one or two showers, a lot of Cloud Feeding in on the North West breeze. Eastern areas getting the best of the sunshine but temperatures around 15 20 degrees. If you have plans for the week ahead, a lot of dry, settled weather. One or two isolated showers at times. Quite a bit of cloud in general and temperatures a little bit cool for the time of year. Bye bye. Hello this is bbc news, the headlines. Taliban insurgents continue their advance in afghanistan, as us troops prepare for a massive airlift of civilians from kabul. In the last hour, the Afghan President said he was working with international partners to prevent further violence in the country. President biden stands by his decision to withdraw us forces, but a former us general in afghanistan disagrees. When the decision was announced months ago i said a fiat we would come to regret this decision and we already are, this is a nightmare. The plymouth Shootings Devon and cornwall police face an investigation over the decision to return a Shotgun Licence to the man who killed five people. The nhs warns that Tens Of Thousands of people are risking their lives in england because theyre unable to spot the first warning signs of cancer. Now on bbc news. Dateline london

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