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Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC 20240703

To retaliate for a strike on one of its diplomatic compounds. The Kingsmills Massacre an inquest finds the shooting of ten protestant men in Northern Ireland nearly 50 years ago was a planned ira attack. And, in augusta, tiger woods sets a new record by reaching the weekend of the masters for the 24th consecutive year. On newsnight at 1030 the shadow deputy Prime Minister says she will resign if found to have broken the law after police start to investigate her former living arrangements. What exactly she accused of . What exactly is she accused of . Good evening. Labours deputy leader Angela Rayner has promised to step down if she is found to have committed a crime. Shes being investigated by Greater Manchester police about claims she may have broken electoral law, following a complaint by the conservatives deputy chair; Angela Rayner has been accused of failing to disclose her Main Residence in official documents. She said again tonight that she was completely confident she had followed the rules at all times. Heres our Political Correspondent hannah miller. A standout campaigner, with a striking personal history. Angela rayner, one of labours boost well known figures, now under Police Investigation as to whether she broke electoral law by giving false information about where she used to live. The Inquiry Centres here, Vicarage Road in stockport, where Angela Rayner bought a property in 2007, eight years before she became an mp. In 2010, she married mark rayner, who owned his own home about two miles away, and appears to have registered a child at his address. But, on the electoral register, she continued to be listed as living at hers, creating confusion as to where she legally lived. The law says that a married couple who each have their own property can only choose one to be their main home at any one time. As well as facing an investigation about whether she really lived here on Vicarage Road, Angela Rayner continues to face questions about whether she should have paid Capital Gains tax when she sold her house just before she became an mp. The amounts of money at stake are relatively small. Tax experts have estimated up to £3500. But the conservatives are pursuing this because they think that the political cost to labour could be much more significant. We welcome this investigation because it will allow a line to be drawn in relation to this matter. I am fully confident that Angela Rayner has not broken the rules. She will cooperate with the investigation as you would expect, and it is really a matter for the police. Greater Manchester Police confirmed that the complaint had originally come from a conservative mp, and the party is digging in. I think the double standards have been extraordinary. Angela rayner herself has spent her political Career Calling people out for exactly the thing that she seems to be doing now. It is not acceptable to ignore it. Angela rayner has previously described that period many People Living on this street were fed up of being asked about the story and were reluctant to be on camera though one insisted Angela Rayner did used to live here. Others told us the exact opposite. I rayner did used to live here. Others told us the exact opposite. Told us the exact opposite. I would have seen her, told us the exact opposite. I would have seen her, especially told us the exact opposite. I would have seen her, especially being i have seen her, especially being retired. ,. , retired. Under the rain as previously retired. Under the rain as previously described retired. Under the rain as previously described that | retired. Under the rain as previously described that period of her life difficult and said there was never any question of deceit. As a woman at the heart of labours General Election hopes this is one campaign she is prepared to tough out. Hannah is with me. Where could this go now . To some extent weve where could this go now . To some extent weve seen where could this go now . To some extent weve seen this where could this go now . To some extent weve seen this kind where could this go now . To some extent weve seen this kind of where could this go now . To some| extent weve seen this kind of thing play out before. In Angela Rayner� s words this is the conservative Party Reporting political opponents to the police during an Election Campaign to distract from their record. Some might remember beergate, that was the claim that Angela Rayner and keir starmer had broken the rules. The conservative party talked about it a lot, there was a Police Investigation and it took up significant amount of airtime. This is why this is a problem for labour at this point. Today they wanted to be talking about their defence strategy. Not insignificant keir starmer says he is committed to the Nuclear Deterrent but here we are talking about Angela Rayner� s personal life 14 years ago. They are confident this is the beginning of the end but from a conservative party point of view, to some extent the damage on this has already been done and it is already working in a way they wanted it to. A former Managing Director of the post office, alan cook, has told the Public Inquiry into the horizon it scandal that he will regret � for the rest of his life writing in an email that subpostmasters had their hands in the till. The inquiry also heard today from the former head of royal mail, adam crozier with both men insisting they didnt know the post office had the power to carry out prosecutions. Hundreds of subpostmasters were wrongly accused of theft and fraud while they were in charge. Zoe conway reports. Adam crozier is one of the uks most significant business figures. He was the Chief Executive of Advertising Agency Saatchi Saatchi before becoming the boss of the fa, from there to royal mail, then itv, and now chairman of bt, but its his time at royal mail thats under scrutiny today. On his watch, hundreds of Sub Postmasters were prosecuted, but, he says, he was not aware of what was happening. I think it is a matter of real regret that all of those checks and balances, the governing systems in both companies, failed. Horizon is rolled out in 1999, the first prosecutions came shortly afterwards. Adam crozier thenjoined royal mail in 2003. At this time it owned the post office. In 2009, problems with horizon first appeared in the press. By now, hundreds of Sub Postmasters had been prosecuted. Alan cook has been giving evidence. He was post Office Managing Director from 2006 2010. When alan cook was Managing Director of the post office, Sub Postmasters went to prison. Yet he has just told the inquiry that he did not know that the company he ran was directly responsible for prosecuting them. Do you think you should have known that post office was making those decisions . I think i should, yes. Alan cook was shown an email in which he accused Sub Postmasters of having their hands in the till. Why was your instinct to think that Sub Postmasters who alleged that horizon caused shortfalls were stealing from the post office . Thats an expression ill regret for the rest of my life. Janet skinner was one of the Sub Postmistresses wrongly imprisoned when alan cook was the boss. Today he apologised to her. This will be with you for the rest of your life, and with me for the rest of my life. Sam steen, representing some of the Sub Postmasters, said senior managers had failed to take responsibility for the prosecutions. Nobody took oversight of it. Nobody at all. Are you proud of that . No. How much were you paid during your period of time as chair . Its in the millions, isnt it, mr crozier . Yes, it probably is, yes. Are you ashamed so. Many went to prison . Whats been striking from the evidence this week is how many senior managers insist they were unaware of how Sub Postmasters were being treated. Zoe conway bbc news. In the war in ukraine, over recent weeks russia has been targeting critical civilian infrastructure such as the countries targeting critical civilian infrastructure such as the countrys main power plants, which is leaving millions without electricity and water. Our Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford has travelled to the east of the country to kharkiv where 10 attacks took place today and more than 200,000 people are without power, to see how ukrainians are coping with life with no electricity. Russias War On Ukraine has entered a new phase. This power plant in kharkiv was hit with five missiles part of a Massive Attack on the Energy System across the country. Farfrom saving ukrainians, as it still claims, russia is trying to plunge their country into darkness. Leading me through the ruins, igor has worked at this plant since soviet times. You dont usually hear engineers talk like this. Translation its like my home has been destroyed. It brings pain and tears. But at the same time, that mobilises us because we know a city of more than a Million People is depending on us. Theyre still assessing the damage here, seeing what they can salvage. This is where just one of the missiles hit, and as you can see, the result is completely devastating. This was an extremely precise attack because this power plant was hit by the russians a year ago. The company had just got it repaired, just got it working, and the russians hit again. So ukraine is now pleading with its western allies for more air defences, better protection, because the russian attacks are overwhelming. Siren wails. So theres just been another air raid alert and this time, theres information that theres a missile somewhere in the sky heading in this direction, so were going down into the bunker. There are now long blackouts in kharkiv every day. But among it all, we found a firm Making Bikinis a business thats even expanded during the war, adapting to the difficulties and the danger. Its interesting how long we can stay independent. Olex shows me the car battery thats now keeping the power on here, charged by the sun. We dont think about electricity now. One problem is off. One thing solved . Yeah. But the war is always on peoples minds. Russia is very close, and the increase in Missile Attacks is worrying. So victoria tells me keeping the business going is about keeping spirits up, too, giving people faith that there is a future here. When night falls, whole neighborhoods are left in the dark. This is a city that calls itself unbreakable russia is doing its best to change that. Sarah rainsford, bbc news, kharkiv. President biden has tonight warned iran against taking Military Action against israel amid fears of a retaliation for last weeks suspected israeli air strike on an iranian diplomatic compound in syria. This was his response when asked by reporters. Mr president , what is your message to iran in this moment . Dont. We are devoted to the defence of israel. We will support israel, we will help defend israel and iran will not succeed. Thank you very much. We can talk to our Diplomatic Correspondent who is injerusalem. James, us officials really talking as if they are concerned an attack could be imminent. As if they are concerned an attack could be imminent. Yes. President biden himself could be imminent. Yes. President biden himself said could be imminent. Yes. President biden himself said this could be imminent. Yes. President biden himself said this evening could be imminent. Yes. President biden himself said this evening he| biden himself said this evening he thought an attack would come sooner rather than later and unnamed us official said it could involve hundreds of drones and missiles against military targets here in israel. That could be an accurate prediction of the future based on hard intelligence but it may also be the us trying to deter iran, to try to minimise its retaliation by talking up the threat now. It may also be an attempt to try and shape expectation so that when iran does respond it is seen as less escalator e. Iran has said it will punish israel for the attack on its consulate in damascus 12 days ago but iranian ministers have also said they dont wish to widen the scope of this war. A massive Missile Attack would certainly do that. This evening there has been an attack by hezbollah, several dozens of rockets fired over the border, but this is quite a regular occurrence and there is no evidence yet it is linked in any way to some kind of iranian led retaliation. The mood here in israel is calm but the preparations are being taken very seriously. There is talk even of hospitals being put on standby. Tonight israel is on alert, the world is watching and waiting to see what tehran does next. The mass shooting of ten protestant workmen in County Armagh during Northern Irelands troubles was an overtly sectarian attack by the ira. Thats the finding of an inquest which has been looking into the shootings, in 1976. The group of textile workers were on their way home when their minibus was ambushed in kingsmills. No one has ever been prosecuted for the attack. Our ireland correspondent, sara girvin, reports. Ten murders so horrific they became known as a massacre. Ira gunmen lined up each of these men against their work van and opened fire. They shot them again, one by one, following an order to finish them off. There was a sole survivor of the horror, this man, alan black. He was shot 18 times. One bullet grazed his head. He survived by pretending to be dead. No one has ever been convicted for the murders. Following an inquest lasting eight years, today a coroner said the ira attack had been overtly sectarian. He said the victims were killed because they were protestants and for no other reason. The coroner said the ira had failed to engage with the inquest and had not acknowledged the Utter Wrongness of the atrocity. Alan black and the victims families said they were disappointed with the findings. They still have many questions and they want a Public Inquiry. Were never going to get the truth without it. This has been a band aid, thats all, and it has left us all so dissatisfied. Really, we just felt that we had to see it through. Weve seen it through and i think what we would like to do is, at this stage, wed like to call for a Public Inquiry. Weve had this about ten years now, and i was a young 70 when i started out with this. Now im an old 80 and im still as frustrated as i was back then and its not getting any easier. The governments Legacy Act Comes Into Force next month. It will stop new inquests into troubles killings and instead set up a new fact finding body. Families of those who have been killed say the act robs them of the chance to get truth and justice for their loved ones. The government says the act draws a line under the troubles. For those dealing with decades of trauma and loss while still searching for answers, drawing a line is easier said than done. Sara girvin, bbc news. Britains economy has grown, though by the smallest of margins. It was up 0. 1 in february, boosted by improved manufacturing output. Its another sign that the country is slowing edging out of recession, but is the chancellor right to claim that its finally � turning a corner . � heres dharshini david. One of the wettest Februaries On Record may have been a wash out for construction, but that can quickly bounce back, and the weather failed to dampen other bigger sectors. This producer of metal components managed to shake off earlier challenges as custom picked up. Overall for us, it was very successful, so we did see growth. We saw growth in a number of our key markets, and because we operate in so many markets globally, what were able to do is really balance out when one areas performing very well, were able to kind of pivot to that area, and when we see some markets that are not performing so well, we can kind of step back a little bit. So, a recovery across manufacturing and services, such as transport, more than compensated for a soggy performance on the high street and building sites, so that overall activity, gdp, rose by 0. 1 compared to january. Thats not sparkling. Nor was the growth of 0. 3 injanuary. But economists say that unless we had a disastrous march, say, output falling by more than 1 , these figures may be enough to say that last years recession is behind us. But after inflation and population growth, we may still be about £260 eac

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