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from BBC Radio 4. BBC

1:03

News at 6 o'clock. This is Jane

1:05

Steele. Good

1:07

evening. John

1:10

Swinney throws his hat into the ring for

1:12

the Scottish National Party leadership. I

1:15

could have stood back and hoped others

1:17

would sort things out, but I care

1:19

too much about the future of Scotland

1:21

and the Scottish National Party to walk

1:23

on by. He's now

1:25

in pole position after his main

1:27

rival Kate Forbes rules herself out.

1:31

In Los Angeles... Police

1:38

move in to clear an encampment of

1:40

students protesting about the war in Gaza.

1:44

A man appears in court charged

1:46

with murdering 14-year-old Daniel Andurin with

1:48

a samurai sword on Tuesday morning.

1:52

The beleaguered co-op live arena won't

1:54

rule out further concert cancellations after

1:56

pulling another show at short notice last

1:58

night. Also this evening...

2:02

Meet... ...Waltz... ...Waltz!

2:30

John Swinney made his pitch to lead the SMP by declaring

2:32

he had the skills, expertise and skills he

2:34

could use to make the party. He

3:00

had the experience and support to take on the top

3:02

job. He said he would

3:04

prioritise economic growth and the big issues

3:06

of health, education, transport and housing. He

3:09

insisted he was no caretaker, no

3:11

interim leader and wanted to lead

3:13

his party into the next Westminster

3:15

election and beyond. There

3:17

was also an admission. As Mr Swinney

3:19

conceded the party he'd been a member

3:21

of for more than 40 years, a

3:23

party so long known for its internal

3:25

discipline was no longer united.

3:29

The party's not cohesive just now. We

3:32

are not together. We're not operating

3:34

as one big unified

3:36

team. But what

3:38

I am absolutely certain about is

3:41

if the SMP gets its act together it

3:43

will be a formidable force for good

3:46

in Scotland and a formidable force for

3:48

success in Scotland as well. And that's

3:50

what I offer. In

3:52

that spirit of uniting the party he

3:54

lavished praise on Kate Forbes who is

3:56

widely seen as a formidable rival for

3:58

the leadership. But a few

4:00

short hours after Mr Swinney had made

4:03

his pitch, she released a statement saying

4:05

she'd decided not to stand. Mr Swinney

4:07

was determined to return to governing from

4:09

the mainstream, she said, adding

4:11

that she looked forward to having a role in

4:14

making that happen. The MSP,

4:16

Ivan McKee, was one of Ms

4:18

Forbes' most vocal backers. He supported

4:20

her decision. The issues that

4:22

he talked about this morning were very much

4:25

in tune with Kate's sense of direction for

4:27

the party and the country. And I think

4:29

Kate's reflected on that and understands that moving

4:31

forward, working together, makes huge sense to the

4:34

unit of the party and

4:36

the movement. And I think it's the right thing to

4:38

do. Scottish Labour said

4:40

Mr Swinney, who has led the

4:42

SNP before, was yesterday's man,

4:44

while the Scottish Conservatives branded the

4:47

situation a shady backroom deal. Ms

4:50

Forbes' announcement could pave the way for

4:52

Mr Swinney to take over unopposed. Nominations

4:55

don't close until Monday, but if

4:57

he remains the only candidate, John

4:59

Swinney could become the leader of

5:01

the SNP and Scotland's 7th First

5:04

Minister next week. Although

5:06

for that role, he'll need the approval

5:08

of a majority in Holyrood of all

5:10

parties. Members

5:12

of the SNP will be hoping that

5:14

their new leader will be able to

5:16

turn the party's fortunes around after a

5:18

tumultuous few months. Our Scotland editor James

5:21

Cook considers what today's developments mean for

5:23

the SNP and for Scotland. John

5:25

Swinney's assessment of the state of the

5:27

Scottish National Party is far from flattering.

5:30

We are not together, he told me.

5:32

We are not operating as a unified

5:34

team. He means to change

5:36

that, and he says he'll do so

5:38

by governing from the moderate centre-left, with

5:40

a focus on economic growth and tackling

5:42

poverty, words that contained more than an

5:44

echo of Kate Forbes. Mr

5:46

Swinney brushed away a question about gender, saying

5:49

it did not address the core issues and

5:51

challenges that people faced. With

5:53

the prospect of running a minority government, he

5:55

Says he'll change his party's approach

5:57

in Parliament too, listening to opponents.

6:00

And compromising with them. And of

6:02

course he addressed independence the glue

6:04

which holds together a party which

6:06

actually contains significant differences on economic

6:08

and social policy. It would only

6:10

be achieved, he said through respect

6:12

and courtesy. Oh fine. words impressively

6:14

delivered that hang on a minute

6:16

assists when he has no outside

6:18

are coming into sort out someone

6:20

elses mess. He's been in the

6:23

Yes and Peas inner circle for

6:25

decades, if as expected to become

6:27

Scotland Seven sparse minister. The success

6:29

of his mission. Will be measured

6:31

in deeds, not words, The.

6:33

Man has appeared in court charged with the murder

6:35

of the teenager Daniel and your and who was

6:38

killed in a suit attack in North East London

6:40

on Tuesday. The fourteen year old has

6:42

been on his way to school in Hey

6:44

Nord when his attacks markers. Monza is thirty

6:46

six and has tools and isn't Brazilian. This

6:49

night he also faces. Six other charges

6:51

including to have attempted murder, then move

6:53

in was at Westminster Magistrates Court. Said

6:55

the hearing. Marcus Months

6:58

I was brought into the dog

7:00

flanked by full custody offices. He

7:02

was dressed in a gray tracksuits

7:04

and throughout the hearing held his

7:06

left arm across his chest. Westminster

7:09

Magistrates Court heard details about what

7:11

the prosecutor described as horrific offenses

7:13

committed on Tuesday morning involving a

7:15

samurai sword and six forty five

7:18

of than driven at speed knocked

7:20

over one of the alleged victims.

7:22

The court heard fifteen minutes later.

7:24

it's alleged the suspect forced his

7:27

way. Into a house where a four

7:29

year old girl was asleep with her

7:31

family allegedly attacking a man in a

7:33

bedroom. They're saying he was going to

7:35

cause harm is he didn't believe in

7:37

God. Then Mister Monza

7:39

is alleged to have run up behind

7:41

fourteen year old Daniel and during slashing

7:43

him in the neck, the prosecution said

7:46

witnesses had claimed to have seen Mister

7:48

Mom. They take the sword and stab

7:50

Daniel in the chest. Today.

7:52

people in the london suburb of

7:54

hey know where the incidents took

7:56

place have been continuing to lay

7:58

flowers for a boy described as

8:00

it true scholar who had a

8:02

positive nature and gentle character. The

8:05

court heard further allegations that when

8:07

police were pursuing Mr Monzo he

8:10

jumped out of a bush and

8:12

caused serious injuries to a policewoman

8:14

and then injured another officer. In

8:17

addition to the charge of the murder of

8:19

the schoolboy, Mr Monzo has been charged with

8:21

two counts of attempted murder, two

8:24

counts of causing grievous bodily harm,

8:26

aggravated burglary and possession of

8:28

the sword. No plea

8:30

was entered at the hearing. He's been remanded

8:33

in custody and the case has been sent

8:35

to the old Bailey. Two

8:38

twelve-year-old boys have gone on trial accused

8:40

of the murder of a nineteen-year-old man

8:42

who was fatally stabbed in a park

8:44

in Wolverhampton last November. Nottingham

8:46

Crown Court was told the pair had used

8:48

a machete to attack Sean Cesar High

8:50

who had done nothing wrong and was

8:52

utterly defenceless. Special arrangements have had

8:54

to be put in place for the trial because

8:56

of the defendant's ages. Our Midlands correspondent

8:59

Phil Mackie was in court. Sean

9:01

Cesar High was originally from the Caribbean island

9:04

of Anguilla and had come to the UK

9:06

to receive treatment for cataracts. On

9:08

November the 13th in a Wolverhampton park

9:10

he and a friend had a minor

9:12

altercation with two twelve-year-old boys. The

9:15

prosecution alleges that one of the boys

9:17

produced a machete and the pair of

9:19

them launched a vicious attack in which

9:21

Mr Cesar High was kicked, beaten and

9:24

repeatedly stabbed. Police and paramedics tried to

9:26

save him but he died from his

9:28

wounds. The two boys deny

9:30

murder. Because of their ages they were

9:32

sitting in the main well of the court rather than

9:35

the dock. Each had a

9:37

family member sitting alongside them as well

9:39

as specially trained court intermediaries who helped

9:41

to explain the proceedings. The

9:43

judge, the barristers and court staff were

9:46

not wearing wigs and gowns. The

9:48

trial is expected to last three weeks. President

9:52

Biden has said people have the right to

9:54

protest but not to cause chaos as

9:56

he addressed the violence and arrest seen at some

9:58

demonstrations at US about the

10:00

conflict in Gaza. Speaking at the

10:03

White House he said the events had put

10:05

to the test two fundamental American principles, the

10:07

right to free speech and the rule of

10:10

law. He stressed both must be upheld.

10:12

He made the comments hours after police in

10:15

Los Angeles cleared a pro-Palestinian protest camp at

10:17

UCLA where demonstrators had been

10:19

told to leave. This report is from our

10:21

correspondent Emma Vardy who spent the day following

10:23

events at the campus in Los Angeles. Police

10:30

in riot gear moved in before dawn.

10:35

They'd surrounded the pro-Palestine encampment

10:37

at UCLA on all sides.

10:40

Despite building a makeshift fortress

10:42

around them the protesters found

10:44

their barricades soon overpowered. Defining

10:52

flashbang grenades were deployed by police.

10:54

The bright lights and loud bangs

10:56

used to disorientate the testers as the

10:59

police moved in to clear the tents. I'm

11:01

just here to show support amplify

11:04

the message that the students are

11:06

saying here. It's very inspiring to

11:09

see that the students are not backing down

11:11

that they are you know I mean they're

11:13

putting a lot on the line they're risking

11:15

arrests or risking their careers and their futures

11:17

to actually like send this message and are

11:19

very important in this very inspiring. Demonstrators linked

11:22

arms but police lines pushed them back. Some

11:24

protesters say rubber bullets were used against

11:26

them. The country

11:28

has been waiting a long time for

11:30

a response from the president about the

11:32

growing protests and violence. This morning Joe

11:35

Biden finally spoke. Breaking windows

11:37

shutting down campuses forcing the cancellation

11:39

of classes and graduations. None of

11:41

this is a peaceful protest. Threatening

11:44

people, intimidating people, and still

11:46

inferring people is not peaceful

11:49

protest. It's against the law.

11:52

Dissent is essential to democracy, but dissent

11:54

must never lead to disorder or to

11:56

denying the rights of others so students

11:58

can finish the semester. And

12:00

or college education. By morning,

12:02

little remained if encampment that had

12:04

occupied the main cause of the

12:06

Cla for a week. Police operations

12:08

across the U S have demonstrated

12:10

that encampments will not be tolerated

12:12

for long. As he Cla it

12:14

disrupted many students exam week and

12:17

may still be some time before.

12:19

The campus return to normality. A

12:22

United Nations agency has has he

12:24

could cost an estimated thirty to

12:26

forty billion dollars to rebuild. Gaza

12:28

has risen. To the conflict between Israel

12:30

and Hamas. Officials from the You and

12:32

Development Programs said the reconstruction efforts would

12:34

have to be on a scale not

12:37

seen since the Second World War. Morning

12:39

that is normal. Princesses was to be

12:41

followed. He could take decades. The.

12:45

A arena in Manchester has stepped in

12:47

to has to concert by the American

12:49

rapper Booty with the Hood eat this

12:51

weekend after his. Performance at the city's

12:53

new Co op lies site was cancelled

12:55

last night with minutes to go to

12:57

with Billingses problem to hit the troubled

12:59

the New which has been beset by

13:01

technical issues and seen his general manager

13:03

resign so. Far. And the A Scale

13:05

down Testament by Rick Astley. Has gone

13:08

ahead with the opening night two

13:10

spoons several times. On Entertainment Correspondent

13:12

Clinton Patterson reports. The news

13:15

cold co op lies but that name

13:17

is becoming more and more unfortunate as

13:19

as As and Nothing But Lies and

13:21

his problems on Mon Sing. Know.

13:23

It's rivals. I knew that the Old

13:25

Enough formerly known as the Manchester Arena and

13:27

two miles way across the city is

13:29

to host the gates. The Core Blinds was

13:31

unable to put on last night's. Part.

13:34

Of an air conditioning system so from

13:36

the ceiling during the soundtrack of hip

13:38

hop as a boogie with the whodunits

13:40

earlier today sons of the U S

13:42

pop star Olivia Rodrigo express their frustration

13:45

and anger of the her Friday and

13:47

Saturday night shows became Be Arenas latest

13:49

cancellations. South from Pew from Near leads

13:51

told Nicky Campbell on Five Life that

13:53

she had bought tickets to help the

13:55

recovery of her daughter who had recently

13:58

spent three months in hospital. My. youngest

14:00

and just instantly got into

14:02

bed and was

14:05

absolutely devastated. The recovery is turbulent

14:07

at best, the focal points that

14:09

she's been really looking forward to,

14:11

the fact that that has now

14:13

gone has just completely floored her.

14:15

Many of those who'd hoped to be going

14:18

to the cancelled shows had bought travel tickets

14:20

and hotel rooms which were non-refundable. Martin James

14:22

is a consumer rights expert and thinks there

14:24

are claims to be made. I think what

14:26

we will see is the law being tested

14:28

because this is how new law gets made.

14:31

I think a number of people will use

14:33

this law claims court because it's not that

14:35

expensive to do that, to see if they

14:37

can recoup losses because under these circumstances, you

14:39

know, there is potentially a legal argument that

14:42

had the company known about this, they could

14:44

have warned people and given them

14:46

the option to maybe make arrangements. The

14:48

next scheduled gig is by the band

14:50

Keaton on Sunday with Take That starting

14:53

a five-night residency next Tuesday. That

14:55

means more than 100,000 ticket holders

14:57

are waiting to see if those shows

14:59

go ahead. More

15:01

than 700 migrants arrived in the

15:03

UK after crossing the Channel yesterday, the highest

15:06

number on a single day so far this

15:08

year. It brings the total for 2024 to

15:10

more than 8,200

15:13

which is higher than the figure for this time last year.

15:16

The statistics were published as protesters gathered in

15:18

southeast London to block a coach due to

15:20

take a group of migrants to the Bibby

15:22

Stockholm barge. A number of demonstrators

15:25

were arrested. Simon Jones has been following

15:27

events in Peckham. When

15:33

the coach arrived early this morning to

15:35

move several migrants from Peckham to the

15:37

south coast, the protesters were waiting. Wearing

15:39

masks, they surrounded the vehicle, let down

15:42

one of its tyres and threw bikes

15:44

underneath it. They said the Bibby

15:46

Stockholm barge was not a suitable place to

15:48

house asylum seekers and the people due to

15:50

be taken there didn't want to go. Word

15:53

quickly spread on social media and

15:55

the campaigners, now numbering in the

15:57

hundreds, were joined by supportive local

15:59

residents among Them Conrad shop we think

16:01

the so unnecessary is Packham will look after

16:03

each other. They've been here for a while.

16:05

Loads of people in my business know them

16:07

and we don't want to get forced out

16:09

for no reason. The situation remained

16:11

tenth for some time. Police took the

16:13

coach away with nobody on board. for

16:16

protesters remains sitting in the road chanting

16:18

that they would not move. After.

16:20

Standoff lasting hours. Officers arrested

16:22

several people for obstructing the

16:24

highway. The. Home Office described

16:26

the protests as intimidatory and aggressive.

16:29

It insisted the baby snow cone

16:31

was safe, secure, and appropriate. Voting

16:34

is under way across England and elections

16:36

the little. Councils and mess and them

16:38

oppose the Police and Crime Commission as

16:40

they're happening in Wales as well as

16:42

in England. is also a parliamentary. By

16:44

an action in Blackpool South, people wishing

16:47

to cast their ballots in person will

16:49

need to says so to id. To

16:51

be a special election program from Eleven

16:54

o'clock tonight here on video for with

16:56

Way to Burden and Nick Robinson it's

16:58

been He results mansions and analysis. You're.

17:02

Listening to the Six O'clock. News on Bbc

17:04

Radio Four. The main he says

17:06

saw. John Swinney has

17:08

announced he'll stand for the leadership as

17:11

the Snp promising to govern from the

17:13

moderates, center left. Police.

17:15

In Los Angeles. Has moved into Camera student

17:17

protest camp at the University of California. Still,

17:20

To come me the world for me to be

17:22

the first ever refugee box as your clothes off

17:25

his and beginner. I've always worked hard you know

17:27

which is gonna go out and do our job

17:29

and seven they will. All families. The.

17:31

International Olympic Committee has named the thirty

17:34

six competitors who make up the refugee

17:36

team So the person intake and on

17:38

I saw immediately. That's because they chickened

17:40

out of saying a boogie with a

17:43

hoodie on Radio Four on I stand

17:45

by that I think as we don't

17:47

have any, went without or become disabled

17:49

you with the with. Pistols.

17:52

At Dawn as Radio One throws.

17:54

Down the gauntlet to reduce for

17:56

news. And

17:59

around it. in Indonesia has been spotted

18:01

apparently treating himself for a wound on his

18:03

face using a poultice. He was

18:05

observed making a paste with the chewed

18:07

leaves of a medicinal plant, the first

18:10

time a wild animal has been seen

18:12

treating an injury with a plant, as

18:14

our science reporter Georgina Ranad explains. This

18:22

is how it started. Raka

18:24

saw Rangutan crying out before he was

18:26

injured in what was probably a fight

18:28

with other males. It left

18:30

him with a large red wound under his right

18:33

eye. What happened next

18:35

amazed researchers in the Gunninglosa National

18:37

Park. They saw Raka's

18:39

chewing the leaves of the medicinal

18:41

plant Akar-Kunning, which has antibacterial properties

18:43

that local people use to treat

18:46

malaria. After chomping for seven

18:48

minutes, he put some leafy liquid on

18:50

his injury. Then he chewed the

18:52

leaves into a paste and applied it onto

18:54

his wound, covering the sore as

18:56

if with a poultice or a plaster. Five

18:59

days later, the scientist saw the wound had

19:01

closed off, and within a month, it had

19:03

healed. Isabelle Lama is

19:05

a biologist at the Max Planck Institute

19:08

in Constance, Germany. She says

19:10

it's another reminder of how closely related

19:12

we are to great apes. We humans,

19:14

we treat our wounds, but

19:16

also forms of active wound treatment

19:19

can be found in the African

19:21

great apes and also in the

19:23

Asian great apes. It's also possible

19:25

that our last common ancestor already

19:27

showed similar ointment behaviour. So these

19:30

are more the evolutionary

19:32

implications of this behaviour.

19:35

Researchers already knew that chimpanzee sometimes

19:37

swallowed leaves with known medicinal properties,

19:39

but this is the first time that a

19:41

wild animal has been seen applying some to

19:43

a wound. The scientist will now be

19:45

watching other orangutans to try to find

19:48

out if these medical skills are unique

19:50

to Raka's or more widely used. The

19:53

tribunal has begun hearing the case

19:55

of a civil servant who was

19:57

sacked after raising concerns about what

19:59

she said was a chaotic and

20:01

dysfunctional UK evacuation from Afghanistan. Josie

20:03

Stewart lost her job at the

20:05

Foreign Office after contacting the BBC

20:07

about her experiences with the British

20:09

Government's crisis centre during the fall

20:11

of Kabul. David Silerte reports. In

20:14

August 2021, with the Taliban closing in

20:16

on Kabul, the British government set up

20:18

a crisis centre to oversee the evacuation

20:20

of 15,000 people.

20:23

Josie Stewart, a civil servant

20:25

with the Foreign Office, was concerned not

20:27

only by what she felt was a

20:29

chaotic and ineffective operation, but also

20:32

by what she felt were misleading comments

20:34

from the Prime Minister Boris Johnson and

20:36

the Foreign Secretary at the time Dominic

20:38

Raab. Ms Stewart spoke to BBC Newsnight

20:40

and later shared some emails when the

20:42

reporter Seema Khatecia tweeted the details of

20:44

some of those documents. Josie

20:46

Stewart's name was, she says, accidentally

20:49

revealed, which led to her first

20:51

losing her security clearance and

20:53

then her job. That is what

20:55

is being contested at the tribunal. Her

20:58

legal team say that as a

21:00

whistleblower this was a qualifying disclosure

21:02

of profound public importance. The Foreign

21:05

Office is contesting this and stands

21:07

by its decision to sag Ms Stewart. It

21:10

will also explain what lessons have been

21:12

learned from events in Afghanistan and

21:14

how it's tried to improve its crisis management.

21:18

Prosecutors at Donald Trump's Hushmani trial in

21:20

New York have called for the former president

21:22

to be fined for breaking his gagging order

21:24

again. The court has been hearing

21:27

more testimony from Stormy Daniels former lawyer

21:29

detailing how a hundred and thirty thousand dollar

21:32

payment to the adult film star was arranged.

21:34

Mr. Trump denies falsifying business records

21:37

to conceal illegal efforts to influence

21:39

the 2016 election. From New

21:41

York our correspondent Nezet Alfiq reports. The

21:44

former president is settling back into the

21:47

routine of being in court after two

21:49

rallies yesterday in Wisconsin and Michigan. Mr.

21:52

Trump spoke to reporters as he arrived.

21:54

It was nice to be able to

21:57

campaign one day without being in this

21:59

ridiculous situation. Hey.

22:03

Keith David send a lawyer who negotiated

22:05

a Stormy Daniels hush money deal at

22:07

the center of the case of jurors

22:09

back to election Night in two thousand

22:11

and. Sixteen. At that

22:13

time, he sent a text message

22:15

at three o'clock in the morning

22:17

through an editor of the tabloid,

22:19

The National Enquirer. He asked the

22:21

editor is what have we done

22:23

explaining that message The Sir David

22:25

Said, told the court that there

22:27

was an understanding that their efforts

22:29

may have in some way assisted

22:31

the presidential campaigns of Donald Trump.

22:33

When the Wall Street Journal published

22:35

stories in two thousand and Eighteen

22:37

about the payments, the adult film

22:39

star and a Playboy model Mr.

22:41

Davidson detailed the crisis discussion. That

22:43

ensued with Mister Trump lawyer Michael

22:46

Collins on how to respond including

22:48

how to word a denial that

22:50

Miss Daniels issues. That later rescinded

22:52

on cross examination by the defense

22:54

Sir David Said was asked if

22:56

he ever stop to mister to

22:59

which he. Was. A

23:01

days preceding had the gun with

23:03

yet another hearing about alleged violations

23:06

of a limited gag order. That

23:08

offense claim that Mister Trump as

23:10

a Presidential candidate was being silenced.

23:12

While everyone else could speak freely

23:14

about the trial To that the

23:16

judge reminded them that they were

23:18

overlooking a very significant. Issue: Mister

23:20

Trump's position as the defendant.

23:24

The singer and former French First lady

23:26

com had Bruni. Is being questioned about

23:28

her possible involvement in the financial scandal.

23:30

Her husband, the former French president Nicolas

23:32

Sarkozy is already due to say tall

23:35

accused of taking money from the Libyan

23:37

dictator can Get Se and using it

23:39

to fund his election campaign. Carla Bruni

23:42

was questioned last year as a witness

23:44

in the case. Reports from France, a

23:46

seasonal herself being investigated. The.

23:49

investment bank goldman sachs has become the

23:51

first remove a cap on bonuses after

23:54

changing the law last year bonuses had

23:56

been limited to twice basic pay to

23:58

try to discourage the type of

24:00

excessive risk taking that contributed to

24:02

the 2008 financial crisis, but

24:05

banks had argued that made it harder to

24:07

attract talent from the US and Asia. In

24:12

the city, the 100 share index entered the day up 51 points

24:14

at 8,172. On Wall Street a

24:18

short time ago, the Dow Jones was up 145 points at 38,048.

24:20

On the currency markets, the

24:25

plant is trading at $1.25.2 against the euro sterling is at 1

24:27

euro 16.8. That makes the

24:31

euro worth 85.6 pence. Four

24:36

female presenters have lost part of a legal

24:38

case brought against the BBC. A judge

24:40

rejected an equal pay claim made by

24:42

Martin Croxall, Anita McVeigh, Karen Gennonee

24:44

and Kasia Madira. However, separate claims

24:47

relating to sex and age discrimination

24:49

will go to a full employment

24:51

tribunal. Our entertainment correspondent

24:53

Lisa Majimbe reports. The

24:56

four female presenters are bringing a number

24:58

of claims against the BBC. After

25:01

a preliminary hearing, a judge has

25:03

ruled that one of these relating

25:05

to equal pay cannot go ahead.

25:07

The four women had said that for nearly three

25:10

years from 2020 they had been paid

25:13

less than an equivalent male presenter.

25:16

The BBC argued that in this

25:18

case it wasn't appropriate to make

25:20

a comparison between the male presenter

25:22

and the four female presenters. In

25:24

addition, the corporation said that the

25:27

equal pay claim couldn't be brought

25:29

because the women had previously agreed

25:31

equal pay settlements. The

25:33

judge of the central London employment tribunal

25:35

agreed that the issue could not be

25:38

revisited. A BBC spokesperson

25:40

said it was pleased with the

25:42

result and that the tribunal had

25:44

accepted its position. The

25:46

opinion's separate claims, including age discrimination

25:48

and sex discrimination, will now be

25:51

heard at a three-week hearing scheduled

25:53

to begin in March next year.

25:56

Those claims relate to the restructuring of

25:58

the BBC's domestic and international

26:00

news channels into one. None

26:03

of the women were given chief presenter

26:05

roles. They say they were discriminated against

26:08

in a rigged process. The BBC

26:10

has said that the recruitment procedure was

26:12

robust and fair. The

26:15

International Olympic Committee has announced the members

26:17

of the refugee team for the Paris

26:19

Olympics. 36 athletes

26:21

from 11 countries have been selected to

26:23

compete, including one who's expected to challenge

26:26

for a medal, having been supported by

26:28

top British boxers. Our sports news correspondent

26:30

Laura Scott reports. This is

26:32

the third Olympics that will include a

26:34

special team made up of refugees, and

26:36

the contingent heading to Paris this summer

26:38

is the largest yet. During

26:40

an emotional ceremony, 36 athletes

26:43

were selected to take part in 12 different

26:46

sports, including athletics, swimming

26:48

and judo. One

26:50

of those picked is the Cameroon-born boxer,

26:52

Cindy N'Gamba, who is based in Sheffield

26:54

and has trained with members of the

26:56

GB boxing team. She is

26:59

considered a contender to become the team's

27:01

first medalist. Obviously, it means the world to me to

27:04

have qualified for the Olympics and to

27:06

be the first ever refugee boxer to

27:08

qualify for the Olympics. I've always

27:10

worked hard, you know, even before the qualifiers. I was

27:13

very disciplined and we're just going to go out there

27:15

and do our job and see how the day

27:17

will go, family. The refugee team will

27:19

have a new emblem on their uniforms,

27:21

featuring a heart at the centre and

27:24

arrows symbolising how lost refugees can find

27:26

their way back. Thomas Bach,

27:28

the president of the IOC, said he

27:30

hoped the team would give hope to

27:33

the more than 100 million people who

27:35

are displaced worldwide. However, a

27:37

representative of the IOC said it

27:39

was disappointing that a third member

27:41

of previous refugee teams was suspended

27:43

earlier this week after a positive

27:45

doping test. The keyboardist

27:48

for the Electric Light Orchestra, Richard Tandy,

27:50

has died. He was 76. He

27:53

joined ELO in 1972, originally as the bassist, but

27:57

it was his skill on keyboards that shaped

27:59

the band's future. characteristic space opera

28:01

sound. Memorably for fans, his

28:03

was the voice altered by a vocoder

28:05

that uttered the title of one of

28:07

the group's biggest hits. The song is a

28:09

song that is not just about the music, but about

28:11

the music. ELA

28:26

frontman Jeff Lynne described him as

28:28

a remarkable musician and friend. The

28:30

band's drummer, Beth Bezent, said Richard

28:32

Tandy was a man who'd studied his

28:34

craft and felt at home in the studio. He

28:37

was quite a shy man, and on

28:40

stage he didn't project himself. He

28:43

was surrounded by keyboards, and

28:45

he just concentrated on the music. He wasn't a

28:47

showman as such. Where his

28:50

real thought I was was in

28:52

the studio. He was

28:54

Jeff Lynne's right-hand man. He was with Jeff Lynne

28:56

all the time in the studio. I couldn't

29:00

drag him out. Radio

29:02

4 News and the Radio 1 Breakfast

29:05

Show are not natural bedfellows, but

29:07

the presenter Greg Jaynes, it transpires, is

29:09

a keen listener to our output. As

29:11

he tuned in this morning, he was

29:13

puzzled by some information missing from the

29:15

story about another cancelled concert at the

29:18

Co-op Live Arena in Manchester. The

29:20

newsreader Caroline Nichols said, American

29:23

rapper. Because I was listening going, well who?

29:25

Why don't you say the name? So I

29:27

then had to Google it, and I

29:29

found out that the... ...last night's performance

29:31

by an American rapper... The American rapper

29:33

is a boogie with a

29:36

hoodie. It is. And I

29:38

thought immediately, that's because they chickened out of

29:40

saying a boogie with a hoodie on Radio

29:42

4. Emails were

29:44

exchanged between Radio 1, the Today

29:47

programme and the Radio newsroom. Gauntlets

29:49

were thrown down. No one

29:51

calls Caroline Nichols chicken. I

29:54

think we've got some news. This

29:58

has just come through from the radio. Radio

30:00

4 news headlines at

30:02

8.30. The

30:06

new co-op librarian in Manchester has apologised

30:08

after postponing its opening for the third

30:10

time. The announcement was made

30:12

last night as people were queuing outside to

30:14

see the American rapper, a buggy wit to

30:17

hoodie. YEAH! Oh

30:22

yes! They did

30:24

it! Huge!

30:27

That's absolutely amazing!

30:30

Radio 1's Greg James reacting to

30:32

Caroline Nichols saying, a buggy wit

30:34

to hoodie, here on Radio 4.

30:39

The headlines again, John Swinney looks

30:41

almost certain to become Scotland's next

30:43

first minister after Kate Forbes, his

30:45

expected rival in the SMP leadership

30:47

contest, said she wouldn't run. A

30:51

man has appeared in court charged with the

30:53

murder of 14-year-old Daniel Andurin, who was killed

30:55

in a sword attack in north-east London on

30:57

Tuesday. President

30:59

Biden has spoken for the first time

31:02

about violence and arrest during demonstrations at

31:04

multiple US universities about the conflict

31:06

in Gaza. He said there was

31:08

a right to protest, but not a right

31:10

to cause chaos. An

31:13

orangutan in Indonesia has been observed healing

31:15

a wound after making a poultice with

31:18

an antibacterial plant, the

31:20

first time a wild animal has been seen doing

31:22

this. BBC News