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a moderate conservative cleric wins the country's election. Hassan | :00:14. | :00:19. | |
Rowhani secured the clear majority of the vote. Britain calls on him to | :00:19. | :00:24. | |
end years of deadlock and dispute. More violence in Turkey. | :00:24. | :00:28. | |
Police clear demonstrators from the streets of Istanbul. | :00:29. | :00:33. | |
David Cameron strikes a deal to tackle tax evasion and avoidance in | :00:33. | :00:38. | |
Britain's overseas territories. And the Lions continued their winning | :00:38. | :00:48. | |
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streak with a another victory in Hello, a very good evening to you. A | :01:02. | :01:07. | |
moderate conservative cleric has won Iran's presidential election. | :01:07. | :01:11. | |
Hassan Rowhani secured a clear majority with just over 50% of the | :01:11. | :01:14. | |
vote after promising Iranians greater personal freedom. Tonight, | :01:14. | :01:18. | |
the Foreign Office called on Mr Rowhani to develop a more | :01:18. | :01:26. | |
constructive relationship with the West over years of deadlock -- after | :01:26. | :01:28. | |
years of deadlock over Iran's nuclear programme. | :01:28. | :01:33. | |
People came out nervously at first, and then with greater confidence to | :01:33. | :01:38. | |
celebrate an election which had turned into a referendum on Iran's | :01:38. | :01:45. | |
political system. In the past, when a moderate president was elected, | :01:45. | :01:49. | |
ultraconservative paramilitaries smashed up the celebrations. Not | :01:49. | :01:52. | |
tonight. When the interior minister announced the results, it was pretty | :01:52. | :02:01. | |
sensational. Hassan Rowhani had won outright, getting three times the | :02:01. | :02:07. | |
number of votes of his Nereus conservative rival. And indeed, Mr | :02:07. | :02:13. | |
Rowhani has played a blinder. He was selected because he persuaded the | :02:13. | :02:17. | |
religious authorities that he was also a conservative. Then in the | :02:17. | :02:21. | |
television debate he made some electrifying promises. Political | :02:21. | :02:27. | |
prisoners must be released, he said, and the pressed -- press must be | :02:27. | :02:34. | |
much freer. Above all, he said Iran must re-engage with the West. That | :02:34. | :02:42. | |
gave him his result. It is utterly different from the last presidential | :02:42. | :02:47. | |
election in 2009. Then, convinced they had been robbed of victory, | :02:47. | :02:50. | |
moderate demonstrators paralysed the country for days. Until the police | :02:50. | :02:56. | |
finally emptied the streets by their ferocious tactics. This time, the | :02:56. | :03:02. | |
supreme religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was much more careful. | :03:02. | :03:07. | |
He did not back any of today's candidate so his own prestige was | :03:07. | :03:12. | |
not on the line and he knows that he, and not the elected resident, is | :03:12. | :03:17. | |
the one with the real power. Still, Mr Rowhani's election does represent | :03:17. | :03:22. | |
an important change. If he delivers on what he said, then I think we can | :03:22. | :03:27. | |
quite happily say that the last eight years when we have seen Iran | :03:27. | :03:32. | |
in the grip of some very radical and extremist tendencies in the country | :03:32. | :03:37. | |
is hopefully now coming to an end. But there is no doubt that large | :03:37. | :03:39. | |
numbers of people in Iran are sick of the sanctions which have made | :03:39. | :03:48. | |
them poor. And sick as well of being an extremist pariah state. They | :03:48. | :03:51. | |
voted for normality. Whether they will get it is something very | :03:51. | :03:55. | |
different. John joins me now. How much of a difference to you | :03:55. | :04:02. | |
think this will make to the relationship with the West? I'm sad | :04:02. | :04:06. | |
to say it is always wise to be really cautious way Tehran is | :04:06. | :04:12. | |
concerned. I don't know if you remember that Jack straw held up the | :04:12. | :04:19. | |
hand of friendship to Iran and the government 's bat on it effectively. | :04:19. | :04:22. | |
Barack Obama was humiliated by suggesting it might be a good idea | :04:22. | :04:28. | |
to change. But things are different now. I do think that the religious | :04:28. | :04:33. | |
leadership, although they control all of these things, foreign affairs | :04:33. | :04:36. | |
for instance, nuclear negotiations, there will not be huge amount of | :04:36. | :04:41. | |
immediate change but there is altogether change in the air in | :04:41. | :04:50. | |
Iran. I think ayatollahs Khamenei who is the top man in the country, | :04:50. | :04:58. | |
and elected of course, by the people, but he must realise that it | :04:58. | :05:04. | |
is dangerous to keep push, push, pushing all the time. I think he may | :05:04. | :05:10. | |
well just ease up a little bit and let Hassan Rowhani have at any rate | :05:10. | :05:17. | |
some of the things he has promised he will do. Thank you. | :05:17. | :05:21. | |
Turkish police have stormed a park in the centre of Istanbul, firing | :05:21. | :05:25. | |
water cannon and tear gas in a major operation to clear protesters from | :05:25. | :05:30. | |
Gezi Park, which has been the centre of protesters -- protests in recent | :05:30. | :05:40. | |
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weeks. James Reynolds's report contains flash photography. | :05:42. | :05:48. | |
This is what the end of the occupation looks like. Tonight, | :05:48. | :05:55. | |
Turkey's riot police raided Gezi Park. They took back the ground held | :05:55. | :06:02. | |
by protesters for the last two macro weeks. Amid tear gas, we filmed the | :06:02. | :06:10. | |
police advance. The police have moved in with tear gas and they are | :06:10. | :06:18. | |
now instruct and everybody to leave the park at once. The protesters | :06:18. | :06:24. | |
abandoned their campsite. Many decided it was too dangerous to stay | :06:24. | :06:32. | |
and fight the police. We do not want this government, a dictator. We are | :06:32. | :06:39. | |
Turkish, you know? Several streets from the park, the protesters | :06:39. | :06:44. | |
pointed us to one injured man. They called for an ambulance. In the | :06:44. | :06:54. | |
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distance, the police guarded the outskirts of Gezi Park. But that is | :06:58. | :07:03. | |
not how Recep Tayyip Erdogan's supporters see it. Earlier today, in | :07:03. | :07:09. | |
the capital, Ankara, Turkey's Prime Minister addressed the whole who had | :07:09. | :07:14. | |
won three successive elections. My brothers and sisters who are still | :07:14. | :07:22. | |
there, please leave. Taksim Square must be evacuated. Otherwise, this | :07:22. | :07:32. | |
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country's security forces know how And that is exactly what happened. | :07:36. | :07:41. | |
The Prime Minister have cleared the park. He has won back his ground. | :07:41. | :07:50. | |
But it is not yet clear who has won the fight for the country's support. | :07:50. | :07:54. | |
Here, the Prime Minister has said Britain has taken a positive step | :07:55. | :08:03. | |
towards tanking -- clamping down on tax avoidance and tax evasion. David | :08:03. | :08:09. | |
Cameron has asked the overseas territories to reveal details of | :08:09. | :08:16. | |
their owners. If daylight is the best disinfectant, that is exactly | :08:16. | :08:21. | |
what the Prime Minister wants to shine on what he calls the shadowy | :08:21. | :08:23. | |
world of international business and finance. | :08:23. | :08:28. | |
Hosting the summit with the so-called tax havens, David Cameron | :08:28. | :08:35. | |
called for an end to hidden tax schemes. The way corrupt governments | :08:35. | :08:39. | |
and corrupt companies paid rides is offered through shady companies | :08:39. | :08:44. | |
where you cannot find out who owns what. That is why you need a system | :08:44. | :08:51. | |
to find out who owns what company. And he can point to some progress. | :08:51. | :08:58. | |
Today all the overseas Territories have agreed to be bound by an | :08:58. | :09:04. | |
international summit on tax openness. But Mr Cameron is pushing | :09:04. | :09:10. | |
for even more. At the moment it is unclear who controls or owns | :09:10. | :09:15. | |
companies registered here. The company wants a central -- the | :09:15. | :09:19. | |
government wants a central database which lists who the owner of each | :09:19. | :09:24. | |
company is. It is hoped that transparency will cut down on tax | :09:24. | :09:30. | |
avoiders and boost revenue. But the Prime Minister's plans may face | :09:30. | :09:34. | |
problems. The BBC has spoken to senior officials from so-called tax | :09:34. | :09:40. | |
havens who say they not work. They say the business community has not | :09:40. | :09:44. | |
been consulted and it may push back on the proposals. Others also have | :09:44. | :09:51. | |
concerns. Mr Cameron's idea is embryonic. There is still a lot of | :09:52. | :09:56. | |
work to do. I understand Mr Cameron's plan is just for companies | :09:56. | :10:00. | |
and not for trusts which still leaves a gap in awareness of the | :10:00. | :10:06. | |
beneficial owner of many of the financial entities in the UK. | :10:06. | :10:09. | |
all eyes turned to Northern Ireland. Today there were protests ahead of | :10:09. | :10:15. | |
the G8 which meets there on Monday. Mr Cameron hopes securing more | :10:15. | :10:20. | |
support for openness will help him persuade fellow G8 members to agree | :10:20. | :10:26. | |
on a wider scheme to tackle offshore secrecy. More than 30 people have | :10:26. | :10:30. | |
been rescued or forced to swim to safety when an amphibious tour bus | :10:30. | :10:33. | |
sank in Liverpool's Albert Dock this afternoon. | :10:33. | :10:37. | |
Several people were taken to hospital for treatment, mostly for | :10:37. | :10:41. | |
shock horror but all have been discharged now. It is the second | :10:41. | :10:45. | |
time in three months that one of the yellow vehicles has sunk. A plane | :10:45. | :10:49. | |
travelling between Egypt and the United States has made an emergency | :10:49. | :10:53. | |
landing at Glasgow Prestwick Airport after a passenger found a note on | :10:53. | :10:58. | |
board threatening to set the plane alight. | :10:58. | :11:02. | |
All passengers have been escorted safely off the plane. The Duchess of | :11:02. | :11:06. | |
Cambridge has made her final public appearance before the birth of her | :11:06. | :11:11. | |
baby, celebrating the Queen's official birthday today at the | :11:11. | :11:13. | |
Trooping the Colour parade. The Duke of Edinburgh did not | :11:13. | :11:23. | |
attend. He is still recovering from surgery at a London hospital. | :11:23. | :11:29. | |
Nicholas Witchel reports. A birthday parade without her husband. | :11:29. | :11:34. | |
For only the third time during her reign, the Queen attended Trooping | :11:34. | :11:38. | |
the Colour unattended by the Duke of Edinburgh. His previous absences had | :11:38. | :11:43. | |
been during the 1960s when he was abroad. The birthday parade is an | :11:43. | :11:46. | |
occasion when the entire Royal family gathers. The Duchess of | :11:46. | :11:51. | |
Cambridge travelled to Horse Guards Parade in an open carriage with the | :11:51. | :11:55. | |
Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Harry. It is the last time Kate is | :11:55. | :11:58. | |
expected to be seen in public before she goes into hospital in the next | :11:58. | :12:06. | |
few weeks to give birth. On horse guards, the Queen was joined on the | :12:06. | :12:11. | |
saluting base by her cousin the Duke of Kent. Prince William and Prince | :12:11. | :12:16. | |
Charles watched on horseback. They saw the colour of the first | :12:16. | :12:18. | |
Battalion Welsh Guards being trooped. Three of the regiment's | :12:18. | :12:28. | |
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soldiers have been lost in other members of the Royal family | :12:33. | :12:43. | |
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made their way back to Buckingham Palace by carriage. A 41 gun salute | :12:45. | :12:49. | |
was fired in Green Park and the Queen led her family out onto the | :12:49. | :12:54. | |
palace balcony to watch a fly past by the RAF. A balcony appearance is | :12:54. | :12:59. | |
very much a traditional part of the Royal family's annual routine. It is | :12:59. | :13:04. | |
also a chance to see how very gradually the family is changing. | :13:04. | :13:09. | |
This was the year when the family group was notable for the figure who | :13:09. | :13:13. | |
was not at the Queen's side and for the mother-to-be who is preparing to | :13:14. | :13:19. | |
give birth to a baby who will be third in line for the throne. Today, | :13:19. | :13:23. | |
the family's immediate thoughts were with the absent Duke of Edinburgh. | :13:23. | :13:27. | |
This afternoon, the Queen visited him in hospital. As far as we are | :13:27. | :13:35. | |
aware, the Duke continues to make satisfactory progress. | :13:35. | :13:45. | |
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Now the sport for today. Thank you, Kate. Good evening. The | :13:48. | :13:51. | |
British and Irish Lions won their penultimate warm up game before the | :13:51. | :13:54. | |
first Test against Australia with an emphatic 47 points to 17 victory | :13:54. | :13:57. | |
over the New South Wales Warratahs. But the victory has again come at a | :13:57. | :14:06. | |
cost with another injury concern. The lines found themselves in | :14:06. | :14:09. | |
unfamiliar territory today receiving instruction from their Australian | :14:09. | :14:15. | |
hosts. -- the Lions. But their team-mates were about to face a | :14:15. | :14:20. | |
different kind of physical challenge. Besides selected to take | :14:20. | :14:30. | |
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player in Leigh Halfpenny. In a game of ferocious intensity, temperatures | :14:48. | :14:54. | |
briefly flared. The tourists had been accused of sharp raptors in the | :14:54. | :15:00. | |
build-up to this game. Today, they were simply sharp. The only | :15:00. | :15:07. | |
negative, worrying injury to Jamie Roberts. But the Lions have another | :15:07. | :15:15. | |
outstanding player capable of stepping in. With their unbeaten run | :15:15. | :15:21. | |
continuing, it seems the Lions are ready. There is confidence in the | :15:21. | :15:25. | |
squad. We have a good understanding of what we want to do and achieve | :15:25. | :15:32. | |
and we have to make sure we keep our eye on the prize. One more warmup | :15:32. | :15:35. | |
match has to be negotiated but this was perfect preparation for the | :15:35. | :15:43. | |
Lions. This was a statement of intent which will surely have the | :15:43. | :15:48. | |
Wallabies worried. As the Lions injury concerns | :15:48. | :15:51. | |
continue, England's Christian Wade and Brad Barritt have been called up | :15:51. | :15:58. | |
to the squad. They will arrive in Australia on Monday. Wade will be | :15:58. | :16:08. | |
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flying from Argentina where he's left the England squad. They beat | :16:10. | :16:13. | |
Argentina this evening 44-19. Wales lost to Japan for the first time. | :16:13. | :16:18. | |
23-18 the score. And Scotland had a 17-6 lead over South Africa but lost | :16:18. | :16:21. | |
that match 30 points to 17. Top seed Andy Murray is through to | :16:21. | :16:24. | |
the final of the AeGon Championships at the Queen's Club in London after | :16:24. | :16:34. | |
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beating France's Jo Wilfred-Tsonga in the semi-finals. | :16:35. | :16:41. | |
England's Luke Donald is now top of the leaderboard at the U.S. Open. | :16:41. | :16:50. | |
Justin Rose and Ian Poulter are third. | :16:50. | :16:53. | |
And Neymar scored a stunning goal in Brazil's 3-nil win over Japan in the | :16:53. | :16:57. | |
Confederations Cup and you can see just how good it was on Match of the | :16:57. | :16:59. | |
Day in a few minutes here on BBC One. | :16:59. | :17:09. | |
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That is all from the BBC newsroom. gusty winds is the forecast for | :17:14. | :17:21. | |
today. Both are calming down. It is shaping up to be a pretty good day. | :17:21. | :17:26. | |
Wright and sunny spells. The winds will be much lighter. Some lively | :17:26. | :17:36. | |
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guff is along the south coast at the moment. -- gusts. Most towns and | :17:37. | :17:44. | |
cities will stay in double digits overnight. There is some rain | :17:44. | :17:47. | |
gathering to the south-west. It will stutter and stumble by tomorrow. It | :17:47. | :17:52. | |
could bring rain to Devon and Cornwall. For most places, I think | :17:52. | :17:57. | |
it will be dry. One or two scattered showers developing across northern | :17:57. | :18:01. | |
Britain for the afternoon. Not a lot of sunshine for Devon and Cornwall. | :18:02. | :18:05. | |
We will see some outbreaks of drizzle perhaps infringing into | :18:05. | :18:12. | |
South Wales. The threat of rain across the south-east of England as | :18:12. | :18:17. | |
well. Most places will be dry. With a bit of sunshine poking through and | :18:17. | :18:22. |