:00:13. > :00:17.This is BBC News, I'm Martine Croxall, the headlines at ten.
:00:18. > :00:19.A mass shooting at a nightclub in Florida claims the lives
:00:20. > :00:22.of at least 50 people, it's the worst attack of its kind
:00:23. > :00:36.Now one can tell me where my son is, whether he's been shot, whether he
:00:37. > :00:42.is dead, no one knows. Barack Obama orders the flag at the White House
:00:43. > :00:50.to be flown at half mast as a sign of respect to the victims. The
:00:51. > :00:53.gunmen has been identified and police say he swore allegiance to
:00:54. > :01:02.Islamic State before the shooting. At Euro 2016 an official warning
:01:03. > :01:05.to Russia and England if there's further violence among
:01:06. > :01:07.supporters their teams Northern Ireland are beaten in the
:01:08. > :01:31.opening group game in Euro 2016. A mass shooting at a nightclub
:01:32. > :01:34.in Florida claims the lives of at least 50 people,
:01:35. > :01:49.it's the worst attack of its kind To Diaz Americans we grieve the
:01:50. > :01:53.brutal murder, a terrible masker of dozens of innocent people. We pay
:01:54. > :01:56.for the families who are grasping for answers with broken hearts.
:01:57. > :01:59.We stand with the people of Orlando who have ensured a terrible attack.
:02:00. > :02:01.Although it is still early in the investigation,
:02:02. > :02:04.we know enough to say this was an act of terror
:02:05. > :02:11.As Americans, we are united in grief, in outrage and in resolve
:02:12. > :02:22.I've just finished a meeting with the FBI director and my
:02:23. > :02:26.The FBI is on the scene and leading the investigation in partnership
:02:27. > :02:30.The full resources of the federal government will be made available
:02:31. > :02:41.We have reached no definitive judgment on the precise
:02:42. > :02:48.The FBI is appropriately investigating this as an act
:02:49. > :02:51.of terrorism and I've directed that we must spare no effort
:02:52. > :02:55.to determine what, if any, inspiration or association this
:02:56. > :03:00.killer might have had with terrorist groups.
:03:01. > :03:04.What is clear is that he was a person filled with hatred.
:03:05. > :03:08.Over the coming days we will uncover why and how this happened
:03:09. > :03:12.and we will go wherever the facts lead us.
:03:13. > :03:14.This morning I spoke with my good friend,
:03:15. > :03:18.the Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, and I conveyed to him the deepest
:03:19. > :03:26.This could have been any one of our communities so I told
:03:27. > :03:29.him that whatever help he and the people of Orlando need,
:03:30. > :03:36.As a country, we will be there for the people of Orlando
:03:37. > :03:38.today, tomorrow and for all the days to come.
:03:39. > :03:44.We also express our profound gratitude to all the police
:03:45. > :03:49.and first responders who rushed into harm's way.
:03:50. > :03:53.Their courage and professionalism saved lives and kept the carnage
:03:54. > :03:58.It is the kind of sacrifice that our law enforcement
:03:59. > :04:01.professionals make every single day for all of us and we can
:04:02. > :04:07.This is an especially heartbreaking day for all of our friends,
:04:08. > :04:11.our fellow Americans, who are lesbian, gay,
:04:12. > :04:17.The shooter targeted a nightclub where people came
:04:18. > :04:23.together to be with friends, to dance and sing and to live.
:04:24. > :04:26.The place they were attacked is more than a nightclub,
:04:27. > :04:29.it is a place of solidarity and empowerment where people have
:04:30. > :04:34.come together to raise awareness, to speak their minds and to advocate
:04:35. > :05:23.It's the worst attack of its kind in modern US history.
:05:24. > :05:31.It happened in the early hours at a crowded gay club in Orlando.
:05:32. > :05:33.The president said it was an attack on all Americans.
:05:34. > :05:36.This was an act of terror and an act of hate.
:05:37. > :05:40.to defend our people. in grief, in outrage and in resolve
:05:41. > :05:44.The gunman has been named as Omar Mateen -
:05:45. > :05:50.a US citizen of Afghan descent - who was already known to the FBI.
:05:51. > :05:53.The FBI first became aware of Mateen in 2013 when he made
:05:54. > :05:57.inflammatory comments to co-workers, alleging possible terrorist ties.
:05:58. > :05:59.We'll have the latest from Orlando and Washington,
:06:00. > :06:04.Also tonight... that it was responsible.
:06:05. > :06:07.At Euro 2016, an official warning to Russia and England that,
:06:08. > :06:13.could be sent home. supporters, their teams
:06:14. > :06:15.Conservative Michael Gove - at home in Aberdeen -
:06:16. > :06:21.him to Vote Leave. experience has led
:06:22. > :06:47.for the Queen's birthday picnic. but it turned out nice again
:06:48. > :06:50.President Obama has declared the mass shooting
:06:51. > :06:53.at a gay nightclub in Florida, in which 50 people died,
:06:54. > :06:56.as an act of terror and an act of hate.
:06:57. > :06:58.It happened in the early hours of the morning
:06:59. > :07:02.when a man opened fire in the crowded nightclub in Orlando.
:07:03. > :07:07.saying it was responsible. has issued a statement,
:07:08. > :07:10.The gunman, named as Omar Mateen, a US citizen of Afghan descent,
:07:11. > :07:14.had come to the FBI's attention three years ago.
:07:15. > :07:27.A new name for an inglorious list. is in Orlando with the latest.
:07:28. > :07:35.First of all you had Virginia Tech First of all you had Virginia Tech
:07:36. > :07:42.then Sandy Hook elementary school, the Charleston shootings, the list
:07:43. > :07:46.goes on and on. Now this one. The nightclub is 100 yards down the road
:07:47. > :07:48.behind me and it is the worst of them all in terms of fatalities. 50
:07:49. > :07:56.Gunshots at the Pulse nightclub in people killed on a night out.
:07:57. > :08:01.Gunshots at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. It is too in the morning.
:08:02. > :08:03.Inside, a lone gunman with an assault rifle and revolver is
:08:04. > :08:12.systematically shooting at the partygoers. Oh, my God! He takes
:08:13. > :08:14.hostages and three hours elapse before a police SWAT team forces its
:08:15. > :08:21.way in and kills him. By then, 50 way in and kills him. By then, 50
:08:22. > :08:25.are dead. No one knew what was going on until they saw people on the
:08:26. > :08:30.ground screaming and heard the commotion. One mother received a
:08:31. > :08:35.text from her son trapped inside saying he thought he was going to
:08:36. > :08:40.die. Another struggles to find out if her son is still alive. No one
:08:41. > :08:44.can town me where my son is, if he has been shot or is dead. No one
:08:45. > :08:53.knows. They tummy there are fatalities. The gunman, Omar Mateen,
:08:54. > :08:59.is of Afghan descent and had beyond FBI radar as a possible sympathiser.
:09:00. > :09:04.There was a fear of booby traps at the scene. It had been a deeply
:09:05. > :09:09.traumatic night. To look into the eyes of officers told the whole
:09:10. > :09:15.story. They were all shaken by this incident, by what they saw inside
:09:16. > :09:20.the club. They did an unbelievable job with courageous efforts in
:09:21. > :09:25.rescuing many, many hostages. In Washington, Barack Obama is
:09:26. > :09:33.reworking a script he has delivered all too often during his presidency.
:09:34. > :09:39.We know enough to say this was an act of terror and an act of hate. As
:09:40. > :09:45.Americans, we are united in grief, in outrage, in resolve to defend our
:09:46. > :09:48.people. Then, on to be issued at the most powerful man in the world has
:09:49. > :09:54.been able to make simply no progress on. This massacre is a further
:09:55. > :09:59.reminder of how easy it is full someone to get their hands on a
:10:00. > :10:04.weapon that shoots people in a school or a house of worship, or a
:10:05. > :10:10.movie theatre, or in a nightclub. And we have to decide if that is the
:10:11. > :10:14.kind of country we want to be. The motive was clear. Omar Mateen rang
:10:15. > :10:19.police from inside the nightclub and said he had been inspired by
:10:20. > :10:21.so-called Islamic State. Another home-grown jihadists willing to kill
:10:22. > :10:25.at random, in a society where at random, in a society where
:10:26. > :10:27.getting hold of the most powerful and lethal weaponry is as easy as
:10:28. > :10:32.easy can be. As we heard, the so-called
:10:33. > :10:34.Islamic State group has said one of its "fighters" was
:10:35. > :10:36.responsible for the atrocity. to do with religion.
:10:37. > :10:40.claimed the attack had nothing But the FBI has acknowledged
:10:41. > :10:42.that it first became aware of Mateen in 2013,
:10:43. > :10:44.following reports that he'd talked about possible
:10:45. > :10:47.links with terror groups. Omar Mateen seen here in pictures
:10:48. > :10:59.Gordon Corera has the latest. Omar Mateen seen here in pictures
:11:00. > :11:05.from his own social media account. His family was from Afghanistan that
:11:06. > :11:10.he was born in New York. Today his house, an hour and a half from
:11:11. > :11:15.Orlando, was being searched. Those who knew him expressed their shock.
:11:16. > :11:23.Outgoing, a regular young kid. He was younger than me. It is crazy. I
:11:24. > :11:28.do not know. Omar was cool, calm and collected. I never saw him in a fist
:11:29. > :11:36.fight. What led Omar Mateen to attack a gay club? His father said
:11:37. > :11:41.he was not motivated by religion but was angry at seeing a gay couple
:11:42. > :11:43.embracing in front of his family. In the last few hours, so-called
:11:44. > :11:49.Islamic State issued this message describing him as one of their
:11:50. > :11:55.fighters. It is not the from this whether they had direct contact with
:11:56. > :12:00.him or inspired him to act and are now claiming credit. -- not clear.
:12:01. > :12:04.The FBI had said he had been investigated and cleared twice, once
:12:05. > :12:09.for possible links to a suicide bomber and once for concerned at
:12:10. > :12:11.work. The FBI first became aware of Mateen in 2013 when he made
:12:12. > :12:16.inflammatory comments to co-workers, inflammatory comments to co-workers,
:12:17. > :12:21.alleging possible terrorist ties will stop the FBI investigated the
:12:22. > :12:25.matter could including interviews with witnesses, physical
:12:26. > :12:27.surveillance and records checks. Bombs targeting the Boston Marathon
:12:28. > :12:33.in 2013 make clear the threat of in 2013 make clear the threat of
:12:34. > :12:35.increasing. Killings in San increasing. Killings in San
:12:36. > :12:39.Bernardino last year more closely Bernardino last year more closely
:12:40. > :12:44.resemble events in Orlando. Then a married couple pledged allegiance to
:12:45. > :12:50.ISO 40 a gun attack in their workplace. The FBI will now be
:12:51. > :12:56.scouring every detail of Omar Mateen's life. As the FBI tries to
:12:57. > :12:57.understand what mix of hatred and ideology drove him, they'll be
:12:58. > :13:03.fearful of what more is to come. In a moment, the latest
:13:04. > :13:05.from the scene with Jon Sopel. We're entering a crucial phase in
:13:06. > :13:12.at the White House. We're entering a crucial phase in
:13:13. > :13:16.the presidential campaign. Just wondering what you think might be
:13:17. > :13:20.the impact of these events on that campaign. Within hours of the
:13:21. > :13:25.Orlando massacre, it was being Orlando massacre, it was being
:13:26. > :13:29.politicised, but front and centre in the battle for the White House.
:13:30. > :13:31.Donald Trump went on to Twitter and thanked people for congratulating
:13:32. > :13:37.him about being right about radical him about being right about radical
:13:38. > :13:40.Islam, as he put it. He said he did not want congratulations, he wanted
:13:41. > :13:44.toughness and vigilance. The last few minutes he has released a
:13:45. > :13:45.statement, calling on President Obama to resign and Hillary Clinton
:13:46. > :13:47.to drop out of the race because they to drop out of the race because they
:13:48. > :13:51.will refuse to use the term radical will refuse to use the term radical
:13:52. > :13:56.Islam. President Obama has not used Islam. President Obama has not used
:13:57. > :14:01.it because he thinks it implies that America is at war with a religion.
:14:02. > :14:05.Hillary Clinton has announced she is postponing what would be her first
:14:06. > :14:10.joint appearance with President Obama later in the week. Donald
:14:11. > :14:15.Trump clearly believes that Orlando will help him, as did Paris, as did
:14:16. > :14:19.San Bernardino. There are many people who will think that trying to
:14:20. > :14:27.Lets join John in Orlando. In a this is gross insensitivity.
:14:28. > :14:31.Lets join John in Orlando. In a statement, he said straightaway, he
:14:32. > :14:33.immediately. Does that mean this immediately. Does that mean this
:14:34. > :14:40.could see another attempt in that could see another attempt in that
:14:41. > :14:44.area? You know, it is not even 12 hours since the SWAT team is kind of
:14:45. > :14:49.managed to force their way into that nightclub and rescue the few
:14:50. > :14:54.hostages that had survived. Already, as Nick was describing, we are in a
:14:55. > :14:59.political dogfight and all those kind of questions are coming up. Gun
:15:00. > :15:02.control, hate crimes, and what to do about Islamic extremists that are
:15:03. > :15:07.home-grown. I'm sure Barrick Bama would love to make progress for the
:15:08. > :15:15.deeply entrenched in this country on deeply entrenched in this country on
:15:16. > :15:18.the question of gun rights. Likewise on Islamic extremism and what is the
:15:19. > :15:20.right approach. I think what will happen is it will reinforce the
:15:21. > :15:26.already held -- who have already already held -- who have already
:15:27. > :15:28.held deep convictions on these held deep convictions on these
:15:29. > :15:32.matters. A vote to leave the European Union
:15:33. > :15:34.could bring more cuts in public spending and affect
:15:35. > :15:36.the state pension. That's the latest warning
:15:37. > :15:38.from David Cameron, if it left the EU.
:15:39. > :15:41.would experience a "lost decade" The Prime Minister said
:15:42. > :15:44.it was his duty to spell out the risks but Vote Leave said
:15:45. > :15:46.it was taking scaremongering Cue camera five, the Prime Minister.
:15:47. > :16:00.Pienaar reports. Cue camera five, the Prime Minister.
:16:01. > :16:08.Today ) Gary warning of the date may be the scariest so far. -- today's
:16:09. > :16:12.scary warning. You could lose out on your state pension. We could meet
:16:13. > :16:16.that by putting up taxes on hard-working people or by going back
:16:17. > :16:21.to borrowing more and putting our economy at risk. Or it could be cut.
:16:22. > :16:27.Cuts do things like pensions, or health, or other things. We do not
:16:28. > :16:33.have to vote for that and risk it. Yes, he did say pensions. How old
:16:34. > :16:37.are you? If you are as old as him, you will have found a big increase
:16:38. > :16:41.in your old age pension. Pensioners rights have been revered for years.
:16:42. > :16:45.In the latest escalation of threats and promises, the state pension
:16:46. > :16:51.protection has been dragged into doubt. It is called the triple lock.
:16:52. > :16:56.It always goes up with earnings, inflation by 2.5%. Benefits like
:16:57. > :17:00.free bus passes are protected. The Prime Minister has said in the next
:17:01. > :17:04.Parliament all of that could be threatened. It came as news to
:17:05. > :17:08.ministers in the capital to leave camp you would expect to be part of
:17:09. > :17:17.spoke to earlier said they did not spoke to earlier said they did not
:17:18. > :17:21.like the surprise. The levels of fear had been amplified.
:17:22. > :17:28.Effectively, the Prime Minister is undermining our own manifesto
:17:29. > :17:34.promise on pensions. Another leader 's message, if Britain wants out, do
:17:35. > :17:38.not worry if the pound wobbles. Even if sterling were to fall a few
:17:39. > :17:43.percentage points after Brexit, so what? We have a floating currency
:17:44. > :17:48.and it will be good for exports. The sharpest warning today were streamed
:17:49. > :17:52.up in Downing Street. Statistics can seem a moat to everyday life. The
:17:53. > :17:56.talk of the NHS budget losing protection can seem general. The
:17:57. > :18:01.idea that pensioners could see state pensions pegged back is personal. If
:18:02. > :18:06.older voters, it is meant to. Today, older voters, it is meant to. Today,
:18:07. > :18:11.the Prime Minister took the debate and turned it into a dark choice for
:18:12. > :18:21.voters in what is becoming a bitter and tense campaign.
:18:22. > :18:23.One of the most prominent Leave campaigners, Michael Gove,
:18:24. > :18:25.the Justice Secretary, has told the BBC he believes
:18:26. > :18:27.ministers are actively working towards Turkey joining the EU,
:18:28. > :18:30.joining for decades. assertions that Turkey won't be
:18:31. > :18:32.Mr Gove, whose father worked as a fisherman in Aberdeen,
:18:33. > :18:35.says his family has direct experience of EU policy
:18:36. > :18:38.and that's one of the reasons he's campiagning to Leave.
:18:39. > :18:41.Laura Kuenssberg went to Aberdeen to meet them.
:18:42. > :18:46.The personal is political. it is 100 years ago.
:18:47. > :18:52.Growing up in the 70s, and Aberdonian schoolboy saw his
:18:53. > :19:00.You can tell it is the 70s. business go to the wall.
:19:01. > :19:04.long retired. and Ernie and Christine Gove are
:19:05. > :19:06.The family blamed the EU then and they blame it now.
:19:07. > :19:10.downhill. industry because it just went
:19:11. > :19:14.business. and grandfather had in their
:19:15. > :19:19.I was just a schoolboy. difficult to cope with seeing
:19:20. > :19:24.But it stayed with me. what I would be doing
:19:25. > :19:29.I remember when I was at university, in the mid-80s, when
:19:30. > :19:33.there were debates about Europe, I remember feeling that some of the
:19:34. > :19:35.debates weren't rooted in real people's experiences.
:19:36. > :19:47.Votes are about the future. fairy the rising.
:19:48. > :19:49.As we talk this afternoon, ten days away
:19:50. > :19:51.from the vote, you cannot tell voters how our economy works.
:19:52. > :19:58.You cannot tell voters how we would continue
:19:59. > :20:01.You can't guarantee anything. with the rest of the EU.
:20:02. > :20:05.gone before. boldly goes where no man has
:20:06. > :20:08.self-governing country. becomes an independent,
:20:09. > :20:10.Lack of details being roundly and repeatedly
:20:11. > :20:12.attacked by the Prime Minister and the Chancellor, even accusing him
:20:13. > :20:17.Sort of Boris Johnson style haircut. misleading the public.
:20:18. > :20:30.The Prime Minister started off giving you the fist of
:20:31. > :20:32.-- the choice to campaign against him.
:20:33. > :20:33.He said he wanted everything to be respectful.
:20:34. > :20:37.you are a fantasist. going around saying,
:20:38. > :20:39.You and Boris Johnson aren't telling the truth.
:20:40. > :20:43.I don't mind that. of hand, hasn't it?
:20:44. > :20:46.You don't mind the Prime Minister calling you a liar?
:20:47. > :20:48.I am not a commentator, I am a participant in this.
:20:49. > :20:51.I cannot offer, and I will not offer, a
:20:52. > :20:56.I admire the Prime Minister hugely. individual has said.
:20:57. > :20:58.I want him to stay as Prime Minister until 2020.
:20:59. > :21:02.way into the EU. insistence that Turkey is not on its
:21:03. > :21:05.A leaked memo today, he says, adds to the evidence.
:21:06. > :21:08.I understand why there are some people who say that Turkey
:21:09. > :21:10.won't join the European Union any time soon but the evidence is that
:21:11. > :21:13.the British government and the European Union are actively
:21:14. > :21:14.working towards Turkey joining the European
:21:15. > :21:19.Union and Turkish citizens being able to travel throughout the EU.
:21:20. > :21:22.On home turf, EU fishing quotas mean,
:21:23. > :21:28.sea, in their blood. dislike of Brussels, as well as the
:21:29. > :21:32.Now I am quite small. I was a big player.
:21:33. > :21:37.industry, one politician. than one vessel, one
:21:38. > :21:39.The people of this country have decided to use
:21:40. > :21:42.this debate as an opportunity to say that the assumptions that the
:21:43. > :21:50.political establishment have had have been wrong and they are going
:21:51. > :22:02.to send a very clear instructions, I think,
:22:03. > :22:06.direction. that they want
:22:07. > :22:10.vote to leave. a prediction that the country will
:22:11. > :22:13.You have ten days left to decide. days to persuade you.
:22:14. > :22:15.Michael Gove with his case for Leaving the EU.
:22:16. > :22:25.And later this week, we'll be talking to another
:22:26. > :22:28.out their case for Remaining. minister, who'll be setting
:22:29. > :22:29.The English and Russian Football Associations
:22:30. > :22:32.have been given an official warning that their teams could be kicked
:22:33. > :22:38.involving their fans. if there's further trouble
:22:39. > :22:40.The French Interior Minister has called for tough sanctions
:22:41. > :22:42.on England and Russia and urged the tournament's host
:22:43. > :22:44.cities to consider an alcohol ban around match days.
:22:45. > :22:50.Any of this and you are out. The Dan Roan, has the latest.
:22:51. > :22:54.Any of this and you are out. The sternest of warnings from Uefa this
:22:55. > :22:58.afternoon after three days of violence on the streets of Marseille
:22:59. > :23:03.marred the build-up to England's or against Russia last night. European
:23:04. > :23:06.football governing body said it was disgusted by the hooliganism land in
:23:07. > :23:10.could be punished with a potential could be punished with a potential
:23:11. > :23:14.disqualification of their respective teams from the tournament should
:23:15. > :23:16.such violence occur again. This kind of behaviour is totally unacceptable
:23:17. > :23:22.and has no place in football. Today, and has no place in football. Today,
:23:23. > :23:27.Marseille's clean-up operation began with English fans left to reflect on
:23:28. > :23:30.potential consequences. It is daunting. I do not think it will
:23:31. > :23:40.a lot of trouble for it to happen. a lot of trouble for it to happen.
:23:41. > :23:42.This evening, England are back here at their training base, training for
:23:43. > :23:45.their next match against Wales on Thursday. They do so with the threat
:23:46. > :23:47.of expulsion from this competition hanging over them. All too aware of
:23:48. > :23:51.their future involvement in Euro their future involvement in Euro
:23:52. > :23:57.2016 depends not only on results but on behaviour of their fans as well.
:23:58. > :24:01.England were denied a crucial win in Marseille by a late rush an
:24:02. > :24:05.equaliser. It is the behaviour of some supporters which could cost
:24:06. > :24:11.both teams did. Speaking before the Uefa warning, the FA said lessons
:24:12. > :24:18.single out English fans. That does single out English fans. That does
:24:19. > :24:21.not mean there has not been behaviour which has been deplorable
:24:22. > :24:23.and embarrassing, it has been at that level. A lot of details need to
:24:24. > :24:28.French police are working at seeing French police are working at seeing
:24:29. > :24:37.what has happened. The violence meted out is at a different level.
:24:38. > :24:42.Supporters are moving out of their area towards the England fans.
:24:43. > :24:49.English fans were attacked within the stadium last night.
:24:50. > :24:52.necessary that the National necessary that the National
:24:53. > :24:56.federations of countries whose supporters create incidents of this
:24:57. > :25:02.nature be punished for what happened. Inside the stadium that is
:25:03. > :25:08.a minium. Also outside stadiums. -- minimum. The Government said it
:25:09. > :25:12.would send more police officers across the Channel to help the
:25:13. > :25:14.authorities would not worry is that the scenes at Marseille could be
:25:15. > :25:18.repeated in other host cities. Northern Ireland's first appearance
:25:19. > :25:19.at a major international at today's match in Nice.
:25:20. > :25:23.them lose 1-0 to Poland The captain, Steven Davis,
:25:24. > :25:25.said the team had lacked some # Green and yellow army.
:25:26. > :25:32.brought them to the finals, The party began long
:25:33. > :25:35.before kick-off. their summer trip to France.
:25:36. > :25:40.fans never expected How ever long it lasts, they're
:25:41. > :25:44.prepared to make the best of it. to return to the big stage.
:25:45. > :25:47.for Northern Ireland But this was a step up entirely.
:25:48. > :25:52.here by an impressive unbeaten run. Early on, it was clear
:25:53. > :25:54.Michael McGovern would be busy. Poland poured forward
:25:55. > :25:57.but Michael O'Neill's men did not flinch, with wave after wave
:25:58. > :26:01.blocked by a wall of green. Such resistance could
:26:02. > :26:05.only last so long. Northern Ireland had spent weeks
:26:06. > :26:09.getting to know Robert Lewandowski. resolve in the second half.
:26:10. > :26:13.partner who broke the As instructed, they
:26:14. > :26:19.went on the attack. summing up their lack of success.
:26:20. > :26:22.captain, Steven Davis, deservedly beaten.
:26:23. > :26:25.Nice despondent but We tried everything
:26:26. > :26:27.to get something out of significance in the game.
:26:28. > :26:31.to create anything of real team won on the day.
:26:32. > :26:34.and say that the better A few years ago, Northern
:26:35. > :26:36.Ireland would never first European Championship.
:26:37. > :26:40.stage like this, playing in their But they know they
:26:41. > :26:42.will need to improve if they are to keep their dream
:26:43. > :26:45.alive and get something from the next few games against Ukraine,
:26:46. > :26:51.and world champions Germany. A giant street party
:26:52. > :26:53.outside Buckingham Palace official 90th birthday.
:26:54. > :26:57.celebrating the Queen's Her Majesty and other members
:26:58. > :27:00.of the royal family attended the patron's lunch, which involved
:27:01. > :27:02.many of the charities associated with the years
:27:03. > :27:05.of the Queen's reign. The omens hadn't looked good.
:27:06. > :27:13.Witchell, sent this report. When the mallard ducks
:27:14. > :27:15.from St James's Park look at home gazed out and wondered
:27:16. > :27:20.a local resident may well have if the British weather
:27:21. > :27:24.would spoil one's street party. They were drenched but undaunted.
:27:25. > :27:36.arrived, it very nearly did. By the time the festivities
:27:37. > :27:38.were launched by the band of the Royal Marines,
:27:39. > :27:46.the rain was easing off. And, by the time the Queen
:27:47. > :27:49.and the Duke of Edinburgh appeared, to get the party going.
:27:50. > :27:53.guests were clearly in the mood put your foot down.
:27:54. > :28:02.an unmistakable royal command - And so, in double quick time,
:28:03. > :28:04.the Queen found herself on the podium, listening to a
:28:05. > :28:11.tribute from her grandson, William. I hope you don't mind if I say
:28:12. > :28:14.a personal thank you to the Queen and great-grandchildren.
:28:15. > :28:18.of all her grandchildren Granny, thank you for everything
:28:19. > :28:22.you've done for your family. We could not wish you a happier
:28:23. > :28:26.birthday. And then from the Queen
:28:27. > :28:30.herself, this. To everyone here today,
:28:31. > :28:33.and to those holding street parties elsewhere,
:28:34. > :28:37.I would like to say thank you continue to give to me.
:28:38. > :28:45.and encouragement that in December remains to be seen.
:28:46. > :28:55.are still singing happy birthday There was a parade with
:28:56. > :28:58.reminders from her reign. This was a model of the royal yacht,
:28:59. > :29:01.Britannia, but above all a day overwhelming message of gratitude.
:29:02. > :29:08.but finished in sunshine had one Nicholas Witchell, BBC News,
:29:09. > :29:30.at Buckingham Palace.