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an worried about is that there is an intrinsic link between this sort of behaviour and some of the social media feeding radicalisation and feeding radical views among people. so there is a line to make you talk about toxic tweets, but do you think things are at the line, approaching line, over the line already in terms of some of the activity we have seen now? i of some of the activity we have seen now? ~ , ., , ., now? i think the minute you start committing _ now? i think the minute you start committing criminal _ now? i think the minute you start committing criminal offences, - now? i think the minute you start| committing criminal offences, you have well and truly cross the line, i think most mps would accept there is a degree of robust debate to be had, but far too often, we are seeing people completely capable of having that debate and reverting to ad hominem, particularly against women mps. i think the thing we need to be concerned about is going back to be concerned about is going back to 2010, we saw the attempted murder of stephen timms, 2016, the murder of stephen timms, 2016, the murder ofjo cox and 2021, the murder of
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david amess. we can't live in a society where those who represent our views inside our democracy are exposed to that level of violence. and i'm afraid that level of violence starts with a tolerance of the sorts of narratives we have seen projected towards people. so the sorts of narratives we have seen projected towards people.— pro'ected towards people. so there is projected towards people. so there is still quite — projected towards people. so there is still quite a _ projected towards people. so there is still quite a jump _ projected towards people. so there is still quite a jump from _ projected towards people. so there is still quite a jump from toxic- is still quite a jump from toxic tweets to what you have described? look, i think thatjump is too great. because we now see we have seen for some considerable time, terrorist organisations formalising how they radicalise people through what i would describe as quite professional propaganda campaigns. islamic state are on their 414th edition of their propaganda material, that typically explains how to murder people. it typically incites people to go out and conduct hostile reconnaissance. it recently incited people if you cannot kill
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people to just go and be a nuisance and cause disturbance to business and cause disturbance to business and society as a whole. these things are starting to become intrinsically connected and actually, when you have a terrorist organisation is profoundly dangerous as the islamic state, encouraging that level of continuum if you like of activity against us, we need to be really worried because it is very easy to slide up and down that. irate worried because it is very easy to slide up and down that.— slide up and down that. we must leave it there, _ slide up and down that. we must leave it there, thank _ slide up and down that. we must leave it there, thank you - slide up and down that. we must leave it there, thank you for - leave it there, thank you for joining us. "there are a lot more important things than art in the world. but not to me". those are the words of the author and critic dame antonia susan duffy — known as as byatt — who has died at the age of 87. she won the booker prize in 1990 with possession, which told the story of love between two victorian poets uncovered by scholars in the modern age. in a statement, her publishers, penguin random house, said she was, "one of the most significant writers
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and critics of our time". in 2010, she spoke tojeremy paxman on a special show to mark 30 years of newsnight. let's take a listen. have a good weekend. goodnight. martin amis. and as byatt is still here. alsojoining us, musician jarvis cocker and the artist tracey emin. as byatt, a woman of 30 years ago, suddenly taken out and brought back now, would she think her lot had improved? 0n the whole, yes, you have been... concentrating on sort of sexuality and excessive. but work has changed for women immensely. and the thing i really minded about when i was a student, was that i was a woman and i was an object. 0k, nobody...looked at me. because i wasn't displayed.
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but i felt like an object. now, i don't. the thing i thought of when i was asked to come on this programme was i would put in a word about, please may we have some older women newsreaders on the bbc? i mind the uniformity of the smooth good looks of the women newsreaders. it is not the real world. world is full of all sorts of people. all sorts of any come on the screen and read things. sorry about that! well, i like to see them, but that kind of thing bothers you. there is a lot of speculation, they will take some time, they would take some time in israel before we know.
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one of the things that strikes me is when we at cia learned that saddam did not have the weapons of mass destruction that we judge him to have, that we believe that they had, it took us another year, six months to a year to figure out why we were wrong. it's going to take the end of combat, it's going to take a commission in israel before we really learn why they failed to the degree that they did in understanding what hamas was going to do on october seven. thank understanding what hamas was going to do on october seven.— to do on october seven. thank you very much — to do on october seven. thank you very much for— to do on october seven. thank you very much forjoining _ to do on october seven. thank you very much forjoining us. _ 0ur correspondent yogita limaye has been working with freelance journalist majdi fathi in gaza to tell the story of one family brought into al aqsa hospital in central gaza, including a young child who later died and a warning,
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there are distressing images from the start. monday in central gaza... shouting tuesday... he cries wednesday... thursday... and today, another airstrike, all in so—called safer areas, away arom the north where israel is conducting ground operations and had asked civilians to evacuate. this family was bombed in deir al—balah. "we're being killed and no one is doing anything about it," this man shouts. abed is still breathing, in critical condition. doctors scramble to treat the boy. 0n the floor, by his bed,
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they check his father for a heartbeat. they can't hear it. his family in shock, still finding out... ..who's been rescued, who's survived and who hasn't, from 30 members. this is their youngest. injured, but not seriously. the family had fled to deir al—balah for safety from zeitoun in the north. a bit later, brother ali is taken to identify the bodies. four of the family have been killed. little abed didn't make it. "we thought we'd come to a safe place "but no one is safe in gaza," ali says. these were four of thousands of gazans killed.
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"goodbye, my dear," his mother says, "you're with god now. "you were such a good son." grief is one form of suffering in gaza. this is another. hundreds gather outside one of the few flour mills still running. the manager tries to pacify people. "we haven't eaten for two days," some in the crowd shout. translation: we've escaped death but now are dying slowly because of a severe shortage of food, flour and basic needs. we are a family of eight. i burn discarded paper cups to keep my children warm.
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people are also struggling to find drinking water and there's not close to enough aid coming in for gaza's 2.2 million. all but a tiny handful of whom can't get out. yogita limaye, bbc news, jerusalem. a funeral was held in israel for noa marciano, a 19—year—old solider that israeli troops found dead in a building next to the al—shifa hospital. families of the more than 240 people held hostage by hamas have been marching from tel aviv tojerusalem calling for them to be brought home. 0ur senior international correspondent, 0rla guerin sent this report from the funeral. an israeli hostage, held by hamas, home only to be buried. noa marciano was a soldier. she wasjust i9. the army says she her body was found near al—shifa hospital in gaza. translation: we tried i
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everything to get you back. for a0 days we turned every stone and searched every path. today, we ask for your forgiveness. and no safe homecoming for another hostage, 65—year—old yehudit weiss. she too was found close to al—shifa according to the army. yehudit was a grandmother of five. her family has a message for benjamin netanyahu, the un and the red cross. such tragedies could have been avoided if we only had someone who really cared about all those kidnapped. bring them home now! there are about 240 hostages in gaza. their families and friends are marching towardsjerusalem,
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heading for the prime minister's office with one demand, bring them back, whatever it takes. the marchers have been on the move for days now. they want to keep their loved ones in the public eye. they want to keep up the pressure on the government. hopes have been raised of a deal that might bring some of the hostages home, but for now, all they have is the agony of waiting. i can't stop thinking about it. this is my days. these are my days. tagit zin has two much—loved nieces who are among the hostages. ella is eight and a keen dancer. 15—year—old daphna is into tiktok and make up. hamas livestreamed the attack on their home on october 7th. theirfather, noam, in the black
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t—shirt, was killed, with his partner and her son, who were seated alongside him. tagit believes her nieces saw it all. she says it is clear in a picture of daphna in captivity issued by hamas. you can see the despair in her... ..face. you can see how she is despaired. do you have hope that they will come home? i know that they will come home. i know they will be back. but it takes too much time and our government, they are the only ones that can stop this in this minute. for now, there's no deal and the hostages are at risk, notjust from hamas, but from israel's air strikes on gaza. 0rla guerin, bbc news, jerusalem.
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around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. more than 100 people in the horn of africa have been killed in a devastating series flash floods. neighborhoods across kenya, somalia, and ethiopia remain completely submerged, leaving tens of thousands displaced. the sahel region suffers some of the most extreme effects of climate change and has been lashed by relentless rainfall since the beginning of november. eleven people, including eight children, were killed on wednesday evening when an air force jet dropped a bomb on a makeshift school in a remote village in southern myanmar. the mountainous region, along myanmar�*s border with india, is a stronghold of resistance to the militaryjunta which seized power nearly three years ago. former first lady rosalynn carter has entered hospice care at home. a statement released by grandson james carter confirmed the news and that she and her husband former
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presidentjimmy carter are quote "spending time with each other and their family". president carter was placed on hospice care in february this year. the two have been married for 77 years. you're live with bbc news. nearly 20,000 men have fled ukraine since the beginning of the war to avoid being drafted. a further 21,000 have tried but were caught by the ukrainian authorities — according to a bbc eye investigation. since russia's invasion, ukraine has banned men of fighting age from leaving the country, unless they have a valid exemption. zhanna bezpiatchuk has more on how some men are managing to escape with the help of corrupt officials. shouting. stopped by border police, the men are ordered on to their knees. for ukrainians without a military exemption, crossing the border illegally is the most popular way of escaping the draft. some get caught, but for much
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of this war, dozens of men have managed to flee this way every day. using freedom of information requests, bbc eye has established that the most common route out is over ukraine's border with moldova. in a refugee centre in moldova, we meet erik, a musician who is hoping to go to the us to be reunited with his family. he's arrived from ukraine on foot. translation: ijust looked at the map. i i heard rumours about where to go, took a risk, and it worked out. erik says he has a serious health condition, but wasn't granted a medical exemption, commonly known as a white ticket. translation: i tried to process the documents for six months, l but no—one allowed me to do it. my patience ran out and i decided to leave this way.
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we heard that some men are paying substantial bribes to obtain a white ticket. to find out more, we asked a local journalist to pretend to be a man who wants to leave ukraine. a quick search reveals at least six groups offering help on the messaging app telegram. 0ur undercover journalist contacts one of them and is soon offered a white ticket. officials at these centres work closely with military doctors to decide who can get a medical exemption. they sent me an example of this white ticket. for me, the document looks real. probably they know somebody in that office, so this is corruption. the bbc showed its findings to a senior politician from the ruling party. translation: we are doing our best to reduce the number— of corruption cases.
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those who try to avoid - mobilisation are about 1—5%. they are definitely not critical to the defence of ukraine. - ukraine doesn't release official figures on the size of its army, but says it has over 800,000 troops. as this conflict turns into a war of attrition, ukraine will need all the soldiers it can get. zhanna bezpiatchuk, bbc news, kyiv. on sunday, argentine voters will decide which presidential candiate they trust to lead them out of the country's worst economic crsis in the past two decades. the bbc�*s katy watson has more. evita still looms large in argentina, the countries most famous politician and the original champion is missed by many. especially in these days of economic hardship. as
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argentina prepares a new president the two remaining candidates are promising the world when it comes to improving a country on its knees. but here in one of buenos aires poorest neighbourhood it's hard to muster enthusiasm in what feels like endless broken promises. in the shadow of the cities port the people of this island struggle daily. she runs a shop saying soaring inflation means paying for the basics is impossible. money becomes worthless quickly and people here are tired for change. quickly and people here are tired for change-— quickly and people here are tired forchanae. �* ,, �* ., , for change. translation: i actually have a little note _ for change. translation: i actually have a little note of _ for change. translation: i actually have a little note of people - for change. translation: i actually have a little note of people who - have a little note of people who can't make ends meet. i give them items on credit. they can never pay items on credit. they can never pay it back because they pay me back and then they end up owing again. so it's a vicious cycle. the candidates know this all _ it's a vicious cycle. the candidates know this all too _ it's a vicious cycle. the candidates know this all too well. _ it's a vicious cycle. the candidates know this all too well. the - it's a vicious cycle. the candidates i know this all too well. the economy is the number one thing everyone wants fixing. the argentinians have a choice, this man who is in charge
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of the economy but is part of the political establishment or a total outsider who has proposed drastic changes like destroying the central bank and replacing the national currency with the us dollar. the two candidates could be bothered apart politically as they showed in the final debate.— politically as they showed in the final debate. translation: ask ourself if final debate. translation: ask yourself if you — final debate. translation: ask yourself if you per— final debate. translation: ask yourself if you per two _ final debate. translation: ask yourself if you per two prefer - yourself if you per two prefer inflation over —— just destroys our generation and sinks us deeper and deeper. but generation and sinks us deeper and dee er. �* , generation and sinks us deeper and deeer.�* ,,, . ., deeper. but his proposals which also include more — deeper. but his proposals which also include more liberal _ deeper. but his proposals which also include more liberal gun _ deeper. but his proposals which also include more liberal gun laws- deeper. but his proposals which also include more liberal gun laws and i include more liberal gun laws and banning abortion make many people nervous. that is something he is trying to use to his advantage. translation: i know there are some who are _ translation: i know there are some who are voting for me not because they are _ who are voting for me not because they are convinced that justice awaits— they are convinced that justice awaits choosing a path of violence, hatred _ awaits choosing a path of violence, hatred and — awaits choosing a path of violence, hatred and harm. i want to tell all
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of them _ hatred and harm. i want to tell all of them that i will ensure they feel they did _ of them that i will ensure they feel they did not throw away their vote but that— they did not throw away their vote but that they trusted someone. the olitical but that they trusted someone. tie: political style has captured attention, he's been likened to donald in closer to home brazil's former presidentjay her bows and arrows. former president jay her bows and arrows. �* .., , , former president jay her bows and arrows. �* .. , , ., , former president jay her bows and arrows. �* , , ., , ., arrows. because they have this idea that the market _ arrows. because they have this idea that the market sold _ arrows. because they have this idea that the market sold everything - arrows. because they have this idea that the market sold everything in l that the market sold everything in the state is not, you don't need to plan, you don't need government, you don't need rules for that we know this is not true. there is no count that follows his stupidity. but foruet that follows his stupidity. but forget the — that follows his stupidity. but forget the political football, back forget the politicalfootball, back at the port politics hardly feels here. there is little faith that a new leader will change anything for the average argentinian, they feel safer to back sporting heroes instead. am altman is departing open a! as its ceo.
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the company announced that its board "no longer has confidence" in his leadership. the san francisco—based technology startup released the online chatbot chatgpt triggering a boom in artificial intelligence investment and development. in a statement on x, altman wrote working there was a transformative experience. now we have an exciting new series to tell you about. the bbc is launching "influential with katty kay", a weekly programme with leaders in culture, cooking, science and more. us special correspondent, katty kay, travels everywhere from farmers markets and museums — to shakespeare's globe theater — for candid conversations with change—makers, starting with actor wendell pierce. you've been in an extraordinary number of hip productions. jack ryan, the wire, suits, onstage recently and death of a salesman. is there a method to the way you choose your parts? there a method to the way you choose our arts? ,., ., .,
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your parts? good writing, i tried to do projects. _ your parts? good writing, i tried to do projects. i— your parts? good writing, i tried to do projects, i used _ your parts? good writing, i tried to do projects, i used to _ your parts? good writing, i tried to do projects, i used to be _ your parts? good writing, i tried to do projects, i used to be a - your parts? good writing, i tried to do projects, i used to be a theatre| do projects, i used to be a theatre snob when i first get out of conservatory. you know when you getting out ofjulliard and you like i will only do theatre. the getting out ofjulliard and you like i will only do theatre.— i will only do theatre. the trite work that _ i will only do theatre. the trite work that is — i will only do theatre. the trite work that is on _ i will only do theatre. the trite work that is on television. - i will only do theatre. the trite | work that is on television. only shakespeare — work that is on television. only shakespeare is _ work that is on television. only shakespeare is good _ work that is on television. only shakespeare is good enough? shakespearean check off. then i realised you can go broke that way. katty kayjoined me earlier — to chat about the new series. thank you forjoining us. you are on a mission to offer people some bit of light relief from all the terribly grim and depressing news we have at the moment. tell terribly grim and depressing news we have at the moment.— have at the moment. tell us about that. i have at the moment. tell us about that- ithink— have at the moment. tell us about that. l think | — have at the moment. tell us about that. i think! needed _ have at the moment. tell us about that. i think i needed a _ have at the moment. tell us about that. i think i needed a little bit. that. i think i needed a little bit of a mental health break from everything going on in the world. i love the idea of doing an interview series with people who had a huge impact on the field. whether it's in the arts or in cooking or even in business. and getting to know them better. you know what it's like when redoing the shock of your interview
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and after three minutes you've got a voice and you're saying that's it, you're done you're out of time. i love the idea of having more time to get behind the public facade and allow people that space to reveal themselves a little bit more, which i hope this interview series has done. it is uplifting. and the people... i had such fun doing it. i hope you enjoy watching it. your hope you en'oy watching it. your cuests hope you enjoy watching it. your guests cover _ hope you enjoy watching it. your guests cover such _ hope you enjoy watching it. your guests cover such a _ hope you enjoy watching it. your guests cover such a wide - hope you enjoy watching it. your guests cover such a wide range of walks of life i'm intrigued to know how you decided who was influential to make it into the series. t to make it into the series. i wanted --eole to make it into the series. i wanted people who — to make it into the series. i wanted people who would _ to make it into the series. i wanted people who would be _ to make it into the series. i wanted people who would be open - to make it into the series. i wanted people who would be open and - people who would be open and wouldn't just give talking people who would be open and wouldn'tjust give talking points or try to sell a book or do something, some agendas that they had. i wanted people that would spend time and people that would spend time and people that would spend time and people that were well known for what they do. wendy appears to just are not clip of course, unbelievably good actor. —— wendell pierce. we know from his action tv series but i want to talk to about theatre, his dad was a world war ii vet who was offered metals but never given him
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because he was black and his campaign to get black veterans recognised without the first prima ballerina of the theatre, i want to be a ballet dancer when i was young. for me that was like heaven to interview her. some people is because i was interested. i and a garden, the barefoot contest, i love to cook and i love the impact is having on young people whose follow this woman. it's always something with a bit of a twist and that's what i was looking for. do they have a common theme or a piece of advice on how to find those moments ofjoy when the world in many ways is so dark? how to find the moments of joy? dark? how to find the moments of joy? i think they are people who love what they do. who love the arts generally. i did interview a business woman out in california. again, sheila found in her business, she loved the skincare empire she is built. there are people that i think radiate in and of themselves some
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positivity on the screen and that's what i was looking for. first of all, i was looking for people who talk to me and give me that kind of time. there was an actor strike going on, that meant it was difficult to read some people. for series two we will reach out to perhaps more people in the theatre world. hugh bonneville who i performed with other people who were happy to play along. people who are happy to play along. people who are happy to play along. people who are happy to play along and give themselves tend to be in my experience people who are quite positive and want to see the world for an optimistic land. that's what i hope to bring it with this series was up all bbc news on bbc .com and thank you for that.— thank you for that. thank you for watchinu. thank you for that. thank you for watching. with _ thank you for that. thank you for watching. with us _ thank you for that. thank you for watching. with us here _ thank you for that. thank you for watching. with us here on - thank you for that. thank you for watching. with us here on bbc . thank you for that. thank you for - watching. with us here on bbc news. hello there. friday was a cold start for all of us across the country, but it was certainly a day of contrasts.
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fog lingered in some places, and that had quite an impact on the temperature, particularly in north—east scotland, with temperatures barely climbing above freezing by the middle part of the afternoon. it was a different story further south. some beautiful autumn sunshine to look out for, and we had over seven hours of sunshine in parts of kent. but the weather story is set to change once again as we head into the weekend, with this deep area of low pressure bringing some wet and windy weather with it. the isobars squeezing together, a blanket of clouds and rain pushing its way steadily east. so a spell of wet weather particularly across south—east england during the morning, slowly easing away to sunny spells and scattered showers into the afternoon. so certainly an improving picture across much of england and wales by saturday afternoon. mild with it 1a—15 degrees. a few scattered showers into northern england, more widespread through northern ireland and to scotland, accompanied by blustery winds, gales on exposed coasts here. but the temperatures certainly on the up in comparison to friday. double figures, we're
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looking at 9—12 degrees generally for scotland. now, as we move out of saturday into sunday our area of low pressure slowly drifts his way steadily eastward, so that means plenty of showers spiralling around that low and still strong winds. perhaps stronger winds down to the south. again a relatively mild start, 7—10 degrees, a blustery start in the morning. and that'll drive in plenty of showers from the west, so not everywhere will see those showers, but they are going to be fairly widespread. perhaps drier interludes for scotland and maybe central and southern england as we go through the afternoon. temperatures likely to peak once again between 9—11; degrees. now, through sunday evening into the early hours of monday, we mightjust have to keep a close eye on this little front here. we could see a spell of very wet and windy weather across south—west england for a time. once that clears the way, however, high pressure is going to build across central and southern england as we move further ahead into the week.
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so if you're after something a little drier, a little quieter, we will get that across england and wales. still the risk of some wet and windy weather at times further north and west. take care.
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hey, i'm zof with the catch up. tonight — everton in the relegation zone, more illness amongst young workers and a car park cat. but first, a man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of irish teacher ashling murphy. the 23—year—old was jogging along a canal near tullamore last january, when 33—year—old joseph pushkar repeatedly stabbed her in the neck. ashling's killing cause widespread shock with vigils across ireland and the uk and pressure on the irish government to tackle violence against women. some other stories now. everton are in the relegation zone after being deducted ten points by the premier league, the biggest punishment in the competition's history. it's for breaking profit and sustainability rules. the club are going to appeal, though. next — millions of people are struggling with illnesses that get in the way of work. they include things like mental health issues or heart conditions. the problem's been growing to 16 to 3a—year—olds and now is likely to have a health issue affecting
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