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this is bbc news, the headlines: the princess of wales — apologises for confusion surrounding a family photo — saying, she was experimenting with editing. it came after major picture agencies — pulled the photo — over concerns it had been manipulated. the centre—right democratic alliance wins a narrow victory in portugal's general election, which also saw a surge in support for the far right. we will be live in lisbon. the mother of the murdered transgender teenager, brianna ghey, has met the family of one of the killers. the former tory deputy party chairman lee anderson defects to reform uk, saying he wants his country back. unfortunately the conservative party and the labour party won't fight back. this party will fight back. and tracking down the multi—million—dollar russian fake art collection that fooled the world.
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all of those stories are coming up soon. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jane dougall. good afternoon, jane. hello, matthew. there's one english premier league match later on monday with chelsea hosting newcastle in a mid—table battle. the two sides are struggling to reach the european places and the pressure is on both managers. mauricio pochettino�*s chelsea have won just three of their last nine games. newcastle are four points better off in the table, and were the winners in the reverse fixture in november. however, manager eddie howe says they're running out of time to get something from this season, while pochettino insists chelsea must concentrate on themselves and not their opponents. iam i am concerned in our performance and in the way that we are going to deal with now, maybe two or three starting 11 players in the last game that we need to find a different solution again.
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of course we know very well newcastle and we can assess newcastle but now i think the most important is the way in which we are going to find the balance in the team to be consistent and to perform in the way that we want to perform. we know we are running out of games. there are not many left. the season seems to have gone so quick. you know, we're here now and we have minimal games left but there is still an opportunity to achieve so we are determined to try and maximise in every game. i think the players know the importance of the fixtures we have coming up. we have got a bit of form behind us. we are looking to recapture still our very best performance levels. hopefully we can. updates on that match on the bbc sport website. in italy, lecce have sacked manager roberto d'aversa after he headbutted verona striker thomas henry, following a serie a match between the two sides on sunday. speaking after the game, the lecce boss admitted his actions were "inexcusable". his side lost by a goal 2—0
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and d'aversa was pictured walking across the pitch at full time, to confront henry. the club annouced their decision early on monday. the defeat means lecce drop to 15th in italy's top flight, two places below verona. to the six nations and wales head coach warren gatland has said his side need to step up if they're to avoid taking the wooden spoon home for the first time in 21 years. they lost heavily to france at the principality 45—24, which makes it four losses from four. wales will have to avoid defeat to italy this weekend otherwise they'll finish bottom of the table. it's a big game for us. it is massive but you can't hide away from it. you have got to embrace the challenge. it is a must win game and there will be lots of external pressure, we understand that, but it's about stepping up, making sure that we learn from the things we have been doing. we have a young
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group of players who are not quite ready yet at this level and they have to learn really quickly about what test match rugby is all about. to the usa now. free agency opens in the nfl in a few hours�* time. some names to watch include running back say—kwan barkley some names to watch include running back saquon barkley and quarterback kirk cousins. speaking of quarterbacks, russell wilson has a new team, following his expensive release from the denver broncos. he has signed for the pittsburgh steelers. wilson confirmed the news on social media and former buffalo bills coach phoebe schecter believes it's a move that could pay off. this is almost a no—brainerfor them. i mean, paying that little money for a starting quarterback, for a veteran in the league — last year there were over 50 quarterbacks that started throughout the nfl season. granted there are only 32 teams, so, injuries happen, things go wrong, you've got someone like that who could help lead your young man,
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your next quarterback, you're only going to really win from the situation and russell wilson is a huge community person so he will bring a lot more to the team than just what he's doing on the field. more details on all of those stories on the bbc sport website. that's it for now, matthew. great stuff, jane, thanks very much. straight back to that commonwealth day ceremony we talked about at the top of the show. this is what is happening live in westminster abbey, the shots from inside that event. well, the queen at that event, also prince william but in the last few minutes they have been hearing a recorded message from king charles. let's play that for you now.
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the 75th anniversary of the commonwealth is a moment to reflect on the remarkable journey that our unique family of free and independent nations has made since 1949. last year the bahamas celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence, as grenada has this year and papua new guinea will next year. each of these milestones and many others like them represent the fulfilment of countless aspirations and the achievements of such remarkable potential. the commonwealth's growth with new members continuing to join commonwealth's growth with new members continuing tojoin our family of nations demonstrates clearly that whilst we may not all have a shared history, we have common ambitions for a better future, working together to build resilience and respond to global
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challenges. the commonwealth family is strongest when we are connected through friendship. as i have said before, the commonwealth is like the wiring of the house, and its people, our energy and our ideas are the current that runs through those wires. together and individually, we are strengthened by sharing perspectives and experiences, and by offering and borrowing the myriad ways we have each tackled the challenges of our time. this is true both at the level of nations and indeed at the local level. we recognise today that our diversity is our greatest strength. the commonwealth represents a third of humanity from all regions of the world, with all the different experiences, knowledge and
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aspirations that this brings. wherever we live, we are united by the many challenges we face, whether it be climate change, the loss of nature, or the social and economic changes that new technologies are bringing. our diversity means that these challenges affect us all differently and that we experience their impacts in different ways. their seriousness, however, their impacts in different ways. theirseriousness, however, is common to each one of us. all of this means that we must work together to understand each other�*s perspectives, including the inequalities and injustices which still resonate to this day. we must find ways of healing and to support each other to pursue solutions. i cannot say often enough that it is by coming together that we create the best chances to improve our
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world and the lives of people everywhere. indeed, overthe years, countless people across the commonwealth have been inspired to form their own commonwealth associations, from lawyers and accountants to business and trade networks, and many more besides. the work they do is absolutely vital, sharing professional knowledge, experience and expertise across the continents for the betterment of each one of us. the commonwealth above all retains a particular focus on our young people who make up two thirds of the entire commonwealth population. whether in kenya or malaysia, vanuatu, or dominique, malta or canada, i never cease to be impressed by the creativity, innovative skills and hard work,
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often in the most challenging circumstances. their energy is transforming approaches to development, technology and preserving and restoring nature. and well, i hope, help to shape and safeguard our common future. having recently celebrated my own 75th birthday, it warms my heart to reflect on the way the commonwealth has been a constant throughout my own life, a precious source of strength, inspiration and pride. in recent weeks i've been most deeply touched by a wonderfully kind and thoughtful good wishes for my health. and in return i can only continue to serve you to the best of my ability throughout the commonwealth. my belief in our shared endeavours and in the potential of our people remains as
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sure and strong as it has ever been. i have no doubt that we will continue to support one another across the commonwealth, as together we continue this vitaljourney. studio: the king's message at the commonwealth day ceremony that is, as you can see, still going on. we will keep an eye on events there. sarah campbell is our royal correspondent and she is there and we will talk to her in the next little while. now to portugal. the centre—right democratic alliance has won portugal's general election — narrowly beating the incumbent socialists — but they fell well short of a majority, so won't be able to govern alone. the election saw a big surge in support for the far—right chega party — almost tripling its vote — and it now holds the balance of power. the leader of the democratic alliance — luis montenegro — has ruled out any deal with the far right, which he's previously described as racist.
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the chega leader said the result signalled the end of two—party rule in portugal. the snap election was held four months after the socialist prime minister antonio costa resigned amid a corruption investigation. let's speak to our reporter in lisbon, alison roberts. how much of a surprise was that the far right doing so well? the how much of a surprise was that the far right doing so well?— far right doing so well? the rise of the far right _ far right doing so well? the rise of the far right had _ far right doing so well? the rise of the far right had been _ far right doing so well? the rise of the far right had been projected i far right doing so well? the rise ofj the far right had been projected by opinion polls. but what is striking as they won seats in all but one of portugal's 20 multimember constituencies and across the south they came second for the most part and in the algarve furrow district they were the most devoted party so they were the most devoted party so they are clearly very well implanted in those areas —— faro. and as mr ventura said after the election result this does look like the end of two party politics in portugal. give us an idea of things they have
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campaigned on, but also what happens now. i read out that those parties don't want to do any sort of deal with them, so how does this actually end? . �* , ~ ., with them, so how does this actually end? . �*, ~ ., end? that's right, mr ventura said cheua end? that's right, mr ventura said chega should _ end? that's right, mr ventura said chega should be _ end? that's right, mr ventura said chega should be called _ end? that's right, mr ventura said chega should be called in - end? that's right, mr ventura said chega should be called in to - end? that's right, mr ventura said chega should be called in to ally . chega should be called in to ally with the democratic alliance but the leader of the democratic alliance said that will not happen. the president will hold him to that, so it is most likely there will be a minority government. how long it will survive is another matter. the president today said he will be calling in the parties one by one in the coming days to discuss how to proceed. he is constitutionally obliged to do that. out of those talks will come some kind of strategy on his part. although as i say, many commentators so we can expect further elections, perhaps after the budget debate next year, if this minority government can't get a budget through. mil if this minority government can't get a budget through.— get a budget through. all right, alison roberts _ get a budget through. all right, alison roberts live _ get a budget through. all right, alison roberts live in _ get a budget through. all right, alison roberts live in lisbon, i get a budget through. all right, - alison roberts live in lisbon, thank you for the update. here in the uk — the mother
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of murdered teenager brianna ghey, has met a parent of one of her daughter's killers. esther ghey met the mother of 15—year—old scarlettjenkinson — who was jailed for life last month. the two women discussed the dangers of mobile phone use by children and the challenges of parenting. sally nugent has been speaking to esther ghey. i know that all of these emotions and, like, feelings like hate — it's only going to impact me. i genuinely don't feel any of those towards scarlett�*s parents, and... i actually don't feel that towards scarlett, either. esther ghey speaking about one of the teenagers who murdered her daughter. 16—year—old brianna was stabbed to death last february. scarlettjenkinson and eddie ratcliffe had watched videos of violence and torture online before killing her. now, just over a year later,
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esther has metjenkinson�*s mother. you instigated that meeting, why did you want to meet her? the crime that's been committed has impacted so many other people and, obviously, what they've gone through is terrible, as well. and they've lost a child and they haven't only lost a child, but they've also got to live with what's happened now for the rest of their life. both of us are mothers who are trying to navigate something that nobody should ever have gone through. and i think, for that, i kind of feel...a bit of a connection to her, as well. and how was that meeting? it was emotional. we had a few, like, very personal... we spoke about very personal things, and she was very open with me and she was so respectful, as well. i think that her coming to see me shows a great deal of bravery on her part, as well.
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since her daughter's death, esther ghey has been campaigning for better online safety for children and for mindfulness to be taught to young people in schools. you talk about choosing to make something positive out of the most horrific thing that could possibly happen. if you were able to cooperate or work in some way with scarlettjenkinson�*s mum, how much do you think you might be able to achieve? i imagine that might be quite a powerful combination. we're working together in a very private way. there is good out there and i think the level of support we've received across the uk, and the kindness that we've received from people as well as scarlett�*s family, as well, itjust show that there is that hope of unity and for people to be better to one another, as well. esther is hoping that working with the mother of her daughter's killer might help with her campaign
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to make society a safer place for young people. sally nugent, bbc news. esther ghey talking to sally nugent. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk. ringing practice at ripon cathedral. you might not expect to find a child holding the ropes. but 13—year—old alice barrett is a fully fledged member of the team. definitely more than just pulling a rope which is what most people think. it's much more complex both physically and mentally. she's recently become one of the youngest qualified ringers in yorkshire, having spent the last three years in training. i'm actually really proud of her. it's taken a long time for her to get from being a very small child to where she is now.
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a majestic sound created by a skilled team. it takes strong arms to handle the bells and a certain height. standing on a box helps. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. let's go back to westminster abbey to show you the live pictures there because that commonwealth day ceremony and service is just coming to its conclusion. we can see the queen they are just meeting some of the dignitaries and invited guests. we heard the message from the king only a short while ago, and there you can see towards the top left of your picture prince william also chatting to the guests. and of course, as we were saying with sarah campbell, talking right at the start of today's programme, of course, so
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much attention on that story around the pictures issued by the prince and princess of wales dominating and potentially overshadowing today's event at westminster abbey as all of that swirls around. the queen just coming to the end, picking up a posy of flowers there, coming to the end of flowers there, coming to the end of that service, the 75th year of the commonwealth. so those are some of the live pictures from westminster abbey. of the live pictures from westminsterabbey. back of the live pictures from westminster abbey. back with sarah campbell on the programme in the next five or ten minutes. let's turn into a fascinating story. more fakes than originals — that's how one expert has described the market for russian art in a new documentary from the world service. hunting down an elusive art dealer, who began selling paintings in the early 2000s — bbc news russian — bbc news russian reveals fake pieces of work that
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have been sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds, hung in prestigious museums and even fooled hollywood. grigor attanesian has this report, on the unregulated art market and the work which goes — into establishing fakes from fiction. the west has long been obsessed with experimental russian art. paintings like these were once banned by stalin for their radical modernism. then after world war ii, undocumented works were smuggled out under the iron curtain. the high price tag for the russian avant—garde brought a way for forgeries which has raised serious questions over authenticity. james has spent much of his life in russia and ukraine is an art dealer. he is one of the outspoken few to publicly question the true value of these works. i was in russia at the time. a very good friend of mine picked me up from some location in central
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moscow in his inevitably vast greatjeep. and in thejeep were stuffed literally tens of pictures which, to my eye, looked completely wrong. and i realised then that there was a major problem. if you are an interested buyer, you may come across across a russian israeli dealer with a collection said to have more than 200 pieces. one even appeared in a scene from christopher nolan's oppenheimer. i managed to secure a piece from the collection with the russian master lissitzky. i wanted to find out how valuable it was. on first inspection, it was clear there were doubts. using artificial intelligence, we were able to compare this work against 20 other lissitzky originals. on the simplified graph, it's quite clear
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that the magenta line representing the subject painting is really far away from the expected distribution of what we would expect from an authentic lissitzky, therefore, i am afraid, the painting is a forgery. this was backed up by more traditional scientific analysis that found modern fibres within the paint we repeated the process with another apparent original from the collection. the results came back the same — a clearforgery. why bother? - what's the big deal? we are looking at - overpriced pieces of art that rich people buy. so what if a few are wrong? it matters to us as a culture, this is our historical- record, and if we allow this to happen, we are destroying our own past _ and what about the man behind the collection? we've spoken to leading
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art experts who question many of the pieces, some of which hang in museums across europe and america. we spent months tracking him down untilfinally he was ready to talk. so no apologies, no explanation, and no new light on the zaks collection, raising more questions for the art world. where sorting fortune from forgery has become the true art form. fascinating and grigor atanesianjoins me now. give me idea dummigan idea of what
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we are talking about in terms of the scale of fakes? this we are talking about in terms of the scale of fakes?— scale of fakes? this one collection has over 200 _ scale of fakes? this one collection has over 200 oil— scale of fakes? this one collection has over 200 oil paintings, - scale of fakes? this one collection has over 200 oil paintings, so - scale of fakes? this one collection has over 200 oil paintings, so it i scale of fakes? this one collection has over 200 oil paintings, so it isj has over 200 oil paintings, so it is said, of the greatest masters we call the film anatomy of fake collection centres not because it's a case study of fake collections going around europe and there is wave after wave of those in the art market every year. in wave after wave of those in the art market every year.— wave after wave of those in the art market every year. in terms of value is it possible — market every year. in terms of value is it possible to _ market every year. in terms of value is it possible to have _ market every year. in terms of value is it possible to have any _ market every year. in terms of value is it possible to have any sort - market every year. in terms of value is it possible to have any sort of - is it possible to have any sort of number we are talking about and how easy or difficult it is to work out whether something is an original or is it fake? it whether something is an original or is it fake? , ' ~ whether something is an original or is it fake? , , . ., ., ~' is it fake? it is difficult to work out because — is it fake? it is difficult to work out because you _ is it fake? it is difficult to work out because you have - is it fake? it is difficult to work out because you have to - is it fake? it is difficult to work out because you have to do - is it fake? it is difficult to work| out because you have to do the providence and research origin, going to archives, you need to do a very expensive scientific analysis using artificial intelligence and it takes time to train mission is to recognise those artists. but more importantly, you asked about the value, it is because there are huge sums that we have these waves are fakes and it's really tragic, it it is a miracle that those painting
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survived, the original ones, they survived, the original ones, they survived stalin, world war ii, the holocaust but now we have this commercial interest, the market boom threatening to destroy the legacy. it was interesting briefly and finally, white matter so much. we saw a little of that in your piece but it really does matter, doesn't it? , ., ~ it? yes, if the market boom, if it destro s it? yes, if the market boom, if it destroys what — it? yes, if the market boom, if it destroys what even _ it? yes, if the market boom, if it destroys what even world - it? yes, if the market boom, if it destroys what even world war ii | it? yes, if the market boom, if it. destroys what even world war ii and stalin have not destroyed it would be tragic. stalin have not destroyed it would be traaic. , ., ~ ., ,., stalin have not destroyed it would betrauic. , ., �* . . ~' be tragic. grigor attanesian, thank ou for be tragic. grigor attanesian, thank you for coming _ be tragic. grigor attanesian, thank you for coming in _ be tragic. grigor attanesian, thank you for coming in and _ be tragic. grigor attanesian, thank you for coming in and flushing - you for coming in and flushing around your interesting piece we saw in the programme. we are going to pause for a moment and when we come back we will have the latest. we were just looking at the picture is a short while ago from westminster abbey, that commonwealth day service coming to a conclusion. our royal correspondent sarah is there on the ground and we will talk to her and have the latest, to come the defection of lee anderson to reform uk. all of that coming up in a moment or two.
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good afternoon, it's turned into a pretty grey day across many parts of the uk, the cloud producing spots of rain and for some it is on the chilly side. through this week, i can't promise we will lose all the cloud, in fact there will still be some rain at times but it is going to start to feel milder. on the earlier satellite picture you can see the extent of the cloud, that cloud producing some rain and drizzle in places. if you brighter glimpses particularly across parts of south—west england and wales, one or two brighter spells elsewhere, conversely some slightly more persistent rain pushing across the western side of scotland. exposed to the breeze in north—east scotland, temperatures only 5—7 degrees, the highest values in the south around 12. this evening and tonight we keep a lot of cloud, some mist and murk in lots of places, few clear spells but some outbreaks of rain swinging in from the west across northern ireland, wales, the south—west of england, perhaps getting into south—west
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scotland and north—west england by the end of the night. if you see clear skies for any length of time it may turn a bit chilly to start tuesday morning. but you can see the frontal system working in from the west. in fact, various pulses of moisture, pulses of rain running along this frontal system. here is the first one pushing its way eastwards as we go through the day on tuesday. pretty wet across a good part of england and wales, some of that rain getting in scotland as well. perhaps a bit drier and brighter for a time in northern ireland and the north of scotland will also see some sunshine at times. generally quite a cloudy day but starting to feel milder, 13 in cardiff, ia degrees in belfast. through tuesday night and into wednesday these various frontal systems continue through. this frontal system here, this cold front, pushing a bit further southwards on wednesday, outbreaks of rain with that. to the north of it, some sunshine, it will be quite windy in the far north with some scattered showers.
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to the south of our weather front, a lot of cloud and here it will feel very mild indeed, may be 16 degrees, if you get a bit of brightness. towards the end of the week, we will see mild air surging northwards. temperatures may peak around thursday with values up to 16, possibly 17 degrees in parts of eastern england. it stays pretty mild as we head towards the weekend. but there will be a fair amount of cloud and rain at times.
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live from london.
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this is bbc news. the princess of wales apologises for confusion surrounding a family photo, saying, she was experimenting with editing. it came after major picture, pulled the photo, saying it had been manipulated. the headlines have been dominated not by the commonwealth but by questions over photo editing. the former conservative party vice chairman, lee anderson, defects to the populist party, reform uk, he talks to the bbc�*s political editor. fortu nately, fortunately, the conservative party and the labour party won't fight back. this party will fight back. ibis back. this party will fight back. as the crisis in haiti deepens regional leaders meet injamaica for emergency talks. leaders meet injamaica
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for emergency talks. and ken steals the show at the oscars, but its oppenheimer

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