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tonight at ten: there are demands for theresa may, to explain why mps weren't told a trident missile test went wrong. to explain why mps weren't told a a missile, like this, failed to reach its target just weeks before a parliamentary vote to renew the system. did you know that misfire had occurred 7 well, i have absolute faith in our trident missiles. when i made that speech in the house of commons what we were talking about was whether or not we should renew our trident. was whether or not we should renew opposition mps are demanding ministers make a statement before the house tomorrow. ministers make a statement also tonight: ministers make a statement the white house is accused of telling "falsehoods" in a battle with the media, about president trump's inauguration. about president trump's french socialists are voting on their candidate for april's presidential election. voting on their candidate and...
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voting on their candidate choose life, voting on their candidate choose facebook, twitter, choose life, choose facebook, twitter, instagram and hope that someone, somewhere cares. it helped define the 1990s, now trainspotting returns for a new generation. now trainspotting returns good evening. the prime minister is under pressure tonight to explain why mps were not told a trident missile test went wrong last summer. it happened just weeks before a crucial commons vote on the future of britain's nuclear deterrent, when theresa may urged parliament to back renewal of the weapons system. today, she repeatedly declined to say whether she knew of the malfunction, when an unarmed missile failed to reach its target. our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. this is what the launch of a trident missile looks like. lastjune the royal navy carried out what it calls a "routine un—armed test launch" from hms vengeance but we now know that something went wrong.
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but we now know that hms vengeance was about 200 miles off the florida coast. it was to fire the missile around 5,000 miles across the atlantic. but a malfunction occurred during its flight and it didn't reach its target. during its flight and it the speaker: i call the prime minister. yet, just weeks later, theresa may was asking mps to vote on spending £40 billion to renew the weapons system. mr speaker we've waited long enough, it is time to get on with building the next generation of our nuclear deterrent. today she was asked four times if she knew then there'd been a problem. times if she knew then did you know that misfire had occurred 7 well, i have absolute faith in our trident missiles. did you know it happened? in our trident missiles. i think we should defend our country. play our role in nato with an independent i think we should play our role in nato with an independent nuclear deterrent. in nato with an independent
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did you know about it when you told the house of commons? and the issue we were talking about in the house of commons was a very serious issue. about in the house of commons it was about whether or not we should renew trident. whether we should look to the future and have a replacement trident. that's what we were talking about in the house of commons. that's what the house of commons voted for. i believe in defending our country. of commons voted for. jeremy corbyn voted against it. of commons voted for. he doesn't want to defend our country with an independent nuclear deterrent. country with an independent prime minister, did you know? country with an independent there are tests that take place all the time, regularly for our nuclear deterrent. all the time, regularly what we were talking about in that debate that took place... i'm not going to get an answer to this. we understand the prime minister chose not to inform parliament about this and it's come out through the media some months later. it's a pretty catastrophic error when a missile goes in the wrong direction. error when a missile goes whilst the ministry of defence has publicised past success launches of the trident missile, in this incident they say they would give no further details of the test injune,
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because of national security reasons. in a statement, the mod would only say that the submarine hms vengeance and her crew were successfully tested and certified. but significantly, officials do not deny that there was a problem with the missile, or that it might have veered off course. or that it might have the former head of the royal navy says ministers should have come clean. navy says ministers the missiles have been fired now, since 1990, regularly, and they work all the time. since 1990, regularly, this clearly was a problem. since 1990, regularly, that's why you have tests. since 1990, regularly, just to check it. since 1990, regularly, there was some minor problem. since 1990, regularly, i don't think it would have made any difference at all. by not publicising it, it immediately makes you think — are they hiding something? it immediately makes you think — is there something wrong? it immediately makes you think — it was a stupid thing to do. it immediately makes you think — the government still says it has absolute confidence in britain's nuclear weapons system but this incidentjust raises questions
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about its reliability. incidentjust raises questions 0ur deputy political editorjohn pienaar is in westminster for us tonight. editorjohn pienaar how damaging editorjohn pienaar is all this for the prime how damaging is all this for the prime minister? well, you only had to watch that interview, clive, to see to watch that interview, clive, to see this is a difficult story, and an uncomfortable time with potential for political embarrassment. the betting is the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, could well be asked to make a statement to the house of commons tomorrow, on all of this and he could argue this was a routine test, that there's no realistic chance of a nuclear accidental strike on moscow, let
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alone florida. experts would say a stray missile would be aborted long before it land on disneyland. it's also true that most mps at westminster do the prime minister has also confirmed that she'll visit washington for talks with president trump on friday, the first world leader to meet him since his inauguration. mrs may said she would build on the special relationship between britain and america, but would challenge any opinions she finds unacceptable. but would challenge any opinions here's our political
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correspondent iain watson. we'll correspondent iain watson. have an opportunity it about we'll have an opportunity it talk about our possible future trading relationship but also some of the world challenges we face. it all sounds positive but the two leaders will have to square this circle. ! i wa nt will have to square this circle. ! i want us to be a global britain. as you can see, as you can see, our as you can see, our business with our eu partners is worth far more than our trade with the united states. no trade agreement can replace or match what we will lose our own doorstep europe. it is well known here that the team around theresa may were not exactly the biggest fans of donald trump when he was a candidate, but as soon as he was a candidate, but as soon as he
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was elected his officials were dispatched to the states trying to mention —— men now the prime minister insists she still isn't fair to raise really difficult issues with the new leader of the free world. theresa may was a little coy on what she would say face—to—face with donald trump, but... ithink she would say face—to—face with donald trump, but... i think the biggest game of that will be made about the role of women is the fact i will be there as a female role model. in the 80s, mrs fach and ronald reagan had a close and candid relationship. —— magus —— mrs thatcher. the white house has vowed to fight the news media "tooth and nail", over
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to fight the news media what officials see as unfair attacks on donald trump. the new president has taken issue with estimates of the size of the crowd at his inauguration on friday. his press secretary says it was the biggest in history for such an event, but as our north america editorjon sopel reports, the evidence doesn't support the claim. the evidence doesn't the weightiest issues on the planet were discussed at donald trump's inaugural address, but what the president is in a white rage about are suggestions that the crowds for him were not as big as they were for barack 0bama eight years ago, even though the evidence is incontrovertible, as these two photos, each taken 45 minutes before the inauguration started, make plain. before the inauguration but last night, journalists were summoned to the most extraordinary white house briefing to be told they were lying. this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period. audience to ever witness
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this kind of dishonesty in the media, the challenging, the bringing of our nation together, is making it more difficult. there has been a lot of talk in the media about the responsibility to hold donald trump accountable, and i'm here to tell you that it goes two ways. we are going to hold the press accountable as well. no questions were allowed. accountable as well. earlier in the day from donald trump, on a visit to cia headquarters, a similar attack, though this time the target different. a similar attack, though this time as you know, i have a running war with the media. they are among the most dishonest human beings on earth. they sort of made it sound like i had a feud with the intelligence community. sound like i had a feud but, hang on a minute, how do you reconcile the suggestion that it's all got up by the journalists when he tweeted this 11 days ago? by the journalists when he he accused the intelligence services of leaking material against him,
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and suggested their behaviour made it seem as though we were living in nazi germany. it seem as though we were and today, key lieutenants were intensifying their attacks. there is an obsession by the media to delegitimise this president, and we are not going to sit around and let it happen. 0ur press secretary gave alternative facts to that. look, alternative facts are not facts, they are falsehoods. part of this can be put down to donald trump's obsession with the size of his crowd, but there is deliberate strategy here too. but there is deliberate it seems the white house wants to undermine the conventional media so that donald trump is able to present his own version of reality through twitter and facebook without any mediation, and say to the public, who do you believe, me or the establishment media? who do you believe, me and while this battle plays itself out, the satirists are making hay. this is their take on what vladimir putin makes of it all. i am glad to see so many people showed up to your inauguration. oh, wait, that's the women's march.
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showed up to your inauguration. here is the inauguration. showed up to your inauguration. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. showed up to your inauguration. the authorities in israel have approved the construction of more than 500 homes for settlers, in occupied eastjerusalem. the decision was delayed until donald trump took power in washington. until donald trump took he spoke to the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu by phone today, and had previously said, he would be israel's "best friend". a woman with dual british and iranian citizenship, has had her appeal against a five—year prison sentence rejected by a court in tehran. a five—year prison sentence nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe hasn't been told the full details of the charges against her, but her husband says she was accused of recruiting staff for the bbc‘s farsi service and of being married to a spy. for the bbc‘s farsi service he says she's innocent of both claims. france's socialist party, will be choosing between a former prime minister and a staunch left—winger for it's candidate left—winger for its candidate
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prime minister and a staunch left—winger for its candidate in april's presidential elections. left—winger for its candidate initial results from the first round of voting suggest the centrist, manuel valls, will take on benoit hamon, who says he wants to legalise cannabis. will take on benoit hamon, who says but the eventual winner won't be the only socialist candidate, as lucy williamson reports from paris. he reports from paris. was the liberal prime minister who he was the liberal prime minister who divided the socialist party. now manuel valls wants to unite it as its candidate for president. his opponent for the run—off, benoit hamon is offering voters a very different brand of socialism, including a monthly payment to 750 euros to every french citizen, regardless of income. trands transby putting me ahead of the other candidate you are sending a message of hope and renewal. you want to write a new page for the left and
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for france. today's result is the verdict of a party divided, and also disillusioned. turnout was much cloeer than in the socialist primary five years ago. a sign that few here believe they are choosing the next president. there is going to be very little chance for the left wing because i think the people are so disappointed in francois hollande's presidency. but there is still hope. evenif presidency. but there is still hope. even if we don't win in the next election, it'll set the mood for what is going to happen and what type of a position we can do. when it comes to finding a left—wing candidate for the presidency, the socialist party race is only part of the story. after five years of president hollande's unpopular government, interest in this primary is low and two of the most popular left—wing politicians aren't even taking part. emmanuel macrn left the government last year and is drawing business crowds to his own independent president campaign. and the leader of the france's far left party is also running on his own ticket. whoever wins the
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socialist nomination next sunday will leave left—wing voters with a choice — split their votes among three different parties, or unite behind one of the candidates on offer. they might be celebrating now, but to stand any chance of keeping the far right front nationale from power, the socialist candidate may have to choose who they want to help, their opponents on the right, or their rivals on the left. now, to a film that defined a generation. trainspotting made stars of the original cast including ewan mcgregor and now more than 20 years on, it's back. and now more than 20 trainspotting 2 has had its premiere in edinburgh tonight, and our entertainment correspondent colin paterson was there. after more than 20 years, the trainspotting gang back together on the orange carpet of the long—awaited sequel. how does this compare
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to the 1996 premier? i don't remember the 1996 premier! to the 1996 premier? i really don't. to the 1996 premier? i mean, yeah, for probably a very good reason! laughter apart from all the fun stuff in the first movie, i think people found it relate to ball, even though it was maybe about subjects they weren't involved in, it was still relate to pull in some way. to this is carrying such a cultural weight associated with it, that it feels like no event i've been to before. choose life, choose a job, choose a career... the choose a career... movie poster was on student's
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withdrawals, the movie poster was on student's withdrawals, the sound track in cd players. it dealt with addiction, hedonism and friendship. so what you are looking at is that? thief changed the wall, haven't they? earlier in the day, the director, danny earlier in the day, the director, da n ny boyle earlier in the day, the director, danny boyle took us back to where it all began. we implied they were straight from prince's street, where they were being chased by detectives and he gets hit here. what have you been up to for 20 years? since trainspotting, danny boyle has dominated the oscars with slumdog millionaire and triumphed at the 0lympic opening ceremony. millionaire and triumphed at the olympic opening ceremony. since we made the first movie, people come up to you and talk about the characters like you know them. that made you
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think we had caped of duty to perhaps turn to it again. here we are, more than 20 years' later. how do you make sure this is not the film equivalent of dad dancing? ? the truth is, you can't. part of the responsibility of what we were doing is embracing the fact that we were making a sequel to a story that people knew intimately. a sequel to a story that choose life, choose facebook, twitter, instagram, and hope that someone, somewhere cares. twitter, instagram, and hope that and the cast are already talking about a third film, based on irvine welsh‘s latest novel. about a third film, based chances of a trainspotting 3? about a third film, based what, in our 60s? about a third film, based yeah, when we're all in our 60s, in some skag house old folks home or something! in some skag house old folks i think the chances are good. in some skag house old folks i mean, ithink, the blade artist,
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irving, who isjust arrived there, i'm up for it, he's up for it, so don't think you've seen the last of begbyjust yet. so don't think you've seen colin paterson, bbc news, edinburgh. so don't think you've seen with all the sport, here's hugh woozencroft at the bbc sport centre. here's hugh woozencroft andy murray is out of the australian open. the number one seed was beaten by the world number 50, mischa zverev in the fourth round in melbourne, as katie gornall reports. round in melbourne, andy murray leaves melbourne having missed an opportunity. with novak djokovic out, the draw had opened up for him. his path had been blocked by an unexpected obstacle. he played extremely well, especially tend of the match. he did come up with some great stuff. he deserved to win. some great stuff.
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a tough one to lose. some great stuff. mischa zverev isn't even the best player in his family. his younger brother alex is said to be the one to watch after losing the first set against the player ranked almost 50 places below him, murray tried to repair the damage. he levelled the match but the german was proving an awkward opponent. but the german was proving his game plan was to serve and volley. ronnie 0'sullivan is aiming for a record seventh title at the masters snooker. he facesjoe perry in the final at alexandra palace. having been 4—1 down, 0'sullivan is now with 10 frames the target for victory. you can watch the conclusion on bbc two. england's cricketers have dramatically won the third and final one day international against india in kolkata. india needed only six runs off the final four balls to win but were frustrated by chris woakes. england had earlier scored 321—8 from their 50 overs. india though, win the series 2—1. wasps booked a place in the last eight of the rugby champions cup with a 111—27 win over
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zeebre in italy. wing christian wade scored arguably, the pick of their seven tries. britain's dave ryding has finished in second place in the world cup slalom race in kitzbuehel in austria. he was quickest after the first run but eventually beaten by home favourite marcel herscher. no brit has won an alpine world cup ski race in the 50 years of the competition. the last on the podium was konrad bartelski, back in 1981. that's all the sport for now. before we go, just time to tell you of a new bbc global affairs programme starting tomorrow, with the focus on donald trump's first 100 days in the white house. it's hosted by katty kay and christian fraser. that's at 7.00pm on the bbc news channel and bbc four. that's it. but do stay with us on bbc one, it's now time for the news where you are. have a very good night. this is bbc news. more now on a
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woman with dual british and iranian citizenship who has had her appeal against a five—year prison sentence rejected. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has not been told the full details of the charge against her better husband said she was accused of recruiting and of being married to aspire. mike kollek has been speaking to her. the first sentence was the first five years and we lived in hope it will change the appeal and a longer time went between the appeal and the verdicts so between the appeal and the verdicts so you get uncertain. it was 18 days so so you get uncertain. it was 18 days so three weeks ago the appeal happened. but in secret. they secret courts are lots of tradition there.
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no one was allowed to watch. what are the accusations? different ones at different points and what came through, it was crazy stuff at the beginning about her overthrowing a regime. what came through in this hearing was to new ones. 0ne regime. what came through in this hearing was to new ones. one was that she was the head of recruitment and that she was the wife of a known british by meaning me. are you? it's not true. both of which are crazy and completely untrue so nazanin works for reuters, she did work for a bbc charity for one year back in history but not something very important. as i understand it, the reason why they were accusing her of being married to a spy was because of the media campaign i have been doing the fact there were 500 pages of herfile of doing the fact there were 500 pages of her file of media coverage we have done so protesting her innocence was will prove the guilt.
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is there anything you can put your finger on which may have led to her initial arrest? i think it's probably the fact that she has media connections, the fact you works through charity, she does media training, doesn't do it in a rant but it is an organisation that could do. that's what got her in and from there on the story keeps changing. take us back to the day when this happened. they had gone on holiday, for iranian new year, on the way back i was due to go down and pick them up on the airport and i got a phone call saying that she didn't catch the flight. i didn't worry about it too much at the time, they said it was a passport problem and then as the days went on and it was clear she had been taken for questioning and it was unclear who had got her, it was weeks before it was confirmed that it was the revolutionary guard, that was terrifying. and the fact i had been sitting and waiting thinking it
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would work out fine was hard when i realised what she had been through. where was your daughter at this point? she was given back to her grandparents who were there to see nazanin after so since that point she has been living with her grandparents very traumatic at the beginning. now after ten months she is fluent there and her grandmother is fluent there and her grandmother is her sarah gutmann. how old is she? 2.5. i've not seen her physically since this happened i've seen physically since this happened i've seen her on skype, most evenings, she is getting older and is beginning to ask questions about what is happening. she's still young enough to live in the moment really. let's ta ke enough to live in the moment really. let's take a look at the weather forecast. good evening. it's another cold frosty night out there for a good few of us after what has been a sparkling day for many. scenes like this one in suffolk. but for others it stayed gloomy
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all day long and, well, we saw some light snow falling out of some of this cloud in wales earlier on today, so quite a mixture, and we will keep the variety going, as we head into the night, where you've got cloud cover — actually, that will provide a blanket and will prevent the temperatures from falling too low. where you've got clear skies, as i say, quite a hard frost. and as we've seen over the last few nights temperatures locally can fall lower than these numbers suggest. the other weather element, and perhaps the most important one, is fog, so i'm going to take all the rest of the elements off and just concentrate on that fog. it's already there across some southern counties, and it will become more extensive i think later on in the night and by tomorrow morning. it will be quite nasty, freezing fog patches. and again on tuesday, disruption quite possible. check out your bbc local radio station or go online for the latest updates. some of the major airports could be affected, so do leave a bit of extra time and check with the operators before you set off. not all of us waking up to fog. i think there will be some brighter skies further west at eight o'clock in the morning across parts of south west england and got through wales.
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some patches of fog through the midlands, northern england, maybe southern scotland, but not as extensive and plenty of dry and in places bright weather, though it will be chilly and there will be some frost around across these more northern areas. to go through the day, actually for the vast majority it will be a nice day with light winds, some sunshine developing for a good few. where you start off with fog it could linger and when that does happen it will be particularly chilly, in fact not much above freezing across central and eastern parts of england, where that fog sticks around, but for most of us, yeah, a five, six, possibly 7 degrees, with light winds and wintry sunshine. it should feel quite nice. then the fog reforms again and by tuesday could be a problem once more, especially across some central and north—eastern parts of england perhaps. different story across scotland and northern ireland. some patchy rain pushing in from the west here, crossing the irish sea. introducing some milder south—westerly winds, so relatively mild — nine or ten degrees here and in western fringes of england and wales. further south and east, though, despite some brightness it is going to be chilly.
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we end the week with the fog clearing as the breeze picks up. it will be a cold wind for a time before it turns milder for all come the weekend. everything is a bit late in tonight, so we everything is a bit late in tonight, so we will see how we can do! we will be taking a look at tomorrow's papers shortly, hopefully.
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