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this is bbc news. the headlines at 6.00pm. after a rough weekjeremy corbyn admits labour hasn't done enough to rebuild trust with voters — and had this message about his leadership. i am carrying on as leader because i am determined that we will deliver social justice in this country. a warning, britain faces a "sustained and serious" level of terror threat from islamist extremists. sir mo farah insists he's a "clean athlete who's never broken the rules" after allegations involving his coach alberto salazar. donald trump becomes the first president in 36 years to miss the annual white house correspondents‘ dinner. also in the next hour. preparations are almost complete as hollywood prepares for the biggest night in film — the oscars. la la land is expected to the big winner —
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with m nominations, including best picture good evening and welcome to bbc news. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has said he accepts part of the responsibility for the by—election loss of the copeland constituency to the conservatives, telling the scottish labour conference it showed the scale of the task facing labour. he said he'll remain as leader and that labour must unite to win. critics, though, say the defeat shows labour is failing to appeal to the electorate. our political correspondent carole walker reports.
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mr corbyn, are you the man to rebuild labour? jeremy corbyn insists he won't give up the struggle. insists he won't give up the greats; * {5553 and aligns , efihiirfiflfii ir tfiéiléréfi’fifi'éfiii the scale efihiirfiafii ir tfiéiléréfi’fifi'éfiii the scale of the task ahead and urged his party to stand together to turn back the tory tide. the result in copeland was deeply disappointing and of course i take my share of responsibility for it. we haven't done enough yet to rebuild trust with the people who have been ripped off and sold out for decades and don't always feel that labour represents them. but now is not the time to retreat, to run away or to
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give up. labour in scotland is already battling to recover after losing all but one of its mps at the last election. the party's scottish leader echoed mr corbyn‘s call for unity but had an ominous warning on the problems it must confront. in many respects what happened in the north—east of england is what happened to the scottish labour party two years ago. we were the ca nary party two years ago. we were the canary down the mine in terms of facing losing the working class support. jeremy corbyn insists he has a huge mandate from his party that labour's former deputy leader said his task is to get a mandate from the people in a general election. you cannot say the public have got it wrong, mps have got it wrong. the buck stops with you and you have to take responsibility for making it right, not getting it wrong and then blaming other people, whether it is the media or anybody else. there is little appetite within the party for another leadership contest despite all the problems. he was
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elected democratically, you have to get behind your leader. he has got a mission to make labour electoral. the next test is the local government elections.” the next test is the local government elections. i would have liked him to indicate more how we are to support the country to vote labour again. he is putting everything into the party. his critics say that may not be enough. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent tom barton and i started by asking him whether the speech will be enough to unite the party. they have held the seat, in an area they have held for more than eight decades. in between two general elections, they would have absolutely expected to notjust hold it but to increase their majority, so to lose it to the conservatives was a big loss.
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jeremy corbyn's task was to put forward an argument for unity. the result in copeland was deeply disappointing and i take my responsibility for that. the task is to help people. now is not the time to help people. now is not the time to retreat, run away or give up. did keir hardie give up the fight kells? keir hardie give up the fight did clement attlee give up the fight? did the miners give up the fight? did the miners give up the fight? did the miners give up the fight? did the clyde shipyards is, employees and shipbuilders and many more among the industrial working class who were relentlessly exploited in the workplace? no, they
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fought back and won time and time again and all of the rest of us who came afterwards. that is what we all have to do now and that is what i will be doing. labour will be campaigning across britain for investment in decent jobs, campaigning across britain for investment in decentjobs, homes, education for all, support for the national health service, social care and fair taxation. if we stand together, i am confident we can turn back the tory tide and reconnect vote rs back the tory tide and reconnect voters with labour values. what jeremy corbyn has not been able to do is to shake off the sustainability of the leadership. is there appetite now for anyone else to ta ke there appetite now for anyone else to take him on in what would be a third challenge? you are right that those questions are still being asked. we heard them today from some in the party and over the last few days, including crucially from a
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labour's union backers, asking questions about the viability if you like, ofjeremy corbyn's leadership. all of that said, i get the impression there is absolutely no appetite amongst his critics for a leadership challenge. like you say, just a few months ago just five months since the last leadership challenge, the second leadership election in as many years, on which jeremy corbyn won comfortably, where he extended his majority. although those questions are still being asked, i don't get the impression that anybody in the party wants those questions to be put in the form of a leadership election. certainly, you get the impression thatjeremy corbyn is confident that he can retain the leadership. he was asked after his speech today whether he thought he would still be leader in 2020. i am carrying on as leader because i am determined that we will
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deliver socialjustice in this country. we will end the misery of people sleeping on our streets and children growing up in disgusting and disgraceful poverty, and growing levels of inequality promoted by eight tory government. you will definitely be leader in 2020?” eight tory government. you will definitely be leader in 2020? i have given you a very clear answer, yes. pretty bullish from jeremy corbyn. confident that in a few years' time at the next general election he will still be the labour leader and i think very few in the party today would disagree with him. tom barton. max hill told the sunday telegraph that plots by extremists to attack cities was an enormous risk. the home secretary said she agrees with
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that assessment. here is our security correspondent frank gardner. the risk continues thatjihadists will come back to europe brutalised and bent on revenge. the new terror watchdog has warned of current plots. the sad fact is the threat in this country, represented by what we now know as daesh or so—called islamic state is high, is continuing and is not going to abate. max hill says the terror threat today is at least as great as it was to london during the ira bombing campaign in the 1970s. yet the situation is not the 1970s. yet the situation is not the same. the uk terror threat has prompted a major rethink on how britain's cities are protected. the police have been up guns and surveillance increased. but the
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threat from is today differs from the irs -- ira in threat from is today differs from the irs —— ira in several ways. the jihadists with no warning, they aim for maximum civilian casualties and they are prepared to take their own lives. i think the nature of the threat and attempt to the public are seeing is very different. back in the 1970s, you saw a terrorist threat expressing itself fairly frequently, with bomb scares and actual devices. nowadays, the public have not seen a terrible plot on a grand scale be as destructive so from the public perspective the threat seems much smaller but from the security agency ‘s perspective, the security agency ‘s perspective, the threat is much higher. today, much of the war is waged online out of you. terrorists use the internet to spread propaganda and communicate. the government tries to intercept encrypted messages to stop an attack. this isjust intercept encrypted messages to stop an attack. this is just one small pa rt an attack. this is just one small part of a complex government machine
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trying to make britain a hard target for terrorists. tributes have come in from across the film and tv world for the american actor bill paxton who has died at the age of 61. he was best known for his role in the science—fiction film aliens. he died after complications following an operation. the family of a five—year—old girl who died of an asthma attack — after her gp refused to see her — have called for a criminal inquiry. ellie—may clark and her mother were turned away from their surgery in newport after arriving less than ten minutes late for an emergency appointment. ellie's condition worsened and she died in hospitalfive hours later. the gp, drjoanne rowe, was given a warning by the general medical council earlier this week. britain's four—time olympic champion sir mo farah has insisted he is a "clean athlete who has never broken the rules" after allegations
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in a leaked report that his coach may have broken rules against boosting athletes‘ performance. alberto salazar has been under investigation since allegations about drugs use at his american training base were made by the bbc‘s panorama programme in 2015. mark daly had that story and he reports now. can there be a one—two for the salazar group? it looks like it as mo farah takes gold for great britain. he's the coach and mastermind behind britain's sir mo farah and his four olympic gold medals. but alberto salazar and his nike oregon project has been under investigation by the us anti—doping agency, or usada, since a bbc panorama programme in 2015 revealed claims of doping and unethical practices. high—profile us athletes kara goucher and her husband adam made a series of allegations against their former coach. he's sort of a win at all costs person. it is hurting the sport.
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today, the first glimpse of usada's findings. an interim report by the agency has been leaked by the russian hacking group fancy bears and passed to the sunday times. the report alleges salazar used banned or unethical methods to boost performance including infusions of supplements over the legal limit of 50 millilitres, untested and potentially unlawful medical procedures and medications. and the report states that mo farah‘s alleged use of an infusion in 2014 remains under investigation. usada said it could: usada continues to investigate but serious questions now for uk athletics, who were, according to this leaked report, warned about salazar and his methods by one of their own doctors as far back as 2011. salazar maintains his athletes‘
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use of medications has always fully complied with the world anti—doping code and in exactly the way usada directed. farah has released a statement saying, "it‘s deeply frustrating that i‘m having to make an announcement on this subject. i am a clean athlete who has never broken the rules in regards to substances, methods or dosages". he said it was clear from the coverage it done nothing wrong and that if usada had evidence of wrongdoing, to publish it. but questions will persist over fa rah‘s continuing loyalty to a controversial coach the doping authorities seem so determined to pursue. the headlines on bbc news: jeremy corbyn, has urged his party to "stand together" after last week‘s defeat to the conservatives in the copeland by—election.
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the home secretary has said said she agrees with a warning that islamic state militants pose as great a threat to britain as the ira did during the 1970s. sir mo farah says reports associating him with doping allegations are "deeply frustrating." the iraqi military says it‘s recaptured two districts in western mosul from so—called islamic state. the area of mosul is the last is stronghold in iraq. the military says its forces overcame a number of suicide car bombs, to take control of the two neighbourhoods. the militants are surrounded, along with an estimated three—quarters—of—a—million civilians. tom robinson heads 0xfam‘s emergency team in iraq. he‘s just visited the 0xfam base on the southern edge of the fighting area where thousands of families are fleeing to. i spoke to him earlier from irbil in northern iraq. it's
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it‘s obviously very desperate for the civilians who are fleeing mosul at the moment. it is very serious step the iraqi forces have taken. civilians have been living in very impoverished conditions within mosul for the past two and a half years. supplies are hugely expensive. access to basic services are hard to come by. when civilians flee they are fleeing across a battle line and risking injury from war related incidents as well. when they arrive in ourareas it incidents as well. when they arrive in our areas it is a pretty desperate state. are there some other established communities to the south of mosul and is it to these areas the refugees from mosul itself areas the refugees from mosul itself are fleeing? absolutely. we have un agencies and the government have set up agencies and the government have set upa number of agencies and the government have set up a number of camps within the area to the south. communities are also able to take refuge within host
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communities and villages as well. there are options for people but it isa there are options for people but it is a case of keeping up with the humanitarian need at the same time. you are preparing clean water, shelter and so on, all the things one would expect in a situation like that? 0xfam is currently providing support in the camps. my role is to focus on bottle water, blankets, heaters, whatever the immediate needs are. we are trying to cover both sides of the response.|j needs are. we are trying to cover both sides of the response. i also understand you are supporting two trauma centres as well. how busy are those trauma centres? today was the first day when we saw a significant number of civilian casualties. the number of civilian casualties. the number of civilian casualties. the number of civilians fleeing are increasing so they are quite busy, yes. people directly caught up in the fighting or who have been injured early on in the fighting?
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it's injured early on in the fighting? it‘s a mixture of both, to be honest. a lot of it is as civilians are trying to flee or they are caught ina are trying to flee or they are caught in a battle space themselves. it is all kinds of trauma injuries coming in. a lot of these people are individuals who have managed to survive some 30 months or so under the control of is. what sort of stories are they telling your workers? there is a multitude of stories. they are all as harrowing as the next. they have lived under very, very terrible conditions for a long time. for me, the biggest concern is when the civilians are trying to flee, they are fleeing f are " if t are risking "q: 37 7 if try and escape to into of when into of when you > of when you 3 . families 2:15;7€. 2255? 72:2. 355 iéféiiiiia... w . . . but 2:15;7€. 2255? 72:2. 355 iéféiiiiia... w . . . t“ carrying 7.17. iii: on ., , ,, 2:15;7€. 2255? 72:2. 355 iéféiiiiia... w . . . t“ carrying “éiii on i if! l ,, their back or carrying their children, children are often 50% of
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the community population, so it is incredibly difficult. seeing it first hand is difficult. are they grateful nonetheless that this offensive is happening to try and get rid of is? absolutely. a lot of the families we are speaking to a very happy once they do reach the other side of the lines. it is a big drastic change for them to be received in these areas so yes, people are generally happy to be out. tom robinson, the head of 0xfam‘s emergency team in iraq. president trump has said he won‘t be attending this year‘s white house correspondents dinner, a tradition which celebrates the freedom of the press. mr trump‘s announcement came in a tweet and was seen as another sign of worsening relations with the mainstream media. only three other leaders have missed the annual event, which began more than a century ago. a little earlier i spoke with robert mahoney, deputy executive director at the committee to protectjournalists.
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he told he wasn‘t surprised that president trump has decided not to attend the white house correspondent dinner. he would be traditionally at this dinner roasted by comedians and others and i think he could do without that. he would not like that scrutiny and close—up scrutiny at that, would he? you would need a pretty thick skin to go was the president to that particular dinner because the whole purpose of it is you get mocked. but for his audience, for the people who voted for him, and they did obviously in significant numbers, presumably, this is meant to protect him against further scrutiny from the media, trying to reinforce the message that he has been sending out daily that the media is pushing out this fake news? exactly. what we have seen happen is the media has been labelled the enemy of the people, and has been accused of peddling false news and fake news. this is an
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attempt to inoculate the administration against criticism in the future and to undermine the credibility of the press, which has a very clear role to play in a democracy. and your committee, you are used to defending press freedoms in countries far from american shores, how does it feel now that this is happening right there in the united states? it is very strange. the steady drumbeat of criticism in the media is bound to be music to the media is bound to be music to the years of authoritarian leaders and dictators around the world, who would like nothing better than to muscle or silence the critical press. what we see here is something we have to stand up for the values of press freedom and freedom of expression, in the united states, because the united states has traditionally been a beacon and a defender of those values globally. how is the media going to do that? will it continue with a partial
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reporting of the situation or does it staged some kind of boycott?” think journalists will find it staged some kind of boycott?” thinkjournalists will find out what works best for them. most of the news organisations that i am in contact with are doubling down on the very thing they do well which is investigative reporting, good reporting, just using the tools of journalism to get back to where they need to be which is holding this administration, or any administration, or any administration accountable and scrutinising those who have power. there one side to the
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0scars. yes, there is the frivolous showbiz side of things. the red carpet and the million dollar after party. what is the most extraordinary request you have ever had at this party for food?” extraordinary request you have ever had at this party for food? i think i had one of our guests who loved the baked potato so much he said, where is the caviar? he took his spoon and at the caviar with the spoon. who was that? it was brad pitt. it might be the stars which shine on 57: craft different side to category reveals a different side to the business. film—making is a cottage industry as demonstrated by these two brothers from london who are up against each other in the visual effects category. there are four brothers and my sister runs the company. i have two sons who work for me and two daughters. and i have three daughters who work for me and
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my son as well. they are up and coming. we have the next generation and the one after that. so you will keep winning the oscars? we hope so. and then there is the serious side. great films, award—winning films should tell stories that matter, that reflect their time.” should tell stories that matter, that reflect their time. i do think the diversity of the line—up this year reflects the industry i work in and the world i live in. the big thing for me is people see the stuff happening to moonlight and they think things are possible. for a kid who grew up where i grew up, the ceiling is raising. i am his wife. that is no good here. this year's 0scars feels a little different, more politically charged, more connected, but then they will always be in la la land. will gompertz is on the red carpet
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in hollywood. la la land has the lion‘s share of nominations but do you think 0scars glory might be shared out more evenly amongst the nominated films and actors and actresses and so on? i think it might. what i am certain of is that history will be made tonight. after the controversy of 0scars so white last year, we have four potentially non—white winners in the acting categories. i think viola davis will certainly win best supporting actor for fences. possibly emma stone will win for la la land of lead actress but she is up and against an amazing actress so it will not be a walk in the park. la la land will be up
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against won. that is because the mood is changing. la la land might seem a bit frivolous where people are so seem a bit frivolous where people are so anxious and uncertain. i think a more serious film, a more thoughtful film, film which represents modern america. barry jenkins could win that and he will be the first black man to win best director but damien chazelle could win and he will be the youngest winner. when it comes to the speeches, we are all anticipating it may not be the i would like to thank moments that will be remembered but rather the political comments? moments that will be remembered but rather the political comments7m moments that will be remembered but rather the political comments? it is really politically charged. they have only got 45 seconds to speak. there is a challenge in that, how do you say something fresh and new which is not pointed or nasty, which is not playing into the hands of the opposition who will say that is what we expected them to say and it
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reinforces stereotypes? i think the requirement for tonight, not just for the oscars but the world at large, it is a very public stage, on the whole they are very intelligent people, who can say something profound and poignant which captures the moment, in the way that marlon brando did in 1973 when he famously refused his 0scar brando did in 1973 when he famously refused his oscar for the godfather. instead he sent up a native american because he did not believe native americans were treated fairly in the movie industry. she was booed and applauded. it was a big moment. since then, no longer can you send someone since then, no longer can you send someone else up to pick up your 0scar. you have to be good up yourself. i think it will be absolutely fascinating. the bar is quite high to make a difference. if somebody can do it, it will go down in history. we look forward to it.
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thank you. the bbc will have all the 0scars news. you can find out the latest at the bbc‘s 0scars page with live updates as the winners are announced. now the weather forecast with jay wynne. good evening. the fifth named storm has been affecting some parts of ireland and the uk. it has been named storm ewan. the strongest winds are northern scotland overnight. the heaviest rain moving ever eastwards. following on behind comes a whole rash of showers which could be heavy with some hail and thunder mixed in. it could turn cold in scotland and northern ireland with the risk of icy patches by dawn. the rest of the day looks unsettled and windy. there
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could be heavy showers with hail and thunder and sleet and snow ever higher ground. single figures across the board. four or 5 degrees in northern parts of the uk, seven or eight in the south. another chilly day on tuesday. it looks quite u nsettled day on tuesday. it looks quite unsettled with further, heavy showers. goodbye for now.
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