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this is bbc news. the headlines at four. the head of french car giant psa plays down fears of british plant closures after its takeover of vauxhall. he says he has faith in the uk's 4,000 workers. as long as we improve performance and become the best, there is no risk. president trump is to sign a new executive order banning people from several mainly—muslim countries who are seeking new visas to visit america. 13 potential uk terror attacks have been prevented in 4 years, say counter—terrorism police as the public is urged to report suspicious behaviour. in the next hour. a zoo in cumbria loses its license after almost 500 animals died there in the last 4 years. inspectors had criticised south lakes zoo for overcrowding, and a lack of proper welfare for animals. and 30 years after the zeebruge disaster which killed 193 people — relatives, survivors and rescuers return to pay their respects. good afternoon and
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welcome to bbc news. there are concerns about the future of more than 4,000 people who work at vauxhall plants in the uk after the business was bought by the french car giant psa. the company — which owns peugeot and citroen — has agreed to buy vauxhall in britain and 0pel in germany forjust under 2 billion pounds. vauxhall has two factories — in luton and ellesmere port — and many morejobs rely on those plants. the business secretary greg clark, says he's "cautiously optimistic" about their future. 0ur transport correspondent richard westcott reports. speak in the commons earlier, more clarification was asked for. 0ur transport correspondent richard westcott reports. it's a deal to create
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a european car making giant. second only to vw in the scale. but big deals can come at a price. fears the new setup could leave thousands of uk jobs vulnerable. the new boss sought to calm nerves. i trust my vauxhall employees in the uk, i trust them. i know that they are skilled. i know they are dedicated. i know they are committed. and i trust that they will be in a very good position by working in a constructive and open manner with psa group colleagues to improve performance. as long as we improve the performance and we become the best, there is no risk they should fear. a500 people work at two uk plants. they make astras here at ellesmere port on merseyside. although the current deal runs out in four years' time. a deal to make vivaro vans just outside london in luton runs out a few years after that. 30,000 people also rely
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on those factories. people working in car showrooms for example. the new combined group actually has 2a factories across europe, all of them now fighting for survival. i'm asking the government to make certain they are at the table because the french and the german governments will be. batting for our british plants and making certain that peugeot are committed to us. the conversations i and the prime minister have had both with gm and psa tell me that they intend to safeguard the plants, honour their commitments, and look to increase the performance and the sales of cars. so we want to hold them to those commitments but the message that we have had lead me to be cautiously optimistic. but the new group boss wants to cut costs. £1.5 billion worth. and soon. almost certainly he's going to have to close plants. he has too many, running
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at underca pacity. plants use huge amounts of money unless they are really operating at least 85% capacity and the average of his plants now is closer to 70% so he has got to make hard decisions and he has made it clear he will make the bulk of them by around 2020, 2021. vauxhall‘s uk future relies on a strong post brexit trade deal. most of these vehicles go to europe. and most of the components come from europe. a good deal will leave the uk better off. any new tariffs or red tape could make it harder to compete. richard wescott, bbc news. joining me from westminster is our chief political correspondent vicki young. brexit overshadows this, so it rather depends on your view on that? we have heard from labour mps today who represent areas with the vauxhall plants in them. they have
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been saying the workforce is strong, they have a good reputation, productivity is high, they're very efficient. so if you have a company thatis efficient. so if you have a company that is looking at where they'll make the cuts that we know that they are seeking to do, then hopefully they'll look at what has been going on with britain with this strong manufacturing car manufacturing second for and they'll look kindly on them. now, labour have been pushing for assurances about things like pensions and we seem to have that up to the year 2020—2021. what could kick in then, well britain on its way out possibly will have left the european union by then. despite those question marks, greg clark just now in the house of commons sounding pretty upbeat. companies invest in britain, because our automotive sector has a high quality workforce , automotive sector has a high quality workforce, has world class efficiency and is part of one of the most exciting places on earth for innovation and research in new technology. the future of the motor industry is bright in britain and we'll be active at all times in doing everything we can to make it brighter still. the reason that that
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brexit deal, the trade deal that we may or may not get with the eu, the reason that's important is because of the added bureaucracy it could add on to these companies, the customs union we have heard so much about. if we were to be outside of that, that could be a problem, there could be extra tariffs. we have heard from people like the chancellor over the last few months saying they'll be looking for a special deal, particularly for the car manufacturing sector. we won't know yet, and not for some time of course, whether they're successful in getting that. thank you very much. ben ando is at the vauxhall plant in luton for us. ben, difficult times because of this uncertainty? yes, that is right. from workers here and those who work in the offices here and also in a parts
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centre near here, since we heard of this take—over, it's the sun ternty —— uncertainty and the potential change. even now the deal is done, they don't know tim pact —— the impact it will have. it's outside their control. all they can do is their control. all they can do is their bestjob here. they know they're among the most efficient of they're among the most efficient of the 24 they're among the most efficient of the 2a plants within the vauxhall 0pel group that are being bought by psa. they know, for example, that they're efficient, the vehicles they've got here, the vivaro vans they've got here, the vivaro vans they have here are guaranteed in production for a further eight yea rs, production for a further eight years, but what they can't control, as vicky said, when she was talking to you, is the circumstances and conditions around brexit — will there be tariffs that come in that will make it harderfor there be tariffs that come in that will make it harder for components of the vehicles to be made here, to be brought into the uk. will there be brought into the uk. will there be other things that will make it
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harder to justify keeping plants like this open. i think those are the things playing on the minds of people. . yes they're hearing the news c0 nfe re nces people. . yes they're hearing the news conferences are positive but they know there are uncertainties around this, at the moment no—one can realryjudge around this, at the moment no—one can realry judge for sure. —— reallyjudge can realry judge for sure. —— really judge for sure. president trump will today sign a new executive order imposing a ban on travellers from a number of mainly—muslim countries. his original ban was blocked by the us courts — and prompted protests around the country. six countries will be affected — iraq is no longer on the list, after apparently agreeing to more checks on its citizens. let's talk to gary 0'donoghue in washington. people might remember trump tweet that was sent out a while ago in which he said if the ban were announced with a week's notice, the bad would rush into the country, a
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lot of bad dudes out there. he's now announcing something that would be implemented for ten days or so, how is that going to go down? the bad dudes are going to get their hans aren't they because, as you say, we aren't they because, as you say, we are not expecting this to be implemented until 16th march. that's because they want to ensure absolutely that everyone at the borders and airports, the executive departments of government knew about last time there was chaos. they're taking this very, very carefully. making substantial changes, you mentioned iraq coming off the list. that's one. we also are expecting that the indefinite ban on syrian refugees, that won't be part of this order any more. they'll just refugees, that won't be part of this order any more. they'lljust be treated like other refugees, so an 120—day ban for them, and also crucially this language around
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religious minorities suggesting that religious minorities suggesting that religious minorities suggesting that religious minorities could be treated differently in terms of their entry into the us thought to be targeted potentially at christian minorities. that's been removed. the reason for that is the courts didn't like that one little bit because the us constitution is pretty clear that you can't pass laws in this country as you can't enact orders in this country that discriminate on the grounds of religion. that's in the constitution, that goes back 200 yea rs, constitution, that goes back 200 years, and that is something that they are not prepared to compromise on. when you look at the modifications, iraq off the list and changes to syrian refugees, would this ban achieve obviously not what the human rights and the civil rights societies want, but would it even achieve what trump's own supporters would hope to get from it if you think about the two countries being right at the heart of islamic state ? being right at the heart of islamic state? i mean, it's interesting. we
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don't really know what they are trying to achieve. you will remember of course that there was a leaked report done from the department of homeland security that either suggested that country of origin wasn't much of an indication of what wasn't much of an indication of what was going to happen. there is some evidence though that the government departments are sort of floating around. they're saying, for example, that 300 current investigations by the fbi are into people who came here as refugees, terrorist investigations, so they're trying to i think bring some evidence to bear on why this is rational. but you are right, there are dozens, a couple of dozen countries that you can point to that have produced people who've been involved in terrorist activities in this country. you can of course point to some countries who're not on this list. more than a dozen of the 9/11 attackers were saudi arabians, of course. saudi
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arabians are not on the list. the opponents of the list will continue to point out facts like this. that is why i suspect there'll still be challenges to this in the court because people believe that it's inconsistent, moorly designed to play to the base in terms of being rude about foreigners and that it's really not going to achieve what it's designed to do in any case. thank you. police say 13 potential terror attacks have been thwarted in the uk in the last 4 years. the uk's most senior counter—terrorism officer has also revealed that more than 500 investigations are being carried out at any one time. an appeal has been launched to get members of the public to report any suspicious behaviour. daniel sandford reports. checking on a huge bag of fertiliser he planned to use for an al-qaeda bombing campaign against nightclubs and shopping centres. this was 0mar khyam in 2004, unaware he was being watched by police. a woman working at the storage warehouse had tipped off
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detectives, potentially saving hundreds of lives. if you have a concern about something you have seen or heard that could identify a terrorist threat, report it. a new police campaign reminds the public of the important role they have in fighting terror. it could be anything that strikes you is unusual. detectives say in one third of the most high—risk recent investigations, information from the public has helped. in the background are the devastating attacks in mainland europe. the trucks driven into crowds in berlin and nice. the mass shooting combined with suicide bombs in paris and brussels. also so—called islamic state or daesh attacks, inspired or even all so—called islamic state or daesh attacks, inspired or even controlled from a distance. you have to go outside. we see increasing use of encrypted communications which can instantaneously and dynamically link terrorists across the world. that brings about a greater danger for us in our communities that
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someone in our community could be influenced by someone working in a terrorist stronghold on the other side of the world. counterterrorist police are working with the threat level of severe, which means that an attempted terrorist attack is considered to be highly likely. it has been like that since the end of 2014 and there is no sign of the level coming down in the coming months or even years. an analysis of where most convicted terrorists lived has identified london and the west midlands. 0ne tenth of all those convicted in the whole of the uk came from just five wards in birmingham. it is not surprising that big cities like london and birmingham which have very large and diverse populations, pockets of deprivation, will have a significant number of terrorists but that should not take away from the fact that a terrorist attack can take place anywhere in the country.
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police said today they have thwarted 13 terrorist attacks on the uk in the past four years and they are currently running around 500 counterterrorist investigations at any one time. daniel sandford, bbc news at new scotland yard. bt sport has paid one—point—two billion pounds to retain the rights to show champions league and europa league football matches until 2021. the deal gives bt exclusive rights to show all games and highlights from both competitions, meaning there will no european football on any terrestrial channel from 2018. the headlines on bbc news. trade unions are calling on the government to fight for british jobs at vauxhall after the car manufacturer was bought by the french owners of peugeot and citroen. 13 potential uk terror attacks have been prevented in almost 4 years say president donald trump is expected to sign a new travel ban on mainly muslim countries but this time iraq won't be on the list. 13 potential uk terror attacks have been prevented in almost 4 years say
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counter—terrorism police as the public is urged to be vigilant. ibrahimovic and mings have been charged with improper conduct after this incident yesterday. arsene wenger denice reports season chose was involved in a training ground royal row in the lead up to saturday's defeat to liverpool with speculation over the play‘s future continuing. bellew says he may never fight again, as he's not sure he can put his body through it again after a bruising victory over david haye on saturday. more on those stories at half past. the former french prime minister, alainjuppe, has ruled out stepping in to replace the embattled centre—right presidential hopeful, francois fillon, in next month's election. the pressure is growing on monsieur fillon to step aside amid allegations that he paid his family out of public funds
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for little or no work. 0ur correspondent hugh schofield is in paris. the clock is ticking on this one, you will be relieved to know, because the country, having been riveted by this story, is now bored of it. the lock is ticks because by the end of next week, the list closes ditch infifthly and if republicans haven't settled on a candidate, they won't have time to do the paperwork to get that candidate properly registered. so yes, all sorts of meetings going on. the crucial thing this morning was juppe the crucial thing this morning was juppe pull out alain, that was a key moment. he was seen as a possible alternative candidate. does that necessarily mean francois fillon will go on without any trouble? there is talk of maybe an alternative emerging. there will be
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meetings tonight and tomorrow of supporters of the camp belonging to 01’ supporters of the camp belonging to or surrounding nicolas sarkozy who is emerging, not for the first time, asa is emerging, not for the first time, as a key player in this. there's everything to wait for, the suspense is still pretty strong. in terms of the fillon camp, what is left of that? well, not nothing is the point. if he was in pieces, this would be easy. they would say, sorry mr fillon, you can't go on, we need someone else; but his position has maybe been boiled down to a rump or a sort of hard core of support, but that hard core is still sizeable. his pole ratings never collapsed com pletely his pole ratings never collapsed completely and at the bottom they reached about 17%, enough for him to say, i can start moving up again. and yet we had that demonstration in paris which was maybe not as big as he'd like to think it was but was certainly enough when it comes to
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the image and television perception for him to say that he pulled it off. there is a large part of the right—wing vote which wants mr fillon and no—one else because mr fillon, in his primary manifestos said that he was going for a clean break with a lot of the way france has been run in the past. those voters don't want to move to a rather more wishy—washy central position such as, for example, mr juppe position such as, for example, mr juppe would have adhered to. so all the questions now are asking is it just mr fillon, or will there be a compromised candidate. fillon has not entirely and definitively ruled out a deal in which he steps aside for another candidate, he just didn't want it to bejuppe. for another candidate, he just didn't want it to be juppe. the sarkozy didn't want it to be juppe. the sa rkozy fa ns, didn't want it to be juppe. the sarkozy fans, you underestimate him at your peril don't you? you do, and he's certainly manufacture enoughing now. let's be clear, he's not in the
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running for this himself. —— man noufring. he got round by beaten at the last presidential election, he won't make a comeback as a leader, but he's very much someone who loves power and he's still very much involved in the running of his party which he still feels attached to. he still has a loyal group of senior figures close to him, many regard him as being the king that was briefly there then got unfairly lost. he is manoeuvering right now. the one possibility that may come out of this which means francois fillon not being a candidate, is if fillon not being a candidate, is if fillon and sarkozy can say, why don't we try this other person. there is one name who has been
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careful of not losing contact with fillon or sarkozy. he's about 50, a cce pta ble fillon or sarkozy. he's about 50, acceptable to large parts of the party, maybe he could emerge as a compromise candidate with fillon saying, look, i recognise i can't win, i therefore pass the baton to this man. who knows, we'll find out at least in the next day or two, certainly. thank you very much. straight to the house of commons, karen bradley is making a statement on the proposed merger between sky and 20th century fox. this statement gives an opportunity to debate this important issue, but at the same time i hope that honourable and right honourable members will respect the limits of what i can say given my ongoing decision—making role. i commend this statement to the house. i thank the secretary of state for advanced notice of this statement and for writing to me on friday setting out her intentions and i'm also extremely grate thafl she's come to the house at the earliest
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possible opportunity following notification of the bid. i also understand that she's in quasi judicial mode and what that means. i hope however she'll listen carefully to concerns about this merger which are being expressed on both inside and outside this chamber. the company names may have changed since the previous bid for sky was withdrawn in 2011, but we are still dealing with media flew rallsty, misconduct and the murdoches. it makes the murdoch empire even bigger —— plurality. we might call it empire 2.0. the companies should be looked at in assessing whether the sky take—over would threaten media
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fluerlty. —— media plurality. we need to be satisfied that the merges company would comply with the broadcasting code, just as we need to be confident that it would not be used by rupert murdoch or his tamly to promote their political views and interests. but the most troubling issues raised by the proposed merger are not about the content of james murdoch's programming, they're about the content of his character. the secretary of state has rightly referred to failures of corporate governance during the phone—hacking scandal, but it's not clear that these failings fall strictly speaking under the heading "broadcasting standards". even though they are central to whether this merger should be approved. a commitment to broadcast standards testis a commitment to broadcast standards test is not a fit and proper person test. will 0fcom's assessment of zist test. will 0fcom's assessment of 21st century fox's commitment to
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broadcasting standards include in its scope the following facts; that six senior employees have been convicted of phone—hacking and another of perverting the course of justice. that over 30 police and public officials have been convicted of accepting corrupt payments from employees of news international which were approved at high level. that one news international journalist has been convicted of making unlawful payments and another of handling stolen property, namely a mobile phone belonging to my right honourable friend for which private information was taken unlawfully from sun journalists at the request of several journalist executives. the former head of legal affairs at news of the world were held in co nte m pt of news of the world were held in contempt of parliament for lying to a select committee during its investigation to phone—hacking. that the standards around privileges committee cast further light on the culture of paying hush money to employees guilty of criminal offences and to deter them from cooperating with the police and prosecution authorities.
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that it seems likely therefore that a number of news corporation employees gave false information under oath to the leveson inquiry. another conspiracy to hack phones between 2005 and 2006 has been admitted by news corporation and a journalist has been convicted. that news international‘s admitted phone hacking in several hundred claims so farand phone hacking in several hundred claims so far and has made payments to victims of lawyers amounting to £600 million. and that is without mentioning the many outstanding civil claims against newspapers owned by news international or the fa ct owned by news international or the fact that allegations have been made in open court thatjames murdoch was involved in the e—mail to the programme at news international which made it more difficult to get to the truth. if those facts can't be included in 0fcom's assessment, then the opposition is ready to work with her to make a solution, to make a sure a solution can be found that deals
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with the wrongdoing in things controlled by the murdoch family. can the secretary of state ask 0fcom to clea rify can the secretary of state ask 0fcom to clearify that they'll conduct a full and fit proper person test before approval of this merger is completed? before approval of this merger is completed ? 0fcom's already before approval of this merger is completed? 0fcom's already made an assessment of james murdoch completed? 0fcom's already made an assessment ofjames murdoch in 2012. if found in relation to his time at news group newspapers during the period phone hacking was taking place that his conduct repeatedly fell short of conduct to be expected of him as a chief executive officer. it also said that evidence available to date does not provide a reasonable basis to conclude that james murdoch deliberately engaged in any wrongdoing. and why did 0fcom not have enough evidence to draw conclusions? because the leveson inquiry had not been in a position to gather evidence. if the secretary of state is concerned about the behaviour and corporate governance failures of news international in the past, then any case for not going apart with the part two of the leveson inquiry has just collapsed. because the
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behaviour she's so concerned about and which she wants investigated is precisely the behaviour part two of levesonis precisely the behaviour part two of leveson is supposed to look into. we are still waiting for the results of consultation on whether leveson part two will go ahead but i hope the secretary of state's words indicate that she'll show some courage, stand up that she'll show some courage, stand up to vested interests, do the right thing and allow the inquiry to proceed. she must not ask 0fcom to do itsjob with proceed. she must not ask 0fcom to do its job with one proceed. she must not ask 0fcom to do itsjob with one hand proceed. she must not ask 0fcom to do its job with one hand tied proceed. she must not ask 0fcom to do itsjob with one hand tied behind its back. mr speaker, can i thank the honourable gentleman for his response and assure him that 0fcom will not be doing any work with one hand tied behind their backs as the honourable gentleman suggested. if i can deal with the issue of the leveson inquiry, the consultation first, i think it's important to put on the record that the consultation's closed, but is subject tojudicial consultation's closed, but is subject to judicial review which makes it very difficult for me to comment at this stage. if i can turn
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to the evidence that 0fcom will look at, i'm not ruling any evidence in or out. if i decide to intervene, 0fcom will report to me on any matters they consider relevant. 0n commitment to broadcasting standards, there is no exhaustive list of evidence, 0fcom can look at whatever they think is right. as i said, 0fcom have sufficient powers and can investigate anything they think is appropriate and i thank the honourable gentleman for the points he's made, i'm sure they'll be part of what 0fcom does consider. they do have a fit and proper test for broadcasting licences. that is a different test to the one that will be considered on this merger but the same evidence may be relevant to both. and finally, my letter sets out matters that i consider revan and warrant further investigation. this includds facts that led to the leveson inquiry, for example, corporate governance at news of the world. it will be open to 0fcom to
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look at all relevant areas and i'm not ruling out any areas if i decide to intervene. thank you, mr speaker. again, can i thank the secretary of state for... studio: so we are going to leave that there. quite a complicated set of circumstances there. what we understand is that the culture secretary, karen bradley, has said she's minded to order an 0fcom investigation into that planned nearly £12 billion take—over of broadcasting sky by rupert murdoch's fox. when tom watson was responding, her counterpart, he was talking as if that was going ahead, so we are now in this curious position of not knowing whether she's still talking about the idea of ordering this 0fcom investigation. but what tom watson was saying, was that it was not enoughjust watson was saying, was that it was not enough just to look at broadcasting standards and the question of monopoly, but it was also important 0fcom do a properfit
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person test and he wasn't convinced 0fcom would be able to act wholly in that region because so much of leveson two, as he said, hadn't been completed. that was the area in which 0fcom would be investigating, in particularly he singled outjames murdoch, who you might rememberfrom leveson part one and the testimony he gave there. we have heard karen bradley's response to him. we are going to leave that there for now. i think that debate is still going on. we have just heard that us president donald trump has signed a new, revised order on immigration. the earlier ban had been blocked by a federal court. this time around, iraq is not on the list. also, one other line on this trump immigration
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ban, which is regarding the trump campaign ties to russia. that has just dropped in the last few minutes. a company run by the queen'sgrandson peter phillips has been paid £750,000 for organising the event on the mall to celebrate the event on the mall to celebrate the queen! 90th birthday. 0rganisers say he did not make a profit from the event, lastjune. £750,000, eyebrows raised a bit, or not?m you cast your mind back to win this event was first talked about, eyebrows were raised by the cost of the tickets, which were £150 each, and they were sold to people linked to charities, of which the queen was patron. so that was the history. the explanation was that these events are explanation was that these events a re costly. they explanation was that these events are costly. they said all along that peter phillips was no company would
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receive a fee and now, we know the size of that fee, £750,000. they have stressed more than once that there was no profit for him. and indeed, sir stuart everington, who was in charge of overseeing the event, has said that they looked at the costs of peter phillips' company, to those of other suppliers for the event, including raising commercial sponsorship, and satisfied themselves that they were competitive in every regard. and a word about the charities that did not benefit? at the end of this, there was some money which has gone to 290 charities linked to the queen. they say the event directly benefited a large number of her majesty's charities! we're going to be talking a little bit about the
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zoo be talking a little bit about the zoo which has had its licence revoked and we will be talking to the brother of a zookeeper who died there a few years ago. that's after there a few years ago. that's after the weather. sunshine and showers, some heavy ones across parts of eastern england. they will be fading as we move into this evening. away from that, we have got variable cloud and clear spells and a touch of frost around. temperatures will be lower than this in rural spots going into tomorrow morning. there will be some showers around in north—west scotland, very few of those left behind in the afternoon. you can see the extent of the dry weather. eventually, though, we have outbreaks of rain and a freshening breeze pushing eastwards through tuesday evening and night. there
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will be further spells of wet weather as the week goes on, but not a complete wash—out. 0n weather as the week goes on, but not a complete wash—out. on thursday and friday it will be turning a bit milder. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines... there are fresh worries about the jobs of thousands of car workers after the french owners of peugeot and citroen, psa, signed a £1.9 billion deal to buy vauxhall. us president donald trump has signed a revised executive order today, reinstating his controversial travel ban on muslim—majority countries. an information sheet distributed to lawmakers said the ban would affect citizens from six countries who are seeking new visas. the uk's most senior counter—terrorism police officer has launched an appeal for the public to get involved in reporting
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suspicious activity, saying security services have prevented 13 potential terror attacks sincejune 2013. councillors in cumbria have unanimously refused to grant a new licence for south lakes safari zoo, where nearly 500 animals have died in four years. the owner can appeal. time for the sport. manchester united's zlatan ibrahimovic and bournemouth defender tyrone mings have both been charged with violent conduct following their premier league match on saturday. mings appeared to catch the head of the player with his studs as he lay on the ground. the striker then caught the defender in the face with his elbow moments later. mings could face a longer ban, above the standard three matches, after the fa said the standard punishment would not be fit in his case, if found guilty.
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both incidents were missed by the match officials — the two players have until tomorrow evening to respond to the charge. the arsenal manager, arsene wenger, has denied that striker alexis sanchez was involved in a training ground row in the lead—up to saturday's premier league defeat to liverpool, as speculation surrounding the player's future grows. sanchez took part in full training this morning, having only featured in the second half of arsenal's 3—1 defeat. it is believed the incident was behind his omission from the first team. wenger though, dismissed those reports. completely false, but i understand that you have to fill the newspapers and we respect that. and when you don't win the games, its not always down to real stories, and we have to accept that. alexis sanchez has 15 months on his contract, so the decision, will he be here or not, will depend completely on arsenal football club, not on anybody else. the fa have today tabled
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a series of proposals to reform the organisation. they include reserving three places on the fa board forfemale members only and adding 11 new members to the fa council to better reflect the diversity in english football. here's the fa chairman greg clarke. i think it's really important that the fa important that the fa reflects the society we are in. we need ethnic diversity and gender diversity. there is a lot of work showing that diverse boards are more effective, and make better decisions, and i think that is true in football, too. there'll be no champions league football on terrestrial tv from the start of the 2018 season, after bt sport secured the exclusive rights for both live matches and highlights. it has cost bt £1.2 billion for a three—year deal, and includes all champions league and europa league live games, highlights and in—match clips of both competitions. the bbc has secured the rights for the 2019 women's world cup, which will see them broadcast
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coverage of every game. england came third at the tournament in canada two years ago — after they beat germany in the play—off. that tournament reached more than 12 million people on bbc tv last time round. england will attempt to succeed the usa as champions in two years' time. after beating david haye on saturday, world cruiserweight champion tony bellew says he's not sure whether he will fight again. he came through their all—british heavyweight fight, a bout that was built on some real animosity between the pair. i don't know, ijust hope he gets healthy as soon as possible. i'm going to take some time out to heal and to spend time with my family, and then we'll see. i'm not sure if i can go through this any more, i'll be totally honest, i'm not sure my body can deal with it. i've far exceeded what i set out to do in this business and this game, i really have. so, it's going to take something special to draw me back out, i'm being totally honest now. that's all sport for now.
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i'll have more in the next hour. a zoo in cumbria loses its license after almost 500 animals died there in the last four years. south lakes zoo, in cumbria, was fined almost £300,000 following the death of a keeper, who was mauled by a tiger in 2013. welljoining us now is stephen mcclay, stephen's sister was tragically killed by a tiger at south lakes safari zoo in 2013. and it was her death which started the whole investigation into what was going on at this zoo. you must
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be relieved to hear about the licence being revoked today? yes, certainly relieved to. do you feel this is the end of the chapter for yourfamily, not this is the end of the chapter for your family, not in terms of grieving but in terms of what you need to do? as you have said, there is still the possibility of an appeal, but this decision today means that the administration that has been in charge for the last four yea rs, has been in charge for the last four years, during sarah's death and since, has not got a licence to carry on, so that is a relief, it's the right decision. no-one was ever actually found culpable for her death, where they? no single person, no. the company took the blame for that after the trial. but these reports that have come out this week about the mistreatment of these animals, it has all been over the past four years, since sarah died. i said at the time that after she died, the place should probably be closed down. it wasn't, and all of
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this has happened to the animals over the past four years. did she ever voice her worries? at some of the test me which has now come out says how worried people were about the welfare of the animals, and that they had not had access to the trinity care and the rest of it, was she quite vocal about that before she quite vocal about that before she died? i don't know if she was quite vocal, but there were things she had concerns about before she died, yes, for sure. and in terms of what the owner does now, he has had the licence revoked, but he could still operate, from what you understand? that's right. the licence is refused for this particular zoo, this particular site. for tim rice opposing theory he could open another zoo somewhere else. there is nothing stopping him in this decision? i am no expert, as far as in this decision? i am no expert, as farasi in this decision? i am no expert, as far as i know, that is the case. 0r another option for him could be to
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be in control behind—the—scenes of anybody else who takes charge at the zoo. anybody else who takes charge at the zoo. i'm just speculative. what would you like to happen to the zoo now? in sarah's memory, do you feel it is better that it should carry on for her love of animals, or is it something that you would not want to see any animal there any more?” think for me personally, i would like to see the place closed down. that's what would give me closure. however, people enjoy doing to zoos and they have still visited over the past four years, despite sarah's death. so i think if it was to stay open, then clearly, a lot of people would enjoy that. however, it is a big if, if it stays open, hopefully it's not going to be run anything like it has been run for the past four years since she died just before she died, to be honest. ashes so much for coming in. the white house says president trump has signed a new executive order,
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imposing a ban on travel from people from all muslim countries, certain countries. and we have been getting reaction to that. good morning and thank you for joining us. the executive order signed by the president earlier today, protecting the nation from foreign terrorist entry into the united states am a is a measure for strengthening our national security. it is the president's solemn duty to protect the american people, and with this order, president trump is exercising his right full authority to keep our people safe. as threats to keep our people safe. as threats to our security continue to evolve and change, common—sense demands that we continually re—evaluate and
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reassess the systems that we rely upon to protect our country. while no system can be made completely infallible, the american people can have high confidence that we are identifying ways to improve the vetting process, and thus keep terrorists from entering our country. to our allies and partners around the world, please understand, this order is part of our ongoing effo rts this order is part of our ongoing efforts to eliminate vulnerabilities that radical islamist terrorists can and will exploit for destructive ends. the state department will coordinate with other federal agencies and implement these temporary restrictions in an orderly manner. our embassies and consulates around the world will play an important role in making sure that our nation is as secure as it can be. and the state department will implement the provisions in this order that allow for the admissions of refugees when it is determined they do not pose a risk to the security or welfare of the united states. upon the president's initial
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executive order issued on the 27th of january, the state executive order issued on the 27th ofjanuary, the state department's diplomatic security officers immediately undertook a review in coordination with the department of homeland security to identify additional measures that would strengthen our vetting of those seeking entry to the united states from seven named countries. these early efforts were concentrated on iraq. iraq is an important ally in the fight to defeat isis. with their brave soldiers fighting in close coordination with america's men and women in uniform. this intense review over the past month identified multiple security measures that the state department and the government of iraq will be implementing to achieve our shared objective of preventing those with the home secretary, amber rudd, or terrorist intent from reaching the united states. i want to express my
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appreciation to the prime minister of iraq for his positive engagement and support for implementing these actions. the united states welcomes this kind of close co—operation with countries in every region of the world who share our commitment to national security. this revised order will bolster the security of the united states, and her allies. now, we spent the morning briefing the congress, the press, and we will continue to talk with key stakeholders this afternoon. experts from the department of homeland security, the department ofjustice and the state department posted an hour—long call with the media on this topic this morning. 0ur collective teams will continue throughout the day to follow up with the congress, the media and stakeholders to answer your questions. i will now turn it to the attorney—general for his comments. thank you, mr secretary. good morning to all of you. one of the
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justice department's top priorities is to protect the united states from threats to our national security. therefore i want to discuss of points, first, the national security basis of this order, and second, the department ofjustice's role in defending the lawful orders of the president of the united states. first, as president trump noted in his address to congress, the majority of people convicted in our courts for terrorism related offences since 9/11 came here from abroad. we also know that many people seeking to support or commit terrorist acts will try to enter through our refugee programme. in fa ct through our refugee programme. in fact today, more than 300 people, according to the fbi, who came here as refugees are under fbi investigation today for potential terrorism related activities. like every nation, the united states has a right to control who enters our
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country, and to keep out those who would do us harm. this executive order seeks to protect the american people, as well as lawful immigrants, by putting in place an enhanced screening and vetting process for visitors from six countries. three of these nations are of state sponsors of terrorism. the other three have served as safe havens for terrorist countries, countries where governments have lost control of their territory to terrorist groups like isil or al-qaeda and its affiliate struggles this increases the risk that people are admitted here from these countries and may be long to terrorist groups or may have been radicalised by then. we cannot compromise our nation's security by allowing visitors entry when their own governments are unable or unwilling to provide the information we need to vet them responsibly. 0r when those governments actively
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support terrorism. this executive order responsibly provides a needed pause so we can carefully review how we scrutinise people coming here from these countries of concern. second, the department ofjustice believes that this executive order, just as the first executive order, is unlawful and proper exercise of presidential authority. this department ofjustice will defend and enforce lawful orders of the president consistent with the core principles of our constitution. the executive is empowered under the constitution and by congress to make national security judgments and to enforce our immigration policies in order to safeguard the american public. terrorism is clearly a dangerfor america, public. terrorism is clearly a danger for america, and our public. terrorism is clearly a dangerfor america, and our people. the president gets briefings on
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these dangers and emerging threats ona these dangers and emerging threats on a regular basis. the federal investigative agencies, the intelligence community, the department of state, the department of homeland security, and the united states military, report to the president. knowing the president would rest possess such extensive information, ourfounders would rest possess such extensive information, our founders wisely gave the executive branch the authority and the duty to protect the nation. this executive order is a proper exercise of that power. now, i will turn things over to our able secretary john kelly now, i will turn things over to our able secretaryjohn kelly of the department of homeland security. like the secretary of state and the attorney—general, i welcome you here today. my comments will be relatively brief. last week the department celebrated its 14th anniversary, first opening its doors
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in 2003. this secretariat was established in response to the devastating attacks of 911 and foreign terrorists turned a beautiful but ordinary day into a nightmare. those attacks taught us that we could not take our nation's security for granted, that homeland security must be our top priority and that we needed to overcome our collective inability to connect the dots of intelligence and arrange them into a more country has a picture of the threats hosed to america and our way of life. much has changed over the past 14 years, both in a world which is more dangerous and a dhs which is much better. the fact remains that we are not immune to terrorist threats and our enemies often use our own freedoms and generosity against us. today's executive order will make america more secure and address long overdue concerns about the security of our immigration system. we must undertake a rigorous review and are
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undertaking a vigorous review of our immigration but in programmes to increase our confidence in the decisions we make related to immigrants travelling to the united states. cannot risk the prospect of malevolent actors using our immigration system to take american lives. this executive order is focused on preventing the entry of new foreign nationals from the six designated countries. accordingly, it is important to note that nothing in this executive order effects exist lawful, permanent residents or persons with current authorisation to enter our homeland. unregulated, u nfettered to enter our homeland. unregulated, unfettered travel is not a universal privilege, especially when national security is at stake. the white house worked closely with other departments to create an order which addresses previous concerns and protects the homeland in every one of our citizens. the men and women
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of our citizens. the men and women of the department of homeland security, like their brothers and sisters throughout law—enforcement, are decent men and women of character and conscience. they are no less so than the governors of our states and territories. of our senators and members of congress. of our city mayors and various advocacy groups. these men and women are sworn to enforce the laws as past by the united states congress, and would be in violation of the law if they did not do so. we do not make they did not do so. we do not make the law but are sworn to enforce it. we have no other option. we're going to work closely to implement and enforce it humanely, respectfully and with professionalism, but we will enforce the law. i want to thank the president for his leadership on this issue and for his steadfast support for our important
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law—enforcement, security and counter—terrorism work. as previously mentioned, i have spent much of the day today on the phone with numbers of congress, the explaining the ins and outs of, i did the same last week, so there should be no surprises, weather it is in the media or on capitol hill. thanks for your time. is this an acknowledgement that the first order was flawed in many ways...? newsreader: so, saying there that both cabinet and congress were fully informed about this particular order. you may run the last time, many details seemed to many. the speakers there emphasising that the press also were given full details of the executive order hours before it was signed. that ban we understand, coming in on the 16th of this month. that will give people,
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as it were, time to prepare their trip, something which donald trump insisted he did not want to allow the first time the ban came in. so, current visa holders will not be affected, according to officials. the new ban includes citizens from iran, somalia, sudan and libya. iraq, removed from the list after consultations between the two countries. plenty more on all of that coming up at five o'clock. now, we're going to take you for a little luck at the weather. there are showers around. you may well get caught in a heavy one. it could have been so different, as this area of low pressure just gave a glancing blow to the south—west of britain, but produced winds near
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120mph in the most exposed parts of north—west france. so, we dodged that one, although it was a very wet start to the day in the channel islands. this area will continue when on —— well on into the night. temperatures lower than this in rural spots. every chance you might get a touch of frost tomorrow morning. for a lot of fine weather tomorrow morning. —— but a lot of fine weather tomorrow morning. as the afternoon goes on, this front, still not making much progress into scotla nd still not making much progress into scotland at four o'clock. it should be across northern ireland at this stage for a wet end to the day. elsewhere, still some sunny spells around. the breeze will be freshening, with this rain moving
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in. buta freshening, with this rain moving in. but a fine end to the afternoon in south—eastern areas. as we go into wednesday, we are left with a trailing by the front to the south, gradually pulling away, quite strong winds in northern scotland, elsewhere, a better picture, moving into the afternoon. there will be a gradual change towards milder air on thursday. temperatures will be edging up above normalfor the thursday. temperatures will be edging up above normal for the time of year. today at five: concerns for the future of thousands of vauxhall workers after the business is sold to a french firm.
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vauxhall‘s two factories — in luton and ellesmere port — are bought by the group which owns peugeot and citroen. i'm asking our government to make certain that there at the table, because the french and german governments will be, batting, british plants, and making certain that peugeot are committed to us. —— because the french and german governments will be, batting for our british plants, and making certain that peugeot are committed to us. the future of the motor industry is bright in britain, and we will be active at all times in doing everything we can to make it brighter still. we'll have the latest from luton as the head of the french firm says he has confidence that british workers can deliver.
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