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hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm gavin grey. the diplomatic row between the netherlands and turkey has worsened as the dutch government prevented two turkish ministers from addressing a rally in rotterdam. the turkish family affairs minister said on twitter that she was being escorted by police to the german border after being stopped from driving to her consulate in the city. dutch riot police have used water cannons to break up hundreds of turkish supporters who'd gathered to demonstrate against the dutch government's decision. sarah corker reports. in the centre of rotterdam, a tense stand—off between hundreds of pro— turkish demonstrators and dutch riot police. officers on horseback and water cannon were used to disperse the crowd who had gathered for many hours outside the turkish consulate. it was a show of anger and
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frustration after the dutch authorities stopped the turkish family minister and her convoy from entering the consulate. she travelled to the city by car after the dutch government barred turkey's foreign ministerfrom the dutch government barred turkey's foreign minister from flying there earlier in the day. and after a short negotiation, she was detained and escorted out of the country to prevent her from addressing a rally in support of the turkish president. she later tweeted: this row between turkey and the netherlands is rapidly escalating. the scenes marked a new low in diplomatic relations. sarah corker, bbc news. earlier, the turkish president, recep tayyip erdogan, accused the dutch government of acting like nazi remnants by refusing to allow his
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foreign minister to fly to the netherlands. translation: they don't know anything about politics or international diplomacy. they are very nervous, and they are cowards. they are nazi remnants, they are fascists. and for more analysis on this diplomatic spat and what's behind it, you can go to our website at bbc.com/news. at least a0 people are reported to have been killed in twin bomb attacks in the heart of the syrian capital damascus. the bombs targeted buses carrying iraqi pilgrims to the city's ancient cemetery, which houses shia mausoleums. our correspondent richard conway sent this report from the scene: this is the largest attack to hit damascus in some time. a suicide bomber detonated his device in this commercial district
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in the centre of damascus, killing at least a0 people, injuring dozens more. the target was shia pilgrims visiting a nearby cemetery. president assad wants to present his country as returning to normal, but as we can see around, from the destruction, that's a long way off. richard conway in damascus. in other news: security officials in washington have arrested a man with a backpack, who scaled a perimeter fence in the grounds of the white house. president trump was at the residence when the breach happened. mr trump described him as a troubled person and thanked his secret security staff. italian police and protesters have clashed in the southern city of naples. it's where thousands were demonstrating against the leader of the anti—immigrant northern league party. italian media says violence broke out when a group of masked anarchists hurled molotov cocktails. british police investigating the disappearance of a young girl, madeleine mccann, in portugal nearly ten years ago have been granted more funds to extend their inquiry. the additional £85,000 will allow the search to continue for another six months.
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the three—year—old went missing from a holiday apartment in portugal while her parents were at a restaurant nearby. huge rival rallies have been taking place in the south korean capital seoul. the protests were for and against the country's disgraced president. park geun—hye is said to be in a state of shock following her impeachment, as her opponents press for criminal charges. despite friday's court ruling confirming her impeachment over a corruption scandal, she remains inside the presidential compound. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: england cruise to a second successive 6 nations title after crushing scotland at twickenham. let's stay with our top story now, the growing diplomatic row
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between turkey and the netherlands. ilhan tanir is a journalist and turkey analyst, based in washington. i suppose the big question is, let's start at the very basics, why did the turkish foreign minister get banned from the netherlands? this actually started with germany. last week germany banned two turkish ministers, the justice minister and the economy minister from holding meetings in germany, several meetings. then the foreign minister was first born, he has been warned by the dutch prime minister rutte for some time to not come to holland
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and hold election meetings. the reason is the dutch authorities see the turkish official rhetoric as divisive and polarising within the turkish community in holland. and they have been asking turks not to come and hold these meetings in their countries. president erdogan is using his role to try to stem the tide of migrants into the uk, very much as sort of a bargaining chip it seems to sum in the outside world. do you think in a sense he might have overplayed his hand here because the word nazis and fascists are because the word nazis and fascists a re really pretty because the word nazis and fascists are really pretty provocative in europe? i agree with you, but the problem is there are only five weeks left in turkey before the election. this election is a referendum being held on april 16 and mr erdogan is
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not doing well in the polls this time for the first time. the polls are showing that the no votes are ahead. mr erdogan and his officials realised that in turkey they are not gathering the crowds they used to. mr erdogan may he isjust using gathering the crowds they used to. mr erdogan may he is just using this tension to gather and stop the excitement within his own base and within europe —— start. and also around the world. he may be thinking he may be able to repair all the damage he is causing now, but for now he is just going to go ahead with his outlandish rhetoric. and you, as an alan list of turkey, how will his words go down, do these strong words, the strongman sting he
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is pushing forward, does that work? —— as an alan list. it certainly works for his own base. —— as an a nalyst. works for his own base. —— as an analyst. i have been working for hours —— watching for our turkish media, they are airing this live from europe and within turkey there are crowds in a lot of cities in turkey. he may be thinking that again he finally started to find some sort of argument to push his crowds outside. but at the same time the turkish economy is not doing well, turkey has a lot of problems with foreign policy is in syria, europe and the us. it remains to be seen how successful he is, and we will see in five weeks at the referendum i believe. we must leave
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in there. thank you very much indeed. thank you. a female judge has been criticised after warning women who get drunk that they are putting themselves in danger of being targeted by rapists. lindsay kushner qc said what she called disinhibited behaviour could put women at risk. her comments have been described by the campaigners as outrageous and misguided. frankie mccamley reports. jailed for six years, for what police described as a horrifically prolonged attack, ricardo rodriguez was found guilty of raping a woman who had been on a night out in manchester. but, sentencing, judge lindsey kushner used her final words before retiring to issue a rape warning to women. she said... while many might see her comments as useful advice for women out
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drinking, others believe this is a backwards step. i'm very anxious that, whatever message she meant to send, it's very clear that what it has sent is the message that there's not much point in reporting. that's wrong. whatever amount of drink you've had, do report. you will be treated better than this suggests. a rape survivor herself, pavan amara now helps others through the ordeal. i think it makes all of us really quite angry. it's one thing to go around making these comments when you sit in a courtroom all day, and you are engaging in one aspect of society without engaging with the women who are experiencing this. judge kushner says she doesn't think it is wrong to teach women to protect themselves.
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campaigners, though, hope this will not stop other rape survivors from coming forward in the future. frankie mccamley, bbc news. the brexit secretary david davis is urging mps to ignore proposed changes to the government's brexit bill when it's debated in the commons on monday. the amendments include measures for a meaningful vote on the final brexit plan and guarantees on protections for eu nationals living in britain. article 50, the formal process for quitting the eu, could be triggered next week. our political correspondent alex forsyth gave us this update from westminster. the brexit bill, that piece of legislation that would allow the government to start the negotiations about leaving the eu is entering its final stages here in parliament next week. the house of lords have had their say. they want changes to the bill, as you say to protect the rights of eu citizens already in the uk, but also a written guarantee
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that parliament will get a say on the final terms of the brexit deal. tonight there's a very clear message from the government, they will not accept those changes. the brexit secretary david davis saying he wa nts secretary david davis saying he wants the bill to go through with no strings attached. we know label went agreed to that, jeremy corbyn says today what's crucial is how many tory mps are prepared to go against the government. ministers have given them a verbal reassurance that parliament will have the final say on the final terms of the departure from the eu, the key question now is whether that's enough to stave off a rebellion. this is a significant moment, this is notjust a test of the prime and mr‘s authority in the house of commons but once this bill is passed, theresa may will be able to and start the process that will end with the uk's departure from the european union. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has prompted angerfrom within his party after saying it would be absolutely fine if a second referendum was held on scottish independence.
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the party later issued a statement clarifying its position saying it opposed a second referendum. but it added that it was not the job of westminster to block referendums. a british airline which ran services between some of the country's smaller airports has gone into liquidation it's left passengers stranded, and others facing much longer journeys to reach their destination. citywing have released a statement saying all its flights have been cancelled, and told passengers not to turn up for flights, because there would be no—one to assist. this is bbc news, the headlines: dutch police have broken up a protest by supporters of the turkish president recep tayyip erdogan in rotterdam. a retiring judge is criticised for saying women can protect themselves against potential rapists by not getting too drunk. a labourmp is
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a labour mp is calling for abortion legislation to be updated. the rules that say a woman must have the consent of two doctors to end her pregnancy have unchanged for decades. critics say that a change in the law could pave the way for terminations on demand and sex selective abortions. my first reaction was that i do not want to have a baby straightaway. how am i going to care for this creature when i cannot even care for myself? emily tells me why she had an abortion. she was broke, had depression and could not cope. she had to wait a month for a termination. it was the worst months of my life. i was googling for ways to induce miscarriage and i think that proves in itself it was too long. you are risking the lives of women because i could have hurt myself. you could have faced a jail sentence. could have hurt myself. you could have faced a jail sentencelj could have hurt myself. you could have faced a jail sentence. i have no words for that. to punish a woman who is already in such an unstable
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and vulnerable position, what you think you are doing to the life of that woman? just under 200,000 abortions were carried out in the uk in 2015. most in rooms like this. and he does say that women should wait about two weeks but it can be twice that. figures indicate that these tablets are increasingly being purchased illegally online by women who refuse to wait. two doctors sign of every abortion. this is unlike any other medical procedure. no other procedure involves ending a life and that is what is key here, isn't it? we are in the 21st century. we trust women to make decisions about their lives and their healthcare and abortion should be no different. but others say the delay that comes with not one but two gps is essential when deciding the fate of not one but two lives. many women go from an initial
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consultation by the time they come back have changed their mind. it is an important step in the process to make sure that women are making right decision for them. you have statistics to support that argument? we know around 30% of women who go to an initial consultation never go through with the process. once you have done a termination, if it is a rush process, you cannot change your mind. the office later said that this figure had been given by a leading clinician but could find no evidence. at abortion is an emotive subject. the royal college of midwives have backed the proposal that over a thousand midwives have backed a knot in my name petition. they fear it could pave the way for sex selective abortions. we did not achieve what i always believed what we needed which was choice. diana was a key figure calling for change in the 1960s, just as she is today.
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i was in the 1960s, just as she is today. iwasa in the 1960s, just as she is today. i was a lone public voice but i was not the only person who had had an abortion. there were other voices but they were unheard and u nfortu nately but they were unheard and unfortunately they still are. 50 yea rs later unfortunately they still are. 50 years later ron we are still fighting. this is the hate mail? she shows me the hate mail her campaign attracted in one file that letters from women who begged for help in another. that fine line between the rights of women and the rights of an unborn child will be scrutinised once again on monday. a founding member of the iconic pop group of sister sledge has passed away. together with her sisters she recorded multiple hits. this is the
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band's publicist said she was found dead at her home in arizona on friday. the cause of death has not yet been determined. china says more than 18 million new babies were born last year — and its decision to allow couples to have two children instead ofjust one has achieved "notable results". but it may not be enough to prevent problems caused by its ageing population. andy beatt reports. in the world's most populous country with nearly 1.4 billion people, the birth of their baby comes every 1.75 seconds. baby birth of their baby comes every 1.75 seconds. ba by births birth of their baby comes every 1.75 seconds. baby births are up 10% with the trend set to continue until the end of the decade. we predict that the annual number of births, up to the annual number of births, up to the year 2020 will fluctuate between 70 million and 90 million due to the influence of the universal second child policy, the policy has started
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to show its effect and fertility rate changes are within our expectations. china's controversial one child policy ended in 2016. for 40 yea rs one child policy ended in 2016. for 40 years brothers and sisters were forbidden. those who broke the rules could face a forced abortion or sterilisation as will as financial sanctions. it is estimated that over 400 million births were prevented. now the communist party is investing heavily in the next generation, improving healthcare heavily in the next generation, improving healthca re and heavily in the next generation, improving healthcare and education. and building facilities for mothers and infants across the country. but while births are now rising, there are fewer than officials had hoped. many women are choosing not to have that second child. decades of restraint on family size means small families are the cultural norm. it isa families are the cultural norm. it is a problem for beijing. a growing workforce is essential to support the ageing population. time is
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running out. by the year 2050 it is estimated that one in every four chinese people will be over 65. online ticket touts who buy in bulk and then sell tickets for inflated prices will face unlimited fines under new government plans. our business correspondent joe lynam reports. when it comes to seeing your idols up close, people will sometimes pay large sums. but increasingly fans are being priced out by robots, or bots, that snap up tickets in seconds and resell them at inflated prices. and fans are often squeezed out. it stops the youth from going to these places, from seeing these shows, it's not really fair. it's not necessarily fraud, but if people are making money out of something that it's kind of a bit like you shouldn't put such a premium on something. the rise of the internet has enabled touts to use software known as bots to automatically buy up thousands of tickets in seconds, and that's what the government wants to make a criminal offence with unlimited fines.
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we think it's unacceptable that fans are being ripped off by these computer bots buying up all the tickets and then selling them at inflated prices. so we're going to make that illegal, so that people can buy tickets more easily and fans can get to the concerts, the sports venues that they want to. but can we ever fully remove illegal ticket touts? there's always more that can be done. as long as there are people out there wanting to profit on the back of tickets, there will be people wanting to buy those tickets as well. the important thing is to sort of distil it to a good market, a market that works well for the industry, and a market that works well for consumers as well. and that might mean that official ticket sellers for popular shows will have to be far more vigilant when someone tries to suddenly buy or suddenly sell a lot of tickets. criminalising these bots which snap up tickets which fans otherwise want could work, but if they're overseas, then there's very little the government could do.
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also, ticketing experts say that the bots might in fact be real human beings, paid paltry sums of money by the illegal ticket touts to do their work — criminalising them would be fraught with problems. joe lynam, bbc news, in the west end. now to london's soho where we have been taking a look at the changing nature of modern food culture. asking — why did the chicken restaurant cross the road? from high street restaurant to basement food factory — how one restaurant's switch in business model mayjust be the shape of things to come. the pressure in soho was huge. business rates went up, rent went up. it cut into the cost of our business. it is for deliveroo. in the early days we were one of the first restaurants for deliveroo and we saw how popular delivery was
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becoming. we began to think about where this is going to go. catering only to the delivery market. is not sad that a restaurant is a social place where you meet people in if you have fewer races like that, we have lost something? it is notjust a social set experience. it will may not be able to cook at home or they may not be able to. maybe they will stay in and watch a box set. i think this will never replace a restau ra nt. this will never replace a restaurant. the social experience of a resta u ra nt restaurant. the social experience of a restaurant is completely different to theirs. england have won a second successive six nations tournament by beating scotland by sixty—one points to 21. after wins over ireland and wales, scotland had been hoping for their first triumph at twickenham for 34 years. england now equal new zealand's record of 18 successive test wins by a leading rugby union nation.
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joe wilson reports from twickenham. twickenham just after two. any view will do. england arrived at this match unbeaten as all these spectators well knew. but they have won their games in the six nations by being good enough. the team which has really excelled and found a new level in the tournament, that was scotland. so much can change once the anthems have been sung. a minute into the game, bottom of the screen, a dangerous tackle on elliot daly by fraser brown. the sin bin for him and daly‘s game was soon over. if there was a glimmer of space in the scotland defence, england had a man to exploit it, jonathan joseph, gone. scotland were stretched, worse when they lost players to injury, even worse when jonathan joseph got the ball again. again, it is joseph ghosting through. now, finally, says the coach, this is what i told you we could do.
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gordon reid burrowed and scored. scotland battled, but the game was gone before half—time. in the second half, joseph through, almost at a stroll. 61 points was the final measure of england's control. the six nations secured, england want more. it is ireland next weekend. this is a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity and we are pleased with the six nations champions but the grand slam is something we are looking forward to. it takes one win to lift the calcutta cup, it takes 19 consecutive test victories to set a new world record. so, onto dublin. joe wilson, bbc news, at twickenham. a driver in china has ended up on the roof of a house after trying to avoid an accident. he said that as he tried to get out of the path of a motorised tricycle and an oncoming car, he accidentally put his foot on the accelerator rather than the brake. the result was, to say the least, embarrassing. fortunately, nobody
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was injured in the incident and he was rescued by local police. now the weather with helen willets saturday brought northern ireland its warmest day of the year so far. we will see some sunshine but the warmth will not be repeated today. this was the saturday evening sunset and 16 was the temperature that we reached, about 61 fahrenheit. there was 18 in the sunshine in the south and the east, and it was on the whole a fairly decent day for most. however we did have that weather front around. the rain has been pepping up with heavy bursts of rain in the south and the odd rumble of thunder off the south coast. so we do have notjust one but two weather fronts to contend with for sunday, an awful lot of cloud, misty low cloud, hill and coastalfog, so for most, sunday is going to get off to a mild start.
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this rain in the east obviously bringing a different day for eastern england, and damp weather in northern ireland in the morning, moving soon into wales and the south—west of scotland. remember, all the time it is going to be a gray and misty start. so a lot of low cloud around the hills and coastal fog as well. behind this first weather front and ahead of the next one we may well have some brighter weather through the east of wales, midlands, into parts of northern england and central scotland. but still quite murky near the east coast of scotland compared with saturday, and that rain band getting into the west. now, all the time, the rain in the east will be fizzling out. it looks as if the rain further west as it heads its way in will tend to become more showery as well. there will therefore be a lot of cloud around and more limited brightness. it looks lovely for northern ireland in the afternoon, western fringes of the uk. and that means we will see some sunshine but it will not feel as warm as it did during the day on saturday. temperatures only 12—14 degrees. and then through the night, as the skies clear further, we are in for a chillier night.
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we could have a frost, a light frost as we head into monday morning. perhaps the far south and east still quite cloudy, so still escaping, but with high pressure building in for the start of the week, it means that the weather is settling down. so monday looks like a decently dry day, with some springlike sunshine, just not the springlike temperatures we saw through the first half of the weekend. still, 14 or 15 with sunshine is pleasant enough. but that weak weather front is starting to invade from the north—west. the breeze is increasing, so tuesday brings more cloud and not much rain. it hangs around into wednesday before the pressure tries to build back in again, and the weather fronts mostly pester northern and western parts through the coming week. you can see risk of cloud in the south on tuesday. still a lot of cloud into wednesday. as ever, there is more detail on the website. bye bye. hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm gavin grey. dutch riot police have broken
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up a rally in support of the turkish president hours after one of his ministers was refused entry to the turkish consulate in rotterdam. police carried out mounted charges at the protesters, who had gathered outside the consulate as the diplomatic row between the two nations escalated. fatma betul sayan kaya, turkey's minister of family and social policies, had arrived by road on saturday ahead of a rally planned to help harness the votes of turks living in the netherlands. she's now been escorted by dutch police to the german border. an intruder has been arrested after scaling a fence and entering the grounds of the white house. the man was carrying a backpack, although it didn't contain any dangerous material. president trump was in the building at the time of the incident. more from me at 3am. now on bbc news, dateline london.
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