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this is bbc news. i'm maxine mawhinney. the headlines at nine. failure to prepare for a breakdown in brexit talks would be a serious "dereliction of duty" according to an influential group of mps. dutch riot police use water cannon to break up a large protest outside the turkish consulate in rotterdam — amid a deepening diplomatic row. a bbc investigation finds taxi drivers still on the road despite being banned, prompting calls for the creation of a central database. also in the next hour — a shock defeat for andy murray at indian wells. a sluggish performance from the world number one saw him sound the beaten in straight sets by the world's 129th player. and coming up, a look at the sunday morning papers later, the telegraph reports on a cabinet
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rift over chancellor's national insurance rise. good morning and welcome to bbc news. an influential committee of mps has today warned that the government would be guilty of "a serious dereliction of duty" if it fails to plan for brexit talks ending without a deal. the legislation to start the exit process will be debated in parliament tomorrow. in advance, the brexit secretary david davis has called on mps to reject the amendments put forward by the house of lords. our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins reports. we all know what set britain on the road to brexit — last year's referendum victory for leave.
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but we don't know what brexit will actually look and feel like. nine months on, a cross—party committee of mps is warning that the coming negotiations could stall or be derailed. their report says a complete breakdown in the talks would be very destructive, damaging both the eu and the uk. and the mps argue that the government isn't planning sufficiently for a painful no deal outcome. as the prime minister prepares to trigger the formal start of the brexit process later this month, a government spokesperson has responded to the committee report by saying that david davis, the secretary of state for exiting the european union, had briefed the cabinet last month on the need to prepare, notjust for a negotiated settlement, but also for the unlikely scenario in which no mutually satisfactory agreement could be reached. ministers are said to be confident britain can achieve a positive new partnership with the eu, including a comprehensive agreement on free trade. james robbins, bbc news. with me is our political correspondent susana mendonca. certainly catching all the headlines
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this morning. very much so. this is an important week, we'll find out if it passes the house of commons and the house of lords, and if it does, theresa may will be able to trigger brexit as early as tuesday. it is an important week, but there is concern that the government perhaps has not planned for an outcome in which we don't have a deal. david davis, the brexit secretary, is very keen in terms of what happens tomorrow, with the bill going back to the house of commons, that mps don't block it. he is worried that perhaps there might be tory mps who might rebel on this andjoin be tory mps who might rebel on this and join forces with labour, and if that does happen, that potentially those two amendments at the house of lords put forward, the amendment on giving european citizens rights set
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out in law, and giving parliament a formal say on the deal that is finally decided. david davis says that shouldn't happen, because if it does happen, it potentially means that theresa may's hands are tied when she goes into negotiations and will make that more difficult for her. let's talk about the possibility that there is no plan b. what do they mean by that? what they're saying is they don't think they're saying is they don't think the government has really thought out what should happen if we end up ina out what should happen if we end up in a scenario where there is no deal. we have had people see no deal is better than a bad deal. we don't know what they mean by a bad deal. what this committee is saying is thoseis what this committee is saying is those is a realistic possibility that it could end up in there being no deal, because the talks could stall. there are 27 other eu
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countries and they all have to ee, countries and they all have to agree, in orderfor a deal to be made. once the process of leaving the eu begins, so once theresa may triggers article 50, at the end of two years, britain potentially leaves, and if it doesn't have a deal, it goes on to wto rules, which means it would pay tariffs and people are talking about the economic problems that could cause. all eyes on tuesday. we'll talk to you later. thank you. dutch riot police have clashed with protesters in rotterdam, amid a diplomatic row — that saw a turkish minister escorted out of the country. water cannons were used to disperse hundreds of protesters who'd gathered to demonstrate against the decision — against the decision. turkey's family minister was trying to win support among expatriates for a referendum on expanding turkish presidential power — but the dutch government says such rallies would stoke tensions days before the netherlands‘ general election.
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sarah corker has this report. in the centre of rotterdam, dutch riot police were brought in to disperse hundreds of pro—turkish demonstrators. they are angry because the dutch government banned a rally in the city about next month's referendum to expand the powers of the turkish president. these extraordinary scenes came just hours after the turkish family minister was stopped from entering her consulate in the city. this was her response. this building belongs to my country, and i am a minister. there is no such implementation in any international practice. i don't accept this. i reject this. but she was later detained and escorted out of the country. she later tweeted. .. the netherlands had blocked president erdogan‘s supporters
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from holding referendum rallies because of security concerns, but deporting an official takes this row to a new level. she has been declared an unwanted foreigner by the dutch government, and the rules dictate that an unwanted foreigner must be evicted and returned to the country they came from. in ankara, protesters threw eggs at the dutch embassy. there were demonstrations, too, in istanbul. it all started on saturday, when another minister was blocked from landing in the netherlands. that provoked these harsh words from president erdogan. they don't know anything about politics or international diplomacy. they are very nervous and cowards. they are nazi remnants. they are fascists. the dutch prime minister described that fascist comparison as crazy.
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while germany was also branded nazis by mr erdogan, after it blocked turkish rallies. this row is intensifying, and these scenes mark a new low in diplomatic relations between turkey and the netherlands. sarah corker, bbc news. our correspondent, anna holligan is in rotterdam where clashes took place last night. give us a sense of what happened. we arejust outside the give us a sense of what happened. we are just outside the consulate now, you can see the turkish flag flying behind me. the street sweepers and police are still patrolling the streets. we have some deep breathe that has been left behind. we have heard reports that protesters were throwing rocks, and police were responding with batons. there's no doubt about who those protesters
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we re doubt about who those protesters were supporting. these leaflets featuring president erdogan‘s face, they were scattered all over the ground this morning. speaking to people here, they are very disappointed by what they have seen. they believe these rallies supporting president erdogan should be taking place in turkey, rather than he did the netherlands. that's something the dutch prime minister has been repeating. it started off asa has been repeating. it started off as a war has been repeating. it started off asa warof has been repeating. it started off as a war of words, but it has escalated. these actions are expected to make things even worse. we've had a response from the turkish prime minister this morning. he said, turkey will retaliate in the harshest ways after the flight of the foreign minister was prevented from landing here, and then the family minister was expeued then the family minister was expelled from the country and escorted back to the german border. how resist playing into the upcoming elections and the campaign those
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elections? the anti-islam, anti—immigration leader of the freedom party had been flagging in the polls, and this protest there, hundreds of people out on the streets of rotterdam breathing turkish flags, is expected to galvanise his campaign. he has been responding on twitter, as he often does. last night he said, this is evidence, it is what i predicted. he said this morning, if you cannot accept peaceful dutch culture, then go away. it will now be down to the mainstream politicians. these to go before the elections, it's on wednesday, many dutch voters are still undecided, so it will be up to the prime minister and other mainstream parties to explain the nuances of this and convince the voters that going with this anti—islam party that wants to ban
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the koran and close the mosques and stop immigration from muslim countries, is not the answer. otherwise, many people here believe that the freedom party will perform very well in the elections. the metropolitan police have been given more money to continue their investigation into the disappearance of madeleine mccann in portugal ten years ago. operation grange, which was launched in 2011, will get an extra £85,000. scotland yard has refused to comment on newspaper reports that they have identified an individual they want to question. "fake news" has hardly been out of the headlines in the last few weeks, and now the creator of the world wide web, sirtim berners—lee, has waded into the debate. in an open letter to mark the web's 28th anniversary, sir tim unveiled a plan to tackle data abuse and fake news, and expressed concerns about how the web is being used. sir tim said he wanted to start to combat the misuse of personal data, which he said created a "chilling effect on free speech". the government is being urged to create a central database for taxi drivers in england and wales.
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an investigation by bbc radio 5live has found that some drivers who've had their licence revoked are continuing to work after getting a licence from another council, as danni hewson reports. for 25 years, steve mcnamara was the one behind the wheel of the taxi. for him, the safety of passengers has always been paramount, which is why he is supporting renewed calls for a national database of drivers. the most urgent thing that needs to be resolved is cross—border hiring, because at the moment, a licensing authority can set whatever standard they want, and somebodyjust goes elsewhere. if we prohibit cross—border hiring, limit cross—border hiring, that goes some way to resolving the problem. the second thing that needs to be done is we need a good standard of licensing that must apply to all authorities, a standard that everyone has to comply with. and obviously, if certain authorities want a higher standard, that's great. currently, individual councils are responsible, but across local authorities, the requirements that need to be met before a licence is handed out can be vastly different, and some drivers, refused
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a licence in one area, may be approved in another. though all drivers undergo a criminal records check, it doesn't reveal if the driver has ever had a licence refused or revoked for behaviour that hasn't ended up in court. in the wake of the rotherham child sex abuse scandal, where it emerged hundreds of children had been sexually exploited by men, including taxi drivers, there were calls for tighter controls. in scotland, they already have a national database. the association for police and crime commissioners has written again to the transport secretary, asking him to intervene. danni hewson, bbc news. new refugee camps which have just opened around the iraqi city of mosul are experiencing a surge of displaced people fleeing the latest government assault. nearly 200,000 people are currently being sheltered in the 21 camps. some to the east of mosul are reaching capacity while those
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to the south of the city are already full. bbc arabic‘s rami ruhayem has been to chamakor — the un's latest camp opened just last week — but there are fears it could be full within days. yet another stream of refugees arriving from mosul and other places. this is the new camp for the displaced, opened just a few days ago, as authorities simply ran out of space to take in more people. and it looks like it's filling up quite quickly. the latest arrivals have come from a village north—west of mosul, where iraqi forces have been advancing over the last few days. they describe a harrowing journey from their homes to the camp. we called officers in the iraqi army and they told us to leave at night and they told us to leave at night and they told us to leave at night and they would secure the road for
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us. we walked towards the mountain, and an islamic state fighters followed us on motorbikes. finally, the army spotted them and shot at them and they fled. we ran away and what the entire night with our men and children. and when we arrived, we we re and children. and when we arrived, we were received by the army, and they helped us out. to my brother and mother in syria and all the rest of my family, don't worry about is, thank god, we have all arrived safe and sound. the new camp can take in about 12,000 people. authorities here see it is receiving more than 200 every day and estimate it will reach full capacity within a few more days. the headlines on bbc news: mps warned the government it would bea mps warned the government it would be a serious dereliction of duty if it feels to reappear —— prepare for
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breakdown in negotiations with the eu. dutch right police used water cannon to break up a large protest outside the turkish consulate in rotterdam. the bbc investigation finds taxi drivers are still on the road, despite being banned, prompting calls for the creation of a central database. more than 30 years ago the brazilian city of, became known as the valley of death because of its severe air pollution. photos emerged of the effect of that pollution on newborn babies. three decades on, the authorities are trying to clean up the air, as camilla costa reports from cubatao in the south east of brazil. 36 years ago, this place was known as the valley of death, a city where the levels of air pollution were so
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high that children were being born with malformations. these pictures from 1981 shalljust how bad it was. this man remembers what it was like to live so close to a complex of over 20 industries. once i saw a child there running and screaming. it's the rain that bites, he said. i didn't know what that meant, but later realised it was the acid rain which burned the skin. when brazil chose cubatao to set up its first industrial park in the 1950s, this seemed like the best place for it, because it is very close to the largest port in latin america. but this mountain ridge traps the air, the clouds and the pollutants inside, effectively turning this city into a greenhouse. change finally came with real—time monitoring of the air and filters in the chimneys of factories. brazil
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was one of the last to adopt simple solutions that other countries already used, like filters. once we had an agency to oversee the industries, the quality of the improved. industrial activity is still responsible for high levels of air contamination in cubatao. now an environmental engineer and a teacher, he says the city has to do more. his students barely know what happened in the 80s, but he believes that keeping the past alive is the best way to prevent future mistakes. reports from south korea suggest its ousted leader park geun—hye will leave the presidential palace in the next few hours amid growing calls for her arrest. she was removed from office on friday after being linked to a corruption scandal. thousands turned out for rallies in seoul yesterday, a day after three people died in protests. with me is michael bristow — who is a south asia analyst for the bbc.
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she has been dug in there at the presidential palace. actually, she has just left. she left the residence, the blue has, as it's known there. we believe she's going to live in a private house, how she's had for a few years in the size of the city. apparently, that have been made ready. it's a significant moment, because essentially, this is the end of a scandal that's been going on for three orfour months. scandal that's been going on for three or four months. parliament in december decided to impeach the president, a constitutional court then had to decide whether or not to endorse that impeachment. on friday, they decided do that. density was said to be in a state of shock when she heard the news, and for the last few days, we've heard nothing from her. there's been no public statement. we were not sure until today when she was going to leave the blue house. no comments from her
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yet? budget. the focus now will be on whether she will face prosecution. she's been ousted because of a scandal in which she allowed a close friend influence over government decisions. as president, she had immunity from prosecution. she's not president any more, and that is stripped away, so she could face prosecution. the authorities have already said they consider her a suspect in a case, so might only be a matter of time before we see her being interviewed by prosecutors and perhaps, an extraordinary situation, being charged. this has divided the country, there have been rallies for and against her. after seeing somebody has put on a twitter feed that fireworks have been shot overhead as president park has left her residence presumably for the last time. but other pain have been quite angry. they think the court ‘s decision was political, not based on
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the facts, and that it is essentially a witchhunt to get out of both as a democratically elected president. essentially, most people, though, believe she should go. there have been massive demonstrations, sometimes up to a million people out on the streets of the city. those are the people now celebrating. what happens to the position of president? a new presidential election has to take place within 60 days of the court ruling, that takes us days of the court ruling, that takes us up to me the ninth. that's quite a short time frame, and already some of the runners and riders are jockeying for position. the favourite today was on the campaign trail, calling for unity. also warning the president not to be shredding any documents or trying to ta ke shredding any documents or trying to take any documents ( when she left. so already the jockeying for power has begun. as i say, it's a short
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time. the chairman of the election committee say it's a short time, it's very tense, calling for eve ryo ne it's very tense, calling for everyone to calm down. they are hoping for a smooth election. and i'm assuming north korea is watching. yes, north korea has been enjoying this, because usually it's the focus of world attention. they criticise south korea, but the economy has done well and is overshadowed north korea. for south korea now to be in political turmoil, with accusations of corruption at the heart of government, they mustjust be sitting back and enjoying it. they don't have to say anything, they just have to let the world watched the chaos in south korea. a man with a backpack, who was arrested after scaling a perimeterfence in the grounds of the white house, has appeared in court in washington. he's been named asjonathan tran — a 26—year old california resident. president trump — who was at the residence at the time —
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described him as a troubled person and thanked his security staff. italian police and protesters have clashed in the southern city of naples. thousands were demonstrating against the leader of the anti—immigrant northern league party — who was holding a rally. italian media says violence broke out when a group of masked anarchists hurled molotov cocktails. china says more than 18 million 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 has more. in the world's post—populous country, with nearly 1.4 billion people, the birth of a baby comes every 1.75 seconds. 18 million babies were born last year, up more than 10%, with the trend set to
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continue at least until the end of the decade. we predict that the annual number of births up to the year 2020 will fluctuate between 70 million and 19 million, due to the influence of the universal second child policy. the policy has started 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 forced abortion or sterilisation, as well as financial sanctions. is estimated that 400 million births were prevented. now the communist party is investing in the communist party is investing in the next generation, improving health care and education. and building facilities for mothers and infa nts building facilities for mothers and infants across the country. but while births are now rising, there
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area than while births are now rising, there are a than officials had hoped. many women are choosing not to have that second child. decades of restraint on family size mean small families are the cultural norm. it's a problem for beijing, a growing workforce is essential to support its ageing population, and time is running out. by the year 2050, is estimated that one in every four chinese people will be older than 65. the sister sledge singer joni sledge, who had a number of disco hits with her three sisters in the ‘70s, has died at the age of 60. the band was formed in 1971 — with their biggest hit we are family hitting the charts eight years later. three of the sisters have continued to record music and last performed together in october last year. louise lear has the weather. yesterday was the warmest day of the
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year yesterday in northern ireland, with 60 degrees. there was 80 degrees in the south—east corner of england. the story over the last few hours has been heavy, persistent rain across the south. there are two weather fronts making their way across the country and this is why we have this messy picture, with some rain, using, and then brightness to come. rain will tend to linger in the south—east corner. it will be a different story across the south—east, stretching up into east anglia and east yorkshire, but behind it, we should see a window of fine weather, with sunshine coming through. i suspect by the middle of the afternoon, we'll see showery outbreaks of rain lingering fear. nowhere near as warm as yesterday.
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fine, brighter weather behind, before the next system moves through. showery rain pushing in across wales and north—west england in particular. not a bad afternoon in prospect for much of scotland and northern ireland. not as warm as yesterday, with highs of around 11 or 12 degrees. overnight, the rain will ease away and skies were clear. after the mild night, monday morning could be a shock to the system. it will be a chilly start, particularly in rural areas. we could see temperatures close to freezing, which could give us some frost. gardeners, take note. the weather front from the south—west gives a quiet theme into monday. a good deal of dry weather and at this time of year, temperatures will respond to sunshine. we could see 16 degrees in
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the south. just a scattering of showers continuing into the far north and west. tuesday and wednesday, predominantly cloudy, bits and pieces of rain, not amounting to too much. largely dry. enjoy. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at 9.30am. mps warn the government it would be a serious "dereliction of duty" if it fails to prepare for a breakdown in negotiations with the eu. the diplomatic row deepens between the netherlands and turkey, as dutch riot police use water cannon to break up a large protest outside the turkish consulate in rotterdam. a bbc investigation has found that many taxi drivers
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are still on the road despite their licences being revoked. it's led to calls for a central database to be created. and joni sledge, one third of the seventies disco group sister sledge, has died at the age of 60. coming up in a few minutes, our sunday morning edition of the papers — this morning's reviewers are dave wooding and yasmin alibhai brown. before the papers — sport, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre.
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