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this is bbc news. the headlines at ten. senior mps issue a warning on brexit talks — they've told the government it would be a serious "dereliction of duty" if it fails to prepare for a breakdown in negotiations with the eu. meanwhile, the brexit secretary tells mps to ditch changes to the brexit bill voted on by the house of lords. what we can't have is either house of parliament reversing the decision of parliament reversing the decision of the british people. 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 saw him soundly beaten in straight sets by world number 129, vasek pospisil.
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and at10:30 — the path to pyeongchang. a look at the british athletes hoping to get to the 2018 winter paralympics in south korea. good morning and welcome to bbc news. brexit secretary david davis ‘s warning mps not to try to change the bill. he says undermining it would undermine the prime minister's negotiating stance. the simple truth is we have been
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planning for the contingency, all the possible outcomes. do you have a plan for no deal? indeed. 23 weeks ago, it was briefed out, that i had spent most of cabinet meeting talking to the cabinet about making sure of the importance of contingency plans being online. do you have part of your team round the back of the building thinking, if it doesn't work, this is what will happen? it's notjust my team, is the whole of whitehall, every single department. understand, it's the contingency plan. the aim is to get a good outcome and i'm confident will get a good outcome. we don't wa nt will get a good outcome. we don't want people to think this is what we are trying to do, that they are because we need to have it there for two reasons. one, if, as crisp and integrated year earlier, it does go
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wrong for whatever reason, we need to be ready for that and make sure we are in a position to deal with that. if we get the main income, is helpful to get the planning info that. for them to know that. for us to be confident that we don't face a cliff edge. and in terms of the consequence of not getting a deal, the commission said a complete breakdown represents a destructive outcome, leading to damage for the eu and the uk. are they right about that? i took it personally that is likely. since the referendum, the whole government, and certainly the foreign office, my department, have been engaged with every country in europe and institutions. the feedback is, it's going to be tough, there will be tough points in this negotiation, but it's an absolutely
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everybody's interests that we get a good outcome. hours and there is. it is in their interests and our interests. it's in spain's interests, italy's interests, everybody has an interest in a good outcome. with me is our political correspondent susana mendonca. so it seems that is a plan. that's what he is telling us, without much detail. he says he has spoken to the cabinet about the need for a contingency. if you listen to what the foreign affairs select committee has been saying, it's been saying that if there isn't a proper plan in place, that would be a dereliction of duty, because there would be potentially damage to business, individuals, economic damage. we hear about business is going off cliff edges, that they would all of a sudden have to start paying ta riffs a sudden have to start paying tariffs that they didn't before. a lot of pressure on governments to make sure that it's a proper plan. and we are hearing from david davies
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that he does have one. this is a kiwi in this whole process, because if the bill to trigger article 50 goes back to the commons tomorrow and back to the lords, if it passes balls, it could potentially be triggered as early as tuesday. the government keen that the amendments put forward by the lords last week, should be rejected. those are to protect the rights of eu citizens living in the uk to remain here. it also has parliament a say in the final deal. david davis is seeing parliament will get to see, but he doesn't want it set in low, because it will tie one hands behind theresa may's back as she goes into negotiations. dutch riot police have clashed with protesters in rotterdam, amid a diplomatic row —
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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. 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. turkey's prime minister says a protest has been lodged with the dutch government, and promised that "there will be retaliation in the harshest ways," as sarah corker reports. 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.
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she was later detained and escorted out of the country. the netherlands had blocked president erdogan‘s supporters from holding referendum rallies because of security concerns, but deporting an official takes this row to a new level. 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. this row is intensifying, and these scenes marked a new low in diplomatic relations between turkey and the netherlands. sarah corker, bbc news. our correspondent, anna holligan
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is outside the turkish consulate building in rotterdam where clashes took place last night — and has this update. we're just outside the consulate now, you can see the turkish flag flying behind me. the street sweepers and police are still patrolling the streets and we have deeply left behind. we've heard from numerous eyewitnesses reports that protesters were throwing rocks and police were responding with add—ons. there is no doubt about who goes protesters were supporting. these leaflets featuring president erdogan‘s face were scattered on the ground this morning. people here we re ground this morning. people here were disappointed by what they have seen. they believe these rallies
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should be taking place in turkey, rather than in the netherlands. that's something the dutch prime minister has been repeating. it started as a war of words, but it has escalated and now these actions are expected to make things worse. we've had a response from the turkish prime minister this morning. he said turkey will retaliate in the harshest wheeze, after the flight of the foreign minister was prevented from landing here, and then the family minister was actually expeued family minister was actually expelled from the country and excluded back to the german border. ——x excluded back to the german border. —— x bought it back —— escorted back to the german border. let's top first about the minister who was deported. she arrived in istanbul this morning and made a
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brief statement. president erdogan is personally involved in this matter and we expect him to speak about this issue. what the family minister said in istanbul is that she and her staff were treated badly by the dutch police, and she basically said, it was a painful light for european democracy. this whole situation seems to have escalated very quickly. why?|j whole situation seems to have escalated very quickly. why? i think there are a couple of things that escalated the situation. first of all, the turkish government didn't accept the cancellations. it is in denial, and they want to hold these rallies, because the turkish voters in europe, they have a potential of playing a key role in this
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referendum, which is likely to be a close race. the netherlands, france and germany are the top three countries with the highest voter numbers, turkish borders. also, there dutch elections are approaching, and the far right leader urged the government to declare persona non grata on turkish ministers. so it is sort of netherland ‘s internal politics as well as turkish government. how does this play out to generally for president erdogan. we saw every occasion of unity in turkey. the opposition parties gave their support to the government and declared solidarity, as well as condemning the dutch government decision to deport and declare persona non grata of a member of an
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elected government. president erdogan, this is a very classical election tactic by him, playing with the national sport, so he argues that european governments do not wa nt that european governments do not want a stronger turkey, and they try to prevent this by promoting the no vote in the referendum. we'll keep a close i am this, thank you very much. —— we will keep a close eye on this. 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
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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. 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
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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 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. the headlines on bbc news: the brexit secretary warns mps not
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to try to change the bill which will allow the government to start the formal brexit process. dutch right police type with protesters outside the turkish consulate in rotterdam. a bbc investigation finds taxi drivers still on the road, despite being banned, prompting calls for a central database. sport now...and for a full roundup, from the bbc sport centre, here's richard. he might be 129th in the world and a qualifier, but he is much better than that ranking suggests, as carl edwards and dan edmond found out when he beat them in the davis cup at the start of last month. his serve volley game very, very effective. he break murray's serve four times in a row. murray also threw in seven double faults. he took victory 6—4, 7—6. andy murray's world number one ranking not remotely under threat, but real frustration for him having won his first title of the year only a week ago. there's an all london clash
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in the fa cup quarter finals at white hart lane this lunchtime. you can watch tottenham against millwall from half past one on bbc one. it's the last fa cup tie to be played at the stadium. spurs are having a new ground built right next door. they are unbeaten at home since may, but millwall, from league one, are the only team in the top four divisions who are yet to lose a game this year. we know we will find this a very tough game, because the fa cup is special, it's tough game, because the fa cup is special, its magic. for us, it's very important, because it's massive to be at wembley, the semifinal, a very important opportunity for us to play the semifinal. we know very well that first of all we need to play a very tough and very difficult team. it's the old firm clash at midday today and new rangers manager pedro caixinha will be watching from the stands. brendan rodgers's celtic
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will re—establish a 27—point lead at the top with victory as they close in on yet another title... it's a really intense affair, the supporters are very passionate. playing at celtic park, is a great start for us. if we can play to the level we've been playing for the re st of level we've been playing for the rest of the season, i hope we can get as a result. second place aberdeen beat motherwell yesterday and fourth placed hearts narrowed the gap on third place rangers to five points with a four nil thrashing of hamilton academical. there were also wins for kilmarnock and stjohnstone. partick drew with inverness. marco fu will face judd trump in the final of snooker‘s players championship later today after beating ding junhui in a tense final—frame decider in llandudno. fu was trailing 5—3 but fought back to level at 5—5. he then produced a confident 98 to seal his third successive frame and a place in the final. chris and gabby adcock
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lost in the semi finals of the all england 0pen badminton. the married pair had a match point against their chinese opponents in the third set butjust when they least needed it — chris broke a string and they lost the rally. lu and huang won the next two points to prevent the adcocks becoming the first british pair in a decade to reach the final. that's all sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. more now on the warning by the commons foreign affairs committee that the government must plan for the prospect of the brexit negotiations ending without a deal and that failing to prepare would be a serious dereliction of duty. joining me now from westminster is the chairman of the commons foreign affairs select committee crispin blunt. very good morning to you. did you
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see any evidence of any planning when you were putting together your committee report? we asked the government for evidence, and they declined to give us any evidence. in an answer to me on the float of the house of commons, david davis said it would be engaging in a guesswork. however, since then, we've had the briefing out of the cabinet to three weeks ago, saying david davies warned members of the cabinet that no deal was a possibility and we should begin to plan for it. so it looks as though work was starting. who would've been implicit work anyway, but we need —— we think this work these to be over. it's notjust by the government are prepared itself for no deal. individuals and businesses need to understand what the consequences are and to be in a place to aim off and make their own judgment about how important it is for them to plan for that. and in
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our report, people can see some of the detail and some of the advice we commission. david davis has said on television this morning that there isa television this morning that there is a plan in place, but hasn't given any detail of what is in it. are you suggesting that this should have been started a while ago, and that it's a bit late to start now? we we re it's a bit late to start now? we were pointing out before the referendum itself that there was quite a possibility that if the referendum said leaves, difficulty in negotiations might mean there was no deal. so some thought should of been given to the implications then a brexit vote. the government under david cameron explicitly ordered the government not to prepare for a brexit vote. we cold but grossly negligent in a report after the referendum. this government has been playing catch up to get itself in a
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position to conduct peace negotiations. it is now in that place, ready to give notice, and over the next two years, are appealing for the implications of their not being an agreement in very complex negotiations, which need to be conducted very fast in two years, isa be conducted very fast in two years, is a necessary part of the government's work now, and necessary to prepare people and businesses in the country. you talk about businesses may be going over the cliff edge. briefly tell us you're thinking. if you look at the evidence we have taken, and lots of select committees are working in this area, this is their house of commons committee system working properly together to oversee this huge project. the most important economic impact will come from ta riffs economic impact will come from tariffs and non—— tariff barriers that would arise in the event of
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there being no deal and as leaving there being no deal and as leaving the european union. treaties of the european union is no longer applying and us going to the world trade organisation trading terms with the eu. there would be lots of practical implications from that. that's probably the most important single economic impact. there's also the role of the eu regulatory agencies, there are very many of them and they work ina there are very many of them and they work in a number of different ways. and then you have the position of eu citizens in the uk and uk citizens in the eu, which has been fairly well rehearsed. another is weather health insurance would continue to apply when you travel, what kind of visa travel requirements there might be. you can see this as a complex area, but it needs to be prepared for. how concerned are you that we're not further down the line?|j
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think i'd rather us be further down the line, but that was a mistake of the line, but that was a mistake of the previous government under david cameron not to do the work then. it could have been done since, though. the work is increasingly being done by the government. what we're seeing is there needs to be a turbo—charged put underneath this. we're seeing that all government departments should now be instructed to prepare for no deal explicitly, and it is certainly my view that this needs to be shared with the public, so that they can... it's why we got into this as a committee in the first place, because we felt there was a responsibility to the public and businesses to be as explicit as possible about what the consequences of no deal might be, because it is a very real possibility. reports from south korea suggest its ousted leader park geun—hye has left
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the presidential palace 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. we are looking at some pictures which we think maybe the convoy taking her away. she has dug in there over the weekend. yes, has been anticipation that she was leaving for a few hours. we said earlier that she had left while ago. the south korean news agency is reporting that she has left the compound and is heading towards a private house. how soon she will be a private citizen, is what is being asked. when she was president, she
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was immune from prosecution. she was being impeached because she was embroiled in a corruption scandal, in which she allowed a close friend to get involved in running the government. as president, she could be prosecuted. she is now a private citizen, so many people are calling for her arrest. 0ver citizen, so many people are calling for her arrest. over the next few days and weeks, perhaps she's going to be interviewed, perhaps she will face charges. there we are with the convoy face charges. there we are with the co nvoy now. face charges. there we are with the convoy now. has she said anything since friday? she hasn't said anything. there were reports in a number of papers saying she was shocked and stunned when the verdict came in on friday, basically endorsing a decision by parliament to impeach her. she spent a lot of time, apparently, at home in her own room, thinking about it. she has a p pa re ntly room, thinking about it. she has apparently been talking to lawyers. 0ne prospective candidate to be
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president has said she ought to leave everything in the blue host, that's a presidential residence. they are worried about her taking documents out. it's not clear what she has taken with her there, but we will wait to see how it develops. the protests have been for and against. yes, and it's mostly been against. yes, and it's mostly been against president park protests been holding sway. there have been massive protests in the capital city, sometimes up to a million an immense outpouring of anger towards president park. her supporters have come out in the past couple of days since the court decision, they think it isa since the court decision, they think it is a political decision and they wa nted it is a political decision and they wanted to express their anger. that has led to the people being killed. what happens now? what happens there
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is the focus will be on prosecutors, weather or not they will be interviewing president park and bringing charges against her. a presidential election has to be held within two months, may the 9th. but isa within two months, may the 9th. but is a lot of tension in south korea, and the election commission is already asking for people to come down, because they have a lot to do ina down, because they have a lot to do in a short space of time. and north korea watching with interest. watching and really enjoying the fa ct watching and really enjoying the fact that its southern neighbour is in such difficulties at the moment. 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. now the weather with louise.
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although it has been mild, it is cloudy out there. the clouds starting to break up in the north. it is my world for everyone, very mild in the south—east, with 17 degrees possible. as we go through the night, we will see more cloudy turning and the rain pepping up a little. i heard of it, there will be proved his ability, some coastal and hill bog. more rain waiting in the wings. some of that been heavy and persistent for a time. a lot of loud first thing in the morning as well. the reader will gradually drift eastwards. eventually, we will see improvement in the west of scotland. a scattering of light showers, grey
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and disappointing in the south—east. hello. this is bbc news with maxine mawhinney. the headlines at 10.30. the brexit secretary tells mps to ditch changes to the bill which will allow them to start before more brexit process. what we can't have is either house of parliament reversing the decision of the british people. the diplomatic row deepens between the netherlands and turkey as the dutch use a water cannon to break up the protest outside the dutch —— the turkish consulate in rotterdam. a bbc investigation has found that many taxi drivers
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