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this is bbc news. i'm ben brown at westminster. police have made an 11th arrest. a 32—year—old woman in manchester. they have also released a new image of the westminster attacker taken from the driving licence of the man who carried out the terrorist attacks here in london. police say he used a number of aliases, and appeal to the public for information about him. from schoolboy footballer to violent criminal, further details have emerged about the life of the 52—year—old attacker. there might well be people out there who had concerns about masood, but weren't sure or didn't feel comfortable about passing information to us. i now urge anyone with such information to call us. prince charles visits some of the
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injured at kings college hospital in london. the fourth person killed on wednesday has been named as 75—year—old leslie rhodes, a retired window cleaner from south london. also in the next hour: the controversial health bill that could replace obamacare — president trump demands a make or break vote in congress. the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, tells the bbc that the eu will not seek to punish britain during brexit negotiations. and plans for customers to receive automatic compensation by their phone company for problems with broadband and landlines. good afternoon.
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the flag is still flying at half—mast in memory of those who died in the westminster attacks on wednesday. police are trying to piece together a profile of khalid masood, the man who carried out the attack on wednesday afternoon. in the last half hour, the metropolitan police have issued this image of khalid masood, obtained from his driving licence. he was 52 years old. there has been another arrest. that was in manchester this morning. that makes a total of 11 arrests so far. police also say there are two ongoing searches in birmingham and east london. they‘ re appealing for anyone with information about masood — previously known as adrian russell ajao — to come forward. police want anybody with any
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information about that man to come forward and get in touch. richard lister reports. posing for a school photo at the age 01:14, adrian russell ajao who would change his name to khalid masood one day and launch a murderous attack in london. the questions for police are why and who helped? searches are continuing around the country. birmingham has been a key focus. today police took a car from outside the house of a man arrested by armed officers yesterday. a neighbour at saw it happen. police banged the door down and took him out. he was in handcuffs and he had a smirk on his face. police were in stratford in london gathering evidence from a flat linked to masood. this morning a woman was arrested in
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manchester on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts. she is the 11th person arrested in this enquiry. police say they still need more information about masood. we are appealing today is to the public to say, if, even in hindsight now you realise something about khalid masood, something about his associates, about his movements and planning now is the time to speak to our officers. the investigation in westminster and the search of more than 20 addresses has led to more than 2700 items being seized. the identification of 3500 witnesses. and the processing of hundreds of video uploaded to police. this brighton hotel was where masood stayed the night before he set off for london. detectives arrived here within hours of the attack and focussed on room 228, where he also stayed last friday. they took with them the trouser press from the room, the kettle, and even the toilet roll holder, all of which could provide dna or fingerprint evidence. it's really shocking at the moment... the staff can hardly believe
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the attacker was the same man they checked in. he was joking and smiling and friendly, he was very, very friendly person when he walked in. it really is, actually... he was a lovely guest, i liked him. the receptionist put comments in the system, you know, as a nice guest. the news has come as a shock to others at the hotel too. nothing whatsoever made me think you got to be wary of this guy, nothing. and the guy was calm, there was no — there was nothing in his conduct or demeanour that would have let me get a feeling that something weird about this guy. and he isjust on his way to commit mass murder. the inquiry‘s also taken police to west wales where khalid masood's parents live. the police there spent the night searching this isolated property. they said later the occupants aren't being treated as suspects, and are receiving
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what they described as appropriate support. local people were stunned to learn khalid masood had family here. i think it's not so much a shock as sympathy for the mother who's been estranged from her son, as i understand, for many years. 0bviously she's come out to a tranquil location and, what she thought was, and everything sort of broken loose around her. 0n westminster bridge there are few signs of the carnage which changed so many lives on wednesday but there are now double the usual number of armed officers on duty in london and this investigation is getting ever wider. richard lister, bbc news. the attack caused about 50 casualties. earlier today the prince of wales visited kings college hospital in london, where some of the victims are being treated. this
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is the prince inside the hospital. he spoke to nurses on the way in, before a meeting members of the response team as well. the prince said he was amazed at how quick the response to the attacks had been. he told staff at the hospital, you are brilliant, an amazing example of teamwork, and thanked them for their efforts. prince charles also speaking to patients being treated for their injuries. let's talk to the former foreign secretary, sir malcolm rifkind, also formerly chairman of the commons intelligence and security committee at westminster. thank you for being with us. what are your thoughts a couple of days after these horrendous attacks? they are horrendous attacks? they are horrendous attacks. but ideally from the point of view of isis they are not the attacks they would have liked. what these guys would like to be able to do is have a repeat of
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the london bombings of 2005, or 9/11 in new york, when you had several highly experienced terrorists coordinating mass attacks. because of the effectiveness of our intelligence agencies, they have been talk —— thwarted in doing that so farand we been talk —— thwarted in doing that so far and we hope that will continue. now you have a petty criminal who takes a vehicle, mows down people, uses a nice, no guns, and creates the oxygen of publicity which isis crave. and making it very difficult for the intelligence services. we know he was vaguely on their radar a few years ago, he was a peripheralfigure. their radar a few years ago, he was a peripheral figure. 0bviously their radar a few years ago, he was a peripheralfigure. 0bviously they can't carry out surveillance on everybody who is a peripheral figure? you have a few hundred people who can be kept under surveillance because they are known not just to have surveillance because they are known notjust to have extremist surveillance because they are known not just to have extremist views surveillance because they are known notjust to have extremist views but the potential to turn that into violent acts. you probably have several thousand people m15 know about love said some remark which
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was pretty extreme. —— who have said. the law the land does not permit you to keep somebody under permanent surveillance unless you have ha rd permanent surveillance unless you have hard evidence that they are a bad guy planning to do illegal things. —— the law of the land. islamic state have claimed this attack as their own. there another to possibilities. 0ne attack as their own. there another to possibilities. one is they have never heard of him but it suits them to claim him and get the benefit of the publicity. another possibility is that although he was acting as an individual, he wasn't under anybody‘s control. what we saw in the lee rigby case was that one of the lee rigby case was that one of the murderers had actually been through facebook and contacted a known extremist in yemen, where they discussed how to kill a soldier, two months before it happened. i don't know of this will happen in this case. nevertheless it is possible that this guy on the internet may
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have had contact, which he himself may have initiated. there are lessons to be learned in terms of security at the palace of westminster, or more broadly? you can have 100% security but only by turning a building into... that is not just for parliament or turning a building into... that is notjust for parliament or bmps. every day thousands of members of the public want to see the debates, to see their mps, the business that goes on in a free parliament. there isa goes on in a free parliament. there is a risk you cannot eliminate. what will happen now is there will be a study done. are there measures that can be taken that, without destroying the overall ability of parliament to do its job, destroying the overall ability of parliament to do itsjob, means there are some extra security at the periphery to try and prevent people being able to penetrate the way we saw yesterday? this was an attack on the heart of british democracy. yet we see life returning to normal
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today. we have to be careful with the rhetoric. in one sense it was an attack on the heart of british democracy. but that gives it a significant it didn't actually deserve. this was one petty criminal getting into a vehicle, mowing down members of the public crossing the bridge and running with a knife into the outer area of the building, where he was shot them, sadly having stabbed someone. that is not a mass attack by a coordinated, experienced terrorist seeking to penetrate parliament. i think some of the headlines that are used, although they are factually correct, you can't say they are incorrect, they give an impression to the rest of the world of a terrorist attack that was sophisticated, that was planned, that was coordinated. it simply isn't true, so far as we can tell. 0ne isn't true, so far as we can tell. one guy doing something very criminaland one guy doing something very criminal and very stupid and paying the price. very good to talk to you.
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thank you for your time. former chairman of the intelligence and security committee and former foreign secretary. let's get the latest on the police investigation. it is moving pretty fast. we are getting more details all the time. we have heard that new photograph released of khalid masood, showing him... we saw one picture of him as a 14—year—old schoolboy. this is a more recent picture. let's go to daniel sandford, who is at new scotla nd daniel sandford, who is at new scotland yard. quite significant they have released this picture in their search for more information about this man and his background? yes, andi about this man and his background? yes, and i believe that this is a photograph that the police think could be as recent as a year ago. it is quite a recent photograph. you never quite know with driving licence photographs when they were taken. the licence photographs when they were ta ken. the police licence photographs when they were taken. the police believe it could bea taken. the police believe it could
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be a recent picture. with that picture came this request from mark rowley, the acting deputy commissioner and the man in charge of this operation. he said what they still want to know from the public is information which will help them to work out whether khalid masood acted totally alone, inspired by terrorist propaganda, or if others encouraged, supported or directed him. he is specifically appealing to the public. we are keen to hearfrom anyone who knew khalid masood well, understands who his associates were and can provide a smack —— us with information about places he has recently visited. there were people out there who didn't feel co mforta ble out there who didn't feel comfortable passing on that information. that is the request from the metropolitan police. that was accompanied by some interesting new information as well about the arrests made overnight. we now know
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that a 32—year—old woman was arrested at a location, sorry, a 27—year—old man was arrested at a location in birmingham, and a 35—year—old man arrested in manchester. we believe that to be west didsbury. and a new arrest this morning that we hadn't heard about onto half an hour ago. that was a 32—year—old woman this morning in manchester. all of these people being arrested on suspicion of the preparation of terror attacks. the arrests overnight were described as significant. the police starting to feel they might be getting close to people who might have had some idea that this attack was going to happen. was the acting alone, or was the acting with accomplices, part of some wider organisation? yes, i think the police don't really know the answer to that. islamic state
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we re very the answer to that. islamic state were very keen to claim that he was somehow part of their war. that may not be true or it may be true. it is probably not a massively important pa rt probably not a massively important part of the investigation at the moment. but if some video were to emerge from that quarter, that would bea emerge from that quarter, that would be a strong bid of information for the police. but i think at this stage the police don't actually know. there is a suggestion that has appeared in the daily mail today that there was a whatsapp message sent by him in the last few minutes before the attack happened. and clearly the police are looking very carefully at his social media activity, his mobile phone activity. that could help them, that could be a goodbye message or it could be something more significant. that is very important part of these counterterrorism these days, the amount of technical information that can be gleaned from computers and mobile phones has become massively important. but it is of course
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possible it was an entirely self—motivated act that was caused simply by him being inspired by propaganda. that is the nub of this investigation. there are no clues really from the police yet as to whether they have got to the bottom of that. thank you very much indeed, daniel. what more do we know about khalid masood we have seen the picture that has been issued by the metropolitan police. you can see it on the screen. it may be a picture from a year ago. we know he was born and raised in kent. he had a string of convictions for offences such as grievous bodily harm, possession of a knife. and recently we know we had been living in birmingham. and the night before the attack, he spent that night at a hotel in brighton. daniel boettcher reports.
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a school photograph of the boy who later came to call himself khalid masood. one small detail of the person at the centre of what police call a fast—moving investigation. what is emerging is the life of a man who used many names, who moved around the country and had a long criminal past. he was born adrian russell elms, the surname was his mother's maiden name. he also used the name of his stepfather, ajao. his date of birth 1964, christmas day. he was entered onto the birth register in dartford, kent. he gave his profession as a teacher when he hired a car. the bbc has confirmed he never worked as a qualified teacher in english state schools. his criminal record dates back to 1983. in 2000 he was jailed for two years after admitting attacking a man with a knife and in 2003 he was convicted of possession of a knife.
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but he was never convicted of any terrorism offences and was not subject to any current investigations as the prime minister set out in parliament yesterday. what i can confirm is that the man was british—born, and that some years ago he was once investigated by m15 in relation to concerns about violent extremism. he was a peripheral figure. as well as in kent he lived in east sussex, in 2016 he was living in east london under the name masood. it's not clear when he changed it. his most recent address was in birmingham. as more information comes to light, police hope this will help to establish connections he may have had and his motivation for the attack. and that it may prompt more members of the public to give them information that could prove key to their inquiry. that is what we know so far about khalid masood. let's talk about his victims. the fourth victim has been
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named as 75—year—old leslie rhodes, a retired window cleaner from stress in south london, one of three people who died. —— streatham. 50 people injured altogether, according to police. 31 have received hospital treatment and two are still in a critical condition, one would life—threatening injuries. two police officers still in hospital with very significant injuries. that is the latest from westminster. back to the studio. the headlines on bbc news: police released this photograph of khalid masood, previously known as adrian russell ajao, as further details emerge about the life of the 52—year—old attacker. prince charles has visited some of the injured at kings college hospital. the fourth person to have been killed is named as 75—year—old leslie rhodes from south london. president trump
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demands a make or break vote in congress over the controversial health bill that could replace 0bamacare. and in sport, 99% perfect, lewis hamilton's assessment of his first day of the new formula one season. uncapped middlesbrough defender ben gibson is called into the england squad for the world cup qualifier against liver when you. he replaces chris smalling, who has withdrawn through injury. —— lithuania. dele alli will miss half of what is likely to be a champions league group campaign for spurs next season after being banned for three european games following his sending—off against gent. president trump has issued an ultimatum on the healthcare reforms he wants to introduce. he's demanded a vote in the us congress later today, telling republicans that if they don't opt to replace barack 0bama's health law, he'll leave it in place.
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the bill is being debated and result is tonight. donald trump is done doing deals. after a frantic few days, his message to republicans — vote for change, or there'll be no changes at all. this has forced the hand of the house speaker. for seven and a half years, we have been promising the american people that we will repeal and replace this broken law because it's collapsing and it's failing families, and tomorrow, we're proceeding. but the votes are far from assured, as different factions of the party can't agree. for some, the health reforms go too far. for others, not far enough. i am still a no at this time. i'm desperately trying to get to yes and i think the president knows that. outside the capitol, they gathered in fear and frustration. all: hey hey, ho ho, donald trump has got to go! 2a million americans could lose their health insurance if the reforms go ahead. jessica sanchez has spina bifida.
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her family are already struggling to afford her medication. we try our hardest to save money because we know the medications are going to finish in 30 days. they only last me 30 days so, every month, we have to start saving more and more money so it can last us longer, and sometimes, it's not possible. protesters circled the white house, hoping the president would hear their cries. they worry about losing maternity and mental health care. but inside the gates, he was surrounded by those who support his key campaign pledge. for many, the price of health insurance has shot up, and that's one of the reasons they chose change and trump. by the way, it's close, not because 0bamacare's good, it's close because of politics. they know it's no good, everybody knows it's no good. it's only politics, because we have a great bill and i think we have a very good chance, but it's only politics. but the president still has
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some arm—twisting to do. we're going to have a long talk. i'm not gonna make it too long because i have to get votes, i don't wanna spend too much time with you and then lose by one vote, then i'm going to blame the truckers! donald trump has issued his ultimatum. after a delay, there will be a vote in the morning, but this is a political roll of the dice with a very real prospect of defeat. laura bicker, bbc news, washington. gary 0'donoghue is in washington. a roll of the dice, as laura says. the stakes are very high? yes, in a sense they have made the states very high for themselves. donald trump has said it is or never. the republicans have said that —— this is the last chance to repeal 0bamacare. here we are on a friday, where they are expecting a vote in
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several hours, and they still don't know if they have the numbers on their own side to get it through. they are making concessions to satisfy, to placate the right of the party. that in turn upsets the left of the party, makes it harder to get through in the senate. you do feel that sometimes this republican party is making the perfect the enemy of the good, and the real danger is that after seven years of promising to repeal 0bamacare, they could end up to repeal 0bamacare, they could end up going back to their districts at easter saying, yes we do control congress and the white house, but we haven't managed to repeal 0bamacare like we said we would. so uncomfortable for president trump. and more revelations possibly about russia? yeah, uncomfortable for donald trump in the sense that he will blame congress if it doesn't happen. he doesn't have to face the
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voters for four years. congressmen face the voters every two years. he will say, let's see what their verdict is on you lot. 0n will say, let's see what their verdict is on you lot. on monday, the intelligence committee had the director of the fbi in front of it who acknowledged there was an investigation into potential coordination between the russian government and the trump campaign. that committee wants to have the fbi backin that committee wants to have the fbi back in secret next week to question them even further. and intriguingly, lawyers for the man, paul manafort, who has been at the heart of these allegations about that connection, chairman of the trump campaign last year, he said today that he will testify in front of the intelligence committee. now that may not be such a great concession. he could have got subpoenaed anni way. he has come forward and said he will voluntarily talk to them. whether they do that in public or private, there will be a lot of pressure to see that in
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public. the timetable of all of this, when will we know about this health care bill? the votes are scheduled for later today. they could be delayed again if they don't get it. in a sense they have built it to get it. in a sense they have built ittoa get it. in a sense they have built it to a put up or shut up time. you could bring this stuff back at any time. there is no absolute reason why they have to vote on this bill today. march 24. the point is the political capital starts to run out. if you can't get it through, both sides, the conservative wing of the republican party, the liberal wing, they become emboldened, they entrench their positions, you lose the momentum. donald trump says he wa nts to the momentum. donald trump says he wants to move on to other parts of his agenda. you could end with 0bamacare been his agenda. you could end with 0bamaca re been left his agenda. you could end with 0bamacare been left in place. and the republican party in a real position having spent seven years they will undo it. we'd better come
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back to you later. thank you. scientists say they have made a major breakthrough in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. using gene on sequencing, they can identify different strains differently, meaning patients have a greater chance of recovery. phil mackie reports. the x—ray on the left shows a healthy chest. 0n the right, the latter stages of tuberculosis. 100 yea rs latter stages of tuberculosis. 100 years ago, recuperation men dressed in fresh years ago, recuperation men dressed infresh air. years ago, recuperation men dressed in fresh air. as technology advanced kenmore breakthroughs. —— recuperation meant fresh air. tb rates rather than all—time low by the 19505. the killer disease came back. now scientists in oxford and in birmingham have made a major new breakthrough in a world first. they have used gene on sequencing to give a more precise diagnosis more quickly. 15 samples going here. for
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the next 25 hours, it works out the dna sequence for each of those samples. the patients will ultimately get better treatment because it means the doctors will get those results and know the individual strains of tb much quicker. we are now using one single test that gives us all the information on the identity of the organism, saying, is this tb or some other mycobacteria? treatment saying, is this tb or some other mycobacteria ? treatment can saying, is this tb or some other mycobacteria? treatment can we use? and is this related to other strains? should we be looking for a transmission network to intervene and prevent further spread? gene on sequencing could be used to treat other conditions with massive indications for the nhs. most importantly, it will save lives. if we can show that using this technology can reduce the time it takes to identify who has tv —— tb and get them onto a treatment
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programme, we can get closer to eradicating tb. the uk has some of the highest tb rates in western europe. birmingham is one of the city '5 worst affected. this clinic has been hit for more than 80 years. patients of a better chance of recovery. if we can start people on treatment quicker, they will have less lung damage and they will be cured quicker, back to work quicker and it will be better for cured quicker, back to work quicker and it will be betterfor them. instead of spending months in hospital, patients with complex drug resista nt hospital, patients with complex drug resistant cases of tb have been sent home afterjust a week, with a much better chance of long—term survival. headlines coming up. sport as well. first, the weather. good afternoon. high pressure will bring virtually all of the uk try whether this weekend, the exception being the far north of scotland. we have had a lot
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of cloud across southern counties of england, the south west in particular today. it is creeping away. the evening looks set fair. it will turn chilly quite quickly. 16 degrees today. temperatures will get below freezing tonight. we should hold above freezing in the towns and cities. in the countryside, —2 minus three. a cold start tomorrow. some freezing fog. in nagging wind in southern and eastern counties. that will make it feel colder despite seeing more sunshine tomorrow across the south and west. where we have the south and west. where we have the light winds in north wales, north—west england, you may have 17 degrees. that is more likely to be across the west of scotland on sunday. more cloud around. 0n the whole dry and bright. a chilly breeze. temperatures get to 15 or 16. this is bbc news — the headlines... the metropolitan police have released a photo of the man who carried out the westminster
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terror attack, khalid masood — also known as adrian russell ajao. police say the 52—year—old attacker used a number of aliases. another person has been arrested in manchester this morning — taking the total number of arrests to 11 so far. police have appealed to the public for more information on masood. there might well be people out there who had concerns about masood but weren't sure or didn't feel comfortable about passing information to us. i now urge anyone with such information to call us. prince charles has visited some of the injured at kings college hospital. the fourth person to have died is named as 75—year—old leslie rhodes from south london. in other news, president trump has issued an ultimatum to congress over his controversial health care reforms. he's told congressmen to support his bill, or he'll leave in place so—called 0bamacare. the president of the european commission jean—claude juncker has told the bbc that the eu will not seek to punish britain for leaving
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during brexit negotiations. and the telecoms regulator 0fcom launches plans for customers to receive automatic compensation by their phone company if they suffer poor landline or broadband services. lets get a round—up of all the sport. lewis hamilton has described his first day of the new formula one season as "99% perfect" after finishing fastest in both practice sessions today ahead of the australian grand prix. in the second session he was more than half a second quicker than anyone, a huge margin. with hamilton saying he was surprised about how fast his mercedes was. second fastest was sebastian vettel in his ferrari, with valteri bottas third in the other mercedes.
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the 2017 will be contested by new cars that are bigger and quicker... with up to five seconds shaved off lap times as the sport tries to win new fans under new owners... we wa nt we want to find the right solutions to make the sport as great as possible in the future. by great, i mean close racing, healthy teams, a true meritocracy of drivers. and all the things we know we will have in a perfect world. chris smalling has returned to manchester united for treatment after pulling out of the england squad through injury. the defender has been replaced by middlesbrough‘s uncapped ben gibson. england face lithuania in a world cup qualifier on sunday. meanwhile england's women have returned to fourth in the fifa world rankings, equalling their highest position. the side came third in the shebelieves cup earlier this month after a 1—0 win over the usa and have gone back above canada. scotland remain 21st, wales move up to 33rd and northern ireland are up to 55th. wales manager chris coleman insists their crucial world cup
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qualifier against the republic of ireland tonight is not a must—win game. but he admits there's a ‘desperation' in the to reach another major tournament. ireland are top of group d after four matches unbeaten. wales, having only won one of their qualifiers so far four points behind them in third. when you get to the halfway point of the campaign, you eitherfighting at the campaign, you eitherfighting at the wrong end of the writing. this is all i ever wanted. being halfway through the campaign and still having a say in who finishes top, who is second. we are right in that. tottenham's dele alli has been banned for three european club games after his red card during the europa league tie against gent. the midfielder was sent off for a nasty challenge in the first half of the second leg at wembley and the suspension will be served if spurs get into europe next season, which looks likely with the team second in the premier league. england's attempts to arrange a fixture against rugby union world champions new zealand later this year came from head
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coach eddiejones, and weren't motivated by commercial reasons. the rfu's chief executive insists the opportunity to play the world champions was something he had to look into. the all blacks declined the offer to play at twickenham in november. i think every rugby supporter around the country would want to see england playing the all blacks in 2017. i felt absolutely honour bound to see if we could achieve that. although it wasn't easy and there we re although it wasn't easy and there were potentially difficulties about trying to do it, but it was worth having a go to see we could get a great game. i had discussions with the all blacks. they were very straightforward and decent about it, and after some discussions and deliberations, they decided they would prefer to play the barbarians instead of england. that's absolutely their call and i can understand it. england wicketkeeper sarah taylor still hopes to play in this summer's world cup despite not being selected fora training camp in the uae next month. taylor's taken a break from the sport because of anxiety problems.
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but is back in training and according to coach mark robinson is undertaking a graduated return to the team. that's all sport for now. lizzie greenwood—hughes will have more in the next hour let's get more now on wednesday's terror attack in london, and ben brown, who's at westminster. life beginning to return to normal around westminster as the roads reopened, and the tube station as well for the first time since the terror attack on wednesday. we can talk about the attacker himself, khalid masood, and what we know about him. we know the 52—year—old. .. previously lived in the east sussex village of northiam. 0ur correspondent colin campbell has been there and spoken to local people who remember khalid masood. he lived here in the heart of the sussex countryside. the sleepy rural village of northiam. but he went on to strike at the heart of our democracy. i remember he was a bit of a troubled character, i think is probably the way to describe it. i think he got into a bit of trouble in rye.
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locals we spoke to this morning remembered khalid massoud, known here as adrian or a], as a violent low—level criminal, someone who attacked an innocent man. he was an older chap, and i wouldn't have thought he deserved to be stabbed. that's as i remember it vaguely happening. i wasn't in there at the time, but i remember hearing stories about it afterwards. it was a violent knife attack in this northiam pub, that most here remember him for. it happened 17 years ago. one person told us masood, who was in his 405, had been drinking. the pub was at the time known as the crown and thistle. the victim, we've been told, was trying to protect a colleague, but was slashed across the face. i remember the person, yeah. yeah, i think he used a stanley knife on someone's face. down the side of their cheek and across their chin. he wasn't all that particularly popular, i don't think. one or two people tolerated him, but no, he was more or less a loner. in the last few hours, this picture of him at school
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in tunbridge wells has emerged. the man responsible for carnage in london, smiling broadly for the camera in his school football team. well, today a fourth victim of the attack has been named. leslie rhodes, who was 75 and from streatham in south london, died in hospital last night. jim wheble is in streatham and has been speaking to one of his neighbours. as we now know, one of the victims of the attack this week was 75—year—old leslie rhodes. he lived in clapham. phil williams was one of his neighbours for years. 24 years. how must you be feeling, i don't know this morning? terrible, it's a shock. very emotional. can't believe that he's gone.
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and you knew him well? very well. i saw him on the day. i saw him every day because he was that type of person. because he lived just a few doors away. we passed one another every day, and he was a window cleaner. he used to clean our windows, everybody‘s for free. he was 75? 75. so he was fit as a fiddle? fit as a fiddle. he used to walk everywhere. he would go out on his bike every day. didn't matter if it was raining or snowing. what was he doing in westminster? he was at the hospital, st thomas's hospital. that's why it's so unbelievable. because for him to be there wasn't usual, because it was a one off appointment. and for him to be... because he was going on public transport, it would have been a matter of seconds for him to come out of that area, to come out of the entrance of st thomas's,
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walk across the road to the bus. so to be on that bridge at that particular moment in time, million to one. how will you remember him? he was a very kind man. it's very sad, very sad. remembering leslie rhodes, one of the victims of the westminster attack, a 75—year—old retired window cleaner. 0ne attack, a 75—year—old retired window cleaner. one of those... as we heard a little earlier, one of those injured in wednesday's attack was andreea cristea, a romanian woman on a trip to london with her boyfriend to celebrate his birthday. romania's embassy has confirmed that she was the woman seen plunging into the river thames as khalid masood mounted his attack on westminster bridge — here in the centre of your screen. she has since undergone complex surgery on her lungs and her brain. speaking to the bbc, the country's ambassador gave
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an update on ms cristea's condition. she's in a stable situation. she was in a critical situation in the last days, but now she's stable and the evolution is positive. this is the good news. i understood that the car went above the feet of her boyfriend, and then she was practically pushed. it's quite a dramatic story, because there were two people who were tourists, they were coming to london to celebrate their birthday. he intended to ask her for marriage, in the same day,
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and unfortunately, this thing. so they had come to celebrate his birthday, but he was due to propose that day? yes. 0ne one of the many very sad stories to have emerged from the attack on wednesday. 50 people injured in all. some 31 according to the police have been treated in hospital. two still critically injured and one with life—threatening injuries. the police investigation, we are now hearing 11 people have been arrested including what is thought to be the partner of khalid masood, who has been released on bail. that picture of khalid masood released by the police this afternoon. that is the latest from westminster. back to the studio. customers should be paid automatic compensation by their phone company for problems with landlines and broadband — according to the telecoms regulator 0fcom.
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it says providers should pay customers for slow repairs, delayed connections and missed appointments. the plans could affect more than 2.5 million customers who would receive up to £185 million in new compensation payments every year. at the moment, compensation is only paid to a small number of customers. i'm joined by the managing director at money the new scheme work? we don't know precisely because it's still a consultation at this stage. —— money—saving expert .com. this is not about compensation just for the line and broadband going down. it's if something goes wrong further down the line and isn't fixed quickly enough or if an engineer doesn't turn up. so it's not for the fault, it's for how long it takes to get repaired or back up and running.
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essentially. it's still a step in the right direction, but over 5 million people have a fault of some type with their broadband. it's vital that companies are incentivised to make sure it happens a lot less. it happens a lot less with mobile phones, for example. it's worth with broadband —— it's worse with broadband. there are around 25 million households. and we have 250,000 appointments missed. people often take time off work for that and it can be a real hassle. if you have stayed at home, use a pay day of leave, and the person doesn't turn up. the system proposed is quite congregated, if a person doesn't show up, if broadband goes down for a certain amount of time. it's quite confusing. they talk about £30 if somebody doesn't show up about £30 if somebody doesn't show up or £10 per day for it not
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repaired. the real saving to be made with broadband is by switching. this is about things going wrong, but right now millions of people are paying far too much for broadband. this is a good step, but if you're stuck paying £500 per year, and some people are, you can more than half that by switching. that will not solve the problem of broadband not being consistent. it won't, but it's worth pointing out that if an installation doesn't happen, a new installation, there will be compensation. hopefully that incentivises a firm to do it properly. so there is more confidence in the switching system. the reason i bring it up, is one of the key money wasters for people is by saying on their provider's standard broadband deal. this could be one of the things that helps, switching. in a moment a summary of the business news
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this hour but first, the headlines on bbc news. the metropolitan police have released a photo of the man who carried out the westminster terror attack, khalid masood — also known as adrian russell ajao. police say the 52—year—old attacker used a number of aliases. prince charles has visited some of the injured at kings college hospital. the fourth person to have died is named as 75—year—old leslie rhodes from south london. in other news, president trump has issued an ultimatum to congress over his controversial health care reforms. he's told congressmen to support his bill, or he'll leave in place so—called 0bamacare. the co—op bank has said a number of credible potential buyers have expressed interest since it put itself up for sale last month but added there could be no certainty that the offer for the bank would be made. the bank is still partly owned
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by the co—op group and was rescued from the brink of collapse by a group of hedge funds is in 2013. statutory maternity pay for uk mothers is among the worst in europe, according to analysis by the trade union congress. the union says only ireland and slovakia have worse "decently paid" entitlements. it defines decently paid as two—thirds of a woman's salary or more than £840 a month. and robots and artificial intelligence could affect almost a third of uk jobs by the 20305. a report from accountancy firm pwc says manual routine jobs are most at risk — those with a human touch like health and education are safer. however they don't believe that 30% ofjobs will disappear — rather automation could create more wealth and additionaljobs elsewhere in the economy. now, earlier today an employment tribunal ruled that a self—employed cycle courier working for a company called excel was entitled to holiday pay. cycle courier andrew boxer argued he was entitled to one week of holiday pay based on his work for the company. he argued he was
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a "worker" as defined by the employment rights act. under the act, workers are entitled to basic rights including sick pay, holiday pay and the national minimum wage. kevin poulter is an employment law partner at the law firm child & child. what's at the front of most peoples minds will be, does this essentially means self—employed workers everywhere will be entitled to these rights of sick pay and holiday pay? it depends very much on the individual contract. the jobs that we know now as the gig economy, they are certainly under some scrutiny at the moment. there have been numerous cases over the last six months to a year and they are continuing. more are expected in may and then over the summer as well. we are talking about tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of workers. in this case, excel had just gone into
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insolvency, bought out by citysprint. and then the likes of uberand citysprint. and then the likes of uber and deliveroo, we are talking about thousands more. this could be disruptive to those business models. how can the businesses ensure that the self—employed stay self—employed from their perspective? a good question. there have been many models based on this for decades. there is no one size fits all. the government is now reviews this, at hmrc. they have come up with a useful tool online to measure these questions. the key elements are around control. how much control does the employee have over the worker? 0r indeed, if it's a self—employed person, whether they can be substituted, whether somebody else could step in to perform those particular duties. numerous other ones as well. those are the key ones
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that people should be thinking about and looking at right now. there is and looking at right now. there is an argument self—employed workers could be given more rights if they paid more national insurance contributions. would that wash? as pa rt contributions. would that wash? as part of the government review and taylor review taking place, they are likely to ask these questions. what seems clear is that workers are not prepared to just seems clear is that workers are not prepared tojust sit seems clear is that workers are not prepared to just sit back and accept the work given to them. they want their rights and want the opportunity to become proactive and more involved. it's interesting the majority of these cases have been brought by trade unions that have the wealth and opportunity to talk on behalf of a much wider audience than just the one person acting alone. it's interesting thatjust one week of holiday pay has been disputed here, a relatively small amount, but multiply that by the workers potentially affected and we are talking about huge claims, not just holiday pay, but across a range of workers' rights. the uk government is expected soon to invoke article 50, kickstarting the process for britain to leave the european union.
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so how are businesses changing their strategies to cope with brexit? let's hear now from the boss of seraphine, a london based manufacturer of maternity clothes. i am cecile reinaud, the founder and managing director of the seraphine, the british brand of maternity wear. we export 70% of our turnover outside of britain. i remain very confident that we can find a good trade deal with europe. and we see an opportunity with the weak pound to really strengthen these exports and grow our business outside the uk. it's our company strategy to do that. australia, india, are really interesting markets. as well we look forward to perhaps some new trade deals with america or even china. america is certainly on the cards and it's a big, growing market for us, so we are very excited about the opportunity it can bring seraphine. we were back an hour with more
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business news. —— we will be back. for armed forces personnel who suffer injuries on the field of battle, their lives can change overnight. but sport can have a unique healing power, and for many former servicemen and women, it can give them a focus for the future. as part of the bbc‘s state of sport week, the former paralympian kate grey has been to meet two ex—military sportsmen, to hear their inspirational stories. the simplest of tasks can seem challenging when life as you know it changes with the smallest of breaths. i must have breathed in at the wrong time, this spore thatjust lies under the ground was kicked up by the ieds. i literally inhaled and when i returned to the uk i got diagnosed with q fever. although everything on the outside looks sort of normal, i can move my limbs, i don't have any strength. i wasn't able to lift my child when i came home from afgan, when he was born. q fever is a deteriorating muscle condition. as time passed by, phil reached breaking point. people couldn't do the things they
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wanted to do because i was there, i felt like a burden on my family so i contemplated ending my life and my wife caught me and we turned it around from there. with the help of the military charities, phil was introduced to shooting — a sport well—suited to his condition. i found out i was good at it, i have something to be able to do, rather than sitting resting all the time. it gave me more purpose in life again. the one defining moment was after i shot in rio, was seeing my kids afterwards and how proud they were, i will never forget that. that's probably the best day ever now. like phil, many other military personnel have gained life changing injuries. corie mapp lost both his legs in an ied explosion. i felt like i wouldn't be able to have an active part in my kids' lives anymore and they came in and they were just, like, "daddy, you know, you are going to get metal legs and you can teach us to ride bicycles and do this and that". i thought, at that point,
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it's not too bad. within four weeks, corie was testing out new prosthetics. he tried a number of different sports, but it was bobsleigh that took his fancy. both servicemen have been on very differentjourneys to get to where they are today. it's thanks to this recovery centres like this one here at tedworth house in wiltshire that they can rebuild their lives and find new career pathways. for corie, the target is to compete in the 2022 winter games, where bobsleigh will make its paralympic debut. this is the thing that motivates me, it gets me up in the morning. i feel excited when i'm going to go to the gym. i am determined to do it, that is the end game for me. the circumstances you face as a person, no matter how bad they are or what you have been through in the past, will never define you as a person. i have chosen a sport and an active life as a way to live instead of just exist. we will be live from westminster in
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the next few minutes with ben brown. first we can get the weather forecast, i think it will be rather nice. i think ithink so, i think so, i hope so. yeah, ithink so, i hope so. yeah, it's going to be nice, the weather is looking pretty good for most of the weekend. it's already looking lovely outside. a nice picture from richmond in north yorkshire. not so nice absolutely everywhere. some southern coasts, especially the south—west, are pretty cloudy. we need to shift this cloud and move it out of the way. it's been very cloudy across some of these central and southern areas this afternoon, but the cloud has been breaking up. what will happen through the evening and overnight, high—pressure sitting on top of the uk and in the centre of that high will be some light wind
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with some mist and fog around, but for most of us the sky will clear, the temperature will really get down. in central london, four 5 degrees. it can be —2, minus four in the countryside. tomorrow morning sta rts the countryside. tomorrow morning starts off nippy but lots of sunshine around. skipping over to lunchtime, just pointing out the coasts, nines and tens and elevens. inland it could get to 16 or 17. the eastern coasts, particularly in the south—east could be chilly. but overall it's looking good. it's going to be a sunny day, a lovely saturday on the way. little change through saturday afternoon and into the evening with slow—moving high—pressure, here to stay well into sunday and the beginning of next week. one thing to point out, i quite often forget, but our automated devices do it
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automatically, at 1am on saturday night, sunday morning, it will become 2am. we are moving forward one hour, meaning the sunrises and sunsets one hour later on sunday. some lovely weather to be had on sunday. still a breeze to be had across the south—eastern areas of the country. pretty nippy in norwich. 0verall the country. pretty nippy in norwich. overall a nice day with some cloud in some places. in some spots they will do could get up to 16 or 17 degrees. —— the weather could get up to. this big area of high—pressure approaching the uk early next week which might change the weather, but until then that is still to come. for the time being, lovely and settled weather with warm sunshine. a touch of frost, tonight will turn chilly quickly, so could be frosty first thing tomorrow. enjoy the weather. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown at westminster. in the last hour, police say they have made an 11th arrest, a 32—year—old woman in manchester.
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a number of properties across the country are being searched following the massive police investigation into what happened here on wednesday afternoon. they have also released a new image of the westminster attacker taken from the driving licence of the man who carried out the terrorist attacks here in london. from schoolboy footballer to violent criminal, further details have emerged about the life of the 52—year—old attacker. police say he used a number of aliases, and appeal to the public for information about him. what is this still want to know is information which will help them to work out whether khalid masood worked —— acted totally alone inspired by terrorist propaganda, or
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