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this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 8pm: european council president donald tusk calls on britain to come up with a "serious response" on what will happen to eu citizens living here after brexit. we all want a close and strong future relationship with the uk, but before discussing the future, we have to sort out our past. theresa may tells scottish voters that every vote for the conservatives will strengthen the union and strengthen her hand in brexit talks. snp leader nicola sturgeon tells supporters the party "will not let the tories drag scotland backwards". labour's jeremy corbyn defends his leadership style, saying other leaders give in to powerful vested interests. it's emerged that a man arrested by counter terrorism officers in north london had once been suspected of trying to travel to syria tojoin so—called islamic state. also this hour, the heavyweights head to wembley.
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anthonyjoshua prepares to take on wladimir klitschko in british boxing's richest ever bout. and in half an hour, talking movies heads to the big apple to shine the spotlight on this year's tribeca film festival. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the president of the european commission has warned that many people in britain are underestimating the difficulties of brexit. jean—claude yuncker was speaking after eu leaders, meeting in brussels, unanimously agreed their negotiating position on britain's departure from the union. they've said the rights of eu citizens and a financial settlement by the uk must come before any talks on trade. from brussels, damian grammaticas reports.
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at the heart of the eu today, european leaders, 27 of them, now ready for brexit. their offer to the uk ready to go. we all want a close and strong future relationship with the uk, there's absolutely no question about it. but before discussing the future, we have to sort out our past. michel barnier is the man tasked with enforcing the eu's position. everything ready for the uk negotiations? i think so. depends on the uk. his concerns are shared by eu leaders too. what eu leaders are most worried about is what angela merkel has called "illusions" on the british side about what can be achieved in brexit negotiations. this process today is about injecting a bit of realism into the debate. the eu's red lines. it took the 27 just minutes to sign off on their negotiating guidelines.
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they are clear brexit talks will be in phases. stage one, the uk must satisfy their demands on exit terms. what illusions do you think some of the uk harbour? translation: sometimes, i have the impression that some in britain, i don't mean the government, to not —— that some in britain, i don't mean the government, do not understand the process we have set, a phased negotiation. this gives me the opportunity to say again, there is no conspiracy, no—one is ganging up on britain. but the eu is being firm. theresa may's desire to talk about a future trade deal early on won't be entertained. first, the eu want to agree a guarantee of citizen's rights. meaning the rights to live, work and study now enjoyed by 4 million people, eu citizens in the uk, british citizens in the eu. a financial settlement. meaning the uk must agree to pay all its portion of eu spending up to 2020. and solutions to avoid new border controls between north and south in ireland.
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and the eu side believe even agreeing the first item on their list, citizens' rights, won't be straightforward. jean—claude juncker says the eu is ready to give guarantees but he isn't so sure about the uk. we have already prepared a text which could be adopted immediately if our british friends were ready to sign it like that. that will probably not happen. and that's just one stumbling block. money could be another before any talk about trade deals will start. earlier my colleague in brussels, ben brown, spoke to markus becker from the german publication, der speigel. he said that he believes the united front being presented by the eu 27 is genuine. the contents of the guidelines were well known beforehand and so this whole summit, is an act of self—reassurance and it worked, i think, because the were able to show
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that they were united so far and i say so far because we'll see how far along this unity will hold when the real negotiations begin. do you think it might not hold? you think there'll be differences between the countries? of course, there are and always have been. but i think that the eu's unity, especially in the view of what happened in the last couple of months and years, it's important for these countries that i think they are going to remain unified, more or less. many people say germany is the most important country in the european union and it directs policy in some senses. we heard from angela merkel as the summit ended, saying, there is no conspiracy against britain, but what do you think is the german view? i think she is right in saying there is no conspiracy, because britain asked to leave the eu and you have 27 countries on the other side.
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of course they are going to speak with a unified voice. as for the german view, i think the german view is rather matter of fact. brexit is not the most important issue at the moment in germany because we have an election coming up too, and i don't think that anybody is willing to punish britain for brexit. but in the end, the brexiteers in the united kingdom will try to portray the exit deal as a kind of punishment, because they have to, otherwise they would have to take responsibility for the mess it is likely to create. a lot of people here in brussels are saying that really the negotiations, because of that german election, won't really start until the autumn, is that the way you see it? well, i think negotiations will start right after the british elections in june and, as for germany, well, as i said, brexit is not the most important
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issue in the german elections so i don't really see that there is a big hindrancejust because of german elections. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are john rentoul, chief political columnist at the independent, ruth lea, economic adviser for arbuthnot banking group and the broadcaster charlie wolf. the prime minister has again said that every vote for the conservatives in the coming general election will strengthen her hand in the brexit negotiations. theresa may was speaking on a visit to scotland, her first since calling a general election. 0ur correspondent glenn campbell reports. a world away from the eu summit, on royal deeside, near aberdeen.
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theresa may and the scottish conservative leader ruth davidson came here to address an invited audience of supporters, as the tories target snp held territory in the hope of weakening the nationalist campaign for another vote on scottish independence. if the snp win the election in scotland, what right would you have to block a second referendum on independence once the terms of brexit are clear? right now we should be working together, not pulling apart and that's why i say every vote for me and my team in this election will be a vote for strengthening our hands in the brexit negotiations. that will strengthen our hand to get the best possible deal. in nearby banchory, four leaflets were posted but no—one answered the prime minister's knock. for years, the tories have been toxic in scotland and like labour and the liberal democrats, they still have only one mp,
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but they're confident they can make gains in scotland at this election at the expense of the snp. you cannae trust the tories. in glasgow, the snp first minister knows that it will be hard to hold all 56 scottish seats won by her partyjust two years ago, but opinion polls suggest the snp is on course to return more mps than all their rivals put together. this election does ensure that decisions about the future of our country are taken by the scottish people and the scottish parliament, not by a right—wing tory tory government at westminster. the liberal democrats want to keep the uk in the european single market and keep scotland than in the uk. —— and keep scotland in the uk. people in scotland don't want another independence referendum. it would cause uncertainty and chaos at an already difficult time. labour says the conservatives have put the union between scotland and england at risk. theresa may has only given the snp
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the excuse they were looking for to have a second independence referendum because of her gamble with brexit. but theresa may's tories think they are on the verge of a scottish comeback. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has called for young people to "step up" and register for a vote in the coming general election. the deadline to apply for a vote is in three weeks time. addressing supporters in east london mr corbyn warned there was a danger that "apathy and resignation" would hand seats to the conservatives. 2.4 million young people are missing from britain's electoral register. barely 40% of 18 to 2a—year—olds normally turn out to vote. the conservatives are more than happy with this state of affairs. apathy and resignation will secure them seats on election day. the ukip leader paul nuttall has said that he will stand
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as a candidate in the general election, in the boston and skegness constituency. mr nuttall, out canvassing in hartlepool today, recently stood as a candidate in the stoke by—election. he said it would be an honour to be campaigning again in a constituency that voted overwhelmingly to leave the european union. it's emerged that a man arrested in connection with a suspected terror plot, is believed to have earlier attempted to travel to syria to join the islamic state group. our home affairs correspondent june kelly gave us more details. now it's emerged that mohamed amoudi had come to the attention of the authorities in 2015. he had travelled to turkey with two 17—year—old boys and it was believed that they were then planning to try to get across the border into syria and join up with is fighters. in fact, they were stopped in turkey, deported back to the uk, questioned by the british authorities and released without charge. and do we know if a watch had been kept on him since then? that is not clear but clearly this man is one of those in custody and six people in total are detained and the woman in hospital,
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of course, she is injured and cannot be actually questioned or arrested until she is well enough. certainly, it's interesting that this man clearly was, at one point anyway, on the radar of the authorities. donald trump's accused north korea of disrespecting china after it test—fired a second ballistic missile. the test was launched hours after the american secretary of state rex tillerson called for a tougher international approach at the united nations security council. daniela relph reports. as tensions build, it is a reminder of america's formidable military might. the uss carl vinson arrived in waters off the korean peninsula, just hours after the failed missile test. shortly before arriving to make his case in new york, the us secretary of state at the united nations. his message was clear.
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un sanctions aren't working. the pressure on north korea must be stepped up. with each successive detonation and missile test, north korea pushes northeast asia and the world closer to instability and broader conflict. the threat of a north korean nuclear attack on seoul or tokyo is real. and it is likely only a matter of time before north korea develops the capability to strike the us mainland. so far, un pressure has not stopped north korea accelerating its weapons programme. 0vernight, president trump also gave his view. he tweeted: north korea disrespected the wishes of china and its highly respected president when it launched, though unsuccessfully, a missile today. bad! and in london this morning, during a visit to the uk, the japanese prime minister denounced the missile test. translation: it is a grave threat to our country. this is absolutely not acceptable.
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we strongly condemn such acts. this latest move by north korea's young leader appears to have strengthened international resolve to increase the pressure on him and his country. daniela relph, bbc news. a man has appeared in court charged with the murder of former—royal navy officer mike samwell, who is thought to have been run over by his own car. mr samwell had tried to stop thieves from stealing his car from outside his home in manchester. 29—year—old ryan gibbons is charged with murder, burglary and aggravated vehicle—taking. the national association of head teachers has voted to oppose the expansion of grammar schools in england. 97% of delegates at a conference in shropshire backed a motion to reject the conservatives' expansion plans after hearing that there was no evidence to support the theory that they helped bright children
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from disadvantaged backgrounds. mps have warned that the "dominance" of big home—building firms must end in order to fix the "broken" housing market. the communities and local government committee says the eight biggest firms are responsible for building more than half of all new homes. it wants the government to do more to help smaller builders. our business correspondent joe lynam reports. we all know britain is not building enough homes to meet demand, that's why house prices are out of reach for many, especially in the south. but an all—party group of mps says we could be building far more if smaller house builders were supported. the communities and local government committee says the top eight builders in the uk account for more than half of new homes constructed. it says smaller builders should get support from government to help them buy land. and local authorities should provide more infrastructure, such as road and public transport, to enable house—building. and britain should encourage more people to build their own homes, already popular in europe. we aren't building enough homes.
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we need to be building at least 200,000 homes a year and probably quite a few more to keep pace with household formation. currently the market is dominated by a small number of developers. they will build a certain number of properties to maximise their profits and they won't build the total number that are needed. so we need to take action on a whole range of fronts to make sure we get that number up. the home builders federation welcomes the report but says only larger firms could spread risks and costs associated with how house—building across dozens of sites. joe lynam, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: european council president donald tusk calls on britain to come up with a "serious response" on what will happen to eu citizens living here after brexit. theresa may tells scottish voters that every vote for the conservatives will strengthen the union and strengthen her hand in brexit talks. snp leader nicola sturgeon tells supporters the party "will not let the tories drag scotland
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backwards". sport now and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good evening. after ten successive seasons in the premier league, sunderland have been relegated to the championship. their fate was sealed by a 1—0 defeat at home to bournemouth. josh king scored the only goal with just two minutes left. that condemned sunderland to a 23rd league defeat this season. that, coupled with hull city's draw at southampton, means david moyes' side are down. sadly, we are all obviously disappointed, feeling more for the supporters that support the club. they come and watch regularly, they are the ones you feel most about. we take collective responsibility, from the top to the bottom. because of that, we will dust ourselves down, look at it over is it the one overriding thing that has gone wrong this season,
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or an accumulation? i think it is an accumulation. for me to give you a snap answer to that after the game, i can't really do it. i would rather take some time to think about it and put it in the right place. hull are still very much in a scrap for survival despite their goalless draw at southampton. hull keeper eldin jakupovic saved dusan tadic‘s penalty kick in stoppage time to earn a vital point for the tigers. they're now three points above the drop zone. burnley have taken a huge step towards safety with a 2—0 win at crystal palace. ashley barnes gave them the lead in the eighth minute. andre gray wrapped up victory for the visitors late on. it's their first win away in the league this season. burnley are up to 14th place while palace slip back to 16th. they're still seven points clear of the relegation zone, though. celtic registered their biggest ever away win over old firm rivals rangers with a 5—1 thrashing at ibrox.
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leigh griffiths' spectacular effort put them two up inside 20 minutes, and they dominated this one throughout. mikael lustig curled in the champions' fifth late on. celtic are still unbeaten in the league this season. elsewhere, there were wins for stjohnstone, kilmarnock and dundee. hearts drew with partick. lewis hamilton could be in for a tough sunday at the russian grand prix after qualifying well off the pace in fourth. championship leader sebastian vettel qualified on pole position in sochi alongside kimi raikkonen. hamilton, for the second race running, was outqualfied by his teammate, valterri bottas. world number one andy murray has been knocked out of the barcelona 0pen at the semi—final stage. murray was broken three times in the opening set by the austrian world number 9 dominic thiem. despite recovering to win the second, murray lost the deciding set on a tie break.
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thiem will play rafael nadal in the final tomorrow. home favourite lizzie deignan has won the women's tour de yorkshire. the former road race world champion and london olympics silver medallist crossed the finishing line in harrogate 5a seconds ahead of the chasing group. 0n the radio, my team manager was saying, you've got this. i saw the 1k to go banner, and i thought, i haven't got this, it is really difficult. you are in a world of pain and you don't dare relax until you are at the finish line. so i didn't soak it up until i had about 100 metres to go. the second stage of the men's race was won by frenchman nacer bouhanni. australia's caleb ewan finished second to take the overall lead. the highest placed briton was christopher lawless, who was fourth. exeter moved level on points with leaders wasps in rugby union's premiership with a 36—12 win over northampton saints. they ran in six tries in front
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of their home fans at sandy park to erase the gap at the top after wasps' defeat last night. centre ian whitten's score helped to make it a record seventh straight bonus—point win in the premiership for the chiefs. 0spreys have closed in on a semi—final spot in the pro12 after a 24—10 win over ulster. the welsh side couldn't manage a bonus point, but have moved above scarlets into third, running in three tries at the liberty stadium. ulster stay fifth with one game remaining. mark selby will play john higgins in the final of the world snooker championship, which starts in sheffield tomorrow. defending champion selby narrowly beat china's ding junhui 17—15. it was 16—15 when selby‘s break of 72 got him the victory. he was pretty happy about it too! higgins quickly won the one frame he needed to beat bary hawkins 17—8 the first session of the final begins at 2pm. that's all the sport for now.
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don't forget, you can listen to live commentary of the big fight between britain's anthonyjoshua and wladimir klitschko on radio 5 live from 9pm this evening, with the bout due to start around 10pm. pope francis has held a mass in front of thousands of people in cairo on the second day of his visit to egypt. the pontiff warned against religious fanaticism as he addressed the crowd of around 15,000 faithful at the city's air defence stadium. he has now left egypt after the visit, which was aimed at building ties with muslim leaders and supporting the country's christian community. the bbc‘s martin bashir was travelling with the pope and gave this assessment. pope francis arrived in egypt, with a christian community under siege after those twin bomb attacks on palm sunday three weeks ago. but here at the air force stadium there's a sense of celebration at his arrival and i think that, overall, it has been a successful trip.
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he's navigated some delicate meetings with the president in egypt and the prime minister. of course, he president announced a state of emergency for three months after those bombings on palm sunday. but he's also been here to emphasise that commitment he has to interfaith dialogue. as he said at the university, nobody should be able to claim acts of violence, vengeance or hatred under the cloak of any religious faith or belief. over the past few years, many museums have tried to shake off their dusty images and present themselves as places where learning can be fun. and this year's entrants for museum of the year are no exception, being dedicated to subjects such as sculpture, geology and modern art, as colin paterson reports. when the hepworth wakefield was designed, the idea was that the outside of the building would be a work of art itself, every
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bit as much as the exhibits inside. now the gallery has received some serious recognition. it's one of the five nominees competing for the title museum of the year. specialising in sculpture, it's been rewarded for a year which has seen a 20% rise in visitors, many of them very young. i think actually children are the most open—minded people of all to work with and they end up inspiring their families and adults to come back on a regular basis too. and they had certainly been taking it all in. i have seen some very pretty sculptures. they're made of glass, wood, material and metal. i have never seen paintings hanging on doors before! another reason the hepworth has been nominated is that its year was enhanced by one very special donation.
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a chinese dog from about 2000 bc. 2000 bc?! probably, yes. just balancing in the corner. just balancing, yes. watch out, gavin. don't knock that off with the camera! an art collection that covers every inch of a north london house. here we have the loo. the toilet! even the toilet has art in it. absolutely packed full of art, again on both sides of the doors. tim sayer has been collecting art for more than five decades. a visit to the hepworth prompted him to donate his entire collection to them. and now the hepworth is nominated for museum of the year and your donation was in their submission, how does that make you feel? excited, surprised, amazed, really. i had no idea we were going to be signalled out —— i had no idea we were going to be singled out
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as a contributory factor. we're so pleased. when it comes to museum of the year, there are some very strong other runners and riders, including the national heritage centre for horseracing in newmarket, opened in november by the queen. one of its star exhibits, a racing simulator. it's not believed that her majesty had a go. the tate modern is nominated for a year which saw the opening of a new building, the switch house, increasing its space by 60%. and also up for the prize is the lapworth museum of geology in birmingham, home to a quarter of a million objects. the line—up is completed by the sir john sowen's museum in london. the neoclassical architect left his collection to the nation. last year, £7 million was spent restoring it to how it looked when he died in 1837. it gives me an enormous pleasure. 0njuly 5th, only one of the museums will be given a new precious item, the title museum of the year. a man who crawled the london marathon dressed as a gorilla has
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completed the course and raised £26,000 the charity the gorilla 0rganisation. tom harrison took six—and—a—half days to do the 26—mile course on his hands and knees, but was upright for the last stretch of the race. conservationist bill 0ddie presented mr harrison with a medal as he crossed the finish line with his sons. jay wynne has the weather. a quiet start to the bank holiday weekend. 0ver a quiet start to the bank holiday weekend. over the next few days, looks as if things will be getting warmer. the bodies will be picking up, and that made offset things a little bit. it wouldn't be a bank holiday weekend but sunscreen. we have more pressure on the west of us. ahead had that, the isobars get closer overnight and the wind comes in from the south, bringing mail
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order ear with it. —— in from the south, bringing mail order earwith it. —— mail order ear. variable amounts of cloud and that he is noticeable, coming in from the south—east. it had to deal force in there. most of us will be fine and dry, temperatures not dropping away too far. eight celsius for most of us, but it made the war than that and the highlands. the brighter the further north and east you go. the further south west can you go. the further south west can you have that wind and rain settling in. eventually, it will get to some of the southern counties. quite a difference of a day, compared to what he saw on saturday. a lot more cloud and rain. some of the rain will be heavy but it hasn't quite got to go on to yet. with the rain, ten or 11 celsius. warmer in the midlands, only ten celsius in newcastle and name in aberdeen. much warmer the farther wished you call.
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some premier league action taking place tomorrow. now real problems for man united or everton but later in the day, may bejudging for man united or everton but later in the day, may be judging the match or on thejourney home, in the day, may be judging the match or on the journey home, whether spreading its way through the london area. it will get in the north wales, east anglia and fringes in the northern england but by a bank holiday monday, it's reallyjust scattered showers across the southern part of the uk. some good styles of sunshine and for most of northern ireland and scotland, fine and dry. temperatures ten or 11 celsius, head for the west, 1a or 15 celsius. actual day on the north sea coast, on tuesday after a bit of cloud. inland and west, it's much brighter and sunshine, it will show much warmer as well. much of the rest of the week is looking pretty good with dry weather and light winds and warm in the west. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 8.30pm. eu leaders meeting in brussels have unanimously agreed plans
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for the negotiation of britain's withdrawal from the eu, warning issues including citizens' rights must be considered before any trade talks. theresa may has continued the conservative election campaign by visiting scotland, urging scottish voters to back her

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