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tfiiffiflg tfiiffiflfi “f ii‘ul‘ei might be creating pitfalls if the details are not really well ironed out. i will give you examples. citizens arriving before a certain date will be treated in another and european citizens are arriving after another will be treated in another way. what about non—eu citizens who are related to eu citizens having some sort of status in the uk? everyone would have liked or would like a situation where the areas a blanket fair treatment of all our citizens. obviously i think we all agree with the issue of reciprocity. there isn't an issue there. but i think all of us would want to know more details and would expect more in the next few months. we would not “ were in the next few months. we would not —— were not in a negotiation mood. we we re —— were not in a negotiation mood. we were not discussing this. the negotiation will take place between the commission and that is the
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point. we cannot come back to all the pieces of the negotiation in the next european council. the next question. translation: he speaks german
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and less question. the loss question. to just come back that the british a few below expectations, can you just spell out why that seems to be the case? and a question on trade and investment for any of the leaders. it's the watering down
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of the language in the conclusions on trade and particularly on investment screening. is that a sign of the limits of macron‘s charm offe nsives ? of the limits of macron‘s charm offensives? it's obvious that the impact of brexit on citizens' writes is negative. and our role is to... reduce this negative. but unfortunately, objective outcomes and stop mac and that's now go to theresa may, also speaking in brussels. that is why we will play a full role well we are members of the european union and why we want a deep and special partnership with oui’ deep and special partnership with our eu friends and allies after with ease. last night, i was also able to
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update other readers on the uk's proposal to give reassurance and certainty to eu citizens who have made their homes and lives in our country. let media with a view of the items i and other leaders discussed. on security, there was strong commitment around the table to stand firm in the fight against terrorism and the online extremism that incites terrorism. i was able to thank our european partners and person further support and condolence following the appalling attacks in manchester and london. those attacks have notjust a fact of british citizens but citizens from across europe, just as british people suffered in the attacks in paris and stockholm. i say this in a city which has itself suffered great loss from terrorist attacks. these atrocities have sent strengthen the need for us to work together to keep ourselves say. so i urge other leaders to put pressure on technology companies to do more to
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predict you must content from the internet and to ensure law and forstmann companies can access encrypt data. that is what has been a great at the recent council and builds on the recent work i've done with president macron france. we must continue to work together to combat this evil, to defend our values and keep our citizens say. on defence, we have welcomed plans to step up cooperation on capabilities and freddie eu and nato to work more closely together. the uk will always be committed to the defence of europe. on climate change, this european council reaffirmed the commitment of the year and all member states to fully implement the paris agreement. the uk welcome satellite commitment. we discussed the importance of the eu in pursuing and ambitions trade policy levering jobs and growth. that policy must be fairas jobs and growth. that policy must be fair as well as free, and the uk
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will continue to play a leading role in pushing for openness in global trade. migration, i emphasise the uk would continue to play its part in tackling the ongoing migration crisis, which is a challenge for our entire continent. a council recommitted to a composite approach to the crisis. that means dealing with the drivers of migration while also trying to stem the flow of migration. the summit focused on the central mediterranean route and i confirmed a new uk bilateral commitment of £75 million to meet urgent to monetary needs while also facilitating voluntary returns of migrants making these treacherous journeys. finally, after the constructive structure brexit negotiations earlier this week, i wa nted negotiations earlier this week, i wanted to briefly set out to my fellow european leaders the uk's approach to giving reassurance and certainty in to eu citizens living in the uk. i want all those eu citizens living in the uk, he had
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made their lives and homes and our country, to know no one will have to leave. we will not see families split apart, people will be able to go on living their lives as before. this is a fair and serious offer. it gives those 3 million eu citizens in the uk certainty about the future of their lives and we want the same certainty for the more than i million uk citizens living in the european union. on monday, i will publish my proposals and full and look forward to reaching an agreement at the earliest possible date. any questions? i will take laura here. thank you very much, prime minister. bbc news. a year ago today, british vote rs bbc news. a year ago today, british voters decided to leave the european union. you have always said voters gave politicians a clear instruction to control immigration. but under your plans, for nearly another two use, as your plans, for nearly another two use, as many your plans, for nearly another two use, as many europeans your plans, for nearly another two
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use, as many europeans as your plans, for nearly another two use, as many europeans as they liked can still come to live in the uk, and up untilthe can still come to live in the uk, and up until the point of departure, can come and earned their right to residents. for many voters, do you think that will sound like taking back control? i think what voters voted for when they voted to leave the european union was to ensure that outside the european union, the united kingdom could establish our own roles on migration, on movement of people from the eu into the uk. and that is exactly what we will be doing. as was announced earlier this week in the queen's speech and the government's forthcoming programme for the next two year session of the parliament, the european repeal bill will also choose several other bills, including an integration built. james. prime minister, use the words fair and serious to
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describe this offer. other leaders have used word such as insufficient, complete, below expectations, likely to worsen the situation, and their first step. we have to go further to get a deal? as i said, i remain of the few that this is a fair and serious offer, this —— let's be clear about what we are saying, we are saying that citizens have come to the united kingdom and made their lives at will be able to stay and we will guarantee them at rights in the united kingdom. ithink will guarantee them at rights in the united kingdom. i think that is a serious offer. there are some differences between that and the proposal the european commission put out. the matter will now go into negotiations. i have said all along that i wanted the issue of citizens mortimer rights to be one of the first issues are addressed in formal decisions, and indeed it will be. jab prime minister, when you spoke to eu leaders, what mandate did you bring to them? digit drop from the
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election that you have a full majority mandate from scratch at relieving the single market, and did they believe it? in asked, did you block a united cabinet who wanted to offer a unilateral decree on citizens rights after the referendum? that is certainly not what i were to happen. i've also the citizens rights should be dealt with atan citizens rights should be dealt with at an early stage of negotiations, it will be one of the first issues that former negotiations will look at, andi that former negotiations will look at, and i have said that i need a serious offer to give reassurance to all those eu citizens living in the united kingdom. buti all those eu citizens living in the united kingdom. but i also want to see that certainty, that reassurance, for uk citizens who are living in the eu. you wouldn't want me as british prime minister to say anything less. on the question of the mandate, as i have made clear to my european colleagues, if you look at what happened in the general election, over 80% of british voters
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voted for parties who were committed to the united kingdom leaving the european union and that is exactly what we are going to do. when you're on from the referendum, if very simple question, i wonder if you can guarantee for british people that brexit will be good for britain? that is that we are working for and i have every intention of making sure we get a good for britain and not only will would be able to see a good, new, deep and special partnership with the european union, but we will also be able to take opportunities for global britain to be held their trading across the globe and forging new trade arrangements. and i believe that we will be able to grasp those opportunities, i believe in the british people, i believe in our ability to do this as a country and see a better future. you had a meeting yesterday with...
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your offer on citizens rights was a bit different to what you offered my country? what would you say after the meeting? do think that poland, the meeting? do think that poland, the which has a high number of citizens in the uk, could be an ally in this? certainly, the conversation i had with your prime minister reflects what you just said, we had a very positive discussions about the offer at 30 uk have made to eu citizens, and other leaders have also react positively to me. the question of how we enforce the rights that we would be enshrining, asi rights that we would be enshrining, as i say, we want to see a
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reciprocal deal with you citizens in the eu but the question of enforcement is of course one which will be taken into the negotiations. from our point of view, they will be forced, they will be defined in uk law, in force through the world highly respected uk courts. and, of course, if this is an aspect of the withdrawal treaty, then it will be enshrined in international law as well. i will take a couple more. prime minister, last month, you accused some of the people around the table with you today, other eu leaders, of issuing threats and spreading misinformation that was deliberately timed, you sir, to influence the outcome of the election. now that is not an allegation you would have made frivolously. i assume that today, you have made some kind of protest about that behaviour? i was wondering what kind of response you
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had? if i could just clarify, wondering what kind of response you had? ifi couldjust clarify, rob, if you recall when i made that statement, it was in response to certain comments that have been made after a dinner that had taken place in downing street which actually didn't involve leaders of other european member states. but i was very clear that what we want to ensure when we go through these negotiations, and this is what we have seen from the start, and it is the atmosphere that we have had today in our discussions both bilateral discussions i have had with other leaders and collectively around the table, there is a constructive, we have had a good, constructive, we have had a good, constructive start, we want to continue in exactly that way. that is what we will be doing. yes? this'll be the last. thank you very much. we have been here, during the summer, we have heard some eu leaders speak about britain staying in the european union or having a much closer relationship with the
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european union that was positioned in your mind has to house speech. are they deluded or was it possible that they have read the result of the general election better than you have? as i said, if you have happened in the election, over 80% of people voted for parties that we re of people voted for parties that were committed to respecting the votes that took place a year ago in the referendum. that the united kingdom will stay in the european union. but i have always come in my life has to house speech, and the article 50 letter, and in speeches and comments between and after been very clear that the united kingdom will be leaving the eu, we will not be leaving europe, we want a deep and special partnership to continue with the european union and we remain committed to playing our role in ensuring europe's security and defence. thank you. so, that was the prime minister, just speaking on day two of that brussels summit. saying that her proposals about the
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rights of eu citizens living in britain is, that she said that several leaders have reacted positively to her offer, but actually, donald tusk, the european council president, who we heard just before theresa may, said rather the opposite. he said that her offer was below our expectations and risks worsening their situation. so a pretty hostile reaction therefrom donald tusk. i think we can go over to correspond and adam fleming, whose live in brussels. what did you think of theresa may's comments there? think what is clear is just how tricky this process of negotiating the uk's exit from the eu will be. theresa may, last night, made what she thought was a fair and serious offer that was fairly close to what speed you wanted in terms of the rights of eu nationals living in the uk and uk nationals living in the eu, which as the prime minister admitted was something that ordinary
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people have been really were about as part of the brexit process. then, this morning, we saw a series of eu leaders, the prime people like donald tusk and a jean—claude juncker, pouring cold water on what she proposed and saying it simply wasn't substantial enough. and then we have people like our political editor making the point that actually, some people to leave the eu and get control of immigration will look at the proposal theresa may made and it's too, it goes on the wrong direction and is not tough enough on migration. and theresa may is going to have to strike a balance between those two opposing forces. and also, the prime minister has acknowledged that this was an opening bid. the document she published on monday will go into the negotiations, and the obligatory visit could change between now and when something is agreed. it's interesting that these are provided which coming from her and coming
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from the scene you're eu officials is so different. she talked about a constructive start to brexit negotiations and yet from donald tusk and jean—claude juncker, we have had expectations of, it's below our expectations, it's been insufficient. i don't know what theresa may really thinks about this in terms of the theatrics of bingo station. i can imagine that number ten were prepared for a reaction like this because it is a negotiation and it is about sticking up negotiation and it is about sticking up positions, making a point as dramatically as possible to try and get leveraged, but they look at the reaction to their plan, which they thought was generous, strong and fair, and be further taken aback that it has not gone down so well? in terms of what the eu side seems to be annoyed about, people haven't been going into a lot of specifics about their reaction to this because they are waiting for full details to be published on monday and the eu officials say they will go through that paper line by line on and work
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out the things they like and the things they don't like. but the sense i am getting is that the eu side feel that their offer, which they made on this, if you mix ago, was much more generous than the british offer. and jean—claude juncker, the president of the european commission, was quite explicit in his own press conference, saying he could not imaginea conference, saying he could not imagine a situation where the european court of justice imagine a situation where the european court ofjustice was not involved in this. the eu side really wa nt involved in this. the eu side really want there to be a role for european judges to guarantee the right of eu citizens, theresa may is not keen on that. she wants is to be british judges in british courts that guarantee that rights in britain. thanks. well, we were just outlining some of the hostility that rhyl‘s proposals have received. —— that theresa may's proposals have agreed. donald tusk
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has been talking about the right of eu citizens living in the uk and he says that the proposals risk worsening the situation and are below expectations. theresa may has described her plan as fair and serious, but donald tusk spelt out his concern about the ideas if you minute ago. we have made our position clear. we wa nt to we have made our position clear. we want to ensure full rights for eu and uk citizens after brexit. my first impression is that the uk's offer is below our expectations. and that it risks worsening the situation of citizens. but it will be for our negotiation team jana lies the offer line by line —— to analyse the offer line by line. that was donald tusk speaking just 80 minutes ago, before theresa may. an interesting fact that has come out tonight is that the evening standard, edited by george osborne,
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says that theresa may blocked david cameron's attempt after the referendum to unilaterally guarantee that eu nationals living in britain could stay in the country. and that a cabinet she was a lone voice opposing that. let's get more from our political correspondent, who is at westminster. theresa may was just asked about that, wasn't she? and he said it wasn't her recollection. that's right. interesting that george osborne has certainly been using the editorial pages of the evening standard to make his views very clear on brexit. it was interesting, he said that she, as home secretary, blocked this idea of a unilateral guarantee of citizens rights. he does make you think, at that point, david cameron was there, george osborne was there, if they we re george osborne was there, if they were serious about this guarantee, why not simply do that the day after the referendum ? why not simply do that the day after the referendum? and i wasn't aware that the home secretary got to veto
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things in the cabinet, if she was the lone voice, it was quite surprisingly about was the case. but we got a semi—rebuttal from theresa may, didn't we, at that press conference? she said it was not her recollection. she didn't say that there was no way blocked, but i spoke out against it, she's ugly said that it was not her recollection. but she stressed all along that she wanted get this issue sorted out only in the negotiations and of course, during because of the past year, the german chancellor, anglo merkel, said that she didn't wa nt anglo merkel, said that she didn't want britain to divide and rule. —— anglo merkel. she said she wanted to start a negotiation process. and jean—claude juncker was saying that it would be a matter of four former no—go stations. but irrespective of
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whether she didn't block it, it is pretty clear that in—line with george osborne, in fact, but both the liberal party and the liberal democrats —— labour party in the mould and congrats to say she should have made a unilateral guarantee our citizens rights, it would have been good for citizens in both eu and here and would have earned goodwill. they said she was still using eu citizens as bargaining chips and interestingly, the snp, nicola sturgeon, also said it was a disgrace that it has taken a year for the government to come forward with this proposal. ian, thank you very much. police investigating the fire at g re nfell tower police investigating the fire at grenfell tower had said it started ina grenfell tower had said it started in a fridge freezer and that inflation tests on the block have failed subsequently safety tests. they say that they had met hundreds of 909 holes on the night of the
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fire, some of them hours long and tiring. police say they are considering manslaughter charges on a number of offences. —— the calls we re a number of offences. —— the calls were hours long and harrowing. it's been described as the worst fire in london since the second world war. now, police have carried out tests on the panels covering the outside of the tower and have confirmed that a fridge sparked the fire. preliminary investigations show that they combusted minutes after the start of the test. we are also concerned about the fridge freezer in this matter, we happen working with the department of energy, business and industry, who are
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working with hotpoint on the safety of that fridge. as the investigation progresses, it is clear that the police are looking to bring those responsible to justice. we are looking at every criminal offence, from manslaughter onwards. we are the king at every health and safety and fire safety offence, and we are reviewing every company involved in the building and refurbishment of g re nfell tower. the building and refurbishment of grenfell tower. the ground fire is having precautions for high—rise buildings across the country. the safety of 600 tower blocks is now being checked. and already, 11 had been found with cladding which raises safety concerns. the authorities are trying to work as quickly as possible with 100 buildings being inspected per day. but here in plymouth, as elsewhere,
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residents living in tower blocks are now extremely nervous. our fear is, you know, who knows what is going to happen in the next 24 hours? what if there is a far tonight? and bear in mind, all of the cladding is not approved to be safe enough, how are we going to stand a chance, if we are all asleep and don't know about it? the concerns go beyond apartment blocks. the company which runs the premier inn hotel chain says this hotel in maidenhead, which have aluminium cladding, do not appear to meet required fire standards. it is now pursuing this was the developers which build them. and experts say many different types of building could be at risk. we don't know where the material is. it could be in your hospital. they could be in your child's school, they're nice new building. it could be in a leisure centre. it could be in your shopping centres. your office
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blocks. it goes beyond cancel owned properties, it is countrywide, it affects private owners as well as public. in the wake of the catastrophic fire, there is now a huge task ahead for the authorities. and speed is of the essence. to ensure there are no more deaths from entirely preventable causes. as authorities are looking at the sort of cladding that had is being used on public buildings, it has emerged that a student block has been built with the same cladding used in grenfell tower in newcastle. the developer said the cladding on its welding included the same sort of panels, but they do insist that they have sold additional information as a result of the tragedy and they have been assured that the building meets fire safety regulations and standards. we have also heard from portsmouth
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city council saying that they are removing padding from two tower blocks in portsmouth as a precautionary measure after independent testing. this is cladding on her racial house and lymington house in portsmouth, from portsmouth city council. our correspondent sarah smith is at new scotland yard for us. sarah, we heard from a senior police officer earlier in the morning. she made it very clear that this is a complex investigation with many strengths to it. yes, detective superintendent fiona mccormack is leading the investigation. she said 250 special solicitors are involved. this is the biggest and most coveted investigation the met has had to deal with. —— was compensated. she said it will be exhaustive and it may grow further. she said that
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there were two main things they were looking for, first of all, how do the fire starkers mac and secondly, how did it spread so quickly? as far as how it started, we heard that a hotpoint fridge freezer that they believe caused the fire. the government is carrying out its own tests now, scotland yard is carrying out further investigations. .2—mac, how did it spread so quickly? they looked at the cladding, which has caused so many concerns in the days since the fire. police have carried out their own tests on the installation, and they say even at the preliminary stage, both have failed safety tests with the insulation setting fire even faster than the cladding. they have seized documents from several organisations from several premises. they wouldn't be more precise than that. but they have said that they will bring charges if they can, they won't feel
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restricted about that, there may be health and safety charges, there may be as serious as manslaughter charges, which carry a prison sentence. now, the number of people known to be dead or missing stays at 79, with nine people formally identified. but the detective superintendent said she felt that that would go higher and there has been controversy about what those figures will end up being. she said one of the problems is what you described as hidden victims, people they may not even know were in the tower, some of the concerns there is that people may not feel comfortable coming forward to the authorities, maybe our concern about immigration set status or subletting flats. so they are concerned that they do not know who was in there that, living there are visiting, during the time there are visiting, during the time the fire happened. they said those people must come forward. she said the terrible reality is that we may never find the terrible reality is that we may neverfind or identify the terrible reality is that we may never find or identify all who died
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in the fire and the recovery work at the block, she said, could take until at least the end of this year. now come weather prospects. now come weather prospectsm now come weather prospects. it is feeling cool barnett house down over the past week. we have some cloud and drizzly rain around through the central slice of the country, somewhat weather for the north and north—west of england, west wales towards the south and south—east brighter skies and 24 degrees in london and some sunshine reappearing for scotland and northern ireland, sunny spells and a few showers moving in on the westerly breeze. overnight, cloud and drizzly rain move south into the midlands and for the north of that dry and clear conditions but that the rain at times for the west of scotland and parts of northern ireland. a fresh night than recently, more
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co mforta ble night than recently, more comfortable sleeping. saturday, some drizzly rain pushing across england and wales, sunshine and showers across scotland and northern ireland. fairly breezy with temperatures between 15 to 22 degrees. sunday is the drier day of the weekend. the headlines in a moment but first news from birmingham crown court. a man who murdered a two—year—old has been given a life sentence with a minimum of 21 years. sanchez mcgregor pleaded guilty at birmingham crown court to killing his partner's son jeremiah birmingham crown court to killing his partner's sonjeremiah who died after a traumatic blow to the stomach and in a statement issued after the guilty plea, west midlands
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police said jeremiah died after collapsing at his home in wolverhampton on november 20 last year. more on that from birmingham crown court during the afternoon. the headlines? police are considering manslaughter charges as part of their investigation into the grenfell tower fire. they said insulation and tiles on the block failed safety tests, and confirmed that the fire started in a faulty fridge freezer. this announcement comes as 11 other high—rise buildings across england are found with cladding which raises safety concerns. theresa may defends her proposals on the status of eu citizens in the uk after brexit — after they were criticised by the european council president. he said the proposals were "below expectations". we have made a fair and serious offer to all those confirming in giving reassurance to all those
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these citizens living here in the uk. my first impression is the offer is below expectations and that it risks worsening the situation of citizens. darren osborne has been charged with terrorism—related murder and attempted murder, in connection with the van attack near finsbury park mosque in north london early on monday morning. in northern ireland, a former senior loyalist paramilitary turned ‘supergrass', gary haggarty, has pleaded guilty to 200 charges, including five murders. government plans for a nuclear power station have come under fire from public auditors. the national audit office has described the hinkley point development as ‘risky and expensive'. let's check out all the latest sports news now other bbc sport centre. despite having 12 players away with the british and irish lions, wales rounded off their summer tour on a high with victory against samoa.
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in the absence of the more established faces, several young players were given the chance to impress. one of those, the 22—year—old steff evans scored two tries in the 19 points to 17 win, as they made it two wins from two, to follow up their victory against tonga. not long to go until the lions first test with new zealand. only four teams have beaten the all blacks since the 2011 world cup and tomorrow morning they will hope to join that list. it's a massive challenge, though — new zealand haven't lost in 23 years at eden park, the venue for the first test. the last side to defeat the all blacks was ireland, last november — and scrum—half connor murray was man of the match. this is a whole new team. massive talent and i think we're more excited about that. it's a really impressive record but if there ever was a team that has the potential... if we click, we'd be excited
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about what we can do so that's the challenge against the best team in the world and it's where you want to be. it's a massive challenge. we want to take it head on and embrace it. if you're worried about what could happen, your mind is off the job. as i said, a pretty exciting time for us and we'll go out there and expect to win, as probably everyone in new zealand will expect. we'll make sure we go out and do that. second practice is under way ahead of this weekend's azerbaijan grand prix. red bull's max verstappen topped the time sheets in the morning session. the dutch teenager was almost half a second clear on the baku city circuit. lewis hamilton could only manage sixth and will be looking to improve in order challenge championship leader sebastian vettel this weekend. proceeds from the community shield match at wembley in august will be donated to those affected
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by the grenfell tower fire. the 2015 winners arsenal take on premier league champions chelsea, and the fa plans to invite the families of the victims, survivors and emergency service personnel to the game. they hope to raise around 1.25—million pounds. chris froome says winning the tour de france for a fourth time is a huge ask. he's been boosted by the news that geraint thomas will form part of his support at team sky when the tour starts a week tomorrow but froome thinks this year's route will have him at a disadvantage. i don't think this year's courses suit me as well as previous tour de france courses have. i say that because of the lack of mountaintop finishes and the lack of time trial performances. having said that, it will be a closer race and more exciting for the fans. have to make sure i'm at my best to take advantage of any situations out on the road. and one of the greats of sports
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broadcasting, henry blofeld, will be stepping down after the summer. he's been commentating on cricket for 45 years but at the age of 77, he's decided to hang up his microphone. he'll be hugely missed by the loyal listeners of test match special. i was finding it harder and the harder it becomes at my age, you are ina way harder it becomes at my age, you are in a wayjustifying your position with people much younger than you and therefore you are under a bit of pressure and i thought, this is silly. i have been definitely 50 yea rs silly. i have been definitely 50 years and it is time to go and the other thing is try and go when you leave people with happy memories and people say perhaps, they want more rather than saying, why the hell hasn't he gone before? you know what imean? hasn't he gone before? you know what i mean? he will be commentating on three more matches before he retires. i'll have more in the next hour. police have charged darren osborne
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after the attack on a mosque in finsbury park mosque in the early hours of monday morning. the four to 7—year—olds has appeared at westminster magistrates‘ court so let‘s go straight to our reporter who is there for us this afternoon. tell us what happened in court. who is there for us this afternoon. tell us what happened in courtm was a very tell us what happened in courtm was a very brief hearing and it lasted for four minutes. darren osborne a 47—year—old father of four appeared in the dock here at court one at westminster magistrates‘ court, he was wearing a police issued white t—shirt, he had an officer either side of him and he had a black eye. he was asked by the judge to stand commie was asked his name and his date of birth which she said and he was asked for his address he said he did not have an
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address he said he did not have an address and then the charges were read out in court, he has been charged with murder, and attempted murder, in relation to the incident in finsbury park, a white van ploughed into a group of muslims after they were returning from prayers and in that incident one man died, a 51—year—old father of six and also nine others were injured. in court, we heard part of the crown‘s case and it is their case the darren osborne was motivated by extreme political views and it was a deliberate and premeditated act and this case has been treated as a terrorism cases. darren osborne was told he is due to appear covers next court appearance will be next tuesday at the old bailey. thank you very much. a man has beenjailed for
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life after admitting murdering his stepson who suffered 100 injuries including a fractured skull and ribs. birmingham crown court heard that chevzae mcgregor abused the child elements. the child was found in wolverhampton in november last year. his mother had previously admitted allowing the toddler‘s death and was jailed for three yea rs. death and was jailed for three years. jeremiah regis was two years old when he died last november. he was murdered by this man, chevzae mcgregorfilmed on cctv was murdered by this man, chevzae mcgregor filmed on cctv into footage showing a man with an uncontrollable temper. and yet the mother with whom he was in a relationship with allow them to move into their flat and to discipline the child. he beat jeremiah so badly the little boy was dead by the time the ambulance arrived. when they got sick on the
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emergency services found mcgregor standing here withjeremiah‘s body lifeless in his arms. they try to revive him but were unable to and he was pronounced dead in hospital. mcgregor told the police the little boy had had a stomach bug but it was a pack of lies. these pictures show the extent of the injuries, there are many more but most are too distressing to show. jeremiah had been hit by a belt and with a rod and was bitten by mcgregor. my assessment of the death was he was subjected to a sustained regime of brutality, ultimately resulting in his death. you must have been com pletely his death. you must have been completely terrified in the final days of his life. mcgregor pleaded guilty to murder. an investigation is under way to determine whether anything could have been done by authorities to prevent the death. mcgregor was sentenced just now by
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thejudge who told mcgregor was sentenced just now by the judge who told him it is mcgregor was sentenced just now by thejudge who told him it is hard to imagine the pain inflicted on such defenceless child at two years of age, the qc for the prosecution told the court earlier the little toddler had been a victim of a callous sustained regime of brutality against a defenceless two—year—old in his own home. she said jeremiah was left broken and battered and as his life ebbed away, moment by agonising moment, chevzae mcgregor stood by new in what he had done. mcgregor and the mother ofjeremiah stood in the dock and were both jailed in mcgregor‘s case a minimum of 21 years, an automatic life sentence having pleaded guilty to murder, she was jailed for three yea rs murder, she was jailed for three years and four months after admitting allowing the death of a child. jeremiah‘s natural father was in court today who had to leave the court as the details of the injuries
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we re court as the details of the injuries were read out. he also provided a vitamin packed statement before the court and talked about the pain he has suffered as a result of his sons death, he said losing a child is ha rd death, he said losing a child is hard enough but losing three murder is inconceivable that as a parent you assume the natural role of being the protector, i was unable to protect him and that increases his own guilt. the mother‘s family were also in the public gallery and were in tears though i gather they might be relieved she was given a slightly lesser sentence she was betrayed in court as a victim as well, someone who was allowed to be controlled and bullied by a very violent man and stop as he saw in the images, he was a man with an uncontrollable temper, a man with an uncontrollable temper, a savage rage that could go at any time and he was responsible for this terrible death of a two—year—old boy. the president of the european
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council donald tusk says theresa may‘s proposals , to allow eu citizens to stay in the uk, risk worsening their situation and are "below eu expectations". this morning mrs may described her plan as "fair and serious". mr tusk spelt out his concerns a few minutes ago. we have made our position clear. we wa nt to we have made our position clear. we want to ensure the full rights for eu and uk citizens after brexit. my first impression is the uk‘s offer is below expectations and that it risks worsening the situation of citizens. but it will be for a negotiating team to analyse the offer line by line whilst we receive it on paper. mrs may has been
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defending her proposals and at a news co nfe re nce defending her proposals and at a news conference simultaneously with donald tusk said some eu leaders had reacted positively to her ideas though she admitted there were differences between her offer and the one set out by the eu. she outlined why she believed she had a mandate for taking these talks forward. the issue of citizens rights should be addressed at an early stage of negotiations, it will be, it is one of the first issue is the full negotiations will look at. we have made a negotiations will look at. we have madeafairand negotiations will look at. we have made a fair and serious offer to all those confirming and giving reassurance to those eu citizens living here in the uk but i also wa nt to living here in the uk but i also want to see that certainty and reassurance given to uk citizens living in the european union. frances o‘grady is general secretary of the tuc and his westminster for
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us. what are your thoughts on mrs may‘s proposals? us. what are your thoughts on mrs may's proposals? this is looking like an increasingly shoddy and demeaning offer. people think that eu citizens who have paid taxes ought to be guaranteed the right to remain and they should not be treated as bargaining chips across the table in what i can only see as a pretty demeaning and dispiriting way. she is not saying they're going to be bargaining chips, she is wanting afair to be bargaining chips, she is wanting a fair deal as well for british citizens living in the european union. of course she does and so do we but i think it would have been a wise and a wise move to make to make that gesture of goodwill to show that spirit of generosity and make it clear that we
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would guarantee all those workers‘ rights. let‘s not forget we have 145,000 eu citizens currently working in the nhs and social care system, many of whom simply do not feel welcome currently and that is not good for them, it is not good for us as a society and it is not good britain‘s reputation as having values of fair play. she has said let‘s be clear about what we are saying, these eu citizens from the eu countries that come to the uk and have made their lives and homes in the uk will be able to stay and we will guarantee their rights in the uk. a lot of people would say that isa uk. a lot of people would say that is a very uk. a lot of people would say that is a very generous uk. a lot of people would say that is a very generous offer. as always the devil is in the detail and what we need to hear from the government is what does that mean for their families, what does it mean for their rights and at what point are those residents rights going to kick in? the prime minister has been
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clear that as a matter for negotiation and many of us feel that it should not be, we are dealing with human beings are not bargaining chips. but you talk about their rights, and who should guarantee those rights, are you saying that should be the european court of justice because a lot of people who voted for brexit do not like the european court of justice voted for brexit do not like the european court ofjustice and so it should the british courts that have the final say. i think we have a long way to go in this negotiations, we perhaps we‘ll see more details on the white paper to be published on monday. what a shame that we have not seen from the government what i think most people feel is the right thing to do and that is to make back guarantee on the right to remain unconditional. are you one of those who is worried about shortages of labour when we do leave the european union we were seeing yesterday fruit farmers in some parts of the country are finding it hard or ready to get
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enough people to pick fruit? we need to manage migration better and that should include cracking down on some of those employers who have been exploiting migrant workers and using them to undercut locals. clearly we should also be acting with urgency to invest in the skills of local people, especially young people and it seems like madness to be cutting bursaries the nurses wentjust at the point when we might be seeing those shortages feed through even more acutely into the nhs. ok, thank you for being with us. in a moment, a summary of the business news but first the headlines. police are considering manslaughter charges over the grenfell tower fire. the number of missing remains
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and 79. aztecs continue elsewhere, 11 other blocks in england have been identified as having combustible cladding. europe‘s top officials criticised theresa may‘s plan for you citizens in the uk but she says it is fairerand you citizens in the uk but she says it is fairer and serious. hello, the business news. hello, the business news. some online gambling sites are "unfairly holding onto people‘s money" — that‘s according to the regulator. the competition and markets authority thinks some companies are breaking consumer law — and will face action. it‘s warning that some punters just aren‘t getting the deal they expected from promotions offering cash bonuses — and says online gambling firms should "play fair". risky and expensive. that‘s the verdict from public auditors on the government‘s plans for a new 18 billion pound nuclear power station. the national audit office says costs and risks to consumers haven‘t been properly thought out.
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the project at hinckey point in somerset is being funded by france and china — and was approved nine months ago. virgin media has told 800,000 customers to change their passwords. an investigation by which found hackers could access the super hub to route are giving access to people isa to route are giving access to people is a smart devices like some toys and security cameras. virgin says the risks are small but says customers using the root password should change them right away. could it be a case of a return journey for the former boss of uber. travis kalanick was forced out earlier this week after a series of scandals . but now more than a thousand employees are calling for him to come back. tell us what is going on. you would
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think that the internal investigation, the review was put out, the board of directors adopted all of the recommendations, he resigned from his position at a bar and you would think all of those moves would allow the company to start rebuilding their reputation and rebuilding internally but now we are seeing there are more than a thousand uber employees that want to see travis comeback and what they are saying is he has his faults, yes, lots of people have faults but the fact is he is absolutely committed tsuku ba and the fact is he is absolutely committed tsukuba and she is an integral part of its operational vision and so for him, not to be there would be detrimental to the company itself silly is more than a thousand people have signed a petition and sent a letter to the directors. can he come back,
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realistically? he could, i suppose but that is up to the board but remember the board is the ones who actually asked him to resign. he faced pressure from the board of directors and right now they are trying to find a new ceo and they have said the kind of person they wa nt have said the kind of person they want is someone who is going to be able to really bring the company together again, there is a lot of senior positions that still remain empty so needs to be someone who is tea m empty so needs to be someone who is team oriented and someone who really understands silicon valley so there is not that many people that will be able to fill that role but the board is certainly looking for somebody who can answer those issues. him coming back is a long way back down the line but if he did without their help or hindrance the company?m the line but if he did without their help or hindrance the company? it is not really possible to say. if you look at past companies, there have been times where the founders have
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left the company and they have... the company has come to regret that, when that is the case for uber, it is too early to tell, there are serious problems in terms of his management style sony may be able to push the company forward, he is certainly responsible for disrupting the way people move around in cities but he grew a company to 15,000 employees and managing those employees and managing those employees is a big part of thatjob and it seems that what we have heard internally he was not up to the task. think of an engineer and what comes to mind? someone with a beard — maybe protective overalls — but definitely a man, right? well, there‘s a drive to change those perceptions and make it clear that engineering is open to everyone. well , today is international women in engineering day. teena gade is a vehicle science engineerfor the force india formula one team —
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i asked her how she got into motorsport in the first place? so, specifically i‘m not entirely sure when it happens, i know from a young age, as long as i can remember i was utterly fascinated by the car, the family car, i had cars as toys, i had options on other toys but the car was the one i gravitated to. when i was nine or ten i started watching formula 1 on tv, i initially wanted to be a racing driver but it is not a realistic and most of us so i look to doing engineering and interesting cars and mechanical items stemmed from there. the problems start quite young. if you think about it, if you go to supermarkets shops and look at clothing for children or toys for children, things are segregated into girls and boys early on and i think that causes part of the problem. what tends to happen is you find children are discouraged away from the sciences and the statistic is by
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the sciences and the statistic is by the time girls aged ten most have lost interest completely in the sciences, it is not limited to just engineering, physics, computer science and mathematics and engineering. i think that is where the problem stems from. a quick look at the markets, not an encouraging day. london has been losing ground to stop the pound has climbed against the dollar and that is contributing towards the downward pressure on the ftse because earnings from overseas are worth less were now brought back into the uk in stirling. pharmaceuticalfirms we re uk in stirling. pharmaceuticalfirms were among the biggest fall is and related shares, shares related to commodities have also been wobbling. that is it for me. now, the latest weather prospects. it is feeling
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much cooler than it has done over the past week or so. we have some cloud and drizzly rain around through the central slice of the country so somewhat weather for the north and north—west of england, west wales and towards the south and south—east brighter skies and 24 degrees in london and sunshine reappearing. the scotland and northern ireland, sunny spells and a few showers moving in on the westerly breeze. overnight, cloud and drizzle sink further south into parts of south—west england and the midlands to the north of that mostly dry and clear conditions but that the rain at times for the west of scotla nd the rain at times for the west of scotland and parts of northern ireland. a fresher nights and recently, more comfortable for sleeping. some drizzly rain on saturday pushing across england and wales, a return to sunshine and showers across scotland and northern ireland. temperatures between 15 and 22 degrees. sunday is the drier day of the weekend. this is bbc news.
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the headlines at three: theresa may defends her proposals on the status of eu citizens in the uk after brexit — after they were criticised by the european council president. my first impression is the offer is below expectations and that it risks worsening the situation of citizens. i think we have made a fair and serious offer to all those, confirming and giving reassurance to all those eu citizens living here in the united kingdom. police say they are considering manslaughter charges over the grenfell tower fire — as the number of dead remains at 79. ifear i fear that there are more. i ifear that there are more. i do not know who they are at the moment, thatis know who they are at the moment, that is why i am really pleading with the public
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