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this is bbc news. 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 to please call us. as checks continue elsewhere, 11 other blocks in england have
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been identified as also having combustible cladding. gary haggarty, a former loyalist paramilitary turned supergrass, pleads guilty to 200 charges, including 5 murders. coming up, police charged a man with terrorism related murder after the attack on finsbury park mosque. 47—year—old darren osborne appeared before magistrates a short while ago, years been remanded in custody. and now the half a century after their last series triumph over the all blacks, could victory finally be in the lions' grass by ken? good afternoon and welcome to bbc news.
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theresa may has been defending her offer on the pulse brexit status of eu citizens living in britain after it was criticised by officials. european commission president jean—claude juncker accorded insufficient and the head of the european council donald tusk said that it was below eu expectations and risked worsening the situation of eu citizens currently living in the united kingdom. but mrs may described her plan as fair and serious. and she reiterated that no legal eu citizens would have to leave the uk after brexit. we will have a listen to what she had to say sharper, but first, let's wasn't too donald tusk and what he had to say about his concerns regarding her proposals. we have made our position clear. we
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wa nt to we have made our position clear. we want to ensure full rights for eu and uk citizens after brexit. our first impression is that the uk's offers below our expectations and that it risks worsening the situation of citizens. but it will be for our negotiating team to analyse the offer line by line once we receive it on paper. that was donald tusk speaking in brussels, and shortly after that news conference, the prime minister responded by saying that while there we re responded by saying that while there were differences between the uk's and used haas proposals, several eu leaders have reacted, she said positively, to proposals. and if it was agreed, sheila said would reassure millions of people. i've been clear all long that the
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rights of citizens will be one of the first issues are addressed in negotiations, we ought to give assurance to all eu citizens living here in the united kingdom, but i also want to see that reassurance given to uk citizens living in the european union. just like that is theresa may and brussels. let's go to our correspondence, who is at westminster. this question citizens rights, it was supposed to be one of the easier issues, but there are already quite a few differences. absolutely. certainly, both the uk and eu want to get this up soccer quickly, theresa may says she wants it sorted at the earliest possible opportunity, but there does seem to bea opportunity, but there does seem to be a gulf between their vision and hers. they want a guaranteed eu citizens the right spec or have underfreedom of citizens the right spec or have under freedom of movement, citizens the right spec or have underfreedom of movement, they want to offer that to the uk citizens
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living in the year. they set this out that the offer that scotland might make the separation versus citizens worse, if they have two —— the offer might make this situation is worse for citizens. also, the ee president, jean—claude juncker, has made it very clear that the citizens of the other —— leaders of the other from seven nations were not going to get involved, it would have to be done by a formal negotiations. so there is some work to be done to get theresa may's ideas agree, she has a mild decline. and the prodigal parties you at westminster were more oi’ parties you at westminster were more or less reflecting the attitudes of those in brussels, certainly they we re those in brussels, certainly they were diplomatic, but here, labour and the liberal democrats were saying she should have offered a
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unilateral guaranty of rights to eu citizens because it would be good for the economy and good for the assuring the citizens, but also suggesting it would be good for uk citizens abroad because it would be a genuine, generous offer which is more likely to be reciprocated. the snp leader, nicola sturgeon, has also commented, she said it was a disgrace that it had taken so long, almost a year, for these proposals to come forward in the first place. i think if theresa may was expected get lots of kiddos form hitting this proposal on the table, i think in that sense at least, it has backfired. during her news conference, she was asked about the evening standard, edited by her nemesis, some might say, george osborne. which had an interesting angle on her position on eu citizens' rights. think there is no estate that it was edited by a former cabinet colleague after orr‘s, certainly the allegation was
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that immediately after the brexit referendum, david cameron would have liked to have given that unilateral guaranty of rights to you citizens, but the then home secretary, theresa may, had blocked it. there are two things we should mention, first of, other people around at that time don't show that recollection. theresa may was asked about it less than an hourago theresa may was asked about it less than an hour ago at the press conference in brussels, she said it was not her recollection either. and it does seem strange thatjust one member of the cabinet at that time, not especially close to the special david cameron after the referendum, when she felt he had done enough to argue for the remains are, it's strange that she could block it. but certainly, there is continuing bad blood between them, and this allegation was made at a very contentious time for her, which is trying to sell the proposal on eu's citizen rights. earlier, i spoke to
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a reporter in brussels, adam fleming. he said that today's, is from the eu showed how complex the brexit talks are. i think it's clear just how tricky this process of negotiating the uk's exit from the eu is going to be. theresa may, last night, made what she thought was a fairand night, made what she thought was a fair and serious offer that was fairly close to what the eu wanted in terms of the rights of eu nationals living in the uk and uk nationals living in the uk and uk nationals living in the uk and uk nationals living in the eu, which as the premise admitted, is something that ordinary people have the word about as part of the brexit process. then this morning, we saw a series of eu leaders, the prime minister, and people like jean—claude juncker, the president of the commission, and donald tusk, the president of the council, pouring cold water on what she proposed and saying it's of the wasn't substantial enough. and then you get our colleague, political editor, making the point that
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actual, some people who voted to leave the eu and control immigration will look at this proposal and think it is to, it goes in the wrong direction and is not tough enough on migration. theresa may is carried out a strike a balance between those two opposing forces. and the prime minister lodging that this was an opening bid, the doctor and she will publish on monday were going to be negotiations, the invitation of that is that it could change between now and when something is agreed. just make it interesting, isn't it, that the sort of like wood coming from her and coming from her and, from the scene you're eu officials is so different? she talked about a constructive start to brexit ago sections and yet from donald tusk and jean—claude juncker, we have had, it has been below our expectations, it's been in the sufficient. —— insufficient. i don't know what she really thinks about this and have the theatrics of the negotiation. i can imagine numberten were prepared
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the negotiation. i can imagine number ten were prepared for a negotiation like this, it is a negotiation, brussels is staking out positions, backing a point as possible to get a bit of leveraged. or will they look at the reaction to their plan, what they thought was generous, strong and fair, be taken aback that it has not gone well structured down so well? and downs of to be annoyed about? people haven't gone into specifics about the reaction to this because they're waiting for the full proposal to be published on monday, the eu have said that they will go through that paper line by line said that they will go through that paperline byline on said that they will go through that paper line by line on monday and work out the things they like and don't like. but the sense i'm getting is that the use i feel that their offer, which they made on this if you weeks ago, what about for generous than the british offer and jean—claude juncker, the president of the european commission, was quite it starts at a moment ago when he was doing his own press co nfe re nce he was doing his own press conference and said that he could not imagine a situation where the european court of justice not imagine a situation where the european court ofjustice was not involved in this. the eu side really
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wants there to be a role for a europeanjudges to wants there to be a role for a european judges to guarantee the rights of all the citizens, theresa may is really not keen on that at all. she once this to be british judges in british courts to guarantee rights in britain. police investigating the fire at grenfell tower have said it started in a fridge freezer, and that insulation and tiles on the block have failed subsequent safety tests. they say more than 600 999 calls were made on the night of the fire, some of them over an hour long, and "truly harrowing" in their content. the number of people presumed dead remains at 79, but it's feared the final number will be higher. police are considering manslaughter charges among a number of potential offences. meanwhile, 11 residential blocks in eight local authority areas in england have been found
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with cladding which raises safety concerns. it's been described as the worst fire in britain since the second world war. now, nine days later, the police have the results of tests carried out on the panels covering the outside of the tower and have confirmed that a fridge sparked the fire. preliminary tests on the instillation samples collected from grenfell tower showed that they combusted soon after the test started. the initial tests on the cladding tiles also failed the safety tests. we are also concerned about the fridge freezer in this matter. we have been working with the department of energy, business and industrial strategy, who are working with hotpoint on the safety of that fridge. and as the investigation progresses it is clear the police are looking to bring those responsible to justice. we are looking at every criminal
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offence, from manslaughter onwards. we are looking at every health and safety and fire safety offence, and we are reviewing every investigation, every company at the moment involved in the building and refurbishment of g re nfell tower. the grenfell fire is having repercussions for high—rise buildings right across the country. the safety of 600 tower blocks is now being checked. and already, 11 have 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, residents living in tower blocks are now extremely nervous. ourfear is, who knows what's going to happen in the next 2a hours?
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what if there's a fire tonight, and bear in mind all of the cladding is not proved to be safe enough, how are we going to stand a chance? especially if we are all asleep and we don't know about it. and the concerns go beyond apartment blocks. the company which runs the premier inn hotel chain says this hotel in maidenhead and two others which have aluminium cladding do not appear to meet required fire standards. they're now pursuing this with the developers which built them. experts say many different types of building could be at risk. we don't know where the material is. it could be in hospitals, in leisure centres, in shopping centres, office blocks. it goes beyond council owned properties. it is countrywide, it affects private owner, building
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owners as well as public. in the wake of the catastrophic grenfell fire there is now a huge and speed is of the essence to ensure there are no more deaths from entirely preventable causes. our correspondent sarah smith is at new scotland yard for us. detective superintendent fiona mccormack is leading the investigation. she said that there are 250 specialist investigators involved, this is the biggest and most complicated investigation the met has had to deal with. angie said... —— and she said the investigation will be exhaustive and it may grow further. she said their work two main things they were looking at, first, how did the fire start? and secondly, how did it spread so quickly? as far as how it
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started, this morning, we have heard that it was the fridge freezer, a hotpoint fridge freezer that caused the fire. the government is carrying out its own tests, scotland yard is carrying out further investigations. two, howe did it spread so quickly called smack the cladding seems to have spread the fire. police have carried out their own tests on cladding and inflation, even at the preliminary tests, they say that both failed tests, with the insulation setting fire even faster than the cladding. they have seized documents from several organisations, several premises, they wouldn't be more precise than that, and what the premises where. they said they will bring charges, if they can, they would feel restricted about that, they may be safety charges, they may be as serious as manslaughter charges which carry a prison sentence. the number of people either known to be
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dead or missing, present dad, that says at 79, with nine people formally identified. but the detective superintendent said that it would go higher and there has been controversy about what those figures will end up being. she said one of the problems was what she described as hidden victims, people they may not even know where the tower, and some of the concerns there are that some people may not feel comfortable coming forward to the authorities, maybe they are concerned about immigration status or subletting flat, so people aren't coming forward and saying what they know about who was in living there or visiting their during the time the fire happened, they said those people must come forward. she said the terrible reality is, we may never find the terrible reality is, we may neverfind or identify the terrible reality is, we may never find or identify all who died in the fire. the recovery work at the block, she said, could take till at least the end of this year. the headlines on bbc news: europe's top officials have
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criticised theresa may's plan for eu citizens in the uk — but she says it's fair and serious police say they are considering manslaughter charges over the grenfell tower fire — the number of people who died, or are missing presumed dead in the tragedy, remains at 79. as checks continue elsewhere, 11 other blocks in england have been identified as also having combustible cladding and in sport, the caradon onto the first test between the british lions and the all blacks. warren gatland side are looking to make a winning start to the testes. second practices underway ahead of the grand prix. and after 45 years in the commentary
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box, test match special commentator henry blofeld is set to retire at the end of the summer. i will be back with all of those and more at around half past. a former loyalist paramilitary commander who became a so—called "supergrass" has pleaded guilty to 200 terrorist offences, including five murders. gary haggarty — the former head of the ulster volunteer force's north belfast unit — appeared at belfast crown court this morning amid heavy security. it's one of the most complex cases ever undertaken in northern ireland, as our correspondent chris page reports. during the troubles the uvf took more lives than any other loyalist paramilitary organisation. it killed more than 500 people. one of its commanders was this man, gary haggarty. he's pleaded guilty to 200 offences. the prosecution case document runs to around 12,000 pages, covering 16 violent years from 1991. two of the five men who haggarty has admitted murdering were
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gary convey and eamon fox, the catholic workmen were shot dead at a building site 23 years ago. haggarty was an informer for the security forces at the time. eamon fox's son believes his death was preventable. i don't care about the uvf, they'll meet their maker someday. but it's the police, the people that were in authority to protect and serve, they didn't protect my family. they didn't protect this man's family or this man's family. there's never been a more complexe inquiry into loyalists, it's focused on haggarty‘s base of north belfast where his organisation had a particularly murderous reputation. this investigation into the uvf is set to go on to another level. in 2010, gary haggarty signed an agreement in which he offered to give evidence against other paramilitary leaders in exchange for a shorter sentence for his own crimes. he's the most senior loyalist ever to turn supergrass. it's understood up to 15 uvf people could be charged if the evidence is
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credible. former police officers could also be prosecuted. we understand that at all times throughout his tenure as a special branch agent that he was fully debriefing his handlers and it is the examination of the growing liability which will now be assessed. police have said they are committed to the investigation. i can understand how today is a very significant and sad moment for the families. of gary haggarty‘s victims. the families of uvf victims will have longer to wait. in future gary haggarty may well be in the witness box, not the dock. but getting to that stage could take years yet. chris page, bbc news, belfast. an update on what we know about the government's survey of tower blocks
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following the grenfell tower disaster. we were telling you that 11 residential blocks in england had been found with cladding which raises safety concerns. we are just hearing that number has gone up, the spokesperson for the department for communities and local government has said that the number of affected tower blocks has now risen to 1a buildings in nine local authority areas. including camden, manchester, plymouth and hounslow. so 1a tower blocks, now, we are hearing from the government hadn't found with cladding which raises safety concern. “— cladding which raises safety concern. —— have been found. police have charged darren osborne with terrorism—related murder and attempted murder, after the attack at a mosque in finsbury park in the early hours of monday morning. the 47—year—old has appeared at westminster magistrates' court — our reporter helena lee is there. it was a very brief hearing and only
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lasted for mac minutes. he appeared in the dock year at court one of the magistrates' court. he had on a white issue, had officers either side of him, and had a black eye. he was asked to stand, gave his name and date of birth, he was then asked for his address. he said he didn't have an address. and then the charges were read out in court. he has been charged with murder and attempted murder, in relation, as you mentioned, to the incident in finsbury park. a white van ploughed into a finsbury park. a white van ploughed intoa group finsbury park. a white van ploughed into a group of muslims after they we re into a group of muslims after they were returning from payers. and in that incident, one man died, a 51—year—old map father of six, and nine were injured. in court, we heard as part of the crown's case,
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it is their case that aaron osborne was motivated by extreme political views and that it was a deliberate and premeditated act. —— darren osborne was motivated by... and it is being treated as a terrorism case. he has been told he is due to appear, his next court appearance will be next tuesday at the old baby. —— old bailey. an nhs trust has been fined after admitting to failures in the case of admitting to failures in the case of a mentally ill man who died. 20—year—old adam withers suffered from an acute psychotic illness. he died after gaining access to an industrial chimney at epsom hospital in surrey three years ago — and the trust has now been fined 300 hundred thousand pounds after it admitted health and safety failures in relation to his care. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has been speaking to adam withers' mother and his twin sister about what happened. adam withers became seriously
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mentally unwell in the spring of 2014, paranoid and delusional. while a patient at psychiatric unit at epsom general hospital, one evening he absconded over a low level building from the courtyard while his mother shelley was visiting. as he walked across, i followed him with my eyes and that's the first time i saw the chimney with the ladder. and the ladder, itjust glints in the sunlight, and ijust suddenly thought, no, no. and ijust thought, i can't do it, i can't stand here and watch, because if he comes down safe i'll see him, but i can't see him fall. so i turned around and i walked away from him. and i'm sure that he saw me. because he just stared. and the last time i turned around before you go round the corner where you can't see the chimney any more, he was just getting on to the very top. at this point shelly called adam's twin sister carla, who rushed over. all of a sudden you heard these gasps, these horrible, horrible gasps, and people just screaming and screaming and then you get the nurses coming round the corner that are pale as sheets.
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you know that they'd seen something just horrific. i went to point to my mum and that's when she collapsed to the floor and just screamed this horrible, horrible scream, and that's how we found out he died because she screamed and they were like that. that's not how you find out someone's died. the trust, surrey and borders partnership, had been warned and repeatedly that patients could abscond from the unit but failed to take any action. in a statement they accepted the fine and apologised for the failings. for adam's family who live in the shadow of the chimney, the prosecution is a hollow but satisfying victory. i feel disappointed but i'm very proud, and very proud of my family, and very proud of my children. because together, we've done it, together as a family, we've done it for adam. you're watching bbc news.
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prince philip has cancelled a visit next week to london zoo, as he continues to recover from an infection. the duke of edinburgh spent two nights at the king edward the seventh hospital in london earlier this week. buckingham palace says there are no "current plans" for the 96—year—old to pull out of any other future engagements. time for a weather update. things are feeling much cooler than last week, and we have variable amount of cloud out there. for some of us, blue skies and sunshine, in other places, more grey. this picture comes from a weather watcher in scarborough, you can see cloud around there, but sunshine trying to break through. thicker cloud producing outbreaks of rain across parts of the north—west of england, cumbria for instance, and parts of wales. in the south—east, remaining
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largely dry and bright, temperatures up largely dry and bright, temperatures up to around 2a degrees in london. the north, sunshine be appearing across northern ireland and scotland, any rain clearing away towards the south. this evening and overnight, the rain continues its progress south. around these western hills and coasts, quite drizzly, whereas further east, for more dry. further comfortable for slipping for a change. saturday, areas of rain moving west across england and wales, some rangers clearing away from the south—east gradually, and thenit from the south—east gradually, and then it is a return to sunshine and scattered showers, temperatures on saturday around 1a to 23 degrees. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. theresa may defends her proposals on the status of eu citizens in the uk after brexit — after they were criticised
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by the european council president. he said the proposals were "below expectations". my my first impression is that the uk's offer is below our expectations the s offer is below our expectations the sand offer is below our expectations the s and risks worsening the situation of citizens. i thinki s and risks worsening the situation of citizens. i think i have s and risks worsening the situation of citizens. i thinki have made s and risks worsening the situation of citizens. i think i have made a fairand of citizens. i think i have made a fair and serious offer to all those, giving reassurance told us eu citizens living here in the united kingdom. police investigating the grenfell tower disaster say insulation and tiles failed safety tests carried out after the fire, and confirm that the blaze started in a fridge freezer. this announcement comes as 1a other high—rise buildings across england are found with cladding which raises safety concerns. in northern ireland, a former senior loyalist paramilitary turned ‘supergrass', gary haggarty, has pleaded guilty to 200 charges , including five murders. darren osborne has appeared in court charged with terrorism—related
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murder and attempted murder, in connection with the van attack near finsbury park mosque in north london. time for a sportsround up now. john watson. the countdown is on to the start of the first test between the british and irish lions and new zealand in auckland in the early hours tomorrow morning. 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, back in november and man of the match that was scrum—half connor murray. it's a massive challenge.
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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. despite having 12 players away with the british and irish lions, wales rounded off their summer tour on a high with victory against samoa. 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 . it's day four of the ascot meeting. the big race of the day is the coronation stakes which gets under way at 11.20.
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the racing is already well under way. french horse different league — a 20 to one shot — won the first race of the day, and a short while ago the 6—1 shot permian ridden by william buick and trained by markjohnston came home first in the king edwards vii stakes. gilles muller's impressive run continues. he's beaten sam querrey of the united states in straight sets. the 34—year—old from luxembourg saw off querrey 6—4 7—6 to book his place in the semi—finals. muller knocked outjo wilfried tsonga in the previous round. yeah, it feels good, to be honest. everything is working out great at the moment. i am playing real good tennis and i feel like also at important moments are unable to bring up some good shots so everything is going my way at the moment. and the world number 82 muller will face world number seven marin cilic in the semi—finals. the croatian encountered few problems in seeing off donald young of the united states ,
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winning by two sets to love. lucie safarova has advanced to the semi—finals of the aegon classic in birmingham. the czec came from a set down to beat beat daria gavrilova of austria, 6-7, 6-3, 7-6. red bull's max verstappen will be looking forward to this weekend's azerbaijan grand prix after topping the time sheets in practice. the dutch teenager dominated the morning session lapping almost half a second ahead of the rest of the field on the baku city circuit. with 30 seconds to go until the chequered flag, it was a nasty incident, a bad day for the tee—macro british drivers. lewis hamilton could only manage tenth. and one of the greats of sports 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.
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i think ithinki i think i was finding it harder, i have been recently and the harder it becomes my age you are in a way justifying your position with people much younger than you and therefore you are under pressure and i thought, this is silly. i'm the last of the old people, 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 won more rather than saying, why the hell hasn't gone before? that's all sport for now. the president of the european council donald tusk says theresa may's proposals on the status of eu citizens living in the uk after brexit risk worsening their situation and are "below eu expectations". mrs may has described her plan as "fair and serious" and reiterated that no legal eu citizen would have to leave the uk after brexit. mr tusk spelt out his
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concerns earlier. 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 our negotiating team to analyse the offer line by line whilst we receive it on paper. mrs may has been 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.
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the issue of citizens rights should be addressed at an early stage of negotiations, it will be, it is one of the first issues the 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 want to see that certainty and reassurance given to uk citizens living in the european union. joining me now is dr emma carmel from the university of bath, an expert in migration and the labour market in the uk and the eu. the prime minister's plans as far as we know them at ee citizens will have the right to stay here and after five years to have full british rights, what do you make of that? well, to be honest it is rather difficult to tell, the government has a difficult task ahead of it, iniesta transition eu citizens from the status of eu free
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movement law into the british immigration law which the house of lords and supreme court themselves have said is unwieldy and unworkable so have said is unwieldy and unworkable so they are facing a difficult task but so far i have to say i have not had any thing that really sets out a clear agenda for what those rights will be. we need to be quite clear that eu citizens rights at not as clear as might at first appear. there are significant constraints on what eu citizens can do, how long they can reside and i think the devil is in the detail on this case and there are a lot of details to be worked out. that is interesting because people tend to assume freedom of movement and labour has meant anybody can move to any country at any time. well, the entry is relatively liberal unlike another —— for other immigrants moving from
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country to country so it is relatively easy for eu citizens to move to another eu member state but theissue move to another eu member state but the issue really comes in relation to residence. one of the key issues at stake here is theresa may's statement shall protect the rights of eu citizens who are lawfully resident and stop this question of what counts as lawful residence is at the heart of the problematic status of eu citizens. in order to have lawful residents over a longer period eu citizens need to be workers, they need to be in employment, they need to be self—sufficient or they can be stu d e nts self—sufficient or they can be students as long as they are also self—sufficient and have something called comprehensive sickness insurance and if you don't fall into one of those categories, then your status as a legal resident looks rather uncertain. and over the last four to five years, the uk
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government has been reducing the conditions under which we can consider somebody to be lawfully resident, particularly if they become unemployed or face difficult financial circumstances. i think thatis financial circumstances. i think that is quite worrying that there seems to be something of a contradiction on the one hand the government is saying clearly it wa nts to government is saying clearly it wants to protect the rights of eu citizens who are lawfully here and working and making a contribution to society but when we look at the day—to—day practice of what they have been doing over the past for five years, we can see clearly not all eu citizens are equal, eu citizens who are working in precarious employment on zero hours jobs in agency employment, they may find themselves in quite a vulnerable position in relation to their legal status here. because they may find it difficult to prove they may find it difficult to prove they are lawfully resident according
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to the current regulations. i think thatis to the current regulations. i think that is significant concern, it isn't resolved by these general state m e nts isn't resolved by these general statements we have heard so far. isn't resolved by these general statements we have heard so fanm is only fair to point out the government is going to publish its plans in more detail next week. for the moment though briefly, what sort of deal might we end up with? that is hard to say, one of the really things that should be welcomed in what theresa may has said was the decision or proposal it will be rather more straightforward for current eu citizens to apply for permanent residency so currently thatis permanent residency so currently that is possible and eu regulations andi that is possible and eu regulations and i think the implication of what she has said is that an equivalent status will be applied to eu citizens and that process will be made more straightforward and that is to be welcomed. it is just a question of whether or not all eu citizens will be eligible and meet
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the requirements of that new status. i expect that will be clear on monday. many thanks forjoining us. the metropolitan police have said they are considering bringing criminal charges in relation to the grenfell tower fire — after revealing that cladding used on the building has failed preliminary fire safety tests. officers also confirmed that the fire, which is thought to have killed at least 79 people, started in a hotpoint fridge freezer. ican i can confirm that the numbers we have of presumed dead, confirmed dead or missing still remains at 79 with nine people being formally identified as dead. i know there is a fear that that number is a lot higher and i do not want any hidden victims of this tragedy. to our
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family liaison officers and local council networks, we are prioritising establishing exactly who was in grenfell tower that night. the home office has assured us night. the home office has assured us that they will not use this tragedy to check the people's immigration status and neither will the police. i urge people now who know people that were in that tower that night either as a resident or people visiting to phone the incident room... and let us know who these people were. this is one of these people were. this is one of the largest and most complex investigations the metropolitan police have ever undertaken. there are currently over 250 specialist investigators working on all aspects of this investigation. it will establish how the fire started, and
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the speed and spread that it took hold of the building. there are two points of priority for me, the speed is spread through the building but also the internal safety aspects of that building. on the first point, we are examining with experts the aluminium cladding and the installation behind the cladding, how the tiles were fixed to the building and how it was installed. preliminary tests on the installation samples collected from g re nfell tower installation samples collected from grenfell tower show that they combusted soon after the tests started. the initial tests on the cladding tiles also failed the safety tests. such are are safety concerns on the outcome of those tests we have shared our data with the department for the occasion and local government and we have ensured that the information has been shared
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with every council. we are also concerned about the fridge freezer in this matter. we have been working with the department for energy, business and industry strategy who are working with hotpoint on the safety of the fridge. we know this fire was not started deliberately and we know the fridge freezer in this matter has never been subject toa this matter has never been subject to a product recall before. further tests are ongoing on the fridge. to a product recall before. further tests are ongoing on the fridgem a moment, a summary of the news. europe's top officials have criticised theresa may's plan for the post—brexit status of eu citizens in the uk — but she says it's fair and serious. police say they are considering manslaughter charges over the grenfell tower fire — the number of people who died, or are missing presumed dead in the tragedy, remains at 79. as checks continue elsewhere,
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11 other blocks in england have been identified as having cladding that raises fire safety concerns. —— 14 —— 1a blocks. 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 an 18 billion pound nuclear power station. the national audit office says costs and risks haven't been properly thought out. the project at hinckey point in somerset is being funded
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by france and china — and was approved nine months ago. virgin media has told 800 thousand customers to change their passwords to protect against being hacked. an investigation by which found that hackers could access the super hub two router. this could give them access to people's smart devices — like some toys and security cameras. virgin says the risk is small — but says customers using default network and router passwords should change them right away. the experts and the rest of us are trying to work out the exact ramifications of brexit so what do we think of brexit 12 months on? our reporter alistair fee went to the isle of wight which voted 62 percentage leave to find out. life outside the eu means britain
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will set a course away from mainland europe and for the first time in over a0 yea rs europe and for the first time in over a0 years truly be an island again. i have come to the isle of wight, a part of the sadc used to being out on a limb and were 62% of people voted to leave the european union. i voted to leave. people voted to leave the european union. ivoted to leave. ivoted people voted to leave the european union. i voted to leave. i voted to remain. to leave. to leave. in business, as with this game they have always been winners and losers. as the country balsa brexit dice, i wa nt to as the country balsa brexit dice, i want to know he was climbing the ladder is an too is landing on a snake. as a visitor attraction, the isle of wight farm has benefited from more people holidaying at home since the vote. business is good but unlike the majority of islanders, colin wanted to remain.|j
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unlike the majority of islanders, colin wanted to remain. i think it is terrible, it is divided the country. the worst—case scenario is we cannot openly, freely, without bureaucracy trade with europe. europe is just over there. bureaucracy trade with europe. europe isjust over therelj bureaucracy trade with europe. europe isjust over there. i bought a game of snakes and ladders with us today, i want to get a sense of whether you're going up or down in business. i'm naturally optimistic so i'm going up the ladder. just a bit. others have felt a more immediate shock, the fall in the pound has pushed up the price of goods putting pressure on household spending. as a manufacturer, we also import raw materials from overseas and prices have gone up in the region of 25 or 30% so that is felt bya region of 25 or 30% so that is felt by a strong headwind. this sustainable clothing company launched during the last economic downpour turn. they print clothes to
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order so to mark the anniversary here i have asked for my own. order so to mark the anniversary here i have asked for my ownm feels like being in a recession again. the more adversity in the economy it is force us to innovate harder and economy it is force us to innovate harderand in economy it is force us to innovate harder and in the long—term it makes for a stronger business. he is the finished product, summing up at the island voted this time last year. in snakes and ladders terms, how has it been? as manufacturers we have been down a snake. but we're feeling optimistic there are a few ladders out there. is the country better or worse off so far? i think the world has gone mad. in many ways, we all rolled the dice in the referendum, now we have began to drift away from our european neighbours but a year on, on the isle of wight there are still a confidence there will be more winners than losers. in other business stories we're following:
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premier inn has told the bbc that it's "extremely concerned" that cladding used on its buildings in maidenhead, brentford and tottenham may not meet safety regulations. it's going to raise the matter with the developers. the company checked all its hotels after the grenfell tower fire. it found that the cladding on the three named hotels isn't the same as that used on grenfell — and it says it's been told the hotels are safe to continue operating. facebook is going to train and fund local groups to tackle extremism and hate speech. this comes after it announced new steps to remove extremist content. the company's been criticised for being too slow to take down extremist material. toshiba says it lost even more money last year than it first thought. it made a loss of more than seven billion pounds — compared to the 6.7 billion pounds it thought it had lost. the company has faced extra costs because of legal bills and its bankrupt nuclear business in the us. a look at the markets. not a
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massively positive day apart from the dax which is showing some games. london has been losing ground — with pharmaceutical firms and commodity stocks taking the brunt of that. the pound climbed against the dollar — and that's contributed to the downward pressure on the ftse — that's because it means earnings from overseas are worth less when converted back into sterling. in the us, a mixed day of trading. the political fight over health care has been hitting health care stocks which makes it an up—and—down day for the markets over there. this yea rs for the markets over there. this years glastonbury festival has opened with a minutes silence to remember those affected by recent
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tragedies in london and manchester. radiohead will be the main headline act — but earlier chrissy hynde from the pretenders opened the festival — she's been talking to mark savage. we are here at the other stage where the pretenders have just we are here at the other stage where the pretenders havejust opened proceedings on the first full day of music, an incredible set and i'm joined by chrissie hynde. they are loading your wardrobe into the van because you are heading off to brussels. we are going to brussels, guns and roses tomorrow. that is a big concert. yeah, big, small, this is the best, glastonbury. what was it like opening the entire event? we came yesterday so we hang around and it is great because everyone is gagging for it. it is a great spot. if feels that the audience has been waiting two days to music and you come on and that. it was great,
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fantastic. nice, the weather is good, it is glastonbury. everyone is vibrant up and it runs deep to anyone, iam vibrant up and it runs deep to anyone, i am a yank but i have been here most of my life and glastonbury means a lot to me like it does to everyone. you played erraid davies some, he talked aboutjoe strom, do you feel more part of english rock heritage question mark i have been here for aa years so english music is what influenced me but the yanks influence the english so who knows? i grew influence the english so who knows? igrew up influence the english so who knows? i grew up in the 60s i love everything. england is my home. i noticed you dedicated him to emily and michael eavis. it is about eternity and death and someone speaking, actually i made it when i
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was 15 and it is one of my favourite songs because they have kept this thing going and they obviously do it because... it is not a money thing. i see comparisons with this festival and american ones which coachella is with toilet facilities. this is the real deal. it has never been commercial. frankly, ido real deal. it has never been commercial. frankly, i do not even think it should be on television but things change. and alone was the first pretenders album in a while, you had an album and your own name. what is the future, more stuff coming? yeah, something coming out, we do. we'll keep it coming. i'm running out of time! i have to keep the pace. the writings and sheens, me and james went to france and wrote some songs together and something coming out by the end of
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spring and then another pretenders record. do what we do. keep it ticking over. it was a great set. thank you very much. it's notjust the sight, but the sound of the crickets which is causing misery in the town of chiclayo in the lambayeque province in peru. and they're everywhere, making their way inside homes, forcing people to move out, leaving their belongings behind. translation: we are not going to live here, alongside these crickets. the crickets fall on the ground, and sometimes we kill them, and they stay alive. everything stinks. the bugs have also invaded schools,
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with classes suspended and children being sent home. the extent of the infestation is clear. the crickets are just about everywhere. translation: this village is more than anywhere else badly affected by this plague of crickets. schools, every resident and neighbours, too, are affected by this problem. health experts in the country don't believe the crickets spread disease, but are calling on locals to help control the plague. but as people try to do their bit to get rid of them, it's clear this is a job that is going to take some time. that is quite disgusting. i am sorry if that does put you off your tea and biscuits. let's move quickly over to the weather. we have some pressure whether man we have seen —— fresher weather. some blue sky and sunshine but other parts of the country more stubborn cloud around.
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a couple of pictures from weather watchers, this is the scene in scarborough, north yorkshire. a bit of brightness breaking through, more sunshine further south across the country in dorset where we have fair—weather cloud. it should stay dry for the remainder of the day. the satellite picture tells a story quite nicely. a large area of cloud to the central swathe of the country to the central swathe of the country to the central swathe of the country to the south and north there is a little bit more sunshine. into the evening hours, this band of rain moves out of northern ireland in across northern england, wales towards the south—west of england particularly drizzly across the wales coast. temperatures between ten and 17 degrees so not too uncomfortable for sleeping. saturday morning, by nine o'clock some showers rattling in across the north—west of scotland, quite breezy but for eastern and southern parts of scotla nd but for eastern and southern parts of scotland and northern ireland not
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a bad start to the day. more wet weather working into the north—west of england, north wales so fairly low cloud and a great start to the day but towards the south—east and south—west england, some brighter spells. we are likely to see this week front bullying outbreaks of rain in the south—east during saturday morning but hopefully it should clear out of the way because we have two weather front is making their way south and east across the uk and eventually into the near co nsta nt. uk and eventually into the near constant. during saturday, the wet weather works its way south and east, across scotland and northern ireland we will see the return to sunny spells and scattered blustery showers in the north—west of scotla nd showers in the north—west of scotland with heavy rain later in the day. temperatures between 1a and 23 degrees. reasonably typical of the time of year. a similar day on sunday, a mixture of sunshine and showers but fewer showers on sunday if you across northern and western parts and further east you're likely
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to stay dry. the breeze not a strong soap feeling pleasant with temperatures around 15 to 23 degrees. to summarise the weekend, the fresher feel continues, feeling breezy at times and a mix of sunshine and scattered showers with sunday the less windy and dry day. you can find a full 10—day forecast for the weather at bbc .co .uk slash weather. this is bbc news. the headlines at four: 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 living here in the united kingdom.
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police say they are considering manslaughter charges over the grenfell tower fire — and reveal that insulation material used on the block has failed subsequent safety tests. the number dead or presumed dead remains at 79. i fear that there are more.

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