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standard agenda but theresa may at her advisers don't think this is a winning strategy. the stamp duty idea is that if people want to own a house that might be putting of people moving or downsizing because it is such an extra cost for them. at the end of the day is this really about stamp duty or is it about jacob rees—mogg being the papers yet again. i think he does protest too much. again i don't want herjob, i ama much. again i don't want herjob, i am a loyal supporter of theresa may, well, you know, stuff going on tv and stop talking about things and then saying, oh, no, not me, it isn't hisjob to explain policy then saying, oh, no, not me, it isn't his job to explain policy and to champion of the conservative stand for? he also about housing thinks that in the light of the g re nfell tower thinks that in the light of the grenfell tower disaster we should pull down the starbucks and replace them with houses with gardens. i'm not sure —— pull down the tower
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blocks. the opposite of a solution potentially. david cameron came into a lot of criticism when he was asked about what would have a grease. it's this about the eu but has been raised by the former foreign secretary david miliband saying, the terms of the brexit deal should be put to a second referendum. this is keeping popping up where he is saying i am not undermining the bug but took place but people really didn't know what the alternative was, and once the terms are agreed wouldn't it be a good idea but the people orfor wouldn't it be a good idea but the people or for parliament to get the chance to say whether or not, and it does sound it is going back because the idea that if they say no, so is that you tear up order they say, well, no but go back and negotiate
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more but we can't go that once we got the terms. and there is a time—limited all of this as well. the clock is ticking. we have to have the other 27 members of the eu agreed to the time period. this proposal is you have either a vote in parliament ora proposal is you have either a vote in parliament or a second referendum but the alternative is staying in the eu. it is not crashing out of the eu. it is not crashing out of the deal which is the government's you. how likely is it that either of those scenarios that david miliband putting board will happen? there is no sign of that at. we talk about the very short period of time that things have to unravel but the conservative government that the beera conservative government that the beer a realistic prospect. yes and even an mp. is he back in the country? he should stick to his well—paid job in a charity. country? he should stick to his well-paid job in a charity. speaking of what will happen to the conservatives, theresa may has had a
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holiday. we suffer at the passchendaele commemorations so she wasn't walking in switzerland the whole time. —— we saw her. wasn't walking in switzerland the whole time. -- we saw her. this looks terribly bad. it is actually staying on until 2020. you wouldn't expect a lot of voters who didn't support the conservatives last time to want her to stay until 2022. what matters is whether she has the support because there to supporters and voters will stop at the moment she does and this poll actually shows the conservatives backing her. they are a pragmatic party. they will keep her there while it is useful. who would want to take over the party at the moment? who wants to go through all the brexit negotiations without the possibility that it negotiations without the possibility thatitis negotiations without the possibility that it is going to be successful? if as you say they are pragmatic, jacob rees—mogg and others, i would stay in the background for a while longerjust to see how
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stay in the background for a while longer just to see how well she does. let's go to the financial times, brussels seeking tighter vetting of takeovers to ease fears over china. normally countries will say having foreign investment is a very good thing, a sign that we are a country on the up. but this is concerned about where investment is coming from. yes, this is a concern about the fact that china might gain about the fact that china might gain a technological edge by buying european know—how or heavily restricting the role of the eu, so it is china slowly cherry picking the best of our technology organisation and businesses and then telling the eu are but you can't do this and that, and also the eu looking at other countries what are they doing to try and safeguard their industries? but how do they go about bending off huge investment from china? if there is none anywhere else? you could get individual countries, pieretto said
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the eu at the moment, to have at least policies to affect these investment and things are manufacturing, billions of dollars going into europe and china. 0r manufacturing, billions of dollars going into europe and china. or you could have an eu wide system. the problem is that china will look very negatively at anything which looks like discrimination against china. and they would say, and legally it is quite difficult to take action against one particular country.“ and when you look at what happened in africa, huge amounts of investment in china, some people say, there is no one else prepared to invest but others say africa hasn't benefited. yes, it is a double—edged sword. you need the investment and build up the infrastructure but the question is what is the ability to control your own resources once china get and if you decide to say thank you very much we have had enough, i doubt china will go, sorry, you would like us china will go, sorry, you would like us to leave now? we have been for 20
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yea rs us to leave now? we have been for 20 years and rebuttal at the infrastructure and you would like us to leave, don't think so. let's look at the daily mail. apparently 7 million others are going on diagnosed with heart problems. early death is a consequence. this is a story that new government strategy is going to ensure that millions more of us are given the opportunity to have those potential problems checked out. the question is obviously around cost at a time when the nhs in england is struggling and says it said it doesn't quite enough my double bill of the obligations imposed on it. but it will ask local health authorities to ensure those identified ardour given correct treatment. are they good for you or are they not? it is one thing being diagnosed with is that the money available to give you the best
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fitting that you want? can you get the resources. at the end of the day it is something that needs to be done because down the line it will cost so much more of these individuals if they are not examined and advised at the best way to keep themselves healthy but it is the balance of trying to say now or later you have to pay for it. prevention is better than cure but with these people if walking around, it might be me, you never know. you just don't know. that's look at the sun, page two, the death traps in your kitchen is the headline. ten fires a day because of white goods like bridge features and washing machines. it is talking about nearly 10,000 deaths in three years from various appliances and they're getting a little bit about the fact that the grenfell tower buyer. ten by —— fire. it was started by a fridge. i am
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by —— fire. it was started by a fridge. iam not by —— fire. it was started by a fridge. i am not sure, by —— fire. it was started by a fridge. iam not sure, what by —— fire. it was started by a fridge. i am not sure, what are they calling for? in terms of these things are checked. obviously goods are recalled when they are issues. is it are recalled when they are issues. isita are recalled when they are issues. is it a story? you can see the is a picture of there, one of our possible paper reviewers, also consumer rights champion. she made lots of recommendations in safety, what has happened? lots of recommendations in safety, what has happened ?|j lots of recommendations in safety, what has happened? i don't know the details of that review but it is interesting to see how grenfell tower has changed the debate around regulation. until really a couple of wood so good this was all red tape that we wanted to get rid of it as quickly as possible and make it easier for businesses and now there isa easier for businesses and now there is a recognition that there is a potentially lethal cost to making things, deregulating wings and cutting back regulations. the number of buyers the paper shows from these
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appliances has gone down marginally but basically the same thing 2014 and 2016 washing machines are the most common of fire causes. i think we don't know the actual causes of 6 re nfell tower we don't know the actual causes of grenfell tower in depth but i think they will be a new attitude towards regulation. let's finish with the front of the metro. flying low, a picture of marlboro. a good way to end, back on top as he allows out and stop he wasn't quite back on top yesterday. silver. i rememberthere was a certain advert that said you don't win silver, you lose gold, which was... there he was running his five k that people do under part one on a saturday morning. the end ofan one on a saturday morning. the end of an extraordinary career. absolutely and it takes an awful lot for somebody to stay at the top of the game for so long. certainly hats off to him and he is on his way to
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marathons that he is going to start doing? that is the naturalthing marathons that he is going to start doing? that is the natural thing to progress to. when was watching last night, he isn't a tall man at all but the length of his stride is really shocking and i don't know why i have noticed it before, but he is still being dogged by those scandals around his coach, alberto salazar, who was investing dated in the united states for dubbing and he has a lwa ys united states for dubbing and he has always defied —— denied he had done anything wrong and mo farah is saying it will affect his legacy and they are sick of defending himself. he was a bit tetchy talking to the media. he would probably say, i want to go out as a great champion, sir mo farah, olympic champion, world championship medal winner and you keep asking about drugs. there is no escape from it at the moment with athletics particularly when we see people who have been caught cheating and then they come back. they have
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to do something about it because any kind of mention of drugs, an athlete will because we asked the question. that is it that this hour but henry oi’ that is it that this hour but henry or henri as it says, jacqui francis will be back again at 11:30pm. the good evening. the it really has been a gorgeous day for many of us with lots of blue sky and lots of sunshine coming through. i hope you managed to get out and enjoy. just take a look at this fabulous weather watcher's picture down in kent this afternoon. as you can see, very, very pleasant indeed along the coast. and in fact we saw highs just to the west of london of 23 celsius. as we went through the day we had a scattering of showers into scotland and cloud and rain gathering out in the west. the sign of what is to come
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as we move through the night tonight and into tomorrow. all change for most of us as the wet and often windy weather starts to push in across northern ireland and into western scotland. certainly more cloud around tonight, not as cold. best chance of seeing the perseid meteor shower the further east you are. we will start off with a lot of rain, some of it quite heavy through scotland first thing in the morning. the rain already starting to clear away to showers through northern ireland, but some of it quite persistent across the isle of man and into the lake district. a west east divide through northern england. rain to the west of the pennines, dry to the east. certainly that rain will be down into wales and the south west of england as well. we will start off some sunshine in the south—east corner and east anglia. you may well cling on to the sun for much of the day. the cloud will thicken all the time up through this part of the country into the midlands. we will see outbreaks of rain, albeit light and patchy moving in. some showers developing into northern ireland. some of those could be heavy, possibly thundery by the middle of the afternoon. in terms of the feel of things, disappointing to the north and west. 15 to 18 celsius.
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highest values again, just like today, of 23 in the south—east corner. but that rain will arrive. it will gradually sweep its way steadily eastwards overnight monday into tuesday. not too much significant rainfall across the south—east and then clearing behind to a trail of showers. but tuesday looks reasonably promising. most of the rain will have cleared out of the way through the night. some of the showers again could still be quite heavy and possibly thundery. 16 to 18 celsius in the north, but again we will keep 23 celsius in the south—east corner. a little transient ridge of high pressure tries to build, but not for long before another area of low pressure starts to threaten. but it does look as though on the whole wednesday will be a slightly quieter day before more rain arrives. this week is a little complicated. there will be some sunny spells, some of the showers really quite heavy indeed, and turning just a little bit cooler later. this is the new is. —— this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 11pm: president trump is accused of being too soft on the far right
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after violence at at a rally in virginia left one person dead and many more injured. the white house defends the president response to the attack, saying his condemnation had been of all extremists, including white supremacists. a joint pledge from the trade secretary and the chancellor: a brexit transition period will not be a back door to staying in the eu. learner drivers will be allowed to have lessons on motorways for the first time from next year. also in the next hour, britain's athletes reach their target at the world championships. great britain finished sixth in the medal table after winning two more relay medals. and we will review the papers, including the metro
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