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this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at eleven. in the last few minutes, police have arrested an 18—year—old man in dover in connection with yesterday's tube bombing. the uk terror threat has been raised to its highest level — meaning another attack could be imminent. the tempo is like at a level we haven't seen for a very long time. nearly 600 live investigations covering over 3,000 people and another group of 20,000 people we're concerned of. i'm robert hall, live at parsons green tube station, which has reopened this morning amid heightened security. writing in today's daily telegraph, the foreign secretary sets out his vision for what he calls britain's "glorious" future outside the eu. and borisjohnson revives his promise of billions more funding for the nhs after brexit. a day after north korea's
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latest missile launch — kim jong—un says he wants to match the military power of the united states. good morning and welcome to bbc news. in the last half an hour, the police have arrested an 18—year—old man at dover in connection with yesterday's bombing of a crowded underground train. dear rest is described as significant. armed police and military personnel are being deployed at key locations across the uk — following the raising of the terror threat level to "critical" — the highest possible alert. the government believes a further attack may be imminent. let's cross over to new scotland ya rd let's cross over to new scotland yard and corresponding payment, dan freedman. i have been given the statement confirming that there has been an arrest in the investigation
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into who ever put that explosive device at parsons green on the underground system yesterday. the statement reads as follows, direct —— detectives investigating the terrorist attack on parsons green on the 15th of september, have made an arrest in relation to that investigation. an 18—year—old man was arrested by kent police in the port area of dover in kent. the man remains in custody at a local police station but he will be transferred toa station but he will be transferred to a south london police station in due course. speaking on behalf of the metropolitan police, the deputy assista nt the metropolitan police, the deputy assistant commissioner has said today we have made a significant arrest in our investigation this morning. although we are pleased with the progress made, this investigation continues and the threat level remains at the highest level which is critical. the public
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should remain vigilant as our staff, officers and partners continue to work through the complex investigation. we are not at this time changing protective security measures and the steps to free up armed officers remain in place. i think this is the most interesting line about the arrest, the arrest will lead to more activity from our officers were strong investigative reasons we will not give any more details on the man be arrested at the stage. that suggests that there may be other people of interest that they are looking to apprehend in the coming hours. let's cross now to parsons green. 0ur correspondent robert hall is outside parsons green station. ican i can pick up on what dan was saying there. what has happened in the past suggests that that that reference to walk —— more police activity chimes with way things work. they will want to build
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a trail as it were leading from any individual that they have detained, they want to find out whether he has had, ora she, has they want to find out whether he has had, or a she, has had any help from anybody else in preparing this device. and that may involve further raids, further police operations. and that is why, i come back to the critical state operation, the introduction of troops to relieve armed officers, that is why that move is not just armed officers, that is why that move is notjust window dressing. they are releasing those officers to respond and take part in any further operations the investigating team have planned or may take part in during the day. i want to move back ifi during the day. i want to move back if i made to casualties. we have had a statement from hospitals over the last ten or 15 minutes or so. i will run through what we have been told. they are all london hospitals, the imperial hospital, there is a
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slightly revised figure, 30 people, 29 originally, 30 people were taken to hospital after this attack on this train above me here. 19 people made their way to i am sorry 19 words taken to hospital. we saw from the pictures yesterday, a lot of people had been suffered burn injuries and had to be treated on the scene. the good news from the hospitals is that only three people are still being treated in hospital. they are at the chelsea and westminster hospital and everybody else has now been released and have been able to go home. so that is the latest casualties figures, 30 people injured in this incident. just to be still being treated in hospital. for now, back to you in the studio. i am now, back to you in the studio. i am now being told we are going back to dan at scotland yard. 0k, robert. we
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we re dan at scotland yard. 0k, robert. we were wondering why it had gone so quite from the metropolitan police since the last statement last night at about 12 o'clock. i think this is probably why that is the case, because there is clearly a huge operation going on behind the scenes and that they were honing in on one of the possible suspects, the 18—year—old man, now arrested this morning in dover. i will reaffirm what we have been hearing from police in the last 30 minutes, detectives investigating the attack in parsons green have made an arrest in regards to the investigation. an 18—year—old man was arrested in doverin 18—year—old man was arrested in dover in the porch area in kent. it would be one of the obvious area is someone would go if they were looking to leave the uk and travel elsewhere. we cannot speculate as to whether that was what was happening, but they made it clear this was in the port avia of dover, and in the area where someone was looking to
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leave might decide to. that person is in custody, in a south of england police station. they will be transferred to a south london police station in due course. this person who they have arrested, who is the believe a significant arrest, they believe a significant arrest, they believe will open up this investigation and give the police some clarification as to the motivation process of events that led to yesterday's device left on a parsons green's police station. —— train station. it may help them establish whether this was someone acting alone, whether this was a network of whether there are other devices that could be used on attacks on the underground network or elsewhere. dan freedman at scotla nd or elsewhere. dan freedman at scotland yard for others. and we heard from our other corresponded at
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parsons green tube station as well. with me now is chris phillips — former head of the national counter terrorism security office. what we have seen as we have seen someone arrested in kent. that is known to be the best way to get in and out of the country without being picked up with the authorities. it is good they are doing the extra checks today to pick people up. is good they are doing the extra checks today to pick people upm terms of the investigation now, if they have a potential suspect, especially the hope that will open up especially the hope that will open up links to other people to places? i would be surprised if they do not know quite well who is involved in the snow. this cctv systems around all the tube networks in that part of london are amazing and they have had hundreds of officers going through that overnight. i am surprised we have not seen a picture, that tells a story because i think they know who it is and they are probablyjust i think they know who it is and they are probably just hunting i think they know who it is and they are probablyjust hunting them down. an keen not to tip the mark that they had already identified them?
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an keen not to tip the mark that they had already identified them7m course what happens is that evidence sta rts course what happens is that evidence starts to go missing and disappears. they will be doing lots of enquiries behind the scenes in order to work out where these people, or person, has been, who they have been with over the last month or two. what about the circumstances in which this bomb went off and the fact that it was on the strain, it had been put down on the string, although that does not seem to be an indication there was anyone with it at the time? we can beat so much from this. the deductions we can make our quite obvious, there was a time means that they did not mean to commit suicide. the fact that it was in this bucket is key, because i think that what has happened there is that they have been mixing the mix to make this mum up. it wasn't necessarily the final... they probably had a briefcase on a rucksack to put that in. they started panicking because this stuff
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was bubbling, which we have seen happen many times before. and this, we will get rid of it as quick as we can. what you have to do when it sta rts can. what you have to do when it starts doing that, is keep it cool, and you have to put it in ice. it was put in this little freezer bag which could have had ice around it. they probably got rid of it. i would be surprised if they travel too far with that device as it was. if they we re with that device as it was. if they were not sure of... because it could go off at any time. the police will be concentrating their minds around places around the tubes station, where this bomb factory might be fine. whatever the circumstances and obviously there is a lot we do not know and cannot know at this stage, but however one view takes of the people involved in this, that is an incredibly reckless thing to do, to dump something like that, knowing that it it is going to explode. there is only one reason to put it
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where it was, that was to cause mass murder. whether it went off pat partially as it did, there could have potentially have been many deaths. these train carriages are more confined and longer. that blast would have gone down the carriage and many people would have been killed. that is a design dilemma. the authorities are trying to maximise space and trying to get as many people on as they can. you designed to make things were co mforta ble. designed to make things were comfortable. but the balance as you are also trying to design to make them safer and more secure. are also trying to design to make them safer and more securem are also trying to design to make them safer and more secure. it is a co nsta nt them safer and more secure. it is a constant trade—off. if you go back to the tavistock square bus. the thing that saved a lot of people's lives there was when the bus roof came off when it released the blast. and having a longer more open carriage may save lives as well. it is our luck of the drawer where you are standing at any given time. anyone who puts anything like that
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ina anyone who puts anything like that in a carriageway, is designing to kill. it doesn't matter if it is someone not dissimilar to the guy in north dulwich, 6—12 months ago... it was a tubes station and he was autistic, he had asperger‘s syndrome. said in his trial that it was a bit of a ruse and did not mean to kill. but it will kill people. anything in a confined area like that. does not matter if it is one of those or if it is something designed by a terrorist for whatever cause. these are illegal and they have to be brought to the courts as soon as possible. we will see how this develops. thank you so much for the moment. borisjohnson has repeated his claim that leaving the eu will save britain £350 million a week, which can be spent on the nhs instead. in an extensive article for the daily telegraph he sets out his vision for a low tax, low regulation economy — and says britain is on the verge of a ‘glorious future'. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn said the £350 million claim
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was dredging up a fantasy. let's speak to fraser nelson, the editor of the spectator, who wrote yesterday about why boris had been keeping a low profile. so much changes and 2a hours. what you make of this? it is an extraordinary expense of article, across two extraordinary expense of article, a cross two pages extraordinary expense of article, across two pages of the newspaper. it starts with, my friends, as if he is delivering a speech, it reads almost like a minus festival. -- ma nifesto. almost like a minus festival. -- manifesto. it is. the government has one of its members who has been very vocal about the... he is simply
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making the case for brexit. he hasn't been doing so because he thinks anything he says will be seen asa thinks anything he says will be seen as a leadership bid as i think he is finding it today. it cannot come as a surprise, if you publish an article like this, six days before the prime minister is to deliver her at ease speech about brexit, the thing that will set out the territory for the remaining months of the negotiation and florence and you get your retaliation in first. that is how it will be interpreted, isn't it? boris knows that no matter what he says about brexit or anything, it will be seen as a leadership bid. better to say nothing at all then, isn't it? no, that doesn't make sense for someone who is supposed to be an advocate for brexit to say nothing, that is what is bizarre. that is what i was writing about yesterday. a mute boris is a pointless boris. now we
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have a more vocal boris. it is an improvement, but who? it may be for the overall messaging further conservative party, but he is not saying the same thing as a prime minister, world distort the impression that there are serious differences about how brexit should be delivered? it would if you are seriously contradicting her, he is not. he is simply making the case for brexit. in his own way, the government is a lot more people making speeches like this. the argument for brexit, pointing out what it is far, what the point of it all is, these arguments have not been made since the vote. we have dragged it down into this dull territory about negotiations. we need a different narrative and boris is providing it. and other members of the cabinet should be providing it. downing street are suggesting it was not again eventually arranged bit of publicity for the government. this was something that they saw,
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but it hadn't been in the planning grid, it had not been agreed that the foreign secretary would set out if you like the warm up act for the prime minister. do you read anything into that? yes. before the general election, all the cabinet members we re election, all the cabinet members were highly attended, told what they could see and what they can see by the prime minister. before the prime minister —— the election she did not wa nt minister —— the election she did not want them to see anything. now that has changed. it has changed her ability to control the cabinet in a way she was doing. you are seeing in cabinet members, taking more initiative. but that is what you would want in people, making the government's is in their own way. you can see a different style of government pulls the election. and i think it is a slightly more interesting government that has more to say. fascinating stuff. thanks was speaking tours again. —— to as again. a day after its latest ballistic missile launch, north korea has said its final goal is to match the military power
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of the the united states. last night, the un security council described the missile test over japan as highly provocative — but no further sanctions were imposed. bill hayton reports. north korea is celebrating another successful test for its hwasong—12 ballistic missile and kim jong—un was there to congratulate the scientists. he told them his aim is to establish a balance of force for the united states, so it cannot threaten his country with military action. but on a visit to an airbase near washington, president trump said the us will never be intimidated. after seeing your capabilities and commitment here today, i am more confident than ever that our options in addressing this threat are both effective and overwhelming. in new york, the un security council discussed the situation for the second time this week. this time, there was no new resolution, only a press statement strongly condemning
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the missile launch and urging compliance with existing sanctions. and russia says the us has to get serious about talks with north korea. but as russia and china urge patience, the us says it's running out of time. it wants an end to north korea's missile and nuclear programmes, but with those programmes making rapid progress, the choices facing world leaders are becoming more difficult. the american actor harry dean stanton, known for his roles in the godfather part two, alien, and twin peaks, has died at the age of 91. he appeared in more than 100 films and tv shows over six decades, and was well known in hollywood circles for his showbiz lifestyle. his most recent film, lucky, is due to be released later this month. the budget airline ryanair has announced it will be cancelling between a0 to 50 flights a day until the end of october —
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in order to improve punctuality. approximately 285,000 passengers could be affected. in a statement on their website, the company said this would amount to only 2% of its flights. well, lots of passengers have taken to twitter to voice their unhappiness at the situation. beky lucas wrote "thanks so much @rya nair for cancelling our flight for tomorrow morning. i really appreciate the 2a hours notice that i can't go on holiday!" ali croft tweeted "so we are in krakow & #ryanair cancel our flight home on monday — what? ? ? how are we supposed to get home?" and marcelo heuer says "flight cancelled by @ryanair i try to speak to someone straight on the desk at the airport without luck. next flight in 3 days." simon caldwell told me it is linked to times staff leaving. they are changing it to a broadly calendar year and therefore everybody who is flying from ryanair, pilots and
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cabin crew, saying hell, i need to ta ke cabin crew, saying hell, i need to take my entitlement before the end of the year. as a result of that, they are tightening their staffing and in order to improve their punctuality which has slipped in the last couple of weeks, they want to keep more aircraft on the ground to improve resilience. a cynical person would say there has been an almighty administrative pile—up and that actually as a result of that they are now pre—emptively cancelling flights to the tune of 9000 passengers a day. the kind of, this business of the way they calculate holiday, presumably a lot of companies if you solve this problem coming down the length you might say, we will be a bit flexible this year, we will allow... you can hold you leave over to the new year, but only this year. yes, it is difficult to get to the bottom of what is going on. there has been a suggestion that the irish aviation authorities are to blame. when
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people come to claim the compensation that rya nair will say, it is beyond our control. that is what they have in telling some passengers. i think that would be a difficult one to argue successfully in court. time for sport now and in the sports centre is mike bushell. that win, leaves, crystal palace as the only pointless club in the premier league. they'll be hoping new manager roy hodgson, can change that when he takes charge today for the visit of southampton. he believes that the players can get their first he believes that the players can get theirfirst goal of the he believes that the players can get their first goal of the season today. he has previously managed teams like phil. he has not won his opening game either of those clubs, but he is hoping to some effect. i certainly get the feeling that there is no doubt in the players‘ minds about the importance of this game, there is no doubt in our minds
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about how much it will be a good game to win and it's really up to them now, these people are selected to show they are on the field of play. watford could find themselves top of the league tonight — they're unbeaten this season in 11th — but today they host free in scotland, celtic and aberdeen could be separated this afternoon — aberdeen are behind only on goal difference — they take on kilmarnock, with celtic at home to ross county. england captain eoin morgan says it was the right decision to rest ben stokes for the t20 match against west indies today. many fans bought their tickets to watch stokes at his home ground — and durham used him to market the match — but morgan
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says he needs a rest. guys want to see him play. if there wasn't an injury risk down the line or a huge ashes tour coming up, potentially might be able to play but it is unfortunate that has to be a game at his home ground but forgot to stay strong with the decisions and plans that have so potentially down the line, so that we don't regret playing him in a one—off game. final practice is underway ahead of qualifying for the singapore grand prix. daniel riccardo dominated practice yesterday leading his red bull team mate max verstappen by more than half a second. championship leader lewis hamilton was a further tenth of a second adrift. right now he's currently third quickest on the marina bay street circuit, behind the ferraris of sebastian vettel and kimi raikkonen. qualifying gets underway at two o'clock. it was an iconic sporting moment, when britain'sjohnny brownlea, was helped over the line by brother alistair, at the end of the mexican triathlon.,...well
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that was a year ago, and this year's world series, comes to an end today, in rotterdam, withjonny hoping for a victory, without the need for any help. i think the rest of my career, always could have in my mind, i don't know if special was the right word — it was unusual. but the need to win here would be very, very special. i've never won a grand final before. i've come second a few times and if i could win that, it would go a long way to getting over last year. and the men's race starts at noon — its live on bbc two — with the women's race at around 3 o'clock. thousands of boxing fans are in las vegas this weekend, for the middleweight title clash, between two, of the best fighters on the planet, gennady golovkin and canelo alvarez, which is being dubbed ‘the real deal‘. 0n the undercard is british two—time olympic gold medallist, nicola adams who says it‘s a dream, to make her vegas debut. i‘m taking itjust as i take every otherfight i have been in. stay calm, collected and don‘t let the nerves overwhelm you. ijust like to have fun when i am
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in there so i will be taking my time, having fun and just enjoying the moment. that is all your sport. now it is time for the weather. sunday looking the better day of the two. we have got some sunshine around to begin the day, some mist and fog too, clearing away. also some showers, already rainbows featuring an weather watcher pictures and that will be the order through the day, sharon going across the whole country. thicker cloud affecting scotland, northern ireland, and rain across the south—west quite heavy. conditions brightening in northern scotla nd conditions brightening in northern scotland as the saviour of cloud and
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rain sinks southwards, we will see a mixture of sunshine and showers into the afternoon. for most of england, it is looking like sunshine and showers, the odd heavy one, in the sunshine not too bad. the heaviest than most, prolonged showers will be in wales and the south—west of england. they will continue on and off through the day. top temperature, 15, maybe 16 celsius. the showers and rain continue into this evening. for the first part of the night, it does not clean a week completely. elsewhere, clearing skies, lighter winds, the recipe for a cold night. in the countryside, a touch of grass frost in central and northern areas and some fog, too. we begin sunday on a cold zero, mist and fog clearing away. the showers creeping across the south coast. essentially it is a dry day, a bright day, more sunshine around, like twins as well. so it should
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feel that much warmer. a better day across scotland and northern ireland. will pressure continues to ebb away from the uk, we see high pressure dominating the scene as we head into the start of next week. we will still have influence in eastern areas with the breeze, most of the showers will be across the eastern parts of the country. the further west you are, the better the chances of seeing some sunshine. into tuesday, a similar picture. light winds and plenty of sunshine around. wins coming up from the south—west so feeling that little bit warmer as well. welcome to dateline london. this week aung san suu kyi and donald trump, two leaders comprising and confronting their leaders. in iraq and syria, how is the fight really going against the group that calls
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itself islamic state? my guests, the founder of the first rough draft of history pod cast. the director of the afghan journalist network. the sudanese writer. and the director of the think tank the institute for government. welcome to you all. aung san suu kyi, prisoner of conscience for years, the gently persuasive campaigner who helped bring a peaceful end to my‘s decades of military dictatorship. why is she so relu cta nt to military dictatorship. why is she so reluctant to speak out against a military operation seen by many as bordering on ethnic cleansing? —— and myanmar‘s decades of military dictatorship. the de facto leader of myanmar will read a state address this week. how will she deal with this week. how will she deal with this particular issue? this week. how will she deal with this particular issue ?|j this week. how will she deal with this particular issue? i would be surprised if she said a lot more to condemn this and she has already. she‘s pulled back from doing that. even though the un and human rights
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chief has explicitly called this ethnic cleansing. the military crackdown on the rohingya population. she does not want to use the word rohingya. she really has gone with the majority population, saying that they foreign interlopers into the country. but some of them have lived their for decades. exactly. she is not doing what any government should do to my mind,
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