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good afternoon. detectives investigating the bomb attack on a london train on friday have made a second arrest. the 21—year—old man was detained at hounslow in west london late last night. detectives are continuing to question a teenager who was arrested in dover in kent. 30 people were injured when the device detonated at parsons green station. jane frances kelly reports. as investigations enter their third day, following the terror attack at parsons green, police say they have arrested a second man who was 21. he was detained eight last night in hounslow in west london and is now being questioned. it follows the arrest of an 18—year—old man yesterday morning at the port of dover which had to be partially evacuated. the home secretary said the police and security services are trying to establish how many people we re trying to establish how many people were involved in the attack. this has been a year like no other. we have seen five serious attacks
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and six that were foiled by the police, and the police are getting on with doing their operation today. they are working closely with the security services. there is still intense police activity at the terraced house in sunbury where the 18—year—old is believed to have lived with an elderly couple, known for having fostered hundreds of children, including refugees. they we re children, including refugees. they were recognised by the queen in 2010. the house is 11 miles away from the attack. it appears that the improvised explosive device at parsons green station, which was placed in a bucket, produced a sheet of flame is that failed to go off properly. had it done so, hundreds of people packed into the train could have been killed or seriously injured. several people were treated in hospital but none suffered life—threatening injuries. despite progress in the investigation, the official terror threat level in the
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uk remains that critical. armed officers patrolling stations and busy venues. the investigation seeks to establish just who was behind friday's attack and whether or are planned in the coming days. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds is in sunbury—on—thames, where police are still searching a house linked to the teenager suspected of planting the device. tom, any indication that the operation may be winding down? this is going to take a long time. it will take time to go through every single inch of the house behind these barriers here. in the last hour or these barriers here. in the last hourorso, these barriers here. in the last hour or so, police have moved the cord, which was set at the end of the road about 100 metres yesterday, which was put in when they arrived here, put in the police said as a caution. that suggests that what they found in the house is not regarded as in any way dangerous, or that nothing was found and they feel
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happy to allow us closer. as you can see, this is quite an operation. tents covering various parts of the front and back of the house, which means the police do regard this as an important place forensically for their investigation. it has been pointed out that two people have now been arrested, the home secretary says there is the potential for more than one person to be connected with this device, placed on the tube train. it is equally the point that the police in the sort of investigations seek to get to every single acquaintance of those they are single acquaintance of those they a re interested single acquaintance of those they are interested in, to make sure the communications between the people they are interested in are properly mapped out. it is possible that there will be more arrests as they get to grips with the people they are dealing with at the moment in custody. thank you. borisjohnson is facing more criticism from cabinet colleagues, after he wrote a newspaper article calling for a "glorious" brexit. the home secretary amber rudd has accused him of back—seat driving. theresa may is expected to lay out her vision for brexit
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in a speech later this week. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. not since here injanuary has the prime minister given a big set—piece speech on brexit. but on friday she will, in florence. that's why borisjohnson‘s intervention matters, notjust because of his own ambitions, but because it highlights the rows within government about the flavour of brexit the country signs up to. i don't want him managing the brexit process. what we've got is theresa may managing that process. she's driving the car, to continue the allegory, and i'm going to make sure that, as far as i'm concerned and the rest of the cabinet are concerned, we help her do that. this is a difficult moment. so this is back—seat driving? yes, you could call it back—seat driving, absolutely. boris johnson, seen here campaigning earlier this year, said in his article that the uk had a glorious future and should not pay for access to european markets after brexit. he also offered views on the education system,
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funding for the health service and tax. it's led political opponents to say he should be sacked. it's a terrible situation, and it puts theresa may in an impossible position. ijust don't understand why she hasn't fired him. it's like a school that is completely out of control, and the headteacher‘s sitting in her office paralysed and impotent. the prime minister's deputy agreed with the home secretary that mrjohnson‘s timing could have been better, given friday's terrorist attack, but when asked if he's going to lose hisjob, said... no, he isn't, and the reason is that he, like the rest of the cabinet, like the prime minister, is all about wanting to get the best dealfor the british people. and that is a long and difficult process that will take us the next 18 months or so. is it not time we took back control? the foreign secretary's spokesman said the prime minister is leading the brexit negotiations, and borisjohnson is fully behind her in getting the best deal.
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chris mason, bbc news. police are continuing their investigation into a crash on the m5 in south gloucestershire yesterday in which four people died. a woman and two children are critically ill and remain in hospital. tomos morgan is thatjunction 15 of the motorway now. the police have been giving an update of their investigation. what have they been saying? well, the northbound roots here between junctions 1a and 16 remains closed as the police continue the clean—up operation here behind me. this was a high impact, high—speed collision and due to the severity of this crash, the clean—up operation is taking longer than the police expected. you can see the forensic team is continuing to clear
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the debris behind me. this happened around 2:30pm yesterday afternoon. a lorry travelling southbound crashed through the central reservation and struck two vehicles travelling northbound. four people were killed. three were taken to hospital with life—threatening injuries. among those, woman and two children. the public were stuck in queues due to the collision. police have commended the collision. police have commended the public that helped those who we re the public that helped those who were injured. for now, the northbound route between 1a and 16 remains closed as the clean—up operation continues in what has been described as an utterly horrific collision. thank you. a quarter of secondary schools in england are not providing adequate religious education lessons according to a teachers group. the national association of teachers of religious education say the subject has to be taught in schools legally. the department for education says how re is taught
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is up to individual schools. tim muffett reports. the coopers' company and coborn school in upminster, where religious education is a core subject. it gives you the skill to debate, argue, and really consider what other people view about something. all state schools in england, including academies and free schools, are legally obliged to provide religious education as part of a balanced curriculum. there needs to be something that happens if schools aren't doing this. fiona moss is from the national association of teachers of religious education. it issued a freedom of information request to the department for education. its school census data showed that 26% of secondary schools in england made no provision for re, and in academies, which operate outside of local authority control, the figure rose to 34% amongst the 11 to 13 age group — 44% for older pupils. when it comes down to it, schools are breaking the law.
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they do have to teach re to all of their students. schools we've spoken to have told us that re teachers can be hard to recruit, and that, for many pupils and parents, the subject is not considered a priority. many insist that the legal obligation to teach re can be fulfilled in different ways. they might be using conferences, they might be using some of citizenship lessons, they might be using assemblies. as head of a church of england school, that's what we did. we were most definitely not breaking the law. the department for education said that it firmly believes in the importance of religious education, and that it remains compulsory for all state funded schools. tim muffett, bbc news. you're watching the bbc news channel.
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aid agencies working with rohingya refugees have identified almost 1300 children who have arrived from myanmar without parents or relatives to ta ke myanmar without parents or relatives to take care of them. some as young as three years old. the bangladeshi government is planning to build a camp to accommodate the 400,000 who have fled the military crackdown in myanmar will stop in an interview with the bbc‘s hardtalk programme, the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, said myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, had to contain the country's military. he said the leader had a chance to reverse the situation when she addresses the nation on tuesday. it is clear for me that we have
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two dimensions here. 0ne dimension is that this is not a perfect democracy, this is a situation in which the military still has the upper hand. so you are blaming the military, not aung san suu kyi? i am saying it is a complex situation. who is responsible? it is a complex situation. it is clear for me that there is pressure from the military said is pressure from the military side to do what is being done on the ground. i would expect that the leader of the country would be able to contain it and would be able to reverse the situation. she has a last chance in my opinion to do so because she will be addressing the country and i hope that it corresponds exactly to the beginning of our high—level session in the general assembly. she will have a chance to reverse the situation. if she does not reverse the situation now, then i think the tragedy will be absolutely horrible. unfortunately, i don't see how this can be reversed in the future. you don't see how
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this can be reversed? i think it still can be reversed, i think she still has an opportunity next tuesday. but can she tell the military to stop what is going on on the ground? you just blamed the military and not her. i think we also have to put pressure on the military. i think it is important that countries that have links, military to military, do so. i think all forms of pressure are necessary at the present moment in order to make sure that the carnage stops. you can see that interview at half past midnight and 4:30am overnight and it will be on the bbc iplayer afterwards. 0ur correspondent in myanmarjonah fisher, says the nationally televised speech that aung sang suu kyi will give on tuesday will be a key moment. i'm sure antonio guterres realises the limitations and restrictions on aung san suu kyi's power. yes she is the head of the civilian government
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here but the burmese army is an autonomous political entity here and it does not take its instructions from the civilian government. the operations in the northern state that has driven so many of the rohingya into bangladesh, that is being carried out by the burmese army, not on the instructions of aung san suu kyi. the criticism made of her is that she has not spoken out, she has not reflected on what is going on in that state in public, in terms of the tremendous suffering of more than 400,000 rohingya who have crossed the border into bangladesh and are now in dire conditions. 0n bangladesh and are now in dire conditions. on tuesday, when she speaks here, she is giving an important speech in front of diplomats here, and she will speak in english, clearly tailored for an international audience. the diplomats and international audience watching around the world will watch closely to see how she calibrates
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that message and people will listen in to see if there is an acknowledgement of the tremendous suffering, the awful things that have taken place. there have been horrendous reports of abuses taking place at the hands of the burmese army. i think people will be listening closely for an acknowledgement from aung san suu kyi about just how acknowledgement from aung san suu kyi aboutjust how serious things are and bleak for the rohingya population and her challenge will be how to calibrate that message so she maintainsa how to calibrate that message so she maintains a relationship with the burmese military. she helps to work with them day—to—day, while also satisfying and international community that has become harsh in its criticism of the way in which she is responding. anti—terrorism officers are questioning a second man in connection with the attack on a tube train at parsons green station in south west london. the man — who's 21 — was arrested in hounslow, in west london, before midnight. an 18—year—old man who was detained yesterday morning at dover is still being held.
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the uk terror threat level remains at critical. we can speak to raffaello pantucci — director of international security studies at the royal united services institute. good to speak to you again. let me ask you first about the threat level remaining set as it is. a number of other instances we have seen this year, it has been a case of a precautionary move. it could mean an attack is imminent. it could also mean the police are not confident yet they have closed down all the potential people who could be involved in this incident. what do you read into it? we have to remember the threat level is set by thejoint terrorism remember the threat level is set by the joint terrorism analysis centre made up of people from across the security agencies and government who come together and draw on the basis of their assessment of what the threat level should be set out. of their assessment of what the threat level should be set outm is an independent view on what the
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threat picture looks like. at the moment the fact they have left it at critical reflects the fact they have not got total clarity i suspect on what has taken place. if they think they have disrupted the bomb maker, it is possible you are looking at other people still out there, possible they do not have the total contours of the specific plot. the other thing is if we look back recent history, you can see there is often a case of copycats or people who use an attack as a springboard to launch something they might have been thinking about. that is something we have seen. people get inspired by other attacks and it may accelerate their plans. if we take these two things, and the fact that these two things, and the fact that the broader threat picture is one the broader threat picture is one the security services are worried about at the moment, you could see it would make sense sense to keep things at critical to make sure the
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security forces are wrapped up to the security level. —— ramped up. 0ne the security level. —— ramped up. one thing that will be discussed, particularly if we get a —— and identification of the men and whether they were known to the security services, whether they were people of concern. president trump suggested when he first spoke about this that was the case. he was rebuked by theresa may. the home secretary today said that was speculation. given the numbers of people police are watching, would it be surprising if that was the case? it would not be entirely surprising. 0ften it would not be entirely surprising. often we have to bear in mind when these stories emerge of the authorities knowing individuals involved in attacks, we should read it is probably a good sign. more terrifying the idea that people show up terrifying the idea that people show up trying to dodge attacks that the authorities have no idea who they
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are. at least if they know, it means they are looking at the right people, even if they were not calibrating the priority of who they should be looking at. it is looking ata should be looking at. it is looking at a wide picture. nowadays, authorities have been looking at the terrorist threat picture for 15, 16 yea rs, terrorist threat picture for 15, 16 years, more, almost two decades, and over that time you accumulate cases and in some individuals you have people who will be on the fringes of investigations, maybe go to jail for short periods, and yet many years later they show up again as a priority and that is what we have seenin priority and that is what we have seen in recent cases, where people who were not the focus of attention has showed up in investigations in the past, come back into focus and i think that is probably not bad because at least the authorities are looking at the right people, if they
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are not getting the calibrating of their response to them quite right. perspective is something that can be lost in the rush of an individual investigation. it is good you make the point about how long now we have been trying to come to terms with this particular brand of terrorism and how it has evolved. given that question of evolution from driving planes into tall buildings to kill large numbers of people, to something as almost prosaic as a home—made improvised explosive, potentially done by somebody on their own, that gives a sense doesn't it of how much harder the task has got and how much more it is ina task has got and how much more it is in a sense our responsibility as individuals, as much as the responsibility of the security services. i think that is right. in many ways the facts that we have
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gone from large plots of driving planes into buildings to guys making bombs in their basement by themselves is a reflection of the fa ct themselves is a reflection of the fact the security forces have got better and more focused on trying to manage this problem and so now it is difficult to orchestrate large—scale plots. the attack of the london transport system in 2005. i think matters got harderfor transport system in 2005. i think matters got harder for terrorists to launch these large plots. but it means, what it does not mean u nfortu nately, means, what it does not mean unfortunately, is the ideology has gone away. the ideas are still out there and they continue to express themselves in these increases —— in these increasingly diffuse pots. at these increasingly diffuse pots. at the end of the day the authorities and intelligence agencies can continue to do their good work, but when you deal with people who may be the authorities have no reason to
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have come into contact with, and suddenly they decide to do an attack, who will be the one to notice that? we do not live in a police state with total control and surveillance on everybody and so it does become to a degree the job of the public in general to be alert to people who may be trying to do terrorist activity. thank you. the palestinian militant group, hamas, says it is ready to hold a general election for the first time since 2006. it said it was aiming to hold more talks with its rival fatah, to try to end their decade—long feud. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell spoke to us from jerusalem. for more than ten years there has been a deep rift between hamas and fatah. in 2007, hamas ousted
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palestinian authority, security forces loyal to president bass and his fatah faction in the gaza trip and seize control after winning legislative elections. since reconciliation to try to bring the sides back together has failed but there was a short statement after egyptian intervention. egyptians trying to broker reconciliation talks. they have been speaking to hamas officials who put out a statement saying it would dissolve this administrative committee is set up this administrative committee is set up in march to manage affairs in gaza. it was seen as a rival government to the palestinian president. it said it invited a reconciliation government to take control of affairs in gaza and it was ready to hold general elections. these have not been held since 2006 because of the split between hamas and fatah. between gaza and the west bankin and fatah. between gaza and the west
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bank in effect. it said basically it was ready to restart talks with fata h was ready to restart talks with fatah on getting back to the 2011 reconciliation deal which was agreed between all of the palestinian factions. this is being read as positive. there is a senior fatah official who has said it is positive and promising. we expect fatah officials in cairo will be meeting with senior egyptian officials during the day and we will get a full response from them. new protests have broken out in the us city of st louis, where last week, a white former police officer was found not guilty of murdering a black man in 2011. hundreds have marched in the missouri city for a second day, chanting, "black lives matter." more than 33 protesters were arrested and 11 police officers were injured in friday night's scuffles. we have a contingent of officers ready to respond to any incident that may arise. we will continue to ensure our citizens‘ first amendment
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rights are protected. however we will not tolerate violence, against citizens, police officers, or damage to property. we have been very tolerant and have used great restraint yesterday and today. there's been a sharp increase in the number of firefighters unable to work because of mental illness in england and wales. figures obtained by bbc radio 5 live suggested a rise of nearly a third over the last six years. in london, the number of fire staff taking leave because of mental—health problems has doubled since 2011. the home office said it was the responsibility of fire departments to put wellbeing support in place. let's speak to jill tolfrey — chief executive of the fire fighters charity. shejoins me from our dunstable newsroom. thanks for being with us. do these
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figures come as a surprise? not really. i think much of this is because the issue of mental health and fitness is more talked about, so people are more willing to identify that not only do they have a physical problem but their mental fitness is not as good as it could be to do the job. it could be this has always been the case and that firefighters have been as reluctant as the rest of us in what is a kind of very high profile role in which they might fear signs of weakness might mean effectively having to give up theirjob, perhaps unwilling to acknowledge it? i think it is probably true. as a british culture, we are not terribly keen to identify we are not terribly keen to identify we have a mental health issue. firefighters are very much seeing themselves as the rescuers of others, do not see themselves as portraying any weakness and if you add that together it is difficult for them to suggest they may be
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suffering from stress or anxiety or some things they have seen in their working life are having an effect. you would expect it to have an effect. they see some pretty terrible things and it would not be a human response not be affected by things they see. we are more aware of post—traumatic stress disorder and presumably you've think of something like grenfell tower. after g re nfell tower, something like grenfell tower. after grenfell tower, was there a conscious effort to supply firefighters, the hundreds involved in tackling that fire, with any kind of support if they needed it? absolutely. from i think almost the day after, the firefighters were offered counselling right the way through and some of those still involved are still receiving counselling. the commissioner herself is receiving counselling. it is all around getting context around the events they have seen and being
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able to normalise the situation that they have seen terrible things. it is how they come to terms with those things. london have put a lot in place to support those firefighters. in many areas of the country, forgive me if i have got the language wrong, but retained firefighters who are not necessarily full—time. firefighters who are not necessarily full-time. that is right. retained oi’ full-time. that is right. retained 01’ on full-time. that is right. retained or on call. presumably there is a more complicated picture because they may not be in the station for a number of days until they are on shift and colleagues might not be aware when they go back to their civilianjob, or go aware when they go back to their civilian job, or go home, aware when they go back to their civilianjob, or go home, they are suffering problems. how can that be addressed? that suffering problems. how can that be addressed ? that is suffering problems. how can that be addressed? that is another problem because they come in from a full—timejob and because they come in from a full—time job and go out on a call. i think the way it can be addressed is that the crew themselves work to support each other. they talk to
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each other and share their experience of a shout and also the charity is that —— is there to provide support, anybody who has been involved in anything that is having a challenging impact. tell us about the charity and how people can get in contact if they are a retired firefighter. anybody in the fire and rescue service can get in touch with us. rescue service can get in touch with us. we provide rehabilitation services for physical and mental health support. for individuals, control staff, who are often forgotten in this situation. and for dependents. having a firefighter in the family could have an impact on individuals' families and partners. and if they use and internet search, type in fire fighters charity, it should come up? there is a website.
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it will take you straight through and all the links are there to come through to get some support. pleasure to speak to you. right, let's ta ke pleasure to speak to you. right, let's take a look at the weather. we will head across the newsroom. chris. good afternoon. good afternoon. another cool and showery day. the showers have moved it across eastern england in particular, becoming quite widespread. showers breaking out across the south—east in the second half of the afternoon. away from central and eastern england, a bit more sunshine than yesterday. feeling a little bit less cool.
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0vernight, showers around the north sea but during the second half of the night, probably getting low cloud and mist and fog patches forming. a cold night in the countryside particularly the north—west. it will be another cold start to the day on monday. monday sees further showers moving into central and eastern england. probably more general rave in the far north—east of scotland, limiting the temperature rise. the best of the temperature rise. the best of the dry weather in the west of the uk.
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