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this is bbc news. the headlines at 2:00pm. police investigating the london tube bombing have arrested a second man. he's 21 and was detained in west london last night. officers are still searching a property in sunbury—on—thames in surrey, after the arrest an 18—year—old man yesterday the home secretary has accused boris johnson of being a "backseat driver", following his newspaper piece setting out his views on brexit. i don't want him managing the brexit process. what we have got is theresa may managing that process. she is driving the car. i will make sure that as far as i am concerned and the rest of the cabinet, we help her do that. the un secretary—general says myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, has a "last chance" to end the military offensive that's forced 400,000 rohingya muslims to flee to neighbouring bangladesh. also in the next hour...
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we don't need no religous education. how a quarter of secondary schools in england are failing to provide religious education lessons, despite it being a legal requirement. and anger and controversy in las vegas, as the keenly anticipated fight between saul alvarez and gennady golovkin ends in a surprising draw. and in half an hour, here on bbc news, politics europe take a look at what impact the forthcoming german election will have on the eu. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. detectives investigating the bomb attack on a london train on friday have made a second arrest.
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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 is 21. he was detained late on saturday night in hounslow in west london, and is now being questioned. it follows the arrest of an 18—year—old man early yesterday morning at the port of dover, which had to be partially evacuated. the home secretary said the police and security services are still trying to establish just how many people were involved in the attack. this has been a year like no other. we have seen five serious attacks 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.
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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 fostering hundreds of children, including refugees. penny and ronjones were recognised for their services by the queen when they were made mbes in 2010. their house is just over 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 flames, but failed to go off properly. had it done so, hundreds of people packed into the train could have been killed or seriously injured. several victims were treated in hospital but none suffered life—threatening injuries. despite progress in the investigation, the official terrorism threat assessment in the uk remains at critical, its highest level. armed officers are patrolling stations and busy venues, while the investigation seeks to establish just who was behind friday's attack and whether more
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are planned in the coming days. jane frances kelly, bbc news. studio: ina studio: in a moment we will speak two a representative at sunbury—on—thames. but we can go to scotla nd sunbury—on—thames. but we can go to scotland yard first. are the police saying much about the investigation and how significant the arrests are? since they made their statement this morning that they had arrested a second person, they have remained quite tight—lipped. we now understand that a property in hounslow is being searched and people in the area have been advised to stay in their homes as the searches take place. or police activity has focused on the sunbury—on—thames area because that is where the first arrest made, the suspect is believed to live there. we have two people held under the terrorism act. one 18 years old and
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121—year—old. that's where we are at the moment as far as the arrests go. we can now go to catherine in sunbury—on—thames. a lot of police activity there today. absolutely, the focus is still here on cavendish roadin the focus is still here on cavendish road in sunbury—on—thames. in the last hour of the police cordon has been lifted. the further police cordon. it was around 100 metres further up the road. there is still a semi permanent cordoning have put in behind me that is put into searched the property yesterday and around seven houses on each side. we know police erected forensic tents early this morning, one in the front garden of the property and one in the back garden. there has been plenty of forensic work going on with people taking pictures and that kind of thing. for the people who
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live there, we understand they are penny and ron jones, live there, we understand they are penny and ronjones, 71 and 88 respectively. foster carers, well—known in a local area, fostering children for more than a0 yea rs. fostering children for more than a0 years. it's believed that's where the 18—year—old arrested yesterday had been living. people say they have taken in eight refugees in the course of the last few years. some from syria, some from somalia. people say that recently there has been an 18—year—old refugee and a 22—year—old refugee living at that property. as we have been able to come further down the street we have been talking to residents here who say they are distressed at what has happened, but are pleased to be allowed back into their properties. they were allowed back over the course of yesterday evening between nine and 10pm. but they are still very curious as to what exactly has gone on. some people telling us they have seen things taken out of the
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house. it's been deeply worrying for them. one resident hasjust told me that he was told by police that this could last for several days. we could last for several days. we could have some live pictures of the area... live pictures over the area at the moment where there has been this police activity. this is close to heathrow airport. you can see the police outside some houses there. the uk threat level is still at its highest at the moment. these pictures are from stand well, which is quite close to heathrow airport. we know with the threat level still at its highest they believe they are making progress in the investigation, the police, but will presumably not lower the threat level until they are sure that they
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have arrested all those who need to be arrested. home secretary amber rudd has accused boris johnson home secretary amber rudd has accused borisjohnson of back—seat driving. the prime minister will set out her vision for brexit in a speech later this week. mrjohnson‘s spokesman insisted the foreign secretary was fully behind the prime minister's plans for brexit. our 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.
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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, 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.
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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. chris mason, bbc news. chrisjoins me in the chris joins me in the studio. perhaps surprising in that letter from borisjohnson where he raised again this £350 million in blaze and on the side of the leave bus in a referendum. you have developed on that. and intervention from the chair of the that. and intervention from the chairof the uk that. and intervention from the chair of the uk statistics authority. this is like a back to the future moment from the referendum campaign last year where the authority questioned that £350 million figure. this is the letter with sir david saying, i am
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surprised and disappointed, in a letter to the foreign secretary, that you have chosen to repeat the figure of £350 million per week in connection to the amount that might be available for public spending when we leave the european union. it accuses when we leave the european union. it a ccuses gi’oss when we leave the european union. it accuses gross and net attributions, and also assumes figures paid to the eu will not be paid to the uk government and really. it's a clear misuse of official statistics. yours sincerely, david nor grove, the chair of the sincerely, david nor grove, the chairof the uk sincerely, david nor grove, the chair of the uk statistics authority. yet again, an example of a repeating of the argument we saw 12 months ago during the referendum campaign, and a clear view from the uk statistics authority that boris johnson's decision to voluntarily reuse that £350 million to test it is not only being criticised by political opponents, liberal democrats and labour criticised yesterday, but the impartial siddons
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civil servant who chairs the statistics authority. boris johnson with this very long article laying out his vision of brexit and he believes theresa may should spend more on the nhs but, almost to show people there is an upside. it was an interesting article for many reasons including that. it sent interesting piece because of its length, it was more than a000 words, ten times the average length of a politician's newspaper piece. secondly because of its sunny approach for post—brexit uk. it also read like a manifesto for borisjohnson. uk. it also read like a manifesto for boris johnson. they talked uk. it also read like a manifesto for borisjohnson. they talked about education, vocational education, health spending, investment in science. a huge amount in their care that has clearly irritated senior figures he sits around the cabinet table with. we saw damian green in the report there, as well as amber
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rudd. downing street have acknowledged, they said on friday that they did know about the article in advance, but it's pretty last minute. it didn't go through the usual procedure for vetting. there are some conservative mps, though, including those who campaign for remain, who have said that they quite like this idea that given we are leaving the european union, let's set out a positive case for it. borisjohnson let's set out a positive case for it. boris johnson is let's set out a positive case for it. borisjohnson is a very good at of that. they are frustrated the prime minister isn't more along those lines. it's intriguing to see 110w those lines. it's intriguing to see now what kind of vision and what kind of language the prime minister usesin kind of language the prime minister uses in the big speech she gives in florence in italy at the end of the week. and the big question is, how much is boris johnson week. and the big question is, how much is borisjohnson involved in that speech itself? we know he and michael gove are trying to put forward their vision of brexit. michael gove are trying to put forward their vision of brexitlj know boris johnson forward their vision of brexitlj know borisjohnson has seen a draft of the florence speech. we don't know, given what he said yesterday, does that change anything in the d raft by does that change anything in the draft by the time it is delivered on friday? perhaps you will never know
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that because we will only hear the actual speech. we also know one of the motivations for boris johnson's intervention is the whole issue of money is following brexit. he says he doesn't want to see payments for ongoing access to european markets. the question will be, what deal does theresa may do over an interim transition period and what kind of payments might that involve? can she square off division round her cabinet table, particularly among the brexiteers, who will find that politically unpalatable. chris mason, thank you for that update. liberal democrat leader vince cable has said it is perfectly plausible he could be the best —— next prime minister. he was speaking to andrew marr this morning. lib dems are calling for what they call an exit from brexit. early onjo swinson said leaving the eu would make it harder to promote british values.
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politics feels broken. to me, to many in this room, and to so many far beyond this conference hall. we are absolutely right to fight for an exit from brexit. applause brexit will make it harder to follow oui’ brexit will make it harder to follow our values, to protect human rights, to tackle climate change. to solve global problems. an exit from brexit is necessary, but it is not sufficient. because this culture clash continues. and the populists stoke this tension. they do it deliberately. they talked in a simple sound bites that scapegoats different groups. it's all someone else's fault. as liberals we know this is nonsense. the nigel farage,
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donald trump, angry shouty slogans are not solutions to anything. donald trump, angry shouty slogans are not solutions to anythingm swinson, the deputy leader of the liberal democrats. the headlines on bbc news... police investigating the london tube bombing have arrested a second man — he's 21 and was detained in west london last night. the home secretary — amber rudd — has accused borisjohnson of being a ‘backseat driver', following his newspaper piece setting out his views on brexit. the un secretary—general says myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, has a "last chance" to end the military offensive that's forced a00,000 rohingya muslims to flee to neighbouring bangladesh. more on that story now. aid agencies working with rohingya muslim refugees in bangladesh say they've identified almost 1300 children who've arrived from myanmar without parents or relatives. some are as young as three years old. the bangladeshi government
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is planning to build a camp to accommodate the a00,000 rohingya who have fled the military crackdown in myanmar. the un secretary general antonio guterres has urged myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, to end the military offensive. in an interview with the bbc‘s hardtalk programme, he said that she had a chance to reverse the situation when she addresses the nation on tuesday. it is clear for me that we have two dimensions here. one 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. could you clarify. who is responsible? it is a complex situation. it is clear for me that there 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
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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 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
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that the carnage stops. the un secretary—general speaking there. our correspondent in myanmar, jonah fisher, says the nationally televised speech that aung sang suu kyi will give in a couple of days 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 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 rakhine 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 really reflected on what is going on in rakhine state in public, in terms of the tremendous suffering of more
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than a00,000 rohingya who have crossed the border into bangladesh and are now in pretty 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 listen closely to see how she calibrates 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. of the burmese army in northern rakhine state. i think people will be listening closely for an 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 maintains a relationship with the burmese military — she has to work with them day—to—day — while also satisfying
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an international community that has become increasingly harsh in its criticism of the way in which she is responding. on the line in cox's bazar, bangladesh, is yante ismail, spokesperson for the united nations high commissioner for refugees. can you give us a sense on what the situation is there? presumably there are desperate people turning up in greatest need. absolutely. as you know, the humanitarian agencies have registered about a09,000 new arrivals coming into bangladesh. the campi arrivals coming into bangladesh. the camp i visited this afternoon, is one of two official refugee camps. that's where i spent the day looking
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at the situation on the ground. new arrivals means more than 35,000 still coming. you can only imagine the state, how many humans are trying to... they're just trying survive here. we are trying to open up centres for people to stay. we have set up temporary shelters. what i was most shocked by was refugees themselves opening up of each other in gestures of solidarity. helping refugees who have just arrived to find a place. there are some beautiful moments of humanity. but the fact remains that there is a tremendous amount of need
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on the ground. we need shelter, clea n water on the ground. we need shelter, clean water and medical care. every few steps like duck in the camp, somebody would stop me. we met a woman who was more than 60 years old who had to be carried by her two sons over the water. there is desperate need for medical care. there is a lot of that on the ground. there is cooperation with the local bangladesh government has well. what other bangladesh authorities saying and what is their message to the refugees? bangladesh isa message to the refugees? bangladesh is a very poor country itself and they must be struggling to cope with this. i think one of the most important developments, the humanitarian intervention by the government, has been to locate a new
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site to provide shelter. that's tremendous. all the work that the un have been doing with its partners, in cooperation with the government of bangladesh, i think it clearly demonstrates our humanitarian interests beyond anything else that's been put out. this is a country... the work we are doing in cooperation with the authorities. thank you forjoining us this afternoon on 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 reports. it's been described as an utterly horrific crash. and one that has already
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claimed four lives. at 2:30pm yesterday afternoon, a lorry travelling southbound on the m5 motorway crashed through the central reservation between junctions 15 and 1a, just north of bristol. it hit at least two vehicles travelling northbound in a high impact collision. four people were killed and three others, a woman and two children among them, were taken to hospital in bristol with life—threatening injuries. is there any idea at the moment what caused the 18 tonne lorry to crash through the central reservation? there are a number of lines of enquiry we are looking at. one of those is the vehicle itself, are there any defects on the vehicle which caused it to lose control. that's a significant line of enquiry for us at the moment. police here today at the scene say due to the severity of the collisions, the clearing of the scene is taking longer than expected. the northbound route between junctions 16 and 1a remains closed as the police carry out their investigations.
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the southbound route, though, has reopened. emergency services have commended members of the public who courageously went to the aid of those involved in this horrific crash. tomos morgan, bbc news, tytherington. 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. they say it's a worrying trend that many pupils are not being prepared for life in modern britain. the department for education says ari is compulsory. 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.
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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 state secondary schools in england made no provision for re, and in academies, which operate outside of local authority control, the figure rose to 3a% amongst the 11 to 13 age group — aa% for older pupils. when it comes down to it, schools are breaking the law. 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
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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. let's find out what the weather is doing with chris on the balcony. we are starting to see cloud bubble up we are starting to see cloud bubble up across we are starting to see cloud bubble up across the north sea and move inland. plenty of cloud and showers could be heavy and sundry through the afternoon. those shower clouds have been building and moving inland across parts of the midlands and into central and southern england, the southeast and east anglia and the southeast and east anglia and the coasts of yorkshire and lincolnshire. the areas most likely to get downpours today. the west remains dry. in the best of the same sunshine it would be less chilly
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than yesterday. as temperatures fall overnight we will see cloud from across eastern and southern england and perhaps the midlands as well with mist and fog patches likely. across the north and west of the uk we will see some of the lowest temperatures, getting close to freezing in the countryside across northern ireland, parts of scotland and the far north of england. monday, a chilly start to the day and a day when we will see shower clouds building again, particularly across central and eastern england. general rain pushing into the far north—east of scotland, still leaving a large part of the western side of the uk, west of scotland and northern ireland predominantly dry. temperatures between 15 and 18 for most in the north—east of scotland. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines at 2:30pm. police investigating the london tube bombing have arrested a second man, he's 21 and was detained in west london last night. the home secretary, amber rudd,
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has accused borisjohnson of being a ‘backseat driver‘ following his newspaper piece setting out his views on brexit. meanwhile, borisjohnson has been criticised for a ‘clear misuse' of official figures by the statistics watchdog after he revived the referendum pledge that up to £350 million a week extra could be spent on the nhs after brexit. the un secretary—general says myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, has a "last chance" to end the military offensive that's forced a00,000 rohingya muslims to flee to neighbouring bangladesh. and gennady golovkin‘s world middleweight title fight with saul alvarez ends in a controversial draw.
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