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this is bbc news. the headlines at five. the terror threat level has been lowered to ‘severe‘ from critical — where it was placed after friday's bomb attack on a london tube. police are searching a house in stanwell — near heathrow airport — after arresting a man in connection with the attack. 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 and i will make sure that as far as i am concerned and the rest of the cabinet are concerned, we will help her to do that. also in the next hour... the un warns myanmar‘s leaders to end the offensive against the rohinghya muslims. the campaign has forced four hundred thousand people to to flee to neighbouring bangladesh. the futuristic thriller westworld is up for twenty two nominations in this year's emmy awards,
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held later this evening. lewis hamilton's wins the singapore grand prix — and boosts his hopes of winning this year's formula one championship. and manchester united have taken the lead against premier league rivals everton with a stunning first half goal. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the home secretary amber rudd has announced that the terror threat in the uk has been lowered from critical to severe. that means an attack is highly likely rather than imminent. the decision has been taken after detectives investigating the bombing on a london train on friday have made a second arrest. the 21 year old man was detained at hounslow
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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. the investigation has widened. police are searching an address in surrey close to heathrow airport. following the terror attack at parsons green tube station were 30 people were injured due to the debtor nation of an improvised explosive device on friday. it comes after a second arrest in which a 21—year—old man was detained on saturday night in hounslow in west london. he is being questioned. the home secretary said given the progress in the investigation the national terror threat level have been lowered from critical to severe. the joint terrorist analysis centre which reviews the threat
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level that the uk is under has decided to lower that level from critical to severe. severe it still means that an attack is highly likely so i would urge everyone to continue to be vigilant but not alarmed. as the prime ministers said last friday, the military were called to support the police, so that armed police officers could have a greater presence on transport network and on our streets. there is still intense police activity at the terraced house in sudbury were an 18—year—old arrested on saturday morning is believed to have lived with an elderly couple known for fostering children including refugees. penny and ronjones were recognised for their services by the queen when they were made mbes in 2010. their house is a little over 11 miles from the attack. it appears that the improvised explosive device at parsons green station which was placed in a bucket produced a sheet of fla m es placed in a bucket produced a sheet of flames but failed to go off
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properly. had it done so, hundreds of people packed into the train could have been killed or seriously injured, several victims were treated at hospital but none suffered life—threatening injuries. army officers patrolling stations and busy venues while the investigation seeks to establish who was behind the attack on friday and whether more are planned in the coming days. jane francis kelly, bbc news. in a moment we'll talk to kathryn sta nsha han, who's in sunbury on thames. but first to jane frances kelly who's at new scotland yard. jane, they have lowered the threat level, the government, which suggest that police believe they are making progress in this investigation, what have they been saying? the home secretary said that because of progress in the investigation that was the reason that the threat level had been reduced from imminent to highly likely. the public, when they are travelling around in the next
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few days, will still see these increased resources, will still see the police patrols but they will be slowly stepped down, as happened after the manchester, the recent manchester bombing. a second development, that has happened, is that the police are searching an address in stand well, this is near heathrow. this was as a result or in connection with the arrest of a 21—year—old man late last night in hounslow. jane francis kelly, thank you very much. let us join catherine, weather has been police activity. what is happening there? as you say, intense police activity here since around two o'clock or just before two o'clock yesterday afternoon, well over 2a hours. this operation looks a bit different from that operation we are hearing about
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in stanwell, that operation we are hearing about in sta nwell, about that operation we are hearing about in stanwell, about four miles away, police there are searching a residential address following the arrest of that 21—year—old man. i believe the police cordoned there is about 20 metres from the property that we are talking about. here, it isa that we are talking about. here, it is a different scene on cavendish wrote in sunbury. we have got a semi permanent barrier that is behind us and that is blocking the house that police have been working on since yesterday afternoon, a house where the 18—year—old arrested yesterday is believed to have lived. there is a lot of attention here from the local residents, a lot of the young people have been hanging around because of the intense media scrutiny that has been on this story, but that house we know has a forensic tent in the front garden and in the back garden as well and there are several teams still working within that and police are not really giving us any information. residents said they have seen what looked like sniffer
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dogs going inside and lots of different forensics teams there at the moment. we know that mark rowley said that two searches are continuing at these addresses and we are getting an understanding of the preparation of this device. there was no evacuation in stanwell but that happened here, 100 residents from the street were moved out of their homes, most of them are now back but as we understand, within that gordon, political —— michael people have been allowed into kit —— to collect things and then they have to collect things and then they have to leave. the ones that are immediately adjacent to the property, apparently those people have been told they can go and get possessions but they are not allowed to stay there tonight. this police investigation continues, the residents there we know where penny and ron jones, foster carers residents there we know where penny and ronjones, foster carers for more than a0 years, locals say that they had most recently been fostering an 18—year—old, and a 22—year—old, both of them believed
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to be refugees. thank you for that update. the home secretary, amber rudd, has accused borisjohnson of "backseat driving", by writing a newspaper article setting out his vision for brexit just days before theresa may is due to deliver a major speech on the subject. mrjohnson's spokesman insisted the foreign secretary was fully behind the prime minister's plans for brexit. 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,
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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, 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,
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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. chris mason, bbc news. mrjohnson has been criticised by the uk statistics authority for a "clear misuse" of official figures after he restated a referendum pledge that up to three—hundred—and—fifty million pounds a week extra could be spent on the nhs after brexit. the head of the statistics watchdog wrote to the foreign secretary saying he was disappointed at the claims. earlier i discussed the fallout from borisjohnson's article with the chief political correspondent at the independent, john rentoul.
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i think he'd drafted it as his conference speech and then he realised that theresa may is going to make an important speech in florence this week, on friday. he wa nted florence this week, on friday. he wanted to influence her position in that speech and was annoyed, that i think they held the cabinet committee without him while he was in anguilla dealing with the hurricane and he wanted to make a speech, was not allowed to buy number 10 speech, was not allowed to buy number10 and speech, was not allowed to buy number 10 and decided to publish it in the telegraph anyway. he sounds frustrated and the fact that he has raised yet again that £350 million that was emblazoned on the side of the leave bus, during the referendum, he got into awful trouble over that statistic and he is again. that was a very foolish move, i think to mention the number again. he did not need to do that, and it is pure red rag to the
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remainer bowls. everyone knows it is not true and harry has been told off by the head of the statistics authority and it is counter—productive, he did not need to do it. he could have made the point that he is in favour of more spending on the nhs which everyone agrees web and everyone would cheer him for but instead he had to spoil it. he is frustrated, he is trying to put forward this positive side of brexit and he is clearly concerned as are other so—called brexiteers that britain could end up with the worst of all worlds, so the advantages, as he would see it of leaving would not be there and it is interesting that even some conservatives, even remainers are saying that he is putting forward a positive vision. that was the whole point of the speech and article, was to put pressure on theresa may, not to put pressure on theresa may, not to give too much ground to what he sees as the phillip hammond view or the labour party but which is that after brexit, we will essentially be
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the same relationship with the eu as we we re the same relationship with the eu as we were before and he doesn't think thatis we were before and he doesn't think that is a sustainable position and he is making his nuclear. 0bviously personal ambition comes into it as well, because everyone thinks that theresa may will not be leading the conservative party into the next general election and the statements now are against the background of that fact and boris johnson now are against the background of that fact and borisjohnson is positioning for the succession and so is amber rudd and maybe even damian green, who knows? what did you make of the intervention of amber rudd today? do you think she is looking for the leadership at some point? chi and boris have history and obviously, she would not say this, but you must be delighted that boris has popped his head up for her to take part —— michael potshots at so that she can impress the conservative party faithful with
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her loyalty to the prime minister, her loyalty to the prime minister, her good sense. i thought she performed extremely well this morning, she sounded calm, controlled, and authoritative and that will do her leadership chances no harm at all. the liberal democrat leader sir vince cable has said it's ‘perfectly plausible' he could be the next prime minister. he was speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr as party members meet for their annual conference in bournemouth. the lib dems are calling for what they call an ‘exit from brexit‘. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent, eleanor garnier who is at the party conference. the party won just over a 7% of the vote at the last general election just a few months ago yet here we have the new leader of the liberal democrats saying at the next election, he could plausibly be prime minister, but that would need the party to gain a considerable number of votes. it is true, the party has picked up lots of new
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members after that eu referendum and since the general election this year as well, but i think lots of people have been raising their eyebrows at that being a realistic prospect. as new leader, he does have an almighty challenge on his hands. you would think with the liberal democrats, the most pro—eu party out there, they would have their pick of the a8% of people who voted remain in the general election but it did not give them the result they were hoping for, they had just 12 mps, up from eight, but their vote share did drop. vince cable's comments on becoming a future prime minister are clearly setting out an ambitious challenge, but he thinks it could happen. it is possible... we could break through. if british parley —— party politics tourist to break up, it could well happen. we are extremely well positioned with sensible policies, a good track
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re cord sensible policies, a good track record of government, we have government experience, good experience and local government level, i think what you might find is there is a big shift of opinion in our direction is there is a big shift of opinion in ourdirection and is there is a big shift of opinion in our direction and i am confident, talking about being an alternative prime minister. one of the things vince cable and the party are hoping is that their message on brexit, and future referendum on deal the government gets in those negotiations with brussels will cut through to voters and that is where they where they hope they can pick up they where they hope they can pick up some ground. they believe with labour underjeremy corbyn being taken further to the left there is a big gaping hole in british politics which is theirs for the taking and their new deputy leader was talking in the main auditorium this afternoon and she has been telling the members that she thinks it is right that they press for the government to give voters and others say on whatever deal theresa may gets from brussels. politics feels broken. to me, too many in this room
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and to so many far beyond this co nfe re nce 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 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 talk in simple sound bite that scapegoat different groups, it is all someone else's fault. as liberals, we know this is nonsense. the likes of nigel
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faia raige and donald trump and the slogans are not a solution to anything. the liberal democrats are pretty positive and i find that adds these conferences, they managed to put a positive spin on things, but i do think the shine of that positivity has gone a little bit compared to this time last year. that is a demonstration ofjust how big the challenge for the new leader is. he is 7a years old just a few months ago and he thought his political career was over, he was writing novels and dancing, we saw him doing some ballroom dancing competitions, but now his life is very different and he carries a big challenge that liberal democrats face. the headlines on bbc news: the terror threat level has been lowered to severe following the terror attack on the tube. police are searching a house near heathrow airport after arresting a man in
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connection with the attack. the home secretary has accused borisjohnson of being a back—seat driver following his newspaper piece setting out his views on brexit. aid agencies working with rohingya muslim refugees in bangladesh say they've identified almost one—thousand—three—hundred children who've arrived from myanmar without parents or relatives. some are as young as three years old. the bangladeshi government is planning to build a camp to accommodate the a00—thousand 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 contain the country's military. in an interview with the bbc‘s hardtalk programme, he said she had a chance to change the situation when she addresses the un on tuesday. it is clear for me that we have two dimensions here, one dimension is that this is not a perfect
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democracy. this is a situation in which the military still have the upper hand. you're blaming the military? could you clarify that. upper hand. you're blaming the military? could you clarify thatm isa military? could you clarify thatm 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. of course, i would expect that the leader of the country would be able to contain it and be able to reverse the situation. she has the 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 but if she does not do that, then i think the tragedy will be absolutely horrible and u nfortu nately, be absolutely horrible and unfortunately, i do not see how this
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can be reversed in the future. you do not see how can be reversed? can be reversed in the future. you do not see how can be reversed7m can still be reversed and she has an opportunity next tuesday. can she tell the military to stop what is going on on the ground, you blame the military and not her?|j going on on the ground, you blame the military and not her? i think it is important that countries have links with the military and i think that all forms of pressure are necessary at the moment to make sure that the carnage stops. earlier i spoke to phil robertson, the deputy asia director at human rights watch. he described the level of violence that is taking place in the region. what we have is the military forces surrounding villages, shooting into them and stampeding people out of those villages and then putting the villages to the torch. we have villages to the torch. we have villages where there rohinghya are from which are on fire right now.
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numerous villages. and a000 rohinghya so far have gone into bangladesh and more are on the way. this is quite clearly ethnic cleansing. i expect that we may be moving further towards a determination that it also consists of crimes against humanity. this is now a major test for the world community, what are they going to do is to stop the violence and what are they going to do to help all those refugees who have gone across the border into bangladesh? the myanmar military say they were going in after terrorist, what pressure is there are now on the leader to say or do something more? there is a lot of pressure on her now. she is stuck between her constituencies in burma and also the expectations of the international community. it is quite clear that she does not have the authority under the 2008 constitution of myanmar to be able to control the military, but she does have the moral authority, who
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yea rs, does have the moral authority, who years, she has the popular support of the bernie ‘s people and has an overwhelming majority in parliament and she needs to use some of those paris to push back on the military or really faced charges that somehow she is complicit with this. what kind of circumstances are these refugees in? we have seen pictures of course of the ones who were going into bangladesh, an impoverished country itself, is aid getting through to them in any way? this is a world—class humanitarian disaster. we are talking about a00,000 people who fled a country in the course of just over two weeks, they have arrived, in many cases with just the clothes on their back. we have interviewed refugees who were shot at and have bullet wounds, shrapnel wounds, who were burned, who have been slashed by machetes, we are
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also seen people who have not eaten for days on their way to the border. there is no sanitation, no food in many cases, no medical assistance, all that has been put together right now by the international community and the un agencies. bangladesh is allowing these people in but there is nowhere to put them and they are going to have to construct a camp in the middle of the rainy season. we are very the middle of the rainy season. we are very concerned the middle of the rainy season. we are very concerned about waterborne diseases, the potential of a cholera epidemic that could kill many people and we have the confusion of people fleeing for their lives and leaving children behind. there are many unaccompanied children who have somehow made it to the border as well add to need to be reunited with their parents. a palestinian group has welcomed an announcement by hammers that it will dissolve its committee and gaza, hold elections and enter talks. a leading official said that hamas had
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taken an important first step to end its rest at —— row with the government. rex talus and has said that president trump is open to keeping the country in the paris accord on climate change. in an interview he said that the president would work with partners, if it could construct fair and balanced terms for americans. he said emissions reductions targets in the accord were out of balance for the two largest economies, the us and china. the position is being led and developed by the economic council and if you recall the president also said that we are willing to work with partners in the paris climate accord, if we can construct a set of terms that we believe is fair and balanced than the american people and recognises our economy, our economic interest, relative to others in particular, the second largest economy in the world, china, if you look at those targets in
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terms of the accord, they were out of balance for the two largest economies. i think the plan is for the director to consider other ways in which we can work with other partners. we want to be productive and helpful. the us has a tremendous track record on reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. so there isa greenhouse gas emissions. so there is a chance that if things get worked out on a voluntary side from the us, voluntary restrictions for the us, voluntary restrictions for the us, voluntary restrictions for the us, that it could change and the us could stay in the accord? under the right conditions, the president said he is open to finding those conditions were we can engage with others on what we all agree is a challenging issue. police are continuing their investigation into a crash on the m5 in south gloucestershire yesterday in which four people died. a lorry crashed through the central reservation and collided with two vehicles. a woman and two children are critically ill and remain in hospital. american television's most prestigious awards will be handed out in los angeles this evening.
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sir anthony hopkins, claire foy and benedict cumberbatch are among the british nominees. 0ur correspondent peter bowes reports from los angeles schmoozing before the big night. with the television industry and drying large audiences on a range of platforms, the emmys will be more competitive than ever. the crown, the netflix series about the early life of queen elizabeth ii, is among the favourites. claire foy is tipped for best actress. the american public have always had a fascination about our monarchy. i think, as a british person, you kind of grew up just going, oh, well, they've always been around, and that's it. but i think the american people have a distance from it, and are able to view them in a different way, and i think that's probably why they've taken the show to their hearts. what are your drives? to meet my maker. westworld, a futuristic thriller based on the michael crichton movie of the same name, has 22 nominations, more than any other drama. it makes me so proud.
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i knew that, from reading the three pages on the first script, that it was going to be very special. now it's getting the attention and the notoriety, and people are actually connecting to the story. thandie newton and sir anthony hopkins are nominated for their roles in westworld. television has never been more popular, from prime—time dramas like westworld to satirical comedies and binge—watching on the streaming services. no wonder the stars are celebrating. i, donald trump. i, the best—ever donald trump. america's best—known satirical comedy, saturday night live, leads the list of nominees, with alec baldwin nominated for his portrayal of donald trump. political satire is stronger than ever. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. now time for an update on the weather. it has been another cool september day for the time of year and it has also been another showery
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day with heavy downpours particularly in central and east of england. those will remain but fade away all into the evening. cloud in the central and southern areas of england and some mist and fog patches will form. that will leave the north—west of the uk with the clearest skies overnight and it is here where we will see the lowest temperatures, towns and cities around ten or 11 degrees but in the countryside, colder spots of scotland, northern ireland and north england and wales will get close to freezing. and autumnal chill in the air in the morning, a lovely start to the date for many of us with sunshine. mrfog to the date for many of us with sunshine. mr fog clearing to the date for many of us with sunshine. mrfog clearing away and then some showers developing late morning and early afternoon and it is central and the stunning double see the bulk of the showers, more general rain in the east of scotland but along with that it will feel cool with highs of 12, otherwise between 15 and 18 degrees. hello.
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this is bbc news. the headlines: the home secretary has confirmed the terror threat level has been lowered from critical to severe. 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. 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. time for this board. —— these water.
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let's start with a superb singapore grand prix, which was won by lewis hamilton in dramatic circumstances. the briton extends his championship lead to 28 points, after championship rival sebastian vettel and his ferrari team—mate kimi raikonnen crashed into the red bull of max verstappen. here's tom clarkson with all the details. ifa if a week is a long time in politics, 2a hours is a lifetime in formula 1. lewis hamilton could a dejected figure after qualifying only fifth. but his mood could not have been more different after the race. a tight race. atightand race. a tight and twisting street circuit mixed with rain is the cocktail for
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chaos in formula 1. it left sebastian vettel, max verstappen and kimi raikkonen all feeling shaken and stirred. oh! it was the first time in the history of the sport that both robbers crashed out on the opening lap. the main beneficiary of the broken dreams was lewis hamilton. before starting from fifth position he said he needed a miracle to stop sebastian vettel from leapfrogging him in the standings, and his prayers were answered as he picked his way through the wreckage to ta ke picked his way through the wreckage to take the lead. hamilton has shown many times before he is a master of racing in the wet, so little surprise hit won for a third time in a row and seventh time in the season. singapore could be the turning point in the destiny of the championship. yesterday we struggled, and we had no idea what was going to happen today but we just tried to stay focused and get
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ahead. we were very fortunate with the ferraris at the beginning, so i couldn't be happier. we didn't have that pace we showed in practice to have the pace on mercedes, so a little big disappointed to miss out ona whim, little big disappointed to miss out on a whim, but i'm still going to be pretty grateful and happy with another podium. good damage limitation. we got lucky. the car was working better than expected today and i was waiting for the opportunities. personally, i struggled in the wet with the pace that in the dry it was pretty good. so hamilton understandably delighted with everything that has gone on today, his own performance, the car, the gap in the world championships. he knows this could be the killer blow in the world championships. as for ferrari, they have to stop licking their wounds and return in malaysia in two weeks' time. they have to come back there if sebastian vettel is to stand any chance to
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reel in hamilton with six races to go. manchester united are aiming to return to the top of the premier league with a win over everton, who feature former united player wayne rooney of course. and he was given a good reception, returning to the club where he spent 13 years as a player. but he looks to be on the losing side at the moment, as antonio valencia opened the scoring with a sensational strike after just four minutes. they're into the final 15 minutes now, untied still leading. that is at old trafford. london rivals chelsea and arsenal played out a 0—0 draw at stamford bridge in a match that was a lot better than the scoreline suggests. that was earlier on this afternoon. the visitors thought they'd taken the lead when defender shkodran mustafi headed home, only to see his goal disallowed for offside. and late on, chelsea defender david luiz was sent off for a high tackle on kolasinac.
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i think the game is open and it was a good game for both teams. both teams tried to win the game and create the chances to win the game. the commitment of my players was 100%. for this we must be pleased. we had team focus and discipline and great response as well. everybody expected today to see how we respond to what happened in the last game. we did it in a positive way. i even feel... it was supposed to be the fight of the decade, and while both gennady golovokin and saul canelo alvarez did their bit, the bout ended in a controversial draw and a lot of controversy over the scoring of one of the judges, adalaide byrd. a draw means that golovkin keeps his three major
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middleweight titles, and remains unbeaten in 38 fights. it should have been a memorable night of boxing. but it all ended on a sour note. or draw! many ringside observers believed golovkin won. this is a sad night. the atmosphere had built all week with thousands of mexicans flying into las vegas for what should have been a great event. alvarez very much a mexican idol. he was basing his toughest opposition get. it was a good fight but not the kind predicted. alvarez did have some chances but it is hard to make
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a case for him winning by eight rounds, as one judge judged. a case for him winning by eight rounds, as one judge judgedlj rounds, as one judge judged.” respect it but maybe she's seeing something we did not see. after mayweather versus mcgregor, this was the fight to answer everything. but it raises just more questions. with the unsatisfactory result, there is every chance that this pair will do it again. britain's nicola adams was due to be on the undercard of the golovkin alvarez fight, but it was called off after a problem with her opponent's pre—fight blood test. it would have been the double 0lympic champion's most high profile bout as a professional, and she put this message out on social media. there was much better news for billyjoe saunders — who had been hoping to fight the winner of golovkin against alvarez, after he successfully defended his wbo middleweight title against willie monroe jr at the copper box arena in london last night. he won on points and stretches his
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unbeaten record to 25 fights. in rugby union's premiership, last season's beaten finalists wasps, lost their first home game in 20 matches, after a 21—2a loss to harlequins at the ricoh arena. wasps had won their first two games of the season and were looking to return to the top of the table, but charlie walker's second half try and 1a points from the boot of marcus smith, saw quins edge the victory. the car suffered beat wigan 38—20 in the super 8s. wigan's hopes are now hanging bya the super 8s. wigan's hopes are now hanging by a thread. the visitors at warrington maintain their status. france are into the final of the davis cup after beating
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serbia 3—1 in lille. jo—wilfried tsonga fought back from a set down against dusan lajovic to earn a three sets to one victory. the hosts went into the day needing just one victory from the final two singles rubbers to take victory against an understrength serbia, who were missing novak djokovic. and belgium or australia await in the final. that tie has gone into a deciding rubber after david goffin defeated nick kyrgios in four sets to bring belgium level. steve darcis is facing jordan thompson in the crucial fifth and final match. reigning champion phil taylor is into the semifinals of the champions league of darts, after knocking out his opponent and current world champion, michael van gerwen. there was nothing to separate the two players — who have 16 world titles between them — but at nine legs all, taylor sealed victory with a 65 checkout. hejoins raymond van barneveld, gary anderson and mensur suljovic in tonight's last four. team sunweb produced a dominant display at the road cycling world championships
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to win the team trial double, after their victory in both the men's and women's events in norway. bmc racing settled for silver, whilst chris froome led team sky to 22 seconds off the pace in third. in the women's event team sunweb set the early benchmark, with all others failing to better their time. the team led by four—time team time trial world champion ellen van dijk beat 2016 winners bowls dolmans by 12 seconds. football, and matchday programmes used to be the place to find out the team line—ups. maybe read an interview with your favourite player? well no more. certainly not at frickley athletic, who play in the eighth tier of english football, where you can use your programme to watch video highlights straight from the page, as dave edwards explains. the traditional match day programme has been around almost as long as
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football itself. a guide to the game and a souvenir afterwards. programmes can tell you a lot about football's past, but here at frickley athletic, they are looking to the future. you download a free up, hold your phone over the programme, and the match highlights appear, just as though they are on the page itself. we hope we can be a clu b the page itself. we hope we can be a club a lot of people look at, what are they going to do next, try next, and we are up for that here. we have to do that as a non—league club, try new things in every aspect of the business. that is the only way we can develop. it has been successful so far. doncaster college students with learning difficulties film each match and edit the highlights. it is their work that the frickley fans see in their programmes. it feels amazing. doing something for a
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foot ball amazing. doing something for a football team is not something that everybody will be doing, and especially doing some editing is incredible. you can watch the match without going on to you tube or anything like that. i thought to myself, that looks amazing. when we tried it the first time, it was the best thing. the programme has sold out so it has given revenue for the club. most importantly, it has given a project for my students to work on, a real—life project. it is not just producing it but it is the softer skills as well, meeting new people, being in unfamiliar environments, and then the technical skills which could take them on to something bigger in future. the club says the idea has been hugely popular, and has attracted the attention of professional teams. could this be the way to help the traditional match day programme
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evolve into the digital age? that is just about it for the sport for now but as you can see, on the bbc sport website, manchester united are now 2—0 against everton. you can read more on the website. i will have more at 7:30pm. research suggests more than a quarter of england's secondary schools aren't offering religious education, despite being legally required to do so. the national association of teachers of re says it's a worrying trend and many pupils aren't being prepared for life in modern britain. the department for education says re remains 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
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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 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.
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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. the headlines: the terror threat level has been lowered to severe from critical, where it was placed after friday's bomb attack on a london tube. police are searching a house in stand well near heathrow airport after arresting a man in connection with the attack. the home secretary has accused boris johnson of being a back—seat driver following his newspaper piece setting out his views on brexit. now it's time for the film review
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with ben brown and mark kermode. hello there, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. taking us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. what do we have this week? we have victoria and abdul, in whichjudi dench returns to the role of queen victoria. we have the villainess, an insanely kinetic action movie. and mother, darren aronofsky‘s crowd—dividing epic. victoria and abdul, yet another film about victoria, and of coursejudi dench. yes. because she was in mrs brown, about victoria's friendship with john brown, her ghillie.
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this is about a later life friendship with abdul karim, which i have to say i didn't know about. the story is that he is brought over from india, first to perform an official ceremony. she is lonely at the beginning of the film. we see her being isolated, cut off from her surroundings. and she immediately forms a bond, a friendship, with him. much to the outrage of firstly her son, bertie, played by eddie izzard, and all the attendant officials. here's a clip. but the piece de resistance is the peacock throne. an exact copy. now i really do feel like the empress of india. i thought she was supposed to be dying. it really is a remarkable addition to the house, your majesty. we have abdul to thank for the whole idea. to celebrate, a little surprise for your
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majesty. what is this? a mango, your majesty. one moment, your majesty. it's... off. sir henry, this mango is off. it looks like a terrific performance as usual from judi dench. yes, and ali fazal is very good as abdul as well. it's a very likeable film not least because the performances are very likeable. from the outside it looks rather fluffy. it looks like a good—looking film that will appeal to the people that loved mrs brown, also people who went to see the best exotic marigold hotel, which was such a big hit. you scratch the surface however and it is a more serious film underneath about an indian muslim's very close friendship with the monarch, who is head of the church of england, and what they find is that
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they have a huge amount in common. that they have enormous shared interests. and their friendship becomes something which, because everybody else around is so concerned by it, seems to threaten the stability. in fact it is actually giving her a great solace and comfort. i think the real scene stealer for me is adeel akhtar, who plays abdul‘s sidekick, unwitting sidekick. and he was so great in the big sick. and here he plays a character, he is an incidental character, who doesn't really want to get involved in all this. at first his character is comic and then has an element of pathos and then later on this character becomes the voice of subdued anger underneath the film. it is something which is enjoyable. it is fairly broadly played. it says at the beginning it is inspired by real events, mostly. although weirdly enough some of the things that you think must be dramatic do actually turn out to be true. but it's funny. it's very well played. the cast are enjoying themselves.
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i don't think it's earth—shattering by any means but it does have a serious story underneath it. 0k. and if you're looking for something rather different, totally different, it is the villainess, i suppose, about a trained assassin. yes, the villainess is an absolutely insane south korean action movie about a femme fatale who is forcefully recruited at a young age to become a trained killer. in the opening scene there is a sequence in which she makes her way through a building full of baddies which makes the corridor sequence from 0ldboy look like some kind of low—key character study. there is a very similar narrative to nikita, the idea of somebody who was taken at a young age who is trained. in fact there is a scene in the villainess which very specifically seems to recall the bathroom scene from nikita. the film has an operatic narrative. it is something which is histrionic, it is overcooked. the plot is labyrinthine and occasionally you can't follow the plot. but you can always follow the fight sequences because they are choreographed so well. it is a film with real visual panache. i sat there in a screening room with people who were
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gasping. apparently when it played the festival circuit it was getting standing ovations, and you can see why because it is choreographed with real visceral power. it's called the villainess. and it is quite something. did you gasp? everyone else was gasping. idid. the opening sequence, it is turned up to 11 and then some. bear in mind this is the week in which darren aronofsky‘s mother comes to cinemas. everybody will know that this has caused an awful lot of controversy. darren aronofsky, who made black swan, which i know you are a big fan of. yes, fantastic. it was a big hit. i have to say black swan was rather more accessible than this. this basically as an archetypal story. jennifer lawrence is the mother of the character. she is a woman living with her older husband, a poet, played byjavier bardem, in this remote house which she is doing up, which she is trying to turn into a paradise for both of them. he is blocked. he is a writer but he can't write. and then at the door turns up ed harris,
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who then also brings with him his wife, played by michelle pfeiffer, who is garrulous and garish, and immediately starts to invade their privacy. bardem's character is absolutely thrilled. jennifer lawrence's character is not pleased. here is a clip. why don't you want kids? excuse me? you are not going to be so young forever. have kids. then you'll be creating something together. that's what keeps a marriage going. this is alljust setting. oh, you do want them. a great director, a great cast, a stellar cast, i have to say. is it a great film? it is an extremely polarising film. what happens is it turns from a paranoid nightmare, something like rosemary's ba by, into something closer to apocalypse now, a home invasion movie.
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it's very allegorical. 0n the one hand you can see this invasion as the invasion of mother earth, being despoiled by mankind treating it badly. you can see it as a story about the way in which older men prey on younger women. you can also see it as a biblical story which has a creator, which has an adam and eve, which has a cain and abel, and obviously if you think about the director, he made noah, he took the book of genesis and turned it into a story with a bunch of fighting rock monsters. it is an extreme cinema experience. whilst i was watching it i found myself feeling profoundly claustrophobic. so much of the film is right on jennifer lawrence's face. you see everything from her point of view. it is subjective cinema. it becomes more and more insane, crazy, over the top, moves towards a third act... there have been talks about walk—outs. you can either be disgusted and walk out, or laugh at the film, or laugh with the film. it is a ghoulish, garish
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black comedy and everything is massively over cranked. whilst i was watching it i found it very oppressive. but with distance i started to see more and more things in it. i'm very impressed by it. it really does grab you. it never lets you go. i cannot say it is a pleasant viewing experience because it isn't. it's incredibly intense. darren panofsky has referred to exterminating angel as an influence but horrorfans will see david lynch and david cronenberg. there is... it is a very full on experience that will leave you massively disorientated and you need to give yourself at least a week afterwards before deciding what to think about it. and i'm not kidding. it is a week it will take to settle down. i thought you were going to say to take a week off work. all right. let's talk about the best out at the moment. i really like it. as you probably know this has become a record—breaking horror success though it's more of a horror adventure than a horror. based on a novel by stephen king. there was a tv miniseries before.
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this works because of the affection for the losers, the central misfit kids, they take us on this journey. it is a film that references the goonies. references to poltergeist. people who are fans of stranger things will find an awful lot in it. when it needs to be scary it has some scares. it is much more a coming—of—age adventure. which is true of much of stephen king's writing. and it has a terrific incarnation of pennywise the clown which i think gives tim currry‘s version of pennywise, which i —— everybody thought was definitive, a run for its money. it is very good. it is very enjoyable. it is a real roller—coaster ride. and best dvd? a very impressive british film called chicken. it is directed byjoe stephenson. it is a story about a young man who is trying to find his place in a world which is often very hostile. there are certain elements of ken loach‘s kes there. and a little bit of the magic of
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barnard. it was one of those films i knew nothing about before i saw it and it really drew me in. as i said — a small film but with a big heart and lots of ambition. it is very touching and affecting and i really liked it. it's called chicken and it's well worth checking out. all right. thank you. just a quick reminder before we go that you will find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online. and you can find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. that is it. thank you for watching. it felt 0k in the september sunshine
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that temperatures were still below parfor that temperatures were still below par for the that temperatures were still below parfor the time of that temperatures were still below par for the time of year. still some sun to go around, the best of it in the west arguably. but also showers through the day. you can see how they developed across the north sea coast and worked along england. some of those really heavy, with thunder and hail mixed in. this is one of those downpours as it went through harrogate early in the day. 0vernight, showers will continue to pester central and eastern areas but then begin to fade away. temperatures begin to fall overnight and eight cloudy area is likely to fall across southern and eastern parts of england, with mist and fog patches as well. clear skies across the north—west of the uk. this is where the lowest temperatures will be, particularly in the countryside. getting close to freezing in the cold est getting close to freezing in the coldest spots in scotland, northern england, northern ireland and northern whales. an autumnal chill in the air on
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monday morning. showers breaking out in the afternoon. in central and eastern england, that is where we will see the lines share. more persistent rain in the north and cool air. 0therwise, temperatures more to click the 15 to 18 celsius. high pressure on tuesday, looks like a decent day. driver the majority of mischievous. —— dry for the majority of us. later we see a switch in the wind, from coming from the south—west, bringing mild and atla ntic south—west, bringing mild and atlantic air across the uk. that means tuesday night onwards, we will have lost those really low temperatures overnight. even in the countryside, temperatures close to double figures. then this slow—moving band of rain in the west, bringing persistent rain. localised flooding is possible. cloudy skies in central and eastern england. webby
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tie—breaks and we see sunshine, temperatures could reach the low 20s. temperatures could reach the low 205. it temperatures could reach the low 20s. it will feel a lot warmer than in recent days. this is bbc news. i'm vicki young. the headlines at six. police are searching a house in stanwell — near heathrow airport — after arresting a man in connection with the attack. the terror threat level has been lowered to ‘severe' from critical — where it was placed after friday's bomb attack on a london tube. 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 and i will make sure that as far as i am concerned and the rest of the cabinet are concerned, we will help her to do that. also in the next hour... the un warns myanmar‘s leaders to end the offensive against the rohingya muslims.
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the campaign has forced four hundred thousand people to flee to neighbouring bangladesh.

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