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this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00 — the uk terror threat level has been reduced from critical to severe, as a second man is arrested after a bomb was left on a london tube train. following the attack last friday, the police have made good progress with what is an ongoing operation. borisjohnson is accused of misusing official figures, for repeating claims that leaving the eu will free up £350 million a week. counting the cost of hurricane irma in the british virgin islands, but another powerful storm is on its way. the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, has said president trump is open to keeping america in the paris accord on climate change. also coming up, american television's most prestigious awards, the emmys, are announced tonight. the futuristic thriller westworld has 22 nominations. and — he said he needed a miracle, and he got it, as lewis hamilton wins in singapore.
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good evening and welcome to bbc news. the home secretary has announced that the uk terror threat level, has been reduced from critical to severe, meaning an attack is no longer considered imminent. the change comes after the arrest of a second man, in connection with friday's bomb attack on an underground train, at parsons green station in london. the 21—year—old suspect was detained at a house in stanwell near heathrow last night. an 18—year—old arrested earlier at dover, and suspected of planting the bomb, remains in custody. police have been searching a house linked to the teenager at sunbury—on—thames. tom symonds reports from stanwell, where the latest arrest took place. rapid progress and greater clarity.
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that is how the police describe this unfolding investigation. they raided this second house in west london, close to heathrow airport, early this morning, arresting a 21—year—old man. neighbours described him as friendly. he had family that came down from scotland, with young children and so forth. we used to give them lollies and everything. all chatted, everything out there. he used to have his friends out there with his prayer mats and so forth, but we didn't think nothing of it. we just thought he was a nice neighbour. armed police! occupants of 47! come to the front door now! put your hands in the air! three miles away in sunbury, this was the first police raid, yesterday, on the home of elderly foster parents, penny and ron jones. they were led away by heavily armed police who sealed off the road with large barriers. dave solway saw what happened and knows the couple well. they do their best to guide them
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and stuff like that. horrific for them to watch it because i know who they are and what they are like. to see that this has eaten them, after coming out of retirement to try and help with the refugee crisis, after all the good they have done, to see this happen in the way that it happened... it must be heartbreaking. he said they had been looking after a young refugee who'd been troubled and wanted to run away. but he said another young man, originally from iraq, had been living here for several years. the police has been told that the suspect arrested in dover yesterday is iraqi. police say this house is directly linked to that arrest. detectives have given no further details, but they are scrutinising the house closely. tents have been set up to protect possible evidence. however, a 100 metre cordon put in for public safety was removed today.
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following friday's explosion, the government raised the official threat level to critical, suggesting another attack could be imminent. now it's been reduced again, a signal that the police have a better understanding of the plot and the way in which this makeshift bomb was prepared. the joint terrorist analysis centre, which reviews the threat level that the uk is under, have decided to lower that level from critical to severe. severe still means that an attack is highly likely. so i would urge everybody to continue to be vigilant, but not alarmed. terrorism suspects can be held in police custody for longer than usual without charge, up to 1a days depending on the strength of evidence available. this inquiry has a long way to run. borisjohnson has been accused of misusing official figures, for repeating the claim that the uk will free up £350 million a week, on leaving the european union.
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the head of the uk statistics authority, says he's "disappointed" by the claim, which comes as two cabinet ministers accused the foreign secretary of "backseat driving," after he set out his personal vision of britain after brexit. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports. it was the contentious came claim emblazoned on the bus. and boris johnson repeated it this weekend while setting out his vision for brexit. prompting an extraordinary i’ow. brexit. prompting an extraordinary row. ahead of the uk statistics authority said he was surprised and disappointed with the foreign secretary that he had returned to the £350 million figure, saying it was a clear misuse of official statistics. the foreign secretary issued a defiant response saying that his article had been wilfully distorted and misrepresented. all that followed comments by cabinet
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collea g u es that followed comments by cabinet colleagues who were not thrilled by his public take on brexit. colleagues who were not thrilled by his public take on brexiti colleagues who were not thrilled by his public take on brexit. i do not wa nt his public take on brexit. i do not want him managing the brexit process. and what we have is theresa may managing the process. she is driving the car and i will make sure that as far as i'm concerned and the rest of the cabinet is concerned, we assist her. so this is backseat driving? backseat driving, absolutely. the article argued for a bold and positive brexit, leading to claims of a cabinet split and attem pts claims of a cabinet split and atte m pts to claims of a cabinet split and attempts to undermine the prime minister. despite the headlines, there is no suggestion that he will lose hisjob. there is no suggestion that he will lose his job. publicly, there is no suggestion that he will lose hisjob. publicly, the government says it is united about getting the best brexit deal. and the spokesman for borisjohnson says he is fully behind the prime minister who is leading negotiations. privately there is frustration and anger at the nature and timing of this intervention, coming less than one week before the prime minister is due to make a major speech on her own about brexit
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in florence. 0n major speech on her own about brexit in florence. on an interview in american television she described her vision for life outside the eu. some people have brexit and zinc was about the eu turning —— britain turning inwards. it was actually about us looking at the rest of the world that ensuring that we can control our laws, money and borders. it is now for theresa may to assert authority and settle internal does utes although it seems that boris johnson is intent on fighting his own battles. and the bbc‘s reality check, has an explanation of that £350 million claim, and all the facts and figures behind it. that's on the bbc website. the leader of the liberal democrats, sir vince cable, insists he's a credible candidate, to be the next prime minister. speaking at the lib dem's conference in bournemouth, he said his party was well positioned in british politics, because of its moderate policies. the party won just 12 mps at the last election. a woman and two children are in a critical but stable
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condition in hospital, after a collision on the m5 in gloucestershire, which left four people dead. a lorry crashed through the central reservation yesterday, hitting oncoming vehicles. the northbound carriageway has partially reopened. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, says the leader of myanmar, aung san suu kyi, has one "last chance," to end the military offensive, that's forced 400,000 rohingya muslims to escape to neighbouring bangladesh. he's warning the exodus must be reversed now, or the refugees will be recognised as victims of ethnic cleansing. 0ur correspondentjonathan head reports from the cox's bazar, —— bazaar, on the bangaldesh and myanmar border.. 0n the muddy shore of bangladesh's southernmost point, the stream of muslims seeking safety never stops. this is one of the places where the boats bring them in. 0n the other side of the naf river, still the fires burn. it is astonishing that more
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than three weeks after the violence broke out in rakhine state, we're still seeing these incredible numbers of people coming across the naf river looking for shelter here in bangladesh. with so much of the rohingya population already in this country, the chances are the military operation inside myanamar is reaching its natural end. as far as the burmese military is concerned, these people are a historical problem that has now been fixed. mushtaq and his family have just arrived. his home was burned down three weeks ago, he said. he'd sought shelter in four other villages inside myanamar, before being forced to flee to bangladesh. but he has no idea where they will live. the camps that have sprung up to house previous waves of rohingyas are already horribly overcrowded. hafiz manjur has come here to try to find a home for himself and his pregnant wife.
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he arrived from myanmar a week ago, after a harrowing journey. he filmed parts of it. he's tried three other camps, but he's having no luck. gosh, there's a lot of people there. all on the move. we've been living in other people's houses, he told me. we had to leave my mother in myanamar. we need to find somewhere we can house her as well, but we don't have much money. bangladesh doesn't want these people settling here. instead, it's planning to build a huge camp for all 400,000 new arrivals, and to confine them there. it's a drastic step for a country that feels its hospitality has already been stretched too far. jonathan head, bbc news, cox's bazaar, bangladesh. it has been 1.5 weeks since the
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british virgin islands were hit by hurricane irma. we report from portola of the possible arrival of a new powerful storm. a landscape utterly changed by the furious nature. two weeks ago this was a lush and green island, now stripped back to brown. hardly a leaf on a tree for miles. and now, misery on misery. tropical rain. if this is the island of the super rich... there is poverty as well. this woman and her nine children lived through burma. their home survived. now it is underwater. lived through burma. their home survived. now it is underwaterlj have survived. now it is underwater.” have lost everything. everything except the lives of my children. but
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we have lost everything. desperate frustrating times. families, british citizens, needing help. that international rules say that overall, these islands are two other wealthy to qualify for the uk aid budget. if this is a rich country, i don't understand how i and others who have lost everything i still living in a poor situation. after the looting of the early days, it feels safer here now. british police here to help hard—pressed local. feels safer here now. british police here to help hard-pressed local. you just need tojoin here to help hard-pressed local. you just need to join a queue here to help hard-pressed local. you just need tojoin a queue on here to help hard-pressed local. you just need to join a queue on that side. thank you. and, over 200 british military now on the grounds that it the royal marines helping locals deliver whatever aid they can find. making a difference. what struck me the most about being here?
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the sheer devastation of it all.” have never seen anything like it before. for now, all of this is still about survival. but once the people here have enough food and do not water, attention must shift to rebuilding all of this devastation, to getting these islands back to work. crucial will be tourism. where do you start when confronted by this? the loss of income will cost the economy millions. that there is a determination to rebuild. in church today, thoughts focused on not what has been lost but what has been saved. they gave thanks for life with a kiss metjoining prayers for strength to face a new storm expected to hit these islands are early next week. we'll have a full paper review at 11:30 but first let's have a quick look at some of the front pages.
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the metro questions whether that cctv image shows the person who put a bomb on the london tube on friday. the sun has the same image and a similar question. the ft leads with the statistics authority questioning borisjohnson's arithmetic, over that 350 million a week claim. the guardian goes with the same story, saying he's facing growing pressure, over what's been called a misuse of official figures. the foreign secretary is the also lead in the telegraph, which reports that he'll tell theresa may that a 30 billion pound brexit divorce bill would be unacceptable. and there's even more borisjohnson in the times, which says he's been left politically isolated after michael gove refused to back his brexit intervention. and plans to change the way compensation is paid to prisoners is on the front of the express. the uk terror threat level has been
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reduced from critical to severe as a second man is arrested after a bomb was left on a london tube train. borisjohnson is accused of misusing official figures borisjohnson is accused of misusing officialfigures for borisjohnson is accused of misusing official figures for repeating claims that leaving the eu will free up claims that leaving the eu will free up £350 million per week. counting the cost of hurricane irma in the british virgin islands. sport now, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. manchester united are back on top of the premier league, after an impressive 4—0 win over everton, who had former united legend wayne rooney in their side. antonio valencia opened the scoring with a super strike, after just four minutes. and the home side waited until right before the end to finish the job, henrikh mkhitaryan, former everton striker romelu lu ka ku and anthony martial rounding out the scoring. everton is a very good team, with
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lots of very good players, but they are ina lots of very good players, but they are in a difficult moment. and when teams are in a difficult moment, it is important that you don't give them confidence, so important to start strong and to try to hit their mentality as soon as possible. we did that well early, but the second half that quality came up. good players, good solutions on the bench. that quality came up, it was a little bit difficult for us. but we we re a little bit difficult for us. but we were always solid, with the second goal, obviously we could win. it was all about our desire, and i saw a team on the pitch this afternoon fight for every second, for every ball. we create, we did not score. it is a big result, it is a big defeat, but we deserved much more than that. there were no goals between london rivals chelsea and arsenal, but plenty of drama at stamford bridge. the gunners looked to have gone ahead when defender shkodran mustafi headed home, but the goal was disallowed for offside, while chelsea ended the game with ten men after david luiz
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was sent off for a high tackle. the blues remain third in the table. arsenal are in 12th. honestly, i think that the game was open. and i think it was a good game for both teams. both teams tried to win the game, and created the chances to win the game, and the commitment, i thought, for the players, was 100%. and i am really pleased. we had a solid performance, the team focus, the team discipline, and a great response, as well. everybody expected us today to see how we respond to what happened in out how we respond to what happened in our last away game, and we did, in a positive way. i feel that it was a bit less inhibition, because of what happened before, they won the game
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by one or two matt coles. —— two goals. lewis hamilton says winning the singapore grand prix could prove pivotal in the race for the formula 1 world championship. it was a race ferrari were expected to dominate. but title rival sebastian vettel crashed out, with teammate kimi raikkonen and red bull's max verstappen. that allowed hamilton to move up from fifth, and he coasted to victory. the briton has extended his championship lead to 28 points, with six races remaining. france are into the final of the davis cup after beating serbia 3—1 in lille. jo—wilfried tsonga fought back from a set down against dusan lajovic, to earn a 3—1victory. the hosts went into the day needing one victory from the final two singles rubbers against an understrength serbia, who were missing novak djokovic. and france will face belgium in the final after they came through 3—2 against australia, steve darcis winning the deciding rubber againstjordan thompson in straight sets. belgium had been trailing 2—1 going into the final day. and a great underdog story to end with, as mensur suljovic,
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the outsider heading into the champions league of darts, has won the tournament this evening. he was a 40:1 shot heading into the event, but won all his group matches, defeated raymond van barneveld in the semi—finals, and then completed the fairytale by beating two—time world champion gary anderson 11—9 in the final. it was the first major trophy of his career, and he is £100,000 better off, too. that is all the sport for now. the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, has said president trump is open to keeping the country in the paris accord on climate change. in a television interview, mr tillerson said the president would work with partners if it could construct fair and balanced terms for americans. he said emissions reduction targets in the accord were out of balance for the two largest economies, the us and china.
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well, the position is being led and developed by gary cohn over at the national economic council. and, if you recall, the president also said we are willing to work with partners of the accord, if we can construct a set of terms that we believe is fair and balanced to the american people, and recognises our economy and economic interest, relative to others, in particular the second—largest economy in the world, china. if you look at those targets in terms of the accord, they were just really out of balance, the two largest economies. i think the plan is for director cohn to consider other ways in which we can work with partners in the accord and we want to be productive and helpful. the us has a tremendous track
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record on reducing our own greenhouse gas emissions. so there is a chance that if things get worked out, both on the voluntary side for the us, the voluntary restrictions for the us, that it could change, and there is a chance the us could stay in the accord? under the right conditions, the president said he is open to finding the conditions were we can engage with others on what we all agree is still a issue. let's get more on this now with lisa friedman, climate change reporter at the new york times. how confident are you that we are edging towards a coherent policy for the white house? thank you for having me. i don't see a coherent policy yet. i think what we are definitely seeing is a softer tone from the white house and the administration. certainly compared to the g20 a couple of months ago, when the us had just pulled out of the paris agreement, or announced it would pull out, and there was a tremendous amount of antagonism between the us and other countries on this issue. the us has said from
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the beginning, as rex tillerson said that, president trump did not put it in an elegant way but he said the us will renegotiate if it can. countries said the idea of renegotiating this 200 country agreement that took years and years to develop is quite ridiculous, and the us re— crafted that language when, in its formal submissions to the un, and indeed said if the suitable terms can be found, and thatis suitable terms can be found, and that is the us phrasing, suitable terms, than it might re—engage. from the beginning, it is all very vague, though. who in the administration will be keen on staying in, and who will be keen on staying in, and who will be keen on staying in, and who will be keen on coming out? great question. i think on the paris agreement, like on many issues in this administration, various
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division within this administration —— areas are division. there are some people, secretary of state rex tillerson, economic adviser gary cohn, and a handful of others, who would like to see the us find conditions where they can stay in. they were also the same group of advisers who were urging the white house not to pull out in the first place. so it is not clear whether they have the upper hand in this discussion yet or not. what does it mean to find suitable terms? that is another question entirely. as the secretary of state suggested, they don't like the us target. frankly, thatis don't like the us target. frankly, that is something that could have been changed or weakened months ago, and the us could have still stayed in. but it is possible for the us to wea ken in. but it is possible for the us to weaken its target, if it believes that the largest historic emitter should not do more, then —— than the
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current largest emitter, china, then it can weaken its target. countries won't like it, but we are all told, accept it in order to keep the us in the fold. just briefly, how would the fold. just briefly, how would the us sell it to business in the united states, who have supported donald trump on the basis that he would be tough on climate change chords like this? well, i am not sure that business is where you say it is. i think certainly there are a handful of coal companies that do wa nt handful of coal companies that do want the administration to be tough on climate change, and the number of people on the far right. but on the whole, businesses from fortune 500 companies down have been overwhelmingly in favour of the paris agreement, including exxon, from secretary of state rex tillerson's home. good to talk to you, thank you. thank you. american television's most prestigious awards, the emmys, will be handed out in the next few hours.
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let's take a look at some of the shows that everyone is talking about in the outstanding drama category. hbo's sci—fi western westworld leads the way, with 22 nominations, including nods for its british stars sir anthony hopkins and thandie newton. netflix's stranger things, a feast of ‘80s nostalgia and supernatural thrills, has 18 nominations. another netflix success, the crown, telling the life of a young queen elizabeth ii, has 13 nominations, including best actress in a drama for claire foy. and also with 13 nominations is hulu's the handmaid's tale, adapted from margaret atwood's 1985 novel. its star, elisabeth moss, is tipped by many in the industry to win the best drama actress award. earlier i spoke to american tv critic sonia saraiya, from variety, who gave us her predictions on who and what might do well at the awards later tonight in los angeles. definitely the handmade's tale. i
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think it is a show that talks a lot about gender in a dystopia, and for various reasons that has struck a chord with a lot of american viewers —— handmaid's tale. with this political climate that we are in right now. it is also just a really well done serious. you know, it is filmed, shot, edited incredibly beautifully, and as you said, elisabeth moss does a fantastic performance in it, and as much as i liked claire foy in the crown, and i would like to give her the award, i have a feeling voters are responding to elisabeth moss more. tv is not the poor relation any more, is it? when you look at the number of big—name actors that want to appear in these programmes. yes, absolutely. in the limited series category we have nicole kidman, reese witherspoon, jessica lange and
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susan sarandon all competing for the same award, and they are all best actress winners for the oscars. we are actress winners for the oscars. we a re really actress winners for the oscars. we are really seeing quite a seachange in terms of the talent that can come to television. and the amount of money that companies are prepared to invest is astronomical, isn't it? absolutely. netflix is talking about numbers in the billions, routinely. and you know, it is paying off for them. they have three series nominated in drama, which is the most prestigious category. if you have the money, it is a fun game, i bet. what is interesting, though, is that you can binge watch like never before, but still there is a great appealfor that before, but still there is a great appeal for that waiting week by week for the next episode. absolutely. actually, just this summer we had two shows that were great to watch week to week, very different shows. 0ne week to week, very different shows. one of them was game of thrones, on
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hbo, and the other was the twin peaks revival on hbo, and the other was the twin pea ks revival on showtime, hbo, and the other was the twin peaks revival on showtime, and it was really fun for both of them not to know what was coming, and for eve ryo ne to know what was coming, and for everyone to watch them together at the same time on sunday night. it is funny because tv can work both ways, and it is interesting watching auteurs and studios trying to find that right balance. in the competition is so immense, isn't it? that has got to be good for the viewers, because it pushes everybody to do better. it definitely... that is the best case. i would say that sometimes for the viewer is also just overwhelming, because there are so just overwhelming, because there are so many shows, and it a critic, because it is myjob to watch all of them, ican because it is myjob to watch all of them, i can tell you there there is this tiny show on this network you have never heard of that you should be looking at, but i feel like for the viewer, you are like, oh, my god, i already have enough going on. but ideally, it is just great, but there are so many people doing great work, you know, and these little
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gems are buried here and there and some of the big—name stuff is pushed to get better and better. now it is time for the weather. well, it has been a weekend of sunshine and showers. there was some warm weather out there today in between the showers, particularly towards the south. cooler, though, around the east coast, we have a northerly breeze at the moment. here is the scene at sunset. this beautiful image was sent in by one of our weather watchers in north gachette, showing clear spells, a lot of cumulus cloud but many of us will continue to see the skies clearing for the rest of the night —— north ayrshire. that low pressure is bringing us a cool breeze i was talking about across eastern parts of the country, with showers still feeding in here for the rest of the overnight period. away from the east, i think many places staying dry tonight and we are likely to see a few mist and fog patches forming.
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a bit of low cloud and murkiness for central and eastern areas and a few fog patches as well. turning quite chilly in the countryside first thing monday morning, temperatures near freezing and a few spots, particularly for scotland, northern england, northern ireland and wales. through the course of this coming week, it is going to start with that mix of sunshine and showers. a bit of rain midweek, particularly in the west, but the temperatures are going to be warming up and things will look dry, i think, by the end of the week. so back to the here and now, a chilly start the monday morning, with some mist and fog which will slowly clear away. then sunny spells for many of us, a few showers, particularly around the eastern coast, where we have the breeze coming in off the north sea, but further inland the odd rope shower bobbing in through the afternoon. i think many of us will stay dry, especially northern ireland and the west of scotland. temperatures are 15 to 18 degrees but a bit cooler where you have that breeze across eastern scotland and north east england. some rain

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