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this is bbc news, the headlines at 2pm. the caribbean is hit by another category five hurricane — causing widespread devastation on the island of dominica. the international space station has passed over hurricane maria — showing the vast scale of the storm with wind speeds of 160 miles per hour. the british virgin islands — still reeling after hurricane irma a fortnight ago — are next in maria's path and could be hit again late tonight. with winds predicted to once again top 100 mph, every piece of this wood and plastic and these metal roofing sheets become potentially deadly airborne missiles. police say the death toll in the grenfell fire may fall below 80. myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi,
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is accused of being in denial after saying she doesn't know why 400,000 rohingya muslims have fled her country. there have been allegations and counter allegations. we have to listen to all of them. and we have to make sure that these allegations are based on solid evidence before we take action. also in the next hour: a warning overjihadist online content. the uk is the biggest audience for it in europe, a think—tank says there should be tougher regulation. are you ready? and it's into the ring for rio , why the former england and man united defender is launching his boxing career. good afternoon.
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another major hurricane is sweeping through the caribbean just a fortnight after hurricane irma devastated some of the islands. the latest category five storm hit the island of dominica overnight with winds of 160 miles per hour. the nation's president said the devastation was mind boggling. he said rooves had been ripped off the homes of everyone he had managed to speak to — including his own. the storm is now heading towards guadelope — where there's a communications blackout — and also the british virgin islands. we will have a report from there in a moment. but first our correspondent jon donnison has the latest. a single hurricane is horrific enough. maria is the fourth to hit the caribbean in less than two weeks. the french island of guadeloupe, among the latest places to take a pounding.
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in nearby martinique, people found themselves overwhelmed by floodwaters. by daybreak they were waking up to see the damage. the island of dominica also suffered. this unverified video was posted online as the hurricane hit and the lights went out. the church roof has blown in. my neighbour's roof, blown. maria also hit the island of dominica, where even the prime minister wasn't spared, taken to social media to say that his roof had gone and his house was flooded. from space you can see the scale of the hurricane. it is now tracking north—east towards the british territories of antigua and barbuda, anguilla and the virgin islands. in the us virgin islands they haven't begun rebuilding after being flattened
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by hurricane irma. two weeks later they are bracing themselves again. there is not a leaf, every tree is bent. buildings, houses, businesses, everything devastated. we have paradise but this is what we have to go through. been here before, done it before and we'll do it again. it will stay fine, for one thing. 0n the island of saint thomas, tristan joseph already lost everything to irma. now he must face another battering from hurricane maria. yeah, that's what i'm preparing for now, again! the double—header. these caribbean communities are going to need help. the british government's emergency cobra committee has met. with maria, they will be keen to avoid a repeat of the accusations that they were too slow to respond to hurricane irma. hms 0cean, the navy's largest ship, will arrive in the caribbean carrying aid this weekend. it's been more than a decade
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since an atlantic hurricane season as devastating as this one. but it could still have some way to run. the season does not officially end until november. some of the islands in the path of hurricane maria have barely started cleaning—up after the devastation wreaked by hurricane irma. 0ur correspondent jeremy cooke reports from the british virgin islands — which could be hit hard again tomorrow what is the latest? we are starting to get what they call the first feeder systems coming through the british virgin islands here, which means we are getting a faint taste of what is to come. rain and heavy winds. then a period as quiet as we getting now. but all eyes here are to the south—east, they know that hurricane maria is on the way. the
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big question as we look at the forecast is exactly what the course of the storm will be, because even a slight wobble one way or the other can make all the difference here. the best they can hope for is winds of 50 or 60 miles an hour. if you look at the destruction here, heavy rain will cause flooding. the worst—case scenario rain will cause flooding. the worst—case scenario is that a barrel straightjulie ireland ‘s in the wa ke straightjulie ireland ‘s in the wake of hurricane burma. that potentially could be catastrophic. we can see the clear up catastrophic. we can see the clear up operation but there is so much wreckage there, if you get those high winds, it will send that rested flying through the air. that's exactly right. what you are seeing here is the last minute race against time as they try to do as much clear up time as they try to do as much clear up work on the island as they can.
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but they are running out of time. just a few hours ago, across this area, the debris from hurricane irma is everywhere. i'm talking about tonnes and tonnes of corrugated roofing sheets, splinters of wood, all the domestic contents of those dwellings as well, orjust lying around and it gets picked up by hurricane maria, every single piece of it because potentially a deadly missile. that is the greatest fear thatis missile. that is the greatest fear that is why there was a curfew here today, only a central workers allowed the streets. there has been allowed the streets. there has been a lot of controversy about the british relief efforts in islands like the british virgin islands, what are people they're saying about it now? are they more satisfied with the help they are getting?” it now? are they more satisfied with the help they are getting? i would say they are more satisfied, they know it is a hugely challenging time
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further rehear. there are —— they have been taking aid to the most badly affected areas. they are doing what they can. really, hms 0cean cannot be here soon enough. there will be three weeks by the time the media aid delivery arrived. there are 200 guys across several islands, they haven't stretched. 0ne of the main positives is bringing a sense of security. after irma there was some looting, that was something that can be difficult for the people to live with. now they feel more secure and really, they are hoping for the best here, hoping they can back down and get through the storm. but it won't take an event on the scale of the four do bring really much more trouble for this already
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devastating islands. thank you. let's speak now to janet charles, the high commissioner of dominica , who's monitoring events and is due to meet advisers later today. thanks forjoining us. what is your view of the destruction already caused in domenico? it is devastating. words cannot explain how devastating the destruction has been to our country. just give us an idea of the destruction. at times, its buildings, schools and so on? from initial reports, there has been damage to homes, properties, businesses, landslides, the rivers have overflowed. businesses, landslides, the rivers have ove rflowed. a businesses, landslides, the rivers have overflowed. a lot of people have overflowed. a lot of people
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have lost their house. their roof. we arejust have lost their house. their roof. we are just waiting to assess the damage. what kind of help do you needin damage. what kind of help do you need in dominica for the international community? what kind of assistance are you looking for? initially, i think according to the prime minister, it will be the first business would be search and rescue, he is interested in finding and rescuing those who are trapped and securing medical assistance for the injured. helicopter services. securing medical assistance for the injured. helicopterservices. so there are friendly nations and organisations, coming to our aid. the prime minister has been saying, even his own roof was blown off. it is just even his own roof was blown off. it isjust a even his own roof was blown off. it is just a disaster for so even his own roof was blown off. it isjust a disasterfor so many people there? it is indeed. it has been one of the worst hurricanes that have hit the country. his roof
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was blown away but he was rescued thankfully. he is now in a place of safety. give us an idea of how many people live in domenico? we have about 71,000 right now. and a lot of those will be affected by what has happened? it is hurricane season and caribbean islands are often hit. in some ways they'd used to seeing this 01’ some ways they'd used to seeing this or it was this on took everyone by surprise? it is something we are accustomed to. every year we suffer the effects of hurricanes, of tropical storms, but there's one increased in intensity and power in such a short space of time. from a category three to a category five. such a short space of time that it
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caught some of us by surprise. but they were prepared, people went into shelters and from the reports that we re shelters and from the reports that were relayed back to me here in london, we could not recognise it, it was just too strong. thanks for joining us. i'm sure everyone's thoughts are our people there in dominica suffering so much. let's talk more now about the latest hurricane. let's speak now to myles allen — professor of geosystem science at the university of oxford. thanks forjoining us. talk us through the signs of this. we have seen through the signs of this. we have seen this spate of hurricanes. we know it is hurricane. but is it common to have this very hurricanes of such ferocity so close together?
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it is hurricane season but there are certain factors about this particular season that are conducive to hurricanes growing. by commissioner mentioned how rapidly it grew from a tropical storm to a category five hurricane. 0ne it grew from a tropical storm to a category five hurricane. one of the ingredients you need for that is warm seasonal temperatures. burton albion to let exceptionally warm but relatively warm. you also need the atmosphere to be stable and calm relatively. if the winds are blowing like this, different from low level winds, that breaks the hurricane apart, but if the atmosphere is relatively stable to start with hurricanes can grow much like the vortex in a bath tub. they can develop into the spectacular storm. how long is the hurricane season, what is the kind of window in terms of time per year? it runs through from late july and of time per year? it runs through
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from latejuly and august through to november. that is the time of the year when surface temperatures are warm enough, and the atmospheric conditions are right to develop. we are getting good, as people have noticed, i am are getting good, as people have noticed, iam predicting are getting good, as people have noticed, i am predicting weather storms will go once they have happened. admittedly we can't predict what the damage will be but thatis predict what the damage will be but that is because they really tiny deflection in the path of the storm to make a huge difference. but the forecast are good, but what we can't yet do is forecast when they will occui’ yet do is forecast when they will occur in the first place and will be able to because of tiny disturbances all the way in the east african highlands that grow into these massive storms eventually. a lot of people are saying, linking the ferocity of the hurricanes with climate change and global warming, is that your view? there were certainly some factors at play. i
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mentioned that one seasonal temperatures is one factor that allows hurricane to get particularly strong, it is also undeniable that the warmer the atmosphere, the more moisture it can held, that's basic physics, and the more intense the rainfall is. there was also sea level rise, the level is rising in these regions and that exacerbates these regions and that exacerbates the impact of storm surges. while we cannot yet say and we may well never be able to weather climate change is making the risk of hurricanes any worse, what we can say is it is exacerbating probably their impacts. good to talk to you, thank you for your analysis. 0ther other news this afternoon... the foreign secretary borisjohnson has said he's not considering resigning and is united behind the prime minister. it comes as mrjohnson and theresa may are due to meet at the united nations general assembly
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after the pm accused him of "back—seat driving" over brexit. meeting at the un, a bit of peacemaking perhaps? there have been reports circulating in westminster today that mrjohnson could quit by the weekend if mrs may gives too much ground at her speech in florence on friday, in particular if there is too at money offered all too long a transition period, or is theresa may were to signal we might have some feature arrangement similarto have some feature arrangement similar to perhaps switzerland or norway. this lunchtime in new york, mrjohnson was ambushed pretty much by the press pack as he was returning from a jog round the big apple and he was pretty much in denial mode. he denied any question that he was going to resign, he also
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with denied other reports that he thought mrs may had no chance of getting any decent deal out of the eu and to prepare for a no deal outcome. he denied disunity among ministers, he said they were like birds ina ministers, he said they were like birds in a nest, have a listen to what mrjohnson said. excuse his attire, he just returned from a jog. no, no, of course not. with our working and the key thing is to make sure to take the changes that brexit provides. have you spoken to the prime minister? has spoken often to the buy minister. today? once you've had a shower? it's all going fine. johnson sticking loyally to theresa may after they slapped down from
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reporters. it's all going well, he insists. but we shall see the outcome after theresa may's spieth in florence to trulyjudge that. norman smith, thank you for that. 0ur our latest headlines on bbc news. the caribbean has been hit by another category five hurricane causing widespread devastation on the island of dominica. the international space station has passed over the hurricane showing the vaster scale of the storm with wind speeds of 160 mph. police say the number of people who died in the g re nfell tower the number of people who died in the grenfell tower fire may be lower than the previous estimate of 80. in sport, real ferdinand says he will be fighting for a title. the former manchester united and england defender was trying to gain a
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professional boxing licence at the age of 38. the lioness is start their world cup campaign, over shadowing is mark sampson's conduct, the case of bullying may be reopened. and the british women's bobsleigh team are said to have theirfunding bobsleigh team are said to have their funding withdrawn who say they are gutted and shocked about the decision. a full update for you in the 15 minutes. police now say that the death toll in the grenfell tower fire injune may not be quite as high as previously thought. it was believed that around 80 people had died in the fire. detectives have also revealed that 240 people managed to escape the blaze between midnight and eight o'clock the following morning. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw is at scotland yard. this investigation is proceeding
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well but it's going slowly, because the volume of material that the police have to go through. they have received 31 million documents from the number of, companies and organisations involved in construction, with an atlanta management of grenfell. they are also looking at what happen when the emergency services arrived. they have a couple of thousand people the need to speak to. the need to go to the evidence and they are examining g re nfell the evidence and they are examining grenfell forensically, the evidence and they are examining grenfellforensically, going the evidence and they are examining grenfell forensically, going through all the various fire precautions in place, then there will be a reconstruction of those fire procedures and elements, two try and see whether the fire systems work or didn't work, how a fire spread. it's not till the end of that process which will be well into next year, before please will think about bringing people in for questioning
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and making arrests. among the possible offences that the book could be questioned about our fraud, misconduct misconduct in a public office, breaches of health and safety a nd office, breaches of health and safety and fire regulations, manslaughter and corporate manslaughter. we have been speaking to fiona maccormack who is one of the senior officers in the investigation. charges would be way too early at the moment. but the offence is that we are investigating at the moment range from everything from corporate manslaughter, manslaughter via gross negligence or the way to fraud, misconduct and public safety. there was nothing of the table as i'm concerned. but i know from many people it is going to feel at three months is a long time, for us still so new months is a long time, for us still so new and until we've really had an opportunity to look through that, i don't know if there are other
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offe nces don't know if there are other offences out there that i haven't spoken about. police have revised what they believe to be the final death toll. they thought it was at least 80 and they now believe it could be below that. one of the reasons for that is because some people came forward claiming that their loved ones had died in the fire, they are now investigating whether those claims were in fact is fraudulent. 0ther whether those claims were in fact is fraudulent. other people also came forward and said they lost property, their flats have been forward and said they lost property, theirflats have been damaged, some of those claims are now being looked at with a view to prosecution for fraud. there are eight cases in that category. there are also four people who have reported to police that they have had money and other items stolen from their flats since the fire. grenfell tower has been under guard 2a hours a day. but it seems that some people or an individual may have accessed their flats and stolen money. some reports suggest it could be as much as £5,000 in total that has been stolen. reacting total that has been stolen. reacting to all of this on the grenfell
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estate, we have spoken to one man whose uncle died in the fire. i want individuals charged, prosecuted and sent to prison. that's what i want. it is more than three months on now and he'sjust have the latest update 20 figures moving quickly enough, do you feel like you've got enough from the services? as time goes on, you understand the scale of everything i think it would be wrong to and i think it would be wrong to wa nt and i think it would be wrong to want thanks done quickly. 0ne and i think it would be wrong to want thanks done quickly. one thing is done properly. —— we want things done properly. that's because there's lots of manpower and resources, it doesn't mean things will move quickly. i would prefer if they took their time which means things would be done properly. police are taking their time for this. it has gone on for three months and will go into next year. the cost of it having been estimated yet but there are in excess of 200 detectors and other police officers working on this huge investigation.
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danny, thank you. danny shaw at scotla nd danny, thank you. danny shaw at scotland yard. let's bring you the latest on the liberal democrats and vince cable. he will close the conference with his speech. he says political adults from all parties should come together to stop a withdrawal from the eu. should come together to stop a withdrawalfrom the eu. also repeat his call for any deal with brussels to be put to a referendum. 0ur political correspondent, eleanor garnier, is at the conference, in bournemouth. what do we expect him to say? the pa rty‘s what do we expect him to say? the party's line on brexit that it wants another vote on the referendum, and exit from brexit to stop britain's withdrawal from the eu, exit from brexit to stop britain's withdrawalfrom the eu, that'll exit from brexit to stop britain's withdrawal from the eu, that'll be and centre of vince cable's spieth. but he will also insist that the
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party must not become a single issue party. not ukip in reverse. he was big, bold idea is popular with lots of people. he will of course need to appeal to the audience, give them and is of a spring in this step, as they leave the last day of the conference, but he needs to appeal to people across the country from all sides of the political spectrum. you would think that is the most pro—eu party that the lib dems would have the pick of the 40% of people who voted remain in the referendum but this year's jamal al produced a disappointing —— demel election result that is the dismal killing occurred the shine has slightly come off it, they asked slightly down. it is a huge challenge the new leader has. sir vince cable needs to convince
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people of the party bus in their sta nce people of the party bus in their stance and brexit, turnaround that disappointing results from the general election and convince people that the lib dems are relevant in british politics once again. eleanor, thank you. the stage is set for sir vince cable to make that speech. he will be there at that podium very shortly. we are thinking in about ten minutes' time and we will bring you that live. the liberal democrat's leader's speech in bournemouth. someone else making a big speech is president trump. he says it will be a big day at the un with some big things and 21 is happening. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet
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is in new york for us. what are we expecting in how important is the address? trump is predictable and no one can be 100% certain what he will say. the man who campaigned on america first address in the world's most important multilateral body. they have a surprise yesterday when the talk with the eu and as a club —— un asa talk with the eu and as a club —— un as a club where people talk, how the us was wasting the biggest funders. but when he talked about reform committee applauded the reform effo rts committee applauded the reform efforts of the un secretary general. there are no secrets about what issues to address. the first of the threat posed by north korea, we have listened to the un secretary general antonio gutierrez, who is making the first speech today. he warned that the world could sidestep its way
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into war, he says they were to be worried about the threat of war because he said it was a real possibility. that was an echo in president trump's speech. we also wa nt to president trump's speech. we also want to find out because it does affect the entire international community, what about the hints that the usa won't pull out of the paris impact on climate change grizzled and the nuclear deal, there are conflicting signals of the nuclear deal and putting pressure on iran. those are some issues trump will be speaking about in about an hour and a half's time. thanks forjoining us. a half's time. thanks forjoining us. we will be back with you to the afternoon. there is the united nations general assembly where president trump is going to be talking pretty shortly. as our correspondent suggested, he will talk in particular about north korea calling for greater international
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pressure on north korea over its nuclear programme. there have already been a warning from china against too much rhetoric and too many threats that we will see exactly what president trump has to say on north korea and all the other pressing international issues. in the next few minutes. of all that, time for a look at the weather. good afternoon. it's the driest, funniest day of the week. not a huge amount of cloud, mist and fog is now clear but there is cloud into northern ireland which will bring a change later on. maybe if he spots of rain as we finish the afternoon but elsewhere sunny spells, light winds, feeling warmer than the past few days given the light rays, tammuz is about 15—18d. dry in the evening with amateurs taking a dip, the odd spot of rain, into east and
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northern england, wet in northern ireland. tammuz is coming to the match into double figures in the mid teens for some, as we start the commute. 0utbreaks teens for some, as we start the commute. outbreaks of rain as with heavy bursts from hills, pushing into wales and western england. but of england from in wales, will stay dry all day long and feeling warmer it has done. hello, this is bbc news with me ben brown. the headlines: the caribbean has been hit by another category five hurricane, maria. widespread damage has been caused on the island of dominica, before the storm moved toward the island of guadeloupe. the british virgin islands, still recovering from hurricane irma, are set to bit hit tonight. police have said that the number of people who died in grenfell tower may be lower than the earlier estimate of 80. myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi,
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has said her government does not fear international scrutiny of its handling of the growing rohingya crisis. and a report has found that online jihadist propaganda attracts more clicks in the uk than any other country in europe. let us get all the day's sports news, including rio ferdinand entering the ring, perhaps. 0lly has that and everything else. the former manchester united and england defender rio ferdinand says he is targetting a title after making the decision to become a professional boxer. his move into the ring is being promoted by the bookmaker betfair, so there are some questions about his exact motivation and he is yet to apply for a boxing license. he'll be trained by the former world champion richie woodhall and is likely to fight at cruiserweight. he's 38 and retired from football
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in 2015, he also lost his wife to cancer in the same year. it's something for me to focus on. the last couple of years i've been through quite a few things in my life and this is just another way of being able to channel that aggression and anger sometimes, emotions into something. this is something that i'm into. i've got the utmost respect for the boxing fraternity. i'm not coming in here saying i'm going to be a world champion, i'm coming here saying there are loads of hurdles to get over and i'm going to meet them head—on. the england lionesses‘ world cup campaign starts this evening with a qualifier against russia at tranmere's prenton park. the preparations have been overshadowed by continuing scrutiny of mark sampson's conduct. chelsea's eni aluko lodged a complaint against him last year and an independent enquiry
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cleared him of racism and bullying earlier this year. fresh player statements may see the investigation re—opened but sampson is trying to focus on the game tonight. it's going to be a tough group. russian are the seeds and they'll come here knowing any positive result puts them in a great place in the group if it's a draw or a victory. we have looked at russia in—depth. we'll have to be at our best to get the result we want. that match live on bbc2 later, coverage starts at 6.30 kick—off at 7.00. northern ireland's women take on the republic of ireland. that's on the red button and the bbc sport website. bbc sport understands british bobsleigh is set to withdraw funding from its women's team just five months before the winter olympics. britain's top driver, mica mcneill says she's gutted and shocked to be told by bosses there was no money left to fund her
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team because of an overspend. the british bobsleigh and skeleton association intends to continue supporting three men's teams on its performance programme but it is now uncertain whether team gb will be represented in the women's bobsleigh competition in pyeochang. the british para athlete bethany woodward says she'll be handing back one of her relay medals because a member of the team was giving them an unfair advantage. the classification system in para—sport has been criticised for sometimes allowing less impaired athletes to compete against those with a much greater disability. woodward won sprinting silver in london 2012 and also long jump silver at the 2014 commonwealth games. with reference to her relay medal, won in the last four years, she says "i feel like we won a medal i don't believe was true.
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handing back this medal will mean all the medals i won are to do with me, my cerebral palsy and my strength". british cyclist elinor barker competes in the individual time trial at the world road championships in norway later. she's an olympic champion on the track and thinks that will hold her in good stead in bergen. it's something i've always thought about and it's always clashed with my track programme so i've never been able to put any energy into the race. whereas this year the course suits me, it doesn't clash with anything else i'm doing. ifelt like, i'll give it a go. i have absolutely no expectations at all. i've no idea where i'd be happy with placing at this moment in time. it will be interesting to find out but there are so many girls that i've never raced against in a time trial on this kind of course especially that i just don't on this kind of course especially that ijust don't know. and that race is live on the red button and bbc sport website from 2.30.
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a wet outfield meant that play in the first one day international between england and west indies at old trafford is onlyjust getting under way two hours late. west indies won the toss and have elected to bat. the match has been reduced to 42 overs a side. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. this is the scene live in bournemouth at the liberal democrat conference and, at the close, the liberal democrat leader vince cable, is about to bring his speech to delegates. we'll bring that to you live here on bbc news. vince cable expected to take to the stage in the next few minutes. he'll be talking very much about brexit, he's expected to urge what he calls sensible grown—ups in other parties
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tojoin forces sensible grown—ups in other parties to join forces with the liberal democrats to prevent brexit becoming, in his words, "a disaster". he'll be urging adults in the labour and the conservative parties to put aside tribal loyalties and ensure that britain remains in the single market and the customs union. so we remains in the single market and the customs union. so we are remains in the single market and the customs union. so we are going to bring you that speech from sir vince cable as soon as it starts. he was due to start about now but it's a little bit delayed. we'll be back in bournemouth in a minute. the other place we'll be is at the united nations where world leaders have gathered for the un general assembly. president trump is expected to speak there, expected to address huge international issues of pressing concern, particularly north korea. we'll be very interested to hear what he's got to say about north korea when he takes to the stage. the chinese have already
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warned there shouldn't be too much rhetoric, that that would be counterproductive on north korea, but it will be very interesting to see what donald trump's got to say about north korea and other issues in the next few minutes there at the un. the police have been given more time to question two men arrested in connection with the parsons green attack. they are being held at a police station in south london. searches are continuing at two houses and a restaurant. more than one hundred firefighters have spent the night tackling a fire at a north london warehouse. dozens of fire engines were sent to the scene of the blaze on white hart lane in tottenham, after the alarm was raised just after 8 o'clock last night. one person was taken to hospital. the cause of the fire is not yet known. people in the uk are making more attempts to find jihadist material online than those in any other
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european country that's according to research by a think—tank. it has been studying extremist content posted by the so—called islamic state group, as our security correspondent a hundred pieces of new propaganda are being created every week by so—called islamic state, according to the report by policy exchange whose researchers found the uk was ranked fifth in terms of countries where the material was most frequently accessed. this is a whole new domain of warfare, right along with ground, sea warfare, right along with ground, sea and air, you have cyberspace, a new battle space, if you will. i've talked with leaders of different firms and they're working this very hard. a study by the policy exchange says the uk ranks fifth as the country where people most frequently click on such radical content, the highest in europe. in the wake of recent terror attacks, the government has been trying to put pressure on big
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technology companies like twitter, facebook and youtube, to do more to ta ke facebook and youtube, to do more to take the material down and the author of today's report says there is more they could do. if you look at the struggle against child pornography for example, it seems the tech companies and government have put in place a framework that is morrow bust and seems to be more effective and we are asking the question, are there lessons that can be learnt from that struggle? the companies have been making strides. facebook‘s using new technology to try take down material and accounts faster, but polling suggests three quarters of the public think they could do more. and today's report says tougher measures like an independent regulator with the ability to levy fines or even prosecution may be needed. some experts who work on counterradicalisation caution that taking down extremist content though won't eliminate the problem. taking down extremist content though won't eliminate the problemlj taking down extremist content though won't eliminate the problem. i think we all have to do this without simply thinking legislation is the way forward. i think we need to be
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more preventative from a communities, young people and from organisations like ours, for example, who're working with technology companies. with so-called islamic state continuing to use online material to try to recruit, radicalise and train people in bomb—making, today's report is another sign that pressure on technology companies to do more is growing. police have named one of the victims of a crash on the m5 motorway on saturday which left four people dead. 46 year old adrian beaumont from bristol died at the scene. his partner and their two children remain in hospital. the accident happened when a lorry travelling southbound in gloucestershire went through the central reservation. rochdale council has apologised to young people who were sexually and physically abused while they were in care. many of the assaults took place at two council schools over a period of almost fifty years. the council's chief executive said
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he couldn't turn the clock back but he would make sure that it did its best to safeguard young people in the future. ryanair has published a full list of the 2,000 flights that it's cancelling over the next 6 weeks. the budget airline has admitted it "messed up" the planning of holidays for its pilots. 400,000 passengers are likely to be affected by the error. the operator faces a compensation bill of more than 17—million pounds. tom burridge has more. ryanair has been anything but satisfying flying for the huge number of people whose flights have been cancelled. the budget airline has now published a full list on its website, more than 2,000 flights cancelled over the next six weeks. ryanair have cancelled two of ourflights home now which means we are stuck in madrid, we have had to pay hundreds extra
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to book another hotel and flights back and the communication from ryanair has been atrocious, we don't even know why it's been cancelled and we are desperate to get home. ryanair claimed it made mistakes when allocating leave for its pilots. it says it will refund all passengers or rebook them on to other flights. and pay compensation particularly for those due to fly in the next two weeks. i don't think it is appropriate when an organisation is offering you a service, they fail in this way. i don't think it's that is related to low—cost airlines but we need to understand from ryanair precisely how this problem has arisen. ryanair denies it has a shortage of pilots after some left tojoin its rival, norwegian. ryanairflies more people around europe than any other airline but it has more unhappy customers now. aung san suu kyi has been under
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pressure to stop the military crackdown. in geneva, the head of the un fact—findings manages on myanmar says his team have received widespread allegations of mass killings which they intend to investigate. jonny dymond has this report. more than 400,000 have fled in under a month. its leader, aung san suu kyi pushed back at if swell of international condemnation of her government and military. action will
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be taken against all peoples, regardless of their religion, race, or political position who go against the laws of the land and who violate human rightings. aung san suu kyi's sta r‘s fallen human rightings. aung san suu kyi's star's fallen fast. the newly elected leader was once the darling of the west, fated after years of house arrest by myanmar‘s military rulers. but she no longer has time for questions. reporter: have you become an apologise for ethnic cleansing? do you have something to say? her country's military stands accused by the united nations of ethnic cleansing. the defence minister denied it. translation: it's not because of the soldiers. the rohingya are lying on purpose. in fact, soldiers. the rohingya are lying on purpose. infact, our soldiers. the rohingya are lying on purpose. in fact, our people are the ones facing ethnic cleansing. the rehint see ya started attacking the
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security forces —— rohingya. rehint see ya started attacking the security forces -- rohingya. aung san suu kyi said the burning of the rohingya villages have stopped. there have been no conflicts since 5th september and no clearance operations. we too are concerned. we wa nt to operations. we too are concerned. we want to find out what the real problems are. but the burning has continued. the bbc filmed rohingya villages being torched within the last fortnight well after she said it had finished. human rights campaigners are critical. at times, it was a mixture of untruths and victim blaming and i think for us really just seemed victim blaming and i think for us reallyjust seemed like an attempt to downplay the situation when we have people across the border in bangladesh who're documenting the most horrific abuses of this campaign of ethnic cleansing. for the refugees, a question — are they safe to go back? are they welcome?
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straight to the liberal democrat conference. i would like to offer my thanks to my predecessor, tim farron. applause. he hands over a party which is larger and stronger and more diverse than the one he inherited. and he stood up for refugees whose plight the government shamefully ignored. applause. he established our very clear identity as the only real undiluted pro—european party. applause. we are all hugely endebted to him.
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it's good today to be amongst friends so please forgive me if i start by addressing people who are not yet our friends but whom we might persuade. people who say they don't know what we stand for who'll think we are irrelevant. but anybody who doubts the relevance of the liberal democrats should reflect on the three great disasters perpetrated by the two main parties in recent years. the war in iraq, the banking crisis and now brexit. applause. you may remember the labour government, egged on by the conservative opposition, plunged this country into a disastrous illegal war and it's helped to fuel thejihadist movements which
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terrorise the middle east and our own country and allies to this day. it was only the liberal democrats under charles kennedy who showed somejudgment under charles kennedy who showed some judgment and political courage when it was needed. i'm immensely proud to have served my parliamentary apprenticeship in that company. then the same government lost control of the economy. it allowed reckless and greedy bankers to run amok. and yet again, the conservatives egged labour on, demanding even less restraint. the liberal democrats warned that it would end badly and it did. and the economy built on banking and property speculation was left dangerously exposed to the global financial crisis. and the bailful consequences are with us to this
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day. our economy continues to be dependent on the life support system of ultra——cheap money, which even now is inflating a new credit bubble and it left a real sense of resentment that wealth inequalities have widened and only the super rich have widened and only the super rich have flourished in the post—crisis world. now, in 2010, afterall that, we could have stood aside washing our hands of responsibility. we could have been the party that said, we told you so. but we didn't. we went into government in the national interest to repair the damage. it was the right thing to do and nick clegg led us courageously in doing it. applause. while thinking about nick, i'm sure
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you'll all want tojoin while thinking about nick, i'm sure you'll all want to join me while thinking about nick, i'm sure you'll all want tojoin me in sending him and mir ram or best wishes as antonio and the family return from what has been tough and anxious times. applause. 0ur applause. our thoughts are very much with them. now, nick has been much vilified by our opponents. but we are proud of him and his record and i'm certain that just as parliament him and his record and i'm certain thatjust as parliament now misses his voice, history will vindicate his voice, history will vindicate hisjudgment. hear, hear... you need only look at our record to know it. in government we did a lot
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of good and we stopped a lot of bad. don't let the tories tell you that they lifted millions of low—earners out of income tax, because we did. applause. and don't let the tories tell you that they launched and apprenticeship revolution and industrial strategy because they didn't. we did. applause. and don't let thetories tell you that they brought in the pupil premium and free school meals. we did that. the liberal democrats did that. —— let the tories tell you that. —— let the tories tell you that they brought in the pupil premium. we have paid a high political price. trust was lost and, for many voters, we still have to scrub ourselves hard to get rid of the smell of clearing up other
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people's mess. applause. and now another disaster looms. brexit. it was the product of a fraudulent and frivolous campaign led by two groups of silly public schoolboys reliving their dormitory pillow fights. cheering and applause. and now, thanks to borisjohnson, they've degenerated into a full—scale school riot with the head teacher hiding, barricaded in her office. but in the real world, we've yet to
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experience the full impact of leaving europe. but we've had a taste of what's to come in the fall in the value of the pound. now, foreign exchange dealers are not point—scoring politicians. they make cool point—scoring politicians. they make cool, hard, unsentimental judgments. quite simply, brexit britain will be poorer and weaker than if we decided to stay in europe — brexit was described by the brexit secretary himself as an operation of such technical complexity that it makes the moon landing look simple. i have to say, it's a pity that the brexit landing is being managed by people who'd struggle to get their heads round a toddler's lego set. applause. these are people who still live in a
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world of infantile tory fairytale stories. i'm sure you know about the giant tweeter lives in a whitehouse far away and flies across the ocean to rescue us from the wicket gnomes of europe. but to be serious for a moment, it's both extraordinary and unforgiveable that the government is enentrusting the future of this country, its trade policy, standing in the world, to a special relationship with a president who is volatile, dangerous and an apologyist for racial hatred. applause. it's an outrage that this man who now presoups to attack our highly
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effective police and security services, has been invited here on a state visit. asjo swinson so rightly said on sunday, no red carpet for president trump, the visit should be cancelled. let me say a few words about labour. many people got behind jeremy corbyn injune. i think genuinely expecting a better politics and a better future. and they're already being betrayed. because today's labour party isn't into problem—solving, let alone government. jeremy corbyn's acolytes are focussed on how to maximise the contradictions of capitalism. you don't qualify for the labour shadow cabinet these days u nless
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the labour shadow cabinet these days unless you've studied the venezualan guide on how to bankrupt a rich country. applause. it's actually no wonder they back brexit. it's no wonder they lined up behind theresa may, maximising the chances of chaos and disruption. and then a few weeks ago, the moderates briefly penetrated the corbyn bunker. they persuaded him that collaborating quite so closely with the class enemy didn't look too good. so they've got a new policy which is to stay in the single market and customs union, possibly. 0rto market and customs union, possibly. or to leave. maybe. market and customs union, possibly. 0rto leave. maybe. 0r market and customs union, possibly. or to leave. maybe. or maybe stay in a bitand or to leave. maybe. or maybe stay in a bit and then leave. i'm actually trying to be kind and trying to understand what they‘ re trying to be kind and trying to understand what they're trying to say. i think the current line is, we should transition to the transition
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gradually while we prepare for a post—transition world. i think this is what they mean by the smack of firm leadership. i believe jeremy corbyn would the smack of firm leadership. i believejeremy corbyn would do a lot better to get off the fence and refurbish his revolutionary credentials. sojeremy, refurbish his revolutionary credentials. so jeremy, join refurbish his revolutionary credentials. sojeremy, join us in the anti—brexit people's liberation front. cheering and applause. what the people want, what our country now desperately needs is some political adults. that's you. that's us. unfortunately, we are not alone. there are plenty of sensible
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grown—ups in the conservative party and the labour party and the greens. and beyond them, there are millions of people who are deeply worried about what's happening. and we've got to put aside tribal differences and work alongside like—minded people to keep the single market and the customs union, which is so essential for trade and jobs, europe's high environmentally social standards, the shared research, the help for our poorer regions, cooperation over policing and terrorism. now, europe, of course, needs reform. but you don't achieve reform by walking away. applause. so our position is clear. the liberal democrats are the party of remain. the government meanwhile is
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stuck in divorce negotiation for which it's hopelessly ill equilled, ill prepared and internally divided. soi ill prepared and internally divided. so i have some practical advice for theresa may. take the issue of european union nationals in the uk and the british nationals in europe out of these negotiations because... applause. because using them as bargaining chips is not only morally wrong but utterly cowardly productive. so put the lives of 4 million people first. not the poste doing internal politics of the conservative party. the government should declare a right to stay
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