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this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines at six. police release an image of a man they want to speak to after three teenagers were killed by a car in west london. leave campaigners step up pressure on the prime minister. they want her to take a harder line with the eu. the leader of russia's main opposition party is arrested, along with more than two hundred other protesters. the founder of ikea, ingvar kamprad, has died at the age of ninety—one. good evening and welcome to bbc news. police have released cctv images of a man wanted in connection with a car crash that killed three teenage boys in west london on friday night. police say that despite the image
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being poor quality anyone who knows the man would recognise him and urge them to come forward with information. in a statement the metropolitan police said, "three young men have lost their lives such tragic circumstances must far outweigh any taboo around assisting police. " investigators believe there were at least two men in a black audi that hit the three friends near a bus stop in hayes. one man is under arrest. the victims have been named locally as harry rice, george wilkinson and josh kennedy. our correspondent leigh milner is there. police have released this grainy cctv image of a potential suspect that they would like to question. the cctv image was captured just by the bus stop where the three boys died and detective sergeant michael rapp from the met‘s serious collision investigation unit said that
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while the images were not of good quality, he is convinced that those who know the man in that image will recognise him. meanwhile, another 28—year—old man is currently being detained by the police under suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. just to recap what happened here on friday night at 20 to nine, we had three young boys aged between 16 and 17 years old, named locally asjosh kennedy, george wilkinson and harry rice. now, behind me, you cannot see, butjust behind me, candles are now being lit by the many people who have come here this afternoon to pay tribute to those three boys who were in an accident that was a tragedy. they were standing by that bus stop when a black audi mounted the pavement and hit them at full speed. now, i have been having a look at some of those tributes, one of them simply says, i imagine this is from the mother of one of those young boys, which says, my darling baby boy, my heart is broken.
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i have also spoken to the grandfather of george wilkinson, another boy who was killed that night and he told me just how the family are so devastated. i am all right until i think about it. yeah. i wasn't going to stop here, but i had to, in the end, they told me to. how do you feel now that you have come here? upset, but i am pleased. seeing it. yeah. he will be sorely missed. he will be, yes, by the family, the whole family. and leigh, obviously a huge outpouring of feeling from the community there for the bereaved families, but also you have been telling us, a lot of anger from the local community as well? certainly a lot of anger. i have been speaking to a lot of the local residents who have come to pay tribute here and what they have been telling me is that this was an accident waiting to happen. one local resident told me that she often drives up and down
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this busy main road. the speed limit, which goes from 50 to 60 mph and in her words, she says, she has had a few near misses. i have also spoken to a taxi driver who told me that speeding is just a regular occurrence around here. so, it seems to be a problem and what seems to be the message from residents here today is that something needs to be done urgently to prevent this from happening again. the russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, has been detained by police in moscow. one monitoring group has said more than two hundred and forty people have been detained today at small rallies in support of mr navalny in a number of russian cities. mr navalny was arrested as he attended a demonstration supporting a boycott of the presidential election in march, which he claims will be rigged. this was what he had to say to his own online news channel before he was arrested. translation: i'm the head of the anti—corruption fund
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and i was a presidential candidate, but first and foremost, i'm a citizen, who wants to have normal election and who is not prepared to take, any longer, all this nonsense that's been going on for the past 18 years. and to extend this nonsense for another six years. relatives of a british woman, jailed in egypt for trying to smuggle drugs into the country, have visited her injail in cairo — and say she's doing well. laura plummer was imprisoned last month for three years. she'd been caught entering egypt with nearly 300 prescription—only painkiller tablets. inafew in a few moments, we will have the news. theresa may comes under pressure from leave supporters in her own party over britain's relationship with the eu after brexit. relationship with she is warned of the danger of agreeing a deal that keeps britain in the eu in "all but name". of agreeing a deal that keeps and with discontent simmering over mrs may's leadership,
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we'll examine the pressures piling up on the prime minister. also tonight... up on the prime minister. police release cctv images of a man wanted over the car crash that killed three teenagers in west london. in moscow, a leading opponent of vladimir putin is detained during a demonstration. of vladimir putin is detained he's been barred from running in the presidential election. he's now being arrested by police. in the presidential election. roger federer wins the australian open — and with it, his 20th grand slam title. and ingvar kamprad, the man who founded ikea, dies at the age of 91. the man who founded ikea, good evening.
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the prime minister has faced mounting criticism of both her leadership and her negotiating stance on brexit, with fears expressed by leave supporters within her own party about britain's final relationship with the european union. about britain's final relationship one former cabinet minister warned there was a danger that a final deal might keep britain in the eu in "all but name". a serving minister, david lidington, urged party unity. chris david lidington, urged party unity. mason reports. if it felt a little bit chilly for the prime minister at the world economic forum in switzerland last week, well, the politicalforecast isn't looking much sunnier for her now she's back home. some of her mps are fed up with what they see as her merely muddling along in office. with what they see as her and on top of that, some of those who campaigned for brexit fear it's been diluted to such an extent it never really properly happened. diluted to such an extent it never it is very complicated and that is one of the
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reasons why i have advocated and supported compromise. but there is only so far you can go with compromise without ultimately finding yourself in a position where you are selling out on the people who voted to leave. the government says it is committed to delivering brexit. it is committed to but you know when a party is falling out with itself when senior figures, like this man, who is effectively the prime minister's deputy, have to say this. the conservative family, left, right and centre, because we are a broad church, needs to come together in a spirit of mutual respect. church, needs to come together there are difficulties in any broad church and look at what the bigger picture is showing. church and look at what the bigger the next stage of brexit negotiations is about what happens immediately after we formally leave the european union at the end of march next year. for around two years, freedom of movement will continue. the government will introduce a registration scheme for new arrivals. a registration scheme for the rights of eu citizens here and uk citizens in the eu will remain the same. and eu laws will continue to apply. the labour leader is facing his own
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divisions in a party that predominantly voted to remain in the eu, many of whose supporters, polls suggest would like a second referendum. butjeremy corbyn says no to that. would like a second referendum. what we asked for and demanded in parliament has been a meaningful vote in parliament at the end of it. and what happened with this bill was it was an undemocratic power grab by the government. we're not asking for a second referendum. tomorrow, the rest of the eu will get together in brussels to sign of its approach to the transition or in fermentation period. to the transition or in fermentation implementatioi brexit negotiations are about to crank up again. and are about to crank up again. the challenge for the i minister and the challenge for the prime minister in the coming months is that when she strikes what she hopes will be a compromise, others will
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screen capitulation. and all of this at westminster and made a swirl of chatter about theresa may's own future. if 48 of her own mps write a letter demanding a leadership contest, that has to happen. and something we could be getting close to that. one senior party figure told me this afternoon more letters have gone in this weekend. more still will be sent tomorrow. chris, thank you. chris mason. police have released cctv images of a man they want to speak to, over the car crash which killed three teenagers at a bus stop in west london. three teenagers at a bus he's believed to have been one of two men who were in the audi car. the other man was arrested. from hayes, ben ando reports. on from hayes, ben ando reports. the run. does this image on the run. does this grainy cctv image show the driver of a car that ran over and killed three teenage boysin ran over and killed three teenage boys in hayes, middlesex? the black audi also hit a lamp post before coming toa audi also hit a lamp post before coming to a halt. another man was detained ina coming to a halt. another man was detained in a nearby garage
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forecourt. he is under arrest and being questioned. at the scene, a steady stream of visitors bringing flowers a nd steady stream of visitors bringing flowers and messages. the boys have been named as george wilkinson, harry lewis wright and josh kennedy. two were aged 16, one was 17. among those paying their respects, george's grandfather.” those paying their respects, george's grandfather. i wasn't going to stop here but i had to in the end. how do you feel now you have come? upset but i'm pleased, yeah. as well as grief, there are questions and anger. it isn't clear exactly how fast the audi was going, but the speed limit on this stretch of road is 60 mph. many locals say thatis of road is 60 mph. many locals say that is too high. and this isn't the first time. a retired police officer told me his son spent a year in hospital after being hit by a speeding driver racing his friend here. i am angry, yes. i am very
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bitter about it. after my son's accident, there have been other accidents as well. one would have expected the authorities to do something. this evening candles were lit as the shock of what happened continues to sink in. the police are hunting any others who may have been in the car. but for some the focus is also turning on making sure no other young lives are lost here. russian opposition leader alexei navalny has been detained by police in moscow, afterjoining a rally in support of a boycott of the upcoming presidential election. of the upcoming mr navalny — who's barred from standing in the contest — was among more than 240 people reported to have have been detained across russia, during a day of protests against vladimir putin. from moscow, steve rosenberg reports. chanting. rosenberg reports. it isn't easy taking on the kremlin. rosenberg reports. alexei navalny has been jailed three times in the last year. he has been barred from the upcoming presidential election. so today, mr navalny
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called his supporters onto the streets. called his supporters onto alexei navalny is russia's most prominent opposition figure, and president putin's most vocal critic. he has been barred from running in the presidential election. he's now being arrested by police. in the presidential election. this was no softly, softly. in the presidential election. we saw mr navalny surrounded by police. seconds later, he was thrown onto the ground. then, the politician vladimir putin cannot bring himself to mention by name, was dragged into the police bus. his supporters called on voters to boycott the election. all the candidates, they believe, are hand—picked by the kremlin. they believe, are they are candidates that putin approved. and we do not have candidates that we want to have. there is little doubt that vladimir putin will walk this election, with
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the help of russian tv, which maintains his macho image, portraying him as a cross between action man and father of the nation. portraying him as a cross between and mr putin enjoys far more airtime than any of the other candidates. but the kremlin still needs people to come out and vote for vladimir putin. to come out and vote for that is why calls to boycott the elections are making the russian authorities nervous. the elections are making the russian steve rosenberg, bbc news. the elections are making the russian more than 100 people are now confirmed dead — and 230 injured — from yesterday's bombing in the afghan capital, kabul. from yesterday's bombing the country has been observing a day of national mourning after one of the worst attacks in years. of national mourning after one live now to our correspondent, secunder kermani, who's in kabul. just secunder kermani, who's in kabul. bring us up—to- funerals just bring us up-to-date? today, funerals were held for those killed
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in yesterday's attack. it is a day of national mourning in afghanistan. relatives of the victims had been waiting anxiously outside hospitals oi’ waiting anxiously outside hospitals or grimly visiting different morgues outside —— across the city, trying to recognise the corpses of their loved ones. kabul was one of the safer places in afghanistan at one stage. now it seems after a repeated series of attacks in the city over the past year, it is actually one of the past year, it is actually one of the most dangerous places. both the taliban and islamic state appeared to be deliberately targeting the city now, whereas before they perhaps tried to capture rural territories from government forces. they know that attacks here in the city capture more international attention, and also undermine the government. the security forces say they are doing the best they can in they are doing the best they can in the circumstances, but public anger at the authorities‘ failure to prevent this attack is rising. thank you. jeremy corbyn says a labour government would buy 8,000 homes immediately for people sleeping
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rough on the streets. as part of his party‘s new policy, local authorities would be given powers to take over properties that were deliberately kept empty. figures released last week show that rough sleeping in england had increased for the seventh year in a row. with all the sport, here‘s olly foster at the bbc sport centre. here‘s olly foster at good evening. here‘s olly foster at 14 years after winning his first australian open title, roger federer‘s powers show no sign of waning. he won his 20th grand slam final with a five set win over marin cilic in melbourne. with a five set win over marin cilic the swiss is 36 now, but he says there are still exciting times ahead. karthi gna nasegaram reports. the karthi gnanasegaram reports. roof was required dl extreme the roof was required due to the extreme evening heat, adding another level of excitement as the crowd‘s clear favourite, roger level of excitement as the crowd‘s clearfavourite, roger federer clear favourite, roger federer came on to court. marin cilic was reduced to tears during last year‘s wimbledon final against federer.
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today he was in determined mood, but it wasn‘t long before he found his serve been dismissed. federer off to a flying start, dismantling his opponent to take the first set 6—2. cilic began to challenge, labouring away to level at one set all. but a single break of serve sent the third set federer‘s way. a break at the start of the fourth and federer was looking like a man on a major omission. but cilic forced his way back into the match into a fit said. it wasn‘t to last. federer racing towards the finish line with a flourish, to see late 20th grand slam title triumph. i can't believe he has done it again! you guys, you fill the stadium is, you make me nervous, you make me go out and practice. thank you. i love you guys. tears a testament
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to the achievement of reaching number20, and a to the achievement of reaching number 20, and a record equalling sixth australian open trophy. passionate about the history of the sport, at 36, federer shows every sign of being involved in its future for many more years. there were two more ties in the fa cup fourth round today. last year‘s runner—up, chelsea, and the premier league leaders, manchester city, are both through to the last 16 after comfortable wins. adam wild reports. the adam wild reports. fa cup is so often a competitic of the fa cup is so often a competition of contrast. brought together in cardiff, an intriguing clash of styles a nd cardiff, an intriguing clash of styles and managers. a shared will to win. manchester city at times are impossible to match. ahead through kevin de bruyne, they had a second ruled out before raheem sterling doubled the lead. city free—flowing, exhilarating. cardiff resorting to stop them however they could. but the second half brought a new approach. the home side almost
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finding their own moment of beauty. but city‘s is a style all of their own and few can find a way to beat them. at stamford bridge, the fa cup has real significance. now perhaps chelsea‘s best hope of a trophy, against newcastle that motivation was not difficult to see. michy batshuayi‘s chances this season have been limited but when they do, his way they —— he has a habit of making them count. two from him in the first out. a winning performance crowned by a brilliant marcos alonso free kick. chelsea got what they wanted. they will now hope for plenty more. rangers are back up to second in the scottish premiership. they‘ve jumped above aberdeen on goal difference after beating bottom side ross county 2—1 at victoria park. jason cummings came off the bench to score his first goal for the club. the bench to score his celtic are 11 points clear at the top of the table. england‘s cricketers finished their one day series against australia with a i2—run victory in perth. surrey seamer tom curran was the match winner, taking five wickets for 35 runs
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as the hosts fell short in their run chase. as the hosts fell short england taking the series 4—1. as the hosts fell short both teams will now prepare for next months twenty20 tri—series that also includes new zealand months twenty20 tri—series that also plenty months twenty20 tri—series that also more on the website, plenty more on the bbc sport website, including excellent results from today‘s women‘s super league. i didn‘t find all the goals from the fourth round of the fa cup. ollie, thank you. ingvar kamprad, the man who founded the multi—billion pound swedish furniture chain ikea, has died at the age of 91. he started the company at the age of 17, and revolutionised how furniture was manufactured, sold and, especially, assembled. joe lynam looks back at his life. sold and, especially, assembled. ingvar kamprad can safely be described as a retailing genius. born in 1926 in southern sweden, he started selling matches aged five. then seeds and then pencils. started selling matches aged five. at 17, he formed ikea — named after his own initials
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and the area where he was born. named after his own initials now, it‘s probably the best known furniture store in the world, with over 400 giant shops and annual sales of $42 billion. £30 billion. kamprad was inspired to create the idea of flat—packed furniture when watching someone remove the legs off a table to fit it into a customer‘s car. the legs off a table to fit it he the legs off a table to fit it disowned his previous s far he disowned his previous support for far right parties in sweden before the war and lived a modest lifestyle. h is the war and lived a modest lifestyle. his house did not reflect his wealth. translation: i don't think! am buying anything that i have not bought at a flea market. i want to give a good example. if we are going to be conscious about our economy, we have to show that. the genius of ingvar kamprad was to persuade millions of people to come to his giant superstores, pick out products
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that they made, liked but may not necessarily need, and collect them from the warehouse. and crucially, assembled the whole thing at home. we‘re used to it now, but at the time it was laughed at. and today, one famous designer tipped his hat at what ingvar kamprad had achieved. he actually tapped in to the taste that every ordinary person wanted, so that every ordinary person wanted, so they could get this new wave of modernity that was coming about in the 1950s, and he managed to actually make it available to everybody. ikea said that ingvar kamprad, involved with the business until recently, would be much missed by his family and warmly remembered by his family and warmly remembered by the company employees worldwide. ingvar kamprad, who has died at the age of 91. there‘s more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we are back with the late news at ten. now on bbc one it‘s time hello. this is bbc news. paris remains on high alert, with water levels continuing to rise along the river seine.
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the country has seen some of the heaviest rain for a century, and the river is expected to rise six metres higher than normal. our europe correspondent kevin connolly has the latest from the french capital. predicting extreme weather is always problematic. the river level is continuing to rise, but the maximum point it is now expected to reach is not as high as it was a couple of days ago and it‘s thought not likely to reach the levels we saw during the floods of 2016, for example. the people of paris and tourists are adjusting to the swollen river. the police here have issued a warning that you shouldn‘t swim or go canoeing in the river, not a warning that most of us, of course, have needed. this has been a winter of exceptional rain in france, some regions have seen levels they have not seen since the 1950s. so, the peak of the river seine‘s flooding is likely to be reached some point between sunset on sunday and dawn on monday morning
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but the consequences of this, especially in communities further out in the seine valley, where there has been realflooding, will take weeks or months to resolve. more than nineteen thousand people have signed a petition to reinstate walk—on girls at all professional darts corporation competitions. the corporation says it will no longer employ women to escort male players onto the stage — following discussions with broadcasters. the move‘s been welcomed by campaigners for gender equality in sport. a team of elite mountaineers has rescued one of two climbers stranded near the top of the pakistan‘s most dangerous mountains. french climber elisabeth revol was found during a high—risk night rescue mission on nanga prabat, which is also known as "killer mountain". the search for her polish climbing partner tom—mash mats—kye—veetch has been called off due to bad weather and treacherous
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high—altitude conditions. earlier my colleague, ben brown, spoke to masha gordon, a fellow mountaineer and friend of elizabeth revol, and who spearheaded a crowd—funding campaign to help with the rescue attempt. she began by explaining why she needed to raise the money. the authorities demanded $35,000 upfront and we lost a day of rescue because we did not have the cash. once the fundraising began, we had to demonstrate we have the money. when did you first realise that she was in trouble, but they were both in trouble and they needed a rescue? we received a text on thursday night saying that tomasz developed severe frostbite and they needed a rescue. we were scrambling to get the money going to get the rescues —— the
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helicopter is necessary. we were lucky to have a very competent team of climbers doing a hester —— a descent of k2. we have seen some of the pictures of elizabeth and her friend, sadly, the rescue attempt for herfriend friend, sadly, the rescue attempt for her friend tomasz has been called off for now. correct. elizabeth had to make a heartbreaking decision of leaving him. he was in an agonising condition, in a coma. she started her descent to try and get the rescue attempt on the way, she had no tent or sleeping bag because they we re no tent or sleeping bag because they were doing the light attempt and she then had to stop herself because she started developing frostbite. tell us about this mountain. it has been described as the killer mountain.
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why do people want to still try and climb it. both of them are among the best mountaineers there are, she is the best female one. people are driven by the quest and she became the first woman to make a winter ascent. this is the ninth highest mountain of the world and these are sevens are done in alpine style. what do you think went wrong on this attempt? was a lack of preparation, bad luck, the weather? absolutely not. it is the human body. when you‘re climbing without oxygen at such altitude in such temperature, anything could happen. the reason why she got into trouble was because he got into trouble and she had to help him down. she managed to bring him down 300 metres, at which point she realised it. going to happen. time for a look at the weather with darren bett. 15 degrees in some sunshine but it
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is turning colder and colder air comes behind that band of rain which could be heavy in scotland and northern ireland, sinking down into the north of england, heavy rain in the north of england, heavy rain in the north—west and later in the north of wales. to the south, blustery winds, this is where the milderair is blustery winds, this is where the milder air is but to the north, the air is getting chilly and the showers will follow. that rain band continues to push south on monday probably getting into the south of england in the afternoon and here we have got temperatures around 11 or 12 degrees but behind that the colder air digs down and there is sunshine eventually in wales. sunnier skies in the north. those could be wintry over the hill tops. cold start on tuesday, a frost in the south and south—east, but here a bright start with sunshine, the cloud will increase through the day and later we will get some rain in the northwest.
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