tv BBC News at One BBC News April 23, 2018 1:00pm-2:00pm BST
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the prime minister restates her support for leaving the eu customs union, ahead of a series of votes on the issue in the commons. theresa may said the uk outside the customs union after brexit could secure "good trade deals". we'll bring you all the latest from our correspondents at westminster. also this lunchtime. the duchess of cambridge is in hospital and in labour with her third child. the founder of consumer website moneysavingexpert sues facebook, saying it's carried fake ads with his name. a runner in yesterday's london marathon, matt campbell, who also appeared in masterchef last year, has died. and chaos for customers of tsb, after a massive computer failure following an upgrade. and coming up on bbc news. mo salah gets the vote from his fellow pros. the liverpool striker is the professional footballer associations‘ player of the year. good afternoon, and welcome
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to the bbc news at one. the prime minister has restated the government's commitment to leaving the eu customs union, ahead of a symbolic vote on the issue in the commons this week. theresa may said quitting the customs union would enable britain to strike deals that "suit the uk. " her remarks are likely to reassure supporters of brexit who fear a failure to leave the customs union would leave the uk unable to strike trade deals with countries around the world. our political correspondent chris mason reports. the local election campaign trail for the prime minister, the west midlands, and a furniture manufacturer in dudley. today's row is the new front line in
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the seemingly never ending debate about what brexit will look like. theresa may used this visit to restate why she believes leaving the customs union is essential. this is a great local business which is trading not just this is a great local business which is trading notjust with countries in the eu but around the rest of the world. they would get an advantage from us being able to get good trade deals with other countries around the rest of the world and coming out of the customs union means we are free to have both deals which suit the uk. what is a customs union? a trade agreement between countries that decide not to have taxes on imports, known as tariffs. the eu customs union imposes a common tariff on goods from outside which means members cannot do their own trade deals with countries around the world. on thursday there will be a symbolic non—binding vote in the house of
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commons on this. next month in all likelihood a crunch vote. labour are in favour of staying in a customs union and think there might be a majority of mps in the commons who agree. those making the case for maintaining a customs union point to this, these squiggle that will mark the frontier between the uk, northern ireland and the eu, the republic of ireland, after brexit. and the desire to keep this board are almost invisible. without a customs union, it is almost possible to see how the commitment to a hard border in northern ireland can be met. everyone who has looked at this has come to that conclusion. there is no credible voice suggesting an alternative. that commitment has to be kept, far better to make the decision now and stay in a customs union with the eu. brexit has taken a back—seat for the last few weeks. not any more. chris mason, bbc news, westminster
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news just newsjust in, the duchess news just in, the duchess of cambridge has given birth to a baby boy. she is in st mary's hospital. our royal correspondent sarah campbell is outside the hospital. in the last few seconds, the announcement the british royal family has a new member, a prince. ifi family has a new member, a prince. if i can read you the release is used by kensington palace, the duchess of ghent which has been delivered of a son, safely delivered ofa delivered of a son, safely delivered of a son at 11:01am. the baby weighs eightlb and seven. the duke of cambridge was present for the birth. members of both families have been informed and are delighted with the news. her royal highnesses and her child are both doing well. the
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queen'ssixth great—grandchild. fifth in line to the throne, pushing prince harry down to sixth. both families have been informed and are delighted with the news. the third baby for the duke and duchess of cambridge but the level of interest in this new addition to the royal family remains strong. from hardened royal watchers camped outside the hospitalfor from hardened royal watchers camped outside the hospital for a week, from hardened royal watchers camped outside the hospitalfor a week, to the media ready and waiting to ca ptu re the media ready and waiting to capture the moment the family leave the lindo wing. the arrival means george and charlotte have a younger sibling to introduce to royal life. august last year, the duchess was in the early stages of pregnancy. if you days after these pictures, she pulled out of an engagement due to severe morning sickness. the condition she suffered with during her previous pregnancies which kept
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her previous pregnancies which kept her out of the public eye. its severity was underlined when she missed prince george's first day of school in september. the following month, back to work and she seemed in good spirits. a busy pregnancy with a tour of norway and sweden, and engagement in the uk most weeks. in march after she and prince william cooked up a commonwealth lunch, she began her maternity leave. five years ago after a night in hospital, prince george, the third in line to the throne was presented to the media. such a special time, for any parent, knowing what this feeling is like. two years later, princess charlotte made her appearance, this time catherine was sufficiently recovered to return home the same day. the new baby is the queen'ssixth
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great—grandchild, fifth in line to the throne and certain to join his siblings as one of the world's most talked about children. once again, that use her royal highness the duchess of cambridge has been safely delivered of a son at 11:01am this morning, the british royal family has a brand—new member, a younger brother for prince george and princess charlotte. i am surrounded on both sides by members of the world's media, hundreds of people waiting to get that first glimpse of the new prints, and waiting to see whether this afternoon he might have any visitors, perhaps prince george, he has school to worry about, and princess charlotte. what we do know for certain is that this new prince is likely to become
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one of the world's most talked about children. the only surviving suspect in the 2015 paris attacks, salah abdeslam, has been found guilty of attempted murder in belgium over a gunfight that led to his arrest. he's been given a jail sentence of 20 years. abdeslam is presently in a french prison, awaiting trial for his role in the islamist—inspired attacks which left 130 people dead. our europe correspondent damian grammaticas reports from brussels. 2.5 years on from the paris attacks, the first jail sentence for the surviving suspect. sala up their slam's defence team by the early with family of some of those who had died in the attacks. translation: it is important to be here because of the victims have the right to the truth and to see justice done. not here to see justice, abdel slam
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himself, he refused to attend. he had appeared at the opening day of his trial, he refused to stand for thejudge, his trial, he refused to stand for the judge, refused to his trial, he refused to stand for thejudge, refused to incorporate. the trial focused on a gun battle thejudge, refused to incorporate. the trialfocused on a gun battle in brussels when police hunting him first corner attempts. he escaped but was finally arrested if you days later. four months after the paris assault. today he was pronounced guilty along with an accomplice belonging to a terrorist group and attempting to murder police officers, receiving a maximum 20 yea rs officers, receiving a maximum 20 years jail with no chance of early release. the judgment clearly underlies the nature of the behaviour of those people, clearly underlines the context of the paris and brussels attacks, and makes a good motivated judgment to save weight as a country do not accept such behaviour.
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the court said abdeslam had written to his mother explaining, allah chose me among his servants, for that reason, i had to fight the enemies with all my strength. he said his brother, one of the suicide bombers in paris, is a hero of islam. his lawyer said abdeslam would now consider whether to appeal. whether he does, he still faces a separate trial in france where he is accused of helping the paris attackers and discarding his own suicide vest after it failed to detonate. damian grammaticas, bbc news, brussels. the consumer campaigner martin lewis, who founded the website moneysavingexpert, is suing facebook. he says the social media network has failed to remove dozens of fake adverts bearing his name. the ads, he says, are scams that have cheated people out of money. facebook says misleading adverts are not allowed. our media editor amol rajan is here. talk us through this dispute. anyfair
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any fairjudge would say martin wuerz is a formidable campaigner, he has taken on banks, utility companies, and now facebook. he is very angry. he says over the past year, 50 adverts often bearing his name, have been promoting things without his knowledge. fake ads, scams, promoting bier we're trading which is dangerous. he says his reputation as a campaigner and adviser is all he has and he has been damaged. he has launched proceedings in the high court, suing for defamation. a hugely important case. he is notjust confident but usually angry about that reputational damage. i have reported this time and time again over the last year. i put them on notice that i don't do ads. so any advert with my name and face in is fake, stop running them. and it does nothing.
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i have to report them. when i report it takes a couple of weeks. if we're lucky, it might take them down. and then, the next day, the scammers launch another one and the onus is on me again. enough is enough. pa rt part of his frustration is how he has been dealing with facebook. facebook say they have a process where if you have a problem with an advert, they do take those fake adverts down. there is a dispute over the process he has gone through. the reason this matters is it is one of the first cases, defamation in the high court. it hinges on the question whether facebook is a publisher or platform. it has traditionally argued it is it a form and has no ultimate legal response ability for what appears. but these are adverts facebook has made money from. if it is required to ta ke made money from. if it is required to take responsibility for them, that has huge consequences. the former bosnian serb leader radovan karadzic presided over some
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of the worst atrocities in europe since the second world war, including the massacre of up to 8,000 muslim men and boys at srebrenica in 1995. he was convicted on his crimes two years ago, and today he launched an appeal against his ito—year sentence for genocide and war crimes. our correspondent anna holligan is in the hague. by by douvan karadzic told the judges he was forced to act to defend the bosnian serb people and muslims needed to be controlled. his lawyer said he was the victim, forced to choose between representing himself, oi’ choose between representing himself, or testifying in his own defence, prevented from visiting the crime scenes, and convicted without the judges hearing his side of the story. this is radovan karadzic‘s last chance to try to convince thejudges he is innocent — or at least deserves a retrial. the 72—year—old was convicted
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of being behind the slaughter of approximately 8,000 muslim men and boys in srebrenica. their bodies were dumped in mass graves — so extensive the bones are still being dug up today. he was also found guilty of the ali—month siege of the bosnian capital, sarajevo, in which 10,000 civilians died in a relentless campaign of sniping and shelling, plus taking un personnel hostage in an attempt to stop nato from intervening in the bloody balkan conflict. the one—time psychiatrist spent 13 years in hiding as a fugitive, at times disguised as a spiritual healer. radovan karadzic is the highest—ranking official ever to be sentenced by the yugoslav tribunal. he claims he is the victim of a miscarriage ofjustice. the prosecution argue he got off lightly. they say the judges should have
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found him guilty of genocide in seven other towns and villages as well as srebrenica, that he was part of a joint criminal enterprise acting with the genocidal intent to permanently remove the mostly muslim population from bosnian—serb claimed territory, and was responsible for the conditions in detention camps that were designed to cause death. they want his ito—year sentence to be increased to life. anna holligan, bbc news, in the hague. we think about this as history, and it to you and i, but not to be living that still searching for the dead. there are approximately 10,000 people still missing across the region, and two of the survivors, women who lost their sons and husbands, are sitting in court
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today, hoping that this is the last they see of the man who they considered to be one of the main architects of their suffering. they agree with the prosecution that radovan karadzic should be sentenced to life behind bars. our top story this lunchtime... kensington palace has announced that the duchess of cambridge has given birth to a son weighing 8lbs 7oz. coming up — the elderly dog hailed a hero after saving a young girl lost in the australian bush. coming up in the sport in the next 15 minutes on bbc news... we'll have the latest from the world snooker championship, as masters champion mark allen closes in on a place in the second round. the organisers of the london marathon have confirmed that a chef who reached the semi—finals of last year's masterchef: the professionals, collapsed and died during yesterday's race. 29—year—old matt campbell,
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from cumbria, was a keen runner and had completed the manchester marathon earlier this month in under three hours. our sports correspondent alex ca pstick reports. it was a tough day for the elite athletes. look at this, this is a champion. this is the favourite to win the women's race. look what the marathon can do to a athlete of her calibre. finding it extremely hard going. for the fun run is further down the field, it was a brutal ordeal. a sweltering temperatures we re ordeal. a sweltering temperatures were unprecedented. people had been advised to slow down when necessary, but the sunny weather took its toll. for one competitor, the race ended in tragedy. matt campbell, a 29—year—old from cumbria, who featured in last year's masterchef: the professionals, collapsed around 22 mile mark. he died later in hospital. he was an experienced
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marathon runner. although the conditions were difficult, his death is thought to be heat related. we don't want to speculate what was the cause of his death. we don't know. an autopsy will be carried out and we will find out. our thoughts are with his family and friends at the moment, giving them the support that they need. organisers say they dished out more water than ever before, but still ran out, specifically between miles eight and ten. in the area, members of the public did their bit to replenish supplies. many decided to walk and others gave up completely. the medics were kept busy. there are now questions as to how, despite the weather warning, the water shortage was allowed to happen. london is regarded as one of the great city marathons. it attracts the world's best distance runners, while raising millions of pounds for charity. yesterday's event is now tinged with sadness because, among the carnival atmosphere, a young man lost his
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life. alex capstick, bbc news. tsb has apologised for what it's called intermittent problems with its online banking after a computer system upgrade at the weekend. many people have complained of being unable to access their money. one customer reported finding an extra £13,000 in their account. the bank says it's working hard to resolve the issues. our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz is here — is normal service being resumed? well, they have just put out a statement saying they are still having problems. they have apologised to their customers who have been criticising them this morning, saying the service is shoddy and crazy, disappointing, terrible. what has happened is, you will remember they used to be lloyds tsb and they have the same system. now that tsb has been hived off, they have started their own computer system and everybody‘s banking has been transferred to that over the weekend. they did warn people that for saturday and sunday they would
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not have access to certain services. that is now extended to a third day and it is actually 19 hours since they said everything would be back and running. giving you some exa m ples of and running. giving you some examples of the problems people have had, i havejust come off examples of the problems people have had, i have just come off the line from matthew neale. he could see, in the list of accounts, when he managed to log on, other people's bank accounts, including one that had £35,000 in it. he could go into the account, see transactions. he thought if he had been so inclined he could have removed money. that is particularly worrying. another viewer said she cannot see one of her accounts, which is the one that her accounts, which is the one that her rent is being paid from, so she is not sure there is enough in there to pay the rent. that is just a sample of the sort of problems people are having today. it is a big blow for tsb. it sets itself up as a challenger bank, better than the others, it says, we are not like the others, it says, we are not like the other banks. today it is not like them, because the service is not up and running and that is something,
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hopefully, they will be able to deal with during the afternoon. thank you. the bbc has uncovered a ukrainian crime gang which has used offshore companies in british tax havens to secretly invest millions of pounds in the uk. a panorama investigation has found that in some cases, gangsters and their families bought luxurious property in central london. it raises fresh concerns that the flow of dirty money has not been stopped. our economics correspondent andy verity has this report. fighting corruption in ukraine can bea fighting corruption in ukraine can be a dangerous business. you might think that white collar crime is just a matter of bankers, money tra nsfers. just a matter of bankers, money transfers. this is how seriously they take white—collar crime in ukraine. one of the biggest investigations is in the city of odessa in southern ukraine, where this man is accused of corrupt property deals. he denies the allegations. it is not the first time he has been a suspect. in
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italy, in the 90s, he was a member ofa italy, in the 90s, he was a member of a mafia gang that was investigated by police. most of the gang escaped prosecution because their crimes were not committed in italy. panorama has discovered that the gangsters then invested in london property using offshore companies to cover their tracks. every year, billions of pounds of corrupt money flows through britain in this way. we have become the money—laundering capital of the world and our reputation is being damaged by it. having too many examples, over years, of how we have seen dirty money coming into the city. the government barker says it is cracking down on money laundering and has given the police powers to seize property. but panorama investigation shows how easy it was for criminals to buy property here. we discovered three flats links to the gang in this exclusive london apartment block, four more in this block in knightsbridge. one of the flats here was sold for £12.5 million. the materialyou have flats here was sold for £12.5 million. the material you have shown me certainly gives me cause for
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suspicion, would give law enforcement cause for suspicion that there is money—laundering taking place. back in odessa, itried there is money—laundering taking place. back in odessa, i tried to ask the mayor about secret offshore investments. he would not give us an interview, but i caught up with him atan interview, but i caught up with him at an event he was attending. do you have secret investments overseas? have you been using london to launder dirty money? i have just been i havejust been knocked over. somebody kicked me in the groin. the mayor later denied all of our allegations. andy verity, bbc news. and you can watch andy's full investigation in panorama, gangsters: dirty money exposed, tonight at 8.30, on bbc one. in wales you can catch it at 10:a0. a survey for the bbc, carried out across 27 countries, suggests that people here feel the uk is more divided than most, and that things are getting worse. throughout this next week, bbc news is looking at the ways
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in which people are bridging what can often be fault lines in society — differences in politics, religion, social class, age, or race. john maguire has been to bristol to see how one supper club is helping to bring the city together. they're little wheat balls, semolina balls, that are stuffed. there's basmati rice, chickpeas, quite a lot of chilies. cooking doesn't get any more diverse than this. there are dishes at this pop—up cafe tonight from around the globe, including cameroon, kurdistan and peru. kalpna woolf set this up three years ago. 91 refers to the number of languages spoken here in bristol. we are similar in so many ways. we're all human beings, but we know we have got differences. the differences may be in the way we eat, maybe in the way we pray, but actually, we're all human beings. we have that common humanity, and that is why we use food, because food is such a commonality,
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it's a common experience. the food is a way to start conversations. this is a place where people actually ask you about your background, and they're interested. through your food, you share your stories, your experiences, you meet other people. so what are attitudes to division between people like around the world? the bbc commissioned a survey of 27 countries which found that 75% think their society is divided. in the uk, that number is even higher, at 85%. is division getting worse? internationally, 59% said yes, and at home it's higher again. half the countries say that the most divisive thing within their country is politics. that's far from the only issue. there are lots of other issues that divide people. so in russia and china, it's about the division between rich and poor. in western europe, much of western europe, including britain, it's about immigration and religion.
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dame louise casey wrote a report on integration, and says the government needs to do far more. well, one of the first things we could do is make sure that every single person of working and school age in this country can speak the same language, and i would literally flood the country with english language classes overnight. that's one of the most key things. it would heal this division so clearly, so quickly. it's really time for every kid in this country to mix with someone that's different to them. but here, over indian, sudanese and somali food, individuals are coming together and trying to sow the seeds of tolerance, understanding, and ultimately change. john maguire, bbc news, bristol. and crossing divides continues all this week, across bbc news — you'll find more details at bbc.co.uk/crossingdivides. a dog has been praised by police in australia for saving the life of a three—year—old girl.
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the youngster had been the subject of a large search after she wandered away from her home in queensland. the family dog, max, was determined to keep her safe, as jon donnison explains. meet max. 17 years old, blind, half deaf, but a hero. a large search party had been called in after three—year—old aurora wandered into the bush from the family home in rural queensland. by the end of the day, there was still no sign of the toddler. really hard last night, really disheartening at 2am when everyone left and we were standing alone in the darkness, knowing a three—year—old was in the cold. the search resumed but by this time aurora had been missing in dense bushland for 16 hours. she wasn't alone. i yelled out and heard her voice. she recognised me. i thought it was a bird at first, yelling back "yes".
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i got to the top, the dog came to me and led me straight to her. she told me she slept under a rock with the dog or something. i'm just glad that the dog didn't just leave her. max, loyal to the last, had saved the day. at three years old, i imagine the child would be very scared through the night and cold, and you would really hope the dog was good company and they kept each other warm. aurora, albeit a little thirsty, is safe and well. and the hero of the day has been made an honorary police dog. time now for max to relax. jon donnison, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. the weather feels very different now and will stay this way through the rest of this week. this week is going to be cooler and fresher than we have had for a little while. there will be some sunshine around,
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but there will also be some blustery, and at times quite heavy showers, especially around the middle part of the week. there has been some sunshine between the showers around eastern parts of scotla nd showers around eastern parts of scotland and we have brighter skies across eastern sides of england as well, further west across england and wales. much more cloud around. it looks much greyer. weather coming in from the atlantic, this is where it's coming through the week, this cloud is invading our skies. not bringing much rain. it is depressing as temperatures. we may get 17 if we are lucky in the south—east of england if we get brighter skies and a bit of sunshine. for many, 13 or 15, 11 across western scotland where we have thicker cloud rain. must show that rain is pushing across scotland, away from northern ireland. this evening and overnight we will see rain and drizzle trickling southwards across england and wales. further north across the uk, clear skies following. temperatures in the north—west much like they were last night. further south across the uk, the temperatures will be higher, ten or 11 degrees. for southern england,
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wales, the midlands, lincolnshire, east anglia, tomorrow could be a cloudy day. for some areas, outbreaks of rain and drizzle. further north, northern ireland and scotland, some sunshine at times but showers becoming more expensive and quite heavy. those numbers are similarto quite heavy. those numbers are similar to today, 13 or 15 degrees. that is quite normal, really, for this time of the year. a sharp contrast to have seen. this weather system will sweep rain eastwards across inland and wales during the evening and overnight. by wednesday morning to have cleared away. low pressure to the west or the uk and this is where the showers are coming from. this is where we started the day with most of the rain as we move into wednesday. even see the wind is blowing the showers eastwards or they develop overland. while there will be some sunshine, when the showers arrived there will be accompanied by gusty wind and there may be some hail and thunder as well. so, the really warm air that well. so, the really warm air that we have has been pushed well across to the south—east of europe and across north—western parts of europe
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it is much cooler with wind coming from the west or north—west. that means more sunshine and april showers as we move into sunday. the bulk of the showers across the northern half of the uk. this isn't snow, more hail, because there is deep instability here. the southern half of the uk, towards the south—east, largely dry with some sunshine. back now our top story — the news that the duchess of cambridge has given birth to a son. our royal correspondent sarah campbell is outside st mary's hospital in london. the duchess of cambridge was admitted here to the private lindo wing of st mary's hospital before 6am, andjust wing of st mary's hospital before 6am, and just after 1pm the tweet was released by kensington palace with the announcement she had given birth to a son at 11.01 this morning. it weighs eight pounds and
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seven ounces. it says the duke of cambridge was present for the birth and the queen, the duke of edinburgh and the queen, the duke of edinburgh and other close members of the royal family have been informed, and they are delighted with the news. her royal highness and her child are both doing well. we know that the medical team who were involved in the births of prince george and princess charlotte, the surgeon gynaecologist to the royal household, and alan farthing, they we re household, and alan farthing, they were involved in the birth this morning. we also know there is huge excitement, not just morning. we also know there is huge excitement, notjust here at the lindo wing in paddington, but at bt tower, one of the places across the country that is already announcing the news that it is, indeed, a boy. the british royal family the news that it is, indeed, a boy. the british royalfamily has the news that it is, indeed, a boy. the british royal family has a brand—new prince. the speculation now turns to several things, will prince george and princess charlotte, four on two, will date visit this afternoon to see the new
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baby? the press are waiting to see what will happen. this is another royal baby, not the royal baby, that summary taking the opportunity to stand outside the lindo wing and get their picture taken. speculation over names as well. it is st george's date, but george has already taken. we await that news. to reiterate the news, the duchess of cambridge gave birth to a son at 11. 01 of cambridge gave birth to a son at 11.01 this morning. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. have a good afternoon. let's go straight back to st mary's hospital in paddington where in the last half hour we've had news of a new baby boy for the duke and duchess of cambridge. let's speak to our royal correspondent sarah campbell. tremendous excitement outside the hospital. talk us through the morning's events. the media was alerted at 8:23am this morning to
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the news that the duchess had been admitted to hospital in the early stages of labour. she went in with prince william. we knew the birth was imminent but we didn't know the exact due date. the barriers went up outside the hospital on the 9th of april so that was a signal that something will could be expected at any time. the media alert went out just before half past eight this morning and it's been a case of waiting for news and waiting to find out and then the official tweet went out and then the official tweet went out at two minutes past one saying the duchess of cambridge has been delivered of a son. her royal highness was safely delivered. prince william was present for the birth and the statement has said
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that the queen, the prince of wales, the duchess of cornwall, prince harry and members of both families have been informed and are deleted with the news. —— delighted. in common with george and charlotte the medical team here that catherine will know well being led by the surgeon gynaecologist to the royal household and alan farthing. the son was born at 1101 this morning and this is the new child who will be fifth in line to the british throne. it is the queen's six grandchild. fifth in line to the british throne. it is the queen's six grandchildm is the third day before the duke and duchess of cambridge at the level of global interest in this new addition to the role family remain strong. from hardened royal watchers were
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encamped outside the hospitalfor more than a week to the world's media, ready and waiting to capture the moment the family leave the lid on the wing. the arrival of baby number three means that george and charlotte have a younger sibling. august last year and the duchess was merely stages of pregnancy. a few days after these pictures were filmed she pulled out of an engagement to two severe morning sickness. the condition which she had suffered with during her to previous pregnancies kept out of the public eye for a few weeks. it's very special. two years later princess charlotte made her first appearance on the steps of the linda wing. the new baby is the queens
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sixth great grandchild. fifth in line to the throne and is certain to join brother george and sister charlotte is one of the world's most talked about children. as you can imaginei talked about children. as you can imagine i am surrounded by both sides by some very excited and intense photographers and camera crews, some from all over the world waiting for the first glimpse of this new prince. notjust excitement here but across london. the bt tower is one of the landmarks that is announcing the birth of the baby. we've already had a town crier here doing the same and the official announcement, although the initial state m e nts announcement, although the initial statements from kensington palace was released via a tweet, as is tradition the official birth announcement will be placed on an easel and will be put in the forecourt of buckingham palace. it
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will remain there for 2h hours. so this is the fifth in line to the throne and pushes prince harry down to sixth. it's the queen's sixth—grade grandchild and now what people are waiting for is the picture of prince george and princess charlotte coming to visit their new little brother. will that happen? we don't know because prince george is at school. then of course the picture of the new baby itself on the steps here. i'm sure you remember the pictures from the birth of prince george in 2013 and princess charlotte in 2015. of course, lots of speculation on potential names. it is of course st george's day but that name has already been taken by the older brother so the bookies favourite at
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the moment remains arthur and philip. we are waiting for the picture and waiting to work out the name. kensington palace say the name will be released at some point. with charlotte we had to wait 2a hours so i wouldn't necessarily expect to hear that today. but certainly create and that the british royal family has a new member. he prince born at 11:01am this morning. south korea has stopped playing propaganda messages through loud—speakers on its border with north korea. officials say they want to ease tension in the run—up to the first meeting between the leaders of the two countries for more than a decade. with the latest. there are dozens of loudspeakers
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stationed right across the demilitarized zone, the border between north and south korea. since 1963 south korea has been broadcasting propaganda. that is everything from news, weather reports, k—pop, any discussions, pro—capitalism or pro—democracy discussions. the idea is to get north korean soldiers to listen and change their minds about the state they live in and also will stop those broadcasts for the duration of the summit. this happened before when the two sides have been getting along better, but this is certainly in preparation for the summit. we're also getting a few more details about the summit itself.
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we know the two leaders will meet before noon and the whole thing will be televised live. that has included allowing south korean journalists on the north‘s side of the demilitarised zone to place their cameras to allow a view of kim jong—un as he crosses the border, as the two leaders shake hands and head towards the summit. there will also be an official welcome and banquet between the two leaders. it will be a long day but there is a lot to discuss. of course denuclearisation will be top of the agenda. coming on top of the historic announcement by kim jong—un that he is prepared to stop testing nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missiles. he did not mention denuclearisation. we hope after the summit we will have a clearer idea of what north korea wants and exactly what the allies, like south korea and the us, are prepared to give him in return. in a moment a summary
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of the business news this hour but first the headlines on bbc news: it's a boy! the duchess of cambridge has given birth to her third child. she was taken to st mary's hospital early this morning. the prime minister has re—stated her support for leaving the eu customs unions — ahead of a series of crunch votes in the commons. marathon organisers have confirmed that 29 year old chef matt campbell, who reached the semi—finals of master chef the professionals, collapsed and died during yesterday's london marathon. that afternoon. i'm jamie roberts. outsourcing firm capita has reported a massive half billion pound pound loss for the year. the group operates the london congestion charge, collects the bbc licence fee
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and provides an electronic tagging service for the ministry ofjustice. it's also set out plans to raise £701m through a rights issue to fund a reorganisation. tsb upgraded the bank's online banking system at the weekend but come monday morning several customers were reporting serious troubles. one was credited with £13,000 he didn't have, and could see details of someone else's account. tsb apologised and said it has now fixed the issue. the number of zero hour contracts in the uk labour market may have risen by 100,000 last year. according to the office for national statistics, there were 1.8 million contracts that did not guarantee a minimum number of hours. but the office of national statistics says the data may have been skewed by the fact that replying to the survey became compulsory over this period. joining us now is simon french, chief economist at panmure gordon.
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is this karelian all over again? serco, the parallel is closer to circle banker gillian. this is a long term around the project. we do think a bit like circle a few years ago they are going to have to refocus the business and that's going to take until the end of the decade and beyond until you start getting to the level that shareholders used to enjoy. give us an idea of what one wrong. what you have seen is during the good times they overstretch themselves. they moved away from their bread—and—butter toward some of the low margin contracts. new management has come in and said we want to refocus the business but investing money will take a long time to pay. and getting rid of businesses that are not making money. they are
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talking about £300 million worth of disposals to add to that war chest taking up £2 billion to invest that high—value end of the business. together that there is a strategy that shareholders this morning have backed. what about debt? the debt position is a big problem on the balance sheet and with interest rates taking a blow investors are taking a closer look at the kind of debt and the ability to refinance that lets a part of this £700 million will be paid so that the shareholders are more comfortable with the leveraging the business. management have been supporting this this morning. share prices have been up this morning. share prices have been up more than 11%. there is a lot of confidence that managers have recognised the problem and they are prepared to give a bit longer to do this turnaround. the bank of england is likely to raise
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interest rates twice this year and twice in 2019, despite a sluggish economy. that's according to forecasters the ey item club. bank governor mark carney has said a rate rise is "likely" this year, but any increases will be gradual. it's yet another day of strike action in france, with both the rail network and flights being hit. sncf trains and air france planes are subject to separate and long—running industrial disputes, with both sets of workers staging a series of two—day stoppages. but today and tuesday, for the first time, the strikes coincide.two—thirds of french trains have been cancelled, while more than one—third of air france services have been grounded. what colour is your car? well, it's more likely to be silver than anything else. according to dvla data obtained by rac insurance, that's the colour of more than one in five uk cars. but there are signs that its appeal is waning. some 6.6 million cars were silver in the third quarter of last year, down 3% compared with the first three months of 2016. let's have a look at the markets.
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the ftse 100 let's have a look at the markets. the ftse100 has hardly moved at all. that's it. i will be back on now. “— all. that's it. i will be back on now. —— back in an hour. this week across the bbc, we're bringing stories about how people are connecting in a polarised world — the series is called ‘crossing divides‘. according to a poll for the bbc, a majority of europeans believe their countries are "very or fairly divided", and tensions have grown over the last 10 years. the online survey collected people‘s perceptions in 27 countries around the world. more than three—quarters of people in spain say their country is more divided now than a decade ago followed by sweden, germany, britain and italy. tensions between immigrants and people born in the country are seen as particular issues in many european countries, with italy topping the list.
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well, sweden took in record numbers of asylum seekers at the height of the refugee crisis in 2015. it has since tightened its immigration rules — but how best to integrate those given the right to stay is a major debate.maddy savage reports from stockholm. it‘s been a long journey for this 21—year—old. he left syria in 2013 and was granted residency in sweden just last year. but getting to know locals has proved difficult in his temporary accommodation. even though he‘s learning swedish, he‘s surrounded by other new arrivals. translation: i want to have friends to practise swedish with. here, there are only people from eritrea, syria and iraq, but from sweden, there‘s no one. he is part of a large syrian population in sweden, which took in more refugees
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per capita in 2015 than any other eu country. the nordic nation has since tightened its immigration rules, but helping those given the right to stay remains a major political issue. questions about integration coincide with a rise in deadly violence, that‘s grabbed headlines in the generally safe country. sweden doesn‘t record the ethnicity of criminals, but rising numbers of shootings and hand grenade attacks have happened in suburbs with large immigrant populations. we‘ve spoken to a lot of people here who say they think immigration is the reason sweden‘s become more divided, but many say they are too worried to share those views on camera. take in less people and creating jobs for them, and if they do not have anyjob, they have to do something else. crime? yeah. they shoot each other and it's a lot of drugs, and stuff like that. why didn‘t you want us to see your face for this interview? because i work here.
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solving sweden‘s integration problems is clearly a huge national challenge. for him, part of the solution is making his own opportunities to meet locals. through facebook, he found a group based on the other side of the city. he travels 50 minutes each week to get there. running‘s a popular thing to do with friends after work, instead of going for a beer, for example. that‘s why the group has decided it‘s a good way to get locals and newcomers to speak swedish and get to know each other. i think it's beneficial for sweden that we have this immigration coming here, both socially, economically and culturally, and sweden has been beneficial a lot since the last 34 years with all the immigration and, of course, it takes some time and this is a way to speed up the integration process. his swedish has already improved significantly since he joined the club, and that‘s helped him to get an internship
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at a fast food chain. while there is a clear need to tackle integration on a wider national level and strong political divisions about how to do so, it is clear that local projects like this one are helping to put immigrants on the right track. maddy savage, bbc news, stockholm. and crossing divides continues all this week, across bbc news — you‘ll find more details at bbc.co.uk/crossingdivides the french president emmanuel macron says he hopes to persuade president trump not to pull out of the iran nuclear deal. syria and other international concerns are expected to be at the top of the agenda as president macron begins a three—day visit to washington this week. immanuel macron treated president
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trump like an emperor. no wonder he got the first invitation for a state visit to washington. the friendship between our two nations and ourselves i might add is unbreakable. the relationship started out stiffly though. he stubbed trump on nato ‘s blue carpet. he scored some points with a white knuckle handshake with a practised display of dominance. then a countertrend mode on climate change. i am here with emanuel macron and we are talking about the issues and we will deliver together. but by bastille day the two men were flitting not fighting. emanuel
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macron had opted for a charm offensive. president trump liked his self—assurance and he needed a friend overseas. in america the french have big footprint. beatrice and stephane have been watching from afar the president balancing act. it's afar the president balancing act. it‘s tricky because trump is deeply in popular in france. it's a bit like tough love. where you are trying to be close friends but you ca nt trying to be close friends but you cant see bad things and you need to be closer. do you think it will pay off for emanuel macron? canny influence trump? who knows who could influence trump? who knows who could influence mr trump. i don't think it will damage him. we should be happy with him about that if he canjust manage until the end of the term of mrtrump. manage until the end of the term of
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mr trump. managing to snag trump's first date dinner may or may not give the french president momentum to shape policy differences but we will see plenty of performing. both men are good at that. a new special relationship on display. time for a look at the weather. a limited amount of sunshine today and the weather feels very different already and through this week it will be fresher and cooler. some sunshine at times but heavy and blustery showers as well. limited amount of sunshine today. it was quite nice and early on across eastern scotland. her further west and there is more clout. not a great deal of rain but tomorrow our weather is coming in from the atla ntic weather is coming in from the atlantic and it‘s bringing most of the rain away from northern ireland and the western scotland. most of
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inland and wales still dry at the moment. temperatures up to 17 degrees in the south—east. only about 11 the sofa western scotland. that really should be moving away from northern ireland. a little bit of rain pushes southwards and eastwards a cross of rain pushes southwards and eastwards across england and wales. clear skies in the north. temperatures in the north—west similarto temperatures in the north—west similar to last night. tomorrow, we have got a cloudy day. there could be some pockets of rain and drizzle from time to time. some sunshine but also an increasing number of showers. on the whole, 13 to 15 degrees is what we should be getting around this time of the year. as we head through tuesday night we have a speu head through tuesday night we have a spell of rain on the weather system
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pushing across england and wales. that should be gone by wednesday. low pressure to the north—west which is feeding in all these showers. many places starting to ride but through the day we will see showers blowing in and there will be some sunshine but also showers which could be heavy with blustery winds. hello, you‘re watching afternoon live — i‘m simon mccoy. today at 2pm. it‘s a boy — the duchess of cambridge gives birth at st mary‘s hospital in london. the prince will be fifth in line to the throne. i‘m at the hospital with a few hundred members of the world‘s is awaiting the first glimpse of the newest member of the british royal family. upping the ante — the prime minister restates her support for leaving any eu customs union — ahead of a series of commons votes on the issue. the founder of consumer website moneysavingexpert gets heavy with facebook — suing them for allegedly carrying fake ads with his name.
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