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police in canada question the suspect in the van attack in toronto in which ten people were killed. the moment the suspect is confronted, apparently pointing a gun. he was detained without a single shot being fired. this is crazy. a lot of people got hurt. i've seen a scene i've never seen it in my life. you see it in a war zone. officials say the incident did appear to be deliberate, but the motive remains unclear. also this lunchtime... "i'm sorry," says the boss of tsb, as the bank enters its fourth day of computer crisis and rising customer fury. it isa it is a big apology to customers, this is not the service we want to give them, nor one that they are used to receiving from tsb. jeremy corbyn is set to meetjewish leaders this afternoon in the face of claims of anti—semitism within the party the sick and injured horses which are dumped and abandoned by their owners. and parliament square gets its first female statue — the campaigner for women's suffrage,
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dame millicent fawcett. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news, we look ahead to liverpool's champions league semifinal against roma. salah could be the key to a place in the final. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. police in canada are trying to establish why a man drove a van onto a pavement in toronto, killing ten people and injuring 15 others. it's thought the 25—year—old suspect, alek minassian, deliberately drove into a crowd. he wasn't previously known to the authorities. he's due to appear in court in the next few hours. the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, has
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described the incident as a tragic and senseless attack. jon donnison reports. this is the moment armed police confronted the attacker, he has just killed ten people. get down! he urges the officer to shoot him. it looks like he might be pointing a gun. reports suggest it was in fact a mobile phone. but the policeman holds his nerve and moves in to take him alive. earlier spring day in the northern suburbs of toronto, it turned into a nightmare. using this fan asa turned into a nightmare. using this fan as a weapon, he reared up onto the pavement, ploughing into pedestrians. witnesses say he continued for half a mile, travelling of up to 80 miles an hour. a lot of people got hurt. you see it in a war zone. he did not stop. it isjust shocking. police
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say this was the driver, 25—year—old toronto resident alek minassian. he is now being questioned. in the past, islamic as well as right wing extremists have used vehicles to carry out similar attacks. but the authorities say for now they are not treating this as a terrorist incident. the events that happened on the street behind us are horrendous but they do not appear to be connected in any way to national security, based on the information available at this time. security remains high but toronto's mayor urged people to stay calm. this kind of tragedy, it is not representative of tragedy, it is not representative of how we live or anything to do with life in the city on a day—to—day basis and i hope people will reflect on that, we affirm that. last night a candlelit vigil
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was set up to remember those who died. people are talking but we need a place to heal and express ourselves because this is a horrible tragedy unfortunately that has struck a very peaceful and friendly community, so multicultural and diverse. both the community and the police are now trying to answer the same question. why? 0ur correspondent, nada tawfik, is in toronto and a short time ago sent us this update on the investigation. alek minassian is a 25—year—old, a student, a local resident from the richmond hill area of toronto, and police say he was not previously known to them and so they really are going to be relying on their interrogation of him to piece together what his motive was. now, the minister for public safety has said he is not connected to any known terror organisation. in fact, he said there is actually
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no risk to national security. and i think it is worth pointing out that this investigation remains with the toronto police, which also just underscores the fact that authorities do not think this is related to terrorism. he will be appearing in court later today. at that point, we will hear the charges against him and perhaps more details of what investigators know at this point. 0ur correspondent in toronto there. the chief executive of tsb has told the bbc he's deeply sorry for the it issues which left some customers facing major problems accessing mobile and online banking forfour days. in his first interview since the crisis began, paul pester said the systems had been taken offline this lunchtime to enable further work to be done to solve the problems. he also promised that no customers would be left out of pocket. he was speaking to our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz who's here. still in the middle of it because
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today people have been reporting continuing problems, not being able to use online banking and banking apps. he is trying to deal with the problem, he gave me some time to talk about it, and first of all, i asked him what he had to say to the people affected. obviously, a big apology to our tsb customers, not the sort of service we want to give them or they are used to receiving from tsb. how soon will be until everything is working all right? we have ta ken the everything is working all right? we have taken the internet channel down again as of midday on tuesday. we have ta ken it again as of midday on tuesday. we have taken it off—line for a couple of hours and we are optimistic the fixes and tuning will lead to the platform being much more responsive over the coming day until this evening. how will you compensate customers? it is an enormous inconvenience and we apologise. any customer out of pocket should contact us. we will make sure no
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customer is out of pocket because of this inconvenience. how many do you think more affected by the failings? it affects any customers, bad news for us and bad news for the customers, of our over 5 million customers, of our over 5 million customers, yesterday ran smoothly for the vast majority, standing orders, because, all of this stuff working as expected, a few customers had trouble accessing the app and getting into... a fraction of the? base, i apologise unreservedly to those. the question is, what went wrong. —— a fraction of the customer base. they are moving the data from lloyds, to the independent tsb, the new system, they had tried it out, they have problems filling the new database with the transactions themselves, and the problem came when they put the transactions of 5 million people through it, itjust started throwing up difficulties.
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this is going to go on for months, the inquiry, because mps will have a look at it, the office of the information commissioner, they are launching an inquiry, the financial conduct authority, the financial watchdog, they are also looking at it. things of this nature, when they have happened in the past, they have imposed hefty fines, tsb has a lock to look out for. simon, thank you. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, will meetjewish leaders at westminster this afternoon to try to reassure them he is tackling anti—semitism within the party. the board of deputies of britishjews and thejewish leadership council are expected to press for concrete action from mr corbyn. he's already apologised for the pain caused by what he described as pockets of anti—semitism. here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. 0ne one month on from protests outside parliament, jeremy corbyn faces a meeting with those who say he has not done enough to tackle
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anti—semitism in the party. the labour leader has repeatedly condemned all forms of racism but he told the deputy political editor he has more than words to offer. we will discuss with them, the processes we have in our party, the new general secretary is working very ha rd new general secretary is working very hard on the issue, i have every confidence. it is a sorry state you are having to have this meeting at all. i have met them before and no doubt will meet them again because i reach out to all communities and have meetings with all organisations all the time. for some, patience is running out. labouranti-semitism is much worse since jeremy corbyn became leader. at least 80 cases of anti—semitism not dealt with. regularly almost daily i hear allegations of anti—semitism and within the jewish community itself, there is anguish and anger. the jewish leadership council and board of deputies set out the agenda in a letter last month. they want him to
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ta ke letter last month. they want him to take personal responsibility for tackling anti—semitism, a fixed timetable is needed to deal with outstanding cases, the party should engage with mainstream jewish organisations, not fringe groups, and they want an independent ombudsman to oversee the party's performance. some still talk of a witchhunt against jeremy corbyn performance. some still talk of a witchhunt againstjeremy corbyn and say anti—semitism within the party is being exaggerated but senior figures are clear more needs to be done. the labour party must be a zero tolerance place for anyone with racist views. if somebody is anti—semitic, they are racist and the party should not be a home for them. if allegations are made against anybody a member of the party, and upheld, they must be kicked out. they are frustrated cases are taking too long to resolve, ken livingstone has been suspended since 2016 for claiming adolf hitler once supported a jewish homeland. jeremy corbyn has said he is determined to root out anti—semitism but the jewish groups he is going to meet in westminster
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tonight have said he must go further tonight have said he must go further to prove he is tackling the problem in his party head on. jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. will today's meeting ease tensions? i would not hold your breath. mr corbyn this lunchtime sed do not expect any breakthrough at the meeting and that probably reflects just how strained relations have become, the level of distrust felt towards the labour leader from some in thejewish towards the labour leader from some in the jewish unity towards the labour leader from some in thejewish unity and the fact mr corbyn has repeatedly condemned in the strongest terms anti—semitism in labour but still it has not quelled this crisis —— thejewish community. the real test is how far he is able to act rather than simply condemn and whether he can pick up some of the proposals put on the table tonight byjewish leaders amid signs
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that within labour there is a good deal of reticence, nervousness, about some of their ideas, such as the suggestion of having an independent basement because it would mean having a figure outside the labour party ruling on procedures the labour party. but above all, jewish leaders want mr corbyn taking a lead, going on the front foot to publicly challenge and confront those within labour. very often his most committed supporters are thought to be behind much of the anti—semitism. signs that so far mr corbyn has been reluctant to do so. ken livingstone, close ally of mr corbyn, still suspended two years later after having made anti—semitic remarks, similarly mr corbyn‘s not trained in constituency parties threatening to deselect labour mps critical of anti—semitism in the labour party. unless there are
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specific measures put in place to tackle anti—semitism, i doubt we will see any improvement in relations any time soon. norman, thank you. donald trump and emmanuel macron will hold talks at the white house this afternoon on the second day of the french president's state visit to the us. the two leaders are expected to discuss the issue of iran, a subject they disagree on. president trump has threatened to tear up the nuclear deal with tehran signed in 2015. this morning, iran's president rouhani warned against such a move. the father of the seriously—ill boy, alfie evans, says his life support has been withdrawn by alder hey children's hospital in liverpool. but tom evans says the 23—month—old is breathing on his own and has been given oxygen. alfie's parents have lost a series of legal challenges to a ruling that life support could be withdrawn. danny savage reports. alfie evans in the arms of his mum. after the courts and doctors concluded further treatment was futile, his father says ongoing care was withdrawn last night.
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he then breathed for hours, unassisted. his father, who has campaigned for his son's life and treatment to continue, feels vindicated and wants him transferred to a hospital in italy. it's nine hours alfie's been breathing for now. he's still breathing now. it's come to a point where his mum's actually sleeping next to him, so she can actually go to sleep, she feels comfortable with him. as it stands, i was right by my son. so respect me now and give alfie this transfer to italy, because he's clearly shown the life, and that's all it is now, it's down to alfie. the strong italian connection is partly down to support from the pope. alfie's father had an audience with him last week. last night, the pope tweeted further support, saying, "i renew my appeal that the suffering of his parents may be heard and that their desire to seek new forms of treatment may be gra nted." it is understood transport is standing by to move alfie to rome. doctors there aren't pledging radically different treatment, but palliative care
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to improve his quality—of—life. alfie! yesterday as supporters chanted his name outside alder hey hospital, alfie was granted italian citizenship. but a late—night legal hearing heard that status made no difference to alfie's situation, again denying permission for him to be taken to rome. danny savage, bbc news, liverpool. a lawyer for sir cliff richard has accused the bbc of playing with fire when it broadcast footage of a raid at the singer's home in 2014, carried out following an allegation of sexual assault. sir cliff, who was never arrested or charged, is suing the corporation, claiming an invasion of privacy. the bbc says its coverage was in the public interest. 0ur correspondent helena lee is at the high court. just run through what has been said in court this morning? this is day
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nine of sir cliff richard's privity case, he has been here in court, as he has been every day, listening to proceedings. in the witness box this morning we have heard further evidence from a man called gary smith, a senior editor at bbc news who was involved in the decisions to do with the coverage by the bbc of that police raid on sir cliff richard's property in 2014. the issue of privacy came up in court and it was put to mr smith by sir cliff richard's barrister that it was not until the following day after the coverage that he considered to be privity issues. and an e—mail sent by gary smith to collea g u es an e—mail sent by gary smith to colleagues was read out in court, and it said there may be fall out this coming week, eg if sir cliff directly accuses the bbc of invading his privacy, which he has not done yet. alternatively it may all blow over. i hope so. in court, gary smith
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responded, saying the issues of balancing the privacy and public interest were in my mind. it was not something that came back to me but was in my mind throughout. gary smith has finished giving his evidence and we have been hearing the start of the evidence by another senior bbc news editor, head of news gathering jonathan munro. as i say, sir cliff richard has been here in court listening to proceedings. thank you, helena lee. our top story this lunchtime... police in canada question the suspect in the van attack in toronto, in which ten people were killed coming up... ballroom hits the west end. we hear from the acclaimed film director baz luhrmann about his latest project. coming up in the sport in the next 15 minutes on bbc news, ding junhui's quest for a first world snooker title remains on course. the world number three is through to the second round in sheffield. the first statue of a woman
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in parliament square in london has been unveiled. the bronze cast honours dame millicent fawcett. in 1866, at the age of 19, she gathered signatures for the first petition calling for women to get the vote — a campaign that eventually succeeded more than 50 years later. 0ur correspondent frankie mccamley is in parliament square. well, a little earlier there was a real sense of occasion here. people from all over the world of all ages filled these chairs and this square. some may be very shocked to hear that millicent fawcett is the first female statue to make it here to parliament square. it took years of campaigning and thousands of signatures, but today it all came to
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fruition. as spectators gather in parliament square, the sound of the suffragette sisters quire filled the air outside the houses of parliament. with the most powerful women in politics taking part in this monumental moment in female history, the unveiling of the bronze statue of the suffrage leader millicent fawcett. dame millicent fawcett campaign to the women's right to vote in the early 20th century, launching a petition at the young age of 19, she was part of the suffragists movement who passionately believe that nonviolence campaigning with lead to constitutional change. the suffragettes, a small organisation, believed in direct action. today prime minister theresa may pay tribute. i would not be standing here today as prime minister, no female mps would have taken their seats in parliament, none of us would have had the rights and protections we
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110w had the rights and protections we now enjoy were it not for one truly great woman, dame millicent fawcett. also present, her oldest living relative, 81—year—old jennifer the owners. we are immensely excited, thrilled, honoured and very grateful to all the people who made it possible. she started at the age of 13, i believe, at her sister's feats, emily davis, when they decided they would take on medicine and education, and millicent was going to deal with suffrage and, goodness me, she did help deal with it. the sculpture marks 100 years since women in britain won the right to god. it was commissioned by london mayor sadiq khan. —— the right to vote. it followed a petition which received 85,000 signatures. less than 3% of british statues featured a woman who actually existed. with
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this statue of millicent fawcett, the first statue of a woman and the first statue by a woman in this iconic location, we are making one hell of a starter and changing mat. dame millicent fawcett stands alongside 11 all—male statues including winston churchill and nelson mandela. millicent fawcett‘s statue stands here, and it will do for ever next to gandhi and nelson mandela to highlight her belief in non—violent protests. it will not only serve as a reminder of her legacy and extraordinary life, but it is also proof that not just extraordinary life, but it is also proof that notjust men can make a difference. thank you, frank qi. the rspca has raised concerns about a big increase in the number of ill horses being abandoned and left to die. the charity says it rescued nearly 1,000 horses in england and wales in 2017, the highest number in four years. the rspca has described the situation as a crisis, as victoria derbyshire reports. this is adi.
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hello, mate. would you like to come in and meet him? i would, i would. come in. this is rspca chief inspector sam garvey. he was found by a member of the public collapsed on a footpath. he'd clearly been exhausted and was in a collapsed state, covered in mud. it took five people to try and get him up. but it was very touch and go. when a horse goes down, it's the end. so you had to put a lot of hard work and time and effort into getting them back on their feet. he took several weeks, actually, to get up. so every time he went down, he was so weak he struggled to get back up. so when he was moved to this facility it took people every day to come and help him get onto his feet so he could learn to do it again himself. and he's a handsome boy, isn't he? he's very handsome. and he's become very trusting and very loving, which is lovely to see, so hopefully he'll go on to get a loving home that he deserves. shall we take him out for some fresh air? yeah, yeah, yeah.
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it's not clear who left adi on the footpath, but it's thought he'd become ill, so his owner had dumped him there to die. stories like adi's are increasingly common. can you talk me through some of the different scenarios where you have found an abandoned horse? i've dealt with a mare that was trying to give birth that had been dumped at the side of the field. she was clearly in distress giving birth and needed veterinary attention... oh, i see, i see. ..which would have cost a lot of money. so they tied her to the post and left her. and when we got there both herself and the foal had passed away. it was utterly heartbreaking. we've had horses literally dumped down dirt tracks along with the rubbish, so they've taken the rubbish out to fly—tip the rubbish and at the same time took the sick and injured horse along with it. and we've gone out to calls and not been able to see the horse until we've literally rifled through the rubbish and then found the horse. the rspca say 980 horses were rescued in 2017, that's the highest number in four years. prosecution cases involving horses
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have gone up by 25% since 2015. i was only looking the other day, actually, on the internet, and i found horses for sale that are actually cheaper to buy than a kitten. so there were horses as cheap as £25, horses for free, people doing a buy one get one free, so buy the mare, get the foal for free. are you joking? no, and that's horrifying to read. that was victoria derbyshire reporting. english cricket is trying harder than ever to reach new audiences. last week a new competition was announced to make games shorter and quicker. it's hoped that will attract younger audiences. today, the man who has scored more runs than any english player in history met children at a school in kent. alastair cook reflected on england's grim winter, australia's scandal and his own future with our correspondentjoe wilson. england's greatest batsman meets the children of rusthall primary, kent. the guard of honour tested alistair cook's flexibility
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at an assembly organised by the chance to shine charity. the winter tested everyone. did you see england win a test match? cook enjoyed one monumental innings but enjoyed a dozen disappointing ones, as england failed to win any of their seven tests. england aren't going to drop you, though? no, there could be an entitlement to if i don't score runs because the job at the top of the order is to score runs and this winter, for whatever reason, i haven't managed to score in the runs i'd like. you know, i've always had to work hard for my runs. i'll continue due that. do i want to continue? yes, i do. of course i do. you know, as i was saying, i will miss it when it's not there. any questions at the assembly? this one — what did you think when the australians were cheating? what did you think about when the australians cheated? is this on camera now? laughter. good question! recent weeks have soured the soul of australian cricket, ball tampering sandpaper scandal, players banned, their captain, former captain, in tears.
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do you think the culture of cricket is going to change after what happened with the whole sandpaper affair? the pressures of that sport can sometimes cloud your thinking because you do forget that actually when you first started the game, you started it for fun and because you wanted to play. and then as you get higher up and your livelihood is on it and winning or losing seems to matter more because it's your future, you can see, like, things can get clouded. but sometimes it's a real reminder, isn't it, of why, you know, why we started playing sport. again, there is another human element, like, no—one is ever perfect and no—one will ever be perfect. this visit is part of a drive to keep english cricket relevant for children. new formats make cricket ever quicker. alastair cook believes there must still be space for patience. a slow build to success is sometimes the most rewarding. joe wilson, bbc news, in kent. he's the man behind some
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of the biggest movies of the last few decades, including moulin rouge, and romeo and juliet. now, baz luhrmann has returned to his roots with a new theatrical adaptation of strictly ballroom, the film that launched his career back in 1992. it opens tonight in london's west end. tim muffett has been to meet him. tim muffett interviews baz luhrmann, and... take one. action! wow. tim. so we're at the piccadilly theatre in london... where strictly ballroom the live musical is playing. and, for you, it's kind of like theatre is where it all began. in fact, strictly ballroom began as a tiny little 20 minute play that i devised when i was at drama school. and i was a ballroom dancer. it's a little bit about my life. # secrets stolen from deep inside... i think the best thing about it was realising
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that the story not only holds up, but it uplifts. i've never been able to go to a show that i am in way associated with and actually have a great time. i have never been able to do that. but now you have? i'm thinking about doing this from now on — swanning around as a grand old man of the theatre, going, "moulin rouge, lovely, keep going. more gin and tonics?" it's wild. # love is in the air in the whisper of the trees... the movie became this massive international hit. did that surprise you? when i screened that movie, i screened it to one guy in australia, we had one cinema, he said, "mate, that is the worst film i have ever seen." and the phone rings, and it was a frenchman going, "my name is pierre, i am from the cannes film festival, i've just seen strictly ballroom and i'm going to make you an offer to screen the film. you have only one week to think about it." i'm like, "i'm 0k, i don't need the week. yes." boom, you know?
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and the rest is what it is. it is indeed, and not only was the film a success, ultimately it inspired strictly come dancing. at some point a woman producer at the bbc wanted to do strictly ballroom as a television show. i contacted them and they said, "well, yeah, actually, it's completely based on strictly ballroom." and i kind of knew it. so you have been a judge on the american version of strictly come dancing. would you be a judge on the uk strictly come dancing? if i can fit it in, sure. do you know craig revel horwood, one of the judges? i'm interested in how you'd get on. is he really tough? he's kind of the pantomime villain. he is the toughestjudge. does he have a stony face, like, "you know nothing about the line of dance"? that's kind of exactly what he's like. oh, really? yeah. i was kidding! thank you so much. and... shall i do the cut? yeah, go one. and... cut! all right, everyone, lunch.
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baz luhrmann, the director of the hit australian film strictly ballroom, talking to the bbc‘s tim muffett. before the weather let's just take you to westminster abbey. where the bells are ringing to mark the birth of the new royal baby. later this afternoon, there will be celebratory gun salutes in hyde park and at the tower of london to mark arrival of the duke and duchess of cambridge's third child. the prince was born yesterday morning, and went home to kensington palace last night. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. we are certainly not celebrating the weather at the moment. sunshine is hard to find but iphone ‘s across

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