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this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm: donald trump and president macron suggest a new deal with iran could be considered, though the us president warned of big problems for tehran if it resumes its nuclear programme. if iran threatens us in any way, they will pay a price like few countries have ever paid. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has met withjewish community leaders this evening as he tries to reassure them that he is tackling anti—semitism within labour. police in canada have charged a man with ten counts of murder, after a van was driven into pedestrians in toronto. this was the moment he was arrested. tsb has apologised to the bank's millions of customers, after days of it problems left many frozen out of their accounts. also in the next hour, the first statue of a woman
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in london's parliament square has been unveiled. british feminist dame millicent fawcett is commemorated for the role she played in the struggle for women to get the vote. and the end of holiday lets in palma as the spanish island of majorca bans owners renting out their properties to holiday makers. good evening and welcome to bbc news. president trump has warned iran it will "pay a price like few countries have ever paid" if it threatens the united states. mr trump was speaking during a state visit by president macron of france, who told reporters it was possible to forge a new agreement with iran. the us president has been threatening to reject an extension of the obama—era nuclear pact by a 12 may deadline. mr trump said problems throughout the middle east bore
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the fingerprints of iran and he said the accord with tehran was a "bad deal", whilst president macron said work should begin an accord that addressed concerns about tehran. france and the united states also agree that iran cannot be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon, and that regime must end its support of terrorism. all over, no matter where you go in the middle east, you see the fingerprints of iran behind problems. translation: you consider that the iranian deal, the one that we negotiated in 2015 with iran is a bad deal. for a number of months, i've been saying that this was not a sufficient deal but that it enabled us, at least until 2025, to have some control over their nuclear activities.
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we therefore wish from now on to work on a new deal with iran. it's a bad deal, it's a bad structure, it's falling down. it should have never, ever been made. i blame congress, i blame a lot of people for it. but it should have never been made. and we're going to see what happens on the 12th, but i will say if iran threatens us in any way, they will pay a price like few countries have ever paid. 0k? president trump and president macron there. our paris correspondent lucy williamson is travelling with the french president. she said that new facets of the west's relationship with iran were being considered, as well as the current nuclear agreement. if you leave aside the existing deal
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on iran's nuclear activities, what is clear is that donald trump and amenable micron have been speaking about three other areas. —— emmanuel macron. they want to talk about iran and russia and turkey. one of them is the long—term prospects for iran's nuclear programme and the other is iran's ballistic missile tests which they also want to curtail. those three areas are the new areas that both leaders i think agree to be looked at other donald trump has said he is not clear whether he's going to agree with new deal or not. what happens in that original pillar, the one that's already been agreed, we don't know whether that's going to be reopened oi’ whether that's going to be reopened or renegotiated. lucy williams in there. in response to questions from reporters, president trump said he hoped dealings with north korea would be positive, but he wanted to see the country's complete denuclearization. i want to see denuclearization of north korea. a lot of concessions have already been made. we have made no concessions
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despite some of the media saying that i've made concessions. i don't... i haven't even discussed a concession, other than the fact that meeting is a great thing and i'm sure that a lot of other people would like to have had the position we're having. victoria nuland, former assistant secretary of state for european affairs, told the bbc that president trump has been accused of capitulating before negotiations have even begun with north korea. i think what's most important is that we now are going to proceed with north korea to the negotiating table by that having two x with their fingers table by that having two x with theirfingers on the table by that having two x with their fingers on the button. table by that having two x with theirfingers on the button. but president trump has come under some criticism in the united states that he is capitulating for it even gets to the table so i think that's what you see him making this corrective neither the only thing that's accessible, that will be successful for the united states in the endgame
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is complete denuclearization. he needs to get that marker back on the ground for his own political base. we are going to go straight over to toronto where the police are giving an update on that situation. the killing of ten people. a man has been arrested... we are looking at approximately a kilometer stretch of the busy street in the country. it is not perceived. there is a lot of evidence that needs to be gathered. we try to take every measure possible to expedite the processing of the scene without affecting or compromising the integrity of the investigation. in order to do that, we had to acquire the resources of specialized traffic reconstruction reconstruction resources from other jurisdictions. the gta collectively called to pitch and we are grateful for that particular help that was asked. at the end of the day, we are able to utilise york regional police
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service as well as the peel regional service as well as the peel regional service to help assist with processing the scene as quick as possible. i would also like to thank the commissionerfor possible. i would also like to thank the commissioner for also running special resources and helping look after the scene. i can tell you every effort is going to be made to continue to do what we can do to reduce the footprint we have at this point and we're hoping by the end of the date to have that particular scene reduced. to speak on the actual investigation itself, the detective sergeant. thank you, chief. i'm going to update you on the investigation aspect... with regard to the investigation, it is alleged that during the morning hours of monday, april 23, the accused, and i know to be 25—year—old alek minassian, attended
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a rental truck facility north of toronto. he then proceeded to rent a panel toronto. he then proceeded to rent a pa nel style toronto. he then proceeded to rent a panel style van. he made his way to the area of finch and young street in toronto. as has been reported in the media, the accused is alleged to have for a cryptic message on facebook minutes before he started driving the rented van and drove it southbound on yonge street and onto the crowded sidewalks. he continued to drive on yonge street, delivery striking pedestrians on the sidewalk and the roadway with the vehicle. the accused was arrested by the memberof the the accused was arrested by the member of the toronto police service in the area of yonge street and sheppard avenue. once arrested, he was taken to a 32 division and investigated by the homicide squad. he has been charged with ten counts of first—degree murder, 13 counts of attempted murder and we are in his debating a 14th count of attempted murder which will be made shortly following some follow—up
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investigation. the accused did appear in court today. this morning. he's being held in custody. as you can imagine, the investigation is extremely detailed and ongoing. and because the accused has been charged, i'm restricted from discussion of any evidence involved in the investigation, including any questions pertaining to motive. at this time, i'm going to open to members of the public and business community. in the affected area. if you have video of the incident or are you a witness, and you have not spoken to investigator, tonight or this morning or this afternoon, i would ask you to reach out as soon as possible to the homicide squad or 32 division. speak with an officer. the tps has a portal on their home page for members of the community to upload any video evidence they may have obtained along with their contact information, which can be put in as well. investigators will
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be reaching out to witnesses and the surviving victims in the near future to follow—up on the investigation. i would like to thank everybody right now for their ongoing operation. thank you. —— their ongoing operation. i would like to start off... all who opted diligently working throughout the night and yesterday to its press out the night and yesterday to its press our heartfelt condolences to the families of those who have suffered terrible losses for the tragic deaths, and for the multiple victims who are also still injured and recovering. also to not only the families but also the communities, the city and everybody generally across canada and broader. it's a horrible tragedy and one that hopefully whatever have to repeat. i
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am here, working to support the toronto police service and others as we sort through this tragedy and try to gain an understanding of what occurred over the past 24 hours. just over 24 hours. we always work together as a team with police investigators and also with corners, frederick pathologists and others to understand the circumstances —— forensic pathologist. in this case, given the fact that there are criminal charges and this is a criminal charges and this is a criminal investigation, the police are leading most of the investigation. howeverwe are leading most of the investigation. however we have the responsibility for the examination of those who are deceased and a key component of that is the identification of those peoples. there is a number of questions that are being raised about when are we going to release the names, who are the people that have died? and when
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to we learn more about them? i'm going to tell you today that we have not confirmed any of the identifications at this point and we are working to do that work carefully. we clearly recognise and fully sympathise with the families and we recognise the significance of those and their friends who are desperate to understand and to know the identities of those who have died. i will tell you the identities of those who have died. iwill tell you identifying the victims is our number one priority. last night, detective sergeant and i were working close with others. there were three quarters they were present at the scene and we're working closely with forensic pathologist colleagues to start at work. we also have to ensure we are completely accurate when we do this, so we're always balancing the need to know and the desire to know quickly to ensure that we have a 100% accuracy. and that we have a 100% accuracy. and that takes time. and that time can be very frustrating in situations. we have tragedies of such multiple
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numbers and complexity, is very challenging. it occurred in a very busy pedestrian area and it occurred over significant distance. and there we re many over significant distance. and there were many who are injured as well as deceased and we need to have a full understanding of both the injured as well as the deceased to truly understand who each of those peoples are, to effectively provide permission to this family. it's far different for example from somebody found in the house deceased. why does it take so long? most of the time, people have identification on them and that gives us the first information as to who that person may be. from that information, we then reach out to family members and we have done that. please service have done that and what we are working with them. and they told the family we believe their loved one has died. we have asked them to help us has died. we have asked them to help us to develop a method to scientifically confirm this identifications and those
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confirmations will be through dental, x—ray comparison, eventually fingerprint comparison or if necessary dna comparison. we are actively obtaining records. we have notified families and told them that we believe tentatively that their loved ones have passed, but we've also provided great caution in that and we were not be releasing the names until we fully understand. people look different with their deceased. injuries occurred and we wa nt deceased. injuries occurred and we want to be very careful that we don't have any confusion with that. there is a team actively working right now, forensic pathologist, forensic anthropologist, all working together to make a plan and develop this. having said that, i do not think we will be confirming names for a think we will be confirming names fora numberof think we will be confirming names for a number of days and we do, we will release those in a respectful way. over the next number of days,
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we will be doing that work, we'll also be doing full examinations to fully understand the injuries that occurred and to help inform family members but also informed the criminal justice. members but also informed the criminaljustice. at this point, i will step over and the mayor takeover. 0k, you're watching a news conference there from toronto with officials there. talking about the collision of a van involving the deaths of ten people in one of the main street of the city there. a man has been arrested, alek minassian. use 25 years old. our correspondent is there. we are just hearing that many of the victims still have not been identified. absolutely and clive, 15
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remain hospitalized. many in critical condition. we have heard from investigators they are appealing to the public to come help identify many of the victims. that being said, we do know that one of them has been identified by a city councilman and also by the company she worked for. she worked for an investment management company not farfrom investment management company not far from where investment management company not farfrom where i am right now, and so farfrom where i am right now, and so she, that has been confirmed. she succumbed to her injuries, they said, but really did not go into further details out of respect for the family. also just as a nod to how much of a cosmopolitan city this is, there have been confirmations that two south korean nationals and a jordanian national were also among the victims. as we heard in a press conference there from the chief coroner, it is going to be still get a bit more time and so they can notify families and definitely confirm the ten victims who died and the others who remain in hospital.
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0k, the others who remain in hospital. ok, nada tawfik, thank you for that update. let in toronto. let's cross to washington now and speak to our state department correspondent, barbara plett—usher. these two leaders to get on very well but on crucial issues of the day, and i'm talking about the iranian nuclear deal, talking about climate change, talking about how to deal with north korea and how close are these two men? they have some very stark political differences on climate change in particular, and on the iran nuclear deal. but in terms of the latter, it was interesting to see how things developed at the beginning of their meetings. mr trump went on this diatribe against the iran nuclear deal. he called it insane, terrible and talked to but all the reasons he hated it. after
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the meeting, the kann said but we would like to do was would like to make a new, bigger, broader deal that takes in all of these concerns that takes in all of these concerns that mr trump has —— mr macron. it would be built on the existing bill rather than scrap the deal and begin again. that seemed to be the message he was getting. mr trump sounded more a malleable than more flexible. it seems that mr macron's intervention in that case anyway has worked or at least had some influence and it shows how much of a personal engagement with somebody who is to trump likes allsop and it is effective and somebody who knows how to tell mr trump what he wants to hear. somebody who knows how to tell mr trump what he wants to heatm somebody who knows how to tell mr trump what he wants to hear. it is interesting, isn't it, knowing how to handle the american president?
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and new deal would be a win for him. he would be seen to be making changes but as far as france, germany, the rest of europe and other nations are concerned, it would be leaving the deal in its current sense and they would be happy too. i think when you look at the details and ask questions about what exactly this with entail commit whitecap located. there's the whole question of whether the iranians would feel that if you start adding elements, around the deal, whether that means you are violating it in any way, but i think with the goal of mr macron seems to a band was shifted to tried to get the president to consider —— was just to try to get the president to consider not ending the deal. trying to come up not ending the deal. trying to come up with ways of addressing these concerns that not only mr from but also the europeans have in terms of iran's behaviour. it was an
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interesting way to put it it also he drew in syria. he said this bigger, broader agreement would include a resolution to the conflict in syria would also be aimed at limiting iran's influence there. again, something mr trump was concerned about. and also it made him reconsider his desire to quickly bring troops home. he did say, we will bring him home as soon as we can but we want to believe a strong footprint. he seemed to be considering more options after his meeting with mr macron. interesting. barbara, thank you for that. the headlines on bbc news: donald trump and president macron suggest a new deal with iran could be considered, though the us president warned of big problems for tehran if it resumes its nuclear programme. a 25—year—old man has been charged with murder after ten people were killed when a van was driven into pedestrians in toronto. jewish community leaders have said their meeting
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withjeremy corbyn this evening was "a disappointing missed opportunity" to deal with the problems of anti—semitism in the labour party. violent scenes at anfield ahead of liverpool's champions league clash against italian side roma. reports from near the stadium suggest roma fans wearing masks attacked home crowds with belts and batons. liverpool are playing to get in to their first european final since 2007. what about what's been going on on the pitch? here's hugh ferris. as you might expect, the atmosphere in anfield this evening is pretty special especially if you are a liverpool fan. high expectations for an entertaining match, it is
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delivering so far. that's for sure. early stages, an injury for alex oxlade—chamberlain. he was forced off, structured off for what look like any injury. the challenge on alexander kolarov. like any injury. the challenge on alexander kola rov. what like any injury. the challenge on alexander kolarov. what is interesting, he misses the end of the season and potentially as well the season and potentially as well the world cup for england. that was kolarov with a speculative effort from way out. laura scarry is getting a ...we we have in the last few minutes seen a we have in the last few minutes seen a goalfrom liverpool and it was from, who else, mohammed salah. extraordinary goal. it gives liverpool a 1—0 lead on the night. that game ten minutes before the break. it is still 1—0. they have played nearly 38 minutes. thrilling stuff. leeds united have announced
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two controversial friendly‘s next month. they will play the myanmar national team... the foreign office has warned against all but essential travel to the country. england test opener alastair cook says he is not uncouple. his double century in melbourne in the last ashes series was his only highlight of what was a poor winter. he also lost a series to new zealand. cooked does not want to new zealand. cooked does not want to test cricket to be overlooked even though he admitted to our correspondentjoel said that even though he admitted to our correspondent joel said that his form needs to be improved if he needs to keep his place. if i do not score runs, the goal is to score runs. this winter for whatever
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reason, i have not managed to score the runs i want. i'm pretty sure i looked at it that if you play long enough, you have periods where you don't score runs. if the game of cricket. i am don't score runs. if the game of cricket. iam not don't score runs. if the game of cricket. i am not that good were you just score runs all the time. i've a lwa ys just score runs all the time. i've always had to work hard for my runs. i will continue to do that. do i wa nt to i will continue to do that. do i want to continue? yes i do. of course i do. i will miss it when it's not there, so i want to carry on playing, yeah. do you think a feature of cricket is just making it shorter and quicker all the time? is what your career has stood for for a large degree is that perseverance and patience and that long building of it? there is a bit of caution with it. i still think you've got to protect the traditional cricket. cricket, there is, there has to be a place for the five or the four date gaming cricket, i genuinely believe. all the money is in the shorter
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formats of the game. that's obvious to see, how pretty much every format is thriving or test cricket is not thriving as it was say, ten years ago in terms of there is another alternative. but there must be a way of trying to combine the two. the snooker world championship... the world number three held a healthy 6-3 world number three held a healthy 6—3 overnight lead and quickly build off three frames in a row. he's not so confident after that... he's not so confident after that... he did not make that well. gave the
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easy chances to play. yeah, ijust kept scoring and i felt good. qualifier ricky what it is also through to the lack 16. the fourth top 16 player knocked out. it finished 10—6. the action continues this evening. neil robertson is taking on robert wilkins. you can follow that on the bbc website. of course, follow the liverpool match on radio five live. for commentary there and you can also follow it on the website. still 1-0 to also follow it on the website. still 1—0 to liverpool about four minutes before the break. thanks for that. a high courtjudge has rejected the latest application from the parents of alfie evans to allow the toddler to travel
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abroad for treatment. mrjustice hayden said his decision "represented the final chapter in the case of this extraordinary little boy." the 23—month old — who has a degenerative neurological condition — is being cared for at alder hey hospital in liverpool. doctors argued further treatment would be "unkind and inhumane". leaders of thejewish community have described their meeting with jeremy corbyn as a "disappointing missed opportunity" regarding the ongoing anti—semitism issue in the labour party. mr corbyn and labour's general secretaryjenny formby have been meeting with the board of deputies and thejewish leadership council to address their concerns. our meeting with jeremy our meeting withjeremy corbyn today was a disappointing missed opportunity regarding the problem of anti—semitism in the labour party. we welcome mr corbyn's personal involvement in the discussion and his new comments recognising and
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apologising for anti—semitism in the labour party, but he failed to agree to any of the concrete actions we ask for in our letter to him on the 28th of march. chair of the jewish leadership council, jonathan goldstein, also expressed his disappointment with the outcome of the meeting. we are disappointed that mr corbyn's proposals fell short of the minimum level of action which our letter suggested. in particular, they did not agree in the meeting with a proposals they should be a fixed timetable to do with anti—semitism cases, that you expedite the long—standing cases involving ken livingstone and jackie walker. no mp should share a platform with someone he expelled or expunged for anti—semitism, that they adopt the full international holocaust remembrance alliance definition of
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anti—semitism with all its examples and there should be oversight of the disciplinary process. words and letters and articles will never be enough. we welcome the fact that mr corbyn's words have changed, but it is action by which the jewish community would judge him and the labour party. our sole objective from this meeting was to build trust with mr corbyn but this would not be possible until he and his party turned there are many strong words against and take semitism —— against anti—semitism and change... our political correspondent iain watson is in westminster. many would have hoped the meeting this evening would have led to a
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fruitful or more fruitful outcome than the word of deputies are suggesting. is the sticking point partly the fact that there seems to be an inability on the part of the labour leadership to actually expel anyone who has been found to have been guilty of anti—semitism?” anyone who has been found to have been guilty of anti-semitism? i do not think its expulsions... as the jewish groups are saying from the language also use. the one thing that they didn't was positive was thejeremy that they didn't was positive was the jeremy corbyn that they didn't was positive was thejeremy corbyn had changed his leg which. he recognised explicitly those complaining about anti—semitism were not using a smear, were not exaggerating. to some extent, they're pleased on that point. were they are far from happy, the rejection, not adopting their action plan for action which effectively set out a number of
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demands on jeremy corbyn. effectively set out a number of demands onjeremy corbyn. one was, has with her, speeding up the whole process for a start. —— one was, as we heard. ken livingstone was a very high—profile case. it was resuspended by the labour party and not actually expel. that is a very specific demand that they have been more widely, what they wanted to have those in independent ombudsman, and where it could perhaps improve. what they were saying after that kind of impromptu press conference. they were saying, look, the problem was they thought jeremy they were saying, look, the problem was they thoughtjeremy corbyn was hiding behind process. every time the suggested something, he said even though he was labour later, he did not have the power to do it. even 38 new independent ombudsman role. —— even to create. they
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believe he could do more to try to push some of these things through if there was the political will to do so. there was the political will to do so. this meeting again was about rebuilding trust. i think the lack of meetings of minds is two separate interpretations of the meeting. we heard there from the jewish leadership council and the board of deputies. there's also been a statement issued from the labour party byjeremy corbyn. they said this was a disappointing meeting, a missed opportunity. jeremy corbyn described it as a positive and constructive meeting and he said that basically, there will be further steps in the coming weeks to address some of these disciplinary issues that have been raised and his new general secretary will improve disciplinary procedures as are top priority. but that tone is com pletely priority. but that tone is completely different. although he denounces anti—semitism, he says he will help ourjewish brothers and sisters, apart from suggesting more
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could happen the next few weeks there is a lack concrete plans in that statement saying precisely what he would do. more from other people who were attending that event later this evening. we will maybe get more clarity. thanks for that. we've got more coming up. time for the weather news. it's been a soggy day for most of us. it's been a soggy day for most of us. some outbreaks of rain particularly for england and wales as we go into this evening. eventually overnight, that will clear away from tough eastern parts, the rain weakening as it does. further showers. some clear spells along temperatures to dip below and some salsa we very close to freezing i think across parts of northeast scotla nd i think across parts of northeast scotland going into wednesday morning. there are of sunshine to begin the day tomorrow but the showers it going. the cloud builds
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initially across western parts but then the showers developed elsewhere. it could be heavy, or a rumble of thunder, chance for hail. they move through and the sun appears but may not be too long before you get another shower. some quite hefty downpours around mid—to—late teens, and the commuters will stay for the rest of the week. this is bbc news, our latest headlines: donald trump and president macron suggest a new deal with iran could be considered, though the us president warned of big problems for tehran if it resumes it's nuclear programme. jeremy corbyn says he is absolutely committed to rooting out anti—semitism from his party. but following a meeting with the labour leader, jewish community leaders say they are disheartened by his response to their requests for action are meeting withjeremy corbyn today
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was a disappointing, missed opportunity regarding the problem of anti—semitism in the labour party. a man accused of deliberately driving a van into pedestrians in the canadian city of toronto has been charged with ten counts of murder. authorities say alek minissian has no known links to terror groups. in a moment, the end of holiday lets in palma as the spanish island of majorca bans owners renting out their properties to holiday makers. tsb has had to shut down its online banking service today as it attempts to deal with major technical issues. some customers have been locked out of their accounts since friday. the bank says it's deeply sorry for the problems. thousands of people have been affected, some have been unable to pay bills while others could see account details that weren't theirs. tsb says it will reinstate its online service as soon as possible. here's simon gompertz.
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it can sometimes feel like banks do as little as possible for their customers. tsb has been advertising itself as the bank to switch to. now the tables have been turned and its own customers are threatening to leave. break free and go somewhere better. customers likejonas, who runs a marketing business in edinburgh. he pays his staff on the 24th, today, but hasn't been able to, and he's worried they won't be able to cover their rent and other bills. the problems i've had since sunday night is that i haven't been able to pay my salaries, log in, see what i've got in my account. that's affecting my staff and it's affecting my business. for that reason, i will have to consider whether i want to stay with tsb. this is the refusal of service customers have been facing as tsb moves accounts and transactions from the computer system at its former owner lloyds,
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over to its own new platform, which is buckling under the strain. four days into the outage, the chief executive says he's sorry. well, obviously, it's a big apology to our tsb customers. this is not the sort of service that we want to give them nor are they used to receiving from tsb. how are you going to be compensating customers? lots of them are saying they've lost out from this. of course it's an enormous inconvenience to our customers, and we apologise. any customer that is out of pocket should contact us through the normal channel. we will make sure that no customer is out of pocket as a consequence of the inconvenience we've created. on the internet there's anger, some customers worried money has gone missing. some saying they've had access to other people's accounts. tsb now faces inquiries from mps and regulators and the possibility of heavy fines. simon gompertz, bbc news. joining me now is the software engineer, alex hindley. thank you for being with us. do you
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understand what went wrong care? well, without being in their office and looking at their migration code myself, it will be hard to know exactly what is going on but people being able to see accounts they shouldn't, it sounds like the data has not ended up being stored in its new home correctly. one would have thought they would attest that this before they did a mass migration, wouldn't they? definitely. ithought i a quote from somebody in the company saying it's been tested at least nine times, which to me suggests that it has been tested, i read something else as well saying that it seems to be largely accounts with nominated third—party who can access with nominated third—party who can a ccess a ccou nts . with nominated third—party who can access accounts. that have this problem. perhaps that is a rare case amongst the users. a lot of people but a small percentage of the users and perhaps they didn't dedicate enough time to testing this because
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of that. . this gonna migration of data, it happens all the time, doesn't it? it does. things go wrong all the time. itjust in the financial industry, you can't really afford for that to happen. indeed. what... for what you have seen, you're not inside so you can open sure, but what could they have done that they didn't do the you think? well, it's hard to say in terms of testing, potentially the test plan was not copper has him enough or potentially whatever they will have a testing environment using fake data possesses. —— was not comprehensive enough. or potentially they could've do this incrementally and tested as they want instead of trying to do this all at once. that isa trying to do this all at once. that is a commonly used way of avoiding this kind of situation, to do things
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piecemeal rather than all the one go. and baby steps rather than one big swoosh. we leave it there. thank you, alex. an epilepsy drug that can damage unborn babies should no longer be prescribed to women and girls of child—bearing age, unless they are fully aware of the risks, that's the verdict of the uk's medicines regulator. it's thought about 20,000 children in the uk have been left with disabilities caused by valproate, which was introduced in the 1970s. from now on only patients who sign a form saying they recognise the dangers will be allowed it. here's our health editor hugh pym. andy, returning from school today, has serious learning disabilities. that's because his mother emma took the drug sodium valproate for her epilepsy while she was pregnant. she wasn't warned of the risk. i would not have had my child. i would have looked at adoption, fostering or focused on a career and not sterilized
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because i recognize that every epilepsy drug has increased risk. she hopes today's move by the regulator will protect women in future. absolutely delighted. this is a change to the license which really does not happen very often. the nhra have taken this seriously. it's four decades too late for too many people. the drug is an effective treatment for epilepsy but campaigners say pregnant women were not aware of the dangers. it carries a10% risk of physical abnormalities and a 30—40% risk of autism, learning disabilities and low iq for babies in the womb. the medical regulator has already insisted on clear warnings on the drug packaging and have been a series of guidelines for gps. but neither regulator's changed license for valproate, which means any doctor prescribing it will have to signal patients it will have to ensure patients
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they are are put on what they call a pregnancy prevention programme. this means women will regularly discuss risk to an unborn baby with the gp and sign an acknowledgement form annually and be advised to use contraception and have regular pregnancy tests. for campaigners like emma, there are still many unanswered questions which they hope an official review now under way will address. hugh pym, bbc news. soldiers and other specialist teams have begun decontamination work in salisbury, following the poisoning of former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia last month. barriers were put up last week around the maltings and eight other sites where traces of the novichok nerve agent were found. our correspondent richard galpin sent this report from salisbury. wearing protective suits and gas masks, the troops began their decontamination work this morning, here in the city centre, removing grass, soil and paving stones from a spot in this small park.
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later this week, they will test the ground again to see if all traces of nerve agent have now gone. it was on a bench here that sergei and yulia skripal were found critically ill on march the 4th, having ingested the deadly nerve agent novichok. now, seven weeks later, officials believe they can finally rid this city of the persistent poison. when you understand it can be broken down by a caustic solution into a harmless product and is actually dispersed by water, once it is identified, once you know what it is, i'm fully confident that the specialists we have working with us will clean it up and salisbury will return to the historic and beautiful city it always has been. the fact that this decontamination process has now started should at least give some hope to people here that there is an end in sight to this awful event. it will be months, but at least
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people can believe that they will eventually be able to get back to normal. but it is slow, painstaking work, with everything potentially contaminated being put in bags ready to be incinerated. and this is just one of nine different sites across the city needing to be cleaned up. in some, the contamination level is high. that's why the authorities here believe it could potentially be christmas before the nightmare which began in march will finally be over. richard galpin, bbc news. more than 115,000 pounds has now been donated to a sponsorship fund set up by a masterchef semi—finalist, who died in sunday's london marathon. matt campbell from kendal in cumbria, collapsed near the 22 mile—mark and later died in hospital. he was running in memory of his late father. 2000 people have also pledged to finish the race for him. a senior bbc executive has told
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the high court that he has no concerns about the broadcasting of images taken from a helicopter during coverage of a police search of sir cliff richard's home nearly four years ago. the bbc‘s head of news—gathering jonathan munro said he believed it was acceptable to film police searching the home of someone under investigation. sir cliff is suing the bbc for naming him and broadcasting pictures of his flat in berkshire during a sexual assault inquiry. he denies the allegation and was not arrested or charged. our special correspondent lucy manning reports. sir cliff richard had said it felt like seeing burglars go through his belongings when the bbc used a helicopter to film the police searching his flat in 2014. today, the bbc head of news—gathering jonathan munro told the court he did not have any concerns about pictures the
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bbc broadcast of the police raid using the helicopter. south yorkshire police have confirmed that they are searching a property and berkshire owned by sir cliff richard. mr munro denied that these images of police in blue gloves searching inside the flat were intrusive, and he claimed it was the public interest as police activity should wherever possible be public. sir cliff richard's barrister asked mr munro is it acceptable to use a camera mounted on a helicopter on private property to spy into somebody else's home? mr munro replied, "i wouldn't use the word spy, but i think it is acceptable to be watching a police operation." he was asked is it acceptable to take footage to the apartment window. "yes," mr munro replied. the barrister said, "i suggest to you if that is your genuine belief, then you are unfit for your job.
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would you like to comment?" "not particularly," mr munro replied. what is the latest there? the police search is still going on here. reporter dan johnson, who broke the story, has been accused of strong—arming south yorkshire police to give him the time and date of the police search. but mr munro said he was entirely comfortable with the way the reporter behaved and had no concerns either then or now. he said... sir cliff richard, who was never arrested or charged, is suing the bbc for invading his privacy. the bbc says it was in the public interest to run the story about the police investigation into the singer. lucy manning, bbc news. the amount of money borrowed by the government has fallen to its lowest annual level for 11 years. figures from the office for national statistics show it fell by three and a half billion pounds tojust over 42 billion. tax receipts are at record levels with high numbers in employment. the headlines on bbc news:
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donald trump and president macron suggest a new deal with iran could be considered, though the us president warned of big problems for tehran if it resumes it's nuclear programme. in the labour party. an update on the market numbers for you, here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. the closing bell just 12 the closing belljust12 minutes away in new york. the spanish resort city of palma, on the island of majorca,
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to short holiday lets through websites and apps. palma's mayor says the ban, to be introduced injuly, will be a model for cities suffering with mass tourism. with us now is freelance travel journalist jill starley—grainger, formerly of sunday times travel magazine. good to see you. thank you for coming in. first of all, people already potentially, holidays have booked and think they will have a relatively cheap rent in somebody‘s house. yes, this is a big issue. we don't know yet if the band will take effect immediately in july, don't know yet if the band will take effect immediately injuly, or if thatis effect immediately injuly, or if that is when they will stop allowing people to book. it is unclear. if you have travel insurance, that could provide some cover, however travel insurers are likely to say at
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this 80s that you will still have plenty of time to rebook. so your sang is reasonablyeggiagede 1 is reasonablygiceg is that is reasonably priced. what is the reason being given specifically for this change in the regulations? this been a huge issue and palm up, rent has increased 40% in just a few yea rs rent has increased 40% in just a few years for the locals. you can imagine for locals that is disastrous. they voted than these politicians are with this mandated to make these changes. i think about 11,000 properties in our rented and this away through airbnb, home away and others of the short lead platforms. it is a very big problem for locals, causing problems with friend but also if your neighbour suddenly change from being people who live there for six months or a year to a steady stream of people who are there for two and three nights you can imagine how a disruptive that is. the mayor has existing this could be a model for other places that feel that they are being inundated with holiday—makers
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and rent is going up and so on, the is the kind of band that could spread? it is sort of already happened elsewhere, new york has banned a lot of things. you can't rent it out completely had a whole property any more. a lot of cities around the world have introduced measures. as travellers, we are very privileged. not everybody can afford to travel. we have to also take your responsibility and say we have to respect the local community. this is a problem for them, we need to figure out a way that we can still go to the places we love, and contribute to that without causing detriment to the locals.|j contribute to that without causing detriment to the locals. i bet the big hotel chains are pretty happy about all of this. i'm sure they will be, yes laughter i'm sure they will be, yes laughter i'm sure they will be. it's been a huge increase in tourism to palma as well, so the hotel chain are probably still doing quite well. there have just been more terrorists than ever before. a lot of cities like barcelona and
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venice are struggling to cope. —— more tourism than ever before. in london we already have rules brought in so that locals cannot let properties for more than 90 days, only a short amount of time. i don't know how many other cities might follow suit, it really depends on the local economy but i don't think too many other cities have had major issues. possibly a number, they might consider it, but at this date, i haven't heard any other uk city talking about it. -- possibly a number. thank you for doing this. —— thank you forjoining us. there is a statue of a woman standing in london's parliament square for the first time tonight. the bronze, honouring the women's rights campaigner dame millicent fawcett was unveiled this morning. she was one of the key figures who helped women win the right to vote a hundred years ago. her statue now stands alongside those of 11 men including mahatma gandhi and nelson mandela. our political correspondent vicki young was at the ceremony. prime ministers, presidents, civil rights leaders, 11 famous figures, who all have their place in this square overlooking parliament.
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no woman has ever had her contribution to society recognised in this way, until today. it was a moment worth celebrating and hundreds gathered to commemorate the life and legacy of millicent garrett fawcett. well, it's been a long time coming, but finally parliament square has its first statue of a woman, by a woman. all to mark 100 years since women first got the vote. the idea for this statue came from an activist and writer, who was prompted into action during a jog through westminster. nelson mandela, gandhi, abraham lincoln, these were impressive men, for sure, but there was no getting away from the fact that they were all, well, men. all 11 of them. i couldn't believe it. it was 2016, how had this not already been sorted? women are still woefully under represented in all areas of british cultural and political life, not least in its statues. checking the records,
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she found there were more statues of men called john than historical women. millicent fawcett started petitioning for women's right to vote in 1866, gathering signatures from women across the country and lobbying politicians. she led the suffragist movement which, unlike the suffragettes, stuck to peaceful protest. she dedicated her life to that cause and, aged 81, she watched from the public gallery in the house of commons as women were given the vote on the same terms as men, and her legacy lives on for another generation. i'm so inspired by millicent fawcett and what she's done for the feminist movement. she was really intelligent and she was very, very persistent and determined to give women rights, and i really love that. someone will say, well, what's the point of a statue? why does it make any difference? does it make any difference? it's what it signifies and shows everyone. there are so many male statues and we need equality, and we need to show women are just as good as men and we can do incredible things as well.
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millicent fawcett‘s statue now watches over parliament, keeping a close eye on the fight for gender equality that continues, 150 years after she started campaigning. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. time for a look at the weather. letsjoin nick miller for the forecast... hey, a lot of talk about. great for many of them this evening, to maalbeek clouds developing, big showers breaking out, a bush ours but some of them will be quite... gusty winds possible. here is a cloudy picture from today's rain. edging in to the area. the mother will be bright disguise but some of these heavy showers, they'll be by a fine start. it will be long before the shower are breaking out. if you look at the satellite, the cloud and today's rain is beginning the process of pushed his way south east, look out into the alan thicke,
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a couple of days i shower and went on the way. still quite went out there for many of us. the rain will gradually pull away from southeast england overnight, still a few showers to come during the night. improving visibility rates, has been misty and murky over the hills and wales. chilly at night, many of us we re wales. chilly at night, many of us were clear spells with temperatures dropping to single digits. chilly, rice are in the morning, good sunshine, quite quickly does the cloud to build, northern ireland and scotland, even into the morning the showers breaking out elsewhere in the get going before lunchtime. it could be a heavy downpour, better lightning perhaps, hail. gusty winds and all of that. but by spells coming back after the showers moved through the temperatures in the mid—to low teens. many of the showers slowly fade on wednesday evening, some will continue overnight. into thursday the showers develop again, scotland and northern
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ireland and england for the rest of wales, not as many, still a few about but more of us escaping dry and sing some sunshine here and these temperatures are very similar to notice. a different look to the weather has lifted the big picture for friday. low pressure to the southwest, coming in here a lot of uncertainty about the position of the low—pressure, district and will get the rain from it. it may not look like this but an idea that somehow gets her rain will start the feed and from the south. not sure how far north that will be. we can avoid the rain and likely another day of sunshine and showers. if anything, a little bit cooler and thatis anything, a little bit cooler and that is how the weekend is shaping up. as isil you the picture here with the swirl and the flow of the atmosphere you can see is around low pressure on saturday. —— as i view the picture here. temperatures will bea the picture here. temperatures will be a little bit below average for the time. allow the camillus clouds, you love to mock‘s weather, big showers on the way. that is your forecast. —— if you love camillus clouds. hello, i'm ros atkins.
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this is outside source. we begin in washington. president macron's state visit is in full swing. the two leaders talk trade, north korea, and that nuclear deal with iran. all over, no matter where you go in the middle east, you see the fingerprints of iran behind problems. the driver who killed 10 people in toronto is charged with murder. authorities say they don't suspect terrorism, but a facebook post has emerged. it was put online minutes before the attack happened. there's a pause in armenia's political revolution as the country commemorates the people killed by ottoman turkish forces in 1915.
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