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he was speaking during the state visit of president macron of france, and despite some clear differences of opinion the leaders seemed to get on well. i like ilike him i like him a lot. but despite the reservations of the french, mr trump went on to warn the iranians about their nuclear ambitions. if iran threatens us in any way, they will pay a price like few countries have ever paid. but the iranians have responded warning of severe consequences if the nuclear deal is not upheld by mrtrump. translation: i am telling those in the white house that if they do not live up to their commitments, the iranians government will firmly react. we'll have the latest from washington, where the deadline to extend the iranian nuclear deal is now weeks away. also tonight... tsb has apologised for the computer chaos that's affected many of the bank's customers, promising that no—one will be left out of pocket. after their meeting withjeremy corbyn, jewish leaders say it was a "disappointing missed opportunity" to tackle anti—semitism in the labour party. we report on the epilepsy
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drug that can damage unborn babies — the latest advice is not to prescribe it unless the risks are acknowledged. a century after millions of women won the right to vote, a statue of one of the leading campaigners is unveiled in parliament square. and mo salah helps to steer liverpool to victory in tonight's champion's league semi final. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, mo salah makes his mark again — liverpool's star man plays a big role in their champion's league semifinal first leg against roma at anfield. good evening. president trump has warned iran of big problems if it restarts
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the nuclear programme that it agreed to limit in a deal struck in 2015. mr trump described that deal as insane, and has been threatening to reject an extension which has to be in place within weeks. france is urging him to preserve the deal. president macron was at the white house today as part of his state visit. during the day, the iranians warned of dire consequences if the deal fell apart. live to the white house and our north america editorjon sopel. they are getting ready here for what is the centrepiece of one of these visits, the state banquet for the macrons. these visits are judged on diplomacy, which is already a hand down victory for the french, but on policy too and there are signs of progress then maybe the french president is willing his american counterpart. it has been a very
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gallic schmooze cruise. the first state visit of the trump era and the french were given quite the welcome. these things are about pomp. they're about ceremony. and this one had one added ingredient, bromance. the two men held hands, they kissed, they hugged. and the biggest beast of the politicaljungle even engaged in a bit of interpersonal grooming with his younger colleague. in fact i will get that little piece of dandruff off. little piece. we have to make him perfect. he is perfect. this most unlikely pairing have forged a close personal relationship. though on many policies, they are miles apart. just listen to emmanuel macron‘s introductory comments. it sounded like a repudiation of trumpism. he says the world must resist aggressive nationalism
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and work multilaterally. it is really great to be with you and you are a special friend. their biggest divide is over the iran nuclear deal. president macron says keep it, donald trump for three years has said it has to go. it's insane, it's ridiculous. it should have never been made. but we will be talking about it. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and the president of the french republic. but then, after lengthy talks that overran massively, the french president seemed to offer a new way through on iran. do not scrap the deal, which the americans have to renew by may 12th, build on it. in other words, a third way. what we have to work on, obviously with iran, and the different parties, the regime, the p5, our allies, is to find a third deal where we can fix the situation. this is the only way to preserve sovereignty in the region and to build peace
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on the very long run. and donald trump, significantly, did not rule that out. there is a chance, and nobody knows what i'm going to do on the 12th, although mr president, you have a pretty good idea. but we will see. we will see also if i do what some people expect whether or not it will be possible to do a new deal with solid foundations. at that, the french president seemed to nod in agreement. from outside the white house cocoon, a stark warning from tehran. translation: i'm telling those in the white house that if they do not live up to their commitments, the iranian government will firmly react. if anyone betrays the deal, they should know that they will face severe consequences. and that brought an even more muscular response from the president. if iran threatens us in any way,
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they will pay a price like few countries have ever paid. the news conference ended as the day began, and president macron making a determined effort to pull donald trump in a new political direction. in some ways it has been a political master class in how to handle donald trump. angle merkel arrives in washington at the end of the week, she will also be putting pressure on the president not to pull out of it altogether. then there's the bigger question still what does iran do if the european countries try to reopen it and they simply say no. we don't know what the consequences of that would be. john sobel, thank you. the board of deputies of british jews and thejewish leadership council have held talks with labour'sjeremy corbyn this evening, following the incidence of anti—semitism in the party. they described the meeting as a "disappointing missed opportunity" and said mr corbyn‘s proposals fell short of the minimum response they'd asked for,
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including a fixed timetable to deal with anti—semitism cases. our deputy political editor john pienaar has more. celebrating equality. jeremy corbyn is always keen on events like this one, today saluting women's suffrage, but it's his commitment to fairness and decency that's being challenged now. chanting: shame on you! remember this? jewish activists demanding action last month to confront anti—semitism in the party. community leaders were bringing the same demand to westminster today. if these concerns are genuine, they are the last thing you would want to hear. we have to deal with anti—semitism in our society, including in the labour party and the labour movement, and that's exactly what we're doing. any sort of breakthrough this evening? listen, it's not a question of breakthrough, it's a question of continuing the work all the time to deal with racism and discrimination in our society, and say that we're not prepared to accept anti—semitism in any form. reporter: will this meeting mark
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a turning point, do you think? they came from the board of deputies of britishjews and thejewish leadership council. supporters insisted mr corbyn had questions to answer. labour's anti—semitism is much worse sincejeremy corbyn became the leader. at least 80 cases of anti—semitism not dealt with. regularly, almost daily, i hear allegations about anti—semitism. the delegation wanted action — an ombudsman answerable to the party and to them, a ban on mps and others sharing platforms with anyone suspended for anti—semitism. afterwards they said all their demands were turned down. our sole objective from this meeting was to build trust with mr corbyn, but this will not be possible until he and his party turn their many strong words against anti—semitism into equally strong actions in order to bring about a deep cultural change in his supporters' attitudes to jews. so, as of now, you're not minded
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to accept mr corbyn‘s good faith? we are again going to test his words by the actions which follow them or which don't follow them. so, no resolution, no breakthrough in this confrontation so far. some of mr corbyn‘s supporters believe the complaints are a ploy by his political opponents. mr corbyn hasn't endorsed that view and today he apologised, but his critics want more action, notjust more words. mr corbyn has plenty of support and his team say he will personally lead labour's response. his party's reputation forfighting racism and hate depends on convincing the doubters. john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. after several days of major computer problems, tsb has apologised to many of its five million customers and promised to compensate them. the bank had to shut down its online service today — the latest setback after a system upgrade last week, which led to many customers being unable to access their internet banking accounts.
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there were added concerns about security standards. both the financial conduct authority and the information commissioner's office are investigating, as our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz reports. 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 that 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.
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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, 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. tsb has been planning its escape from the lloyds computer platform for months, but it's a prospect which fills bankers with dread, because their it systems are some of the biggest and most complicated around. it was a mistake to make this transfer, though, wasn't it?
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it's been a disasterfor the bank. we had no choice but to move platforms. we're the first bank in the uk to replatform a whole bank. these are all techie issues that need to be refined and tuned. we've done it as best we can with data we've extracted in synthetic data from lloyds. it's only when you have 5 million customers using the platform in anger that you really see how it responds. on the internet there's frustration, some customers worried money has gone missing, some saying they've had access to other people's accounts. tonight there's increasing anxiety that tsb still isn't confident about reopening its online bank. simon gompertz, bbc news. in canada, a man accused of deliberately driving a van into pedestrians in toronto has been charged with ten counts of murder. officials say that 25—year—old alek minassian has no known links to any terror groups. 15 people were injured in the attack, which the canadian
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prime minister described as senseless and tragic. our correspondent nick bryant has more details. on this street in toronto this morning, the length of the police tape became yet another gruesome measure of how long this killing spree went on. it stretched for over half a mile. a suburban neighbourhood enjoying the warmth of the canadian spring, turned with manic suddenness into a place of death and horror. a white rental van became a guided weapon. get down! this is how the killing came to an end, in a stand—off with police. the driver urges the officer to shoot him, it looks like he's brandishing a gun. it was actually a mobile phone. but the police officer remains calm and moves in to take him alive. 25—year—old alek minassian has now been charged with ten counts of murder, but this isn't being treated as a terrorist incident.
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while the motive isn't clear, this facebook post, just before the killings, might be a clue. it notes "the incel rebellion has already begun", that's shorthand for involuntary celibacy. he also praised an american, who in 2014 killed six people in revenge against women who'd spurned him. a question for the police then — was this an attack against women? reporter: can you explain to us the number of men and the number of women who were in the victims, to give us a sense? i mean, looking at the list, the names seem to be predominantly female. yes, that's fair to say, predominantly female. you were down here? yes, i was right down over here... local resident steven saw the van swerve to hit the first victim and then carry on driving. as i was coming up the street, i was literally running by bodies all over the sidewalk, some of them were in pools of blood. people were doing cpr, people were injured. it was just pandemonium. just everybody was going crazy over here yesterday afternoon. here you can see the tyre marks
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where the rental van slalomed through various bollards and obstacles. and just further up, a sign of how fast that vehicle was travelling, this road sign simply knocked out of the way. the victims of canada's worst mass killing in decades are being memorialised at the roadside, and they're starting to be named. anne marie d'amico worked at the headquarters of an investment firm nearby. the entire community of toronto has shown strength and determination in the face of this tragedy. all canadians stand united with toronto today. with the suspect now charged, the police won't discuss possible motives. they're also stressing their investigation still has weeks to run. facebook has confirmed that cryptic post is authentic and that was published just before the killing
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spree began. so the police now investigating the awful possibility that the driver didn't randomly hit pedestrians as he ploughed down this pavement behind me, but that he was actually targeting women. nick, many thanks for the latest there. nick bryant, our correspondent there in toronto. valproate, an epilepsy drug that can damage unborn babies, should no longer be prescribed to women and girls of child—bearing age unless they are made fully aware of the risks. that's the latest advice from the mhra, the uk's medicines regulator. it's thought that around 20,000 children in the uk have been left with disabilities caused by valproate, which was introduced band in the 19705. it carries a 10% risk of physical abnormalities, which can reach 40% for autism and learning disabilities for babies in the womb. from now on, only patients who sign a form, saying
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they recognise the dangers, will be given the drug, as our health editor, hugh pym, explains. 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 risks. i would not have had my child. you know, i would have looked at adoption and fostering orfocused on a career. he's a very happy child, i love him to bits, but the disabilities that he has, are challenges that he didn't have to be born with. i have to do my timestables. she hopes today's new regulations for the use of valproate will protect women in future. absolutely delighted. you know, this is a change to the licence, which really does not happen very often. the mhra have taken this seriously. it's four decades too late for many people. it was four decades ago
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when potential problems with valproate first emerged. a series of reports and academic articles in the 19805 and ‘90s highlighted the risks to pregnant women. by 2013, the medical regulator, the mhra, was issuing warnings about birth defects associated with the drug. but the following year, natasha wasn't alerted to any of these risks before she became pregnant. her son alfie has delayed development, which has affected his speech. i've been let down by my gp and also anyone else that i was under the care of. i even saw a neurologist while i was carrying alfie, and he didn't tell me the risks, even though obviously it would have been too late, he still didn't tell me the risks. two years after alfie was born, clear warnings were put on all the drug packaging and gps were issued with a series of guidelines.
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but now the regulator has changed the licence for valproate, which means any doctor prescribing it will have to ensure female patients are put on what they're calling a ‘pregnancy prevent programme'. this means women will regularly discussed risks to an unborn baby with their gp and sign an acknowledgment form annually and be advised to use contraception and have regular pregnancy tests. valproate is an effective treatment for epilepsy, but even late last year a survey revealed that many women were still not aware of the official warnings about the drug. we were devastated because an astonishing 70% of women at that time, who were taking sodium valproate, had not received or heard of the materials that had been issued. a really significant 20% had no clue that this drug, that they were currently taking, could harm their unborn baby. emma and other campaigners want to know why it's taken so long for the dangers to be highlighted. they hope an official review, now under way, will provide answers. hugh pym, bbc news.
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figures for the last financial year show that government borrowing fell to its lowest annual level for 11 years. the office for national statistics says borrowing fell by 5.5 billion to £a2.6 billion. 0ur economics editor, kamal ahmed, is here with the details. today's figures were welcomed by the chancellor and also present a challenge for the government. if we go back to 1997, the public finances were in such good shape the government spent less than it received in taxes, creating what's called a surplus. butjusy look at how quickly those figures soured. the financial crisis led to high levels of borrowing, and the conservatives pledged to bring the numbers back under control. we entered the age of austerity. is that now drawing to a close, as borrowing falls to £a2.6 billion, that's well below what was forecast?
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if we look at the government's day—to—day spending — that's stripping out investment spending on things like new roads — the government is already running a surplus of £100 million. now, that's small, but it's the first time that's happened since 2002. and here's the dilemma foer hammond. with the better figures, does he start spending more on public services like health? cabinet colleagues might like him to. and labour is demanding he does, they accuse the government of failing on the economy, or does he save it for possible a rainy day ahead. the chancellor is a cautious man and one of the original architects of austerity. he may have a little bit more money to play with, how he will use it may only become clear in the budget — and that's not until the autumn. huw. kamal, many thanks against. kamal ahmed, our economics editor
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there. a high courtjudge has rejected the latest application from the parents of the severely ill boy alfie evans to allow him to travel abroad for treatment. the judge said his decision "represented the final chapter in the case of this extraordinary little boy." alfie who's nearly two years old has a degenerative neurological condition and is being cared for at alder hey hospital in liverpool. doctors say further treatment would be "unkind and inhumane" as our correspondent, danny savage, reports. alfie evans' father says his son was taken off life support treatment late last night, but after breathing on his own for several hours, lawyers from the christian legal centre again asked the judge to allow alfie to be taken to italy for treatment. if they either let me go to italy or to at least give me the grace and the dignity to take him home to share whatever days or weeks that he may remain. so, i think the doctors now need to sit down amongst themselves and say would it be the right thing, and is there a way out of this for us.
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tom evans met the pope last week to ask for help. alfie's family want his treatment and life to continue. last night, the pontiff tweeted his support stating, "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 granted." at the court hearing this evening, a judge ruled that taking alfie abroad was not in his best interests. the judge said that the hospital and alfie's parents must now discuss his end of life care, either here at alder hey, in a hospice or possibly even at home. staff here say a hostile atmosphere, from some of alfie's supporters, isn't helping. they are trying to do their best for him. all of the things that they can do to support alfie, in terms of his wellbeing, will be done, but they're supportive measures rather than new treatments or cures at this stage. tonight, alfie's father suggested another court hearing will take place. alfie's fighting, so i'm
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going to remain at his bedside with his mum all night, and i'm going to fight. he is not giving up his legal battle to get his son moved out of the country. danny savage, bbc news, liverpool. a senior bbc executive has told the high court that he has no concerns about the broadcasting of images taken from a helicopter during a police search of sir cliff richard's home in 2014. sir cliff is suing the bbc for invasion of privacy, following an allegation of sexual assault, which did not lead to sir cliff being arrested or charged. our special correspondent, lucy manning, reports. morning. reporter: good morning, sir. 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‘s head of news—gathering, jonathan munro, told the court he didn't have any concerns about pictures the bbc broadcast of the police raid using the helicopter. south yorkshire police have confirmed that they're searching
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a property in 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 in 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 through 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. would you like to comment?" "not particularly," mr munro replied. what is the latest there, dan? well, the police search is still going on here... reporter dan johnson,
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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 had 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. a century after millions of women won the right to vote in the uk, a statue of one of the leading equality campaigners has been unveiled in parliament square at westminster. the statue of millicent fawcett
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is the first of a woman to be installed in parliament square, the other eleven statues are of men, as our political correspondent vicki young reports. prime ministers, presidents, civil rights leaders, 11 famous figures, who all have their place in this square overlooking parliament. 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 votes. the idea for this statue came from an activist and writer, who was prompted into action during a jog through westminster. 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. less than 3% of british statues feature a woman who actually existed. millicent fawcett started petitioning for women's right to vote in 1866, gathering signatures
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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 that women arejust as good as men and we can do incredible things as well. 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.
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vicki young, bbc news, westminster. liverpool have been playing the italian side roma at anfield tonight in the first leg of their champions league semi—final. but before the match there were scenes of violence outside the stadium as our sports editor dan roan reports. these are the occasions that anfield relishes above all others, even the unrelenting rain unable to dampen the supporters' spirits. although the behaviour of a group of roma fans who attacked some of the home supporters before kick—off tarnished the build—up and will no doubt lead to questions for the authorities. having seen off the might of premier league champions manchester city here three weeks ago, the hosts went into the game as favourites. liverpool's exhilarating european adventure has owed much to the spectacular form of mo salah. and once again, the egyptian delivered in stunning style.
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this the 42nd and possibly the best goal of a remarkable season. ten minutes later, the striker celebrating being named player of the year this week by doubling his team's lead. salah — simply unstoppable. if the italians thought half—time would bring some relief, they were badly mistaken. the conquerors of barcelona overwhelmed, as sadio mane added a third. and then roberto firmino two more, roma's defence in ruins.

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