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president trump warns iran there will be severe consequences if it restarts its nuclear programme. angry scenes in iran's parliament. mps burn a us flag after donald trump pulled america out of the iran nuclear deal. i would advise iran not to start their nuclear programme, i would advise them very strongly. if they do there will be very severe consequence. but european leaders say they won't walk away from the deal and are trying to salvage what they can. also tonight... bmw is recalling more than 300,000 cars in the uk, because of fears they could have dangerous electrical faults. the seven—year—old who died when a bouncy castle blew away. two fairground workers are found guilty of manslaughter. the cancer specialist who's been told to leave the uk, as doctors warn the lives of some patients are being put at risk by tighter immigration rules. and attacked by a crocodile. the bride who's lucky to be alive after losing her arm while out canoeing.
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coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news... another crunch match in the premier league. chelsea are chasing a top four finish but face a huddersfield side, who are looking to avoid relegation. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. president trump says there will be very severe consequences if iran restarts its nuclear programme. it follows his decision yesterday to withdraw from the 2015 iran nuclear deal. the move has left other countries including britain who've signed up to it trying to salvage what they can of the agreement. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, told mps that britain had no intention of walking away from the deal. the nuclear agreement was signed three years ago
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between iran and six other countries including the us, the uk and russia. iran agreed to limit its nuclear activities and allow in international inspectors, in return for the lifting of economic sanctions. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports. in iran there is a ritual way of denouncing the united states and today they took it to the floor of that parliament. burning the us flag and shouting death to america. the country's to pre—leader denounced president trump's decision to abandon the deal that iran struck to curb its nuclear programme in return for lifted sanctions. he warned that iran would leave the deal as well and less european countries guaranteed their trade. translation: if you can get a
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guaranteed we can be confident with them you can continue. if you do not succeed in obtaining a definitive guarantee, and i really doubt that you can, at that moment we cannot continue like this. he knows that many in iran believed the nuclear deal never provided the economic benefits they were promised. 0n the streets of tehran people were worried about what the crisis would mean for them. the first feeling i got was that i should not stay here any more. even when we did not have sanctions, our economy was terrible. with this decision i do not know what will happen. we are living in hope and i hope our leaders will ta ke hope and i hope our leaders will take decisions to limit damage to out take decisions to limit damage to our country. in the commons the foreign secretary tried to reassure the iranian people. promising to stand by the deal. britain has no intention of walking away. instead
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we will cooperate with the other parties to ensure that while iran continues to restrict its nuclear programme, then its people will benefit from sanctions relief in accordance with the centre of bargain of the deal. today the un watchdog the international atomic energy aid and the confirmed iran's nuclear facilities were complying with the terms of the deals of the leaders believe iran must do more to restrict its behaviour in the middle east and the us must explain how. translation: we know bits deal is only finding solutions for a limited space of time that that is why we have to talk with iran about what happens after that. agree make sure there is a civil and not military programme will stop —— how can we make sure. they will have to persuade iran that trade is valuable
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and means jobs and persuade iran that trade is valuable and meansjobs and investment. they will have to persuade the us not to enforce sanctions to harshly. none of that will be seen. but that will not stop supporters of the deal from trying. today the russian president used moscow's victory parade to lobby the prime minister. there will be more discussions in london in coming days. the eu wants to extend its firms from us sanctions but few expect president trump to bend because he believes the financial freedom of the nuclear deal allowed iran to fund its hostile behaviour in syria and yemen. he told his cabinet iran will have to negotiate or something will happen. cabinet iran will have to negotiate or something will happenli cabinet iran will have to negotiate or something will happen. i will advise iran not to use dart the nuclear programme. i would advise them very strongly. —— not to start full if they do there will be very severe consequence. this may not be the first time the us has been
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denounced on the streets of around that it denounced on the streets of around thatitis denounced on the streets of around that it is rare in the echoes have been heard in the capitals of europe. bashes macro on the streets of iran. 0ur north america correspondent, nick bryant, is at the white house. president trump told reporters iran would negotiate or something would happen. not clear what he means? these were off—the—cuff, impromptu remarks. i cannot offer any clarity what he meant by that. i am not sure he can either usually when us presidents talk about very severe consequences they are raised in the spectre of military action. there is no suggestion that is in the offing. this. trump being donald trump. he believes that an conventional approach to diplomacy is working. that reminded me of his fire and fury comments directed towards north korea. he thinks they worked there and it looks like he is playing the same kind of play but now with iran. meanwhile in north korea, three
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american prisoners have been released as a goodwill gesture, according to the president. there has been a mood of celebration. they have not been overly concerned about european reaction to the iran deal and have not been threatening about the global response. they have been celebrating the news of the release of these detainees. donald trump will make them when they touched down in washington. it is the kind of made—for—tv moment that appeals to the reality tv side of his personality. he will was also asked whether he deserved a nobel peace prize this morning. donald trump said everyone was saying that that he said the price he was looking for was victory for the world. bmw is recalling more than 300,000 vehicles in the uk because of potential electrical faults. it follows an investigation by the bbc‘s consumer programme, "watchdog live" which found that the engines of some cars could cut out completely whilst they are being driven. bmw will begin sending letters to owners who are affected within the next few weeks,
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as our transport correspondent, victoria fritz, reports. christmas morning, 2016. a man swerved into a tree and was killed on a busy a road in surrey. the reason? he was trying to avoid the bmw ahead that had lost all power due to an electrical fault. the inquest into the death of naryan gurung last week revealed that bmw and the driver and vehicle standards agency had both known about this fault for years before the fatal crash. in the same month, mwape kambafwile's diesel 3—series cut out completely while he was driving. ijust thought to myself, if i was driving on a motorway, i had my family in the car, that could have been very dangerous. i took it to bmw the next day. they called me to say they had found a fault. it looked like the cable had burned out and no current was passing through to the fuse box. watchdog asked an independent
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engineer to take a look at the damaged power cable. when we look at the connector, you can see discolouration on the end, which indicates overheating. it is not fit to do the job it has been produced for. over 300,000 bmw vehicles will now be recalled in britain. that will cover petrol and diesel, i and 3 series, as well as the 24 and x1 models. all were manufactured between 2007 and 2011. bmw says it will be contacting all affected customers within the next three weeks with advice on how the recall will be carried out. for years, bmw has been telling us it is the ultimate driving machine but this recall is ten times bigger than the one it had originally planned and that is likely to dent consumer confidence in a brand that prides itself on reliability. and its problems don't end there.
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last november, bmw recalled nearly 700,000 of its 3 series in the united states, cars that burst into flames while parked up and switched off. there has been no safety recall for vehicles here but bmw is now investigating whether cars in other countries could be affected. victoria fritz, bbc news. and you can see that full report on watchdog tonight at 8 o'clock, here on bbc one. two fairground workers have been found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence, after a seven—year—old girl died on a bouncy castle in essex two years ago. summer grant suffered multiple injuries after the inflatable was caught by a gust of wind and blew away while she was inside it. william thurston, and his wife shelby, will be sentenced next month. jo black reports. seven—year—old summer grant was on a day out to an easter funfair with her family. she was playing on an inflatable known as a circus superdome. but, just a few minutes
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before she was due to get off, it flew to the air while she was still inside. the court heard that the circus superdome blew from its moorings and bounced around 300 metres down the park, hitting a tree, before it came to a rest. summer died from her injuries. that easter saturday was cold and windy. the court was told the inflatable should only have been operated in wind speeds up to 2a miles an hour. but that on the day of the accident the attraction remained open despite gusts of more than 35 miles an hour. the couple responsible for the inflatable that day, william and shelby thurston, told police it was caught by a sudden gust of wind. they said they had been monitoring the weather and planned to deflate the dome, but thought summer should be allowed the chance to finish her turn. the couple were also accused of failing to anchor the dome to the ground adequately.
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the thurstons put profit before safety. they had a huge weight on their shoulders and that was for the safety of children, other people's loved ones. at summer's school in norwich, teachers and classmates have created a garden in her memory. summer was a really lovely little girl. she brought joy to everybody's day, she was very kind and considerate. she was a bit cheeky at times, like all children are. but she was fun and she is missed by everybody. two years on, summer's family and friends say they remain heartbroken at the loss of a bright and loving little girl. jo black, bbc news. the lives of some cancer patients are being put at risk because of immigration rules — that's according to specialist doctors. they have told the bbc that the nhs is struggling to recruit health professionals who can identify people at risk of hereditary cancer
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and other serious conditions. they say workers from abroad are now having problems getting visas because the immigration rules have tightened. our health editor, hugh pym, reports. she had an nhsjob in a role with growing importance in cancer prevention but steph was not allowed to stay in the uk. she was refused a visa and has had to go back home to new zealand. before she left, she told me how she felt when she got news that her visa would not be updated. it was really disappointing to get confirmation. i really enjoy working here and i really enjoy my job and would like to continue doing it. but, unfortunately, i can't without a visa. steph is a genetic counsellor. this involves identifying patients who might be at risk of developing hereditary cancers and other diseases and then discussing their options — including pre—emptive surgery. this leading breast cancer surgeon explained why the work of the genetic
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counsellor is so important. nhs should have enough number of clinical genetics teams because, if we don't, then there will be women who are at risk, who could potentially be prevented from getting cancer, end up developing cancer and unnecessarily going through major treatment and possibly the worst outcome. genetic medicine experts say there is a workforce shortage and visa rules are making things worse. there's a migrant cap on the number of workers in the uk allowed to come in from outside the eu. nurses and some doctors are given priority on the shortage occupation list but many other health professionals, including genetic counsellors, are not on the list and more likely to be turned down. the home office said the list was set following advice from the independent migration advisory committee and kept under regular review. doctors in the field say
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patient care is being compromised because of recruitment problems. the fact that we are unable to run safe cancer genetic services in this country, i think is awful. unequivocally, waits are getting longer. it varies, depending on hospital trust, and where you are in the uk but we are aware now of at least one trust that is about to have three empty positions. steph's employer is holding herjob open in case she is successful with another visa application but it may well be that her skills are lost to the nhs. hugh pym, bbc news. the time is 6:15pm. our top story this evening. in iran's parliament, mps burn a us flag as donald trump warns there will be severe consequences if it restarts its nucelar programme. and still to come. why brexit is causing britain to have a major rethink on satellite technology. coming up on sportsday in the next
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15 minutes on bbc news, one of the biggest wins of his career. the british number one kyle edmund knocks novak djokovic out of the madrid 0pen. anxiety, depression, eating disorders — they're just some of the mental health issues affecting thousands of children and young people nowadays. and mps are warning that mental health plans are "failing a generation". it's thought that one in ten children in england aged between five and 16 has a diagnosable mental health condition. the government's trying to ensure children get medical help within four weeks, as well as more access to mental health support in schools. but a committee of mps has branded the plans "unambitious", and said they wouldn't provide help to most of the children who need it. 0ur social affairs correspondent alison holt has been speaking to three young women whose lives have been affected by mental health issues. i was 13 when i first went to the doctors about it and was told
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"you have anxiety and depression" and sort of shuffled out. i got put on a waiting list for counselling, but actually the waiting list took so long that things had got a lot worse by that point. theyjust didn't take me seriously enough, they kind of ushered me out of the room as if i wasn't important and kind of blamed it on being a teenager, growing up, and hormones. jenny, cat and tamana all struggled with mental health issues as children. each asked for help and each feels that they were let down. for them, the biggest issue highlighted in today's report by mps is that the government's plans to improve children's mental health services won't happen quickly enough for those who need support now. to say that some areas will have this by 2025 isn't enough. "some areas" isn't good enough. that long of a time isn't good enough, that is skipping almost a whole generation of young people that need help and support now. i don't think there is enough support while someone is waiting
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to be referred or while someone is waiting for a phone call or appointment. it does feel like there's so much talking about mental health at the moment, but no action. it is a lot about kind of speaking out and feeling 0k, feeling like it's ok to reach out for help. and yet, you know, we have people reaching out for help and then being told that they can't have any help. so the government would say that it is going to transform services for young people with mental health issues. i don't believe it. that is my response. they are out of touch, they don't understand at all the pressures that young people are facing today because they didn't exist when they were in school, when they were leaving school looking for work. all three of you sound angry. we are angry because this is our lives and our friends' lives. and we're sick and tired of being told that we are on another six or nine month waiting list before we can get any help. you only get one life
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and, you know, ithink what tamana was saying earlier about our generation, ijust feel like we've drawn the short straw. i think the government needs to sit up and actually listen, listen to the young people, listen to the professionals, listen to the experts, and actually realise that this plan is not good enough at all. they are now taking part in a new youth access campaign to ensure young people are more involved in designing the services they need. the government rejects the criticisms of its plans and insists there will be extra money and staff to provide the right sort of support for children when they need it. alison holt, bbc news. the university of warwick has suspended 11 male students, after racial insults and jokes about rape were used in a group conversation online. copies of the messages have been submitted to officials as evidence, after three formal complaints were made. the university said it would not comment until its investigation was complete. galileo — it's europe's global satellite navigation system. it's the eu's equivalent of gps and it'll be used for everything from satnavs and mobile phones
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to rescue services and the military. the uk played a major role in developing it, but there's a big question over what access we will have to it after brexit. the eu's threatening to stop us using it once we leave. so now the government is considering developing britain's own system. here's our science editor, david shukman. deux, un... decollage. this is europe's biggest venture into space so far and britain has been playing a key role. the rockets have been launching satellites made by british engineers. the spacecraft, when they reach orbit, are designed to provide a system of navigation and highly accurate timing. but the constellation of satellites known as galileo is now caught up in brexit. the british firms that have been winning orders for this huge project now face being frozen out and this is happening even before britain leaves the eu next march. company bosses gave
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evidence to mps today. there is strong anecdotal evidence that we are, you know, concrete cases from time to time, where we see that companies in other countries are winning business that we have not been invited to bid for. one of the conditions in that bid documentation from the european space agency is that all work has to be led by an eu—based company from march 19. and that means, he said, moving jobs to france and germany. and it is because of all this that the government is considering building a british satellite navigation system, going it alone in space. this company, surrey satellite technology, has made the key parts of the galileo spacecraft and it could do the same for britain. if britain does go ahead and launch its own satellite navigation system, it will be run from a place like this and the feeling in the space industry is that the idea is perfectly feasible but it would be
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a massive undertaking. each satellite would cost about £35 million and to make the network function you would need about 30 of them altogether. the total cost of that? anything from £2—5 billion. at stake are hundreds of high—techjobs. the galileo contracts are worth millions and valuable future work is also in the pipeline. sharing the burden of a big and complex system like this with european partners is the most cost—effective way to proceed. nevertheless, if we were able, not able to participate in that, then having a sovereign capability would be a considerable fillip to uk industry. for the government, there is a big security angle. galileo has a special, highly accurate signal for the military and emergency services. but the eu says britain won't be allowed to receive it. in return, britain is saying it will restrict access to ground stations in remote places like the falkland islands. it is a war of words
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with an uncertain outcome. david shukman, bbc news. madame tussauds has revealed its waxwork of soon—to—be royal bride meghan markle. she joins the rest of the royal family on display at the london attraction and she's been placed next to a re—styled figure of her groom, prince harry. in the waxwork, meghan is wearing a replica of her engagement ring. the display opens to the public on may 19th, the day of the royal wedding. a lorry has overturned on a polish motorway, spilling 2a tonnes of liquid chocolate across six lanes of traffic in both directions. rescue officials said the chocolate was solidifying as it cooled on the main highway between warswaw and berlin and would require large amounts of hot water to clear away. a woman who was attacked by a crocodile in zimbabwe just days before she was due to get married says she's lucky to be alive. the 25—year—old was in a canoe with herfiance from kent
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when the crocodile bit her and tore off one of her arms. but she refused to delay her wedding and the couple were married just days later in a hospital chapel, as shingai nyoga reports. 0n on her big day but it was at the wedding she had in mind. the tee had planned to marry the 5th of may but took a quick pre—wedding honeymoon. —— the two had planned. they took the picture before theyjumped on the picture before theyjumped on the dinghy. it took us at least... a couple of seconds to realise that this is actually a real crocodile, like this is really happening, yeah. we both got into the water when the boat deflated, then it grabbed my arm and it pulled me down. then when i was getting loose it would grab my arm again and pull me down. so it bit me at least three times on this arm. then here ijust had a little bite here on my thumb, yeah. so my first thought was i was going to die
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because the water was now bloody. but then after a while just thought, no, let me just fight. so ijust kind of hung in there until the tour guides were able to save me and get me onto their canoe. she was airlifted to a private hospital in bulawayo, her right arm amputated, and her left arm, she would discover, was broken, too. but five days later, they pushed ahead with their wedding. she dressed up in the hospital ward and was wheeled to the chapel. hers was the first wedding to be held in this tiny chapel, a place normally reserved for memorial services, on that day, this chapel was transformed into a place of celebration and triumph. the two are making plans to move zanele to britain to live with jamie, a volunteer with the national citizen service. the attack has given them a new appreciation of life. i could so easily have died in there and it is not everyday people
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survive crocodile attacks. so i think i'm just grateful to be alive. so every day i wake up and i'm happy because i'm alive, yeah. it's just been great. time for a look at the weather. here's phil avery. not a bad day if you are far enough to the south and east in the british isles because you had some warmth and blue skies, a bit of cloud in the way of the sunshine but generally speaking, the further north and west you were, skies were at least like that and for some recently it has been raining across a good part of scotland, through northern ireland but the rain has just about cleared the east coast now and it is now a bit of a bother across the west of england and wales. for the most part, light and patchy. gradually through the evening, it still will be a fine one ahead of that weather front and increasingly behind it, i think we
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will see a fair amount of cloud and rain associated with that front but not getting into the far east until after dark. certainly into the small hours, 6—10, something of that order, not the coldest night but underneath clear skies, temperatures well down into single figures and thatis well down into single figures and that is thursday. a bit of doubt about how quickly the rain will get away from the south—eastern quarter but when it has quit the scene, a ridge of high pressure will dominate and there will be essentially a dry day with broken sunshine around, just a chance further north into northern ireland and maybe parts of scotla nd northern ireland and maybe parts of scotland that we could see a passing shower on the breeze but even here, you get the sense you could well be in with a chance of staying dry, 10-17, in with a chance of staying dry, 10—17, no more than 20 like we have seen 10—17, no more than 20 like we have seen of late. friday is looking like a bit ofa seen of late. friday is looking like a bit of a repeat of today, to tell the truth, it will start dry for many and then another set of weather fronts coming to the western side of the british isles. if you need a bit of dry weather, it has to be further east where it will stay dry for most
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of the day and temperatures, as you can see, 11—18. a reminder of our main story. angry scenes in iran's parliament as mps bernie us flag after donald trump withdrew america from the iran nuclear deal. —— burn a us flag. he has warned there will be severe consequences if tehran restart its nuclear programme. that's all from the bbc news at six. 0n bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. this is bbc news.
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our latest headlines: anger in iran's parliament, as donald trump withdraws from the nuclear deal. european leaders have spoken out, in a bid to save the agreement. north korea has released three us citizens from detention following a second visit to the country by us secretary of state mike pompeo. bmw is recalling more than 300,000 cars in the uk, after safety concerns were raised in a bbc investigation. two fairground workers are found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence after the death of a seven—year—old girl on a bouncy castle. in a moment, it will be time for sportsday but, first, a look
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at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. at seven o'clock — can the europeans save the iran nuclear deal, after president trump rejected it? beyond 100 days speaks to the uk's former national security adviser, sir mark lyall grant. at 8:20pm, we'll be taking a closer look at a report which says young people with mental health conditions don't get enough support. we'll speak to nicholas scarr, whose daughter, mimi, died after suffering an eating disorder as a teenager. and at 10:40pm, we'll take a first look at tomorrow's headlines in the papers. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday.
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