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tonight at 10: donald trump warns of "very severe consequences" if the iranians restart their nuclear programme. in tehran — protests in the streets, after america withdrew from the nuclear deal signed three years ago, prompting much anger. translation: the president of america made some silly and superficial comments on the nuclear deal and threatened the people of iran. mr trump, i tell you on behalf of the iranian people, you are mistaken. at the white house, mr trump gave this response to iran's threat to return to its nuclear ambitions. i would advise iran not start their nuclear programme — i would advise them very strongly. if they do, there will be very severe consequence. but the british government says it has no intention of walking away from the international deal with iran. we'll have the latest. also tonight... three american citizens detained in north korea have been released in advance
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of the forthcoming summit between the two countries. bmw is recalling more than 300,000 cars, because of the risk of a serious electrical fault. medical experts say the treatment of some cancer patients in the nhs is being held up by visa restrictions. deux, un... and, we report on galileo — the european satellite navigation system, and why brexit could affect britain's involvement. and later in the hour, we will have sportsday with all the latest reports and features from the bbc sports centre. good evening.
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president trump has warned of severe consequences if iran restarts its nuclear programme, following the us decision last night to abandon the nuclear deal signed in 2015. britain and other european states have been united in their opposition to mr trump's decision. the nuclear pact, signed three years ago, involved iran and six other countries — including the us, the uk, china and russia. iran agreed to limit its nuclear activities and allow international inspections, in return for the lifting of economic sanctions. britain has today challenged president trump to offer new plans to limit iran's nuclear ambitions, as our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. in iran, there's a ritual way of denouncing the united states, but today they chose to do it on the floor of their parliament, burning the us flag and shouting "death to america". the country's supreme leader, ali khamenei, denounced
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president trump for abandoning the deal iran struck to curb its nuclear programme in return for lifted sanctions. but he warned that iran would leave the deal too, unless european countries guaranteed their trade. translation: if you can get a guarantee that we can put confidence in, then you can continue. if you don't succeed in obtaining a definitive guarantee, and i really doubt that you can, at that moment we cannot continue like this. in the commons, the foreign secretary told mps that, like france, germany, russia and china, the uk would try to salvage what remained. britain has no intention of walking away. instead, 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,
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in accordance with the central bargain of the deal. today, the un watchdog, the international atomic energy agency, confirmed that iran's nuclear facilities were complying with the terms of the deal. but european leaders said iran must do more to restrict its behaviour in the middle east, and the us must explain how. translation: we know that this deal is only finding solutions for a limited space of time. that's why we have to talk with iran about what happens after that. how can we make sure that there isjust a civil and no military nuclear programme? for this deal to survive, britain and its allies are going to have to persuade european businesses to keep trading with iran, despite the risks. they're going to have to persuade iran that that trade is valuable, it means jobs and investment, and they're going to have to persuade the us not to enforce those sanctions too harshly. well, none of that is going to be easy. not least when president
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trump is so defiant. he told his cabinet, iran will have to negotiate, or something will happen. 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, 0k? today, president putin used a military parade in moscow to discuss the crisis with the israeli president. much will depend now on whether russia and china can agree a common position with the europeans on how much to confront the us and how much to engage with iran. james landale, bbc news. as we heard, iran's supreme leader has hinted that his country could restart its nuclear programme, a move that would bring a further escalation in the already volatile relationship with the us. the re—imposition of economic sanctions would badly damage the iranian ecomony, which has only recently started reovering from previous sanctions.
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my colleague rana rahimapour of bbc perians is here to tell us more about the reaction in tehran. almost three years ago, when the nuclear deal was signed, there was a renewed sense of hope for many in iran that it might lead to a better future, but donald trump repeatedly called it a bad deal, and he's named a few major reasons. one was the deal was time limited and was going to expire within ten or 15 years. that meant that iran could eventually resume enrichment of nuclear fuel. but in scrapping it altogether, enrichment could resume much sooner. he also said the deal doesn't contain iran's ballistic missile programme, which is a worry shared by some in israel. and iran's influence in the region wasn't limited. something the president now wants to see. everything that the west is worried about iran, its ballistic missiles, its role in the region, its support for hezbollah, those are going to be much more difficult to manage now that
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iran is outside the deal than when iran was inside it. secondly, once you end the deal, the nuclear issue becomes actually your top priority in dealing with iran again, which means those other issues that has been worrying the west will now go to the end of the line. harsh sanctions imposed by the west hit the economy badly. after the deal was signed in 2015, the economy began to grow, in part because iran could export oil again. but fears for the future have seen growth forum and iranian currency lose more than half of its value. today i've been speaking to people in iran and they tell me they are worried. they are concerned about going back to the dark years of sanctions when goods rose and people can get some goods rose and people can get some goods like imported medicines. even without sanctions our economy worst
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terrible and with this decision i don't know what will happen. all my friends want to leave iran. this is not a place we want to stay in. we predicted this decision but in any case i am sad because it will have a bad effect on our economy. we are living in hope and i hope that our european allies and our leaders will ta ke european allies and our leaders will take decisions to isolate the us and limit the damage to our country. this was a gathering in the capital tehran earlier today, in front of what used to be the us embassy. these anti—american ha rdline opponents of the president are criticising him for trusting the americans. the failure of the deal is going to give the upper hand to the radicals. by pulling out of the deal, president trump has dealt a blow to all the moderate iranians who want to engage with the world and see their country opening up. huw. many thanks. that, the latest
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reaction to the events in tehran today. what about the reaction in europe? some eu companies moved quickly to invest in iran after the deal was agreed in 2015, but what happens now? our business editor simonjack is with me. simon, how will this potentially affect british companies? the killer sanctions are the ones which prohibits us companies doing business with those firms who are also doing business with iran. let me give you some examples, airbus employs 111,000 people in the uk. they had a deal of $20 billion to supply 100 planes to iran bust up if they want to keep selling planes in they want to keep selling planes in the us, that deal looks dead. total, $5 billion deal overfive the us, that deal looks dead. total, $5 billion deal over five years, they have a big presence in the us, they have a big presence in the us, they may have to rethink their problems. shell had outlined deals with iran. the iranian state oil company owns half of the gas field in the north sea which supplies 5% of uk's gas, said the secondary
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sanctions, if you like, are very confiscated. borisjohnson and others said they want to keep this deal alive. a partnerfor international trade to carry on as if nothing happened but they also say, how uk companies act is a legal decision for that company. it is very unlikely companies will run the risk of incurring the rat, the penalty or lack of business with the world's biggest economy. with that economic benefit, iran might be the one that thinks what is the point? and they may walk. simon jack, thank you. the other focus of president trump's policy of dealing with the nuclear ambitions of certain states is north korea. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has been on another visit to pyongyang — the second in 6 weeks — ahead of a planned summit between president trump and kim jong—un. mr pompeo is flying back with three american citizens who were released from detention in north korea. 0ur correspondent nick bryant is at the white house. were these releases expected and
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what do they tell us about the pace of change in this relationship? what do they tell us about the pace of change in this relationship7m was the kind of goodwill gesture that would have been expected. the americans surely made it a precondition ahead of the summit, no detainees, no meeting. right on cue, as donald trump announce those detainees were in the air fly back to america he also said a day and venue to america he also said a day and venue had been decided for the summit, although he hasn't told us yet what it is. there has been a mood of celebration here at the white house today. they haven't been fretting about the european response to the withdrawal from the iranian deal but revelling in the release of those hostages. donald trump will travel in the middle of the night to the airbase where they will touch down to welcome them home, the kind of made for television moment that appeals to the tv star of his personality. but whilst it is so deeply emblematic, flesh and blood proof that his unconventional approach to international diplomacy
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works. many thanks. our correspondent at the white house. bmw is to recall more than 300,000 cars in the uk because of concerns that they could have dangerous electrical faults. the german carmaker‘s decision follows an investigation by the bbc programme watchdog live. 36,000 bmws were recalled in the uk last year because of safety fears. the company has denied trying to mislead regulators about the extent of the problems, as our correspondent victoria fritz explains. christmas morning, 2016. a bmw car lost all power and the man behind swerved into a tree to avoid the stationary vehicle and was killed. last week an inquest into the death of the man revealed bmw had known about the electrical fault for years, and the driver and vehicle standards agency had asked the manufacturer to conduct a widescale safety recall. in the same month, this man's diesel three
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series cut out completely whilst he was driving. i just 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 looks like the cable had burned out and no current was passing through to the fuse box. an engineer told watchdog that the damage to the connector between the cable and the fuse box can cause an engine to cut out. over 300,000 bmw vehicles will now be recalled in britain. that will cover petrol and diesel, 1 and 3 series, as well as the 211 and x1 models — all manufactured between 2007 and 2011. bmw says it will be contacting owners of potentially affected vehicles in the next three weeks. 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
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consumer confidence in a brand that prides itself on reliability. but the problems don't end there. last november, bmw recalled nearly 700,000 of its series 3 models in the united states, cars that burst into flames whilst parked up and switched off. bmw is now investigating whether cars in other countries could also be affected. victoria fritz, bbc news. the bbc understands that a settlement has been reached in the case between abdel hakim belhaj and the uk government. mr belhaj — a libyan — had been pursuing a civil action alleging british complicity in his rendition to libya, where he says he was tortured under colonel gaddafi's regime. mr belhaj now lives in istanbul. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera is there. tell us more about this? he is expected to speak here in istanbul
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tomorrow, whilst in parliament we are expecting a statement from the attorney general. that should bring to an end a long—running and damaging episode for the british government and especially the british secret service, m i abdel hakim belhaj six. was picked up in asia in 2004 and transferred or rendered by the cia, but based on intelligence from britain, along with him was his pregnant wife. he said he was then tortured in libya by libyan officials but also questioned by british officials. he has launched a long—running legal campaign selling not just has launched a long—running legal campaign selling notjust the british government but jack straw, was foreign secretary at the time and sirmark allan, was foreign secretary at the time and sir mark allan, with a senior mi6 officer. he said he didn't want a financial settlement but an apology an admission of liability. tomorrow we will find out if he gets one. thank you. a brief look at some of the day's other other news stories... two fairground workers have been found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence after a seven—year—old girl died
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on a bouncy castle at a fair in essex in 2016. summer grant suffered multiple injuries after the inflatable was caught by wind and blew away while she was inside it. william thurston and his wife shelby will be sentenced next month. 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. the high court has heard the closing arguments in the case brought by sir cliff richard against the bbc. the entertainer is suing the bbc for invasion of privacy over coverage of a police search of his home in 2014, following allegations of sexual assault. sir cliff was never arrested or charged. the verdict is expected at a later date. medical experts say the treatment of some cancer patients in the nhs is being held up by visa restrictions.
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they say a shortage of counsellors, who advise people at risk of developing hereditary conditions, is being made worse because applicants from outside the eu are being refused visas. 0ur health editor hugh pym has the story. she had an nhsjob in a role with growing importance in cancer prevention, but steph wasn't allowed to stay in the uk. she couldn't review her visa and has had to go back home to new zealand. before she left, she told me how she felt when she got news her visa wouldn't be updated. it was really disappointing to get confirmation. i really enjoy working here and i really enjoy myjob 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
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explained why the work of a genetic counsellor is so important. 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 worse 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 a 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. but doctors say patients aren't getting care when they need it. the fact that we are unable to run safe cancer genetic
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services in this country, i think is awful. unequivocally, waits are getting longer, it varies depending on the 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. policing alone will not solve the wave of violent crime affecting the streets of london, according to the head of the murder squad, who said his officers would be ‘lawfully audacious' in stopping the violence, but that communities also needed to ‘step up and say enough‘s enough'. 0ur correspondent leila nathoo reports. i want you to understand you killed my son. whoever you sign up with. a
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mother in mourning. 17 years old. my son! furious her child was murdered because of a feud between rival gangs. she has led a march in memory of rhyhiem ainsworth barton in london two miles from her home, the territory of the group she thinks responsible for her son's death. rhyhiem ainsworth barton also went by the name gb. he was in a rap group. their rivals are known as own two. he was shot dead on saturday on the estate they lived in. it is heartbreaking. violence has been circling this community. shelley's
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son was stabbed when he was 15. he survived but she says she still fears for his life every time he leaves the house. you can only do so much. what happens on the outside, you can try to stop your child going outside. if there is nothing for them practical to do, the devil makes work for idle hands. they are putting themselves and other lives at risk. it does not need to be like that. there was a school board, catching points. scoring points! trying to hurt each other. success is the best form of revenge. they could have been successful with the music. i don't know. the ripples of rhyhiem ainsworth barton's killing reach across the area, families traumatised by what is happening. we are losing a generation. we are losing them if we do not intervene
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in the right way. stephan is working to make the streets safer. communities are scared to go out, kids are scared to go to school. you have to get for the. grassroots people in the battlefield, taking guns and knives off the streets. making the work happen. any change that comes will be too late for rhyhiem ainsworth barton and all the mothers and families dealing with death and violence but the hope that her son's murder will be the last community sees bring some comfort. an executive at the aerospace firm airbus has told a committee of mps that because of brexit its work on the european satellite navigation system — galileo — will have to be moved out of the uk, if it wins a new contract. the eu says it might have to block uk access to the encrypted part of the network after brexit. 0ur science editor david shukman has more details.
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deux, un... this is europe's biggest venture into space so far and britain has been playing the 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 working on this huge project now face being frozen out and this is happening even before britain leaves the eu next march. company bosses told mps today about new rules on contracts. one of the conditions in that bid documentation from the european space agency is that all work has to be led by a eu—based company from march 19th. and that means, he said, moving jobs to france and germany. and it is because of all this
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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 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? well, 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.
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nevertheless, if we were 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 with an uncertain outcome. david shukman, bbc news. the government's plans to transform child mental health services in england will fail a generation according to mps. it's thought that one in ten children in england aged between five and 16 has a diagnosable mental health condition. and many are not receiving help quickly enough. 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
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to the doctors about it and was told "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 to be referred or while someone
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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 and, you know, i think what tamana was saying earlier about our generation, ijust feel like we've drawn the short straw. i think the government needs to sit
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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. sir alex ferguson is out of intensive care, four days after surgery following a brain haemorrhage. the 76—year—old former manchester united manager will continue his recovery on a ward in hospital in salford. his family has thanked fans for their support. a major new exhibition at london's v&a museum aims to chart the ground—breaking designs, that might well define our existence in the years and decades to come.
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the future starts here brings together hundreds of objects, that are already redefining daily life, and even death. 0ur arts editor will gompertz went to explore. this is brett, a robot at the cutting edge of artificial intelligence research. the idea is he's supposed to do all those household chores that we can't be bothered to do, except he's not very good at them — and that is the opening message of this exhibition. that intelligent robots are coming, but they're still a long way off. but that's not stopping designers from making technology that they hope will elicit from us a human type emotional response. meetjibo. hey, jibo. i want to give you this flower. will you tell me a joke? sure, i've got one. what did the zero say to the eight? nice belt. that's an old joke. will you take my photograph, please? here we go. three, two, one. jibo's designed not just to give you information but to manipulate your feelings, whereas this piece of technology
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over here is designed to manipulate your body. you strap on these muscles into an area where maybe you're feeling a bit weaker and it actually gives you extra strength. and so this exhibition asks — as we integrate technology more and more into our daily lives, does it change what it actually means to be human? in fact, this show asks more questions about the future than it provides answers. take this state of the art driverless car, for example. are we happy to delegate those life—and—death decisions, which have to be made on the road, to what is basically a computer? and maybe even bigger than that, are we happy to give away liberties which we have fought for for generations to technology? and then, of course, there is the biggest question
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