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the biggest train timetable change for a generation causes some disruption and delay. timetable change for a generation the changes affect thousands of trains on several lines. the rail industry says it's a huge challenge. please bear with us as we all get used to the new timetable. it will take time to bed in, but in the end the benefits will be enormous for passengers and the british economy. with commuters back on the network as the working week begins tomorrow morning. as the working week we'll be hearing from those affected. also tonight. from those affected. the designer who created the dress seen by millions says she felt part of a historic moment. the dress seen by millions says i think with meghan, she's just so modern and fresh and i think that was part of what she wanted to be. it really wanted to represent her. of what she wanted to be. in the path of a lava flow. of what she wanted to be. residents living near hawaii's of what she wanted to be. erupting volcano are urged to evacuate. you urged to evacuate. can hear it even from this distance. people who live nearby say at times their homes have been shaken by the sheer force
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of the eruptions. # we are liverpool, tra—la—la—la #. of the eruptions. and helping to find beds for fans of the eruptions. heading to the champions league final in kiev. good evening. rail passengers faced disruption today after major changes to timetables, described as the most significant for decades. described as the most one operator had to replace the new timetable with an emergency schedule but the industry says its working to reduce the impact on passengers. says its working to reduce more will be on the network tomorrow, as the working week begins. tomorrow, as the working week passenger groups have warned that some key commuter services will be adversely affected. some key commuter services sophie long reports. some key commuter services this service will remain on the platform... it is the biggest shake—up to services for a generation. more than 4 million
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trains across britain have been rescheduled. trains across britain arrival and departure times for all trains run by southern, great northern, thameslink, and gatwick express changed today. the plan is that services will be more frequent and more reliable but some passengers are saying theirjourneys will no longer be possible and they are dreading the expected disruption in the next few weeks as trains and crews are redeployed. emily lives in harpenden, a growing commuter town that relies on rail links with london. a growing commuter town that relies the train she normally catches every morning will no longer run. so how is this a major impact on your life? the next few weeks i had to arrange for extra childcare and it is a tight squeeze in the morning to drop off my kids, get to the station and get into london. i cannot take the risk going forward whether or not i will actually get on a train. going forward whether or not it is notjust about the extra cost of childcare, it is letting my children down.
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the extra cost of childcare, i work five days a week in london and my time with my kids is really precious. in london and my time emily is not the only one who is furious. it is appalling, we are paying £4,000 a year for better services and we keep hearing that our services are being transformed but they are being transformed for the worse so we are very angry about this and we will not take it lying down. one of the train lines involved is already experienced teething problems. involved is already all of the new trains running through are cancelled today. the industry says there will be short—term disruption but with long—term benefits. short—term disruption but with long-term benefits. we are having to try and change timetables to accommodate where there are more passengers. where there are bottlenecks. and that will involve some winners and losers and also
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involve some teething problems as the system is bedded in. tomorrow morning will be the real test. if past experience is anything to go by, i suspect it will be pretty grim. to go by, i suspect it it is fair to say a lot of people are not looking forward to their morning commute. are not looking forward a lot of people are not very fond of the mondays and the computer —— commuters i spoke to today are dreading tomorrow morning. you have to remember the sheer scale of the operation under way with 60% of the rail network being read time. it's not just commuters rail network being read time. it's notjust commuters to get their heads around this, it is train drivers, signallers, station staff as well. there will inevitably be some confusion. the message from the industry to night is to bear witness and in the long term everybody will benefit, but in the short—term, check the times before you travel sophie, thank you. the united states and china have put a potential trade war on hold, with officials agreeing to suspend plans to impose tariffs on each others goods. president trump had said in march
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that wanted to tax chinese steel and aluminium. that wanted to tax chinese beijing had threatened to retaliate. that wanted to tax chinese our business correspondent joe lynam is here. how joe lynam is here. is this to be averted? how joe lynam is here. is this to be averted? it's a case how is this to be averted? it's a case of two economic superpowers stepping back from the brink. donald trump might have said trade wars are easy to win but the reality is they are not. america have wanted to impose a 25% tariff on chinese steel and all steel around the world and the chinese would have retaliated and it would have spiralled out of control but the reason it didn't is because a delegation went to washington last week and agreed today to buy a whole lot more american produce, agricultural produce, pork, orange juice, whatever and oil and gas products from the us without any firm commitments though. it does seem to have done thejob commitments though. it does seem to have done the job as the americans have done the job as the americans have pulled back from the brink and put sanctions on hold as a threat if
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china does not meet its end to the bargain. it is extraordinary america thinks it needs to coerce major trading partners into buying its goods, but that is what it looks like for another —— many people. as for europe, there are still potential trade tariffs to steel products from britain. if donald trump goes ahead with it onjune one, europe says it will retaliate and a trade war could be back on. thank you. the woman who created the new duchess of sussex‘s wedding dress has revealed that the two of them worked closely together on the design. of them worked closely clare waight keller, the artistic director of givenchy, says she felt part of a historic moment and that her own family only found out she had made the dress on the morning of the wedding. our royal correspondent daniela relph has more. it was the big reveal, the first sight of the wedding dress. and behind the bride, straightening the five metres of veil, is clare waight keller, the british designer of the dress. she had kept fashion's big secret.
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the british designer of the dress. givenchy was not widely rumoured to be the fashion house to win the coveted project. to be the fashion house to win the aim was to always design a dress that was simple, sharp, and timeless. a dress that was simple, i think with meghan, she's so modern and fresh and i think that is part of what she wanted to be. it really wanted to represent her. of what she wanted to be. i wanted her to feel absolutely incredible in the dress and i also wanted her to feel like it was absolutely right for the occasion as well. like it was absolutely right forfive months, the dress was made in paris by a small team of people, many of whom who did not even know who the gown was for. all of those who worked with the bride yesterday described her as relaxed and unfazed by the scale of the event ahead of her. by the scale of the most beautiful moments. by the scale of the she is just so easy on that level, a loose kind of style and easy and not contrived, so. a loose kind of style and easy the wedding is likely to be one of the most watched tv events of the year.
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one of the most watched a peak audience of 13 million watched the bbc coverage. it is thought more than a billion watched globally. after sharing so much of their wedding day, the evening reception was a private affair. the couple drove through the grounds for a black—tie party nearby. the bride wore a new piece of jewellery, an emerald—cut aquamarine ring, a gift from her husband. it had come from the jewellery collection of his mother, diana, princess of wales. collection of his mother, the fireworks over the castle last night, one of the few clues as to what was happening inside. night, one of the few clues further hints came via social media. tennis player serena williams posting this video of herself on route to the party. posting this video of herself the duchess of sussex now has her own page on the royal family website. now has her own page she describes herself as a feminist. now has her own page the new duke and duchess of sussex will carry out their first public engagement as a married couple on tuesday.
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they will attend a garden party here at buckingham palace to celebrate the work of charities supported by the prince of wales. this afternoon, the bridal bouquet was laid on the grave of the unknown warrior at westminster abbey, a tradition dating back almost 100 years, after what was the most modern of royal weddings. the bbc understands the russian owner of chelsea football club, roman abramovich, has experienced delays in renewing his visa for the uk. has experienced delays the billionaire, who bought the club in 2003, missed yesterday's fa cup final win. the club in 2003, missed our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford is here. what daniel sandford is here. appears to have happened intriguing what appears to have happened? it's intriguing and i should say that romany abramovich‘s office say it's a personal matter and they won't comment on it but somebody close to the russian billionaire told me his visa did expire three weeks ago and
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he has been trying to renew it and it's taking longer than expected as it's taking longer than expected as it was put to me. roman abramovich‘s private plane left britain on the ist of april and you can track it and see it has been in the intervening weeks to moscow, monaco, sweden, new york but it hasn't been to the uk so he has not returned as far as we to the uk so he has not returned as faras we can to the uk so he has not returned as far as we can see since his visa expired, so what is going on? he has missed the fa cup final and he has eight mansion on kensington palace gardens, the most expensive street in britain and we got a quote from the home office, from the security minister saying that they did not discuss individual cases and what could have changed is that the climate between britain and russia in the aftermath of the poisoning case, the government said they would look more closely at individual wealthy russian cases and abramovich is in trouble in the courts in
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sweden where he is being sold for tens of millions of pounds and is on a list of russians close to vladimir putin that was created by the americans and he might be facing a lot more scrutiny. of course it could just be that there has been unexpected red tape. more people are being urged to leave their homes on hawaii's big island, as the emergency services continue to grapple with volcanic eruptions and flowing lava. one man has been seriously injured and some people have had to be rescued from their homes after becoming cut off. as our correspondent chris buckler reports from the island, dozens of buildings have already been destroyed. the lines of fire that scar this island are growing longer and thicker. this island are growing and fountains of lava are bleeding through the cracks. the k lauea volcano is slowly eating the ground it once created. we are 3,000 feet above the ground and you can actually feel the heat of the lava and smell the smoke. and you can actually feel the heat as the lava has risen up,
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people have been warned to leave if they live in its path. people have been warned to leave at this shelter they are offering food, clothes and help for those who have had to evacuate their homes. but there are families who already have nothing to return to. the house burned down saturday. so you've lost your house? everything, because we got nothing out. everything, i had three t—shirts and three shorts so everything we've got now we've been buying or it's been donated. how do you feel at this point? or it's been donated. just scared, frustrated, worried. or it's been donated. i've got two kids i've got to worry about. where are we going to go from here, where are we going to rebuild from here? from here, where are we going we lost everything. from here, where are we going upset is all too easy to see in this corner of hawaii, where roadblocks are keeping people from returning from their homes, often for their own safety. from returning from their homes, we actually had four residents who were inside the evacuation zone, but they got cut off by a lava flow.
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who were inside the evacuation zone, they were not able to drive out so they actually had to be airlifted out, one at a time by the county fire department. and all the time the k lauea volcano continues to threaten. for days, this has been the spectacular sight in the skyline. been the spectacular lava spurting into the air. been the spectacular you can hear it even from this distance. the people who live nearby say at times their homes have been shaken by the sheer force of the eruptions. we do have to be ready to go with our bags packed and our masks nearby. with our bags packed and if the air quality gets bad or the lava gets closer, we'll go. all the indications are that the eruptions of lava are getting stronger and more violent. k lauea has left parts of this island, so often promoted as a paradise,
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looking more like hell. chris buckler, bbc news, on the big island of hawaii. the two populist parties who won italy's general election are poised to form a coalition government after publishing an agreement on joint policies. government after publishing the deal between the anti—establishment five star movement and the right wing league is worrying some within the european union, with france's finance minister saying that the financial stability of the eurozone could be in jeopardy. stability of the eurozone let's join our europe editor katya adler who's in brussels tonight. what are the major concerns there? adler who's in brussels tonight. where adler who's in brussels tonight. do i start? europe italian where do i start? europe and the italian establishment worry that this political marriage will lead to a passionately eurosceptic moscow sympathising government intent on challenging the eu on budget, the eurozone and migration regulations. with a background thread, but no
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official promise, to hold a referendum on pulling it easily out from the euro currency. this is one of the eu founding members and one of the eu founding members and one of the eu founding members and one of the largest currencies, the third largest economy in the eurozone, so this is the big concern for the establishment. what they don't know is if this government will actually come to power. the only hope here in brussels is that italian governments are famous for infighting, for their inability to pass dramatic reform, and forfalling inability to pass dramatic reform, and for falling before their official time in government is over. the surprise here has been that italy, known as one of the biggest eu enthusiasts, has fallen out of love with the club. it doesn't want to leave it all together back in the general election in march it delivered a slap in the face for the traditional eu leaning parties and turned to the five star, that wants to turn the status quo on its head, and to the league which says italian ‘s first. venezuelans have been voting today in a presidential election which has been dismissed as a ‘sham'
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by europe and the us. president nicolas maduro is almost certain to be re—elected despite the oil—rich country being in deep crisis, with people going hungry and thousands fleeing every day. our south america correspondent katy watson reports from caracas. correspondent katy watson the correspondent katy watson likely winner cast his v cast the likely winner cast his vote and cast aspersions on his biggest critics. there was ferocious pressure from the government of donald trump to stop the elections in venezuela and they could not do it. we hope the people express themselves and that the will of the people is respected here. throughout the world and in venezuela. campaigning is banned on election day, not that the government respects all the rules of democracy and several hours after the polls opened, down came posters of hugo chavez telling people to vote. he is the man credited with the socialist revolution that mr maduro insists on
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continuing. this part of town is very pro—government and wake you go de chaves used to vote with thousands coming to support him and the queues would be down the street, but this year feels different. we we re but this year feels different. we were in this same polling station last year and it was packed. mr de chaves looked on. you wonder what he would make of the country venezuela has become. some still have hope. mr maduro has guaranteed social protection for us and i am voting in defence of my country and neither spain nor the us have anything to do with our internal affairs. he is going to fix the problems with the grace of god and the spirit of hugo chavez. he is the son of hugo chavez. he is the son of hugo chavez. that is why we love him. down the rows, the queues were longer than at the voting centre with people having better times looking for food. what we are voting for is a farce and i don't agree with the elections and nothing will
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change. all that will happen is life will get tougherfor the change. all that will happen is life will get tougher for the people of ellis whaler. it is getting worse. venezuela is going backwards, not forwards, it is dreadful. we have no chance of anything getting better. across town, in the opposition led areas, people turn to god for a nswe rs , areas, people turn to god for answers, not politicians. venezuelans are in a situation where they have been kidnapped and candidates are able to run but people cannot choose. you cannot protest on the streets because it will go to prison. that is the struggle we are in, trying to be free from the kidnap situation. struggle we are in, trying to be free from the kidnap situationm isa free from the kidnap situationm is a struggle that divides. whilst most of the opposition stayed home, others felt they needed to do something. i don't know how to use a gun but my weapon is to go and vote. it is my way of defending democracy. with the government accused of dirty tricks few people have faith in democracy. mr maduro is assured of another victory so change is unlikely to come soon.
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european football's showpiece event is being held in kiev next weekend, with liverpool taking on real madrid in the champions league final. thousands of fans will be descending on the city, with tickets to the match highly sought after. but, as our correspondent jonah fisher reports, fans are likely to need deep pockets to find somewhere to stay. this is where the champions league final will take place on saturday night. final will take place 63,000 fans will be packed inside the olympic stadium. i am vitali klitschko, mayor of kiev. former heavyweight champion of the world. for all sports fans, welcome to kiev. it will be amazing. welcome to kiev. there are certainly amazing sights, but the choice of kiev has also proved somewhat controversial. the moment real madrid and liverpool were confirmed as the two teams in the final, hotel prices really went through the roof. in the final, hotel prices really most places are all full. others are trying to make huge profits. take this hotel. to make huge profits. it's charging £1,500
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for the night. and it's 12 kilometres from here to the stadium. and a standard room at this place costs a whopping £2,600 for the big night. at this place costs a that is more than 20 times the usual rate. as news of the price hikes spread, a revolt stirred in the tower blocks of kiev. a revolt stirred in the for me, liverpool is notjust simply a football club — it's a way of life. is notjust simply a not all its participants are crazy about liverpool like yuri and his son, leo. but they are all upset that visitors are being ripped off. a facebook page was set up offering free beds to visiting fans. i posted such a message. # we are liverpool, tra—la—la—la—la.
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it is a liverpool supporters‘ chant. two persons can stay here. yuri was very quickly swamped with requests from around the world. swamped with requests from and he chose to host two brothers. swamped with requests from i wanted to help some guys just from liverpool. why? just from liverpool. because i know that liverpool is not a very rich city. it's thought that more than 500 visiting fans have now arranged free accommodation for next weekend. yuri and leo's plan is to watch the game on tv. of course, that won't stop them singing on theirteam. # we're the best football team in the land. jonah fisher, bbc news, kiev. a first look at tomorrows papers is coming up the a first look at tomorrows
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papers is coming up this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment, first the headlines: before the late last year and a hugely admired work with charities and so was interested to meet her. i felt she had an idea of what she wa nted felt she had an idea of what she wanted and in the moment like this when you are designing address, there are a lot of ideas that go around. i believe we worked closely together to bring ideas to the table. she had definitely a vision of what she thought and i tried to bring even more to that and so part of the process of that brings you these incredible moments of working together. i think with her she is so
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modern and fresh and that was part of what she wanted to be. i really wa nted of what she wanted to be. i really wanted to represent her, i wanted her to feel absolutely incredible in the dress and i wanted her to feel like it was absolutely right for the occasion as well. this is more or less the final design. it shows very much the clean silhouettes, the very meticulously placed seems. part of the simplicity and modernity of this dress is the fabric. it was in a double silk caddie and this gives you this incredible shape, the clea nness you this incredible shape, the cleanness and the sharpness that we really wa nted cleanness and the sharpness that we really wanted to create for this look. from here you can see the beauty of the flora and fauna around the vale, here centred at the very end of this beautiful bouquet. but every single aspect around here is not repeated. more than 30 firefighters are
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tackling a large grass fire on arthur's seat in edinburgh. the emergency services were related to the blaze close to the summit at around 1:30 p:m.. fire chiefs have warned of an increase of risk of wildfires. one person was injured and crew remain at the same. military bomb disposal experts have successfully detonated a 1000 kilo world war ii german sea mine found ona world war ii german sea mine found on a sussex beach yesterday. a big session of the beach had to be cordoned off. when some dog walking friends spotted this imposter in the shallows they wasted no time in sizing up the threat. from the short it looked like a huge tank. the closer you get you can see there is a mechanism and a nose on it, so it is quite clearly a weapon, so we
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backed off. the beach at alma was cordoned off while bomb disposal teams worked out how to deal with what they identified was a 6—foot long, 1000 kg anti—ship mine dropped bya long, 1000 kg anti—ship mine dropped by a parachute during the second world war. it has systems within it that will make it better made and it has safety protocols which will desensitise it and sterilise the munition after some time. but you cannot tell if it has worked or not, so you have to treat it with respect and assume it is live, worst case. overnight people in houses were told to sleep at the back of their homes and to keep windows open in case of and to keep windows open in case of an explosion. at one point we were considering a huge evacuation of people from their homes and we realised the impact that would have had. thankfully we worked out the best possible advice and that advice was given to those most at risk and tha nkfully was given to those most at risk and thankfully there was no evacuation.
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today when conditions were right, the mine supported by a flotation device was transported to shore where it could be exploded safely. this evening, a control but dramatic end to this world war ii drama. time for a look at the weather. another sunny and warm day across parts of england and wales, but there were some sea fog patches which came on short every now and then. some of that will come and go over the rest of the week. scotland looking distinctly cool and blustery in stornoway. this is responsible for that. it stretches all the way out to the azores, strengthened by the jet stream dipping out to the azores, strengthened by thejet stream dipping down into the atlantic. tonight we will see rain in northern ireland, northern and western scotland, turn heavier and
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more persistent. some sea fog patches on the north sea coast, but for most it will be a dry night with largely clear skies and temperatures into single figures. a bit misty and great in eastern counties of england. we will see rain at times in northern ireland and the far west of scotland. some of it will be heavy and persistent and it will wriggle around these areas during the day. cloud will bubble up in the south east in the late morning, early afternoon. one or two isolated showers and thunderstorms in the midlands, wales and in the south west. maybe sea fog patches in the north coast. patches in aberdeenshire and 20 in edinburgh, but cooler conditions in the highlands and islands and in northern ireland. only 9—12d in the hebrides. the rain will fizzle out as we go into the evening. this area
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of low pressure is expanding in western europe, causing the risk of showers to develop. on tuesday high pressure builds in the north and it kills off any rain. a bit of patchy rain and drizzle. lerwick and stornoway are on the colder side of the weather front. one or two seafood fog patches again and a few isolated showers and thunderstorms developing in the south, but most will be dry with sunny spells and warm when the sun is out. that is the theme this week. the chance of a shower in southern areas, but mostly dry with sunny spells and a bit of warmth as well.
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