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eu citizens who want to stay in britain after brexit can apply to do so from this autumn, at a cost of £65 per adult. more than three and a half million people are expected to request settled status — the home secretary spells out what will be required. you'll need to prove your identity. number two, that you live in the uk. proof that you actually live in the uk and number three that you have no serious criminal convictions. more details of the scheme arejust emerging, we'll have the latest from westminster. also this lunchtime: the murder of an iraqi asylum seeker was racist and avoidable — according to a new critical report. a health academic says the gosport hospital scandal could happen elsewhere — as relatives of some of those who died demand prosecutions. a bbc investigation finds allegations of sexual misconduct at one of the world's biggest aid organisations — medecins san frontieres says it's investigating.
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and only the second world leader to give birth while in office — new zealand's prime ministerjacinda ardern has herfirst child. and coming up on bbc news... england are back training after their rest day in repino. the only injury concern is dele alli, who didn't take part. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. eu citizens who want to stay in the uk after brexit have been promised there will be a simple process to confirm their status. the home secretary, sajid javid, said the system — which will start in the autumn —
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will be as easy and swift as possible and he insisted there would be no repeat of the failings in the windrush scandal. settled status is likely to be granted to anyone who can prove they've lived in the uk for at least five years and has no serious criminal convictions. our political correspondent eleanor garnier reports. eu migrants coming to the uk at the moment are free to live and work here without a permit. but this freedom of movement will end with brexit. instead, eu citizens who wa nt to brexit. instead, eu citizens who want to state will have to apply for settled status, under a new government scheme. we'll be looking to grant status as quickly as we can. we will not be looking for excuses are told to try to not grant status. it will be driven by a default view that you provide this information and if you are not going
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to be granted status there has to be a very good reason why you want. to be eligible for settled status you'll need to have been resident in the uk for five years and arrive before the end of 2020. to apply, you'll need to prove your identity, prove that you live in the uk, and that you have no serious criminal convictions. the home secretary has insisted he is determined to avoid the mistakes made with the windrush generation, where legal migrants we re generation, where legal migrants were threatened with deportation. we are making sure we use government information and records in a way we sadly didn't with the windrush generation and other cases. but actually proactively using that information so that message comes through. but eu citizens want more reassurance. there's very little trust in the home office because of the windrush scandal and also they need to be able to fill an application, be able to go on line. i think there's barry is, basically.
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this is a huge and complex scheme, and after the recent windrush scandal, there's enormous pressure to get it right. sajid javid suggested, as the son of an immigrant parents himself, he understands the concerns. but only a system that is up and running on time and works smoothly will give the reassurance that many are looking for. danny shaw is listening to this and details are being unveiled this lunchtime. is this ambitions, this scheme? it's hugely ambitious. officials say they are going to have to process between 3.2 million and 3.8 million applications by eu nationals for settled status in the uk. this is something that has never been tried before on this scale. we do have a passport system that works well but of course that wasn't built up well but of course that wasn't built up from scratch like this particular scheme. it's going to start later this summer with some tests on real
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cases, then it'll be rolled out more fully from the autumn and fully operational by next march. in terms of the cost, each applicant will have to pay £65, half of those under 16, have to pay £65, half of those under i6, sawa have to pay £65, half of those under i6, saw a family of four could shell out almost £200 for the applications. officials are confident it is a simple scheme, each application can be dealt with within days, they say. well within the two weeks that has been set out previously, so that's pretty ambitious. in terms of the digital nature of it, they are hoping that most applications will be done online or using smartphones and applications and so on. there is a problem because at the moment the app that can be used is not available on apple phones, only on android devices. that is an issue. this is an ambitious scheme but certainly ministers are confident they can get it up and running
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quickly and get it working well. all right. danny, thank you. the conservative minister greg hands has resigned from the government in order to vote against plans for a third runway at heathrow airport. greg hands is the mp for chelsea and fulham in west london and says he had promised his constituents he would oppose the scheme. a vote on the proposals is due to be held in the commons on monday. the murder of a man by a violent schizophrenia patient was a result of racism, and could have been prevented — according to a report by the local safeguarding board. kamil ahmad, who was an iraqi asylum seeker, was stabbed byjeffrey barry in 2016, hours after he'd been released from a secure mental hospital. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan is in bristol. drug and armed, jeffrey barry heads towards a neighbour's flat —— drunk. a knife is visible. months later it would be used in a frenzied attack
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which would kill kamil ahmad. shortly after dismembering the iraqi asylu m shortly after dismembering the iraqi asylum seeker, jeffrey barry called the police. delaet‘s report says kamil ahmad should still be alive and the failure to fully recognise his killer's races and contributed to his death. the two men, who both had mental health problems, lived in this sheltered housing complexes to today's report says that there were at least six incidents between the two men between 2013 and 2016 while they stayed at this property. they included barry punching kamil ahmad as well as a racially aggravated assault. despite that and barry's well known violent history, the two manuel asked to continue living
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together at this housing complex. —— the two men were allowed to continue living together. the report says he was a person with racist views he was a person with racist views he was mentally ill, rather than a mentally ill person whose racism was a manifestation of their illness. the head of the local safeguarding board says improvements have been made. we can never stop all the risk, we can never do that. what we can do is try to mitigate against that risk. there are considerable resources , that risk. there are considerable resources, both people and money, being spent in bristol. we have a new hate crime and discrimination service that was launched by bristol city council last year. shortly before he killed, barry, who had a long history of violence and schizophrenia, was detained here. but a mental health tribunal unaware of his history decided to release him. the local mental health trust
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then failed to properly plan his discharge. jeffrey barry was out with a sheltered housing provider givenjust with a sheltered housing provider given just hours to prepare for his return. the family believe strongly that the chief executive of the nhs partnership trust must consider her position because it was under her watch that these catastrophic failings occurred, with calamitous consequences for the family and for kamil. kamil ahmad consequences for the family and for kamil. kamilahmad came consequences for the family and for kamil. kamil ahmad came to consequences for the family and for kamil. kamilahmad came to bristol to seek refuge and instead died at the hands of a racist having been failed by the agencies meant to protect him. a leading health academic has said that the scandal at gosport war memorial hospital could happen elsewhere in the nhs. relatives of the more than a50 people whose lives were cut short by excessive use of painkillers say they want justice — and are calling for prosecutions. our correspondent richard lister in is gosport. those families are still coming to
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terms with the astonishing revelations from the report yesterday and its impact is widespread, putting the spotlight on the way those issues were dealt with by medical staff, by health service officials, by watchdog groups and ultimately by the police. all of those groups failed in their duty of ca re those groups failed in their duty of care here. the families say those responsible for that should be held to account. mike hobday‘s father, alan, died in gosport war memorial hospital in 1999. he felt at the time that his dad was treated as a nuisance, given drugs to calm him down. now he knows there was no medical justification for the painkillers which ended alan's life. why is it going to take until the autumn to start an investigation? you could start investigating tomorrow. ok, nothing is going to happen until the investigation goes through, but why can't it start straightaway? so the question asked by these victims‘ families is this. when will there be a criminal prosecution of those involved in ending more than 650 lives? hampshire police have acknowledged
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that this report does contain new information about what happened at this hospital in the 1990s, but they haven't confirmed when or even whether the investigation will be reopened. the chief constable, olivia pinkney, has said it's important that processes are put in place to ensure that all of the relevant agencies come together to enable decisions about next steps to be made in a way that is well considered and transparent to all of the families. but one expert in hospital mortality rates has warned that there is still a culture in which health officials would prefer not to know, when he tells them of potential problems. he says the issues in gosport could exist elsewhere as well. i don't think it's on the scale of gosport at all, or anything like that. but i think that there probably are deaths in hospital that could be avoided, yes. yesterday's report held consultants, nurses and all the agencies involved responsible for what happened in gosport, but one key figure has yet to speak.
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drjane barton, who ran the hospital's prescription regime, was found guilty of serious professional misconduct by the general medical council eight years ago. she is thought to be out of the country, but will be facing serious questions when she returns. responding to that claim that what happened here could in some way be replicated at some level in other hospitals, the health secretary jeremy hunt told the bbc he was confident progress has been made, that any such situation like what happened here in the 1990s would be picked up much more quickly today. but he acknowledged it was still much too difficult for whistle—blowers to make their concerns known. richard, thank you. the bank of england has left interest rates unchanged this month, at 0.5% — but its chief economist has become the latest member of the monetary policy committee to say that a rate rise is necessary.
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our economics editor kamal ahmed is at the bank of england. what more has been said this lunchtime? well, yes, surprisingly hawkish on interest rates by the bank of england, as you say. andrew haldane, the influential chief economist at the bank, says interest rates should happen now. he wasn't in the majority on the mpc but the direction of travel is that interest rate rise will happen, and interest rate rise will happen, and interest rate rise will happen, and interest rate rise will happen this year. they say the economy, the bank of england says the economy is improving after that terrible first three months badly affected by the weather, that household spending is getting stronger again now, and that the economy is starting to gain momentum. the bank uses interest rates to try to control that laments and therefore control inflation. if you have a mortgage be ready for an
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interest rate rise, if you're a saver and interest rate rise is good for you. but the bank, i think, saver and interest rate rise is good foryou. but the bank, ithink, is trying to signal to people that these historically low interest rates which we've had for so many yea rs rates which we've had for so many years after the financial crisis are coming gently but i definitely coming gently but i definitely coming to an end. thank you. president trump has vowed to maintain his tough stance on illegal immigration — after he backtracked on his policy of separating migrant children from their parents, following an outcry both in the us and abroad. families will now be kept together while their legal cases are considered. gary o'donoghue reports from the us—mexico border. this stretch of the rio grande in brownsville, texas, is where many try to enter the united states. every week, some drown in the attempt. those who make it face arrest and prosecution. it's at centres like this that adults and children were being separated, leading to those now notorious images of children apparently housed in cages. the national and international
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outcry was, in the end, too much even for president trump. but he struck a defiant tone while doing his u—turn. so the democrats want open borders, let everybody come in. let everybody pour in. "we don't care, let them come in from the middle east, let them come in from all over the place. we don't care." we're not going to let it happen. and by the way, today i signed an executive order. we're going to keep families together but the border‘s going to be just as just as tough as it's been. thousands of children have been separated from their parents in recent weeks, and no—one really knows how long it will take to reunite them. it's going to be a herculean task, if you will, because it's
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going to require a lot of transparency in finding out exactly where these children were separated from the families and where those parents are. the churches are often at the forefront of immigrant welfare in the rio grande valley, and just hours after the stroke of the presidential pen, all denominations gathered in the rain to welcome the change of heart by the administration. everyone at this gathering will be glad the president has ended the separation of children from their parents, but they also know the policy of zero tolerance of people crossing the border illegally has not changed, and that could mean increasing numbers of adults and children in custody. gary o'donoghue, bbc news, mcallen, texas. barbara plett usher is in congress, where immigration is going to be debated later today. what is going to happen now? what
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happens next? well, it's a good question, because the executive order didn't actually address what happens, for instance, to the children who have already been separated from their parents, and federal officials say they don't know. they say they are awaiting guidance whether to reunite these children with their parents immediately, or wait until the pa rents immediately, or wait until the parents have been released from custody and deported and then reunite them. the policy is not straightforward, if the government continues to treat illegal immigrants like criminals, because there's a order that says you can't detain children for more than 20 days so what happens is the families are detained for more than 20 days? what's going to happen now is the government of the administration, is going to challenge that court order and here in congress today there's going to be a vote on legislation which will make it legal to detain children for longer. barbara plett usher, on capitol hill, thank you. our top story this lunchtime.
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eu citizens who want to stay in britain after brexit will be able to register to do so from this autumn. around three and a half million are expected to apply. and coming up... prince william attends the formal handing over of a new rehabilitation centre for the armed forces. coming up on bbc news... british number one kyle edmund is in action at queens, taking on the man who beat andy murray — australia's nick kyrgios. the prime minister of new zealand, jacinda ardern, has become only the second world leader to give birth while in power. she and her partner clarke gayford had a daughter, theirfirst child, in hospital in auckland earlier today. ms ardern says she's taking six weeks' maternity leave. hywel griffith sent this report. beaming parents
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and their new arrival. jacinda ardern chose social media over a state announcement to share news of her daughter's birth. the message reads, "welcome to our village, wee one." throughout her very public pregnancy, jacinda ardern made a point of continuing with business as usual. after six weeks of maternity leave, she plans to be back at work as her partner, clarke gayford, becomes the main caregiver. in a bbc interview in april, she suggested the baby could also join her on the international stage. there are certain places that are hosting meetings in the future, and places, particularly in the pacific, we'd obviously bring the baby. we're great with children — just bring the child, we'll take care of it. so i think it will take an international community to raise our child. the baby's arrival has been celebrated here as a national triumph. former prime minister helen clark was one of the first to tweet, lauding the family's parenting
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arrangements as gender equality in action. theresa may also sent her congratulations to the new parents on the birth of their little girl. the man in charge of new zealand for the next six weeks also sent his best wishes. wishing the prime minister the very best, and clarke gayford, as well, and that she gets a solid start to motherhood, so to speak. that solid start may be followed by some sleepless nights, but jacinda ardern says she will remain contactable and keep reading cabinet papers once she's taken her baby home. hywel griffith, bbc news. a bbc investigation has found allegations of sexual misconduct against one of the world's biggest foreign aid organisations. former employees of medecins sans frontieres say they'd seen women, believed to be prostitutes, being used by aid workers during missions in kenya and two countries in central africa. msf says it is deeply saddened by the allegations
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and will investigate. anna adams has this exclusive report. medecins sans frontieres is one of the biggest foreign aid agencies in the world. it brings vital medical supplies and clinicians to incredibly dangerous countries. but we've spoken to people who say some aid workers exploited vulnerable women. we have spent months talking to women who used to work at medecins sans frontieres and they've all told us very similar stories. we've heard accounts of endemic bullying, misogyny and sexism inside the organisation, and in some cases even the use of prostitutes in the field. this investigation is not about the doctors or nurses. we're told it was some of the logistical staff who were abusing their power. a whistle—blower from london told us what she saw when she was sent to kenya. there was a senior member of staff who was bringing girls back to the msf house. these girls were very young and they were rumoured to be prostitutes. it was difficult for people to challenge him because he was quite senior.
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we met another whistle—blower who told us a senior member of staff had said it was possible to barter sex for medication. he said, it's so easy to barter medication with these easy girls in liberia. he was suggesting lots of the young girls who had lost their parents to the ebola crisis, that they would do anything sexual in exchange for medication. and had he been there himself? yes, he had. in fact, he bragged about it quite a lot. to say it in front of three or four people who were there, and to say it to me very directly — what's this all about? it was impossible for us to verify this claim because the whistle—blower was not in liberia at the time, and when we put this to msf they said they needed more information to investigate. another source, who worked for msf in africa, said she felt sexually harassed by some of the men she worked with. there was this other colleague of mine, he asked me out and i said, no. and from that point forth
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the atmosphere in the compound was toxic, and he also brought prostitutes back in front of me. i felt sick. we've seen an internal report that shows msf were looking into sexual harassment claims back in 2016. the report showed a third of female employees they'd spoken to said they'd been touched inappropriately at work. they sacked 19 staff for sexual harassment last year alone. msf say they've reviewed their files but couldn't find any record of the claims against the london office. they said they were saddened to hear the allegations but hoped more people might now come forward. anna adams, bbc news. with just eight months to go before britain is due to leave the european union, we've been taking a closer look at the impact of brexit on different groups. today we examine the effect on young people. our correspondent elaine dunkley is at coventry college talking to students. there are many uncertainties when it
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comes to brexit but one of the key issues and questions is the younger generation being listened to? are their rights and interests being protected, when the politicians sit around the table negotiating the terms and conditions of brexit, issues around job opportunities, the freedom to travel, the chance to go and exchange programmes across europe. thousands of students across the uk have joint europe. thousands of students across the uk havejoint campaigns europe. thousands of students across the uk have joint campaigns for people's vote on the terms of brexit. i'd been speaking with stu d e nts brexit. i'd been speaking with students at coventry college about how they feel. they were too young to vote in eu referendum. the four these college stu d e nts referendum. the four these college students course has been decided to leave the european union. describe how you feel about brexit? whatever the feeling, brexit will have a big impact on their lives. in the referendum might have voted leaves, but now more facts has come out and
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the way it's going, i really, really wish people would have voted remain, and the future scares me. but nobody has told me how it will affect me, nobody has told me how it will affect my college life, my career later on in life. it's my future that's going to be affected and no one has told me how. tell me what you want to do with your career and how you think brexit will affect that will stop i want to become a midwife that travels all round the world so if we leave the eu i think it will cause a lot of problems because now i have to pay more for a visa to travel to spain, where i could, if we were still in the eu, i could, if we were still in the eu, i could just go there without having to pay for a visa. as we're leaving the eu will have to make new allies and new trade. ratherthan the eu will have to make new allies and new trade. rather than going to somewhere like germany or somewhere else in the eu, we could make else
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and it could be another place to go where they need assistance with jobs or trade. what will be the biggest impact of brexit on your future?|j used impact of brexit on your future?” used to work for the coventry youth forum and a lot of that was funded by an eu scheme. they've affected both the youth of today, but i also think it's going to have quite a substantial effect on the gywn matthews that will be around when we actually leave the european union —— quite a substantial effect on the young people that will be aroused. —— that will be around. big questions remain about the impact on education. they are looking at the older generations that make a difference but it will be us that are helping the future to build the economy and get more jobs and stuff. we have to live with whatever they decide. these young people feel they must be at the forefront of negotiations. the fear is of the unknown. elaine dunkley in coventry. prince william has attended the handing over of the new defence
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and national rehabilitation centre in nottinghamshire. it will provide world—class rehabilitation facilities for members of the armed forces who suffer major trauma or injury during their service. sima kotecha reports from the centre. by the end of this year the defence and national rehabilitation centre will offer service personnel specialist treatment for injuries endured in uniform. jj was caught in an explosion in afghanistan. his arms were badly hurt. this is the new facility. this will run for the next 70 years. this has ultimately the hard learnt lessons of the last two decades are here, notjust in bricks and mortar but also the staff that inhabit it, and it will be the beacon and centre of recovery for perhaps the world, certainly the uk. today, this privately funded facility was officially handed over to the government. the pm and the duke of cambridge attended a ceremony on site with those who've served for their country.
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it's a great honour to accept the defence and national rehabilitation centre. this facility will replace the outdated headley court in surrey, where patients are currently treated. it will cater for around 300 military personnel and there are plans to provide services for the civilian population. it claims to provide the best clinical care, but is there a guarantee personnel will be looked after once they've left here? those patients that have to transition into civilian care, we work very closely with the department of health and with the national health service so that we transition their care into their hands and we make sure that they meet the same needs. it's hoped these grounds will provide care and comfort to soldiers and veterans when they need it the most. sima kotecha, bbc news. the world cup continues to provide
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shocks and surprises, and the pick of today's matches sees argentina face croatia. back in the england camp, there are some injuries to report — the worst being to manager gareth southgate. david ornstein can explain. what on earth is going on?” what on earth is going on? i think it's a measure of how well this world cup has gone for england so far that the top story is an injury to england's manager. more on that ina to england's manager. more on that in a moment. welcome to the cromwell park hotel, where england conduct their media duties. we should be hearing from a player in the next half an hour. the hotel and training ground is a short distance from here, and they were back on the pitch today. some of the players headed into st petersburg yesterday to sample the sounds of what is a
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wonderful city, a few went to the hermitage museum, the world—famous art gallery and took in some local culture, while gareth southgate, the coach, he went out for a leisurely run. it should have been legendary. it didn't go to plan. he tripped to the ground, dislocated his right shoulder and fortunately the england tea m shoulder and fortunately the england team doctor was in close attendance, took him back to the hotel, an ambulance arrived and the ambulance took him to a local hospital in st petersburg and put the shoulder back and he came back in a sling. his right arm being protected. england we re right arm being protected. england were in training this morning and there was no sign of that sling. they were back to business. 22 of their 23 players, the only absentee was dele alli, who is suffering from a thigh strain and that's england's main injury concern. ahead of that match against panama on sunday. david ornstein, at the world cup, thank you. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich.
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