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today at 5: the aerospace giant airbus questions its future in the uk, if britain leaves the eu without a deal. the firm, which employs 1a,000 people in this country, says the warning isn't part of project fear, but a dawning reality. we're very fearful there'll be chaos at the borders and we want our factories to be able to operate as smoothly as possible. downing street insists it will secure a good brexit deal — we'll have the latest. the other main stories on bbc news at 5... president trump threatens 20% tariffs on all european cars going into the united states, as the trade dispute escalates. the row about boris becker's claim to be a central african republic sporting ambassador — he tells the bbc his diplomatic passport is real. 70 years after the arrival in the uk of the first caribbean migrants on baord the empire windrush, a service of thanksgiving is held at westminster abbey. you and i are mr and mrs lee
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o'sullivan. we met in vancouver. you we re o'sullivan. we met in vancouver. you were a tour guide. and, a hard—up cleaner takes revenge on her amnesiac boss, by convincing him they're married. find out what mark kermode thought of overboard in the film review. hello, good evening. our main story at 5: the aerospace giant airbus has warned it will reconsider its investments in the uk, if britain leaves the european union single market and customs union without a deal. the company, which employs about 14,000 people in britain, says if a transition agreement isn't reached, it could be catastrophic for its business.
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ministers say they don't expect that situation to arise. our business correspondent theo legett reports. this is airbus‘ supply chain in action. these huge transporters are used to carry aircraft wings from its factory in north wales, to assembly sites in france and germany. across the uk, it's involved in building passengerjets and military aircraft, defence systems and satellites. but company bosses say if we leave the eu without a deal, it would be catastrophic for the uk business. today we've published a risk assessment memo, where airbus is laying out the huge concerns we'd have if there's a no deal brexit. we're very fearful there will be chaos at the borders and we want our factories to be able to operate as smoothly as possible. airbus employs 14,000 people in britain, at 25 sites across the country, but it says it supports another 110,000 jobs indirectly — at major suppliers, for example. it says it contributes nearly
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£8 billion to the uk economy and pays £1.7 billion a year in taxes. the problem for airbus is it relies on getting parts where it needs them, when it needs them. it says any change in customs procedures or safety approvals would be very damaging. leading figures in the aerospace industry agree. clearly, if we move to a point where this uncertainty continues, and the threat of a no—deal brexit continues to grow, that is potentially catastrophic for our economy. the government says it doesn't expect to leave the eu without a deal and is working with businesses to address their concerns. this pro—brexit economist says he is not worried. i think airbus itself has relatively low credibility on this, having cried wolf about leaving in the past that the eu referendum and the euro, but nonetheless, there may well be some big relocations, however, we should expect there to be more activity coming in from the eu than going out, because the uk is a big net importer and net importers under the scenarios should
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expect to gain. as a company in which european government still holds significant shares, airbus does have a political role to play, but its managers insist their threats are not idle. they want guarantees there won't be a hard brexit and more time to get ready for the new reality. theo legett, bbc news. about half of airbus‘s 14,000 workers are based in wales. joining me now is andrew rt davies, leader of the conservatives in the welsh assembly, who was a prominent voice for leave during the referendum campaign in wales. very good evening to you. good evening. this is a huge number of jobs we are talking about for wales. you must be concerned by what air bus is saying today? what i'm disappointed that is the megaphone
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diplomacy airbus are employing today. all companies rely on a dedicated work force and workers across the uk have dedicated their blood, sweat and tears to the airbus cause. i don't think it's helpful using megaphone diplomacy saying they might move some of these jobs oi’ they might move some of these jobs or all of thesejobs out they might move some of these jobs or all of these jobs out to china. ultimately, it's not the government's position we don't want a deal. it's about negotiating a good dealfor britain a deal. it's about negotiating a good deal for britain and a deal. it's about negotiating a good dealfor britain and europe. nearly 30% of airbus is owned by the european governments and surely airbus should be directing some of this information at those governments to encourage them to get round this table and have the serious negotiation we want to happen in these discussions. you call it megaphone diplomacy. wouldn't airbus say leaving is barely nine months away. a firm of that size in particular needs to do serious forward planning and that is essentially what they are saying is becoming increasingly problematic
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for them. they come forward plan if they do not know what they are planning for? and the uk government is working with companies and working with all organisations, obviously, to firm up oui’ organisations, obviously, to firm up our position in these negotiations. it's worth remembering, 75% of the negotiations have been concluded. we are now in the trade element of these discussions. what i'm disappointed at today's the megaphone diplomacy airbus have deployed when i believe the workers of airbus deserve better. they are the backbone of the company, like any company, you rely on your workforce and to say you are potentially going to move some of these jobs potentially going to move some of thesejobs or all of potentially going to move some of these jobs or all of these jobs out to china is not helpful at all. it is not the government's position to try and get into a position where we don't have a deal. the government's position is stabbed deal that is beneficial to the uk and beneficial to the eu. i reiterate my point, it's worth airbus noting the wider population noting that nearly 30% of the shares in airbus are owned by
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european governments and surely if they are trying to call the uk government out negotiations, they should be calling out some of the eu governments as well. to have a good negotiation, you need two parties in that process. if the worst were to happen, from airbus's perspective, what are the consequences in wales, newport, broughton, what will the consequences be? well, ultimately we are not banking on the worst—case scenario here. we are banking on making sure we get a good dealfor britain are banking on making sure we get a good deal for britain and the are banking on making sure we get a good dealfor britain and the eu. are banking on making sure we get a good deal for britain and the eui appreciate that but if it doesn't happen? well, i believe the workforce in wales and the rest of the uk have contributed to the success the uk have contributed to the success of airbus and it would be very foolish of them do about it on their back on that worked was when ultimately so much success as a company has been derived from the technology developed here in wales and the rest of the uk and the dedication of that workforce deserves better than some of the
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state m e nts deserves better than some of the statements that have come out today. the uk government is engaged with businesses across the country, we are now moving into these discussions and negotiations. ultimately i believe, as the uk does, that we can get that good deal. 0k, sadly we have to let you leave. thank you very much, leader of the conservatives in the welsh assembly. let's stay with this very much and get the latest from westminster. 0ur political correspondentjonathan westminster. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake who westminster. 0ur political correspondentjonathan blake who has been following all the reaction to this today. you heard there, one view is it is megaphone diplomacy, what is the government ‘s response to everything airbus has been saying? the government has been keen to point out is listening to the concerns of airbus on those expressed more broadly by businesses in the uk and has pointed to the progress it has made so far. most importantly, in the government's
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prize, the details of the transition period, the implementation phase as the government calls it, which will run for about two years after the brexit moment in march 200019. i think this will not necessarily, as a surprise to the government, because as we have heard today, the company has been expressing these concerns in private for some time but has now chosen to go public with its warning. as with everything to do with brexit, here at westminster and beyond it has had a polarising impact. the government has acknowledged the concerns of airbus but it hasn't stopped those who want close ties with the eu after brexit and not in favour of the uk staying in the customs union with the eu is seizing on those comments and using them as evidence that the government should change tack, should change its whole approach and be looking to keep the uk in a customs union and to ta ke keep the uk in a customs union and to take no deal off the table and work against that at any cost. to give you a flavour of the reaction from politicians today, the scottish
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first minister nicola sturgeon is very —— used strong language and talked about this as a key moment in the brexit process. airbus' comments this morning really should act as a wake—up call. but it's also the tip of the iceberg. the comments and concerns that airbus have articulated today reflect the comments and concerns i'm hearing from businesses across scotland almost on a daily basisjust now. people are increasingly worried as the cliff edge looms and we still have no clarity. either about the future relationship, or even clarity and certainty about a transition period, given that some of the withdrawal issues have still to be resolved. the government looking to set a much more reassuring tone. this is the transport secretary chris grayling earlier. we are very much of the view that we will end up this autumn with a perfectly sensible partnership with the european union. we are one of their biggest export markets. we buy vast amounts of produce from the european union every year. so it's in everybody's interests that there should be a sensible trade agreement. we will, of course, do everything we can
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to reassure business, but i remain, we remain confident there will be a sensible agreement when we complete the negotiations this autumn. whatever you make of airbus' comments, they do ratchet up the pressure on the government and the prime minister in particular to nail down the details of how the uk's trade arrangements will work with the eu after brexit. she beats other european —— meets other european leaders at summit next month but the details will have to be worked out before the autumn. thank you, jonathan blake at westminster. creditors have backed department store chain house of fraser's plans to close more than half its stores, as part of a rescue deal. high street landlords were unhappy with the plan as they will have to shoulder the burden of financial losses, but they were outvoted. the retailer will now go ahead and shut 31 of its 59 shops nationwide and impose significant rent cuts on 10 others that it intends to keep. up to 6,000 jobs will go as a result of the closures. donald trump has further raised global trade tensions,
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by threatening to impose a 20% import tariff on all european cars coming into the united states. the warning was posted on twitter, shortly after retaliatory levies imposed by the eu on a number of american goods, came into effect. 0ur north america reporter anthony zurcher is in washington. when we first got hint of any levies at all we started talking about tit—for—tat and trade wars and here we are again. tit-for-tat and another tit—for—tat, it seems like the united states is willing to do some sabre rattling now with the latest round of trade wars, notjust with the eu and canada, however, there is also an ongoing trade dispute with china. in a couple of weeks, the united states will impose $34 billion worth of tariffs on
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china and talk of immediate chinese retaliation as well. so this rhetoric and the threats and the retaliations have been escalating on multiple fronts just in the past few weeks. i am tempted to ask where does it go now? when the president gets near his twitter account it is ha rd to gets near his twitter account it is hard to know but we have interviewed that so many analysts in the last few weeks who had said the trade parrots are fundamentally damaging, in their opinion. there are people around president trump who would say the same. he clearly is absolutely set on this as a course of action. and if you remember, very early on in this process he tweeted out trade wa i’s in this process he tweeted out trade wars are easy to win. the way he views it is other countries depend on the united states more than the united states depends on these other countries. it will be interesting to see, once the trade bullets start flying, so to speak, whether that bears fruit. a lot of these
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retaliatory tariffs that the eu and china and canada are using, are targeting and the united states, are targeted to inflict the most pain possible to donald trump and republican leaderships's constituencies here in the united states. things like agricultural projects from —— produce from iowa and minnesota, whiskey from kentucky, visa tariffs that are particularly geared towards having political influence beyond tit—for—tat retaliation for what the united states is doing. at least for the moment, talk about a trade war for donald trump supporters, i would suspect, seems like the president living up to his campaign promises, getting tough with people who don't give the united states a fair deal. we will see if that changes when it sta rts we will see if that changes when it starts affecting factories producing goods or agricultural products in the united states, if it means
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higher car prices because there are more expensive steel products and other things going on to the production of cars, as well as foreign cars coming to the united states from, say, europe. so we are not anywhere near calculating what the political fallout of this will be for donald trump and for the american economy as a whole. that will have do come out in the coming weeks and months. yes, all right, thank you very much for now. in ten day's time boris becker is due to take his place as part of the bbc team covering the wimbledon tournament , but today he finds himself at the centre of a bitter diplomatic row. the former champion has been told, by the central african republic, that his claims to be one of its cultural attaches are bogus, and he could face prosecution for obtaining a forged diplomatic passport. boris becker has been speaking to the bbc's andrew marr. can i ask you first of all, do have you a central african republic passport? yes, i have. because the foreign minister has told the bbc that this is a forgery. he said it's a clumsy fake and that his signature
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is not his signature on the passport. i don't know what's internally happening within the politics of the republic of central africa, but i have received this passport from the ambassador. i've spoken to the president on many occasions. it was an official inauguration. i believed the documents they were giving me must be right. the foreign minister, whose signature is supposed to be on it, doesn't recognise his own signature. this could all be cleared up, because they want you to go back to the central african republic and be extradited there. would you go if you are asked to go? i'm very happy any time soon to visit bangui, the capital, and to speak to the people personally about how we can move forward and we can resolve this, this misunderstanding and this confusion. but as far as you're concerned, you have got a real passport? i have a real passport. it's at the embassy in brussels, last time i checked. boris becker speaking to andrew
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marr. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james robbins is here. there may be people thinking what on earth is this all about? it is a curious story, explained the background. gets curiouser and curiouser. those of us old enough to remember well remember astonishing scenes that wimbledon went boris becker became the youngest wimbledon champion ever. he made his first million in that year at the age of i7 and has gone on to pile up quite a fortune. last year he was declared bankrupt, and that is where this story really begins. he is being suedin story really begins. he is being sued in the high court in london for money that a private british bank says he still owes them. he says he doesn't owe the many money, this is merely an attempt to get interest from him, that is the issue in dispute. in april, boris becker tweeted he had been given a diplomatic appointment by the central african republic as their sports at a shake. that could potentially give him diplomatic immunity, immunity from proceedings
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in court in london, and he appears to have a diplomatic passport that he says was issued to him in good faith. we have seen images of that passport and we have had confirmation from some members of the government of the central african republic that he was indeed appointed to that post. now the government in bangui is backtracking on their different emerging, even some stories at the diplomatic passport is forged. where does it go from here? it seems a long way from being clarified? it is. it is an extraordinary story. it started with an apparent move by an african country that would potentially give boris becker some protection from action in the british courts. that is yet to be resolved, if he does have diplomatic immunity. now they themselves are raising doubts about themselves are raising doubts about the validity of this passport, saying that it is a forgery. the foreign minister in that country has
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told the bbc it is not his signature on it is not a proper seal on the passport, it's a forgery and they wa nt passport, it's a forgery and they want boris becker extradited to stand trial for participation and fraud. boris becker told andrew marr in that interview he would be happy to go to bangui and clear this up because he feels he has nothing to a nswer because he feels he has nothing to answer for. thank you for explaining it thus far. and you can see the full interview with boris becker this sunday morning at 9am on the andrew marr show. that on bbc one on sunday morning. this is bbc news at 5 — the headlines: airbus threatens to pull out of the uk, if britain crashes out of the eu without a deal. president trump threatens 20% tariffs on all european cars going into the united states, as the trade dispute escalates. 70 years after the arrival of the first caribbean migrants on the empire windrush to the uk,
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a service of thanksgiving is held at westminster abbey. and even sport, brazil leave it late but get their world cup campaign up and running as injury time span philippe coutinho and neymar have them at 2—0 win over costa rica. 0ver them at 2—0 win over costa rica. over in the england camp, gareth southgate says dele alli is unlikely to play against panama on sunday, after he picked up a thigh strain against tunisia and leaked training notes seem to indicate ruben loftus—cheek will replace him in the starting 11. he made his comeback at queens earlier this week now andy murray has accepted a wild card to play a wimbledon warm up tournament in next week. i will be back with more and those stories at 5:30pm. melania trump has been criticised for the coat she wore
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on her way to visit a child migrant detention centre in texas yesterday. as she left for her visit, journalists and photographers spotted writing on the back of the coat, which said — "i really don't care, do you?". the first lady's spokeswoman said there was no hidden message in her choice of clothing. in a moment i'll be talking to a journalist from elle magazine in the us, but first our correspondent richard galpin has been considering what might be behind herfashion decision. these pictures showing children locked in cages after being separated from their parents proved a tipping point in the campaign against president trump's hardline immigration policy. his wife, melania, apparently instrumental in the change of heart. yesterday, visiting the centre run by a charity which cares for children who have crossed the mexican border into texas with theirfamilies, but are now separated from them. but her compassion for the plight
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of the children thrown into doubt by this jacket which she wore on herjourney to and from texas. 0n the back is written, "i really don't care, do u?". this, provoking outrage. the actor mia farrow saying the message couldn't have been clearer and others were equally blunt. the white house, though, hit back. her spokeswoman saying it was just a jacket, while the president claimed it was a message aimed at one of his favourite targets, the media. here, experts think the first lady is being used to bolster the president's core supporters. we're already seening more of the far right, the hardcore trump supporters supporters saying yes, we like this. i can see the statement "i really don't care" on t—shirts at trump rallies. but also we will see the media chasing it and pundits on fox news saying this is ridiculous, they're attacking melania are just a jacket she wore, it's superficial, she's a wonderful, caring person.
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melania trump, a former model, she is known for making strong fashion statements when appearing in public. attending the state of the union address earlier this year, she wore this white trouser suit, drawing comparisons with what hillary clinton wore during the presidential election campaign. was this a subtle rebuke of her husband, as allegations swirled of him having had an affair with the porn star stormy daniels? divining the truth of why she wore this visit on a visit to children on the mexican border is extremely difficult but it certainly put her in the headlines. richard galpin, bbc news. let's cross to new york and talk to leah chernikoff. she's digital director at elle magazine in the us. thank you forjoining us. what on
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earth went through her mind, do you think, why did she choose that code? i can't begin to say why she chose that coat but what i can tell you is the message that has come across and what is being talked about all across social media and in the headlines today is it really showed a flagrant disregard for this incredibly tragic crisis that is happening at our borders, when we have babies, as young as three months old, separated from their pa rents months old, separated from their parents and for melania to visit one of these detention centres where they are being held with a jacket that says in big bold capital letters, "i really don't care, do you?", it sends a message. it is a message that isabel tao and it is one that many people feel shows a lack of empathy, to put it mildly. that is the reaction in the us that
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you have outlined. i started by saying why did she choose this coat, what if she didn't, what if she grabbed it off the back of the sofa on the way out of the door and didn't think anything of it and put it on and didn't really think it through, is that at all a possibility? i think anything is a possibility. i can't presume to know exactly how the decision—making process went down. but when you are someone in public office, when you are the first lady, one of the most public offices in the land, everything you say, do and where is imbued with deep meaning. so whether or not she intended, i can't say for sure, but the meaning becomes political and i think that's fair. and she would know that, she would know with her status that everything she ever
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wears, like a lot of women in the public eye, is photographed and scrutinised, she would know that. can we put this down to any naivete after this long in the white house? again, ican't after this long in the white house? again, i can't say, after this long in the white house? again, ican't say, i after this long in the white house? again, i can't say, i don't know her intention but i can say she is a former model. she knows very well the power of fashion so i think we can consider all those things when trying to grapple with did she do this on purpose or not? did put the jacket back on after getting off the plane. the vast majority of her clothes, the vast majority of what we see where our high end, by which we see where our high end, by which we mean they are very expensive, and some of them are beautiful items, but this is very much a high—street purchase that was no more than $40. what is that saying as well? so i think it is really interesting because you are right, she normally wears really high end designers, she wears really high end designers, she wears dodge mbabane and chanel.
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michelle 0bama often wore american labels to bolster these brands but mixed in with high—street labels, she wore target and coat on the message was i like you. i think the message was i like you. i think the message it was modelled by what was on the back of thatjacket. message it was modelled by what was on the back of that jacket. the debate will continue, thank you very much for your time tonight. former tv presenter john leslie has been cleared of sexually assaulting a women who was celebrating her hen night the 53—year—old had been accused of putting his hand down the women's trousers while the pair were dancing in a nightclub lastjune. he denied the allegation and after a two day trial, a sheriff found the case against mr leslie not proven. the prince of wales and duchess of cornwall have been visiting salisbury, to show support
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for the city following the nerve agent attack in march. salisbury endured weeks of disruption as police investigated the poisoning of the former russian spy sergei skripal, and his daughter yulia, trade for many local businesses was severely affected. more coming up in the next half—hour including the tatarusanu film review. but before that, the weather prospects. i think for a lot of people it might be a nice weekend? sounds like you have had a sneak preview. a nice weekend if you like warmth and sunshine and what a lovely day today, most of us got blue skies and sunshine. it will turn into a lovely evening, sunny skies for the majority, more cloud in the far north—east of scotland and those temperatures even as we get to seven o'clock holding up between 16—22. as we get deeper into
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the evening, particularly after the somerset, those temperatures will dip awake. big towns and cities will get between 6—9d. in the countryside, some spots could go down to 1—2, as they did last night. a cool star if you are up and about early on saturday but if you're not up early on saturday but if you're not up to early it should be pretty nice in the morning. through the afternoon, we will see a lot of sunshine. northern scotland, a bit more cloud, the odd splash of rain and perhaps a breeze. highs of 17 in edinburgh, 24 in london, high uv and pollen levels. sunday and next week it stays largely dry, barely a drop of rain in the forecast and those temperatures will climb. sunspots next week could hit 30 degrees. —— some spots next week could hit 30 degrees. this is bbc news — the headlines. the aerospace giant airbus
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questions its future in the uk — if britain leaves the eu without a deal. the firm employs 14,000 workers at 25 sites, and says it's warning is not part of ‘project fear‘. we are very fearful there will be chaos at the borders and we want our factories to be able to operate as smoothly as possible. president trump threatens 20 percent tariffs on all european cars going into the united states — as the trade dispute escalates. the former wimbledon champion, boris becker, is told by the central african republic he could face prosecution for obtaining a forged diplomatic passport. he's denied any wrong doing. 70 years after the arrival in the uk of the first caribbean migrants on the empire windrush — a service of thanksgiving is held at westminster abbey. we will talk more about the airbus
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story in a little while. let's cross to the bbc sports centre now for a round up of the day's sports news with holly hamilton. good evening — we begin of course — where else but in russia where the drama has continued today.. nigeria and iceland in action right now in group d — but earlier brazil came close to providing another world cup shocker — let's go straight to moscow now and to 0lly foster... 0lly, brazil left it pretty late didn't they? just a touch. we are halfway through the group stages and we are all trying to work out which teams can go through, what they have to do in their final go through, what they have to do in theirfinal round go through, what they have to do in their final round of matches. brazil are up against it, one point from their opening match against switzerland and it was going into injury time and we thought it was going to be the first goal in a straw. neymar was getting frustrated and was booked for dissent, body had w011 and was booked for dissent, body had won a penalty but that was
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overturned by the video assistant referee. then could he knew who scored in the opening round match, he put brazil ahead, and you cannot keep a good man down, neymar is off the mark, he burst into tears at the full—time whistle. that is what it meant to brazil, because their fate is now in their own hands. serbia and switzerland face each other a little bit later. you mentioned the match in volgograd, nigerian fans are cheering behind me. this is vital for argentina's hopes after they lost heavily to croatia. croatia are already through, it is iceland against nigeria in volgograd and nigeria took a one goal lead just after half—time. this was a wonderful goal. victor moses picked
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out a loser. he brought down wonderfully. in the last couple of seconds, we will take you live, this matters on bbc one. you will see the replay of how nigeria have made it 2-0 to replay of how nigeria have made it 2—0 to them. it is right up in the air, any one of three teams can go through in this group. it is probably going the way of argentina, mou with the second one there for nigeria. . that should be a winning contribution. iceland will have to beat croatia in their last match, argentina know they will have to beat nigeria, it could all go down to goal difference in the end. it will be a tight final round of matches in that group, but nigeria keeping themselves alive. i am sure the england team will be watching
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this. england manager gareth southgate has confirmed that dele alli is unlikely to play against panama on sunday, following a thigh strain picked up in the match with tunisia. we expected changes. gareth southgate was probably going to rest some players ahead of the tougher challenge against belgium. gareth southgate says that dele alli is unlikely to play a part. a probable starter for unlikely to play a part. a probable starterfor ruben unlikely to play a part. a probable starter for ruben loftus—cheek. nigeria heading for victory against iceland. that makes that group very interesting going into the final round of matches. andy murray has accepted a wildcard invitation to play at a wimbledon warm up event at eastbourne next week as he continues his comeback after almost a year out with a hip injury. murray made his return at queen's club earlier this week and played three sest before losing to nick kyrgios..
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murray had surgery on his right hip injanuary and has since fallen to 156th in the world rankings. the wimbledon championship starts on 2nd july.. elsewhere, novak djokovic eased to a straight sets win over france's adrian mannarino, to qualify for the semi—finals of the queen's club championship. the serbian trailed mannarino in the first set but came back with a dominant performance, winning 7—5, 6—1. djokovic will face either france's jeremy chardy or american frances tiafoe in the last four. that's all the sport for now. you can catch some of today's biggest sport stories, including record—breaking win for alpha centauri at the coronotion stakes on the bbc sport website. our top story, the government's facing growing
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demands from business leaders, to ensure that it doesn't putjobs at risk if there's no brexit deal with the eu. the aircraft maker, airbus, has warned that it will reconsider its future here, if the uk leaves the single market and the customs union without a transition agreement. downing street said it was confident it would get a good deal. mark hooper comments by airbus main? andrew mair is the chief executive of midlands aerospace alliance — a regional aerospace body. good evening. where airbus to follow through, where it seriously to reconsider the investment and plans it has in this country, what would be the impact? airbus has used the word catastrophe today which is quite a word to use and the effect
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on the uk manufacturing base would be enormous. aerospace is our second largest industry in the midlands, responsible for 45,000 jobs and a number of those would be under threat. do you feel airbus is making a valid point? they are in the sense that they are looking for clarity from government. they have heard a lot of the politics in westminster, they have been talking to the government privately for some time, but now they are making decisions about the way they will run their business in the next two or three yea rs business in the next two or three years and they need clarity from a pragmatic viewpoint. those who say it is sabre rattling, it is trying to frighten people, there is no suggestion that there will not be a transition deal, what is your feeling about that? well, i think the uncertainties that are there, what we here in westminster, what we observe in terms of the politics,
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leads to a sense of uncertainty. although the government says there will be a good deal, their confidence in the business community is not there because we cannot see the shape of it. is that uncertainty express to you by all your members? we are talking about ancillary businesses, potentially a lot of jobs, is concerned being express to you, already with nine months to go? the longer time goes on, exactly as you say, the more uncertain and it is. we appear to be moving forward in negotiations and now we seem to be stalling again and what affects the big companies like rolls—royce and airbus will affect supply chain companies as well. even this news will create greater uncertainty about investments. airbus is right to make this point. it does put quite a lot of our economy at risk. thank you very much for your time
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for now. a review of the church of england's inquiry in 2010 into allegations of historical child sexual abuse has said it missed at least 22 possible cases. the report has called for a fresh investigation in seven dioceses. it also revealed that police were engaged in a major operation in one diocese. a service of thanksgiving has taken place at westminster abbey — to mark 70 years since hundreds of caribbean migrants disembarked from the empire windrush, to help rebuild post—war britain. the government continues to face criticism, after it emerged that some of the windrush generation had wrongly faced deportation. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell reports. more than 2000 guests were part of
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the service including diane abbott, floella benjamin and theresa may. 0nce floella benjamin and theresa may. once inside, there was music from the kingdom gospel choir, hens, prayers and physical theatre. the performances about the first wave of windrush migrants. those were the days. one of them who made that journey was alfred gardner. he has lived in leeds for most of his life, but that was not his intention and he is still here at the age of 92.|j did not mean it to be long—term. the plan was to come to england, get a good job, work for about five years, good job, work for about five years, go back... rearfive children and watch the vineyards grow. but, it wasn't to be. within five years, i have started a family, married... working hard and sell down. how easy
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was it to find a job? the first few weeks it was not easy at all. as a motor mechanic, i could not find a job. they were too many mechanics knocking around. empire windrush marks the beginning of british post—war immigration and the rights remain was supposed to be legally guaranteed, but changes to uk immigration laws and problems with paperwork have blighted the lives of some caribbean migrants and their children. the scale of the windrush scandal first came to light in april earlier this year. if a human being wants to move from one place to another to feed their family... wants to move from one place to another to feed their family. .. when those affected started sharing their stories of being denied access to health care, losing their homes and jobs and even being detained. they need to speed it up. glenda was born in dominique allen came to the uk as a baby in the 1960s. she never got a
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british passport and lost herjob a few months ago because she could not prove her legal status. so many years down the line, we are faced, it seems as if we were slaves being brought over here to be published later in life. that is the way that i feel. today's thanksgiving service at westminster abbey has been commemorating the valuable contribution of caribbean migrants and their families. but after a turbulent few months, the windrush scandal has and continues to cast a dark shadow. this is bbc news at five — the headlines. airbus says it will reconsider its investments in the uk — if britain crashes out of the eu without a deal. president trump threatens 20 percent tariffs on all european cars going into the united states — as the trade dispute escalates. seventy years after the arrival of the first caribbean migrants on the empire windrush
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to the uk — a service of thanksgiving is held at westminster abbey now on bbc news a look ahead to sportsday at 6:30 tonight... we will be live in moscow with the programme. we are halfway through the group stage, the mathematics is becoming clear as to which teams can make it through to the last 16. sheer relief from brazil as they beat costa rica 2—0, both goals in injury time, one of them from neymar and he burst into tears. theirfate is now in their own hands, unlike argentina. we know what they have to do after the result of the other game in theirgroup do after the result of the other game in their group between nigeria and iceland and we will also have the
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rest of the sport, tennis, royal ascot and a look ahead to the french grand prix. that is coming up in the programme. now it is time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? very interesting week, we have maquia, a visually stunning animation. in the fade, a sociopolitical thriller with a brilliant performance by diane kruger. and 0verboard, the remake no one was asking for! i am looking forward to that. let us start with something i know literally nothing about this and i know you are a big
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fan of animation. i knew nothing about this, it opens on wednesday next week, maquia, full title, maquia: when the promised flower blooms. written and directed by mario caddo. there is a mystical plan of celestial weavers who do not appear to age,

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