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the headlines at 10pm. two big employers in britain issues stark warnings over the slow process of brexit negotiations. we are very fea rful brexit negotiations. we are very fearful there will be chaos at the borders and we want to make sure our factories operate smoothly as possible. confirmation of dozens of house of fraser store closures. today in sports day all the world cup action. and joining me late tonight to review tomorrow's papers, the head of politics at the daily mirror. good evening. the aerospace giant
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airbus has threatened to pull its operations out of the uk of note you trade deal struck after brexit. the company employs 6000 people its plant and 400 in its base in newport, around half of the firm's total uk task force. as these school pupils take control of a light aircraft today as part of an air bus scheme to introduce into aviation, the control over the compa ny‘s feature in wales is unclear. many families have multiple members employed at their plant. airbus has expressed concern about brexit before but this is its starkest
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warning yet. if it left uk, the impact on this village would be devastating. it would be devastating and disastrous for the trinity. there are a lot of people who live here who go to work there and have done for years. it would be an absolute disaster, it would be for them as well. thousands of people. calls the clarity from the uk government have failed to reassure the employees and chain staff. i have been to number ten but we don't have any clear answers. with working together in partnership to try and get answers from the government on some key issues but they don't give us any answers. the welsh government has called for importance and deals. hopefully we
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have a sensible brexit so that airbus continue to operate with its sister plants across europe. we can celebrate on those terms. why would we wa nt celebrate on those terms. why would we want to brexit that would deliberately destroy welsh jobs? the uk government says that good progress has been made so far and is confident of getting a negotiation thatis confident of getting a negotiation that is mutually beneficial. we expect to get a good deal but as a company they need to plan for any eventuality. the government has obviously got a plan for the potential of an ideal situation, evenif potential of an ideal situation, even if it is only to influence the negotiations themselves to give us options to have a better deal with the eu. airbus says it needs certainty to make business decisions for the future when it can't do when so for the future when it can't do when so much remains up in the air. house
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of fraser has been told by its creditors that it can go ahead and close many stores, affecting up to 2000 house of fraser staff and 4000 in concessions. the flagship will stay open until early next year. i spoke earlier to our business correspondent and started by asking him what a cva, a company voluntary arrangement is. a retailer sits down with all its key creditors, suppliers and landlords. from whom they rent property and they sit down and say, for us to avoid going com pletely and say, for us to avoid going completely broke or filing for administration, we would like rent reductions or forgiveness for whatever period of time is agreed. 0n the supply side they discounts or some sort of leniency and then it is voted upon. but then decides whether this cva is going to go ahead or
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not. it got the nod today that in the teeth of some objections from many of the landlords hughes said that they haven't had a fair crack of the whip because they have a fixed asset were suppliers, there is an unsecured creditor. not as much creditworthiness as a landlord would have. what does this mean essentially? this is a valid point because cva are relatively new procedure. it is a form of insolvency, designed to prevent full—scale administration and with potential the whole business being shut down as we saw with maplin. but landlords are being, they feel, being muscled out by the suppliers. i have a feeling that when the next big cva happens we don't know what retailer might face that, they might even say that we're not even going
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to start talking about cva once we have some sort of clarity that we will not be outvoted or outmuscled. bring it back to house of fraser, this deal was going to close more than half of its stores. is it enough to ensure the health of the remaining part of the business? it is the known unknown. the retail sector is the perfect storm. this shift to online shopping is inexorable and happening rapidly. land values are going up so the high streets on which they rent these properties is also at its peak set thatis properties is also at its peak set that is why we're seeing so much trouble for retail sector. we have seen trouble for retail sector. we have seen carpet right and mothercare having a cva. we could see more of the year progresses. in a moment, we'll be here with the national
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bulletin but first, look at the weather with thomas. tomorrow is looking equally beautiful. generally speaking. a case of clear skies and, once again, turning a little on the chilly side. early on saturday morning, temperatures in many towns and cities will be just around single figures. the knights will get warmer and warmer and start to get uncomfortable. close to the jet stream, it might be a little more damp weather there in the north west of scotla nd damp weather there in the north west of scotland and for 0rkney and shetland. don't just keep of scotland and for 0rkney and shetland. don'tjust keep on rising through the weekend, next week as well, in one point another, it looks as if we're going to hit 30 degrees. two big employers in britain
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issue stark warnings over the slow progress of brexit negotiations. airbus, which employs 14,000 people here, says it will have to reconsider its future if there's no brexit deal. this isjust a businessperson sitting here today, explaining the risks we've evaluated for our business — i'm not a politician, and rather than project fear, this is dawning reality. meanwhile, bmw says the uncertainty over brexit means the uk's car industry could be less competitive. also tonight, president trump sparks another trade—war escalation with europe, as he threatens a 20% tariff on cars imported from the eu. gospel music plays 70 years after the ship the empire windrush arrived from the caribbean, a thanksgiving service at westminster abbey. so, we have a roundabout up ahead. behind the wheel at last,
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as saudi arabia prepares to lift the ban on women drivers on sunday. and neymar seals victory for brazil over costa rica at the world cup with a last—minute goal and is overcome with emotion. coming up later in the hour on bbc news on sportsday, another very dramatic day at the world cup. we'll have a full round—up of all the latest news. good evening. the aerospace giant airbus says it will reconsider its future investment in the uk if britain leaves the eu single market and customs union without a deal. the company says the warning is not part of project fear, but a "dawning reality". but downing street says
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it's confident that a good brexit deal will be put in place. airbus has 25 sites across the uk, employing more than 14,000 people, and contributing an estimated £7 billion to the british economy every year. their concerns today have been echoed by another major manufacturer here, bmw, which makes the mini. it has said that uncertainty could damage the uk's car industry. business editor simon jack's report contains flashing images. on a mission to air its fears over brexit, the boss of airbus in the uk issued a stark warning over the consequences of any interruption to their supply chains. 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. some politicians will say, "we've heard this all before, this is scaremongering, this is a reboot of project fear." this isjust a businessperson sitting here today explaining the risks we've evaluated for our business. i'm not a politician. rather than project fear, this is dawning reality. this wing—making factory
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in broughton, north wales, is the biggest of airbus's 25 uk sites and local people are worried. i've lived in broughton all my life, and it would be disastrous if they went, for the community. and it's notjust airbus, it's all the suppliers that supply them, isn't it, as well? airbus is not the only major manufacturer expressing concern about disruption to supplies. here at the mini factory in oxford, 270 trucks deliver millions of components every dayjust in time and in the right order to make one car every 67 seconds. mini's owner, bmw, says it needs clarity on future trade and border arrangements by this summer. if we don't get clarity in the next couple of months, we have to start making those contingency plans, which means investing money in systems that we might not need, in warehouses that might not be usable in the future. effectively, making the uk automotive industry less competitive than it is in a very competitive world right now. and that is a decisive issue
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that ultimately could damage this industry. advanced manufacturing is a delicate, finely tuned business. minis may be made in the uk, but it's not as straightforward as that. when it comes to symbols of british manufacturing, it doesn't get much more iconic than this. but how british is a mini? well, the steering wheel is from romania, the front lights are from spain, the rear lights are from poland, the crankshaft is from france. and these components can go back and forth several times between here and the eu. in fact, of the components that go into this car, 60% come from the eu. you get a real picture of how it takes a continent to build a car. so why not simply source more parts here in the uk? there just isn't the uk supplier infrastructure here. 15 million cars produced in europe, 1.5 million here, the sourcing tends to be
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in europe because that's where the main factories doing this sort of business are. the government insisted it is listening to business and wants the same things from the negotiation. our intention is to avoid unnecessary frictions at the border, to avoid tariffs. we couldn't be clearer in terms of our understanding of what the economy needs, and that is to be able to continue to operate a sophisticated, modern, just—in—time production system. airbus and bmw have long harboured concerns over brexit. with nine months to go before we leave the eu, those concerns have turned to alarm. simon jack, bbc news. let's speak to our deputy political editor, john pienaar. so stark warnings from both bmw and airbus, politically any impact? well, a dose of potentially harsh
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reality has suddenly been injected into a discussion which, to many people, has started to seem theoretical and even irrelevant. the link between brexit and the livelihoods of many thousands of people and their families, politics doesn't get more relevant than that. 0ne brexiteer today called this project fear on steroids, another called it bullying. but ministers like the chancellor and the business secretary have been hearing and sharing the worries of business leaders for months, and meantime, inside government, expectations of some breakthrough at next week's eu summit on the future relationship, customs relationship with the european union, those expectations have shrunk to nothing. expect that bad it can to be kicked further down the road towards 0ctober. again and again, decisive moments that were laid. the official government line is that it will be ok in the end, there will be a deal, and ministers say you can expect the european union to delay until the last moment and then compromise. you could call
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that optimism, you could call that desperation, probably according to where you stand yourself or stop the brexit story is turgid, slow, and it is about to become, i think, one cliffhanger after another. it is getting lively, and not necessarily ina good getting lively, and not necessarily in a good way. john pienaar, thank you. donald trump has threatened to impose a tariff of 20% on european cars imported to the united states. it comes as the eu begins imposing tariffs on a number of american goods in retaliation for us steel levies. nick bryant is at the white house. so this transatlantic trade war is really hotting up. it really is, airbus, tit—for—tat ta riffs it really is, airbus, tit—for—tat tariffs on twitter, notjust a transatlantic war with the european union, transpacific with china, transborder with union, transpacific with china, tra nsborder with canada, union, transpacific with china, transborder with canada, and mexico, india to agree cagliari jay measures against the united states today, japan and turkey preparing to do the same. “— japan and turkey preparing to do the same. —— india took retaliatory
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measures. many of donald trump's supporters, especially those in the old industrial heartland states of the rust belt, love the rhetoric of the rust belt, love the rhetoric of the trade war, but will they like the trade war, but will they like the reality? because the european union is being very specific about which goods it is targeting. it has gone for brands like harley—davidson, not because they are iconic or symbolic, but because of where they are made, in those rust belt states of the old industrial heartland. they are trying to damage donald trump politically. many republicans fear that this will damage america economically, a view shared by the us chamber of commerce, and the markets are very jittery. us chamber of commerce, and the markets are veryjittery. but the fundamentals of the us economy are very strong, unemployment at an 18 year low, donald trump believes he is entering this babble from a position of economic strength. —— battle. meanwhile, the row in america over immigrant children separated from their parents at the border with mexico shows little sign of abating. today donald trump accused democrats of making up what he called "phoney" tales of suffering and said the us must maintain a "strong southern border".
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over 2,000 children have been removed from their families since mr trump's zero—tolerance policy began in may. from el paso, on the border between texas and mexico, aleem maqbool reports. in a detention camp close to the mexican border, the us is holding children. we saw them being trooped between tents in single file. in many cases, they were separated from their parents by immigration officials. often their mothers and fathers, who themselves are in detention, have no idea where their children are. seven—year—old darwin from guatemala has finally been reunited with his mother, beata, after they were separated three weeks ago, even though beata said she followed all the rules in claiming asylum. "look at his face," she says, "he's so sad, but we'll be together now, and nothing will tear us apart." but this kind of reunion has so far been rare.
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the vast majority of parents and children separated under donald trump's controversial immigration policy remain in detention. lawyers say many have still had no communication with their children and have been given no information about their welfare or even location. receipts are given for people's property, and yet these individuals were not receiving anything in terms of a human being, their child. it is akin to kidnapping someone, when you take someone away from someone and don't give them any information whatsoever. this man says he fled honduras after getting death threats there, but when he came to the us earlier this month, his daughter, shown in these family photos, was taken from him. he is in prison, where we spoke to him by phone. he's desperate even just to speak to his daughter. translation: they didn't give me any explanation. the only thing they told me was, "you're going to be separated from your daughter."
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it really made me feel powerless, because imagine a little girl, eight years old, who is crying and clinging to your leg. never afraid of stirring things up, donald trump today decided not to focus on the families separated by his immigration rules, but relatives of those killed by illegal immigrants. they don't talk about the death and destruction caused by people that shouldn't be here, people that will continuously get into trouble and do bad things. foryears, their pain was met with silence, their plight was met with indifference, but no more. this country's been dramatically split over border security. the president's new order that's meant to end family separations, signed under huge pressure, doesn't change that. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in el paso. a brief look at some of the day's other news stories.
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a review of the church of england's inquiry into allegations of historical child sexual abuse in 2010 has said it missed at least 22 possible cases. the review has called for a fresh investigation in seven dioceses. creditors have agreed house of fraser can go ahead with more than 30 store closures as part of a rescue plan. it'll mean the loss of 6000 jobs, the majority working for in—store concessions. the earmarked stores, including the flagship on london's oxford street, are expected to stay open until early next year. the former wimbledon tennis champion boris becker says his diplomatic passport, issued by the central african republic, is genuine, despite officials from the country saying it's a fake. he's facing bankruptcy proceedings at the high court in london but claims the passport gives him diplomatic immunity. becker says the current row is a "storm in a teacup". i have received this passport from the ambassador, i've spoken to the president on many occasions, it was an official inauguration.
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i believe the documents they are giving me must be right. a service of thanksgiving has taken place at westminster abbey, 70 years after hundreds of caribbean migrants landed in essex on the ship, the empire windrush. they came here to help rebuild post—war britain. but the government continues to face criticism, after some of the windrush generation and their descendants wrongly faced deportation. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell reports. gospel music. music from the kingdom gospel choir — a fitting tribute to mark 70 years since windrush migrants came over from the caribbean. more than 2000 guests were part of today's service at westminster abbey and two of them met for the very first time. you guys are the same age, on the same ship. alfred gardner and john richards, who are both 92 and from jamaica, were on empire windrush back in 1948. something like this, i mean...
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you know, make me feel we're still alive. and we're still doing them. and we're still doing well. everything looking right. 0ther windrush migrants also settled here in bristol, a city with a deep—rooted caribbean community, which over the last 70 years, has grown and continues to remember the connection to the empire windrush. but a dark cloud continues to hang over the treatment of caribbean people since the windrush scandal came to light. we came here because we thought it was mother country. that's what we used to call it. we came here to help build the country up after the war smashed it to pieces. the unfortunate thing is, it back lashed on us. do you feel everyone is being treated with the same level of respect here? i would say the same level of disrespect. we are still having conversations about race, are we discriminated against because i am black, because i'm asian? it's not even really about sending people back where they came from,
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it's about somebody somewhere having targets and numbers. the older generation, they can see change because they know how hard it was when they came here. but i think for us that were born here, we haven't seen much change because the same issues we were facing in school or in the workplace, or when we're on the road going to the shop. and today's service also reflected the same sentiments. to be black and british is a political task for everyone. as britain adjusts to the possibilities of an unknown future, we must consider not only what windrush means for us together today, but what windrush might come to mean in 2088. # london is the place for me #. there will now be an annual windrush day, brought in by a government when it realised the shame of the way people were being treated.
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amid the hope, there still remains uncertainty for many. adina campbell, bbc news. history will be made in saudi arabia on sunday when its ban on women driving is lifted. the move is part of a series of changes in the deeply conservative kingdom. campaigners say that despite the end of the ban, saudi women continue to be treated like second class citizens. from riyadh, 0rla guerin reports. so, we have a roundabout up ahead. in the driving seat, at last. saudi women, still fully covered, but preparing to hit the open road. this tutor, who has spent years in the uk, provides plenty of reassurance. everyone is terrified from roundabouts. do you remember? yeah. you were terrified, now you can do it. it's easy. this is a very new image of saudi arabia having women at the wheel.
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and it's a picture the authorities are happy for the world to see. but change here is tightly controlled, it's directed from the top and it's the authorities who set the pace. especially the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman, whose image is hard to miss here. he's a self—styled reformer, but critics say hidden from view, there's a darker picture. leading women's rights activists have recently been jailed, including loujain al—hathloul, a public face of the driving campaign. she's seen here in 2014, daring to defy the ban. this should have been a moment of celebration. instead, it is a bittersweet moment for the women's rights activists who have been fighting for this reform for almost three decades now. they remain now, behind bars, silenced or enforced into self—exile. so this is this point, this is not the biggest one... but many saudi women are focused on new freedom and some
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on new wheels, like nadia. oh, it smells nice. the leather smells nice. in car shopping in the past, she only checked out the back seat. every time i bought a car i had a tear in my eye thinking, oh my god am i going to be driving it? it's the driver who's going to have the first step on it. and that kind of use to break my heart because it's my money, my car, i want to be able to be the first one to drive it out from the showroom back to the house. that never happened. now it is happening. the change here is not cosmetic, it's aimed at getting more women into the workforce and diversifying the oil reliant economy. but saudi women hope it will also fuel the slow move towards equality. 0rla guerin, bbc news, riyadh. the world's most expensive footballer, neymar, was reduced
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to tears at the world cup this afternoon, after scoring an injury—time goal in brazil's match against costa rica. meanwhile england have been preparing for their next game against panama on sunday in nizhny novogrod, natalie pirks is there for us. it was here last night that argentina were humbled 3—0 by croatia. a result so bad one tv station in argentina today held a minute's silence. they needed nigeria to do them a favour against iceland, but brazil faced a very stubborn and costa rica side. bouncing to the beat of brazil. humiliated on home soil in 2014, the five—time champions are back, rejuvenated and have a score to settle. brazil were heading for a second draw in as many games, but in stoppage time, philippe coutinho arrived at the perfect time to cue wild celebrations.
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rather too wild for his manager. the victory was sealed by neymar — the world's most expensive player, overcome by emotion. they left it late but brazil arejubilant. they've got a win on the board and how vital might that prove in their bid to reach the last 16, lift sixth world cup and lay to rest, the ghost of four years ago. the other game in group e this evening saw switzerland strike in the closing minutes too, to beat serbia 2—1 and set up a potentially thrilling round of games. meanwhile, nigeria overcame iceland 2—0, a result that also throws group d wide open and raises the possibility of an unlikely reprieve for argentina. david 0rnstein, bbc news, st petersburg. it is worth keeping an eye on what
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fifa think about those goal celebrations. as we've mentioned, england have been making final preparations for this weekend's game against panama. things have so far been going well for england in russia, but now a picture of assistant manager steve holland inadvertently showing sunday's potential team line—up has kicked off a debate on the media's role here. defender kyle walker thinks news like this should be kept under wraps. if you guys just try to keep it to yourself and, you know, don't bring it out to the world, because it's not going to help us come the latest stage of the tournament, please god we get there, because all the rest of the world seen that team now. panama will no doubt wonder what the fuss is about. they had never qualified for the world cup until now. gooool! their win over costa rica saw supermarkets run out of beer, and the commentator went viral. in england, you have to be all objective and all serious, and you don't scream "goal",
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you s what?! how come you score a goal and you just say "score". no, you have to scream "goal!" it was the culmination of decades of investment in football. former national team coach londoner gary stempel is credited with helping the revolution. you sort of imagine what they were like in the little shanty town, you know, with no shoes and thinking, "one day i'm going to become a world cup player," and there it is, they did it, you know, it's beautiful, you couldn't write it. goalkeeperjose calderon is one of those living the fairy tale in russia. he lived in this barrio in a one—room flat with his family who couldn't afford to buy him boots. it's clear he's an inspiration to his former neighbours. "they said nothing good could come out of here, but it's not true," he's saying. "we're in the world cup, you are loved." to russia, then, with love.
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whichever team england fields, panama will fight for their right to be here. both team managers will give a press conference tomorrow. russia's fifth biggest city was until a quarter of a century ago, off—limits to foreigners because of its military production and research. they have been more unwelcoming to us but will it be somewhere england want to forget on sunday? it's a celebration of culture, innovation and design in the north of england. the great exhibition of the north, which has just got under way tonight, will last for 80 days. thousands of people are lining the banks of the river tyne to watch as it's launched with a spectacular night time show. 0ur arts editor will gompertz is there. you want to get yourself appear because this is where the action is.
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it is wonderful. it is 80 metres long and we will have a squadron of 100 drones painting the sky and then there will be fireworks. there's about 20,000 people here, and the weather is fantastic and what's more, there is poetry. welcome to our future and all she endows... this manner, reading his latest poem from the gateshead millennium bridge. it is a rallying cry, an invitation, a love letter from him to you to come and see the great exhibition of the north. the great exhibition of the north. the great exhibition of the north. the great exhibition of the north signifies and shows the change that happen. people don't to manchester as they come to newcastle and say it is not the place i remember 30 years
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ago. and it is not and it needs to be written large in the culture and the mindset of britain. there is no single venue for this great exhibition, a £30 million multisite, three—month event, which organisers say has something for everybody, from street art, to street dance. the turner prize artist, michael dean has put on a politically charged show, it is a stark reflection on the realities of poverty and homelessness.” reflection on the realities of poverty and homelessness. i don't like to use expensive materials. i use materials out of fear that i will have to go back to living on a council estate with no means of supporting myself, other than scrabbling forjobs or
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