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hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm ben brown. today at 2. the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, has warned that the possibility of a "no deal" brexit is "uncomfortably high". i think the possibility of a no deal is uncomfortably high at this point, yes. you say quite clearly a no deal brexit would be a disaster? yes. you say quite clearly a no deal brexit would be a disaster7fl yes. you say quite clearly a no deal brexit would be a disaster? it is highly undesirable. zimba bwe's opposition vows to challenge the result of the presidential election after emmerson mnangagwa is declared the winner. nelson chamisa is due to give a news conference — which has been delayed by riot police. the sister of a midwife missing for a week has made an emotional appealfor information. samantha eastwood was last seen leaving work last friday morning. spain and portugal on alert — locals and holidaymakers are urged to take care as temperatures climb well into the 40s. coming up on afternoon live all the sport.
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john, what do you have? not good news in the cricket. england are crumbling. another batting collapse leaves india in a winning position. and helen will have a weather. yes the main story is heat in iberia but we will talk about the flooding and potential flooding across virginia in the usa and we will look at the weekend in the uk. and coming up... surprise, surprise. a rare eastern black rhino shocks visitors at chester zoo, when she went into labour giving birth to a healthy baby calf. hello, this is afternoon live.
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i'm ben brown. the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, has warned that the possibility of a no—deal brexit is "uncomfortably high". mr carney told the bbc that such an outcome would be highly "undesirable", and the uk and eu should do all things to avoid it. however, he said planning for "difficult circumstances" had been undertaken. brexit—supporting mps say the governor's comments are part of project fear. our business correspondent rob young reports. it's less than eight months until brexit. but we still don't know what economic life outside the european union will actually look like. ministers have been warning about the risk that a deal won't be done in time, potentially leading to disruption. today, the man in charge of the banking system intervened in that debate. the possibility of a no deal is uncomfortably high at this point.
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it does mean potential disruption, certainly it does mean disruption to trade as we know it. and, as a consequence of that, a disruption to the level of economic activity changes higher prices, for a period of time. few people move financial markets when they speak, but the bank of england governor is one of them. his warning about the risks of a no—deal brexit hit the currency markets, weakening the value of the pound and angering some pro—brexit politicians. the prominent leave campaigner, ian duncan smith, said... since the credit crunch, banks have been working hard to get their finances into shape. rbs has recovered from its near—death experience a decade ago and now looks like a normal bank again.
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but the boss of rbs says the uncertainty of brexit is holding them back. the thing that we are prepared for is a no deal. and we are holding very strong levels of liquidity and you have seen our capital position is probably the best in the marketplace now. so we are preparing this bank for a very, very slow time in 2019. but let's hope we get a deal that actually helps the economy. many companies say they don't know how to plan for brexit. they want the government to speed up the publication of advice — telling firms what to do if there is no deal with the eu. but the bank of england says people don't have to be concerned about the safety of their cash. people will have things to worry about in a no—deal brexit, which is still a relatively unlikely possibility, but it is a possibility. but what we don't want to have his people worrying to have is people worrying
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about their money in the bank, whether or not they can get a loan from the bank, whether it is for a mortgage or a business idea. the government says it's confident of securing a good deal with the eu. theresa may is travelling around europe selling her plan for brexit. but ministers say they are preparing for all possibilities. rob young, bbc news. theresa may is travelling to president obama's island retreat in the south of france and it is expected she will urged the president to soften his approach to issues before a summit next month. lucy williamson is in paris. is this the prime minister going behind the back of michel barnier and trying to
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doa back of michel barnier and trying to do a deal with emmanuel macron instead of them? that is how it is read in the french papers, who warned that circumventing the eu negotiations will not work. and there is a feeling she is taking a risk. the feeling in the papers is that this is a sign of british weakness, britain is anxious over brexit and as one paper put it, after so long being aloof, british politicians are coming to europe's big guns and asking them to save the day. emmanuel macron is a well-known europhile and it is unlikely he will give ground. i think it is unlikely he will give the ground the prime minister wants, in the white paper for example. president obama backs the core principles of the eu and he sta ked
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the core principles of the eu and he staked his presidency on a strong, well integrated eu. some have said to me there may be french flexibility, especially down the line, but not on the integrity of the single market and when i ask people when it comes to france's economic interest, trade with the uk, where does it fitting? they say you british do not understand our economic interest is the single market. was he happy to meet theresa may in these circumstances? i suppose for him it could be seen by other eu leaders to look tricky. suppose for him it could be seen by other eu leaders to look trickyi think the fact she is also talking to angela merkel helps and france and germany have been careful at least until now to try to align positions to back michel barnier. they have said they are open to meeting, they have a lot of shared interests with the uk, shared values, the security and defence
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relationship is important to britain and france. ithink relationship is important to britain and france. i think france is keen to show publicly this is not replacing the eu negotiations and while many people here agree with collea g u es while many people here agree with colleagues across the channel that a no deal is possible, president obama will not suddenly changed his mind on those core principles. thank you. we can take you to zimbabwe. zimbabwe's opposition leader has dismissed what they've called "unverified fake results", after emmerson mnangagwa was declared winner of the first presidential election since the ousting of robert mugabe. these are pictures from the last few minutes at an opposition news conference, which was disrupted by riot police. they came in to chase journalists away, shouting "out,
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out," to journalists who had gathered to listen to nelson chamisa. now we are hearing the news conference is going to be allowed to get under way. extraordinary scenes in zimbabwe after this hotly contested parliamentary and presidential elections, which zanu—pf the party of robert mugabe, and emmerson mnangagwa, has won. the opposition will try to hold this news conference. police chased away journalists but we gather the news conference will take place and that is the scene live in harare, where we are waiting for the news conference to start in the next few minutes. it follows ugly scenes we saw a couple of days ago when the army came onto the streets, using live ammunition. at least six
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people, we gather, were killed. nelson chamisa of the opposition mdc has questioned the outcome of monday's election. he lost narrowly, according to official results, to the new president, emmerson mnangagwa. the election was the first since the army removed robert mugabe from office in november. the election passed off smoothly but since then, there has been considerable violence in harare and an army crackdown on opposition supporters in which six people died and the opposition are about to hold and the opposition are about to hold a news conference. they are claiming the vote has been raped and that reveals huge rifts continuing in zimbabwe society. there had been such hopes in the wake of the fall of robert mugabe after that long
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ito—year rule. hopes that zimbabwe was on the brink of a new era of democracy and peace. the election seemed to go off peacefully, but then zimbabwe descending back into violence and division and mutual recrimination. so huge doubts about the future of zimbabwe under emmerson mnangagwa. it was a test of his rule, whether he would allow free and fair elections. and whether they would be allowed to pass off peacefully. it was a question of whether zimbabwe is a genuine democracy under the new president. it is still early days but many observers have said the signs have not been encouraging, particularly the use of the army firing live ammunition at an arms protesters and now, riot police going in, at one stage, to stop this opposition news
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conference. it looks like it may get under way and if it does we will bring that to you on bbc news. the sister of a midwife who's been missing for a week has made an emotional appeal for information. samantha eastwood, who's 28, was last seen leaving her night shift at the royal stoke university hospital in staffordshire last friday morning. hospital in staffordshire a 32—year—old man from stoke—on—trent arrested in connection with her disappearance has been bailed under investigation, while inquiries continue. police are searching a number of addresses, as phil mackie reports. samantha eastwood was described by herfamily as happy, bubbly and smiley and an amazing midwife. today, her sister made a tearful appealfor help in tracing her. she is my best friend and partner in crime. without her, half of me is gone. samantha, if you are listening, please get in touch,
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we all love you and miss you very much. we just need you home where you belong. samantha is a fantastic woman and friend. she is warm, friendly, loyal, kind and generous with a great sense of humour. this was the last sighting of samantha, on the left, leaving work after a night shift at 7:45 am. she didn't turn up to work that evening and hasn't been seen since. samantha's car was driven home and her keys found inside the house. neighbours said they heard a scream at around 2pm last friday afternoon. police have said that is one of many lines of investigation they are following. a 32—year—old man was arrested on suspicion of kidnap and has been released on bail. detectives say samantha's distinctive radley purse is missing and appealed to the public. we are keen to hear from anyone who has been out in staffordshire and in rural locations over the weekend and have seen vehicles parked in locations they think are unusual,
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laybys, isolated car parks, if they have seen people acting suspiciously in rural locations and don't think there is something write about it, get in touch with us. police have described it as a high—risk missing persons enquiry. friends and family still hope that samantha will return to them soon. i just want to say if she is out there or anyone knows where she is, just please get in touch. get her home. phil mackie, bbc news, staffordshire. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. in zimbabwe we can now see the news conference game. the mdc, the opposition, waiting to try to hold the news conference, which riot police looks like they were trying to stop, because they sent in riot
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police officers, telling journalists to get out but now the stage is set for the news conference. we can go to our correspondent in harare. extraordinary scenes. all of this raises substantial doubt about how we all democracy is in zimbabwe, if riot police can try to stop an opposition news conference. indeed, this week started quite peacefully with millions going around the country to go and vote for their preferred leader and after that, when vote counting was continuing, there was an expectation that the electoral commission of this country would start announcing the results soon after but there was a delay, and the electoral commission told the country the reason why there was a delay in telling the country who their next president would be, was
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that it was the first time in the history of this country since independence that 23 presidential hopefuls had ambitions of becoming president, 19 men and four women had their names on the ballot paper and their names on the ballot paper and the electoral commission had said they needed to count those votes, verify them, call all legal representatives of the various political parties and, only afterwards, then release the results. obviously that led to a tense stand—off on wednesday, with supporters of the opposition movement for democratic change taking to the streets, saying they believe this election had been raped. that allegation was denied by the electoral commission. what we saw and are seeing currently is that
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in the past few minutes, a press briefing, which was supposed to have been addressed by the opposition movement for democratic change was disrupted by riot police. riot police telling journalists to get out of the venue and saying they wa nted out of the venue and saying they wanted to verify that all the people who were supposed to be there, indeed credited journalists, what followed after that was the country's police minister saying the press co nfe re nce country's police minister saying the press conference will continue and what followed, we then heard from the police minister saying the press conference was going to continue and shortly afterwards, we saw the opposition leader nelson chamisa being brought forward with his supporters chanting and singing a song, saying he was their hero,
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their legitimate president. he was brought to the table. he did not stay for more than two minutes until his advisers told the media they wa nted his advisers told the media they wanted to make sure the opposition leader was secure before they can bring him out to start addressing people, to tell them perhaps what his next move will be after alleging the vote had been raped. we are hearing that the newly elected president, emmerson mnangagwa, has said freedom of speech is an indispensable part of the news of zimbabwe, it will not change. he said there is freedom of speech in zimbabwe but people at the news conference might question that if the police at one stage were trying to stop it. that is correct and in the last few minutes, the president, emmerson mnangagwa, he tweeted, saying he is calling for an
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investigation. he wants to understand why that news conference was interrupted and also saying this country has free speech, but what was seen by the cameras did not portray that type of picture, did not portray the picture he has been selling to the world, that zimbabwe was open for business, that zimbabwe was open for business, that zimbabwe was ready for a fresh start, a start that did not include the former president robert mugabe. many thanks. we will be back when the news co nfe re nce thanks. we will be back when the news conference gets under way. the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, has warned that the possibility of a no—deal brexit is ‘uncomfortably high'. mr carney told the bbc that such an outcome would be highly ‘undesirable', and the uk and eu should do all things to avoid it. however, he said planning for ‘difficult circumstances' had been undertaken.
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let's speak now to the conservative mp and prominent brexit campaigner, peter bone. he's in our northampton newsroom. what do you make of what the governor of the bank of england said today? 238 days from now we will be out of the european union and it is better to have an agreement with the european union on favourable terms for both sides of the agreement. if thatis for both sides of the agreement. if that is what the bank of england are saying, it makes obvious sense. what is not right is an agreement that is of no benefit to this country whatsoever and it seems we are moving to a situation where the eu are not going to agree to a sensible agreement and we will have to say our agreement will be based on wto rules, which will be better for us than the eu. are you one of those who thinks the governor of the bank
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of england has been scaremongering with the talk of a no deal exit and pa rt with the talk of a no deal exit and part of projects via as it is known? he was part of project fear before the referendum when the predictions we re we the referendum when the predictions were we would have mass unemployment, interest rates would go through the roof, house prices would go out of control, that the stock market would fall and none of those things happened and we have record employment and the lowest unemployment from before we went into the common market. he has form on this and i am afraid his predictions were wrong in the past, so why would they be right now? they are not predictions, they are stress testing, i understand, the banking system. if there were some terrible shock to it and apparently the testing showed that banks would cope. that is not a prediction, it is looking at the worst scenario to make sure the banks could cope. that is part of his duty, to ensure banks
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could cope? he has proved that is the case but also should he not be grasping the opportunity of coming out of the european union and talking up our prospects? the growth in exports comes from non—eu trade. everyone knows in the future the vast increase in trade will come from non—eu countries. i am vast increase in trade will come from non—eu countries. iam not vast increase in trade will come from non—eu countries. i am not sure why he is being... his lack of optimism about the outcome is strange in my view. is he notjust echoing what members of the government have said, including the foreign secretary who has talked about the possibility of falling into an accidental no deal brexit? what the foreign secretary said was the eu are dragging their heels and not negotiating sensibly. if they don't, come the autumn, they will
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have to say we have tried to reach an agreement with the eu, you guys are not an agreement with the eu, you guys a re not interested an agreement with the eu, you guys are not interested in doing a sensible agreement so our trade policy in future will be based on wto rules and you will not get £39 billion as a payoff, eu, and you will not get the £8.8 billion per year you get at the present time each year. i think that is possible, but it is nothing we, in this country, can do about it, it is up to the european union to make a sensible deal and everything points to the fact they do not want to do that. peter bone, thank you. we will ta ke that. peter bone, thank you. we will take you back to harare because we can hear now from nelson chamisa of the mdc opposition. persecution, intimidation, our offices yesterday we re intimidation, our offices yesterday were invaded. we do not know for
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what reason. the reason why they probably want to take information from us is because they want to try to destroy the evidence we have in terms of our power, but was collected across the country. they did not take everything. we have that information is stored and it will be useful for the veracity of what we are alleging. most of our leaders have been visited, some threatened, in various provinces on account of them having participated in an election. we are not a militia, a military organisation. we area militia, a military organisation. we are a democratic organisation. we do not believe in violence, we do not believe in anarchy, nor the use of weapons of force against anyone and this is why we find it difficult that the thank you we aren't getting for being peaceful, for being
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law—abiding, is the thank you of bullets and guns and bombs. is the thank you of grenades, the thank you of tension on the streets, indicating colleagues in zanu—pf have panicked because they were defeated in this election. they are not confident of citizens and this is why they can fire live ammunition on citizens and this is a serious issue. we have to take up notjust with the zanu—pf but also with the government and to international platforms. i needed to highlight this because these are strange times. you do not give bullets, guns, to those who have voted to you, you give celebration and jubilation, but if you go around the country there is no celebration. if anything, today is a day of mourning over democracy, it is a black day, because we are seeing a repeat of what we saw during the former
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regime. manipulating the results, changing the outcome of elections. and trying to negate what people fight for. against the will of the people. people voted overwhelmingly andi people. people voted overwhelmingly and i must say i want to thank zimbabweans for being peaceful, i wa nt to zimbabweans for being peaceful, i want to thank them for being tolerant. you stood in queues, you waited for a long time, professionals, young people, women, thank you, zimbabwe, you have done fa ntastically well. thank you, zimbabwe, you have done fantastically well. it is not easy under circumstances of rigging and machinations, we managed to score over 2 million votes. we have done exceptionally well. thank you, zimbabwe, you are exceptional. you are teaching the world it is possible to be democratic and we wa nt to possible to be democratic and we want to thank you as we go through
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this difficult time. i must emphasise we want to thank our journalists and the international community, thank you. you have shown you are able to show us the possibility of another way and you have covered us well in this election. we appreciate it. the various observer missions, thank you for standing with the people of zimbabwe, we want to thank you for what you have done. yes, there has been a disappointment. they wanted to conclude the election was free and fair but it was anything but a free and fair elections, evidently. this is why at this moment i want to underscore that we have a serious challenge in this country and we face a divided nation, we face a betrayed nation, we are facing a divided people and we are facing a brutalise people, and this is why i
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think it is important in the context of the electoral commission, declaration of emmerson mnangagwa is having won the election, yesterday, it is such a regrettable decision. emmerson mnangagwa did not win the election, the election in this country was won by the mdc alliance candidates and we won the election emphatically. we are ready. they did not want to listen to us. they misled, to say we would have a verification before we know the result. he was kept waiting in rome to be told the were being announced. when they were a quarter way into announcing the results. something we do not take lightly. in terms of the law we are supposed to have the
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verification of statistics and it was not done. it was done at night, behind curtains and in cahoots with zanu—pf. we take this as a serious issue. it is very telling that the election result itself was announced in the dead of night, when people we re in the dead of night, when people were being beaten up. just this morning i received news one of the victims i visited yesterday did, because he went for surgery, with a bullet through his heart. u nfortu nately, bullet through his heart. unfortunately, he passed on. increasing again that number who died. there has been an attempt to link the alliance to the disturbance. we had nothing to do with that. we deplore violence. we are encouraging citizens to make
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sure that you are maintaining peace and to remain vigilant to protect your vote, as we engage and continue to engage in terms of the direction we are going to take. there has been a misunderstanding that has characterised the election. as far as we are concerned, this election is fraudulent, illegal, illegitimate, and characterised by serious credibility gaps. and some serious credibility gaps. and some serious legitimacy issues. we must place it on record that we won this election and we are already to perform and become the next government in terms of protecting the will of the people. the will of the will of the people. the will of the people is in the declaration by
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the people is in the declaration by the voter at a polling station where people voted. that is what we are going to honour. we will not honour something that is null and void like the declaration that was done. we seek to nullify that illegality and we will pursue all avenues to be able to do that. this result should not be allowed to accommodate the expediency is and that had nothing to do with the terms of the law. accepting the election and the result is a function of the integrity of the result itself and the transparent process. we raised issues around the process and the outcome and we will continue to raise these issues. we have raised this in the context of... sorry. we have raised this in the context of
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the electoral election. we will be challenging the electoral result. some members of parliament have already given as an idea of where the illegal practices were done. we will make sure we get the logical conclusion. we got a majority. we did exceptionally well. you will see in the tally in the parliament once we begin to unpick some of the problems we are seeing. the structures a re currently problems we are seeing. the structures are currently waiting around the clock with the legal teams, political and diplomatic, to ensure that we protect the will of the people. we have the capacity and that capacity will be rolled out. we wa nt to that capacity will be rolled out. we want to advise emmerson mnangagwa that if he is a man of integrity, as he is claiming to be, if he is a new
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democrat on the block, let him honour his promise and have a free and fair election and resist and reject accepting the result that is not in favour of me. he knows the result, he got a report of the result, he got a report of the result that he lost the election on monday. he must be honest and sincere anti—must just accepted monday. he must be honest and sincere anti—mustjust accepted to give way to the new order the people voted for. he must allow this young man to do hisjob, which i was elected by the people of zimbabwe to do. he must not accept a corrupt result which is meant to disadvantage the nation but advantage a particular elite. i hope emmerson mnangagwa will be open for business, the business of transparency, the business of accountability, the business of making sure that we have a proper election results in this country. in
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the meantime, there are things that we have noted that are so important, even when we go to court, and we have had problems in the past, we have had problems in the past, we have so much evidence just to show how this election was rigged. we need to just raise 30,000 of those votes that would inflated. they inflated emmerson mnangagwa's vote, thatis inflated emmerson mnangagwa's vote, that is why they did not want to go through constituency by constituency announcement, but they wanted to go to the block vote announcement. we will be challenging it. there is considerable eyewitness evidence that has suggested that seven ballot boxes, were in an open truck accompanied by polling officers or the police, and that evidence will be provided at an appropriate time.
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in addition these videos exposed the fa ct in addition these videos exposed the fact that these ballot boxes were not sealed and were not tampered with. the forms had been altered and some of them have been produced in several forms and we will raise this. throughout this election we have had problems. they are arrogant and conflicted and in favour of zanu—pf. we are investigating the hidden hand of a third force. these we re eve n hidden hand of a third force. these were even in the lorimer airy reports of observer missions. there we re reports of observer missions. there were machinations that tried to make emmerson mnangagwa the favourite.
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the reliability of the information provided is actually questionable. they have had to announce results that need to be changed in an electoral court challenge. 210,000 voted at 6pm on election day and this report was published and it has to be juxtaposed with the final result we now hear being announced 483,000. ican result we now hear being announced 483,000. i can tell you that the figures are malleable. they are a very, very liberal with the movement of figures and this is why we wanted to make sure that we do the final tally verification. when you reconsider the two reports, there
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we re reconsider the two reports, there were more votes than the total votes which were cast in the last hour of voting between six and 7pm on voting day. one wonders what this is all about. but it will also be exposed. there was also an issue where you have seen our soldiers, who are highly disciplined, firing live ammunition. we have not heard from the government what they have done to make sure they dealt with the culprits who caused the loss of lives. we are hearing an accusation from the mdc. the commanders in chief would not command the military force. this is why we want those who are in charge in the interim, the outgoing president, to make sure that he owns up on those who killed innocent citizens. and he must
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apologise to the people. he compensate the families of those people. instead of saying it was them, they were forcing one of the relatives to say somebody was stabbed by an eye when it is clear it was a gunshot. they want to run away from these problems. don't worry, we are covered by the holy ghost. and we thank god for this protection. thank you very much. again, as has been noted by the credible observer mission, the vote was counterfeit. a lot of people are saying, where are you getting votes? the votes are known by ordinary people. each time it was in the 23 constituencies, it is the presidential election and it has to
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be an election for ed and in our case in c. we won in the majority of the constituencies. there has been a sweeping and overwhelming call for change and that must be understood. we also want to indicate, and this has been noted by the observer missions, they were supposed to be announced first at constituency level. we did the tally and we know the result and our mps know the result. yesterday they misled the chief election year. i saw him taking over the chair‘s position and announcing his position, but congratulations for saving our ground, we really appreciate that. we wa nt ground, we really appreciate that. we want to defend our votes and we
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must do things that are consistent with the law. we are lawful people, we honour the law. the constitution guarantees as the right to peaceful protest if we are not happy. to all intents and purposes this right will be pursued. we do not want violence, we do not accept violence. any person who is violence is not part of us. but we know that zanu—pf who would like people masquerading as the mdc alliance as a way to crack down on the opposition. it is their way to try and justify them running away from an illegitimate election. we wa nt away from an illegitimate election. we want to do with this and it shall be dealt with in a proper manner. i must say that we have had five challenges, the first one being the issue of unverified votes being announced to members of the press and to the country. it is very clear that the law requires that all
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results of an election be verified by the agents before the results are issued out. they would not listen, very arrogant, not willing to cooperate, not understanding that this election is about the citizens. this is about the political stakeholders, as. that issue has to be taken to its logical conclusion. they were not supposed to announce what has been whispered in the ear by certain of the third force members. we know they have been working to try and subvert this election. we have that evidence as and when it is required. our results indicate we won significantly. we had a majority vote of all but 2.3 million. it is actually emmerson mnangagwa who did not reach the 2 million mark. our percentage was
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actually 56%. by the evidence they have their tally was almost 44%. we are very clear that if they are challenging the veracity of our report, let's go to the tally. this result we can announce at the constituents' level. but now they are giving you a result at night and if they announce it at night, they do not want to give you the result you are voting for. the second thing is they aren't fully done with reading. but this protest is so pedestrian. the numbers that they even presented do not even add up. i suppose they borrowed them extra mission might like i told you,
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harare is a good example of where the numbers were given to zanu—pf presidential candidate emmerson mnangagwa and we are ready to present the va 23 forms. more than 20,000 votes that were in harare we re 20,000 votes that were in harare were not for emmerson mnangagwa. their problem is that we had a maximum number of voters per polling station which was supposed to be 1000. you know that when you play around with these things you end up massaging the result beyond the limits of what is known and what is common and this is what they did. voter turnout discrepancies are a common cause. they are now reporting an 85% turnout. fine, it might me that people did not vote, but you
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must show and revealed that. why is there a discrepancy of 10%? what then happened to those votes? did they returned them without voting? yes, what is the way forward? we are not accepting a fake result. we are not accepting a fake result. we are not accepting a fake result. we are not accepting this fiction. we want a proper result to be announced. we will pursue all means necessary, legal and constitutional, to make sure that we protect the people's vote. the people have voted and they have cheated. the people have one and they are subverting that win. we will not allow it and we will not accept that. emmerson mnangagwa said, may you remember your liberation vote and commitment to
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the liberation ethos of one man, one vote. respect the people, do not usurp power, do not sit on the throne of power without the will of the citizens. they do not believe in you, they believed in us. you can see that the nation is divided. with all the councils, but we have gone further, we have made significant inroads in the rural areas will stop we beat mr manning aqua in most of the marginal provinces. they lowered the marginal provinces. they lowered the result which causes a big problem. we are the party that should form the government in this country. this one cannot form the government and this is why we are going to pursue all legal and constitutional roots that are there to pursue that. to the international
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community we are asking you to help zimbabwe. clear the way and break with the past, so we have a gateway toa with the past, so we have a gateway to a new and very beginning. please help us to be liberated from the claws and manacles of this dictatorship, of this oppressive regime. we can only do it with your support and solidarity. we are not asking for support to the mdc, we are asking for support to the credentials of democracy, the norms and standards of free and fair elections. we have never resorted to arms before, but we have a lot of capacity to do so, but we do not believe in violence. our instruments are instruments of peace, this is widely got respect in the elections and we had peaceful demonstrations. we hate violent demonstrations, such
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as the one we saw a few days ago. to the people of zimbabwe, wait for your moment, the celebration is coming. be sure. be sure, victory has been certain, it has to be confirmed. and we will make sure that that victory is confirmed. there is no way there can be an illegitimate government in zimbabwe when the will of the people he is not respected. there is no way we can talk about a credible government in this country. they can run, but they will not hide. they can steal, but they will not succeed. this is why we will not allow them to get away with murder, literally and metaphorically. we will employ all honest measures and the will of the people shall in an appropriate moment be confirmed in due time. our people, please do not give up. the
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will shall be confirmed. we cannot runa will shall be confirmed. we cannot run a country of manipulated will, or on run a country of manipulated will, orona run a country of manipulated will, or on a massage mandate. we want to respect the will of the people and as far as we are concerned, i want to congratulate the people of zimbabwe for coming out in your thousands to vote for the alliance. i want to congratulate the mdc alliance for running a fantastic campaign. i wanted that the mps, the councillors who managed to make it. thank you very much. i want to congratulate those who one in the free and fair election, particularly in the parliamentary election. we have no problems with that, that is democracy, it is give and take. but we do not believe in a democracy where it is take and take. that we do not believe in. thank you very much. may god bless you. yes, we
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have happier times coming. we must all be ready to celebrate and celebrate in our thousands. thank you very much. that is nelson chamisa, the leader of the opposition in zimbabwe, the defeated candidate, but he said the election had been raped and manipulated. he said it was a coup and that zimbabwe and emmerson mnangagwa is a dictatorship, and oppressive regime. interestingly, this news conference by the opposition was almost stopped by the opposition was almost stopped by riot police just before it was beginning. they moved in. these are pictures from earlier on around lunchtime. riot police moved in and told journalists to get out amidst extraordinary scenes in what is supposed to be a democracy. emmerson mnangagwa once an enquiry into why the riot police were sent in to stop that news conference. it all comes amid a huge controversy over these
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election results, parliamentary and presidential, which zanu—pf, the ruling party, have one. as you were hearing, the opposition mdc say the results have been manipulated, they called them a fraud, and he said the only thanks the opposition have got for conducting these elections in a peaceful way was the thank you of guns and bullets. we saw six protesters shot dead a couple of days ago on the streets of harare. this was early on at that news conference, riot police going in to try to stop that news conference. but then they relented and got orders they should back off and leave nelson chamisa and the mdc opposition to have that news conference, which is what we have been listening to. he has been saying his opposition supporters should stay confident and optimistic that one day they will get into power, but for the moment he says they have been cheated of victory in
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these elections in zimbabwe. let's turn our attention to other news and that heat wave in spain and portugal which is now the most severe for 15 yea rs. which is now the most severe for 15 years. the sweltering temperatures come after weeks of sustained heat right across europe. the authorities are on alert for forest fires and locals and holiday—makers are urged to ta ke locals and holiday—makers are urged to take care because the region could see the hottest temperatures ever recorded in the continent coming weekend. let's go to our correspondent alison roberts who is in the portuguese capital lisbon. what are temperatures there like right now and what are they predicted a b? right now and what are they predicted a 8? right now it is 38 degrees in lisbon, but it is hotter elsewhere further inland and temperatures are expected to rise to potentially near the all—time record
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of 47.4 degrees, that was back in 2003. yesterday we saw temperatures to over 45 degrees not too far inland from lisbon. most of mainland portugal is on red alert. the authorities are warning people only to go outside if they really need to and to drink plenty of water. what have been the effects of the heatwave so far? have people been staying indoors in air—conditioned homes and offices? it is noticeable if you go out on the streets in lisbon there are fewer people around than they normally would would be, not just at than they normally would would be, notjust at midday, but even towards the end of the afternoon. you mentioned air—conditioning and not many homes in portugal have air conditioning, it might sound surprising. traditional methods of building in portugal, particularly in the south were temperatures get a really high, the houses are designed to keep out the heat. unfortunately
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most houses and apartments built during the 20th century were not built along the same lines and they do not have air conditioning so that isa do not have air conditioning so that is a problem. the tactic is to open your windows at night and close them com pletely your windows at night and close them completely during the day and that is what many people do and they do not go out into the street. portuguese people are used to hot weather. here we are finding the heatwave quite hard to deal with, it is difficult to sleep at night and it is uncomfortable, are people there complaining about the heatwave? are they struggling to deal the temperatures? generally people are taking it on board and they make the same comments that you have made, but it is summer. but july was a bit of a wash—out, there was a lot of rain compensating for a drought that we had in the winter which was a big problem. until quite recently temperatures here in portugal were lower than they were in the uk. the rise has been very
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sudden. portugal like much of southern europeans are coping with an unprecedented tourist boom. many of the people suffering from these high temperatures are foreign tourists and not all of them are on the beach. the city is attracting a lot of people and in the interior, thatis lot of people and in the interior, that is where those high temperatures are, and it is tough for them. and the portuguese cycle race, the equivalent of the tour de france, is going on at the moment in the hottest pa rt france, is going on at the moment in the hottest part of the country, the state of about 200 kilometres, pretty much all in areas that will hit temperatures of over 40 today. one wonders how those riders will be able to cope. they are extremely fit, but it is a concern for those overseeing the race. that will definitely be a tough one. thank you very much. alison roberts in lisbon.
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let's have a look at the forecast here at home with helen willetts. temperatures have been rising through the afternoon. but it is not as hot as it is across siberia were yesterday we had 45 degrees and over the next day or two it is expected to approach the record in portugal and parts of spain, above 47 celsius. we have had some rain during the day here at ambleside in windermere. this is the fox and some of the coastlines. this is an anglesey and underneath the weather front it feels very different to the hot sunshine further south and the warm sunshine further north. a few showers in northern scotland and they will push their way into eastern scotland. for the south the heat will continue throughout the remainder of the afternoon. i would
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not be surprised to see temperatures round about 32 or 33. the rain should be clearing at least from the north of england. potentially some sharp showers, even thunderstorms in the east of scotland for a time late afternoon and early evening before they clear out of the way. behind they clear out of the way. behind the weather front there will be a more comfortable night for northern ireland and scotland. but in the south it will feel quite oppressive once again. saturday starts off on a nice note for most of the country. just the chance of some showers on the western side of scotland as opposed to the east, but many places should stay dry and fine. baby showerfor should stay dry and fine. baby shower for east anglia and the south—east and temperatures may not be as high as we have seen today, but it is still hot. on sunday there isa but it is still hot. on sunday there is a greater chance we will see this weather front push lower cloud back in across the north west of scotland
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with some rain in the highlands and islands. for the majority of the uk it looks fine and dry and those warm temperatures just tailing off a little bit in southern areas. still a pleasant, average temperature in the high teens to the low 20s. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm ben brown. today at 3. the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, has warned that the possibility of a "no deal" brexit is "uncomfortably high". i think the possibility of a no deal is uncomfortably high at this point, yes. you say quite clearly a no deal brexit would be a disaster? it is highly undesirable. the leader of zimba bwe's main opposition party, nelson chamisa, has said that his party will not accept a "fake result" — after robert mugabe's successor emmerson mnangagwa claimed victory
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in the presidential election. he is fraudulent, illegal, illegitimate and characterised by serious credibility gaps and some serious credibility gaps and some serious legitimacy issues. the sister of a midwife missing for a week has made an emotional appeal for information — samantha eastwood was last seen leaving work last friday morning. and spain and portugal on alert — locals and holidaymakers are urged to take care as temperatures climb well into the 40s. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. bad light briefly offered respite at edgbaston but england in a precarious position against india after a batting collapse. and we'll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past.
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the dangerous heat continues across iberia and it is hot in parts of the uk but not for all, but it looks like a decent weekend as i will have more on that later. also coming up — surprise, surprise. a rare eastern black rhino shocks visitors at chester zoo, when she went into labour giving birth to a healthy baby calf. hello, this is afternoon live. the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, has warned that the possibility of a no—deal brexit is ‘uncomfortably high‘. mr carney told the bbc that such an outcome would be highly ‘undesirable‘, and the uk and eu should do all things to avoid it.
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however, he said planning for ‘difficult circumstances‘ was under way. brexit supporting mps say the governor‘s comments are part of project fear. our business correspondent rob young reports. it‘s less than eight months until brexit. but we still don‘t know what economic life outside the european union will actually look like. ministers have been warning about the risk that a deal won‘t be done in time, potentially leading to disruption. today, the man in charge of the banking system intervened in that debate. the possibility of a no deal is uncomfortably high at this point. it does mean potential disruption, certainly it does mean disruption to trade as we know it. and, as a consequence of that, a disruption to the level of economic activity changes higher prices, for a period of time. few people move financial markets when they speak, but the bank of england governor
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is one of them. his warning about the risks of a no—deal brexit hit the currency markets, weakening the value of the pound and angering some pro—brexit politicians. the prominent leave campaigner, ian duncan smith, said... since the credit crunch, banks have been working hard to get their finances into shape. rbs has recovered from its near—death experience a decade ago and now looks like a normal bank again. but the boss of rbs says the uncertainty of brexit is holding them back. the thing that we are prepared for is a no deal. and we are holding very strong levels of liquidity and you have seen our capital position is i think probably the best in the marketplace now. so we are preparing this bank for a very, very slow time in 2019. but let's hope we get a deal that
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actually helps the economy. many companies say they don‘t know how to plan for brexit. they want the government to speed up the publication of advice — telling firms what to do if there is no deal with the eu. but the bank of england says people don‘t have to be concerned about the safety of their cash. people will have things to worry about in a no—deal brexit, which is still a relatively unlikely possibility, but it is a possibility. but what we don‘t want to have is people worrying about their money in the bank, whether or not they can get a loan from the bank, whether it is for a mortgage or a business idea. the government says it‘s confident of securing a good deal with the eu. theresa may is travelling around europe selling her plan for brexit. but ministers say they are preparing for all possibilities. rob young, bbc news. our political correspondent, ben wright, is in westminster. as we heard, brexiteer mps including
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peter bone we spoke to a short time ago, they are not happy with what the governor of the bank of england said, saying he is unduly pessimistic. the paradox is that many of the same brexiteer tory mps have been urging the government to prove it is willing to countenance the possibility of a no deal scenario because they say as well as it being a practical possibility as britain leaves, they think it is the best way to show the eu that britain is serious in the talks because it is serious in the talks because it is prepared to walk away and yet now, with the government is starting to show some of the preparations and talking about how prepared it is, for planning for a no deal and this morning from the bank of england governor, people like peter bone and iain duncan smith and others do not
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like it because they say it is a return to frightening the public, in their view softening them up because they think they will be sold a softer brexit further down the line. all of this against the backdrop of the prime minister interrupting her holiday in italy to go to the south of france and speak to the french president emmanuel macron to talk about brexit. some say maybe she is going behind the backs of the eu commission and michel barnier. the commission negotiating on behalf of eu leaders and european leaders made it clear they are happy with the job the commission on doing that number 10 thinks there is mileage to take their case straight to eu leaders, explaining the chequers agreement hammered out at the beginning of july, the white paper that forms the basis of a long—term relationship the uk hopes to strike the eu as pa rt the uk hopes to strike the eu as part of the withdrawal agreement. there are hurdles, it is notjust
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the broader withdrawal agreement thatis the broader withdrawal agreement that is what the uk hopes to keep in a shared customs territory, there is the urchinjob of a shared customs territory, there is the urchin job of trying to a shared customs territory, there is the urchinjob of trying to hammer out where the irish backstop will be and how it works, which is essential to the eu giving the green light to a deal and talks moving on in the summerand a deal and talks moving on in the summer and that is probably going to be the focus in the conversation between theresa may and president obama. thank you. we can discuss that meeting with president obama and further. let‘s speak now to the former uk ambassador to france, lord ricketts. it is good to have you on the programme. that same question, do you think theresa may is going behind the backs of the eu commission by going to see president obama and maybe getting more change out of him that the eu? it is good
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she is going to see him and it is important to be in touch with the main eu leaders but it is a pity as if she is going to try to persuade him to soften the eu styles of brexit, as it were going behind michel barnier‘s back, that will not work and that is not what emmanuel macron thinks, he is pro—european and will not want to be seen breaking ranks with colleagues. but i think it is a good idea she sets out the politics of it to him. many say france has a lot to lose from a no—deal brexit, especially in terms ofjobs in particular. would he maybe give ground because of that? i do not think he will give ground to theresa may in these talks because he will want to keep negotiations in brussels with michel barnier. for him, the priority is to preserve the eu and protect it from damage from brexit. he thinks brexit is a bad
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idea and he has plans for building up idea and he has plans for building up more european integration. i think he will look at it from that point of view. in terms ofjobs, and france stands to benefit from britain leaving, so i do not think thatis britain leaving, so i do not think that is a worry for him, but i think he will look to protect the eu‘s integrity and not allow brexit to create precedents that might be a problem. i do not think she will get movement from him, although there is a lot britain and france can discuss together. what about security? might he give ground on that and promise closer security ties? we have important bilateral links on defence, intelligence, security that will go on after brexit and things like the situation in iran. the eu is the place where a lot of the cooperation between police forces, judicial authorities goes on and that depends on eu agreements. at
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the moment we have an ambitious british proposal to wrap that up into a big security treaty and i do not think it feasible. the lords committee i sit on decided that did not look feasible. but talking to emmanuel macron about some of the keyissues emmanuel macron about some of the key issues that we need to protect, looking for pragmatic deals to keep the cooperation going security, that is worth doing. french newspapers say theresa may cutting short holiday to see president obama on is a sign of british weakness, almost cry for help from theresa may. is there anything in that? i think it is better to see this as two european leaders sitting down at a difficult moment to discuss political issues in front of them which is why i do not think emphasis should be on whether emmanuel macron will move on this or that because i‘m sure that will not be the case.
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having taken 15 i‘m sure that will not be the case. having ta ken 15 months i‘m sure that will not be the case. having taken 15 months to produce a british position we cannot go to the europeans two weeks later and said this is it, take it or leave it. we have to show flexibility and perhaps the prime minister can send a signal of that in these talks. the governor of that in these talks. the governor of the bank of england has been saying the possibility of a no—deal brexit is uncomfortably high, do you share that opinion? any risk of no—deal brexit is uncomfortably high because i am convinced it would be a disaster and we not prepared for it and everyone around europe can see that. i think he said he did not think it probable that certainly possible and i would agree and it could happen through political chaos, collapse, miscalculation, rows at westminster, and it would be extremely bad if it did. if this set of talks can help to reduce the risk of talks can help to reduce the risk ofa no of talks can help to reduce the risk of a no deal crash at that can only
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bea of a no deal crash at that can only be a good thing. thank you. the opposition leader in zimbabwe has confirmed he will be challenging the result of the presidential election which has returned emmerson mnangagwa to power. the mdc‘s nelson chamisa has promised to reveal evidence that the election was rigged, and questioned the conduct of the poll. as far as we are concerned this election is fraudulent, illegal, illegitimate, and characterised by serious credibility gaps. and some serious credibility gaps. and some serious legitimacy issues that we feel must be raised. we must put it on record that we won this election and because we won this election, we are ready to form the next government, subject to the processes we will pursue in terms of
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protecting the will of the people. the will of the people is not in the declaration, it is not —— it is in the declaration of the vote in the polling station where people voted and that is what we will honour, we will not honour something that is null and void. we will seek to negate and nullify that illegality and we will pursue the necessary measures to do that. that was nelson chamisa, the opposition mdc leader. our correspondent nomsa maseko is in harare. he was clear that he believes the mdc won the election and have been cheated out of the election and zanu—pf, who have been declared winners, they did it through fraudulent, illegal and illegitimate means. that is exactly what nelson
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chamisa aims to brew. he says that the opposition movement for democratic change has evidence to prove that this vote was rigged, even going as far as crediting robert mugabe, the former president, saying he was a sophisticated fraudster who knew how to successfully rig an election and he also said emmerson mnangagwa‘s attempt to rig the election was pedestrian. those allegations have been denied by the electoral commission of zimbabwe who said they have confidence and the election was not rigged and there was no cheating and they would never subvert the will of the people. democracy is on trial at the moment in zimbabwe, whether there is real democracy in zimbabwe after robert mugabe. there
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we re zimbabwe after robert mugabe. there were high hopes after he fell from power but we have seen protesters shotin power but we have seen protesters shot in the streets and we saw scenes to date with the news conference with the opposition, at first the riot police trying to stop a news conference happening and to kick out the journalists. the fact this election took place under peaceful circumstances, on monday, when millions took to the streets, going to the various polling stations, there was high optimism zimbabwe was ready for a fresh start, that zimbabwe wanted to fix this country‘s economy that was devastated when robert mugabe was still the president of this country, all of that now hangs in the balance. we saw the army deployed and using excessive force, killing six protesters, who were dismissing,
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basically saying the selection had been raped. —— this election. —— that it had been rigged. and that those soldiers, the person who gave the orderfor those soldiers, the person who gave the order for those soldiers to be deployed should have been taken to task. thank you. the sister of a midwife who‘s been missing for a week has made an emotional appeal for information. samantha eastwood, who‘s 28, was last seen leaving her night shift at the royal stoke university hospital in staffordshire last friday morning. a 32—year—old man from stoke—on—trent arrested in connection with her disappearance has been bailed under investigation, while inquiries continue. police are searching a number of addresses, as phil mackie reports. samantha eastwood was described by herfamily as happy, bubbly and smiley and an amazing midwife.
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today, her sister made a tearful appealfor help in tracing her. she is my best friend and partner in crime. without her, half of me is gone. samantha, if you are listening, please get in touch, we all love you and miss you very much. we just need you home where you belong. samantha is a fantastic woman and friend. she is warm, friendly, loyal, kind and generous with a great sense of humour. this was the last sighting of samantha, on the left, leaving work after a night shift at 7:45am. she didn‘t turn up to work that evening and hasn‘t been seen since. samantha‘s car was driven home and her keys found inside the house. neighbours said they heard a scream at around 2pm last friday afternoon. police have said that is one of many lines of investigation they are following. a 32—year—old man was arrested on suspicion of kidnap and has been released on bail.
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detectives say samantha‘s distinctive radley purse is missing and appealed to the public. we are keen to hear from anyone who has been out in staffordshire and in rural locations over the weekend and have seen vehicles parked in locations they think are unusual, whether in laybys, isolated car parks, if they have seen people acting suspiciously in rural locations and don‘t think there is something write about it, get in touch with us. police have described it as a high—risk missing—person inquiry. friends and family still hope that samantha will return to them soon. i just want to say if she is out there or anyone knows where she is, just please get in touch. get her home. phil mackie, bbc news, staffordshire. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. to avoid a no—deal brexit, saying it would be
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"highly undesirable". the leader of zimbabwe‘s main opposition party, nelson chamisa, has said today is a "black day" and that the presidential election was rigged after robert mugabe‘s successor emmerson mnangagwa claimed victory. the sister of a midwife missing for a week has made an emotional appeal for information. samantha eastwood was last seen leaving work last friday morning. england are in trouble in the first test at edgbaston following a batting collapse. adil rashid was the last wicket to fall. hundred and 16 for eight a short while ago. the great britain spring team have qualified for the next round. the men‘s team including jason kenny will hope to reach the final. and
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georgia hall is one shot off the lead at the halfway stage of the women‘s british open. she is in a three—way tie for second. the number of deaths attributed to sepsis in english hospitals has risen by more than a third in two years. that‘s according to figures given to the bbc by a leading health expert. sepsis can result from any bacterial infection, from small wounds to pneumonia. campaigners have described the rare but serious complication as a ‘silent killer‘. andy moore reports. jaco nel lost both his legs after developing sepsis. he was scratched and became infected after playing with his dog. he survived with terrible injuries. many others don‘t. sepsis is responsible for more deaths in the uk than bowel, breast and prostate cancer combined. it can strike very quickly. within 24 hours from a normal, healthy man, i became disabled,
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lost my legs, most of the fingers on my right hand. one on my left hand. and my face was scarred. so, yes, it was dramatic. experts at imperial college in london say there were just over 15,700 deaths recorded in english hospitals in the 2016—17 year, where sepsis was the main diagnosis. two years previously, there were only 11,300 deaths. that‘s a 38% increase. the nhs in england says there‘s been a huge effort over the last few years to improve the diagnosis and recording of sepsis cases. so the figures may not prove an actual increase in the number of deaths. but experts in sepsis say the trend is worrying. we‘ve got the very real and current risk of increasing resistance among bacteria to antibiotics,
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which is going to play a part and play an increasing part as time goes on. and, added to all of that, we‘ve got the increase in pressure on the nhs. we‘ve got fewer health care professionals delivering more care to ever—increasing numbers of patients and that‘s got to play a part in these figures. william mead died of sepsis aged just 12 months, after health professionals failed to diagnose him. the illness is very difficult to spot, but awareness is improving. campaigners like his mother believe the struggle against sepsis is far from over and it will take a much bigger effort to bring it under control. andy moore, bbc news. joining me now from birmingham is dr ron daniels, chief executive of the uk sepsis trust. tell us more about sepsis because it can kill from a relatively minor
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injury. absolutely and that story described there is frightening. sepsis is the way the border response to infection and is triggered by infection but in sepsis the immune system goes into overdrive and if we do not stop it it starts to damage organs. it is not always as dramatic in that case but it is always deadly if we do not catch. deaths recorded in england sharply rising, what is that increase down to? it shows a worrying trend. these are conservative estimates. we would suggest the number of sepsis deaths in the uk is probably 44000 and it is about the differences in which the data are captured. the reasons, a large part of the difference is we have invested efforts in improving the way sepsis is recorded and recognised and treated but that does
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not explain all of the difference and we have seen increases in the us and we have seen increases in the us and scandinavian countries who have not had concerted campaign so it has to be due to other factors. we have an ageing population, there is the rising threat of antibiotics resista nce rising threat of antibiotics resistance and we are doing more to more people in health care with fewer increased resources, which has to play a part. what should we be doing and nhs england to combat the rise? nhs england and the department of health have done fantastic work on sepsis over the past few years with us but we need to do more. we need to incentivise better care and improve the way we measure, record and diagnose sepsis in order that we can better understand the burden of this condition. if somebody falls ill with sepsis, what are the warning signs, if you are with somebody like that, how would you know? we know what having an
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infection feels like all looks like ita infection feels like all looks like it a lot want but if alarm bells ring that something is very wrong and if someone feels more unwell than before they should phone 111 or see their gp than before they should phone 111 or see theirgp and than before they should phone 111 or see their gp and ask if it could be sepsis. if they are very worried they can book online for the six symptoms, slurred speech, extreme pain, people passing no you‘re in, severe breathlessness, the feeling you are going to die, skin that is mottled or discoloured. go straight to a&e, if so, that is an emergency. thank you, doctor daniels, chief executive of the uk sepsis trust. the heatwave in spain and portugal is now the most severe for 15 years. the sweltering temperatures come after weeks of sustained heat across europe. the authorities are on alert for forest fires and locals and holidaymakers are being urged to take care because the region could see the hottest
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temperatures ever recorded in the continent this weekend. tom burridge reports. when they are talking about a heatwave in spain and portugal, you know it‘s really hot, so time to drink a lot and keep a cool head. for some on holiday, it is stifling. you walk out and it is just oppressive, it is like nothing else. i couldn‘t even have predicted it. i have been to portugal many times over the years and never, ever felt it like this before. i thought it was hot in london, but this is another level. look at the top temperatures yesterday. in portugal, 45 celsius, but 40 in northern spain is really unusual, even in august. further south, away from the coast, it is well above that. the heat we are getting this summer
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is extreme, for sure. temperatures over the next few days are likely to reach 46 degrees or so for spains, so close to their national record, which stands at 47.3, but the hottest weather will be further west in portugal where i think we could see highs of 47 celsius. the portuguese national record is 47.4, set in 2003 and we will look to get close to that as we go through saturday. and spare a thought for those racing in portugal‘s volta. some riders suffered heat stroke yesterday. stage two today is 200 kilometres in temperatures above 40, with an uphill finish at the end. it is hottest inland, in the mid—40s, in picturesque cities like montoro. when it gets that hot, some of the advice might surprise you. you need to keep yourfluid intake up and coffee and tea are fine, up to about eight cups of tea, four cups of coffee a day,
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unless it is really humid, in which case you won‘t sweat, so cold drinks are better. a fan is great, unless the temperature is above 37, in which case it can make matters worse rather than better, and when you are inside, keep the windows closed until night—time. you will actually be cooler inside that way. forest fires like this one in south—westerly spain are not unusual at this time of year, but the boiling weather makes the job of putting them out that bit harder. for holidaymakers, well, the coast will be a bit cooler. tom burridge, bbc news. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. hello, the weekend holds an lot of fine and dry weather across the uk. the discrepancy will be in temperatures, how it feels, it will stay hotter the south but
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temperatures in the sunshine in the north will be around average. more bearable if you do not like heat but the heat will trigger showers in northern scotland. that will clear. the night looks more comfortable for sleeping in the north, still humid and warm further south and east, but and warm further south and east, but a lovely start for many on saturday. maybe some low cloud and around the coast we could have coastal fog. many areas are dry and fine with warm spells of sunshine, through northern ireland, the bulk of england and wales, it is hotter with temperatures in the high 20s, as we have on sunday. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, has warned that the possibility of a no—deal brexit is "uncomfortably high" and that strenuous efforts should be made to avoid that outcome. the zimbabwean opposition leader, nelson chamisa,
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says his party is prepared to present evidence in court that proves vote rigging led to his loss in the presidential election. the sister of missing midwife samantha eastwood, who was last seen leaving work at the royal stoke hospital in staffordshire last friday, has made a tearful appeal for help to trace her. parts of spain and portugal are expected to experience record breaking temperatures in the next few days — they could break the european record of 48 degrees set by greece in 1977. and a rare eastern black rhino has shocked visitors at chester zoo, after she went into labour giving birth to a healthy baby calf. sport now on afternoon live withjohn watson. and are india on top in the cricket?
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yes, it has been their day—to—day, a batting collapse handing india the initiative. but there was an impressive half—century from sam curran, who offered england a glimmer of hope. an english batting collapse has put india in control of the first test at edgbaston and on course for victory, unlessjoe root‘s side can find something to dig themselves out of it on day three. the english scoredcard makes for grim reading. they started the day with a slender 22 run lead, keateon jennings was the first to go for 8 and further english wickets have fallen since, jos buttler for one with the second ball after lunch. and despite a brief period of resistance alongside sam curran, adil rashid has now departed for 16. england supporters will be hoping that sam curran can stick around. let‘s talk about something else, the cycling. yes, one of the events on today as part of a new look, multiformat games. seven sports being merged into 111 day competition, the first time it has
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been done. dixon medals up for grabs. it includes a chance for jason kenny and laura kenney to add to their already impressive medal collections. jason kenney was out on the track earlier alongsidejack carlin. they are in the next round in the men‘s team sprint. they will be back out on the track in under an hour‘s time. they will be racing for a spot in the final tonight. laura kenney goes out in the women‘s team pursuit in the next half an hour. in the men‘s team pursuit, gb started fast but were beaten by italy. it means that britain will contest the bronze medal race later on against germany. italy will go up against switzerland for gold. adam peaty has been in impressive form at the european championships in glasgow. he broke the championship record in winning his 100—metres breaststroke heat. this is peaty‘s first international competition
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since the commonwealth games in april, when he was beaten for the first time in four years. since that wake—up call, he‘s been working hard with coach mel marshall. very controlled. we had a plan, how do we get to those fatty swims? how do we get to those fatty swims? how do we get to those fatty swims? how do we control the emotion until the next ticks or seven days. the olympic games is nine days. i went out this morning, a huge crowd, i enjoyed it, which is something i have been missing. it is the real me and hopefully tonight i will make a statement again and then tomorrow, who knows? statement again and then tomorrow, who knows? sarah storey has won gold on her return to international competition ten months after giving birth to her second child. she won the c5 time trial at the para—cycling road world championships in maniago, italy. a very emotional andy murray, crying in his chair after victory in his third—round match, at the washington open, having been out on court until three o‘clock in the morning. he beat marius copil in three
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sets to reach his first quarter—final for over a year but he said the timing was unreasonable. he sat in his chair as the tears flowed after the victory brought on by "an extremely long day and a long match" he said. murray said pulling out of his next match against alex de minaur was now a possibility. england‘s georgia hall is one shot off the lead in the women‘s british open. thailand‘s pornanong phatlum is leading on 10 under par. hall still hasn‘t dropped a shot, four birdies today have taken her to nine under—par, in a five—way tie. compatriot florentyna parker is four shots off the pace. pornanong phatlum from thailand leads on 10 under. the shock of the day came from canada‘s brooke henderson. she got a hole in one on the par three night. one bounce and it went straight in.
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she was pleased. australian formula one driver daniel ricciardo will be leaving red bull and joining renault at the end of the season. he‘s fifth in the drivers‘ championship with two wins this season and he said that although it was one of the most difficult decisions of his career, he felt it was time for a new challenge. he‘ll drive alongside nico hulkenberg at renault. there has been a wicket in the cricket at edgbaston on day three, england 176—9. stuart broad is the latest wicket to go. we were looking for some good news, we got it in the european championships. a bit more bad news in the cricket. john, you must do better! the online retail giant amazon paid less tax in the uk last year than the year before even though it saw a hugejump in profits. the company insists it pays what is required, and is investing heavily in the uk. earlier our technology
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correspondent rory cellan—jones gave us update on this. it is about the share scheme that amazon has. just about everybody in the business gets given shares. they make big profits on those shares, because the share price has risen and amazon is allowed to write that off — in the tax code, it is allowed to write that off against its tax. they are saying a couple of things. they are saying we pay all the tax due, we are complying with all the tax laws everywhere we operate. and it is making the point they have invested billions in the uk and created thousands of new jobs. but what high street retailers are saying is they have got another concern that high street retailers are all paying business rates. amazon pays hardly any of them, they are saying it is not a level playing field. let‘s get more now on that warning from governor of the bank of england, mark carney, who has said that the possibility of a no—deal brexit is "uncomfortably high". mr carney told the bbc that such an outcome would be highly "undesirable", and the uk and eu should do all things to avoid it.
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however, he said planning for "difficult circumstances" had been undertaken. so what would happen in the event of a no—deal brexit? our reality check correspondent chris morris has been looking at what the impact would be on the uk‘s food supply. the uk has more supermarkets per head than any other country in the world. but they are hugely dependent on just—in—time supply chains. and a lot of our fresh produce, citrus fruit and salad comes in from europe on a daily basis. the uk produces roughly 60% of the food consumes of the food it consumes and the remaining 40% — about three quarters is imported directly from the eu. so food is incredibly sensitive to any disruption in supply chains. and of the 70 technical notices about preparation for a no—deal brexit, which the government is planning to publish in the next few weeks, i understand about 20 will impact directly on the food industry.
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in particular, the idea of gridlock at uk borders in the event of a no—deal brexit is a real worry. this was 2015, when strikes in calais produced 30—mile queues on the m20. the logistics industry thinks a brexit breakdown, with all sorts of new border checks, could be worse, at least in the short—term. ministers say they have no plans to stockpile food. it would be wrong to describe it as the government doing the stockpiling. what we will make sure and, of course, the idea we only get food imports into this country from one continent, is not appropriate, but we will look at this issue in the round and make sure there are adequate food supplies. but the implication that it could be businesses rather than government that might stockpile food hasn‘t gone down well in the food industry. you cannot stockpile fresh food. basically, the strawberries you buy in winter from spanish farms are picked on day one,
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they transit through the system and then we have about three or four days while they are still fresh. if you start to bite into that, you will lose shelf life and get extra costs through waste, so can't stockpile strawberries. they are fresh and perishable. the second reason also affects chilled orfrozen food — there‘s simply isn‘t anywhere to store it. margins are tight, and more than 90% of refrigerated warehousing in the uk is already in constant use. so the food industry says it needs what it has now — a constant flow of trade across borders, with no extra checks for customs or food safety or anything else. chris morris, bbc news. a rare eastern black rhino has given birth to a healthy calf at chester zoo, delighting visitors who were there to say hello to the new arrival. females from the endangered species typically give birth at night or in the early hours but the mother went in to labour at lunchtime on a busy day at the zoo.
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a lot of delight for visitors who happen to witness the birth. a lot of delight for visitors who happen to witness the birth. well, joining me now is mikejordan, chester zoo s collections director. thank you for being with us. it took visitors by surprise. pretty unusual for it to give birth just like that? we were expecting it to give birth within a week or so, but you normally expect it to happen at night and seeing it on the cctv. what gave us all a surprise is the female decided to give birth at lunchtime. the visitors there were rewarded with a once—in—a—lifetime experience and she gave birth parent then in front of the public. no complications? the car popped out? the car is fantastic, and the mother. no complications at all.
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normally we do not intervene anyway. she did exactly what she should do and the calf was up in about 15 minutes and walking around and is now on view to the public at chester zoo now on view to the public at chester zoo and in the paddock next to the house as well. it is all looking really well. the wider context of this is that eastern black rhinos are critically endangered. there are only something like 650 in the wild, is that right? yes, that is right. it isa is that right? yes, that is right. it is a particularly important birth. at the zoo we are about preventing extinction and so having another eastern black rhino calf is another eastern black rhino calf is another excellent reading programme, but also excellent for the species and its chance of surviving in the hole. why are they so endangered? it is the fate befalling rhinos around the world, white and black, and that is poaching. poaching has escalated over the last ten years, although it
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has gone on for decades. it is at quite catastrophic levels. something approaching three or four a quite catastrophic levels. something approaching three orfour a day quite catastrophic levels. something approaching three or four a day are being killed in the wild for their horan. it truly is unsustainable levels, especially with the black rhino, which there are so few of anyway. that is extraordinary, three orfour anyway. that is extraordinary, three or four today. what can anyway. that is extraordinary, three orfour today. what can be anyway. that is extraordinary, three or four today. what can be done to stop it? there are huge anti—poaching efforts going on and at the zoo we find anti—poaching work, we are involved in the field in kenya, tanzania and south africa, so there are a huge amount of resources coming to this, but it is big organised crime. it is an organised crime third only to drugs and guns. going back to the mother giving birth to the calf, it was a
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15 month pregnancy. the visitors witnessing it must have got quite a surprise. yes, it is a fantastic experience. it is not something they will ever see again or something they could predict. for those visitors who happened to be at the zoo visitors who happened to be at the zoo and in the rhino house at five to one on tuesday, they were subject to one on tuesday, they were subject to quite a remarkable view. great stuff. many thanks indeed. keep up the good work. thank you, goodbye. mikejordan the good work. thank you, goodbye. mike jordan from chester zoo. evacuation orders have been issued for parts of a city in the us state of virginia, because of fears that heavy rain could lead to a dam bursting its banks. people in lynchburg have been urged to leave their homes, because if the local dam bursts, 17 feet of water could bear down on the city in just a matter of minutes. chip reed of cbs news, is there. take a look behind me and i will
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give you the lay of the land and the situation here. behind that police car, down that road, down that hill isa damp car, down that road, down that hill is a damp and behind that dan is a reservoir that holds about 225 million gallons of water. the worst—case scenario million gallons of water. the worst—case scenario here is that that dan could breach. some authorities last night said it was imminent. they are now saying it is not imminent, but it is still a possibility. the worst—case scenario is that water go surging in that direction and into the city of lynchburg, virginia, with 80,000 people. it would not flood the entire city, but part of that city could be flooded in seven minutes by 17 feet of water. really an extraordinarily dangerous situation. some areas are already flooded because the has already overflowed.
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nothing like what would happen if it breaches, but it is already a dangerous situation. 120 homes have been evacuated and bows were going door—to—door with first responders last night, helping people from their homes. what caused all of this isa their homes. what caused all of this is a lot of rain in recent weeks, and in particular in one day there was six inches of rain. the bad news is, there is more rain in the forecast. that means the people who have been evacuated could get back in their homes in 24 hours, and that assumes that the dam does not breach. if it does, all bets are off. that is chip reid reporting from the united states. first a quick look at the latest headlines. the governor of the bank of england has urged the uk and eu to avoid a no deal brexit, saying it would be
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"highly undesirable". the leader of zimbabwe‘s main opposition party nelson chamisa has said today is a "black day" and that the presidential election was rigged after robert mugabe‘s successor emmerson mnangagwa claimed victory. the sister of a midwife missing for a week has made an emotional appealfor information. samantha eastwood was last seen leaving work last friday morning here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. the trade war between the us and china escalates. the chinese government says it will place new tariffs on £46 billion worth of us goods. beijing said its actions were "rational and restrained". the royal bank of scotland announces it will pay its first dividend in ten years. that‘s despite reporting a fall in profits to £888 million for the first half of the year. rbs‘s bottom line was hit by a £1 billion settlement with us authorities over mis—selling mortgage—backed securities. and despite a jump in profits, amazon paid less tax
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in the uk last year. the online retail giant paid £7.4m in tax two years ago, but that dropped to only £1.7m in 2017. amazon responded by saying the lower amount is because of share—based payments for staff. and on one moment, i want to bring some breaking news to our viewers. this is the news that the youngest woman to be convicted of preparing a terrorist attack in the uk, 18 years old, has been jailed terrorist attack in the uk, 18 years old, has beenjailed for life terrorist attack in the uk, 18 years old, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 13 years. we will have more on that from our correspondentjune have more on that from our correspondent june kelly who have more on that from our correspondentjune kelly who is at the court. but the 18—year—old, the youngest women to be convicted of preparing a terrorist attack in the uk, has been jailed preparing a terrorist attack in the uk, has beenjailed for life preparing a terrorist attack in the uk, has been jailed for life with a
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minimum term of 13 years. back to the business news. a new survey from the business news. a new survey from the institute of directors on brexit. yes, they spoke to 1000 businesses about the scenario of a no—deal brexit and they found less than a third have got contingency plans in place. they are asking the government to speed forward their guidance on no—deal brexit, what business you should be doing that situation. more about the server in a moment. first of all, let‘s hear from the governor of the bank of england. he spoke about what impact the no—deal brexit would have on trade. there are a variety of things which we heard in your news bulletin about the contingency plans of businesses, whether they are selling goods, food, pharmaceuticals and that only about one third of them have proper contingency plans. even those are not fully enacted. so it
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does mean potential disruption, certainly it does mean disruption to trade as we know it and as a consequence of that disruption to the level of economic activity, higher prices, for a period of time. mark carney, the governor of the bank of england. we‘re nowjoined by allie renison, who‘s the head of europe and trade policy at the institute of directors. this survey found that half of businesses had not started planning for brexit so they cannot be that worried. when we asked the question about what kind of contingency planning is in place at the moment, about half said they had no plans to do any whatsoever. but when we scratched the surface and asked them why, it was revealing. 50% said they‘d did not think they would be impacted by brexit, but the other half said they would be waiting for the direction of travel to become clear. that reflects the fact that a
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lot of businesses feel it is quite difficult to plan and understand what no deal means that this stage. the putting in place of contingency plans can be costly for businesses who are trying to run businesses on a day—to—day basis. not knowing what they have to plan for is difficult. it is feasible for the uk to trade under world trade organisation terms as well? one of the interesting things when you talk about wto terms is there are certain things you can produce, so we know if you are trading on wto terms we know what the tariff is, but that does not say what the potential customers related disruptions will be. also the length of time taken to get goods to pause is something that is not provided for in the wto rules and that is the aspect of planning that is difficult. briefly, prices, mark carney touched on that moment ago. what is your on that? at this stage
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it is difficult to predict exactly what will happen to prices in terms of how businesses will pass the cost increases on, so of how businesses will pass the cost increases on, so we cannot say of how businesses will pass the cost increases on, so we cannot say with any certainty what will happen. it will increase in cost if there is a disorderly disruption and no deal scenario too disgusting trade. how do businesses manage the costs? are they absorbed passed on? we are hoping to see no deal notices from the government to try to help businesses understand what they need to plan for. thank you very much. and a quick look at the markets. the royal bank of scotland has done quite well today, it is up by 3%. the royal bank of scotland has done quite well today, it is up by 3%. rbs announced it‘s set to pay its first dividend in ten years. so despite profits falling in the first half of the year we‘ve seen a rise in the share price today. however, the bigger picture is that its share price
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is down considerably on the last twelve months. the boss of rbs, ross mckewan, says that‘s because companies like his that have a strong uk focus are operating at what he describes as brexit discount and actually that holds true for lloyds as well. but the best dividend in ten years. investors will be pleased. thank you, we will see you again later. a teenager who was part of the first all—female terror cell has been sentenced to life in prison over a plot to carry out a gun and grenade attack at the british museum. the 18—year—old is britain‘s youngest convicted female islamic state terrorist. along with her sister and mother the three are responsible for the uk‘s first all—female terror plot. that news has just broken broken. her mother is already
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being centres. they were talking about the mad hatter tea party, this was code for an attack. she was convicted two months ago of plotting terror attack in the uk. she was also found guilty of planning to carry out a bomb attack in syria with her fiance, a carry out a bomb attack in syria with herfiance, a fighter with so—called islamic state, but she was thwarted in her attempts to travel to syria. at the age of 16 she was trying to marry and is fighter who she had met online. he was later killed in syria. afterfailing she had met online. he was later killed in syria. after failing to
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get there, afterfailing killed in syria. after failing to get there, after failing to get to syria, that is when safaa boular plotted an attack in the area around the british museum in central london and then subsequently became the youngest female to be convicted of planning and is terror attack in the uk. her barrister had said that safaa boular had had a neglectful mother and a radicalised sister. he described her as an ill child, suffering from diabetes, who came from a damaged home, who was groomed, radicalised and sexually groomed, radicalised and sexually groomed by a number of grown—ups. this was all from her barrister, and he said since her arrest she had rejected extremism and had undergone a genuine and dramatic change. but thejudge in the a genuine and dramatic change. but the judge in the case, a genuine and dramatic change. but thejudge in the case, mark dennis, has said there was insufficient evidence that she was a truly transform individual. so she has been sentenced to life in prison with a
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been sentenced to life in prison witha minimum been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 13 years. just to say, her mother and sister had both admitted separate terror sentences earlier on in the year. let‘s get more from our home affairs correspondentjim kelly, who is outside the old bailey. this sentencing began this afternoon and it has just been completed and safaa boular becomes the youngest member of this female family terror cell to face a term in prison and she was given a lifetime with a minimum of 13 years. she is 18 years of age, so she will spend the whole of her 20s in prison. she was found guilty of two charges, planning a terror attack in the uk and that involved a plan to attack people in the area around the british museum in central london. prior to that she had been planning to travel to syria where she had a fiance who was a fighter with so—called islamic state and the
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plan had been for the couple to carry out a suicide bomb attack in syria. safaa boular was thwarted in her attempts to get to syria and she turned her attention to the uk. her older sister is currently also serving a life term. her mother was given six years and nine months and her sister was given six years. so we now have three members of the same family in prison for terror offences. thank you very much indeed. much more on that at the top of the hour. first, the weather. the weekend holds a lot of fine and dry weather across the uk. the big discrepancy is in the temperature. in the north they will be average for this time of the year, so much more bearable. however, the heat will trigger some thundershowers in
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the north east of scotland this evening. the knight looks a bit more co mforta ble evening. the knight looks a bit more comfortable for sleeping in the north, still quite muggy and warm further south and east. lovely start to the day on saturday, maybe some missed on the coast. the greatest risk of showers on saturday is in the north—west of scotland, but many areas are dry and fine with warm spells of sunshine. through northern ireland and in england and wales, it is hot again and the temperatures will peak in the 20s. pleasant and warm sunshine further north. hello, you‘re watching afternoon live — i‘m ben brown. today at 4. the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, has warned that the possibility of a "no deal" brexit is "uncomfortably high". i think the possibility of a no deal is uncomfortably high at this point, yes. you say quite clearly a no—deal brexit would be a disaster?
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it is highly undesirable. 18—year—old safaa boular is jailed for life with a minimum of 13 years after becoming the youngest woman convicted of plotting a terror attack on british soil. the leader of zimbabwe‘s main opposition party nelson chamisa has said that his party will not accept a "fake result" after robert mugabe‘s successor emmerson mnangagwa claimed victory in the presidential election. this election is fraudulent, illegal, illegitimate and characterised by serious credibility gaps and some serious legitimacy issues. and spain and portugal on alert — locals and holiday—makers are urged to take care as temperatures climb well into the 40s. coming up on afternoon live all the sport. the cricket not going into‘s way.
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england need 194 runs to win. england need 194 runs to win. england were bowled out today at edgbaston. —— india need. and more on the heatwave. also topsy—turvy weather in the us with nasty flooding at the moment and i will talk about that and we can weather here in half an hour. also coming up — at 4.30 on nationwide — we‘re heading to newcastle to see the famous bluebird hydroplane take to the water after being restored. and in the south west, the rnli are warning beach—goers to take care in the water this summer. hello. the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, has warned that the possibility of a no—deal brexit is ‘uncomfortably high‘. mr carney told the bbc that such an outcome would be highly "undesirable" and the uk and eu should do
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all things to avoid it. however, he said planning for "difficult circumstances" had been undertaken. brexit—supporting mps say the governor‘s comments are part of project fear. our business correspondent rob young reports. it‘s less than eight months until brexit. but we still don‘t know what economic life outside the european union will actually look like. ministers have been warning about the risk that a deal won‘t be done in time, potentially leading to disruption. today, the man in charge of the banking system intervened in that debate. the possibility of a no deal is uncomfortably high at this point. it does mean potential disruption, certainly it does mean disruption to trade as we know it. and, as a consequence of that, a disruption to the level of economic activity changes higher prices,
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for a period of time. few people move financial markets when they speak, but the bank of england governor is one of them. his warning about the risks of a no—deal brexit hit the currency markets, weakening the value of the pound and angering some pro—brexit politicians. what i would have thought the governor should be doing is speaking up governor should be doing is speaking upfor governor should be doing is speaking up for britain and saying we have a great opportunity when we come out of the european union, instead of being pessimistic. you have to ask why he is being pessimistic and i think it is because he has an agenda of project fear. since the credit crunch, banks have been working hard to get their finances into shape. rbs has recovered from its near—death experience a decade ago and now looks like a normal bank again. but the boss of rbs says the uncertainty of brexit is holding them back. the thing that we are preparing for is a no deal. and we are holding very strong levels of liquidity and you have seen our capital position is i think probably the best
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in the marketplace now. so we are preparing this bank for a very, very slow time in 2019. but let's hope we get a deal that actually helps the economy. many companies say they don‘t know how to plan for brexit. they want the government to speed up the publication of advice — telling firms what to do if there is no deal with the eu. but the bank of england says people don‘t have to be concerned about the safety of their cash. people will have things to worry about in a no—deal brexit, which is still a relatively unlikely possibility, but it is a possibility. but what we don‘t want to have is people worrying about their money in the bank, whether or not they can get a loan from the bank, whether it is for a mortgage or a business idea. the government says it‘s confident of securing a good deal with the eu. theresa may is travelling around europe selling her plan for brexit. but ministers say they are preparing for all possibilities. rob young, bbc news.
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i spoke to our political correspondent ben wright and asked him how brexit—supporting mps had reacted. the paradox is that many of the same brexiteer tory mps have been urging the government for months to prove it is willing to countenance the possibility of a no—deal scenario because they say as well as it being a practical possibility as britain leaves, they think it is the best way to show the eu that britain is serious in the talks, because it is prepared to walk away and yet now, with the government starting to show some of the preparations and talking about how prepared it is, for planning for a no deal plus this stark warning from the bank of england
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governor, people like peter bone and iain duncan smith and others do not like it because they say it is a return to frightening the public, in their view softening them up because they think they will be sold a softer brexit further down the line. all of this against the backdrop of the prime minister interrupting her holiday in italy to go to the south of france and speak to the french president, emmanuel macron, to talk about brexit. some say maybe she is going behind the backs of the eu commission and michel barnier. the commission negotiate on behalf of eu leaders and european leaders the commission are doing but number 10 thinks there is mileage to take their case straight to eu leaders, explaining the chequers agreement hammered out at the beginning ofjuly, the white paper that forms the basis of a long—term relationship the uk hopes to strike the eu as part of the withdrawal agreement. there are hurdles —
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it is notjust the broader withdrawal agreement that the uk hopes to keep in a shared customs territory, after brexit, there is the urgent job of trying to hammer out where the irish backstop will be and how it works, which is essential to the eu giving the green light to a deal and talks moving on in the summer and that is probably going to be a lot of the focus in the conversation between theresa may and president macron. a teenager has been sentenced to life with a minimum of 13 years in prison over a plot to carry out a gun and grenade attack at the british museum. eighteen—year—old safaa boular, britain‘s youngest convicted female islamic state member, along with her sister and mother, are responsible for the uk‘s first all—female terror plot. our home affairs correspondent june kelly is outside the old bailey. as we suggest, an unusual terror
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case. this was the country‘s first all—female terror cell band safaa boular‘s sister and mother were jailed earlier in the summer admitting at the start of the year being involved in terrorism. they we re being involved in terrorism. they were involved in a separate plot. safaa boular planned her own attack, which was said to be a plot to attack people in the area around the british museum in central london. she is being convicted of a second offence, and that grew from a relationship she had from a —— with a fighter in syria, naweed hussain, who she met online. the plan was for her to go out to syria and the two would meet up and carry out a joint suicide bomb attack but safaa boular was thwarted in her attempts to get to syria and that it was said she turned her attention to the uk with
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a planned attack in the area around the british museum. her barrister was trying to plead mitigating circumstances? yes, she focused on her age, because this relationship with eis fighter began when she was 16. he focused on the fact she was young and also she was suffering from diabetes, he said she was a sick child and he said she was groomed and radicalised by people and sexually groomed by naweed hussain. i should say this couple never met up because he was killed before safaa boular was arrested but he said this was someone preyed upon by other people and he said she had undergone a genuine and dramatic change since her arrest. thejudge rejected this and said he did not think there was evidence to suggest there had been a change, he thought there had been a change, he thought there was insufficient evidence and so there was insufficient evidence and so he handed down the life term and
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said she must serve a minimum of 13 yea rs. said she must serve a minimum of 13 years. thank you. the sister of a midwife who‘s been missing for a week has made an emotional appeal for information. samantha eastwood, who‘s 28, was last seen leaving her night shift at the royal stoke university hospital in staffordshire last friday morning. a 32—year—old man from stoke—on—trent arrested in connection with her disappearance has been bailed under investigation, while inquiries continue. police are searching a number of addresses, as phil mackie now reports. samantha eastwood was described by herfamily as happy, bubbly and smiley and an amazing midwife. today, her sister made a tearful appealfor help in tracing her. she is my best friend and partner in crime. without her, half of me is gone. samantha, if you are listening, please get in touch, we all love you and miss you very much. we just need you home
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where you belong. samantha is a fantastic woman and friend. she is warm, friendly, loyal, kind and generous with a great sense of humour. this was the last sighting of samantha, on the left, leaving work after a night shift at 7:45am. she didn‘t turn up to work later that evening and hasn‘t been seen since. samantha‘s car was driven home and her keys found inside the house. neighbours have said they heard a scream at around 2pm last friday afternoon. police have said that is one of many lines of investigation they are following. a 32—year—old man was arrested on suspicion of kidnap and has been released on bail. detectives say samantha‘s distinctive radley purse is missing and appealed to the public for help. we are keen to hear from anyone who has been out in staffordshire and in rural locations over the weekend and have seen vehicles parked in locations they think are unusual, if that is in laybys,
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isolated car parks, if they have seen people acting suspiciously in rural locations and don‘t think there is something write about it, get in touch with us. police have described it as a high—risk missing—person enquiry. friends and family still hope that samantha will return to them soon. i just want to say if she is out there or anyone knows where she is, just please get in touch. get her home. phil mackie, bbc news, staffordshire. the number of deaths attributed to sepsis in english hospitals has risen by more than a third in two years. that‘s according to figures given to the bbc by a leading health expert. sepsis can result from any bacterial infection, from small wounds to pneumonia. campaigners have described the rare but serious complication as a ‘silent killer‘. andy moore reports. jaco nel lost both his legs after developing sepsis. he was scratched and became infected
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after playing with his dog. he survived with terrible injuries. many others don‘t. sepsis is responsible for more deaths in the uk than bowel, breast and prostate cancer combined. it can strike very quickly. within 24 hours from a normal, healthy man, i became disabled, lost my legs, most of the fingers on my right hand. one on my left hand. and my face was scarred. so, yes, it was dramatic. experts at imperial college in london say there were just over 15,700 deaths recorded in english hospitals in the 2016—17 year, where sepsis was the main diagnosis. two years previously, there were only 11,300 deaths. that‘s a 38% increase. the nhs in england says there‘s been
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a huge effort over the last few years to improve the diagnosis and recording of sepsis cases. so the figures may not prove an actual increase in the number of deaths. but experts in sepsis say the trend is worrying. we‘ve got the very real and current risk of increasing resistance among bacteria to antibiotics, which is going to play a part and play an increasing part as time goes on. and, added to all of that, we‘ve got the increase in pressure on the nhs. we‘ve got fewer health care professionals delivering more care to ever—increasing numbers of patients and that‘s got to play a part in these figures. william mead died of sepsis aged just 12 months, after health professionals failed to diagnose him. the illness is very difficult to spot, but awareness is improving. campaigners like his mother believe the struggle against sepsis is far from over and it will take a much bigger effort to bring it under control. andy moore, bbc news. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines.
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the governor of the bank of england has urged the uk and eu to avoid a no—deal brexit — saying it would be "highly undesirable". 18—year—old safaa boular is jailed for life with a minimum of 13 years after becoming the youngest woman convicted of plotting a terror attack on british soil. the leader of zimbabwe‘s main opposition party nelson chamisa has said today is a "black day" and that the presidential election was rigged — after robert mugabe‘s successor emmerson mnangagwa claimed victory. india have been set a target of 194 for victory after england were bowled out after a flurry of wickets. sam curran offered rearguard resistance to give england a glimmer of hope of salvaging something. at the european games great britain‘s team pursuit have
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guaranteed at least a silver medal. laura kenney was part of the team and husband jason goes later in the tea m and husband jason goes later in the team sprint and georgia hall is one shot off the lead in the british open, ina shot off the lead in the british open, in a three—way tie for second. i will be back around half—past. the opposition leader in zimbabwe has confirmed he will be challenging the result of the presidential election, which has returned emmerson mnangagwa to power. the mdc‘s nelson chamisa has promised to reveal evidence that the election was rigged, and questioned the conduct of the poll as far as we are concerned, this election is fraudulent, illegal, illegitimate, and characterised by serious credibility gaps. and some serious legitimacy issues that we feel must be raised. we must place it on record that we won this election
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and that because we won this election, we are ready to form the next government, subject to the processes we will pursue in terms of protecting the will of the people. the will of the people is not in the declaration, the will of the people is in the declaration of the vote in the polling station where people voted and that is what we will honour, we will not honour something that is null and void. we will seek to negate and nullify that illegality and we will pursue the necessary measures to do that. that was nelson chamisa, the opposition mdc leader. our correspondent shingai nyoka is in harare life seems to slowly be coming back
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into the central business district after the election results were announced. zimbabweans are tentative still. we saw police patrolling the streets, but an historic election in which emmerson mnangagwa has been announced the winner, but still a lot of questions from the opposition and in his statement emmerson mnangagwa said he was humbled and asked zimbabweans to join hands and build a new zimbabwe. there are questions about the future of the country in the next days and to help us country in the next days and to help us unpack that i am joined by the zanu—pf legal secretary. good afternoon, sir. we heard an election results. 50.8%, which means that 49.2%, just under half of the zimbabweans do not have confidence in president emmerson mnangagwa. how
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do you feel about the result, ? . in president emmerson mnangagwa. how do you feel about the result,? . we are happy with the result. we would have been happier to get more votes, of course, but emmerson mnangagwa won the election. it allows him to form a government, even if he got 50% plus one vote. we got 400,000 more votes than the next rival. but it isa more votes than the next rival. but it is a deeply divided country which is what these show. what challenges lie ahead for emmerson mnangagwa? every election divides people because people have the right to choose who they want but i do not think we are deeply divided and i'm sure we will find a way to come together and develop our country again. concerns about the claims by the democratic movement the change that the results are fake and it will challenge them? it allows them to approach the court and present
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their cakes. they have nine days to do so and we wait for them to produce evidence of fraud, if they allege fraud. we will tackle them in court and win again. there were disturbing scenes at a movement for democratic change press conference with riot police storming the premises and telling journalists to leave. that is not the picture you wa nt leave. that is not the picture you want people to see. i'm not sure what transpired but the press co nfe re nce what transpired but the press conference was allowed to proceed with no disturbance thereafter but what caused the police to do so, i am not sure. we want to make sure everything follows the law. is this holding? yes, the president is in charge and it is business as usual. that was the zanu—pf legal secretary, thank you. the online retail giant
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amazon paid less tax in the uk last year than the year before — even though it saw a hugejump in profits. the company insists it pays what is required, and is investing heavily in the uk. earlier our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones gave us update on this. it is about a share scheme amazon has. just about everybody in the business gets given shares. they‘ve made big profits on those shares, because the share price has risen and amazon is allowed to write that off. in the tax code it is allowed to write that off against its tax. they are saying a couple of things. they are saying, we pay all the tax that is due. we are complying with all the tax laws everywhere we operate. and it is making the point they have invested billions in the uk and have created thousands of newjobs. what high street retailers are saying is they have another concern that high—street retailers are all paying business rates. amazon pays hardly any of them. they are saying it is not a level playing field. the heatwave in spain and portugal is now the most
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severe for 15 years. the sweltering temperatures come after weeks of sustained heat across europe. the authorities are on alert forforest fires, and locals and holidaymakers are being urged to take care — because the region could see the hottest temperatures ever recorded in the continent this weekend. tom burridge reports. when they are talking about a heatwave in spain and portugal, you know it‘s really hot, so time to drink a lot and keep a cool head. for some on holiday, it is stifling. you walk out and it is just oppressive, it is like nothing else. i couldn‘t even have predicted it. i have been to portugal many times over the years and never, ever felt it like this before. i thought it was hot in london, but this is another level. look at the top temperatures yesterday. in portugal, 45 celsius, but 40 in northern spain is really unusual, even in august. further south, away from the coast,
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it is well above that. the heat we are getting this summer is extreme, for sure. temperatures over the next few days are likely to reach 46 degrees or so for spain, so close to their national record, which stands at 47.3, but the hottest weather will be further west in portugal, where i think we could see highs of 47 celsius. the portuguese national record is 47.4, set in 2003 and we will look to get close to that as we go through saturday. and spare a thought for those racing in portugal‘s volta. some riders suffered heat stroke yesterday. stage two today is 200 kilometres in temperatures above 40, with an uphill finish at the end. it is hottest inland, in the mid—40s, in picturesque cities like montoro. when it gets that hot, some of the advice might surprise you.
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you need to keep yourfluid intake up, and coffee and tea are fine, up to about eight cups of tea, four cups of coffee a day, unless it is really humid, in which case you won‘t sweat, so cold drinks are better. a fan is great, unless the temperature is above 37, in which case it can make matters worse rather than better, and when you are inside, keep the windows closed until night—time. you will actually be cooler inside that way. forest fires like this one in south—westerly spain are not unusual at this time of year, but the boiling weather makes the job of putting them out that bit harder. for holiday—makers, well, the coast will be a bit cooler. tom burridge, bbc news. we heard earlier from
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we heard earlierfrom the opposition mdc leader and now we can hearfrom the re—elected president emmerson mnangagwa. i am humbled to be elected to be your president. i pledge to be the president of all zimbabweans. a president of those that voted for me and those who did not. for both must be made to belong and to participate in national processes . and to participate in national processes. i will do all that is in my power to live up to the expectations of those who voted for me and equally to prove myself to those who did not. i am grateful for all the support and hard work of my campaign team and of the many volunteers. you worked hard, you
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worked passionately and peacefully. i salute you all for your efforts. i would like to commend my fellow candidates on their contribution to the democratic process. it would not have been a contest without them. we had our differences, but we debated peacefully and in good spirit. we have been a credit to our people. two nelson chamisa, i wanted to say you have a crucial role to play in zimbabwe‘s present and in its future, and in its unfolding future. that is both call for peace and unity in ourland. that is both call for peace and unity in our land. call for both louder than ever. let me read that
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again, let us both call for peace and unity in our land, called for both louder than ever. that is the role of leaders, that is ourjoint responsibility as leaders. even though they feel differently. to all zimbabweans, let me say that although we were divided in the polls, we are now united in the aftermath of the democratic process, indeedin aftermath of the democratic process, indeed in ourdreams aftermath of the democratic process, indeed in our dreams and in our aspirations. though some will inevitably be disappointed, with the outcome, i urge everyone to become peaceful and to look forward, to remember that we are all brothers and sisters. and that this land is
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all we have. now is the time for asked to come together as one, to work as one people, sharing one dream and one destiny. whoever you voted for, now begins the time to join hands for us to forge for a better future. let us, join hands for us to forge for a betterfuture. let us, together, ensure we realise the vision that was articulated in the campaign. we all wanted the same thing. to be stronger and to succeed as a nation. my stronger and to succeed as a nation. my brothers and sisters, i have a lwa ys my brothers and sisters, i have always said that the voice of the people is the voice of god. now that
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the people have spoken, i hear your call. i pledge to be a listening president, a fair president, a responsible and inclusive president. i thank you, the people of zimbabwe, for putting your faith in the two lead you for the next five years. i pray that i prove worthy of your trust. the time for politics is now behind us. now begins the time for work and progress. a season of greater peace and harmony in our nation, zimbabwe. ithank greater peace and harmony in our nation, zimbabwe. i thank you. greater peace and harmony in our nation, zimbabwe. ithank you. his excellency, the president is accepted to take some questions. for
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was an unfortunate incident where some people lost their lives. i am informed that after the burning of several vehicles, i think you saw that, after the burning of several vehicles and the locking up of people in a room to ban them, the police were overwhelmed and they summoned assistance from the army. they wanted to stop the wanton destruction of both properties in the violence that erupted at the time. apparently i am president elect, so in terms of the constitution, i have to wake, but i
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have told the nation i am going to institute an independent enquiry to enquire into the issues raised. this independent commission will be composed of our nationals as well as foreign nationals so it has the full stamp of being an independent commission. the daily telegraph. there were live round used on civilians. earlier this afternoon there was a press conference by nelson chamisa who asked who gave that order? what message does that send the world about the dispensation? the minister has already stated that those gathered
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we re already stated that those gathered were likely to be violent. but when the minister got to know about it he immediately made sure that the media is allowed and the opposition party be allowed to proceed with their conference. i am be allowed to proceed with their conference. iam informed be allowed to proceed with their conference. i am informed the conference. i am informed the conference went ahead and the entire media who wanted to be present were allowed to be present. media who wanted to be present were allowed to be presentlj media who wanted to be present were allowed to be present. i want to ask about the events on wednesday. were you summoned about the likelihood of live rounds being used on civilians? this is what i said, i need an independent commission to
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enquire as to what actually happened. and i have said i would wa nt to happened. and i have said i would want to have persons of integrity from zimbabwe and persons of integrity from outside zimbabwe to do that enquiry and make it public. the south african broadcasting corporation. in terms of ensuring the unity you spoke about, the leader of the opposition has rejected the result and will challenge the results. have you spoken to him to engage with him, as you have indicated that zimbabwe is divided? absolutely correct. when the violent incident happened, i
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directed the general of my party and the minister of affairs to engage tim and they were engaged in two occasions with regards to our pledge for a peaceful process and that has happened. with regard to accepting or not accepting the results, zimbabwe is enjoying democracy. we have introduced comprehensive democracy. any member of the public orany democracy. any member of the public or any political party can proceed in terms of the constitution and the electoral act to challenge the result in the courts. i believe that these leaders, or individuals, organisations, are free in my view to approach the courts. inaudible
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this, except two ministries. some scored more than 100% and they were in the second round of the 100 days and when it finishes we will put the third one. i would advise you that you acquaint yourselves with the issues and ask for the reports, then you can ask questions with knowledge. we will leave that news conference in harare with the newly re—elected president, emmerson mnangagwa, of zanu—pf. he is saying that he felt proud and humbled to be re—elected president and he would govern as president of all the people in zimbabwe, those who voted for him and those who did not. he was asked about the army crackdown the other day which left at least six people dead. he said he would order an independent commission of enquiry into that. he was also asked about why right please had tried to
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stop a news conference this afternoon with his opposite number, the leader of the opposition mdc, and he said in the end that news conference had gone ahead. so that is emmerson mnangagwa, the newly re—elected president of zimbabwe. let‘s get more now on that warning from governor of the bank of england, mark carney, who has said that the possibility of a no—deal brexit is ‘uncomfortably high‘. mr carney told the bbc that such an outcome would be highly ‘undesirable‘, and the uk and eu should do all things to avoid it. however, he said planning for ‘difficult circumstances‘ had been undertaken. so what would happen in the event of a no—deal brexit? our reality check correspondent chris morris has been looking at what the impact would be on the uk‘s food supply. the uk has more supermarkets per head than any other country in the world. but they are hugely dependent
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on just—in—time supply chains. and a lot of our fresh produce, citrus fruit and salad comes in from europe on a daily basis. the uk produces roughly 60% of the food it consumes and the remaining 40% — about three quarters is imported directly from the eu. so food is incredibly sensitive to any disruption in supply chains. and of the 70 technical notices about preparation for a no—deal brexit, which the government is planning to publish in the next few weeks, i understand about 20 will impact directly on the food industry. in particular, the idea of gridlock at uk borders in the event of a no—deal brexit is a real worry. this was 2015, when strikes in calais produced 30—mile queues on the m20. the logistics industry thinks a brexit breakdown, with all sorts of new border checks, could be worse, at least in the short—term. ministers say they have no plans to stockpile food. it would be wrong to describe it as the government doing the stockpiling. what we will make sure and,
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of course, the idea we only get food imports into this country from one continent, is not appropriate, but we will look at this issue in the round and make sure there are adequate food supplies. but the implication that it could be businesses rather than government that might stockpile food hasn‘t gone down well in the food industry. you cannot stockpile fresh food. basically, the strawberries you buy in winter from spanish farms are picked on day one, they transit through the system and then we have about three or four days while they are still fresh. if you start to bite into that, you will lose shelf life and get extra costs through waste, so can't stockpile strawberries. they are fresh and perishable. the second reason also affects chilled orfrozen food — there‘s simply isn‘t anywhere to store it. margins are tight, and more than 90% of refrigerated warehousing in the uk is already in constant use. so the food industry says it needs what it has now — a constant flow of trade
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across borders, with no extra checks for customs or food safety or anything else. chris morris, bbc news. now on afternoon live let‘s go nationwide and see what‘s happening around the country in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. let‘s go tojeff brown in newcastle where a local engineering team has succesffully restored the famous, record breaking bluebird hydroplane. and clare woodling is on the cornish coast for us where the royal national lifeguard institution has been warning beach goers over the threat of rip currents. this is an amazing story, bluebird.
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tell us more about it. it is the latest chapter in an incredible story, one of patience and dedication, hard work, a lot of squirrel and i dedication, hard work, a lot of squirreland i imagine dedication, hard work, a lot of squirrel and i imagine a dedication, hard work, a lot of squirreland i imagine a lot dedication, hard work, a lot of squirrel and i imagine a lot of money as well that has gone into bringing bluebird back to life. to ta ke bringing bluebird back to life. to take you back to the start of the story, january four, 1967, donna campbell, cbe, took hisjet powerboat bluebird out onto coniston water. he was attempting the world water. he was attempting the world water speed record which he already held, he had seven world speed record on land and water. he had already made one unsuccessful attempt that day and turned around and gave it a second go and reached 300 miles an hour and then it all went horribly wrong. as you saw, the nose lifted and the
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boat flipped over and cartwheeled across the water and sadly donald campbell was killed instantly. he was just 46 years old and was already a national hero because of the speed record he set. but with all caught on film for posterity that added to the great outpouring and feeling from the british public. that was what happened. bluebird lay at the bottom of coniston water for the next 34 years until 2001 and thatis the next 34 years until 2001 and that is when bill smith, a diver and engineer from that is when bill smith, a diver and engineerfrom tyneside, that is when bill smith, a diver and engineer from tyneside, brought it back to the surface and began the process of rebuilding it. it has been at his workshop in north shields ever since. together with a
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tea m shields ever since. together with a team of shields ever since. together with a tea m of volu nteers shields ever since. together with a team of volunteers they have been patiently piecing it back together and working towards this moment of unveiling it. it is a story we have followed on luke norris ever since then. this is the moment in 2016 when bill and his friends fitted a jet engine to bluebird and brought it back to life. i tell you what, mr campbell, respect! that was horrendous. how does it feel? it went as i expected thenl does it feel? it went as i expected then i let it stabilised and i took it up to 65% and the whole thing was doing this and i felt it moving. that was amazing. i have not been known to be stuck for words, but i have not got many at the minute. known to be stuck for words, but i have not got many at the minutem is such an iconic machine. what is
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happening to it now? at the moment it is on its way up to scotland and it is on its way up to scotland and it is on its way up to scotland and it is being taken to the isle of bute by bill and his team and they will be checking it out onto the lock and they hope to get there at six o‘clock this evening. over the next few days they will take it out and put it back on the water after more than half a century. they want to see how it handles and if they can handle it as well and ultimately the hope is that if all goes to plan, one day soon, maybe next year, they will get bluebird back out on coniston water. you can imagine for bill and the team and the campbell family that really would be a very poignant moment indeed. that will be an amazing day. for the moment, thank you. let‘s go to claire and a warning for beach—goers, what are they being
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told? they are being told about the water in particular and in regard rip currents. these are fast moving, slow modes of water that are quite narrow that can drag swimmers and body borders and surface out quite a long way. the rnli have been called out to rescues in the last couple of weeks and one was here when ten body boarders got into difficulty as a consequence of a rip current. the water did look quite flat, but it was very water did look quite flat, but it was very strong and they were in trouble. the rnli went out to rescue them. i spoke to the supervisor earlier on. conditions are similar to what we have got today. it was not surging waves or big tides and strong currents, but people just got caught out really. it is sometimes
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difficult because it does not always look unsafe. but you get small, little rip currents that spring up and people get into difficulties. what are the rnli doing to try to reduce the number of callers? they are trying to be proactive, notjust reacted to emergency situations. that means urging people to go to beaches where there are lifeguards and to stick between the areas where there are flags, the red and yellow flags. they are speaking to people face—to—face to warn them of the dangers and what to do if they get stuck in a rip current, and they are patrolling the area on theirjet skis. they have got a high vantage point from their hut where they are monitoring beach—goers all the time. if you do get caught in a rip current, the advice is to hold onto the body board, use it as a float, raise your arm and draw attention to yourself and stay with it. if you
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area yourself and stay with it. if you are a strong swimmer, you yourself and stay with it. if you are a strong swimmer, you can yourself and stay with it. if you are a strong swimmer, you can swim horizontally to the beach and get out, they are usually quite narrow. but the main message is to stay calm and not panic. good advice and good messages. thank you very much, clear. and also thank you to geoff brown with that great story about bluebird in newcastle. if you would like to see more on any of those stories, you can access them on the bbc iplayer. we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at 4:30pm here on afternoon live. the time isjust at 4:30pm here on afternoon live. the time is just approaching ten minutes to five. the time is just approaching ten minutes to five. a huge art installation has been created by the royal british legion to honour those who fought in and lived through world war one. the giant thank you is currently on display by the river thames in london and will tour the uk later this month.
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today marks 100 days until the 100th anniversary of the end of the war. our correspondent caroline davies has been finding out more. passing it on to the next generation. with100 days to go until the 100—year anniversary of the end of the first world war, a simple message to remember and say thank you. it is our heritage, isn‘t it? and those brave lads that went out to fight in the trenches, sometimes whole villages went together. you are fighting for your country. among the images, pictures of those barely remembered. soldiers from the commonwealth, women who work in the ammunitions factories and the innovators whose interventions are still used today, showing that the war wasn‘t just about battles. there were so many positive legacies that came out of the first world war, from ground—breaking social change, to timeless works of art and pioneering innovation, that we want to take this moment to thank that generation. the installation will travel
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all round the country, starting in london and taking in six other cities, including dundee and swansea. this one here, the women in the factories. the artist behind it wanted the pictures to feel modern, like you could recognise someone you might know amongst them. when things are in black and white, they feel like a very long time ago and this is remembering how long ago it was, but it is also about saying thank you now. added to the installation‘s bare walls, messages to a generation that will never read them. a reminder of their strength and sacrifices that helped make a modern britain. caroline davies, bbc news. michelle is here with the business news in a moment. first, the headlines. the governor of the bank of england has urged the uk and eu to avoid a no deal brexit, saying it would be
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"highly undesirable". 18—year—old safaa boular is jailed for life with a minimum of 13 years after becoming the youngest woman convicted of plotting a terror attack on british soil. in the last few minutes, the manjudged to have won the zimbabwe presidential election, emmerson mnangagwa, has called for peace and unity in the nation. the opposition leader nelson chamisa earlier said he had evidence that proves vote rigging went on. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. the trade war between the us and china escalates. the chinese government says it will place new tariffs on £46 billion worth of us goods. beijing said its actions were "rational and restrained" the royal bank of scotland announces it will pay its first dividend in ten years. that‘s despite reporting a fall in profits to £888 million for the first half of the year. rbs‘s bottom line was hit
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by a £1 billion settlement with us authorities over mis—selling mortgage—backed securities. and despite a jump in profits, amazon paid less tax in the uk last year. the online retail giant paid £7.4m in tax two years ago, but that dropped to only £1.7m in 2017. amazon responded by saying the lower amount is because of share—based payments for staff. tell us a bit more about rbs. a fall in profits, but a rise in the share price. it has announced a dividend for the first time in ten years, a dividend of 2p, which will be paid after it finishes off a fine it goes to the us authorities over the mis—selling of mortgage—backed securities. it is a positive day, so thatis securities. it is a positive day, so that is why the share price went up a few percent despite this fall in profits. also, mark carney, the
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governor of the bank of england, we have been reporting what he said on the radio this morning, talking about the possibility of an odile brexit, how have the market reacted to that? sterling fell against the dollar, below 1.30. it to that? sterling fell against the dollar, below1.30. it has to that? sterling fell against the dollar, below 1.30. it has moved since then and it has had an impact on the pound and we can hear more about that from our guest. we‘re nowjoined by supriya menon from pictet asset management. what have you seen? it was an unusual intervention from the bank of england governor, just a day after the bank of england raised rates, despite the uncertainty around brexit, and more importantly the limited justification, on the macro economic front, for a rate hike. we do not know if we will get
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a soft, hard or no brexit ourselves, but the uncertainty around brexit will weigh on consumer behaviour, as well as on investment, and that has a major impact on our downbeat view of the uk economy. as a result, we think growth will be weaker than perhaps the market expects. fewer rate hikes than the market expects and the pound will stay a little bit cheap to what we think its fair value is. rather weak against the euro as well. let‘s move onto iag, the owners of british airways, they have reported very positive results today, but it came in less than expectations, why? it came in less than the market expected. the prophets did rise by 6%, but one of the things i noticed was there was less evidence of pricing power than
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we have seen with some of its counterparts, and this is seen in lower revenues per available kilometre or instance. most of the games have come from lower, nonfuel costs, as well as an increase in the distance flown essentially. the mix was a bit more negative than we have seen was a bit more negative than we have seen at some of its other competitors, so perhaps the market focus on that. briefly, rbs reported a fall focus on that. briefly, rbs reported afall in focus on that. briefly, rbs reported a fall in profits, but the introduction of a dividend is positive news and that is why the share price went up? absolutely, and one of the most important things we have seen is that the capital position is looking much healthier, said that is important from a credit point of view. and the start of paying dividends is earlier than we would have expected and it is pointing towards perhaps higher pay—outs going forward. perhaps this
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is the end of the special provisioning and the fines for the sector as a whole and it can start investing for the future. thank you very much. let‘s ta ke very much. let‘s take a look at the markets. sterling against the dollar has slightly improved during the course of the day. the ftse100 is in positive territory, it was a bit flat earlier on. loss of financial results today. michelle, many thanks. that is pretty much it for today. coming up next on the bbc news channel is the news at five with jane hill this evening. first, let‘s have a look at the weather. the weekend holds a lot of fine and dry weather across the uk, but the big discrepancy will be in the temperatures. it will stay hot in
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the south, but temperatures in the north will be average for this time of the year, so much more bearable. the heat will trigger thunderstorms for the north—east of scotland this evening, but that clears away. the knight looks a bit more comfortable for sleeping in the north, still muqqy for sleeping in the north, still muggy and warm further south and east. a lovely start to the day on saturday. around the coasts we could have some coastal fog. the greatest risk of showers on saturday is in the north—west of scotland, but many areas are dry and fine with warm sunshine. through northern ireland and the bulk of england and wales it is hot again and temperatures will peak in the high 20s. we keep that pleasa nt peak in the high 20s. we keep that pleasant and warm sunshine for the north. today at five — the governor of the bank of england issues a warning about the possibility of a no—deal brexit. mark carney tells the bbc: the risk of the uk leaving the eu without a deal is now "uncomfortably high".
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i think the possibility of a no deal is uncomfortably high at this point, yes. you say quite clearly a no deal brexit would be a disaster? it is highly undesirable. his warning comes as theresa may interrupts her summer holiday to meet the french president to discuss her brexit plans. the other main stories on bbc news at five: 18—year—old safaa boular is jailed for life, with a minimum term of 13 years — she‘s the youngest woman convicted of plotting a terrorist attack on british soil.
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