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hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the uk government outlines contingency plans for a no—deal brexit — telling british businesses to plan for customs checks, and drug makers to stock up on extra supplies. bit is not what we want and not what we expect but we must be ready. donald trump's coming out fighting in defence of his presidency, and he's even addressing the possibility of impeachment i don't know how you can impeach somebody who's done a greatjob. i'll tell you what, if i ever got impeached, i think the market would crash. a british woman held in iran gets temporary release from jail, and is reunited with her daughter — her family want her freed for good. and we'll be talking about australian politics — we could be within 2a hours of the prime minister going but malcolm turnbull would like that not to be
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the outcome. today we got a lot more information on what the uk government thinks will happen if the uk leaves the european union next year without a deal. here's brexit secretary dominic raab. naturally we have to consider the alternative possibility that the eu does not match our ambition and pragmatism, that we do not reach a deal, but let me be clear, it is not what we want and not what we expect, but we must be ready, we have a duty asa but we must be ready, we have a duty as a responsible government to plan for every eventuality. here are two very different takes on no deal. the daily express saying no deal
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would not impact on british trade. anna soubry said it would be a catastrophe to have no deal. she said the government should make clear it is not an option but the government is not making clear its an option. if you are keen you can read all government responses online, or, you could read the bbc‘s leading correspondence and their analysis of the documents. this is on the front page of the website at each element is analysed by the respective correspondent and we can do the same here. this is the bbc‘s economics editor on the effect a no—deal scenario could have on banking. it is a sector closely intertwined with the rest of the eu and important economically and if there were no deal, it would be
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facing higher trade barriers and higher trade barriers mean one thing, higher costs and ultimately they tend to be passed onto the consumer. just as it did for the financial services sector of the government outlined challenges for the food sector with new tariffs and regulations described as frightening, a concern shared by many businesses. and the health editor hugh pym. there have been fears that supplies of medicines could be held up if there is no deal and there are customs delays at channel ports. the worry was that essential medication for patients, which has to be imported, might not be available. hospitals and pharmacies weren't sure whether they should stockpile. but ministers are telling them there won't be a problem. the government has today written to hospital managers and others in the health and care system saying they don't need to worry about building up extra supplies — that will be taken care of. at the same time, doctors have been
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urged not to sign longer dated prescriptions for patients who might feel they need extra medicines. ministers have told the pharmaceuticals industry to build up six weeks of supplies of medicines which are imported from elsewhere in europe. if there is no deal, drug companies will have to get new products approved twice — once by british regulators and once by their european counterparts — adding an unwelcome extra layer of bureaucracy. hugh pym, bbc news. finally, here'sjudith moritz. it could prove more expensive for british people to shop in the eu, whether you are going on holiday or shopping here online. if you use cards to make a payment, the chances are the bill could go up because at the moment there is a ban that stops
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you being stung with a surcharge for using your cards, but that. . and if you receive a parcel from the eu, there could be further costs because goods will no longer be eligible for vat relief. what if you have decided to escape the weather and move abroad? there are warnings for ex pats abroad? there are warnings for expats who live in the eu but do banking and have financial products in the uk and under a no—deal scenario, moving money and getting access to funds will be harder. and what about the food on our plates? dominic raab said we will still be able to enjoy a blt after brexit and if the bacon is denmark, the tomatoes from spain, the chances are costs will go up because of red tape forfood importers. costs will go up because of red tape for food importers. there costs will go up because of red tape forfood importers. there is a warning of a disastrous cliff edge
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scenario for the supply change but the brexit secretary said there will be no sandwich famine and no military to keep the shelves stocked. here's dominic raab again. more on his speech earlier. in some cases, it will mean taking unilateral action to maintain continuity, at least in the short—term in the event of no deal and irrespective of whether the eu reciprocates in practice. unilateral action means the uk voluntarily following eu rules and standards to help trade flow as easily as possible. this could frustrate conservative politicians who want a cleaner break from brussels. it may also be unacceptable to the opposition labour party. now if labour — along with rebel conservatives were to vote against the government on the proposed course — then things could get very complicated — and the prospect of a second referendum may hove into view. on that here's labour's shadow brexit secretary keir starmer.
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we are not calling for it but in the event that article 50 is voted down we think all option should be on the table and i have said that consistently, john mcdonnell has said that, that is the labour party position. next here's the view from brussels with gavin lee. we are in brussels and the eu institutions have had time to reflect on this no—deal guide from the british government organisations and businesses worried about the effects of a no—deal brexit and i think it is fair to say the mantra is pretty much the same witches, they are preparing for a no deal but hoping for the best outcome which is on the divorce agreement they agreed
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to it by october, maybe november, so britain can have a transition period of 19 months from march 2019th britain can have a transition period of 19 months from march 20 19th to the end of 2020 to make it easier for when britain eventually leads. the other thing to bear in mind is there is a lot of information, documents relate to big priority issues, such as medicine and health, you have dominic raab making clear that as he sees it, he does not believe there should be any reason why testing of medicine should be done on the eu side and on the uk side. the eu said britain becomes a third country, there will be no testing and trusting of the british system, so that may be problematic. susana mendonca, in westminster. how have these documents gone down
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in terms of mps? brexiteers, you talk about the impact potentially on parliament and in terms of brexiteers, the idea of voluntarily following eu rules, it would not go down well with them, they want a clea n down well with them, they want a clean break, but you have mps in the conservative party and other parties who are saying the fact this document is outlining so many areas where potentially people could be worse off is an indication we should not be pushing for no deal. the government says it wants a deal and that we should be doing everything we can to get a deal and many talking about perhaps why there should be a second referendum. in terms of the document, 148 pages, and this is just the first of around 70 such documents we we'll be getting from the government. they
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will outline the areas where potentially there could be issues and the government wanting to reassure people this is a worst—case scenario and they want a deal but also, the fact they are coming out with no—deal examples and contingency planning, it could be seen contingency planning, it could be seen as a contingency planning, it could be seen as a negotiating tool, showing the eu if things do not go the way they hoped, they have alternative plans in place. some people might be thinking why we did not get the documents earlier. we are into the last couple of months of negotiations. many question why we did not get the documents earlier and the fact we are only getting 25 now and we still have many more to come and some will not come until the end of september. another thing today which is perhaps bad timing for dominic raab is philip hammond the chancellor, a letterfrom him to
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the chancellor, a letterfrom him to the mp who runs the select committee for the treasury outlined he thinks they're rather large fiscal consequences in the event of a no—deal brexit and perhaps borrowing could go up by £80 billion and gdp would go down by almost 8%. that warning has been seized upon by those who want a second referendum. chris leslie, pushing for that, described it as a brexit bazooka. there is more on brexit online from bbc news. in a few minutes we will hear how the south african government has reacted and condemned a false claim from president trump about large—scale killing a false claim from president trump about la rge—scale killing of a false claim from president trump about large—scale killing of white farmers in south africa. there has been a slight rise in the
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proportion of pupils passing gcses and we spoke to pupils in dagenham. tell me how you got on. because economics is not numbered it is an a i got 385 and 69s. economics is not numbered it is an a i got 38s and 69s. i did quite well. idid not i got 38s and 69s. i did quite well. i did not expect this, i did not think i would get this many nines andl think i would get this many nines and i am happy to get my —— i am happy to meet my family proud. how well have you done? quite well, i got three nines. six eights and one seven stop and i got a*s.
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this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... the uk government has outlined contingency plans for a no—deal brexit — it's told british businesses to plan for customs checks, and drug makers to stock up on extra supplies. we have spent time talking about uk politics, let's switch to american politics. here's president trump on the possibility of being impeached. ido i do not know how you can impeach somebody who has done a greatjob. i think if i were in peach, the market would crash. that was on fox news in what can loosely be described as an interview. now impeachment is when a legislative body formally begins the process of removing an official from office. the reason the question is even getting asked is that on tuesday, donald trump's former lawyer michael cohen accused
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the president of ordering him to make an illegal payment. president trump denies that — and his allies have been robust in his defence. here's national security adviser john bolton taking a question from the bbc in geneva. given the events of this week, and admissions of payoffs and you have mentioned election meddling, whether you are concerned your own president isa you are concerned your own president is a security risk. of course not. that is a silly question and ijust spoke to him a few minutes ago. we have performed here in the way i think the two leaders would have expected and honestly, have faith in the american people who elected him president. speaking of americans having their say, this must be seen
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in the context of november and the mid—term elections. these have no impact on who's president — but they do help decide the make up of both houses of congress — which at the moment the republicans control. so a big chance for the democrats to make gains. here's anthony zurcher online pointing out that's not really the case. we have tips from democratic senators. do you think this is that the point where they should be conversation about impeachment?” think we should let the investigation move forward. will you be pushing for impeachment? investigation move forward. will you be pushing for impeachment7m investigation move forward. will you be pushing for impeachment? it is too early in the process to use these words. perry bacon jr noted on the stats website fivethirtyeight, that "republica ns are talking about impeachment way more than democrats." he suggests that they don t
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want to risk alienating moderates and voters who are turned off by talk of impeachment. axios. newt gingrich saying "if mollie tibbetts is a household name by october, democrats will be in deep trouble. if we can be blocked by manafort—cohen, etc., then gop could lose the house badly." a mexican immigrant has been charged with murdering mollie tibbetts, who was an iowa college student. chris buckler in washington. these congressional elections will potentially be ugly and nasty and it gives you a sense that republicans believe they can push issues that
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chime with voters, for example immigration, and meanwhile democrats seem nervous immigration, and meanwhile democrats seem nervous to talk about the potential of impeachment proceedings but on the other hand the president is having to address questions about it and that is awkward for him. you get a sense it gives perhaps a state of his mind, the fact he has to consider those questions and answer the questions and even give arguments back about the idea it would be bad for the economy and it certainly gives you a sense of washington being rocked by a week that has been very bad for donald trump. does it in form as the democrats are united in their opposition to trump and his policies personality but they have yet to fashion a coherent alternative? personality but they have yet to fashion a coherent alternative7m you look at the democrats, ultimately can you name a person who stands tall in terms of the democrats, who is a potential
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presidential candidate? they have not got one and sometimes there is a feeling in washington they need someone feeling in washington they need someone who will be the face and name of the democrats in pushing things forward. as i mentioned, there is a feeling donald trump has been damaged this week but for democrats they need a coherent argument and work out what they are going to do in the election. what about the practicalities of washington politics with the midterms, the president going through difficulties of former colleagues, can anything get done?” think they would argue inside the white house they will continue doing what they do. the white house strategy, if there has been one, has been to save president trump has done nothing wrong and they have said that a lot, and he faces no charges. they believe they can push ahead. i suppose the problem is,
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they always rely on congress, always reply relying on the republican support inside the house and ultimately there is a feeling that some within the republican party are worried about what is going on and it means their focus is not on pushing forward the legislative agenda, but rather on watching donald trump and seeing what could potentially happen next. while that is going on, donald trump decided to treat about a potent issue in south africa. the president had this to say on twitter... last month, south african said it would go ahead with plans to amend the constitution, allowing land to be expropriated without compensation. but there's much in this tweet that is wrong.
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here's the bbc‘s nomsa maseko. according to the country's largest agricultural union, the murders are out a two decade low with 66 farmers killed in the past year compared to an average of 18,000 people a year. the south african government rejected what it described as a narrow perception that seeks to divide the nation. stevejobs' daughter has released a memoir of herfather. other than turning apple into the most valuable company in the world — we learnjobs refused to install heating in her childhood bedroom, and told her she smelled like a toilet. the memoir has been reviewed by new york times reporter nellie bowles. she ran a interview with lisa brennan—jobs we can talk to nellie
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from san francisco. it sounds like the book is not particularly complimentary, is that fair? i think that is fair. it is a moving and devastating book about growing up as his first daughter and this is the daughter whose paternity he denied that the first three years and lived with other on welfare. this is the daughter who tuition at harvard he cut off midway through without warning and this book is about her reckoning with what happened and presenting the facts as they are trying to take lessons from it. we know a lot about steve jobs because many have written about him, so because many have written about him, so what in this book enlightened you in ways you could not have imagined? steve jo bs in ways you could not have imagined? steve jobs is
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in ways you could not have imagined? stevejobs is a towering figure in this area and still the archetype of the ceo and i think this book complicates his legacy a lot. what i found new was just how deeply awkward he was, how strange. there are passages in the book about how he would make sexualised jokes to his young daughter and made people uncomfortable. i think his legacy is still being retold and i think that is what she's doing. i am not trying to justify the particular examples you give, but the fact steve jobs was a little strange, other than regular people, some would not see that surprising given the extraordinary things he went to do. yes. he was a multifaceted, located
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person and in the book there are moments ofjoy person and in the book there are moments of joy and person and in the book there are moments ofjoy and curiosity with him when he takes her roller—skating, shows up unannounced injapan to talk about god and consciousness when she is on a school field trip. he is multifaceted, complicated, brilliant person, but what she is doing in this book is not a biography of him, it is her rewriting where she has beenin it is her rewriting where she has been in this story and she has a lwa ys been in this story and she has always been the sad part. and what she is doing in the story is reasserting herself in the narrative isa reasserting herself in the narrative is a confident person who succeeded despite it all and learned from it. thank you. let's talk about china and the us. major tariffs have been introduced by the americans and
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chinese have responded in kind. let's look at the arguments made by the chinese. let's look at the arguments made by china first of all, with our asia business correspondent. beijing came out with a statement saying the us is straying down the wrong path with the tariffs and it has no choice but to retaliate. they signalled, the chinese, they were going to do this for some time and did that after the us put into effect tariffs on $34 billion of goods, that was the first round of ta riffs goods, that was the first round of tariffs in the trade war, and they are doing it again and it is important to remember china consistently positions itself as the victim, saying if you placed tariffs, we have no choice, we will have to do the same back to you and uses words like retaliates,
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response, and that underlines the entire negotiation between the two sides. 45 seconds to give us the american side, paul blake. split opinions in the us with people who say they need to protect the american industry and worker from cheaper and cheaper imports from east asia and there are accusations chinese and other east asian countries are subsidising products and undercutting us business and prices but there are people and perhaps about 50% of the us according to polling that say ta riffs according to polling that say tariffs will be bad for the economy over the long—term. tariffs will be bad for the economy over the long-term. thank you. i will be back in a couple of minutes. the next uk forecast coming up in
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half an hour the next uk forecast coming up in halfan hourand the next uk forecast coming up in half an hour and we can now look at the main weather stories around the world and news of a hurricane in hawaii since records in 1950, only two have made landfall in hawaii. this image shows the hurricane bearing down on the island chain. storms breaking out in the wind picking up and it may not make landfall. the wind will have an impact but perhaps more significantly, the rain up to 750 millimetres with life—threatening flash flooding. dangerous weather on the way to hawaii. satellite shows two tropical weather systems further west in the pacific and this is japan being impacted by a typhoon and this is the korean peninsula with a typhoon moving in and it will wea ken with a typhoon moving in and it will weaken quickly in terms of wind strength but ba rain maker of this
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injapan i whipping strength but ba rain maker of this injapan the hipping strength but ba rain maker of this injapan the wind1g strength but ba rain maker of this injapan the wind stays stronger. quickly. the wind stays stronger. maintains typhoon strength with rain. but going back through northern parts of japan and the rain easing from the korean peninsula, it will leave flooding and some areas are in drought but there will be so much rain in a short space of time, there will be flooding and a big impact from this. india, the terrible flooding across kerala. the recent satellite shows not much cloud. there are showers but most rain in india is further north into bangladesh. starting to take heavy downpours away from new delhi. within this zone, the rain is so heavy there is a risk of flooding. the usa and canada, some showers around the great lakes on friday.
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plenty of sunshine across the north east into the big cities and into new york and look how much the temperature is heading up next week. it will be turning quite hot. turning quite wet in parts of australia which is significant. in new south wales where there has been a big drought, and parts of queens land, seeing downpours on saturday. this is welcome rain for many, particularly growers, so there will be heavy downpours and showers. what about our weather? as i show you temperatures over the next few days, it has cooled down and the nights turning colder and showers around. a lot to talk about with the weather this weekend and you can find out more in half an hour. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the uk government outlines contingency plans for a no—deal brexit — telling british businesses to plan for customs checks, and drug makers to stock up on extra supplies. they have been emphasizing this is
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not the desired outcome. it's not what we want it it's not what we expect but we must be ready. donald trump's coming out fighting in defence of his presidency, and he's even addressing the possibility of impeachment i don't know how you can impeach somebody who has done a greatjob. i'll tell you what, if i ever got it impeached i think the market would crash. a british woman held in iran gets temporary release from jail, and is reunited with her daughter — her family want her freed for good and one of the actresses who first went public accusing harvey weinstein of sexual harrassment, is now coming out with strong denials, after allegations were made about her. as the picture that has been widely
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shared in the last few hours. the british iranian woman nazanin zaghari—ratcliff has been released from prison in iran for three days. this meant she was reunited with herfour—year—old daughter — this picture was tweeted earlier. mrs zaghari—ratcliffe was arrested after visiting her family in iran in 2016. iranian authorities found her guilty of spying — and she was sentenced to five years. she's always insisted she was in iran on holiday. her husband is richard ratcliffe — he's spoke to the bbc today about how this temporary release came about. she was told this morning that she was free to go and she was taken out and got out of prison and called her brother to come pick her up. we headed builder before then, she was promised that it was going to happen. for low is the temporary release. herfamily happen. for low is the temporary release. her family when they presented bale and she told it was
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going to happen a couple of days later admitted not happen and there was at the close. she had the anxious point where she was asking every official she could find and her father went down to see the judiciary to ask about progress. then suddenly this week the british in hard that they went down on tuesday in hopes that she was going to be let out and she was not. my brother cell—mates might be released that day. the letter has arrived and will be on thursday. we were not quite sure but thank goodness when she called me from outside the prison on thursday morning i was so pleased. earlier i spoke to majid afshar from bbc persian. we are now around the time of a festival in iran. it's not unusual for prisoners to get pardoned during this time. that's the initial
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thoughts we realised she was out but then we realise she was told two weeks ago that she might get released for time but she did not tell her family because she thought that they were playing with her and when she got out today in the morning they told her she's got ten minutes to leave the prison while she was in her night clothes. she already left the building and there was no one there waiting for her because she had not told anyone. she borrows the phone and calls her brother. it is quite usual for prisoners to pass half of the prison term or half of the sentence to get pardoned, or to be allowed for for low and to be allowed to leave at least temporarily. how does this work? she leaves the prison and is obliged to return at a certain
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point? she has been given three days release of the moment and we know that we spoke to her family we know that we spoke to her family we know that they're going to apply for an extension on saturday. a lawyer is going to go there and apply for extension. we think that this is, it's been almost 900 days since she has not been out of the prison and her daughter gabriella is now four years old. this is a good sign, and it should be taken as a good sign. it should go forward with it and we think that's when she's allowed to tip rarely leave the prison that could lead to a permanent release. australian may have a new prime minister by this time tomorrow. it's far from clear. it's farfrom clear. also it's far from clear. also the political turmoil at the moment. a few days ago, this man, the home affairs minister peter dutton tried to topple the prime minister malcolm turnbull. that didn't work.
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but the issue's not gone away. mr turnbull‘s next idea is a novel one. he's asking mps from his own party to sign a petition to get rid of him — if there are 43 signatures, he says he'll go. some politicians in his own partry have taken him up on the offer — and we are reportedly on at least 40 signatures. so as a tactic, it's looking like an interesting one. malcolm turnbull‘s called this a momentus time — kind of — a series of prime ministers have now failed to serve a full—term. this is becoming normal. here's more from the prime minister. australians will be rightly appalled by what they're witnessing in their nation's parliaments today and in the course of this week. in terms of my own intentions when the party
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room at meeting is called, i will invite a spill motion to be moved. if the motion is carried i will treat that as a vote of no—confidence and i will not stand asa no—confidence and i will not stand as a candidate in the ballot. the markets never like instability — so it's proving. the australian stockmarket is at its lowest level in three weeks. the newspapers are unimpressed too. herald sun is calling it "high noon". and the northern territory news — who's front—pages i'd recommend you google — says of this — "hang your heads in shame." we had people across the country and a trillion
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journalists here in the bbc newsroom , journalists here in the bbc newsroom, why that's happening now? why now? why ever. we have seen this happen so often that's it certainly seems to be accommodation of a lot of issues and the liberal party has been experiencing a real struggle between moderate conservative voices for many years and he goes back to 2015 when malcolm ousted tony abbott. he is very conservative, malcolm is quite moderate. it's a combination of years of struggle going back and forth and this week we saw some changes to climate change policy, that's exacerbating differences in concessions that malcolm has been making to the conservative elements of the party.
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i supposed to degree it's just the boiling point the party. isn't the reality that even if he survives the next 24 hours to climate change shift was evidence of the fact that you struggling to get stuff done? he's not popular in his own party and we are trying to pass policies and we are trying to pass policies and makes it hard for anything to happen exactly right. it seems that regardless if he had not made as concessions we would not have gotten to this point anyway. we used to makejokes to this point anyway. we used to make jokes about the italian politics australia is getting a form now on not getting prime ministers of getting to the end of their first term. visit degree, there is cynics that are saying we are all appalled misses happen again. millions of restraints will go to work and do theirjobs and despite the fact that there's huge issues facing australia at the moment including devastating drought the degradation of the great barrier reef, we have scandals happening overseas detention centres. we had a parliament now
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thatis centres. we had a parliament now that is dedicating all its energy to this and it's self—serving and we are seeing it happen. thank you very much. georgina here at the bbc newsroom. don't forget you can get much more detail on our top stories on our web site. there's no shortage of brexit coverage. this is asia argento. italian actress — and one of the first women to speak out against harvey weinstein as the #metoo movement started. on monday, the new york times reported that she had paid the actor jimmy bennett $380,000 after he accused her of assaulting him at 17. mr bennett had initially not spoken out when the article was published.
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but he posted this on instagram today — saying "i was ashamed and embarassed to be part of the public narrative." he also says "i believed there was still a stigma to being in the situation as a male." ms argento has admitted making a payment but denied any sexual misconduct. peter bowes, los angeles. hi, peter. iguess hi, peter. i guess is that lots of cases of sexual allegations when two people saying completely different things, and it's very hard to assess one against the other. yes, this is extremely competent and of course bearin extremely competent and of course bear in mind that she was a key part of the movement making the allegations against harvey weinstein about a year ago, and this young
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actor who says that they had both been friends for some time it was not until she went public about her claims that he says it brought back memories of what he claims happen to him that she was the person who assaulted him as a 17—year—old in a hotel in los angeles just outside of la. he didn't make a statement of the time he was ashamed as you would say and basically he was saying in his statement that they did not want initially to speak publicly about it but clearly he's faced a lot of questions and recent days and he's now given part of his side of the story. and the age of consent is 18 in california when some other countries would be lower than that. gas, correct. he was 17 at the time that this allegedly took place. she would have been 37 years old. that does put it within the time frame
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that if any allegations were to be considered by the authorities and the standard that they're looking at this, its early stages of an investigation and if the authorities here and prosecutors decided to move forward they could do so. unlike many of the other cases that we have been talking about of the last year that haven't me decade to know ago and can no longer be brought to court because of the statute of limitations does not play in this case. the relatively recent case that the authorities believed that there is evidence to move forward.” was mentioning at the beginning that she does not deny that a payment was made and can you help us understand the justification that she denies any wrong happening? she acknowledges this payment, quite a large memo was made and she says there was after discussions with her boyfriend, anthony bardeen who was the intelligence chef who took his own life earlier this year back in
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june. they discussed this and decided it would have been bad publicity essentially if they had done nothing about it and like some celebrities do they paid the money to essentially make it go away. that was the logic they did not want this out there, that he had made claims against her and she decided to go ahead and make this $308,000 payment. thank you for the update. let's talk more about that un meeting in geneva between us national security advisor john bolton, and his russian counterpart. this was scheduled as a follow up to last month's infamous trump putin summit in helsinki. you'll remember it. president trump praised president putin — didn't take him to task over russian interference in the us election — and sided with russia over us intelligence on whether the interference had happened. that caused a huge furore. bearthat in mind.
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it wasjohn bolton who reportedly directed the president to come out the next day to say he'd mispoken by accident. certainly todayjohn bolton went for a different tone to the one we saw in helsinki. as you can see here ambassador bolton spoke to the press on his own — he told them there could have been a joint statement, but he had insisted it include the subject of election meddling, and russia had declined to take part. he said said he brought the subject up several times during the talks. i made it clear we would not tolerate meddling in 2018, and we we re tolerate meddling in 2018, and we were prepared to take necessary steps to prevent it from happening. john bolton is pretty well known — he was the us ambassador to the un under george w bush — and he's known as a foreign policy hawk.
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his counterpart is every bit as hawkish. nikolai patrushev is a former head of russia's internal security service the fsb. just like vladimir putin — he's a former intelligence officer — and he remains in the president's inner circle. now they are any number of issues on which russia and the us disagree — election interference, the annexation of crimea, the salisbury novichok attack — and the war in syria. here's imogen foulkes. united states has said it wants all irani and troops out of syria back to iran right away. moscow says it does not necessarily agree with that but it has different views about how to achieve it. it's suggested relaxing sanctions iran. that's the opposite of what they said they want. got a rep of sanctions and jumbled and said they want to exert maximum pressure. for other people
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long—term peace negotiation watchers is another disappointment and that's the fact that when president trump and president putin met in helsinki mother things apparently at the top of the agenda was nuclear arms reduction. president trump said he was committed to substantial reductions. we had thought maybe john bolton and nikolai would announce the restart of the so—called talks. it stalled for use in russia and america on getting rid of at least some of the world's nuclear arsenal. john bolton said today no date had been set and positions need to be clarified. they said at the own position on this. quite a lot of work still to be done. no date for these two security advisers to meet again. nonetheless, people are saying it's a success. one official told me after the
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meeting that sure there's progress. the progress was in the meeting. everyday we bring you reporting for all over the world. from geneva, singapore brussels and westminster and from washington. next will bring you fresh developments from uganda concerning the opposition mp. it's just received international attention because of allegations that he was beaten in custody. it's also sparked protest matches in uganda but earlier in london. due to appear today in a military court and the charges were dropped. minutes later though — he was charged with treason in connection with election violence. catherine byaruhanga reports. this was his first public appearance in ten days. and it was visibly overwhelming. the terry courtjust set him free. you are accordingly set him free. you are accordingly
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set free unless being held the charges. his injuries from his time in custody were visible. he cannot walk or stand by himself. soldiers are accused of him. the president called the allegations fake news. but bobi wine soon found himself in yet another court. the charger charged with its capital treason. he was charged with treason by magistrate. they believe that this is all happening because he is a major critic of their policies. authorities have protested heavily. including here in his hometown. more opportunities that are not use the way they're supposed to be. from here he was able to create a new life for himself and become a
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cultural icon. now, he's taking on the presence of the country. how long can he sustain his fight? one man who knows what it takes to challenge him is administered against the president in four elections. arrested yet again today as he tried to visit bobi wine. he says his younger colleague should brace himself. every liberation of every people has a cost and that cost must be borne by some people and certainly those who are most concerned citizens. the citizens of uganda must pay the cost of their freedom. after more than 30 years the president is accused of holding onto power through violence, intimidation and bribery. his supporters say he is in power with the backing of the people. in the
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hole country we had over 300 rallies. rallies being held asking people vote for me. and they will vote for him. and people around the country people but for me that way foran country people but for me that way for an announcement on election. he is still on remand for least another week. his supporters will be overjoyed to see him out of military custody. but this pop star is quickly learning that the new path he has chosen won't be easy. you want more information on a the countries we consider this country profile to every country in the world and the bbc news website. you can search for the uganda country profile on google you can find bbc one very easy. more than 100 migrants are spendig a third day on an italian coast guard ship. it's docked in the port of catania in sicily. italy's interior minister, matteo salvini is saying
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the group can't come ashore — though some children and seriously ill adults have been allowed to. the deputy pm luigi di maio has threatened to stop italy's contribitutions to eu funds next year unless other states take in the migrants. it's becoming an incendiary political issue. one prosecutor has even launched an investigation of kidnapping. the public prosecutor has opened an investigation against an ‘unknown person'. there is no unknown person, investigate me! i am the one who doesn't want illegal migrants to come to italy." in many ways that's stories play into his political narrative. there are big opportunities for
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publicity and they are his core message. that's the reason why people are voting for him in italy and interestingly enough you have voters from other movements, the other party that's in the government coalition with him, now they're deciding to cover him instead. shifting because they really like his tough stance on europe and on immigration. they like his approach. thus people who voted for the 5—star because they did not find an alternative in the right—wing there was vital for them they say oh, actually he saying what i want. yes, i don't want to see my grandson the beaches selling bracelets. i don't wa nt to beaches selling bracelets. i don't want to see migrants arriving from africa. why do we have to do the job where other european countries have not taken it? he has really capitalise on this. and with
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reference to the people on this boat what is his suggestion as to where they should go? everywhere but italy, basically. they are saying malta could protect them and spain to ta ke malta could protect them and spain to take them. he is also criticising european countries saying you guys have promised he would take them from us but you have not done so yet. so what's the deal now? basically this is also the message that italy is going to bring on friday to the european union, once they're going to discuss the issue of migration is the reason why the vice premier will stop paying our 20 billion euros to the european budget if they don't help us. that's a big threat to make. is quite difficult to imagine that italy could actually keep this kind of threat because we are part of the european union. italy is one of the founding members
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of the european union. member states just decided to stop contributing to the budget and what would happen? the european union would just fall apart. this is a symptom on one side it's useful for the political point of view for internal politics because people are saying their politicians standing up to the european union and on the other side it's putting pressure to the european union members to actually try to do something and so solving this issue once and for all. they differ watching. we will see you on monday. goodbye. —— thank you for watching. hello there. the last 24 hours has seen hello there. the last 24 hours has seen cooler for fresher air arrive across the whole of the country and temperatures may fall even lower over the next few days. take you
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back to win state we had some heat and humidity, 27 degrees at lincolnshire. back down to 19 on thursday and 17 to 19 was nearer the mark ina thursday and 17 to 19 was nearer the mark in a cooler, fresher air. high pressure to the southwest of the uk drawing ourairdown pressure to the southwest of the uk drawing our air down from the north or northwest so bad. we're dragging ina or northwest so bad. we're dragging in a whole host of showers as well for friday. initially the northwest of the uk with a quite blustery northwest wind, the show was the gabon for the south and east, some of them can be heavy with under. very few places missing them and it will be colder still on friday. 15 in newcastle though not to me showers around here. the showers will continue into the evening, the worst of them on the weather front there that pushes the ways of the near continent. pressure starts to rise into the north sea. the skies are rise into the north sea. the skies a re clear rise into the north sea. the skies are clear and winds began to drop
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and it gets even colder on friday night into saturday morning. baby close to freezing in the scottish cla ns. close to freezing in the scottish clans. a chilly old start to saturday but stronger winds and heavier showers in the north sea. word to let her showers there by the am word to let her showers there by the a m ward friday. in the sunshine that should feel ok. temperatures are not that great 17 a central belt. things are moving fairly quickly and he gets flattened by following pressure coming in from the atlantic in these weather fronts are now moving eastward more quickly. notjust a cloudy start on sunday but rain for the word go. the rain pushes his way towards all parts of the uk. heavy rain over the hills and with clouded outbreaks of rain on sunday temperatures will be depressed. the average maximum this time of the year 19 to 23. place the rain moves away fairly quickly as it
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moves away from scotland will be in between weather systems on monday for what is a bank holiday for most places. your showers just one or two around here or there. a flat bridge from a westerly breeze, sunny spells and temperatures should start to pick up the past 22. maybe even 23 degrees of his weather systems are out there and they arrived in the northwest on tuesday. the head of this a lot of dry weather more sunshine of the midlands and east of england bottega temperatures back up to the mid—20s. only briefly. as to whether systems sweep across the uk overnight pushing away from eastern areas and more of a northwest airflow and temperatures start to drop again. a real thrill coaster ride and will be in the outlook as well. last week the jet stream was about here and pretty straight. on the warmer in human side of it but later the jet stream with much more undulation. troughs and ridges and that means low pressure, high
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pressure, low pressure. that means very changeable weather later on in the week. still very mixed whether, the week. still very mixed whether, the jet stream may amplify though and strength into the east of canada as that pushes south and north again and we could drop that high—pressure around day ten or 11. what happens in the event of a no—deal on brexit? the government publishes its first detailed advice on finance, medicine and farming. companies are being warned about extra red tape, consumers are being told they could face higher credit card fees, if britain crashes out of the eu without a deal. it's not what we want and it's not what we expect, but we must be ready. we have a duty as a responsible government to plan for every eventuality. i thought the proposals were bland, thin on detail, thin on substance, and i don't think they're going to reassure anybody. we'll be examining what it would mean for business, families and individuals. also tonight...
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jailed in iran two years ago, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is reunited with her daughter after being temporarily released for just three days. we've had so many dashed hopes and false dawns,
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