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game of the new nfl season, where protests could once again flare up. this advert yet more proof that sports continues to be a front line in the american political and racial divide. caroline rigby, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. the atlantic clouds are rolling in and it has gone downhill for some of us and it has gone downhill for some of us but today is a funny day because some are enjoying sunny spells and pleasa nt some are enjoying sunny spells and pleasant weather off western scotland, northern ireland is not too bad. across yorkshire, the midlands, overcast and so little wind to stir the clouds. the clouds lurking in the atlantic, heading in oui’ lurking in the atlantic, heading in our direction, hence the weather will deteriorate towards the end of the week. this cloud is stuck over us the week. this cloud is stuck over us and in the north—west is where we
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have the sunshine, south—west scotland, belfast, around the irish sea, the weather is looking good. sunshine in the south—east and leftover warmth from the last couple of days. notice the winds are strengthening and weather fronts moving in but through tonight it is still clear and just about dry, there is a possibility of showers, maybe thunder in the south—east overnight, but that is it. tomorrow the first weather front arrives in the first weather front arrives in the western isles of scotland with freshening winds. still 18 degrees in belfast but the majority of the country, a dry day tomorrow. this is the weather map on thursday. awkward area of weather fronts moving from north, southwards. the wind will switch direction. it is cool, we will notice a chill in the air in
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northern areas. these are showers. temperatures 1a in belfast in newcastle. the south staying dry. back to the weather fronts, on friday, an area of low pressure parks itself off the north—east coast of england and is sitting there, sending weather fronts and showers in our direction so the thinking is in the lake district, north—east of england, possibly heavy showers. the overall weather pattern will be changeable. unpredictable when it comes to any one city. the weekend, we have to be prepared for passing clouds, occasional sunny spells and showers. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. tsb boss paul pester has resigned after months of it problems at the bank but he will still receive a pay—off
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worth more than £1.5 million. that's all from the bbc news at one. so, it's goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon. manchester united manager jose mourinho has reportedly been fined and has accepted a suspended one—year prison sentence — in connection with a claim he failed to declare around three million pounds in earnings to the spanish tax authorities. spanish media is reporting he has been fined 60% of the money involved — which equates to £1.8 million. a possible prison sentence has been averted given his acceptance of the sanction. grand slam number 21 will not happen in new york this yearfor roger federer, he's out of the us open... the five—time champion was out
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of form — he made 77 unforced errors on his way to the four set loss. federer struggled in the heat and said he was "happy the match was over" after playing in the "uncomfortable" conditions. we were expecting a federer/djokovic quarterfinal, but now it's millman who will take on the serb. keatonjennings has retained his place in the england squad for the fifth and final test against india at the oval — despite coming under pressure for his performances in the series so far. he's been named alongside alastair cook, who plays his final international match. it will be his 161st test, having made his debut back in 2006 when he scored a century in nagpur after a late call up. he's england's all time leading runs scorer, and head coach trevor bayliss says whoever replaces cook will have enormous boots to fill. it's a big couple of days for golfers in europe and america as both captains make their wild card picks for this month's ryder cup.
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us captainjim furyk makes three of his four picks today — we'll know them later tonight. and as our golf correspondent iain carter explains, furyk‘s decision will be relatively straight forward. well, i think this is going to be very straightforward for the captain. every pundit is basically saying it is going to be tiger woods, it is going to be phil mickelson. really, there is a compelling argument, certainly for two of the three. tiger woods played himself into contention with a very impressive return. five top tens after a ll impressive return. five top tens after all the injury problems that he has had. had he had a full qualifying. —— had he had a full period it would have taken him and automatically. phil mickelson has
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played in every ryder cup since the mid—19 90s. he has been the architect of the task force, the new outlook to the ryder cup with —— that the americans have. although his form has not been that great, just one top ten since march, i think he is the one that will get the nod at this stage leaving one more wild card pick. for your's captain perhaps it's a bit more tricky. a lot will come down whether you go forform or class. tricky. a lot will come down whether you go for form or class. exactly. i think given that the eight automatic qualifiers on the european team, five of them are first timers, i think on that basis, he will be looking for experience when he goes for his four wild card picks which will be announced tomorrow. expecting ian poulter to get the nod. team w —— henrik stenson bar
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any injuries, i think he will get the nod. that final one is very difficult to get. mark wallace was brilliant at the weekend, is that enough for him to force his way in at the very last moment? sergio garcia has been short on form, but has plenty of pedigree. then you have the like of thomas pieters and rafa cabrera bello who showed well in the united states. a difficult choice for the captain. i'll have more for you in the next hour. see you then. many thanks indeed. let's just take you back to the world of politics now. let's just take you back to the world of politics now. the green party has announced its new leaders after an internal election held over the summer. our political correspondent chris mason in in westminsterfor us now. tell us the lucky winners. good afternoon. jonathan barkley who was afternoon. jonathan barkley who was a co—leader alongside caroline
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lucas, the greens mpu, remains one of the two leaders. and joining him sean berry, a london assembly member. former candidate for the green party into a london mage aureole race. the two of them monitoring ticket. —— mage aureole. it is intriguing, the models of leadership that the green party have tried over the years. a good number of years ago, they had what was known as principal speakers and there were quite a few of them. they had an internal referendum to determine whether or not they should go down to a single leader. the argument made was that you have one prominent figure who gets known by people. after having done that for a while, they have now reverted to something that sits halfway between what they had. having co—leaders. the selection happening as a result
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of caroline lucas deciding it was difficult managing, being a leader and being an mp and running a constituency in brighton. joined by sean barry. the big pitch is to try and get representation. in addition to trying to win council seats and trying to add to their tally of mps and when semester. as a party, they have had fluctuations, electoral fortunes. yes they have. up until now, they have been relatively successful in the european parliament where the voting system
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is helpful to smaller parties because you can win seats even if your vote is very spread out. whereas in westminster at election uni concentrated pockets in order to win. what will be intriguing is where they divert their energy once the uk is outside of the european union, no longer sending candidates to the european parliament. as you say, their fortunes have to the european parliament. as you say, theirfortunes have waxed to the european parliament. as you say, their fortunes have waxed and waned. they had a big moment in the late 1980s. huge breakthrough where caroline lucas was able to win the seat. some representation in london and in pockets of local authorities as well. they are conscious that there support ebbs and flows. this new leadership, they hope, can help ta ke new leadership, they hope, can help take the party to the next stage albeit in a very crowded and noisy
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political environment. all right, chris, thank you for bringing us up to date. our political correspondent. after months of arguments over anti—semitism, labour's ruling body is meeting to try to put the issue to rest. they'll vote on adopting the full international definition of anti—semitism, which was partially incorporated into the party's code of conduct injuly. this is what the labour leaderjeremy corbyn had to say this morning. mr corbyn, what is your message to the jewish community this morning? good morning, how nice to see you here. good morning. good morning, how nice to see you here. what is your message for the jewish community? nice to see you here. so you —— so there you are. questions tojeremy corbyn, not too many answers. jeremy corbyn s deputy, tom watson, says labour should accept, in full, all the examples of anti—semitism set out by the international holocaust remembrance alliance.
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i've made no secret of my view that we should have the formal definition the irhra definition into our document. i've obviously said that over the summer. i hope that is what the nec does. that includes every example. every example of anti—semitism so that we can be very clear that we are serious about tackling anti—semitism, both in the labour party and in wider society. i've not seen any paperwork, there has been none circulated but i hope that after a period of reflection over the summer, my colleagues at the nec will agree to do that. there has been some talk that there may be a caveat that it has been watered down in some way, could that be potentially damaging? without undue the discussion today of getting rid of the very toxic topic for labour party? is very difficult because i have not seen any paperwork. i don't know if there isa any paperwork. i don't know if there is a caveat. if there is one, if it
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says we believe in free expression, obviously we want to protect people's right to be critical of the democratically elected government in israel. but if it goes further than that, i think it would cause fears in thejewish that, i think it would cause fears in the jewish community that, i think it would cause fears in thejewish community in britain. and it is very important to me personally but also collectively to labour party that we were reassured british citizens who arejewish that we are serious about tackling anti—semitism and that is why i think we need a pretty clear statement today. sign maki said a need to be a clear statement today, and seeing the statement in advance. is that potentially damaging? it is difficult because an ideal world where dumbness. .. we've difficult because an ideal world where dumbness... we've had a national public argument about it. i hope that today is the start of a new conversation with the jewish community. that was the labour party
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mac deputy leader. it may sound like something out of a science fiction film, but police are now increasingly using powerful artificial intelligence tools to solve complex crimes. the techniques include cctv facial recognition and programmes that can scan hundreds of thousands of documents for incriminating information. our home affairs corresponspondent danny shaw was given exclusive access to the serious fraud office to see how it works. this is the computer software helping fraud investigators join the dots. it trawls through e—mails and electronic documents to identify patterns in communications. working fast — faster than a human. i don't have to think a lot, i don't have to actually work out who is involved or why they are involved, i click a couple of buttons and it takes me directly into what i would be interested to see. the serious fraud office hardly ever allows cameras in here. the crimes it investigates are sensitive and complex. there are tens of millions of documents to read in each case. some material has to be screened out by barristers.
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they work through 300 documents a day. so how many can the computer do? the computer was going through 600,000 a day. you can find the hot documents faster, and the system, because of the machine learning and ai capabilities of it, can learn from that. so you tell what is relevant and not and it will help you find things on the same lines. in the same way that amazon might suggest something you might like to buy based on what other people have bought who have similar tastes to you. the serious fraud office is one of the first law enforcement agencies to use artificial intelligence to examine computer files and documents. but ai is being used in other ways as well to help solve crimes. among the cases was that of corrie mckeague, an airmen who went missing on a night out. police asked a technology company to trawl through hours of cctv footage. i can take a specific image, for example when this crime occurs. in a separate case analysts use
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a separate attack in sweden to show how the system works. it is able to match faces and movements from one camera to another to track suspects more easily. using the person detection tool we can get to the relevant pieces of footage much quicker than looking in all the wrong places. but there are concerns the new technology may be unreliable. is there any fear that al is going to lead to terrible miscarriages ofjustice and mistakes being made there? i am a lawyer, lawyers are inherently conservative sort of people, we are going to test and retest and make sure this is an appropriate use of technology before we let it out anywhere near a criminal court. it's early days, but artificial intelligence seems to be the only realistic solution to sorting through the vast amounts of data in crime investigations. danny shaw, bbc news. that was danny sholl reporting, our
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home affairs correspondent. that was danny sholl reporting, our home affairs correspondent. in a moment, we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... the chief executive of tsb, paul pester, has stepped down in the wake of a major it failure at the bank. protests at labour's hq as the party's national executive decides whether to accept an international definition of anti—semitism. the government's pledge to give 30 hours of free childcare to working parents of three— and four—year—olds is forcing some nurseries and childminders to close, according to a charity. hello, good afternoon. i'mjimmy
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robertson. business news now. tsb chief paul pester is to step down after seven years in charge, in the wake of a major it failure at the bank. the bank is still struggling to get its it systems to work properly. the governor of the bank of england will be quizzed over his future when he appears before a parliamentary committee today. mark carney is reportedly in talks with the treasury about extending his term at the central bank. but a spokesman for the prime minister said the governor was still due to depart in june next year. dutch bank ing has agreed to pay fines and other payments of £700 million after admitting errors in its policies to stop financial crime. the bank said it regretted that its mistakes had let some customers use their accounts for money—laundering between 2010 and 2016. shares in wpp — the world's biggest advertising company — after repoprting its financial results — just a day after insider candidate mark read took the helm why are the shares down?
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the numbers are not that bad. wpp said net sales were up a fraction — 0.3% over the last six months. profits are also up — to £846 million. this is an increase of 8.6%. it's not too bad. and it's saying the second half of the year will see a small improvement — which is better than what it was saying a few months ago. the problem is it faces huge competition in a fast changing advertising world — google, facebook are elbowing it out of the way in the digital markets. it admits its businesses are becoming less profitable. and then there's the acrimonious departure of its founder chief executive martin sorrell who left in april following a complaint of personal misconduct, which he denied. joining us now is henry daglish, founder of the media agency bountiful cow. on these results, they don't look too bad, but the shares are down
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seven 01’ too bad, but the shares are down seven or 8% y? too bad, but the shares are down seven or 896 y? it is interesting because when you look at how the shares have shifted over last year, i think there is a change around the increase of competitive wins against the wpp model. there are other areas around trusts. they have got their biggest account of for review at the moment. all of that starts to ask more questions around the business model of wpp. now the chief executive is gone, what is the new person going to do? what is he going to change? i think he is very different. if you listen to some of the rhetoric already, it is centred around the culture of the organisation and nurturing talent and bringing the talent to the four of the organisation. there is a difference in that part there, i think. and he sees culture as a very
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important part of bringing the organisation together to go through the chains that it needs to go through. on the other side of it, he is continuing to talk about the same areas of simplification as before. technology and data and content being the key elements that they need to simplify in the business model. my belief is that he is trying to use the cultural peas as a means to help actually bring those resources together and start to merge more businesses around those skill sets. as you say simplification, merging, does that mean getting rid of things? he goes back to this rhetoric. i think there may be a couple of bits and pieces they choose to get rid of, but if you look at the behaviour they have done up to date in some of the media spacesin done up to date in some of the media spaces in merging some of the key media brands, then there is an appetite to simplify things in that
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space. and they have done it within the pr sector. i expect to see more emerges than actually selling off things emergent two immediately. —— mergers. it has an image of being very old—fashioned, yesterday's company. it is not on the cutting edge like google and facebook.|j think you have had the core. if you look at the organisation, they've incredible capabilities. the problem is how they pull it together in the agile fashion that a lot of the new industries are starting to do. in terms of addressing the core industry challenges around data challenges that is something that they have to look at. they have the capability it's just about how they make it all work together. thank you very much indeed. some other stories for you. viagogo is being accused of setting
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up viagogo is being accused of setting upfake viagogo is being accused of setting up fake stalls. genuine tickets bought from viagogo were stamped void and then customers were told to buy another ticket and claim a refu nd buy another ticket and claim a refund from viagogo. stewart is unavailable for comment at the moment. customers were left without online banking services for many week. south africa has officially entered recession — for the first time since 2009. the economy shrank by 0.7% in the last three months after shrinking 2.6% in the three months before that. agricultural output fell by almost a third — although mine production grew by a.9%. it compounds the challenge
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for cyril ramaphosa, who was elected president in february. markets, that's where they are at the moment. is down sharply. it is not as bad as it was. oil price up a little bit. getting towards $80 a barrel. the pound is a little bit weaker. that's all the business news. thank you. see you later on. cycling enthusiasts have ditched their bikes for a different sort of foot powered vehicle at one championship in the south of england. they've been competing at the fifth round of the british pedal car championships. thirteen teams made up of men, women and even a group of teenage scouts battled it out in a 100—mile endurance race over a 525—metre go—kart track. tim allman reports. this is beaumont or indianapolis.
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this is beaumont or indianapolis. this is beaumont or indianapolis. this is black bush near camberley. the british pedal car championships, a race for engines are not allowed. 13 teams, competing against each other, going as fast as their legs will carry them. people get really into it. is a bit like f1. if the other car is two laps ahead, fastest car in and then you sort of work—out. it is really good fun and really good banter as well, which is a lwa ys really good banter as well, which is always good. it is a test of speed and endurance. more than 300 laps round this go kart track adding up
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toa round this go kart track adding up to a distance of 160 km. the teams will swap drivers, each one competing 15 to 20 minutes at a time. apollo racing took the honours, which means they are only ten points behind the championship leaders. it is amazing because we started the season with a win and then we weren't able to get close. this week it is the first time we have been close to a championship win all season. so it is great to be back. the title decider takes place next month about 200 km further north. they will be allowed to drive a normal car to the venue. it looks fine. all right. here is a look at the weather. yes, it is pretty cloud are out there protectively across northern areas of the country. there is very little wind. the cloud is hanging
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right on top of you. there is some sunshine around, but that is across western scotland and northern ireland. sunny spells, but a lot of cloud out there in the atlantic. heading our way. it is going to be on top of us in the next couple of days. this is what we have right now. central area of cloud. around the lake district, southwestern scotland, the weather is absolutely fine. 17 degrees in belfast. in the low 20s in london. a little bit of the warrants leftover from yesterday. watch area of blue here. it is coming out of belgium. there could be a couple of showers and thunderstorms. it is just a risk. elsewhere, it is looking dry and fairly cool in the north of scotland. tomorrow, a change on the way for western scotland and northern ireland. this is a weather front coming off the atlantic. things are going to cool off. i think it will be went for times in
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the western isles. elsewhere across the western isles. elsewhere across the uk, it is not looking bad at all. on thursday, we have got weather fronts across the north here. so, ithink fairly weather fronts across the north here. so, i think fairly cloud the —— cloudy. and unsettled. all the way from the north and south this is where the weather is coming from. to the cells of that, just about staying dry. 20 in london. already 14 staying dry. 20 in london. already 1a in belfast. they are starting to feel the chill. on friday, the low pressure is with us. it will park itself right out on the north sea. getting some wet weather in sick eastern scotland. yorkshire will get some rain as well. and it might come a little bit further south, but the south coast and midlands getting away with it on friday. there'll be some sunshine there. on the weekend,
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it's difficult to say what time and which city they will be a shower. but this is pretty much the picture that sums it up. a lot of cloud, feeling pretty cool. temperatures between 16 and 19 celsius. yes, cooling off a little bit this week with a chance of rain. next week there is an indication that things might settle down a little bit. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 2pm. decision day for labour, the party's national executive meets to decide whether to accept in full an international definition of anti—semitism. i've made no secret of my view that we should have the full definition, the irha definition into our document. i've obviously said that over the summer. i hope that that is what the nec does. the boss of tsb, one of britain's biggest high street banks, is standing down after the it fiasco that left customers locked out of their accounts. how old is your heart? ? chances are it's a lot older than you are.
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