tv Breakfast BBC News September 22, 2018 6:00am-7:01am BST
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good morning. welcome to breakfast, with steph mcgovern and jon kay. our headlines today: tough talk, but what happens now? the eu brands theresa may uncompromising after she demands respect in brexit negotiations. a country in mourning after more than 130 people die in a ferry disaster in tanzania. a number of arrests have now been made. the plastic problem, supermarkets take more action to try and cut waste. good morning. in sport: ready to fight come rain or shine. anthonyjoshua prepares to defend his world heavyweight belts with bad weather expected at wembley stadium. a race to the top. we'll find out about the new olympic sport of speed climbing. good morning. a cool feel across the uk this weekend. sunshine and a few showers for more northern areas, but turning wet and windy further south.
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all the details in about 15 minutes. good morning. it's saturday the 22nd of september. our top story: the head of the eu state leaders, donald tusk, has described theresa may as surprisingly uncompromising after she made a speech demanding respect in the brexit negotiations. mr tusk says the prime minister has known for weeks about the eu's objections to the chequers proposals and that her tough position is causing the current stalemate, as leila nathoo reports. eu leaders had turned on theresa may ata summit eu leaders had turned on theresa may at a summit this week, giving her brexit proposals the cold shoulder, blu ntly brexit proposals the cold shoulder, bluntly saying they wouldn't work. and so, on her return to london, the prime minister sought to get back on the front foot, striking a defiant tone ina the front foot, striking a defiant tone in a televised statement, saying talks were now at an impasse. at this late stage in the
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negotiations, it is not acceptable to simply reject the other side's proposals without a detailed explanation and counterproposals. so we now need to hear from the eu what the real issues are, and what their alternative is, so that we can discuss them. until we do, we cannot make progress. it's the plans agreed by the cabinet at the prime minister's country residence of chequers injuly that theresa may is determined to stick with, but she's yet to convince her own party of their merits, let alone brussels. chequers is neither a cce pta ble brussels. chequers is neither acceptable to the european union, not actually to parliament, therefore we need to get on as fast as possible with negotiating a full free trade agreement with the closest possible relationship, because time to achieve a deal is running out. the president of the eu
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council, donald tusk, responded to say may, saying her stance this week had been surprisingly tough and in fa ct had been surprisingly tough and in fact uncompromising, but he remained convinced a comp demise was still possible. the prime minister is under pressure from all sides. it'sjust the prime minister is under pressure from all sides. it's just weeks before the next summit when a deal is opposed to be reached, and she has what is sure to be a tense gathering of her party to get through too. leila nathoo, bbc news, westminster. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, has said a future labour government would be ready to start nationalising key industries from the day it takes office. speaking on the eve of the party's annual conference in liverpool, mr mcdonnell said a new unit would be established in the treasury to oversee the process, and in some cases investors might not be compensated. he predicted that nationalisation of rail services could be completed within five years. meanwhile, the shadow equalities minister, dawn butler, will use labour's national women's conference today to outline plans for supporting victims of domestic abuse. she will say the government is not taking equality seriously, and labour would create a standalone department for women and equalities. were going to speak to her here on
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brea kfast were going to speak to her here on breakfast later. —— we're going to speak to her later on breakfast. the president of tanzania has ordered the arrest of managers of a ferry which capsized on lake victoria, killing over 130 people. it is thought the overloaded vessel tipped over when crowds on board moved to one side as it docked. lebo diseko reports. it is the worst kind of wait. hundreds of families desperate for news of their loved ones who'd been on board the mv nyerere. and as much as they hoped for the best, some are already preparing for the worst. a community watches as the rescue effort continues, but hope is fading fast. translation: we can't reach my brother. yesterday morning, he spoke to our mum. we've not heard from him since. translation: i was told that i lost my aunt, my father and my younger sibling. it's a huge loss to us. this is what is left of the mv nyerere, its overturned hull floating on the water.
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lake victoria is africa's largest, and the ferry was travelling between the islands of ukerewe and ukara, capsizing around 50 metres from ukara's shore. it operated a busy schedule, taking people to and from the market. and while it's not clear exactly how many people were on board, witnesses say it could have been up to 400, that's four times its capacity. it's thought many of the passengers couldn't swim. the president has declared four days of national mourning, and a number of arrests have been made, including the captain, who apparently wasn't on board at the time. lebo diseko, bbc news. donald trump has publicly backed brett kava naugh, his nominee for the supreme court, despite an allegation that he sexual assaulted a woman in 1982. president trump said that mr kava naugh‘s accuser should provide evidence of the alleged assault, and queried why she didn't contact police at the time.
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he told a rally of supporters in missouri that the appointment would go ahead. and he was born... you talk about central casting, he was born... they were saying it ten years ago about him, he was born for the us supreme court. he was born for it. applause and it's going to happen. a woman who was taken to hospital amid fears she had been exposed to the nerve agent novichok in salisbury has insisted her concern was genuine and was not a hoax. anna shapiro and her husband alex king sparked a major incident when they said they had become ill at a restaurant in the city on sunday. ms shapiro's lawyers said labelling it a hoax was media speculation. twitter is telling an undisclosed number of users that their private messages may have been leaked to third parties for more than a year. the firm insists the problem has now been fixed.
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the glitch involved direct messages between users and businesses that offer customer services through twitter. the supermarket chain co—op is scrapping plastic carrier bags from 1,400 of its uk shops today. it's the latest retailer to cut down after the government laid out plans to eradicate all avoidable plastic waste in britain within 25 years, as emma simpson reports. plastic waste... we're drowning in it. around i million tons of plastic is generated by uk supermarkets every year, and they've been coming up every year, and they've been coming up with a host of measures to try to stem the tide. take iceland, where plastic packaging is on the way out. from fruit and veg to plastic dishes for ready meals. all its own branded products will have paper or biodegradable packaging within five yea rs. at biodegradable packaging within five years. at morrisons, you can take your own container when you buy meat
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and fish, and there are now paper bags, not plastic, for loose fruit and veg. black plastic is difficult to recycle, but asda has replaced it for all its fruit and veg. now the co—op has an environmentally friendly alternative for carrying shopping home. these bags will be rolled out in 1400 stores. all of the major retailers have signed up to a really ambitious commitment under the uk plastics packed, and that's to make 100% of plastics packaging recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025. so all of them are working incredibly ha rd all of them are working incredibly hard and fast to make those objectives. it's notjust retailers, all businesses are now under pressure to act. since the world has woken up to the scourge of plastic pollution. emma simpson, bbc news. the church of england has decided not to get involved in a buyout of the pay day lender wonga, which has gone into administration.
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informal talks between the church and potential investors have ta ken place during the week. five years ago, the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, vowed to put wonga out of business. racing driver billy monger is preparing to return to donnington park today less than 18 months after a near fatal crash there cost him both of his legs. aided by a specially adapted car which hits speeds of up to 150mph, the 19—year—old is hoping to finish on the podium. reporter angela rafferty has been to meet him. it's hard to believe it's been just 18 months since the horrific crash that almost cost him this life and left him a double amputee. billy monger‘s recovery has been truly remarkable. this weekend he returns for the first time to race at the track where this life was changed for ever. really from the accident __ my for ever. really from the accident —— my memories from the accident and donington are quite strong, i
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remember it quite well, i don't remember it quite well, i don't remember it quite well, i don't remember it much now —— i don't think about it much now, though, which is nice. support came from far and wide. £800,000 was donated to this fund within days of the crash, and outpouring of affection that meant so much. at that stage mentally was probably the toughest time, so too, —— have that positivity while in hospital meant a lot. this determination to return to racing saw him back behind the wheel 11 weeks after this accident. in this first season racing in formula three, he's already made the podium and celebrated in this own inimitable style. it might come back out if i win races, that's what i'm going to say, ifi races, that's what i'm going to say, if i win races this weekend, for sure, you will see it again. billy's boyhood dream of racing in formula 1 remains the same, and back at the track where everything changed, he is focused onjust one thing. it's all about getting
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results this weekend. as much as this place has the connection with the emotion it brings out in may, when i get in the car it's all about asi when i get in the car it's all about as i can —— in the. when i get in the car it's all about as i can -- in the. angela rafferty, bbc news. we've talked a lot about spiders on the programme this week, lots have said you have been inundated with spiders this autumn but this morning we have bees for you. a huge hive of more than 60,000 bees have been found in the roof of a hospital in cambridge. have a look at this. experts say the colony had probably been there for several years and it took them over 12 hours to remove them. staff at the hospital said that honey had been oozing from gaps in the brick and plaster. 0h oh my goodness! and it took our many yea rs oh my goodness! and it took our many years to spot it? you would think people would notice. they have been relocated, they've been taken from cambridge to a field in lancashire, where the bees will now live in
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peace. they might have enjoyed it at the hospital. they must have done for that many to turn up. are there no fields in cambridge that could accommodate some bees? it is not our job to question. it is ourjob exactly, steph! easy! let's look at the front pages. theresa may's statement at downing street on friday leads most of today's papers. the telegraph reports that the pm may face a showdown next week as ministers prepare to call for a plan b to her brexit blueprint. you won't be surprised to see she dominates most of the front covers. the guardian describes mrs may's hastily arranged speech on friday as combative, adding it spooked the currency markets and led to sterling's biggest one—day fall this year. the times is a bit more positive. —— times. itjoins others in describing mrs may as defiant,
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saying she took britain towards the brink of a no—deal brexit on friday. the mirror is one of the few papers not to splash with the latest on brexit, instead leading on an interview with an acid attack survivor who said she was pulled from the brink of suicide by strictly come dancing star katie piper. some of the papers as well have got the latest in names. this is great. 0n the bbc website, you can put in your name and see how many people we re your name and see how many people were called that name last year. any name. no steph orjon in the top ten. only 53 were called steph last year. i had time on my hands last night! another rock 'n' roll night ona night! another rock 'n' roll night on a friday for steph! 0liver night! another rock 'n' roll night on a friday for steph! oliver is the best boys name and olivia is the girls'. is there no longer in the top 100 for the first time in more than 100 years —— sarah is. if you have had a baby called sarah in the
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last 12 months and you're watching, she is special and almost unique. funny how names go in and out of fashion, sarah will come back as an exotic name in a few years' time no doubt! you're watching breakfast from bbc news. it is just it isjust coming up it is just coming up to it isjust coming up to 6:15am. the headlines: eu council president donald tusk says a compromise over brexit is still possible, as theresa may demands more respect from brussels after the salzburg summit. the president of tanzania has ordered the arrest of managers of a ferry which capsized on lake victoria, killing more than 130 people. iam i am definitely feeling the chill at the minute. put the fire on last night. did you? yes. while you were looking up your name on google. night. did you? yes. while you were looking up your name on googlem makes me sound really sad, i wonder how popular the name alina is.
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makes me sound really sad, i wonder how popular the name alina islj will how popular the name alina is.” will look out now. alina is looking at the weather for us. good morning. good morning. i don't know if alina will ever make the top ten. you are right that it is a very cool we can across the uk, sunshine and showers further north, also turning wet and windy further south and it is all to do with the band of cloud sweeping in from the atlantic, bringing outbreaks of rain into south—west england, showers running ahead of that through the m4 corridor and this band of rain will slowly extend eastwards through the day. the northern extent of this in northern wales, the midlands and northern parts of norfolk, and then head of this there is cloud, sunshine in northern england, scotland and maybe northern ireland, with blustery showers and strong winds across the western side of scotland. they will start to ease. then the wind picks up start to ease. then the wind picks up later across south—west england. temperatures, no great shakes, 12 to 15 degrees, maybe 16 on the south
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coast. so the rain through this evening and overnight will fade away and then it will reinvigorate heading towards dawn. we will keep showers in parts of scotland, one or two in northern ireland, elsewhere clear skies, a chilly night under clear skies, a chilly night under clear skies, a chilly night under clear skies, east of scotland down to freezing. through tomorrow we have a frontal system working eastwards, more rain to come, then notice high pressure builds behind it, so through the day things will turn drive from the west. another quite wet day across much of southern, central england and south wales, strong wind as the rain clears away, sunshine coming through a across northern ireland, scotland, northern england, sharp showers feeding across the brisk wind and temperatures lower than today, and it is quite windy. as the rain clears eastwards, we will see some squally winds across east anglia and south—east england. tomorrow evening the rain clears away. most of the
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showers fade, except perhaps in shetland and 0rkney. it will be fairly chilly as high pressure builds. notice we are still picking up builds. notice we are still picking upa builds. notice we are still picking up a brisk and moist north—westerly fed through monday. that is likely to bring further showers across parts of scotland, one or two for northern ireland. further south, much more quiet to start the week with spells of sunshine away from the north of scotland where the wind will be lighter by temperatures not much higher than 14 to 16 degrees. so we can sum up the week, it will bea so we can sum up the week, it will be a cool start with chilly nights to come, dry in the southern parts of the uk, wet further north and temperatures rising a little bit later in the week, john and steph. alina, we have done a quick check online to see how many babies were called alina last year, 149. oh! more than steph. not more than jonathan. no. this is brilliant, ok?
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i know that i was teething steph earlier. i have lost due to it now. this is fantastic. we are looking at eve ryo ne this is fantastic. we are looking at everyone on the team. let's check naga. there were none. she will be happy with that. we will bore you with this all morning, if you are lucky. let us know. we can do it for you. now on breakfast it's time for the film review with mark kermode and martine croxall. martine, martine. that's the one. hello, and welcome to the film review, on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. it's almost becoming a habit! it is! what have you got for us this week? it is strange this week. we have the little stranger.
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we have a simple favor, i know you are going to see it this weekend so you are looking forward to the review. can't wait. and the house with a clock in its walls, a sort of family fantasy with a horror inflection. 0k. so first, the little stranger, is this about a haunted house? 0ra or a haunted residence? the question whether it is haunted is sort of central to it, so it is based on a novel by sarah waters, stars domhnall gleeson. he goes to a house where he is called to attend to someone working there, who appears to be ill but he thinks actually they are just freaked out. something has scared them. and it turns out that he went to this house when he was a child, where his mother worked, and he was completely overwhelmed by the house and he fell in love with it. now he goes back, and the house is crumbling, and the people inside the house appear to be coming apart. and everyone is sort of slightly brittle, slightly on edge and there is something creepy going on. here is a clip.
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how did you find the patient, doctor? mrs ayres. mother, this is dr faraday. he thinks we're brutes. a little under the weather. i imagine she'll be quite well by tomorrow. you'll observe a change in betty yet. this house works on people. girls come here like specks of grit. ten years later, they leave as pearls. i expect dr faraday's thinking betty won't stick it out for ten years. most girls would rather work in factories these days, and who can blame them? as it happens, i was thinking of my mother. she was a maid here before i was born. well, i do hope she enjoyed her time. right, roderick. so there is — something is wrong. there is talk about the house being haunted by, you know,
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by the little stranger. fantastic performance by ruth wilson there, who is somebody who seems to be trapped in the house. it is like the fall of the house of usher. everything is sort of falling apart around them. the question is, is it a haunting or are people imagining things, or is it them projecting their fears on to the house itself? if you have read the haunting of hill house, the shirleyjackson novel, one of the greatest ghost stories written, there is a lot of that in this. one of the problems, it has been marketed as a horror film. as a chiller. it is not. it is not a horrorfilm. it's a drama, which happens to have a ghostly edge, and you can read pretty much the whole film in one of two different ways. i liked it. i liked the fact it lets the pot simmer rather than boil. it is paced very moderately, it takes its time, it tells the story in an orderly fashion. there is a couple of really
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terrific performances in it, i think particularly ruth wilson, who is absolutely great. my only worry is, i think some audiences might grow impatient if they go, thinking it is going to be a ghost story. it's a chiller, which is why when you say is it a ghost story, yes, but no. you can read it in a number of ways, but i thought it was actually rather well done, and rather impressive in a very low—key, very understated fashion. it is very spare, isn't it, the way it is, the script is stripped back. it builds up tension. yeah, and you get a sense something is wrong but you are not sure what, and, as i said, the key to this is the haunting of hill house, which is the urtext from all modern ghost stories and it is written large on this. i am anxious now about the second film, which is a simple favor. i have been co—opted by my daughter to go and see this, so, tell me it's a good choice. it is directed by paul feig.
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andrea kendrick is a staid supermum at school being all perfect and over volunteering, her son makes friends with another child whose mother is blake lively‘s martini—swilling pr executive. they form an unlikely friendship. she starts to see a possible new world opening up. anna's friend disappears — somebody described this as gone girl'sjust wanna have fun. it wasn't my line, it is a good one, but not mine. it's the most crazy mishmash of genres, one the one hand, it is a ditsy romcom, then a thriller, then a whodunnit. the book was described as being like in the mould of gone girl and somebody described it as a post noir comedy. there are times watching it i thought, this is the most chaotic film i have ever seen. however, i liked it. and the reason i liked
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it is because you have two great performances, kendrick and lively, when the film is careering round like a boat tossed on a roaring ocean, they keep their eye on the horizon, and as long as you stick with them you go with it. one minute, it is funny, weird, twisted and you are meant to take it seriously, then it is not. seems like channel surfing but you have these two performances, they sink their teeth into the material gleefully. it is sort of acidic and acerbic. it has a nice bite to it. i came out thinking, "that was all over the shop, but i liked it". i think i am going to need a lie down after it, but i will go and see it. you'll enjoy it. as you come out, ask yourself, what that was about? genre, what genre? the house with a clock in its walls. if the cast is anything to go by it should be a treat. very good cast. you know, jack black, cate blanchett, based on a popular
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book from the 19705. an orphan kids is sent to stay with his uncle. he is a warlock. someone who conjures up spells. cate blanchett is the next door neighbour, with whom he has a sparring but ultimately loving relationship. here is a clip. that's a lot of clocks. what constitutes a lot is really a matter of personal taste. for me, it's a perfect amount of clocks. oh, sorry, there's a deranged cuckoo in there. your rachet wheel's shot and the click spring's not far behind. hello. you're lewis, i presume. how was your trip? this old hag is my next door neighbour, mrs florence zimmerman. i'm relieved to see you didn't inherent your uncle's freakishly oversized head. ha! says the woman who literally looks like a 0 tip. oh look, the giant head is angry. my god, did that withered purple skeletonjust speak? she thinks she's smarter than me because she has more college degrees. no, i think i'm smarter than you because i'm smarter than you. the relationship is
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the most fun of the film. the rest of it, it is directed by eli roth, who is known as a hard—core horror director, and did things like hostel. this is a very strange choice for him. i have to say, i don't think it works. although the source material predates harry potter and those novels, the film looks very much like, not even post harry potter. post percyjackon and the lightning thief. —— post percy jackson and the lightning thief. it has a lot of special effects, but for a film about magic it isn't very magical. the strength doesn't hang together, so as the narrative is unfolding, what is the thing with the clock, the back story? so at no point does it do that thing one of the movies needs to do, which is to click, oh, i'm in a different area.
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iam in iamina iam ina new i am in a new realm, you know, magical possibilities. so it is a mess. one of the strange things is i like, you know, films for younger viewers that have a bit of scares in them, because i remember thinking that the harry potter movies were hammer movies for younger viewers, and i mean that in a good sense because i am a big fan of the hammer movies. this felt all over the place. it is interesting because it has a lot of resources, it has this source material and a very good cast, and special effects, all available to the director, and yet it is a mess of a film that i think will disappoint more than it will enchant. some people will get some fun out of it because there are some nice moments, particularly in the relationship between the two central adults, but beyond that, i don't see it having a huge shelf life. best out is wajib, a palestinian drama. yes, i liked this. this was the palestinian entry for the palestinian 0sca rs, although it wasn't nominated, it is the story of father and son travelling round nazareth, but they are handing out wedding invitations which they have to do by hand, that is the wajib, the duty of the title.
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and as they travel around, you discover their relationship, how they have fallen out. one has has stayed, one has gone away, one is young, one is old, there is resentment, and yet it is really funny, very subtle. it is kind of bitter in some places, it blends the personal and political. it is very, very low—key, and i thought it was wonderful. it did the thing i want a film to do, which is to intrigue me about the characters, and i thought it was really good. it is called wajib. it is a very small release. if you get a chance, check it out. it is really good. and best dvd is the breadwinner. hand drawn? it is an animation. it is made by the people who made song of the sea. this has cut outs and hand drawns and different forms of animation. it is the story of a young girl in kabul, whose father and brother are arrested, and leaving only women in the house. women are not allowed to go out on their own,
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so she has to disguise herself as a boy to go out into the town, and suddenly she discovers this whole new world when she changes gender. it is brilliant. it deals with dark subject matter but in a way that is accessible. they have made it so it can be watched by viewers of all ages. there is tough stuff in it, though. i loved it. it was what are my favourite films of the year. i thought it was brilliant. as ever, thank you very much. do ask yourself, what was that all about? i expect to be bamboozled. a quick reminder before you go, you will find more film news and reviews online. and you can find all of our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. thanks for watching. bye. hello, this is breakfast, withjon kay and steph mcgovern.
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good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the head of the eu state leaders, donald tusk, has described theresa may as surprisingly uncompromising after she made a speech demanding respect in the brexit negotiations. mr tusk says the prime minister has known for weeks about the eu's objections to the chequers proposals and that her tough position is causing the current stalemate, although he still believes a compromise deal is possible. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, has said a future labour government would be ready to start nationalising key industries from the day it takes office. speaking on the eve of the party's annual conference in liverpool, mr mcdonnell said a new unit would be established in the treasury to oversee the process, and in some cases investors might not be compensated. he predicted that nationalisation of rail services could be completed within five years. the president of tanzania has ordered the arrest of managers
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of a ferry which capsized on lake victoria, killing over 130 people. local media say the ferry‘s official capacity was 100 people, but officials say the vessel was carrying more than 400 passengers when it capsized. it is thought it tipped over when crowds on board moved to one side as it docked. donald trump has publicly backed brett kava naugh, his nominee for the supreme court, despite an allegation that he sexual assaulted a woman in 1982. president trump said that mr kava naugh‘s accuser should provide evidence of the alleged assault, and queried why she didn't contact police at the time. he told a rally of supporters in missouri that the appointment would go ahead. and he was born... you talk about central casting, he was born... they were saying it ten years ago about him, he was born for the us supreme court. he was born for it. applause and it's going to happen.
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a woman who was taken to hospital amid fears she had been exposed to the nerve agent novichok in salisbury, has insisted her concern was genuine and was not a hoax. anna shapiro and her husband alex king sparked a major incident when they said they had become ill at a restaurant in the city on sunday. ms shapiro's lawyers said labelling it a hoax was media speculation. twitter is telling an undisclosed number of users that their private messages may have been leaked to third parties for more than a year. the firm insists the problem has now been fixed. the glitch involved direct messages between users and businesses that offer customer services through twitter. the supermarket chain co—op is scrapping plastic carrier bags from 1,400 of its uk shops today. it's also pledged to remove plastic packaging from its own brand ranges by 2020. co—op is the latest retailer to cut down after the government laid out plans to eradicate all avoidable plastic waste in britain within 25 years.
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she's a pop singer, actress and designer, and now rihanna can add another role to her growing cv after being appointed to a new ambassadorial role for her home country, barbados. the artist, who showed prince harry around during his visit to the island two years ago, has been named ambassador extraordinary and pleni—potentiary. that is a crazyjob title! it is what rihanna would call an umbrella term. it means basically promoting education, tourism and investment. that is a new thing we have learned today. shall we try to get it in the
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bulletin today? just glossing over your rendition of umbrella there, your rendition of umbrella there, you just chose to ignore it! steph was singing! it won't happen again! that's what you think! you are going to do that every hour! how are you? very good. looking forward to the povetkin against joshua fight am there they are at the weigh—in, another huge night for anthonyjoshua, fast the weigh—in, another huge night for anthony joshua, fast becoming the weigh—in, another huge night for anthonyjoshua, fast becoming a boxing superstar and he will make £20 million tonight. it's not about the money... but let's face it, it's all about the money in boxing! they could be getting wet but the fans are expected to fill up wembley stadium for anthonyjoshua's latest world title defence. he looks in pretty decent shape too ahead of his fight with russian alexander povetkin. the forecast is a little indifferent so fans can expect to be a bit soggy. one of the sponsors has stepped in to help, though! they've bought these little pond shows that you were, so many 30,000
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of them, and giving them out for free. so it's good. rain or not, just be safe, wrap up warm and have a good time. i'm hoping anthonyjoshua hopes he has a good time as well! only two premier league sides still have a 100% record for the season, chelsea, who play west ham tomorrow, and liverpool, who take on southampton at anfield this afternoon. managerjurgen klopp says the club don't expect mo salah to replicate his form of last season, when he scored 44 times. he only has two to his name in six matches so far, klopp isn't worried. it's really no problem. we co nsta ntly it's really no problem. we constantly have to deal with the new situations. people are very positive about this player, about this player, about this player, and i have to decide whether i talk to them about that or not, do i leave them about that or not, do i leave them alone in that situation, do i talk to them? all that stuff it's a lwa ys talk to them? all that stuff it's always like this, but with mo, it's fine. so how do you replace alastair cook in the england cricket side? it seems by keeping
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your options open. after winning the county championship last week the surrey captain rory burns has won a call—up to the england squad for their tour to sri lanka. he's one of three opening batsmen included, with kent'sjoe denly also coming in for the first time and keaton jennings keeping his place. watch this space! sam simmonds scored two tries for exeter to help them maintain their perfect start to the premiership rugby season the england forward is the league's joint top—scorer, as exeter remain top of the table after they beat newcastle 24—17. willis halaholowas man of the match for cardiff, creating two tries and scoring one of this own as they beat munster 37—13 in the pro14. ulster are still unbeaten, but only just. a very late henry speight try earned them a point away to cheetahs in bloemfontein. it was a 10—try thriller, ending 39—39. as we head towards the ryder cup, we already have a europe versus usa contest on our hands at the tour championship in atlanta. justin rose and tiger woods are tied
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for the lead on 7—under par. woods cheered all the way round. you would expect that! rose is playing in his first tournament as world number one, and he'll collect over $11 million if he wins. how about this for a story from golf? if you're an amateur golfer, the 100 shot mark is the target, if you break 100 you're pretty chuffed. but now, 60 has been broken for the first time on the european tour. england's 0li fisher shot the first ever 59 at the portuguese masters. he had a tap—in for the lowest round ever recorded on the tour. i think he is somewhere in the 200s in the world rankings. let's hear what he had to say afterwards. it feels great to obviously make history here in portugal, it's a great tournament and it's a great mark for the european tour and obviously myself to shoot 59.
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chuffed with the day. going out trying to make the cut at level par and then shooting that is... just a great day all round. i think he was 12 under parfor i think he was 12 under par for this day, 12 birdies in one round. he's also got the most popular boys name of 2017. how funny, oliver and 0livia. they are the same! of 2017. how funny, oliver and olivia. they are the same! do you wa nt to olivia. they are the same! do you want to know how many people have the name katherine with a k? 106. want to know how many people have the name katherine with a k? 106m that all? 12 with tiger. 383 called anthony. there's more anthony mcgrath pleural van katherines? anthony. there's more anthony mcgrath pleuralvan katherines? what about anthony and joshua?” mcgrath pleuralvan katherines? what about anthony and joshua? i bet joshuais about anthony and joshua? i bet joshua is superb popular. thanks very much indeed, kat! steph is absolutely obsessed with this. keeping with the sporting theme now, think sprinting, but vertically up a wall rather than along a track. speed climbing will be one of the new sports at the 2020 0lympics.
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for britain's big hope, shauna coxsey, that means a steep learning curve. what does that mean? i don't even understand what i just what does that mean? i don't even understand what ijust said there! we sent mike to edinburgh to see what it takes. i should learn to read things before i read them! it's the new 0lympic race that drives athletes up the wall. shauna coxsey may be the world bowled a champion but to win an olympic medal, she must master all three disciplines, including speed climbing. it is head to head, first to the top. you hit a buzzer at the top and your time flashes up, the winner in green and the loser in red. i'm not the milera with it in a nyway red. i'm not the milera with it in anyway because i had never experienced that before, i had never to race somebody. —— not familiar. i love it so much. really good fun. 0ne
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one of the great secrets to shauna's success is that she's got her own finger strength coach, and they do workouts on this, it's called a beast maker. apparently you can hold yourself... you're right down there? that's the idea, shauna, you can show how it's done. isn't it incredible you have all that strength in your little fingers?” can hang like with one arm unlike the big guys. finger strength is so vital because it is your contact with the wall. there's nothing to hold on to, though. then you've got to ta ke hold on to, though. then you've got to take one off. look at that! its introduction to the olympics has really given speed climbing a new lease of life. there are 50 of these clip and climb walls across the uk, where beginners can simply turn up, race each other up the wall and get
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the experience before they tackle the experience before they tackle the more extreme rock faces. using how good it would be for kids but it is so good for adults too. even for me, iget is so good for adults too. even for me, i get to be a big kid and have a good time and it's really good fun, as you're about to experience that you think how good it would be for kids but it is good for adults too —— you think how good it we believe would be for kids but it is good for adults too. there's one thing concentrating on climbing, the other thing is trying to do it quickly. you're almost at the top. i'm not far off i don't think. unless i look down. i'm starting to wobble now. this just doesn't feel natural. 0h, starting to wobble now. this just doesn't feel natural. oh, i've finally pressed the button at the top. how do i get down? just let go. how do i get down? let go, let go. 0h, how do i get down? let go, let go. oh, you have to let go, do you? put both hands on the rope.
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down—to—earth. crash landing there! then when you're ready to go up an 0lympic standard wall, 50 feet up plus a 7% incline trying to throw you up. the world record on a war like this is just over five seconds. wow, they've done it in 12. incredible the way they leap up the wall. and just to show how hard this 0lympic wall is, look, this is my starting attempt to get up. off we go... and that second—hand point... mike bushell, for bbc news, on a bit ofa mike bushell, for bbc news, on a bit of a downer in scotland. well done, mike. strenuous in the extreme. it does look like hard work. they make it look so easy. light some of them do mac ——. work. they make it look so easy. light some of them do mac --. some of them do! a lot of companies and organisations have had to take a long, hard look in recent years at the way they recruit and treat female employees.
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but the royal horticultural society is looking into an incident of sexual discrimination with a difference. it took place 120 years ago. helen briggs has more. the turn—of—the—century, queen victoria's on the throne, but women still can't vote, serve on a jury, or, as it turns out, win a prize to train asa or, as it turns out, win a prize to train as a gardener. word this box revealed the prize that had been won but never given for one simple reason, but winner was a woman. clearly a very determined young woman. she's entered this exam, she's done well and she claims her rightful prize. she single—handedly has sent the rhs into a bit of a tailspin. her name was miss harrison, and after getting top marks, she should have been given the equivalent of £5,000 and a training scholarship, but that never happened. scrawled over the document the words of reverend william
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wilkes, then leader of the rhs, it was never contemplated that a female might claim the scholarship. although she may not personally have succeeded, she's chip, chip, chipping away at that sense that women can't do these things. chipping away at that sense that women can't do these thingsm she'd been awarded that prize today, she'd been awarded that prize today, she would have trained here at rhs wisley, and who knows where her career might have taken her? a picture's starting to emerge of the mysterious miss harrison. we know from the syllabus of the exam that she took that she was well versed in all the main principles of gardening, from the names and orders plans to growing fruit. and student gardeners say it's hard to imagine women being excluded. it makes me feel very frustrated and angry. i would have hated to have been restricted in that way, and i'm grateful to the people who've gone before that make it possible, but we still need to go further to make sure everyone's included. ms harrison paved the way for new
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generation of gardeners. the rhs wa nts to generation of gardeners. the rhs wants to make sure her name's not forgotten. they think her family may have letters that can tell they're more about her. i'd love to know what happened next, did she carry on fighting, did you carry on into a career in horticulture and make a living that way? i'm really to race to know what happened to miss harrison, because she's clearly a character and did she prevail? and with your help, maybe they'll finally solve the mystery. helen briggs, bbc news. i want to know what happened to two. miss harrison, apparently she trained at swanley college in kent. they just have trained at swanley college in kent. theyjust have the name, wouldn't it be great to know —— what happened too. good morning. it isa it is a cool feel across the uk this weekend. there will be sunshine and showers further north. also something wet and potentially windy further south. today's rain comes
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courtesy of this cloud into south—west england and wales, bringing outbreaks of rain and that will slowly extend eastwards through the day. the northern extent of the rain probably through the northern parts of wales, into the north midlands and northern parts of east anglia, so it is a little bit patchy. more cloud and sunshine for north—east england and scotland, showers rattling through in western scotla nd showers rattling through in western scotland where it will be quite blustery this morning with gusts of 40- 45 blustery this morning with gusts of 40— 45 mph, wind strengthening across south—west england, and temperatures generally between 12 and 16, perhaps 18 or 19 in the channel islands. more to come in central and southern parts of england and wales. eventually it will ease away. then the rain will develop late in the night. showers across northern and western parts of scotland. elsewhere, clear skies across northern and western parts of scotland. elsewhere, clearskies and a chilly night. temperatures in rural spots of northern england and scotla nd rural spots of northern england and scotland close to freezing.
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tomorrow, further outbreaks of rain working eastwards before this area of high pressure develops. further rain through tomorrow morning across central and southern in the end and wales, some of it heavy, clearing east, sunshine behind, showers feeding through on the brisk north—westerly wind and strong and squally wind as it clears east through the afternoon. temperatures tomorrow not much higher than 15 or 16 degrees. and again fairly strong wind with gustss of 40 or 45 miles an hour in east anglia and south—east england as the rain moves eastwards through tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow evening most of the showers and rain will clear with showers for northern parts of scotland. and another fairly chilly night. into monday high pressure developing across much of the uk. we are still keeping a brisk and moist north—westerly theme, generating showers for scotland and northern ireland, but for much of england, wales and scotland on monday, mainly
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dry, sunshine, light wind, something much more quiet and recently and a fairly cool feel, 13 to 16 degrees, the top on monday. so for the week ahead it will certainly be a cool start, dry further south, wet further north, particularly for western scotland, where it will be windy, and temperatures starting to rise a little late in the week. back to you. thank you very much, alina, we will see you in a bit. and we will see you as well with the headlines at 7am. now on breakfast it is time for click. india — a technology superpower in waiting. half of the 1.2 billion people here are aged 35 or under. in the years that we've been coming
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here, we've seen it change from an it outsourcing work house to a place of innovation and start—ups. and although click has a huge audience in india, and although we've brought indian stories to the world, we haven't yet been able to bring the world to india. so it's high time we put that right. we've taken the click live show on the road, to the beautiful setting of bikaner house, new delhi. new delhi! thank you for having us! are you well? cheering and applause and it's here that we wowed audiences with the coolest tech we have seen on our travels. we've painted colours in the air, tickled their ears, took them to the future, and to the distant past. this is hampi, once the capital of the vijayanagara dynasty,
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and by the 16th century, it was the second—largest mediaeval—era city in the world. since 1565, it's lain in ruins, but over recent years this unesco world heritage site has been 3d—scanned by several different organisations. not only does this mean that what's still there can be digitally preserved, but it's also meant that historians have been able to reconstruct a virtual model of how it would've looked in his heyday. so, we're now going to take a walk—through of the temple site. to do that, we also need a projector, which is going to shine down onto the model, and a camera up there which is going to watch for the routes that i want to describe. and this is how i'm going to show it where i want to go. once you've described your route it takes you on a virtual tour, and while you enjoy the scenery on the screen, you can see exactly where you are on the model too. if you digitally preserving this you are keeping it for future
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generations, to be able to really see what used to be existing. the laser pointer and footprints are just the first experiment into how others might experience this kind of virtual tour. it's crying out for a virtual reality set up, obviously. and this technique will also be useful to explore sites other than those from times gone by. this kind of whole technique i think would go very well where you're looking at visualisations of new architectures, new buildings, where you also have people who are exploring things. so seeing a physical form and a virtual form together, it will really help people to be able to visualise things and also maybe change, digitally you can change anything, so that is the excitement. visara technologies is one of many start—ups that are being spun out of the 23 indian institutes of technology, universities which span the country, providing a tech education for tens of thousands of young indians, and provide incubators to allow their research to be turned into small businesses after graduation.
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one of the visions of iit was to create world—class engineers and world class projects, and perform world—class research, and it has certainly had some global success stories. these include sundar pichai, the ceo of google, and more recently, binny ba nsal. he's the co—founder of flipkart, a massive online shopping site launched in 2007, six years before amazon arrived in the country. it's considered one of india's most successful start—ups. and when walmart recently bought most of the company, the deal made binny a billionaire. and whilst in delhi, i couldn't resist grabbing a few minutes with the man himself to get a snapshot of the indian tech industry. we have a lot bigger market, lot bigger economy, we have a lot more people on the internet. ten years back we had 15—20 million people on the internet,
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now we have more than 350—400 million people connected. that has created a huge market for indian entrepreneurs now, to really dream big and execute, which wasn't the case before. what do you think india is really good at? i think one thing india is really good at is producing global leaders. if you look at companies like pepsi, google, microsoft, a lot of the ceos today are indian. and that kind of gives me hope that one day not so much in the future we'll have the next google or microsoft coming out of india, because indian entrepreneurs and their leaders i think can scale businesses globally much better than maybe their chinese counterparts. what do you think india is not good at? we tend to take shortcuts to problems because so many other things
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are broken, so that is something that also needs a mindset change. artificial intelligence, good or bad for india? great because it can solve healthcare at scale, it can solve education at scale, it can solve so many of these societal issues at scale. i canjust imagine that happening. bad because it is going to take away a large number of jobs, so that becomes... but i think that is a problem we'll define and can be solved with the right intentions and the right solutions. so i'm more optimistic than pessimistic about al. thank you for your time. thank you. back at the live show, when we weren't creating the world's greatest selfie, or playing the world's best game — designed by click, patent pending incidentally — we spoke to the pioneers of india's burgeoning space industry, and asked the question on the minds of over one billion people —
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can a self—driving car survive india's traffic? over the past few years, we've been developing the technology, as you can see the vehicle can see without radars, then we've developed software to deal with the unsecured and chaotic traffic and environment conditions in india. it is a very hard problem and so far we have done some tests, but it would take us a lot more time to go into the indian cities and deal with the chaotic traffic and peak traffic hours in india. see? not quite as crazy as you first thought. one of the big themes that came out of click live in india was the power of artificial intelligence and its impact on people's work, especially on theirjobs. 0ne company hoping to ride the ai boom is imerit. and its founder, radha basu, explained how ai won'tjust replace humans, it needs a humid workforce
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to train the algorithms in the first place by clearly annotating training images like these. could you explain to everyone here what imerit does? in order for al algorithms to work, they have to be trained. it's like computer programming. if you just put a computer there and say work it doesn't work. so you have to programme it. that's called training ai. what we do is train ai and enrich the data so that our clients can get the best results out of their a! algorithms. so you have a huge human workforce training ai. we've some examples of the kinds of things that your workers do that we'll put up on the screen. these are some examples of that your humans are doing to create this training data, yeah. that's correct. we're called humans in the loop. humans in the loop of ai. so it could be as simple as taking different cars in a parking lot, doing bounding boxes around them,
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knowing which cars have damage, so being able to look at automatically picking that up and sending that back like an insurance investigator would do. this is where we've probably done the most work. we've done more than 15 million images for self—driving autonomous cars. we work with a variety of car manufacturers. and, if you look at this, it's called bounding boxes and polygons. but it's at a pixel level. so it's dense pixel segmentation. so think, for example, there are a few toes onto the crosswalk. how do you know whether that belongs to a cat, to a small child? there's a wad of paper on the street, do you know if it's a rock or a wad of paper? so when we do this pixel segmentation, it's very complex and you can have up to 50—70 different things you're marking. just to be clear then, you're training the ai,
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this is a person, this is a car, and then it goes away and learns from that? so when the car looks at the street scene, we have trained the ai algorithms so that the computer can learn from it. for the first time, we have technologies in a! that can be used for crucial societal applications, particularly like healthcare. there are... in the amount of data, healthcare is about a third of the data. and the ability that we have, as you can see there, this is our work, where you can actually go in and look at cancer cells, and we actually annotate them in these images and use this to train the ai algorithms. and if you think about this in a broad societal sense, this can be taken to a large number of people who do not have access to this kind of care, and you can do pre—screening for cancer cells. what's really important is the type of person that you employee.
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so that, i think, is the core, i would say, the core contribution of imerit. imerit has about 1,500 people, we're hiring 200—300 people per quarter. so ai is creating jobs. wow. 50% of the workforce, for a technology services company, 50% of the workforce are women. yes! applause and 80% of the workforce are coming from low—income backgrounds. they could be young muslim women. we have one centre that's called the centre of excellence for computer vision, that's for image processing. and that centre is all young muslim women in a very poor community. and that's it for now from india.
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thank you so much for watching and don't forget, we live on facebook and on twitter @bbcclick, where you can see loads of extra backstage photos and fun. but for now, and from this wonderful audience, it's goodbye and we'll see you soon! good morning, welcome to breakfast, with steph mcgovern and jon kay. 0ur headlines today: tough talk, but what happens now? the eu brands theresa may uncompromising after she demands
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