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western ireland and western scotland there will be outbreaks of rain. there will be outbreaks of rain. there will be outbreaks of rain. there will be an outbreak of wind as well. because the wind will be coming in from the southwest, just beginning to group upwards of from the southwest, just beginning to group upwards 01:14 maybe 18 degrees. contrast those fortunes during tuesday night, it will be southern arizona because of the weather close to freezing. for the north significantly mother but only because we would have after crowded outburst of rain to stop warm for breeze. but further south, the middle the deed —— we will turn a great deal warmer. if labour party members vote for it at conference. what we want? a people's vote! delegates are meeting in liverpool, where thousands have been marching in an anti—brexit rally. of course we need another say, and we need to know what the deal actually is. i can't see that we've got anything to gain from brexit, i can only see what we've got to lose. but one union leader says a new referendum shouldn't offer the chance to remain in the eu.
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we'll have the latest. also on the programme, iran claims the us backed an attack on a military parade that left 25 dead. an international rescue operation's under way for an injured sailor, stranded in a round—the—globe yacht race. and another knockout performance sees anthony joshua retain his heavweight titles at wembley. good evening. jeremy corbyn has confirmed that labour would support another referendum on brexit if delegates backed the idea at the party's conference. he says he'd prefer a general election but would abide by the decision of members. his comments came as thousands joined an anti—brexit march in liverpool, where the labour
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conference is taking place. here's our political correspondent alex forsyth. people's vote! there's clear demand. now! calls for another public vote. i can't see that we've got anything to gain from brexit. a say on the terms of brexit. we need to know what the deal actually is. and outside labour's conference, some party members join the chorus. can you hear us, jeremy corbyn?! listen to us, hear us, give us a people's vote! it seems he might have heard. he's resisted so far but today said he would accept the decision of party members. our preference would be for a general election, and we can then negotiate our future relationships with europe. but let's see what comes out of conference, we are democratic party, we're very big, it's the biggest conference we've ever had. and given that, do you feel bound by what the conference decides as the leader? obviously, i'm there elected
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as a leader of this party. the government's ruled out another vote or an election, insisting a brexit deal is possible, even after its plan was rejected by the eu. what we need to do is hold our nerve, keep our cool, continue to negotiate in good faith, and really press the eu to be clearer on what their objections are. but they sense an opportunity — an election is what they really want, but having promised a more democratic party, they can't ignore members calling for a brexit vote. the deputy leader says labour must make its position clear either way. it's a bit of a binary choice, you can't really fudge that. we think we need a meaningful vote in parliament. failing that, we think that the prime minister needs to call a general election so we can air the debates around the deal. and then it may be that we have to have a people's vote if parliament can't come to a view. today labour delegates will decide what exactly the party will vote on later this week,
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which will determine whether labour officially supports a vote on the brexit deal. there is support for that here, but some fear it may alienate labour voters who wanted to leave the eu. hence this warning from one of labour's big union backers. there are significant numbers of traditional labour supporters who are saying, "we are going to vote conservative because we don't trust labour to take us out of the european union." any vote, he said, should be on the terms of leaving only. the referendum shouldn't be on, "do we want to go back into the european union?" that shouldn't even be an option? no, because the people have already decided. but these people want another say — labour's now flirting with the idea, while the government says it would be a betrayal of trust. brexit, once again, hugely divisive. alex forsyth, bbc news, liverpool. our political editor, laura kuenssberg,
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is in liverpool for us this evening. laura, are the hands of the labour leadership now really tied depending on what conference wants concerning a new referendum? as ever with brexit, the leaders at the top of parties are trying to navigate a very narrow tightrope indeed, and although many of the people here are campaigning very hard for another referendum, another say on the european union, they might feel delighted by what they have heard from jeremy corbyn today, i think we are going to have to watch very carefully for what the party actually votes on. i don't expect them to vote for a sudden decision to push for a second referendum, to say that the labour party is suddenly going to start straining every sinew to have another vote. i think what we are going to see something much more clergy, something much more clergy, something much more of a compromise, not so much yes, yes, yes to another
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vote, more like if, if, if. the frustration for many members of the labour party is thatjeremy corbyn promised to listen to them as members, but the party leadership is concerned also not to be seen as if they are trying to and pick the democratic vote from a couple of yea rs democratic vote from a couple of years ago, and one member ofjeremy corbyn's top teams said to me today that they, like many people, may wa nt to that they, like many people, may want to stop her exit from taking place, but that is not where a lot of voters for, and hoping for a very godmother in the shape of a people's vote to stop it is not realistic and not necessarily politically possible. 0k, laura, thank you for that, laura kuenssberg in liverpool. a british man suspected of being a member of the islamic state group has been captured in syria. anwar miahfrom birmingham was detained by kurdish forces in the north east of the country. he claims to have been working there as a medic. our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville is in beirut. quentin, what more do we know about this man? clive, the kurdish forces
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picked him up, they are fighting in syria against the so—called islamic state, they picked anwar miah up in is controlled territory. they say the birmingham pharmacist has been inside syria for about four years. the reason we know of his capture because video has emerged, and he is on the back of a pick—up truck, blindfolded, surrounded by kurdish forces, and he says i am a doctor, i ama forces, and he says i am a doctor, i am a qualified pharmacist from the uk, istudied medicine am a qualified pharmacist from the uk, i studied medicine and am a qualified pharmacist from the uk, istudied medicine and pharmacy. the kurds at the moment are having a lot of success at picking up foreign fighters who they believe are members of the so—called islamic state. anwar miah was now under their control, under their detention, being questioned by western intelligence officials. 0k, quentin, thank you, quentin sommerville in beirut, thank you. the iranian president, hassan rouhani, has hit out at america, claiming the us helped enable a deadly attack on a military parade. 25 people died in the gun attack
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in the southwestern city of ahvaz. mr rouhani says america and its allies had backed those responsible. chris buckler is in washington for us. chris, what's the us saying about this? well, washington's response has been to point the finger back. the us ambassador to the un, nikki haley, says that if iran wants to know who is responsible, they should look at the country's oppression of its people, and that kind of rhetoric gives you a sense of the tensions that exist between washington and tehran, particularly since the us pulled out of the iran nuclear deal and a reimpose sanctions. and if anything, there is a danger that relationships could worsen this week, with a meeting of the un general assembly, which will be attended by both president trump and president rouhani. indeed, donald trump is due to chair a meeting of
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the un security council. it is due to discuss getting rid of weapons of mass destruction, but he has already said he wanted to focus on iran, and that has led one of his own members of staff to say that that might well lead to the biggest viewed in un security council history, a claim that donald trump may be proud of. teenager has died after being shot in walthamstow yesterday evening. police are now appealing for witnesses. a man has been arrested at buckingham palace on suspicion of possessing a taser stun gun. police say the incident is not terror related. an international rescue mission is under way, trying to reach a seriously injured sailor taking part in the golden globe round—the—world yacht race. abhilash tomy is stranded 2,000 miles off the coast of western australia. his yacht‘s mast was broken in a severe storm in the indian ocean. here's katharine da costa.
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rolled, dismasted, severe back injury, cannot get up. a distress message from solo yachtsman abhilash tomy after a severe storm whipped up 80 mph winds and 45 foot waves, breaking his mast on friday. he is injured and unable to leave his bunk. i'm very relieved to be at the start of the golden globe race. this is tomy at the start of the race injuly. the 39—year—old indian navy commander is no stranger to extreme conditions — he completed the same round—the—world challenge in 2013. it's a 30,000—mile nonstop solo race. competitors had set off from france on the 1st ofjuly. they'd been tracking down the west coast of africa. tomy had moved into third place when he got into trouble nearly 2000 miles off the west coast of australia. he's now stranded in the middle of indian ocean.
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this almost the suhaili lap of honour... sir robin knox—johnston was the first man to sail round the world single—handedly back in 1968. tomy‘s yacht is a replica of sir robin's — the pair are close friends. abhilash is a tough guy, i mean, he's the first indian to go solo nonstop around the world, so he's experienced, he's been there before, he's a naval officer, he knows what he's up to, he's very resourceful. help is on the way. this morning, the indian air force located his yacht. rival competitor gregor mcguckin is expected to reach him with medical supplies by first light, while it's hoped a french fisheries vessel is close behind and can take them to safety. cathrine da costa, bbc news. now, with news of anthonyjoshua's big fight and the rest of the day's sport, here's 0llie foster at the bbc sport centre. provides many thanks, clive, we are
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going to start with the boxing. anthony joshua's next fight could see him become the first undisputed world heavyweight champion in almost 20 years. he stopped his russian opponent alexander povetkin in the seventh round at wembley stadium last night to maintain his unbeaten record. here's our sports correspondent david 0rnstein. the smile that is becoming the symbol of his unstoppable success, anthonyjoshua carries the belts and the burden of his sport, but with each bout, he gets even better. the appeal is losing, who is going to beat me? that is what it comes down, give anthony the toughest of the toughest, give him king kong, get him to fight aj, we want to see who is going to be tim, that is the appeal of boxing. packing a major stadium for the fourth time in just 17 months, joshua walsh is rocked in the first round, alexander povetkin raising the prospect of a massive upset. but joshua raising the prospect of a massive upset. butjoshua has conquered our
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diversity in the past and would do so diversity in the past and would do so again. the champion showing why he is at the top of his profession, pouncing on his russian prayed to score a ruthless knockout and stay on course for a potential is superb out in six months' time. the only title missing from joshua's collection is held by the american deontay wilder, while britain's tyson fury is another possible opponent for a boxer with a dream of being crowned the undisputed king of his division. well, that next fight will be back here in april, the key question is who it will be against, and as the clamour for anthony joshua intensifies, it could be one of the biggest the sport has ever seen. of the biggest the sport has ever seen. david 0rnstein, bbc news, wembley. chelsea have failed to match liverpool's perfect start to the premier league season. they could only draw 0—0 at west ham. there were goals at arsenal, as they beat everton 2—0. adam wild watched both games. for chelsea, the trip across the
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capital was short, but west ham could scarcely feel further apart. precious little to cheer at the london stadium of late, still west ham fans are not without hope. michail antonio almost offering them some reward. chelsea, by contrast, have had a perfect start to the season, but, incredibly, denied by the face of fabianski. having saved the face of fabianski. having saved the game with one head, they should have won it with another, yarmolenko with a glaring miss, these london rivals want to be separated. just down the road, there were goals, but against everton, arsenal were made to wait. when it came, it was worded, alexander lacazette's finish was quite brilliant, and having found one, arsenal's second followed within moments, the ball eventually finding its way to pierre—emerick aubameyang. after a difficult start to the season, arsenal are finding their feet. adam wild, to the season, arsenal are finding theirfeet. adam wild, bbc news. celtic have made their worst start
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to a premiership season since 1998. the scottish champions lost 2—1 in injury time at kilmarnock. stuart findlay scored the winner at rugby park to see killie climb to fifth above celtic on goal difference. they are six points behind leaders hearts. rangers are second after beating stjohnstone 5—1. england's netballers have finished second in the quad series after beating south africa. the roses came from behind in the final minutes of the game to win 45—112 in melbourne. they were runners—up to australia, equalling their best finish in the tournament. don't forget, there's much more on the bbc sport website, but that's all the sport for now. tiger woods has the lead at the tour championship, looking for his first tournament win in five years. 0lly, many thanks for that. that's it. i'll be back with the late news at 10:15 tonight. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. hello. this is bbc news. motor racing is one of the few sporting activities
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in which men and women compete on an equal footing. women are still hugely under—represented among competitors but maybe that's about to change. take a look at this. mining is halley and aires carts. —— anti—race carts. some people think that's they can't do it's because they are a girl but thatis do it's because they are a girl but that is wrong. both girls and boys can do it. i think it is nice that that this being recognised by young girls and they want to go on to achieve similar things.|j girls and they want to go on to achieve similar things. i would like to be likejamie achieve similar things. i would like to be like jamie chadwick because she is really fast. diane halley.
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nice to meet you. you are going to be going and one of the sunday? can you show acro you are going to be going in one of these —— you are going in one of these —— you are going to be going in one of these one day? when i beat boys, they sometimes cry. it makes it doesn't it? ican't sometimes cry. it makes it doesn't it? i can't believe how small you are in your race car. we will see them rise to the top. it doesn't seem them rise to the top. it doesn't seem like a sports that accepts women as much as men and it is a shame because from my experience it does. i fell into this sport by accident and had i'm not i would not be having so much fun. i say you
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should try it and see how you get on and if you love it, dream big. nothing can stop you. loving it. half of the battle. bbc papers coming up later. time and now for a look at the weather forecast. good evening. things cleared up this afternoon at cross southern parts of the uk. further west it was shot —— showers. it has been unsettled. however, a clear gap, high—pressure building its way from the southwest as we start the working week. we are going to see plenty of dry weather over the next few days. the knights will be decidedly chilly and there is still the potential for some wind and rain across parts further north. across the south, cleared away, most places ended on a try note with just
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a few showers which have been fading away. some continue to flow in across scotland. 0therwise, away. some continue to flow in across scotland. otherwise, they are, starry skies overhead and you can see the extent of the pale green colours overhead, even in towns and cities, it will feel decidedly chilly. in the countryside some places will get to freezing and some places will get to freezing and some places might get below freezing. a touch of frost and the odd mister patch in the morning. a lovely day for most. —— an odd mister patch. mister places will be dry as temperatures will match just a bit higher than they were today. high—pressure tries to hold firm as they go into tuesday, but we will see something and a change as frontal systems approach bringing outbreaks of rain. another chilly start for most of us. for england
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and wales, sunshine through the day, western scotland and northern ireland, clouds and outbreaks of rain and strengthening wind as well. we will draw rain and strengthening wind as well. we willdraw air rain and strengthening wind as well. we will draw air in from the southwest and the temperatures will start to go upwards. a bit of a split tuesday night, southern areas will have the coldest of the weather. stronger winds and outbreaks of rain and it will be relatively mild. these of northern areas will see cloudy and breezy conditions through the middle of the week. further south, it conditions through the middle of the week. furthersouth, it turns warmer. this is bbc news. the headlines at seven. jeremy corbyn says he would back another referendum on brexit if labour party members vote for it at conference. i'm there elected as a leader of this party. elected as the leader in order to bring greater democracy to this party. there will be a clear vote in conference, i don't know what's going to come out of all the meetings that are going on.
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following eu leaders' rejection of theresa may's chequers plan last week, the brexit secretary says he won't let the eu dictate negotiations. this is a bump in the road. we'll hold our nerve. we'll keep our cool and we'll keep negotiating in good faith. i think we need to keep these negotiations going. iran's president accuses american—backed gulf states of supporting groups behind a deadly terror attack on a military parade yesterday.
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