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this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: jeremy corbyn says he would back another referendum on brexit if labour party members vote for it at conference. iam the i am the elected as a leader of this party, elected as a leader to bring greater democracy to this party. there will be a clear vote in conference, i don't know what will come out of meetings that are going on. 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 will hold our nerve, keep our cool and we will keep negotiating with good faith. 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. a rescue operation is underway in the indian ocean to save a stranded sailor. abhilash tomy, who was taking part in the golden globe round—the—world race, says he's seriously
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injured after his boat ran into a severe storm. and at half past eleven we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, former fleet street editor, eve pollard and political correspondent at the ft, laura hughes. stay with us for that. good evening. jeremy corbyn has confirmed that labour would support another referendum on brexit, if delegates backed the idea at the party's conference in liverpool. tonight, officials are deciding the exact wording of the motion, to be debated.
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mr corbyn says he'd prefer a general election, but would abide by the decision of members, and his comments came as thousands joined an anti—brexit march in liverpool. from there, here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. what do we want? people's vote! when do we want it? now! their voices are getting louder. i cannot see that we have anything to gain from brexit. protesters pushing for another vote on the eu. we need to know what the deal actually is. determined to make the labour party heed their calls. amazing, amazing, amazing! can you hear us, jeremy corbyn? listen to us. hear us. give us a people's vote. remember, jeremy corbyn‘s existing labour plan is to leave the eu, like the tories, but negotiate a different deal. yet most of his members would love to stay in the union. is he really edging towards giving the public another say? our preference would be
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for a general election and we can only negotiate our future relationships with europe. let us see what comes out of conference and then obviously i am bound by the democracy of our party. cheering and applause. in liverpool, his audience is wildly enthusiastic about him and many of them about the eu, too. but labour members are not the same as labour voters, who are not in this room. many voted for brexit. so some ofjeremy corbyn‘s friends in high places are hanging back. there are significant numbers of traditional labour supporters who are saying, we are going to vote conservative, because we do not trust labour to take us out of the european union. believing you can't just ask the question again. the referendum shouldn't be on do we want to go back into the european union.
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that shouldn't even be an option? no, because the people have already decided! like anything in politics in 2018, it is not straight forward to agree. already today, there has been a conference clash over changes to party rules, with unions and members voting different ways. later, delegates gathered, going behind closed doors to argue about exactly what the brexit promise should be. a vote on leaving the eu, after another election? a vote on the final deal? activists are likely to get their way at the conference this week, with the promise of a possibility of another vote on europe. but it is likely to be a question of if, not when. jeremy corbyn has always said he would be guided by the party's huge membership, but they are likely to get some, not quite all of what they want. those on the platform will not and cannotjust please their party.
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they need to heed their potential voters among the public, too. our political editor laura kuenssberg said jeremy corbyn would support the party's brexit referendum motion but time would tell what exactly that would be. i think you'll have to abide by the results, but the result of what precisely is the question. the debate that has been going on here here behind closed doors since 6:30 p-m-, here behind closed doors since 6:30 p.m., is still going on now, for the simple reason that it is not straightforward for the party to decide what to do here. should they really push for a clear commitment to have another referendum on the european question, or should they t european question, or should they opt for something that is a bit more vague, woolly, that doesn't tie the hands of the party leadership in what is a very uncertain political situation? there are two central
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problems to this. first off, lots and lots of people who work labour voters were people who chose to leave the european union. of course, there is the huge question about democracy. the referendum was a cute democratic exercise, does the labour party really want to be telling millions of people that simply they got it wrong, so they should be forced to vote again? the second pa rt forced to vote again? the second part of this which is a bit tricky to work out, is it is not entirely clear how do we get to having another referendum. what would the question be? those plans would have to go through parliament, saying you would like to have a people's vote is easy to say but much harder to deliberate in practice. 0ne shadowed mrsaid it is deliberate in practice. 0ne shadowed mr said it is a distraction, the other said it is like having for a fairy godmother. these are not easy questions for the party to resolve, what the leadership, i think, is trying to do is finding a way to keep many members of the party who have really strong feelings, quite
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happy, without giving a concrete commitment to anything in a very uncertain time. i think the meeting might go on until the early hours of the morning, but by the end of this week the party would have voted on something they will have to stick to. the question is, precisely what? a british man detained in syria by kurdish forces, and suspected of being a member of the islamic state group, has been identified as a birmingham based—pharmacist, who was struck off four years ago. video has emerged of anwar miah being interrogated, after being detained in eastern syria. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has more details. we can't be sure whether he is put under any duress or able to speak freely. he has asked why it is he in that part of syria? he said he is a qualified pharmacist, has been working in hospitals for about four yea rs. working in hospitals for about four years. yes, those areas are
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controlled by islamic state, but he says he has been working for the public in public hospitals. we have found out that he is one of two armistice in birmingham that the shock of in 2a and —— were deporting in connection with the falsification of records that they can best practice. a neighbour at anwar miah‘s home says he recognises the voice in the video and this man has been away for some years now. so, he does appear to be another british person detained by kurdish forces in that part of syria. we have had three now this years. we understand he is being held by american special forces now that he has been handed over. in those previous two cases this year, the british government has put under quite a lot of pressure not to give an information to america about the detainees without reassurances that there will not be either torture or executed. a man has been arrested at buckingham palace on suspicion of possessing a taser stun gun. the 38—year—old was stopped when he went through security scanners. police say the incident isn't terror related. the united states has dismissed
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claims from the iranian president, that the us was involved in an attack on a military parade in the country, which yesterday killed 25 people. hassan rouhani says america and it's gulf allies backed the assault, a claim strongly denied by the us. mr rouhani made his comments, as he prepared to travel to new york, where the un general assembly meets on tuesday. from new york, here's our diplomatic correspondent james robbins. gunfire. the moment the shooting started. iran's elite revolutionary guards under attack on home soil. many forced to dive for cover, as a parade to honour them is ambushed by opponents of the government. soldiers and civilians died as others fled for their lives. an anti—government arab group based in this area of south—west iran
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said it was responsible, but militants of so—called islamic state also claimed this as their work. but iran's president rouhani is blaming what he calls, the bully, the united states and the gulf states, which it supports and arms, including saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. translation: the small puppet countries that we see in the region are backed by america and the united states is provoking them and giving them the necessary capabilities to commit these crimes. but the united states denies any involvement, urging president rouhani instead to examine his own behaviour. the united states condemns any terrorist attack anywhere, period, we have always stood by that. i think the iranian people have had enough and that is where all of this is coming from. but having said that, he can blame us all he wants, the thing he has got to do is look in the mirror.
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whoever precisely was behind the attack in iran, it has injected yet more poison into relations between president trump and iran's president rouhani. both leaders will be here at the united nations in new york this week, trading accusations and insults with greater intensity than ever. it means that the voices of america's european allies, including britain and france, still urging moderation, are likely to be all but drowned out. this was always going to be an extremely confrontational week here at the united nations in new york. president trump will see to that when he chairs a security council meeting for the first time and focuses on iran. but the atmosphere in a polarised world suddenly feels even more unpredictable. james robbins, bbc news, new york. tomorrow, a uk—wide public inquiry will begin into what's been
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described as the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. in the 1970s and 80s, thousands of people died, after being given contaminated blood products from abroad, often infected with among other things hiv, and hepatitis c. victims and their families hope the inquiry, will finally answer their questions, about what exactly went wrong. our health editor hugh pym, has been to meet some of those, who were affected. it is a scandal which has blighted the lives of couples like steve and sue. he is a haemophiliac. that means his blood will not clot properly if he be bleeds. like many others, the nhs gave him medication which has been infected, because blood donors were not screened. and that is what the haemophilia community are scared off. he developed the debilitating infection hepatitis c. nearly 3000 people, 3000 haemophiliacs are dead. because of this.
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and part of steve's emotion is because he nearly became another one. people are being betrayed, people are being lied to. there is a sort of enormous attempt not to get to who is responsible, whether it be government ministers or health professionals, whether it be drug companies... he was usually the photographer... barbara's husband ronald died 25 years ago, having developed hiv after being treated with a contaminated blood product. a time when there were limited options for patients. the treatments for hiv were just in their infancy then. azt was a particularly horrible drug to take. it didn't make you feel great.
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so, enduring that... i mean, hejust was an incredibly brave man. for barbara and her children, the process of getting to the truth has taken too long. we are just getting around having an enquiry that can compel witnesses. so, i think that governments... governments of all stripes have kind of colluded with pushing back against an enquiry. people have been asking for it for a very long time. for decades, campaigners have argued that information was withheld from patients and there was a high—level cover—up. there had been previous investigations, but tomorrow sees the start of the first uk—wide, judge—led public enquiry. is this going to be another whitewash? will this fail to get the documents we want? will it fail to call the right witnesses? at the minute, i really think that it will be a successful enquiry
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and i think it will make up for the deficits of other enquiries and i have a lot of faith in this enquiry. but that faith is not shared by sue and steve. none at all. i want to believe it, but to believe it is too big a risk of setting oneself up to be disappointed. in their campaign for justice, they have waited a long time for the tide to turn, but if the enquiry is to come up with answers, they will have to wait some time yet. hugh pym, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: labour leaderjeremy corbyn and his deputy, tom watson, say they would back another brexit referendum if that's what party members want. following eu leaders' rejection of theresa may's chequers plan last week, the brexit secretary says he won't let the eu dictate negotiations. iran's president accuses
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american—backed gulf states of supporting groups behind a deadly terror attack on a military parade yesterday. while i have a cough... sport now, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly. good evening. we've been catching our breath here today as well i have to say! in the last few minutes, tiger woods has won his first title in five years. less tha n won his first title in five years. less than a year ago the iii—time major champion doubted whether he would play competitively again, but
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after successful back surgery, he has found his form and the crowds at eastla ke in atlanta flooded has found his form and the crowds at eastlake in atlanta flooded the 18th fairway as he marched up to the last hole. he led going into the final round and was two strokes clear at the end, he missed a birdie chance but his par was enough to co mforta bly but his par was enough to comfortably win and a light of those who have followed his story from the start. woods dropped outside the world top 1000 but he's now 21 and he will go to paris, where he was picked as a wildcard for the ryder cup team, who played the europeans later this week. world number one justin later this week. world number onejustin rose hung on to win the fedex cup tidal. he had dropped off first but a birdie at the last won him the $10 million prize forfinishing top the last won him the $10 million prize for finishing top of their rankings —— tidal. 0n the european tour, england's tom lewis has won the portugal masters. it was his first win since 2011 when
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he won the same tournament, his only professional victory until today. despite starting with a first round of one over par, he finished 22 under to claim of one over par, he finished 22 underto claim a of one over par, he finished 22 under to claim a three stroke win over australia's lucasz herba. 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 capital was short, but this season they and west ham could scarcely feel further apart. there's been precious little to cheer at the london stadium of light, but still west ham fans aren't without hope. 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 game with one head, they should have won it with another. jana lane cove with
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a glaring miss. these london rivals won't be separated. down the road there were goals, but against everton arsenal were made to wait. when it came it was worth it. lacquer zep's finish was brilliant. having found one, the second followed within moments. eventually getting to aubameyang. after a difficult start to the season, arsenal are finding their feet. adam wild, bbc news. celtic have made their worst start 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 have jumped to second after beating stjohnstone 5—1. saracens maintained their perfect start to the premiership season as they beat gloucester in convincing fashion to make it four wins out of four. perfect communication
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between liam williams and alex lozowski helped lozowski towards a superb try to bring the score to 36—3. a gloucester try in the last few seconds of the game brought the final score to 38—15. sarries are a point above last season's beaten finalists exeter at the top of the table, while gloucester stay fifth. worcester won at leicester. the semi—finals are taking place in the pdc champions league of darts. p won 11 hive for in a final that included three ten darters —— he won 11-4. that's all the sport. goodbye for now. thank you. with rising levels of mental health problems among university students, there's increasing pressure on the government and vice chancellors, to make the issue a priority. in the future, higher and further education institutions will be rated, on the services they provide. as the new academic year begins, chi chi izundu, has been finding out, what some campuses are doing, to offer support.
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you have to be organised. it is not enough to have a degree any more... high amount of debt... the competing pressures of student life. fitting in and trying to be social... social media is always a pressure... if you don't get enough grades... 0verwhelming for some. i would be constantly exhausted, suffering from headaches, panic attacks and mild psychosis. looking back at my grades, from first down to the point of being so anxious about work, that i just wouldn't be able to submit it. zoe is about to start her third year at university, but struggled in herfirst and second and had to take a year out to recover. at the end of the day, you don't want your student body to be largely mentally ill, so it would make sense for universities to put in place more preventative measures. zoe's situation is not unique. last year, more than 57,000 students
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told the university they had a mental health condition. ten years ago, not even 10,000 had declared it. mental health experts say that students are turning up to university with well established problems. we have become much more aware from general broad learning, focusing much more on exams and grades. there have also been some change in parenting style. of, fail safely. students are having less opportunity to, kind of, fail safely. generally develop broad skills of self—management, which would actually help them to overcome some of the problems they are encountering. universities have been criticised for their slow response to this. counselling services are inundated and some argue that help and support should be included in every aspect of student life. at the university of derby, resident assistants live in halls among younger students, and it's theirjob to spot any signs of mental health distress and get help. if they start having really abrupt
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conversations with you, their eye contact will change, even their mannerisms may change, you just start to notice a difference in the person. as well as having students like kat watch out for mental health issues, the university are in the process of training all of their staff, and that's from cleaners, right through to lecturers. talking, that's what universities want students to do more. derby also has tailored mental health classes to help them better cope with academic pressures and outside lectures, they're encouraged to have difficult conversations with other students in unusual situations. like weeding, while at the allotment society. but, according to the body which represents vice chancellors, while all universities know that there is a problem, not enough are making it a priority. i think university leaders have been slow to adopt this as a priority. with some exceptions. and we need to persuade vice chancellors and principals that it really is core to the success of their organisations.
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i don't think a generation of students will forgive universities who do not prioritise this. that report by chi chi is and do. an investigation by bbc radio 5 live has found that the number of elderly people who say they have been the victim of scamming has nearly doubled in the last three yea rs. in some cases, people have lost hundreds of thousands of pounds. fraudsters scammed almost 119,000 older people across the uk in the past year, equivalent to nearly six every hour. caroline davies reports. it's a crime that can happen in your own home, as simple as a convincing phone call or a few clicks on a computer. and for one group in particular, reported cases of fraud are becoming more common. the cost of personal fraud across all ages is estimated to be around £10 billion a year. figures requested in an investigation by 5 live show that nearly 119,000
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people aged over 60 reported that they had been scammed and more than 1,000 of those victims were over 90. some experts worry the real number of over—60s affected is far higher and that older people are particularly at risk as they are more likely to live alone and be drawn into conversation with a fraudster. the impact can be devastating, leaving victims without savings, potentially reliant on the state to pay for their care. those who do fall victim to fraud once are often targeted again, sometimes being placed on a scammers' list of people likely to be sucked in. the financial 0mbudsman service has said that scams are becoming increasingly sophisticated and told banks that they should take the evolution of fraud into account, rather than assume it is their customers who have been grossly negligent. caroline davies, bbc news. an international rescue mission is underway, trying to reach a seriously
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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 0cean. here's katharine da costa. rolled, dismasted, severe back injury, cannot get up. a distress message from solo yachtsman abhilash tomy after a severe storm whipped up 80mph winds and 45ft waves, breaking his mast on friday. he's 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's 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 first ofjuly.
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they'd been tracking down the west coast of africa. tomy had moved into third place when he got into trouble nearly 2,000 miles off the west coast of australia. he's now stranded in the middle of indian ocean. and 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 down 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. katherine da costa, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news.
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we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the former fleet street editor, eve pollard, and laura hughes, who's a political correspondent at the ft. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30pm. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. —— sarah keith—lucas. a bit ofa a bit of a soggy sunday for many. heavy rain especially in southern parts of england and south wales. a story of sunshine and showers further north. lots of beautiful rainbows sent in today by our weather watchers, this 1 cent in from argyll and bute. a chilly start on monday with clear skies first thing, but lots of dry weather, sunny weather, a few showers in the north—west but high pressure driving
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oui’ north—west but high pressure driving our weather. the system that brought sunday's rain is clearing to the near continent, lighter winds tonight and clear spells. some showers in northern and western scotland, maybe some true wards the north sea and norfolk, but many places dry and clear. towns and cities will see three or four in the cold est cities will see three or four in the coldest spots but colder than that in the countryside. the hail green colours show where we will have the chilliest temperatures first thing on monday. three or four in towns and cities but closer to freezing in the countryside. high pressure stays on monday. much less windy than the weekend, drier as well. with the high pressure, lots of dry weather with sunshine. a few showers in the north and west of scotland, maybe some creeping towards the isle of man and cheshire. but southern england and south wales, lee you're likely to stay dry in the morning. less windy but a cool northerly breeze blowing for some in the morning. a bit of sunshine, some
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misty patch is possible but they will clear quickly north across the country. this is the afternoon. lots of dry weather. showers through the borders, maybe towards dumfries and galloway and into the western isles. in eastern scotland, more likely to be dry through the day. highs around 14-16 be dry through the day. highs around 14—16 on monday, warmer than on sunday but not great for the time of year. warming up later in the week. monday evening and overnight, largely dry, a few isolated showers in the north—west. high pressure holds on for tuesday for most of us but these fronts are trying to move in from the atlantic, bumping into that area of high pressure, bringing cloud and outbreaks of rain for some northern and western parts. this is the next five days, at times, fairly breezy, with a few

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