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this is bbc news, i'm sophie long. the headlines at 2000. division and protests across america, but senators are expected to approve president trump's supreme court nomination in the next few hours. this is the scene in the us senate, as lawmakers take part in the final debate before the vote, which is expected to begin in half an hour — we'll bring it to you live. here — a government review reveals that toxic air pollution is far worse in some areas of england than previously thought. the doctor will see you all now. gps trial a scheme where patients share their appointments. one of the fathers of british sitcom, ray galton, has died at the age of 88. if we were to kill off all the dirty
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old blokes like you, we wouldn't have diseases any more! with his co—writer alan simpson he created classics — steptoe and son and hancock's half hour. going, going, actually gone — an original banksy self—destructs, moments after selling for more than a million pounds at auction. good evening. welcome to bbc news. within the next hour, the us senate will almost certainly confirm president trump's controversial nominee for the us supreme court. brett kavanaugh is facing a series of allegations of sexual assault, all of which he denies.. it's thought he does now have the support of enough senators — although he's still facing opposition from the democrats, and protestors outside capitol hill. nick bryant reports from washington... # hey, hey, ho, ho.
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# kavanaugh has got to go#. the protests are continuing but the fight now is over. brett kavanaugh will be confirmed by the us senate, on a day that could change america for decades — a milestone moment with the potential to make this a more conservative country. inside the halls of congress, protests in the offices of wavering senators who've ended up backing brett kavanaugh‘s nomination. manchin, do the right thing. one of them is a democratjoe manchin, who's broken with his party and who was heckled as he tried to explain his decision. the senate was in session all night, recriminations round—the—clock. every american is entitled to the benefit of the doubt but nobody is entitled to a seat on the united states supreme court. this body has had a test and we are failing that test. this body has had a chance. this body has had a responsibility
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and we have surrendered that responsibility. the supreme court wields society—changing power. in the 1950s, it ordered the desegregation of southern schools. in the 1970s, it liberalised abortion rights. more recently it has handed down landmark rulings — bolstering gun rights. now it will have a decisive, conservative majority for the first time in decades. the committee will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god. i do. brett kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault, an allegation he fiercely denied. this confirmation process has become a national disgrace. you have replaced advice and consent with search and destroy.
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at the end of this vicious fight, he'll occupy a lifetime seat on america's highest court. his sponsor, donald trump, hasn't been seen in public since late thursday night but soon he'll celebrate victory. he's tweeted, it's a big day for america and it's one that gives him an instant legacy of making the usjudiciary more right wing. let's go live to washington, this is the side ins —— this is the site inside the senate. this is the room where the debates have been going on through the night. the senate has beenin through the night. the senate has been in session ever since this debate began. we are still waiting to hear from another couple of senators, including chuck schumer, the minority leader, the most senior democratic senator there. and from mitch mcconnell. we've just been hearing in the last few minutes from chuck grassley, the republican chairman of the justice committee who heard those dramatic hearings. this follows weeks of controversy
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but now, in the next hour or so, we believe the senate is set for a final vote and it is all but certain that they will confirm president donald trump's nominee to the supreme court, brett kavanaugh. that is if senators don't change their voting intentions, which is unlikely. they had a procedural vote yesterday, and they have set out their intentions, and he does now have the numbers. when the vote sta rts have the numbers. when the vote starts in the next hour or so, we are expecting this evening that rhett kava nagh will are expecting this evening that rhett kavanagh will be confirmed, as donald trump's nominee, and he will ta ke donald trump's nominee, and he will take his seat at the supreme court. those two republican waivers, susan collins and jeff flake decided to back mr kavanagh, despite those
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allegations of sexual assault against him, he denies those allegations and we heard emotional speeches, certainly from susan collins yesterday, explaining, in a lengthy speech, why she had decided to back him. i think we can now go live to our correspondent barbara plett usher, she has been following these after weeks of controversy. we believe the vote will take place shortly, and it's almost certain that donald trump will get his man? yes, that's right. it looked pretty certain whenjudge yes, that's right. it looked pretty certain when judge kavanaugh yes, that's right. it looked pretty certain whenjudge kavanaugh was nominated, even after he had spoken in the hearings in front of the senate. and the democrats had expressed a great deal of reservations, it still looked like he would get there. then you had the case of sexual assault allegations, which threw everything into the air and delay the confirmation. the fbi looked into those allegations but it has satisfied the public senators, most of them, and those who had been
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wavering, it became clear that the judge would have the votes that he needed, if nothing had changed. so far, as we know nothing has changed, we expect him to be confirmed shortly. he has won this battle, then, but the political battle is farfrom then, but the political battle is far from over. then, but the political battle is farfrom over. women have gathered outside the senate there, they say that november is coming, reference to the mid—term isjust that november is coming, reference to the mid—term is just around the corner. is it possible to assess the impact that these weeks of debate and controversy will have on the midterms? i think it is quite difficult at this point to do that. it's five weeks away, and eternity in american politics but, at this point, the democrats feel that their base has been mobilised, and they will use this issue to galvanise more people to come out and vote,
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and strengthen the passion around it but, having said that, it galvanised the republicans because they began to feel thatjudge kavanaugh was being unfairly attacked and it was a political move from the democrat side. they have responded quite strongly too. ifjudge kavanaugh is confirmed, they will have won. and i think usually, people with grievances are more ready to move than those without. it's hard to say how it will play out but it is a political environment and politically polarised. in terms of the importance of this appointment to the supreme court, it gives president trump and instant legacy? it isa president trump and instant legacy? it is a very important appointment for president trump. it is something that he promised his boat as he would do. it was important for them to get conservative judges onto the supreme court. it shapes the kind of decisions coming out of the supreme court, it is significant. they deal
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with social issues in the us among with social issues in the us among with other things. judge kavanaugh would be replacing a judge who was conservative but also seen as a swing vote on all issues that mr kavanagh swing vote on all issues that mr kava nagh would not swing vote on all issues that mr kavanagh would not be, his positions are kavanagh would not be, his positions a re clearly kavanagh would not be, his positions are clearly conservative from gun rights to abortion, and so, this is something that mr trump felt was very important to deliver to his supporters, even though —— even those who voted for him. it will be a su ccess those who voted for him. it will be a success for him, and it will have cemented his legacy because the impact of this will go on for generations. barbara, for the moment, thank you.. we will be live in washington as the vote takes place and later tonight we will find out how the story is covered later on in the papers.
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air pollution in parts of england is much worse than previously thought, according to new scientific data released by the government. it shows that nitrogen dioxide , which is emitted from vehicles and can cause heart and lung disease , will not fall to legal levels for another ten years. ministers have ordered eight local authorities to reduce levels of nitrogen dioxide at pollution hotspots. but environmental campaigners accuse the government of trying to pass the buck. jon donnison reports. it is easy to see why parts of broxbourne have some of the worst air pollution in the country. around 30,000 cars go up and down the a10 every day. the government has been forced to acknowledge that this is one of eight local authorities where efforts to tackle air pollution are failing. not great if you live next door. it does worry me because, obviously, you do not want to be breathing in all this crap.
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they are always on about london but we really, really do get bad traffic along here. it has been ten years since the eu set maximum levels for nitrogen dioxide. the government had been aiming to comply by 2021. it admitted today it will not achieve that until 2028. meanwhile, doctors say air pollution is linked to the early deaths of 40,000 people in the uk each year. the government has told local councils they need to do more to tackle pollution hotspots. but, here in broxbourne, research says it could take ten years to bring air pollution down to legal levels. client earth, the environmental law charity, who won the high court case, forcing the government to improve its air quality plan said ministers had shown a shocking lack of leadership. we're astounded it has taken so long to find out the true extent of the problem. the government, instead of dragging its feet and passing
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the buck on to local authorities, has to start taking real action now to protect people's health from illegal and harmful levels of air pollution. in a statement, the government acknowledged that the action was still required but said air quality had improved significantly in recent years. jon donnison, bbc news, in broxbourne. scientists and representatives of 195 governments have a approved a report on limiting global temperature rises to 1.5 degrees. the finalised report — due to be published on monday — will sound a warning about the speed and scale of measures required to protect countries vulnerable to global warming and rising sea levels. it's expected to prompt calls for urgent steps to cut greenhouse emissions to zero by 2050. and we'll bring you the full details of that report in our special coverage of the the intergovernmental panel on climate change on monday. the president of the european council, donald tusk,
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has offered an upbeat assessment of the brexit talks — saying he believes it's possible to reach a deal by the end of the year. his comments came after another senior eu official — jean claude juncker, president of the european commission, also suggested the chances of a an agreement have risen in the last few days. one week after the indonesian island of sulawesi was hit by a devastating earthquake and tsunami — officials say more than 1,000 people could still be missing beneath the mud and rubble. so far, the official death toll is around 1500. hundreds of buildings were destroyed in the city of palu when it was hit by a wall of water. yet alongside the despair, there have been stories of hope, as our correspondent nick beake reports. within this devastated city you find incredible stories of survival. including here, where the injured are still being treated outside because they fear the hospital could collapse. 12—year—old football fan rizki
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was in an internet cafe in palu watching highlights of his beloved manchester city when the earthquake struck. "suddenly the earth started to shake," he tells us. "i started to run, my hand was crushed, but i was able to stick out my other hand. i waved it, someone saw me and helped me out." this is where he was trapped. eventually a neighbour spotted him and dragged him to safety. "i'm no hero," he says. rizki survived with a broken arm and is now reunited with his family. he still hopes to achieve his dream of becoming a footballer, joining his heroes at his favourite team. who is your favourite manchester city player? riyad mahrez. algerian international riyad mahrez became manchester city's record signing when they bought him for £60 million this summer. we thought manchester city may want to know about their young fan's amazing story of survival thousands of miles away. so we got in touch. and it turns out riyad mahrez wants to send a personal message. now, rizki doesn't know anything about this. hi, rizki. somebody wants to say hello to you.
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hi, rizki. how are you? i hope you're getting better. i heard that you are a big city fan. so ijust want to wish you a good recovery. i hope you get better and we will give you the best wishes from man city. he also said that he'd like to send you a signed shirt as well. "i can't wait to get better and wear it". in the city of sorrow, where they have lost so much... thank you. ..a smile goes a long way. some patients could see theirgps in groups, under plans being considered by the nhs in england. doctors have been trialling shared appointments for up to 15 patients with the same condition — ranging from raised blood pressure and rheumatoid arthritis, to chronic back pain and asthma. the royal college of gps says patients like getting the support of others — while gps say it stops them having to repeat advice.
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mary henfrey is a patient who's taken part in group—led sessions — she said other people asked questions she might not have thought of. i used to go to see doctor beryl weekley, and it was a three—hour group session, and the good parts about it where people ask questions that you might not have thought of asking yourself. it was nice to see other people and talk to them and get their experiences as well. the headlines on bbc news... president trump's supreme court nominee is expected to be approved by us senators shortly, despite allegations of sexual assault. he denies these accusations.
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toxic air pollution is much worse in eight areas of england than previously thought, a government review reveals ray galton — one half of the writing duo behind hancock's half hour and steptoe and son — has died at the age of 88. time for a look at the sport now with chris. good evening. jose mourinho and drummer often go together, and tonight they did once again. —— drama. manchester united have performed a great comeback at old trafford tonight. 2—0 down to newcastle inside the first half, jose mourinho's team fought back to win 3—2. earlier, there'd been plenty of speculation that mourinho might have been sacked today. perhaps this spirited display will change things for the club and the manager. joe lynskey has the story. at manchester united, they've built success on at manchester united, they've built success on loyalty. but this latest
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crisis is becoming impossible to ignore. in the stands, the boardroom too, the focus is onjose mourinho, the master of deflection tactics but with hisjob on the master of deflection tactics but with his job on the line. the master of deflection tactics but with hisjob on the line. in football, one match and one moment can football, one match and one moment ca n settle football, one match and one moment can settle things but newcastle brought early urgency. kennedy's strike brought the blame game. they followed it up with a swivel shot... the japanese international cutting deep into old trafford. a frantic enough start for desperation to come early, and jose mourinho asking what more he could do. at half—time, the manager seemed destined for the exit door, but his changed teams found a second—half breakthrough. 0ne matter‘s kick set momentum going, and then they had a another double of their own five minutes later. martial and relief. it took manchester united 70 minutes to start but 20 minutes of redemption came coming. alexis sanchez‘s form,
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like his team, has been so undefined. it might be one match and one win but for this team and their manager, they will hope that their loyalty is rewarded. gillian ski, bbc news. these football players aren't focused on victories, but difficult moments as well and always with pride. that's why i want to be a football manager. not always with victories but always with pride. always with lots of pride. it does not matter about the result. in the end, obviously those three points that we needed, everything was better. quick look at the other results today. huddersfield town are still looking for a first league win of this seaosn after a 1—1 draw with burnley. wolves are now unbeaten in six league games after a 1—0 win over cystal palace. wolves are up to seventh place while palace are yet to score at home in the league this season. keep an eye on match of the day toinight for glyfi sigurdsson's strike in everton's 2—1 vicotry over
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leicester city who were down to ten men when wes morgan was sent off for the second time in three league games. tottenham beat cardiff 1—0, and bournemouth thrashed watford 4—0. in the scottish premiership, aberdeen have been struggling to find the net this season but they managed 4 against st mirren today. their opponents did get a consolation goal. bottom of the table dundee were beaten 2—1 by kilmarnock, hibs thrashed hamilton 6—0 and are just two points behind leaders, hearts. and there was a 1—1 draw between motherwell and livingston. timing is everything in formula 1, and i'm not talking about the cam belt or any other part of the engine. in qualifying for the japanese grand prix earlier today, ferrari got their timing wrong, by sending title contender sebastian vettel out on the wrong kind of tryes to make the most of the early dry conditions. lewis hamilton's mercedes team picked the right time to send the british driver out, and on the best tyres for the dry track. he was quickest to take pole. vettel failed to get in a time after switching to dry—weather slick tyres, but went out this time in the rain and so will start back in 8th tomorrow.
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he could lose further ground then on championship leader, hamilton. and finally, tai woffinden is on the verge of becoming the first british rider to win three speedway grand prix world titles. he crashed heavily in his third heat at the final round of the season in poland. remarkably, he was able to walk away, but couldn't take part in the restart and lost points to his nearest rival, bartosz zmarzlik. but he's bounced back, winning his final heat to go through to the semi—finals where a third place finish would secure the point he needs to be champion. incredible after that crash. that's all the sport for now, we will be back later. studio: chris, thank you. back later. tens of thousands of people have marched through edinburgh in support of scottish independence. a mass rally at holyrood park
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at the end of the march went ahead despite a ban from the body responsible for the park. catriona renton reports. a sea of people make their way down edinburgh's royal mile, bringing together supporters of independence. in the lead up to the event, organisers said they anticipated the march to be the biggest and boldest demonstration for independence in scotland's history, and today, they are delighted with the turnout. i'm not a member of the snp. i'm not a member of any political party, i support grassroots organisations. but at the end of the day, that is what it is all about. getting people together to free our country. the rally planned for the end of the march just beyond the scottish parliament at holyrood park did not have permission. as historic environment scotland do not allow events about political nature here. but it went ahead. people showing their support for the cause. the movement is growing. the more, the merrier. it is amazing. supposedly they said there will be about 100,000. we are hoping that there is. cos it is still coming. we have been voting for scotland
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and we know that scotland will probably get its independence. a spokesperson for historic environment scotland said it is their priority today to work with partners including the police to facilitate the march safely in the park and they will review the situation after the march. more on that crucial senate vote for brett kavanaugh, we are expecting that to be confirmed in the next half an hour or so by the supreme court. president trump has been speaking to supporters in the last 30 minutes or so about the vote, let's bring you what he said. we are looking forward to the vote, he will bea looking forward to the vote, he will be a great justice looking forward to the vote, he will be a greatjustice of the supreme court. people have thought that for ten yea rs court. people have thought that for ten years and thought he is just an extraordinary person, a great talent
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andi extraordinary person, a great talent and i think he's going to make us all very proud. i also feel very strongly that, in the end, maybe the process , strongly that, in the end, maybe the process, it was really unattractive but the extra week was something that i think was really good. i thought it was really good. i think a lot of very positive things happened in the last week. it didn't look that way but, in the end, that's what happened. it was uncorroborated. it was so many different things. he's going in looking very good but i will have further comment later. i'm heading out to kansas, pocock is running for governor, steve watkins is running for congress. we have a big crowd, andi for congress. we have a big crowd, and i look forward to it. we will be watching in a little while, we will be watching on television the vote. it's very exciting, these are very exciting times. any time you have a chance to put a supreme court
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justice in a position, and in this case i think he's going to be a great, great supreme courtjustice for many years. it's a very exciting time. we are going to kansas but we will see you in a little while. president trump there, talking about how the process had been really unattractive, referring to weeks of controversy, after brett kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault. he denied those allegations against him and he now has enough senators. the vote will take place shortly. let's go live to the senate. this is chuck schumer, speaking at the moment. the minority leader and the most senior democratic in the house. let's hear what he says. when the history of the senate is written, this chapter will be a flashing red warning light of what to avoid. truly, judge kavanaugh‘s of what to avoid. truly, judge kava naugh‘s confirmation is of what to avoid. truly, judge kavanaugh‘s confirmation is a low moment for the senate, for the
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court, for the country. the republican majority has conducted one of the least transparent, least fair, most buyers processes in senate history. sla nting fair, most buyers processes in senate history. slanting the table from the very beginning. —— biased. to produce their desired result. why doi to produce their desired result. why do i say this? because they withheld over 90% of the nominees record from the senate and the american people. because, they refuse to allow dr ford to call a single corroborating witness at the hearing. including the only other eyewitness to the incident. because they refused to have an independent investigation of the facts, before the hearing, in order to inform the question. because they hired an outside
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prosecutor to question dr ford as if she were on trial. because the white house kept the fbi investigation on a short leash, dictating the scope and even the kinds of questions the fbi was allowed to ask. because republican senators, sensing after dr ford's testimony that a debate about the truth and facts was not working, adopted a cynical new strategy to shout, a pound a table and portrayed judge kavanaugh as the helpless victim of some unforeseen partisan conspiracy. because the president of the united states... because the president of the united states stooping to new depths, even for him, chose to stand before a crowd of thousands and cruelly
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ridicule a survivor of sexual assault. and, because this grossly distorted, biased, and their process , distorted, biased, and their process, run by the republican majority, the senate is about to elevate a nominee who doesn't belong on the nation ‘s highest bench. now, why doesn'tjudge on the nation ‘s highest bench. now, why doesn't judge kavanagh on the nation ‘s highest bench. now, why doesn'tjudge kavanagh belong on the highest bench in the nation ‘s highest court? judge kavanaugh does not belong on the bench because he obscured his views, shrouding his jurisprudence in smoke so thick the american people would never know what he really believed. judge kavanaugh what he really believed. judge kava naugh doesn't belong what he really believed. judge kavanaugh doesn't belong on the bench, because he was chosen by a president in a far right organisation, both dedicated to overturning and over mining, and he
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did nota overturning and over mining, and he did not a thing to refute the presumption that he would want to overturn too. judge kavanaugh doesn't belong on the bench, because he was chosen by far right organisations that are bent on repealing health care protections for americans with pre—existing conditions. and he did nothing to refute the presumption that he would too. judge kavanaugh doesn't belong on the bench, because he believes that presidents should not be subject to investigation of any kind while in office. a distortion of our founding principle. that no person is above the law. judge kavanaugh does not belong on the bench, because hisjurisprudence is deeply sceptical, of environmental protections, consumer protections, workers' rights, silver rights, lgbt rights, and rights of treaties and
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agreements with native americans, and a host of other hardened rights. judge kavanaugh doesn't belong on the bench because he has repeatedly misled the senate, putting into serious doubt his credibility and a judge must be credible, believable and honest. above all. judge kavanaugh and honest. above all. judge kava naugh doesn't belong and honest. above all. judge kavanaugh doesn't belong on the bench because he is an extreme partisan. something we have seen from his earliest days in his career. from his earliest days in his career. and, reconfirmed when he gave one of the bitterest, most partisan testimonies ever presented bya partisan testimonies ever presented by a nominee. judge kavanaugh doesn't belong on the bench because of his injudicious tamina. his partisan screed will go down ignominiously in history. and
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