tv BBC News at Five BBC News October 11, 2018 5:00pm-6:01pm BST
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today at 5, key ministers gather in downing street, for a crucial update on the brexit talks, as the deadline approaches. as the prime minister prepares to brief her senior ministers, another warning from the democratic unionist party that they'll withdraw support, if they don't like the brexit plans. we'll have the latest from downing street, amid suggestions that the uk is about to table its own proposals, to settle the question of the irish border after brexit. the other main stories on bbc news at 5: two astronauts make an emergency landing, after their russian soyuz rocket develops problems, on it way to the international space station. there has been an issue with the booster and we are standing by for information as we continue to get it from the russian flight control team, but everything seems to be fine with the group. a number of people are seriously injured, in a multiple vehicle crash on the m4 near hungerford in berkshire. one of the most powerful storms ever to strike the us mainland, hurricane michael, continues
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to batter the south—east of the country. the work and pensions secretary esther mcvey admits some will be worse off under the new benefit system, universal credit, but says those that lose out can take on more work. scientists say we need to embrace plant—based diets, if the world wants to limit climate change, water scarcity and pollution. and k—pop fever sweeps london, as south korean boy band bts make their british stage debut it's 5 o'clock. our main story is that a meeting of key cabinet ministers, is getting under way in downing street, as the prime minister briefs them on the latest brexit developments, ahead of next week's
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crucial eu summit. downing street says there are still major obstacles to overcome. the meeting comes amid suggestions that the uk is set to propose its own solution, to the question of the irish border, after brexit. the so—called backstop arrangement is meant to prevent a hard border between ireland, which is in the eu, and northern ireland, which will be outside. our political correspondent ben wright is in downing street. these are absolutely critical days in the brexit negotiations, talks going on in brussels and on a technical level it is intense. are focusing on the irish tax top question which is the last piece of the jigsaw and tried get hammered down. they are hoping to give the green light to the final summit in
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november so these are the critical days. it is not a full cabinet, it is not even the brexit subcabinet but it is the key ministers. jeremy huntjust went in the front door, we have counted four or five cabinet ministers so fast at it as a tag number. one of the aims for this is that the core members of cabinet are bound into the strategy. with that in mind, the pressure that the prime minister is coming under, will be talking to one of those people at the moment. the pressure on the prime minister, from many fronts, is intense at the moment because people know these are the critical moment for employers and trying to
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influence the deal. tory brexiteers are livid about the direction that the remit is going in, they hate the chequers plans. we have quite clear open revolt from theresa may's partners in government, the people propping her up, the dup, who say that any sort of arrangement with the backstop the introduces new friction tween great britain and northern ireland will be completely unacceptable. they are threatening and have done against those two days. they are threatening to wreck the government's domestic agenda. and these are just some of the considerations that theresa may is having tojuggle as considerations that theresa may is having to juggle as she tries to get this deal over the line. many thanks. the dup‘s brexit spokesman sammy wilson is in larne, northern ireland for us now. listening to what ben is saying, is
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that their characterisation that you prepared to carry damage the government theresa may is on the wrong track? well we have an agreement with the government that the government has promised that with brexit negotiations, they will not allow northern ireland to separate from the rest of the united kingdom. in turn we agreed to support their exit agenda. every break their part of the agreement we are no longer held to. when they talked about the backstop, this is caused a lot of confusion to people can you describe this? we don't believe that there is any necessity for a backstop because there are already arrangements for trade between northern ireland and the republic of ireland where taxes can
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be collected where there are regulatory differences checks can be made and there is a currency board. indeed, they believed that with the existing arrangements trade community across—the—boa rd after united kingdom leave the eu. or the backstop that has been proposed, when northern ireland would be left inside the single market subject to all of the eu regulations and laws that relate to the single market, excluded from cost dems and trade deals with the uk and subject to the european court of justice deals with the uk and subject to the european court ofjustice make education is in northern ireland, is totally u na cce pta ble to education is in northern ireland, is totally unacceptable to us. all we are saying to her is, on your promise that you have made time and
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time again to the people of northern ireland in the house of commons and publicly, and we will stand by the agreement we have with you. break that promise agreement no longer stand. there have been a lot of suggestions today that the prime minister has sugar—coated pill as far as you're concerned but the truth of the position was actually revealed in the talks with michel barnier were the reality was revealed, is that their destruction? it is. michel barnier was absolutely brutal as far as the eu side was concerned, he made it quite clear that he did not care what the impact was on the unity of the united kingdom. he was only concerned that northern ireland would stay within the single market and that northern ireland would be excluded from future trade deals and that it was up future trade deals and that it was up to the british government to resolve whatever difficulties that might cause. i think that he has
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been driving these negotiations and a unfortunately, we have seen a government roll back and give in and this has worried. we have not seen any final paper yet but we are saying that if the final paper reflects a ny saying that if the final paper reflects any of what we have heard in brussels, they are going to have difficulties with. mr barnier was very clear that any extra checks would be kept to a minium and he did wa nt to would be kept to a minium and he did want to protect the integrity and sovereignty of the uk. yes, this is the point. why would the text necessary? the checks would only be necessary? the checks would only be necessary because different laws which apply in northern ireland and the rest of the united kingdom. and they would emanate from brussels, in other words northern ireland would be governed by brussels while the
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rest of the kingdom would be governed from london. if you think the checks can be done in a very minimal weight, are argument is still make them between northern ireland and great britain. you can't haveit ireland and great britain. you can't have it both ways. you can do them in the ways that they have been carried out in present but otherwise, any arrangement that assist the be done along the irish sea is because eu laws will be applied to northern ireland and northern ireland will not be part of the united kingdom and that is not a cce pta ble the united kingdom and that is not acceptable to us. given your strength of feeling, would you go so far as people have suggested he would, devote against a budget —— to vote against the budget which would be enough to bring down the government? will wait to see what the deal is, the government rely on
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votes a nd the deal is, the government rely on votes and they cant rely on our votes and they cant rely on our votes if they go down the eu root of solving this problem which has been created along the irish border and created along the irish border and created by the eu. even if we did vote against the budget, that does not necessarily bring the government down because under the fixed term parliaments it would have to be a vote of no—confidence and there is no way we want to see this government brought down. we simply wa nt to government brought down. we simply want to do them hold to their promises, promises that were made in the house of commons and is the public to the people of northern ireland. since you've made those views clear, what is the response you had behind—the—scenes from government on that score?”
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you had behind—the—scenes from government on that score? i think that our leader has been in touch with the government and other members of the conservative party today. i think there is a large agree of sympathy for our view and our predicament because of course many conservatives recognise that if the kind of treatment that the eu wa nts to the kind of treatment that the eu wants to hand out to northern ireland was allowed to be applied, it would cause great difficulty in scotla nd it would cause great difficulty in scotland as well where already the leader of the scottish national party is saying we want to have different arrangements and they had even greater threats for the unity of the united kingdom. thank you. russian officials say rescue teams have reached two astronauts, who've survived an emergency landing, after their flight to the international space station had to be aborted. an american astronaut and his russian colleague experienced a problem with their soyuz spacecraft, shortly
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after ta ke off from kazakhstan. our correspondent andy moore has the story. and there is lift—off of the soyuz msio to the international space station carrying nick hague and alexey ovchinin. this was the launch of the soyuz rocket heading for the international space station. the lift—off itself went fine. but then there was some violent vibration on board. was this the first sign of something going wrong? and we have the escape tower for the soyuz nowjettisoned. about three minutes into the mission, the russian cosmonaut reported a problem. hearing there that there has been an issue with the booster and we are standing by for information as we continue to get it from the russian flight control team, but everything seems to be fine with the crew. we had good comm with them and they are ok. it was the first trip into space for the american astronaut nick hague.
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his mission was supposed to last six months but it ended with a premature return to earth and a rough landing. before the mission, he spoke about expecting the unexpected. i have an idea of what i think it's going to be like and i've talked to lots of veterans who have flown, and tried to get their impressions of what it's like but until you've been through it, all the sights and sounds and different feelings you're going to feel, you don't know until you're going and you're there. seen here before the flight, nick hague and his russian colleague are now said to be safe and well after the emergency landing. they have been picked up by helicopter. their colleagues on the space station will have their stay extended. how long that will be is unknown. andy moore, bbc news. and we can show you pictures of the two astronauts after their emergency landing, they were examined shortly after landing, appearing to be relaxed and in a good condition, before they boarded a plane back
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to the baikonur cosmodrome, the space launch facility in kazakhstan. two people have died, after the third—strongest storm in recorded history, hit the us mainland. hurricane michael brought storm surges nearly 10 feet high to florida, and 155 mile an hour winds. it has now weakened to a tropical storm, and is heading towards the carolinas. our correspondentjon donnison has the latest. florida has been battered. sustained winds of more than 250 kilometres per hour have left a trail of destruction. those whose chose to stay were lucky to get out alive. the attic caved in and everything was happening so quick. then the roof came in so everything is gone but i'm glad i made out safe.
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camper vans, tossed around like toy cars. hundreds of thousands of homes are without electricity and power lines were down. many can't believe their eyes. whole neighbourhoods are underwater after a storm surge of up to three metres. we made it baby! it is thought that many chose to ignore evacuation orders. the cost of rebuilding to the state could run into billions of dollars. bolling the landfall i request that broke seven donald trump help the impact unity. overnight, the hurricane passed over georgia having weakened slightly. satellite images show the eye of the storm heading towards south carolina.
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it will take days to assess the full extent of the damage and hurricane michael has some way to run. florida's panhandle region bore the brunt of hurricane michael. cbs news correspondent nikole killion is in panama city beach this is minor by standards, obviously we have a huge tree down by me and power lines. you can see some metal and ten hanging from wires over here and a blown out billboard but like i have said, this is relatively minor appear to other damage that we have seen across panama city beach where there have been reports of trains knocked off of railtrack ‘s and the like. there is certainly a big clean—upjob ahead, there was a curfew opposed
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but it is listed here and we're starting to see a lot of people coming out to survey the damage. wherein the neighbourhood right now we re wherein the neighbourhood right now were a lot of residents are cutting down trees and removing debris from the yards. the other priority is power restoration, there are about 900,000 people without power, not only in florida but in neighbouring states. there is a big clean—upjob ahead. the headlines on bbc news. senior cabinet ministers are meeting in downing street as the prime minister is updates them on the brexit talks, as the deadline approaches two astronauts make an emergency landing, after their russian soyuz rocket develops problems, on it way to the international space station. a number of people are seriously injured, in a multiple vehicle crash on the m4 near hungerford in berkshire.
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into an half hours' time scotland kick off their new nation league tie in israel with manager alex agrees unlikely to make any changes. has says he might have two leave chelsea at some stage. a hole in one put this endless golfer who is now tied for second. —— english golfer. the former conservative prime minister sirjohn major has warned that the introduction of universal credit could prove as damaging to the conservative party as the poll tax was in the late 1980s. sirjohn says voters will see it as unfair, that low income families risk losing out under the new system, which combines 6 separate benefits for working age people, into one monthly payment.
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downing street says 3 billion pounds has been set aside to ease the introduction of the system. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. millions will be affected by what is the biggest change to the welfare system in decades stock. system in decades universal the biggest change to the welfare system in decades universal credit is designed to simple by the system but has faced delays and problems. now, a former conservative premier star has this warning. in order to produce something like a universal credit, you need to look at the people who in the short term are going to lose or you will run into the sort of problems that the conservative party ran in with this poll tax in the late 1980s. double tax was a change to the way local councils were funded, so unpopular that it led in part to the downfall of margaret thatcher as pro minister. the man whose big idea was
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universal credit said the problem isn't the system itself but the cut at the government has made to the benefits. if the money was taken out stop... the government has put 2 billion of the money that was taken out back in and you have seen some changes that christmas which helped enormously. my personal view is that we should direct the money back into universal credit exactly as was originally planned. after reports last week, but the work and pensions secretary told the cabinet were some families would lose more than £2000 a year, today she admitted that some clea ra nce a year, today she admitted that some clearance could lose out. some people could be worse off, that is right. but we also know that a thousand people each and every day, since 2010, have gone into work.
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until now, only people making any benefit claims have been put onto universal credit. in the new year the vast majority of people who have ended up on the system will be transferred from old—style benefits. it is worried that many could be worse off as a result, some mps says that universal credit should put on hold. it is easy when you have small numbers to have lots of staff around but when you have more, located cases, we have to make sure the system is working properly. in the ca ptu re system is working properly. in the capture of outlets bought. labour says universal credit is not delivering and should be scrapped in its current form. the government says it is listening to people concerned. three people have sustained life—threatening injuries in a collision between a minibus and a lorry on the m4 motorway. three air ambulances and six road ambulances were sent to the incident,
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which happened on the eastbound carriageway between junction 14 for shefford woodlands and junction 13 for newbury. a further three people were driven to hospital for treatment. emergency services say the road is likely to be shut eastbound for several hours, and motorists are being urged to take alternative routes. a british student has been held in solitary confinement in the united arab emirates for 5 months, after being accused of spying. matthew hedges was arrested at dubai airport in may, as he tried to leave the country after a research trip. his colleagues believe he was accused of spying for qatar. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt outlined what british authorities were doing to raise the case. this is a court case and so we are somewhat constrained in what we can say publicly but what i can say is we are very worried about this and i have mentioned it face—to—face with the emirati foreign minister twice now. we are very concerned to make sure there is proper due process,
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the court system is fair, and that matthew hedges is treated properly and humanely and that we get a just outcome and we do have a number of concerns and we are raising them. companies could be forced to reveal their ethnicity pay gap, under plans put forward by the prime minister. theresa may has launched a consultation on whether mandatory reporting will help address disparities between the pay and career prospects of minorities. she acknowledged that minorities often feel like they are hitting a brick wall at work. the move follows the decision to make firms reveal their gender pay gaps. doctor zubaida haque is with me, she's the deputy director at the runnymede trust, uk's leading independent race equality think tank.
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i mentioned the word consultation so immediately people will be thinking this is just talking, immediately people will be thinking this isjust talking, it immediately people will be thinking this is just talking, it is immediately people will be thinking this isjust talking, it is not immediately people will be thinking this is just talking, it is not a commitment to act. is that ray? hopefully not. first of all i would say that runnymede trust welcome what theresa may has done in this area, it is a big step in to start somewhere. we are area, it is a big step in to start somewhere. we are a area, it is a big step in to start somewhere. we are a little bit nervous about the consultation phase, mostly because businesses have been dragged here reluctantly. up have been dragged here reluctantly. up until this point it was voluntary for businesses to report the ethnicity pay gap and a have not. they have been forced to come to this point and what we fear is that they might dilate that policy of reporting the every city pay gap. they might be tempted to club ethnic minority groups together under one group which will really obscure the differential earnings between some
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of the groups that are doing very well, such as indian men compared to black men who are at the other end of the east acton —— spectrum. black men who are at the other end of the east acton -- spectrum. what is your level of confidence that the consultation will lead to something thatis consultation will lead to something that is measurable and something that is measurable and something that will be useful, not things together but is focused and allow people to make properjudgment. my level of confidence will be based on how much the government takes their off the ball. that will be the difference between empty gestures and symbolic gestures and theresa may really meaning what she says when she says she wants to address those burning injustices. this is one of those burning injustices. the government has to put pressure on
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businesses to report the ethnicity pay gap businesses to report the ethnicity paygap in businesses to report the ethnicity pay gap in appropriate ways. there be lots of detail to figure out, is it mean average earnings we look at‘s they can be very deceiving you have people at the top who are earning lots of money covered those at the bottom. i'm not knocking but the bbc here, i'm busily talking about lots of industries. to look at the mean paying or the median which might bea the mean paying or the median which might be a better reflection, those kind of details will be important to work out. where are you in terms of knowing already were some of the most glaring injustices are? this is the problem here. we're about earnings, are actually in the labour market there are all sorts of issues. one of the biggest issues in the labour market is underemployment, so a quarter of workers on zero—hour contracts are
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black or ethnic minority people. we know they are highly qualified but they are not translating into the labour market so one of the issues we would want to raise with the prime minister and ask the prime minister to look again at, is that she has a cross governmental strategy. it is great that she is focusing on the labour market that we need to look at other of inequalities across—the—board, including child poverty which is scandalous on ethnic minorities. you wa nt scandalous on ethnic minorities. you want theresa may to focus on these two. just a final point on white is resistance, apart from the fact that firms might be embarrassed by the findings, what is the main factor in the resistance to engage in a process like this? i do like to be cynical about it by do wonder whether it is because it pays to
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discriminate. companies make profit from discriminate in, if you pay your workers less than they are worth then your profit margins are bigger and that is the reason the government need to come down hard on businesses. that is not what traditionalists is about, it is about fairness —— being british is about. if you have the altercations, the colour of your skin in your gender should not make a difference in relation to how much you pay. thank you. a number of people caught up in last year's london bridge terrorist attack, are among who have been honoured at buckingham palace. ignacio echeverria was posthumously awarded the george medal for confronting the attackers and trying to protect others. the queen presented the award to the parents of the 39 year—old spaniard, who used his skateboard to try and and hit one of the terrorists.
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three police officers who responded to the attack also received honours. time for a look at the weather. it isa it is a tunnel gales and soggy weather heading our way in the form of storm calan. joking aside, this is going to be quite pasty. with we've had a smattering of rain today. is going to be quite warm so we have got the rain arriving through the small hours of tomorrow morning. we have got gale—force winds lolling in so some appalling conditions to travel in. no surprise that the met office have issued an amber weather warning and heavy rain for south wales. there won'tjust be raining in south wales, you'll be raining in south wales, you'll be raining in south wales, you'll be raining in all of wales first thing
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in the morning and that will move north into scotland and into some parts of northern ireland. it will bea parts of northern ireland. it will be a windy day across the board, there are bigger of 50 or 60 miles an hour over the coast and the hill fog. that whatever the deal of the day. we could well have gust of went up day. we could well have gust of went up to 80 mph. good this is bbc news. good the headlines: senior cabinet ministers are currently meeting
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the prime minister in downing street to be briefed on the state of the brexit talks, ahead of a crucial eu summit next week two astronauts were forced to make an emergency landing , after their russian soyuz rocket developed problems , on it way to the international space station. russian officials say they've begun a criminal investigation. a number of people have been seriously injured in a collision involving a mini bus and a lorry on the m4 near hungerford in berkshire. the eastbound carriageway between junction 13 and 1a is expected to be blocked for many hours. one of the most powerful storms ever to strike the us mainland , storm michael , continues to batter the south—east of the country. hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses are without electricity. the work and pensions secretary esther mcvey has admitted that some will be worse off under the new benefit system , universal credit , but said the scheme encouraged people into employment scotland have a nations league match against israel tonight,
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but manager alex mcleish is not underestimating a team ranked 55 places below his squad are in haifa, having won their opening game in the competition against albania— but mcleish expects a tricky test if they're to make it two wins from two. everybody needs to be their best. the concentration levels, the confidence levels, people believing in themselves. that is the next that for us. that for us. wales face spain in a friendly at the principality stadium this evening, without gareth bale who's injured. a minute's silence will be held before kick off in memory of the victims of the recent flooding disaster in majorca. the football association held a "healthy discussion" today about the proposed sale of wembley stadium to american billionaire shahid khan. the deal, worth around 900 million pounds, will go to a vote of the fa council on the 24th of october —
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with around a two thirds majority needed for the sale to proceed. bbc sport understands the proposal is very much in the balance with councillors wanting further information and reassurance on how the cash will be spent and administered. chelsea's eden hazard has ruled out a move to real madrid injanuary, but did little to end speculation that he will eventually head to spain. speaking on internatioanl duty with belgium hazzard says he may have to move to the bernabeu if he's to be regarded as the world's greatest player, adding it remains a dream to play for the 13 times european champions. currently the leading goal—scorer in the premier league with seven this campaign, he says he'd not be moving mid season. hazzard's contract ends in 2020, madrid will hope that they can perhaps do some business at the end of the season, before chelsea risk losing him for much less a year later. tributes have been paid to the club's former chairman doug ellis who's died at the age of 94. he had two spells in that role, the most recent from 1982 to 2006 when he then sold the club
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to american businessman randy lerner. he made his name in the holiday business, but it's his association with aston villa that he'll be best remembered for. under ellis's tenure villa won two league cups and were the runners up in the inaugural premier league season. tommie smith, the former american athlete who produced the black power salute on the podium at the 1968 summer olympics, says he cried when he saw colin kapernick take a knee in protest at racial injustice. the player then with the san francisco 49ers chose not to stand during the national anthem and faced critcism for disrespecting the american flag choosing to make his own protestjust as smith did 50 years ago. because he recognised the fact that
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these guys did the same thing. i wonder what they were thinking. the sacrificial stance that he took, reveal his upbringing, the need to be better socially. not the sake of money. basically the same thing. three of later. and you can hear more from our in depth interview and...he narrowly missed out on a place at the ryder cup, but englishman matt wallace has continued his fine 2018 to lead the british masters wallace made six birdies and an eagle at the the eleventh to end the day five under par at walton heath. he's a shot clear of a group that includes tommy fleetwood and this man — eddie pepperall will win shot of the day with a brilliant hole in one at the ninth. off the pin, bit of spin and into the hole.
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olly foster will have more for you in sportsday at 6.30 greg miller is the national security correspondent but now new light has been shed on the pre—and post—election period by the pre—and post—election period by the distinguished us journalist greg miller national correspondence for the washington post. of a new book, "the apprentice — trump, russia and the subversion of american democracy." he was awarded the 2018 pulitzer prize for coverage of russia's interference in the 2016 american election , and the fallout under of a new book, "the apprentice — trump, russia and the subversion greg miller is in our washington studio. it isa it is a great letter to have you with us. in all of the revelations
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in this important book, what would you guide our viewers to, the most striking things that you uncovered? i think that there is, this is a book that will take you inside of the cia, during the election, inside the cia, during the election, inside the trump white house after the election. as much as i could accomplish inside the mullet investigation that has yet to be finished. there are new details on almost any every major turning points in this crazy story that we're living through. i would just say there aren't no details unravelling on trumps legal team. very current information on that. a lot of new detail on the manoeuvre notes and the allies in congress trying to attack the fbi trying to under undermine the investigation. there have been many notable and visible moment in the saga over the past two years. i'm going to bring
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one dimension now, at the news conference with putin. for many people that was emily martek of what has been going on. what can you tell us has been going on. what can you tell us about that and how you read its? i was there in the room. i travel to helsinki to cover that event. when trump and putin held theirjoint conference. it was electric and anxious even before those leaders entered. you knew the significance of this. the pressure that trump was under. and the potentialfor this of this. the pressure that trump was under. and the potential for this to go disastrously bad. most people think that it did. to me when i look back on that now and the way i write about it in the book, it is emblematic of trams support of russia. his siding with putin over his own intelligence services. it was an enormous squandered opportunity for his presidency and how he will be regarded in history.
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if you could have confronted putin ina if you could have confronted putin in a moment we will talk about indifferently, historians might look indifferently. what did trumps own people, the inside team in the white house, what are they telling you about the way that they regarded his performance? i think that everybody saw this, on the one hand i think they knew that something like this could very well happen. there were powerless to stop it. there is a sense of resignation, across his staff at the white house. nearly two yea rs into staff at the white house. nearly two years into his presidency, i think they are continuing to be shocked and stunned by how he could have conducted himself from time to time. it is routine, so they cannot be surprised when it happens. can we talk about the mullet investigation? i think we are seeing muller heading
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through a home stretch. i think we will learn a lot before the end of the year after the mid—term elections in the united states and they are completed. there it is possible he could be wrapping things up possible he could be wrapping things up by possible he could be wrapping things up by then. there are still some big questions. the doctrine to negotiate. an interview with trump himself for a year and a half, he has repeat to meet with muller. will he have to meet him? he can refuse to do that. it is unclear. we are in such an chanted territorial legally. smart people debate is whether muller could compel him to testify. there are some examples in american history that showed he could do that. it might prevail. tracing the big nixon administration and the investigation of bill clinton in the 19905. it is far from a result legal question. we need to look at the
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state of this presidency now. if you month into this, people confidently predicting it might not even last a year or two, we are two years in. i am wondering, are you thinking at this point that he will make it to the end of the first time?|j this point that he will make it to the end of the first time? i think that, he has benefited an ominous enormously. the republican party have had control of all of the branches of government. including congress, of course. that looks like that could change very soon. if there is a democratically controlled help house of representatives in the united states, in a month or two. trump's world could be much more, people in congress will hold meetings, to subpoenaed testimonies and documents. to go after him in a way that will be the way his allies
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have been protecting him. thank you very much. authorities in spain say 12 people died in this week's floods on the island of majorca. a british couple who were on holiday, anthony and delia green, were among those killed. our europe reporter gavin lee is in majorca with the latest this was picture postcard, sant llorenc in majorca. this is what is left of it now. the clean—up operation under way. we were told it is going to take four weeks, potentially two months to get this one is very famous tour town back to normal. hundreds were evacuated, on monday night. this is what they are
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seeing, the remains of them. they are starting to be cleared away, bits of furniture, there are even cinema chairs. if you look in the distance, being moved into the skipper. the rescue teams are still here. they are looking for three people. if i view a boy and a german couple as well. we are told of the ten people killed, six spanish residents. there is a dutch couple as well. a british couple have been named by local officials here as tony and delia. they are in a late 705, they are from scotland, they we re 705, they are from scotland, they were on the first day of their holiday. basically took their taxi to the ends almost at the coastal clearing to the scene and ended up ona dry clearing to the scene and ended up on a dry riverbed. this water is forced them into it. we spoke to some of the diving teams that tried
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to look for them and found the bodies and they have said the taxi driver, i body was found as well. the rescue operation is ongoing. slowly, the operation they try to get this town back to any sense of normality is ongoing. it is going to ta ke normality is ongoing. it is going to take a long time. which needs to be tackled immediately. that is the warning by the health regulator of the care quality commission and its annual reports today. the commission also delays at amy and health correspondent catherine burns has the details. so, we have been asked to visit mr and mrs robinson. in this room, there are nurses, social care and mental health workers, charities and housing officers. several different departments working as one team to keep people who are at risk healthy and out of hospital. mr and mrs robinson, erm, we have been asked to visit due
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to concerns around their mobility. they're concerned about a couple who are in their 905. within hours, a social worker and occupational therapists are visiting them in their homes, seeing what help they might need. what we might do is put you through your paces a little bit, if that is ok, and see how you are on your feet. hi, dad. the couple's daughter helped organise extra support through the wakefield integrated connecting care hub. i think it helps because they all spoke to each other about the need for my mum and dad and because they were actually speaking to each other, that is how we got them in here, and we just feel happy about everything now. this is being seen as an example of care being done well because different professionals work together. and it is highlighted in the care quality commission's report. it also says most people in england generally do get good care. but in some areas, people can only
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access services that are rated as needing improvement or inadequate, so this warning about what it calls a care injustice. we recognise that it is just simply not fair, that some people in some parts of the country find that they get good care all of the time and in other parts of the country, that is simply not available to them. the urgent challenge is to bring all parts of the health and social care system together, so they work as one, as a single system. increasingly busy a&e departments are the most visible way of showing this stress on the system, says the report. but it also points to adult social care and delays getting mental health help, especially for young people. the government has promised an extra £20 billion for the nhs, but some point out that doesn't include social care. while we are still pushing carers to the limit of what they are able to do in looking after their own loved ones, and local authorities really struggling to fulfil their statutory duties,
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there's no point in fixing the nhs if social care is threadbare. the department of health and social care says it will set up a £2110 million fund for adult social care to ease pressures over the winter. catherine burns, bbc news. you can find out how your local services are performing by visiting the bbc‘s nhs tracker — at www. bbc.co.uk/nhstracker the headlines on bbc news: ahead of a crucial eu summit next week, senior cabinet ministers meet the prime minister in downing street to be briefed on the state of the brexit talks. russian officials launch a criminal investigation into why two astronauts had to make an emergency landing, when their russian soyuz rocket malfunctioned on it way to the international space station. a number of people are seriously
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injured, in a multiple vehicle crash on the m4 near hungerford in berkshire. an update on the market numbers for you, here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the united states this is how the dow both making losses. and the nasdaq are getting on. eat plants to save the world, is the new advice from some scientists who say a flexitarian diet can tackle climate change, water scarcity and pollution. flexitarian means eating mainly pla nt—based foods, and the study from oxford university says if such a diet was widely adopted , 10 billion people could be fed sustainably by 2050 the report fed sustainably by 2050.the report also suggests that an increase in plant—based diets could reduce
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greenhouse gas emissions by more than half. it could also lead to improving farming practices and technologies. and cutting food loss and waste would reduce environmental impacts by up to a sixth. dr marco springmann is from oxford university , and is the report's lead author , and is with me now. thanks for coming in. so flexitarian, is it some kind of legal diet? know it is a predominantly the vegetarian diet. we stand literature to see what healthy dietary and passage, a flexitarian is one serving of red meats which includes beef, pork, and bmp meats which includes beef, pork, and lampa meats which includes beef, pork, and lamp a week, is the least ambitious of those diets. of course, you can go more plant —based, and that was
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the be even better for greenhouse gas emissions and chronic diseases. but, if libertarian it could make food system stay with us. on some of israel radio figures that we saw sustaining feeding people, what are those based on? until2050, we expect the population to grow by nine to ten billion. income or grow, with those two things if everything goes how it has gone in the past, more heavy meat —based diets, meat and other products are heavy on the environment. also fertiliser use, land use and so on. where are you in terms of selling this message within the culture? not just
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terms of selling this message within the culture? notjust the west but elsewhere in the world as well where there is a strong culture of eating certain types of diets. it is difficult to revise their options in that sense. what is the scale of the challenge? this scale is really massive. the reduction is needed in 80 to 90% in the uk. low income countries, there is obviously less because they eat less red meat. there are really large changes. i would not be present mess deck. big cities, the young people are really massively changing their diet already. i think what is now needed is really an upscale in making more plant —based diet is available for everybody and taking everybody on board. the availability is crucial because this is to do with, supply chains and the rest of it. i am wondering, what is your take on how ready industry is, how ready the world of agriculture is, how ready are the main stakeholders to even start to embrace this philosophy?m will need massive alignment and
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providing the right incentive scheme. we not talking about massive changes in diet. we're talking about improvements in the way we farm, in how much food we throw away. all of those three measures need attentive and. when you talk about incentives and. when you talk about incentives and regulation, really what we're talking about is political will. convincing political leaders that this is the right way to go, even though some people may resist it. it may not be let's tony popular. in terms of political drive, do you detect in any major countries at the moment that that is the way this is going? do you accept we are in very early days? there are good examples everywhere. the netherlands is very good at managing fertilisers. israel is good at managing water use. the
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uk actually has just proposed a new agricultural bill that makes some ways to in the right direction to deriving systems to be more healthy and sustainable. it still has a long way to go. there are good examples but they need to be upscaled. we need to hold our politicians to account. thank you very much. it is 5:53pm. they've been number one on itunes in over 65 countries and have got almost 12 million subscribers on youtube. south korean boyband bts sold out two shows at london's 02 arena this week, the first time the group have performed in the uk. they're credited with bringing k—pop — south korean pop music, to a global audience, as sophie van brugen explains. this is the bts bottle here in london! meets bts. global pop—superstars. anything almost exclusively sung in korean. the band have had a record—breaking year so far.
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this video, idol, was watched £115 million in the first 2a hours. a new world record. they have even been asked to speak in the un. rmztoday, i am who i am with all of my faults and mistakes. tomorrow, i might be a tiny bit wiser, and then it will be me too. it is a message of self love to their fans, that has given them this global appeal. rm: they are helping us get over our hardships
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and some mental problems. i just want to say to keep trying to find a way to love ourselves and that is the best way to be happy. of course, psy and gangnam style was a breakthrough for k—pop but this is different. groups like the beatles. they once were global but we have never seen this again especially from an asian group. the band have been out for five years. there is a message that the fans are at the very heart of everything they do. they have so many young fans. they are sending amazing messages through their music, about mental health. they talk about loving yourself. not many idols or artists do that. i started dealing with anxiety and panic disorders. they are the reason that i am who i am today. they have really taught me to love myself, i somewhat confident now.
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(fan chant of the members names. at the heart of it is a powerful mixture of slick pop and vulnerability through the lyrics. they are more than just a new band. it is a sign of how the centre of gravity in the world of pop is shifting east. bbc news at six is coming up in a few minutes. hard to believe looking here at norwich castle that there is a storm on the way. what a beautiful afternoon it was. we do have some rain around. all of us have got some
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rain around. all of us have got some rain to come as well in the next 24—hour is. this is what is happening at the moment. this is storm cal. already starting to show its hand with the isobars tightening, it will become quite potent. it will brush close by to the north—west of our short. severe gales to the north and the west. heavy rain elsewhere. there is an amber weather warning for south wales because that of rain could be the main player. it stays for a couple of days. we have had soggy weather today. one brand of rimini northeast, somewhat sunshine as we saw in norwich, we had some late sunshine in the south. this is going in the wrong direction at the moment. as we get to friday, more rain will come into the south and west, driven in by gale force winds. relatively mild nights to come for the most of us. tomorrow looks pretty miserable through the rush
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hour. rain really does come down and hangs around for much of the day. it'll be very windy compared to today. much windier in eastern areas, winds of a0 to a5 miles an hour of full stop 60 to 70 not in our in the west. the rain stays put. we could still have 20 or 21 degrees in southern and eastern areas. storm cal and will affect the entire uk. that heavy rain, 50 to 100 millimetres, as we go into friday night and saturday will continue to pile up. the weather system sitting right down through the bail for the bay. winds travelling over the atlantic, picking up more moisture. they may push further northwards through saturday afternoon, allowing some very warm sunshine for this time of year. there is some
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uncertainty on its progress. as its most further southwards on sunday, it looks a little bit brighter for most parts but fresher. i weather warnings out but plenty of that picture in norwich. we're not going to see that tomorrow. if we do want and updates they are on the website. a growing injustice — the health regulator warns that people are finding it ever harder to access social care. it says health and care systems don't work together — and people can be left struggling to get help in their own homes. it's upsetting, it's frustrating, it's annoying. we were left with a decision to make which we didn't want to have to take, but it was a necessity to keep him well. we'll hear how one care home is coping. also on tonight's programme: some families could be worse off under universal credit, says the government — but says the system
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