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good morning. welcome to breakfast with rachel burden and ben thompson. our headlines today: an end to a cold war—era nuclear agreement — president trump says the united states will pull out of a treaty it signed with russia more than 30 years ago. russia has not unfortunately honoured the agreements we will terminate the agreement, we are going to pull out. after hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets to call for a further referendum, the brexit secretary sets out his stall for the next stage of the eu negotiations. the duke and duchess of sussex continue their royal tour in australia, but kensington palace says the duchess won't be attending other engagements today. good morning. lewis hamilton can win his fifth formula one world title today if he wins the us grand prix from pole and sebastian vettel finishes lower than second. good morning. yesterday was a lovely day for many of us with a lot of sunshine around and not quite as much today, and there is some rain
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in the forecast. join me later for the details. good morning. it's sunday the 21st of october. our top story: president trump has said the united states will pull out of a landmark nuclear weapons treaty it signed with russia more than 30 years ago. the nuclear forces treaty led to the destruction of hundreds of tactical weapons but washington has accused the kremlin of breaching the agreement. here's our north america correspondent chris buckler. the intermediate—range nuclear forces treaty were seen as a landmark accord when it was agreed by russia and the us 30 years ago. it led to the destruction of hundreds of missiles by both countries but the white house in this that russia has ignored the cold era treaty by testing and deploying band cruise missiles. president trump now says he is no longer prepared to let the kremlin violate an agreement that america has honoured. we are not going to
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let them violate the nuclear agreement and go out and do weapons and we are not allowed to. we are the ones who have stayed in the agreement and we've honoured the agreement and we've honoured the agreement but russia has not u nfortu nately agreement but russia has not unfortunately on the agreement to we will terminate the agreement, we are going to pull out. his national security adviserjohn bolton is holding meetings in moscow at the start of the week and is expected to tell russian leaders that the us is withdrawing from the treaty. brexit secretary dominic raab says the uk should boycott proposals to delay leaving the eu, unless brussels relents on the irish backstop. his comments come after campaigners claim around 700,000 protestors marched for another referendum. 0ur political correspondent chris mason has the latest. a day on from this, hundreds of thousands of marchers demanding another referendum on brexit, it is back to the political slog to the government of trying to reach a deal
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with the european union. 0ut pops this man, dominic raab, in the sunday telegraph, with a fresh suggestion to kickstart the stalled negotiations. the sticking point in these complex discussions is the border between northern ireland and the republic, how to ensure it remains open after brexit, even if there is no trade deal arranged in there is no trade deal arranged in the next few years, and keeps the uk and the eu happy. it is what is known as the backstop and it has caused row after row. before suggesting: this the uk remain in the single market and customs union into 2021 but mr robb adds we must have finality to any backstop, something thus far the eu has been unwilling to countenance mcclellin meanwhile
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as placards are dismantled and banners folded up, the people's vote campaign says it is beginning what it calls a nation— wide fight to persuade mps there should be and but arindam. an idea the government has strongly reject it. —— another referendum. —— —— rejected. later in the programme, we'll be discussing this in more detail and hearing both sides of the political debate. that's at just after 8:00. the eu has described the death of journalist jamal khashoggi inside the saudi consulate in istanbul as "deeply troubling". it comes as pressure grows on the saudi authorities to explain the circumstances surrounding the death of the prominent critic. turkish officials say they have evidence he was murdered but saudi arabia is claiming he died in a fistfight. his colleagues at the washington post say they're determined to get the truth. this feels like an attack not only
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onjamal, this feels like an attack not only on jamal, it feels like this feels like an attack not only onjamal, it feels like an attack on the washington post. he was one of us, he did so much in order to write and soi us, he did so much in order to write and so i think it the mood here is one of anger but determination to get to the bottom of this and do not let this go. a woman has died after a suspected gas explosion tore through a flat in north west london overnight. three people, including a baby, were rescued from the property in harrow after the blast set the building on fire this morning. around a0 people were evacuated from nearby properties as firefighters tackled the blaze. children with life—limiting conditions have been let down by the nhs and local councils across england, according to a new report. a cross—party group of mps says as many as one in three clinical commissioning groups do not provide specialist out—of—hours care. the report has been seen exclusively by bbc radio 5 live investigates. its presenter, adrian goldberg, joins us now with the details. it is an awful story, this,
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adrienne, so tell us what the report shows you. 49,000 children across the uk have life limiting conditions but even with a life—limiting condition, an incurable, terminal illness, there may still live for many years and mps on the all—party group are looking at palliative care to children so this is a cross—party group of mps but are concerned of the provision of care for these children is so patchy in some parts of the country across england at times it is very good at other times there are real guts in service. and when we talk about the service, and there is a lot of work that needs to be done, what are they telling you about why it seems to be so patchy? it is public about who is responsible for which kind of care so one responsible for which kind of care so one in five local councils does not commission respite care, these are for hard—pressed parents who just need maybe a little break if
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they are caring for a child with one of these illnesses, a just want to have a little bit of family time and local councils and the clinical commissioning groups cannot, sometimes anyway, seemed to sort out who was responsible for providing the respite care. adrian, thank you so much for now but we will talk about this more later on the programme. adrian will be back and we will talk about it more and he from some of the people affected by those problems. —— hear. the duchess of sussex will not attend any engagements on the sixth day of the royal tour of australia. the palace has not given a reason for the change of plans, however, yesterday prince harry urged his pregnant wife to pace herself after she was feeling tired at the opening of the invictus games. 0ur sydney correspondent hywel griffith joins us now. hywel, what more can you tell us? no great surprise, really, it is a demanding schedule when you are in the early stages of pregnancy. have they given out any more details? just a short statement to say she will be cutting back on her
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engagement but not cutting out com pletely engagement but not cutting out completely off the tour, she will still travel to free the island in queensland tomorrow but she will not be seen at any engagement and likewise we are told will continue to fiji and tonga before coming back to fiji and tonga before coming back to australia and then on to new zealand to expect to still see her, just a little less. she is out there actually now on the water watching the invictus games failing taking part, it is one of the first events in sydney today so she did not go to see the cycling at the domain, the greenery way back there behind the 0pera greenery way back there behind the opera house this morning, but she is there this afternoon in the company of the duke. how has the two ago and down in general over there, how much? --. hundreds or thousands of people have been out and some good news indeed people to the even more. prince harry, in the speech to open the games last night, said they were pleased to announce the news and we re pleased to announce the news and
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were grateful for the welcome mat had given his wife at however, a lot of the appeal is kind of a celebrity appeal and fascination and i wouldn't necessarily read into the fa ct wouldn't necessarily read into the fact that the monarchy is making a comeback in australia. australia is due to become a republic but a lot of the world, they are fascinated with the royals and every step of their tour. thank you very much. from sydney, the background is a bit ofa from sydney, the background is a bit of a giveaway! a record—breaking us lottery jackpot of $1.6 billion — around £1.2 billion — is up for grabs tonight. that is a ridiculous amount of money. that is a crazy amount of money! whoever gets to claim the prize can choose to have the full amount paid out over a 29—year period, or they could take a still huge lump sum of $900 million. not bad! the chance to become america's newest billionaire comes after players failed to pick the winning numbers on friday. it is getting bigger and bigger and
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bigger. rolling over. would you take the lump sum or the lifetime pay—out? the lump sum or the lifetime pay-out? i think the lifetime, the lump sum would fret me out. what would you do with it? a holiday and an extra large bed and not having to get up in the morning. i would crush my alarm clock. that would be quite satisfying, yes. good morning to you. some of the front pages. the telegraph is what we are discussing, the brexit secretary dominic raab says drop backstop or the uk will leave on time. you will notice there was the proposal from theresa may last week to potentially extend the period until the uk leads the eu but dominic raab says the uk does not agree to extend the transition period of the eu ditches its demand for a buck stops will talk about that this morning and of course but photograph is the duchess of sussex
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ata photograph is the duchess of sussex at a ceremony yesterday honouring war heroes at him anzac memorial in sydney. also making the front page of the sunday times, the brexit protests, widely covered on bbc yesterday, one of the photograph on social media as well i'm sure that they talk about the pm and to bring a killing zone, they think she has about 72 hours to convince the wave re rs about 72 hours to convince the waverers in her party to that she has the right to plan for brexit and more from johnny, the mp who described in colourful language where he thought his party was going wrong in terms of the whole approach. the front of the daily mail, pm faces show trial by tory mps as their headline and a lot of the papers this morning reflecting on the protest yesterday in central london by about 700,000 protesters, calling for a further referendum on brexit. a lot of papers, a lot of things in the papers about the pressure being on the prime minister to act or step down or whether in
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fa ct to act or step down or whether in fact there may be movements within the party and the photograph there is meghan markle continuing the tour of australia. international condemnation of saudi arabia over the death of jamal khashoggi has increased this weekend, after the country's claim that the journalist died in a fistfight was greeted with scepticism. turkish officials claim they have evidence he was murdered, and donald trump has now said he's "not satisfied" with saudi arabia's version of events. let's speak now to jamal‘s friend, galip dalay. hejoins us from he joins us from cobar. hejoins us from cobar. —— doha. first of all, please explain your relationship with jamal. where did you get to know him and when did you last hear from him? i mean, we met jamal through, like, many conferences or events. either we we re conferences or events. either we were organising or invited by third parties because as a think tank and
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a scholar working on the middle east. quite many years in one way or another, you get to knowjamal because me and jamal have been part of so many different projects and with mixed jamal many times and many times went beyond being a colleague, it turned into a friendship. we are probably talking about six or seven yea rs probably talking about six or seven years since i knewjamal and probably talking about six or seven years since i knew jamal and the last time on the 22nd of september, we we re last time on the 22nd of september, we were once again on the same workshop, in the same workshop, in istanbul with him. and then prior to that, we met, and one of the days leading up to that, we met again and this was the last time, so we met with him many times both when he was in washington or whenever i used to be in washington or he would come to istanbul, and quite recently we met them as i said, like, we have also
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been part of many different projects in the middle east on different think tanks around the world. in the middle east on different think tanks around the worldlj wa nted think tanks around the worldlj wanted to ask you about his work because he is being known for being critical of saudi arabia in his writing so this tell us what he was working on. —— please tell us. writing so this tell us what he was working on. -- please tell us. jamal was working on the idea recently, has been very much focusing on the idea to reform the idea of red of speech, democracy, human rights in the arab world because jamal has, was strongly convinced that either this country is going to go through some sort of reform, particularly the arab world in general but saudi arabia in particular, either they are facing a dramatic collapse in this idea, jamal was trying to create consciousness about the necessity for reform, economic as well, and critical of the way that the economy was being handled in the
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arab world countries are particularly saudi arabia. he felt the saudis were not being taken into the saudis were not being taken into the workforce, they are being rendered as the economy is inactive so he was very critical but critical ina sense, so he was very critical but critical in a sense, like, as an insider, from an insider perspective, but jamal was not, go one for a long time was an insider of the regime in saudi arabia and even in his recent times when he was writing critical pieces, in his country, he would be very critical and said that he is not doing, as in this tradition opposition or dissident, he would even reject this label, he would say that i am doing things is a good citizen of saudi arabia of —— so in a sense it would not use the republic —— words dissident, he would just say he was disagreeing with policies and the way he has
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handled things, the war in yemen, the fact that he is trying to create an authoritarian structure out of a monarchy, and monarchy usually like west like a separation of power actually like the sharing of power between the different branches of the family, of different branches of the family, of different branches of the bin sulman family, and in a sense, he was trying to put the lights all the things he was try to be very critical of how saudi arabia operated on the regime —— bin salman. he was critical, there was no public space for the expression but nevertheless, it is with a sense of being someone also for a long time who was a regime insider. it is good to talk to you, galip, thank you for all of your thoughts. meghan, meghan we have that from saudi arabia, a lot of concern and
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may be misunderstanding and leave —— we have that from saudi arabia. here's stav with a look at this morning's weather. it was lovely for many of us yesterday. sunshine around. perhaps the best of the sunshine and warmth across the north—east of scotland, where we saw 20 degrees. the chilly start again. already bringing across the north—west corner of the country thanks to this weather fronts, which is slowly slips south—east was today, tending to fizzle out. most of the rain get slip —— squeezed out of the rain get slip —— squeezed out of its front as it reaches the central part of the country. a disappointing start for scotland, into northern ireland this morning. quite breezy with the rain. the weather fronts sinks south eastwards into the afternoon. no more than a band of cloud with showers on it. light winds across the south. quite breezy in the north—west corner. a sunny day for the far south—east of
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the country, fairly warm, 18 or 19 degrees. they cool day across scotla nd degrees. they cool day across scotland and northern ireland. this band of cloud since this way southwards during tonight. behind it those skies clear. a few showers, blustery winds will push into the north and west of scotland. because of this reads it should not be as chilly in the towns and cities —— that because of the breeze. a big area of high pressure built in for monday. weather fronts affecting the north of the country, bringing outbreaks of rain. the isobars are tightly packed together. it will be quite windy, gusts of up to 50 mph. wet and windy throughout monday. much of the country is looking fine and dry because of the area of high pressure building in. a fairly brisk and called north—westerly wind. the
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temperatures, we have lost the high teens celsius, closer to around 13 degrees. largely fine and settle for most of the country. wet and windy weather across the north of the country, heavy rain is well into the north—west of scotland. a windy day, windy as far south as northern england and wales, with some of the rain that may infringe at times will stop rain that may infringe at times will sto p a cross rain that may infringe at times will stop across southern areas the best of the sunshine. another cool today. temperatures 12— 14 celsius. deeper into the week, high pressure keeps things fine and settle, but it will turn cold into the weekend. make the best of the sunshine if you have it then. thank you very much. we'll have the headlines at 6:30, but first it's time for the film review with mark kermode and ben brown. hello there and welcome to the film review here on bbc news.
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talking us through this week's cinema releases as ever is mark kermode. what have you got for us this week? very interesting week. we have fahrenheit 11/9, a new documentary by michael moore. we have dogman, a cannes prizewinner from matteo garrone. and they shall not grow old, and extraordinary great war documentary by peter jackson. so, fahrenheit 11/9, michael moore of course a great polemicist. is thisjust trump in his line of fire in this film? not entirely. so the title is an inverted fahrenheit 911, which itself was a play on fahrenheit 451. the 11/9 refers to trump's election. the film begins in the old fashion of how did we get here? what it then basically does is investigate the way that both democrats and republicans have kind of abandoned a disenfranchised portion of america,
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and what michael moore argues is that when that kind of thing happens, that's when you get the rise of trump. it's at its best when it is investigating specific examples such as he goes back to the flint, michigan water crisis in which the pursuit of money essentially meant the people ended up drinking poisoned water and politicians did not act well. in fact, there was what amounts to a cover—up. here is a clip. this is april cook hawkins. she was asked to participate in the cover—up. i was the case manager here in flint, michigan. all of the results in regards to the blood levels, i put in those numbers and made sure all them are correct. and while doing so, she discovered that the government officials had cooked the books. my supervisor asked if i would go in and help them out with the numbers, and not show certain things. if someone came in and they test high the health department did not want that number to be shown.
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she began secretly making printouts of the falsified records and was afraid to show them to anyone. until she got them to me. is this an actual document? that you kept as a piece of evidence? yes. the normal is 3.5 and anything above 3.5 is considered a high level. six, six, five, six, five, five, six, seven, ten, six, eight, six, six, 14. not a single number that says 3.5 lower? no. how does this compare to michael moore's other films? it doesn't have anything like the impact of the film to which the title refers, which i think went on to become the biggest—selling documentary of all time, and it's questionable as to how much effect it will actually have. the interesting thing is, what i like about it is, it has less grandstanding and less stunts than his previous documentaries have, which i think is sometimes borderline flippant. there's also some uncharacteristic
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soul—searching from michael moore. he talks about his own relationship with some of these figures. we actually get to see him on roseanne some years ago with donald trump in which he admits, i went really easy on him, i went soft because they asked me to. i think it is sincere, passionate. i think the most important thing is it suggests there is a younger generation of people coming through who will refuse to be mistreated, who michael moore suggests are the future of the country and the beginning of a brighter future, but i do not think it'll have anything like the impact of the film to which the title refers. ok, now, we've also got they shall not grow old which is a film by peterjackson and we will come to that in a minute, but let's do dogman as well. tell us about that. this is from matteo garrone. the maker of gomorrah. very gritty. a reality which is a very strange film about reality tv and tail of tails. this takes him back a little bit back to gomorrah. it is about a dog groomer who has a job on a desolate seafront. he wants to be liked by his neighbours, he wants to be
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liked by his daughter. he has this weirdly ingratiating smile but he also has the manner of a dog that has been beaten by its master and wants to please him but is also caring. he is bullied by this steroid thug who everyone knows is terrible, everyone knows they must do something about him but nobody will and in the end, marcello is the person who has to deal with him. what i really liked about this, firstly, it has a brilliant sense of location, it has real tragedy in it and real pathos. at the centre of it, is the actor who won the best actor award at cannes, i think deservedly so. i think it is a really terrific performance that holds the whole film together and is really the emotional core of it. a very deserving best actor winner. they shall not grow old this is peterjackson, famous movie director. you were interviewing him about this the other day and this is a fascinating project. yeah, so, the imperial war museum had asked him to do something new with archive footage for the centenary of the armistice.
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he looked at the footage and thought actually the best thing to do would be to try and bring it up to date, take old black and white, silent footage and process it to make it look as contemporary as possible. what they did was, correct the speed, because you know old, silent films run at various speeds, often look a little bitjerky, then cleaning up the image, then doing a colourisation process which is done with incredible attention to detail, and finally actually getting actors to lip sync... they got lip readers to sort of figure out what people on screen were saying and then actors to fill in the blanks and then we hear, no narration but the voices of veterans that were recorded actually by a bbc archive and the whole thing comes together in an extraordinarily vivid portrait of these events, which reflects not just the horror of the war, but also, i think there is an important part of the documentary, the strange sense, at least at the beginning, of adventure. here's a clip. you lived like tramps. you did not polish any buttons. you wore any uniform, bits that you liked. all they were concerned with was that you were fit to fight.
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if nothing was happening coming to chat about where he came from, where he came from. everything was friendly. it was a terrific lot of kindness, in a way, to each person. when there was not a war active, it was really rather fun to be on the front line. it was not very dangerous, so like a camping holiday with the boys, with a slight spice of danger to make it interesting. does the fact that it is sort of no longer stuttering black and white, does it make you empathise with these guys on the front line? i think it does exactly that. we are used to seeing... some of these images we have seen before, but we're used to seeing them as black—and—white footage, historical document, partly the speed thing is very important, but also because it looks like old, grainy, black—and—white footage but if you look the camera that the battle of the somme was shot on, it is a big wooden box. yet suddenly, with this incredible processing, it looks contemporary,
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and brings it all closer and the first time i saw it, there is a section when it goes from black—and—white to colour you could hear an audible gasp in the auditorium. it is so much more than a gimmick. it is something that actually puts the humanity back into that footage. it is this extraordinary use of technology to restore the human element to footage which we thought we had seen but then somehow comes alive. there's trench footage that... it looks like it was shot yesterday. you see the faces, you see the pictures of how young they are, you see the smiles and the frantic feel, they feel like real individual people, not just figures from archive footage. jackson said very clearly, this is not a documentary about the war, it's a story of those men. it is emotionally overwhelming. i think it is a real passion project and a real labour of love, and i did the interview with peterjackson when he played it and they were going to show it to schoolchildren, i think it'll have a huge effect. i think anyone who sees it will be really affected by it. it is like a compressed history of cinema, like 100 years
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of technology put together. what did he say about why he wanted to do this so much? he has been interested in the first world war for a very long time and it was the opportunity because the imperial war museum's involvement. he said the centenary is only going to come around once and he had this... what he did was, because peter jackson has worked so much with technology, he wondered what it could do. how could we make this with footage come alive? he said they did a test wheel and when they did that, they looked at it and went, that is astonishing. and it really... believe me, it is really breathtaking. you've never seen anything like it. it's an amazing artistic and technical achievement. yes, i thought so. so moving. stunning. so powerfully moving. 0k, thank you, mark. best out at the moment? i love first man. have you seen this yet? going to see it this weekend. here is the thing, it's not a movie about space, it's not a movie about the moon, it's a movie about the loneliness and grief that happens to have a spaceship in the middle
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of it and i thought it was... again, i thought it was wonderful. i know some people have said why is it so downbeat? because it is an internal story thatjust happens to be about the moon landing. the other thing about it is, it really captures that sense that these space rockets were held together with rivets and screws, and old flick switches, you are in a tin can on a massive amount of fuel. the bravery involved in it is quite extreme. incredible courage, yes. i loved it, i really love it. ok, i'm looking forward to that. and best dvd? just briefly, the happy prince. i mention this because it is an interesting film. rupert everett directs and stars in a film about the last years and indeed days of oscar wilde. although i don't think it's dramatically perfect, every now and again you see a film and you think, this is made with passion and care, and something you can feel in every frame. for all the things that are not... that don't quite work in the film, i think it has a real sincerity and a real honesty about it. i mean, it is a slightly flawed work, but i admire its intentions and you can tell it is a heartfelt project.
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i'd always rather watch something that looked like someone really yearned to make it than something that was polished but felt a little bit careless. mark, fantastic. thank you so much. a quick reminder before we go that you will find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc.co.uk/markkermode. you can find all previous programmes, of course the bbc iplayer. that is it for this week. thanks so much for watching. goodbye. hello, this is breakfast with rachel burden and ben thompson. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: president trump has said the united states intends to pull
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out of a nuclear weapons treaty it signed more than 30 years ago, accusing russia of violating the deal. the intermediate—range nuclear forces treaty led to the destruction of hundreds of tactical weapons and is meant to protect the security of the us and its allies in europe and the far east. brexit secretary dominic raab has said the uk could avoid a potential extension to the transition period after brexit to prevent a hard border in northern ireland. his comments, made in today's sunday telegraph, claim that any extended transition period would be instead of the so—called backstop arrangements being demanded by the eu. it comes after over 500,000 people attended a march organised by the people's vote movement. the eu has described the death of journalist jamal khashoggi inside the saudi consulate in istanbul as "deeply troubling". it comes as pressure grows on the saudi authorities to explain the circumstances surrounding the death of the prominent critic. turkish officials say they have
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evidence he was murdered, but saudi arabia is claiming he died in a fistfight. his colleagues at the washington post say they're determined to get the truth. a woman has died after a suspected gas explosion tore through a flat in north west london overnight. three people, including a baby, were rescued from the property in harrow after the blast set the building on fire this morning. around 40 people were evacuated from nearby properties as firefighters tackled the blaze. the duchess of sussex will not attend any engagements on the sixth day of the royal tour of australia. kensington palace has not given a reason for the change of plans. however yesterday, prince harry urged his pregnant wife to pace herself after she was feeling tired at the opening of the invictus games. meghan will continue with the rest of the tour in fiji, tonga and new zealand, as planned. the red arrows are set to hold their largest ever tour of north america next year with a 9—week tour expected to generate £2.5 billion
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of investment for britain. the royal air force aerobatic team, which has not performed in the region since 2008, will embark on its first major tour of the us and canada in more than 25 years. do you think they fly those planes all the way to america? 0r do you think they fly those planes all the way to america? or does one send them and... i don't know but i think the pilots for once would want to sit back and watch a movie and it their little airline food rather than have to... because that is what you do when you fly a plane! and you would not want to be doing all of that coloured smoke stuff across the atlantic. talking of fast things, cat is here. what are you suggesting? formula 1! it could be a
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huge day for lewis hamilton which would put him second in the all—time behind michael schumacher, any people say there is no reason why he could not go on to win a or equalled the... i should have said bless you. fast cat! that has thrown me, i do not know what i am saying now. you almost forget what an achievement this is. we are so used to him winning. particularly in the kind of performance he has put in this season we do best in vettel has run him close for a few seasons but is not really being there at all this season, vettel, he has faded away, so it has been a procession for him. formula one qualifying was held so late last night that lewis hamilton's exploits haven't made the back pages of the papers but he's sure to be headline news tomorrow if he can clinch a fifth world championship in america later. the briton only needs eight points more than sebastian vettel to win the title, and he has the advantage of starting the us grand prix from pole, as nick parrott reports. some sporting rivalries can be
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better but this one is cordial. it would appear that the briton is to wina would appear that the briton is to win a fifth world title in texas, in the lone star state he has no equal, hamilton has won the last four races in austin and looked unbeatable again in qualifying. he was so relaxed during the first session he had time for oscar winner cuba, he, perhaps getting advice on acceptance speeches the award ceremonies to follow. when he got down to the real business, he said the new track record to claim pole. vettel was a very close second but because of a penalty picked up in practice, he will start from fifth. i didn't know how close it was going to be once we got to qualifying but when it was the last run i knew it was edgy between us and it would require solid laps but in some races where i haven't actually a better time all is given on the second laps and today i was adamant i would do a better second up is am really happy with that. i was pretty close,
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obviously, a bit of a show go for shami missed out on a little bit of time, hundreds you can debate that you have it somewhere in you but i was pretty happy with the laps i had. regardless of what happens today hamilton seems destined to batch of five titles this year and nextin batch of five titles this year and next in his sights will be surpassing michael schumacher‘s seven to become the greatest of all. we will see later on if he manages to do that. another fiery afternoon forjose mourinho at stamford bridge but he says all is forgiven after a bit of a scuffle right at the end of the match. ross barkley equalised for chelsea late in injury time, and afterwards, one of the chelsea coaches, marco ianni, appeared to say something to mourinho, who was held back by several stewards. maurizio sarri, the chelsea manager, said he and his assistant apologised to mourinho straight after the game. he was very impolite but sarri took
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ca re of he was very impolite but sarri took care of the situation and after the game his assistant also apologised to me and i accept those so for me the story is open but do not do what everybody does that there's they can say those things. passions running high! manchester city are still top of the table this morning — they beat burnley 5—0. four of the goals came in the second half. they're ahead of liverpool on goal difference. next up for city, a champions league date with shakhtar donetsk on tuesday. the champions league you have a chance to drop points, withdrew his three points and with the last, last, last grip of our stage and from experience, maybe four, five, six times against them these are a lwa ys six times against them these are always complicated but is a final for us so have to, to try to make a good game and get the points. liverpool hadn't won in four games but beat huddersfield yesterday. salah scored the only
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goal of the game. huddersfield haven't scored at home since last april. a first win of the season for cardiff city — 4—2 against fulham. the win moved them out of the relegation zone. fulham, though, drop into it. newcastle united are now bottom after they lost 1—0 to brighton. watford beat wolves, and there were no goals in the south coast derby between bournemouth and southampton. hearts recovered from their defeat by rangers to beat aberdeen 2—1, arnaud djoum with the pick of the goals. hearts now lead the scottish premiership by three points. champions celtic are up to second after they beat hibs. kilmarnock are third after winning at st mirren. livingston thrashed dundee, and motherwell lost to stjohnstone. some squeamish pictures looking up so look away if you do not like injury shots. one of the biggest names in football, lionel messi, has broken his arm during barcelona's clash with sevilla. the pictures coming up
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are not for the squeamish, so look away now if that sounds like you. iam kind i am kind of sort of weirdly fascinated. the 5—time ballon d'or winner had already left his mark on the game, having teed up philippe coutinho for the opener before doubling his side's lead at camp nou. minutes later, however, he fell awkwardly on his right arm. you can see he's visibly in pain. you can only just you can onlyjust see it actually. tests have confirmed that he has a fracture of the radial bone and will be out for approximately three weeks. three weeks is quite good though. it was only a fracture, not a full break. it didn't sort of... bend the wrong way. snap neatly. yeah. so get well soon, messi. it hasn't been great couple of days for danny cipriani. 0verlooked by england for the autumn series, he's now set to sit out matches for gloucester. he was sent off in their champions cup match against munster for this challenge. it only ever see briefly, i'm
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afraid, on the coverage. —— you only ever see briefly, i'm afraid, on the coverage. munster took full advantage. they won 36—22. it was a much tighter affair for wasps, who came from behind to draw with bath. thomas young's converted try eventually sealing the 35—35 draw. edinburgh put in a blistering performance at murrayfield to see off 3—times champions toulon. this try by chris dean earned them the bonus point, which puts them top of their pool. kyle edmund has the chance to win his first tour title. he's into today's final of the european 0pen. britain's number one, who is the top seed in antwerp, beat richard gasquet in straight sets. he'll meet gael monfils in the final. edmund lost his only previous appearance in a final which was in morocco earlier this year. it's been an eventful week for ronnie 0'sullivan at the english 0pen snooker. we have been talking about him quite a lot. he's made the headlines for all kinds of reasons, including his rather damning assessment of the venue. but his run is over — mark davis reached the first ranking final of his career with an emphatic
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6—1win over ronnie, at the english open in crawley. he was beaten 6—1. mark davis made a century and three 50 breaks. today's final will be a first for davis. he'll play stuart bingham after the former world champion beat stephen maguire 6—3. i guess the good news for ronnie, he said the venue styles of you're in and isa said the venue styles of you're in and is a hellhole of the workplace he has ever played snooker but you probably won't have to stay there much longer because he is out —— you're in. fast cat, thank you. you are welcome. earlier this month, scientists issued the most extensive warning yet on the risks of rising global temperatures and called for action to produce cleaner energy and measures to remove carbon from the atmosphere. the forestry commission suggests planting more trees could be the answer, as woodland in the uk already removes around 10 million tonnes of carbon from the air every year. we'rejoined now from bristol by landscape designer, lulu urquhart. good morning! tell us about the
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value of trees and cleaning up our airand have value of trees and cleaning up our air and have the whole process work? good morning. the trees we have on the planet at the moment are drawing down carbon from the atmosphere because they are effectively carbon, they are the living embodiment of carbon, and so they are cleaning up, so to speak, so they are valuable, important, crucial to our life here on the planet. there is a big conference happening in somerset at the moment, great areas of bushland in the country but what needs to be done? how do they need to be managed to make them as effective as they can be? there is a conference, we are holding the tree conference today in somerset and some of the things we are looking for is protect in the existing ancient forest we have across the uk and the few
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remaining in ireland. and also to not take mature special and that are doing this incredible work in drawing down carbon —— specimens. it is one thing to stop our missions with this climate crisis but another thing is to use the tools that we have on the ground that draws the carbon down —— emissions. but is effectively the trees. it is the cheapest and most effective way of doing this. is this simple as going out and planting new trees? does it matter what kind of trees? were you plant them and how you plan to them? what we really want to ring today out is the combination of science and knowledge that is at the forefront of looking at the way we reforest because it isn'tjust about
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sticking trees in the ground. it helps, but it is also about understanding fully what the soil is for us and what it provides for the trees. so it is a combination of understanding by celia networks of the trees and also the communications with it each other with a living being, as a whole, and we have isabella tree speaking who talks about regenerating and grey wilding land you don't actually need to buy a tree to make this happen —— rewilding. you can allocate space for land and it will do it itself because in the soil we have seed banks, we have the seeds that want to regenerate themselves and the tree seeds themselves and we have to make space for them as much as anything else and it is one of the
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key things we are looking at is how true regenerate and reforest and to find ways that citizens can do it from the ground up that don't cost a lot of money but bringing creativity and inspire people in the way they live their lives anyway. and go out and appreciate the trees around us this morning. list of luck for the conference. —— best of luck. here's stav with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. good morning. good morning. good morning to you. it was a lovely day yesterday with top temperature of 20.4dc in aberdeen. lovely day across much of england and wales. unbroken sunshine. it is a tale of two halves. southern areas cool with mist and fog around. i dense in places will stop northern areas quite wet. but equally across scotland. it will slowly sink its way south—east was through because of the day. a disappointing start
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for sunday across scotland and much of northern ireland, putting it the final of england. the rain begins to fizzle out as it moved southwards into england and wales. it will not reach the far south—east, you should hang on to the sunshine. behind it hit it should up nicely. there will be blustery showers. it will be fairly brisk. they cool a day for scotla nd fairly brisk. they cool a day for scotland and northern ireland. for england and wales, sunshine in the south—east, you will make the high teens celsius. that cloud band continues to move southwards during because of the night further north will continue with the blustery showers, optically northern scotland and into the northern isles. the wind is quite brisk. not too many problems with mist and fog. —— particularly. a chilly night across the board, temperatures in single figure values, even across the south when the cloud clears away. high pressure building in for next week. this is the story, particularly for the first half of the week. we will
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have these weather fronts, packed isobars across the north of the country. much of the northern half of scotla nd country. much of the northern half of scotland monday and tuesday it will be wet and windy. gale force winds and exposure for the northern isles. heavy and persistent rain. further south, apart from fair weather cloud, it will be a fine day on monday. sunshine around. the hate teamed celsius have gone, closer to the motives across the board hygeine celsius. windy across the northern half of the country. it is slightly north—westerly and could push the cloud and rain into the far north of england. for much of scotland and parts of northern ireland it will be windy with outbreaks of rain. for much of england and wales a fine and dry day. notice the wind direction changing to a north—westerly. it will be a brisk north—west to be and it will feel quite cool again, 12— 14 celsius. things get interesting midweek onwards. it settles down a little bit. much of next week is dry
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apart from the rain in the north. the winds of view to a northerly direction, it will bring cold air down from the arctic. by next week and we're looking at sunny spells and we're looking at sunny spells and wintry showers across some northern areas. that is how it is looking for the rest of the week. back to you too. we will cling on the little bits of sunshine. we'll have the headlines at 7:00, but first it's time for the travel show. coming up this week... and the scottish porridge wars. it's purists against hipsters in the land of milk and honey. no prizes for guessing where i am this week. london has some of europe's most recognisable architecture, even when it is covered in scaffolding. each year, many of the capital's most magnificent buildings open their doors to the public for the annual open house. 2018 is their biggest event yet with over 800 venues to explore. i have come to fitzrovia to visit one of the most striking. from the top of this tower of technology you get the view of london that has ever been. the bt tower was opened in 1965, and for over a decade it was london's tallest building.
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standing at more than 600 feet, it was built to carry telecommunications all across the uk. and in true 19605 fashion, the top doubled as a revolving restaurant. when you eat here we give you a certificate of orbit to say you have been above and around the houses two and a half times every hour. it's actually been closed since the ‘80s, so the open house weekend is one of the only times that the likes of you and i are allowed in. access to the tower is in high demand. today's visitors have had to enter an online ballot to get a place. it's not that often you get this high up over london, but the view is incredible, and there are famous landmarks you can see from here.
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we have the shard, the london eye, the british museum. it's amazing. it's a shame it isn't available all year round. this year's open houses the biggest we have ever done we have every london borough participating. we had that last year as well for 25th anniversary and we have that again, is a real achievement. what were the origins of the idea? the first open house was literally a bus tourfor100 people, enthusiasts who wanted to see contemporary architecture. it was so oversubscribed that the following year a number of london boroughs participated and opened their doors. and today in 2018 we expect a quarter of a million people, even despite the weather. all of the venues are listed on the app, and it is notjust
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the big venues you can visit. you can see inside people's private homes as well! meanwhile, this is also on the list. iam i am headed iam headed into i am headed into the ucl pathology museum. it is a bit of a maze in here. endless corridors. hopefully i'm heading in the right direction. it's one of the very first chances for the public to see inside. it is fascinating, but it's not really for the faint—hearted. the curator here has been captivating visitors with stories about some of the specimens. i think we should start with probably the most iconic specimen in the museum, and this is the famous sword swallower's sword and oesophagus and heart. can you explain the logistics of this?
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this is your ultimate health and safety failure. but we can see here is this person's food pipe, and if you can see there is a little bit of plastic going down here. that shows where the sword went in and tore through the oesophagus and then hit the heart. this person's heart was beating at the time. if you can imagine the heart beating, the heart beating against the sword is what pierced the heart. this cannot be to scale. that is only what it is. it is not a real hand, but it is a scale of one to one. this is a plaster cast of a hand. we can see just about what is left of the painted label on the cast,
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and it tells us it is the hand of the man had a condition, acromegaly, meaning that he was eight tall. it is the condition of one of the most famous medical bodies in any museum, michael charles byrne, the irish giant, that is preserved at the royal college of surgeons. we don't have him, but i feel the need to point out that this gentleman was at least a foot taller. i suppose with macabre objects like this there is the possibility that an exhibition like this could become almost a sideshow in itself. how do you stop that from happening? people will think what they think. i will not control what people's reactions or ways of thinking are. it is a gift that we have them, and i want to share it with a wider audience. hopefully in a way that is respectful to the people involved. we finished this week in scotland, and with the very best porridge
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the world has to offer. the oscars of the old world, the golden spurtles has just been handed out. first prize was won by a pair of swedish men. no local has won since 2014. is the country losing its taste for its own national breakfast? we sent raj to edinburgh to find out. people come to edinburgh largely for the history, the drama of the castle, or the grandeur of holyroodhouse. but we've come here for the food. haggis, porridge, deep—fried mars bar. all absolutely delicious in their own right, of course, but in recent years it is how you eat your porridge that has taken on an importance all of its own. purists will always tell you that the only properly scottish way to eat porridge was with a little salt and water. the trouble is, it'sjust
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not that nice, is it? and these days if you ask most scots they will tell you they like to jazz it up a little bit. what do you have on it? food and milk. i quite like dark sugar. i like it with treacle and milk. ido! honestly! but it has to be the traditional porridge, none of this english rubbish. how do you have your porridge? with salt. i'm scottish, you see. in the age of social media, all that grey good just doesn't look pretty enough on instagram. but there is one place in the student area of march but that is looking to restore the reputation for total porridge supremacy. can i try peach melba please? the problem! elaine opened the first porridge cafe a few years ago.
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traditionalists would be appalled by this very 21st—century twist on their national dish. isn't this sacrilege? porridge should be salt, water, oats? absolutely not. this is preserving porridge for the next generation. i think there is a bit of a porridge movement. there is a porridge cafe in new york, in copenhagen, in london. please! it's really nice. for the hard—core fan, there are plenty of opportunities to sample the very best, which led the tourist board to create this book ‘porridge tours', taking you all over the country. luckily, one of the key stops is only an hour's train ride outside edinburgh. auchtermuchty milik like a small, unassuming little scottish town, but what it has is the king of porridge. neil robertson, the only man to hold two golden spurtles awards runs this traditional tearoom,
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and it is where you come if you're after real salt and water porridge with absolutely no adornment. this is the puritan's porridge, and actually, you have to order ahead for this because it takes six hours for the oats to soak before they are ready. let's give it a go. yes, it is kind of what you expect. it is edible, it's quite bland. the texture is definitely quite nutty. i can certainly eat a whole bowl, and it is supposed to be very good for you. however, i've also ordered some of neil's slightly sweeter porridge, made of roasted spices, creme fraiche and blueberry compote. this won him his second award back in 2010.
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i thought would be a fun day out cooking porridge in a hall, i was amazed it was international competition. i won the title back from america. i thought i should commemorate the event by having it tattooed. look at this! in scotland the traditional porridge is the one that everyone swears by, and it goes back a long time. but it is dying out, is that right? yes, people seem to be in such a hurry that they don't fit it into their day. they grab and go, so the instant porridge is a quick porridge, which is a bit of a shame, but i can understand that. ready to taste it? icertainly am. help yourself to a spoonful of it — will be hot. they go well together, really well. you might call me a bit of a softy, but i've got to be honest, this is far, far nicer. i could have this regularly.
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i think i will! good morning. welcome to breakfast with rachel burden and ben thompson. our headlines today: an end to a cold war—era nuclear agreement — president trump says the united states will pull out of a treaty it signed with russia more than 30 years ago. russia has not unfortunately honoured the agreement so we're gonna terminate the agreement. we're gonna pull out. after hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets to call for a further referendum, the brexit secretary sets out his stall for the next stage of the eu negotiations.
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the duke and duchess of sussex continue their royal tour in australia but kensington palace says the duchess won't be attending other engagements today.

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