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this is bbc news. i'm carole walker. the headlines at 7pm. the uk, france and germany issue a joint statement condemning the killing ofjournalist, jamal khashoggi inside the saudi consulate in istanbul — and call for urgent clarification of what happened. the brexit secretary dominic raab says the uk could agree to extend the brexit transition period by about three months, but only if the eu drops its demand for a northern ireland ‘backstop‘. think about it, as important as it is, these are the only outstanding issues that ought to be stumbling blocks. the good news is, on a range of other issues we are close to getting there. russia criticises president trump's decision to pull out of a landmark nuclear weapons treaty — calling it unacceptable and dangerous. ryanair says it will ban unruly passengers from travel in future, after video shows a man racially abusing a black woman on a flight to sta nsted airport. and prince harry goes solo in sydney.
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it comes after kensington palace announced the duke and duchess of sussex are cutting back meghan's schedule during their tour of australia. and can lewis hamilton clinch his fifth formula one title tonight in the us grand prix? we'll have full details of that and the rest of today's sporting action in sportsday — britain, france and germany have condemned ‘in the strongest possible terms' the killing of the saudi journalist, jamal khashoggi. in a statement, they say there's an ‘urgent need for clarification' from saudi arabia. yesterday the saudi government admitted for the first time he did die in its consulate in istanbul — but said it was in a fight. our diplomatic correspondent
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james robbins reports. new pictures have now emerged of jamal khashoggi walking towards the saudi consulate in istanbul, and towards his death. more and more countries are now demanding the truth, the whole truth. the saudi explanation that he died in a fist fight has been all but rejected by many governments. and where is his body? europe's three major powers have now come together to condemn the killing in the strongest possible terms. their joint statement says: they continue: translation: firstly we condemn this
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action and strong rest rooms as we have made clear yesterday. second, this urgent need to clarify what happened that we are far from this being cleared up and those responsible held to account. thirdly, i agree with all of those who say that they are already limiting arms experts and ask cannot ta ke limiting arms experts and ask cannot take place the current circumstances. the world is waiting for turkey and its president. he is in a position to reveal much more. turkey's police and security services are leading the investigation and have already leaked stories of torture and murder by saudi officials. the president has pointed to revelations on tuesday. translation: we are seeking justice, and this incident will be entirely revealed, entirely. why did 15 people come to istanbul? why were 18 people arrested?
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this must be revealed in detail. will the slowly unfolding story increase suspicions about the role of this man, saudi arabia's prince mohammed bin salman? many people think he must have authorised the targeting of his most vocal critic, jamal khashoggi, and will saudi arabia really be punished by other major powers, as a big spender and energy supplier? most governments are waiting for fuller answers before deciding. earlier our middle east correspondent martin patience said all eyes were now on turkey, who say they will "reveal all" about mr khasoggi's death. they've leaked reports to influential newspapers in this country which have been picked up around the world. if that had not happened then the world perhaps would not have known about
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this story. turkey is utterly key to getting to the truth of all of this. they simply said that investigating that and this matter for a couple of weeks now. they say it as taking them so long because the saudis have dragging theirfeet but them so long because the saudis have dragging their feet but i them so long because the saudis have dragging theirfeet but i think them so long because the saudis have dragging their feet but i think what will be absolutely critical is whether or not turkey releases and alleged audio recording and in that audio recording and currently details the gruesome final moments ofjahmal, details the gruesome final moments of jahmal, and why that's so important is it completely contradicts saudi arabia's version of evidence that there was a fight that that led to his death. turkish officials, unnamed turkish officials are saying that he was tortured and then murdered. that is not the official turkish position, but that could well change on tuesday. to reveal the audio recording and may have to reveal how they gather intelligence and perhaps they don't wa nt to intelligence and perhaps they don't want to do that. i think more
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realistically turkey wants to reach some kind of agreement with saudi arabia and and america. they want to put pressure on saudi arabia and they are the two regent powers. it have symptomatic resolution whereby for example they would get economic support for a fledgling economy and perhaps turkey would get concessions in syria both of which saudi arabia, america and turkey are all involved. what we're seeing this playing out in public, but there is a lot of maneuvers behind the scenes and ideas should become clear as to exactly what turkey wants come tuesday. the government has suggested that any extension to the brexit transition period should be about three months. the brexit secretary dominic raab also called on conservatives to pull together as a team and hold their nerves. here's our political correspondent, chris mason. chanting: what do we want? people's vote! when do we want it? now!
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a day on from this — hundreds of thousands of marchers demanded another referendum on brexit — today, it's back to the political slog of trying to reach a deal with the european union. and a slog accompanied by a noisy soundtrack of grumbles from the conservative backbenchers. so, the brexit secretary pleads... it's understandable that there are jitters on all sides of this debate. we need to hold our nerve. the end is in sight in terms of a good deal. the prize that we want — a good deal with eu. and those jitters go something like this when you stare across the channel. this withdrawal agreement is almost ready, but we still have to fix the question of the irish border. and we have to have a definitive answer, or at least no temporary measures which disappear and we don't know what to do after that. the current plan if there's a withdrawal agreement with brussels is for a transition period after brexit lasting
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until the end of 2020. but, the government accepts that might now have to be longer, as it thrashes around for a plan it and the eu can live with to keep the border with ireland open. ministers are suggesting a so—called backstop, where all of the uk stays in a customs arrangement with the eu until the government decides not to. but that, mr raab said, could come after an extension to the transition period of three months or so. it's an obvious possible route. but as long as it's short, perhaps a few months, and, secondly, that we know how we get out of it. and obviously it has the solve the backstop issue so that that falls away then as a possibility. if a deal is done with the eu, it'll need to be approved by parliament. and given some on her own side don't like what's being cooked up by the government, the prime minister might need some labour mps to vote for it. but...
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we're not going to accept that this argument that it's either my deal or no deal, because on that logic, you would be putting to me that the labour party should back anything that the prime minister brings back. and the slog continues. and it gets noisier by the week. chris mason, bbc news. russia's president putin says he wants the united states to explain why it's pulling out of a landmark nuclear weapons treaty. the agreement, signed 30 years ago, eliminated short to intermediate range nuclear missiles. president trump has accused moscow of developing a weapons system that violates the agreement. here's our north america correspondent chris buckler — and a warning there is flash photography in his report. this was a moment and an image that let the world know that the cold war was coming to an end. three decades ago, the then american president and soviet leader agreed the intermediate—range nuclear forces treaty that led to hundreds of missiles in both countries being destroyed,
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but that was a different era. while the nuclear threat isn't what it once was, for years, america has been concerned about russia's testing and deployment of a cruise missile that it says breaches the treaty. and with concerns that other countries including china aren't tied by the accord, donald trump says he's had enough. were not going to let them violate a nuclear agreement and go out and do weapons and we're not allowed to. we're the ones that have stayed in the agreement, and we've honoured the agreement, but russia has not unfortunately one of the agreement, so we're going to terminate the agreement and pull—out. the president has spent the week campaigning ahead of next month's crucial congressional elections. he has visited troops, posed with missiles, and now he's talking tough about russia. some will say he's thinking
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about domestic concerns as well as international ones, and there some members of his own republican party worried about mr trump undoing the work of one of his presidential predecessors. i think it is a big mistake to flippantly get out of this historic agreement that reagan and gorbachev signed. it was a big part of reagan's legacy and we should not get rid of it. the us national security adviser john bolton is visiting moscow where he will meet with russian leaders. they already know what he plans to say. over the last year, president putin has accused america of bad faith and attempting to destroy the treaty. translation: they are constantly searching for some violations from our side, and are consistently doing it themselves. mikhail gorbachev, who signed the treaty with ronald reagan, today warned that withdrawing from the agreement was a dangerous step backwards and threatens what was once seen as a historic leap forward. ryanair has been criticised
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forfailing to remove a passenger from a flight after racial abuse of a woman in her 70s. the incident, on a flight from barcelona to stansted on friday, was recorded by a fellow passenger and shared on social media. many people said ryanair should have removed the man from the flight and have threatened to boycott the airline. ryanair said it "will not tolerate unruly behaviour like this". david lawrence who filmed the footage on the flight from barcelona on friday — spoke to us about what he witnessed. we were getting ready to take off and then a man came on a man came on board and arrived at his seat, and spoken very harshly to a woman that was sitting in the aisle seat. that's what caught my attention.
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very loud and very aggressive, and i turned around and even started to shout at the woman saying get out of the way, you move your feet you should not be sitting here, that sort of thing. next thing i knew, a lady came from the back who was the woman paused my daughter and an argument started. she was telling this man, don't speak my mother like that, and then what you saw on the video took place. just a disgusting exchange of racial slurs. the young man who actually intervened, he was sitting directly behind. he was compelled to step forward and try, but this man felt that no one had the right to sit next to him and no one could tell him what to do.
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and all of the passengers, they just were frozen. 0ur correspondent, chi chi izundu is following this story and can bring us up to date with the latest. just tell us of the more about what the reaction there has been stepped up the reaction there has been stepped up on his face a page long its been viewed 1.8 million times. that's if you can imagine it's now gone viral on twitter come on it's now gone viral on twitter commodities scram that has been shared widely. also, impossibly overshadowing the reaction to how they handled the situation. so what have they said in response to joe they situation. so what have they said in response tojoe they have said they cannot comment any further and have referred it to essex police, and the police of also issued a statement saying he were made aware about this incident this morning. don't forget
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it took place on friday and they say they do take prejudiced based crime seriously and want all incidents to be reported and they're working closely with ryan and spanish authorities on this investigation. also the department for transport haveissued also the department for transport have issued us a statement saying they find the behaviour completely unacceptable and they say everyone should be able to enjoy a calm flight should be able to enjoy a calm flight and that they are working with airlines and airports to look at what more can be done when it comes to dealing with disruptive passengers. the police are looking into exactly what happened, but for ryanair is into exactly what happened, but for rya nair is potentially into exactly what happened, but for ryanair is potentially another serious blow to the company's repetition. and having a difficult time in any case. played by a number of strikes from staff and if not from staff and their pilots. last week alone there was a picture of staff sleeping on the floor because there were reports that they were not allowed to book you wrote hotel. this is really damaging to their
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reputation because of how to viral and how the handled the situation. the steward on the flight is been criticised even though he did say to the man being abusive that he found him rude and was going to consult with his supervisor. passengers and also people in social media are saying that rya nair should also people in social media are saying that ryanair should have reviewed the abusive man for the flight reviewed the abusive man for the flight and that of curtailed the damage. the headlines on bbc news. the uk, france and germany issue a joint statement condemning the killing ofjournalist, jamal khashoggi inside the saudi consulate in istanbul — and call for urgent clarification of what happened. the brexit secretary dominic raab says the uk could agree to extend the brexit transition period by about three months, but only if the eu drops its demand for a northern ireland ‘backstop‘. russia criticises president trump's decision to pull out of a landmark nuclear weapons treaty — calling it unacceptable
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and dangerous. at least 18 people have been killed and around 170 others have been injured in a train derailment in northern taiwan. the accident happened in yee—lan county. the eight—carriage train came off the tracks on a populat coastal tourist route near xinma station. cindy su reports from taipei. lying off the tracks and on its side, this eight carriage train derailed so violently that was left in its zig zagged heap. the train was packed with 366 passengers, many of them heading home after a weekend away. some passengers managed to get out on their own, but many others could not escape. firefighters tried to get inside of the carriages to find survivors, but a task was made
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difficult because several carriages had been overturned. besides those confirmed killed and injured, rescuers spent hours trying to find people feared to be still trapped inside. as night fell, they used flashlights to search inside overturned carriages for any survivors. translation: i heard a loud bang. i was on shift nearby and came running up. nearby residents were hoping the injured getaway and helping to carry their luggage. then the ambulances arrived and we were directing traffic for the ambulances to leave quickly for the hospital. the taiwan railway administration is investigating the cause of the derailment. officials say it's not clear if the accident was caused by a problem with the tracks, or the train. local media reported that passengers had said the train has stalled a few times, and then accelerated before it derailed. taiwan is also seeking answers as to
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why its extensive and heavily relied upon railway network could have experienced such a serious accident. hundreds of central american migrants have used rafts and boats to cross the river marking the border between guatemala and mexico, in an attempt to continue theirjourney to the united states. thousands of people were left stranded on the frontier bridge after mexican police stopped them entering the country on friday. aleem maqbool reports. it is a bridge that, for the white house, is now an immigration battlefield. straddling guatemala and mexico, it is currently home to thousands of migrants who have trekked from honduras wanting to get to the us. though they still have to get through mexico which is not letting them in,
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president trump has described the convoy as "an assault on the us" and "an onslaught of criminals". "we plead to donald trump," this woman told us, "may god soften his heart so we can enter the us, children are sleeping on the floor and we don't know how long we'll be here, it's not fair." it has been a heartbreaking time for some. we met this man who got split up from his 13—year—old son five days ago and has not seen him since. translation: i am upset and don't know what to do. should i continue and hope he arrives or should i turn back? i need him so much. they have all been risking the dangers, desperate for a better life in the states. small numbers of people have been allowed across the border — but for the most part, the mexican gate has remained shut. with living conditions here on the bridge getting more difficult, we are seeing many trying other means of trying to get to mexico.
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after a week of threats from washington, central american governments have come to an agreement, to transport people back to their home country for free if they sign up. reluctantly, nearly 600 have already put their names forward. translation: we are sad because we thought we would make it to the us. when you come from poverty, you try to be optimistic but it's been difficult. we are returning to suffering. for some americans, the sight of migrants giving up is a welcome one. for others, it's an embarrassment that their country, built on the idea of taking in those seeking prosperity, now delights in turn them away. but some migrants just won't take no for an answer. we saw some of the hundreds who have decided to cross into mexico by boat, determined and desperate enough to continue theirjourney
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to the usa by any means. aleem maqbool, bbc news, on the guatemala—mexico border. an investigation is under way after a woman died in a suspected gas explosion at a flat in north—west london. a baby was among three people who were rescued from the first floor of the building in harrow during the early hours of this morning. part of the building collapsed after the blast. about a0 people were asked to leave their homes nearby as a precaution. 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 department of health says it remains dedicated to improving patient choice for everyone through their end of life care commitment. an investigation's been launched after a ferry hit two yachts while trying to dock at cowes harbour on the isle of wight.
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the red funnel operated vessel, with 56 people on board, ran aground at the entrance to the harbour in heavy fog. the coastguard say no one was injured. duncan kennedy reports this was the red falcon, grounded and stranded in cowes harbour. it had just collided with a number of yachts that were moored offshore. a0 passengers were on board the ferry when it struck the boats in thick fog. this yacht was sunk by the 4,000—tonne vessel, but the owner wasn't on board. it's not known how many other boats were hit. ed anderson was waiting in his car on the ferry at the time of the collision. we felt the boat going to reverse, and there was just a crunch. i presumed that was us. the staff then came round and told all of us that we should go back upstairs and relax for a little while because we were going to be here for a while. the ferry was launched “119911. a number of rescue boats searched the waters around it for possible missing people.
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we found nothing untowards. we've actually now, through cowes harbour, contacted the owners of the yacht that's on the bottom, and they are all safe and well. so, we're happy that there are no human casualties to the incident this morning. the ferry‘s operator, red funnel, has apologised to passengers for the incident. at the moment, we are obviously conducting a full investigation, and it's probably too early to speculate. but what we are doing is commencing a full investigation, and we're working with the external authorities to determine exactly what went wrong. this is not the first time the boat has been involved in a collision. last september, the same vessel hit a motorboat in the solent, injuring two people. tonight, the ferry has been back to southampton, ready for a full inspection. duncan kennedy, bbc news, cowes on the isle of wight. the duchess of sussex is cutting back on the number of engagements she'll attend during the remainder
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of the royal tour of australasia. meghan, who is pregnant with the couple's first child, was present yesterday as prince harry launched the invictus games for wounded veteran athletes, but the duke will now conduct some royal engagements alone. 0ur correspondent hywel griffith is in sydney. the focus today was meant to be on the first full day of competition at the invictus games, however, inevitably, like a lot of this royal tour, the attention switched back to the royal pregnancy with the announcement that the duchess was cutting back on her engagements. not much more was said. we understand, however, she is still in good health. certainly she was out and about again later on in the day. she didn't go to the cycling. she was out on sydney harbour to watch the sailing competition. she will be travelling with the duke to frazer island tomorrow however we are told she will not be taking part in engagements again. the invictus games have got off to a pretty good start. people here in sydney turning up to see it. there does seem to be support behind
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the games and once again people turning out to see the royal couple. we have seen so far hundreds, in some places thousands, of people come out to see them. certainly there is a fascination with the young royals here. not necessarily support for the future of the monarchy here in australia. polls repeatedly suggest that a majority of the australian people want this country to become a republic. so even though harry and meghan are very, very popular here they do not necessarily want to see that family continue as the australian head of state. a giant mural — that's not been seen for nearly a century — has been uncovered in rome. ‘bal tic tac‘ — by the italian painter — giacamo balla — was found on the ground floor of a building owned by the bank of italy. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. art can appear at in the most mundane of places. behind the walls of this fairly nondescript building, something from the past, and the future. this mural, called bal tic tac,
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a riot of reds and blues and yellows was created to adorn the entrance of a popularjazz cafe in the 1920s. but when the cafe closed, the mural was covered up and the building went on to become a lighting shop and then a bank. translation: i wouldn't hesitate to define this as an archaeological discovery of something modern. we knew it had been here but we thought it was completely lost. 0n the contrary, it was still there, the freshness of the artist's work. that artist was giacomo balla. he was part of the futurist movement. his work embraced modernity and depicted light, movement and speed. translation: bal tic tac by giacomo balla was considered completely lost except for some pictures and sketches made by the artist. the survival of the mural under decades of paint and wallpaper has
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been described as miraculous. it will now be restored and become part of a museum that should open at the end of 2021. and then people will be able to see this artistic miracle for themselves. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina. it is vainglorious for some of us over the weekend but what about the week ahead? will get all the details. hello, some of us asking a pity of warm autumn sunshine this weekend but a weakening cold front moving its way south and east across the country today has been introducing more clouds and patchy light rain and drizzle, but as it sta rts light rain and drizzle, but as it starts to move into southern and southeast england all that's left really is a band of cloud. eventually clears the way south overnight and bind of some clearer skies and a peppering of showers the far north and west of scotland where we will see strong winds. a cold
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night with torches getting close to freezing. for much of the uk tomorrow it's dry and a good deal sunshine once again. however, topics of rain images french far of this highlands and other windy day across from it and west of scotland. its average speeds of the afternoon we will see gusts of 15 to 16 mph. the best of the sunshine and the cooler feel with 12 to 1a celsius. for tuesday and wednesday it will turn colder by the end of the week.
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