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and we like family to us fijians. and we fijians always think of them as a family to us. lots of royal history then here in fiji, and also a glimpse of the future. time for a look at the weather. here's nick miller. mostly dry here but not everywhere, this picture if you look closely has a hint of a rainbow on it. this picture if you look closely has a hint ofa rainbow on it. a this picture if you look closely has a hint of a rainbow on it. a bit of rain per some of us but by no means all, for most of us even know there's a bit more cloud compared to yesterday it's brightening up and its drive to the course of this afternoon. big area of high pressure a lwa ys afternoon. big area of high pressure always indicates a settled weather close by which is the case for most of us, clothes coming under high pressure. northern scotland close to a weather front pressure. northern scotland close to a weatherfront again, pressure. northern scotland close to a weather front again, there are outbreaks of rain particularly into orkney and north north—west of the mainland. sunshine across southern
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and eastern parts of the uk and particular where we are staying dry, windy computer yesterday, these are average speeds but gusts higher in the pennines and into scotland. it's not as wendy in the northern isles as it was yesterday. temperatures about the mid—teens. in sunshine in england and north—east scotland we could see around maybe 18. quite pleasa nt could see around maybe 18. quite pleasant if you have the sunshine, cloud still coming into the northwest overnight, still reign in the north—west scotland, still breezy, another mild night to come. chilly again the further south you are but not as chilly as last night, the odd patch of mist and fog in the morning. want last long, another quiet day to come tomorrow, that area of high pressure, cloud coming into western parts in particular but the rain in north—west scotland will be easing along with the breeze and temperatures fairly similar so given any sunshine and will be pleasant and similarfor
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any sunshine and will be pleasant and similar for most any sunshine and will be pleasant and similarfor most of any sunshine and will be pleasant and similar for most of us on thursday. your eyes might be drawn to this area of blue, it's a weather front gathering to northern scotland producing more rain and it's going to move south thursday night into friday, bringing a significant change in the weather because behind that front, area code and outbreaks of rain moving south is the blue, the arctic air moving in from the end of the week, let's follow the arrows, a strengthening wind, not just turning colder but it will feel colder because of the wind. to give you a selection of the forecast for friday and saturday, many places will be dry, clear, clean air coming down from the arctic but wintry showers particularly in the hills of scotland. the most important thing to notice is that temperature, highs in single figures in the wind pedal feel colder, in fact it will feel like winter. thanks, nick. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime.
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turkey's president says there's strong evidence that the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi was savagely murdered in a planned operation. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre. the pick of tonight's champions league fixtures is at old trafford, as manchester united take on the italian champions, juventus. it sees, of course, the return of cristiano ronaldo to united, he has been fighting a rape allegation against him, something he again denied as he faced the media ahead of this match.
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joe lynskey reports. rinaldo! the 19—year—old portugal has given manchester united the lead of the cup final. he arrived a teenage talent and the departed a superstar but cristiano ronaldo returns to old trafford with a focus on more than football. two weeks ago, he released a straight meant strenuously denying a rape allegation. this was his first press conference since. of course, i am not going to lie about this situation. i am very happy. my lawyers are confident and, of course, i lawyers are confident and, of course, lam lawyers are confident and, of course, i am as well, so it is important that i enjoy the football, my life. i know! important that i enjoy the football, my life. i know i am an example, on and off the pitch. rinaldo's talent is made him a global brand. even at 33, he cost juventus is made him a global brand. even at 33, he costjuventus nearly £100 million to get him. his return has been five goals in an unbeaten start of the season and tonight he will
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look to do what he did against united five years ago, squirrel and perhaps apologise for it. his manager that night is now in the home dugout. he is one of the best players of all time is and nobody can say any different to that. he is one of the best players of all times, it is as simple as that. in manchester, the return of rinaldo reminds them of how it used to be. his welcome at the airport still tells of an icon. we know that this isa tells of an icon. we know that this is a tough time for him on the pitch he still very much a professional, very much rinaldo looking to get the headlines and be known as the leader and a man ofjuventus. the player says eventually the truth will come first and so far the controversy has proved no on field distraction. united now have to find a way to stop the football star they helped to create. manchester city are the other british club
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in the champions league tonight, they are away in ukraine, facing shakhtar donetsk in kharkiv. they are top of the premier league. but their only defeat so far this season came in europe. manager pep guardiola says city aren't good enough to win the competition just yet, he says they'rel lacking that something special that they need to take them to the next level. the final one—dayer is underway in colombo between sri lanka and england. england have already taken the series 3—0. sri lanka are nearing the end of their 50 overs. and they have batted well, with the top four batsmen all making over 50. niroshan dickwella was out 5 runs short of his century, joe root with the catch. kusal mendis made 56 from 33 balls, his spell included 6 sixes. and the captain dinesh chandimal added 80 to their total. he hasjust got he has just got himself out in the
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last few minutes. sri lanka are on 328—6 with four overs remaining. two wickets in the space of two balls from tom curran in the last few minutes. conor mcgregor says that he didn't train properly for his return to ufc. the irishman lost to khabib nurma—gomedov earlier this month after a two—year absence. mcgregor says he lost fair and square and will return to the octagon with his confidence high, fully prepared. and england netball have been given a lifeline after their current sponsors doubled their investment in the sport. they are commonwelth champions but there were major concerns over funding their players fulltime with a home world cup coming up next year. they've secured a new three—year deal that will pay for the national team's fulltime contracts beyond 2019. i'll have more for you in the next hour. let's get more on our top story.
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turkey's president erdogan has been setting out more detail of what his country knows about the killing of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. turkey is investigating this better, continues its investigation, representing the joint consciousness of humanity. all information and evidence shows that jamal khashoggi was killed in a violent, savage murder. a much longer statement was what he
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made a few hours ago. earlier, my colleague, rebecca jones, spoke to the editor in chief of middle east eye, david hearst, who was friends with jamal khashoggi. he explained what we learnt from president erdogan's address. i think what president erdogan wanted to establish was that he knew that this was premeditated, this was not a rogue operation, it was very carefully planned. he didn't give the details that he knows about this, i think it was significant as well that he went out of his way to say that he thought the king was acting honestly. this is to apply more pressure on saudi arabia, particularly to come forward with more details. they still don't have the body, they are outraged by the fact that they were kept waiting outside the consulate while it was being repainted. they want answers to that as well.
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they want answers not only about the original cover—up operation, the original operation, but also why it was covered up in the way it was by official saudi authorities. there is one more legal point which underpins this, and that is my understanding of international law is that if an operation is carried out in the name of a state on state property then diplomatic immunity applies. if, as in this case, a rogue operation is carried out, which is not in the name of the state, diplomatic immunity does not apply, and turkey has the right to demand the extradition of the alleged perpetrators of that murder. he said there was strong evidence that the killing was planned. you are suggesting the reason he did not give that specific evidence, he did not go into detail about that, did he, is because what he is hoping the saudi authorities will come forward with that
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information voluntarily? it is generally to apply more pressure on saudi arabia and particularly also on the white house and donald trump. my understanding is that pompeo has heard the tapes, as has... the audio tapes that have not been released. and also a leading saudi prince has also heard them, who was part of the delegation. and for people who have not followed the case as closely as you, what are these tapes? there have been some suggestion they were audio and video tapes of his interrogation... what do those tapes allege to show? they allege to reveal that, very shortly afterjamal khashoggi entered the consul general‘s office and was greeted and sat down, two men burst into the room and dragged him out, placed him on the table
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of the study next door, and began to torture him. it is also alleged that, during that phase, there was a skype conversation with the right—hand man of mohammed bin salman, one of the commanders of the group that is called tiger squad that carried out this operation. and then jamal was very viciously tortured and dismembered. the screams stop on the tape when he's injected with a substance that we believe to be some sort of morphine. and the body is then very quickly dissected. who has got these tapes? the turks have got the tapes. why are they not releasing them? there is a criminal investigation.
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it is still being written up. this investigation will have all of these details. there is evidence, other than the tapes, there are witness statements, and i cannot go into too much detail about that. i understand. i also understand this is also for you a very difficult time personally, he was a friend of yours. when did you last see him and did he ever talk to you about feeling that life may be in danger? he knew his life was in danger. we talked frequently. and the last time was at a conference. we kept on bumping into each other at the same conferences in euston road, just down the road from here. and he was a person who was, first and foremost, a journalist, who was interested in establishing the truth and interested in campaigning for freedom of speech in his country, and it is because he was a mild critic, because he was not... he hated the word dissident. because he wanted as he said
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the minimum that he felt so personally responsible for speaking out on behalf of those who are still in prison in saudi arabia. the government's been accused of failing to address the problem of sexual harassment in public places. mp5 on the women and equalities committee say that, while work is taking place to prevent sexual abuse and violence overseas, more needs to be done to tackle the issue at home. lisa hampele has more. the report says women and girls are being harassed on buses and trains, in bars and clubs, at university, in parks and on the street. such behaviour, it says, is relentless and becomes normalised as girls grow up. the most shocking thing was the way in which young women particularly were being forced to change the way they live their lives on a daily basis. whether that is what they wear,
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if they were running, if they were wearing headphones, they would avoid eye contact with people on the street because they've been brought up to believe that if they did not take those precautionary measures then they could be subject to sexual harassment and that it would be their fault. the committee concludes that while the government has pledged to eliminate sexual harassment by 2030 there is no evidence of any action to achieve this. it says ministers must set out a plan. the mp5 want public campaigns to help tackle the issue and a law criminalising the nonconsensual creation and distribution of intimate sexual images. the committee also says the government should treat the problem in a similar way to road safety or smoking and wants train and bus operators to prohibit sexual harassment and the viewing of pornography. in a moment, we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. turkey's president erdogan says
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all the evidence suggests that the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi was savagely murdered in a premeditated killing. around 8,000 council workers in glasgow stage a 48—hour strike in what's thought to be the uk's biggest strike over equal pay. the government needs to do more to tackle what a group of mp's calls the relentless harassment of women and girls on uk streets. in the business news: motor giant bmw has recalled more of its diesel—power cars on fears of a leaky exhaust cooler. it has recalled 1.6 million in total, including 480,000 recalled in august, and some 268,000 uk vehicles are affected. dyson, the uk—based company best known for its vacuum cleaners,
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has chosen to build its new electric car in singapore. the first car is scheduled to roll off the production line in 2021. dyson said the decision was based on the availability of engineering talent, regional supply chains and proximity to some key target markets. uber is planning to add a 15p a mile surcharge from next year to all fares booked via its app in london to help its drivers buy electric vehicles. it wants to raise more than £200 million over the next few years, which it will then hand over in cash to 20,000 drivers to help them switch, with all its drivers, it estimates, going electric by 2025. who is the uk's most influential black person? last year, it was gina miller, who initiated the court case against the british government over its authority to implement brexit without parliamentary approval. this year, it's ric lewis,
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head of tristan capital partners, nicknamed the goldman sachs of the european real estate world. his company is the largest black—led private company in britain. as well as serving on the boards of a number of charities, he started hs own, the black heart foundation, to support initiatives that improve educational benefits for young people and opportunity to those who are otherwise denied it. he personally funds 10 fully—paid scholarships for university students a year. joining us now is ric lewis, ceo of tristan capital partners. what does this mean to you? what does it mean in terms of what it does it mean in terms of what it does for black people generally? does it mean in terms of what it does for black people generally7m isa does for black people generally7m is a great honour to be celebrated and respected by our community for the work we're doing in our community. it helps get up the message that helping young people on the pathway to education is really
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important work and i think mostly for me it makes me feel very proud to be an ambassador for the larger community and the work we're doing for the better good. when you get your position in life, what becomes interesting is not how you make money, but how you spend and what you do in terms of your charity and how you help other people. what is the most important things you do in that respect? i have chosen to focus on the part ways to education and the moving of barriers to aspiration and ambition for young talented people in our country and beyond. each person was to figure out what that little or large thing they do that little or large thing they do that inspires them to help the community at large. we are at a very interesting and precarious time where the stakes are higher, dialogue is difficult, and finding ways to give back to change the mix right now could never be more important. can you expand on that? wire sta kes important. can you expand on that? wire stakes particularly high at
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this point? what is change to make this point? what is change to make this moment so critical? it is a positive change. you see hard conversations happening in the press and the tensions around those. at least we're talking about the issues, the things that used to be in private art in public, but we have a number of problems arising that there are no solutions to. each one of us is a potential part of that solution, and finding your way to do that solution, and finding your way todoa that solution, and finding your way to do a little or a lot on the pathway to fixing those things is really important. you got the position you are in, but what were the big obstacles you felt were to do with race that got in your way or tried to get in your way, because of the singer did not succeed? in your climbing up the greasy pole, as it were? the first thing was wrong model. originally, it was to show young people but you're not alone, there is a pathway to do this, and
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now it has grown into a place where we are having a big influence on our community and how we define that and beyond. that is one of the issues. the second one is means and resources . the second one is means and resources. what we are all getting better at, whether in our community or beyond, is figuring out how we harness our only sources, putting them to produce, and getting other people to help about to take on our society's biggest issues, whether thatis society's biggest issues, whether that is in education, social mobility, mental health, it is fantastic, 1000 points of light coming together make change. in other news: gilberto benetton, a co—founder of the benetton clothing firm, has died at the age of 77 after a short illness. he, with brothers luciano and carlo and sister giuliana, founded united colors of benetton in italy in the 19605. the family is one of the most powerful in italy with interests in construction, transport and catering. in other news: gilberto benetton, a co—founder of the benetton saudi arabia's investment
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conference has gone ahead, despite the boycott of the event by some a0 participants amid allegations the country was behind saudi journalist jamal khashoggi's killing. the future investment initiative was due to feature 150 high—profile speakers from 140 firms. the publisher of the harry potter books, bloomsbury, says trading is back on track with revenues up 4%. pre—tax profits fell, though, to £1.6 million — down on the same period in 2017. sales of the harry potter series grew by 5%, cashing in on the 20th anniversary of the books. the ftse 100 the ftse100 is down. markets around the world, we had a sell—off in asia. the american markets will open with 1% down. the powder pretty much
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stable, not much movement there, it is just stable, not much movement there, it isjust global worries stable, not much movement there, it is just global worries which is the big picture stuff putting a damper on everything about trade worries, saudi arabia. we have got boiled down a bit. in a way, that is a negative sign. people are just worried about general global growth. that's all the business news. the film bohemian rhapsody is a celebration of the music of queen and its extraordinary frontman, freddie mercury, and it premieres at wembley arena tonight. while freddie mercury was known on stage for his flamboyant personality, off stage, he was very private. in a rare interview with his family, pria rai has been talking to his nephew, samuel, about his family's memories of the star. # you're the best friend that i ever had #. growing up, it all felt quite normal because it was just listening to his music around the house, and yet it all seemed completelyjust like my uncle freddie who sung. but obviously, getting older
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you start to realise, ok, this isn't normal, this is somebody very famous in my family. i'd say probably about 12, i started to realise that my uncle was very famous and, with my family, they always made me aware of him, and just to be really proud and appreciative of his music and his legacy. i want to give the audience a song they can perform. what's the lyrics? # singing we will, we will rock you #. your grandmother, as well, she spoke about him with such pride, like, the proudest of mums, really. yeah. how did she talk about him to you? i think, growing up, all the time, really, we used to make scrapbooks together, so, whenever we found an article in a newspaper or magazine, we would cut them out together, and whenever he came on the radio we'd turn the radio up and listen to it and just be really proud, really. # we are the champions, my friends
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# and we'll keep on fighting #. i think that his music has carried out through the generations because it's so different. you can't relate queen to any other bands, it's not even a genre, it's so many different genres in one, so i think that's why his music will always be there, because it's just so different. freddie, concerning your private life. what more do you need to know? i make music. he was one of the most well—known people to have aids and he died of complications related to that. in the story of his life and career, how important is that part? i think his career should be looked at as the most important thing because that's who he was. he wasn't an illness, he was a musician. it was his career that was important. this is when the operatic section comes in. the operatic section, yeah. # mamma mia, mamma mia # mamma mia, let me go # beelzebub has a devil
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put aside for me # for me # for me #. the stories you've heard about him around the house, and around his home. was there ever that hint of this performer when he was at home? i would just say he was a normal son and brother to my mum and uncle to me. he sent our house a huge easter egg about this big. wow! probably bigger than you at the time! it was bigger than me, and almost bigger than my mum. it was fun. he always sent us amazing presents and definitely looked after us. to say he was only there for the very beginning of my life, he definitely made a very big impact on my life. now it's time for a look at the weather. the weather is not quieter than
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that. there is such an out that some of us today. but not everywhere is dry. the vast majority are, though. let's look—up couple of your pictures. this one from scotland. a bit of rain around. a bit more cloud in derbyshire to start the day compared with yesterday that things are brightened up with the past few hours. high pressure to the west of us, settled weather picture overall, but around the area of high pressure, the further north, a weather front, the pressure, the further north, a weatherfront, the northern islands, orkney and the scotland, rain on that, in fact it is incessant north—west highlands accompanied by strong winds as well. elsewhere, it looks dry, some sunshine, southern and eastern areas, windy, these are average speeds, stronger gusts in
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the pennines and into much of scotland, 50 mph or so. as the temperatures, pleasant, especially where you see sunshine from south—east england to north—east scotland. 16, 17, 18 celsius. but even into the night, we will keep this rain going into north—west scotland, we keep a feed of cloud running in the north—western parts of the uk, clearer skies to the south and east, and double—figure temperatures across much of scotland saw at night, chilly against some of us saw at night, chilly against some of us in southern england and wales in particular but not as chilly as last night, the odd patch of mist and fog to start the day tomorrow not lasting long. into tomorrow, a similar picture but you will notice not as much rain in north—west scotland. that eases along with the breeze. some cloud, some sunshine, clearer skies in the south and east, temperatures similar, the mid—teens. as again on thursday, most of us dry, more cloud around, and a weather front gathering in
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dry, more cloud around, and a weatherfront gathering in northern scotland, that is this area of cloud and rain, and that is on the move south to thursday night on friday, across all parts of the uk, and it is significant because sweeps away the last remaining mild, warm air of autumn and brings in the cold from the arctic. we are in the loop by the arctic. we are in the loop by the end of friday, a brisk wind as well, since feeling colder than these temperatures might suggest in these temperatures might suggest in the court stays with us into the weekend. many places dry with sunshine, showers around, scotland, northern england, northern ireland and wales for showers which could fall as snow. we will keep you updated on all of that, the weather is about to change, an auto much colder. —— and it will turn. hello, you're watching afternoon live.
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i'm simon mccoy. today at 2: turkey's president says there's strong evidence thatjamal khashoggi was murdered in a planned operation, and he wants the killers tried in turkey. translation: information and evidence shows that jamal khashoggi was killed in a violent, savage murder. thousands of council workers are out on the steets of glasgow as part of a 48—hour strike about equal pay. the fast growth in fast food — there are more takeaways on our high streets than there've been for 10 years. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport — here's olly foster. hello. all eyes will be on old trafford tonight and the return of cristiano ronaldo. he has addressed the media, saying he is
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