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this is bbc news. the headlines at 7pm: after a mail bombing campaign against critics of president trump, a man is arrested in florida. us officials name him as 56—year—old cesar cayoc. president trump described the acts as "despicable", and called on americans to come together. americans must unify, and we must show the world that we are united together in peace and love and harmony as fellow american citizens. the politician who revealed harassment allegations against sir philip green is accused of endangering the rule of law. the 15—year—old girl who died after an allergic reaction to a meal — two takeaway owners are convicted of manslaughter. the attempted smash and grab of a magna carta from salisbury cathedral. witnesses say a hammer was used to smash the glass case protecting the 800—year—old document. a man was arrested later. and on newswatch, did bbc news give
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the right prominence to last weekend's people's vote march in london? join us tonight at 7:45pm here on bbc news. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a man has been arrested in florida in connection with the suspected pipe bombs that have been sent to prominent democrats and critics of president trump. police have named him as cesar sayoc. today, two more suspicious packages were found, one of them addressed to a congressman, another to the former director of national intelligence chief james clapper. president trump has said america must unite, as our correspondent nick bryant reports from washington. this has been a nationwide manhunt,
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but it appeared to end today amidst the palm trees of florida. the federal authorities arresting a suspect in relation with the parcel bombs just north of miami. law—enforcement officials surrounded this white van that had trump stickers on it. the attacks have been directed against the president's detractors. as detectives covered it with tarpaulin, details emerged about the man taken into custody. he is 56 years old and was traced partly through dna. he has been named as cesar cayoc and he is registered as a republican. this was the scene earlier on in midtown manhattan, where the bomb squad descend on a postal facility. this is where the latest device was found. it was sent to another prominent critic of donald trump, the former director of national intelligence james clapper. he's a frequent contributor at cnn, just streets away. welcome back to breaking news, to renewed suspicious packages... for the second time this week,
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the network became part of this breaking story. this is not going to silence the administration's critics... the fbi had already turned its attention to florida, where it is believed the packages were mailed from, and at this postal facility outside miami they found another device addressed to another trump critic, the democratic senator cory booker. all of the packages have been the same and all of them had the return address of a prominent democratic congresswoman, who spoke out today. we're not going to be knocked down by violence, by vitriol and by venom. the initial response this morning from the white house was extraordinary — the president not condemning the attacks but raising questions about their timing. but, in responding to news of the arrest, he tried to strike
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a more presidential tone. americans must unify and show the world we are united together in peace and love and harmony as fellow american citizens. there is no country like our country. and every day we are showing the world just how truly great we are. but what has been striking has been the politicisation of these attempted attacks, and how they have become part of the partisan fight. no one has yet been injured but they have highlighted once again the anger and hostility that's become an everyday feature of american national life. ina in a moment, i'll be talking to elana delozier, a research fellow at the washington institute for near east policy, but first gary
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o'donoghue is in washington. a word first on the latest. what can you bring us? we are starting to get more details about cesar cayoc. you will know he is 56 years old, that he isa will know he is 56 years old, that he is a registered republican, that he is a registered republican, that he had, he has some sort of criminal past and he has ties to new york. we are expecting more in the next 15 minutes or so, julian, when law enforcement will give a big press conference, and i am sure they will be asked more questions about his background. we know they are treating him as the primary suspect. i don't think that means they will stop looking for others, because they will want to know whether not this was a conspiracy and whether or not there were other people involved, whether or not there are other devices, apart from anything else, so there is lots for them to do, but there will be some sense of relief that at least they think they've got the main person hides this, but that doesn't stop the
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investigation carrying on. we may dip into that justice investigation carrying on. we may dip into thatjustice department press c0 nfe re nce . dip into thatjustice department press conference. a word about the politics. how do you gauge how that element of this story is unfolding? it's become part of the political debate over the last few days, and i suppose, in the kind of atmosphere you have in america at the moment, that isn't very surprising. and we are ten days out from the mid—term elections, so it becomes inevitable it would become politicised in that sense. you've had some people, opponents of the president, saying, look, this has been made possible or brought about, the atmosphere has been created where this sort of thing could happen because of the kind of rhetoric you have used, the sort of vitriol, rage, even violent talk that at times he has indulged in in his rallies, as the president has pushed back saying, this is nothing to do with me, i'd talk, i don't act, i've encouraged nobody could do anything and, what's more,
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the anger in american society has been created by what he called state —— fake news and the mainstream media. you might think an event like this would somehow chip away at the partisanship fostered it hasn't. if anything, it's emphasised it. thank you, gary. staying in washington, let's speak to elana delozier, a research fellow at the washington institute for near east policy and previously served as an intelligent and agents —— intelligence operative. thank you for coming on. thank you. first of all, an insight into where those investigators will be prioritising things now. what are they likely to be doing? after you have a suspect, the first things that you think about doing our guiding them —— looking into their
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background. what is this individual‘s finances like, who are his acquaintances, are any of those people accomplices? and i think what is the motive that he had behind this? i think the other thing that law enforcement will be looking to figure out is whether this is it. is this the end of the attack? are there more packages out there? also, was this the total plan? one concern and law enforcement will always have ina and law enforcement will always have in a case like this is, you know, are we done? was this the entire plan? orwas are we done? was this the entire plan? or was this a test case? so one thing the bomb squads will be looking at is, is this a sophisticated device? if the devices are not very sophisticated, there is a lwa ys are not very sophisticated, there is always a small fear that this was a test run to test out the security systems of the united states for something larger. it probably isn't that, but that is the sort of thing
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they will look at. clearly looking at those devices is made a good deal easier by the fact that none of them went off, so they are intact and you can look at them in detail as to how they were put together. that's right, that's something they try really ha rd to right, that's something they try really hard to do after an attack, 01’ really hard to do after an attack, or the aftermath of an attempt, i should take, national and i should say, to make sure the devices don't detonate because, if they detonate, you lose forensic capability and, if they'd stay intact, you can do a lot of on them. is it possible to assess the level of security risk in the state at the moment? that is something that, as part of the investigation, the law enforcement authorities will be looking at. i think it's important to bring to light, you know, white powder incidents happened when i was at the nrpb years ago, they happened almost daily. they are still a very common
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occurrence. the nypd in particular is very used these kind of mail attacks. 99% of those are hoaxes, but they are used to a tax through the mail, so they are very prepared for this kind of thing. explosives are for this kind of thing. explosives a re less for this kind of thing. explosives are less common. they do exist, but they are less common. one of the things they will be investigating and analysing is not only the device itself but also, what are the chances this will happen again? will there be copycat attacks? where did there be copycat attacks? where did the recipe for this bomb come from? is it from a popular website? is it obscure? did the guy make it up himself? these are the they will be pursuing to dig out the level of threat. is it possible to put a number on the number of officers who might be involved in this at the moment? someone i spoke to the other day suggested there are probably
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upwards of 500 officers assigned. i can't confirm that number, but it gives you a sense of the scale, and that was 36 hours ago. so, by now, it wraps up in the days after... when the first device is found, that's when the investigation starts to ramp up, obviously, and part of the reason there are 70 officers assigned, whether it is nypd or dc officers or fbi agents, that's because there will be a lot of leads to come in, so the hotlines like top and a lot of people start calling in the aftermath of an attack, and you need officers to chase down those leagues. if they had a suspect, if they become confident this is the suspect and there are no more packages and no accomplices, the investigation will ramp down to just the officers that are on the bomb squad and are putting together the criminal case. thank you for coming along, elana delozier in washington. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:a0pm this evening in the papers.
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our guests joining me tonight are the author and broadcaster natalie haynes and rob merrick, deputy political editor at the independent. the former attorney general, dominic grieve, says lord hain undermined the rule of law when he named sir philip green as the businessman at the centre of sexual harrassment allegations. yesterday, the labour peer used parliamentary privilege to name sir philip, despite a court injunction which is meant to keep his identity secret. the businessman says he "categorically and wholly denies" any allegation of unlawful sexual or racist behaviour. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. sir philip green, one of the country's most colourful tycoons, owner of a retail empire, never far from the headlines, and now he's embroiled in yet more controversy. his name was made public by a former cabinet minister in the house of lords, as the businessman at the centre of allegations of sexual harassment and racial abuse. i feel it's my duty under
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parliamentary privilege to name philip green as the individual in question. after days of speculation, sir philip has become front—page news. up until then, there had been an injunction in place by three seniorjudges, stopping the daily telegraph from naming sir philip, after a lengthy investigation. it has now fired up a debate about whether or not parliamentary privilege is being misused. if individual members of parliament or the house of lords decide they think they know better and want to shortcut what is in fact a process which is still taking place at this very moment, in which a court is trying to make that determination, it entirely undermines the rule of law. sir, would you mind not looking at me like that all the time? it's really disturbing. sir philip has had more than his fair share of brushes with mps, and some think it's right that he was named. i think it's absolutely right to use parliamentary privilege in this way. because what has happened under
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these nondisclosure agreements is that certain individuals and companies are using the vast amount of power that they have to suppress whistle—blowers and the victims of abuse. the parliamentary register of interests shows that peter hain is a paid adviser at the law firm used by the daily telegraph. he has categorically denied he was aware of the company's work on this case. there was no sign of sir philip at his home in monaco today, nor his yacht in the marina. he wasn't at his corporate hq in london either. senior colleagues who have worked with sir philip have been shocked at the allegations. one former top executive told me he'd never heard or seen a hint of any sexual harassment or racial abuse. he said philip could just be very, very aggressive and consistently rude to everyone.
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but sir philip has already given a statement saying, the telegraph has written to sir philip, asking that he drop the injunction. while the paper is still protecting details of the case, that seems unlikely. if both sides dig in, a trial is expected to take place in the new year which will determine what can be published. emma simpson, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: a 56—year—old man, named as cesar cayoc, is arrested in florida — after a mail bombing campaign against critics of president trump. the politician who revealed harassment allegations against sir philip green is accused of endangering the rule of law. the 15—year—old girl who died after an allergic reaction to a meal — two takeaway owners are convicted of manslaughter.
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two men have been found guilty of the manslaughter by gross negligence of a 15—year—old girl, who suffered an allergic reaction to a takeaway meal. megan lee died after eating food containing peanuts from the royal spice takeaway in lancashire in december 2016. angus crawford reports. to herfamily megan lee was the kindest, most loving daughter and sister. but in december 2016, she and herfriend ordered a takeaway online from this restaurant, telling staff she was allergic to nuts and prawns. they ignored the warning and she died of brain damage after an acute allergic reaction. today, mohammed kuddus and harun rashid were found guilty of manslaughter. their kitchen, the court heard, filthy and chaotic. a disaster waiting to happen.
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megan's family hope the case will lead to real change. we live in hope that today's result is a warning to other food businesses operating in such a deplorable and ignorant manner. to learn this, to learn from this and to improve their standards with immediate effect. he wants awareness of allergies to be a top priority so no other family has to lose a child like megan. angus crawford, bbc news. the government has been accused of being in denial about the hardship caused by changes to the benefits system. a committee of mps warned that universal credit is leading to increased debt, rent arrears and the use of food banks. the government says it will consider the committee's findings. our deputy political editor john pienaar reports. as fast as supplies come in they go out faster. is universal credit driving more people to use food banks? the people who run
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them seem to think so. you only have to ask. universal credit has been rolled out here since december last year. we've seen our numbers at this food bank more than double since then. we are finding that lots of people who are claiming universal credit, they are getting universal credit, many of them are working, but they are still being driven into debt, struggling to feed themselves and their families. tinned tomatoes... the need is undeniable, the need for help putting food on the table, millions badly short of cash with mounting debt. in today's report, a cross—party committee of mps joins the queue of critics. the mps condemn what they call the culture of denial at the work and pensions department around the flaws in the system. they call it a fortress mentality, fending off critics and complaints. but there is a wealth of evidence, the report says, of delays in making payments, pushing people into debt and having to rely on food banks. the mps demand a step change in attitude to universal credit‘s failings, with faster payments
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to more claimants. these are people who often, if they are claiming for the first time, won't have any food spare in their cupboards, won't have any money in their purse and need to pay their rent. if they are awaiting five or more weeks for money to arrive, that causes real problems. lauren is a single mother from newcastle. she bears witness to the accusation that delayed payments are causing real hardship. the delay getting your benefit, what was that like? it was horrible. there was a five or six week delay when i was relying on friends, family and food banks in particular. what was using food banks like? embarrassing. it was hard to go in and admit that you didn't have enough money to even feed yourself, cos it's like a necessity. so it was very hard. stories like lauren's haven't persuaded ministers the system is at fault. we are listening and we will continue to make improvements as we go along but, as i said to you, at the end of the day, what we want to do is make sure we have a welfare system which of course supports people who need that support, it's fair to taxpayers is sustainable, and ultimately it
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helps people into work. the chancellor is keen to keep the benefit bill down, but he's facing a chorus of demands for a rethink and more money. with his neighbour theresa may now promising an end to austerity, the betting is that the chancellor will somehow find more money in next week's budget to show he is listening. the trouble is, that critical chorus has grown so loud, it will be very hard to satisfy. universal credit was designed to produce losers and winners, to prompt more people to work, but it hasn't all gone to plan, and now tory mps and ministers are feeling up against it, too. john pienaar, bbc news. the supermarket giant asda is to start consulting staff on up to 2,500 potentialjob cuts next year. the company is planning to merge with its rival sainsbury, if competition regulators allow it. asda declined to comment on job cuts, but a spokesperson said it was considering changes to make it more efficient. for more on the challenges facing britain's big supermarket chains,
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i'mjoined by richard lim — chief executive of retail economics, an independent economics consultancy focused on the retail and consumer markets. thank you for coming in. what lies behind this consultation at asda? it's an ongoing programme where they are looking at the business and the structural changes they will need to make ina structural changes they will need to make in a vastly more competitive industry. the way that consumers shop is changing, and this has put under stress the business model. the discounters have come into the market, doubling their market share over the last five years, and that is putting pressure on their profitability staff costs are a significant percentage of what they spend, i assume? significant percentage of what they spend, iassume? absolutely. we estimate that operating costs are rising about 3% year—on—year, which is outstripping sales growth for
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many retailers and, if you look at staffing costs, they comprise about 46% of operating costs, and they are being driven higher by the national living wage, the minimum wage, the apprenticeship levy, and then there are apprenticeship levy, and then there a re costs like apprenticeship levy, and then there are costs like business rates remaining a significant burden. all of that in the context of what is happening in terms of the underlying structural changes is making life pretty difficult in the grocery sector. you talk about the way consumers shop, and a lot is said about the way we shop more generally, but our our supermarket shopping habits changing?m generally, but our our supermarket shopping habits changing? if you look at the last few years, we shop more frequently and do more shopping online so, over the last 15 years, the incidence of shopping has increased 1a%, which is driven average basket values down 7%. it has made profitability in some larger outlets, out—of—town retail parks, it has made profitability
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difficult for those larger outlets, and we are doing a lot more shopping in convenience stores. so those big apple town was no longer in vogue in the way they once were. —— those big out of town once. and yes, and technology has made it easier to shop online, not only online shopping through the grocery sector but also take aways, things like deliveroo, they are making life more competitive for them. looking forward, shoppers are sometimes sceptical about the idea of there being fewer staff. they are not necessarily keen on self checkouts. there is a fine line to be drawn here, isn't there? there is, and, er, the service element is absolutely critical. but preferences for consumers differ, by age, by region, and by socioeconomic background as well. if you look at
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millennials, for example, and you look at their shopping habits and whether they are particularly bothered about shopping with self checkouts, the evidence shows they are quite willing to embrace convenience over that more personalised touch. does that mean we will be looking at robots rather than human beings in supermarkets in the future? technology, whether it is robotics or artificial intelligence or all of those factors, will play an increasingly important role in making the sector more productive. that may be something to look forward to, maybe not! richard lim, a retail expert. a man was physically restrained by staff at salisbury cathedral after an apparent attempt to steal a copy of the magna carta. witnesses saw a man use a hammer to smash the glass which protects the 800—year—old document, believed to be the best—preserved of four original magna cartas. police made an arrest shortly afterwards. helena lee reports from salisbury. this is what's left of the glass protective home to magna carta, damaged after yesterday's hammer attack in the cathedral‘s
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chapterhouse. it happened just before 5pm yesterday afternoon. visitors watched on as a man went up to the glass with a hammer and began to smash it, triggering the alarm. the man then tried to leave the cathedral through the cloisters here with a hammer in his hand but, when he got outside, staff grabbed onto him and held him until the police arrived. the manuscript, which is more than 800 years old, was saved from being damaged by a second layer of glass. the dean of salisbury says he is shocked by the incident, and has praised the staff who restrained the man. i am very saddened that an artefact which is of relevance to the whole world, notjust salisbury, should have been attacked in this way, but i am very relieved that no one was hurt, that magna carta is undamaged. the magna carta at salisbury cathedral is one of four
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originals to have survived. the document is a charter of rights agreed by king john in 1215, considered to be one of britain's most influential legal manuscripts. a man is still being questioned tonight in connection with the incident. he was arrested on suspicion of attempted theft, possession of an offensive weapon and criminal damage. helena lee, bbc news, salisbury cathedral. just a word that what might be coming up in the next few moments. we'll show you this footage from washington. as you can see, that is likely to be a press conference in the coming few minutes. this is the usjustice department. if the coming few minutes. this is the us justice department. if you were listening to gary o'donoghue he hinted there was going to be this press c0 nfe re nce hinted there was going to be this press conference at the us justice department in the next half an hour 01’ so.
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department in the next half an hour or so. this is in relation to the investigation into the mail bombs which have been delivered to prominent democrats and critics of donald trump in recent days. there has now been this arrest, and a man being questioned who is from florida, so no doubt there will be plenty of questions being posed of those us justice department spokespeople about the progress of that investigation and where it ta kes that investigation and where it takes things. we will go there when proceedings begin. the duke and duchess of sussex have been meeting tonga's royal family at the end of their visit to the tiny south pacific nation. earlier, the couple, on theirfirst tour as a married couple, wore floral garlands and traditional clothes as they learnt about tongan youth projects. our royal corresondent jonny dymond was there. for a style icon, a new accessory. the welcome for harry and meghan was warm and noisy. and this was just the start. mat—making was just part
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of the display of tongan culture waiting for the duke and duchess. but first, south pacific chic met royalfashion. was that a shimmy from harry? then a quick whip round the exhibits. no royal tour is complete without a tour of handicrafts and the tongans have really put on a show. this island is tiny but the royal visit has had a huge impact. it's been a long time since tonga was a sliver of empire but the link to britain survives. to finish the trip, more music.
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and a little encouragement from harry. they were here for just a day. but they made every minute count. jonny dymond, bbc news, tonga. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello. there is certainly a chill in the air this friday evening, and that is going to remain through the weekend. it's going to be cold and windy. there will be a mixture of sunshine and showers, some of those showers heavy and wintry over some hills in the north. through this evening and tonight, many places will keep starry skies overhead but the wind will blow showers in across the east coast of england, and some for parts of wales and the south—west and northern ireland. showers turning wintry over high ground in scotland. with temperatures getting very close to freezing, and all the way down to freezing in places, there could well be some icy stretches to start tomorrow morning, most especially across northern scotland and northern ireland. through the day, there will be some sunshine, and showers as well, mostly around the coasts but some
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developing inland for a time, especially through the middle part of the afternoon. those temperatures — six to 11 degrees at best. it will feel even colder than that, given the strength of the wind. sunday, another chilly day. a lot of dry weather with some sunshine. still a few showers. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... a 56—year—old man, named as cesar sayoc, is arrested in florida in connection with the suspicious packages being sent to public figures. president trump has described the acts as "despicable". in a moment we'll be going live to washington to get the latest developments, with the us justice department due to hold a news conference. the former attorney general dominic grieve strongly attacks lord hain‘s decision to name sir philip green using parliamentary privilege. sir philip says he "categorically and wholly" denies allegations of "unlawful sexual or racist behaviour". after a 15—year—old girl suffers an allergic reaction to a takeaway meal, two former bosses of a restaurant in lancashire have
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been found guilty of manslaughter. british shale gas company cuadrilla pauses fracking at its site in lancashire for eighteen hours, after a small earth tremor was detected earlier today. seven members of a gang which used drones to smuggle drugs and mobile phones into prisons, have been given sentences ranging between three and ten years. the drones were used to fly more than half a million pounds worth of drugs into eight prisons in the midlands and the north west of england. sima kotecha reports. their operation was referred to as "a spider web of activity". the cctv footage shows exactly what they did. packaging up drugs, attaching them to drones, then inmates instructing the pilots where to deliver them. today, seven of them were jailed while six were given suspended sentences. all for transporting £500,000 worth
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of synthetic cannabis, crack cocaine and heroin into england's jails. this operation shows that this isn't a victimless crime, these are serious organised crime groups dealing a drug smuggling ring inside and outside prisons. i think the message needs to come out that using mobile phones in this way to try to organise this, using drones in this way, if you're outside a prison, either assisting orjust driving somebody there, or inside the prisons organising it, will end up with the police prosecuting you and end up with you injail. their operation began two years ago. the gang made at least 55 drone deliveries to seven prisons across the country, including hmp liverpool, birmingham and hewell, not too far from here. the group were caught after detectives found several drones that had crashed or were positioned for take—off,
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all with drugs attached to them. the men and women were told by the judge, this was a sophisticated commercial operation and due to the high value placed on drugs, it was designed to make you hundreds of thousands of pounds in profit. some of the men rolled their eyes as they were being sentenced. sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. on monday the chancellor will deliver the budget. our affairs correspondent reports now for us from scarborough. it's the school holidays and here in yorkshire's
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biggest seaside resort, the fun starts early. the chancellor is not the only one facing a headache over the next few days about how to make the budget stretch. it's quite difficult to entertain them for two weeks so you'd have to put them into a holiday club, which would be between £35 and £50 per day. did you know it was the budget, first of all? no. locals like dave and simon have heard the promises to boost nhs spending. but aren't convinced they'll feel the impact here. the fear here is that the hospital is going to virtually close down. i mean, it's a big worry for a town like scarborough. we are an ageing population, there is more children there out in schools at the moment. it's all right them saying they're putting more money in but the maths doesn't add up. at the sharp end of the government's funding squeeze is the local nursery school. i've done this job for 15 years. i've never known it this bad before. the staff are working probably harder than we've ever worked ever before. and everything isjust absolutely stretched to its limit. the government put these pressures on us. we must do this, must do this.
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and actually, you're not giving us the funding to do that. the chancellor says he wants to balance his sums within a decade. and i can see your fortune. come see it, too, no? but the prime minister has promised that the years of penny—pinching are coming to an end. that's music to the ears of residents here, who don't have much change to spare. average wages are just £19,000 a year. scarborough, like a lot of towns, has had a mixed fortune through the years and there are plenty of people here at the moment who are really struggling just to make ends meet. but there is a brighter picture. yorkshire and the humber as a region is creating more jobs than anywhere else. on the moors outside town, a new mining firm wants to dig deep. big money and high—paid jobs. they want philip hammond to spend more on training and transport so they can employ more locals and recruit from further afield. most of my friends have had to go off and get work in cities. some not so far away
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but there certainly aren't as many opportunities here. the expectation is you will always have to leave the area to be able to get that dream job or that career path that you want. so you haven't the opportunity to stay local, stay around with family and friends. no matter how far away the chancellor feels, the ripples of whatever he says in the budget on monday will be felt right around the uk. colletta smith, bbc news, in scarborough. turkey has demanded the extradition of 18 saudis over the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. it comes a day after saudi arabia's public prosecutor admitted that the killing was premeditated. meanwhile jamal khashoggi's fiance has spoken for the first time — and says she does not believe the united states is sincere in trying to get to the bottom of the case.
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she spoke of her ‘blind panic‘ when mr khashoggi did not emerge from the saudi consulate in istanbul. translation: the fact that he said he didn't want to go to the consulate. especially after he settled in the united states, a majority of his friends, those who were arrested after he left the country... i know he had questions on whether something he didn't expect could happen at the consulate. i don't know if it's accurate to say that he was worried he could be arrested, but he was worried about possibilities like being interrogated or being asked to return home. our correspondent in istanbul, mark lowen, has been following developments. this was the first interview that sergei skripal‘s has given. she talked about what went through her mind as she stood here over three weeks ago —— yulia she said that she initially thought he was being held inside the
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building. she shouted at the start inside, where is he, they said working hours are finished, he must have left, she said, no, he would have left, she said, no, he would have come out to see me, i've got his mobile phones, she said she didn't believe the us was sincere about trying to get to the bottom of the story and would not accept the invitation to the white house because she doesn't believe she could go to saudi arabia anymore even though he states that he wants to be buried in medina. a lot of pressure still on the saudi authorities to come up with the dues as to what happened to jamal khashoggi. today the president said he wants to know how ordered the killing and with the local operative used to dispose of the body is. he described the saudi authorities as childish in their attempts to change the narrative over the last three weeks or so. there's a lot of pressure on saudi arabia to show they are getting to the bottom of this, revealing how high the order
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went to killjamal khashoggi in the consulate over three weeks ago. there's growing concern about the fate of critically ill civilians, many of them children, who are trapped by the conflict in yemen. the united nations says dozens of children are dying every day, because the country's medical services are close to collapse. 9 million people there are in need of urgent healthcare, with many suffering severe malnutrition. the un is calling on all sides in the country's civil war to allow patients who need life—saving care to be flown abroad for treatment. more than three years of civil war has led to the crisis — with the country divided beween houthi rebels backed by iran, and government forces, supported by a saudi—led coalition. from sanaa, orla guerin reports. facing a long wait for what little help is available. yemen's health service is another casualty of years of conflict. half of the medical facilities here no longer function. mohammed was brought in in time.
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his cholera is being treated, but many never make it this far because their parents can't afford transport. for example, we have no intensive care. no intensive care? no. and doctors struggle with a lack of drugs and vital equipment. she comes to work every day in sanaa's main children's hospital, though she and the other staff haven't been paid in two years. around every corner there is a child in desperate need, like three—year—old abdirahman, who has a congenital heart problem. this is one of the most complicated congenital heart diseases. and he needs to have an operation in a specialised cardiac centre outside yemen. but because of the war and the blockade, we cannot take him outside. this little boy is effectively
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a prisoner in sanaa. the saudi blockade prevents civilian flights to and from the capital, which is held by houthi forces. the united nations is trying to get agreement on medical evacuations. but it's unclear when — or if — an air bridge can be opened. he's telling me his name. his mother, sabrine, says he's always smiling, though he is so unwell. she has no money for treatment and is begging the outside world to help her son. across town, sheltering in a disused shop, another family with a seriously ill child. the war has already taken their home. they worry it could take her sight.
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her mother says the five—year—old is in agony every day with eye cancer. there is a hospital injordan ready to treat her, if they can get there. translation: i am suffocating. i'm going to die of sadness. if they told me they could do an operation to give her my eye, i would do it. back at the hospital, abdirahman is being taken home to rest and to wait. doctors say if he doesn't have surgery abroad soon, he will be too weak to survive the operation. orla guerin, bbc news, sanaa. the headlines on bbc news... a 56—year—old man, named as cesar sayoc, is arrested in florida — after a mail bombing campaign against critics of president trump. the politician who revealed harassment allegations against sir philip green is accused
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of endangering the rule of law. the 15 year—old—girl who died after an allergic reaction to a meal, two takeaway owners are convicted of manslaughter. (pres) work has started to move more than forty thousand bodies from a cemetery in central london, so a new station can be built as part of the hs2 high speed rail link to birmingham. archaeologists say the dig will help them understand more about life in the capital throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. david sillito reports. back in the 1780s, london was running out of space. it had nowhere for the dead. and so it created new cemeteries. one of them is here come the next to euston station. and now, more than 200 years later, that land is needed for another purpose. the dead are going to have to find a new final resting place. and this is the reason why.
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this is where london's high—speed railway station is about to be built. and so, a small army of archaeologists have arrived to move thousands of bodies. how many people are we talking about? the records for the entire area suggest around 60,000 people were interned in the cemetery. of course, some have already been removed over the years, but there's still a huge number of people buried here. you're looking at probably 40,000 individuals but still one of the largest barrier excavations ever to take place. you are excavating 40,000 plots.
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