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this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. the headlines at 11:00: after a mail bombing campaign against critics of president trump a man is arrested and charged in florida. us officials name him as 56—year—old cesar sayoc. the fbi explained how the authorities tracked him down. they uncovered a latent fingerprint from one of the blokes containing an ied that had been sent to congresswoman maxine waters. —— envelopes. we have confirmed this fingerprint is that of cesar sayoc. businessman sir philip green says he'll lodge a formal complaint against the labour peer who named him in parliament as the man facing allegations of sexual and racist harrassment. the fiancee of the journalist jamal khashoggi speaks about her pain following his murder and demands justice. 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.
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a man was arrested later. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the author and broadcaster natalie haynes and deputy political editor at the independent, rob merrick. stay with us for that. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a man has been arrested in florida, in connection with a series of parcel bombs which have been sent to prominent democrats and critics of president trump. 56—year—old cesar sayoc is a registered republican with a number of criminal convictions. the director of the fbi said the authorities knew of 13 devices that had been received since monday, and that they were not hoaxes. 0ur correspondent nick bryant has the latest from washington. this has been a nationwide manhunt,
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but it appeared to end today amidst the palm trees of florida. federal authorities arresting a suspect in connection with the parcel bombs just north of miami. law enforcement officers surrounded a white van emblazoned with pro—trump stickers. the president and his vice president, mike pence, and more threateningly, crosshairs over the faces of hillary clinton and barack 0bama, two democrats targeted with crude bombs. the suspect is 56—year—old cesar sayoc, a registered republican who's evidently a devoted supporter of donald trump. 0n social media, the former strip club worker posted shots of himself at trump rallies, and this is him at donald trump's inauguration — wearing a make america great again cap. oh, yeah, donald] trump! next president of the united states!
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he also posted videos of himself listening to donald trump. you take a look at these people. you study these people... the president's attorney general announced sayoc has been charged with five federal crimes. let this be a lesson to anyone, regardless of their political beliefs, that we will bring the full force of law against anyone who attempts to use threats, intimidation and outright violence to further an agenda. this was the scene earlier in midtown manhattan, where the bomb squad descended on a postal facility where another explosive device was found. it was sent to another prominent critic of donald trump, the former director of national intelligence james clapper. all the packages have looked exactly the same, but on one of them, investigators found sayoc‘s fingerprint. they all contained improvised explosive devices. though we're still analysing the devices in our laboratory, these are not hoax devices. the initial response
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from the white house this morning to new of more attacks was extraordinary, the president not condemning them but raising questions about their timing, coming in the run—up to vital congressional elections. appearing after the arrest before a crowd of cheering supporters, he tried to strike a more presidential tone. but the bottom line is that americans must unify, and we must show the world that 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. donald trump presents himself as a law and order president, but the question will now be asked — is his aggressive style —
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and his past statements condoning physical violence — encouraging supporters to take matters into their own hands? the billionaire businessman sir philip green has told the bbc he'll lodge a formal complaint against the labour peer lord hain, who named him in parliament as the man facing allegations of sexual and racist harrassment. it comes after it was revealed lord hain is a paid adviser to the law firm representing the newspaper that wants to publish the allegations. lord hain says he was unaware the lawyers were involved in the case. sir philip green denies any wrongdoing. emma simpson has the latest. 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 with allegations of sexual and racial harassment. his name was made public by former cabinet minister peter hain, using rules that stop those talking in parliament from being sued. 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 him. it's now fired up a debate about whether parliamentary privilege is being misused. tonight, the former head of the judiciary of england and wales has weighed in. he used parliamentary privilege in a way which is entirely inappropriate. parliamentary privilege is not meant to allow individual members of either house to interfere with the process of the courts. whatever we think of sir philip — and i don't know the man — but he's not the world's most popular person at the moment, he's entitled to go to a court, just like anybody else. it's emerged in the parliamentary register of interests that
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peter hain is a paid adviser at the law firm gordon dadds, used by the daily telegraph. he's categorically denied he was aware of its work on this case. gordon dadds said he had had no involvement either. do 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. these allegations have been swirling around all week, and they are only allegations at this stage, but there's a very strong public interest reason why people deserve to be told who they were about, and let's not forget, this is because this man tried to hush up the complainants, or alleged victims, and also the press, and it shouldn't be that the rich and powerful can buy their way out of trouble against the poor and impotent. there was no sign of sir philip at his home in monaco today, nor his yacht in the marina.
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but he's already given a statement saying "to the extent it is suggested that i've been guilty of unlawful sexual or racist behaviour, i categorically and wholly deny these allegations." so what now? the telegraph has written to sir philip asking that the injunction be dropped. while the paper is still protecting the details of the allegations, that seems unlikely. if both sides dig in, then a trial is expected in the new year, which will determine what can be published. emma simpson, bbc news, central london. well, our business editor simonjack has had an exclusive statement from sir philip green, and explains what is in it. it is focusing on the role of lord hain, in the main. he says when lord payne made allegations about me and house of lords yesterday he failed to disclose he has a financial
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relationship with the law firm gordon dowds, who represented the telegraph in the injunction debate. as you heard, lord hain then hit back, saying he was completely unaware that gordon dowds was advising the telegraph in this space. green says if he had not read thejudgement, then what space. green says if he had not read the judgement, then what basis was he talking about it? and if he had, gordon dowds name as a law firm was on the front page. he goes onto say hain‘s lleyton disregard of the judgement made by three senior judges is outrageous and he intends to lodge a formal complaint with the releva nt to lodge a formal complaint with the relevant authorities in the house of lords. —— blatant disregard. you cannot actually boot somebody out of the house of lords, that would make a mockery, in a week of the power of parliamentary privilege in the first place. there are also allegations tonight in the press that the payments made under the settlement agreements, which philip green does not deny exists, total well over £1 million. i am told by sources close to green that there are legal discussions going on about whether a
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calculation like that in itself is paid breach of those contractual agreements. it is worth repeating that he categorically unholy denies these allegations. also, baroness karen brady, chair of the company which ultimately owns the whole shooting match, she is out of the country, like sir philip is, and will make a full statement on monday morning. the fiancee of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi has spoken in public about his murder for the first time. in a tearful interview on turkish television hatice cengiz spoke of the day he disappeared after entering the saudi consulate in istanbul, while she waited outside, and she demanded that his killers face justice. mark lowen reports from istanbul. jamal khashoggi and his fiancee on their way to the saudi consulate. a moment of happiness as they planned their future. a quick goodbye as he entered to get papers for their wedding. it was the last time she'd see him alive. today, a distraught hatice cengiz recounted those fateful hours. as he didn't emerge,
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she begged the staff to know what had happened. translation: i said, "jamal entered from this very door." i insisted that he hadn't left. i knew he hadn't. i knew. i felt i had lost something huge in my life. the dissident journalist worried about entering the consulate, she said, but was reassured after an earlier visit there. at first, she thought he was being held inside. translation: i tried to think positively. i couldn't imagine what had happened. never. not even 10% of what we know now crossed my mind. if it had, i would have entered the building with him or never let him go in. i would have just accepted that he wouldn't be able to marry me. now i'm bearing a terrible sense of responsibility. hatice waited here into the night, as fear turned to blind panic.
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she alerted the turkish authorities, police were scrambled to the airport, but they were too late. the first group of saudis, the alleged hit squad, were already in the air — en route to riyadh. turkey has released an image of a saudi consulate car entering a forest in istanbul before the murder. the suspicion is that the killers scouted it for a burial site. there's still no sign of the body. that and the changing saudi stories have angered president erdogan, who called them "childish" and "not worthy of a serious state." forjamal khashoggi's friends, a search for answers. turkey has requested extradition of the 18 saudis arrested in riyadh, but the fear is they're being scapegoated by those on high and that the real truth may never come out. mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. two men have been found guilty of manslaughter through gross
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negligence, after a 15—year—old girl died from an allergic reaction to a takeaway. megan lee had a fatal asthma attack after eating food containing peanuts, even though the restaurant in lancashire had been told about her allergies. mohammed abdul kuddus and harun rashid will be sentenced in november. 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. 0ur 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 them seem to think so. you only have to ask. universal credit‘s been rolled out here since december last year. we've seen our numbers at this food bank more than double since then. we're finding that lots of people
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who are claiming universal credit, they‘ re getting universal credit, many of them are working, but they're still being driven into debt, struggling to feed themselves and their families. in today's report, the mstoin the queue of critics. they 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's a wealth of evidence, the report says, of delays in making payments, pushing people into debt and having to rely on food banks. they demand a step change in attitude to failings in universal credit, with faster payments 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 weeks or more for money to arrive, that causes real problems. lauren's a single mother from newcastle who blames delayed payments for real hardship.
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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. like it's 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 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's 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
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are feeling up against it, too. john pienaar, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: a 56—year—old man named as cesar sayoc is charged in connection with a mail bombing campaign in the united states. businessman sir philip green says he'll lodge a formal complaint against the labour peer who named him in parliament as the man facing allegations of sexual and racist harrassment. the fiancee of the journalist jamal khashoggi speaks about her pain following his murder, and demands justice. 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 £500,000 worth of drugs
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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 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
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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, 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. 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. nine million people are in need of urgent healthcare,
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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 backed by a saudi—led coalition, supported by the uk and the us. from sanaa, 0rla 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. his cholera is being treated, but many never make it this far because their parents can't afford transport. for example, we have
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no intensive care. no intensive care? no. and doctors struggle with a lack of drugs and vital equipment. this doctor 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 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.
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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. 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.
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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. the us defence secretary has reportedly approved a request for additional troops and military resources at the us mexico border. it comes as thousands of migrants are headed north from central america. the bbc‘s will grant is with them in southern mexico. in each of the little towns that the ca rava n in each of the little towns that the caravan reaches, this is arteaga, the migrants set up their camp in the migrants set up their camp in the main square next to the municipal offices and by the church.
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here in response, the local comment he the mac authorities and community turned out to offer what is what they can. it is usually in the form of food, water, donated clothing and legal support for those thinking of turning back or wanting clarification about a human rights 01’ clarification about a human rights or immigration studies. but things will only get harderfrom or immigration studies. but things will only get harder from here on in. this is the point from which the freight train, called "the beast" makes its way north, and many of these migrants may choose to try and get on that to make theirjourney north. 0thers get on that to make theirjourney north. others will stick with the caravan, but they must cross through drug cartel controlled parts of the country. all the while washington's response remains robust. resident ron has repeatedly told these migrants they will not be welcomed into the united states —— president trump. he is expected to deploy the
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military to the border and is even reported to be considering an executive order banning these people from making it into the united states. the supermarket giant asda is set to start consulting staff over 2,500 job losses next year. areas that could be affected include petrol, bakery and back office. it is thought thatjobs in the george areas of asda stores could also be affected. the company has declined to comment on any potential cuts. a small earthquake has resulted in operations being suspended at the uk's only active shale gas fracking site, just 11 days after it was given the go—ahead. a 0.8 magnitude earthquake was recorded this morning close to the site in lancashire. the energy firm quadrilla has halted drilling at the site until tomorrow, following the tremors. 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
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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 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
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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 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. the duke and duchess of sussex are back in australia after a whistlestop trip to tonga as part of their tour of the region. the duke and duchess of sussex have been meeting tonga's royal family — at the end of their one day visit to the tiny south pacific nation.
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the couple, on their first tour as a married couple, also wore floral garlands and traditional clothes as they learnt about youth projects. meanwhile the duchess of sussex‘s wedding gown and veil have gone on display at windsor castle. visitors will be able to see the givenchy silk dress close up, as well as the 5—metre long veil embroidered with the flora of the 53 commonwealth countries. a version of the frock coat uniform worn by prince harry is also on display. the leader of the scottish conservatives ruth davidson has given birth to a baby boy. the baby, named finn paul davidson, weighed in at ten pounds 1.5 ounces. miss davidson announced she and her partnerjen wilson were "delighted" by the baby's safe arrival at edinburgh royal infirmary, saying: "it was wonderful to welcome baby finn into the world this morning. he is beautiful and already very loved." and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers,
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the author and broadcaster natalie haynes and deputy political editor at the independent rob merrick — that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for the weather with ben rich. good evening. there is certainly a chill in the air this friday evening. and that will remain the case throughout this weekend. a cold wind blowing. there'll be some sunshine, some showers as well. some of these will be heavy and wintry over high ground in the north, and that cold air is coming from a long way north. it's coming all the way from the arctic, brought in our direction by these brisk northerly winds, which will continue as we go through this evening. there'll be a lot of dry weather, some clear, starry skies, but some showers in spots exposed to the wind.
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perhaps the east coast of england, west wales, the far southwest of northern ireland, and the showers over high ground in scotland will start to turn wintry, some snow perhaps down as low as 250 metres. temperatures very close to freezing, so there could well be some icy stretches around tomorrow morning, most especially across northern ireland and the northern half of scotland, but there could be some elsewhere as well. the wind will be noticeable, coming down from the north. so while the temperatures on the thermometer will read between 6—11 degrees, none too impressive, you add on the strength of that wind, you factor that in, this is the "feels like" temperature you can expect. in aberdeen, it'll feel like it's barely getting above freezing. now, we go through saturday evening. we'll continue to some showers in eastern areas. perhaps some showers gang together into longer spells of rain across parts of the southeast and the channel islands. the zebras further north still no great shakes. into the start of next week —— temperatures. into the start of next week there will be eight
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deep area of low pressure in the western mediterranean giving a somewhat —— rough weather here. it will have in our direction on monday, monday a fair amount of dry weather, some cloud feeding into the eastern parts with the odd shower, a frontal system close to northern ireland, but most places dry and relatively chilly. as we move out of monday into tuesday that low that i showed you in the western mediterranean does start to spin its way in our direction. it brings us quite close to some much less cold air. but there is still some chilly air. but there is still some chilly air circulating around batlow and i think on balance most of us will stay in the relatively chilly air, as that area swings across eastern parts of the uk, we should see some rain, possibly some snow over high ground in the north. those temperatures not covering much, 7— 11 degrees. by the time we get to wednesday
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