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this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at ten. the bbc understands the thai owner of leicester city football club was on board the helicopter that crashed last night outside the club's stadium. a man suspected of killing 11 people at a synagogue in pittsburgh has been charged with murder. president trump called the attack a wicked act of mass murder. this evil anti—semitic attack is an assault on all of us. it is an assault on humanity. glenn hoddle, the former england manager, is said to be responding well to treatment after being taken to hospital in a serious condition yesterday. chancellor philip hammond, who will present his budget tomorrow, says an end to austerity depends on what kind of brexit deal the country gets. and he reveals plans to invest millions to upgrade england's roads and nose to nose with with maori elders, the duke and duchess of sussex arrive in new zealand.
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people were on the helicopter or what condition they are in. our correspondent simon clemison has the latest. the shock... oh, my god. a helicopter‘s just crashed next to the stadium. the confusion. all we've seen was the helicopter above the football ground, spiralling, like, out of control. and then we've just seen it hit the floor, a big ball of fire just went up. it was absolutely awful. some even thought they may be able to help. i tried to get in there, but i couldn't see anyone. about an hour after the match, this was the scene in the car park to the rear of leicester city's football ground. the owner's helicopter had just taken off from inside, as it does following every home game. moments later, eyewitnesses said the aircraft cleared the stadium but then everything fell silent and it came down like a stone. leicester city has been riding high recently. in 2016, the foxes won the premier league from odds of 5000—1. their owner, vichai srivaddhanaprabha, has poured millions into the club. watched him take off,
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literally walked up the road, bit of a...bit of a boom. probably the darkest day in leicester city football club's history. match of the day presenter and former leicester player gary lineker said last night's programme was the most difficult he had ever hosted. and leicester's start striker jamie vardy sent this tweet. leicestershire police said the air accident investigation branch would be leading the inquiry into the circumstances of the crash, adding that a cordon would remain in place while inspectors examine the scene. 0ur south east asia correspondent jonathan head joins us now from the king power headquarters in bangkok. tell us more about the owner. we have been hearing he was widely loved in leicester poured so much money into the club and into the community. yes, a massive
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transformation of his profile and image without extraordinary success leicester saw back in 2016, a club given no hope. his commitment to the clu b given no hope. his commitment to the club is beyond dispute. in thailand he has a different profile, well—known for founding the company whose headquarters are behind me, which has a controversial monopoly of thailand's duty—free sales, which have boomed in the massive rise in tourism over the last 30 years. he isa tourism over the last 30 years. he is a private man and it is a secretive company so not a lot is known about him. he founded the company in 1989 and achieved quick wealth through this control of duty—free sales and has been widely criticised. he has four children, who have helped on the company. a typical ethnic chinese family run business. he almost never gave
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interviews, only about football, and little is known about him. as much as he is loved in leicester he remains an enigma and characteristically, 1a hours since the accident, we have not had a single statement from the family and the headquarters behind me, no indication of the seriousness of what has happened at leicester football club. did he spend a lot of his time in the uk, because he went to pretty much all of the leicester games? yes, he loved living in the uk and loved the lifestyle his enormous wealth could bring. he was a connoisseur of wine and loved gambling and was a passionate supporter of polo. he was a member ofa supporter of polo. he was a member of a polo club and was seen off with british royalty taking part in polo contests with his sons. he enjoyed the high life of elite society. in britain he has a property in berkshire where he keeps horses and also in london. he was a
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philanthropist. he has been praised for not only putting money into the club, but also into the community. as the profile of the company has risen, inevitably it has got involved in community projects. he isa involved in community projects. he is a generous donor, doing a lot for thai football, typical big businesses here. the large businesses here. the large businesses have such a hold on lucrative parts of the thai economy, they are almost expected to give back, particularly to royal charities, connected to the royal family. it has heightened his profile. he was given the enormous status of a royally bestowed name seven status of a royally bestowed name seve n years status of a royally bestowed name seven years ago. but for that, the secrecy seven years ago. but for that, the secrecy involved in the company and the way it is run makes it hard,
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really, tojudge what the way it is run makes it hard, really, to judge what position the way it is run makes it hard, really, tojudge what position it holds in thailand. he was the fourth wealthiest man here and in a country where you have extreme wealth, that isa where you have extreme wealth, that is a hell of a position to have achieved from a man who started his company only in 1989. jonathan head reporting from bangkok. let's go live to king power and speak to ian bason, he's chair of the foxes trust — a leicester city supporters club. iimagine the i imagine the reaction this morning is one of shock and horror about what happened last night. is one of shock and horror about what happened last nightm is one of shock and horror about what happened last night. it is shock, and incredible sadness. you come away from the game having reasonably enjoyed the game and suddenly this news breaks. we are totally stunned. the whole community of leicestershire, notjust leicester city fans, completely in shock. we have not had confirmed who
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was on board but the bbc understands the odour was on board the helicopter. in your terms, as a fan of leicester city, sum up what he contributed to the club. he bought the club and took us through the divisions, the championship and into the premier league, he has put in over £100 million and we won the premier league which was an amazing achievement and something we would not have done without him and his investment but it is wider than that. not just what investment but it is wider than that. notjust what he has done for the club that the community, putting in millions into the local hospital and £1 million into the university of leicester for and £1 million into the university of leicesterfor medical and £1 million into the university of leicester for medical research. he isa of leicester for medical research. he is a philanthropist. he tends to invest in the wider community, not just the club. a lot of big money owners in modern football but he was
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a bit different because he came to every game and as you say put a lot of money charities and good causes in leicester. he was different from your average owner in that he went to the games that helped the community, as well. he did. a lot of the foreign owners, they put their money and maybe take them out of clu bs money and maybe take them out of clubs but every penny put into the clu b clubs but every penny put into the club has been reinvested and as we mention, he has put money into the local community. i would say in terms of how he has reacted, he is a humble person, but i do not think any other owner is like him. humble person, but i do not think any other owner is like himm humble person, but i do not think any other owner is like him. it will be difficult for the club playing the rest of the season, in the wake of what has been such a terrific crash. we do not yet know exactly
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who or how many casualties there has been, still, but it is clearly a horrific incident. it has. we are due to play again here on tuesday night but i cannot see the game going ahead. yes, we will have to wait and see what is said by the club. we do not know who else was in the helicopter. we have to wait for news. it will be a difficult time and as the trust chairman our thoughts are with his family. indeed, thank you so much, the chair of the fox's trust, a leicester city supporters club. the former england and tottenham manager glenn hoddle is responding well to treatment after being taken to hospital in a serious condition yesterday. hoddle, who won 53 england caps, is considered to be one of the finest players of his generation. he was taken ill after appearing as a pundit for bt sport.
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prosecutors in the united states have charged a man with 29 offences — including hate crimes and murder — in connection with a mass shooting at a synagogue in pittsburgh. 11 people died after a gunman opened fire during morning service. six others were wounded. the suspect has been named as 46—year—old robert bowers. 0ur north america correspondent gary 0'donoghue reports. just a few short hours after the hate—filled murder of 11 jewish worshippers, hundreds of people from this community came to grieve and to comfort one another. some chose to speak up, some to stand and remain silent, all still in shock and disbelief over the horror of what had taken place. all day, the police were at the scene of
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the shooting, meticulously gathering their evidence. the sheer scale and brutality of the crime becoming clearer by the minute. later in the evening, robert bowers was indicted with 29 separate charges laid against him. many accusing him of murder motivated by religious hatred. announcer: donald] trump! donald trump was out election campaigning in illinois, announcing his intention to travel to pittsburgh in the coming days. he's also ordered flags to be flown at half mast at the white house and other federal buildings for the next four days. this evil anti—semitic attack is an assault on all of us. it's an assault on humanity. later, the names of those who died will be released. and the fbi are expected to answer questions about how someone with such a flagrantly anti—semitic online presence wasn't picked up.
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the authorities here sayjustice will be swift and severe. but for the jewish community of squirrel hill, it's going to take a long, long time to come to terms of how someone could commit such a hate—filled crime. gary 0'donoghue, bbc news, pittsburgh, pennsylvania. we can speak now to the labour peer, lord levy. he joins us via webcam from north london. thank you for being with us, what are your thoughts after this attack? just shock and horror. i go to synagogue just shock and horror. i go to synagogue every just shock and horror. i go to synagogue every week. i cannot believe what has happened. sabbath morning, someone comes believe what has happened. sabbath morning, someone comes in with guns and just kills 11 people, injures many others. i mean, the world is a
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sad place. iam many others. i mean, the world is a sad place. i am deeply concerned and deeply upset. i cannot believe what the world has come to. we are in a frightening place. do you believe anti—semitism is on the rise in the united states and this attack, if thatis united states and this attack, if that is true, is part of a pattern? that is very hard for me to say. i live in this country. but when i see someone live in this country. but when i see someone like this going into a synagogue and carrying out such an atrocity, and you also hear from certainly a number of people i know in the states that they are concerned that anti—semitism is on the rise, then i can only feel that perhaps your statement is right and that anti—semitism is on the rise in the states. apparently this is the worst crime against the jewish
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community ever in the united states. and on the sabbath morning in prayer, when people were in synagogue, this must be an indicator, a barometer, the hatred thatis indicator, a barometer, the hatred that is manifesting againstjewish people in the states. there has been a suggestion from donald trump amongst others, that perhaps there should be armed guards at synagogue. would you want to see that? well, in the uk, we certainly have security at every synagogue and every school. they are not armed, but there is security. i did not realise there was not security in the states outside synagogues. whether they should be armed, this is something i cannot answer. this is up to the americans. but in the uk, we do have
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security outside synagogue on sabbath when people come to pray. we talked about a possible rise of anti—semitism in the united states, what about anti—semitism in the rest of the world and particularly europe? is that on the rise? unquestionably yes. you are i'm sure aware of the horrendous e—mail i received. the person was then... charges were brought against him by the cps. he did not appear in court and from what we understand has now left the country. you look at many jewish members of parliament. the vile threats they have received. and one really begins to wonder, on the
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rise of anti—semitism in the uk. we have seen incidents in france and hatred againstjewish have seen incidents in france and hatred against jewish people have seen incidents in france and hatred againstjewish people in france and belgium and one therefore has to have concern on the rise of anti—semitism in the uk and in the rest of europe. lord levy, i am grateful. thank you. thank you. the headlines on bbc news... a helicopter belonging to the owner of leicester city football club has crashed and burst into flames shortly after a home premier league game. the bbc believes the thai owner of the club was on board at the time. a man suspected of killing 11 people in a synagogue in pittsburgh has been charged with murder. it is believed to be the worst anti—semitic attack in recent us history. glenn hoddle, the former england manager, is said to be "responding well" to treatment after being taken to hospital in a serious condition on saturday.
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sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly. thanks. it has been a dark day for football with the incident in leicester. former england and tottenham manager glen hoddle is said to be "responding well" to specialist treatment after being taken to hospital after falling seriously ill. he was with the broadcaster bt sport when he collapsed — they cancelled their saturday afternoon programme that hoddle was due to appear on. a spokesperson said his condition is serious, but he is receiving specialist treatment and his family are with him. hoddle is considered one of the best players of his generation winning 53 caps for england before turning to management. he was a schoolboy at tottenham when i was there and he was the player, he was the star player that we all looked up
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to and could never get near. i of course worked with him when he was manager, worked under him when he was manager, as one of his coaches. so certainly my thoughts are with him and prayers are with him, but he has a strong character, glenn, and i'm sure that he will battle through it. liverpool are top of the premier league until monday night at least. they beat cardiff 4—1 at anfield — mo salah with a man of the match performance, opening the scoring, and setting up xherdan shaqiri's first goal since joining in the summer. and sadio mane's second finishing things off. that result now matches liverpool's best ever start to a premier league season. fulham slipped to their fourth defeat in a row — beaten 3—0 by bournmouth. striker callum wilson with a couple of the goals. fulham are now the only side in the premier league to have conceded in every league game this season.
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they're not at the bottom of the table though. that's huddersfield. they lost 3—0 to watford. this was the second goal of the match, scored by gerard deulofeu. it means david wagner's side are still without a win this season, and have only won one of their last 20 premier league matches. get ready for a horrible miss. this is hamilton's james keatings in the scottish premiership. that would have been a winner for his side over kilmarnock. instead, it finished 1—1 — enough to move kilmarnock up to second in the league. elsewhere stjohnstone beat st mirren 2—0. now a contender for the worst own goal of the season. the unfortunate man is derby's jayden bogle, who got it all wrong. derby were about to go top of the championship before bogle knocks it past his own keeper with just five minutes to play —
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to put middleborough top instead. lewis hamilton is on the verge ofjoining a rather exclusive formula 1 club — he's set to claim his fifth world championship later. he just needs to finish seventh at the mexican grand prix later. he'll start from 3rd on the grid — with main title rival sebastian vettel of ferrari in fourth. a fifth world title for hamilton would put him only two behind all—time record holder michael schumacher. england comfortably won the only t20 match they're playing on their tour of sri lanka. england batted first, with jason roy taking the initiative — scoring 69 as england made 187—8. joe denly then took centre stage with the ball taking four wickets in his first england match for eight years. the tourists won by 30 runs and the three match test series starts a week on tuesday. how about this for a debut try? this is 22—year—old 0liver gildart‘s stunning solo effort for england against new zealand in the first
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of a three—match series. it won the match for england, too. 18—16 the final score. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. i will have more in the next hour. very cruel to show the horrible mess and horrible own goal! i cannot believe you did that. the chancellor, philip hammond, is to follow through on a promise made by his predecessor george osborne and — for the first time — devote the money raised from vehicle tax to major roads across england. mr hammond is expected to announce more than £25 billion will be made available for motorways and a roads between 2020 and 2025, when the budget is announced in the commons tomorrow. but he told sophy ridge on sky news that his plans to end austerity depend on the uk getting a brexit
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deal which allows for more public spending. mr hammond also plans to earmark an extra £420 million for repairing potholes in local roads, as our political reporter pete saull explained. £3.5 billion of new money, for major roads, following through on a promise made by his predecessor as chancellor, george osborne. what about potholes, i hear you ask? £420 million extra on top of 300 million already announced. already, some people saying it is a drop in the tarmac so to speak, with experts putting the cost of repairing all local roads at more like £9 billion. a lot more needs to be spent in their view. the other thing looked at today is a crackdown on payday loans. the government is set to announce a review in the budget into a possible
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interest—free loan scheme. so people on the lowest incomes don't fall into a spiral of debt. and speculation in the papers about what else might be in the budget. theresa may, i think, rather gave philip hammond a hospital pass when she announced in the party conference speech that austerity was over and this is very much the bar that labour willjudge the budget will be judged against and since the conference, ministers have been knocking on the chancellor's door, demanding extra money for their departments. reportedly, the defence secretary has secured extra cash for his department, which has not been confirmed yet. we hear potentially some extra money for social care will be announced and also potentially investment in superfast rural broadband. the big thing people will look out for is a potential announcement on universal credit, the government flagship welfare
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policy, with conservative mps upping the pressure on the chancellor to do something on that. we live in volatile political times, could it be his last budget? the theory in westminster is that had theresa may not lost the majority in the snap election, philip hammond may well have been replaced. that is speculation, but it is a difficult moment for the chancellor. he has to find extra money for those giveaways, to make it seem like austerity is not over. we have unpredictable months ahead of us and probably every bone in his body is telling him to rein in the spending. we expect tax receipts will be higher. that will go some way to pay for the extra cash that has been promised for the nhs. he will have to find extra money
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from elsewhere. if he announced tax rises it would not go down well with conservative backbenchers among whom he is unpopular because of his stance on brexit. he is treading a delicate political tightrope at the moment. it is unusual for a budget to take place on monday. it was supposed to take place on wednesday, which is halloween. i think the chancellor will be hoping to avoid having too many frights this week. just to tell you that tomorrow on bbc news we'll be joined by financial journalists jasmine birtles and claer barrett, to answer your questions about the chancellor's plans. to get involved, you can text your questions to 611211, email to askthis at bbc.co.uk — or on twitter using the hashtag bbcaskthis. that's tomorrow evening at 8.30 on bbc news sir philip green has again denied
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allegations he racially and sexually abused former employees. allegations he racially and sexually the businessman told the mail on sunday newspaper there had only been, in his words, some banter, which had never been offensive. he had been granted an injunction banning the publication of the allegations but the labour peer lord hain named him in parliament. sir philip says the last week has been the worst of his life. the duke and duchess of sussex have arrived in new zealand which is the last stop on their 16—day tour. harry and meghan will visit wellington and auckland over the next four days, where they will lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. the couple, who are expecting their first child, have already visited australia, fiji and tonga on their first official tour. 0ur royal correspondewnt jonny dymond has been travelling with the royal couple. well, here outside the national war memorial, the response, you can see, has been enthusiastic to the couple. they have been in the country for a couple of hours and were greeted by the prime minister at the airport
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and then they made their way to the governor general‘s residence — that's the queen's representative in new zealand. there there were two traditions on show — there was a traditional welcome, a hongi, followed by a blood—curdling haka, the kind of thing that we normally see with the all blacks rugby team. then a more traditional welcome from the new zealand armed forces where prince harry made a tour down the line of the military and inspected the guard of honour whilst the band played. they then came to the national war memorial and laid a wreath here while the last post was played. and any moment now, they will come out and make a walkabout with the thousands who have come out here on a rather chilly sunday afternoon to catch a glimpse of, and if they're lucky, have a chat with the royal couple. they've had a very warm reception in australia, in fiji and tonga, but at the moment, it looks
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like that will be outclassed by the reception they get here in new zealand. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren. hello, another cold day. some sunny spells and a scattering of showers, fewer showers through this afternoon across eastern scotland and england. some probably getting into the midlands. in wales, northern ireland and north—west england and many parts of scotland the afternoon should be dry. in the northwest the wind is lighter. stronger in the south—east bringing showers. that will take the edge of the temperatures. the temperatures will fall this evening under clearer skies. some showers bumping into the north sea coast. and a shower coming into the far north—west but between, clear skies, widespread frost is likely. monday should be a dry day.
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shower from the cloud in the western isles and showers running into the north sea coasts. fog in wales in the morning. many places will be dry with spells of sunshine. hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines... air accident investigators are travelling to establish why he had a culture belonging to the owner of leicester but all club crashed yesterday even inc. the bbc understands the owner vichai srivaddhanaprabha was on board at the time.
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