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this is bbc news. the headlines... 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. ijust can't believe it. he has done a lot for the club and they are nice people. chancellor philip hammond, who will present his budget tomorrow, says an end to austerity depends on what kind of brexit deal the country gets. if we get a good deal with the european union and the smooth exit, we will be able to show the uk people that the fruits of their hard work and now in sight. 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". glenn hoddle, the former england manager is said to be "responding well" to treatment after collapsing yesterday on his 61st birthday. and nose to nose with with maori
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elder, the duke and duchess of sussex arrive in new zealand. big crowds came out to meet the royal couple as they began the final leg of their their commonwealth tour with a traditional greeting. the bbc has been told the owner of leicester city football club was on board the helicopter that crashed and burst into flames only minutes after taking off from the king power stadium last night. it's understood vichai srivaddhanaprabha had been flying home after watching his team play west ham when the helicopter came down. vichai srivaddhanaprabha bought
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leicester city eight years ago, pouring millions of pounds into the club and watching it win the premier league in 2016. it's not yet known how many other people were on the helicopter. fans of the side have been leaving flowers outside the stadium throughout the morning and our reporter kathryn stanczyszyn has been speaking to some of them. fans continue to come down to the king power stadium, where people are putting leicester city football shirts down. there are flags and flowers as well. let's talk to some of those fans now. tell us what has brought you down here this morning. it's just grief, isn't it? the shock of what has happened. i know the owners quite well. ijust cannot believe it. they have done a lot for the club and they are such nice people. it is horrible. the family is seen as a very different kind of
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football morning family. i think he's the football man. you talk to them and they are really nice people. such nice, friendly people. unassuming and generous. an incredible few years for the football club. when they took over, we were going into receivership and they took care out of that. they slowly built the team up and we won the premiership. the future is looking good. training ground and extensions and things like this. a solid base. we don't know the full details as yet, but you felt like you needed to be here today. i have been a true supporter for seven years and it's one of those things where you don't want it to happen.
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leicester is a big community that we classify as one big happy family. it doesn't matter who you are, what race, what gender, whatever. we are all classified as being part of the family. you're dedicated to the football. that is why you think there are so many people here today. they are here because of it. it is what has brought is altogether. it shouldn't have happened. it is the dedication that people have come down early in the morning, in the cold, to show their respects. it has been a different scenario since 2010. do you think it changed the fortunes of the club? has it changed the city? it has brought everybody together. the whole football community.
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everybody likes leicester and knows where leicester is. everybody is coming together at this sad time. were you here yesterday? yes, i was here. i came to the match and then i stayed here until about midnight. i was here again this morning at ten o'clock. you were here last night and you're back today. i brought some flowers and put one of my pictures up. you have to show your respects. you get the sense that this is a small city and this is a one club city as well. that is why so many people feel like they need to be here today. 0ur south east asia correspondentjonathan head joins us now from the king power headquarters in bangkok. we we re
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we were just hearing how loved it when i was. what is the view of him in thailand? it is very different because here he is one of a number of super wealthy tycoons who controls big businesses. he grew his company with remarkable speed. this country has a massive tourist industry. he is a very private man and never gave interviews. he was not well known. the importers that he played in leicester isn't replicated here. although people here love football, they spread their loyalties among different european and english clubs. the secrecy european and english clubs. the secrecy around his country means we haven't had a single statement from
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the company. 0rdinary people have gonein the company. 0rdinary people have gone in and out of sheer buying duty—free purchases and there are rehearsals going on from big event is happening. it is as if nothing has happened. the family have said nothing. vichai srivaddhanaprabha is a man of extraordinary wealth. he was the fourth richest man in the country. he was. this is a country with great disparity in wealth. people may remember the note ousted prime minister who once but manchester city football club. he was reasonably prominent. he was starting to get involved in thai football but the keep their lives very private. people know how much
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political sway these tycoons have. his success does require political manipulation. this is not it is done in europe. the chancellor, philip hammond has warned that the government will have to adopt a new economic strategy if britain leaves the european union without a deal next march. he told andrew marr ahead of his budget tomorrow that he had already set money aside to support the economy if necessary. brexiteers have responded by calling mr hammond a ‘remoaner‘, as our political reporter pete saull explained. george osborne warned of an emergency budget if the lever of an emergency budget if the leave forward came to pass. that never happened. now a warning from the current chancellor philip hammond that if we leave the european union without a deal, a new budget will be needed.
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he mentioned this on morning on the andrew marr programme. if there was an unexpected turn of events, the right thing to do would be to revisit where we are, decide how best to respond, it depends on what the markets are doing. it depends on the circumstances of the moment. the important point is i have fiscal reserves that would enable me to intervene. this is interesting because he is effectively admitting that the spending announcements he is going to make tomorrow, there is a big caveat to them. if we leave the european union, without that deal, he will have to rethink how much he has got available to play with. philip hammond warning of the risks that scenario may entail. you have got some hardline brexiters is calling him a remourner. what about labour, what are the opposition
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saying? john mcdonnell has been under andrew marshall. labour's position is to avoid an ordeal scenario. i am deeply worried. i have seen interviews with hammond today. he seems to be edging towards what he said short while back, and no—deal brexit. i am really worried about that. that is the worst of all options. it could damage our economy, underminejobs, and we'll do everything we can in parliament to make sure that we protect jobs and the economy. we are saying to theresa may, if you bring that deal back, you have support. if you can't, move to one side and we will deal with it. that is the way we will protect economy. what else can we expect in the budget? there is going to be some extra money for road improvements. this is money that has been promised under the last chancellor.
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some extra money promised by philip hammond. that will be from major a roads and motorways. a few hundred million pounds to deal with local road improvements. things like potholes as well. there will be a review into payday loans. the government is going to look at the possibility of introducing an interest—free loan. a lot of speculation in the papers about what else might be in the budget. universal credit seems to be a majorfocus. a lot of conservative mps calling on the chancellor to do something on that. he said today on the andrew mark programme, look at my record on this. i have mac have acted in the past to mitigate these issues. 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
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about the chancellor's plans. to get involved, you can text your questions to 61124, email to askthis at bbc dot co dot uk — or on twitter using the hashtag bbcaskthis. that's tomorrow evening at 8.30 on bbc news 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. eleven 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
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over the horror of what had taken place. all day, the police were at the scene of 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 j 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.
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and the fbi are expected to answer questions about how someone with such a flagrantly anti—semitic online presence wasn't picked up. 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. with me is gideon falter, chief executive of the campaign against antisemitism. do you think this is a sign of what is happening in the united states? it isa is happening in the united states? it is a sign of what is happening all over the world. we are seeing rising islamist and far right
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anti—semitism. in britain we live in anti—semitism. in britain we live in a situation where thejewish community is heavily guarded. in the 80s states jewish committees community is heavily guarded. in the 80s statesjewish committees will be reviewing their security. —— in the united states. dues are having to retreat behind fortification. armed guards at synagogues were suggested by donald trump. it is another example of dues mac having to defend themselves. are failing to take adequate measures to tackle the source. this terrorist who has been charged as somebody who does not
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have a prior criminal record. his social media was very anti—semitic. he is clearly somebody who should've been on readers but he was not. if you look at the response this, people are not doing what they did in the week of other terrorist attacks. they are saying, what do you expect? we are failing to see society come and put its arm around the jewish community. he society come and put its arm around thejewish community. he used to see people changing their profile pictures on social media to express solidarity with cities with minoru ta ke solidarity with cities with minoru take groups. —— minority groups. people do not seem to be using those
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to express the same level of solidarity. there is a deeper question here about how the society views the jewish question here about how the society views thejewish community. 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. the chancellor has warned he will have to adopt a new economic strategy if britain leaves the eu without a deal. philip hammond said he thought that a no—deal brexit was extremely unlikely,
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but he would have to set out a new budget if it happened. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. 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 recieving specialist treatment and his family are with him. hoddle is considered one of the best players of his generation winning 53
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caps for england before turning to management. he was a schoolboy at tottenham when i was there. he was the player we all looked up to and could never get near. i worked with him when he was a manager. my thoughts are with them. he has got strong character andi them. he has got strong character and i am sure 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, setting up xherdan shaqiri's first goal since joining in the summer // 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.
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three games in the premier league today, arsenal will look to extend their winning run to 12 matches in all comptetitions when they play crystal palace in one of the early kick offs. whilst manchester united host everton, with bossjose mourinho hoping that romelu lukaku ends his run of eight games without a goal. 0ne one day he will score. his confidence levels will be back to normal. clearly not there. i'll was feel that every game is a possibility. well, there was a lovely moment at manchester united's training ground yesterday as the thai football team — who were rescued from a cave earlier this year — paid a visit. the group of twelve boys met managerjose mourinho. the club extended the invitation after hearing about their ordeal during which they were trapped
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for 18 days. the team will also watch united take on everton later from the directors' box at old trafford. lewis hamilton is on the verge ofjoining a rather exclusive formula i 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's netballers finished their disappointing fast5 world series campaign with a win over south africa. the roses were defending champions but lost all three of their games yesterday. they did start today better, beating world number one australia by one point. they lost to jamaica before beating south africa in a 5th, 6th place play—off. new zeland beat jamaica in the final with the nfl set to take over wembley stadium once again this afternoon,
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it seems some of the jacksonville jaguars have been enjoying the london nightlife during their visit — and running up a 50 thousand pound bar bill in the process. however, the players tried to leave the club without paying and the police were called in the early hours of yesterday morning. three of them were taken for questioning but released without charge after the bill was paid. the jaguars play nfl champions the philadelphia eagles later coverage starts on bbc two. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. sir philip green has again denied allegations he racially and sexually abused former employees. the businessman told the mail on sunday newspaper there had only been, in his words, "some banter " 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
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him in parliament. sir philip says the last week has been the worst of his life. polls have opened in the second and final round of brazil's presidential election. millions of people are expected to vote in one of the most divisive and violent political campaign's in the country's history. voters are choosing between the far—right candidate jair bolsonaro and fernando haddad of the left—wing workers‘ party. 0ur correspondentjulia carneiro is in rio dejaneiro. does it look like the far right candidate is going to win? does it look like the far right candidate is going to wimm does it look like the far right candidate is going to win? it sure does. he is ten percentage points ahead of his contender. despite a
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very strong campaigning against him, trying to turn this around, it does not look like it will be enough to close such a big gap. he is a very controversial candidate. he is known for comments that have been considered racist and homophobic. he has defended the former military dictatorship in brazil. he has defended torture during the dictatorship. despite this, he has managed to get lots of support. he has said he's going to clamp down on corruption. promise to go against the old political system. remove corruption from the country. he promises to ease gun control. he thinks everyone is entitled to have a weapon. very strong opinions. very
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blunt language. he is perceived as someone blunt language. he is perceived as someone who speaks his mind. people see truth in that. he looks set to becoming next president of brazil. we will know the result results later today. this has been no election campaign like no other. it has been really divisive. the politics of this campaign have really been extreme. this is all eve ryo ne really been extreme. this is all everyone has been talking about. we have seen lots of rows between friends, lots of families breaking apart, and lots of tension and fighting on social media. we have seen fighting on social media. we have seen whatsapp come to the forefront
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and playing a crucial role in these elections as the channel through which people have been spreading news and lots of fake news. this is a messaging app on the iphone that cannot be monitored. there is no way to know what is spreading and whose spreading it. this has been subject to lots of criticism. there is a fear it is interfering with the democratic process of the election. we've had a leading contender as a victim of an attack in september. he was stabbed during a campaign rally. he was in hospitalfor three months. he was in hospitalfor three months. he almost died. this meant he had to referring from taking part in debates. he chose not to take part ina debates. he chose not to take part in a debate. we are seeing the second round happened today after not seeing the opponents speak one
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after the other. it has been an emotive campaign. there is a very strong lack of real debate about public policies. the outcome is still unpredictable. we are seeing pictures there of heaven as he finishes off his campaigning. images there of heaven. —— images there of there of heaven. —— images there of the politician. the duke and duchess of sussex have been welcomed to new zealand with a traditional maori greeting for the last stop on their 16—day tour. ‘they performed a hongi, where they touched noses
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and foreheads with maori elders. 0ur royal correspondent jonny dymond sent this report. it seemed like a pretty odd greeting, but it was a royal greeting, but it was a royal greeting for harry and megan. he maintained a contact all the way. he passed the test. the welcome was complete. 0rmond of solemnity. —— a
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moment. then time to make the well—wishers gathered all around. people want to catch a glimpse of the royal couple. there is an intimate chat with new zealand's print minister. feminism is about fairness. suffrage is about the rate to vote and what that represents. the basic fundamental human rights of being able to participate in choices for your future. new zealand may have come last on this royal tour, but the couple are making their mark. two police officers in australia
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pulled off a dramatic beach rescue with a difference, when a kangaroo got itself into difficulty at sea. the animal was drowning when sergeants christopher russo and kirby tonkin ran into the sea off the coast of melbourne to fetch it. they dragged the unconsious kangaroo to the shore, where they performed chest compressions and managed to save its life. now it's time for a look at the weather. it is now the cold day. there will be sharers in eastern scotland.
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