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this is bbc news. the headlines at 2pm. leicester city fans are laying flowers at king power stadium this lunchtime, close to where a helicopter belonging to the club's owner crashed last night. just can't believe it. they've done such a lot for the club and they're such nice people. you know, it's horrible. us officials say the man accused of murdering 11 people in a synagogue in pittsburgh made statements about genocide againstjews during the assault. the city's mayor had this message for the community. we will be here to help you through this horrific episode. we will get through this darkest day of pittsburgh's history by working together. chancellor philip hammond, who will present his budget tomorrow, says an end to austerity depends on what kind of brexit deal the country gets. glenn hoddle is "responding well" to treatment after suffering a heart attack on saturday.
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a spokesman for the former england manager and player said he remains in a serious condition in hospital. 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. fans have been heading to the ground today to leave flowers and tributes to the man who bought leicester city eight years ago, pouring millions of pounds into the club and watching it win the premier league in 2016.
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it's not yet known how many other people were on the helicopter. our correspondent, sima kotecha reports now from outside leicester's stadium. the mood here is sombre indeed. it has been a devastating 16 hours or so for the club. for the fans and for the city itself too. now, leicestershire police still haven't confirmed who was on board the helicopter. it says that it is working closely with other emergency services to ascertain exactly what happened and why. a warning that my report does contain some flash photography. the scene today. helicopter wreckage after the crash yesterday evening. an hour or so after the final whistle, this. a huge fireball. people stunned, in shock, bewildered. oh, my god. a helicopter‘s just crashed next to the stadium. the bbc understands the chair and owner of leicester city football club was on board. vichai srivaddhanaprabha has been in charge since 2010.
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it's still not clear who else was with him. he has just been so fantastic all—round, you know? yeah, the financial backing has been wonderful, some of the players that we have bought, the fact that we won the league, etc, etc, but it's more the local stuff as well, the things he has done with the community, you know, the generous donations to the hospital are well publicised but also the things he has done for the fans. today, flowers, tears and tributes. we will still go on, carry on fighting, try and get to the top of the premier league table just for him. eyewitnesses have told us the helicopter lost control midair and was only in the sky for a matter of seconds. the crash happened over there, just behind the stadium. people rushed towards it to try and help those inside the helicopter. the security staff attempted to stop them and maintain order. leicester city had played west ham last night. they drew 1—1. like after most matches
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involving leicester city, vichai srivaddhanaprabha was picked up off the pitch by helicopter. he was usually taken back to his home in london. the club has flourished under his ownership. two years ago, it won the premier league against all odds. now, fans in mourning as they try to come to terms with what happened. sima kotecha, bbc news, leicester. we can speak now to chris forryan who runs the leicester ‘till i die fan group. this is potentially a very sad period for leicester city. we don't yet know whether vichai srivaddhanaprabha was on board the helicopter although usually it is the way he travels to and from the scene. can you give us the way he travels to and from the scene. can you give us some the way he travels to and from the scene. can you give us some idea of the impact he has had on the club since he became involved? the impact he has made it is second to none. he
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has not just bought he has made it is second to none. he has notjust bought the club, he has not just bought into has notjust bought the club, he has notjust bought into the club, he has bought into the city. he hasn't just coming and bought players, it is the support and the infrastructure he is starting to set up infrastructure he is starting to set up at the club and the support he has given to local schools and charities. he is notjust the owner of the football club, he is an honorary citizen of the town. the performance of the club, that rise to the perennially and then winning, that was a remarkable period. since then, have the fortunes of the club still felt like a club where the owner ca res still felt like a club where the owner cares and that the city has taken him to its heart? yes, what has happened since then, that was unbelievable and will never be forgotten. it may never be repeated, who knows? 0ur feelings forgotten. it may never be repeated, who knows? 0urfeelings towards not just him but his whole family haven't changed just because we
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haven't changed just because we haven't won it again. what he has given to us as fans of leicester city football club is just unbelievable. whatever the muses and we don't know yet, will always love the guy. we have already seen two matches cancelled as a mark of respect. yesterday a decent draw against west ham. have you spoken to people who were at the game yesterday? were you at the game?|j wasn't yesterday? were you at the game?” wasn't able to make the game and u nfortu nately. wasn't able to make the game and unfortunately. i was down on the south coast and couldn't get back up. everybody is just in shock. they a lwa ys up. everybody is just in shock. they always say no news is good news, i think on this occasion it is probably the other way around. we arejust in total shock probably the other way around. we are just in total shock because the quy are just in total shock because the guy was so are just in total shock because the guy was so well loved.” are just in total shock because the guy was so well loved. i suppose it was a familiar sight for people to see the helicopter leaving from the
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pitch and heading out over the city. in some ways, i suppose people are a bit uneasy about helicopters taking off and landing in busy parts of built—up areas. off and landing in busy parts of built-up areas. he does it every game, like you said. this is the thing, he was at as many games as he could manage and was there yesterday and you take it for granted that the helicopter will come in and pick people up and take them at it will be fine. you never imagine in your worst nightmare that something like this could happen. there is a match due on tuesday, it is too early to say whether that will go ahead, if it did go ahead, what sort of reception and tribute would you expect to be made to the family?” think southampton themselves have already tweeted that they will be happy for the game to be postponed 01’ happy for the game to be postponed or cut off. i think it should be. as a mark of respect. i think if it
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does go ahead, the fans willjust not stop singing and cheering for him. chris, after a horrible night in leicester, a day for reflection as we wait for news. thank you very much for talking to us about leicester city's this lunchtime. the suspect in the mass shooting at a synagogue in the united states has been charged with 11 counts of murder. in the last hour, the authorities in pittsburgh have identified all the victims — the oldest one was 97 years old. the suspect, robert bowers, is being treated for several gunshot wounds in hospital after surrendering to police following the shooting. if convicted he faces the death penalty. it's emerged he has a history of posting anti—semitic material on social media, as 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.
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some chose to speak up, some just 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 the shooting, meticulously gathering their evidence. the sheer scale and brutality of the crime becoming clearer by the minute. i just found out that i have a friend that was shot. i don't really know her status other than that she is ok. it sickens me, because this is a close—knit neighbourhood and there is no doubt that there are going to be people on that list that i know. 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 campaigning in illinois, announcing his intention to travel to pittsburgh in the coming days. he's also ordered flags to be flown
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at half—mast on 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. 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 with how someone could commit such a hate—filled crime. gary 0'donoghue, bbc news, pittsburgh, pennsylvania. in the last hour, officials have been given more details about the incident. the president of thejewish federation of greater pittsburgh,
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jeff finklestein, said they would do everything to help those affected. i've seen this room a lot of times on tv and i never thought i would be at this podium. this is an awful, awful period for ourjewish community and especially for the families who have been affected. it is real once you hear the names. we are going to do everything we can to help the families. we are in the process of doing that now. we will be there for them and be there to help ourjewish community in the pittsburgh region he will from this. the chief of pittsburgh police, wendell hissrich, praised the quick response of his officers in apprehending robert bowers before more people were hurt. i still want to praise the officers for what they did. i mean, they ran into danger, they ran into gunfire to help others. some of that is training, some of that is experience, but it is their inner core that wants them to help others,
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that wants to save lives, and they did that yesterday. so we want to praise them for that. the four officers were injured, one was released yesterday. we are praying one will be released today. and then the other two have a little bit more that needs to be done. pittsburgh's mayor, bill peduto, paid tribute to the 11 victims and their families. pittsburgh is a strong town. we are a resilient city. we have been knocked down and we found ways to stand back up. we have always done it in one way — by working together. to the victims' families, to the victims' friends, we are here as a community of one. for you. we will be here to help you through this horrific episode. we will get through this darkest day of pittsburgh's history by working together. squirrel hill is the most diverse neighbourhood
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in all of western pennsylvania. people choose to live there because of the diversity of the community. the jewish community is the backbone, it is part of the fabric of pittsburgh. and we will be there in all communities to support our friends in the jewish community. gary 0'donoghue is in pittsburgh. a horrifying crime, a crime that fairly busy was provoked by robert bowers's anti—semitism, well recorded on social media. has been much debate and was there much discussion about his ability to acquire automatic weapons? not really. we do know that he had bought six weapons, i think, over
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the last 22 or 23 years. we know that he took four weapons with him to the synagogue yesterday behind me. three, described as handguns, they are powerful handguns, he also took an 815 automatic rifle and the police have said there was a lot of shooting, a lot of spent pieces in there. he had a captive audience. he showed no mercy whatsoever by the sounds of things. not really at this stage it... i tell you what there was, the visual i went to last night which you saw in my piece just a moment ago, there was young people there who had been involved in the movement after the park and school shooting in february and said, "look, this is about anti—semitism but it is also about gun control. " very strong and very firmly saying
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that. i said to them, isn't anti—semitism the real problem here? if you start with the guns, and anti—semite with a gun is more dangerous than anti—semite without a gun. they were tying those two issues together. i think what you heard there from bill peduto, the mail of pittsburgh, was the argument, "look, there's no point us to putting things in place to try and stop irrationality. " to putting things in place to try and stop irrationality." his point was that you have to tackle the irrationality and the hatred itself. i think that is the sort of way of answering the president's line that is, "maybe if you have a guard inside the synagogue," maybe you that wouldn't happen. he's talked about arming more security and even arming teachers to perfect the youngsters. if an assailant gets in... we're waiting for the news conference about an hour ago. a 20 minute attack and the one thing that
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struck me with that list of names that was read out was that most of the people who died would perhaps have been unable to get away quickly and were sitting targets.” have been unable to get away quickly and were sitting targets. i think thatis and were sitting targets. i think that is right. i mean, the geography, we are not clear on the geography, we are not clear on the geography inside the synagogue. there are three separate congregations that meet at this synagogue and some upstairs and some downstairs. the police have told us that people died in all three separate congregations. he moved around the building. if you look at the list of those who died which has just been released, the youngest was in them a 50s, the eldest was 97. 97 yea rs in them a 50s, the eldest was 97. 97 years old, she was. so she spent nearly a century living through one of the worst centuries for the jewish people, one of the most hate filled centuries for the jewish people. she got through that but she
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lost her life here at the hands of a hate filled madman yesterday morning during that service on the sabbath. it is just heartbreaking. during that service on the sabbath. it isjust heartbreaking. thank you, gary. the headlines on bbc news... leicester city fans are laying flowers at king power stadium, close to where a helicopter belonging to the club's owner crashed last night. us officials say the man accused of murdering eleven people in a synagogue in pittsburgh had made statements about genocide during the assault. it is believed to be the worst anti—semitic attack in recent us history. glenn hoddle is "responding well" to treatment after suffering a heart attack on saturday. a spokesman for the former england manager said he remains in a serious condition in hospital. the chancellor, philip hammond, has said tomorrow's budget would have to be followed by an emergency
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budget in the event of a no—deal brexit. he's warned future plans for government spending — that he'll outline to parliament — are contingent on britain and the eu reaching a deal. here's our political correspondent peter saull. when a chancellor delivers a budget, the contents of his red box normally become a reality but these are not normal times. today philip hammond admitted that a no—deal brexit would force a rethink. 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, that depends on what the markets are doing, the circumstances of the moment, but the important point is i have got fiscal reserves that would enable me to intervene. while some think the impact of leaving the eu without a deal is overblown, labour believes that scenario should be avoided at all costs. i'm deeply worried. i've seen interviews from philip hammond today,
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edging towards what he said a short while back, a no—deal brexit, and i'm really worried about that. it's the worst of all options. it could damage our economy, undermine jobs, and we'll do everything we can in parliament to make sure we get a deal that will protect jobs and the economy. philip hammond is a naturally cautious chancellor and he already had this to live up to. a decade after the financial crash, people need to know that the austerity it led to is over and that their hard work has paid off. labour willjudge the budget against that bar, so where might the chancellor flash the cash? higher than expected tax receipts give him some wriggle room. there'll be a bit of extra spending on roads, both on major routes and fixing potholes on local streets. some conservatives think money is needed to help fix universal credit too. and this morning, a hint the chancellor is listening. it's absolutely right we pursue this structural reform. notjust because it's a better welfare system but because it's also
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a key element of creating an economy that works for the future and gets people into work. of course there have been teething issues along the way. the pressure's on the chancellor to signal a change in direction. peter saull, bbc news. 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, that's tomorrow evening at 8.30pm on bbc news. the former england and tottenham manager glenn hoddle remains in a serious condition in hospital after suffering a heart attack. hoddle, who won 53 england caps, is said to be responding well to treatment. his family say they are especially grateful to staff at bt sport who treated him immediately on set after he collapsed at the end of a football programme.
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polls have opened in the second and final round of brazil's presidential election. millions of people are expected to vote in one and violent political campaigns 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 said rather than feeling represented by the two candidates, many voters feel like they have been left to decide who is "less worse" iamjust i am just outside the biggest sha ntytown in i am just outside the biggest shantytown in rio at a voting station, one of many set up across brazil people are coming in and out to their votes for president and, here in rio, for governor as well. these have been very divisive
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elections with unprecedented event in the to today which will be a historic day. the leading candidates as ten percentage points ahead of his leading contender despite very controversial comments he has made in the past that have been considered racist, homophobic, misogynistic. he is getting support however with a hardline stance against corruption and promising to deliver something different. i'm going inside to take a look at how voting is coming along. inside, all the classrooms have been converted into a temporary voting stations are people line up, wait their turn, they go inside and place their votes and this lady has just voted. voted for president and governor. i have been spoken to some of the voters here. this lady is just about to cast her vote, are you hopeful about the result that will be announced later today? she says she is hopeful and she's
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choosing a candidate that she considers less worse for brazil to improve. i think this is typical of what we are seeing at the moment. lots of people are undecided, going for the candidate that they considered less worse, not really feeling represented by the options that are available. the electronic voting system here means we will have the results later tonight and we will keep you up—to—date about who the next president of brazil will be. sir philip green has again denied allegations abused former employees. 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
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been the worst of his life. 0ur correspondent angus crawford said sir philip complained that he was being used for what he called ‘target practice'. he described this as the worst week of his life. he is at a health resort in arizona, where the mail on sunday contacted him. he said he'd never set out to cause any kind of offence. he described the situation as a horror story and said he was very upset and felt he was being used for target practice, whatever that means. he said it was also injuring his businesses also. interesting that he went on to say during his time at the top of his businesses, there has been, from time to time, some banter, as he called it, and a bit of humour. but he said if he caused offence, he was happy to apologise. 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 and foreheads with maori elders.
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0ur royal correspondent jonny dymond sent this report. it seems like a pretty odd kind of greeting. but it was a maori welcome to new zealand for harry and meghan. harry braced for the challenge. he maintained eye contact all the way. he passed the test, and the welcome was complete. a moment of solemnity at new zealand's memorial to the fallen. a reminder ofjoint sacrifice and shared history. and then time to meet the well—wishers gathered all around.
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thousands of people have waited on this chilly sunday afternoon to catch a glimpse of or, if they're lucky, have a chat with the royal couple. a more intimate chat for meghan in the evening with new zealand's prime minister. and a rallying cry for the rights of women. feminism is about fairness. suffrage is not simply about the right to vote but also about what that represents. the basic and fundamental human right of being able to participate in the choices for your future and that of your community. new zealand may have come last on this royal tour but here again the couple were making their mark. she might be the oldest person in the world butjulia flores hasn't tired of blowing out her birthday candles just yet. the 118—year—old celebrated her
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birthday with live music, cake and herfavourite pasta dish. ms flores is from bolivia and was thrown a party in her honour at city hall where she was given a certificate recognising her long life. her family is hoping she will now secure her place in the guinness book of world records. two police officers in australia 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 pull it out. they dragged the unconscious 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.
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we have got some blue sky and some sunshine out there today but temperatures are certainly nothing to write home about. we have a cold northerly wind with us. the mix of sunshine and showers continuing as this cold air drives in with a brisk north—easterly breeze. the blue colours still with us at the moment. the areas most likely to see showers are in the east but also the channel islands weather has been some thunder. the west should stay dry with clear blue skies and sunshine. light winds than we have had recently. 0vernight, most of the showers fade away. one or two continuing around the coast but in the north and west the temperatures will fall lower. we could see “11 or -5. will fall lower. we could see “11 or —5. the cold morning whether you are. this should clear away and monday looking like not a bad day. a degree or so monday looking like not a bad day. a degree 01’ so warmer monday looking like not a bad day. a degree or so warmer than today. 0nly between 7—11 celsius but things turn
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milder as we look towards the middle of the week. srivaddhanaprabha, hello this is bbc news. the headlines: authorities across the us have boosted security at places of worship following a shooting at a synagogue in pittsburgh which killed 11 people and injured six. robert bowers is accused of opening fire at the tree of life synagogue during a sabbath service and could now face the death penalty. leicester city fans are laying flowers at king power stadium this morning, close to where a helicopter belonging to the club's owner crashed last night. it's believed vichai srivaddhanaprabha was on board. 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, but he would have to set out a new budget if it happened. glenn hoddle is "responding well" to treatment after suffering a heart attack on saturday. a spokesman for the former england manager said he remains in a serious
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