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this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. the bbc understands there were five people on board the helicopter belonging to leicester city's owner which crashed last night. fans have left flowers, football shirts and tributes outside the ground. a man is charged in pittsburgh after the murder of 11 people at a synagogue, the deadliest attack on america's jewish community. chancellor philip hammond, who will present his budget tomorrow, says an end to austerity depends on what kind of brexit deal the country gets. a damaged power line near london paddington causes rail delays on services to the west country and heathrow airport. also coming up — a traditional maori welcome for the duke and dutchess of cambridge. meghan and harry arrive in new zealand for the last stop on their 16—day tour. and in half an hour the travel show
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heads to the frozen landscapes of norway and visits a musical festival where ice takes centre stage. the bbc has been told the owner of leicester city football club was on board the helicopter that crashed and burst into flames moments after taking off from the team's stadium last night. vichai srivaddhanaprabha is thought to have been on board with 4 others. he bought leicester city 8 years ago, pouring millions of pounds into the club, which helped it win the premier league title in 2016. sima kotecha's report
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contains flashing images. 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. it's still not clear who else was with him. he came into the club. 0bviously invested heavily into the club. 0bviously took the club to new heights with winning the premier league title. but outside of that, he's also invested a lot of money locally, charity—wise. set up the foxes foundation, which has raised about £2 million. the mood here has been sombre. the number of bouquets being left
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here has been steadily growing throughout the day and fans have been shaking their heads in disbelief. tonight, leicester is grieving. among those paying tribute, members of the thailand international academy. i can't believe. suddenly, we are so sad. we cannot sleep all night because yesterday we watched the game. after the game, we go back to hotel. and then we know the news, we cannot sleep. it's a big thing for leicester city, this. and he was the best, best bloke that you could have. he never went by you without acknowledging you. eyewitnesses have told us the helicopter lost control midair. leicestershire police say they're working with other emergency services to find out exactly what happened and why. leicester city had played west ham last night. this is the moment when vichai srivaddhanaprabha's helicopter was taking off after the game. the club has flourished
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under his ownership. two years ago, it won the premier league — against all odds. now fans are mourning, as they try to digest what happened here, in the most horrendous circumstances. sima kotecha, bbc news, leicester. in and destroyed to not ingratiate himself to the fans not to become a foxes fan, and enjoy his time here. he got the club promoted to the premier league and survived in the premier league and survived in the premier league, and here, it was
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most incredible achievement in 2016 when they lifted the prevailing trophy. something that as people from leicester daren‘t even dream of. and vichai srivaddhanaprabha deliver that. what struck me as the amount of different football clubs that have representation here, there are that have representation here, there a re scarves that have representation here, there are scarves and flags, to say thank you to him, for what he has done for football. and the football community really has come together today for a man whose home is around the other side of the world. the city of leicester wasn't necessarily home for him, but he certainly made it his home with his family here leicester city football club. invested heavily in the first team and the infrastructure here. and don't forget the local community. this is a man who donated £2 million to the local hospitaljust behind us here in leicester to support the local community. an incredible man, and a man who changed the footballing landscape here forever.
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i have a foxes fan, leicester city fan for many years. tell me why you have taken the opportunity to come down here tonight in front of all these flowers and scarves of likes. to pay respect for what they are done to the club, for the people, for leicester. it is shocking. what has he done for the football club? who won the premiership. he has brought us together. the impossible made possible. at the end of the day isjust shocking. something like this has happened. thanks. lots of fa ns this has happened. thanks. lots of fans here as you can see that up—and—coming all day. the blue and white helium balloons released into the sky area and around of applause when it happened, and people are not sure how to react. but now there has
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been no confirmation of any injuries sustained by anybody in the helicopter. the crash site is just over my shoulder. there have been teams arriving all afternoon. there has been no confirmation as to what the situation is, we're still awaiting an official statement. the feeling here is sombre, and people don't quite know how to react at this stage, but there have been 1500 fa ns this stage, but there have been 1500 fans turning all day, showing respect, leaving shirts and scarves of all different football teams. i saw nottingham forest and derby cou nty fa ns saw nottingham forest and derby county fans together cost of that is rare. at leicester city, paying their respects to a leicester city chairman. football has come together today in the city of leicester and invading applied in paying its respect. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the writer and broadcaster, mihir bose, and the former pensions minister, baroness ros altmann. the 46—year—old—man suspected over
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the mass shooting at a synagogue in the united states has been charged with 11 counts of murder. robert bowers surrendered to police after the attack, the deadliest to target america's jewish community. it's emerged he has a history of posting anti—semitic material on social media. nick bryant has the latest from pittsburgh. this is the kind of vigil that's become a recurring ritual of life in the united states. a multi—faith act of ecumenicalism, a multi—generational act of community. but this country is facing a crisis of hate—filled violence, and america right now seems incapable of truly coming together. this latest mass shooting was a hate crime. jewish worshippers, killed in a hail of gunfire and an onslaught of anti—semitic slurs. 7—1, shots fired! give me additional resources.
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additional resources, third floor! the police have released recordings of their shootout with the gunman. come on, we've got a guy barricaded, actively shooting at swat operators. all right, be advised, we have suspect giving us hands in view. we're negotiating surrender at this time. all units, hold what you got. 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's training, some of that's experience. but it's their inner core that wants them to help others, that wants to save lives. and they did that yesterday. 46—year—old robert bowers entered the synagogue with an ar—15 assault rifle and at least three handguns. he spoke of genocide and his desire to killjewish people. his oldest victim was 97 years old. robert bowers' social media posts were full of anti—semitic rants, and just hours before the shootings he had been critical of a jewish refugee organisation.
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"i can't sit by and watch my people get slaughtered", he wrote. "screw the optics, i'm going in." this area of pittsburgh is one of the most close—knitjewish communities in america. one of those places which speaks of the immigrant story. one of those places, according to rabbi chuck diamond, that's long felt vulnerable. i used to be the rabbi there. one of my biggest fears was always, in the back of my head, something like this happening. so, there's a lot of hate, and when you mix hate with guns, it's not a good result. with congressional elections looming, donald trump has been switching awkwardly from campaign mode to condemnation. political rallies, the forum for his remarks. this evil, anti—semitic attack is an assault on all of us. it's an assault on humanity. mass shootings have become a permanent feature of life here. this weekend, it's pittsburgh's that's in mourning.
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sometime soon, it will be another american community, in another american city. the chancellor philip hammond has said tomorrow's budget would have to be followed by an emergency budget in the event of a no—deal brexit. he's warned future plans for government spending that he'll outline to parliament tomorrow are contingent on britain and the eu reaching a deal. here's our political correspondent, ben wright. it will look like a normal budget, but these are not normal times. if there is no brexit reached with the eu, the chancellor will have to write a new budget. 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 markets are doing, it depends on the circumstances of the moment. but the important point is i have got fiscal reserves that would enable me to intervene.
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it's not the only consideration for the chancellor. at the tory party conference last month, his boss made a bold pledge. 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. the question is how that pledge will be delivered and paid for in the coming years. the nhs has been promised billions more. many public services are reeling from eight years of cuts. and the chancellor is under pressure from his own mps to help fix the roll—out of universal credit. today, a hint from mr hammond that he is listening. in last year's budget i put a billion and a half pounds into trying to smooth some of the issues around transition from legacy system to universal credit. and where we see issues that need addressing, we will dress them. higher than expected tax receipts will allow the chancellor to spend a bit extra on things like road repairs and business rate relief. but, with no majority in the commons
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and a very fractious tory party, the ever—cautious chancellor is unlikely to risk any radical budget moves. he knows, too, that a botched brexit could capsize all his plans. the shadow chancellor said he was deeply worried. a whole callous complacency about what philip hammond is doing at the moment, on universal credit and a brexit at the moment, the implications for our community if there is a no deal, i think could be catastrophic. and he should be standing up now and saying there will always be a deal, and he will work with us if necessary to secure the deal. brexit frames this budget and big tax and spending decisions will be delayed until it's done. ben wright, bbc news. train services as far as the west country and heathrow airport have been affected by damage to overhead power cables. it's the second time this month that trains running in and out of london paddington have been disrupted this way. some passengers had to be rescued.
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thomas magill reports. confusion and disruption for passengers today. my 15 minute ride home is public right to take us three hours. we struggled to get to waterloo. we'll get home until later. the cause was damaged to overhead power lines just outside the station, discovered earlier. but not before ten trains got stranded. these pictures show passengers being evacuated. and all this is a familiar picture for some. just two weeks ago thousands of passengers faced delays after overhead power lines were damaged during testing of an electric train just outside paddington. this is causing real disruption for passengers wanting to
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use the heathrow express, trained to maidenhead and even the west country further afield. some have told me they are concerned about linking up with connecting trains and even flights today. for now, nothing is leaving paddington station, and the advice is to use alternative services. network rail manages the track and cables. they say they have engineers on—site working on the problem. three rail operators run services from paddington, and from them, questions about what happened. we will ask network rail to be really sure this is not something that can happen again. for now, long delays ahead for these passengers, and no guarantee things will be back to normalfor and no guarantee things will be back to normal for tomorrow's rush—hour. the headlines on bbc news: leicester city fans have been laying flowers at the king power stadium, close to where a helicopter belonging to the club's owner crashed last night. the bbc understands there were five people on board. a man is charged in pittsburgh
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after the murder of 11 people at a synagogue, the deadliest attack on america's jewish community. chancellor philip hammond, who will present his budget tomorrow, says an end to austerity depends on what kind of brexit deal the country gets. sport now and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. i'm just waiting for a lewis hamilton to do his thing. you and a lot more. good evening. he is currently third at the mexican grand prix. they have had 46 of 71 laps. he has just grand prix. they have had 46 of 71 laps. he hasjust been overtaken by
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sebastian vettel. he only needs five points or a seventh place finish to win the championship. you can follow it on the website. struggling with problems with his tyres under pressure from daniel ricciardo in fourth spot at the moment. not plain sailing for lewis hamilton but giving the cushion he has, just five points and a seventh place finish that he needs, it may be more tense thanit that he needs, it may be more tense than it looked like it would be because he took second place from the start, but since then he has been drifting backwards. you can follow it on the website. there is text commentary and phil commentary on bbc radio 5 live. sporting events across the country have been marking the helicopter crash outside leicester's king power stadium. three premier league fixtures all reflected on the incident that happened at around half—past 8 last night with leicester owner vichai srivaddhanaprabha thought to be on board at the time. manchester united's match against everton jointly marked it along with rememberence sunday,
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as did burnley and chelsea, who also held a silence. former leicester midfielder ngolo kante is part of the chelsea squad and paid his own respects at turf moor. he was a title winner with leicester city. manchester united have won in the premier league forjust the second time in six weeks, holding off a late everton comeback to win 2—1 at old trafford where they were watched by some very special guests, asjoe lynksey reports. on a weekend to put football in perspective, this is the team of youngsters who represent hope. manchester united had made 12 boys from thailand their guests of honour. in june, they spent 12 days trapped in a cave. now they were in the directors' box. the scarves told us who they had come to support, a united side who, on this ground, rarely lose to everton. and the early signs suggested they would see something clinical from the home side. that foul also brought the spectacle of a paul pogba penalty kick.
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this is how the world cup winner takes them from the spot. goalkeepers like jordan pickford have learned how to read it. pogba this time got lucky. if that was fortuitous, his next intervention would prove more deliberate. the weight on this pass allowed anthony martial to do this. the striker‘s future at united in the balance at the moment, but this is the kind of quality they cannot afford to lose. pogba's influence on the scoreline was not over just yet. with his team 2—0 up, he tried another spectacle in midfield. he gave away possession then chris smalling gave away a penalty. gylfi sigurdsson‘s conversion would make the ending less comfortable, and though united threw away points late on last week, this time they had done enough. their season still has its flaws, but for the time being, there is progress. joe lynskey, bbc news. chelsea are still unbeaten this season. they put four past burnley at turf moor.
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they won 4—0. the goals came from alvaro morata, ross barkley, wilian and ruben loftus cheek. after his hat—trick in midweek. all this without their star player eden hazard, who is injured. chelsea are up to second in the table for now with manchester city playing tomorrow night at spurs. arsenal are fourth after their 11 game winning streak came to an end. they drew 2—2 at crystal palace. manchester united have gone above their opponents everton into 8th. celtic have reached the scottish league cup final after beating premiership leaders hearts 3—0 at murrayfield. scott sinclair put them ahead with a penalty which was followed by this goalkeeping blunder by hearts keeper zdenek zlamal. but what about this goal? ryan christie caressed home a superb third goal from 20 yards as the holders advanced. and they will play aberdeen in the final who left it late to beat rangers 1—0, with this goal in the 79th minute
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from lewis ferguson. so no old firm derby in the final. and there is just one game in rugby union's premiership rugby cup today. newcastle falcons and reigning champions exeter chiefs drew 22—22 at kingston park. zach kibirige scored a hat—trick for the home side. but it wasn't enough to seal the win. lewis hamilton is into the pits. he has dropped down to six, if he finishes in seventh place, he has w011 finishes in seventh place, he has won the title. we will keep you up—to—date. that's all the sport for now. you have just upset my night. plenty of time to go, do not panic. millions of brazilians have been casting their votes in the second round of the country's presidential election today. they're choosing between the far—right candidate
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jair bolsonaro and fernando haddad of the left—wing workers' party. while opinion polls have been narrowing in the past week. narrowing in the past week, mr bolsonaro is still the favourite to win. the election has been over—shadowed by corruption scandals and a knife attack on mr bolsonaro, who's been criticised for making racist, misogynist and homophobic remarks. 0ur correspondentjulia carneiro said rather than feeling represented by the two candidates, many voters feel like they have been left to decide who is least bad. i'm just outside the rocinha favela, the biggest shanty town in rio, at a voting station, one of the many voting stations set up across brazil where people are coming in and out to place their vote for president, and here in rio for governor as well, in the run—off vote. these have been very divisive elections, with unprecedented events in the run—up to today, which will be an historic day. we are seeing leading candidate jair bolsonaro ten percentage points ahead of his contender, despite very controversial comments he has made in the past that
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have been considered racist, homophobic, misogynistic. he has gained support, however, defending a hard line stance against violence, corruption, promising to deliver something different. i'm going inside to take a look at how voting is coming along. so inside the school all the of the classrooms have been converted into temporary voting stations. people are coming in and out the whole day, placing their vote. they go inside the classrooms, they place their vote. it is an electronic system so it is real quick. there is a little beep and it is done. i have been speaking to some of the voters here. this woman is a mother of seven children. i have been asking about her hopes for these elections. do you hope that these results will be able to bring improvement to the country? thank you very much. she says she
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hopes for a better country, for a better brazil, with more education, more resources for hospitals and with less violence, which is an issue that many voters have been mobilising about, and the next president, whoever he is, will have massive challenges to put the economy back on track and to unite this very polarised country. three teenagers have been arrested in halifax on suspicion of murder after a 17—year—old boy was stabbed. forensic officers have been working at the scene in the 0venden area of the town. two males were found with stab wounds last night, and a third with a head injury. all were taken to hospital, but the 17—year—old died a short time later. more than 300 volunteers joined the search today for sarah wellgreen,
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who has not been seen for almost three weeks. kent police are treating the disappearance of the mother—of—five from new ash green as potential murder. james niche reports. as concern grows for missing sarah wellgreen, so does the search party. volunteers out again in huge numbers, just as determined as day one. i cannot switch off from it so it is literally all i can think about at the moment, which is why i have been helping coordinate it, trying to get as many people as possible. they are briefed to find anything that should not be here. i have come from swale borough. obviously if it was my situation, my partner was missing, i would be concerned, i would want to know her location, i would want to know exactly where she is. i think it is important for communities to come together at times like this. the police can only do so much. we need to all be looking out for her. i think, clearly, the longer it goes on, the less chance there is of reaching a successful conclusion, but i think that always has to remain a possibility. today has seen an extensive
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search on land. police moved to longfield road, searching areas by the train line. the hunt continues. volunteers have been concentrating on the one—mile radius around new ash green today. they are desperate to find any clues, but more importantly, this is a community left in shock, looking for answers. james niche, bbc south east today, new ash green. the duke and duchess of sussex have been welcomed to new zealand with a traditional maori greeting on the last stop on their 16—day tour. they performed a "hongi", where they touched noses and foreheads with maori elders. 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.
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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. 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.
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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 rights 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. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. good evening. this picture gives a good summary of the weather across the uk this weekend. some of us blue skies and sunshine, others were affected by showers, all of us were affected by showers, all of us were affected by showers, all of us were affected by the winds. this winsock lying horizontal gives you a good indicator that the wind has some
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strength. we keep the cold weather for the start of the week, widespread frost on monday, milder midweek, and by the end of the week, things have been getting lively indeed. with staying tuned. a quiet night out tonight, clear skies, like winds, perfect fora widespread frost. the coldest night of the season so far, with temperatures in the countryside down to mines5 temperatures in the countryside down to mines 5 degrees. there could be a smack and patches of fog. milder on the east coast, thanks to the wind from the north sea. the winds continuing tomorrow could bring in showers from time to time. lots of fine weather on monday, increasing cloud in the west, mostly high cloud turning the sunshine hazy across northern ireland and scotland in the afternoon. temperatures around 8—10d and chillier in the easterly breeze. 0n and chillier in the easterly breeze. on monday into tuesday, this area of low pressure is coming from the continent. uncertainty as to how
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close to the uk it will roll, but at the moment, it is a glancing blow on the moment, it is a glancing blow on the eastern counties and it will bring heavy rain and strong winds two areas in its path. it could move further west. the forecast will a lwa ys further west. the forecast will always be tricky for us. generally a reasonable amount of fine weather on tuesday. temperatures below average. we are looking at 10 degrees at best. into wednesday and the low pressure m oves best. into wednesday and the low pressure moves away into the north sea and then we bring in a weather front from the west. and atlantique influenced to the weather so once the rain pushes through, some of it could be heavy for a while, snow with the cold air in the north but we will see temperatures in the south returning to average values. 12-13 south returning to average values. 12—13 on wednesday, chile and scotla nd 12—13 on wednesday, chile and scotland but the best of the sunshine here. cloudier further south and sherry. thursday will be a quiet day with their weather.
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