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it comes after protests and widespread criticism, of labour's handling of anti—semitic complaints. as a jewish mp for whom the labour party was the natural home, i now go around feeling fear and always looking over my shoulder. police already have an internal labour party dossier, detailing anti—semitic messages posted by members online. also tonight — why did this paraplegic athlete end up having to drag himself along the floor at luton airport? if i didn't have my wheelchair, my legs have been taken away from me. all of my self—sufficiency and all of my independence was no longer there. two teenagers have been killed in stabbings south london in the last 2a hours. life on the caravan — we join the thousands of central american migrants defying president trump and heading for the us. and, can england put recent problems behind them, with a win this weekend against south africa at twickenham? and coming up on sportsday on bbc
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news — hibernian manager neil lennon says scotland has an issue with sectarian abuse, having being hit by a coin in the midweek edinburgh derby. good evening. britain's most senior police officer, cressida dick, has revealed that a criminal investigation has begun, into allegations of anti—semitic hate crime among labour party members. she said it appears "there may have been a crime committed". it comes after an internal labour party dossier detailing messages posted by members online, was handed to the metropolitan police in september. anti—semitic hate crime involves hostility towards jews ranging
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from verbal abuse to assault. the labour party itself, is not under investigation. our deputy political editor, john pienaar reports. today, no escaping this question. mr corbyn, any response to the police investigation? good morning. any response at all about the police investigation? good morning, how nice to see you. do you think the labour party was involved in anti—semitism? good morning, how nice to see you. goodbye. are you finally going to take action on this, mr corbyn? goodbye. jeremy corbyn badly wants to put this row behind him but the accusations of anti—semitism in the labour party follow him, whichever way he turns. labour's been split and the leadership under attack for months. critics want more action, more regret at cases of anti—semitic abuse. corbyn loyalists claim the problem's exaggerated. but now police are on the case. we have been assessing some material which was passed, in fact, to me in a radio studio of all things.
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in a radio studio of all things about two months ago, and we are now investigating some of that material because it appears there may have been crime committed. the leaked file at scotland yard includes an online message calling one female labour mp a zionist extremist who is about to get a good kicking. four cases are said to be under particular scrutiny for potential hate crime, though not labour as a whole. somejewish labour mps say it's a lesson to their party. the labour party, particularly in the wake of thejo cox murder, has a duty of care to its members and they should have referred these matters themselves to the police. as a jewish mp for whom the labour party was the natural home, i now go around feeling fear and always looking over my shoulder. jeremy corbyn commands huge labour loyalty, many, like him, critical of israel.
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but he agreed under pressure to a new definition of anti—semitism and promised support to british jews. the row over anti—semitism has caused immense hurt and exciting in the row over anti—semitism has caused immense hurt and anxiety in thejewish community, and great dismay in the labour party. i say this to all in the jewish community. we are your ally. seniorfigures accept there's more to do. we have anti—semitism in the labour party. we've improved our measures to deal with it. i don't want any anti—semite in my party. we want them out, and if they're guilty of hate crime we want them investigated and convicted too. accusations of anti—semitism may already have cost labour manyjewish supporters. political opponents from theresa may down mean to attack on this front, convinced it will hurt labour and maybe hinderjeremy corbyn‘s chances of winning power. there is anger and frustration in the party but the main political casualty could be labour itself. john pienaar, bbc news. a man who's paraplegic, is suing luton airport, after staff failed to provide a wheelchair he could use himself. justin levene says the one he was offered was too rigid and could give him pressure sores.
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it also meant he'd be less independent, having to rely on others. his own chair had been left behind on a flight, and so he was left, he says, with no option, but to drag himself through the airport on the floor. our legal correspondent clive coleman has the story. what could have led to this? luton airport, thank you very much. justin levene, a paraplegic, dragging himself through luton airport after his wheelchair was left behind by an airline. aged 20, justin coughed and herniated a disc, and an operation went wrong. but it hasn't held him back. he's become an international wheelchair athlete, trainer, and mentor to disabled athletes. in august last yearjustin arrived back on a flight to luton airport. stranded without his self—propelling wheelchair, offered him a rigid, high—backed one which had to be pushed by someone else.
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i've worked very hard for a number of years to try and maintain all of my independence. and one of the biggest problems i had was, if i didn't have my wheelchair, my legs have been taken away from me. all of my self—sufficiency and all of my independence was no longer there. and to be in one of those chairs, it made me feel humiliated and degraded. if you are in those chairs and they insisted in trying to strap me down in it, i wouldn't have been able to adjust myself. and i would have been at risk of getting a pressure sore. pressure sores can occui’ very quickly, sojustin asked if he could be transported by a motorised buggy. but luton airport doesn't have them. at the heart ofjustin's dispute with luton airport is his claim that, by failing to provide him with a self—propelling wheelchair, the airport was, in effect, leaving him only one viable option, to haul himself along these floors for hundreds of yards, denying him both his independence and his dignity. once outside the terminal, justin used a luggage trolley
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to wheel himself to his taxi. his own wheelchair was returned a day later. in a statement, luton airport said: "our teams worked hard to find a solution, offering mr levene an assisted wheelchair as a temporary replacement. mr levene declined all offers of help as he deemed them unacceptable. we are satisfied that our agents and staff did all they could in difficult circumstances. " a significant number of international and uk airports do provide self—propelling wheelchairs. paralympian anne wafula—strike, who has also faced problems at airports, understands justin levene‘s actions. i would feel like my independence was being taken away, and honestly, as a disabled person, we are still in charge of the type of people we want to be. are we the people thatjust want to be pushed around, you know, for people to be feeling
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sorry for us? no. justin levene‘s story is at the cutting edge of thinking about disability issues. is it enough for service providers like airports to give some assistance, even if what they offer denies the disabled person independence? clive coleman, bbc news. our disability news correspondent nikki fox is here. this is clearly something that made justin levene very angry but there are some who might think, wouldn't it have been easier to use the wheelchair he was given for a short space of time rather than drag himself on the floor? of course, there was an element of protest and principle about what justin there was an element of protest and principle about whatjustin did. because other airports do offer wheelchairs that you can push yourself. but when it comes to flying there are a huge number of problems for people with all kinds of disabilities. so, take the
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bathroom being too small. often disabled people tell me they have to purposely dehydrate themselves before they get a flight because they know they will not be able to use the bathroom, or they cannot get to the bathroom before they need to use it. if you need to be lifted from the aisle chair to the seat it can from the aisle chair to the seat it ca n ofte n from the aisle chair to the seat it can often be embarrassing and painful. and there is damaged equipment. if you have a 20 grand wheelchair that gets damaged, then it is going to impact your everyday life, it is going to impact your work. part of the problem is the aviation industry follow set rules, and one of those rules would mean that your £20,000 wheelchair, if it was damaged or broken, would only be seen at the same as lost luggage so the airline would only have to pay you back £1300 approximately. it also means that a person cannot take any legal action from the moment they get on the plane, from
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discrimination, sorry, from the moment they get on the plane to the moment they get on the plane to the moment they get off the plane. there isa moment they get off the plane. there is a whole raft of problems and in justin's case, he was shining a light on one of them. if you compare the aviation industry to public transport, for example, you have got buses and planes, it is not great by any buses and planes, it is not great by a ny stretch buses and planes, it is not great by any stretch but improvements are being made but you can't say the same about flying. nikki fox, thank you. in a tweet, donald trump has announced the return of all us sanctions on iran, that were previously lifted under the obama administration. the measures, targeting iran's energy, ship—building, and banking sectors will come into force on monday. eight countries are, however, being granted temporary waivers, allowing them to continue importing iranian oil. the shale gas company cuadrilla, says it's seen the first natural gas flow at its site in lancashire, since fracking operations began there just over two weeks ago. the firm says it's
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a good early indication of the potential of the site. campaigners against fracking are continuing to raise environmental concerns, following a series of earth tremors. after the joint hottest summer on record this year, the met office has confirmed the uk, has experienced more weather extremes in the ten years, compared to previous decades. the hottest days have become almost 1 degree centigrade warmer. while the coldest days are not so cold. and the number of nights when temperatures stay above 20 degrees centigrade is increasing. the met office says the changes are consistent with man—made global warming. here's our science editor david shukman. the year began with the punishing conditions of the beast from the east. roads were paralysed by snow. but 2018 also brought the total opposite. with intense heat in the summer. and the met office says that as the climate changes,
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more extremes like this are likely. it was no picnic being on the road before the gritting and sending before the gritting and sanding vehicles put in an appearance. the scientists went through weather records from as far back as the 1960s, tracking floods and other events and they confirmed what other researchers are saying, that the impacts of rising temperatures are already being felt. we often think of climate change as a problem for future generations, but what the numbers show in this new report is that we are already starting to experience the effects of climate change and these extreme events will continue to increase into the future. so, for someone like me in his early 30s, it is my generation that are going to be experiencing the brunt of those effects. one effect of more intense heat is the risk of fires. this one, lastjuly in south wales, was one of many fanned by prolonged spells of high temperatures. even now, signs of the blaze are still visible. a reminder of why understanding weather extremes really matters. this new report comes up with very
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striking findings by comparing the years between 1961 and 1990 with the most recent decade. here is what they have found. the hottest days have become even hotter, up 0.8 celsius. the coldest days have become a bit less chilly, up 1.7 celsius. and we are getting more so—called tropical nights when the temperature never goes below 20. up from eight in all the 60s, 70s and 80s, to as many as four in the last ten years. and it's night—time heat that's most threatening to the elderly. there's lots of different symptoms, the most obvious things being things like heatstroke or dehydration and they can have a myriad range of different symptoms in themselves, but there are also what people do not necessarily realise is, heat can increase our risk of lots of different health conditions, things like stroke, heart failure and even heart attacks
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can be increased in risk by it. the country has always faced storms and other dangers from the weather, but this latest research is a warning that they may become more threatening in future. david shukman, bbc news, in south wales. players for leicester city are preparing for their first match following the death of the club's owner in a helicopter crash last weekend. the strikerjamie vardy says the game against cardiff will be in honour of vichai srivaddhanaprabha, who was one of five people who died in the accident outside king power stadium. natalie pirks reports. it's been one of the hardest, i think, weeks that myself and the lads have had to go through. it was another day of quiet reflection for leicester city players today. but this isn't just about an owner. it's more personal than that. he wasn'tjust a chairman. he always made sure that he went out
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of his way to get to know you on personal levels as well with your families, and he took us in as his extended family. so close were the players' relationships with vichai srivaddhanaprabha that he was a guest atjamie vardy‘s wedding to wife rebecca. as the shock subsides, honouring his memory is now at the forefront of players' minds. obviously, at first you think no, no way that's happened, it's not possible. everyone's feeling the same. we're all hurting, but we know that he'd want us out there, and we as a team and club wants to do him proud. they will attempt to do that tomorrow against cardiff city, their first game since the accident. senior members of the team will then fly to thailand for srivaddhanaprabha's funeral, where his body has arrived at a buddhist temple in bangkok for a seven—day period of mourning. air accident investigators say
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they've been able to download data from the helicopter‘s black box, despite it being subjected to intense heat in the fire. for the players, they've tried to ease their pain by reflecting on their memories together of their friend, who always had a smile for everyone. natalie pirks, bbc news. with president trump threatening to send thousands of troops to the border threatening to stop people coming in a caravan from from central america to the southern border of the states. most say they are fleeing
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violence and poverty in central america. we'll grant is travelling with them, and he sent us this special report. in the desperation to cross mexico as fast as possible, even the most dangerous of lifts will do. on this trip, a helping hand can cut the migrants' journey time by hours. for decades, one of honduras's main exports has been costly. now it seems it's coffee farmers. translation: our crops had a disease called leaf rust. it meant they wouldn't mature, even at harvest. so we lost our entire livelihood. no one here has money. 66% of hondurans live in poverty. but the rural poor maybe have least of all. jose maria didn't even let his family know he was leaving, for fear they might talk you out of it. now he's struggling to reach them to tell them he's ok. translation: when the coffee harvest was ruined, there was no money, no work, nothing. if there is regular work, we could try to stay, but right now,
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we just don't have enough to live on. i even had to pull my daughters out of school because i can't afford for them to study. not everyone is leaving over failing crops and poor harvests, though. others were fleeing for their lives. we've seen samuel's family at almost every stop. they keep dragging their daughter north, insisting life in honduras would amount to a death sentence after samuel refused to join a gang. ask the migrants why they left central america, and most will cite either extreme violence or extreme poverty, especially those involved in honduras's decimated coffee production. ask them why now, and many will say they simply grabbed the opportunity when it presented itself. three weeks ago, the group set off from honduras amid a wave of optimism. the caravan's supporters claim it was a spontaneous exodus. the trump administration says it was organised,
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paid for by everyone from the democrats to venezuelan to george soros. in reality, there are politics at play here, both from honduras and the us mid—term elections. most of the migrants, though, are just caught in the middle. will grant, bbc news, wahaca, mexico. two teenagers have been killed in south london within the space of 2a hours. the 17-year-old was killed outside south clapham tube station, and yesterday a 15—year—old was killed. what other circumstances surrounding these deaths? as you can see, there is still a large area cordoned off here while forensic officers gather evidence. this latest stabbing happened in broad daylight around about half past four just about 50 yards from where i am now, outside clapham south tube
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station. witnesses said there was some sort of scuffle and then a number of doctors who were passing by at number of doctors who were passing byata number of doctors who were passing by at a very busy time of day tried to save this boy who had been stabbed, 17 years old, but he died about an hour later in hospital. and this is just about an hour later in hospital. and this isjust a day about an hour later in hospital. and this is just a day after another teenager was stabbed, 15—year—old jade hughes, that was in bellingham, also in south london, and there today friends and family have been laying flowers on the spot where he was killed. this brings the total number of homicides in london this yearup to number of homicides in london this year up to 115. cressida dick, the commission of the metropolitan police, gave an interview to the bbc today in which she described such killings is ghastly. she accepted that the sharp rise in violent crime, but said that that had now plateaued in the capital. the truth is, a killing like this is happening every three or four days in is, a killing like this is happening every three orfour days in london, and many of the victims are young people. jon donnison, thank you.
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a christian woman cleared of blasphemy charges in pakistan could be banned from ever leaving the country. the authorities have started legal proceedings against asia bibi, to place her on a travel ban list, as part of a deal struck with islamists. the agreement ended three days of violent protests across the country. ms bibi, who's a mother of five, had been on death row since 2010. she was cleared by a court earlier this week but has yet to be released. sucunder kamani reports. the punishment for blasphemers? hang them. that was the chant at this demonstration in islamabad. today saw thousands of protesters out on the streets in cities across pakistan. they're angry this christian woman, asia bibi, had her death sentence overturned by the country's supreme court. she had been convicted of blasphemy following an argument with a group of muslim women in her village who refused to drink water from the same cup as her.
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after the verdict, supporters of hard—line clerics set up these roadblocks occupying key interchanges, causing huge disruption. but today the government announced an agreement with the protesters allowing them to challenge the acquittal and letting a court decide whether asia bibi should be banned from leaving the country. we had two options. either to use force and when you use force people can be killed. we tried negotiations and negotiations are always, you take something, you leave something. tonight here the protests are coming to a close. for many it will be a relief but others are already criticising the agreement as being a sign of a government's weakness. for those taking part in the demonstrations this feels like a victory. translation: if they try and set her free
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again we will be back on the streets. we will sacrifice our lives. asia bibi has spent nearly a decade in prison. her family say if and when she's released she needs to flee the country. for the moment, though, she still waiting for her freedom. sucunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad. with the autumn rugby international season getting under way this weekend, the england coach eddiejones, says while results are important, it's the attitude of his players that will be keenly watched with 12 months before the rugby world cup final injapan. tomorrow england face south africa at twickenham. here's our sports correspondent, joe wilson. it's autumn in twickenham, so if you reach for the skies and keep going, you could descend in portugal. england relocated there to train in the warm this week, but there's no escaping history. of their last six matches, england lost five. eddie jones is employed to win the world cup,
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so there must be huge pressure to win tomorrow's match. well, there's pressure every time you play a test match, there is pressure. we have to match fire with fire, rugby is a physical game, but then we have to be smart about it, take the opportunities to dance and duck and maybe use a bit of ring craft. well, as boxers know, you dodge the blows, well, the ones you can see. of course, any coach is only as good as the players he picks, so who can eddiejones rely upon to bring him the world cup? well, actually, the team he has picked to play south africa here tomorrow is quite experimental. it's hard to keep track of all the changes. here's the england squad from the last home game, back in march. joe marler has since retired. five of these players are now out of favour, while another six are currently injured. options are wide open. england now even have two captains, dylan hartley and owen farrell. they both start tomorrow's game. do you think two captains
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can be better than one? i don't see why not. we spend that much time together during the week, talking about things, making sure that we are aligned, so that we are on the same page, so that come the weekend, decisions are not that far away and that has never been a problem. well, autumn rugby internationals are coming far and wide. wales and scotland play each other in cardiff tomorrow. europe's highest ranked team, ireland, play italy in chicago. it is a global game. england must hope that their portugal break did the trick. a year before the world cup final, well, a team which falls one autumn, rarely rises the next. joe wilson, bbc news, twickenham. that's it. here on bbc one time for the news where you are. have a very good night. welcome to bbc london news. i'm victoria hollins.
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outside clapham south station. it comes after a 15—year—old was attacked in a fast food takeaway shop in south—east london yesterday. hello and welcome to sportsday. neil lennon says he could quit leave hibernian over sectarian abuse in scottish football. i have been subjected to this for 18 yea rs. i have been subjected to this for 18 years. i'm a7. i'm fed up with it. jack grealish helps aston villa to a much needed win over bolton in the championship. and glasgow underline their credentials in the pro1a downing ospreys to move to the top of conference a. good evening.
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the hibernian manager neil lennon has insisted scotland has an issue with anti—catholic racism as he denied claims he incited the latest attack against him. lennon was hit by a coin thrown from the crowd during the midweek edinburgh derby in the scottish premiership. he thinks sectarian views have always played a part in how he's he thinks sectarian views have always played a part in how he's been treated in scotland. steven gordon reports. hanging people to cook up —— the ku klux klan did the people in the 60s to black people. submitted this is the mentality of the people you want to write by the sub. graffiti on the wall put up which ended which is lennon being struck by a coin. 1a hours on he was asked about the root cause saga whether that was
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isolated... what it was a turn or not. i would say it is sectarian. everyone tries skirt around it. that's the basis of it. and if you wa nt that's the basis of it. and if you want a cause a tear in in here in scotland, i call it racism. the problems began when as a cathode from northern ireland he signed for celtics in 2000. since then he has been assaulted in the street with bullets and bombs sent to him in the post. as celtic masher —— manager he was attacked. he believes this is a big problem. you alternate back on it and laugh about it and push it aside. i keep hearing these one scotla nd aside. i keep hearing these one scotland that we are a democracy and we're open to f1. but at times that has not been the case for me. when state must not match also saw the hearts keeper peng shuai fan into assistant referees could buy coins
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from the stands. five people were arrested and police continue to investigate. what has angered neil lennon which are suggestions from some that he brought it on himself saga disses been linesmen, did he forget himself? debugger broken on himself, why did i bring it on to myself? this is the mentality that needs to change. it's embarrassing. does it make me angry, yeah, it makes it very angry. hibs and hearts have been united in the condemnation of what happened here. as they consider happenstance, neil lennon says this latest flash point and reaction to it has him once again concerning his future in the scottish game. our thanks to steven gordon of bbc scotland there. now down in england, aston villa are up to 13th in the championship after a 2—0 home win over bolton wanderers jack grealish gave them the lead in the fourth minute, his first goal of this campaign. defenderjames chester added a second after the interval with this header to give villa
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the three points. former arsenal striker nicklas bendtner has been sentenced to 50 days in prison for assaulting a taxi driver. the 30—year—old, who now plays for norwegian side rosenborg, has appealed the sentence. with more on this here's yanni pedersen from tv2 in denmark. bendtner was sentenced to 50 days prison for punching a taxi driver right in the face with his fist. it was the night of september 9th where bendtner and his girlfriend wanted to go home from a night in town and got into a taxi and the taxi driver and him argued about which route to follow.
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