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this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at eight: donald trump claims "tremendous success" after mixed election results for his republican party. he offered an olive branch saying he'd work with democrats — but hit out at foes in the media. cnn should be ashamed of itself. having you working for them. you are rude, terrible person. changes already at the white house — attorney generaljeff sessions is fired after months of criticism from the president. the democrats celebrate taking back control of the house of representatives — which will allow them to block the president's legislative programme. here, a 98—year—old man is attacked by burglars in his home in london in what police describe as a brutal and senseless assault.
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i would rather not talk about that. it has been well covered. too much talk about his 75 million pound bonus — ends with the boss of house—builder persimmon agreeing to leave — though he will keep the money. and illegal cannabis clubs that are springing up across the uk — prompt calls for police to take tougher action. good evening. president trump has declared that his republican party defied history in yesterday's mid—term elections — widely viewed as a referendum on his first two years in the white house. the elections were for congress — america's law—making body — which is made up of two chambers — the house of representatives and the senate. the democrats are celebrating
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regaining the house of representatives for the first time in eight years, winning 220 of the 435 seats, which they say will mean more checks and balances on the trump presidency. but the republicans were able to increase their control of the senate, the other chamber, making key gains in indianna, missouri and north dakota. also in the past few moments, the attorney general, jeff sessions, has been fired by president trump. we'll get more on that in a moment with our correspondent barbara plett usher, who's at the white house. but what will the result in the midterm elections mean for donald trump and the next two years of his presidency? our north america editorjon sopel examines the results. we have been saying since the beginning of this campaign that change is coming... cheering. first result of the night, democratic party gain in virginia, was this the much vaunted blue wave that would see donald trump's republicans swept away
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in a seismic upheaval? but it was not that, democrats across the country did well and have retaken control of the house of representatives, giving the party significant powers to put the president under real pressure, to box him in. today is more than about democrats and republicans, it is about restoring the constitution‘s checks and balances to the trump administration. cheering. in the senate, a different story, here, republicans made net gains, where donald trump had campaigned most, republicans won, like senator ted cruz, in texas. this was an election about hope and the future and the people of texas rendered a verdict that we want a future with more jobs and more security and more freedom! cheering. and that left the rock star of these elections, democrat beto o'rourke, ruing what might have been. i was inspired, i am as hopeful as i have ever been in my life,
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and tonight's loss does nothing to diminish the way that i feel about texas and this country. cheering. what these elections have profoundly underlined is just how divided america is, between young and old, back and white, men and women, between those in the suburbs and cities and those in the countryside. that was last night, today, a new political reality, real checks and balances on what the president will be able to do. now is the time for members of both parties to join together, put partisanship aside, and keep the american economic miracle going. he was irascible, and took it out on cnn and other members of the media, familiar targets. that's enough, put down the microphone. are you worried about indictments coming round? cnn should be ashamed of itself
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having you working for them, you are a rude, terrible person, you should not be working for cnn. injim's defence, i have travelled with him and worked with him and he is a diligent reporter. i am not a big fan of yours, either. maybe it was exhaustion but the president was not happy with the new political circumstances. let's bring this all together and speak to the bbc‘s barbara plett usher, who's at the white house. i want to start by asking you by the fire ring ofjeff sessions which has just been announced within the last ten minutes or so, what can you tell us ten minutes or so, what can you tell us about that? -- the firing of jeff sessions. it sounds quite dramatic although not really unexpected. we know that mr trump has been unhappy with jeff sessions for a know that mr trump has been unhappy withjeff sessions for a long time and talked openly about wanting to get rid of him for a long time. but a p pa re ntly get rid of him for a long time. but apparently he was counsel not to do so apparently he was counsel not to do so because that might affect republican views before the midterm.
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sil was quite popular amongst republicans so it is the first move after the midterm election for mr trump to reshape his staffing or his cabinet. he was very angry with mr sessions by and large because the attorney general recuse himself from any sort of oversight of the investigation into possible collusion between mr trump's campaign and the russians and misses some felt like he should not have done that. he is out, he was fired, he said in his resignation that i accept your request that i reside, he will be replaced by a and staff until he will be replaced by a and staff untiertrump canfind he will be replaced by a and staff until mr trump can find a permanent replacement. i want is your thoughts on what was rather an extraordinary news comments from president trump earlier this afternoon, he started out as seemed to me quite subdued, he was offering an olive branch to the democrats and then he hit out at the democrats and then he hit out at the media. what do you think prompted all of that?”
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the media. what do you think prompted all of that? i think the first exchange was withjim acosta of cnn, mr acosta challenged him on how he betrayed this caravan of immigrants coming up from honduras. saying that it was incorrect. they had a bit of a spat about that ms isn't whether to move onto another question and mr acosta when i sit down and challenging him on different things and he got annoyed with him. then brought out his debacle rhetoric for sundelin switches quite dark at times, he did call mr acosta and enemy of the people which he has said to other media outlets as well. and that he seemed to not quite shake that anger at the media throughout the press conference. he did speak for an at the media throughout the press conference. he did speakfor an hour and a half and ii point said is that i stopped and everybody said we are not getting bored. there was that side of it are well. anotherjohn lewis said by calling us off a nationalist, on to encouraging white nationalism and he said no, that of their race question and he went on to say quite freely what he felt the
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media was culpable and the media that was causing databases the country, not himself and that he would like to take a softer tone but was being attacked by the media and was being attacked by the media and was incorrect what was being said that he had to fight back. it was quite open about how he thought about the media so just generated into this quite it tends to change what journalist. thank you. -- quite intense exchange with journalists. well, the results across america may be divided but there was one clear success — and that was for women. a record number of female representatives have been elected. among them the first muslim women voted in — and the youngest woman ever elected to congress who is just 29 years old. nada tawfik has more. a warning her report contains flash photography. the face of congress is changing, election night saw a record number of women and minorities claim historic wins. we still believe america...
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native americans, muslims and lgbt candidates ran ground—breaking campaigns that promised a new era of politics in america. an unprecedented number of female candidates ran for the first time. alexandria occasio—cortez in new york became the youngest woman elected to congress, in a campaign ad, she said that women like her were not supposed to run for office, last year she was serving cocktails in new york, now she is a prominent regressive voice. this is what is possible when every day people come together in the collective realisation that all our actions, no matter how small, or how large, are powerful, worthwhile, and capable of lasting change. democrats rashida tlaib michigan and il—hannah omar she came and il—hannah omar became
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to the country as a refugee, she is also the first somali american in congress. people are choosing hope over fear, this is an interesting time, to be sending a somali refugee to congress, when somalis are on the muslim ban, this is a clear message. throughout the night, it was clear that female voters were instrumental in big democratic wins in the us house of representatives, college—educated women turned off by the history of sexist and racist remarks from the president, turning out in high numbers, flipping republican strongholds in suburban areas but the president is stronger than ever with his base, particularly white voters in rural areas, and while republicans did not field as many female candidates, it was also a night of firsts for them. in tennessee, marsha blackburn became the first woman elected to the senate in that state.
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they want leaders who are going to tackle the big problems. and they want leaders who are going to be there to work with the president. the rhetoric of president trump galvanised women and minorities to get into politics for the first time, the question now for democrats as they look to the next presidential election is how to balance the progressive views of the new political generation with the white working class male voters they need to take back the white house. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are the media editor at the guardian, jim waterson and the victims commissioner and conservative peer, baroness newlove. some breaking news coming to us and the lawyer representing asia bibi, has confirmed to the bbc
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that she has been released from jail in pakistan. asia bibi had her death sentence overturned by the supreme court last week, after being convicted on blasphemy charges in 2010. her acquittal provoked violent protests by islamist groups in the country. it is unclear what will now happen to her — a number of western countries are believed to have been in discussions with her family about granting them asylum. cabinet ministers have been invited to read the uk's draft brexit deal with the european union — which has not been finalised yet. theresa may has said the withdrawal agreement is 95% complete — but the issue around the irish border remains a sticking point. the environment secretary michael gove called for the cabinet to be given the full legal advice
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on the plan to avoid a hard border in ireland after brexit. we arejoined by we are joined by our political correspondentjonathan we are joined by our political correspondent jonathan blake. things are relatively quiet at westminster this week, with parliament and recessed and a lot of mps are away but the business of brexit goes on. as you say, cabinet ministers were invited into downing street earlier today to read the draft withdrawal agreement, that is the 95% of that thatis agreement, that is the 95% of that that is complete. the remaining 5% and the trickiest of all of the remaining sum block still in negotiations between the uk and the european union how to avoid hard border in northern ireland if a trade deal in the future economic relationship as it is referred to can cannot be implemented in time by december 2020. the eu and uk both agree that something needs to be put
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in place there, referred to as the backstop but they cannot quite agree on backstop but they cannot quite agree o n exa ctly backstop but they cannot quite agree on exactly how it should be and various other details causing problems, namely whether it should apply to northern ireland only or the united kingdom as a whole, whether northern ireland or the uk asa whether northern ireland or the uk as a whole should remain closely aligned to the eu in some form of customs union and that event, whether it should be temporary or not or open—ended and whether the uk should be able to remove itself from that agreement, when kenneth had decided that it wanted to. so that is still to be decided by negotiators in brussels, but back here there is an argument going on about the legal advice that the government is being given what will be given when that deal is done if it is done, about the backstop and the detail of it. as you mentioned, the detail of it. as you mentioned, the environment secretary michael gove has said that he would like
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government ministers to see that legal advice in full, and today we pray from the democratic unionist party will of course prop up theresa may's government in the house of commons and the mpjeffrey donaldson saying that it should adjust the government ministers to get to see it, but the public as a whole. we want the prime minister to get the best outcome for the united kingdom, we want her to get a good deal that includes northern ireland and that we leave together as one country and that is why we want to see the legal advice, not because we doubt the prime minister, but because we need to understand when it comes to a meaningful vote in the house of commons, the basis upon which we are taking our decision. joining the calls for legal advice to be published more widely beyond the government ministers is the labour party and sir keir starmer who was in brussels earlier, labour‘s shadow secretary said that mps certainly should be able to review and scrutinise it. well, i hope the cabinet has a good sense to realise that this is so important,
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that it makes it available in parliament for us to see. if they do not, we will have to think about what devices and procedures we can use to force them to do so. but i actually hope and invite the government to reflect on this and realise that it is of significant that it should be released and we should be able to read it when the time comes. there is clearly suspicion and a little bit of unease from some quarters in terms of exactly what the arrangement the government is willing to come to with the eu will be over this and it may concern that some have is that if there is a uk wide customs union, it is upping the backstop arrangement and if a trade deal cannot be put in place and time, is that northern ireland will follow eu rules were the rest of the uk will simply mirror them and as many people said, the dup who would heard from just there, would not be prepared to put up with that at all
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because it sees northern ireland operating under a separate set of circumstances. but at this stage, this is all talk about a deal which is yet to be done. thank you. jonathan blake with a round up of the daily breaking news. —— brexit news. a 98—year—old man is fighting for his life in hospital after being assaulted and robbed by burglars at his home in north london. police say it was a ‘brutal and senseless‘ attack. peter gouldstone was found yesterday afternoon in his bedroom badly injured. his son says he's "lost for words at man's inhumanity to man". navtej johal‘s report contains an upsetting image that his family wanted shown of mr gouldstone in hospital. the home where peter gouldstone, a veteran of the second world war, has lived for over 60 years, now a crime scene where he was left for dead. this photograph handed out by the metropolitan police shows the 98—year—old former post office
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worker in hospital after he suffered life—threatening injuries during a burglary. this is where my dad lived... his son, simon, was the first person to find him at his home in bounds green in north london. there was stuff strewn all over the upperfloor. there were some injuries that i could see to his face and his forearms, and he certainly wasn't fully conscious. i don't know how people could do that. police believe the attack took place sometime between 2pm on monday and 10am the following morning, when he was found by his son. his neighbours tell me they are shocked and horrified by what's happened. i am really thinking of taking more security measures. i do already have some in place, but i need to review it all again, i think. they could just come through at anyone's door at any point do whatever they like. police say they've increased patrols in the area, but no arrests have been made so far. this is an absolutely horrendous attack on a vulnerable man with medical conditions.
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the amount of violence used was completely disproportionate and, as you can see from the injuries that were sustained, the level was just beyond belief. injuries that have led to two bleeds on the brain, all for not much more than an old television set. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah mulkerins. good evening. thank you. another big night in the champions league — with both manchester clubs are in action.... united are in turin taking on juventus — paul pogba back at his old club. united five point behind them in group h. the italian side could reach the knockout stages with a draw tonight. united five point behind them in group h. ronaldo started — still looking for his first
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european goal forjuventus. manchester city host shaktar donetsk — leading 1—0 — david silva with that early goal. they can seal progression if they beat shakhtar and hoffenheim lose at lyon in the other group f game. and santiago solari takes charge of first champions league game as real madrid boss at viktoria pilzen. wins for valencia and roma earlier. commentary on radio 5live and live text updates on the bbc sport website. the president of football's governing body fifa says any player involved in a european superleague would be banned from international football, including the world cup. german magazine der spiegel claimed earlier this week that top european clubs had met to discuss the possibility of a breakaway tournament to begin by 2021. but gianni infantino has warned that he will fight any such competition. infantino told a group of journalists today: five—weight world boxing champion
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floyd mayweather has denied agreeing to a fight with a japanese kick boxer and claims he'd never heard of him until this week. mayweather was reported to have made a deal to face tenshin nasukawa injapan on new year's eve. but he now says he only ever agreed to an exhibition bout in a non televised event for wealthy spectators and that he "was completely blindsided" by the arrangements that were being made without his approval. he's apologised to his fans for what he calls "very misleading information". england took control of the first test against sri lanka after a dominant display on the second day. debutant ben foakes reached his first test century, and moeen ali took four wickets for 66 as england bowled out the hosts for just 203. joe wilson reports.
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for the cricket tourist, sri lanka in november is an attractive destination, especially when it stops raining. 0n holiday is exactly where ben foakes is meant to be. he was taking six months off until england called him, there is an injury, we need you to play. today in goal he completed his century, 100 runs on his england debut. am i dreaming? for england it got better. england took two sri lankan wickets quickly with a quick bowlers, but in asian conditions it is often spin bowlers who win matches, like this. edged, gone! jack leach is the bowler here, it is his second test match. of course you know mo by now. da silva lost sight of the stumps. when the slow bowlers are on, fielding requires bravery, as you'll hear. rory burns on his test debut
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struck around the back of his neck as he duck. there was lengthy treatment. he was in the end deemed 0k. moeen ali ended up with four wickets, combining with ben foakes, and sri lanka were all out forjust 203. and rory burns? well, two hours after being hit he was batting, leading england's second innings, 177 ahead of the close. as foreign tours go, this was a 5—star day. joe wilson, bbc news. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories and follow the live commentary of the champions league games involving manchester united and manchester city — on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. real madrid are now up. man city are leading. i think there is a penalty as well for them at the etihad. you
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can keep across the website and radio for all the details. will do, many thanks. good to see you. defence minister tobias ellwood has warned that armed forces veterans‘ career prospects are being blighted by film portrayals which give the impression they may have been psychologically damaged by their service. he told the house magazine that the perception that forces veterans are likely to be damaged is "decidedly untrue and unhelpful". we can cross to our westminster studio and speak to mr ellwood now. westminster studio and speak westminster studio and speak westminster studio and speak are westminster studio and speak are grateful westminster studio and speak are grateful for westminster studio and speak are grateful for your westminster studio and speak are grateful for your westminster studio and speak are grateful for your us we are grateful for your time. tell us more we are grateful for your time. tell us more about it. just two studies have taken place. flasher, to confirm this perception, video the armed forces is positive. the images of bravery, stoicism and leadership and teamwork, all there but when you probe a bit further, there is a concern that nine tenths of our
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population believe that if you serve somehow you might come away damaged by that service and we really need to change that perception and that is what i'm hoping to do because 90% of those who serve armed forces when they leave, they actually are back in work or education without a problem. some of course do require support through no fault of their own, and we have support systems in place to provide that support. but absolutely, if you join our armed forces, you're actually benefit from it and that is the message that should come through but it is not. why do you think his message that perhaps the better brands are psychologically damaged is being perpetuated and what role do you see them playing in the? you touch on hollywood movie. this comes from studies of the studies asked the questions on how do you create the perception of what has happened? we have to remember that in every smaller cohorts of the british population has direct access or link
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with the armed forces in a way that is unlike my grandparents who served, number of people actually have an attachment with them is much smaller. they rely on news emboli on the day of hollywood movies to give them an image of what it is like to be in the armed forces and we need to be better to change that and to give a positive view that actually it is best apprentice ship scam you can imagine. he learned skills you never thought you had, and actually society benefits a second time because you take those skills and tra nsfer because you take those skills and transfer them into civilian society. a preferred if he would, i wonder about those veterans who perhaps do experience problems. is there enough help and support available to them in your view? i would put my hand out when i departed the armed forces, they were not. we got much better had the with mental health and affect to be clear on this, the perception is that if you join the armed forces you might suffer from mental health issues are present or even attempt suicide, or have drug
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issues. compare with the actual public, the numbers are less if you're in the armed forces. the armed forces is actually very positive in shaping you for the rest of your life. really make it clear that anybody thinking of them in the armed forces, you will discover things about yourself you never knew and you will learn skills you'll ta ke and you will learn skills you'll take time the rest of your life, most importantly, the first time you march off of that for a square, you'll make your mum and dad so proud and be serving your country and we should never forget that. you are the defence minister and word on brexit, you know that michael gove and others are saying that mps should seek the legal advice on the brazen plans for the northern ireland border and should the government published in full the legal advice for the irish border? my legal advice for the irish border? my view is i came back from four hours participating in the barrier of three service personnel that were killed under the one years ago, i'm afraid i'm not the best person to
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ask on the present case, i'm glad on the canada and prime minister to work for to secure a deal that is best for the nation and that is probably how i can say. —— i can rely on the cabinet. thank you for your time. the boss of britain's second biggest house—builder, persmimmon, has agreed to stand down — after an outcry over his 75 million pound bonus. i would rather not talk about it. it has been well covered. you don't wa nt has been well covered. you don't want to discuss that today? any of the lessons you learned from that? the biggest bonus in the country. no? this isjeff fairburn the chief executive last month when he walked away from a bbc interview after being asked about his substantial pay packet. he has now agreed to leave by the end of the year after the company said the row over his pay packet was damaging its reputation. our business editor simonjack has been explaining whyjeff fairburn's choice of words left him with no choice but to resign. this eye watering sum, £75 million,
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arguably not his fault. this was a pay formula devised by directors back in 2012, almost unanimously approved by shareholders and what they did not know is that in the following year, the government would introduce a massive house building stimulus package called help to buy, which would give government money to help people buy theirfirst home, that would stimulate demand, increase profits, the share prices and therefore his take—home pay. now the chairman and the director who was in charge of the pay have already resigned because they admit they made a massive mistake not capping the maximum figure that he could earn. shareholders who by the way approved this original package say it was beginning to tarnish the company so he has stepped down at their request and i think there is an irony that these companies cannot retain... they're losing a pretty highly rated executive for the reason that they paid him too much. a lot of other companies were looking at this situation and saying
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and learning some lessons that maybe you need to cap the maximum amount that executives can earn. a woman whose son took his own life after becoming addicted to drugs says police forces need to toughen up their approach to cannabis use. it comes as an increasing number of illegal cannabis clubs are opening up in the uk, according to a pro—cannabis campaign group which registers them. 0ur correspondent, fiona trott, has been to one on teesside, which has been operating for four years. there are scenes of drug—taking in this piece. this is a club where everybody breaks the law. for £25 a year, members have been coming here to smoke cannabis. there are believed to be around 160 clubs in the uk. this one is even registered to pay tax. we come here so we can have a safe environment, where we know the cannabis hasn't been street derived.
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all 200 members bring their own. they say they are sharing, not dealing. the key of it all is you want a place to enjoy it with your friends, just like you go to a pub and have a drink with your mates. people want to come and have a smoke with their mates. what would you do if the police turned up right now and closed it down and arrested you? well, we'd go and get arrested. we'd get arrested. we'd have to follow a protocol. we'd have to be looked at as criminals, even though we are not, we are users. and cannabis is all they use. class a drugs are prohibited. the chairman says that's why his business model works. i think we need full regulation. i think that we need the government to offer clubs such as myself licenses. if you look at the politicians and the police that have worked alongside us and do support us, there is another way of doing things, and this is it. the cannabis club was one mile away from a police station, but nobody has been arrested. well, we always like more resourcing.
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the reality is, the more resource we have, the more we could do. the issue we have around it is, this is one of the many things we have to deal with so, in terms of prioritisation, yes, it's an illegal offence, we will take action where we can take action but, as i've said to you, by the time we find out where premises have been, they've already closed down and moved on somewhere else. but a police and crime commissioner has visited that cafe. did they not give you information about who was there and where it was? no, they didn't. the important thing is there is a police service. we are an enforcement service and therefore we have to enforce the law and, if we don't enforce the law, we need to justify why we don't do that. that's part of the debate about what is our approach to drugs. this is the box that was found next to nicholas's body... elizabeth burton phillips's son was a drug addict who took his own life. he smoked marijuana at school. she says police forces need to toughen up their approach to cannabis use. when it is a senior police officer, when it is a senior member of parliament, when it is somebody in a position of power and privilege, if it happens to them and a member of their family is affected, they will know what it's like to walk in the shoes of families whose
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lives are impacted. and she believes lives may also be impacted by the relaxation of rules over cannabis oil. it's our young people that are perhaps going to misread the messages — everybody does it now and it's legal, you can do cannabis oil, that means you can do skunk. the body which registers these clubs in the uk says the number is growing. the home office says the issue will form part of an independent review. fiona trott, bbc news, teesside. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. good evening. most of us have seen pretty heavy rainfall at some stage and today and tomorrow's prospects looks better. another mile day to come but another rather windy day. a mild evening and prospected overnight as the winds start to fall, light and cover skies most of
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oui’ fall, light and cover skies most of our shower should move to the north sea and it will turn quite chilly by the time we get into the early hours. 0vernight lows typically three to 5 degrees and some of the scottish lads down to freezing. —— scottish lads down to freezing. —— scottish land. showers returned by the end of the night to welcome to the end of the night to welcome to the morning running across the north west of england and southern scotland. they will use as the morning goes on and potentially being replaced by more persistent rain after the far southwest of england in the wells and the afternoon, gusty winds and the rain. elsewhere, southerly breeze and mild once again highs above the 15 and sunshine. hello, this is bbc news with me, rebecca jones. the headlines: donald trump claims "tremendous success" in the midterm elections after a night of mixed results for his republican party. the democrats won back control of
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the house of representatives. changes already at the white house — attorney generaljeff sessions is fired after months of criticism from president trump. here, cabinet ministers are invited to read parts of the withdrawal deal agreed with brussels, but it doesn't include a solution for the irish border yet. police describe an attack on a 98—year—old man in his north london home as "brutal" and "senseless". an update on the news abroad you earlier that the lawyer representing asia bibi confirms that she has been released from jail in pakistan. we 110w released from jail in pakistan. we now here she will be leaving pakistan with her family. now here she will be leaving pakistan with herfamily. her lawyer has told us she is being flown out of pakistan with her immediate family. just to remind you, she had her death sentence overturned by the
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supreme court in pakistan last week after being convicted on blasphemy charges in 2010. may remember that this provoked violent protest by islamist groups in the country. we are now hearing after that news that she has been released from jail that her lawyer has told the bbc that she is being flown out of pakistan along with her immediate family. at the moment, we did not know her destination. let's return to our top story. president trump has declared that his republican party defied history in yesterday's midterm elections, widely viewed as a referendum on his first two years in the white house. the elections were for congress, america's law—making body, which is made up of two chambers — the house of representatives and the senate. the democrats are celebrating regaining the house for the first time in eight years, winning 220 of the 435 seats, which they say will mean more checks and balances on the trump presidency. but the republicans were able to increase their control
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of the senate, the other chamber, making key gains in indiana, missouri and north dakota. and in the past hour, president trump has wasted no time to shake up his cabinet, firing attorney generaljeff sessions. a subdued and sometimes angry president trump gave a news conference a few hours ago. he warned the democrats against going after him with further investigations now they control the house of representatives. they want to do things. you know, i keep hearing about "investigations fatigue", like from almost the time i announced i was going to run, they've been giving us this "investigation fatigue". it's been a long time. they got nothing, zero. you know why? because there is nothing. but they can play that game, but we can play it better because we have a thing called the united states senate. and a lot of very questionable things were done, between the leaks
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of classified information and many other elements that should not have taken place, and all you can do is end up in back—and—forth and back—and—forth and two years is going to go up and we won't have done a thing. i really think and i really respected what nancy said last night about bipartisanship and getting together and uniting. she used the word "uniting" and she used the bipartisanship statement, which is so important because that is what we should be doing. president trump also got into heated exchanges with reporters. do you think that you demonised immigrants in this election to try to keep...? not at all. no, no, i want them to come into the country, but they have to come in legally. you know, they have to come in, jim, through a process. i want it to be a process, and i want people to come in and we need the people. your campaign...
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wait, wait, you know why we need the people, don't you? because we have hundreds of companies moving in. we need the people. right, well, your campaign had an ad showing migrants climbing over walls and so on... well, that's true. they weren't actors. but they're not going to be doing that. they weren't actors. well, no, it's true. do you think they were actors? they weren't actors. they didn't come from hollywood. these were people, this was an actual... you know, it happened a few days ago. they're hundreds of miles away, though. they're hundreds and hundreds of miles away. that's not an invasion. you know what, honestly, ithink you should let me run the country, you run cnn and if you did it well, your ratings would be much better. ok, that's enough. ok, i may ask one question, mr president, if i may... in response to the president's attacks on cnn, the broadcaster has issued the following statement regarding mr trump's conduct. they say... ilhan 0mar, a somali american who immigrated
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to the united states as a teenager, and michigan's rashida tlaib have become the first two muslim women to be elected to congress. ilhan 0mar won 78.2% of the voters, defeating republican jennifer zielinski, defending the minnesota house held by the democrats. she's been speaking to cbs this morning and started by describing what this victory meant to her. it's going to be really great opportunity for me to represent the values and the interests of the people in the fifth. we have a huge community here who is very much invested in making sure that minnesota and our whole country is a welcoming place for refugees and immigrants. and i hope to bring a unique insight to the lives and struggles that refugees lead and the kind of opportunities and hope they're
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looking for when they come here. what is the top legislative priority for you going forward? so here in the fifth, while we were campaigning, we heard all the time how unfortunate it is really in this country for people to have to file for bankruptcy because they get sick. we hear all the time from the students who are struggling with the shackles of student debt. and we are hearing from working families across our district who are feeling burdened by the fact that this economy is not really working for them and our politics and policies are injuring them. what is your view of president trump? there's a lot of questions about whether new democrats coming
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to washington are going to be interested to work with the president or whether they feel that the way he talked the caravan or other issues created the conditions that make america different than they would like to see it. what's your view? 0ur founding fathers really created the constitution so that we have different branches of government that are designed to be a check on themselves. and my hope is that the new congress is going to serve as a check to the rhetoric of fear and division and destruction and make sure that we are moving the country in the direction that the people have asked us for, in a direction that is more hopeful, inclusive and prosperous for all of us. there's never been anybody like you from your district going to congress... or in congress. or in congress, exactly right, so i'm curious what made you think you could do it and what made you want to do it? so when i was coming to this country, i heard about its promises,
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and it was not long after i arrived that i noticed that a lot of america's promise was not extended to everyone. and as i would complain to my grandfather, he would say, "every progress this country ever achieved camr about because people were willing to do something to make that progress happen. " and so i knew early on that if i wanted a different kind of neighbourhood, a different kind of city and a state and a country, i had to be part of doing that. and in this time in our nation's history, i couldn't sit on the sidelines and not be part of a group of people who were insisting on a set of values that got us closer to the america we know we can have and the america we know we deserve. let's get more now on theresa may inviting her cabinet to read a draft
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of the uk's withdrawal agreement with the european union. this is despite there being currently no brexit deal, with the future of the irish border still a "sticking point" for both sides. let's speak now to catherine barnard, professor of eu law at cambridge university. she joins me via webcam from cambridge. we are very grateful for your time. iam we are very grateful for your time. i am especially interested today in the call from michael gove and other mps that the government should publish or cabinet ministers should see that legal advice to government has been given about the proposed plan for the ireland border. why do you think it has not published the advise? because the trouble is the legal advice is quite difficult because never before has a country left the european union. never before have we come up with this really rather outdated arrangement over the irish border. and the fact
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is that the legal advise will not say categorically yes it is fine or know it is not because nobody actually knows and is very likely the legal advise would be hedged with all sorts of caveats. with the arguments about the legal advice in the run—up to say the iraq war, and i wonder how much that might be in the prime minister's mind. there was a lwa ys the prime minister's mind. there was always a risk there was a summary of the legal advise published and that was not quite as nuanced as the original advise. the problem is the legal advice from the attorney general. the attorney general‘s position is already quite conflicted because yes he is a lawyer and successful at that. but he is also a politician and in his case a very overt brexiteers. so of course because he so publicly is in favour ofa because he so publicly is in favour of a brexit, the brexiteers light michael gove want him to make it public because they think it will favour what they would like to hear.
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the trouble is the problem with the northern ireland border is impregnable and that is what it is taking so long. would you say if theresa may made you a call and asked for your advice?” theresa may made you a call and asked for your advice? i suspect she has got more important things to do than talk to me but i suspect the reality is initially it will be published in some form and it might be better that she controls the communication rather than keeping it private. we know these things lead, we note that both sides are waiting to talk to the press to get out their own side of the story. so i suspect it may be better that she puts the information out. on the other hand, of course, prime ministers needed legal advise them of any good legal advice. this time is coming from the attorney general as indeed it should but do not forget that there are teams of lawyers working on brexit at the moment. never have lawyers been in so moment. never have lawyers been in so much demand, never indeed have lawyers been so popular. you said
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it, the professor of eu law at cambridge university, really good to talk to you, thank you. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news: donald trump claims "tremendous success" in the mid—term elections after a night of mixed results for his republican party. he has fired his attorney general jeff sessions. a 98—year—old man is attacked by burglars in his home in london in what police describe as a brutal and senseless assault. asia bibi has been released from jail in pakistan. and she is leaving the country with herfamily. she had her death sentence overturned by the supreme court last week after being convicted on blasphemy charges in 2010. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states, this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. both up. a investigation by bbc news has uncovered an illegal taxi—style
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service operating in bournemouth where people use their own cars to make money by charging for lifts. the system, which involves thousands of people, operates on social media and is aimed at undercutting the cost of official taxis. but as ben moore reports, there are few safeguards for the drivers or their passengers. music. on a night out in bournemouth, many are getting around illegally. it's a practice called "lifts", a sort of social media taxi service. it's literallyjust someone that owns a car and drives random people around. obviously, they're not insured to do so and it is illegal. bournemouth‘s lifts groups are on social media. the biggest has 7000 members. the backgrounds of drivers are unchecked, and they use their own cars. a taxi from here to say
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southport, 15—20 quid. i could take them there for £7. again, the fact that we are vulnerable young ladies, it is money. when you're a taxi driver, the taxman allows you take 45p a mile to cover things like fuel and running costs. when you take payment above that, you are making a profit, which could invalidate your insurance. it was 40—50 quid a week driving to pay to go to college. so you make a profit from it? why else would you do it? bournemouth has about 1000 registered taxi drivers and they say trade is down 25% because of the lifts groups. it's having a huge impact on my life, other people's lives, mortgages, families. these guys are working illegally, taking money out of our pockets. it's very difficult to take enforcement action. it's quite hard to catch them in action. so are you going to do something about this? i think it's going to take a little bit of time to sort it out,
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but it's something we are definitely taking very seriously. we asked the admin and moderators of the biggest lifts gruop for an interview, but they said they didn't want to comment. lifts remain a popular way of getting about, and groups across the uk are adding members daily. ben moore, bbc news. this year, there has been a lot of focus on the use of plastic packaging and straws and how they are damaging the environment. well, with that in mind, the dictionary compilers collins have declared their word of the year for 2018 — and it's "single—use. " the phrase refers to products mainly made of plastic which are used once before being thrown away. helen newstead is the head of language content at harper collins. shejoins me now. before we go into
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these words, how do you come up with these words, how do you come up with these words, how do you come up with these words of the year? we have a database of these words of the year? we have a data base of language which these words of the year? we have a database of language which contains over 6 billion words from newspapers, magazines, online, various sources and the to take snapshots of the language. we look at the language of today compared to six months ago, a year ago orfive yea rs six months ago, a year ago orfive years ago and look at the new words and new meanings that are coming forward. so why did you choose single—use as your word of the year? plastic pollution has been a major concern and i think it really sparked imagination. we looked at the data, we noticed that there was a clustering of words around this topic and single—use was most popular. also other words what micro plastics, microfiber and also single—use on the short list.
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plastics, microfiber and also single-use on the short list. there we re single-use on the short list. there were other words. let's start with "plogging". tell us what that is? the act of recycling what you go out jogging- the act of recycling what you go out jogging. you can keep fit while doing your bit for the environment. a recreation activity that originated in sweetnam picking up litter while jogging. originated in sweetnam picking up litter whilejogging. is a quite popular? groups have popped up in the us, uk, colombia, china, india, doing their bit for the economy. it sums great idea. ok, and another word that didn't win, but was still popular — "gammon." i thought it was meat, apparently i am wrong. this new meaning is a derogatory term that is used to describe typically a middle—aged person with quite reactionary views. it has been used quite extensively on social media in the context of
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the debate on brexit. and finally "floss". i understand has nothing to do with dental hygiene here. so in the past, it was a dance craze that made a hit this year. it was featured in a video game and i'm sure anyone whichever one know this dance very well. you swing your hips were moving around and lots of adults have attempted it with varying degrees of success. football celebrities, news presenters, jeremy corbyn had a go. from the game fortnite. i am not offering but would you care to have a go?” fortnite. i am not offering but would you care to have a go? i would be embarrassing myself if i did that. thank you so much, good to talk to you. across the island of ireland, north and south, the thousands of irishmen who fought for britain in world war i will be remembered on sunday on the centenary of armistice day.
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for much of the last century, the contribution of men from the south was deliberately written out of history while those from northern ireland were treated as heroes. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. they were musicians who became soldiers. when world war i broke out, every member of londonderry‘s hamilton flute band signed up. our connections with this part of history are gradually fading into the past. i think that he must have seen some terrible things. ruby jordan's father played in the band. she died aged 92 a few days after we filmed this interview. herfather, archie, went to war when he was 18. he returned to northern ireland, but many other members of the band lost their lives. and my father, i didn't know if he was joking or not, but he said, he gave us all a glass of rum and shouted no surrender
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and they all raced over the top. the eejits. how do you feel to this day when you hear the band playing? ifeel proud. i love to hear bands. derry‘s bandmembers doubled as stretcher bearers, and their part in the war has never been forgotten. every year, we would commemorate the battle of the somme, and we would parade to the cenotaph and lay a wreath in memory of the fallen. by the end of the war in 1918, tens of thousands of irishmen from the south had also fought alongside british regiments, but while they were away, the easter rising had been launched by irish republicans to end british rule. it meant coming home, southern ireland was no place for irish soldiers who served with the british army. they had to hang their heads, you know?
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they didn't come back as heroes, which they should have. but the opposite was the case. sonny's second cousin, john condon from waterford, was the youngest soldier to be killed. it's believed he wasjust14. more than 1100 men from this county alone lost their lives in the war. those that returned home faced shame and disgrace. for decades, the service of irish soldiers was almost wiped from public memory. i suppose there was a more or less unwritten consensus in this part of ireland that the entire episode of the first world war, it would be best perhaps if that was brushed under the carpet. sadly, it continued right up until quite recently, when we had the peace process on the island of ireland. people were more willing at that stage to look back at what actually happened during the great war. to this day, many families in ireland are still discovering what their ancestors did in the war. it's only in later years now, a lot of people are mellowing, a lot of people are beginning
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to see the truth. this memorial was established for the young john condon, so future generations will remember the thousands of irish soldiers who were once deliberately forgotten. emma vardy, bbc news, waterford. we will look ahead at the front pages at 10:40pm. but now i look at the weather. here is susan powell. good evening. most of us as seen summer good evening. most of us as seen summer rainfall. a milder data, rather rather windy as well. and a mild evening in prospect but overnight as he went to went to start to fall light and with clearer skies as most of our showers pushoff to the north sea, it will turn quite chilly but the time we get to thursday. overnight lows typically 3-5 that thursday. overnight lows typically 3—5 that some scottish glanced down
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to freezing. a chilly night that we have had of late. by the end of the night, showers returning to the southwest of england, wales and in the morning running across northwestern england and southern scotland. it will ease as the morning goes on a potentially be replaced by more persistent ramp to the far southwestern england, towards devon and cornwall and towards devon and cornwall and towards wales. gusty winds with array as well. elsewhere, a southerly breeze and mild once again in highs of 250 in the sunshine. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. in the last few minutes we've learnt thatjeff sessions — the us attorney general — has been fired by president trump. all of this comes as we digest the results of the midterms. most of the american midterm election results are in. here's the president's assessment. i thought it was a very close to com plete i thought it was a very close to complete the degree. —— complete victory. the republicans made gains in the senate — but the democrats have taken the house of representatives. we as democrats are here to strengthen the institutions in which we serve and not to have it
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