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this programme contains scenes of repetitive flashing images. tonight at ten. after many months of negotiating, london and brussels have produced a draft agreement on brexit. high chancellor, is the agreement a good read? in downing street this evening, some ministers were shown what's been agreed, but there was evidence of deep division even before the contents were known. the prime minister has been very clear. that we have got to deliver the right deal for britain that fulfils the terms of the referendum, that is in the interests of the united kingdom. the whole cabinet is united and it is the right thing to do. for the first time in a thousand years, this place, this parliament, will not have a say over the laws that govern this country. in westminster tonight, it is a relief for number 10 to have a draft deal to discuss but the big question remains. we'll theresa may's cabinet actually come on board? we'll have the latest from westminster, where theresa may faces the tough challenge of getting a deal through parliament. also tonight... in california, a wildfire that has
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raged for five days is now officially the deadliest on record. following the murder of a pregnant woman who was shot with a crossbow in east london, a man has appeared in court. an extended report from inside a special school for disruptive pupils as numbers of exclusions in england rise sharply. and the way to fake news. we examine the latest techniques being used to twist words and images. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news... wayne rooney defends his england return, but admits that it will be strange to play for his country again. good evening.
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two and a half years after the eu referendum, officials in london and brussels have finalised a draft brexit agreement. with little more than four months before the uk is set to leave the european union, cabinet ministers were called into downing street this evening to read what's being proposed before an emergency meeting of the whole cabinet is held tomorrow. but some conservative mps have already warned that the deal appears "deeply unsatisfactory", and there's still no guarantee that the deal will be approved by parliament. live to westminster and our political editor laura kuenssberg. before that deal can be agreed by other eu leaders in brussels, before it can get to parliament for what will be a battle royale ethic gets that far, the draft deal has to make it through the top team, the cabinet. we know how much of a battering the government have taken even to get to this point. it is an
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open question tonight whether or not the prime minister can get enough of her on board to give this draft deal a chance. many of them have been in and out of number 10 from where our report contains some flash photography. do you think a daily is in reach? agreement is finally within grasp of number 10. a document that has been in dispute for so long, at last the plans, the compromises go before the cabinet. tomorrow we will know whether they approved the divorce with the eu in all our names. we are obviously working hard on this final phase of negotiations. i think we should remain positive on getting a good deal for our country. a draft of thatis deal for our country. a draft of that is on paper tonight. cabinet ministers, many of whom have a less rosy view. have had their first chance to take a look in black and white. is it a - deal? one
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white. is it a good deal? one brexiteer who has seen it says do notjudge too brexiteer who has seen it says do not judge too fast. brexiteer who has seen it says do notjudge too fast. i have talked to the prime minister about where she thinks we have got to. i said all the cabinet will need to discuss it tomorrow and the important thing is that we do what is best for britain and the uk and that we deliver a brexit that the british people will feel fulfils the term of the referendum. but eurosceptics and northern ireland unionist allies crowded into parliament to condemn the draft, almost as soon as its existence was announced. for the first time in 1000 years, this place this parliament will not have a say over the laws that govern this country. it is a quite incredible state of affairs and it will mean that we are having to accept rules and regulations from brussels over which we have new say ourselves. it is utterly unacceptable to anybody
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who believes in democracy. remember, in theirthe prime who believes in democracy. remember, in their the prime minister has no majority of her own and she desperately needs vote from the dup. i think desperately needs vote from the dup. ithinka desperately needs vote from the dup. i think a number of cabinet ministers, never mind conservative backbenchers, or whether remain or in favour of brexit have expressed concerns and the trip will be for theresa may, can she satisfy everyone? it will be a hard sell. there is no chance of labour coming to the rescue. given the shambolic nature of the negotiations, this is unlikely to be a good dealfor the country. we will wait to see the detail but we have made it clear, if it does not meet that test, we will not vote for it. it is hard to see how this crowd with the odd they must base will be satisfied. there isa must base will be satisfied. there is a small but noisy group in parliament who think that are strengthening and will vote no as they want another choice.|j strengthening and will vote no as they want another choice. i will not acce pt they want another choice. i will not accept a deal that will undermine oui’ accept a deal that will undermine our credibility in the whole of the re st of our credibility in the whole of the rest of the world because even if some people in my party cannot see
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it isa some people in my party cannot see it is a bad deal, everyone else around the planet can. cheering and applause. the man in charge of trying to get the deal through parliament was sounding chipper tonight, at least for the cameras. had he been twisting arms? no. we are getting close to a deal. the chief whip will only have that chance if and it is and if, his boss can persuade all of his colleagues around the top table actually to agree. laura's in westminster, our ireland correspondent emma vardy is on the irish border we'll speak to them in a moment. but first our europe editor katya adler in brussels. so, what is the prospective there and what has been going on here today with macro those in the know here in brussels are keeping tight—lipped. here in brussels are keeping tight-lipped. one of my contacts sent me an lg with a closed zip instead of a mouth. we know that there has been a mutual
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understanding, a draft outline brexit deal agreed between eu and uk negotiators. that is not a final deal, it is a technical one. tomorrow brussels will be looking very carefully at the cabinet decision, if there is a rejection, it is back to the drawing board, but do not forget, all the governments of the 27 eu countries and the european parliament will want to look over the words of this several hundred page document of the draft deal, of particular interest will be the compromise wording over the backstop, back guarantee over the irish border and because i guarantee would include a customs partnership between eu and the uk, those who trade most closely with the uk including germany and france want to make sure that the uk would get no competitive advantage of that customs document. first of all, here in brussels, we have a meeting tomorrow between the 27 eu ambassadors. they will talk about
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this outline draft agreement and talk about a possible extraordinary brexit summit as early as the 25th of november and as a sign of the current uncertainty, they will continue talking about contingency planning in case there is no brexit deal at all. thank you. let us join emma ba rdney. deal at all. thank you. let us join emma bardney. you were at the irish border and that represents one of the biggest obstacles in these talks, what is your reading of where that may be in terms of this agreement that has been outlined? you are right, the irish border is a bump in the tarmac but it has become the biggest mountain to overcome in these brexit negotiations. the dup's biggest beer has been that theresa may would sell them out and leave northern ireland more tightly tied to eu rules by the rest of the uk breaks free and tonight they worry that their biggest fears are coming true. that is because the dup believes that what is contained in the agreement are measures which could in future result in the need
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into new checks on goods coming from great britain to northern ireland in order to avoid checks at this border. in the last hour we have heard arlene foster reiterate that this would be unacceptable and i cannot stress enough how an bending the party is on this. tonight they are poised to follow through on their threats and to refuse to is aboard theresa may to get this through parliament. ever, thank you. let us go back to westminster and talk to laura. let us look ahead to the cabinet meeting tomorrow when the cabinet meeting tomorrow when the stakes could not be higher. they hardly code and on that content is of issues that emma has been discussing, number 10 has of issues that emma has been discussing, numberio has told me that the withdrawal agreement will contain the promise of a uk wide customs agreement. they believe that fears in northern ireland and fears among many tory eurosceptics that somehow northern ireland could be hived off do not have to come true. they think they have had enough
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reassurance from brussels and they hope they have to get that through to cabinet tomorrow. frankly speaking, there is going to be a huge amount of importance placed on every single line in this enormous telephone book style 500 page document. one senior source said there will be plenty of scope for mr inside there. the decision by the cabinet is about a balance of risks. it is fairto cabinet is about a balance of risks. it is fair to say they are not going to like what they read and discussed tomorrow, but they have to make this judgment. if they say no, what if? does the government immediately acce pt does the government immediately accept that we are heading towards no deal? are they willing to open that pandora's box? do they think they would be able to go back to the eu and ask for more
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concessions or a better form of d raft concessions or a better form of draft agreement? ordo concessions or a better form of draft agreement? or do they swallow their objections and go—ahead, knowing, which many of them do believe, that there is a real risk that this might not go through parliament and if it does not, then the stability of the government and the stability of the government and the job of the prime minister could very well be on the line. frankly, this is not a set of very tempting choices, it is not going to be an easy decision by the cabinet tomorrow, but theresa may and her allies hope very much that the complaints will be drowned out by the sighs of relief that they have got this far. we will talk again tomorrow. thank you very much. we will stay with another development. the company behind brands such as bisto, oxo and mr kipling says it's going to start stockpiling raw materials in case there are delays at ports after brexit. premier foods said it has to prepare because of a lack of certainty over arrangments for the uk's departure from the european union. our business editor simonjack is with me. what more can you tell us? we have
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got a real example of concrete evidence of brexit no planning from premier foods. they say they will spend £10 million bringing forward cost of stockpiling ingredients. they consider themselves fortunate in that they have a shelf life for some of those ingredients that they can do that. the critical question is, they said that this morning. i asked would you have announced that if you knew the news we were going to get and they said they still would have done it, as you were hearing there, this is not yet agreed and it has to go through the cabinet and parliament and be agreed by the eu 27 and they will continue as if there is no deal. without that agreement, there is no withdrawal agreement, there is no withdrawal agreement and without that, there is no transition period, that status quo where everything stays the same until at least 2020 and it is hard to overstate how important businesses feel secure in that breathing space. business leaders will also be going to number 10 tomorrow and the government will be lobbying them very hard to get
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behind the steel, saying this is a better deal for you, but they reject claims that they are writing the government a blank cheque, that they will agree to anything other than the horror of a no deal. one executive said, we will not write a blank cheque to the government. is this progress? yes it is, but not a single company or business that i have spoken to, aircraft manufacturers, food manufacturers, car manufacturers, say that this changes any detail of their contingency planning. simon, thank you. around a hundred people are still missing in california after the worst wildfires in the state's history. 44 people are now known to have died, but that number is expected to rise. the fires have broken out across the state. more than 7,000 homes and other buildings have been destroyed. most of the people who died were in and around the town of paradise, which has largely been destroyed, as our correspondent dave lee reports. get back here.
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this is the inferno faced by one mother and son as they escaped the deadliest wildfire in californian history. we were out of that by 10:37am. with thousands of people behind me. how did it feel to know you were saved? relieving, guilty, terrified forthe people behind me, i know there was a lot of elderly in the community that probably wouldn't make it out. five days on, this is what's left of their home. the harrowing process of trying to find and identify bodies here has now begun. search teams think it could take many weeks. what will also take time is fully understanding what happened here, and why this fire was able to get so out of control. 500 miles south of where we are, fires are continuing to flare, like this one near lake sherwood. fire officials say gusty winds could easily kick—start more flames.
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the danger is far from over. if you're being held back, it's because your life and the lives of your family and neighbours are still potentially endanger. there are rare glimmers of good news. some of those who were ordered to evacuate in the south have been able to return to their homes. there is no such prospect for the people of what was once paradise. dave lee, bbc news, in northern california. a 50—year—old man has been charged with murder after a pregnant woman was killed with a crossbow in east london yesterday. ramanodge unmathallegadoo was arrested at the scene and appeared in court this afternoon. sana muhammad, who was 35 years old and eight months pregnant, was attacked at her home in ilford. doctors managed to save her baby. our correspondent richard lister is at the scene. richard, what more can you tell us?
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it was a very lucky escape for the baby boy, although his mother, sana muhammad, could not be saved. she had been shot in the stomach by a crossbow. police arrested a 50—year—old man, ramanodge unmathallegadoo, and he will make another appearance at the old bailey on thursday. police say they were known to each other, during her first marriage, mrs mohammed was known by the surname the family is being cared for by relatives tonight. her husband is said to be
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heartbroken at the loss of his wife, and their baby boy is in a stable condition in hospital. richard, thank you. israeli forces and palestinians in gaza have continued to exchange fire in what's being seen as the worst escalation of violence between both sides in four years. israel's military said hundreds of rockets and mortars have been fired by the palestinian militant group hamas towards southern israel, while israeli warplanes have carried out more than 100 bombings on targets in gaza. the latest violence erupted on sunday when palestinians discovered an undercover israeli unit inside southern gaza close to the city of khan younis. israel is reported to have said it was on a mission to gather intelligence. since then violence has escalated on both sides. from gaza city, our middle east correspondent tom bateman sent this report. gunshot. a warning shot is fired. then an israeli warplane hits the studios of a tv
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station run by hamas. people flee in panic. the building had been evacuated. israel said its waves of air strikes were in response to this. more than 400 rockets and mortars were fired by militants in gaza into southern israel. some were shot down. others hit homes. air raid siren. the flare—up started on sunday. israeli special forces operating inside gaza were spotted by palestinian militants before a fierce exchange of fire. an israeli officer and seven palestinians died. from gaza was stepped up. sirens blared in southern israel. one man, a palestinian, died when a building was hit in the israeli town of ashkelon.
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residents were told they had 15 seconds to find shelter when the alarm sounded. we couldn't sleep. there was a lot of alarms in the middle of the night. we had to run to the shelters, and we didn't have enough time to do it. and when you get to the shelter, there was just like so much bombing and so scary, you can't even leave the house. israel says it hit more than 150 militant sites in gaza. seven palestinians were killed. buildings were reduced to rubble, including one where this doctor also lived. he says he lost everything. the neighbours called me through mobile. they asked me to leave the building immediately. just hardly i could leave. and ijoined the people, the crowds, away from the building. and it happened. the building, as you see, is totally destroyed. there had been an intensive effort by egypt and the un to broker a longer—term truce between israel and hamas, but after this,
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the worst escalation between the two sides in four years, the chances of reviving that are looking increasingly remote. tonight a tentative ceasefire appeared to emerge, but internal political pressures remained for both sides not to be seen to back down. more conflict may be on the horizon. tom bateman, bbc news, gaza city. there's been a sharp rise in the number of exclusions from classrooms in england, and research by the bbc has revealed that most of those are coming from schools in poorer areas. school exclusions have gone up by 43% in the past four years in england. nearly 50,000 pupils are now taught in alternative provision schools, which provide education for pupils outside mainstream education. research by the bbc shows a 71% rise in temporary and fixed—term exclusions in the most deprived areas
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of england in the last four years — that's four times the rate in less deprived areas. the department for education says every child should benefit from a high—quality education and equal opportunity, regardless of their background. our special correspondent ed thomas has spent a week in an independent alternative provision school in manchester. this is his extended report. learning objective in the usual box. the number of children excluded from deprived schools is soaring. many end up in places like this. get down off the desk. alternative provision. can you count how many times you were excluded? nah, lost track. i thought i'd be here six weeks, i've been here six months now. you name the safeguarding issues, we've got them tenfold. drugs is an influence, alcohol is an influence, gangs are an influence. we're dealing with challenging young people. that is the reality. harpurhey alternative provision
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school educates some of manchester's most vulnerable children. we have self—harmers, people who are extremely volatile, people who are 80% of the time are angelic but then 20% of the time highly dangerous. you're taking the piss! most told us they had been given repeated fixed term exclusions. from here, i've been excluded about seven times, and on the other one i got excluded more than that. list the things that happened that led to you being excluded. fighting, swearing at teachers. we've learned fixed—term exclusions in the top 10% most deprived schools in england have increased by 70% over the last four years. four times the rate of the least deprived. this is a key stage 3 mix, so you'll have anything from 11 to 13. adam's training on the job to become a qualified teacher.
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and this is one of the school's most challenging classes. how behind are they? some are three or four years. four years behind? potentially. these pupils desperately need his help. they're distracted, on their phones and arguing. just take five minutes. it's too much for 14—year—old cameron. why did you remove yourself? everyone was arguing and it gets too loud. injust ten minutes, the teaching inside the classroom comes to an end. do you feel like you're learning? yeah, but i want to go back to my old school because i want better education. kids who misbehave stop the learning. to send these children here, schools pay £12,000 a year — around twice the cost of a place in mainstream. the initial damage was done by a child. an independent school
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rated as inadequate. it's getting the resources together to get that covered. the head teacher told us they needed more money and resources. the funding is not available at a minute. you are looking at grammar schools getting support from central government, and it's important to recognise the other side of that. i'm shutting the door now, boss. every day the school manages difficult situations. i don't know, i think its english. 48 kids, six qualified teachers. when we filmed in the last week of term, two were off sick. the children in this classroom now, without a teacher, and have been like that for more than ten minutes. many here have complex needs. this pupil didn't appear to speak english, but the school said he could understand some words. should he be here? probably not. his home—school placed him here. the issue with that child, while he's got a language barrier, it's also about additional learning needs which haven't fully been established yet. afton is in charge of pastoral care.
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in crisis, many children turn to her. what's the reality of the backgrounds of these kids? it's very, very sad when they come into school, they've been absolutely shattered, they were sleeping rough. we put a bed up for them so they could have a good kip, and fed them, watered them. and there's a growing risk from gangs, violence and drugs. spice, we've had kids collapse from spice. went white as a ghost and collapsed on the floor. weed, cocaine, pills. have you seen children coming in with knives? yeah, i have. a knife, about that big. we dealt with it immediately. this is how the other side live, unfortunately, and that's the side that isn't shown. but we deal with it every single day. the mission here is to work alongside mainstream schools to keep kids in education. so, when they do lose control...
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..the fallout is carefully managed. and pupils like this can learn. everyone should get education the same. as other kids? yeah. do you think you deserve it as much as other kids? sometimes. time and time again, pupils told us this school was making a difference. we still deserve the education like everybody else, and i think we get it better here than most do in mainstream. what is this school giving you? without this, what would happen to you? we'd have no education. we get a few calculations done here. better than mainstream, where long periods were spent educated in isolation rooms. you have to look at one wall. i think i spent a month in there at one point. some days there'd be 11 or 10 of us. confined places, and you sit there and do nothing all day.
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if you put too much flour on, you dry the dough out. the reality is that last year, less than one in 20 children in alternative provision schools received a c or above in gcse maths and english. and each permanently excluded child is estimated to cost taxpayers £370,000 in lifetime education, benefits, health care and criminal justice costs. what is your message when people say, this is just a doss and these kids should not be here? i really challenge that notion. we have students that come back two or three years later and say thank you for turning my life around. that student might have left us with three gcses, pretty poor grades, but we've helped turn their life around. that is success, and if we are not doing that, who else will do it? this is just this isjust one this is just one example of alternative provision. the owner
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wa nted alternative provision. the owner wanted is inside to see the challenges but also the important of education outside of mainstream. the department for education says it wa nts all department for education says it wants all young people to receive an education that fosters ambition, no batter their background, but it is clear from our findings are disproportionate number of children from deprived areas are being excluded. ed thomas, many thanks again. wages rose at their fastest pace in nearly a decade between july and september. new figures show an increase of 3.2%, the biggest rise since the end of 2008. however, the office for national statistics warns that real wage growth was below the 2015 level. now, as sources of news and information multiply by the month the task of telling fact from fiction can be increasingly daunting. the growing incidence of so—called fake news is seen as a threat to the quality of public debate and in some cases a threat to the democratic process itself. as part of the bbc‘s season called beyond fake news we're examining how disinformation
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is created and spread. our media editor amol rajan has been looking at how fake video has the potential to cause significant damage in the years ahead. the hit bbc drama luther has been sold around the world. but the dubbing used for international versions rather removes the subtlety of the original. i charged one, and let the other one off. algorithms figuring out where is the eyes, where is the mouth... in a rented space in north london, young entrepreneurs are using artificial intelligence to improve the viewing experience. their software understands and rapidly models the intricacies of the face. so i grew up in denmark, a very small country, 5 million people. which means we are too small for anyone to want to dub them,
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so i grew up with subtitles. and while i am accustomed to subtitles today, it does take away a certain element of the experience. how do we make sure that this technology is used for its commercial benefits rather than through its political dangers? i think it's very important that you have good actors in this space, that understand technology, that can help shape it both from a public awareness perspective but also very much in developing safety mechanisms to ensure that it's not used for bad. let me give you an example of how this ai technology can be used. so for instance, i might say, "my name's amol rajan, i love reggae music and my favourite band is the wailers." but how about i say that again in vietnamese, not a language i speak, as it happens. or what if i made a mistake and wanted to change my words?
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