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welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: a draft agreement on brexit, but will it get through the british cabinet and parliament? the deadliest wildfires in california's history. at least 44 dead and thousands of homes destroyed. after the heaviest exchanges in years, the un security council is set to discuss the situation in the gaza strip and israel. for the third year in a row, a surge in reported hate crimes in the united states. and we have a special report from egypt where a new law, supposed to counter fake news, is putting critical voices injail. two—and—a—half years after the referendum, officials in london and brussels have finalised a draft brexit agreement.
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little more than four months before the uk is due to leave the european union, cabinet ministers were called into downing street to read what's being proposed, there'll be an emergency meeting of the whole cabinet on wednesday. but some senior politicians have already said publicly that the deal appears deeply unsatisfactory and it is farfrom certain the government can pull together enough votes to get it through parliament. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. there is flash photography. reporter: do you think a deal‘s within reach that you could sign up to? agreement is finally within grasp of number 10. a document that's been in dispute for so long. at last the plans, the compromises go before the cabinet. tomorrow we'll know whether they approve the divorce with the eu in all our names. well, we're obviously working hard on this final phase of negotiations, this final stage. i think we should remain positive
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on getting a good deal for our country. which tonight, a draft of that is on paper. cabinet ministers, many of whom have a less rosy view, had their first chance to take a look in black and white. reporter: is there a deal, mr hancock? one brexiteer who's seen it says do notjudge too fast. the important thing is that we do what's 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 1,000 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. there's no chance of labour coming to the rescue. given the shambolic nature of the negotiations, this is unlikely to be a good deal for the country.
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we'll wait to see the detail but we have made it clear on a number of occasions, if it doesn't meet that test, we'll not vote for it. gary lineker! it's hard to see how this crowd with the odd famous face will be satisfied. there's a small, but noisy group in parliament who think that are strengthening and will vote no as they want another choice. i am not going to accept a deal that will totally undermine our credibility in the whole of the rest of the world, because even if some people in my party cannot see it is a bad deal, everyone else around this entire 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. reporter: you been twisting some arms, mrsmith? no. we're getting closer 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 kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. a little more analysis now
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on what might happen next. in a moment, we'll hear from our europe editor katya adler, in brussels. but first more from laura kuenssberg. the withdrawal agreement will have a uk wide customs agreement. they believe that fears in northern ireland and if he is amongst many tory eurosceptics that somehow in northern ireland could be hived off as part of this, do not have to come true. they believe they have enough reassurance from brussels —— brussels to get that through the cabinet. friendly speaking, there will be a huge amount of importance placed on every single line in this enormous telephone book style 500 page document. 0ne enormous telephone book style 500 page document. one source said to me there will be plenty of scope for mischief inside there. all the governments of the 27 eu countries
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and their eu parliament will want to pour over the words of this several 100 page document of the draft deal. a particular interest will be compromised wording over the backstop, back guarantee over the irish border and because that guarantee would include eu customs partnerships between the eu and the uk, those who played —— trade is closely with the uk, including big hitters in france, would want to make sure that the uk would get no competitive advantage out of that customs document. first of all, here in brussels, we have a meeting tomorrow between the 27 eu ambassadors, they will talk about this outlined draft agreement, they will 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. let's get some of the day's other news. italy's government has defied the european commission by sticking to its big—spending budget. deputy prime minister matteo salvini, said the deficit target of 2.4% and a growth forecast of 1.5% remained unchanged. italy now risks being
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fined by the commission. the office of the us first lady says the deputy to the national security adviser john bolton "no longer deserves the honour" of serving at the white house. us media had earlier reported that president trump was to sack mira ricardel at the first lady's request. melania trump's staff clashed with mrs ricardel during a trip to africa last month. the lawyer representing the mexican drug lord, joaquin ‘el chapo‘ guzman, at his trial in new york has claimed his client is a scapegoat. his lawyer claims the real leaders of the sinaloa cartel are still living openly in mexico and have bribed the current and previous mexican presidents. president enrique pena nieto and his predecessor felipe calderon have rejected the allegations. around 100 people are still missing in california and the worst
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wildfires in the state's history look unlikely to be under control before the end of the month. it's now confirmed 44 people have died, but that number is expected to rise. the fires have broken out across california. at least 7,000 homes and other buildings have been destroyed. most of those who died were in and around the town of paradise, which is largely destroyed. dave lee is there for us. get back here. 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, so... how did it feel to know you were safe? relieving, guilty, terrified for the 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
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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. 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. more exchanges of fire
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between israeli forces and palestinians in gaza, it is the most serious escalation of violence in 4 years. israeli planes haved carried out bombing raids on at least 160 sites in gaza and hundreds of rockets and mortars have been fired towards southern israel by the palestinian militant group hamas. the latest violence erupted on sunday when palestinians discovered an undercover israeli special forces unit inside southern gaza, close to the city of khan younis. seven palestinians and an israeli soldier died. there are reports now that egypt has brokered a ceasefire. from gaza city, our middle east correspondent tom bateman. gunshot a warning shot is fired. then an israeli warplane hits the studios of a tv station run by hamas. people flee in panic.
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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. 0thers 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. at their funerals, anger, before the rocket barrage 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. residents were told they had 15 seconds to find shelter
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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, 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
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remained for both sides not to be seen to back down. more conflict may be on the horizon. tom bateman, bbc news, gaza city. a new fbi report has found a spike in hate crimes in the united states last year, the third straight year that attacks, motivated by bias, have risen in the country. law enforcement agencies reported more than 7,000 incidents in 2017, up 17% from 2016. caroline rigby has more. pittsburgh is the grieving for the 11 jewish pittsburgh is the grieving for the 11jewish worshippers pittsburgh is the grieving for the 11 jewish worshippers killed pittsburgh is the grieving for the 11jewish worshippers killed by gunmen motivated by religious hatred. last month's mass shooting was the worst anti—semitic attack in recent us history, but figures released by the fbi showed this was not an isolated incident. for the third year running, hate crimes are on the up in the united states, with
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black and jewish americans particularly affected. law enforcement agencies reported just over 6000 hate crimes in 2016, but that increased to more than 7000 last year. of those, around 2000 we re last year. of those, around 2000 were aimed at african—americans, while more than 900 were against jewish people, a 37%jump on the previous year. the fbi figures reveal the majority of hate crimes we re reveal the majority of hate crimes were motivated by the city and race, but religion and sexual orientation we re but religion and sexual orientation were also key factors, with a —— abuse ranging from vandalism and assault to rape and murder. with a 17% increase in hate crimes last year, the us acting attorney general described the report as a call to action, adding: also the number of attacks has
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increased, so too has the level of police reporting. but civil rights groups say many victims in a report incidents at all, so these statistics could be just the tip of the iceberg. whatever the truth extent, many would agree that more must be done to tackle hate crime fuelled by heated rhetoric in an ever divided america. caroline rigby, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a boy and his rhino. how one young south african is helping to save an endangered species. the bombastic establishment outsider donald trump has defied the pollsters to take the keys to the oval office. i feel great about the election results. i voted for him because i genuinely believe that he cares about the country. it's keeping the candidate's name always in the public eye that counts. success or failure depends not only on public display,
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but on the local campaign headquarters, and the heavy, routine work of their women volunteers. berliners from both east and west linked hands and danced round their liberated territory. and with nobody to stop them, it wasn't long before the first attempts were made to destroy the structure itself. yasser arafat, who dominated the palestinian cause for so long, has died. the palestinian authority has declared a state of mourning. after 17 years of discussion, the result was greeted with an outburst ofjoy. women ministers, who'd long felt only grudgingly accepted among the ranks of clergy, suddenly felt welcomed. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: after months of negotiations, british and european union officials have reached a draft agreement on brexit. the prime minister theresa may must now convince her cabinet
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to accept it. rescue crews are searching for more than 200 people reported missing in california's deadliest recorded wildfire. let's get more now on that report released by the fbi, that says there's been a spike in hate crimes in the united states last year. joining me from chicago is ahmed rehab, the executive director of the chicago office of the council on american—islamic relations. good to talk to you. why do you think this is happening? u nfortu nately, think this is happening? unfortunately, one cannot discount the rise in the sort of speech coming from political officials, especially the president of the united states, that tends to stop racial sentiments. and what we have seen is an emboldening of those americans who believe that america belongs to what christians, that it is not set by its values and its promise i'd rather buy a particular
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race and religion, and so those who area race and religion, and so those who are a minority in regards to race and religion and sexual orientation have felt the brunt of some of these people stop weight although these figures were beginning to spike before donald trump came on the scene, politically. -- although. they have been on the rise for quite some time, the numbers in a report by the fbi are not exactly comprehensive. as a matter of fact, the us bureau ofjustice statistics rana the us bureau ofjustice statistics ran a survey between 2007 and 2011 and concluded that the numbers were likely to be around 260,000 hate crimes the year, rather than the 6000 to 10,000 typically reported by the fbi for any year. do you think they are not reported because people are reluctant to report?|j they are not reported because people are reluctant to report? i think thatis are reluctant to report? i think that is definitely a factor, especially my own community, particularly among the new immigrants who come from countries
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where there is suspicion of government and law enforcement, and when something happens to them, they are very reticent to reported to the law enforcement authorities, so we see a lot of that happening in the community as well. in your experience, what response of people getting when they do report to government and civic authorities? there is support within various law enforcement entities, including the fbi. i think part of the problem with the muslim community as well is there had been a lot of fbi investigations of individuals or other even just cold calls, investigations of individuals or other evenjust cold calls, not investigations of individuals or other even just cold calls, not even investigations, people whojust happened to them was the more of an arabic backgrounds, and as a result of that fbi harassment, there has been this additional reticence to report things to the fbi. what we do asa report things to the fbi. what we do as a civil rights organisation is to try to bridge that gap and try to encourage community members to come with a crime and bias incident
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reporting. thank you very much. it isa reporting. thank you very much. it is a pleasure. there are mounting concerns about the restrictions imposed on freedom of expression in egypt. a number of journalists and activists have been jailed on the charge of spreading fake news, which is illegal under egyptian law. human rights activists say new legislation passed injuly concerning social media has further curtailed independent comment. the government says it's trying to fight rumours that destabilise the country. sally nabil reports from cairo. that is amal fathy, a 34—year—old egyptian mother. she was venting their anger because twice in one day, she had been sexually harassed. in her facebook post, she blamed the government forfailing in her facebook post, she blamed the government for failing to protect women. two days after she posted the
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video came a knock at the door. amal fathy was arrested and separated from herfamily fathy was arrested and separated from her family on charges of spreading fake news. i met amal fathy‘s husband, human rights lawyer, in his office. he told me amal fathy is not the only person falling foul of the law in this the government says it is trying to fight rumours that destabilise the country. the government has now set up a hotline for egyptians to report fake
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news and rumours, and the crackdown appears to go wider than that. hundreds of websites have been blocked in egypt since last year. some of them belong to critical media organisations and some to human rights groups. egyptian authorities deny any systematic crack down on free speech. amal‘s husband told me he hoped his wife would be released on appeal and reunited with their two—year—old son. while there might be some light at the end of the tunnel for amal, the space for expressing dissent in this country is obviously shrinking. and the phrase fake news is seen by
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many opponents as a powerful tool to silence them. throughout this week, there will be much more on bbc news about this in our beyond fake news season. you can follow it on the bbc news website too. while we're on the subject of press freedom, cnn has filed a lawsuit against trump administration for suspending the press credentials of one of its seniorjournalists. jim acosta had his press pass suspended last week after this clash with president trump last week. cnn alleges it violates both his constitutional rights and theirs. ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo may last until mid next year, according to a senior
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official at the world health 0rganization. official at the world health organization. the outbreak has already killed more than 200 and is now the worst in the democratic republic of the congo's history. on many occasions, we have reported on the hazards facing wild rhinos. they are one of the most endangered species on earth. in africa, for instance, it's thought there are only around 25,000 of them left alive. but one boy in south africa is doing his best to change that. the bbc‘s tim allman explains. nike, he is the one on the left, is a six—month—old like rhinoceros, whose mother was killed by poachers. with him is 11—year—old hunter mitchell, and hunter is no ordinary young man, he is on a mission. —— nicky. it all started on the 31st of december 2015 when i heard about a band of baby rhino at the park, and i knew that instantly that rhinos are simply endangered, as i wanted
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to help him by raising money for him. so far, hunter has raised nearly $16,000, money that will help a bit rhinos like nicky. they can be taken care and feeding stations like this one, protected until they are old enough to be released into the wild. all the money goes to rescuing, raising and rehabilitating orphaned rhinos, because the mothers orphaned rhinos, because the mothers or parents died but if we can save those babies, they can go up and make it more babies for the next generation, which is extremely important. hunter has become something of a local celebrity and he's using his fame to raise awareness of animal protection. he says he wants to be a dock, but he also wants to keep up the fight and protect the wild rhino. tim allman, bbc news. good going, hunter. an exceptionally large pink diamond, called the pink legacy, has been sold at auction for a world record price.
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it weighs just under 19 carats, and it fetched $50 million — a record price per carat. it was bought by the american brand harry winston at an auction in geneva after only five minutes of bidding. the new owners have rechristened it the winston pink legacy. just briefly, van may news again. the british prime minister theresa may has been meeting her ministers individually, trying to secure their support for a draft agreement with the european union and the terms of britain's exit to an a half years after the referendum. we use, we understand, and draft brexit agreement finalised. there is little more than that two months before the uk is due to leave the european union. there will be a cabinet meeting in downing street and thursday. that is it for now, thank you very much for watching. hello.
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after the heavy, blustery showers many of us saw to start the new week, tuesday delivered us something much drier, with a good deal of sunshine. this was the scene on the north yorkshire coast during tuesday afternoon, and a very similar picture in perth and kinross. but we already have changes afoot to the western side of the uk. outbreaks of rain will continue to work their way north and eastwards through wednesday morning, courtesy of this frontal system. notice the squeeze in the isobars. some windy conditions as well. quite a wet start to wednesday across northern ireland, north wales, north—west england, and the western side of scotland. not just wet, but windy as well. let's take a look at nine o'clock in the morning in closer detail. much of england and wales, away from the far north—west, will be mainly dry, some bright or sunny spells, but these black wind symbols give an indication of the wind gusts through wednesday morning. so quite widely touching a0 to 50 miles an hour for western coasts, and some heavy and persistent rain across northern ireland, and southern and western scotland. warnings in place here. through wednesday, that rain will be slowly pulling away north and eastwards, so slowly turning
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drier across northern ireland, north—west england, central and southern scotland. eventually that rain clears away from the highlands and by the afternoon, most places becoming dry. some spells of sunshine and very mild, 15 or 16 celsius, particularly for the eastern side of scotland, given any sunshine and some help from the foehn effect. now, through wednesday evening, we'll see some lingering cloud aross parts of scotland. further outbreaks of rain arriving into the far west of northern ireland, and perhaps later in the night, across the western isles of scotland. elsewhere, it's dry. a mixture of variable cloud and clear spells, but could see some mist and low cloud developing as the night wears on. a little bit cooler where we keep clearer skies, temperatures down to four or five celsius. holding up to double figures where we keep the cloud. but it's mild air which continues to flow across the uk as we go into thursday. it'll be a mainly dry day for most. there'll still be this front fringing the far west of scotland
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and northern ireland. more cloud here and some outbreaks of rain. still quite a breezy day. mist and low cloud quite stubborn to clear in places so some may have a fairly gloomy day, but where it does thin and break, we'll see some good spells of sunshine and again, temperatures in the midteens, 13 to 16 celsius. looking ahead towards the end of the week, we've got an area of high pressure keeping things fairly settled and keeping fronts in the atlantic at bay, so heading through friday and into the weekend, most will be dry. however, with lighter winds, we're likely to see some mist and fog and that may linger at times, and temperatures just starting to slide away through saturday. bye— bye. this is bbc news, the headlines: theresa may has been meeting her ministers to win their support for a draft agreement on brexit. there's to be a cabinet meeting on wednesday, when she'll expect ministers to back the proposed withdrawal agreement. it will then have to be approved by other eu leaders and parliament. hundreds of people are still thought to missing in the aftermath of the worst wildfires in the history of california. forty—four people are now known to have died. firefighters have made some progress in containing the two biggest blazes but say there is still a long fight ahead.
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the un security council has failed to agree how to address violence between israel and the palestinians in gaza. the heaviest clashes in four years erupted on sunday evening when hamas militants intercepted an undercover israeli operation. hamas has said it will observe an egyptian—brokered ceasefire if israel does.
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