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good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and dan walker. our headlines today: a new threat to theresa may. the democratic unionist party, which contributes to the government's majority, says the pm is not keeping to the bargain over brexit and withdraws its backing on an important vote in parliament. after days of fretting, mrs may's own backbenchers were plotting to turf her out of downing street, now the whole party is now turning up the heat. a shoot—out at a hospital in chicago leaves four people dead, including a doctor and a police officer. could exercise help people with incurable cancer live longer? we've a special report on the new guidance that goes against traditional advice from doctors. good morning. when is a deal not a deal? if you're a black friday bargain hunter, i'll be telling you why some deals might not be all they seem. there will be no super league in european football. the two most powerful officials in the game say proposed plans for a breakaway are fiction.
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good morning from syon house and. we're here because we're going to be looking at the enchanted woodman through the course of the morning. the weather today is cold, windy. showers and rain, and some in the hills will be wintry. more in 15 minutes. good morning. it's tuesday the 20th of november. our top story: theresa may is facing renewed pressure over her brexit plans, after the democratic unionist party failed to back the government on key votes. the dup's ten mps contribute to the conservative‘s narrow majority in parliament. the northern ireland—based party is flexing its muscles because it's unhappy about mrs may's draft brexit withdrawal deal. let's get the latest from our political correspondent, chris mason. chris, this is another sticking point but 81, and it comes down to
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that backstop, the so—called backstop, doesn't it? —— 81. good morning. yes, we have this banquet of uncertainty in politics at the moment and this extra dollop being heaped onto theresa may's p—plater last night by the dup, the party in northern ireland that wants to preserve the union between northern ireland and the rest of the uk -- northern ireland and the rest of the uk —— p—plate. they feel very keenly about this withdrawal agreement and their fear about this withdrawal agreement and theirfear it about this withdrawal agreement and their fear it effectively packages up their fear it effectively packages up northern ireland separate from the rest of the uk, something they really don't like. right at the heart of this government is a confidence and supply arrangement to use the technical language and. in other words, the dup have promised the conservatives they will back them in key votes, particularly votes on the budget. it was one of those votes last night, albeit relatively minor ones, that they decided they would flex their muscles and they wouldn't support
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the government. they're absolutely clear as to why they've done that. they've done that to show the conservatives that they mean business. what we did tonight was we abstained a numberof business. what we did tonight was we abstained a number of votes, we voted with the labour party on 1—vote. none of them have financial consequences, none of them have financial consequences, by the way, but all we re consequences, by the way, but all were designed to send a political message to the government. look, we've got an agreement with you but you've got to keep your side of the bargain otherwise we won't be obliged to keep ours. they say this isn't the end of that confidence and supply arrangement, not ripping it up in front of theresa may's eyes, but they're clearly saying, well, we could do, so clearly saying, well, we could do, so you need to listen to us. indeed. chris, we're going to be examining a lot more through the morning. thanks very much, we'll talk to you later. just after 8am this morning we'll be speaking to the minister forjustice, david gauke, about what the latest development‘s mean for the prime minister's future. we'll be speaking to the dup as well
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this morning. four people have been killed and two others critically injured after a gunman opened fire outside a hospital in chicago. in a separate shooting in denver, one person has died and four have been wounded. police are still looking for the gunman. north america correspondent peter bowes reports. another city, another shooting. this time at a hospitaljust south of downtown chicago. the police say it started with a row in the car park, between people who knew each other. the gunman first shot a woman with whom he was in a relationship, and then headed inside the building, closely followed by several police officers. more shots were fired, apparently at random. it was like pow pow pow, pow pow pow, pow pow pow pow pow. it was extreme, it was very loud and it was close, so this is what happened. i don't know, after that, swat came and got us out of the utility room and made us walk across the street. a doctor, a pharmaceutical assistant and a police officer were all killed. the gunman is also dead. those officers that had responded today saved a lot of lives, because this guy was just shooting,
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that poor woman had got off an elevator, had nothing to do with nothing, and he shot her. why? there's no doubt in my mind that all those officers that responded were heroes and they saved a lot of lives, because we just don'tknow how much damage he was prepared to do. at about the same time in another us city, another shooting was unfolding, in downtown denver. the police say the suspect is still at large. it leaves two more american cities in mourning today. the scourge of gun violence once again to blame. peter bowes, bbc news. the number of people that have died in the california wildfires has now risen to 79. heavy rain is expected, bringing much needed relief for firefighters trying to extinguish the deadliest wildfire in the state's history. there are also fears that the downpour could cause mudslides, and further hamper the search for the nearly 700 people
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who are still unaccounted for. fighting has broken out in the yemeni city of hudaydah despite both the saudi—led military coalition and houthi rebels agreeing to halt offensives. coalition warplanes resumed bombing following clashes between rebels and pro—government forces. the un is attempting to revive talks to end a three—year war that has caused a massive humanitarian crisis. the use of former legal highs has fallen dramatically since they were banned in 2016, according to a report by the home 0ffice. it also says the supply has gone underground and that fresh types of the drug are continuing to be produced. before the ban, legal highs were sold openly in specialist stores, known as head—shops. three men have been arrested on suspicion of plotting a terror attack in melbourne. the suspects had been attempting to get hold of a semi—automatic rifle to kill as many people as possible, according to the authorities in the australian city. it comes weeks after a knife—wielding attacker killed one man and injured two others in melbourne in what police said was a terror attack. the fallout is continuing to be
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felt after the chairman of nissan was arrested injapan. carlos ghosn is accused of breaking the country's financial laws by under—reporting his salary by around £35 million a five—year period. mr ghosn, who has been described as a titan of nissan, cars is now facing the sack, and shares in the company have fallen. let's talk to our tokyo correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes. rupert, thank you for coming on the programme this morning. this man is a huge player in the automotive industry, isn't he? 0h, a huge player in the automotive industry, isn't he? oh, yeah. mr ghosn is a household name it really injapan, so his arrest last night when he arrived from france on a private jet for a board when he arrived from france on a privatejet for a board meeting in japan, it took him by surprise, there is no indication he had any inkling of what was going to happen and it's ta ken inkling of what was going to happen and it's taken the whole country by
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surprise. for the past 20 years since he took over control of nissan, since renault, the french company, took over nissan, he's really been one of the titans of the auto industry, turning nissan around, turning it back to profit and making it a global player again. it has come as a huge shock. we've got some details of the allegations against him. one particular detail has come from japan's mash no broadcaster and it's about four houses bought for mr ghosn in lebanon, brazil, france and the netherlands which cost a total of £15 million. they were bought by nissan and not declared as part of his package. that's part of why he is accused of serious financial misdeeds, and he remains in custody in tokyo this morning. rupert, thanks very much. we'll continue to follow that story through the morning. the international space station turns 20 today, a milestone in its planned
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30—year mission. its first component was launched on this day in 1998 from the cosmodrome in kazakhstan, with the second part launched by nasa two weeks later. in total, 16 nations were involved in its construction, and there have been 136 space flights to deliver the parts to build it. did you know it is the third brightest thing in the night sky? no. after the moon and venus. i now know. i'd been doing my research on the international space station! more on that later! the duchess of sussex met pop group take that as she attended the royal variety performance for the first time. meghan wore a black—and—white sequinned dress for the charity gala at the london palladium last night with other celebrities. which was also attended by the queen, along with other celebrities. prince harry also wearing a suit. and a red suit. they had co—ordinated. there you go, clothes
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watching for you this morning! lovely blouse! lovely time, lovely dress, sally! —— lovely thai. we have sneak news at the end of this bulletin. are you going all i'm a celebrity? of course i am. aren't we all? good morning. an exclusive story from richard conway this morning. you would have heard talk about the breakaway european league, the best teams forming their only eat, which is to you because you think, what happens to the rest of the clubs in the premier league? financially the gap could get even wider. i can tell you it's not going to happen. the president of uefa and the chairman of the influential european club association say they are united, and there will not be a european super league, despite leaked documents claiming secret talks had been held to create a new competition involving the continents biggest teams. manchester city there in their
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skyblue strip. it's a big night for scotland in the nations league. victory over israel at hampden park will earn them at least a play off spot for euro 2020. there's a big blow for arsenal and england. jordan nobbs cold miss next summer's world cup after rupturing her knee ligament. and there's no fear that the formula 3 driver sophia florsch will be paralyised, according to her team principal. florsh fractured her spine in a crash at sunday's macau grand prix and doctors used bone from her hip to repair one of her vertebrae. that is good news. more in the paper review. we look forward to that. i'm not sure if we can segue between snake news and that. everytime i see that crash... incredible to survive. unbelievable. she's very lucky. she
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was chanted, her brakes went and the car flew. the speed! when you first spoke to us yesterday, i thought i was looking at the wrong car because she travelled through the screen so quickly. she literally flew through the shot and three other people were hurt, including a cameraman who had been filming. incredibly lucky. could have been so much worse! carol's out at a rather unique location for us this morning. it looks stunning but slightly spooky of i'm honest, carol. good morning! good morning. it is baltic. this is sion house, beautiful home all lit up here. it's the current london home of the duke of northumberland and his family. —— syon house. it's been in the family for over 400 years, but the house has stood there for 500 years. there's always been a garden here for the last 600 years or so, and that's what we're looking at today.
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it is being met for us today to show the stunning enchanted would land. if you want to see it, you've only got a few opportunities, friday, saturday and sunday from 5pm —— being lit —— woodland. it is peeling baltic, only feeling colder through the course of the day as the wind strengthens —— feeling. the forecast todayis strengthens —— feeling. the forecast today is windy. looking at showers and longer spells of rain and some of the showers will be wintry, especially on the tops of the hills. in some of the heavier showers, we could see sleet and hail at lower levels. this morning you can see all the blues on the chart, this is an air mass chart, the air across as is blue indicating it is cold, but the easterlies coming from a cold continent. a lot of showers from the east and the south first thing, blown inland and as the wind strengthens, pushed over to the west. a gusty wind, especially along
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the east and south coast, gusting at 40-50 the east and south coast, gusting at 40—50 mph. best of the sunshine in northern ireland, poland and north scotland. feeling closer to freezing in the wind. thames from freezing to around three degrees —— scotland, ireland. still a lot of showers around. still windy for most and those showers increasingly will be wintry on the hills of wales, northern england and scotland but with the wind easing a touch in the south, could be cold enough for frost and maybe iced on untreated surfaces. then as we had through tomorrow, well, it's still going to bea tomorrow, well, it's still going to be a windy day but a subtle change in the wind direction to a south—easterly —— frost and maybe ice on untreated surfaces. a lot across northern ireland and scotland. again on the hills, wintry at lower levels and in some heavy showers, we could see sleet and snow. moving from wednesday into
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thursday, we are sandwiched between high and low pressure. we still have the south—easterly wind, dragging in lots of cloud overnight. thursday morning we'll start with a lot of cloud, fewer showers, not as windy, brighter skies out to the west for a time but the cloud building through the day. temperatures, at least they're no longer in closing of figures, there in high single figures, there in high single figures, so not quite as cold, dan and naga. -- they are in high single figures. you get a cup of tea and some hand warmers for your gloves! i don't envy you at all, carol! you know i would be whining like hell if i was out there! you? never! let's take a look at some of today's front pages. good morning. the telegraph's lead story follows the ongoing political saga over brexit, quoting theresa may's critics admitting their attempts to unseat the pm have stalled. we showed you the picture of the
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duchess of sussex outside the london palladium, oh, no, that is not the duchess of sussex. laughter. no, the spartan queen leader, shall we say, intertwined with zeus, described as a swan. this is a fresco at pompeii. the lead story: the times reports that doctors who work for insurance company travel insurance facilities, are being investigated by the general medical council amid accusations they denied suitable care to policyholders. 0n the guardian, there is a picture of the tulip in london, asking if it is the new gherkin. we have pictures of that later. the daily mail is
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reporting the chairman of the police federation says the walk on by culture is leaving officers vulnerable. ken marsh says officers might be forced to let violent criminals go unless they receive greater support from the public. the picture you are seeing, holly, holly willoughby, making the tv hit of the year. you have a bit in your papers. yes, in the telegraph, jim white, watched harry redknapp, he has gone into the jungle, saying that he clearly had no idea of the show's sadistic undertow, admitting he thought that there was a catering truck supplying everyone with a nice they can sarnie when the cameras stopped. actually, no. he hasn't watched it before. if you watched it la st watched it before. if you watched it last night, harry redknapp was mucking in, literally. he has no sense of smell. cleaning the toilet for everyone. it won't bother him in terms of taste which is related to smell. i would worry about texture.
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yes, i would. smell. i would worry about texture. yes, iwould. at smell. i would worry about texture. yes, i would. at least it is one thing less to worry about. disappointing that they are so nice to each other. it is early days. wait until they are hungry. to each other. it is early days. wait untilthey are hungry. noel edmonds is meant to turn up soon. that could be an interesting dynamic. it could. what have you got for us, nina? onto different matters. rupert was talking about it. you can't reiterate this and are. this is the nissan boss, accused of misrepresenting what he has earned from the company. you go to the stock exchange and declare how much you have earned and some of his assets were not declared. he is huge, known globally as a rock star of the car dealing world, he said nissan and renault but it looks like he will be out by thursday. another story — who is a fan of mr kipling? i love the little ones. the little
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square ones. you have definitely had won. in the individual cupcake? yes, in the square. with the white icing. three different colours. anyway. that is the detail. can anyone bring one in for naga? if you do buy one, go to the regular store, rather than a convenience store, because, we knew this already, some detail from an investigation from the bbc inside al to programme, if you go to a convenience store you can pay three times the products —— 0ut. banana can be three times the price at a convenience store. because of the cost of where they are located. yes. it isa cost of where they are located. yes. it is a big jump isn't it? cost of where they are located. yes. it is a bigjump isn't it? paying a lot for convenience. that is a lot for banana. we all work in the broadcast industry, was there a time when you followed a show with your
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family? yes. or recorded a fake radio show? yes, last week. well, this fellow, duncan, used to broadcast from his garden shed just to his wife, so there was a wire going from the garden shed and he broadcast a few hours every day leaving messages for his wife, playing songs. did she have to tune in? she had to june in but when she used to go out to the shops or go to work he was just broadcasting to himself, but sometimes members of his family would come around and also, it gets better, he could broadcast 100 metres around the shed, so other members of the sort of neighbourhood would get a little bluetooth speaker and listen as well, but now this guy here, here he is, he loves his radio, he has been given a show on bbc three. is, he loves his radio, he has been given a show on bbc threelj is, he loves his radio, he has been given a show on bbc three. i love him. he will do one hour over christmas sometime. they haven't said when. here he is. the nissan,
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—— the said when. here he is. the nissan, -- the bbc said when. here he is. the nissan, —— the bbc three. said when. here he is. the nissan, -- the bbc three. his name is deke duncan. good luck. what have you got, sally? this from the times, the racing driver, which we saw yesterday, and again today, a really interesting interview with her dad, who says he is not going to stop her raising. he is more than happy for her to race again. she will recover and it is what she loves so much. she is only 17. alex, her father, who has been giving interviews, says he won't change her mind, she loves it so much, he will let her carry on. she must have had an angel on her shoulder, he said. interesting, we had billy monger on yesterday. amazing. fabulous. his dad supported him, he was a double amputee after the accident 18 months ago as well. shall we finish on something
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absolutely lovely? go on. yes. the twin0credibles this pair of ladies, born in 1916. not 102! -- twin—credibles. born in 1916. not 102! -- twin-credibles. yes, they are still together, looked after by phyllis's son, carl, who is 60, proud of his mum and irene, and he says neither have arthritis, everything works perfectly. spotted as well they don't need to replace these balloons, they just keep don't need to replace these balloons, theyjust keep them for the next year and get another number at the end. change the end one. it is lovely. amazing. happy birthday indeed. a whole lot of candles. 6:22am, good morning. people with incurable cancer are being told that even a small amount of exercise can help them live not just better, but possibly longer. macmillan cancer care says, contrary to traditional doctors'
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advice, rest is not always best. jayne mccubbin went to see gemma ellis, a mum with secondary cancer who is gearing up to run the first 5k of her life. gemma was diagnosed and treated for cancer in her early 30s. at that point, i believe that i was clear. but, there was always a but, there was a shadow on my spine. the cancer had spread. aged 37 with two young girls, she was told it was treatable but not curable. it was there and i knew i have got it, i have to live with it. that was the moment gemma knew she would make a change. left leg. are you out of your comfort zone? very much so, thank you. yes. totally. but you look like a ninja! with stage to cancer and two training buddies, she is gearing up
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for herfirst ever 5k training buddies, she is gearing up for her first ever 5k park run training buddies, she is gearing up for herfirst ever 5k park run in 12 weeks. ijust keep thinking, you know, if the treatment lasts that long, and another line of treatment there, another one might come out andi there, another one might come out and i might be able to have that. you never know. that is where this comes in. team gemma. well done. good start today. how was it? honestly? laughter . none of this journey is easy, but her training partners, tony antell and, no exactly what she's is going through. and how this could help —— tony and helen. i was diagnosed in may 2017 and went from training from an ultra— macron to terminally ill in 36 hours which was a bit of a shop. diagnosed with stage for breast cancer in april 20 16, six month after doing a half ironman my first question to my oncologist was cani first question to my oncologist was can i still do it? is reply was absolutely i could. and knowing that has kept me sane. and i really hope
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as part of this process you are really going to kind of find that works for you too. that is what i am hoping. and march. macmillan cancer care, the cancer charity, says this is about more than hope. exercise can help patients with incurable cancer not just live better can help patients with incurable cancer notjust live better but live longer. doctors have always advise their patients to rest. rest is not a lwa ys their patients to rest. rest is not always best. small amounts of physical activity, not running marathons, leaping around in lycra, can makea marathons, leaping around in lycra, can make a significant difference, there certainly does seem to be an effect on some of the growth factors that stimulate cancer to grow. you 5k, had you ever thought about the 5k, had you ever thought about the 5k before? no. laughter.. how is she going to go? we worked out a training plan for gemma. i think gemma might learn to hate us over the course of the next 12 weeks. gemma's gonna be amazing. the course of the next 12 weeks. gemma's gonna be amazingm the course of the next 12 weeks. gemma's gonna be amazing. it is
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lovely, innit? i don't know my problem —— prognosis and i never wa nt to problem —— prognosis and i never want to know my prognosis. i know it's not great. i keep giving myself little milestones. i and hitting them already. and i intend to do so for a long time. and thanks, of course, to gemma for sharing her story, and late in the programme we will speak with a cancer rehab specialist who also continued to exercise through her chemotherapy. let us know what you think about our. you can get in touch with us through the usual means. coming up on breakfast this morning: we're being bombarded with black friday bargains at the moment. i thought it was last friday. i have had so many e—mails about it. and i know it is always this weekend. had so many e—mails about it. and i know it is always this weekendm has gone crazy, hasn't it?|j know it is always this weekendm has gone crazy, hasn't it? i thought it was done. when we were talking about it i was like, it is done, but no. but are the deals as good as they seem? nina will be here with a worrying warning. so make sure you pay attention. yes,
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you should pay attention to that. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. we will see you in about three minutes. good morning from bbc london news. i'm tolu adeoye. the chairman of the met police federation says officers could start letting violent suspects go if they're not backed up by members of the public when trying to make arrests. it's after footage emerged of two officers being hospitaled after being attacked while they tried to apprehend a suspect in merton on saturday. witnesses are said to have simply passed by. ken marsh warned that officers would need to start risk assessing situations. planned 48 hour strikes by gatwick workers who assist passengers with disabilities have been suspensed. members of unite were due to walk out today and next monday, but two of the walk—outs have been called off while workers vote on whether to accept a revised pay offer. if the offer is rejected, then a third planned 48 hour stoppage from december 21st is set to go ahead. the biggest ever survey of london's
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trees has found their canopy covers over 20% of the surface of the capital. the new technology which was used to map the trees discovered this was slightly more than previously estimated. city hall has pledged to increase the tree canopy by 10% by 2050. it is really important because trees are so important to london and london's life, to people in london. we need to be able to know where trees are so we can understand where the gaps are and then we can plant more trees. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. turning to the trains: things a re better after yesterday's chaos for those coming into waterloo from the south—west, but there are some cancellations for south western railway and great western railway because of a fault with the signals between reading and wokingham. 0n the roads, it's the usual delays on the blackwall tunnel. in westminster, bridge street is closed between parliament square and victoria embankment for security works. that's been causing long delays.
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in west wickham, addington road is closed for repairs to a burst water main. finally, the a23 is partly blocked for repairs because of a burst water main. now, the weather with kate kinsella. hello, good morning. it isa it is a chilly start out there this morning with temperatures down in low single figures celsius. it is going to be a cold day. we have a brisk easterly breeze, but also some showers to factor in as well. and these showers mostly falling as rain. 0ver higher ground, the chilterns for example, you might get a bit of hail, maybe a little bit of sleet mixed in as well. some of them quite heavy. not very pleasant at all really. it will be very cold. the maximum temperature in some sports not much higher than three celsius. central london around six, but fact in the breeze, it will feel that bit colder. 0vernight tonight we will see the showers feeding in
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from the east. gradually they will become fewer. drierforsome. from the east. gradually they will become fewer. drierfor some. adding the east. he will still get those showers. temperatures overnight between one and three celsius. quite a cloudy night. you mightjust see the cloud break from time to time and that could lead to a little bit of mist by dawn. so for tomorrow and other a chilly start and a chilly. more broken cloud, so a bit more sunshine, but temperatures still reaching seven celsius. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to dan and naga. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and dan walker. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: is the electric scooter the answer to our daily traffic woes? they're illegal to drive on the roads at the moment, but we'll hear from some people who say they should be used to ease congestion. he's one of great britain's most succesful 0lympians, but these days sir mo farah has turned his attention to conquering the marathon.
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he'll speak to us exclusively this morning with some exciting plans for 2019. among the harrowing images of the first world war in peter jackson's documentary they shall not grow old, one woman spotted her grandfather. we'll speak to jenny pateman about the emotional moment she recognised her relative. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. theresa may is facing renewed pressure over her brexit plans after the democratic unionist party failed to back the government on key votes. the dup's ten mps contribute to the conservatives' narrow majority in parliament. the northern ireland—based party is flexing its muscles because it's unhappy about mrs may's draft brexit withdrawal deal. what we did tonight was we abstained a number of votes, we voted with the labour party on one vote.
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none of them have financial consequences, by the way, but all were designed to send a political message to the government. look, we've got an agreement with you but you've got to keep your side of the bargain otherwise we won't be obliged to keep ours. four people have been killed and two others critically injured after a gun battle outside a hospital in chicago. two female staff members and a police officer died, as well as the gunman. the motive isn't yet known. those officers that had responded today saved a lot of lives, because this guy was just shooting, that poor woman had got off an elevator, had nothing to do with nothing, and he shot her. why? there's no doubt in my mind that all those officers that responded were heroes and they saved a lot of lives, because we just don'tknow how much damage he was prepared to do. fighting has broken out in the yemeni city of hudaydah despite both the saudi—led military coalition and houthi rebels agreeing to halt offensives. coalition warplanes resumed bombing following clashes between rebels and pro—government forces. the un is attempting to revive talks to end a three—year war that has caused a massive humanitarian crisis. the use of former legal highs
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has fallen dramatically since they were banned in 2016, according to a report by the home 0ffice. it also says the supply has gone underground and that fresh types of the drug are continuing to be produced. before the ban, legal highs were sold openly in specialist stores, known as head—shops. three men have been arrested on suspicion of plotting a terror attack in melbourne. the suspects had been attempting to get hold of a semi—automatic rifle to kill as many people as possible, according to the authorities in the australian city. it comes weeks after a knife—wielding attacker killed one man and injured two others in melbourne in what police said was a terror attack. the chairman of car giant nissan is facing the sack after he was arrested injapan. carlos ghosn is accused of breaking the country's financial laws by under—reporting his salary by around £35 million over a five—year period. shares in the company have fallen sharply. the international space station turns 20 today,
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a milestone in its planned 30—year mission. its first component was launched on this day in 1998 from the cosmodrome in kazakhstan, with the second part launched by nasa two weeks later. in total, 16 nations were involved in its construction and there have been 136 space flights to deliver the parts to build it. have you got a fact about that?” was looking at the facts. how big do you think it is? how would you compare it to a house? i don't know, four bedrooms, semi—detached? i don't know, four bedrooms, semi-detached? six bedroom house, more living space than that. it has a gym and only two bathrooms and a 360 degrees window in the bathroom. two bathrooms, always a bit of a worry, and no chairs. because you just float around. you would still
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like to sit down occasionally! do you know how it smells? nicely? you know like when a plane lands and you open the doors and they say, there's a smell, especially after a long haulflight, a smell, especially after a long haul flight, apparently... that's what you would think of, international space station. i'm sure there's all sorts of air conditioning units and things like that. a metallic ionisation type of smell. only a few people will know that because not many people have been there! we are all learning this morning! sally is thinking about the smell! sorry, you've lost me! metallic ionised smell? that's what the atmosphere aboard is smell like. you know, a metallic smell, makes you ought tongue go funny.” you know, a metallic smell, makes you ought tongue go funny. i don't know about the doors opening on a long haul flight. it know about the doors opening on a long haulflight. it smells lovely in here! a proper honk! you would
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like to be an astronaut i think? you would, i can tell. this conversation is getting more and more bizarre! you have a head for figures and really good astronaut eyesight! thanks, sally! i had an eyesight the other day! nothing be ashamed of! i thought it would be dwindling but it seems to be getting better with age! how bizarre! in your eyes are so good you could go into space! we've been talking about the european super league for football, the best clubs in england playing the best clubs in england playing the best clubs in england playing the best around europe, real outcry because it could widen the gulf between the top clubs here and the clubs lower down even in the premier league in terms of financial matters. it's not going to happen, i can tell you that, we have an exclusive from our correspondent, richard conway. two of the most powerful people in european football say there will not be a breakaway super league. leaked documents claimed secret talks had been held to create a new competition involving the continents biggest teams, but the president of uefa and the chairman of the influential
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european club association say they are fiction. we started to discuss the post 24 clu b we started to discuss the post 24 club competition in europe. wejust started, there are ideas, there are d rafts, started, there are ideas, there are drafts, but it's absolutely too early to share it with the public, because we have to speak to our stakeholders, we have to speak to national associations, to clubs. but we have some ideas. all i can say is any super league is out of the question. participation stays, and everybody will have a possibility to compete in every european competition. so there you heard it! scotland will win a euro 2020 play—off spot if they beat israel in the nations league at hampden park tonight. the sides are level on points at the top of their group and althought the scots lost their away game in israel last
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month, manager alex mcleish believes. the confidence is very high with the players. i can tell, i can feel it, ican players. i can tell, i can feel it, i can see it in their eyes. we know that we have home advantage, and a very good opportunity to do this. these players can do this. republic of ireland, already relegated from group b, drew 0—0 with group winners denmark. it means martin 0'neil‘s side are now without a goal in four games, and they've managed just one win in 11 games. germany's dismal run continues. they've been relegated after a 2—2 draw with the netherlands. the dutch are through to the finals, joining england, portugal and switzerland. but germany finished bottom of the group. england and arsenal'sjordan nobbs could miss the rest of the season and next summer's women's world cup. she's ruptured a knee ligament in sunday's league win at everton, after scoring one of theirfour goals. nobbs has been a key part of the arsenal side that have a 100 per—cent record this season and she was england's player of the year in 2016. let's bring you an update
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on the formual 3 driver sophia florsch, after that horrific crash at the weekend. her team principal says there is no fear that she'll be paralysed, despite fracturing her spine at the macau grand prix. in a 10—hour operation, doctors have used bone from her hip to repair one of her vertebrae. that is outstanding use. —— that is outstanding news. scrum half danny care has been dropped by england head coach eddie jones for the final test of their autumn series with australia at twickenham on saturday. care scored england's first try in theirwin overjapan at the weekend, butjones said he wasn't happy with some aspects of his game and he needed to go away and work on them. alex lozowski and zach mercer also miss out. really interesting, isn't it, when you hear eddie jones really interesting, isn't it, when you hear eddiejones being so public, talking about his players and so publicly. brutal, isn't it? really brutal. may be professional
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sports men and women appreciate that —— maybe. being cold straight. sports men and women appreciate that -- maybe. being cold straight. they are being told straight, but telling everybody else —— told straight. when you think about football managers, there's the debate about whether you they are selling out their players or supporting them. 0ften their players or supporting them. often they are saying one thing thing to the press and another privately —— one thing. boxing legend manny pacquiao isn't hanging up his gloves just yet. the phillippino, who is a senator in his homeland, will fight american adrian broner in las vegas injanuary. pacquiao is the only boxer to have won world titles in eight different weight divisions. just ridiculous! the five—time world darts champion raymond van barneveld is to retire from the sport. the dutchman, who's known as barney, will call it quits after the pdc world championship in 2020. he's one of only three players to have won five titles, but says he can no longer keep up with other players. and finally, there was a special treat for this
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young chechan boy. this is five—year—old rahim kuriev, who has been given a car after completing a staggering 4,105 press—ups without a break! it took him 2 hours and 25 minutes to complete the feat, and he dedicated it to the chechen leader, ramzan kadyrov. how young can you get your license in chechnya? not at five years old! he has given a five—year—old a car! a bizarre story. known as the chechen schwarzenegger. is it safe to do that many? i'm not sure it is. you see little tiny kids, perhaps they... it isn't a gift, by the way! well done, five—year—old boy, here's
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a car! but he's good at press ups. and pull ups! and with the legs out! but who makes a child do press ups for 2.5 hours? but when there's a car involved! theresa may's cabinet will meet today to try to overcome the remaining political obstacles to striking a deal with brussels, but with such opposing views on brexit, can the different camps agree? let's talk to our political correspondent, chris mason. good morning, chris. i disagree about this, you disagree about that, let's disagreed is agreeably and as long as we all disagreeing with theresa may, it's all 0k —— let's disagreed disagreeably. there's nothing more for me to say! —— disagree. you get to the heart of it. people like me pop up on the tv and start talking about this mp or
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that mp and this group with a funny name, and it can all sound like noise and believe me, there's a lot of noise but what we thought we would do this morning is talk you through some of those groups that are central to determining whether the prime minister can get her brexit plan through the house of commons in a few weeks to give you an insight into these rows going on. we thought we would think of the conservative party as a camp, not necessarily a happy one, but they're all assembled around the campfire, believe you me i could do with a campfire at westminster this morning because it is mighty parky! let's call the first group the pizza club of brexiteers who wouldn't mind a slice of hawaiian right now! these are the mps who have met regularly regularly in their offices often over pizza late at night to plot and have a think about what kind of brexit they would like and crucially
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whether they can shake it from within. andrea leadsom, the brexiteer, the leader of the commons, still around the cabinet table —— shape it. the erc, the european research group, you often hear people like me talking about the erg. -- hear people like me talking about the erg. —— the hear people like me talking about the erg. -- the erg. hear people like me talking about the erg. —— the erg. jacob rees—mogg, a celebrity of recent months, this is the group of around 70 mp5 months, this is the group of around 70 mps lobbying on all things brexit, they've been making noise about toppling theresa may, but not as many as they would like! some of these groups inevitably, like around a real campfire, tend to overlap a bit. there are those who are keen on a true, keen, hard brexit as some would describe it. the likes of borisjohnson, david davis, priti patel, all former cabinet ministers, all long—standing brexit campaigners. they want to see, as i say, a proper, as they would see it,
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breakfrom say, a proper, as they would see it, break from the european say, a proper, as they would see it, breakfrom the european union, definitively getting out of the single market and customs union and definitively striking trade deals around the world as quickly as possible. the next group, a group we don't hear about that often, but they are crucial. the may loyalists, there are still people entirely loyal to theresa may. 0ne are still people entirely loyal to theresa may. one of the most prominent, vocal and enthusiastic, david lidington, cabinet office minister, effectively the deputy prime minister and david gauke, the justice secretary, who will be here on breakfast later on, they are out and about at the moment alongside the prime minister selling her brexit plan and trying to convince those that will listen, and there are plenty that won't, that it is worth supporting in a couple of weeks' time. the final group, former remainers, those most vocal about what they see as the drawbacks of brexit. some are campaigning for what they call a people's vote,
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another referendum. anna soubry, justine greening and feel at league, conservative mps who would loosely fall into that group. a brief cancer around the warmth of the conservative campfire. —— philip green. i wish they would strike a match and get it going around me this morning, a couple of marshmallows would go down a treat! it looks lovely, the lighting at westminster looks lovely! you look great, but i can imagine you are freezing cold! why haven't you got gloves on? i should get some gloves. lack of preparation, mason! get some hand warmers in your pocket as well! lam sure hand warmers in your pocket as well! i am sure carol would love a campfire. she would have someone do one for her. i'm sure someone will come down to syon park in west london. where are you, good morning!
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good morning, iam in sion london. where are you, good morning! good morning, i am in sion park this morning and look how beautifully lit up morning and look how beautifully lit up it is, the lights in the trees reflecting in the this is actually one of the first major projects, the duke of northumberland, and it has beenin duke of northumberland, and it has been in the hands of the duke of northumberland's families 4/400 yea rs, northumberland's families 4/400 years, and if you look at here, look at the bridge, all lit up, what a lovely place to have a stroll with a loved one! if you want to come down it is only open now friday, saturday and sunday so this coming weekend from 5pm, lights go out at 9pm, so you have to be quick. 0h, from 5pm, lights go out at 9pm, so you have to be quick. oh, it is baltic! if you are waiting for a bus ortrain, baltic! if you are waiting for a bus or train, rutba warmly. you will really notice it. it will be colder through the day as the easterly wind continues to strengthen. so not only have we got a strong easterly wind today, we are also looking at showers, some of those will be
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wintry, especially on the hills, but in some of the heavier ones you could see hail or sleet at lower levels. the blues on the charts now indicate how cold it is. that is the air mass chart, it is cold, coming straight over from the cold continent, and an easterly wind, which is very gusty across the east and south coasts, 40 or 50 miles an hour, blowing the showers in the east and the south further west through the day. the brighter skies in northern ireland and western scotland. temperatures on your thermometer are below freezing. at least they are in single figures. high single figures. when you add on the strength of the wind it will feel closer to freezing or just above. so, hence, wrap up warmly. through this evening and overnight it will be windy for the majority of us as it will be windy for the majority of us as temperatures fall increasingly, we will see wintry showers on the heels of wales, the pennines, also into scotland, but further south, where the windfall is a bit lighter because he some frost and some icy patches on untreated
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surfaces. so following on from a cold night, tomorrow is another cold day, with the wind coming across us, but a subtle change to a south—easterly pushing the showers north. so it will be the south and west of england and wales that see the showers. northern ireland and scotla nd the showers. northern ireland and scotland will have showers or longer spells of rain, wintry on the hills. wednesday into thursday we are sandwiched between low and high pressure so the wind is still coming from the south—east, not quite as windy by the time we get to thursday, but was going to happen is a lot of cloud will be arriving overnight, so it will be fairly cloudy on thursday with fewer showers, a bright start for some western areas, but the cloud will build through the course of the day and temperatures not as loath, and as it won't be as windy, it won't feel quite as cold but it certainly won't feel mild either —— low.” think you should find someone to build you a campfire, carol, that would go perfectly, but hopefully a
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safe one. that sounds like a good plan, naga, because all of us are beginning to lose feeling in our hands and feet. oh, i am giving you a little hand rubbed down the line. can you feel that? thank you. it is lovely. i am remaining silent. when is a deal not a deal? we're not talking about brexit, but all those discounts being offered by the shops on black friday. you thought it was last friday.” thought it had been and gone. i missed all of the e—mails. thought it had been and gone. i missed all of the e-mails. we need to keep an eye on things, yes?‘ little bit care. black friday is the end of this week. good morning. the consumer group which has done some number crunching around last year's sales and things might not be all they seem. the investigation looked at electrical products including tvs, cameras, fitness trackers, nearly 100 items in total, which were on offer on black friday 2017. at currys, john lewis,
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argos and amazon, that's four major retailers, so three on the high street and one online. it found that almost nine out of ten of the products were sold at a cheaper price at other times during the year compared to black friday. neena bhati is head of campaigns at which? great name. first of all, people think these are unbeatable prices, i was speaking with a taxi driver who said they would wait for black friday to buy their daughter's christmas presents, so is this misleading? it feels like it. they are not doing anything wrong, but the buildup to black friday is so long, you are getting those offers in your inbox at the beginning of the month, so there's a sense of hype around what the weekend will give you, the best bargain of the year on a lot of items like edges or
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appliances, and big—ticket items too, so what we want to do with the investigation is find out the true value of black friday, and are people getting the best deal? the vast majority of products are the same price or cheaper at another time of year. so people are building up time of year. so people are building up all this pressure for this weekend. actually we are saying the pressure is off. don't fall for it. you can still get the bargain at another time of the year. and you can feel confident about what you are buying. so the same price or cheaper, nine out of ten products, so how is it not breaking rules? retailers are very transparent about the fact that they do offer sales across the year. we are expecting boxing day, at new year. everyone knows when the big shopping sales are. like friday's hype is that you will have the rock bottom price. we see you will get it at the same price or cheaper. so our advice is to not panic, don't feel you have to impulse buy. you can do your
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research. if you have something in mind, find out what your budget is and try to stick to it on the weekend. ok. if you do your research, you know, which has expert reviews on thousands of products to make sure it is the one you want. there has been a backlash against black friday, some retailers have decided not to go with it this year? yes, lots of retailers are deciding whether it is best for them. we looked at the gadgets and the appliances. those major retailers we look at, they are using black friday, lots of people are thinking about it heading into christmas thinking, i have cash to spend before christmas, so i will think what is out there for me. we are saying you have other times in the year. take your time. we don't want to rain on people's tinsel. some people love black friday, they go out with the family to make an occasion. people should still be allowed to enjoy it. absolutely, it isa allowed to enjoy it. absolutely, it is a great time of year. people are happy to go out. if you find a
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bargain that works for you. then go for it. we are saying you should get the better of the sales and not let them get the better of you. quite right, thank you, neena, enjoy it if you want to, but the a little bit careful with the prices. you want to, but the a little bit carefulwith the prices. good advice. thank you. don't go raining on anyone's tinsel. no way. many of us will have enjoyed riding on a scooter when we were children, but could the kids' toy really be the answer to the grown up problems of pollution and congestion? electric scooters are currently illegal on public roads and pavements in the uk but campaign groups hope this will change in the near future. breakfast‘s graeme satchell reports. the electric scooter, is this the a nswer to the electric scooter, is this the answer to britain's congested, polluted roads? i haven't been on a scooter since i was about six, so this could be good. 0h, 0k.
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scooter since i was about six, so this could be good. 0h, ok. that wasn't good. as i rather uncertainly unleashed my in a six—year—old, the man behind this electric scooter was having some big thoughts. we've got toa having some big thoughts. we've got to a breaking point in cities across the uk, where congestion is at an all—time high, air quality is at an all—time high, air quality is at an all—time high, air quality is at an all—time high, so we have to try and make a difference here and provide the public with an alternative.“ this is the future of short hop journeys, there are a couple of problems. scooters are not legal either on the road or the pavement in the uk, which is why this trial is happening on private land at the 0lympic is happening on private land at the olympic park in london. scooters in this trial are only available to hire. you unlock them with a smartphone and their speed is limited to 15 miles an hour. the government says it is looking at the legislation but even if the law
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changes there are other worries. do i think they would be safe on the road among the traffic? probably not, no, really. mixing something the size of a scooter with trucks or delivery vans, buses and all the other things we need on our roads, to fit that in is going to be difficult to make that a safe environment. electric scooters have boomed in popularity around the world. in america, france, holland and other european countries where clear rules are in place to make them as safe as possible. this is certainly not for fast roads and certainly not for fast roads and certainly not for the pavement. we wa nt certainly not for the pavement. we want them in the cycle path and we will work with cities and governments across the uk to invest in actually improving those cycle infrastructures so cyclists and scooter riders can ride safely. the trial in elizabeth park runs for the next three months. electric scooters, driverless cars, smart roads, getting from a to b could be
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unrecognisable in future. graham satchell, bbc news. certainly food for thought. you see them all over europe when you go out and about. it is about road sense. even cycling, you wonder about road sense when you are a cyclist or not. talking about road sense, mo farah later on. he has exciting news. and one of the biggest stars in baseball alex rodriguez will be here. you are going to be laden with sport. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. see you soon. good morning from bbc london news. i'm tolu adeoye. the chairman of the met police federation says officers could start letting violent suspects go if they're not backed up by members of the public when trying to make arrests. it's after footage emerged of two officers being attacked while they tried to apprehend a suspect in merton on saturday. witnesses are said to have simply passed by. ken marsh warned that officers would need to start ‘risk assessing' situations. a delegation from chile
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are in london today to try and take statues back from the british museum. the british museum received the statues in the mid 1800s when queen victoria, who'd been gifted them, said she wanted the nation to see them. they were carved by indigenious chileans. the museum says "the trustees will always consider loan requests subject to usual conditions". the biggest ever survey of london's trees has found their canopy covers over 20% of the surface of the capital. new technology has been used to map the trees — it shows the coverage is slightly higher than previously estimated. city hall has pledged to increase the tree canopy by 10% by 2050. it's really important, because trees are so important to london and london's life, to people in london. we need to be able to know where trees are so we can understand where the gaps are and then we can plant more trees. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service
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on the tubes this morning. turning to the trains, things are better after yesterday's chaos for those coming into waterloo from the south—west but there are some cancellations for south western railway and great western railway because of a fault with the signals between reading and wokingham. 0n the roads, it's the usual delays on the blackwall tunnel. in westminster, bridge street is closed between parliament square and victoria embankment for security works. that's been causing long delays. in west wickham, addington road is closed for repairs to a burst water main. in streatham, a23 brixton hill partly blocked for repairs to a burst water main. now, the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a chilly start out there this morning, with temperatures down in low single figures celsius. it is going to be a cold day. we have got quite a brisk easterly breeze, but also some showers to factor in as well. now these showers mostly falling as rain. but over higher ground, the chilterns, for example,
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you might get a bit of hail, maybe a little bit of sleet mixed into those as well. some of them quite heavy. not very pleasant at all really. it is going to feel cold. the maximum temperature in some sports not much higher than three celsius. central london around six, but you factor in the breeze, and it is going to feel that bit colder. 0vernight tonight we will see the showers feeding in from the east. gradually they will become fewer. drierfor some. but out in the east you are still going to get those showers. temperatures overnight between one and three celsius. quite a cloudy night. you mightjust see the cloud break from time to time and that could lead to a little so for tomorrow another a chilly start and a chilly dawn. more broken cloud, so a bit more sunshine, but temperatures still reaching seven celsius. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to dan and naga. have a lovely morning. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and dan walker.
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0ur headlines today: a new threat to theresa may. the democratic unionist party says the pm is not keeping to the bargain over brexit and withdraws its backing for an important vote in parliament. after days of fretting, mrs may's own backbenchers are trying to hurt her out of downing street, now the party that want to keep her there is turning up the heat. -- to turf. a gun battle at a hospital in chicago leaves four people dead, including a doctor and a police officer. could exercise help people with incurable cancer live longer? we've a special report on the new guidance that goes against traditional advice from doctors. it's been a turbulent year for the airline industry, but the budget carrier, easyjet, is about to release its latest figures. all the details coming up shortly. there will be no super league in european football. the two most powerful officials in the game say proposed plans for a breakaway are fiction.
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good morning from the enchanted woodland in syon park in london. a beautiful sight here, but a cold start for us all. windy, a bitter easterly wind with showers and longer spells of rain. the best of the sunshine in northern ireland and western scotland. more in 15 minutes. it's tuesday the 20th of november. good morning. our top story: theresa may is facing renewed pressure over her brexit plans after the democratic unionist party failed to back the government. the dup's ten mps contribute to the conservative's narrow majority in parliament. the northern ireland based party is flexing its muscles because it's unhappy about mrs may's draft brexit withdrawal deal. let's get the latest from our political correspondent, chris mason. chris, you've been trying to explain what is going on in terms of eve ryo ne what is going on in terms of everyone else, but now this is
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anotherfaction, or everyone else, but now this is another faction, or another party, that disagrees with mrs may. adding to the list really. yeah, it does add to the list, another dollop of uncertainty heaped onto the banquet of the stuff going on at westminster at the moment. at the heart of this is the dup, the democratic unionist party, the clue is in the title, they're all about preserving the union of northern ireland with the rest of the uk so they perceive any threat to that that's very important. they think this withdrawal agreement could threaten the integrity of the uk. they've been saying that for quite some time. last night actions met their words. they withdrew their support from the conservatives. some measures connected to the budget passing through the house of commons. they were absolutely explicit afterwards as to why they had done it. what we did tonight was we abstained a number of votes, we voted with the labour party on one vote. none of them have financial consequences, by the way,
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but all were designed to send a political message to the government. look, we've got an agreement with you but you've got to keep your side of the bargain otherwise we won't feel obliged to keep ours. absolutely clear what they are doing. they say they're not ripping up doing. they say they're not ripping up this arrangement, known as a confidence and supply arrangement, that helps prop up the conservatives in government. they're not shredding it entirely but they're saying we have those votes, you need those votes, and look what we can do if we decide we're not going to vote with you. they can do a lot! chris, thanks! meanwhile, in brussels, the uk's future relations with the eu's remaining 27 members could be decided today. europe reporter adam fleming is in brussels for us this morning. wei we i expecting mrs may to be there later, is that confirmed? -- we are. it's not, that's why the word could is incredibly important. at the
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moment, negotiations between the eu and uk are continuing over this separate document, which will go next to the divorced treaty, called the political declaration, which will spell out the broad shape of the agreement, from areas like the economy, energy, fighting terrorism, universities, you name it, and it's a process from turning it from a 6.5 page outline, that we saw last week, toa page outline, that we saw last week, to a detailed document which could be around 20 pages. negotiators didn't work last night, they will reconvene this morning, take stock and carry on. where it's got complicated is other member states have said shouldn't we put in more about access to british shipping waters for european trawlers? shouldn't we put in guarantees to ensure fair competition between the eu and uk index eight stuck on? the spanish government is kicking up a
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fuss about gibraltar —— in decades to come. and whether the future relationship, when negotiated, should apply to gibraltar. we're waiting for theresa may to seal the deal, she told us at the weekend she would. will it be today, tomorrow or later in the week? now we've got the agenda for the summit on sunday when the whole thing will be signed off, eu leaders will meet for an hour, they will meet mrs may for an hour and it will all be over by lunchtime! lots to look forward to! thanks for that! we will continue the discussion about this throughout the show this morning. just after 8am this morning we'll be speaking to the minister forjustice, david gauke, about what the latest development‘s mean for the prime minister's future. we will also be speaking to the dup as well. chris mason talking to us earlier about how they're going to
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position themselves! four people have been killed and two others critically injured after a gun battle outside a hospital in chicago. two members of staff, a police officer and the gunman all died. north america correspondent peter bowes reports. another city, another shooting, this time at a hospitaljust south of downtown chicago. the police say it started with a row in the car park between people who knew each other. the gunman first shot a woman with whom he was in a relationship, and then headed inside the building, closely followed by several police officers. more shots were fired, apparently at random. it was like pow pow pow, pow pow pow, pow pow pow pow pow. it was extreme, it was very loud and it was close, so this is what happened. i don't know, after that, swat came and got us out of the utility room and made us walk across the street. a doctor, a pharmaceutical assistant and a police officer were all killed. the gunman is also dead. those officers that responded today saved a lot of lives, because this guy was just shooting.
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that poor woman that got off an elevator had nothing to do with nothing, and he shot her. why? there's no doubt in my mind that all those officers that responded were heroes, and they saved a lot of lives because we just don't know how much damage he was prepared to do. at about the same time in another us city, another shooting was unfolding, in downtown denver. the police say the suspect is still at large. it leaves two more american cities in mourning today. the scourge of gun violence once again to blame. peter bowes, bbc news. the number of people known to have died in the california wildfires has now risen to 79. heavy rain is expected, bringing much needed relief for firefighters trying to extinguish the deadliest wildfire in the state's history. there are also fears that the downpour could cause mudslides, and further hamper the search for nearly 700 people who are still unaccounted for. fighting has broken out
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in the yemeni city of hudaydah despite both the saudi—led military coalition and houthi rebels agreeing to halt offensives. coalition warplanes resumed bombing following clashes between rebels and pro—government forces. the un is attempting to revive talks to end a three—year war that has caused a massive humanitarian crisis. the use of former legal highs has fallen dramatically since they were banned in 2016, according to a report by the home 0ffice. it also says the supply has gone underground and that fresh types of the drug are continuing to be produced. before the ban, legal highs were sold openly in specialist stores, known as head—shops. three men have been arrested on suspicion of plotting a terror attack in melbourne. the suspects had been attempting to get hold of a semi—automatic rifle to kill as many people as possible, according to the authorities in the australian city. it comes weeks after a knife—wielding attacker killed one man and injured two others
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in melbourne in what police said was a terror attack. the fallout is continuing to be felt after the chairman of nissan was arrested injapan. carlos ghosn is accused of breaking the country's financial laws by under—reporting his salary by around £35 million over a five—year period. mr ghosn, who has been described as a titan of nissan, cars is now facing the sack, and shares in the company have fallen. let's talk to our tokyo correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes. ruppert, it cannot be underestimated just how significant a character carlos ghosn is when it comes to the car industry. good morning. yeah, absolutely, naga. this is a huge story in japan, yeah, absolutely, naga. this is a huge story injapan, took every by jacque last night, including mr ghosn himself —— everybody injapan last night. he had no idea what was going to happen to him. when he flew
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into tokyo yesterday afternoon for a board meeting, he was met by police on his plane who took him for questioning. it has sent shockwaves through japan. mr ghosn is questioning. it has sent shockwaves throuthapan. mr ghosn is a household name, the most famous for an executive injapan and has been for more than 15 years, turning around nissan corporation, which was close to ba nkru ptcy around nissan corporation, which was close to bankruptcy when he took overin close to bankruptcy when he took over in 2001, and it has sent shockwaves across the auto industry globally. he is chief executive officer of renault in france and chairman of mitsubishi injapan. mitsubishi and renault shares have been falling, and their board of directors are scrambling to hold meetings to decide what to do next. mrghosn meetings to decide what to do next. mr ghosn himself remains, as we speak, in police custody and it's not clear what is going to happen to him, whether he will be charged and how long they might hold him. remarkable. a remarkable story. rupert, thank you very much. rupert
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wingfield—hayes for us. london had the gherkin, the cheese grater and the walkie—talkie, now, if plans are to be approved, there's a new one called the tulip which willjoin the skyline. we promised to pictures and this is what it might look like. because it looks like a might look like. because it looks likea tulip! at 1000 feet, it would be the tallest skyscraper in the capital and will feature internal slides and and will feature internal slides and a moving set of transparent pods running outside the building. if planning permission for this unusually shaped building is approved, construction will begin in 2020 and will take about five years to build. those pods, how would you feel about travelling in those pods outside that building? i think! travelling in those pods outside that building? i think i would be all right. i think a lot of people would have an issue. a good-looking building, though. beautiful. it looks like a tulip! very space like!
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it looks rather futuristic. we looks like a tulip! very space like! it looks ratherfuturistic. we will see whether that gets permission! carol will have the weather for us. it is very cold. baltic is the word she's been using. and sally will have the sport for us as well. serial sex offenderjohn worboys must stay in prison for at least another two years after a public outcry saw the high court overturn an earlier decision to free him. the 61—year—old was jailed in 2009 for assaults on 12 women in london, but would have been released if it hadn't been for two of his victims who crowd—funded a legal challenge. we'rejoined now by kim harrison, who represented 11 of his victims in court. good morning to you. good morning. 0ne good morning to you. good morning. one can only imagine the relief of the victims, knowing that this latest hearing is going on, i can't imagine the anger at the moment, that two had to resort to crowdfunding in order to get his herd. what are they saying to you? it isa
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herd. what are they saying to you? it is a very bittersweet feeling really so initial reactions from people speaking to yesterday says immense relief, very relieved, they we re very immense relief, very relieved, they were very scared of what might happen if he was out, let's remember, if those two women had not taken the challenge to the high court earlier this year, john worboys would be out now, yes, licence, but he would be out, he would be free. people still feel quite astonished that a parole board could reach two different opposite decisions. how did that happen, did the first hearing not take into account some forms of evidence, what was it that happened? a mixture of things, and until the law was changed after the challenge that the women brought, we were not allowed to have reasons for the parole board's decision—making on any case, that was the law. the judicial review and judgement gave insight into what the parole board had been thinking. it looks as if
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documentation wasn't provided that should have been provided. the judges in the high court ruling in spring said they had taken too much account of whatjohn worboys was saying and they were manipulated by him which is exactly what we were saying at the time injanuary him which is exactly what we were saying at the time in january this year. we were saying this man is manipulative, dangerous, he is gaming the parole board and it turned out to be true. the most recent parole board decision said pa rt recent parole board decision said part of the summary why he is a danger to women is he believes that rape is acceptable, he still wants to control women, he still has issues around sexual fantasies et cetera, drug and alcohol issues. this man should never have been considered to be released. this was plainly the wrong decision before. we need to move forwards to a situation where this can't happen again. rather than two women having to make a legal challenge, crowdfunding, raised thousands of
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pounds, victims need proper rights to be consulted when someone like this is put forward for release. this was part of the debate, it was about the conditions he had and whether those victims who were not related, whether their testimonies we re related, whether their testimonies were taken into account as well. is that going to change, have you got indication as to that? we've not been given indications are that and the reforms and reviews are still under way in terms of the parole board. we think it needs to gain speed. the government needs to take this seriously. personally i am representing clients in other cases that don't have the same level of media attention where they found out that the offenders are going to be released from looking at the newspapers where they are still trying to get information about what is going to happen and they are being ignored as well. how would that work? take john worboys being ignored as well. how would that work? takejohn worboys out of this. a person is accused of a crime, multiple offences, the same
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crime, multiple offences, the same crime, three people, it is proven in court that he committed these crimes against three people, and eight or nine people accused him of the same crime, but it wasn't proven, is it fair that those eight or nine people when it was in prison, he or she wasn't convicted of this crime, can be considered? that is what it comes down to, isn't it? each case has to be taken on its own facts and the weight of the evidence. it would set a precedent, it wouldn'tjust be sexual offences, that it would be considered? it would depend on how the legislation and rules would be drafted, whether it was chosen this would only relate to violent or sexual offences, or specific offences, so there would be different ways to consult. the main thing is at the moment that this is not working for victims. it cannot be right that someone who the police we re be right that someone who the police were convinced had committed over 100 other offences against women, that the vast majority were not
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taken into consideration. that feels plainly wrong to most people. and the wait can be given to certain evidence. evidence with a conviction, evidence with an allegation could be given another level of weight, there are ways to make this much more rounded and subtle. it would allow for real consultation with victims, not to have the final say, but to have a say because at the moment they have no say. some of those questions will be put to the justice no say. some of those questions will be put to thejustice minister later in the programme. thank you for coming in this morning. team kirkwood are out in force, carol on location on the very chilly this morning, at syon park in west london. people have said you should have a day in a warm studio or a day off. your choice. she had a day in the studio on tuesday and a day off on friday. she is fine. laughter thanks, naga, sympathetic as usual, you little rascal! good morning. dan
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is right, it is baltic this morning. if you are waiting for a train or bus, make sure you wrap up warmly. 0r anything else for that matter. we have an easterly wind. i am in syon park this morning in london, beautiful enchanted wood. you can see the trees behind me. we are only seeing a small part of it. of course as light continues to dawn, you will find we will lose many of these beautiful lights. we will show you other things instead as we get to the end of the programme. if you are stepping out it is cold. the forecast is a windy one, a bitter easterly wind. there are showers, some of which will be wintry even at lower levels, with some sweet or hail in the heavier showers. most of the snow will be on the hills. i will show you an ms chart. you have the blues across the uk. —— i will show you an air mass chart. it is
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strengthening coming from the cold continent. this morning there are showers in the east and the south, gusty winds along the east and south coast, 40— 50 mph, blowing the showers across most of the country. the brightest conditions in western scotla nd the brightest conditions in western scotland and northern ireland. temperatures on your thermometer will be between five and nine but when you add on the strength of the wind it will feel more like freezing to three degrees, so that's the effect of the windchill. as we had overnight, it is still going to be windy, still a lot of showers, and as temperatures dropped overnight, increasingly, they will be wintry on the hills of north wales, northern england and scotland. where the wind drops across southern counties, we could see a part of ground frost and potentially we could see some ice on untreated surfaces, may be patchy fog as well. as we head on into tomorrow morning it will be another cold start to the day, subtle change
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in wind direction for the south—easterly means that, for england and wales, it will be dry and bright, with showers in the south and west. for northern ireland and scotland, it will be wet with showers and longer spells of rain, snow on the hills, wintry at times in the heavier showers at lower levels. we a re in the heavier showers at lower levels. we are squeezed between high and low pressure wednesday into thursday, so we are pulling in the south—easterly wind. 0n thursday, so we are pulling in the south—easterly wind. on thursday itself, a lot of cloud around, fewer showers, though there will be some. after a bright start in the west, you will find the cloud will start to build, we could see some drizzle here, but it's not going to feel as cold because the wind won't be a strong either. so we are looking at temperatures between about six and 90 degrees. still, that is no heatwave in my books, dan and naga. not too bad at all. you know what, you are a hardy lady. am i making up for my lack of sympathy?” you are a hardy lady. am i making up for my lack of sympathy? i don't think so, no. you are certainly not,
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naga! you're in deep trouble. laughter. that is a gif in the making, if ever i have seen one. someone will be doing that as we speak. good morning, everybody. good morning. we have had numbers from easyj et, morning. we have had numbers from easyjet, the budget airline. nina is here with the details. interesting reading? yes, if you consider that air berlin collapsed and others have been in trouble, it is good news that there is good news, 10% increase in passenger numbers, 16% increase in total revenue. they say it is because they have kept cost low despite the increase, for passengers, despite the increasing costings for them and they have a new site in berlin and they have a new site in berlin and they have a new site in berlin and they have seven top spots in international airport. they are in a better position to fly from, they are more appealing to consumers. what about the b word? the b word? brexit. it was forecast to have a
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big impact on airline sales because people might not be sure of out whether flights would be affected. 50% of seats sold for the first half of next year are similar to this year which would imply that consumer confidence has remained the same. the same number of people expected to fly around europe as this year in the first half, the first half of the first half, the first half of the year in terms of sales. who knows? thanks very much for that.” suppose two things you wouldn't put together, cancer and exercise. people with incurable cancer are being told that even a small amount of exercise can help them live not just better, but possibly longer. it isa it is a tricky thing to say to someone if you imagine how difficult the road to recovery can be. and if you know someone who is going through it. absolutely, absolutely. macmillan cancer care says, contrary to traditional doctors' advice, rest is not always best. jayne mccubbin went to see gemma ellis, a mum with secondary cancer who is gearing up to run the first 5k of her life. gemma was diagnosed and treated for cancer in her early 30s.
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at that point, i believed that i was clear. but — there was always a but — there was a shadow on my spine. the cancer had spread. with two young girls, she was told it was treatable but not curable. it was there and i knew i have got it, i have to live with it. that was the moment gemma knew she would make a change. and left leg. are you out of your comfort zone right now? very much so, thank you. yes. totally. but you look like a ninja! yeah, that's me! with two new training buddies, she's gearing up for her first ever 5k parkrun in 12 weeks. ijust keep thinking, right, well, you know, if the treatment lasts that long, and another line of treatment there, then another one might come out and i might be able to have that.
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you know, you never know. that's where this comes in. team gemma. well done. good start today. how was it? honestly? laughter. none of this journey is easy, but her training partners, tony and helen, know exactly what she's is going through, and how this could help. i was actually only diagnosed in may 2017, and i went from training for an ultra—marathon to terminally ill in 36 hours, which was a bit of a shock. diagnosed with stage four breast cancer in april 2016, sixs month after doing a half—ironman, my first question to my oncologist was, can i still do it? and his reply was, absolutely, i could. and knowing that has kept me sane. and i really hope that, as part of this process, you're really going to kind of find that works for you too. yeah, that's what i am hoping. and march. macmillan, the cancer charity, says this is about more than hope. exercise can help patients with incurable cancer notjust live better, but live longer.
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doctors have always advised their patients to rest. rest is not always best. small amounts of physical activity, not running marathons, or leaping around in lycra, can make a really significant difference. there certainly does seem to be an effect on some of the growth factors that stimulate cancer to grow. 5k, had you ever thought about the 5k before? no. laughter. how's she going to go? we worked out a training plan for gemma. i think gemma might learn to hate us over the course of the next 12 weeks. gemma's gonna be amazing. it's lovely, innit? yeah. i don't know my prognosis and i never want to know my prognosis. but i know that it's probably not great. but somewhere in the back of my mind, i keep thinking,
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i will be here, i keep giving myself little milestones. i'm hitting them already. and i intend to do so for a long time. it just shows itjust shows it can work. thank you to gemma for sharing her story. later we will speak with a cancer rehab specialist who continues exercising through her chemotherapy. it would be interesting to hear your thoughts on how you yourself could cope. there are probably people thinking i am really struggling and exercise is the last thing i can think of. exactly. so feel free to send your comments from all sides of the debate. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. we will see you shortly. good morning from bbc london news. i'm tolu adeoye. the chairman of the met police federation says officers could start letting violent suspects go if they're not backed up by members of the public when trying to make arrests. it's after footage emerged of two officers being attacked while they tried to apprehend a suspect in merton on saturday. witnesses are said to have simply passed by. ken marsh warned that officers would need to start
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risk assessing situations. a delegation from chile are in london today to try and take statues back from the british museum. they were gifted to queen victoria back in the 1800s. she said she wanted the nation to see them and they were given to the british museum. it says its, "trustees will always consider loan requests subject to usual conditions." the biggest ever survey of london's trees has found their canopy covers over 20% of the surface of the capital. new technology has been used to map the trees — it shows the coverage is slightly higher than previously estimated. city hall has pledged to increase the tree canopy by 10% by 2050. it's really important, because trees are so important to london and london's life, to people in london. we need to be able to know where trees are so we can understand where the gaps are and then we can plant more trees. let's take a look at the travel situation now.
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there's a good service on the tubes this morning. turning to the trains, things are better after yesterday's chaos for those coming into waterloo from the south—west but there are some cancellations for south western railway and great western railway because of a fault with the signals between reading and wokingham. 0n the roads, it's busy on the m25 anticlockwise from junction 21 for the m1 to junction 16 for the m40 — not helped by a collision earlier. in westminster, bridge street is closed between parliament square and victoria embankment for security works. that's been causing long delays. in west wickham, addington road is closed for repairs to a burst water main. now, the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a chilly start out there this morning, with temperatures down in low single figures celsius. it is going to be a cold day. we have got quite a brisk easterly breeze, but also some showers to factor in as well. now, these showers mostly falling as rain. but over higher ground, the chilterns, for example,
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you mightjust get a bit of hail, maybe a little bit of sleet mixed into those as well. some of them quite heavy. not very pleasant at all really. it is going to feel cold. the maximum temperature in some spots not much higher than three celsius. central london around six, but you factor in the breeze, and it is going to feel that bit colder. now, overnight tonight, we are still going to see the showers feeding in from the east. gradually they will become fewer. drierfor some. but out in the east you are still going to get those showers. temperatures overnight between one and three celsius. quite a cloudy night. but you mightjust see the cloud break from time to time and that could lead to a little bit of mist by dawn. so, for tomorrow, another chilly start and a chilly dawn. a little bit more in the way of more broken cloud, so a bit more sunshine, but temperatures still reaching seven celsius. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. also over on bbc radio london.
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now, though, it's back to dan and naga. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and dan walker. just gone 7:30am. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. theresa may is facing renewed pressure over her brexit plans, after the democratic unionist party failed to back the government on a series of important votes. the dup's ten mps contribute to the conservative's narrow majority in parliament. —— conservatives'. the northern ireland based party is thought to be flexing its muscles because it's unhappy about mrs may's draft brexit withdrawal deal. what we did tonight was we abstained on a number of votes, we voted with the labour party on one vote. none of them have financial consequences, by the way, but all were designed to send a political message to the government. look, we've got an agreement with you but you've got to keep your side of the bargain otherwise we won't feel obliged to keep ours. four people have been killed and two others critically injured after a gun battle outside a hospital in chicago. two female staff members and a police officer died, as well as the gunman. the motive isn't yet known.
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tonight we remember these three individuals whose lives were taken by this senseless killing. hospitals and should be a safe place. every shooting in america's a tragedy, but this is a national tragedy, and it's especially senseless when a shooting occurs in the space of a hospital. fighting has broken out in the yemeni city of hudaydah despite both the saudi—led military coalition and houthi rebels agreeing to halt offensives. coalition warplanes resumed bombing following clashes between rebels and pro—government forces. the un is attempting to revive talks to end a three—year war that has caused a massive humanitarian crisis. the use of former legal highs has fallen dramatically since they were banned in 2016, according to a report by the home 0ffice. it also says the supply has gone underground and that fresh types of the drug are continuing to be produced. before the ban, legal highs were sold openly in specialist stores, known as head—shops. three men have been arrested on suspicion of plotting a terror attack in melbourne.
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the suspects had been attempting to get hold of a semi—automatic rifle to kill as many people as possible, according to the authorities in the australian city. it comes weeks after a knife—wielding attacker killed one man and injured two others in melbourne in what police said was a terror attack. the chairman of car giant nissan is facing the sack after he was arrested injapan. carlos ghosn is accused of breaking the country's financial laws by under—reporting his salary by around £35 million over a five—year period. shares in the company have fallen sharply. the international space station turns 20 today, a milestone in its planned 30—year mission. its first component was launched on this day in 1998 from the cosmodrome in kazakhstan, with the second part launched by nasa two weeks later. in total, 16 nations were involved in its construction and there have been 136 space flights to deliver the parts to build it. i've got two extra facts. we've been
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enjoying those this morning! and these gorgeous pictures and. it's these gorgeous pictures and. it's the size of a six bedroom house and you've got... -- gorgeous pictures. it travels at 4.719 miles per second, fast enough to get from the moon and back in a single day. just 4.719. .. moon and back in a single day. just 4.719... 0h, moon and back in a single day. just 4.719... oh, per second. not bad! it is the single most expensive object ever built. it cost a whopping £93.4 billion. and it's the third brightest thing in the night sky. lot for a six bedroom house that can fly fast! yes, london prices, isn't it? allow it is, isn't it! -- it is, isn't it. in a few moments, carol will have the weather, and she's at an enchanted woodland this morning! very chilly in the enchanted
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woodland. you've been annoying her this morning, getting under her skin? i like to do it. i like niggling everyone! you are an excellent niggler. i could never on purpose annoy carol kirkwood. turn up purpose annoy carol kirkwood. turn up the niggle next mac what have you got this morning? a european breakaway league in football, which has been talked about for a long time —— turn up the niggle! the best british clubs against the best in europe, leaving the club is lower down the leagues in a pickle, because financially the gulf would because financially the gulf would be bigger. —— gulf. two of the most powerful people in european football say there will not be a breakaway super league. leaked documents claimed secret talks had been held to create a new competition involving the continents biggest teams, but the president of uefa and the chairman of the influential european club association say they are fiction. we started to discuss the 24—club
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competition in europe. we just started, there are ideas, there are drafts, but it's absolutely too early to share it with the public, because we have to speak to our stakeholders, we have to speak to national associations, to clubs. but we have some ideas. all i can say is any super league is out of the question. participation stays, and everybody will have a possibility to compete in every european competition. scotland will win a euro 2020 play—off spot if they beat israel in the nations league at hampden park tonight. the sides are level on points at the top of their group and althought the scots lost their away game in israel last month, manager alex mcleish thinks they have every chance tonight. the confidence is very high with the players. i can tell, i can feel it, i can see it in their eyes.
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we know that we have home advantage, and a very good opportunity to do this. these players can do this. the republic of ireland, already relegated from their group, drew 0—0 with denmark. it means martin 0'neil‘s side are now without a goal in four games. they've managed just one win in 11 matches. germany's dismal run continues. they've been relegated after a 2—2 draw with the netherlands. the dutch equalised in the last minute to make it through to the finals, joining england, portugal and switzerland. germany finished bottom of the group. england and arsenal'sjordan nobbs could miss the rest of the season and next summer's women's world cup. she's ruptured a knee ligament in sunday's league win at everton after scoring one of theirfour goals. nobbs has been a key part of the arsenal side that have a 100% record this season, and she was england's player of the year in 2016. scrum half danny care has been dropped by england head coach
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eddie jones for the final test of their autumn series with australia at twickenham on saturday. care scored england's first try in theirwin overjapan at the weekend, butjones said he wasn't happy with some aspects of his game and he needed to go away and work on them. alex lozowski and zach mercer also miss out. boxing legend manny pacquiao isn't hanging up his gloves just yet. he's a senator in his homeland of the phillippines, but he'll fight the american adrian broner in las vegas injanuary. pacquiao is the only boxer to have won world titles in eight different weight divisions. the five—time world darts champion raymond van barneveld is to retire from the sport. the dutchman, who's known as barney, will call it quits after the pdc world championship in 2020. he's one of only three players to have won five titles, but says he can no longer keep up with other players.
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i can't quite believe i'm going to show you this! and finally, there was a special treat for this young chechan boy. this is five—year—old rahim kuriev, who has been given a car after completing a staggering 4,105 press—ups without a break! good technique! amazing technique. in the world's biggest living room! and a marble floor, think about your knees! he also does pull ups. it took him 2 hours and 25 minutes to complete the feat. he isa he is a little beast. he got the car from the chechen leader, ramzan kadyrov. hand strength is poor, arm strength is good! they call him the chechen sports naga and they got him his own sports car. he needs to say
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i'll be back in about 20 years! —— chechen schwarzenegger. a slightly pointless gift! maybe it is for his pa rents. pointless gift! maybe it is for his parents. did you look up whether it is good for kids? i've been doing other sports research. i'm worried about him! i know that kids should lift weights up until a certain age. 4000 press ups in one whack is a lot for a little five—year—old. 4000 press ups in one whack is a lot for a little five-year-old. 2.5 hours of weight—bearing exercise is a lot for anyone. i wonder how many our next guest can do! we could ask him! whatever you know him for, whether it's his impressive medal collection, or his trademark celebrations, sir mo farah is one of britain's most succesful athletes. after conquering the 5k and 10k, he's switched his focus to one of the ultimate tests of endurance, the marathon. he'lljoin us in a moment. first, let's take a look at some of his career highlights. commentator: it's going to be mo
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farah for great britain! mo farah‘s going to win it. he's going to take another world title! he's a superman! it is gold for mo farah! what a fantastic day. get the family on the track, mo, they all want it. this is wonderful. this man is a com plete this is wonderful. this man is a complete legend. mo farah will also collect a british record as he crosses the line. for mo, i think that's more thanjob done. that's the big question! sirmo farahjoins us now from the mall, which is, of course, the finishing line for the london marathon. good morning, sir mo. how are you? good morning, sir mo. how are you? good morning, sir mo. how are you? good morning, how you doing? very well, thanks. a pleasure to have you
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on breakfast on a chilly morning i must say, interesting you're at the mall, you have something special, an exclusive announcement? a special day for me. i'm very excited, as you know, was here last year taking part in the london marathon and a big announcement today that i will be taking part again in 2018. i'm really excited. hopefully the weather will be much better than it is this morning. a bit damp and raining and cold! i tell you what, you're giving carol kirkwood a run for her money, i'll let her know that in a moment! last year's london marathon, what a contrast from where you are now, it was so hot and that had a real impact on some of the times. yeah, last year was one of the hottest marathons in the world, it's never been as hot as last year but at the same time, in terms of the race, it was a hard one and ifelt like i learned a lot as well as mixing with the rest of them. but
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obviously in terms of times, the times did come down a bit due to the weather but at the same time, in terms of competition, i don't think i could've had better competition than i had. you had everyone in there and for me, what really did it, was the home crowd and the support and just enjoying myself and not to think about, i must do this. it's pretty obvious here in the uk, you are a hero to many and adored by many, but i know as a competitor, as well as the home crowd and that encouragement, you do like to have someone in your sites and have someone in your sites and have someone that you know you are going to beat. let's talk about kipchoge, two hours and two minutes is the time, he is looking at smashing that two—hour mark, how much is here in your sites and how much is he helping you focus on your training?
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anything is possible. as i said, from when i was a youngster starting the sport, to what i've achieved, it's always been about hard work and dedication and graft and now there's a new thing with my career with the marathon. everything is possible, having run my two first marathons good, the london marathon last year and winning in chicago in two hours and winning in chicago in two hours and five minutes. 0bviously we've got to face eliud kipchoge, he's the best out there, he has run decent times. he is good, he has won any marathons but i'm excited to take him on, give it my all and see what happens. i believe i can mix it with him and the athletes. it depends on the day. as you said, if he's coming to my home, my town, who knows? the support, the crowd, the atmosphere, it can make a lot of difference. what's changed with your mindset considering the distances you used
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to run and now this long distance, 26.2 miles? a lot has changed in terms of going from the track to this, shorter repeats with the track, marathons, long—running, long tempo. gary has got me in good condition and i'm enjoying myself, but the most important thing is enjoying myself, being happy and loving what i do, and that's the case. that's good to hear. plans for tokyo 2020? definitely 2020 is on the cards, if the wife let's me and the kids! i'll be able to carry on after that another year hopefully but hopefully it will be exciting, i know i want to do it and if i'm it will be exciting, i know i want to do itand if i'm in it will be exciting, i know i want to do it and if i'm in the best shape and capable of getting a medal for my country, i would love to be there. mo, igot there. mo, i got to ask you, we were talking about a five—year—old in chechnya who has done 4105 press ups in something like two hours and 25
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minutes. i've got to ask you, so many times you inspire young people, has he inspired you to do more press ups? could you beat that number? it's definitely inspired me. i was on the headset hearing you talking about it and i was, like, really? it's definitely got me excited and even as you confirm right now, it's amazing! it has inspired me, i don't even think i could do ten! really, that's interesting! you started the interview with the weather forecast, do you want to give some hints to carol, because she is about to give us the weather from the other side of london?” think i will leave it with carol but ican think i will leave it with carol but i can feel the wind and the rain slightly coming down. it is supposed to be better tomorrow. that is all i know. other than that, over to carol. mo farah, it has been ajoy, thank you. so, mo farah has done the
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weather, so now you have to run a marathon, carol. no chance! i certainly will never do that. 5k is a stretch. i have to say that mo did a stretch. i have to say that mo did a sterling job. good morning. we are in syon park this morning in the enchanted woodland, and now that the day has broken you are not seeing as many lives, they looked gorgeous in the dark. if you want to see them yourself they are on friday, saturday and sunday this weekend, starting at five, last entry at eight, then the lights are switched off at nine. you can also see behind me the great conservatory. that is the finale to the enchanted woodland walk and it is a laser show inside, so that will see you off before you head home. this morning, mo wasn't kidding. it is cold. if you haven't
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stepped out yet, wrap up warmly. we have some showers, already merging to give longer spells of rain, and today some will be wintry. it is windy. that sums up the forecast for us today. the brightest skies across western scotland and northern ireland. you can see on the air mass chart the blue across the uk. we have a lot of cold air coming in on the easterly wind from a cold continent. the wind is going to strengthen through the course of the day. the showers in the east and south will be blown further west. the winds gusty across the east and south coast, gusting 40 to 50 miles an hour. temperatures today on your thermometer might well say between six and nine but when you add on the windchill it will feel much colder, closer to freezing, maybe one, two or three degrees. then as we head through the evening and overnight, as temperatures dropped more widely the showers will become wintry
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across the hills of north wales, northern england and scotland. in the heavier showers, like during the day today, we could see a wintry element at low levels the shape of hail or sleet. where the wind eases across parts of southern england, it could be cold enough for a touch of ground frost and the risk of ice on untreated surfaces and patchy fog. there is a subtle change in the direction of the wind to a south—easterly so it will be dry for much of england and wales, but heavy showers or long spells of rain in scotla nd showers or long spells of rain in scotland and northern ireland, and with snow on the hills. wintry nurse at low levels in the shape of sleet or hail. —— wintry weather. against the south—easterly wind, not quite as strong on thursday, but there will be a lot of cloud around and it will be a lot of cloud around and it will produce the odd shower here and there. after a bright start in the west it will cloud over for you too. temperature—wise around about seven
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to nine degrees, but feeling less cold because we don't have the strong wind. and dan and naga, if you're hanging around outside, it feels really cold. it is a shock to the system after the warm and mild weather recently. it really is. i know i was cheeky earlier. i feel for you. i have to ask, though, with those trees lit up, there was something like 400 species in syon park, does it feel in chartered? you know when you read enid blyton when we we re know when you read enid blyton when we were younger, and you hear about the enchanted forest, does it feel like that? yes, it does. it is lovely. if i am honest, not so much now. when it was dark and i arrived it was really beautiful. the illuminated trail, so you can walk around it, did you get a chance this morning, all were you too busy getting set up because it was cold? trying to keep warm. we have walked around a little bit. we have only
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shown you a small part. there is a laser show, moving things going on as well, they have dragonflies bouncing up and down over the water in the wind just behind us here, and it all looks lovely in the dark. it loses some of its magic in daylight. as you can see behind me, the trees are as you can see behind me, the trees a re lovely as you can see behind me, the trees are lovely litter, just more lovely when it is dark. and when it is warm iam sure when it is dark. and when it is warm i am sure as well. warmup. see you soon. still plenty to come this morning. we have had mo farah confirming he will run the marathon next year. and one of the biggest stars in baseball alex rodriguez talking about baseball coming to london in west ham stadium injune and there are some big guns, boston red sox against the new york yankees. we have had the basketball, and a baseball trying to get in as well. room for everyone. let's talk about easyjet. it has just reported
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its figures at eight o'clock. nina has all the details. it is not just it is notjust passengers, floods and fuel. no, and as we have talked about a lot it has been a turbulent year for the airline industry. we can talk with the boss of easyjetjust to give you an update. monarch collapsed in october last year, air birling in august, which has possibly meant more passengers for easyj et possibly meant more passengers for easyjet —— air berlin. it has reported profits up 15%, increasing to £445 million. last year it carried 10% more passengers than the year before. we can talk with the boss of easyjet, good morning. 10% increase in the number of passengers. you must be pleased about that. what is behind it? have you sucked up passengers from air berlin and monarch? it has been a
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year when we have had one—off benefits because of the problems other airlines have seen in the uk and across europe. it is fair to say that we have competed very successfully with those companies for quite sometime. it has been an extraordinary year for ourselves. as you mentioned, the profits are up. customer satisfaction is also up. we have seen a record number of passengers flying with us. when we go to the report it says disruption has been costing you. the cost of getting you places has gone up. things are related, strikes on french railways. how can you guarantee those increases won't come onto our soon? you are right. disruption has been an issue for the sector in 2018. the majority of these events that caused disruption, delays and cancellations, sit outside the airline's control. but of course we need to take 100% responsibility on that. we have
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launched a lot of measures to make sure we can improve the situation to decrease the impact on the customers and to reduce the cost within this. it isa and to reduce the cost within this. it is a challenge we will continue to see as an issue in 2019 as well. you think the cost of tickets will be around the same price? yes, we have exceptional value this year for customers, basically the average fa re customers, basically the average fare has been below £60, and 50% of customers, theirfare has been below £50, and we will always focus on delivering value for customers. that is shown in the fact that we are seeing customers coming back to fly with us over and over again. we don't know the final brexit deal, but it doesn't look like it has put people off booking flights for this year. for the first half of the year they are similar to this year. we don't know about the second half of next year. do you think it will have a bigger in part when we are out of the eu? -- impact. booking for the
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second half of the year is slightly ahead. it doesn't seem to be any concern for people to book their holidays and go away for the next summer. we've been preparing now for brexit for the past two years. in any scenario we are confident flying will continue. the reason why i say thatis will continue. the reason why i say that is the european commission has said the —— they would protect these rights without a deal, which has been reciprocated from the uk government, so in the context of our preparation it means for easyjet i am confident flying will continue. we looked at and ciliary revenue apart from the cost of a ticket where you make money, charging £22 foran infant to where you make money, charging £22 for an infant to sit on a more dad's knee, different luggage sizes, is it fair? -- ancilliary. first of all we
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are making sure that we offer products and services people want to buy and we are also one of the few outlines where the algorithm is trying to see the families and groups together, we are contacting them to encourage them to check in as early as possible to get the seating in place. it is also true that allocated seating and the ability to choose a seat is something popularfor ability to choose a seat is something popular for customers and thatis something popular for customers and that is a service we offer a. ok, thank you very much. good news for easyj et‘s thank you very much. good news for easyjet's profit margins. it has me in mind to go on holiday. does it? yes, the bad weather and thinking about flights a. think about carol, not because it is carol, but because it is called. i am fed up with carol, iam it is called. i am fed up with carol, i am going on holiday! laughter. time now to get the news,
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travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm tolu adeoye. the chairman of the met police federation says officers could start letting violent suspects go if they're not backed up by members of the public when trying to make arrests. it's after footage emerged of two officers being attacked while they tried to apprehend a suspect in merton on saturday. witnesses are said to have simply passed by. ken marsh warned that officers would need to start ‘risk assessing' situations. a delegation from chile are in london today to try and take back statues from the british museum. they were gifted to queen victoria by a british naval officer back in the 1800s. she said she wanted the nation to see them and they were given to the british museum. it says its "trustees will always consider loan requests subject to usual conditions." the biggest ever survey of london's trees has found their canopy covers over 20% of the surface of the capital. new technology has been used to map the trees —
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it shows the coverage is slightly higher than previously thought. city hall has pledged to increase the canopy by 10% by 2050. it's really important, because trees are so important to london and london's life, to people in london. we need to be able to know where trees are so we can understand where the gaps are and then we can plant more trees. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there are severe delays on tfl rail. 0therwise there are severe delays on tfl rail. otherwise there is a good service on the tubes this morning. turning to the trains — things are better after yesterday's chaos for those coming into waterloo but there are some cancellations for south—western railway and great western railway because of a fault with the signals. 0n the roads — it's busy on the m25 anticlockwise from junction 21 for the m1 to junction 16 for the m40 — that's not helped by a collision earlier. in westminster, bridge street is closed between parliament square and victoria embankment for security works.
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that's been causing long delays. finally, in west wickham, addington road is closed for repairs to a burst water main. now, the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a chilly start out there this morning, with temperatures down in low single figures celsius. it is going to be a cold day. we have got quite a brisk easterly breeze, but also some showers to factor in as well. now, these showers mostly falling as rain. but over higher ground, the chilterns, for example, you mightjust get a bit of hail, maybe a little bit of sleet mixed into those as well. some of them quite heavy. not very pleasant at all really. it is going to feel cold. the maximum temperature in some spots not much higher than three celsius. central london around six, but you factor in that breeze, and it is going to feel that bit colder. now, overnight tonight, we are still going to see the showers feeding in from the east. gradually they will become fewer. drierfor some. but out in the east you are still going to get those showers. temperatures overnight between one and three celsius. quite a cloudy night. but you mightjust see the cloud break from time to time and that could lead to a little bit of mist by dawn.
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so, for tomorrow, another chilly start and a chilly day. a little bit more in the way of more broken cloud, so a bit more sunshine, but temperatures still reaching seven celsius. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to dan and naga. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and dan walker. 0ur headlines today... a new threat to theresa may. the democratic unionist party says the pm is not keeping to the bargain over brexit — and withdraws its backing for an important vote in parliament. after days of fretting mrs may's own backbenchers were plotting to turf her out of downing street, the party that helps keep her in there is now turning up the heat. a gun battle at a hospital in chicago leaves four people dead, including a doctor and a police officer. could exercise help people with incurable cancer live longer?
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we've a special report on the new guidance that goes against traditional advice from doctors. when is a deal not a deal? if you're a black friday bargain hunter i'll be telling you why some deals might not be all they seem. there will be no super league in european football. the two most powerful officials in the game say proposed plans for a breakaway are "fiction". good morning. this is the end of the enchanted woodland walk, in the weather, showers merging together to give longer spells of rain, the best of the sunshine across northern ireland and western scotland. i'll have more in 15 minutes. it's tuesday 20th november. it's just gone 8am. our top story. theresa may is facing renewed
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pressure over her brexit plans, after the democratic unionist party failed to back the government. the dup's ten mps contribute to the conservative's narrow majority in parliament. the northern ireland based party is flexing its muscles because it's unhappy about mrs may's draft brexit withdrawal deal. let's get the latest from our political correspondent chris mason. quite so important, chris? good morning to you. absolutely, a headache today that the prime minister, the headache today surrounding the democratic unionist party, they don't like the draft was droll agreement, they fear it packages up northern ireland in a closer arrangement with the european union after brexit than the rest of the uk, absolutely central to the reason for being, is preserving the union of the uk. keeping northern ireland as closely aligned politically and in every possible way with england, scotland and wales. last night there were
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absolutely determined and clear that they were doing what they did on the votes in the budget to show they have power. what we did tonight we abstained the number of votes, we voted with the labour party in one book, none of them have financial consequences by the way but all of them were designed to send a political message to the government, look, we have got an agreement with you but you have got to keep your side of the bargain otherwise we will feel —— won't feel obliged to keep us. the democratic unionist party, let's be clear, our tiddlers in the grounds deal of things, there are as many mps as there are fingers on my hand out of 650 in total but they matter because crucially the conservatives do not have a majority on their own. the dup have not said they will tear down the agreement that holds up this government, the so—called confidence and supply arrangement. but they have absolutely, what they are definitively doing is showing they can cause pain when they wanted for
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street, with that big boat on the brexit was droll agreement just a couple of weeks away that is bound to cause concern. chris, thank you for taking us through that. meanwhile in brussels the uk's future relations with the eu's remaining 27 members could be decided today. 0ur europe reporter adam fleming is in brussels for us this morning. listening to what chris mason has been saying, you been telling us for the last few days about the joint documents, equally as important as each other and one of those is up for discussion for quite some time. he has this is one of those potentially big exit days, i spend every 90 seconds pressing refresh on michel barnier‘s website to find out if the document has been published and the document we want to get is the political declaration, probably about 20 pages and it will settle at the broad terms the future relationship between the uk and eu are the decades to come, it will be are the decades to come, it will be a road map or blueprint for the
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negotiations that come after brexit day which will focus on the economic relationship, security, aviation, data protection, energy, universities, you name it, a whole load of stuff that will be negotiated after brexit and as i said well be the future relationship. it will sit alongside that 585 page divorce agreement. for the uk government hopes is that the future relationship document looks so good and positive and optimistic it means that people who are less happy about the divorce document will be able to sign up to the whole package. and it's those two documents that eu leaders will agree to, that will endorse, at a special summit on sunday. we have the agenda but that, published last night, a 30 minute meeting with the president of the european parliament, hour—long meeting of the leaders of the 27 eu countries staying in the eu and an hour—long meeting with theresa may which means it will all be over by lunchtime. but as i said, we are still waiting for the document to be
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published in the third in the last few days, a few countries seen to be need more detail on fisheries, on competition between the uk and the eu, and we are still waiting and they are still negotiating, it's not done yet. i think the big clue as theresa may finally arrives brussels to sign it off. we will keep an eye on her travel plans. thank you for the details. just after 8 o'clock this morning we'll be speaking to the minister forjustice david gauke about what the latest developments mean for the prime minister's future. and we will also talk to a member of the dup. four people have been killed and two others critically injured after a gun battle outside a hospital in chicago. two members of staff, a police officer and the gunman all died. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports another city, another shooting, this time at a hospitaljust south of downtown chicago. the police say it started with a row in the car park between people who knew each other. the gunman first shot a woman
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with whom he was in a relationship, and then headed inside the building, closely followed by several police officers. more shots were fired, apparently at random. it was like pow pow pow, pow pow pow, pow pow pow pow pow. it was extreme, it was very loud and it was close, so this is what happened. i don't know, after that, swat came and got us out of the utility room and made us walk across the street. a doctor, a pharmaceutical assistant and a police officer were all killed. the gunman is also dead. those officers that responded today saved a lot of lives, because this guy was just shooting. that poor woman that got off an elevator had nothing to do with nothing, and he shot her. why? there's no doubt in my mind that all those officers that responded were heroes, and they saved a lot of lives because we just don't know how much damage he was prepared to do. at about the same time in another us city, another shooting
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was unfolding, in downtown denver. the police say the suspect is still at large. it leaves two more american cities in mourning today. the scourge of gun violence once again to blame. peter bowes, bbc news. the number of people known to have died in the california wildfires has now risen to 79. heavy rain is expected bringing much needed relief for firefighters trying to extinguish the deadliest wildfire in the state's history. there are also fears that the downpour could cause mudslides and further hamper the search for nearly 700 people who are still unaccounted for. fighting has broken out in the yemeni city of hudaydah despite both the saudi—led military coalition and houthi rebels agreeing to halt offensives. coalition warplanes resumed bombing following clashes between rebels and pro—government forces. the un is attempting to revive talks to end a three—year war that has caused a massive humanitarian crisis. three men have been arrested
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on suspicion of plotting a terror attack in melbourne. the suspects had been attempting to get hold of a semi—automatic rifle to kill as many people as possible, according to the authorities. it comes weeks after a knife—wielding attacker killed one man and injured two others in the city in what police said was a terror attack. the fallout is continuing to be felt after the chairman of nissan was arrested injapan. carlos ghosn is accused of breaking the country's financial laws by under—reporting his salary by around 35 million pounds over a five year period. mr ghosn, who has been described as a "titan" of nissan cars is now facing the sack, and shares in the company have fallen. let's talk to our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes. i think many people in europe and in the world of business will know this man as a titan, as we've said, in the car industry and this must have come as a real shock because he is
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considered almost the pinnacle of the industry. he is, absolutely, it's been a massive shock year in japan, it came very out of the blue. i don't think anybody outside of the top of nissan chief executive and a few other people knew about this and so everybody has been taken by surprise including the man himself, mrghosn, who surprise including the man himself, mr ghosn, who arrived injapan yesterday afternoon expecting to go toa yesterday afternoon expecting to go to a board meeting, he was met by detectives who boarded the plane, said they wanted to interview him and taken into custody anteroom ain'tfairas we and taken into custody anteroom ain't fair as we speak. it sent shock waves across japan, mr ghosn isa shock waves across japan, mr ghosn is a hassle name, probably the most famous foreigner in japan is a hassle name, probably the most famous foreigner injapan and has been for many years because of his role in taking over and turning around the fortunes of nissan. it is to pan's second—biggest car
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manufacturer. it sent shock waves across the world, to paris, the uk as well because nissan has a huge operation in sunderland in the north—west —— sorry, the north—east of the united kingdom and in the united states as well. massive story, massive shock, complete surprise. it really has been, rupert, thank you for taking us through that. we will keep following the fallout from that, as we mentioned, nissan shares down sharply after that news came through. we would be speaking to the justice minister david ngog in a moment, let's go for a slightly earlier whether the normal. we don't like morning fun messed with. no one likes the funk to be messed with, carol. we are going a little bit early. but carol, for tag you got for us? iam early. but carol, for tag you got for us? i am in siam early. but carol, for tag you got for us? iam in siam park this morning, the 13th year that it has
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eliminated its gardens with lots of different lights, cold the enchanted with land and its so beautiful. in the dark earlier this morning, you can see what i am talking about, we took these pictures. 400 species of trees including many rare and unusual trees from around the world that are lit up by these beautiful lights and the whole thing ends in this great conservatory behind me with a spectacular laser show. you can see, very nice glitter ball in there as well, reminiscent of what you would see on strictly come dancing. talking of dancing, a great way to keep warm this morning because it's cold, if you are standing upforany because it's cold, if you are standing up for any length of time wrap—up warmly. we have an easterly wind which will strengthen during today, really making it feel quite at, also showers in the forecast, some of those wintry especially on the hills. you can see on this chart, the blue across the uk, cold air, the wind coming straight off a
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cold continent from the east. first thing this morning we have a lot of showers, some of them merging all ready to produce longer spells of rain over southern england, also in the east, the gusty winds drifting west through the day. the wind particularly gusty along the eastern coast, 40—50 miles an hour, brightest skies in northern ireland and western scotland with some sunshine. temperature wise no great shakes, the thermometer will tell you roughly about 5—9d but add in the wind chill factor, the strength of the easterly wind, feeling much colder, more like freezing — plus three. this evening and overnight windy in the north, temperatures dropping, more snow falling on the hills of north wales, northern england, scotland, maybe some sleet and hail in heavier showers at lower levels. the windfall and lighter in the south, patchy fog, frost and also the risk of ice on on treated
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services. tomorrow with the south—easterly wind, england and wales will hit showers pushing north and out towards the west but for scotla nd and out towards the west but for scotland and northern ireland, a lot of showers again merging to give heavier spells of rain and we could see some sleet or hail at lower levels in the heavy showers come as no largely on the hills. we are sandwiched in between an area of high pressure and low pressure, we hang on to the south—easterly wind, going through thursday a lot of cloud dragged in from the north sea on this wind. some showers, a lot less tha n on this wind. some showers, a lot less than we are looking at today, towards the west with ulster with bright skies, the club holding, seeing some drizzle, not as windy, not feeling is cold with temperatures between 8—9. those temperatures between 8—9. those temperatures still no heat wave, it won't feel as bitter as today. carroll, thank you, i am so sorry you are chilly out there but you are doing so well today. she warns us
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up, she always stalls. if you saw peterjackson's world war one documentary ‘they shall not grow old recently, you can't fail to have been moved by the vivid images of life in the trenches. for one woman it was particulary emotional because she spotted her grandad in the film. we'll speak to jenny pateman in a minute, but first let's see the moment she recognised her grandfather as a young solider. it was a different war from year to year and one's reactions were completely different. the intensity changed so much that anyone who'd been out in 1914 and went home and came back in 1917 wouldn't recognise it as the same war. i could only say one thing, i wouldn't have missed it. it was terrible at times, but i wouldn't have missed it. oh, yes, if i could have my time again i'd go through it all overagain, because i enjoyed the service life. i could only say that i have never been so excited in my life. this was like a boy going to the play, the first time. jenny patemanjoins us from london now... good morning, i must say, we
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highlighted your grandfather there in that piece of footage, it could have been a blink and you'll miss him moment, how did you know it was him? well, good morning, i knew it was him instantly because i have seen photos of him as a young man, my parents had a big autry dubbed him on the wall and then do what he looked like and he resembles one of my brothers a lot, i was pretty certain. he died when you were seven or eight years old? he did, yes. the memories, having to go back to photos, is there any thing distinguishing about, you thought, yes, that caught your eye. that would be the nose! laughter it's so lovely to see this, the peterjackson film has moved so many people. what memories do you have of him in particular to the war, i know you were fairly young when he died. i don't know an awful lot because
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they never really spoke about it, only trouble bleak snippets of what my dad actually told us, when you see the footage you understand why they did not want to talk about it, really. i know he was awarded the military medalfor really. i know he was awarded the military medal for bravery and he was an officer, he became an officer, that much i do know but sadly he was gassed and he lost a long, he suffered ill health for the rest of his life. so often the case then be here of people who fought in then be here of people who fought in the great war, the first world war. it has prompted you to think about military history in the rest of your family, and you went to research the family, and you went to research the family, fought turned up? no surprises really, as i say i did know quite a bit busy about my father as well but yeah i've been researching ancestry and trying to go back a generation because i did not know much about my grandparents or my great grandparents. so yes... it's important, obviously we are
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marking the 100 years since the end of the first world war, how important is it to you that the memories of people who served for this country remain alive? very important, yes. what they did for us, the sacrifice they made, i mean we would not be here today if it wasn't for those brave, brave men, so yes, i feel very passionate about it. i know congratulations i should say, for the birth of your grandson, last week. coincides with that century since the end of the first world war. talk to me about what you will be telling him and the memories you will be passing down through the family to make sure we don't forget. i'll be telling little jack all about his great—great—grandfather and the sacrifice that he made for all of us. i think it's an important story to tell and i shall be sharing it with him, definitely. it shows
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how significant and how touching this film by peterjackson directed by peterjackson, this film by peterjackson directed by peter jackson, and this film by peterjackson directed by peterjackson, and produced by him is, what do you think this film represents? it represents a lost generation, so many of those men did not return and i think so many of the scenes were very harrowing, i think it was very graphic and colour, very real. yes. quite tough to watch but i think a necessary one nonetheless. jenny, lovely talking to you and congratulations on the grandson and being able to see your grandfather in his younger days before you knew him, it's great to have that piece of history. amazing. baquba talking to us. thank you. must be amazing to watch a programme like that and spot your grandfather. people were emotional watching it even without personal connections. i know she made light of that, just his nose, but such a brief moment
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that means so much. it is 828m we've been talking about a critical week, difficult, this week or the prime minister not easy. although a vote of no confidence has failed to materialise, she remains under pressure from tory mps to seek concessions from the eu ahead of a leaders' summit on sunday. let's speak now to the justice secretary david gauke. thank you forjoining us this morning, can i start with what's happened in the last sort of 24—hour is with the dup who showed i think it's safe to say the discontent in parliament yesterday. can you stay in government without them? we want to work with the dup and what we will do is make the argument to them that the deal which is being negotiated is a dealfor the that the deal which is being negotiated is a deal for the whole of the united kingdom including northern ireland. and northern ireland's best interests are served
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ina ireland's best interests are served in a stable government in westminster and by the steel being reached and we will continue to make those arguments. they don't seem to agree with that and the concern i suppose is, whether you can get this bill through and if you cannot come off what happens then?” bill through and if you cannot come off what happens then? i think we can get this through, the meaningful vote which we will have in december, it's a little way off and that gives us an opportunity to spell out the choices for the british people and for parliament, it is essentially, the deal but the prime minister negotiates or alternatively we crash out without a deal which will have an impact on people'sjobs out without a deal which will have an impact on people's jobs and living standards or alternatively, we don't implement the result of the brexit referendum with all the damage that would do to trust in our political system. so the choices are really very clear. 0nce political system. so the choices are really very clear. once that comes even more clear, then i think more and more people from all sides of the house will recognise that the best way forward, the pragmatic,
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practical way we can go forward as a country is implementing but the prime minister negotiates.” understand you support the prime minister on this and you think she can get this through butjust to reiterate for the opposition is coming from, not only do you have the dup but brexiteers within her own party, five members of the cabinet, the so—called gang of five who are trying to get changes to it as well and the shadow brexit secretaries keir starmer seen labourer willing to table the confidence of —— a vote of no—confidence in the prime minister. where is the support and how could she ever get this deal through parliament? i come back to the point of fundamental case forgetting the deal through is a strong one and i think what we will see over the weeks ahead is businesses increasing —— increasingly recognising this is the right way forward, employers in constituencies up and down the country making that case to local mps and as members of parliament, we have got a responsibility... with
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respect, it's not businesses who will vote on the deal, its people in the building behind you. most mps one would hope, would listen to employers in their own constituency and if employers are saying if we don't get this deal that will damage businesses, it will mean that we run the risk of having to lay people off, those are voices which responsible mps should listen to and respond to and that, i think, is the reality on what we will set out the consequences of what no deal will mean and the consequences of delivering this deal and i think it will become increasingly clear that the national interest is served by us getting this do own, approving it ina us getting this do own, approving it in a meaningful vote and going forward , in a meaningful vote and going forward, delivering the referendum result but doing it in a way that protects jobs and livelihoods. some of those praising the prime minister in the last few days said she is a quitter, not determine —— she is determined, single—minded, give us sat in cabinet meetings, do you
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think you can point the finger and say she has not done enough to reach out to members of her own party to try and support this deal and could she have done more of that and should she be doing more about?” think she has shown remarkable resilience, patience, forbearance, determination. i think there is a wave of public opinion in support of the prime minister in the country at the prime minister in the country at the moment, i honestly believe that is the case because they see someone who ina is the case because they see someone who in a difficult situation is trying to serve the national interest and i think, as i say, she has shown a determination and patience to try and keep people on board, to bring them along with her andi board, to bring them along with her and i think the responsibility for all of us now is to go out and support the prime minister, recognise that the deal that she has in prospect is the best route forward for the country and go out and make the case. do you think she has benefited from the fact that there is no alternative leader, we spoke to anne—marie morris, one of the mps who has written a letter of no—confidence and i said to her
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effo rts no—confidence and i said to her efforts not theresa may, who is it and she could not name anyone. interesting that happened, i have to say at this point in the middle of a very delicate negotiation, that is hugely important to do future of this country, we should remove the prime minister, essentially, leaving us leaderless for certainly several weeks, possibly months, would be hugely responsible for the country i think would expect from the conservative party, is that we get behind the prime minister and make sure that she can deliver a good dealfor the sure that she can deliver a good deal for the country, that's what we are all on course to do and i don't think people should be, you know, talking about removing her at this point. i think that would be self—indulgent and dangerous for the country. can i ask you one other subject matter, the john country. can i ask you one other subject matter, thejohn warboys pa role subject matter, thejohn warboys parole board case, we are speaking toa parole board case, we are speaking to a lawyer who represents 11 of the victims, but those who don't know, he said he would be released, the
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decision has been overturned by the pa role decision has been overturned by the parole board and some of the women went to extraordinary lengths to make the case, some crowdfunding their own case which, it's extraordinary that victims of a man like that should have to go through that. do you think the parole board system needs looking at and reviewing? we've made an important change already in terms of increasing transparency parole board decision so victims have a better idea why the parole board has reached a particular conclusion but perhaps more importantly, we are looking to introduce a new reconsideration mechanism, then the pa role reconsideration mechanism, then the parole board makes a decision and victims don't like, there are circumstances for rather than having to go through the courts, get a judicial review, there is an ability for victims to raise the concerns of the parole board to look up the decision they have made. had that beenin decision they have made. had that been in place for this case then i don't think there would have been the need forjudicial review as there was in this particular case.
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soi there was in this particular case. so i think those concerns are com pletely so i think those concerns are completely justified and that's so i think those concerns are completelyjustified and that's why we are in the process of changing that, i hope to come forward with proposals on this in the next few weeks, about how we can have a proper reconsideration mechanism so we don't see a repeat of what happened in this particular case. we appreciate your time this morning, thank you for talking to us, the justice minister. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. the wind is strengthening, and easterly wind coming around the area of high pressure to the north of the uk. we will drag in cold ankle dier as the day goes on. there may not be much frost to start the day, maybe some early sunshine, but the cloud will build, pushing in showers from the east coast and blowing further westwards on strengthening winds. a closer look at the showers,
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frequent showers coming to the english channel into the south—east of england. we have mean winds, gusting around 40 mph plus around the north sea coast of england. lots of wet weather coming into northern england, showers blogger spells of rain turning wintry over the high ground later. because it is and easterly wind, eastern scotland will see most of the showers, fewer in the west and more sunshine. similar across northern ireland. temperatures lower than on monday, six or seven fairly typical. when you add on the wind strength this is what it will feel like, a significant wind—chill for the eastern side of england in particular. showers continuing into the evening and as the air gets colder and more will fall as sleet and snow over higher ground, particularly later across wales, northern england and towards the end of the night into scotland. as the winds drop a little further south than the cloud breaks we run the risk of icy patches,
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temperatures not far from freezing. more of a south—easterly wind on wednesday means the wetter weather is getting pushed northwards into northern ireland and scotland where there will be more sleet and snow. showers coming into the south—west, but most of england and wales will be dry on the whole, more sunshine on wednesday, still cold, temperatures not changing much but it will not feel as cold because it will not be as windy. low— pressure will not be as windy. low—pressure sits to the south—west of the uk and high—pressure to the north—east towards the end of the week. not as windy even for northern areas on thursday but we will drag in some cloud of the north sea, it will bring a few showers, likely to be rain. a drier data scotland and northern ireland, western areas may get more sunshine. —— a dry yet day for scotla nd sunshine. —— a dry yet day for scotland and northern ireland. temperatures not quite so cold. the nissan boss faces the sack over
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allegations of misconduct. shares have dropped more than 5%. that is our top story on tuesday the 20th of november. the 5% fall in nissan shares were in tokyo, renault shares are falling as well. the french finance minister says the nissan boss is no longer fit to lead the company. also

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