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this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. a breach of data at the marriott international hotel chain's starwood division, 500 million guests have their personal details compromised. theresa may calls on mps to deliver on the brexit referendum, but doesn't rule out another commons vote if they reject her deal the first time round. i'm focused on the vote that is taking place on december 11, and i want everybody who is going to participate, all members of parliament to focus on what this vote does. you're not ruling out a second vote? i am focusing on the vote in two weeks‘ time. the prime minister is at the 620 summit of world leaders in argentina, where global tensions are dominating the meeting. elsewhere, there's an enthusiastic greeting between president putin and the saudi crown prince, who's suspected of ordering the murder of a journalist. new figures obtained by the bbc reveal that almost one in four houses meant for military families is standing empty.
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...tell me how to live. and you've heard of high school musical, but film—makers in scotland have created a musical about zombies, set in a high school at christmas. one of the world's biggest hotel groups, marriott international, says hackers have managed to gain access to the personal details of half a billion guests. the reservations‘ data base for its starwood division, which includes sheraton and le meridien, has been breached for the past four years. names, addresses, dates of birth, as well as passport numbers and credit card details are thought to have been exposed. well our correspondent
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simon gompertz is in central london now and he told me about the impact this breach could have. as you mentioned, the sheraton is one of the grants and luxury hotels gci’oss one of the grants and luxury hotels across the world, there are many others including celebrity and, saint regis, western hotels, to name a few. most of the worlds‘s luxury hotels, but not the marriott brand itself although that is the name itself. marriott hotels has a separate booking system. he said this has happened overfour years from 2014 to what it was discovered in the middle of september, so too the 10th of september. those are the people affected, some of them it might adjust than their names, but hundreds of millions have multiple information, the e—mail addresses,
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telephone numbers, passport details, travel details, and crucially, credit card numbers and the date on the deckard that is crucial for identifying —— the date on the credit card... it seems that a lot of tickets the encryption is struggling, and that is what puts peoples details at risk. the scale of the breach and how it was possible is still being investigated. what is likely to happen as a result of this? it's one of the worst data breaches of this sort. there was one at yahoo which was worse. they were around 3 billion accounts affected. it is an indication that hotels are particularly vulnerable. they do demand a lot of information from their guests will arrive or book,
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and enabled onto it. they are vulnerable to being taken. the time thatis vulnerable to being taken. the time that is being taken, the number of active, the quantity of information means the consequences for the marriott are likely to be serious. the new york attorney general has announced an investigation. here the information commissioner is investigating, and if they can find companies millions of pounds. —— they can find companies billions of pounds. they are doing their best to help customers and their sending e—mails to customers they think are being affected. the scale of the breach and how it was possible is still being investigated. i asked joseph carson, the chief security scientist at software access company, thycotic, about the impact of the hack. the rarity is quite significant, we
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have looked at a couple of databases from the past two years, and only a few have been of a 500 million and above. of course there was a notable yahoo breach a couple of years ago, but that of course contained only basic information regarding account information. the one that is significant in this case is the type of data that was stolen, so this type of case is rarer in regards to the type of information that was stolen. that's crucial isn't it? things like credit card information will be encrypted, but if they have the key to it that it is no longer safe. that is correct. they're using requirements for organisations who ta ke requirements for organisations who take or credit cards, they are required to encrypt the data, and hackers get access to decrypted to let me think a potentially abuse it, so let me think a potentially abuse it, so the information that is still in
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here, consider the size as well but thatis here, consider the size as well but that is 50% of the entire internet users can visit the global internet users, this is 15% that has been impacted by this breach. hackers can use this data for financial fraud, so use this data for financial fraud, so it can have a serious financial impact to people's life. the prime minister has urged mps of all parties to cast their vote on the 11th of december "in the national interest" and to back her brexit deal. mrs may is at the g20 summit of world leaders in the argentine capital buenos aires, and has refused to be drawn on a plan b if her withdrawal agreement is voted down a week on tuesday. the prime minister was speaking to our political editor laura kuenssberg. theresa may, prime minister of the united kingdom. a solitary moment. world leaders can't help theresa may much. the mps whose minds she needs to change are thousands of miles away, but is the prime minister on the edge of her undoing, with dozens of tories committed
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to reject her brexit compromise? i think people should remember that we gave the vote to the british people, as to whether or not to leave the european union. people voted for brexit, and i think it's up to us to deliver brexit. the message i get from members of the public is that they want the government to do that. they want us to deliver brexit. prime minister, you know very well, it is your colleagues who make the difference here, and you have not been able to get them all on board. just to be clear, do you still think you have a chance of winning this vote? i am still working to ensure that when we come to the vote on the 11th of december, mps... this is a really important moment for us, and i think it's important for us all to be thinking of the national interest. but one of the many reasons why some of your own colleagues don't like this deal is dating some of the claims you've made about it are misleading. you say it gives us all control of our laws, but there will still be a big role for the european court. you've said there are guarantees in there own trade and fishing but you know very well many of those things are in the political
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declaration, they are not things that are guaranteed for the future. some people think you're being misleading about what you've agreed. there's nothing misleading about what we've agreed. first of all, the political declaration is very clear. we will have an independent trade policy. we are also very clear that there is not going to be a long—standing role for the european court ofjustice, in having jurisdiction in the united kingdom. if your vote falls, would you rule out holding a second vote in parliament on your deal? i'm focused on the vote that is taking place on december the 11th, and i want everybody who is going to participate, all members of parliament, to focus on what there is a vote does. but you're not ruling out a second vote? i'm focusing on the vote in two weeks' time. even here, the eu's still clear, right now, there's nothing else on offer. if the vote falls, they wouldn't magically get back round the table to save her. a few days before the vote in the house of commons, it is becoming more and more clear
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that this deal is the best possible. in fact, the only possible one. theresa may, if that vote falls, will you still be prime minister in a fortnight‘s time? what i'm doing is focusing on that vote, because this is not about me or any individual memberof parliament... it is about you, theresa may. this is your deal. you are the leader of the country. don't you think the public want to know, maybe have a right to know what your plans are, if your deal is rejected by mps? what i think the public want to know is that every member of parliament is going to put the national interest first, is going to put the interests of their constituents at the forefront of their thinking, and is going to put the importance of delivering on the brexit vote for the british people at the forefront of their thinking too. things have changed. it's not now the eu theresa may has to win over, powerful world leaders are not who she needs right now. it's at home theresa may is on the hunt for reliable friends.
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meanwhile, at that g20 summit, as world leaders gather, tensions between them loom. president putin and the saudi crown prince, who's suspected of ordering the murder ofjournalist jamal khasoggi, high fived as they took their seats. but donald trump appeared to snub the russian president over russia's seizure of ukrainian ships last week. 0ur north america editor, jon sopel is at the g20 and sent this report. it's not the most catchy acronym but the usmca, or the united states mexico canada agreement, shows that donald the disruptor. .. this has been a battle. ..can also be donald the builder. the usmca is the largest, most significant, modern and balanced trade agreement in history. all of our countries will benefit greatly. it is probably the largest trade deal ever made also. but his protectionist "america first" instincts are causing deep unease, and though they were all smiles, listen to the words of the canadian prime minister...
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make no mistake, we will stand up for our workers and fight for their families and their communities. and, donald, it's allthe more reason why we need to keep working to remove the tariffs on steel and aluminium between our countries. the key meeting of this g20 will take place tomorrow evening, when most of the other world leaders are already on their way home. with donald trump threatening further tariffs against the chinese, meeting with president xi is absolutely critical. it's no exaggeration that the future direction of the global economy could be decided at the meeting. one person he won't be meeting is vladimir putin, ostensibly over russia's seizing of three ukrainian vessels and ukrainian sailors. but the investigation into donald trump's links with moscow in the run—up to the election has ta ken another twist. in court yesterday his long—term personal lawyer and mr fix—it, michael cohen, revealed that for far
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longer than previously stated his boss was looking to build a trump tower in moscow. today from the president, a grudging acknowledgement that was true. and look at the body language here, as no eye contact is made between the american and russian presidents. the one person who did seem happy, almost overjoyed, to see vladimir putin, was the saudi leader mohammad bin salman. he's looking to rebuild his reputation after the brutal murder of jamal khashoggi. but donald trump won't to see him, and a number of other world leaders have declined meetings too. the young saudi prince is discovering what people in this city in particular have known for a long time, it takes two to tango. jon sopel, bbc news, buenos aires. let's talk to paul maidment from oxford analytica,
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an international global analysis firm, he joins us from our 0xford studio. thank you very much forjoining us. watching that report is very evident that there are tensions on all fronts at the summit. how a effective do you think this summit is? it started out ten years ago to sort up the climate crisis and a dozen eight, and it promoted an internationalforum, but dozen eight, and it promoted an international forum, but it has failed to stop the spread of protectionism. —— stood up the climate crisis in 2008, and it was an internationalformal... climate crisis in 2008, and it was an international formal... it climate crisis in 2008, and it was an internationalformal... it was climate crisis in 2008, and it was an international formal... it was to join the condemnation of trade something that happened at the g sevenit something that happened at the g seven it is not the form that it was. “—
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seven it is not the form that it was. —— forum that it was. seven it is not the form that it was. -- forum that it was. how much is that from the personality of the leaders? we saw that the men who are characterised as strongman, president drop, president putin, the prince of saudi arabia.|j president drop, president putin, the prince of saudi arabia. i like either international forms that exist. there is no permanent civil service there is no permanent organisation, so these are just the big cats of international politics prowling around and talking to each other. they determine what is said, they determine what their relationship is, and ever since trump has turned the world back into realpolitik with american first act, and abroad, uc institutions like this. just becoming places like this. just becoming places like this. throwing forward to tomorrow where president trump is meeting
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president shay of china —— president xi, what do we expect that? is hard to predict will happen to predict what will happen, and he is not really encouraged anyone that there will be eight trade or tariff truce. that said, both men need a win of some sort of up xi does it because he is under some pressure internally in china for having misjudged america, and trump needs to show that his tough policies against china are working. the effects of which are being felt in middle america, so both need a win of some sort. it is likely to be very cosmetic. the two sides are on fundamental differences with each other. there is no halfway house
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that they can come together. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers, our guestsjoining me tonight are tim stanley, leader writer for the telegraph and susie boniface, columnist for the daily mirror. the headlines on bbc news... a breach of data at the marriott international hotel chain's starwood division means 500 million guests have their personal details compromised. speaking at the g20 summit in buenos aires, theresa may calls on mps to deliver on the brexit referendum, but doesn't rule out another commons vote if they reject her deal the first time round. and new figures obtained by the bbc reveal that almost one in four houses meant for military families is standing empty. sport now...and for a full round up, from the bbc
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sport centre, here's sarah. i wonder we are set for more fireworks at the way in between tyson and dion today in a few hours' time. one things for sure, this is one of the biggest fights in history. both boxers have been warned that they could lose their fight pass if there is a repetition of this when the two go head—to—head before sunday at the staples centre. here are the thoughts of former heavyweight champion frank bruno. and he's going to do some break dancing, but i think he's gonna be a stick because he did use his size and is reached, his reflexes, his jabs, andi and is reached, his reflexes, his jabs, and i hope all the anger that
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while there has been showing, and things like that things have been kept very very cool. he was angry at everybody, and if he can get him and get them frustrated, and wear himself out, i hope he does very well. there is one match and the premier league tonight. cardiff could provide an early present for their boss, but i canjust could provide an early present for their boss, but i can just tell you that in the last minute, wolves have just scored a goal, so they are leading 1— 0710 minutes in. —— are leading 1— 0710 minutes in. —— are leading seven —. plenty of football elsewhere. the second round of the fa cup is under way. this is live on bbc two right now. hsin lee kuan‘s
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black and da nson bbc two right now. hsin lee kuan‘s black and danson park and you can watch that live on bbc two which is goalless, 23 minutes gone there. manchester united forward as alexis sanchezis manchester united forward as alexis sanchez is facing a lengthy spell out. according to his manager, the chilean who has spent much of this season chilean who has spent much of this season watching suffered an injury in training yesterday, and will have to have a scan to determine the extent of the damage. the radio says it looks serious. —— mourino says it looks serious. the painful scream and the injury happened, i know he's going to be out for a long time. he is not the little, he is not a little injury that in one week or ten days the player is ready. after the second leg, the final was moved
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to regina next week. there has been regret around the footballing world that the match will no longer be played in argentina. a number of the ba rca players played in argentina. a number of the barca players was injured when their tea m barca players was injured when their team bouts was injured —— team bus was attacked. the team bus has said the match has lost its meaning now that it has been moved. it's a sad moment because i saw in the classico is the play in argentina, it's going to be different if it's played in madrid. for me now my thing is not important who is going to win or lose going to lose. what happened in windows areas before the game for me —— in buenos aires is not important to me who is going to win now. but ella eglin was denied a win in their
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opening match in the world cup of hockey. jenna had gone ahead, which took until the fourth quarter for england to take the lead —— china had gone ahead equalised in the closing sections. that is all the sport now. millions of rail passengers will be paying more for their tickets from january with fares rising by an average of 3.1%. about 40% of fares, including season tickets, will be affected. the rise comes after a year of timetable chaos, strikes and delays on some parts of the network. sophie long reports. chaos and cancellations as services were scrapped in the summer. govia thameslink had to apologise for the fiasco that followed the introduction of its new timetable. autumn brought more disruption. passengers were stranded, after a test train
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damaged power cables. and yet, as winter arrives, commuters are told theirjourneys will cost more next year. so, how will the average rise ofjust over 3% affect ticket prices? well, an annual season ticket from brighton to london will go up by nearly £150. if you're travelling between manchester and liverpool, you'll be paying £100 more, while tweedbank to edinburgh will be £88 more expensive from january 2nd next year. the hike didn't go down well with customers on the buxton to manchester line. they left notes for northern rail, saying overcrowding and cancellations meant services aren't worth the prices they're paying at the moment, let alone more. but the organisation that represents the train companies says the revenue will be invested in the railways. no one wants to pay extra for their fares, but what do these fare increases cover? the day—to—day running of the railways, which allows billions of extra money to be focused on investment. new stations, new carriages
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and extra services. so, how's that going down with passengers? i think it's already very expensive, so, i'm already trying to control how much i use it. the trains are normally late. the trains are usually dead busy, i never get a seat. it's too much money, isn't it? for a very bad service? if the fares don't go up, you won't get the investment. it's as simple as that, really. the costs go up, and what do you want? do you want a situation where the networkjust declines gradually? the industry is promising a more comfortable and more reliable ride on thousands of new services from 2021. but that's cold comfort for passengers who've called for fares to be frozen, fed up with feeling the pain of paying higher prices before they see the improvements. the inquest into the death of the former welsh government minister carl sargeant, whose body was found last november,
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has been adjourned until a date yet to be announced by the coroner. the first minister of wales, carwynjones, will be recalled to face fresh questions. he sacked mr sargeant over allegations that he'd acted inappropriately towards women. today carl sargeant‘s family said they were disappointed that after five days in court the inquest had yet to conclude. a keeper at a zoo in the west midlands is facing disciplinary action, after a snow leopard got out of its enclosure and was shot dead. the incident took place on 23rd of october at dudley zoo, around five o'clock when visitors had left the site. the zoo said that in the interests of public safety, the decision was taken to shoot the big cat, rather than attempt to tranquillize it. ben sidwell sent us this report from dudley. eight—year—old marco was alongside a three—year—old female tiger, getting used to her brand—new enclosure. these picture from dudley zoo own
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website showed just what a beautiful creature he was. 0n the evening of 0ctober creature he was. 0n the evening of october the 23rd after the zoo had closed, a keeper left the door to his enclosure open, and mark asher escaped. after attempts to recapture him failed, the decision was taken to shoot him. i have spoken to the zoo to shoot him. i have spoken to the zoo today and they said it was the vet's decision to suit and not tranquilised margsh. they decided that it would take too long to tranquilised. they were afraid that he could end up attacking an adult 01’ he could end up attacking an adult ora he could end up attacking an adult or a child. the zoo said public safety is paramount, and therefore we had to take this said decision to kill margsh. but one expert believes that decision was a terrible mistake. there was no people in the sioux, and the confines of the zoo, they should have surrounded the end wall and used a trick lies are gone.
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i think it was an easy option out. it seems to be policy nowadays that rather than taking a second look its to actually shoot the animal. margsh was a part of the zoo's breeding programme and was the first to be born in over 12 years. the zoo itself is close to the town centre. people in deadly say he should not have been killed. i think that is a bit extreme to be honest. you can tranquilised him, but shooting to kill is completely different. he escapes, you get him back, you put him back where he is supposed to be without you do not kill him because he escaped without it is horrible isn't it to think about it. dudley zoo says a isn't it to think about it. dudley zoo says a full investigation is taking place, as well as a stringent ridge you —— stringent review. u nfortu nately ridge you —— stringent review. unfortunately that is too late to save margsh. a 4—year—old girl has been praised for making a 999 call that
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saved her mother's life. kaitlyn wright rang the emergency services when she was at home with her mother charlene, who was having multiple seizures. today kaitlyn met the 999 call handler who spoke to her on the phone and was commended for her calm and bravery. 0ur correspondent fiona lamdin was there. they've spoken on the phone before... hello, kaitlyn. and i said, "is she awake?" but this is the first time this unlikely team meet face—to—face. you live down a hill. yes. when four—year—old kaitlyn dialled 999, it wasjess who answered her call. she is a superstar. i was the proudest mum in the world, that she'd done that for me.
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it just shows that she listens. she's brave and she's confident which is good. but i didn't think she'd do it. kaitlyn‘s mum has fibromyalgia and is in constant pain. she can have up to 40 seizures a week so they made sure their little girl knew what to do. we practised with her on a pretend phone, with kaitlyn. when mummy was really poorly, what did you do? can you show me? i called 999, green button. it's never too young to teach them. it's just showing them three little buttons and pressing the green one. make a game of it like we did. she saved charlene's life. if she hadn't have been there and done that, she might not be sat here today. and, yeah. fiona lamdin, bbc news. now it's time for a look
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at the weather with thomas. the weekend is looking pretty mixed across the uk, we will get some sunshine, but we will get a bit of rain in the forecast as well. it is reaching parts of the south of the uk by the end of tonight. some rain is getting into northern ireland as well. not a pleasant start to the day. towards the southwest, basically that rain will sweep across the southern half of the uk. during saturday morning, some of it will be heavy. we have a strong wind as well. by the time we get the sunshine —— lunchtime, many areas are brightening up. the second half of the day will be better. in the north we will have sunshine in scotland, and it will be quite chilly. 0n scotland, and it will be quite chilly. on sunday in the morning we will see bands of rain sweeping across the country. this weather
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pattern here it would be an u nsettled pattern here it would be an unsettled date on sunday. per the showers are under way. temperatures you can see through the weekend are not too bad in the south. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. one of the world's biggest hotel groups, marriott international, says hackers have managed to gain access to the personal details of half a billion guests — after the reservations' data base for its starwood division was breached. theresa may has refused to rule out another commons vote on her brexit deal if mps reject it — though she believes she can win the vote. she's at the g20 summit in buenos aires, where deep divisions among the world's leading nations have overshadowed the meeting. new figures obtained by the bbc reveal that almost one in four houses meant for military families is standing empty — costing the taxpayer over £25 million pounds a year in rent and maintenance. let's return to the summit of g20 leaders taking
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place in buenos aires — and as we were reporting earlier, the deepening tension over ukraine. one point at issue is a ukraine ban on russian men aged between 16 and 60 from entering the country. it's come after after russia seized three ukrainian naval vessels off the coast of crimea. ukraine has also already declared martial law. richard lister reports. another day of exercises for these ukrainian troops amid growing fears ofa ukrainian troops amid growing fears of a russian invasion. kiev has already imposed martial law in these border regions. now the ukraine president has banned russian men of fighting age from crossing into the country. translation: these measures are to block the russian federation from forming private armies here under the leadership of the russian armed forces and to prevent them from carrying out operations like those we saw in 2014. when russia annexed ukraine's
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crimean peninsula four years ago, it was these russian militia men in unmarked fatigues who led the way. they quickly took over the airport and other key sites. ukraine sees last week's clashes in the kerch strait when russia seized three ukrainian vessels and their crews as the first steps to another russian land grab. but moscow accuses kyiv of overreacting. translation: i think it would be very scary if anyone tried to mirror the decisions taken in ukraine. this would be madness. what has happened there is the result of a dysfunctional government. kiev wants nato to patrol this stretch of water between russia and ukraine. ukraine's allies are wary of inflaming tensions further but the eu has signalled today that it is likely to extend sanctions against russia later this month. richard lister, bbc news. a powerful earthquake has hit alaska, causing damage to homes
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and business and triggering a tsunami warning. the 7.0 magnitude quake was located about nine miles north of anchorage and struck at 8.29am local time. the quake and several aftershocks shattered windows and knocked power out to many residents homes. in the past few minutes local resident travis starling was woken up by the earthquake this morning. he is safe and joins us on the line now from alaska. thank you very much indeed for joining us on bbc news. must‘ve been extremely frightening. tell us what happened. it was. good morning. i woke up to the earthquake this morning and i thought that maybe it was a wild vehicle outside and because i live in apartments. i quickly realise that was not the case and i heard the wine bottles in my kitchen shattering glass all over the floor. it was pretty frightening initially. and what do you do? i got
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up initially. and what do you do? i got up out of bed and stood in the doorway and waited for it to go away. it felt like it was a 20 minute ordeal and just kept going and going. ifirst thought minute ordeal and just kept going and going. i first thought was minute ordeal and just kept going and going. ifirst thought was it's and going. ifirst thought was it's an earthquake and we are nearing water here is they're going to be a tsunami? i looked to see and i called my mum to see and tell her i was ok. that's when i grab some more clothes because it's about 20 degrees here and i headed out and traffic is pretty standstill right now. we lost power at home and a lot of the city lost power as well. and it's pretty much at a standstill right now. even here lately i found on social media we have a lot of sinkholes and landslides and power outages. the emergency management
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offices are open now and i'm just staying in place. also the airport suspended all operations and it has gotten pretty bad. this is one of the most severe earthquakes we've had here since 1968 well before my time. ijust hope there's no fatalities or serious repercussions of it. and no reports of any casualties. as we speak you cannot see this but we can see inside the newsroom in anchorage and this may well be the anchorage daily news which has said that there has been damage with cracking walls and mangling ceiling panels and so you can see them i beg your pardon i'm being told it was the cbs newsroom. a very frightening thing if you're caught in something like that. you
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we re caught in something like that. you were saying that there are earthquakes in anchorage in the nearby area but something like this is rare. it is. the big earthquakes are few and far between. i've been here over two years and so last summerand here over two years and so last summer and this last winter we experienced earthquakes which i thought were severe but in reality relative to this they were nothing. it was just somebody who was beside you pushing you back and forth. this was insane. this is the most severe shake i've ever felt and the entire house was shaking. glass everywhere andi house was shaking. glass everywhere and i think i'm very fortunate. i've heard a lot of stories on the radio had people calling and telling about what they've been through. it seems right now i have just got broken glass to clean up. i think i have heard of some collapsed buildings
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andi heard of some collapsed buildings and i don't want to speculate on stuff but it sounds like some areas are having a lot harder time. you speak with bravery but you are clearly shocked by what happened. no one on for 20 minutes i must have been terrifying. you don't know what it's going to end. it felt like it was going on for half an hour but i have seen the video now and there we re have seen the video now and there were people with surveillance cameras and it seems like it's only about a minute and a half that the initial shock was going on. i can tell you it felt like it was much longer and the aftershocks going on since then have felt worse than any of those earthquakes i've been through in the past. and what are you going to do now after speaking with us? i want to make sure it's safe to go back into it and that's my primary concern. i trust that our facilities and buildings are relatively safe because after that
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earthquake in 19681 believe there was a lot of work done to improve the structural safety of our facilities and buildings. we are just seeing some more pictures of the damage that's the earthquake has caused within buildings there. you can not see this but inside a supermarket with lots of the produce on the floor. something that has caused a lot of damage and instability in anchorage. we wish you well. thank you very much indeed for talking to us here on bbc news and we hope that you stay safe. thank you. british researchers have come up with a way of predicting when there could be swarms of insects that would devastate crops in africa. using satellite data gathered by the uk space agency, the system combines temperature data and weather forecasts with computer models. it's hoped the early warning system
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will boost the yields of poor farmers and increase their incomes. 0ur science correspondent, pallab ghosh reports. george is a plant doctor. today he's making his fortnightly visit to a small town in kenya's rift valley province. he treats crops ravaged by pests. this farmers maize has been infested by tiny caterpillars. with the help of an app, he identifies the species and recommends the right pesticide, and other measures. due to the increased income in my farm, my kids can now go to better school because of the consistent income i am getting from the farm input — output, sorry. also the livlihood has improved in my farm, home, because i can see, i can meet the basic needs for my family. a world away at a powerful supercomputer data centre in 0xfordshire, the uk space agency
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is trying to make life for walter and other subsistence farmers even better. the plan is to use satellite data to develop a system that is able to predict pest infestations a week or more in advance. this map shows the land temperature, one of the major factors that drive infestations. the system combines that with weather and other local data. the plant doctor scheme has been incredibly successful. it's helped 18.3 million farmers all across the world. and on average their incomes and yields have increased by 13%. it's hoped the new predictive system could do even better, boosting that figure to maybe up to 20%. farmers are completely on dependent on crops, the predictability of having a good yield to survive, but also to send their kids to school. so if we can reduce the impact of pests, if we can enable them
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to get better yields, which is what we are already seeing, it will mean that they can help move out of poverty. farmers such as lillian wanyama now get alerts when the insects are coming and can take precautions before they arrived. the money she and others like her save, and the extra food they produce, will make a big difference to them and their communities. pallab ghosh, bbc news. it may sound like an unlikely mix — a zombie musical set in a high school at christmas — but the scottish film—makers behind anna and the apocalypse mayjust have a hit on their hands. the film — released tomorrow — has already won a string of awards at festivals across the world. 0ur arts correspondent pauline mclean reports. and be warned — it's a zombie film — so cover your eyes if you're squeamish. further updates now on then folding global crisis and reports of massive
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infection continue across the world. you could describe it as a rhyme, musical. as the teenager and that battles her way through a less than ordinary day at school and a full on zombie apocalypse. it's a fun and charming film that has got real serious messages and undertones. it's all about kids dealing with death and that kind of coming—of—age. death and that kind of coming-of-age. it has won a string of awards and abaft the nomination and for delahunt who plays and that it was a dream role. i was on the lookout for a teenage girl roles that did not marginalise the experience and anna is so many things all at once that she was the most fantastic opportunity and so i was kind of gunning for a straightaway. the film's success is
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made even sweeter by its low budget scottish roots. and the fact that is dedicated to film maker ryan mchenry who died before he could see his film make it to the big screen. for someone film make it to the big screen. for someone who was such a funny guy i really feel like, such a sweet guy as well, this is a real tribute to him. i'm just as well, this is a real tribute to him. i'mjust going as well, this is a real tribute to him. i'm just going to smash this head up and make it explode and try and do not mess it up because it's going to be horrible to clean up. and there are plenty who are convinced this hybrid horror musical could be christmas yule this year and years to come. we write a musical and he don't get a bounding box sing—along version used to align your done something wrong. so fingers are crossed. now on bbc news.
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it's the film review with ben brown and mark kermode. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? a very strong week. we have this meant disobedience. the new film by sebastian lelio. disobedience is based on a naomi alderman novel by and the character played by rachel weiss comes back
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