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this is bbc news. the headlines at 3pm: environment secretary michael gove says theresa may's brexit deal isn't perfect but is the only choice. we have got to recognise that if we don't vote for this deal, the alternatives are no deal or no brexit. labour say they'll call for a vote of no confidence if mps reject the deal and say the government must publish its legal advice tomorrow. if they don't produce it tomorrow then we will start contempt proceedings. this will be a collision course between the government and parliament. boos as president macron visits the scene of riots in paris. he warns a state of emergency could be re—imposed in france. teachers shouldn't be expected to act as substitute parents, according to the chief inspector of schools. and later this hour,
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click takes a special look at technology for people with disabilities, including bionic arms and talking internet. that's coming up just after half—past three. good afternoon. the environment secretary michael gove has said the government can win the crucial commons vote on theresa may's brexit deal in nine days' time. dozens of conservative mps have said they won't support the agreement. mr gove, one of the original leaders of the leave campign, said the deal was not perfect, but warned that the alternative would be no deal or no brexit. labour has confirmed that it will call for a vote of no confidence in the government if the prime minister fails
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to win the backing of mps. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. one final photo for theresa may at the g20 summit in argentina, before returning to face the battle over her brexit deal. she must convince enough of her mps to back it when parliament votes in nine days' time. the area i have the greatest concern... now one of the leading voices in the leave campaign, who at times has had big worries, says although it is not ideal, it does what it needs to do. this deal of course is not perfect, but it does provide those of us who campaigned to leave with an opportunity to take back control of our borders and have control of our immigration policy. it means we end the huge automatic sums that go to the eu every week and it gives us the capacity in huge sectors of the economy to diverge if we think that is right. michael gove‘s support is seen as key to the prime minister's survival.
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but had he considered following some of his colleagues out of the cabinet in protest at the agreement with the eu? i reflected long and hard about the deal but i concluded, like lots of people, that while it is not perfect, it is the right thing to do. it is because i understand and appreciate and feel uncomfortable with parts of this deal that i also understand and appreciate how many of my colleagues feel. the plan to avoid a hard border in northern ireland if a trade deal can't be reached in time is the focus of debate. mps have demanded to see in full legal advice some suspect warns the uk could be stuck in that backstop arrangement indefinitely. the attorney general will give parliament a summary. that is not enough for some. the first thing i should say is i don't want to go down this path. i said to the government two weeks' ago and i said last week, "do the right thing, you have been ordered to produce this advice, just produce it." if they don't produce it tomorrow,
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we will start contempt proceedings, this will be a collision course between the government and parliament. that then has to be debated in the house and an order can be made of contempt. the prime minister's been working hard to convince the country about her brexit deal, but now she must hope enough mps have been won over too. labour has warned if she fails it would push for a vote of no confidence in the government. there are nine days to go until parliament has its say. the french president emmanuel macron has arrived back in paris for an emergency meeting with senior ministers, after some of the worst rioting in the french capital for years. more than 100 people were injured in saturday's anti—government protests, including 23 members of the security forces. the latest figures from the police say more than 400 people were arrested. cordelia hemming reports. the morning after. time for the clean—up operation.
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washing away the anti—macron graffiti which now covers much of the front of the arc de triomphe. saturday's running battles between riot police and protesters were of a different order from the trouble that is seen at regular demonstrations in paris. police fired tear gas, stun grenades and water cannons. masked protesters hurled projectiles and set buildings on fire. what began two weeks ago as a peaceful protest by the so—called yellow vest movement against rising fuel taxes has now evolved into a far broader show of anti—government anger. at the g20 in argentina, the french president condemned the violence. translation: what happened in paris has nothing to do with the peaceful expression of legitimate anger. no cause justifies that authorities are attacked. that businesses are plundered, passers—by orjournalists are threatened.
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emmanuel macron has now returned to paris following the summit to assess the damage and hold an emergency meeting. the government insists much of the violence may well have been caused by rioters and extremists of both the left and the right. whilst many survey the damage, macron now faces a dilemma in how to respond to a grassroots movement which has no formal leaders. earlier i spoke to our correspondent hugh schofield in paris and asked him how surprised politicians there have been by the scale of the protests. it has been taken by surprise. they have really underestimated the nature of the movement, or i should say they have misunderstood the nature of the movement. i don't think it is their fault, this is a new kind of movement. this is france's insurrectionary
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past meeting facebook, it is something that is new. what happened yesterday was that it was a sign of the movement becoming more radical. i think many people who support the gilets jaunes did not turn up in paris, the numbers were not big, but those who did were the ones who wanted to have a go. among them it is quite clear that there were many people from organised rioters, the far left and right who make a business out of doing this and wait for the opportunity to come in and latch onto whatever protest is going on. they were professional rioters who were leading at all. but with them there were also gilets jaunes, or yellow vest, protesters of the more radical side who were joining in as well. it all ended and they all went home but what next? will they come back next saturday? already the shopkeepers down avenue kleber who saw their premises wrecked yesterday are worried this
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will be repeated again. maybe next week the police will corden off the avenue kleber as well as the champs—elysees. but then where will the rioters go? they could go anywhere. it is organised in a random way, far from any traditional form of organisation or anything like that, it is organised on facebook and twitter, and the people gather, and it could happen again. briefly, is there any indication from the politicians that they have a sense of how they might peel off the less radical from the radical? i think one hope is that the more radical it gets, the more violent it gets, and yesterday was a paroxism violence, that that will somehow discredit the movement as a whole and we'll see it beginning to disintegrate in a way that perhaps we have seen in the past. i'm not sure that is a good bet. there is broad support in the country for what the gilets jaunes movement stands for and so there is enormous
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pressure on now on president macron to do something more than just offer a form of words, but for example suspend at least the next rise in the fuel tax. parents should not expect schools to police children's eating and exercise, or toilet train pupils according to england's chief inspector of education. amanda spielman will argue that the answer to the obesity crisis lies in the home, and that parents should not it seems that the issue really here is about what you learn, when, and who should teach it to you. things like toilet training, which you may think is obvious how you learn that, but there can be a number of people involved in the child's life and so the responsibility can be shared on a number of issues. in a speech later this week that she will be giving to teachers and social care professionals, she will be making clear what she feels is not
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a school's responsibility. so if we take the issue of knife crime and have a look at some of her speech, she says that she believes the lines of responsibility are getting blurred and while schools can play a role in educating young people about the danger of knives, they cannot be a panacea for this particular societal ill. she will say it is up to everyone to work together to find a solution. 0n the issue of obesity, there have been recently to studies which question the effectiveness of anti—obesity school programmes. she will say that she believes youngsters being overweight, while schools can teach children about the importance of healthy eating and exercise, they cannot take over the role of health professionals and the answer lies in the home and parents should not abdicate their responsibility here. she has particular criticism for parents who send their children to start school in nappies, unable to use the toilet, and she says...
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even at four years old. and she will say toilet training is the role of parents and carers and should not be left to schools. only in the most extreme cases should parents be excused this most basic of parenting tasks. it seems that she feels has happened is overall the burden of responsibility on a range of issues has begun to fall on schools and in response, the department for education is saying that they are giving schools the powers and the resources to keep children safe and healthy. the speech will be delivered later this week. the ministry of defence is understood to have warned service personnel that a russian journalist has been seen acting suspiciously outside a military base in berkshire. a spokesman said the man,
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who works for the moscow based broadcaster, channel 0ne, was picked up by mod security cameras and refused entry. he's denied trying to enter the military base and says he was not acting covertly. the fashion group ted baker has said there'll be an independent investigation into allegations of forced hugging by its chief executive, ray kelvin. staff at the global chain, which employs more than 3500 people, started an online campaign accusing the 62—year—old of verbal, physical and sexual harassment, which he denies. our business correspondent, joe miller is here. what is the rack of this? and an ominous online position until the few days ago and has so far gathered around 2000 signatures. it alleges that ray kelvin, who took ted baker from a glasgow short selling is told toa from a glasgow short selling is told to a global business, has not only engaged female members of staff and
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u nwo nted engaged female members of staff and unwonted embraces but has also asked them to sit on his knee, massage them to sit on his knee, massage them or let him pass as the years and engaged in a lot of sexual innuendo. the person who started the petition also said that when he complained to human resources, they we re complained to human resources, they were told it is what he is like. ted baker has put out a statement saying these allegations are contrary to these allegations are contrary to the values of the company and the ceo, but they did say that hugs have become part of ted baker's culture, even though they are not insisted upon, and then added rae greets many of the people he meets with the hug, be ita of the people he meets with the hug, be it a shareholder, investor, supplier, partner or colleague. they are saying it is normal practice at the firm. thank you. the united states has announced that it's reached an agreement on trade with china after talks at the g20 summit in argentina. president trump met with chinese leader xi jinping and confirmed he will not carry out threats to raise tariffs on chinese goods from 10 to 25%.
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our beijing correspondent stephen mcdonell reports. the world's two most powerful leaders sat down to talk and international trading companies held their breath, hoping for a breakthrough. the relationship is very special, the relationship that i have with president xi and i think it is going to be a primary reason why we will probably end up getting something that will be good for china and good for the united states. translation: it is indeed a great pleasure to have this meeting. it is a manifestation of our personal friendship. only with cooperation between us can we serve the interest of world peace and prosperity. what they came up with was not a suspension in the trade war but a suspension in the escalation of it. for 90 days neither side will impose new tariffs and trade talks will be ramped up. during this period, us tariffs currently set at 10%
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will not be lifted to 25%. in the meantime, china says it will increase imports of american agricultural products by an unspecified amount, as a way of starting to address the trade imbalance. xijinping also offered his american counterpart specific goodwill gestures. he says he is open to reconsidering approving the acquisition of semiconductor company nxp by us giant qualcomm. donald trump had called on china to do more to slow the traffic of powerful opioids into his country, so president xi has pledged he will make fentanyl a controlled substance. meaning its illegal export would attract maximum penalties. both sides now have three months to work out a solution but their differences remain considerable. most analysts don't expect a complete capitulation from beijing. but might china give enough ground
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on international market access on protecting intellectual property for washington to judge that it's better to take this than nothing at all? the headlines on bbc news: environment secretary michael gove says theresa may's brexit deal isn't perfect but is the only choice. labour say they'll call for a vote of no confidence if mps reject the deal and say the government must publish its legal advice tomorrow. there are boos from the public as president macron visits the scene of riots in paris. he warns a state of emergency could be re—imposed in france. and in sport, tyson fury came back from being knocked down twice in his fight with america's deontay wilder
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to draw with the wbc heavyweight champion in los angeles. chelsea are in third place at the moment in the premier league after a 2—1 win over fulham. a goal in each half gave all the poster chelsea while fulham remain bottom of the table. and in their women's soberly, arsenal were defeated 2—0 to manchester city. it ends arsenal's100% start to the season. ends arsenal's100% start to the season. it is 2—1 to spurs. we will keep you updated on all of that in around half an hour's time. more from cathy later this afternoon. a crucial climate change conference, aimed at averting catastrophic levels of global warming, has opened in the polish city of katowice. representatives from nearly 200 countries are attending — and although talks officially open tomorrow, such is the sense of urgency in tackling the problem that negotiators have started work a day early. our environment correspondent matt mcgrath is there and i asked him why this sense of urgency. the last couple of months we've had
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one report after another from scientists all around the world highlighting the urgency of tackling climate change and highlighting also the few years that are left to make a significant difference, but the report in november said that basically the world has 12 years to basically cut its emissions in half if it wants to keep temperatures this century from rising more than 1.5 degrees. that was a very stark message from the scientists and it has galvanised people in the political process. this is the first chance they have had since that report to get together and do something about it and this meeting is starting a day early, feeling the pressure from science but also some pressure from politicians to get on and do something. has the changing attitude in the united states made any difference? i think people here are very conscious that the united states is a major player in tackling climate change but also recognising that president trump is serious about pulling the united states out, so for the next few years they have
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parked that particular issue. it has had some impact on other countries, made them less courageous in their ambition to tackle climate change, but people here are so focused on what they have to do, which is come up with a rule book agreement and how it will work, they have hardly talks much about the united states. that doesn't mean that president trump is far from their thoughts, there will be an event to next week to highlight the importance of fuel the united states will be taking part in. that will draw the ire of many delegates who feel there are other ways of tackling this problem and that coal is a fuel of the past and not the future. a family of swans has been shot and killed in a suspected air gun attack.
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the bodies of five cygnets and their parents were discovered wrapped in plastic bags after they were thrown down the bank of a stream in the kent village of benenden. kent police were called to the scene last sunday and the rspca has launched an investigation. theresa may has backed the metropolitan police over their controversial new tactics for stopping moped—riding criminals. scotland yard released dramatic footage last week showing police vehicles knocking suspects off their scooters. the prime minister said that a robust response was needed to what she described as a growing problem of people using the vehicles to commit crimes such as bag and phone—snatching. three astronauts will blast off to the international space station tomorrow, two months after the dramatic failure of a soyuz spacecraft sent the previous crew hurtling back to earth in an emergency capsule. russia suspended all manned flights after the accident — the first of its kind in over 30 years and a blow to moscow's pride in its space programme. but the soyuz is still the only way for astronauts to reach the space station, which makes space an increasingly rare example of us—russian co—operation.
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our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford reports. and there is lift—off of the soyuz... this was as routine as it gets in space travel. launch number 137 of the soyuz spacecraft, carrying a russian and an american to the international space station. but moments after blastoff, things went badly wrong. these pictures were released after an investigation by russia's space agency found a problem with the rocket booster system. but it's been hailing the soyuz emergency systems, which catapulted the crew back to earth. now a new team are running through their preparations for the launch. this was their final exam, proving they can handle all procedures and any emergency. despite the drama last time, nasa's astronaut says she's ready for her maiden flight. it makes us very focused on what we need to do. i think it's made the whole team refocus
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on the importance of every detail. we're very confident in this vehicle after the incident. russia's space agency boss was confident, too, at this event marking 20 years of the iss. dmitry rogozin outlined bold ambitions in space as he and nasa stressed warm relations despite the cool political climate. i don't see any problem, mr rogozin told me. there is trust. i spoke to president putin about this, and he's glad it's working. the soyuz is currently the only way up to the international space station. a rare example, then, of collaboration between russia and america. both sides say that cosmic collaboration will continue even as relations here on earth become increasingly hostile. russia's proud of its record in space that stems back to the days of cold war competition. the iss united old rivals, but as that project reaches an end and nasa plans a new station to orbit the moon, russia's
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role remains unclear. the space programme makes russia as a great power, and sends a political challenge to the russian federation. because how will we cooperate in post—iss era? but this soyuz will head for the iss, its crew reassured that the aborted launch was the first in 35 years. this was their chance to try their own soyuz ahead of the countdown to blastoff. israeli police say they have enough evidence against prime minister benjamin netanyahu to charge him with fraud and bribery. it would be the third corruption case against the israeli leader in recent months. it's alleged that mr netanyahu gave favourable treatment to a telecommunication company called bezek, in return for more positive coverage of him and his wife sara on a news website. they both deny any wrongdoing.
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the british boxer tyson fury has narrowly failed to take the wbc world heavyweight title from the american champion, deontay wilder. the fight in los angeles was declared a draw: one of the judges gave it to wilder, another to fury, and the third judge scored them level on points. fury returned to boxing only six months ago, after two and a half years out with depression and a doping ban. our reporter ade adedoyin was there. tyson fury will feel like the moral victor tonight because he has been out of the sport for some three years, only had the two fights since his comeback and the two opponents he faced were nowhere near the level of deontay wilder, the wbc champion, and yet tyson fury almost won the fight. it was an incredible performance. he went down twice, the first time with a punch that looked like it was towards the side of the head. the second knock—down was a clubbing right hand, it looked like he was out cold on the canvas, and somehow he got up, dragged himself up and even rallied to look like he hurt deontay wilder towards the end of the round. opinion is really split about this
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fight, many world champions suggesting that tyson fury should have got the decision. former heavyweight champion of the world lennox lewis is here in los angeles, he posted a message on social media suggesting that the wbc champion deontay wilder was a gifted the decision. one thing people are agreed on here is that they'd like to see it again, they would like to see a rematch. both fighters have been asked about it and they said they were open to the idea. anthonyjoshua, of course, had been hoping to face deontay wilder in april at wembley stadium next year. he may have to wait and find a different dance partner for that. a terrific contest which really lived up to expectations. a woman in ohio has had a lucky escape after a car smashed through her bedroom wall while she was sleeping. the impact pushed caitlyn‘s bed across the room but she escaped with just cuts and bruises. it's believed the driver, who lives next door, may have reversed instead of accelerating. now it's time for a look at the weather.
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it has been a candidate across the board, outbreaks of rain across western areas. but in outbreaks were these suites are coming going. it is breezy overnight across southern areas. further north, lighterwinds but that rain will begin to come up across rac call centre west of scotland. abc and to the day across the south and into the night as well. anywhere will see cloud with outbreaks of sherry ranks as the night wears on. it will stay pretty cloudy with further pulses of rain, breezy conditions across england and wales where it will be mild but further north at full—time chilly. across scotland the risk of eyes is to produce that close to freezing. some showers wintry over the scottish mountains. breezy with further weather fronts across
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england and wales, north—westerly winds beginning to set in across the north of the country. the chilly start, watch out for some early ice. they will be showers around over the higher ground but plenty of sunshine and the colder, brighter weather while those in southwards into england and wales as we head into the afternoon. but not reaching south—eastern parts, it will remain mild and cloudy here compared to the north, which will be quite chilly. the cold air wins out during monday night into the early part of tuesday. it will be quite a cold night, probably the coldest night of the week. but it will be a short—lived cold start for england and wales, we are looking at the next poll of mild area moving in with the next weather system. early tuesdayit with the next weather system. early tuesday it will be a cold one. seems like this up and in the country with frost. but plenty of sunshine. it will be a lovely, bright sunny day foremost, early mist and fog clearing away. the northern half of the country should stay dry with the sam throughout the afternoon but for england and wales, clubs will move on from the south—west is the head of this next weather system. we will start to see mild area just getting to the south—west but for most it
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will be chilly. futures are noted and wet and windy across window and wales. some transient hells no across central and northern parts of the country. for wednesday morning, quite a the country. for wednesday morning, quitea grim the country. for wednesday morning, quite a grim morning commute for the eastern side of ingrid. that rain will clear away eventually and it will clear away eventually and it will stay breezy and a bit milder in the south through wednesday afternoon. across the north that stays chilly and bright. scotland and northern ireland having defying, albeit, chilly day. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: environment secretary michael gove says theresa may's brexit deal isn't perfect but is the only choice. labour say they'll call
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for a vote of no confidence if mps reject the deal — and say the government must publish its legal advice tomorrow. teachers must not be expected to act as substitute parents, according to the chief inspector of schools. there are boos from the public as president macron visits the scene of riots in paris — he warns a state of emergency could be reimposed in france. now on bbc news it's click. this week: a special look at tech for disabled people, with hero arms, talking internet, and — all right, who covered the wall with doughnuts?
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