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hello. this is the briefing. i'm victoria fritz. our top story: prince philip, the queen's husband, is recovering after a car crash. he was driving and collided with another vehicle and overturned. he was said to be be shaken but unharmed. thousands have ta ken to the streets of khartoum, demanding the resignation of sudan's president. rising from the ashes: one of europe's greatest art schools restored after devastating fires, and revealed in virtual reality. and in business, a stream of new viewers for netflix, but will wall street stay tuned as production costs spiral and competition mounts? also, tax cuts and trade wars. two years on, do voters still trust president trump on the economy? more in the business briefing. a warm welcome to the programme —
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briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. you can be part of the conversation as well. to to want to the one in for of us have a side hostel, apparently people between the age of 2a and 30 are the most likely. we want to know what is yours? get in touch with us. —— hustle. just use the hashtag, #bbcthebriefing. the queen's husband, the duke of edinburgh, has been involved in a car accident in which the land rover he was driving collided with another vehicle and overturned. a statement from the royal family says he is unhurt. two women in the other vehicle suffered minor injuries. the accident happened close to the queen's sandringham estate. it's thought that the 97—year—old duke was pulling out onto the main road when the accident happened.
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caroline rigby reports. it is hard to believe someone could walk away from this unharmed. the royal land rover is on its side, the duke of edinburgh had been at the wheel. lucky impala said he was later checked over by a doctor, who confirmed he had escaped without injury. yet broken glass and a discarded wing mirror were further evidence of the force of the crash. according to one eyewitness, the duke had been conscious but appeared very shop. —— shocked. i saw a range rover on its side, and a lot of glass in the b car and in the hedge. the accident happened on a busy road with lots of fast moving traffic, close to the queen's sending the state. it is understood that shortly before 3pm on thursday afternoon, the duke had been pulling up a private driveway on the road when
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the collision occurred. emergency services onto the scene quickly. two women in the other vehicle were treated for minor injuries in hospital but have since been discharged. norfolk police says it is policy to breath test drivers involved in collisions, both have provided negative readings. the last time the duke and the queen were seen together at a formal occasion was in over at the wedding of princess eugenie. it is 18 months since the duke retired from public life, but he has remained active, spending most of his time either at f. f’i” castle spending most of his time either at j" castle or spending most of his time either at castle or sandringham. both windsor castle or sandringham. both he and the queen enjoyed driving on their estates. april tbsir as at the 2016, at the age of 95, the duke drought the then us president barack 0bama and his wife michelle to qbama and his wife michelle to ~ , ... ~ ,,. qbama and his wife michelle 9 ~ , ... ~ ,,. 999919 999 his wife michelle $9 7 7 77 7 ”7 “7 7 999919 999 his wife michelle $9 7 7 77 7 ”7 gig? i have to = 999999 999 his wife michelle $9 7 7 77 7 ”7 gig? i have to say i i 999999 999 his wife michelle $9 7 7 77 7 ”7 gig? i have to say i have windsor castle. i have to say i have never been driven by duke of edinburgh before. and i can report
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of unhappiness, protests have been reported from six different cities. allahu akbar. 999 ml court on allegations of genocide, but no—one's been able to unseat heavy cost. let's brief you on some of the other stories
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making the news today. the us delegation‘s trip to the annual world economic forum next week, citing the government shutdown, which has now lasted close to a month. he's also postponed a fact—finding mission to afghanistan by his main political rival, nancy pelosi, who leads the democratic majority the african union has the 119er ffifiififilfifiifilg the pulitzer prize and let's turn to our top
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business story today, the streaming giant netflix. it revealed another jump in subscribers and revenues. 91394 9 3119; 9999 69999 g three months of 2018 — taking its total subscribers to 139 million. revenues in the quarter were up 27%. but it seems that the numbers weren't quite enough for wall street, shares fell around 4% in after hours trade. with me is bev shah, co—founder and chief executive of city hive. good morning to you, thank you for coming in. hello. content creators
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netflix, they're spending an awful lot of money in order to get the eye balls lot of money in order to get the eyeballs there, is working?m lot of money in order to get the eyeballs there, is working? it is working and what it has done is it has provided people with the opportunity for undenied binge watching that they seem to want to do, he said content is king, and if these services keep providing us with good viewing, then they are —— we're going to go back to them and you are going to be happy to pay that subscription. there is talk that subscription. there is talk that they are going to put their subscription amount up and! and are big names, i names like attracting big namesrbignames like and-smith, have a ha‘ to; lot 5 ha‘ to; lot of é ha‘ to; lot of the networks in states, lot of the networks in states, lot of this networks in put out bird box, which was a hit. social media actually huge hit. social media actually helped a lot with talking hugely about i a that l helped a lot with talking hugely about. a that i was - of the about it. a that i was one of the people who sat down and watched it
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seeing a lot of social media comment about it, and it was interesting. you mention there that they are talking about price hikes and we have yet to see how that is going to affect the number of subscribers but for lots of people, maybe netflix does not cost so much, at $13 compared to $100 a month he might be paying on cable subscription. however, where they do not have much market share at the moment is in the low income households. —— compared to the $100 a month he might be paying. i think those people have made the decision to come off people and go on to netflix. what netflix does is it allows you to be mobile, if you do not have your own home, that you move around, to just very easily take that's a description on the go. when you sit down and you compare the cost of subscribing to a cable channel or in the uk to sky television for instance, there is a massive margin of difference between the two. —— subscription. you are
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talking if not tens, sometimes hundreds, or if you are taking the premium packages that include movies, sports and all the rest of it. so as long as they keep their content going, i think they can attract more subscribers. 0k, all right, interesting. we are going to be talking a little bit more about netflix a bit later in the papers. i will see you a little bit later on, thank you. a senior north korean negotiator has arrived in the united states as the two sides try to arrange a second summit between kim jong—un and donald trump. south korean reports say kim yong—chol is carrying a letter from the north korean leader to mr trump. he's expected to meet the us secretary of state and the president later on friday. the bbc‘s laura bicker is in seoul. it looks like perhaps we might see maybe a narrowing the differences between the two? well, i think they it comes to the differences between the two, after singapore the agreement was so
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the two, after singapore the agreement was so vague that the two sides did not seem to agree on what they had agreed upon. north korea has been asking on several occasions for the united states to move. they said is up to america to make the first move and they are asking for either a lifting of economic sanctions or other concessions. america, on the other hand, has said repeatedly, on repeated occasions, that north korea march ugliest concrete measures towards demutualisation for those sanctions can be lifted. —— must show. the idea that kim jong youghal, who is the north korea ns's idea that kim jong youghal, who is the north koreans‘s chief negotiator, is on his way to washington, i do not think that kim jong—un would send this level of messenger to washington to meet with the us secretary of state if there was not either a serious offer on the table or serious prospect of a second summit. —— kim yong—chol. the table or serious prospect of a second summit. -- kim yong-chol. is fairly curious timing because it is the same day the donald trump
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unveiled a missile defence strategy, and it underlines that north korea is what he sees as an extraordinary threat. he unveiled that programme just as kim yong—chol was in the air heading towards washington, dc. we have been told that the north korean problem, the fact that they have been stockpiling weapons and have a weapon of mass destruction perhaps capable of reaching the united states, we were told that that was an urgent global problem, an urgent global threat when donald trump took power, and since then he has made it one of his foreign policy priorities but since singapore, there has been the seven—month when the two sides have seemed to stare at each other down and unable to overcome their differences. in donald trump has seemed to be in a rush, he has not taken the fact that north korea is not firing weapons as a victory. they have been efforts to try and
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reduce tensions at the border between the two sides and there has been more interaction between north and south korea, so there does seem to be some kind of attempt by the north korean leader to reach out, and whether or not he is very serious about giving up his weapons, thatis serious about giving up his weapons, that is something that analysts really do not believe. 0k, thank you very much. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: (tx 00v + vamp) —— stay with us on bbc news, still to come: find out a little later. donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. he was sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. it's going to be only america first — america first. demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his rebel cricket team were attacked with tear gas and set upon by police dogs. anti—apartheid campaigners say they will carry on the protests
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throughout the tour. they called him 'the butcher of lyon'. klaus altmann is being held here on a fraud charge in bolivia, but the west germans want to extradite him for crimes committed in wartime france. there, he was the gestapo chief, klaus barbie. millions came to bathe as close as possible to this spot, a tide of humanity that's believed by officials to have broken all records. you are watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: thousands take to the streets of the sudanese capital, khartoum, demanding the resignation of president 0mar al—bashir. the duke of edinburgh is uninjured after being involved in a car crash near the queen's sandringham estate. the french government has unveiled its plans for managing
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the impact of a no—deal brexit. the prime minister, edouard philippe, said 50 million euros were being invested in preparing french ports and airports, as there were strong fears that britain would leave the eu without an arranged withdrawal. 0ur correspondent lucy williamson has been to calais to see what is happening with the preparations there. eurotunnel is used to the pressures ofjust—in—time manufacturing. ten weeks before brexit, it is starting work in calais on a new site for extra checks on lorries after march. a multimillion—pound insurance policy, with space for a few dozen vehicles. no point in building more capacity, the company says, until it is clear what the future looks like. we're kind of in a period of limbo, where we have to do something, because by doing nothing, we're trying to, you know — that's just forgetting there's a problem.
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but where we want to be is somewhere much more advanced than the systems that are in place today. building work at the eurotunnel site here has onlyjust begun. the company says it will be ready, but the new system will rely on the efficient cooperation of thousands of companies and customs officials each day, and it is notjust infrastructure that takes time to prepare. at the moment, the only customs searches are spotchecks, :9299’ 9399nee’9e99 9:9— 9 9 99 9—9— — 9 — facilities. so obviously it means we won't be able to perform all the controls we are supposed to perform. ministers have been working on no—deal plans since april, and if britain can't pass the withdrawal agreement, the europe minister told me
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there are only two options left. either there is no deal, or there is no brexit. we are preparing for the option of no deal, not because we like it, but because we had a brexit by accident. there could very well be a no—deal by accident as well. in calais, they still don't know what they're preparing for. but people involved in the discussions have privately suggested that both sides will keep traffic moving across the channel after brexit, even if that means simply waving lorries through. here is our briefing on some of the key events happening later. we start in sweden, where more than four months of political gridlock might be coming to an end. in the next few hours, members of parliament will vote on a new prime minister, and it is likely to be the old one. stefan lofven has struck a deal that
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should see him returned to office. next we head to poland, where thousands are expected to take part in a procession following the coffin of pawel adamowicz, the gdansk mayor who was stabbed to death at a charity event. he is being taken to the city's main cathedral ahead of his funeral on saturday. and finally, thousands more will be in attendance at the march for life protest in washington. the event, which takes place every year, is organised by anti—abortion campaigners. now it is time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm chetan pathak, with friday's sport briefing. we start with a sensational finish in the nba's annual visit to london, where the washington wizards scored in the final second of the match to beat the new york knicks by a single point. the knicks were 19 points ahead at one stage, and led right up until the fourth quarter. but the final moment saw washington turn the match around completely, when they were awarded two points here for goaltending, the wizards racing off to celebrate. they knew victory was theirs, and after a video review, the knicks defence was found to have illegally stopped the ball from dropping in.
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99 it fini9h99 1991991999 japan made it three wins out of three at the asian cup as they finished top of group f. japan had to come from behind to take the victory. yoshinori muto scored with his head just three minutes after uzbekistan had taken the lead. and, with half an hour to play, tsukasa shiotani smashed in this spectacular goal from distance to earn the three points. the last—16 matches start on sunday. in spain, the holders, barcelona, are through to the quarter—finals of the copa del rey after overturning a first—leg deficit against levante in their last—16 tie. barca were 2—1 down from the first match, but 0usmane dembele scored twice in a minute in the first half at the camp nou,
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to put the holders ahead in the tie for the first time. lionel messi added a third early in the second half, as barcelona won 3—0 on the night and 11—2 over the two legs. ireland's shane lowry will begin his third round at the abu dhabi championship with a one—stroke lead after he shot a second—round 70. lowry, whose last tournament win came in august 2015, couldn't match his stunning 10—under—par opening round, but he recovered from two early dropped shots to card four birdies and retain his lead. i made a great up—and—down on the third hole four 0d, and i think that kind of kickstarted me. i was pretty much hitting the ball decent after that. i gave myself a lot of chances, i didn't convert as many as
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i would have liked, but you know, i am pretty happy to shoot 70 and be in the lead going into the weekend is always nice. and before we go, it is not every day you see this at a football training ground. believe it or not, this is not spider—man. it is actually leicester city strikerjamie vardy, he who heroically won the english premier league, of course, in 2016. he thought he would surprise the squad as they prepare to play wolves on saturday. and who knows — he might impress some watching hollywood producers, too. you've got to think about your career after football. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that is bbc.com/sport, including the latest from day five of the australian open tennis, where rafael nadal and angelique kerber will be among the big names in action on friday. but from me, chetan pathak, and the rest of the team, that is your sport briefing. the world—renowned glasgow school of art suffered two devastating fires in the space of four years. lastjune the iconic building, designed by the architect
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charles rennie mackintosh, was gutted while it was still being rebuilt after a blaze in 2014. now, new virtual reality images have been released showing what the restoration will look like. 0ur reporter lorna gordon has been speaking to the new director about her vision for the school's future. it was a building that was distinctive and defining to glasgow, but just over six months distinctive and defining to glasgow, butjust over six months ago, the macintosh building at the glasgow school of art was engulfed in fire for a second time —— mackintosh. now, shrouded in scaffolding, this is what remains. you could see part of it from here, and it's much more expensive than last time, of course, that's true. a large part of the internal structures are gone. these pictures taken shortly after the second - show the pictures taken shortly after the second show the of the second fire show the extent of the damage. hints of the damage9 hintsof the wetldtrenewnedl
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drawing, that it contained. virtual ng, that it contained. virtual augmented ontained. virtual augmented reality d. this virtual augmented reality created using scans, archive images and film. jane, i think it is amazing, what you can do with the art, the technology, the digital technology, especially obviously because of what happened. especially because of what happened. especially because of what happened. especially because of the art school fire. what kind of reaction have you had? it's actually very poignant. the people from the archive were some of the first people to see it and they were moved to tears because they were seeing a studio space in the mack building that didn't actually exist any more. some have been critical of the way the institution handled the aftermath of the fire. the new director of the school said communication could have been better. looking forward, she wants a rebuilt mack to stay faithful to the original, and for the community to play a part. we feel we have an absolute duty and responsibility, for educational purposes, but also for educational purposes, but also for the world, for glasgow and for the world, to bring that building
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back. and this is the building that was designed to be here, and this is the building that will stay. determined that the mackintosh building will one day take its place in glasgow's skyline again. stay with me on bbc news. i'll be back with the business briefing in just a few moments. we will have more on netflix, most of it content is now funded by debt —— most of its content. and tell me what you think about our talking point today. side hustles, i am enjoying the tweets on the hashtag. we have a primary school teacher, mark pearson, who is hiring out photo booths and has managed to raise a deposit for a house as a result of the money coming from that. let us know your thoughts. use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. hello there. it does look like we
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are stuck with this cold weather for the foreseeable future, and it's really cold and frosty out there in many places right now. not everywhere, because as a weather front coming in from the atlantic bringing more cloud, bringing with it some rain, but it is moving into the cold as there will be some sleet and snow, mainly over the hills. ahead of that, widespread frost for scotla nd ahead of that, widespread frost for scotland and england. temperatures down to minus seven and there will be some icy patches following those earlier showers. here is our main band of cloud, though, coming across northern ireland in the western part of england and wales and scotland, bringing some rain, some sleet and snow over the hills of wales, the cumbrians fels, the pennines, the southern uplands, but potentially for a short while at low levels as well for the midlands and the west country. further east, this is where it is coldest and most likely to be dry but it will not be as sunny as it was on thursday. we won't have that northerly wind either. throughout this weekend we keep the cold theme going. a lot of places
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moving into scotland and northern ireland. still cold, typical temperatures around six degrees. as we move into next week we've got more weather fronts coming in from the west and stopping in the uk. bringing the chance of some sleet and snow. it is staying cold, and we mightfind an and snow. it is staying cold, and we might find an easterly wind picking up. belle, this is the 9 i'm sally bundock. a fan-£2»; 5:5 5&2; isiff 557— 91254552; and competition mounts? plus, the markets. asian shares rising on hopes of an easing of trade tensions, after press reports that the us treasury secretary is pushing to lift tariffs on chinese goods, despite the treasury appearing to deny this.
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