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this is bbc news. the headlines at 5. theresa may is to brief ministers on cross—party talks, as downing street warns mps not to try and block brexit. parliament has not got the right to hijack the brexit process. because parliament said to the people of this country, we will make, we make a contract with you, you will make the decision, and we will honor it. labour's brexit secretary says the prime minister needs to compromise on her deal all, at this stage, she really needs to do is say, i'm not going to go on any more with this mantra that you back my deal or no deal, i'm going to have an open discussion, and i'm absolutely not going to take us out without deal. two people are arrested following a car bomb attack a funeral is held in police describe the attack as ‘unbelievably reckless‘ a funeral is held for auschwitz victims who is remains were handed
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to the british museum more than 20 yea rs to the british museum more than 20 years ago. hello and welcome to bbc news= 7,” theresa may will talk with her cabinet later , before addressing parliament tomorrow on how she intends to break the brexit deadlock. meanwhile, with the uk due to leave the eu on march the 29th, at least one cross party group of mps is discussing how parliament could take control of the process to avoid a ‘no deal‘ brexit. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley has the latest. the clock is ticking, on the 29th of march, as things stand, we leave the european union. and the government is struggling to find a plan for the future that parliament will accept.
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ireland, many tourists stay, remains the main sticking point. the compromise on the backstop that we haven‘t agreed to before, that we could agree to in the future. it's getting an agreement with ireland an alternative mechanism to ensure that we don't get friction across the north and ireland, ireland border. quite what that looks like though, isn‘t clear, and irish foreign minister sounds far from convinced, tweeting, the irish government commitment to the current withdrawal agreement is absolute. and because of the lack of obvious solutions, some mps are worried about us leaving with no deal in the future. and so in the corridors of parliament, they are developing plans to take control. dominic grieve wants mps to be able to put options on the table and parliament, things like postponing our departure date, maybe even a second referendum.
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albeit changing some of the standing orders, to try and ensure the house of commons is a preferable voice in what is without a doubt the biggest crisis in our modern peacetime history. labour is also angry with the government. accusing ministers of refusing to move far enough towards compromise. if the prime minister won‘t move her redline, you can see what‘s going to happen, which is parliament is going to try and take control of the process. that is, that is because people are frustrated with the prime minister, it‘s only happening because of that. i think the next week or two, other options will now be tested when we or another. but that idea and infuriates brexiters in the cabinet, they are out in the uk should leave at the end of march. what we are now getting some of those who were always absolutely opposed to the results of the referendum, trying to hijack brexit and in fact still the result from —— steal. the people. this afternoon from her country retreat and checkers, the pm will update the cabinet
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on her latest thinking. tomorrow, she‘ll be back in parliament to tell mps, but as brexit gay grows ever nearer, the pressure to come up with a plan is only increasing. meanwhile, a cross—part)i group of mps will table an amendment that could extend the date of the uk‘s departure from the eu, if parliament has not approved a withdrawal agreement by the end of february. one of them is the liberal democrat mp, norman lamb, who explained to me what they hope to achieve. i think we recognise there is a significant majority in parliament across parties that recognises leaving with no deal could be disastrous economically, the disruption to the nhs and the supply of medicines for example deeply disturbing. i happen to be chair of the science and ttchnology select committee and i know the science community is incredibly worried about the disruption that could cause — a lot of their funding comes from european funding streams. and the disruption to supply chains and the impact it would have on business. we are elected to exercise
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theirjudgment and i think the public are crying for politicians to work across party boundaries and come up with solutions and the most pressingpriority of all is to stop no deal. this would be a mechanism we are pursuing to allow parliament to ultimately mandate and recquire the government to seek an extension if theresa may has not been able to get a deal through parliament. i suppose what we‘re saying also is that it is an act of choice for the government to leave with no deal. the not have to do it. the cost also in the terms of the motor public spending we‘re committing to planning for no ddal which is just pouring money down the drain. £1 million the department of health has spent on fridges, it is criminal, the waste of money. i think we have to take control and find a mechanism to stop that from
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happening. i take your point that your main aim is to avoid a no deal. isn‘t it ultimately what you‘re describing, plotting to take power away from the hands of the executive and putting it into the hands of the house of commons? there is always a question about the balance of power between the executive and parliament and i think it is no bad thing if the balance shifts towards parliament. ultimately it is a parliamentary democracy and when you are faced with literally a constitutional crisis i don‘t think mps can just stand by and allow us to drift out with all of the disastrous consequences that i have described so i think it is in a sense our duty to find a way of avoiding a disastrous no deal and giving time for alternative ideas to be explored. i favour, for example, using citizens‘ assemblies so we can take it back out into the country
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and engage the country in a discussion about our country‘s future. we are in the really dangerous position at the moment and just drifting out i think has to be stopped and that is why i think this move by mps across parliament is so important. is another referendum in your view a way to break the current deadlock? i would support another referendum, absolutely, because i think if you take theresa may steel for example it is so different to —— deal. what the brexiteers argued was their vision during the referendum campaign. i think it is entirely legitimate to ask the public, is this what you really wa nt 7 after two years of negotiation this is what they have come up with. is this is in the interests of this country would you prefer to stay in the eu? given that theresa may has on the basis of opinion polls support of about 20% of the population, i do not see it is particularly democratic to impose
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that on the people of this country and deny them a voice on the final decision. there‘s been widespread condemnation of a car bombing outside a courthouse in londonderry last night. this morning police said they‘ve arrested two people in connection with the incident. a short while ago police in northern ireland released this cctv footage of the moment the explosion took place. no one was injured, but a nearby hotel had to be evacuated. declan harvey reports. a reckless attack in londonderry, police said. 0fficers patrolling in city centre last night had spotted the suspicious vehicle before a warning was received via the samaritans helpline. police were in the process of evacuating nearby buildings, including a hotel, when the device exploded minutes later. a large church youth group were also being moved to safety at the time.
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local residents said their windows shook with the force of the blast, others were shocked to be so close to such danger. we are all in shock, and shock. very shocked. i thought this was all a thing of the past, but you know, don't really know what to think and be honest. it‘s understood that vehicle was a pizza delivery van that had been hijacked a short time earlier, it was left next to the cities courthouse. in a place where politics can be so divisive, today, political leaders stayed united. there is no justification whatsoever, nothing to be achieved whatsoever from an action such as this. bara coles saying upset and anxiety to the people of... the democratic unionist party leader, arlene foster, called it called it a pointless act of terror, which must be condemned in the strongest terms. clearly, it was a very significant attempt to kill people here in this community last night.
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i must emphasise this bomb was put in a car in a local community, it was dripping through the city, single man jumped out of the car, ran away down the road, and left it here for the people of this community, and the local police have is to deal with. this afternoon, a large cordon remains in place in the city centre. declan harvey, bbc news. an 18—year old man will appear in court tomorrow, charged with the murder of a boy in east london. 14 —year—old jaden moodie was stabbed to death after being knocked off his moped in leyton, earlier this month. police say they‘re continuing to look for four other suspects who fled the scene. does my people and 22 people have been injured in a fire in the ski report the french alps. the blaze broke out in the middle of the night in an accommodation block for resort workers. it took 70 firefighters
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until daybreak to bring the fire under control. more than 70 years after the liberation of the nazi concentration camps, the remains of six unidentified victims of the holocaust have been laid to rest today. the remains belonging to five adults and one child were anonymously donated to the imperial war museum in 1997. 0ur religion editor, martin bashir, reports. we don‘t know if you are male or female... their names are unknown. we don‘t know which countries you came from... the chief rabbi addresses a small casket, containing human bone fragments from the nazi death camp at auschwitz. it could have been anybody in my family. that‘s why, because they never had a burial. i lost grandparents on both sides of my family, i lost grandparents on both sides of family, my i lost grandparents on both sides of my family, my mother lost her parents and grandparents, my father
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lost his entire family. the material was among a number of holocaust related items, donated to the imperial war museum in 1997. but only subjected to scientific testing last month. we sought expert analysis, which was able to confirm that visa where human remains, and infact able to confirm that visa where human remains, and in fact that they came from at least five adults, and at least one child. it‘s critical to bearin at least one child. it‘s critical to bear in mind that amongst this history, what we are really talking about are acts of murder. the findings from humanities darkest hour where quickly shared with the nations chief rabbi. we find exceptional poignancy and the fact that there are six cells that we are burying, each one stands fori million souls who perished. among 1000 mourners, where 3a survivors of the holocaust, who accompanied the casket to the burial
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site. we need a strong reminder such as this to let us know what can result, even within a democratic society, even within a democratic society, even amongst civilized society, if anti—semitism, if racism, go unchecked. quoting the prophet isaiah, the chief rabbi said that the six unknown victims would now have an everlasting name in the presence of god himself. at least nine people have said to die in mexico city. the governor of the state of head alga said that more bodies have been found at the site. the accident happen as crowds of people filled up continues with feel after that pipeline was deliberately ru ptu red after that pipeline was deliberately ruptured by thieves. the un says it believes that 170 migrants trying to
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reach europe may have drowned in two incidents in the mediterranean sea in recent days. a rubber dinghy with one—hundred—and—twenty people on board sank in the sea off the libyan coast on friday. more than 50 people are also said to have died in the waters between spain and morocco. elizabeth throssell from the un refugee agency says more help is needed to stop people making the crossing. i think what we have to remember is we are talking about people, we are talking about individuals at the risk of drowning, what are we going to do let them drown? vital to save peoples lives. that‘s part of international law at sea for example. set up across the mediterranean and these rubber dinghies the rubber dinghy that hundred and 70 people are drown, that‘s a tragedy waiting to happen. how desperate must they be to embark on that kind ofjourney, the rescue
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vessels or not, they will still make that type of journey what we have to focus on is really they don‘t feel that they are absolutely forced to make these desperate journeys, and that means countries working together, establishing safe and legal ways that people who are faring the next fleeing persecution and conflict are able to make the journey safely. in the united states, democrats have rejected president trump‘s compromise plan on immigration , an attempt to end the partial us government shutdown. it is now the longest in american history, affecting some 800—thousand federal workers. david willis reports from washington. from the diplomatic reception room of the white house, team distinctly undiplomatic message, america‘s immigration system is badly broken. iam here immigration system is badly broken. i am here today to break the logic and provide congress with a path
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forward to and the government shutdown. and to solve the crisis. 0n the southern border. shutdown. and to solve the crisis. on the southern border. amongst a package of measures that he knew would prove you resistible too many democrats was an offer of temporary relief for around 1 million immigrants threatened with deportation. but then came the quid pro quo in return for all of this, the president is demanding close to $6 billion to build a wall along america‘s southern border. a project that democrats hate. if we build a powerful and fully designed see—through steel barrier, on our southern border, the crime rate and drug problem in our country would be quickly and greatly reduced. democrats were quick to reduced. democrats were...“s ,!.. 7 reduced. democrats re.“..s ,... 7 the plan a nonstarter, - to brand the plan a nonstarter, and to house speaker nancy pelosi but it thus, what is original in the presidents proposal is not dead. what is that in the proposal is not original. adding later that what we
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didn‘t hearfrom original. adding later that what we didn‘t hear from the president was any sympathy for the federal workers who faced so much uncertainty because of the chaos of the trump shutdown. those workers are now taking to charity food banks and growing numbers. and in order to get them back to where, one side or the other in this seemingly intractable dispute has to blink first. bbc news, washington. the headlines on bbc news... the prime minister is to update cabinet on her talks with party leaders and senior mps on brexit negotiations. two people are arrested following a car bomb attack in londonderry last night. police describe the attack as ‘unbelievably reckless‘ a funeral is held in hertfordshire for six unknown auschwitz victims — whose remains were handed to a british museum more than 20 years ago the authorities in zimbabwe have promised a continued crackdown against protestors, following a week of bloodshed in the country.
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local rights groups say at least 12 people had been killed and many more beaten by security forces — after protests which were sparked by a rise in fuel costs. president emmerson manangagwa‘s spokesman has blamed the polical opposition for the violence. former government advisor, alex magaisa says people in zimbabwe are scared by the situation. i would say that it‘s an undeclared state of emergency. we are aware of people who have died, people are injured, people who have been displaced, we have... essentially from beijing through the areas and centres, people are living in fear. in your view centres, people are living in fear. in yourview and centres, people are living in fear. in your view and the people that you are hearing and who you are talking
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to who is to blame for the situation? what we are seeing with the government of zimbabwe is that it‘s returned to default settings, whereby they blame the opposition for everything that goes on in the country, all of the troubles, they don‘t take responsibility. what is happening is that people... 0pposition, decided that they were unhappy with the fuel price increases, but unfortunately instead of taking responsibly, the government is adding pressure, adding plane on the opposition, and other governmental organisations. and, you sound, and listening to what you‘re saying, rather and, you sound, and listening to what you‘re because - rather and, you sound, and listening to what you‘re because the - rather and, you sound, and listening to what you‘re because the new| rather pessimistic, because the new president after the authoritarian rule of 37 years of robert to move gabi was supposed to herald a new dawn in zimbabwe, wasn‘t he? that was the hope. that was the hope, that was the hope of people
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who are frustrated. unfortunately, . .. he who are frustrated. unfortunately, . . . he was just who are frustrated. unfortunately,... he was just the face of a system, we see this all the time, the system remains, they are still in control. these are the people who made him who he was, these other people who sustained and these other people who sustained and the system. alex mckay south. the duke of edinburgh has been spoken to by the police after he was photographed driving without wearing a seat belt — 48 hours after he was involved in a collision near sandringham. meanwhile one of the women injured in the accident says she‘s yet to receive an apology from the duke. simonjones has the latest. behind the wheel again, prince philip and his new land rover, but somethings missing. he‘s not wearing a seat belt. norfolk police say they have been made aware of these images taken near the have been made aware of these images
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ta ken near the entrance have been made aware of these images taken near the entrance of the estate. the duke insists he‘s been giving suitable words of advice. it comesjust giving suitable words of advice. it comes just days after the along this busy road, and the panic in the confusion, when women feared the worst. and the fairweather was a passenger in a kia driven by her friend with a baby in the back, that collided with prince philip‘s land rover. although his vehicle ended up on its side, he emerged relatively unscathed. she broke her rest. anna fairweather told the sunday mirror, i‘m lucky to be alive and he hasn‘t even said sorry. it has been such a dramatic and painful time and i would‘ve expected more of the royal family. the queen attended church without the duke this morning. the palisade well wishes had been exchanged with those involved in the crash, but anna fairweather said she only received a call from a police family liaison officer saying the queen and the duke of attenborough would like to be remembered to you. she says that‘s not an apology or ols. the she says that‘s not an apology or 0ls. the investigation into this
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crash is continuing. the duke passed the eyesight test morning date night yesterday morning. 0fficers insist they will take any appropriate action if this is considered to be necessary. the palace‘s response to what happened is coming under increasing scrutiny, simon jones, bbc news, sandringham. a man has been charged with flying a drone near heathrow airport on christmas eve. george rusu is accused of using a drone on a field near the runwayjust days after a scare at gatwick grounded more than 1,000 flights. he‘s due to appear in uxbridge magistrates‘ court on tuesday. the number of major retailers warning of financial difficulties has reached its highest level since the economic crash of ten years ago. 38 percent of retailers listed on the stockmarket issued profit warnings in 2018, a year in which a number of big—name brands disappeared from the high street. here‘s our business correspondent, rob young. it's
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it‘s been a truly dreadful year for retailers, new look closed dozens of branches, house of fraser collapsed into administration and had to be rescued. they‘ve gone out of business, toys "r" us shutdown. even for those stories that manage to survive intact, it‘s been a year of pain. according to new analysis, 36 retailers issued warnings about their profits in 2018, that‘s one in three of general retail is listed on the london stock market. and it‘s the london stock market. and it‘s the largest proportion since the financial crisis i decade ago. retailers probably had one of the toughest years in living memory. there‘s a number of things that have been going on that have had weak consumer demand, combined with uncertainty around brexit, which is really weighed on business confidence, and to some extent consumer confidence as well. and as a result, we‘d seen a high number of businesses go into administration or
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undertake radical restructuring. data suggests we become more cautious about spending on 90 just know this, many are offering big gary january discounts than normal, with an attempt to get us through their doors. retailers are braced for a poor 2019, the first few months of the year can be deadly for companies and financial difficulty. they fear the coming weeks may bring more grim news for the high streets. rob young, bbc news. all around the world, scientists are looking for the latest medical breakthroughs to help beat cancer and other diseases. and it‘s often with the help of the very latest technology that researchers make great progress, as our science correspondent richard westcott has been finding out in cambridge. this nobel prize—winning machine is revolutionising health care. to treat a disease, it helps to actually see the parts that‘s going wrong. that‘s where a microscope
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comes in. so if you interject, lots of different ways, from lots of different angles, you can build up a 3d model is that right? that‘s right. 3d model is that right? that's right. by flash freezing at a can take images that weren‘t possible before, and it‘s quicker as well. what what has previously taken decades cannot done and potentially months. 0r months. or even weeks. this microscope at diamond light source is looking at a sample from a sick patient, so scientists can see his ribosomes, they are the tiny nanomachines that help build our bodies, but that‘s when‘s breaking down on thejob. the owner they‘ve gotten closer and closer still, yes. i know this is a bit fuzzy but how about this? com plete bit fuzzy but how about this? complete with troublesome yellow lumber, a protein that‘s meant to break off, but gets stuck, causing a rare but dangerous condition called shortening diamonds and jump.
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it's shortening diamonds and jump. it‘s exciting to have these new technologies, the new microscope facility. in the cambridge lab, professor is using the pictures to professor is using the pictgresicr professor is osing the pictoresio a drug treatment. , , , professor is osing the pictoresio a drug treatment. by. , , about matchin keys for a lock, it‘s about matching up keys for a lock, it‘s about matching up the shapes. yellow next to you literally need to zoom in to hear and see the shape that you‘re trying to find, you are looking for a drug to find, you are looking for a drug to fit that shape? the idea is that we can find a drug that might sit at the interface between this protein and the rest of the ribosomes, so we went to find something that will get into the groove and knock off this protein from the surface of the ribosome. it's from the surface of the ribosome. it‘s so interesting, without the modern technology, a human being looking at the shape of the molecules is still really critical to your work. that‘s absolutely true. to your work. that's absolutely true. you have 10 million trillion little ribosomes machines in your body, when they break down, they been linked to several cancers, looking at their shape should mean scientists can find drugs that can help. bbc news,
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cambridge. let‘s catch up with all the sports news now, and jeanette can bring it to us either. liverpool to four points at the 3—0 when, huddersfield, the when it means they have scored 22 goals in their last four matches, while he had a field, renting ten points from safety, joe linsky reports. this is no ordinary sendoff or i manager. he took huddersfield from second—tier obscurity to the premier league, his was an error i feel it wanted to end. i now league, his was an error i feel it wantn mark and. i now; league, his was an error i feel it wantn markend. i to w; league, his was an error i feel it wantn markend. i to help? league, his was an error i feel it wantn mark and. i to help§ league, his was an error i feel it wantn mark and. i to help“; stay league, his was an error i feel it w. that ‘iark and. i to help“; stay league, his was an error i feel it w< that 1ark and. i to help“; stay league, his was an error i feel it w< that 1ark and. opponents i stay league, his was an error i feel it w< that iark and. opponents for; stay in that division, opponents for manchester city. the champion should have perhaps had a penalty inside 12 minutes. still even then in opener felt inevitable. previous three
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games then huddersfield all season. this one from the nelle though had good fortune about it still, they all count but huddersfield would hold out at one nail for longer than expected. it took more debatable referee calls to bring city the second. sterling this time heading in that leroy that build up isjust outside. there will be few complaints though about city third, this time injust complaints though about city third, this time in just the complaints though about city third, this time injust the right position. remarkably, his finish was there 23rd goal since their last conceded one. it was this teams craft and composure at its best. and for huddersfield fans to see that next season, this new area needs quick results. joe linsky, bbc news. grey and the champions league, we are one step to achieve the cup, we
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have incredible points, i don't know 57 or 56. so there are a lot of points, so we have done so far. every game, teaches us and shows us what you have to do to improve. in the day's other premier league game fulham and spurs are drawing one—all at craven cottage. a fernando llorente own goal gave claudio ranieri's side the lead in the first half. a headerfrom dele alli brought spurs level in the second half. hearts are into the fifth round of the scottish cup after a one—nil win over fellow premiership side livingston. the only goal of the game at tynecastle — came in the 48th minute — sean clare with this super curling finish — to score his first goal for the club sincejoining from sheffield wednesday. well, hearts reward for victory today is a fifth round tie at home to junior side auchinleck talbot. holders celtic will face saintjohnstone at home. ties will be played on the 9th and 10th of february with the full
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draw on the bbc sport website. judd trump is very much in charge of the masters final against ronnie o'sullivan at alexandra palace. trump, in his maiden final, leads 7—1 against the 13—time masters finalist after the first session. the evening session will resume over on bbc 2 at seven o'clock. watching all the action, as she was this afternoon along some of the sports' greats, will be hazel irvine. might escape that many of us had thought. this is ronnie o'sullivan possibly 13th masters final and so far not unlucky for him, but not going his way today. the neck not at all. stephen and i discussed at the site how he is probably the only player at that moment that really believes he can take it to vinyl o'sullivan and finals as well as the other 29th and he proved that today. he was not intimidated at all. he
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did not put like a ball flight 37 minutes, it is a huge leap in the race for ten. he minutes, it is a huge leap in the race forten. he had minutes, it is a huge leap in the race for ten. he had seen massive comebacks in this evenings like this before, but at the can't bask in the printed form to produce one of those? during the 20 that he has been dominant enough that he has when we compared it —— comparative ease. you can always play in one session and got in the comparative —— comparative ease. you can probably explain that in one session and asked that he needs to get after and asked that he needs to get after a tango and is acting at was all one—way, even ronnie 0'sullivanneeds to sharpen up in every department, but it is about the start. —— three per gallon if he has waited eight years, and so are huge composure and he is picked up years, and so far huge composer and huge discipline. not destiny but throughout the week. yes, it will take huge discipline in
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the next before they come back out tonight because he has to type in stipends of thinking that he has done a pain only have to turn up to win tonight, because that is a dangerous way of thinking and the people around him have to be careful what they say. he needs at three my frames to be the masters champion for the very first time. it could be a long or short evening. either way we are in and for the long haul because of this and we are on air at bbc two from seven o'clock. two matches in rugby union's champions cup to tell you about this afternoon. wasps, sitting bottom of pool one, were taking on quarter—final chasing leinster. they were thrashed 37—19 by the reigning champions at the ricoh arena in coventry. leinster will now face ulster at home in the quarter finals. elsewhere bath were beaten 20 points to 17 by toulouse. the teatime news is coming up, including more on a day of shocks at the australian open. you can also find out more on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. chris fawkes has the weather next.
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it has been in and they're fairly chilly day with variable amounts of cloud, but we also saw a little hill snow earlier in the day it working across scotland. you can see sprinkles of snow on the ground. this picture from the dead light grey area. a lot of clouds today but there had been big breaks and we have something of a clearing coming again across scotland and northern ireland. both areas will turn cold overnight with a frost developing quickly this evening and at the same timea quickly this evening and at the same time a week when different brings a strip of crowd. it could be the odd spot of gentle and we'll probably find mist and fog patches as well. otherwise a cold night, probably one of the coldest nights in the winter so of the coldest nights in the winter so far in parts of northern scotland. monday certainly a chair in the air. a fine sunny start from estimates but we with the high crowd moving it was the sunshine increasingly hazy and then a crowd of rain in ( outbreaks and rain and it will be cold enough to see some
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of that that rain turned to snow. another chilly one, temperature and a five or six for most of us. "an unbelieveably reckless act" — police in northern ireland condemn bombers who exploded a device in londonderry. the area around the city's courthouse was evacuated minutes before it went off — dissident republicans are suspected. a highly unstable, crude device that could have detonated at any time. a callous act, a deliberate act against the people of derry. two people have been arrested. also on the programme: with 68 days to go the prime minister briefs her cabinet ahead of a statement to mp5 tomorrow about the next steps on brexit. the duke of edinburgh is seen driving without a seat belt 48 hours after the car crash that injured a woman. and knocked out of the australian open — defending champion roger federer loses to an up and coming 20 year—old.
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good afternoon. there's been widespread condemnation of a car bomb left outside the courthouse in londonderry last night which police have called a "very significa nt" attempt to kill people. hundreds were evacuated just minutes before the device exploded. the dissident republican group , the new ira is suspected of being behind the attack and two men have been arrested. our ireland correspondent, emma vardy, reports. this cctv shows the vehicle arriving outside the courthouse in londonderry city centre. the driver parks up and then runs away. shortly after, a group of youngsters pass by, oblivious. the device detonates atjust after 8pm last night. i thought this was all
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a thing of the past, so it's a bit you know — don't really know what to think, to be honest. this doesn't accomplish anything. it doesn't prove anything. what are they trying to prove? a warning was called in, but police had already spotted the suspicious vehicle some ten minutes earlier and were evacuating the city centre. hundreds of people were led to safety from the busy hotels and bars. today, two men in their 20s were arrested and remain in custody. thankfully the local community and the police service acted bravely together and we got everybody away just in time. but the bomb detonated just as we were leaving the area and it's only by good grace that local people weren't killed. this attack has been linked to the dissident republican group known as the new ira, a proscribed organisation which aims to bring about a united ireland. police say a pizza delivery van was hijacked by two armed men in derry a short time before the explosion. it was a very crude device
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that was placed inside this vehicle, but officers described it as a significant attempt to kill people. scenes like this were once common in northern ireland, but not any more. my message to those whoever they are, who were responsible for this action is to stop, to understand they have no arlene foster called it a act of turret which emma vardy, bbc news, derry. theresa may is holding a conference call with members of her cabinet around now, to discuss how she intends to break the brexit deadlock. the prime minister is due to address mps tomorrow. meanwhile, with the uk due to leave the eu on march the 29th, at least one cross party group
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of mp5 is discussing how parliament could ensure a ‘no deal‘ brexit is avoided. our political correspondent alex forsyth has the latest. it has been five days since theresa may's brexit plan was thrown out, rejected by mps. and while she is working out her neck steps, some on the backbenches had plans of their own. some want to change parliament's rules, own. some want to change pa rliament‘s rules, it's own. some want to change parliament's rules, it's standing orders so mps could be laid the brexit process to stop and no deal scenario. this group of mps is trying to work within the normal traditions of the house, albeit changing some of the standing orders to ensure the house of commons has a proper voice in what is without doubt, the biggest crisis in modern peacetime history. it could change the way this place works, giving backbench mps, not ministers, more
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power to dictate what comes before parliament, shaping policy. some in government claim it is extremely concerning. what we are now getting a sum that will always be opposed to the results of the referendum, to hijacked brexit and steal the referendum from the people. parliament is gridlocked and while some mps want is a pause in the process , some mps want is a pause in the process, some want to get on and leave, deal or not. someone is everything or public vote and some wa nt everything or public vote and some want the prime minister's deal with some changes to be salvaged. changes to the international plan to avoid a ha rd to the international plan to avoid a hard irish border might bring mps round. there should be in agreement that ensures there is no hard border between the united kingdom and ireland. can we achieve what the irish government wants and what we wa nt irish government wants and what we want by a different mechanism? there is no detail of an alternative and the irish foreign minister isn't convinced, tweeting. ..
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labour says theresa may now has to fundamentally shift her position. labour says theresa may now has to fundamentally shift her positionm the prime minister won't move her red lines, you can see what is going to happen, parliament will try and ta ke to happen, parliament will try and take control of the process. that is because people are frustrated with the prime minister. it is only happening because of that and in the next week or so, other options will be tested one way or another. expect further turbulence scenes when the prime minister appears here tomorrow to update mps prime minister appears here tomorrow to update mp5 on her thinking. the battle now isn't just to update mp5 on her thinking. the battle now isn'tjust over what should happen with brexit, but who gets to control it. norfolk police say they have spoken to the duke of edinburgh after he was photographed driving without wearing a seat belt — 48 hours after he was involved in a collision near sandringham. meanwhile a woman injured in the accident says she's yet to receive an apology from the duke. simonjones has the latest. behind the wheel again, prince philip in his new land rover. but something's missing,
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he's not wearing a seat belt. norfolk police say they had been made aware of these images taken near to the entrance of the sandringham estate. the duke, they insist, has been given suitable words of advice. just days ago, the duke's car crashed along this busy road. emma fairweather was a passenger in a kia driven by herfriend with a baby in the back that collided with prince philip's land rover. although his vehicle ended up on its side, he emerged relatively unscathed. she broke her wrist. emma fairweather told the sunday mirror... the queen attended church without the duke this morning. the palace said well wishes had been exchanged between those involved in the crash, but emma fairweather said she only received a call from a police family liaison officer saying, "the queen and the duke of edinburgh would like to be remembered to you". she says that's not an apology or a well wish. and she's concerned just
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days after the incident, the incident, the duke chose to drive without buckling up. the danger of not wearing a seat belt is, if there is an accident, if you are involved in a collision, you are literally going to get thrown around inside the car. that's going to hurt and at the seat belt is there literally to stop that happening. it's going to hold you in place. the investigation into the crash along this stretch of road is continuing. the duke passed the police eyesight test yesterday morning but officers insist they will take any appropriate action if it's considered to be necessary. but the palace's response to what happened is coming under increasing scrutiny. simonjones, bbc news, sandringham. an 18 year—old will appear in court tomorrow, charged with the murder of a boy in east london. 14 year—old jaden moodie was unconscious when he was stabbed to death after being knocked off his moped in leyton, earlier this month. police are still looking for four other suspects who fled the scene. democrats in the us congress have
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rejected president trump's compromise plan on immigration, an attempt to end the partial shutdown of the us government. it's now affected 800,000 government workers for weeks, making it the longest in american history. david willis reports from washington. from the diplomatic reception room of the white house became a less than diplomatic message.|j of the white house became a less than diplomatic message. i am here to break the logjam and provide congress with a path forward to and the government shutdown. and solve the government shutdown. and solve the crisis on the southern border. president trump's offer, temporary relief for a million migrants, his administration had previously threatened to deport. among them the children of people who came here illegally. the so—called dreamers. in return the president wants nearly
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$6 billion to build a wall along america's southern border. democrats say it is a nonstarter. it is about a broken promise that the president made and are clearly false song and dance act that mexico would build a big wall and pay for it. this morning the president had to twitter to say his signature campaign promise would cost less than previous politicians thought possible. building is what i do best, even when money is not readily available. as this stand—off enters available. as this stand—off enters a fifth week, the pain is starting to show. government workers were queueing around the block at this foodbank in washington, dc. queueing around the block at this foodbank in washington, dci queueing around the block at this foodbank in washington, dc. ithink what this really shows is the shutdown is impacting a lot of people. many of the folks we are talking with have never done this before, never had to stand in line for a plate of food. but they are hurting. thank you for showing up. thank you. as we filmed, a woman
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started handing out money. this week, workers will face a second palest payday. from tomorrow, eu citizens in the uk will be able to apply for a new legal status allowing them to continue to live and work here after brexit. the new ‘settled status‘ will cost £65 for adults and be awarded by the home office through online registration. but as our home editor mark easton reports, the system‘s already being criticised. from tomorrow, millions of eu citizens who live in britain, some who have called this home for decades, will be urged to register with the authorities and pay £65, or risk deportation. this man from poland, care worker and the public relations manager from finland poland, care worker and the public relations managerfrom finland have had different reactions to the new rules on staying in the uk. they scan my passports, i need to pay £65. just answer a few questions and
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it is done. i am not going to apply for it. why? i have been here for15 years, i own a house and have two children with my british wives so from that point of view i am settled already. under the scheme, eu nationals resident here continuously for five years can apply for subtle status, to remain in the ukjuly 2021. those here for less can apply for pre—settled status until eligible for settled rights. the rules do not apply to irish citizens. we know most people will find the process easy, but even if 596 find the process easy, but even if 5% of people miss out, but is still nearly 200,000 people. the home office has developed an apt, only available on android phones that allows people with biometric passports to apply for settled status electronically. 3 million eu
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citizens is a big number but they have two one half years in which to go through the process. we have made this a streamlined, straightforward process. the home office does not have a fantastic reputation and the windrush gamble is probably one of the worst. the home office has a better track record on processing applications than you might expect and want but we‘ve won awards for. this school administrator was born in britain to german parents and has lived here all his life. as a german citizen he has £65 to pay to avoid being deported. i was born here, pay taxes and in everything. i feel like lam being taxes and in everything. i feel like i am being penalised because of my nationality from somewhere else, which i don‘t think is fair. nationality from somewhere else, which i don't think is fair. the home office is trying to reassure eu citizens in the uk that they are welcome and value but if freedom of movement goes then their status must change and so will their relationship with the country they currently call home. with all the sport now,
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here‘s lizzie greenwood hughes at the bbc sport centre... thanks very much. good evening. manchester city have kept the pressure on premier league leaders liverpool by narrowing the gap at the top of the table back to four points. city comfortably beat the bottom side huddersfield, who are without a manager, 3—0. leroy sane scoring their 100th goal of the season. meanwhile in the late kick—off, third placed tottenham i‘ve just about to beat fulham 2—1. hearts are through to the fifth round of the scottish cup after narrowly beating fellow premiership side livingston 1—0. they‘ll play giant killers arkinleck talbot next, the pa rt—timers knocked—out ayr united yesterday. holders celtic will face stjohnstone. there‘s been a huge shock at the australian open tennis — where the defending champion and six time winner — roger federer has been knocked—out in the fourth round by the young greek player stefanos tsitsipas.
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it‘s the first match federer has lost at melbourne park for three years. our correspondent david ornstein reports. the disbelief of achieving something you have burly dream that was even possible. stefanos tsitsipas, and named few beyond the world of tennis will have heard of, until now. most expected him to be sent tumbling by roger federer and despite an encouraging first set, tsitsipas was marginally second—best. but then came the start of something special, having grown up idolising roger federer, he soon began to emulate him, levelling the match to swing the momentum. he refused to let go, delivering on the promise that has seen delivering on the promise that has seen him marked out as a future star of the game. whether or not this proves a changing of the guard, it was a breakthrough performance, the first greek player to reach the last eight at a grand slam and if the
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celebrations inside the arena were restrained, they were not outside. roger federer has reigned supreme in melbourne across the sport. but here stood a potential heir to his throne. and there could also be big upset in the all—english final of the masters snooker, where judd trump is thrashing the seven—time champion ronnie o‘sullivan. the first to ten frames wins and trump, playing in his first masters final, will re—start the evening session leading 7—1. and you can follow the snooker on the bbc sport website where there‘s also the latest from england‘s final game of netball‘s quad series. but from me, goodnight. that‘s it. we‘re back with the late news at ten. now on bbc one it‘s time for the news where you are. hello. this is bbc news. cyber crime is costing individual local authorities millions of pounds. it‘s a crime that can affect anybody and is a growing problem for public services like the police,
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local councils and the nhs — which hold vast quantities of sensitive material. ministers say they‘re toughening up their approach to cyber—attacks — but critics believe far more needs to be done. robert cooper has been investigating the extent of the problem. it‘s meant disruption to public services and cost the taxpayer millions of pounds. held to ransom, the sixth form college that paid cyber criminals to release exam work. five days after an international cyber attack, patients in our region's biggest health trust are still facing disruption. cyber criminals and it‘s believed state—sponsored hackers have targeted public services here in the north. so we set out to find out how frequently our councils, nhs trusts and police forces are targeted by this new kind of attack, and just how much
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disruption it can cause. there was no data lost or stolen as such, but the data was encrypted and it was put beyond our reach, so we couldn‘t access files. they asked for a ransom in bitcoin. you know obviously, the national cyber security advised us against paying it but we would never have been in a position to pay it anyway because it would have run into tens of millions of pounds. he says the attack crippled a range of council services. it kind of ground us to a halt for a significant period of time and the collection of town council tax and business rates, we couldn‘t send bills out when people were moving house. we couldn‘t make the relevant changes. so it was a huge inconvenience to the public that we serve
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that was out of our control. we asked all councils, nhs trusts and police forces in the north—east and cumbria how many cyber attacks they‘d had in the last five years. of those that provided figures, more than half — 15 had experienced a cyber attack with a combined in total of 41 attacks. and in that time those public bodies spent more than £5 million on measures such as antivirus software and cyber security training. and this expert at durham university isn‘t surprised by the scale of the cyber threat. the amount of small incidences is very numerous. even small organisations, small businesses having threats and attacks coming their way. as you get to a large organisation or a larger public body, the number of threats is quite significant. so what can be done? this newcastle company advises clients on how to keep the hackers out. much of what people need to do
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is just common sense and a lot of the mistakes that are being made, and it is generally the mistakes being made that make people vulnerable, are pretty elementary. checking security software, checking things are up to date, checking antivirus software and making sure you keep it up—to—date. all these things are pretty basic but really, really important and very, very effective. no minister would speak to us about this, but the government‘s national cyber security centre told us that the uk was taking a bold approach to tackling this issue, making us safer. but, it said we would still need to adapt to future threats. meanwhile, the cyber criminals and hackers will keep on trying to find new ways to outsmart us all. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes another fairly chilly day with
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variable amounts of cloud but a little hill in the day working across scotland. sprinkles on the ground. quitea across scotland. sprinkles on the ground. quite a lot of out today but brea ks ground. quite a lot of out today but breaks across east anglia and south east england and we have something ata east england and we have something at a clearing coming across scotland and northern ireland. both areas turning cold overnight with a frost developing this evening and at the same time our week when different brings a strip of cloud. the eyespot of ge ntle brings a strip of cloud. the eyespot of gentle on that and mist and fog patches as well. otherwise a cold night, could be one of the coldest of the winter so far in parts of northern scotland. monday certainly a chair in the air. a fine, sunny start from estimates but see high crowd moving and which will make the sunshine increasingly hazy many clouds over in the north ( outbreaks of rain and it will be cold enough to see some of that rain to snow. another chilly one, temperatures around five or six for most of us. this is bbc news i‘m rebecca jones. the headlines at six. two people are arrested
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following a car bomb attack in londonderry last night. police describe the attack as ‘unbelievably reckless‘ highly unstable crude device, it could have detonated at any time. a callous act, a deliberate act against the people of gary. theresa may is briefing ministers on cross—party talks — as downing street warns mps not to try and block brexit parliament has not got the right to hijack the brexit process. because parliament said to the people of this country, we will make, we make a contract with you, you will make the decision, and we will honor it. a funeral is held in hertfordshire for six unknown auschwitz victims, whose remains were handed to a british museum more than 20 years ago.
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