tv The Papers BBC News February 12, 2019 11:30pm-12:01am GMT
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we will do is see some dry air what we will do is see some dry air moving in the near continent to many parts of the uk, and that should help melt away the cloud across scotla nd help melt away the cloud across scotland and northern ireland. so it is looking like thursday could potentially be the sunniest day of the week, including the far north—west, as well as these weather front are kept out in the atlantic. the temperatures respond well, with lighter winds, more sunshine around and we could be looking at temperatures reaching 12 to maybe iii celsius. and it stays very mild, with plenty of sunshine to end the week and into the weekend, with a few spots potentially touching 15 celsius. hello, this is bbc news with clive myrie. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment with our reviewers kate andrews and lance price. first, the headlines: joaquin guzman, the notorious mexican drug lord known as el chapo, has been found guilty on all ten counts in his drugs trafficking trial in america. this conviction is a victory for the american people who have suffered so long and so much while guzman made billions, throwing poison over
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our southern border. tributes have been paid to gordon banks, one of the greats of football, famous for this save against pele, who's died at the age of 81. asa as a goalkeeper, you know, he is up there one of the best of all time, you know, in that era and in the modern—day era. theresa may has updated mps on her latest brexit plans, and she's denied accusations she's simply running down the clock to force mps to back her brussels deal. it's emerged that an nhs nurse who died last week was told six times by the health service that she didn't have cancer. and in an exclusive bbc interview, the venezuelan leader, nicolas maduro, has called donald trump's government a gang of extremists and blamed the us for his country's crisis. hello and welcome to our look ahead
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to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kate andrews, news editor at the institute of economic affairs, and political commentator lance price. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the metro says theresa may was accused of lying and blackmail by mps, as she delayed another crunch brexit vote. leading with the same story is the daily express, with the headline "secret brexit plot exposed in a hotel bar", they claim there's brexiteer fury as the uk chief negotiator allegedly let slip "back may or face delay". the guardian says the home office has come under fire for sending asylum seekers back to zimbabwe. the financial times leads with "saudi arabia's worldwide quest for gas and oil," saying the country plans to develop an international energy exploration. the bank of england chief,
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mark carney, says brexit can kick—start golden era of trade, that's according to the telegraph. and the i reports on how universities are having to cut staff as they deal with huge budget deficits. it says 8,000 staffjobs were lost in the past year. the sun remembers goal—keeping legend, gordon banks, headlining "he had the whole world in his hands," and also paying respects to the world cup winning goalie. the mirror pays a poignant tribute, "the hero who could fly." we are going to start with brexit, the metro, pm accused of blackmail, branded liar and angry clashes after the latest vote, there is a growing sense of frustration one could say among mps that they are not really getting the chance when they want to
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to vote on her deal. yes, and i think mps in all parties are being increasingly frustrated that they are promised a vote and it is put off and they are promised a vote and it is put off and they are promised a meaningful vote, and they it doesn't change the weather and it boiled over today in the house of commons with some fairly abusive language being thrown at the prime minister england in being called a liar which is not parliamentary language. you are supposed to find another way to express your belief that perhaps the prime minister isn't being entirely... maybe being economical. yes, so the parliamentary leader of the scottish national party had to withdraw that particular remark but i think that is going to get worse and worse. i think the tension is going to increase as we get closer and closer to that deadline. and as mp5 feel frustrated, frustrated that they think they are being played by the prime minister, and forced into a
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last—minute decision between the devil and the deep blue sea when they don't want to vote for either of those things. and frustration actually that they themselves, whichever version of brexit or opposition to brexit they happen to support, are not able to muster the majority for their view. so there is a sense of frustration that parliament itself is failing to measure up parliament itself is failing to measure up to the scale of the decision that has to be taken. sure. kate, is it a given that if we get to within one week of having to leave the european union on march 29, so, i don't know, march 20th, we get there and there has to be a vote, is it a given that all those mps are going to vote for the deal and not vote to leave with a no deal? no, not in the slightest. so this is a dangerous game. deal? no, not in the slightest. so this is a dangerous gamelj deal? no, not in the slightest. so this is a dangerous game. i think there is a chance that quite a few mps are looking for an excuse to be able to vote for a deal, who felt they had to push back on it because
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their constituencies felt that way for a host of reasons because actually the backstop isn't the best position for the uk to be in. after we leave. it is not obvious at all that if she runs down the clock she will get her way. it really does risk and no—deal brexit. there is no question about that. i completely agree with lance. there will be frustration. the tension has been rising for a while. it started back in decemberwhen we rising for a while. it started back in december when we were promised the meaningful vote and it was kicked down, the can was kicked down the road for a month. so when she promises new votes, motions, amendments, no—one believes is coming to the table right away. there are weeks to go now so that does create a lot of tension and hostility. they have their own contacts hostility. they have their own co nta cts in hostility. they have their own contacts in brussels and they talk to people. they are well aware of the fact that the eu isn't engaging ina the fact that the eu isn't engaging in a meaningful renegotiation of the withdrawal agreement or anything substantive. so they treat...
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whether they think she is a liar or not, they treat her words with a lot of circumspect. 0k, not, they treat her words with a lot of circumspect. ok, so, bearing that in mind, that mps have their own contacts, they watch bbc news, maybe some of the other channels as well, they watch bbc news and get a sense brussels is making it clear they are not going to budge on this. who is she trying to convince? is it the public? above the mps, in the sense that if it does end up being a no deal, the mp5 get the blame and not her? there is certainly an element of that. i think the public will struggle to forgive mps who, after two and a half years of having one job, couldn't get brexit over the line, couldn't get a deal over the line. there is an element of that. i would be more cautious to say all of the contacts in brussels will know the contacts in brussels will know the eu's negotiating position. they are very good negotiators. while it doesn't seem they are willing to bad right now they want £39 billion, you know, they want a divorce deal, sol still think the prime minister and
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her team know more about the negotiating situation than the backbench mp. i do take your point. they feel like negotiations are stale and stagnant and they know that time is running out. stale and stagnant and they know that time is running outlj stale and stagnant and they know that time is running out. i think theresa may is playing for the votes that count and they are in the house of commons, it is mps she is trying to influence, which is why for a long time she was trying to convince brexiteers that the alternative was staying in the eu and they had to support her deal and try to convince the other side that the alternative was no deal. and there was a period towards the end of last year when there was some public sympathy for theresa may for sticking to her guns and her dogged determination and the rest of it. i think that is ebbing away fast. the front of the daily express, secret brexit plot exposed. maybe this is why we are seeing the votes delayed because of the idea back may orface votes delayed because of the idea back may or face a delay on brexit. you don't need contacts in brussels, you need to sit in a bar to get the script, which is mrs may says a
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senior official, really the top official, when it comes to brexit negotiations, has been overheard to have said that the options mps will have said that the options mps will haveis have said that the options mps will have is the revised divorce deal many mrs may's divorce deal with some amendments oi’ many mrs may's divorce deal with some amendments or the elongated brexit, extension of article 50, meaning the uk won't leave on march 29, very much kicking the can down the road. this will cause mps to celebrate thinking mrs may doesn't really mean it when she says no deal isn't off the table. but it will infuriate meaningful backbench mps who are very eurosceptic who would prefer no deal to a lot of other outcomes. she needs them on board to get a deal through. so this will create a lot of problems behind closed doors for her. adding to that level of distrust. yes, k. let's move on. this is an interesting take on the brexit debate. front of the daily telegraph, carney slops fea rful vote. daily telegraph, carney slops fearful vote. the bank chief says brexit can kickstart golden era in
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contrast to earlier warnings —— swa ps. contrast to earlier warnings —— swaps. if you move from the brexiteer newspaper to the financial times, same speech, same bank of england governor, no change there, it wasn't a doppelganger, it is the same thing, but it is a completely different take, the financial times area different take, the financial times are a remainer paper, carner says brexit offers acid test for global trade as no deal dangers gather. yes, mark carney is fairly measured normally in what he said and has to balance the benefits to the economy with the possible disadvantages to the british economy of the various brexit scenarios and all the rest of it. so it is fair to say i guess that you can read different things into what he says from time to time. although i think it is really interesting of the daily telegraph to thing he has changed his spot because we are used to him issuing coded warnings about the dangers of a no—deal brexit and sometimes any brexit at all and the impact on the
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british economy. so the idea that he has suddenly become a supporter of the idea of britain escaping from the idea of britain escaping from the chains of the eu, and also at one point in the telegraph's version of the story he sounded almost like jeremy corbyn where he seems to be describing the system that we have at the moment with these large trading blocs like the eu as helping to perpetuate inequalities and lack of democracy, trust in financial imbalances and all the rest of it. he did say those things. presumably we haven't had the benefit of reading the speech. you have to be there to be honest. sadly neither of us were. there to be honest. sadly neither of us were. i suspect, not having read it, i suspect he probably opened with a few hopeful remarks you know, giving the brexiteers the bell, the possibility that free trade deals are good. you're so cynical. he knows they are good, he has to admit that and then maybe he had a big "but" and
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that and then maybe he had a big " but" and he that and then maybe he had a big "but" and he went in with some of the protectionist thing is that as you point out have a ring ofjeremy corbyn to them. yes of course, if you're a newspaper editor, one side of the fence or the other, you are going to find whatever backs your narrative. you don't normally have... such a stark divide. you don't normally have such a studied ambiguity that is possible to interpret something in such a stark difference. studied ambiguity... which also would suggest mark carney doesn't have a spin doctor so that people interpret his words properly. you should be in the commons. you would have found a phrase for "liar". laughter. 0k, would have found a phrase for "liar". laughter. ok, the guardian, interesting story this, kate, zimbabwe in the headlines because the home office is underfire for sending asylum seekers back to that benighted country. horrific story, so benighted country. horrific story, so the home office has been trying to accelerate deportation since robert mugabe was removed from power in november 2017 but they are talking about deporting people who in some cases have been in the uk for over ten years. and these are
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people who it seems were legitimately trying to claim asylum, they were under threat, under arrest, under attack in their home country for in one case here simply putting comments out online that we re putting comments out online that were not in support of robert mugabe. even worse, the tactics of the home office are extremely questionable and arguably inhumane. one woman who has been in the uk for six years, has a light he was told she was attending an interview at the home office, walked in and ended up the home office, walked in and ended up speaking to somebody in her native language and was essentially told that they were looking to move back to zimbabwe. so possibly even threatening. and i think we all of the brexit talk and immigration being such a staple of those talks, we have yet to truly tackle the hostile environment that has been entrenched into the home office, and let's be honest, a lot of that was done under the current prime minister. and sajid javid the home secretary setting a lot of fires. he did a good job on windrush, bringing
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medical cannabis to the uk but it is all under fire, medical cannabis to the uk but it is allunderfire, under medical cannabis to the uk but it is all under fire, under attack. we need to get to the root of the problem. this is inhumane practice. it doesn't matter what you think about immigration policy going forward. treating people who have light he who have been here for ten years, to treat them with deportation now is fundamentally wrong. yes, some would argue that the home office is backsliding a little bit on the whole windrush issue. is that what we are talking about here, lance, this is part of that so cold hostile environment policy to get the immigration numbers down. it is certainly part of it, and also to make it clear that britain, in their view, certainly not mine, that britain isn't a soft touch for a asylu m britain isn't a soft touch for a asylum seekers. but i think it is extraordinarily hasty to think so soon after mugabe's departure that the country has changed sufficiently to think it is a safe country to send people back to. i think that is ma nifestly send people back to. i think that is manifestly not the case where we are
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now, and i think sajid javid will be looking at this very seriously because it does cast a blight over britain's reputation in these issues although it is a blighted reputation already, and all power to the guardian for pushing these stories as strongly as they do, because this sort of story doesn't sell newspapers but it is important that people hear about it. they have been very hot on the hostile environments issue at the guardian, reporting over there. the telegraph, this is an interesting story. trams manned flights to be a father. —— trans. yes, a trans man who was born a woman has decided to transition to becoming a man, has become pregnant, underwent fertility treatment, became pregnant, has had a baby, and wa nts became pregnant, has had a baby, and wants legally to not be declared the mother on the birth certificate form. and we don't know exactly what he wants, to be declared as person
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or as he wants, to be declared as person orasa he wants, to be declared as person or as a father, but there are questions about his rights as a trans man to identify as he wants, but also to that baby's right to know how they came into the world and who their mother and father are. soi and who their mother and father are. so i think it will be interesting to watch, but as we discussed in the first half, this is one of those stories that a lot of people will feel, well, it's a very particular... it's a difficult one to reconcile with, but it doesn't really represent what most of the trans community is going through, because most of the trans community is looking for a acceptance, a sense of self—worth, and to be helped by their community to live the life they want to live. and this is very, very particular, this story. and perhaps we can't use it to overlook the genuine plight that trans people go through and the support that they deserve. and from this man's point of view, the ultimate expression of who he is would be to be able to put on that certificate that he is a man. i think the most important
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thing for him, perhaps, ought to be his own identity, and his right to be recognised within that identity. whether or not the birth certificate of his child is the best way of expressing that, i don't know whether that is particularly clear. and whether or not deciding to have this legal battle actually does the cause of the trans community a great deal of service, because clearly it isa deal of service, because clearly it is a red rag to a bull for those people who want to reopen all the arguments about whether or not trans people really have the right to be recognised in their new sexual identity. so it is a very, very difficult one. i think it is absolutely right that the rights of the child, when he or she grows up, are absolutely fundamental, but it doesn't mean to say that they won't be able to have this explained to them when they are old enough to understand. a quick look at the i,
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universities cut staff. we are all thinking that these universities are running around in jacuzzis thinking that these universities are running around injacuzzis of cash. clearly not the case, universities cut staff as cash crisis deepens, 8000 jobs lost in the past year. obviously some parts of the sector are suffering very severe financial difficulties, for a variety of reasons. it is a complex pattern. racks at plays a bit of a part in it, as it seems to injust racks at plays a bit of a part in it, as it seems to in just about every story we discussed —— brexit. there is also the end of the generation going through the university sector, so there is a smaller number of home—grown students, if you like, and it is not clear from the headline exactly which universities it is and whether it is particular courses where it is causing a problem, whether they are just badly designed courses or badly run universities, and they tried to tie the story and with the
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controversial issue of how much university lecturers ought to be paid, and vice chancellors, and so on. and for a story about education they managed to miss spell the word institution, on the front page. they managed to miss spell the word institution, on the front pagelj they managed to miss spell the word institution, on the front page. i am sure they appreciate knowing that. on to the times, twin peaks, why you are most happy at 16 or 70. there is are most happy at 16 or 70. there is a new study which claims that you reach peak happiness at age 16 or age 70, and they have tracked people recording anxiety and happiness, and decide to quit uptick in your early 20s, basically adult hood is a pretty miserable period for people. and it turns around that age 51. and we we re and it turns around that age 51. and we were debating in the green room, it is because income, is because of life experiences. to be honest i think it is a bit silly. what 16—year—old feels happy confident in themselves. i am envious, that
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wasn't me or my friends at 16.“ you miss out at 16, you have to wait until you are 70, that is a long time to wait. that is a long time to wait until other bus comes along. time to wait. that is a long time to wait until other bus comes alongm has to be nonsense, it is absolute nonsense. it is life events which determine whether or not you are happy or not. if you are supposed to suddenly get happy after the age of 51, tell that to someone who is made redundant at the age of 52 and looks at the job market and can't find anotherjob. bunkum, mr editor of the times, apologies for that. not bunkum, though, the front page of the daily mirror. gordon banks, 1937- 2019, the the daily mirror. gordon banks, 1937— 2019, the hero who could fly, and there he is making that save against brazil in that 1970 world cup final against brazil in that 1970 world cupfinal in against brazil in that 1970 world cup final in mexico, a national hero. absolutely, and i raise the question at the end of our last review why he wasn't sir gordon
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banks, but i did know the answer, andi banks, but i did know the answer, and i check it seems, but he was unaware of it because he there was a very alive campaign to get him that night at and sadly he has died before he could be recognised in that way, the icon that he was in british sport. absolutely. we will leave it there. thank you so much for coming in. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it is all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, kate andrews and lance price. goodbye. good evening. i'm katherine downes, with your latest from the bbc sport centre. manchester united's unbeaten run under ole gunnar solskjaer came
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to an end as they were beaten 2—0 by paris st—germain in the first leg of their champions league last—16 tie. despite no neymar or edinson cavani, psg pulled away in the second half at old trafford. presnel kimpembe volleyed in the first with kylian mbappe sliding in the second, set up by former united winger angel di maria. united's misery was compounded by paul pogba's late red card, too. in the night's other champions league tie, it finished roma 2 porto 1. there were five games in the championship this evening, and west brom needed a last—minute penalty to draw with nottingham forest. the baggies would have gone third with a win, but ryan yates scored after a long throw to make it 2—1 to forest. there was still time for some drama, though, as the referee awarded a penalty after dwight gayle appeared to dive, and jay rodriguez found the back of the net for a 2—2 draw. the result means west brom remain in fourth whilst forest are in ninth. in the night's other games, there was a much needed win
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for bolton, moving themselves closer to safety with a 1—0 win over birmingham. bristol city beat qpr, rotherham fought back from 2—0 down to draw with hull, while it was goalless between millwall and sheffield wednesday. the result of the night in league 2 came at oldham, where paul scholes made a brilliant start to his career in management. they beat yeovil 4—1 at boundary park. the win lifts them up to 11th in the table. tributes have been paid today to gordon banks, who has died at the age of 81. he was england's goalkeeper when they lifted the world cup for the only time in 1966. brazilian legend pele, who banks famously saved from at the 1970 world cup, called him a goalkeeper with magic and a fine human being. banks's only domestic honour was a league cup with stoke city in 1972. their current keeper is jack butland. you ask anyone about gordon and they
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will tell you, you know, first and foremost what a great person he was, and just what a gentleman he was, and just what a gentleman he was, and hejust and just what a gentleman he was, and he just had and just what a gentleman he was, and hejust had a and just what a gentleman he was, and he just had a way of cheering people up and making people happy. over the last few years i've gotten to know gordon really well, invited me to his home, meet his family, and talk about everything from the world cup to defending corners and god knows what else. so for me it's got a little bit of an extra... an extra bit to it, knowing him fairly well, which is an absolute honour for me. england beat the west indies by 232 runs to win the third and final test in st lucia. captain joe root top—scored with 122, while mark wood and moeen ali produced some brilliant bowling. but it is just a consolation win. west indies had already won the series. former england captain sir alastair cook gave his reaction on the series to our cricket correspondent jonathan agnew. i think this could be a bit of a turning point for the english side,
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certainly the way they batted, the way they adapted to these conditions, we were kind of crying out for it in antigua and they didn't quite get it right. whether they were trying to get it right, we don't know in terms of what they we re don't know in terms of what they were trying to do, but in this game they delivered that. west indies bowler shannon gabriel has been charged with a breach of the icc code of conduct following his clash withjoe root. the england captain has been seen responding to a comment from gabriel by saying, "don't use it as an insult. there's nothing wrong with being gay." the charge which was laid by match umpires will now be dealt with by match refereejeff crowe. there has been a huge blow for england's rugby union side with the news that prop mako vunipola has been ruled out of the rest of the six nations with an ankle injury. he has been one of the standout performers for england so far in the championship, but suffered ligament damage during the win over france on sunday. he is expected to be out for ten weeks. coach eddiejones said it was very disappointing, but it provided an opportunity for the team to grow. exeter‘s ben moon and ellis genge of leicester could replace him. that's all your sport for now.
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goodnight. hello there. it has felt very springlike the last couple of days, and it is set to continue, in fact, much of this week temperatures will be well above the seasonal norm. that's because we've got a big area of high pressure over the new continent drawing up this mild air. from the south the weather fronts will plague the north and west of the country over the next few days, potentially bringing a little bit of light rain. but that is the orange colours sweeping up to our shores from iberia. it really will feel extremely mild over the next few days, and for many of us try as well, feeling warm with the sunshine. so we continue with the cloud across many western areas tonight. could see thick enough to produce outbreaks of light and patchy rain across western scotland, developing across the north of scotla nd developing across the north of scotland towards the end of the night. further south it is a largely dry one, with clear spells. it will turn quite chilly in a few places, maybe a that of mist and fog warming as well. so tomorrow it is going to
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bea as well. so tomorrow it is going to be a largely dry and a bright start for much of england and wales. more cloud the further north and west that you are. again, a little bit of light rain and drizzle over some western hills. at the north—east of scotla nd western hills. at the north—east of scotland doing pretty well with some shelter from the south—westerly wind. with some sunshine we could see temperatures close to the mid teens celsius, but a mild day across the board. the winds will be a feature, as well, lacko mentioned across the north—west. quite gusty across the north—west. quite gusty across the north—west. quite gusty across the hebrides where they will be lighter further south and east. into wednesday night, skies were clear, widespread across england and wales, and with lighter winds here it could turn quite chilly, maybe a touch of frost and places. so mist and fog developing, less cold further north and west with more clouded more breeze. so as we had from wednesday to thursday, it looks like this area of high pressure will exert its force a little bit more across the country, keeping these weather fronts at bay. what we will do is see some drier air moving in the near continent to many parts of the near continent to many parts of the uk, and that should help melt away the cloud across scotland and
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northern ireland. so it is looking like thursday could potentially be the sunniest day of the week, including the far north—west as well, as these weather fronts are cut out in the atlantic. so temperatures respond well, with lighter winds, more sunshine around, we could get temperatures reaching 12 to maybe 1a celsius. and it stays very mild, with plenty of sunshine to end the week onto the weekend, with a few spots potentially touching 15 celsius. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: one of the most powerful drug cartel leaders in history, joaquin "el chapo" guzman,
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is found guilty on all counts at his trafficking trial in the us. australia annonces the reopening of a controversial immigration detention centre on christmas island. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: opposition protesters take to the streets of venezuela, but president maduro tells the bbc there's no humanitarian crisis in his country, and takes aim at america. translation: i believe that the extremist sector of
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