tv Breakfast BBC News February 15, 2019 6:00am-8:31am GMT
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good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today: the home secretary says he will do everything in his power to prevent the return of the british teenager who ran away to join the so—called islamic state. a blow to theresa may. her latest proposal to unite parliament on brexit is overwhelmingly voted down. president trump says he'll declare a national emergency to secure funding for a border wall with mexico. good morning. mobile phones are testing new superfast technology using these new antenna, but what is sg using these new antenna, but what is 56 and how do you get it? i will have the answers are little later. sent off in borisoff, a humiliating night in the belarussian city for arsenal, as their striker lacazette loses his cool and the team loses the match, in the europa league. and after the warmest valentine's day in 21 years, a few spots could
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hit 16 degrees again this afternoon and that is after a frosty and foggy start. details on that and you're full we can forecast right here on brea kfast. good morning. it's friday, the 15th of february. our top story: the home secretary has said he will do everything in his power to prevent the return of a teenage girl from east london who ran away to join so—called islamic state. sajid javid says if shamima begum comes back to the uk, then she may be prosecuted. her family has appealed for compassion, saying she was very young when she made the decision to leave four years ago. ben ando reports. there are nearly 40,000 in this camp. more arrive each day, as their dreams of an islamic state caliphate crumble. among them, shamima begum from bethnal green. now 19 and nine months pregnant with her third child, she says she has no regrets about what she did and what she saw. shamima and two friends left the uk in 2015.
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one is now dead, the other missing, but the home secretary doesn't want her back. he told the times newspaper... shamima is not alone. the government estimates that 900 people travelled from the uk to engage in conflict in syria and iraq. around 180, or one in five, are known to have been killed, while twice that number 360, have already returned to the uk, with the same number still unaccounted for. and if shamima is one of those who makes it back, she can expect to be questioned and possibly prosecuted. but will she lose her british citizenship? her family are asking for compassion, but some are urging the authorities to take a harder line, saying that actions should have consequences.
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ben ando, bbc news, at the home office. theresa may is pushing ahead with her strategy to secure a brexit deal despite another commons defeat and signs of worsening rifts within the conservative party. a fifth of tory mps did not support the government in a largely symbolic vote on its strategy. joining us now from westminster is our political correspondent iain watson. good morning to you, iain. yesterday was one of those days when, depending who you ask, what the vote was all about, some said meaningless, some said hugely significant, some said it was embarrassing for the prime minister. can you give us some kind of summary? all of the above option, it could be all of them, really, it is meaningless in the sense it doesn't bind the government's hands but it is important symbolically i think for a number of reasons. effectively
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what happened was as you say around one fifth of the prime minister's party didn't back her, they abstained, they didn't vote against her, but it was enough to go down in a significant defeat and the reason for that is largely because of this group, this bloc, the european research group, the long—standing leav campaigners with people like jacob rees—mogg and his friends and they were worried on two fronts really —— leave. some were worried on one aspect and others were more worried on others but they were worried on others but they were worried the prime minister was backsliding on her commitment to keeping no deal on the table. they believe that the threat of no deal might actually help bolster her chances of getting some changes to the withdrawal agreement in brussels and they were worried that she was basically watering that down. 0thers we re basically watering that down. 0thers were worried that she wasn't pushing ha rd were worried that she wasn't pushing hard enough on getting alternative arrangements to the controversial irish backstop that we talk about so often, this idea of having these
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arrangements to avoid a hard border in ireland by keeping us closer to eu rules. those things came together, she was defeated, so symbolically effectively it is saying to her that she has to try to keep these people, long—standing leave campaigners, brexiteers in her ra nks leave campaigners, brexiteers in her ranks onside. but equally, in doing so, possibly, she is alienating some of the other people who voted to remain in the referendum in her ranks. some government ministers are considering resigning in order to force her to take no deal off the table rather than keep it on the table. 0ne table rather than keep it on the table. one of them is the defence minister who denounced yesterday the antics as he saw it of the european research group, the brexiteers. the conservative party is a broad church. that is what our appeal is to the nation itself. one group of that has taken over the pulpit, the choir stalls and indeed the belltower and that is just choir stalls and indeed the belltower and that isjust simply wrong and it is causing problems for
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us wrong and it is causing problems for us to get this brexit deal through. interestingly there, tobias ellwood criticising some colleagues but from the prime minister point of view technically but nothing has changed, she is going back to brussels to try to get the changes that the backbenchers want to the withdrawal agreement. iain, for the moment, thank you. the prisons minister says there are early signs of reduced violence in ten of england's worst affected prisons. last year, rory stewart told this programme he'd quit if he was unable to tackle the problem. but mr stewart has also warned some prisons, such as hmp nottingham, continued to be of serious concern. i will quit if i haven't succeeded in reducing the level of drugs and violence in those prisons. i want to make a difference. i believe in the prison service, i believe in our prison officers. i believe that this can be turned around and i want you tojudge me on can be turned around and i want you to judge me on those can be turned around and i want you tojudge me on those results. i will resign if i don't succeed. but mr stewart has also warned some prisons, such as hmp nottingham, continued to be of serious concern. here's our home affairs
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correspondent danny shaw. 0k, guys, we're going to do a routine cell search this afternoon. the value of experience. these senior prison officers have been brought in to hmp nottingham to guide new members of staff. more than half of those working here have less than two years' service. they need help to carry out basic duties, like searching cells for drugs and weapons. pay attention to things like that. yeah, i've just had a look. you can't prepare forjob like this, the noise, the smell. when you come into contact with somebody that is threatening to take their own life or attempting to take their own life, that is probably the scariest, most daunting situation i have found myself in. and to have that experience there to reassure me and the prisoner was really beneficial. but drugs are still being smuggled in. this harry potter book had been sprayed with a psychoactive substance similar to the synthetic cannabis spice. new scanning equipment
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will help detect drugs. they remain a cause of instability and violence. the prison is fundamentally still unsafe and that remains a challenge for us. every day there is an assault on my colleagues and prisoners, that's regretful, but it is getting safer. nottingham is one of ten prisons that are getting investment and support to cut violence. i would not have committed to going into those ten prisons and committed to reducing violence and drugs and i would not put myjob on the line unless i was confident we can do it, but it is worth putting in context that, in those ten prisons, violence has been rising steadily month on month five years, so turning that around and bringing it down is going to be a challenge. that's certainly the case here, dspite the commitment and dedication of the staff. donald trump is to declare a national emergency in order to secure funding for his border wall with mexico. critics say the move is unlawful and an abuse of presidential power. 0ur washington correspondent chris buckler has more. the long border that divides the us and mexico is at the centre
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of america's own political divide. building a huge barrier here has become more than a priority for president trump, it's become a point of principle. yet after all his threats that he wouldn't accept any funding bill that didn't include more than $5 billion for his long promised wall, he's had to accept a congressional compromise. the conference report is adopted. i have just had a conversation with president trump. he is prepared to sign the bill. he will issue a national emergency decoration at the same time. this week in texas he made a pledge to supporters that he would build the wall. declaring a national emergency could allow him to use other funds but his plan is likely to face challenges in court.
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did i say that i was bringing a legal challenge? ina. that is an option. we will review our options. it is important to note when he declared this emergency, first of all, it is not an emergency. mr trump once promised mexico would pay for the wall. then he turned to congress. now he is relying on his own presidential palace. but in building physical barriers, he knows he facing political ones. short bursts of high intensity exercise are better for weight loss than longer sessions in the gym, according to new research. a study by the britishjournal of sports medicine suggests interval training, which involves alternating high—intensity and low—intensity effort, can result in more weight loss than a workout that is of the same moderate intensity throughout. are you a fan of hit? well, i am not familiar with it if i am honest with
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you. this morning the good news is we are going to learn more about it. yes, it is good. stating with the fitness theme now. hip and knee replacements could last up to 25 years, according to a new study. nhs advice currently says they'll give patients 15 years before they wear out, but researchers from bristol university found 80% of knee replacements and nearly 60% of hip replacements can last much longer than that. they hope the findings will allow patients to make a more informed choice when considering a replacement. it can be a tense atmosphere in court sometimes, but here's a way to break the tension. this is 16—month—old golden retriever kory, who is the newest member of staff at a court in michigan. kory has been officially sworn in as a courtroom care dog. she's been trained to provide emotional support to crime victims and to ease any anxiety children may be feeling while giving evidence. sometimes i feel we could do with
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kory in this studio. what do you think, mike? there is a great benefit wherever you are in having a dog, calming dog. arsenal could do with it last night in the dressing room. 0h with it last night in the dressing room. oh dear. what happened? in kory, they lost, the first english team to lose to the belarusian minnows, well, the champions, but they are minnows. lacazette was sent off on twitter and he said it was the worst feeling ever to let the clu b the worst feeling ever to let the club down. there is a second leg, so arsenal can turn it around and go through if they can turn it around next week. it was a really poor performance from arsenal. they lost 1—0 away to barte borisoff in the first leg of their europa league game. they're trying to get into the last 16. and they'll be without alexandre lacazette for the return fixture he was sent off for elbowing an opponent. that saw him get his marching orders, sent off for that, and he
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apologised later for it. chelsea bounced back from their thrashing by manchester city on sunday with a 2—1victory over malmo in sweden. elsewhere, celtic lost to valencia in spain. west indies fast bowler shannon gabriel says he's "deeply sorry" for his comment to england captainjoe root during last week's test match. he admitted he asked root if he liked boys, but he now knows that was offensive. root was praised for telling gabriel "there's nothing wrong with being gay." and ronnie 0'sullivan suffered a surprise early exit from the welsh 0pen snooker. the rocket was beaten in the third round by world number 71 alexander ursenbacher. that is it for now. more in the papers ina that is it for now. more in the papers in a moment. i never like to see ronnie 0'sullivan lose. he is a favourite. you need upsets in sport. of course you do, as arsenal found out. exactly. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. let me quickly show
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you some temperatures from yesterday first of all. almost valentine's day in 21 years, 16 celsius, 61 fahrenheit the high in north wales compared with an average of this time of year of around 7—90 greece for many, so well above where they should be and again today under largely sunny skies —— 7— nine degrees. we start with frost around. don't be fooled, the mornings are chilly, —3 for some, and southern counties of england we have dense patches for conforming to date you through the morning rush hour, they could have your commute. elsewhere, blue skies overhead for the majority, ice scraping off the car. through that a cloud will increase across the western isles and northern ireland, splashes of rain here late into the afternoon, but foremost on strengthening south—westerly breeze it will stay pretty mild out there, some of the warm as conditions to be had in north wales and threw some parts of the midlands with highs of around 16
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celsius —— through. uk wide we are in double figures, above where we should be for the time of year. so a fine end to the working week. the winds will be strengthening and they will strengthen further across western areas as we go into tonight. with it outbreaks of rain for the northern and western isles, that could be heavy in places, continuing to slide further north. some spreading across scotland, moving into england and wales. most will stay dry and likely to be milder through tonight into tomorrow morning with temperatures not dropping quite as low. now we are into the weekend and while we will see weather fronts around to give us more cloud on saturday, we are still dragging iraq on the western side of this area of high pressure from the mid—atlantic. this area of high pressure from the mid—atla ntic. so, this area of high pressure from the mid—atlantic. so, no surprises into the weekend. we will stay on the mild side with those south—westerly winds continuing to dominate. most places will spend the bulk of the weekend dry, if not completely so, but it will be breezy and, yes, most
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will be dry, but the rain will be in the forecast in some shape or form. now for saturday rain most likely in northern scotland, just a few isolated showers elsewhere. more cloud around on saturday competitor to date especially for southern areas. the hazy sunshine in northern england and eastern scotland —— the course of the day. we could see 16 degrees yet again. if anything, via sunday, more sunshine for england and scotland. in the west we see cloud developed, outbreaks of rain spreading into western scotland, and showers for western england and wales, but we stay in double figures. warmest of all in the south—east corner this time and throughout this weekend, like today, naga and charlie, 16 celsius, 61 fahrenheit could be the high. it will be mild. spring has sprung, thatis will be mild. spring has sprung, that is how it feels, isn't it, matt? it is lovely, isn't it.|j that is how it feels, isn't it, matt? it is lovely, isn't it. i love it, thank you, see you later.
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let's take a look through some of today's front pages. the times follows up on its interview with the teenager shamima begum, who ran away tojoin so—called islamic state in syria. home secretary sajid javid has told the paper he "will not hesitate" to prevent the return of those who have supported terrorist organisations abroad. the telegraph says ms begum's desire to return to the uk has prompted a fresh row over the treatment of returning jihadists. it says the united states is "fed up" with what it calls the uk's "soft approach" and plans to send british is fighters to guantanamo bay. the guardian leads on the defeat to theresa may's brexit plan b in the house of commons, saying it's "another humiliation" for the prime minister and her hopes of uniting the conservatives around a renegotiated brexit deal have been plunged into "chaos". the mirror's front page carries a warning that enjoying just two diet drinks a day could put women at risk of a stroke or heart disease. and the picture shows the celebrity myleene klass who is pregnant with her third child. might it was looking through the
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inside pages. a lot of pictures of the manchester class of '92, the youth academy coach at the time, eric harrison, he passed away aged 81. there are a wonderful tributes. david beckham put on instagram that you can still hear eric harrison bellowing. "no more hollywood passes! you can see how he helped develop them as human beings. that group of players, it is for real the bond they feel. where they all got to win their careers. it is something that a film was made out of it. incredible, really. in the daily mail, gordon banks is being lined up all was being lined up for a
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knighthood this summer. he away this week. apparently his friends were expecting him to get a knighthood. he orally has won on that they expected a knighthood in the new years honours list —— it already. there was an admin error that led to it being delayed. you cannot be awarded the knighthood posthumus live. the cabinet office is denying that an error was made. it is obviously too late for him. that is inside the daily mail. it seems extraordinary. all that time ago. let alone anything that might have happened now. mike, you always have a story about everything. can you relate to this? camilla parker—bowles has been talking at an event. she was relating a story when she got into a black andy black cab drivers started saying, you look like that camilla parker—bowles, i will tell you what to think about her... —— she was getting into a black and the black cab driver started. what she has said is that
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the wonderful thing about taxi drivers as they tell you exactly what is happening in the world. she didn't say whether he was negative or positive about her. she said she gave him a large tip. i have had that. and someone has spoken about... in a bad way? what did they say? well, we don't need to go into that. it was great. have you had that. it was great. have you had that experience? yes! if they are saying nasty things used up and say it is me. if they are saying nice things, like talking about the silence, there they get me confused with, i let them carry on. chris holland. he is brilliant. killer robots are going to be banned if this group gets his own way. there has been a gathering of scientists. killer robots are going to be banned to prevent them wiping out humanity. when you read the top line of that
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story, banned because they will wipe out humanity, that gives it some gravity. it does. what is it particularly? warfare? fall below an android soldiers. the stuff of science fiction. but these represent the third revolution in warfare. there has been a gathering of scientists. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, has called what dominated weapons morally repugnant. we create them and how to control them. the warnings are science fiction movies. we fools if we ignore them. we will see later on. flying can be stressful for many people but if you have a hidden disability there may be extra challenges. the civil aviation authority has told breakfast it's introducing a new rating for airlines on how well they assist passengers with conditions like autism. tim muffet‘s been to visit one airline which is already making changes. come inside and you will see
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what your aeroplane is going to look like... flying was something tabitha and her family avoided. tabisha has got a diagnosis of autism. as soon as she gets anxious, the sensory issues go crazy so she's hypersensitive to sound, smell, noise, touch, anything. it does, to the untrained eye, look like a spoilt child having a tantrum. this mock—up aircraft is mainly used for staff training. but virgin atlantic are also making it available for people with hidden disabilities. somebody could have autism, dementia, or it could be a hidden pain condition and a lot of them, they may not fly because it is too stressful, they're worried it's too stressful. following a familiarisation visit last year, tabitha and her family were finally able to fly away on holiday. i think it is really, really important because before, like, if you don't have it, i would not be able to go on holiday and i'll remember my holiday forever. in 2016, the civil aviation
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authority issued guidance to airports on how they should treat patients with hidden disabilities but from this summer, the caa's attention will focus on airlines themselves, rating them on how well they treat those passengers. if an airline is rated poorly, what would happen then? if passengers have a poor experience they should complain. complain to the airline, complain to the airport. if after all of that we find that there are more systemic failures in the performance of an airline or airport, then we will take action. we have powers to enforce the regulations and to make sure that people provide a really good service to everybody, including passengers with disabilities. stay here for as long as want... airports are already rated. gatwick opened its sensory room last year, the first of its kind. it's to help passengers like paul, who is living with dementia. how hard is it to travel if you are living with dementia as you are?
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i get quite anxious — i'm anxious today. since this has been introduced, it has obviously made life a lot easier. adults might think, it's not for me but it is. it is all about regulating anxiety... like many airports, gatwick offers passengers with hidden disabilities and their families this lanyard so staff know they might need extra help. steps welcomed by maria, whose son has autism. she helped design this room. it is so wonderful to see the transformation from a child that is pretty anxious to them coming here and immediately, there is such a calming atmosphere in here. many believe hidden disabilities have been ignored by the aviation industry but expectations are rising. tim muffet, bbc news. it is interesting. there could be a lot of people to get really worried
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about flying. and that familiarisation can make a big difference. and people are more aware, perhaps, now of these conditions. before people were not aware of it. perhaps you have had experiences and these things could help. get in touch with us. you can get in touch on facebook and, of course, you can tweet us as well. we are staying on a technology themed this morning. i have questions about this. 56 this morning. i have questions about this. 5g is about to be brought in. ben is in london. what chip is to go into what to make 4g budgee and what happens in the air? and how do you know if your phone or your smart ta blets know if your phone or your smart tablets is ready for 5g or do you need another one? —— to make 4g 5g.
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also know the answers. quickly, you will need to get a new phone. take a look behind me at the london skyline. a glorious that it worked this morning. you might be able to make up the phone mast at the front. you will recognise that up and down the country. that is ag, the current system we use. that could soon be old technology. there is a new addition to the skyline around you. you might see the walkie—talkie building bad, the shard, iwill show you what is around you. you will recognise st paul's, a not so new addition to the skyline. this is why we are here, we are talking about this. this is a new 5g antenna. it has been installed by ee. the point of it is you will get superfast broadband on your mobile phone. you can download movies and music much more quickly. it should be more reliable. if you are at a football match or in a shopping centre you will be able to get a better signal. as we said, you will have to pay more for it and you will need to get a new phone. alex payne how it works
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later and we will meet the boss of the phone that has installed this one ‘— the phone that has installed this one ——i the phone that has installed this one —— i am clay. before that it is time to get the news, travel, and whether where you good morning from bbc london news. i'm alice salfield. islington council is heading to the high court today to tackle the rise in people sleeping and begging near finsbury park station. the local authority is seeking an injunction in a bid to stop antisocial behaviour after increasing reports of theft and intimidation under stroud green road bridge. councillors agreed to remove the words 'rough sleeping' from the court order after critics said the plan criminalises homelessness. the mayor will urge european transport bosses to adopt the same safety standards for hgvs that are being introduced here. from october, large lorries in the capital will need safety certificates, which will be based on how much drivers can see from their cab. unsafe lorries will be banned. a soho landlord is warning
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that the unique character of his pub — which is one of the last in the area to have a landlord — will be destroyed if the brewery that owns the building gets rid of him. fullers — which owns the coach and horses on greek street — says it wants to manage the pub itself and that it'll preserve its historic status. but there are fears this will drive out regulars. there are key venues in this village that have a real important social standing and the coach and horse is one of those that don't need to be changed in any way. it is all the characters who have been coming in here for decades. they come in and say, oh my god, it hasn't changed at all, it was a fantastic. a look at the travel now. starting with the tubes — there are severe delays on the district line from earls court to richmond and ealing broadway. 0n the trains: south western railway has no trains runing between hounslow and barnes via brentford for urgent repairs. if we look at the roads —
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this is the traffic building on the a13 into town from the goresbrook interchange at dagenham. and in fulham there are water mains work and temporary traffic lights on wandsworth bridge road at the junction with ashcombe street. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. a very similar looking day of whether to how it was yesterday, we are starting off on a misty, foggy notice morning, poor visibility on some of our rose for a time. do take care out there. a loss of sunshine developing and once again it is said to feel very mild for this time of year. there is a met office weather warning ballot until 11 o'clock for those fog patches towards parts of surrey, berks, and kent. visibility on some of the roads are reduced to less than 100 metres, berks. some of the temperatures below freezing. that averages will rise to 1a— 15 celsius
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by the end of the afternoon. the southerly breeze picking up a touch. a lot of sunshine to enjoy. 0vernight tonight, we will keep the clear skies for a while. the cloud will start to push on from the west as we had in tomorrow morning. localised frost for eastern counties as we head into the start of the day tomorrow. saturday is looking cloudier, sunday is looking sunnier, it will stay dry and settled. i 15 degrees. —— highs of 50 degrees. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half—an—hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to naga and charlie. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. it's 6:30am. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: ricky ashworth was a successful speedway rider but had to learn to walk again after spending three months in a coma following an accident. mike's been to meet him as he gets back in the saddle of a push bike. sir winston churchill is regarded as a hero by many, but after the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell controversially
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branded him a villain, could the historic leader's legacy be tarnished? we'll debate the issue later. grumpy old womenjenny eclair and judith holder are here to talk about their new podcast, which they describe as "worth getting your ears syringed for." good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the home secretary has said he will do everything in his power to prevent the return of a teenage girl from east london, who ran away to join so—called islamic state four years ago. sajid javid told the times newspaper that if shamima begum does come back then she may be prosecuted. her family has appealed for compassion, saying she was very young when she made the decision to leave. in an interview with the times, ms begum said that after losing two children to illness while living in syria she wanted her third unborn baby to be cared for in the uk. downing street insists that theresa may will continue
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to pursue her brexit strategy, despite the defeat inflicted on her in the commons yesterday. mps voted by a majority of a5 against a motion endorsing the government's negotiating strategy. the pro—brexit european research group of conservative mps announced it had taken a "collective decision" to abstain, because backing the motion would have amounted to an endorsement of efforts to rule out a no—deal brexit. democrat leaders in the united states have reacted furiously to the white house announcement that president trump plans to declare a national emergency to secure funding for his border wall. emergency powers would enable president trump to divert money from existing military or disaster relief budgets to pay for the wall. mr trump said he would now sign a new spending bill to avoid a further government shutdown. democrats described such a measure as lawless and an abuse of presidential power. hip and knee replacements could last much longer than originally thought, according to a new study.
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nhs advice currently says patients will get 15 years' wear out of them. now, researchers from bristol university say that 80% of knee replacements and nearly 60% of hip replacements can last much longer than that. five times more babies die as a result of conflicts around the world compared to the number of soldiers, that's according to the save the children charity. half a million infants have been killed through starvation, disease and lack of medical care arising from war in the last five years. the worst affected countries include yemen, syria, afghanistan and the democratic republic of congo. thousands of pupils in the uk are expected to walk out of class later today to take part in a series of global youth protests about climate change. the movement has already seen school strikes in australia and europe and organisers say young people in 60 towns and cities, from cornwall to the scottish highlands, are expected to participate. but school leaders and the education secretary damian hinds have warned students they should not miss lessons to take part. tom and jerry, laurel and hardy,
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and batman and robin are all well known double acts, charlie and naga, but what about this dynamic duo, possum and beagle? the pair have become inseparable since molly lost her litter of puppies last month and the possum was abandoned by its mother. molly's owner sara moyle couldn't be more pleased with the pairing and says they need each other. the possum gets around by hitching a ride on molly's back and when it's sleeping in a tree sara says molly waits under it for her furry companion. just hangs on. incredible. i could do that all day. only when they are young because possums are very solitary, they are nomadic as they grow older, but i hope it lasts.
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kill and joy. my goodness. i know quite a lot about possums. tell us more. a great way to avoid capture, people, not people, animals crediting of them, they play dead, thatis crediting of them, they play dead, that is their party trick, possums, you know? could you do that again? dead possum ? you know? could you do that again? dead possum? laughter. so, tell us...i dead possum? laughter. so, tell us... i will tell you who might feel solitary, alexandre lacazette, because it was embarrassing to lose to barte borisov. do they play here? yes, next week, the week after, and he has been apologising. it was one of arsenal's poorest performances of the season, in the first leg of their europa league tie. they went behind against bate borisov just before half time in the belarussian city. and they'll be without
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alexandre lacazette for the return game next thursay, after he was sent off for elbowing an opponent. here it is. he has apologised to fans. they're trying to reach the last 16 of the competition. in contrast, chelsea looked nothing like the side that was thrashed 6—0 by manchester city at the weekend. they won at malmo in sweden. ross barkley and 0livier giroud scoring in a 2—1victory. we had three, four goal opportunities on 2—0. so we could kill the match, i think. but i am happy for the confidence. because it wasn't easy to play with this confidence after the last match. and celtic have their work cut out if they're to make the next stage. they went down 2—0 to valencia in spain. sorry, i have just sorry, i havejust set sorry, i have just set charlie off, still talking about possums. laughter. i don't know why you find them so funny. sorry, carry on.
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it's been revealed that manchester united paid jose mourinho and his staff nearly 20 million pounds in compensation, following his sacking in december. the figures were pubished in united's latest financial results. mourinho had a contract until 2020, with the option of an extra year. we have a colourful tie in store on fa cup fifth round weekend, when afc wimbledon take on millwall. wimbledon's scott wagstaff promised to die his beard blue and yellow if they beat west ham in the last round. that they did, and wagstaff was true to his word. it does look rather blue and white, though, which are millwall‘s colours. yeah. very tricky, isn't it, to get that yellow? west indies fast bowler shannon gabriel said he was deeply sorry as he revealed exactly what he said to england captain joe root in last week's test match in st lucia. gabriel admitted asking root if he likes boys, and said he now knows that's offensive. root was heard to reply "there's nothing wrong with being gay". gabriel has been banned forfour one—day games.
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now, some days you're the bug, some days your the windscreen. i don't understand. this was his way of dealing with defeat. he says some days you are a bug, others you are a windscreen. 0n days you are a bug, others you are a windscreen. on a bad day you are wiped away. that was his tweet, it was quite creative, we all love the rocket. the rocket suffered a shock third—round exit to the world number 71 alexander ursenbacher of switzerland, who made three 50 breaks in one of the biggest victories of his career. and finally, he's been dubbed the next usain bolt. a seven—year—old boy from florida whose videos on social media have gone viral. here's why. meet rudolph ingram, known as 'blaze'. he's been smashing records on the track.
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blaze completed 100 metres, injust13.a8 seconds, only a few seconds off seasoned professionals, grown—ups, that is. his dad has been posting his races online with a following of over 270,000. there is no competition. remember the name, blaze. important, though, to say that those who did less well, they are all winners, even the ones who had barely started.|j they are all winners, even the ones who had barely started. i am in a race tomorrow that i will tell you about later, the indoor grand prix in birmingham, 60 metres, it could bea in birmingham, 60 metres, it could be a bit one—sided like that. in birmingham, 60 metres, it could be a bit one-sided like that. and we will talk to you more about the speedway rider. yes. we are going to talk to you about which kind of exercise is good for you. yes, and making sure that your sessions can fit in with life. so the good news is research now
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suggests that short bursts of intense activity, which can be just a few minutes a week, may help us shed more pounds. we're joined now by katie hesketh, who's a researcher at liverpool john moore's university looking at this type of exercise liverpool john moore's university. good morning. iasked good morning. i asked charlie, good morning. iasked charlie, do you do hit? he said, i don't know what it is. it sounds worse, you think hit and you think someone is going to be beaten, but it is high intensity interval training. yes. going to be beaten, but it is high intensity intervaltraining. yes. so give me an exemplar of how someone who doesn't exercise regularly can fit in 20 minutes in a week. it is enough and we have shown in the research it is enough to improve health benefits, but first of all i will explain high—intensity interval training. it is into —— intermittent exercise. you do high activity work, followed by rest, then you repeat
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that how ever many times. how do you know what high intensity is? 80% of heart rate max, and rpe, rate of perceived exertion, a scale of one to 20 tells you how hard you have worked. 20 is i can't go any more, don't make me do that. so, if you do anything above 16 rpe, so if you're jogging anything above 16 rpe, so if you're jogging or sprinting, and you think iam about16 jogging or sprinting, and you think i am about 16 out of 20, eight out of ten, that means you have achieved high intensity interval training for that period of time. it seems quite technical, there is a level of the tail... if people are sitting at home, having breakfast, thinking about lunch, having an ordinary day, the notion of suddenly leaping into a very tough exercise on a short burst, on the face of it, i am
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thinking that sounds possibly dangerous for your health. thinking that sounds possibly dangerous for your healthlj thinking that sounds possibly dangerous for your health. i get that question a lot when i go to conferences or if i speak to people day today. they say, is it safe? that is the big worry for most people. there has never been any evidence to show that it is any more risky than moderate intensity training. there was a massive study with over 5000 participants and 200,000 hours of exercise of moderate or high intensity and there was no more adverse risk. just to be clear they were comparing people who routinely do moderate exercise and then trying them with extreme exercise? i am talking about someone who hears your message thinking, i don't do anything, i hear that to do high—intensity works well, i will go straight to that. so the study i talked about was patients with co ro nary talked about was patients with coronary heart disease as well. i forgot to mention. it wasn't like everyday gym —goers, it was people who were not used to exercising who had just been diagnosed with co ro nary had just been diagnosed with coronary heart attack, i mean,
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disease, but for your everyday person, my mum or dad, doing hit, it is really easy to do. if you think about how you carry your shopping bags, they will get really heavy and then you have to put them down again, then you pick them up again. so in your day—to—day life you are doing interval training, so in your day—to—day life you are doing intervaltraining, it is so in your day—to—day life you are doing interval training, it isjust stepping it up a bit to make a form of exercise instead of a day thing that you would normally do. of exercise instead of a day thing that you would normally dom of exercise instead of a day thing that you would normally do. it is also worth thinking about... i do hit training and i find it easy to fit in when i am busy or if i don't wa nt to fit in when i am busy or if i don't want to do exercise, i can do 20 minutes and it is done. but it is all ages that can do this. one thing i read about and i didn't realise this, shopping bag is a good example, for another person who struggles to get around the house, evenif struggles to get around the house, even if theyjust go around the house and do four minutes of shuffling around, it is the exertion, perceived exertion, which matters. yes, definitely, so hit looks different in different people.
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if you are saying someone jumping into high—intensity interval training, it doesn't look the same in certain people. so for yourself, you might have to work really hard to do high intensity to get your heart rate at 80%, you might have to go to heart rate at 80%, you might have to gotoa heart rate at 80%, you might have to go to a hit class, however an elderly person as you have used as an example, they would shuffle around or go for a walk and rest, walk and rest and that would be enough to get their heart rate high enough to get their heart rate high enough to get their heart rate high enough to see the benefits. enough to get their heart rate high enough to see the benefitsm enough to get their heart rate high enough to see the benefits. it is basically push yourself every now and then. have a rest, push yourself again, havea and then. have a rest, push yourself again, have a rest and do that rather than doing 50 minutes of exercise or half—an—hour of exercise, which most people can't do that, especially the elderly. does this qualify? not quite, i don't think. if i do it this qualify? not quite, i don't think. if! do it eight this qualify? not quite, i don't think. if i do it eight times in a row? i will tell you what, there will be a hit but it won't be the exercise that happens eight times in a row. thank you. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. the weather is almost like a hit.
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intense sunshine and intense cold. that is what it has felt like the last couple of weeks. it has been like that in the last 2a hours. down to around —a on the outskirts of jobs for this morning. we will be on a pretty mild footing as we go into the supplement once again, we are starting with that frost around. you will be scraping bika in many areas. sunshine ahead, that will melt it. it will lead to the risk of some fog. southern counties of england, particularly, dense fog patches to get through the morning rush—hour. magnet of that. for most it is another cracking date for this stage in february. liszka has ever had. much of england, wales, scotland. racking day. that meant lots of sunshine overhead. this is where we could see some patching rain. the other colours on the chart an indication we have mild air with aisles, up to 16 degrees, 61
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fahrenheit in a few spots. wherever you r. should be 7— nine at the moment instead of the mid—teens. —— wherever you are. a bit of a strong breeze to northern ireland later. that will help to bring in more mild air tonight. 0utbreaks that will help to bring in more mild air tonight. outbreaks of rain become heavy and persistent in around northern and western scotland. showers for northern ireland to. not quite as chilly as last night, temperatures staying clear of a frost. into the weekend, more in the way of weather fronts around. we will be dragging the air up around. we will be dragging the air up from the south of the country, in from the mid atlantic. we stick with the mark lim. for many it will be dry. a quick look at saturday first of all. more cloud across central, southern england and wales stock would not rule out a shower. isolated showers in the west. most dry even with cloud in the forecast.
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rest of the sunshine, highs in eastern areas of around 16 degrees. england and wales, more sunshine around. the greatest chance will be in the lescott nicolet northern ireland in the morning. wesser in western scotland in the afternoon. no big complaints. —— wesser. we sit averages in the mid—teens. mike's with us again and — you're here to tell us about meeting someone special from the speedway world. is the speedway world. about a very famous speedwe rider, is about a very famous speedway rider, in speedway circles, ricky ashworth, he rode for great britain. he was a champion. this story makes you realise how tough speedway riders are. just to cope with what they deal with on the track, 70 mph, skidding around the corners, those bikes, asi
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skidding around the corners, those bikes, as i have experience, are so powerful. but he had a very serious accident in 2013. many thought he would not be able to walk or talk. but he has been back on a bike. which is amazing. and i was with him. there have been many heroic moments at the national psyching —— cycling centre, but few could match the significance of ricky ashworth's visit here. a decade ago, he was one of the best speedway riders. a premier league champion and riding for the british team. like others at the top, he was riding on the edge and seemingly invincible. undeterred by pilots like this one in 2008. but after another crash, five years later, ricky wasn't so lucky —— pileups. he spent three months in a coma, before finally his family's prayers were answered and you work. but the toughest journey of
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prayers were answered and you work. but the toughestjourney of his life was about to begin. looking cool, ricky. his sister filmed the journey as ricky defied the odds and medical probe bases. -- prognosis. can you wave? yeah. that balance. this year, what many thought impossible, the chance for ricky to get back on a bike. to begin with, a tandem cycle, but the chance to feel the wheels turning the him once more. it's amazing. it absolutely is. to be here, to be sitting here. once a biker always a bike. it's good to be back on a bike. i did not think it would be able to do it, to tell the truth. i thought there would be no way. it's like when you first let your child go on a pushbike with no
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stabilisers on for the first time. you worry a bit nervous. it is still a huge effort for ricky to co—ordinate his brain and muscles to just get onto the bike, let alone cb paddling. —— let alone asuna be paddling. —— let alone asuna be paddling. ricky can't remember anything about the crash, just the wobble before and then nothing for three months. and yet here on the trappler world championships have been decided, ricky won his battle, back to the field of racing, passing opponents in wheel to wheel manoeuvres around the extreme banked curves of the velodrome. and bikes with no brakes, just like in speedway. step by step, it has been long. it is terrible. but other than that, she was fantastic. it was so good. this is not the end of the journey.
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although his dad doubts it, ricky said next he wants to ride solo around the velodrome. and next month, at some point, probably at leicester on a charity day, he hopes to do leicester on a charity day, he hopes todoa leicester on a charity day, he hopes to do a lap of honour around eight speedway track. because of his story, british cycling has set up disability hubs around the country to cater for people who maybe have rain injuries or learning difficulties, not just rain injuries or learning difficulties, notjust physical challenges, so many more people can experience the thrill of the velodrome and use it as a way of getting back will stop such guts and determination. seeing his dad there as well. his family have been such an important part of the journey, pushing and pushing, like personal trainers getting back to this incredible point. many thought it was impossible. a lovely story and we wish him all the best. we are talking about 5g.
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whether it's streaming live videos, watching tv or playing music we're using our mobile phones more and more so it's not surprising we're using more data. one way mobile phone companies are hoping to meet the increasing demand is through 5g technology. so what is it? and when will we get it? ben's in central london to find out more. a beautiful back drop with clear blue skies. what is the future have in store for us on our phones? good morning to you. welcome to this glorious view over london. look at the changing skyline. 0ne glorious view over london. look at the changing skyline. one of the old est the changing skyline. one of the oldest and maybe one of the newest additions to the skyline. this is the latest edition. let me explain what this is. this is a 5g antenna. it has been installed by ee as part of their trial up and down the country for this new technology that makes it faster and more reliable to get your phone working on the move. this is the part that does the sending and receiving of the signal. it gets processing here. you see the
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wise there. that gets it up and down the country. as i said, it is supposed to make it faster and more reliable will stop more phones can get on the network in busy places like shopping centres and football stadiums. howard from ee is with me as stewart is from a tech company. let me start with you, howard. you are installing is up and down the country. you hope it will be light by the end of the for all of us will stop what difference will it make? we are rolling out about 1500 of these by the end of the. we have about 100 live right now. when the devices come to the market, will be connected this year to a faster and more reliable internet experience. many of us are just getting used to ag. some people will still be on 3g or two ag. some people will still be on 3g ortwo g. ag. some people will still be on 3g or two g. great that we are getting the faster service, but what about people who cannot get 2g where they are? we are spending just as much time, resource, an investment on taking ag to the more remote rural
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parts of the community and country as we are inputting 5g in city centres. they are of equal priority for us. explain what difference this will make. what difference will i see on my phone if i am using 5g versus see on my phone if i am using 5g versus ag? the average speed on ag is about 30 megabits a second. that is about 30 megabits a second. that is around a normal broadband connection. we will get a gigabit per second and smartphones as year. it is notjust about speed, it is about capacity in the busiest parts of the busiest cities. keeping you connected to a reliable connection all the time, so you can always do what you need them matter how busy it is. stewart, you look at these things all the time. you just got our heads around ag. we might see some of the benefits to this, but crucially we will need a new phone. when get those? they will probably be announced from next week. it is that soon. there will be a glut of them. a mobile world trade co nfe re nce them. a mobile world trade conference in barcelona the week after. we expect to see about 20 devices globally on sale that are
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capable of taking 56. devices globally on sale that are capable of taking 5g. one of the biggest providers, apple not yet on with that. the rumours are that apple is waiting until 2020. they will not be in full production and will not be in full production and will next year. a bit late if you are an iphone user. there are others that will start pulling out devices of the next 12 months. we are looking at this trial from ee. what our other phones doing? it is the big frontierfor the tech our other phones doing? it is the big frontier for the tech firms in the mobile firms to get us to sign up the mobile firms to get us to sign up the new services. vodafone have been doing trials today manchester airport. three who are part of the london fashion show with augmented reality. they will show cars —— showcase the different download speeds. to push data as fast as you can pull data down. you will start to see them, eu or vodafone or three launching services commercially from the summer. --ee. how much more will this cost on our bills? we think it
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will be a few pounds more per month. that is us knowing that customers will pay more for a more reliable connection of us knowing that customers will pay more for a more reliable connection of faster speeds. good to talk to both. we will continue the conversation later. that is how it is looking at the moment. this bit of kit, i will show you, they expect to see more of these popping up on the skyline. they could go on it existing mass. they could go on it existing mass. they don't necessarily need new mouse. we will do about that later. first let us get the news, travel, and weather where you are this morning. good morning from bbc london news. i'm alice salfield. an injunction to tackle the rise in people sleeping and begging near finsbury park station is being sought in the high court today. islington council seeking an injunction in a bid to stop antisocial behaviour after increasing reports of theft and intimidation under stroud green road bridge. councillors agreed to remove the words 'rough sleeping' from the court order after critics said the plan criminalises homelessness. the mayor will urge european transport bosses to adopt the same
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safety standards for hgvs that are being introduced here. from october, large lorries in the capital will need safety certificates, which will be based on how much drivers can see from their cab. unsafe lorries will be banned. research shows they're involved in a disproportionate number of collisions in london. a soho landlord is warning that the unique character of his pub — which is one of the last in the area to have a landlord — will be destroyed if the brewery that owns the building gets rid of him. fullers — which owns the coach and horses on greek street — says it wants to manage the pub itself and that it'll preserve its historic status. but there are fears this will drive out regulars. there are key venues in this village that have a real important social standing and the coach and horses is one of those that don't need to be changed in any way. it is all the characters who have been coming in here for decades. they come in and say, "oh my god, it hasn't changed
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at all, it's fantastic." a look at the travel now. starting with the tubes: there are severe delays on the district line from earls court to richmond and ealing broadway. there are no trains running through bexleyheath with southeastern — due to the landslip on monday. this is the traffic building on woolwich road towards the blackwall tunnel. and in fulham, there are water mains work and temporary traffic lights on wandsworth bridge road at the junction with ashcombe street. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. a very similar looking day of weather to how it was yesterday, we are starting off on a misty, foggy notice morning, poor visibility on some of our roads for a time. do take care out there. a lot of sunshine developing and, once again, it's set to feel very
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mild indeed for this time of year. but there is a met office weather warning valid until 11 o'clock for those fog patches towards parts of surrey, berkshire, and kent. visibility on some of our roads reduced to less than 100 metres. it's also a very chilly start to the morning with a touch frost out there. some of our temperatures below freezing. but they will rise, those temperatures, to around 1a—15 celsius by the end of the afternoon. the southerly breeze picking up a touch. very little in the way and an awful lot of sunshine to enjoy. 0vernight tonight, we will keep the clear skies for a good while. and the cloud will start to push on from the west as we head in tomorrow morning. a touch of localised frost, i think, particularly out towards eastern counties as we head into the start of the day tomorrow. saturday is looking cloudier, sunday is looking sunnier, it will stay dry and settled. highs of 15 degrees. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today: the home secretary says he will do everything in his power to prevent the return of the british teenager who ran away to join the so—called islamic state.
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a blow to theresa may — her latest proposal to unite parliament on brexit is overwhelmingly voted down. president trump says he'll declare a national emergency to secure funding for a border wall with mexico. good morning. mobile firms are testing new superfast networks using these new antenna, but what is 5g and how can you get it? i will have some answers for you a little later. good morning. sent off in borisov — a humiliating night in the belarussian city for arsenal, as their striker lacazette loses his cool and the team loses the match in the europa league. and it may be a little chilly at the moment with —a in places, but by this afternoon we could see temperatures peaked at 16 degrees, another incredibly mild day, and that continues into the weekend. i will have the forecast here on brea kfast. good morning. it's friday, the 15th of february. our top story:
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the home secretary has said he will do everything in his power to prevent the return of a teenage girl from east london who ran away to join so—called islamic state. sajid javid says, if shamima begum comes back to the uk, then she may be prosecuted. her family has appealed for compassion, saying she was very young when she made the decision to leave four years ago. ben ando reports. there are nearly a0,000 in this camp. more arrive each day, as their dreams of an islamic state caliphate crumble. among them, shamima begum from bethnal green. now 19, and nine months pregnant with her third child, she says she has no regrets about what she did and what she saw. shamima and two friends left the uk in 2015. one is now dead, the other missing, but the home secretary doesn't want her back. he told the times newspaper... shamima is not alone.
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the government estimates that 900 people travelled from the uk to engage in conflict in syria and iraq. around 180, or one in five, are known to have been killed, while twice that number 360, have already returned to the uk, with the same number still unaccounted for. and if shamima is one of those who makes it back, she can expect to be questioned and possibly prosecuted. but will she lose her british citizenship? her family are asking for compassion, but some are urging the authorities to take a harder line, saying that actions should have consequences. ben ando, bbc news, at the home office. theresa may is pushing ahead with her strategy to secure a brexit deal despite another commons defeat and signs of worsening rifts
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within the conservative party. a fifth of tory mps did not support the government in a largely symbolic vote on its strategy. joining us now from westminster is our political correspondent iain watson. good morning to you, iain. so, help us with this one, what has changed this morning? in a sense, i know you hate when we say this at downing street, but nothing has changed in one sense. the prime minister will go to brussels to try to get changes to the withdrawal agreement because it is so unpopular with some of her mps. yesterday a flock of long—standing leave campaigners, brexiteers and the european research group withdrew their support, abstained and that led to a government defeat because they were worried she was going soft on brussels. they thought perhaps she wasn't telling them that no deal was an option. perhaps she wasn't doing enough to get an alternative
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arrangement to the northern ireland backstop, the arrangement to avoid a ha rd backstop, the arrangement to avoid a hard border in ireland to keep it close to eu rules so they want to stiffen her resolve as they would see it. there has been a backlash in conservative ranks against this group, these brexiteers, so some ministers are considering resigning if there is no deal by the end of the month. at that stage they want no deal taken off the table, delaying departure from the eu, and one, the defence minister, tobias ellwood, was critical of the long—standing leave campaigners in conservative ranks. the conservative party is a broad church. that is what our appeal is to the nation itself. one group of that has taken over the pulpit, the choir stalls and indeed the belltower, and that isjust simply wrong and it is causing problems for us to get this brexit deal through. and i think here is the difficulty for theresa may — he has made it
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clear that she has to balance the interests in the party, notjust pack it towards the brexiteers. they we re pack it towards the brexiteers. they were trying to stiffen her backbone with brussels. the trouble is if she is going down to defeat in the house of commons, the catch is this — there is less incentive for brussels to compromise and make changes, to make the changes she wants to see, because they won't be convinced that she can get those changes, compromises through the house of commons. it is never simple, is it, iain? thank you. iain made mention of the european research group, some say the party within the conservative party. if you want to know more about them we will speak with steve baker, one of their deputies, and about 20 minutes, so we will try to find out more about what they are seeking. the prisons minister says there are early signs of reduced violence in ten of england's worst affected prisons. last year, rory stewart told this
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programme he'd quit if he was unable to tackle the problem. i will quit if i haven't succeeded in 12 months in reducing the level of drugs and violence in those prisons. i want to make a measurable difference. that's what this investment is around. i believe in the prison service, i believe in our prison officers. i believe that this can be turned around and i want you tojudge me on those results. i will resign if i don't succeed. but mr stewart has also warned some prisons, such as nottingham, continue to be of serious concern. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw has been to visit. 0k, guys, we're going to do a routine cell search this afternoon. the value of experience. these senior prison officers have been brought in to hmp nottingham to guide new members of staff. more than half of those working here have less than two years' service. they need help to carry out basic duties, like searching cells for drugs and weapons. pay attention to things like that.
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yeah, i've just had a look in the slit. you can't prepare forjob like this — the noise, the smell. when you come into contact with somebody that is threatening to take their own life or attempting to take their own life, that's probably the scariest, most daunting situation i have found myself in. and to have that experience there to reassure me and the prisoner was really beneficial. but drugs are still being smuggled in. this harry potter book had been sprayed with a psychoactive substance similar to the synthetic cannabis spice. new scanning equipment will help detect drugs. they remain a cause of instability and violence. the prison is fundamentally still unsafe and that remains a challenge for us. every day there is an assault on my colleagues and prisoners, that's regretful, but it is getting safer. nottingham is one of ten prisons that are getting investment and support to cut violence. i wouldn't have committed to going into those ten prisons and committed to reducing violence
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and drugs and i wouldn't have put myjob on the line unless i was confident we can do it, but it is worth putting in context that, in those ten prisons, violence has been rising steadily month on month five years, so turning that around and bringing it down is going to be a challenge. that's certainly the case here, dspite the commitment and dedication of the staff. donald trump is to declare a national emergency in order to secure funding for his border wall with mexico. critics say the move is unlawful and an abuse of presidential power. 0ur washington correspondent chris buckler has more. the long border that divides the us and mexico is at the centre of america's own political divide. building a huge barrier here has become more than a priority for president trump, it's become a point of principle. yet after all his threats that he wouldn't accept any funding bill that didn't include more than $5 billion for his long promised wall, he's had to accept a congressional compromise. i've just had an opportunity
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to speak with president trump and he, i would say to all my colleagues, has indicated he's prepared to sign the bill. he will also be issuing a national emergency declaration at the same time. this week, president trump held a rally beside the border in texas, where he again made a pledge to supporters that he would build the wall. declaring a national emergency could allow him to use money from otherfunds, but his plan is likely to face challenges in court. did i say i was filing a legal challenge? reporter: you said democrats... i may, that's an option, and we'll review our options, but it's important to note that when the president declares this emergency, first of all, it's not an emergency. mrtrump once mr trump once promised mexico would pay for the wall. then he turned to congress. now he's relying on his own presidential powers, but building physical barriers, he knows he faces political ones. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. hip and knee replacements could last
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much longer than originally thought, according to a new study. nhs advice currently says patients will get 15 years wear out of them. now, researchers from bristol university say that 80% of knee replacements and nearly 60% of hip replacements can last much longer than that. it can be a tense atmosphere in court sometimes but here's a way to break the tension. take a look at 16—month—old golden retriever kory, who is the newest member of staff at a court in michigan. kory has been officially sworn in as a courtroom care dog. she's been trained to provide emotional support to crime victims and to ease any anxiety children may be feeling while giving evidence. it isa it is a good idea. as mike says, you can it is a good idea. as mike says, you ca n always it is a good idea. as mike says, you can always use a dog to release any
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tension. the time now is 7:12am, which means it is time to look at the weather, it is getting and it has already got a bit milder.m certainly has. is it normal, you know, in the headlines you set it went from —a to 16, is that in one place? yes, -3 at the moment, yesterday it was 16, but this time of year with the clear skies you can get the big temperature variations, diurnal variations, and the same today, naga, so here we go. —3 in bala at the moment, 16 yesterday, the warmest valentine's day on record with temperatures into the teens yesterday compared to an average this time of year of around seven to nine degrees in many parts, so an indication ofjust how much more mild it is planning should be and he should be as very mild day to day after what is a chilly start,
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_3’ day after what is a chilly start, —3, 4; day after what is a chilly start, —3, —a across the country with frost, but it will melt with the sunshine and that will help to build up sunshine and that will help to build up the patches of fog across southern england. if you are set to drive out across southern counties of england, beware, there will be some fog to slow your journey. of england, beware, there will be some fog to slow yourjourney. most will start the day with sunshine overhead. if you are in northern ireland, western scotland, clout increases through the day, and by the end of the day for northern ireland and into the western highlands and the hebrides we could see outbreaks of rain. temperature profile across the uk, yellow on the chart indicates warmth, temperatures for all in double figures and parts of north wales, north devon, the midlands could hit 15 or 16 degrees. -- in dublin. midlands could hit 15 or 16 degrees. —— in dublin. the strongest winds from the north and west, freshening further through the weekend. it is coming from the southerly direction. that is stopping the temperatures from dropping. tinai shouldn't be as
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—— should be —— tonight should be as cold as last night. persistent rain in northern scotland and showers earlier on. most in the morning will be dry and as i said not as chilly as this morning. we will have more weather fronts on the chart on saturday, indicating there will be more cloud compared to today but the big picture, with high pressure in central europe, we are dragging air up central europe, we are dragging air up on the western side of that from the mid—atla ntic, up on the western side of that from the mid—atlantic, so we will continue with the mild one of whether even as we go into this weekend. so the general summary for the weekend, it is mild, increasingly breezy, while some rain is possible in western areas, for the vast majority the weekend will be dry. so here other saturday details, wales, central, southern england, more cloud, showers for scotland, isolated elsewhere but for most it will be a dry day. the brightest weather across northern england, eastern scotland, hazy sunshine. look at the temperatures, double figures midteens, 16 possible
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in eastern counties. and on sunday, while the wind will be stronger, england and scotland will have a largely sunny day, more cloud into wales, early showers in northern ireland, wetting western scotland later but really not a bad weekend with temperatures at around 16 degrees. back to you. won't be complaining about that, thank you very much. flying can be stressful for many people but if you have a hidden disability there may be extra challenges. the civil aviation authority has told breakfast it's introducing a new rating for airlines on how well they assist passengers with conditions like autism. breakfast‘s tim muffet‘s been to visit one airline which is already making changes. come inside and you will see what your aeroplane is going to look like... flying was something tabitha and her family avoided. tabitha has got a diagnosis of autism. as soon as she gets anxious, the sensory issues go crazy so she's hypersensitive to sound, smell, noise, touch, anything. it does, to the untrained eye, look like a spoilt child having a tantrum. this mock—up aircraft is mainly
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used for staff training. but virgin atlantic are also making it available for people with hidden disabilities. somebody could have autism, dementia, or it could be a hidden pain condition and a lot of them, they may not fly because it is too stressful, they're worried it's too stressful. following a familiarisation visit last year, tabitha and herfamily were finally able to fly away on holiday. i think it is really, really important because before, like, if you don't have it, i would not be able to go on holiday and i'll remember my holiday forever. in 2016, the civil aviation authority issued guidance to airports on how they should treat patients with hidden disabilities but from this summer, the caa's attention will focus on airlines themselves, rating them on how well they treat those passengers. if an airline is rated poorly, what would happen then? if passengers have a poor experience they should complain.
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complain to the airline, complain to the airport. if after all of that we find that there are more systemic failures in the performance of an airline or airport, then we will take action. we have powers to enforce the regulations and to make sure that people provide a really good service to everybody, including passengers with disabilities. stay here for as long as want... airports are already rated. gatwick opened its sensory room last year, the first of its kind. it's to help passengers like paul, who is living with dementia. how hard is it to travel if you are living with dementia as you are? i get quite anxious — i'm anxious today. since this has been introduced, it has obviously made life a lot easier. adults might think, it's not for me but it is. it is all about regulating anxiety... like many airports, gatwick offers passengers with hidden disabilities and their families this lanyard so staff know they might need extra help. steps welcomed by maria, whose son has autism. she helped design this room.
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it is so wonderful to see the transformation from a child that is pretty anxious to them coming here and immediately, there is such a calming atmosphere in here. many believe hidden disabilities have been ignored by the aviation industry but expectations are rising. tim muffet, bbc news. it is certainly something resonating with people as well. get in touch and tell us your thoughts. the fate of the teenager who ran away to join so—called islamic state in syria has provoked much debate and now the home secretary has said he will use all his available powers to prevent her returning to the uk. shamima begum, was 15 when she left her home in bethnal green four years ago. now heavily pregnant with her third child she wants to return. that was shamima begum talking to
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the times journalist who got that exclusive interview that everyone is talking about. afshin shahi is a specialist in middle eastern politics and joins us now. not surprisingly, people are talking about this woman now. she is 19. what do you make or what is your ta ke what do you make or what is your take on the situation about her coming back? be for a specifically talk about her, let us pay attention to the general picture —— just before. roughly 1000 people have gone from britain to syria to join
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the so—called islamic state. 0ut about 1000, about 20% of them have been killed over the last four years in one way or another and about a0% have already returned. and actually, the vast majority... the to the uk? the vast majority of those who have returned have expressed amours. that is the difference here? that is where i was going to. that makes this specific situation it really complicated. there is no doubt that shamima begum joined the so—called islamic state when she was only a child, so she was probably a victim of grooming, and that should not be forgotten. but 2019 she is a ready about 19 years old, she is no longer about 19 years old, she is no longer a child. she is an adult. and she does not express any regret. she
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does not express any regret. she does not express any regret. she does not express any remorse for her involvement with islamic state. the other factor that you need to bear in mind, the vast majority of the footsoldiers of the so—called islamic state kind of left the organisation by early 2018. so those people who stayed committed to the organisation until now must have been absolutely devoted to the cause and to the idea of the caliphate. that is why this specific case proves to be externally difficult. i not surprised there is an ongoing debate about this. a couple of thoughts, it may be not what people wa nt thoughts, it may be not what people want to hear, the context of where she is talking, where this interview took place, may have a bearing on the message that came out. she is still in a detention camp and she may have been cautious or careful about how she was talking about how she feels about so—called islamic state. you thing i would like to ask
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you is, the home secretary, again, is saying what people want to hear. i will do everything in my power to keep out of this country. that might be what people want to hear, but he doesn't have the power to keep out of this country, does he? as far as i know, there isn't anything legal which can kind of preventer to return to the united kingdom... so it isa return to the united kingdom... so it is a meaningless... is as a know it is a meaningless... is as a know it is a meaningless... is as a know it isa it is a meaningless... is as a know it is a meaningless... is as a know it is a meaningless statement. she can legally return. —— it is as far asi can legally return. —— it is as far as i know. it is illegal to make anyone stateless. as i know. it is illegal to make a nyone stateless. u nless as i know. it is illegal to make anyone stateless. unless she is a dual national so she could revoke a british citizenship. to prove that she had done anything wrong she would have to have a trial in this country, the dema ba, which would mean she was back here. absolutely. i don't think there is a legal mechanism in place to physically prevent from returning to the united kingdom. what about when the united states, donald trump accuses the uk of being soft and says if it had any islamic state fighters or islamic
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state allied people it would send them to guantanamo bay?|j state allied people it would send them to guantanamo bay? i don't think the general british and european approaches have been necessarily soft. but when you ideally with a multifaceted and multidimensional ideally with a multifaceted and multi dimensional problem as you have seen of the last few years, you need to have a very sophisticated way of dealing. now we are dealing with, kind of, hundreds and hundreds of people from different backgrounds going to syria and iraq tojoin isis will stop a lot of these people were kids. people like shamima left become —— country when she was barely 15. to win the role she would have played in terms of strategy. 0bviously she has lost two children. she is now pregnant with a third. people say i don't want her back in this country, she is not loyal to this country, she is not loyal to this country, she is not loyal to this country, what it could she be
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or how much involvement would she have had, do women have?m or how much involvement would she have had, do women have? it is extremely difficult to find out what specific role she had during her time in syria. but given the fact that she had a very high profile, certainly in britain, maybe she was primarily used as an instrument for propaganda and basically to recruit more and more teenagers and people going from the united kingdom, but the vast majority of women who fled, who left the country and joined to the islamic state is, they are primarily filled the function of being a kind of wife. i doubt in terms of strategy sheep played an important and defining role for the so—called islamic state. important and defining role for the so-called islamic state. afshin, thank you very much. afshin shahi as senior lecturer in politics. you're watching breakfast from bbc
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news. still to come this morning. john mcguire is in dorset finding out how preserving historic hill forts is helping protect wildlife. morning, john. good morning. good morning. a beautiful morning. interesting tahir match talk about richard bridges going from —62 —1a. it feels pretty cold —— to him mata. an incredible landscape. we are enshrouded they missed at the moment. the sun should come some of this mist a should blow off the hilltop and gives us a better views later on. the topography is absolutely fascinating. it looks quite strange. all of these ramparts like the one i am walking up now. hugh and thousands of years ago by hand, not by machine, by hand out of
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the dorset talked to create these reinforcements were warring tribes we re reinforcements were warring tribes were arguing with each other. the communities lived in you. daad out by hand using red deer atlas, using cow shoulder blades, an incredible feat of engineering, even thousands of years ago —— dug out by hand. a couple of sites owned by the national trust. £100,000 for this work baby people's postcode lottery. —— baby. we will tell you the history of these fantastic places later in the programme. after the news, travel, and weather where you watching breakfast. good morning from bbc london news. i'm alice salfield. an injunction to tackle the rise in people sleeping and begging near finsbury park station is being sought in the high court today. islington council is trying to stop anti—social behaviour after increasing reports of theft and intimidation under
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stroud green road bridge. councillors agreed to remove the words 'rough sleeping' from the court order after critics said the plan criminalises homelessness. the mayor will urge european transport bosses to adopt the same safety standards for hgvs that are being introduced here. from october, large lorries in the capital will need safety certificates, which will be based on how much drivers can see from their cab. unsafe lorries will be banned. research shows they're involved in a disproportionate number of collisions in london. a soho landlord is warning that the unique character of his pub — which is one of the last in the area to have a landlord — will be destroyed if the brewery that owns the building gets rid of him. fullers — which owns the coach and horses on greek street — says it wants to manage the pub itself and vows to preserve its historic status. but there are fears this will drive regulars away. there are key venues in this village that have a real important social standing and the coach and horses is one of those that don't need
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to be changed in any way. it is all the characters who have been coming in here for decades. they come in and say, "oh my god, it hasn't changed at all, it's fantastic." a look at the travel now. starting with the tubes: there are severe delays on the district line from earls court to richmond and ealing broadway. there are no trains running through bexleyheath with southeastern — due to the landslip on monday. 0n the roads: traffic is slow on the north circular westbound approaching the clockhouse interchange at palmers green. and in fulham, there are water mains work and temporary traffic lights on wandsworth bridge road at the junction with ashcombe street. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. a very similar looking day of weather to how it was yesterday, we are starting off on a misty, foggy note this morning, poor visibility on some of our roads for a time.
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do take care out there. a lot of sunshine developing and, once again, it's set to feel very mild indeed for this time of year. but there is a met office weather warning valid until 11 o'clock for those fog patches towards parts of surrey, berkshire, and kent. visibility on some of our roads reduced to less than 100 metres. it's also a very chilly start to the morning with a touch frost out there. some of our temperatures below freezing. but they will rise, those temperatures, to around 1a—15 celsius by the end of the afternoon. the southerly breeze picking up a touch. very little in the way of cloud. and an awful lot of sunshine to enjoy. 0vernight tonight, we will keep the clear skies for a good while. and the cloud will start to push on from the west as we head in tomorrow morning. a touch of localised frost, i think, particularly out towards eastern counties as we head into the start of the day tomorrow. saturday is looking cloudier, sunday is looking sunnier, it will stay dry and settled. highs of 15 degrees. i'll be back with the latest in half an hour. until then there's plenty more on our website at the usual address. hello, this is breakfast
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with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. the home secretary has said he will do everything in his power to prevent the return of a teenage girl from east london, to prevent the return of a teenage girl from east london who ran away to join so—called islamic state four years ago. sajid javid says that if shamima begum does come back then she may be prosecuted, but her family has appealed for compassion. in an interview with the times, ms begum said that after losing two children to illness while living in syria, she wanted her third unborn baby to be cared for in the uk. downing street has said theresa may will continue to pursue her brexit strategy despite the defeat inflicted on her in the house of commons yesterday. a fifth of conservative mps didn't support the government. the prime minister is seeking concessions from brussels on the issue of the irish backstop, which would prevent a hard border if there was no trade agreement. the defeat has highlighted the depth of divisions within the tory party. a contributing factor
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to the prime minister's defeat was partially down to the european research group abstaining from the vote. we'rejoined by the mp and erg deputy chairman steve baker from his wycombe constituency. very good morning to you. i am tempted, looking at the scene behind you, and the fog... can you hear us 0k? you, and the fog... can you hear us ok? i can hear you, yes. i was going to say, looking at the scene behind it, the mist and fog, help us see through the mist and fog around what happened yesterday. this morning, what is different from yesterday morning in terms of theresa may and brexit? well, we have had a storm in a teacup, and the earthquake in which no—one was hurt. there are three things behind this vote, the first was the amendment which looked at taking no deal off the table, and
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the second is this was not a mutual motion. after we put so many collea g u es motion. after we put so many colleagues through the division lobby to support graham brady's amendment and show a united front, giving the prime minister the mandate she needs, within a few days our vote was reinterpreted and, taken together, it led colleagues after a lot of soul—searching to decide we had to abstain. we were not alone, dominic grieve, ken clarke, a small number of colleagues, a large proportion who had been rebelling on the remain side, so the wing is abstaining which is most unfortunate to have had this motion which we could not support. that erg, for people who don't know, can you explain? we are a group of conservatives who collectively research and it has exceeded what we are constituted to do in the sense that the erg is a
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metaphorfor the do in the sense that the erg is a metaphor for the eurosceptic conservatives, but not everybody is a subscriber, we try to bring people as best we can, bring goodwill and discipline and pay attention to the detail. that is what we are there to do, research and brief colleagues and make sure people are across what votes m ea n and make sure people are across what votes mean and what policy should be, which is why we have brought forward a series of policy papers and ideas including most recently this compromise which can unite the party and go forward together with the dup to deliver the exit successfully. you are mps with a common political goal, doesn't it make you a political party? and what about the accusation, coming from members of your own party, the defence minister tobias ellwood, saving you are a party within a party. what is the point of being members of the conservative party? we stood on the conservative
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ma nifesto we stood on the conservative manifesto and we are defending the conservative manifesto which said we would leave the single market, the customs union, the european court of justice and so on, we are standing up justice and so on, we are standing upfor justice and so on, we are standing up for the manifesto on which we stood. i understand that some collea g u es stood. i understand that some colleagues spoke with the media before they understood that ken clarke and dominic grieve and joe johnson also abstained, and i hope during the course of today collea g u es during the course of today colleagues across the party will realise many of the remain colleagues, justine greening, also abstained, so it is like we were out of kilter with those with the freedom of the backbenchers, it is a most u nfortu nate set freedom of the backbenchers, it is a most unfortunate set of circumstances. i insist it is a storm in a teacup. the mandate which the prime minister has from the brady amendment is still there. it is still very clear that there is a majority in the house of commons for a deal which replaces the backstop with alternative arrangements, that is absolutely crystal clear. the european 5 should understand that.
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there are some of us unwilling to vote to take no deal off the table. the thing that people will be mindful of, listening to you, and the way you explain things, it sounds straightforward, then they listen... well, i hope so. let me finish my point, so 0liver letwin has said this is what he said yesterday, when the chips are down theresa may is prepared to take us into no deal, it is terrifying. now, you conservatives are talking about the same thing. you seem relaxed about the notion of a no deal and 0liver letwin and others in your party are saying it is the worst possible thing that could happen. someone is going to be right and someone will be wrong. of course i was the minister responsible for co—ordinating work across government andi co—ordinating work across government and i would say to the public that
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in the event of leaving the eu without an agreement there would be some administrative disruption but if people look at what has been announced on eurotunnel, dover and calais, we are not hearing about that because it has passed through parliament, richard harrington doing great work in that area, measures have been taken, the eu has brought forward a number of standstill arrangements to make sure that even ina no arrangements to make sure that even in a no deal scenario on wto terms we move as smoothly as possible. people from embassies has said there is no such thing as no deal, we have to move fast to put in agreements in place. so, yes, there would be some difficulties. the language people are using is reckless and irresponsible. the public deserve politicians who will see through what they voted for with a degree of courage and resolve. let me ask you one more thing quickly if i may...” am so sorry. so it is possible that theresa may might be forced into a position where she has to take no deal off the table, that is a
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possibility. in those circumstances would you remain a member of the conservative party if she were going ahead with that policy?” conservative party if she were going ahead with that policy? i think that is an entirely speculative question. they are all speculative at the moment, to be fair. i stood on the conservative manifesto, i am proud to be conservative, i am standing up for the referendum result, i am seeing through the eu withdrawal at which i saw through. i am confident that we are standing up for what the majority in this country voted for. last night's vote was a storm in a tea cu p last night's vote was a storm in a teacup and the erg have brought forward constructive solutions including the malthouse compromise which can unite the party and give the prime minister a mandate not only to negotiate a successful exit but to continue governing afterwards. steve baker, thank you for your time, it looks like a lovely place to go for a stroll behind you in the early morning mist. it will be later, thank you. it really looks nice, it really
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does. democrat leaders have reacted furiously to the announcement that president trump plans to declare a national emergency to secure funding for his border wall with mexico. emergency powers would enable mr trump to divert money from existing military or disaster relief budgets to pay for the wall. the president said he would now sign a new spending bill to avoid a further government shutdown. the royal bank of scotland has just unveiled a better than expected dividend for the taxpayer after its profit more than doubled last year. the lender, which is still majority owned by the government, has reported profits of £1.62 billion — more than double what it made the year before. the bank said it would pay £977 million to the treasury as a dividend. hip and knee replacements could last much longer than originally thought, according to a new study. nhs advice currently says patients will get 15 years wear out of them. now, researchers from bristol university say that 80% of knee replacements and nearly 60% of hip replacements can last much longer than that. those are the main stories this
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morning. mike is here with all of the sport. headin mike is here with all of the sport. head in the hands for arsenal and la cazette head in the hands for arsenal and lacazette sent head in the hands for arsenal and la cazette sent off head in the hands for arsenal and lacazette sent off in belarus. there isa lacazette sent off in belarus. there is a second leg, so they can still go through in the europa league. was it about loss? it was one of the poorest performances of the season. the first time that they had beaten an english team in the europa league tie. they went behind against bartay borisoffjust before —— they went behind against barte borisovjust before half—time in the belarussian city and they'll be without alexandre lacazette for the return game next thursay, after he was sent off for elbowing an opponent. they're trying to reach the last 16 of the competition. ididn't i didn't see the action, but part of the frustration is we need control and it is bad news, this red kite,
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in this week. we are not going to play with him. chelsea looked nothing like the side that was thrashed 6—0 by manchester city at the weekend — they won at malmo in sweden. ross barkley and 0livier giroud scoring in a 2—1victory. and celtic have their work cut out if they're to make the next stage. they went down 2—0 to valencia in spain. one of the stars of team gb's hockey gold at the rio 0lympics, maddie hinch, has been named the world hockey goalkeeper of the year for the third time in a row. she won the public vote after helping england to bronze at the commonwealth games last year and also featuring in every england game at last year's world cup in london. he's been dubbed the next usain bolt. a seven—year—old boy from florida, whose videos on social media have gone viral. here's why meet rudolph ingram, known as 'blaze'. he's been smashing records on the track. blaze completed 100 metres injust13.a8 seconds —
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only a few seconds off seasoned professionals. grown—ups, that is. his dad has been posting his races online with a following of over 270,000. he is seven. i am in my 50s. i would dream of being that quick tomorrow, 0k? dream of being that quick tomorrow, ok? you might ask where i am going with this. i am racing in the indoor grand prix in birmingham in the 60 metres heat, it's an experiment i've been shown how to warm up at the british athletes winter training camp in tenerife — learned a new way of running, from athlete harry aikines—aryeetey, practicsing by start, also with rising star reece prescod. he showed me how to start a blocks.
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british athletics want to see the difference overjust 60 metres between an ageing over weight bloke off the sofa and the top athletes. lane number four. what lane numberfour. what will the difference 'cause will i qualify for the final? it will be shown on bbc sport in the afternoon. the actual race is at 12:50pm. the warmup is what they think is going to change? the warmup is so important, because the sprint start is so explosive it is easy to ngos, so you have to warmup for half—an—hour, a5 minutes. —— because it is so easy to injure yourself. you don't even look up for about 20 metres of the 60 metres. what is the difference going to be? do you have the right outfit? shorts
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and a vest and spikes. ok. so, yes, i will be kitted out and steve cram will be commentating as well. the pressure! there will be a full buildup tomorrow to set the scene. then you are going over?” buildup tomorrow to set the scene. then you are going over? i will leave at 8:30am to go to birmingham to register & in. very exciting. -- register & in. very exciting. maybe humiliating. we are looking at technology and how quickly you can get information. what is that? you know what i mean. 0ne what is that? you know what i mean. one of the things we are going to talk about today is 5g. we have heard of ag, some of us still have 3g. ben is in central london, he is up 3g. ben is in central london, he is upi, 3g. ben is in central london, he is up i, beautiful sunlight over st
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paul's, ben. you are going to go through what chip is needed to make the sg through what chip is needed to make the 5g happen? yes, two things, and charlie it is called buffering and it is more complicated than a chip, yes, thank you, naga. welcome to central london, some of the oldest features of the skyline alongside some of the newest, but there will be even more because new receivers and antennas could be appearing, this is an old ag which powers most of the networks at the moment, but there is a new kid in town and it is called 5g. essentially that will help us to download things more quickly and keep the service more reliable. if you are in a busy place, shopping centre, football match, you can get more reliable service, but it will cost more too because phone companies are testing this 5g
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service are working out what it means for them. it will cost a little bit more and we will need a new phone, a new device. stuart mah is with me. explain what difference this will explain what difference this will make for us. it sounds like just a number. but it is quite a big change. the main difference people will see is speed. think of your broadband at home, but on the go. you will get faster speeds. 0r broadband at home, but on the go. you will get faster speeds. or when you are on a busy train or in a stadium, you will be able to cope with the same thing, rather than saying why can't i sent a picture of this? the other thing is about latency. quite a dull word. ag is all about pulling information from the internet. it is about pulling down the stream of something from netflix music from spotify or 0ngenda, where you are flitting through the pictures and you can see the next beta, leaving quickly, this is about pushing data backup. we will be able to do things like augmented reality experiences where we can overlay technology on things or autonomous cars or traffic
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infrastructure. everything talking to each other simultaneously, really quickly. lots of those inventions come about by accident. when it is available that technology means it is quicker. we find new ways of doing things that we had not thought about already. when i was at the launch of 3g although ago it was about video calling. that did not really catch on at all ag. ag was about accessing the internet and streaming stuff on the go. this will be about interacting more, asked pushing information back rather than pulling information down. that will open upa pulling information down. that will open up a host of possibilities. so many people listening to this this morning will say in my town or village where i where i live i struggle to get 2g or preachy, let alone ag or even 5g. would the money not be better spent improving that a cts not be better spent improving that acts as? -- 3g. you always have to move on. ag, according to the operators, is widely available in lots of places. there are places we cannot get a signal at all. you have to move on. there are new experiences that go with that. the
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main operators, ee, vodafone, they are doing trials. vodafone up in manchester this morning. london met three. ee bringing our services towards the summer. by the end of the year we will have the operators experiencing used stock. a quick word on those devices and the cost. apple not yet committing to it by g phone. i know some others are launching later this you. a word on when we will get the phones and how much the new data will cost —— 5g. we'll see announcement on 5g devices next week. the week after is a big trade show in barcelona about mobile phones. we expect devices there. by the end of the year about 20 there will be run 5g. vodafone, three and eez they will have services for consumers by the end of the year. starting to run out from about summertime. it will cost a little more. ag services, an early adopter
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tax, you will be happy for the speed. thank you for its burning all of that. i had that has at some of your questions. it is a bit compensated. it is all at the early stages yet. but get used to hearing about 5g and spotting new masks appearing on existing towers. you don't have to build a new mast, just add kids to an existing tower. but it could make things more reliable and certainly a lot quicker when we are accessing the internet on the move. i will leave you with that glorious view this morning. take a look at that. st paul's in the spring sunshine. it is absolutely beautiful. i think we might be able to beat it. remember that you, everyone. st paul's in london. what about this? sunrise from hambledon hill in dorset. i think it wins. john maguire is they're talking about hilltop forts. we will get more from him later. but we need to understand why all this sunshine and whether it will stay. the manta
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telesis matt. good morning. good morning. i can see some fog on the shot as well. a lovely sunny start for many. it is a chilly start as well. elsewhere across the uk these are the lowest averages we have at the moment, —3, —a, it represents a 90 degrees drop from some yesterday afternoon and a 90 degrees rise into the southee —— 19. a bit ofa degrees rise into the southee —— 19. a bit of a day of wardrobe dilemmas. the warm jacket on this morning. milder conditions. such overhead. as you saw from dorset, there are fog patches around, these are the areas where it may have your morning commute. they will shift by mid—morning. it is a story or blue skies for the vast majority through today. western scotland, northern ireland, the cloud will increase into the afternoon and the far west of northern ireland, particularly across the western highlands and the hebridies you could see outbreaks of rain. 0na hebridies you could see outbreaks of rain. on a temperature profile, the yellow is on there, an indication
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that even though we started with a frost the temperatures will climb to around 15 or 16 degrees in one or two spots. just about all in double figures this afternoon. winds latest across the south are stronger towards the north and west. notice the direction that coming from the south. that is what is bringing in the milder conditions which will come in through the night. more cloud. rain in northern ireland. heavy persistent rain in the far north and west of scotland. more cloud in the forecast. not as cold tonight. should be frost free into tomorrow morning. a milder start. this weekend, a mild weekend in store. breezy at times. for most it will be largely dry. let us look at saturday first of all. more cloud across southern counties of england compared with the day. just moving northwards. may threaten the odd isolated shower. 0ne northwards. may threaten the odd isolated shower. one or two isolated showers in the west. the vast majority, dry day. this is a turnaround, especially if in scotland, northern england and later the far south—east. temperatures the
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tin some. sunday, please skies again for england and scotland. scotland. a little rain at times, mainly across northern ireland and western scotland. we stu par temperatures into the mid—teens. naga and charlie, back to you. —— most it averages. the hill forts that dot the landscape of dorset and wiltshire were once home to iron age settlers but these days you're more likely to find all sorts of wildlife living there. now the monuments are to receive funding to ensure the archaeological sites can carry on protecting the fragile habitats that exist there. breakfast‘s john mcguire is in hambledon hill in dorset for us this morning. good morning, john. good morning naga. i thought you were going to state 0pposition about me then. stunning views this morning. if you arejust stunning views this morning. if you are just looking over the top of the duvet this morning, still in bed, maybe on the end of your half term week, a employee to get out into the british countryside. you will get a
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view like this —— i implore you. this is our this morning. absolutely stunning looking across the dorset countryside. these ramparts, spectacular, built by hand. this particular one, hambledon hill fought at maybe 5000 years ago. for the last 5000 years men and women have stood up here at and enjoyed this view. it is spectacular. but it does not look after itself. that is where the national trust comes in. as first happened here thousands of yea rs as first happened here thousands of years ago, hodge hill is being cleared by hand. some of the wood is burned and some will be reused as fencing. people might wonder, michael, it seems odd to be cutting trees down. what is the point that? this scrub is going on quite significant remains, on the steep slopes of the ramparts. if you look at some of the older scrub down there, you will see it is quite bare underneath. that is a problem as far
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as archaeology is concerned. lots of loose soil like this and that washes down and causes erosion problems and the sort of thing. the latest research has identified more than a000 hill forts across the british isles, most built in the iron age and home to hundreds of people started a big statement in the landscape. there were important, on high areas, people lived. obviously ata time high areas, people lived. obviously at a time of uncertainty. they went to all this trouble to make these fortified settlements. this one is unique because the romans' famous military engineers, so well—designed. military engineers, so well-designed. they did. there isn't another one that i know of in britain we have a ravening catmint inside an iron age hill fort. —— roaming happened. they were made with handles made from deer antlers and cowell shoulder blades. today 's
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volu nteers and cowell shoulder blades. today 's volunteers have sharpened steel and power would buy tea cake. it is physical but enjoyable.” power would buy tea cake. it is physical but enjoyable. i love being outdoors, whether it is working with the sore or a bonfire or a survey, whatever you are doing. you feel that you will are contributing to the work it out is trained to do. quite hard work today. -- trying to do. i have the lightjob. it certainly keeps you warm by the bonfire. £100,000 of the postcode lottery will be spent on 13 of the scheduled monuments will stop it is a delicate balancing act, conserving the past and enabling access and encouraging wildlife to populate these areas into the future. that is the real challenge. just look at the view of hambledon hill this morning. we are about 200 metres above sea level. it is spectacular. when the clouds blow through you can't see much. what we
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can see, the views are stunning. this is so much older than hodge hill, where be made the film. whereon hambledon hill. 5000 years old. that is extraordinary. over there you have a roman fort. he'll have an iron age hill fort until gloveed neolithic causeway enclosure. it is much older the site. the hill forts of similar ages. they are massive settlements. why are they so close together? they are just two kilometres apart. hundreds of roundhouses inside them. we saw some of that in the film. we have shortly filmed a couple of weeks ago. a dusting of light snow. that showed you the ingenuity and the effort that went into building all of the ramparts. it is mind blowing. yes. why would you want to live kneehill like this? it is a beautiful morning but very windy. —— kneehill. they saw these places as
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stata symbols, you imagine powerful people, primitive tools to build such vast works as this —— stata symbols. the national trust looked after these for the nation and they are very difficult to maintain. there is a lot of work for the rangers and the farmers and the grazing animals to make them as they are today. it is a constant thing to get them to the condition they are this morning. thank you very much. good to talk to this morning. keep up good to talk to this morning. keep up the good work preserving this incredible place. it has a spooky feeling, especially with the mist and the sun coming up, to feel that you are walking in the footsteps of people that have populated what looks now like a wild and remit area for thousands of years i hope you are enjoying the pictures from dorset this morning. we will bring you more late in the programme after
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the news, travel, and whetherfrom where you are watching today —— weather. good morning from bbc london news. i'm alice salfield. an injunction to tackle the rise in people sleeping and begging near finsbury park station is being sought in the high court today. islington council is trying to stop anti—social behaviour after increasing reports of theft and intimidation under stroud green road bridge. councillors agreed to remove the words 'rough sleeping' from the court order after critics said the plan criminalises homelessness. the mayor will urge european transport bosses to adopt the same safety standards for hgvs that are being introduced here. from october, large lorries in the capital will need safety certificates, which will be based on how much drivers can see from their cab. unsafe lorries will be banned. research shows they're involved in a disproportionate number of collisions in london. a soho landlord is warning that the unique character of his pub — which is one of the last
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in the area to have a landlord — will be destroyed if the brewery that owns the building gets rid of him. fullers — which owns the coach and horses on greek street — says it wants to manage the pub itself and vows to preserve its historic status. but there are fears this will drive regulars away. there are key venues in this village that have a real important social standing and the coach and horses is one of those that don't need to be changed in any way. it is all the characters who have been coming in here for decades. they come in and say, "oh my god, it hasn't changed at all, it's fantastic." time for the travel now. 0n the tubes the district line has minor delays from earls court to richmond and ealing broadway. there are no trains running through bexleyheath with southeastern, that's since the landslip last monday. if we look at the roads, this is the traffic in twickenham on the great chertsey road approaching the hospital bridge roundabout towards richmond.
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and in fulham, there are water mains works and temporary traffic lights on wandsworth bridge road at the junction with ashcombe street. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. a very similar looking day of weather to how it was yesterday, we are starting off on a misty, foggy note this morning, poor visibility on some of our roads for a time. do take care out there. a lot of sunshine developing and, once again, it's set to feel very mild indeed for this time of year. but there is a met office weather warning valid until 11 o'clock for those fog patches towards parts of surrey, berkshire, and kent. visibility on some of our roads reduced to less than 100 metres. it's also a very chilly start to the morning with a touch frost out there. some of our temperatures below freezing. but they will rise, those temperatures, to around 1a—15 celsius by the end of the afternoon. the southerly breeze picking up a touch. very little in the way of cloud. and an awful lot of sunshine to enjoy. 0vernight tonight, we will keep the clear skies for a good while. and the cloud will start to push on from the west as we head in tomorrow morning.
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a touch of localised frost, i think, particularly out towards eastern counties as we head into the start of the day tomorrow. saturday is looking cloudier, sunday is looking sunnier, it will stay dry and settled. highs of 15 degrees. i'll be back in half an hour. see you soon. good morning, and welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today... the home secretary says he will do everything in his power to prevent the return of the british teenager who ran away to join the so—called islamic state. a blow to theresa may — her latest proposal to unite parliament on brexit is overwhelmingly voted down. president trump says he'll declare a national emergency to secure funding for a border wall with mexico. sent off in borisov —
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a humiliating night what exactly is 5g and how do you get it, i will have some answers. sent off in borisov — a humiliating night in the belarussian city for arsenal, as their striker lacazette loses his cool and the team loses the match, in the europa league. it is as low as —a in some parts of the uk but it will be getting up to 16 in the uk but it will be getting up to 16ina the uk but it will be getting up to 16 in a few spots this afternoon with plenty of sunshine around. i will have the details for the weekend coming up. it's friday, 15th february. our top story. the home secretary has said he will do everything in his power to prevent the return of a teenage girl from east london who ran away to join so—called islamic state. sajid javid says if shamima begum comes back to the uk, then she may be prosecuted. her family has appealed
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for compassion, saying she was very young when she made the decision to leave four years ago. ben ando reports. there are nearly a0,000 in this camp. more arrive each day, as their dreams of an islamic state caliphate crumble. among them, shamima begum from bethnal green. now 19, and nine months pregnant with her third child, she says she has no regrets about what she did and what she saw. shamima and two friends left the uk in 2015. one is now dead, the other missing, but the home secretary doesn't want her back. he told the times newspaper... shamima is not alone. the government estimates that 900
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people travelled from the uk to engage in conflict in syria and iraq. around 180, or one in five, are known to have been killed, while twice that number 360, have already returned to the uk, with the same number still unaccounted for. and if shamima is one of those who makes it back, she can expect to be questioned and possibly prosecuted. but will she lose her british citizenship? her family are asking for compassion, but some are urging the authorities to take a harder line, saying that actions should have consequences. ben ando, bbc news, at the home office. theresa may is pushing ahead with her strategy to secure a brexit deal despite another commons defeat and signs of worsening rifts within the conservative party. a fifth of tory mps did not support the government in a largely symbolic vote on its strategy. joining us now from westminster is our political correspondent iain watson. good morning. 0ne
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good morning. one of the questions we've been asking all morning is, what is different, what has changed today, then, after this vote, if anything? well, technically, nothing has changed, to coin a phrase, because the prime minister is going back to brussels to try to renegotiate the withdrawal agreement, the 585 page document which is meant to be setting out how and when we leave the european union. now, one of the leading lights in the european research group, long—standing leave campaign a steve baker on this programme said that the government to defeat yesterday was an earthquake in which no—one got hurt. but i'm not sure about that, because if the prime minister wants changes in brussels, she has to be able to convince them she has to be able to convince them she can get anything that she comes back with a through parliament to, so another defeat may well have undermined her there. and basically what happened yesterday was that a lot of these long—standing leave campaigners were worried that she might take the option of no deal off the table, so effectively they were
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trying to fire a shot across her bow was. what they have also done is provoke a backlash in their own party. for example, some government ministers are now saying they might resign at the end of this month in order to take no deal off the table. in other words, the opposite of what these brexiteers want. 0ne in other words, the opposite of what these brexiteers want. one of those who is thinking about this is defence minister tobias ellwood, and this is how he described his collea g u es this is how he described his colleagues in the european research group. the conservative party is a broad church, that is what our appeal is to the nation. 0ne broad church, that is what our appeal is to the nation. one group of that has taken over the pulpit, the choir stalls and indeed the belltower, and and that is simply wrong. and it's causing problems for us to get this brexit deal through. so, as he said, problems for the prime minister getting that brexit deal through. and as i said, there's also a bit of a backlash because he was quite restrained, tobias ellwood, compared to another government minister, the business minister richard harrington, said that there was in the european
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research group, the brexiteers like jacob rees—mogg, that they were traitors and they should go off and join nigel faraj‘s new brexit party. and government minister said, we will be leaving with a deal and they had better get used to that. the implication being that if they don't, brexit may well get delayed. so that is what has been going on beneath the surface of the conservative party. downing insisting that the prime minister is strict sticking with her strategy and she's going back to brussels to try to get the changes she needs to try to get the changes she needs to try to get some of her own backbenchers back onside. the prisons minister says there are early signs of reduced violence in ten of england's worst affected prisons. last year, rory stewart told this programme he'd step down if he was unable to tackle the problem. i will quit if i haven't succeeded in12 i will quit if i haven't succeeded in 12 months in reducing the level of drugs and violence in those prisons. i want to make a measurable
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difference, that is what this investment is around. i believe in the prison service and i believe in our prison and i believe this can be turned around and i want you to judge me on those results and i will resign if i don't succeed. but mr stewart has also warned some prisons, such as nottingham, continue to be of serious concern. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw has been to visit. 0k, guys, we're going to do a routine cell search this afternoon... the value of experience. these senior prison officers have been brought in to hmp nottingham to guide newer members of staff. more than half of those working here have less than two years' service. they need help to carry out basic duties, like searching cells for drugs and weapons. pay attention to things like that. yeah, i've just had a look in the slit. you can't prepare forjob like this — the noise, the smell. when you come into contact with somebody that is threatening to take their own life or attempting to take their own life, that's probably the scariest, most daunting situation i have found myself in. and to have that experience there to reassure me and the prisoner was really beneficial.
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but drugs are still being smuggled in. this harry potter book had been sprayed with a psychoactive substance similar to the synthetic cannabis spice. new scanning equipment will help detect drugs. they remain a cause of instability and violence. the prison is fundamentally still unsafe and that remains a challenge for us. every day there's an assault on my colleagues and on other prisoners, that's regretful, but it is getting safer. nottingham is one of ten prisons that are getting investment and support to cut violence. i wouldn't have committed to going into those ten prisons and committed to reducing violence and drugs and i wouldn't have put myjob on the line unless i was confident we can do it, but it is worth putting in context that, in those ten prisons, violence has been rising steadily month on month for five years, so turning that around and bringing it down is going to be a challenge. that's certainly the case here, despite the commitment and dedication of the staff. donald trump is to declare
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a national emergency in order to secure funding for his border wall with mexico. critics say the move is unlawful and an abuse of presidential power. 0ur washington correspondent chris buckler has more. the long border that divides the us and mexico is at the centre of america's own political divide. building a huge barrier here has become more than a priority for president trump, it's become a point of principle. yet after all his threats that he wouldn't accept any funding bill that didn't include more than $5 billion for his long promised wall, he's had to accept a congressional compromise. i've just had an opportunity to speak with president trump and he, i would say to all my colleagues, has indicated he's prepared to sign the bill. he will also be issuing a national emergency declaration at the same time. this week, president trump held a rally beside the border in texas, where he again made a pledge to supporters that he
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would build the wall. declaring a national emergency could allow him to use money from other funds, but his plan is likely to face challenges in court. did i say i was filing a legal challenge? reporter: you said democrats... i may, that's an option, and we'll review our options, but it's important to note that when the president declares this emergency, first of all, it's not an emergency. mr trump once promised mexico would pay for the wall, then he turned to congress. now he's relying on his own presidential powers, but in building physical barriers, he knows he faces political ones. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. hip and knee replacements could last much longer than originally thought, according to a new study. nhs advice currently says patients will get 15 years wear out of them. will get 15 years' wear out of them. now, researchers from bristol university say that 80% of knee replacements and nearly 60% of hip replacements can last much longer than that.
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new research suggests ageing brains can potentially be rejuvenated — at least in mice, according to the american association for the advancement of science. early—stage experiments indicate that drugs can be developed to stop or even reverse mental decline. scientists have identified a chemical that enabled older mice to find their way around mazes just as well as younger mice. is that an older mouse or a younger mouse? you to know! can you tell by the rings on the tail, like entries? possibly not! one other story for you, shall wejust possibly not! one other story for you, shall we just see these pictures and you will get a sense, it's one of those extraordinary double acts. the dog has a friend
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and it's a fit! . this is molly, molly is a dog, molly lost a litter of puppies last month so she was very, very upset. this possum was abandoned by its mother so molly's owner sara has spoken about the relationship, saying they need each other, so the dog, molly, waits under a tree, if the possum goes up the tree, waits for it to come back. mike knows all about possums, i don't think they have rings on their tails. to be fair, mice don't live that long anyway so an older mouse is not much older than a young mouse! a remarkable story a sports star who was involved in a really nasty accident and a road to recovery? it is a story of redemption and it shows how out of speedway riders are part of what they have to put up with going around the track at 70mph, no
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breaks, we'll to wield, this is the story of ricky ashworth, anybody in the speedway world will have heard of him, he was a former british champion, he had had crushes before, got back on the bike, left in a coma for three months, his got back on the bike, left in a coma forthree months, his family got back on the bike, left in a coma for three months, his family feared the worst. but he has come back over the worst. but he has come back over the last six years, and it has been nothing short of remarkable, defying what the family and indeed doctors ever believed was possible. and re ce ntly ever believed was possible. and recently he's been back on a bike at the manchester velodrome, the national cycling centre. i went with him... there have been many heroic moments at the national cycling centre, but few could match the emotion and the significance of ricky ashworth's visit here. a decade ago, he was one of the best speedway riders. a premier league champion and riding for the british team. like others at the top, he was riding on the edge and seemingly invincible. undeterred by pile—ups like this one in 2008. but after another crash, five years later, ricky wasn't so lucky. he spent three months in a coma,
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before finally his family's prayers were answered and he awoke. but the toughest journey of his life was about to begin. looking cool, rick. his sister filmed the journey as ricky defied the odds and medical prognosis. can you wave? brilliant. look at that balance. ricky ashworth, eh? and then this year, what many thought impossible, the chance for ricky to get back on a bike. to begin with, a tandem cycle, but a chance to feel the wheels turning beneath him once more. it's amazing. it absolutely is. to be here, to be sitting here. once a biker, always a biker. it's good to be back on a bike.
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i didn't think he would be able to do it, to tell the truth. i thought there'd be no way. it's like when you first let your child go on a pushbike with no stabilisers on for the first time. you're a bit nervous. it is still a huge effort for ricky to co—ordinate his brain and muscles to just get onto the bike, let alone soon be peddling. ricky can't remember anything about the crash, just the wobble before and then nothing for three months. and yet here on the track where world championships have been decided, ricky won his battle, back to the feel of racing, passing opponents in wheel to wheel manoeuvres around the extreme banked curves of the velodrome. and on bikes with no brakes — just like in speedway. step by step, it's been a long road just to get here.
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still a long way to go. my my speech is terrible. but other than that, just fantastic. it was so good. and he is not satisfied with being a passenger, his next stage is to ride solo around the velodrome. and then next month there will be some sort of benevolent charity fund—raising lap of honour at a speedway track, probably in leicester, they're thinking, with ricky on a bike, albeit a tandem or a pushbike. and because of his story, british cycling have now set up these hubs around the country where people may be recovering from injuries, they can get on a bike whereas in the past it has been more for those people with physical challenges who have been involved. now, they have these helps to help people like ricky to give them that experience,
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to rehabilitate them through sport and the experience of flying around the velodrome. thank you so much, mike. this is the stunning view of the sunrise from hambledon hill in dorset this morning. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. what have we got, a little bit of mist as the sun is rising up, a beautiful day? yeah, what you've got isa beautiful day? yeah, what you've got is a temperature inversion, with sunshine on the top of the hills and with the colder air down in the valley, that is where the fog has formed. it is a similar story across many southern counties of england with that mixture of sun and fog. but for the vast majority it is blue skies overhead at the moment. very good morning to you. even though it sta rts good morning to you. even though it starts chilly, it will warm upjust like it did yesterday. warmest valentine's day in 21 years. 16 degrees in north wales. the warmest
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spotin degrees in north wales. the warmest spot in scotland yesterday was on top of the cairngorms. it should be single figure temperatures for most of us at the moment. it does give you some wardrobe dilemmas, warm jacket this morning but by this afternoon you will be casting it aside! in the southern counties of england this is where the fog is most dense at the moment. it will ta ke most dense at the moment. it will take a few more hours before it clears. any isolated fog patches elsewhere will clear and foremost it's a sunny day. western scotland clouding over at times. 0ne it's a sunny day. western scotland clouding over at times. one or two showers, particularly later on into the afternoon across the highlands and islands. most places staying dry. even without that, vast majority, double figures, if not low
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to mid—teens. the southerly breeze will keep the temperatures from falling away too much. but we will see a bit of wetter weather around in the north and west of scotland and occasionally in northern ireland. a few showers for england and wales but the vast majority here will stay dry. most of you dry into tomorrow morning but with more cloud into the forecast tonight, it should not be quite as cold as last night. in to the weekend, more weather fronts and more clout. but high pressure a cross fronts and more clout. but high pressure across central europe, we're on the western side of it so the winds coming up clockwise from the winds coming up clockwise from the south, and it will continue to bring that run of milder winds towards our shores. this weekend, mild, a little bit breezy but whilst there will be some rain in the west, most there will be some rain in the west, m ost pla ces there will be some rain in the west, most places will be dry. saturday, cloud at times, certainly cloudy compared with today across central and southern england and wales. some
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showers in scotland and potentially later into the west but for most of you, actually, not bad. by the time we get to sunday, blue skies back for much of england and scotland, a few showers for wales. even though we've got that frosted this morning, we've got that frosted this morning, we will see temperatures getting up to 15-16. we will see temperatures getting up to 15—16. back to you. we will see temperatures getting up to 15-16. back to you. what was that, a temperature inversion? yeah, so where you have got the warmer air on top of colder air. it should get colder the higher up you go but sometimes it's reversed. thousands of pupils in the uk are expected to walk out of school today to protest on the streets amid growing concern about the escalating climate change crisis. 0rganisers of the youth strike for climate campaign say
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demonstrations are being held in 60 british towns and cities against what they see as government inaction on global warming. we're nowjoined by 13—year—old environmental campaigner george and his mum ali. and energy minister claire perry is in our cambridge newsroom. very good morning to all of you, so what is the idea of today? so, it's about all the young people gathering together and speaking up for what we think is right and what we believe in, to take action on what is one of the biggest problem is i believe... so you're a very passionate campaigner, do you think it is shared by young people? yeah, because a lot of people are coming today and a lot of people sometimes doubt the views of young people, but we know what we believe in and cardio going to show that today. let me ask you now, it is a day off school, is that allowed...? me ask you now, it is a day off school, is that allowed. . . ? in george's case, we have asked the headmistress and he has been given permission. but children all over the country are taking part there
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are just walking out. others have been given permission by the head. i'm delighted that you took time out to talk to george today, claire perry, george, you've done a lot of research on this stuff, haven't you? what i'm going to say is, would you like to ask the energy minister a question? yes. what action will you be taking to reassure our generation about climate change because in the end it is as who is going to suffer? george, it is great to see you. i think if i was your age, i would be out with you today, although i do not want to create any extra workload for teachers. what we want is people who are passionate like you to be learning the skills we need to solve this problem, and you're probably going to learn the better in the classroom. but one thing you should be really proud of today, the uk was the first country in the world to wake up to this, ten years ago we passed a piece of legislation in parliament to climate change act, we were the first country to do that and i probably
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one of the only ministers who is able to sit here today and actually have energy climate budgets where we have energy climate budgets where we have to cut our carbon by a certain amount overa certain have to cut our carbon by a certain amount over a certain period of time. the other thing amount over a certain period of time. the otherthing is amount over a certain period of time. the other thing is that we can't do this alone. a molecule of carbon dioxide once it is emitted goes into the atmosphere, the atmosphere is 60 miles thick and we all share in that. so the uk is absolutely at the forefront, we've cut our carbon emissions now since 1990 than any other country in the world, based on our growth rate. because the best way to cut your emissions is to shut the economy down, and we don't want that because we want there to be jobs for you and money for schools at we want there to be jobs for you and money for schools et cetera. but what we've got to do is act together and one thing i've been doing as the minister for nst and also climate change is, you will have heard of the paris agreement —— energy —— where 196 the paris agreement —— energy —— where196 countries came together and agreed that we needed to have no more than to degrees warming. well, i'm pitching for the more than to degrees warming. well, i'm pitching forthe uk more than to degrees warming. well, i'm pitching for the uk to be the place where we hold those global
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climate change talks next year, because that will be the crucial year when all the countries get together and we show what our plans are... minister, i am going to chip in because george is very quiet. ministers are sometimes talk for a long time and don't let people ask questions. you were nodding, you're hearing some good things but i'm sensing from the fact that you're so worked out about this that you wa nted worked out about this that you wanted to be out of school to make a point, is what you're hearing reassuring you? really i wanted to...i reassuring you? really i wanted to... i might have missed a point because i am not... what sort of numbers are we trying to aspire to be in the future? well, our current plans are for us to cut our carbon emissions by 80% of. we always base that off the 1990 number. but actually we need to get to net his, we need to be in a place where all of the emissions we might be creating in some parts of the economy are taken away by other things we're doing. —— net zero. and
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we have a committee on climate change in the uk, an independent body, i'm actually really excited about this as well and we have asked them for advice on how we should get toa them for advice on how we should get to a net zero economy. i don't know how you got to the studio today, many of us still drive and fly, some of the things we make in the uk still produce carbon, we know we've got to cut those carbon emissions. but we also need to find ways to ta ke but we also need to find ways to take carbon out of the system, and the best thing we can do for that is to plant trees. and also change the way we farm the landscape. minister... and sorry for interrupting. it's great to have targets, we all like to hear targets and as george said, he would love to hear some numbers, the problem is, we hear all of these targets and numbers and we don't get there. and we are not given guarantees of when they will be achieved because that's why george and hundreds of other kids are going out today, taking a day off school and saying, we don't think you're doing enough for us because we just hear lots of numbers
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and words but we don't see it making and words but we don't see it making a difference to our lives? again, just to chuck a couple of things out, one of the biggest things we can do is move our energy system away from coal and towards renewable energy. we've done that in the uk, we're up to more than 30% from renewables now. only this week the world's biggest wind farm is opening off the shores of yorkshire, offshore wind, huge potential for that. these turbines are bigger than the gherkin and i will be almost too hundred of them, enough power to power 1 hundred of them, enough power to power! million homes. i completely acce pt power! million homes. i completely accept what george feels very strongly and i feel very strongly is, we've got to do more. and the world has got to do more. one country is not going to solve this problem on its own or indeed several countries. energy minister, thank you very much forjoining us. george, i think. you very much forjoining us. george, ithink. that's you very much forjoining us. george, i think. that's our time than. and a very proud mum as well. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.
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it is going to be a mild day out there once again and that follows on from the woman's valentine's day in 21 yea rs from the woman's valentine's day in 21 years and foremost, sunny skies will dominate. west of scotland turning cloudy and we could be set to see some outbreaks of rain develop as we finish the afternoon and go into the evening. under the sunny skies, temperatures on the up and the yellow showing some of the warmest air. temperatures up to 16 degrees. temperatures in double figures, if not the teens. the pre—strengthening a little bit through the day especially north and the west but it will always be coming up from the south to south
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westerly direction and that will dominate as we go through the weekend giving a hint of what's to come. but into tonight, we will see cloud across western part of england and wales. more persistent rain to the north and western scotland for a time and into the money but tonight, frost is likely in most areas. temperatures should hold up nicely. into the weekend, it is going to stay mild and the breeze coming from a south—westerly direction. most places dry but there will be more cloud on saturday especially in southern parts of the uk. if you showers in scotland. cannot rule out a few isolated showers elsewhere. best of the sunniest weather is across eastern parts of scotland, evenif across eastern parts of scotland, even if it is hazy and eastern areas, we can see temperatures of 16
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degrees. on sunday, sunny weather is back for england and scotland but if few showers and western parts of england and wales later and outbreaks of rain in northern ireland in the morning will spread into western parts of scotland. but other than in shetland, double figure temperatures all the way with highs of 16. your're watching business live. our top story — amazon's deal in the big apple has turned sour after plans for its vast new york headquarters have been axed. we start in the us, where internet giant amazon has abandoned plans to build a vast second headquarters in new york city because of opposition from local politicians and labour unions.
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