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this is bbc news. the headlines at 11pm. the home secretary has revoked the british citizenship, of the teenager shamima begum, who ran away to join the islamic state group. the mp for enfield north, joan ryan, becomes the eighth to resign from the labour party, joining the new independent group in parliament. honda confirms it is shutting its huge car plant in swindon, with the loss of 3,500 jobs. there's about 10—12 people from our little family, all working here. good friends that work here that i know have just got married, had babies, just bought houses. and it'sjust like... you feel for these people. influential and revered. karl lagerfeld, a giant of the fashion world, has died. he was 85.
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a chance for liverpool to pull back! and liverpool draw a blank, in their champions league first leg tie, at home to bayern munich. and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, defence correspondent at the times, lucy fisher, and the guardian columnist, dawn foster. stay with us for that. good evening. shamima begum, the teenager who left britain at the age of 15 to join the islamic state group, has been stripped of her british citizenship by the home office. now aged 19, she's in a refugee camp in syria. a statement from her family said they were "very disappointed" at the news, and they would consider all legal avenues to challenge the decision.
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the home office hasn't commented. daniel sandford has more details. shamima begum escape from fierce fighting this month as the islamic state group she went to join as a teenager slowly loses its last piece of territory in syria. but returning to the uk became much harder today, as the government move to take away her british nationality. a letter sent to her mother by the home office said... if apparently you show little remorse, if you join a death cult that has killed british citizens, beheaded british citizens, maimed thousands of people, there is no return from this. she caused outrage yesterday by equating the children killed in the manchester bomb two years ago with people being bombed by coalition forces
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in is held areas of syria. like the women and children being killed right now by the bombings? it's a two—way thing. at the weekend, shamima begum gave birth to a baby boy who she was carrying under her clothes when the bbc interviewed her, but that doesn't seem to have affected the home office's decision. it seems to be a bit of a knee—jerk reaction. the family are very surprised at that. essentially she has never been to bangladesh. there's a lot of social media saying she was born there, she's never been there. she has only been in britain. so it seems to be a bizarre decision, and i'm not entirely sure how that will stand up legally. in order to deprive someone of the british citizenship, the home secretary needs to be satisfied that doing so is... and that they've conducted themselves in a manner which is... he must also be sure that they are... it now transpires that the mother
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appears to be a bangladesh national. by bangladesh law, that would mean that ms begum is a bangladesh national. that means that she doesn't have only british nationality. therefore, if her british nationality is removed, she is not stateless. tonight, the home office said it would not comment on individual cases, but that any decisions to deprive individuals of their citizenship are based on all available evidence and are not taken lightly. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the home office. well, daniel explains what's likely to happen next. this will now be tied up in the courts for months, if not years. the special immigration appeals commission will be the first port of call for the family and for their lawyers trying to overturn this decision by the home secretary to deprive her of her citizenship. the home office has lost cases there about bangladesh citizens in the past, so it is not guaranteed that they will win that, so we could see a series
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of appeals beyond that. i think it will be interesting to see which way the courts go in this case. it's certainly not cut and dried. the home office has of course done this before, with much more serious cases, like those believed to bejihadi john's so—called beatles gang. they've been deprived of citizenship, but it looks like they are not trying to come back to the uk, whereas in her case, she is. certainly there is no chance now of what her lawyers were hoping, that the home office would help them with papers to get her out of northern syria. that will clearly not be the case, and i think we're in for a long legal battle, and she will be staying in a refugee camp in northern syria. in the past hour, the mp for enfield north, joan ryan, has announced that after four decades, she's leaving the labour party. in a letter which she put on twitter, she said she'd "made the terribly difficult decision to resign", and vowed to continue to represent her constituents
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and speak up for them as a member of the independent group of mps. our political correspondent jonathan blake is in westminster. jonathan, tell us more about what she had to say? she's been very critical ofjeremy corbyn‘s leadership of the labour party, and in particular around what she sees as his failure to tackle the issue of anti—semitism within labour. she had some very strong criticism for mr corbyn, talking about labour becoming engulfed in a scourge of anti—jewish racism, saying that he has allowed it to happen, and it wouldn't have happened under any other leader. it has brought shame to the party, in her words. she says thatjeremy corbyn has surrounded himself with a stalinist group of individuals who fail to see the scale of this problem. we should say thatjeremy corbyn has consistently denied being anti—semitic himself
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and has also made efforts to take action against those accused of it within the party. butjoan ryan making it very clear that she lays the blame for the controversy around anti—semitism within the labour party at the door ofjeremy corbyn, and that is clearly the main and overriding reason why she has taken what she describes as a very difficult decision to leave the party and become the eighth member of the independent group joining several of her colleagues that quick labour earlier this week. did she have a brexit issue as well, or was it just solely that issue of anti—semitism? it just solely that issue of anti-semitism? she has published this 4—page letter this evening setting out her reasons, and it is almost all about anti—semitism. that is clearly the overriding issue that she sees as something the straw that has broken the camel's back, giving
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her no option but to leave the party. we know several of the other mps do, it was notjustjeremy corbyn, . .. mps do, it was notjustjeremy corbyn,... but also his policy on brexit. many of these mps would like to see him more enthusiastically talking about the option of a further referendum on britain's membership in the eu or the final deal reached between britain and the eu. but for now, it is all about anti—semitism as far she is concerned, and that is why she has left. and what will the party do about these leaving with mac will this force them to do something? some in the party have said that is what they should do, having campaigned for and been elected on a labour party platform at the last general election. some within labour and elsewhere say these mps should now trigger by elections in their own constituencies and give voters a chance to either reelect them as independents on different policies,
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oi’ independents on different policies, or elect another member from another party. and tonight the labour party has announced that it will consult on the rules around recalling mps, thatis on the rules around recalling mps, that is the system and course of action by which constituents anywhere in the uk are able to recall their own mp and trigger a by election. at the moment it needs a petition signed by a certain percentage of constituents to trigger that, and it happens automatically if the mps are, for example, convicted of criminal offences. but the labour party, if they were in government, say they would go further in our consulting around the rules in terms of how people are able to recall or reelect their own mps. the timing of it will obviously be clearly relevant and is seen by some as an attempt to reinforce the argument that these
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mps should put themselves up for election on a different platform. jonathan, thank you very much from westminster. the brexit secretary, stephen barclay, says the eu has agreed to commit significant resources to trying to find alternative arrangements to the so—called backstop, the controversial arrangement designed to avoid a hard border in ireland. but mr barclay suggested the proposals being considered, including the use of technology to make checks on goods, would not replace the backstop entirely. he also indicated that the arrangements would not be ready in time for brexit at the end of march. the japanese car maker, honda, has confirmed it's moving production back to japan, and shutting its swindon plant, with the loss of 3,500 jobs. the company says global changes in the car industry, including a shift to electric vehicles, is to blame. but the business secretary, greg clark, has told the bbc, it's "incredibly frustrating" and "devastating" for swindon, that honda's made its decision, despite the uk being a leader
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in battery technology. here's our business editor, simonjack. a dark moment for uk manufacturing. swindon is the first plant honda has closed anywhere in the world in its 71—year history. a hammer blow for thousands of swindon workers. my wife works here, my brother works here, my cousin works here. i'm trying to think now, there's loads of us. her dad, her stepdad... her brother, her mum works in the canteen, her other brother's the chef here. there's about 10—12 people, just from our little family, all work here. good friends that work here i know that have just got married, had babies, just bought houses and it's just, like, you feel for these people. i feel for everyone, i really do. and even the management that spoke to us inside, you can see it in their faces, they're just as shocked as everybody else. so, after 35 years of manufacturing in the uk, through thick and thin, why pull the plug now? this is actually being driven by some very big and really unprecedented changes in what we're seeing in our motor vehicle industry.
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this is a move, really, towards electrification. we started to see it in europe, we've started to see it around the world, and it's in response to what our consumers are looking at and also what legislation is driving us towards. unfortunately, that means we have to start looking very closely at where we focus our investments. this vision of the future of the car industry may be arriving more quickly than many expected, but it's a future the government said it was prepared for. "electric vehicles only." that is notjust a new road sign, it's a new mantra in global car manufacturing. but the uk government has spent hundreds of millions of pounds in trying to make the uk a leader of electric car technology, so how does today's decision reflect on one of its flagship industrial policies? it is particularly frustrating that as we have made the right call, in positioning ourselves at the forefront of the industries of the future, that honda, in this case, have for the reasons they had set out, decided
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to consolidate injapan. it's also a significant moment in a relationship ushered in by margaret thatcher, who sold the uk as a stable business friendly outpost in the eu forjapanese companies to locate. brexit has changed that. the predictability is a very important element. that's why uncertainty has caused a lot of second thoughts about continuing business in the uk. brexit should not damage the stable, predictable economic environment that all of us enjoy today. honda's not alone. nissan, along with a host of otherjapanese companies, have moved investment out of the uk. brexit just gives them a chance to have a really good tidy, basically! and i'm afraid that tidying up won't be to the uk's benefit. brexit uncertainty may not have pushed honda to the exit, but it has sharpened questions as to whetherjapan needs the uk the way it once did. simon jack, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news.
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the family of london teenager, shamima begum, who left britain at the age of 15 to join the islamic state group, say they are "very disappointed" to learn that the home office plans to remove her british citizenship. the mp for enfield north, joan ryan, becomes the eighth to resign from the labour party, joining the new independent group in parliament. car manufacturer honda blames global changes in the industry for the closure of its swindon plant. 3,500 jobs will be lost. latest figures show record numbers of people are in work in the uk, and job vacancies are at their highest level ever. the office for national statistics says average earnings rose by nearly 3.5%, between october and december, and there's been a drop in workers from many eastern european countries. here's our economics correspondent, andy verity.
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firms like this buckinghamshire maker of bifold doors and windows are under growing pressure to raise pay. it's expanded its sales fourfold in the last five years, and it's counted on eu labour to do that. nearly 70% in this room are from eastern europe. but now that trend has gone into reverse, it's having to pay more, especially for its most skilled staff. when we look at the market value of these people, whereas 3—4 years ago the market value might have been 30,000, it's like a5,000 now. and we're not prepared to, after we've invested in people, after they know our product, five years' experience with the company, we're not prepared to lose these people. so we've had to consider making extremely large pay rises just to keep pace with the economy round here. over 2018, the average wage rose by 3.4% — the biggest pay rise for a decade. and the number of uk nationals withjobs rose by 372,000. that's in contrast to workers from the eight countries that joined the eu in 2004,
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from poland to the baltic states, where numbers are now down 184,000 from the peak. the workers at this firm have no plans to leave, but they think they know why others are leaving. the situation changed massively over the past ten years, actually. so, there's morejob opportunity, the economy is stronger back home, the unemployment is low. the positions are better paid these days. so it's sort of better, the countries are in better positions. i think they're a little bit scared as to what's going to be happening with no deal and how that's causing all the rising up the prices of the products, and stuff like that. many people from the so—called eu eight countries thatjoined the eu in 2004 now have settled lives here, families, homes. but for those who are weighing up staying or leaving, the equation has changed. there's no longer such a gap between living standards here and living standards in poland
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or the czech republic. to keep inflation—beating pay rises going, companies need to make more money per worker an hour to boost productivity. at the end of 2018, say the official figures, productivity fell. andy verity, bbc news, buckinghamshire. the trial of the man in charge of policing on the day of the hillsborough disaster in 1989, has heard he was "basically a spectator" during the match. david duckenfield is accused of manslaughter through gross negligance, after 96 liverpool fans died during a crush at sheffield wednesday's ground. mr duckenfield denies the charges. our correspondent judith moritz has more. the crowd waiting to get into hillsborough in april 1989 was the biggest one police officer says he'd ever seen. with around half an hour to go before kick—off, he said large groups were still coming towards the stadium. sergeant michael goddard was the police radio operator at the fa cup semifinal between liverpool
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and nottingham forest. he was based inside the police control box in the corner of the ground, which was next to the terraces where the liverpool fans were standing. chief superintendent david duckenfield was also inside the control box. he was only given the role of match commander three weeks beforehand. today, it was said that he faced an impossible learning curve. michael goddard said that david duckenfield was basically a spectator inside the police control box. he said it was traditional to have a chief superintendent there at such a big event, but the more experienced ground controller, superintendent bernard murray, would have been running the operation on the day. with the terraces already becoming full, the jury heard the police were focused on the crush outside and didn't foresee any danger that would follow from opening an exit gate to the ground. sergeant goddard said... he added...
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96 liverpool fans died as a result of the crush on the terraces. david duckenfield denies gross negligence manslaughter. the trial continues. judith moritz, bbc news, preston. a teenager accused of murdering the six—year—old alesha macphail on the isle of bute, has told a court he never met her. the 16—year—old, who can't be named because of his age, denies abducting, raping, and murdering alesha lastjuly. a protester involved in an incident outside parliament with the conservative mp anna soubry, has been charged with harassment. james goddard, who's 29, seen here in the high—vis vest, has also been charged with two public order offences, in relation to events that took place in december and january. he'll appear at westminster magistrates‘ court, next month. us senator bernie sanders says he will run again for president in 2020, making a second attempt to win the democratic party's nomination.
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the 77—year—old vermont senator became a progressive political star in 2016, although he lost his candidacy bid. when he announced the move on us television, he had some harsh words for donald trump. i think it is unacceptable and un—american, to be frank with you, that we have a president who is a pathological liar, and it gives me no pleasure to say that, but it's true. we have a president who is a racist, who is a sexist, who is a xenophobe, who is doing what no president in our lifetime has come close to doing, and that is trying to divide us up. i've been speaking to christine pelosi in san francisco. she's a member of the democratic national committee and the daughter of the current speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi. i asked her what she thought of bernie sanders' chances of securing the party's nomination.
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i think that there are two elements of bernie sander‘s campaign to consider. the first is his very progressive view on the issues of health care and college, and fighting income inequality. and there is a new generation of candidates in the race who are also espousing some of those values. the second part of what made bernie sanders‘s candidacy special four yea rs sanders‘s candidacy special four years ago was the fact that he was the anti—establishment candidate. now he comes in as the front runner, and he has established an organisation and a track record of supporting other candidates for office. so some of the newness is gone, and that is evident in the other candidates. so it remains to be seen if the democratic voters in the primaries will say that they wa nt the primaries will say that they want the original, or are more co mforta ble want the original, or are more comfortable with a younger, more diverse version of the senator's ideology. i think the real question
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of the american people is, how can we make an economy that works for all of us and each of us? and his a nswer to all of us and each of us? and his answer to that will determine whether or not bernie sanders wins the nomination. and to some extent, the nomination. and to some extent, the party has moved in that direction because as we've been hearing, some of those ideas of his have become mainstream. but is it, for somebody who's been around the block a few times, is 7/7 years old, will it be enough? again, it's not so will it be enough? again, it's not so much if you've moved to the left, it's more if you've moved to the depth of where the american people believe in these issues? the staggering income inequality, the concern that people have that we have gigs, but notjobs. the fraying of the american safety net of medicare, medicaid, social security and the affordable care act. the concerns about the urgency to fight
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for the climate and to create union jobs to do that. those are issues that no matter your age, race or gender, we want to hear democrats talking about. so again, i think that it talking about. so again, i think thatitis talking about. so again, i think that it is not a matter of his personal characteristics, but the way he can connect on a visceral level with millions of voters that will determine how successful he can be. and it must be about the future. he's been credited with reinventing the once stuffy house of chanel, and was a giant in the rarefied world, of fashion haute couture. the designer karl lagerfeld, has died, at the age of 85. he was one of the industry's most prolific figures producing several collections a year, not just for chanel, but fendi and his own label. from paris, our correspondent, lucy williamson reports. in a world that worships brands, karl lagerfeld enjoyed the status of a god. a workaholic with a sharp tongue and a brilliant eye
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for what would sell, he rescued the iconic fashion house chanel from its conservative tweed image, as well as turning out lines for fendi and his own label. his trademark dark glasses and white ponytail, in contrast to his lavish fashion shows and elaborate sets, including one year of full—scale beach reconstructed inside a paris gallery. ijust do what my inner voices tell me. i'm thejoan of arc of design. at london fashion week today, the tributes came pouring in. before we start the show, let's take a moment to remember the brilliant karl lagerfeld. you know, he would say that this is how it is going to be, or this is how it should be. and he always did things with such style, and well,
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and he just had a wonderful aura about him. karl otto lagerfeld was born in germany, but moved to paris where he studied fashion alongside fellow student. yves st laurent. for decades, they remained rivals in work, but where st laurent reinvented the classics, lagerfeld focused on modern wearable designs. under his watch, chanel, once described as a label for rich grannies, became a hit international brand. he valued traditional craftsmanship, but not the snootiness around fashion, teaming up with high street chain h&m in 2004 in a bid to make his designs more accessible. he's a loss to the fashion world for many many things, for his elegance and intelligence, his wit, and his amazing way of showing things and making chanel different all the time. but in the end, there's always another designer who's going to pop up, but not one, i think, who's exactly like him.
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the man remembered as an icon and a genius left behind his own kind of tribute. "i am like a caricature of myself," he was once reported as saying, "and i like that." earlier i spoke to fashion historian, amber butcha rt. she said karl lagerfeld influenced high street trends. he was a central figure in the industry for over 60 years. he has been at fendi since 1965. that is over half a decade, sorry, half a century in itself. his work at chanel really paved the way and became a blueprint for this kind of designer luxury heritage resuscitation. he was able to take staples of the brand, the skirt seats, the pearls, and inject them with a new life. he managed to keep them relevant and contemporary by adding his own iconoclastic twists.
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very much into the accessories, as well? yes, very much. at fendi and at chanel. and this is a huge market area for luxury fashion. in terms of the economics of the industry, he has been hugely important, as well. he is also one of the only fashion designers, i think, who is probably a recognisable figure outside of the industry. within pop culture itself, he is very recognisable. he talked about himself as a caricature. he had his signature look of course. absolutely extraordinary look. a very extraordinary look. he talked about himself as a caricature. he was very well known for his aphorisms. his wit came through in things that he said, and also in his designs. but that was not always always without controversy. i was going to say, because i wouldn't go so far as to call it body—shaming, but he did make comments about peoples' shape, adele or pippa middleton.
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i think he was body—shaming. do you think it was? i think it was. there was a certain misogynistic streak, and there is a certain misogynistic streak that runs through much fashion discourse in that way. i think he wasn't afraid to speak his mind. some of those views are certainly not in the industry any more. i think times are changing in that respect. another thing is he had a long career, possibly some attitudes will seem out with another issue, along with the body—shaming thing. he was not really a great proponent of sustainability in fashion, was he? no. the way the industry is now is so different to how he began. the industry is really driven by fast fashion in many ways now. he had a big part to play in some ways. he was one of the first designers to collaborate with the high street brand, with h&m in 2004. it is really the speed
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at which a fast fashion and high—speed fashion operates that has been propelling designerfashion to keep up with it in a way. that presents us with a whole host of environmental and ethical issues, as well. now it's time for the weather with tomasz schafernaker. hello. there is a lot of talk of exceptionally mild weather heading our way. that is still the case. it has been very mild for many days now. no change there. it is going to get even milder as we head into the weekend and end of the week. temperatures pick it up to around 18 degrees. it depends how much sunshine we get. that is the indication. over the weekend we are seeing this pattern in the jet stream. this is high in the atmosphere. the jet stream is drawing up warmth all the way from the far south, so the northwest of africa, the canaries. look at this airstream. that warm air coming out
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of northwest africa across portugal. all the way into the arctic. this is an unusually south, north orientated current of warm air and that is exactly what is heading our way. in the short term, it is mild already. we have lots of weather fronts brushing particularly northwest in parts of the uk. as we go through the course of the next 24 hours, tuesday night into wednesday, and a lot of cloud across the uk. outbreaks of rain, here's the weather system sweeping across the uk. not exactly sleeping, but is sliding the uk and bringing rain to northern ireland, the northwest of england and scotland. the lake district will be getting its fair share of rain as we go through the next day or so. by the end of the night and early on wednesday we are seeing temperatures possibly into double figures in some parts of northwestern britain. very mild wherever you are. wednesday for a time in the morning, two weather fronts hanging around.
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