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after a week of resignations at westminster, labour faces another mp quitting the party. ian austin becomes the ninth labour mp to leave. he did so with a scathing attack onjeremy corbyn. there's been a culture of extremism, intolerance that's been allowed to develop, and anti—semitism that's been allowed to develop and has flourished. mr corbyn said he regretted his departure, adding that he remained committed to tackling injustice and inequality. and tonight theresa may also faces pressure from within, as senior tory colleagues send a strong warning about her brexit strategy. also on the programme: aaron campbell, the teenager who raped and murdered six—year—old alesha macphail, can now be identified after a judge lifted the ban on him being named. the r&b singer r kelly
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is charged with ten counts of sexual abuse, some involving minors. a fly—past for ten us servicemen who died in a crash, watched by the pensioner who campaigned to honour the dead. applause that was worth waiting 66 years for. and ahead of the oscars this weekend, we preview the new movie museum opening this year in los angeles. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, can england's batsmen recover from a stuttering start with the bat to extend their lead in the one—day series against west indies? good evening. labour has suffered its ninth resignation of the week,
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as the mp ian austin quit the party, while delivering a blistering attack on its leader, jeremy corbyn. mr austin said a culture of extremism, intolerance and anti—semitism within labour had left him ashamed, and he warned that other members of the party were considering following him. mr corbyn said he regretted the decision. and tonight theresa may is under pressure from senior members of her own party over her approach to brexit. we'll be live in westminster with more on that, but first, this report by our chief political correspondent vicki young, which does contain some flashing images. jeremy corbyn is under pressure, struggling to keep his party together after a week of turmoil. eight of his mps walked out, accusing him of allowing a culture of bullying, anti—semitism and intimidation to take hold. now ian austin has quit too, saying mr corbyn isn't fit to be prime minister. i think underjeremy corbyn‘s leadership there's been a culture of extremism and intolerance that's been allowed to develop,
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and anti—semitism that's been allowed to develop and has flourished. and i thinkjeremy corbyn has not taken it seriously enough, and i think he's incapable, if i'm honest, of dealing with it properly, and i think he has refused to get to grips with it. mr austin says he's notjoining the new independent group set up this week by other disgruntled colleagues. he doesn't agree with them about the need for another brexit referendum. mr corbyn is in spain today, holding meetings about brexit. this was his response to the latest defection. i'm sorry that he's decided to take that course of action. he was elected, like me, in 2017 at the general election under a manifesto that pledged to deal with poverty, injustice and inequality in britain. that's how he was elected, that's how i was elected, and i think we should be campaigning on those issues. when other labour mps, including luciana berger, resigned on monday, they partly blamed mr corbyn‘s failure to deal with anti—semitism. their message struck a chord with ian austin, whose jewish adoptive father was forced to flee the nazis.
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he told his former colleague jess phillips that leaving labour had been a painful decision. i've been thinking that i should have been doing this for months, for a long time. but i watched luciana berger on monday, and ijust thought in the end you have got to stand with her. yeah, and do you think more will go now as well? i don't know, i mean, i haven't talked to other people about this. and in a sign of growing anger in the party, another labour mp, siobhain mcdonagh, criticised members for a wave of abuse directed at her after rumours she might quit. mr corbyn‘s allies say the mps who've defected never accepted his leadership and have been trying to undermine the labour party's prospects. the expectation, though, is that ian austin won't be the last to resign. while it's been a turbulent week for labour, theresa may is also facing mounting questions about her brexit strategy. and tonight there's been a significant warning from some of her most senior ministers
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that brexit should be delayed if parliament does not approve a deal in the coming days. let's get more on that from vicki. who is this coming from, and what's being said? welcome narrator:, this is a pretty incredible intervention by these three cabinet ministers. time and again the prime minister has said the uk is leaving the eu injust five weeks' time, a very different message from these three, david gauke, amber rudd and greg clark have all made it very clear they wouldn't accept a no—deal scenario, but now, publicly for the first time, they are saying that brexit would have to be delayed if parliament doesn't pack a deal next week. they are writing in the daily mail, in their article, they have got a pretty stark warning to colleagues, time, they say, that many of our conservative parliamentary colleagues recognise that parliament will stop a
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disastrous no—deal brexit, if that happens they will have no—one to blame but themselves for delaying brexit. this is happening because on wednesday there will be an attempt by mps to seize control of that brexit process. these three suggesting they will be prepared to resign in order to back that move. what it is doing is piling the pressure on theresa may to get the changes to the deal, to bring it back as early as next week, but also piling pressure on their colleagues to get behind the deal, they are saying to brexiteers, you wanted brexit, you now have to vote for it, and don't be in any doubt that what they are saying tonight is not government policy. vicki, thank you, vicki young there. the identity of the teenage boy who was convicted yesterday of the murder of six—year—old alesha macphail on bute, has now been revealed, after a judge lifted a ban on his name being reported. 16—year—old aaron campbell, who abducted, raped and murdered alesha lastjuly, was initially given anonymity in news reports because he's under 18. but media outlets, including the bbc, made a case for reversing the court order which protects his identity. lorna gordon reports. yo, what's up, guys?
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it's aaron campbell here... the first images of a teenage killer — freshfaced in the videos he posted on social media, they gave little clue of the cold, cunning murderer that he was. cctv from aaron campbell's own home showed him acting strangely on the night he killed alesha macphail. his mother contacted police herself, hoping the footage would eliminate him from the investigation. his victim was described in court as a sweet, angelic, innocent girl. alesha was just six. she'd been visiting her father and grandparents, who lived on the island, when campbell took her from her home and brutalised and killed her. because of his age, her murder‘s identity was protected by law, but following an application by eight media organisations to name him, that changed. judge lord matthews said, "i can't think of a case in recent times that has attracted such revulsion."
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"i intend to grant the application." "the press may name the accused and publish images of him." it's certainly a significant moment. it's not going to open the floodgates and get children under the age of 18 involved in court cases being identified. it really needs to be looked at as being an exceptional case based on the circumstances of the criminal trial. these is believed to be the first time a murderer under 18 has had his anonymity lifted in scotland, though it has happened elsewhere. but there are concerns from some that revealing his identity may prove counter—productive. what i would say is this is a most terrible crime, and i hope we never see it again, but actually what we need is to rehabilitate this boy, and in order to do that, we shouldn't have named him. aaron campbell's acts were described as the wicked, most evil crimes
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the court had ever heard. he'll be sentenced next month but has already been warned his release never come. the depraved nature of the acts carried out against alesha macphail have incited strong emotions. there we re have incited strong emotions. there were shouts in the courtroom here is the guilty verdict was read out. at the guilty verdict was read out. at the naming of campbell as circular is unlikely to set any kind of precedent. ajudge in any is unlikely to set any kind of precedent. a judge in any future cases entitled to take a different view, and a case such as alesha macphail‘s is extremely rare. lorna gordon, bbc news, at the high court in glasgow. the mother of a 15—year—old boy who died at the hillsborough disaster has told a jury how the football pitch "looked like a battle ground." dolores steele is the first bereaved relative to give evidence in the trial of david duckenfield, who was in charge of policing at the 1989 fa cup semifinal. he denies gross negligence manslaughter. the singer r kelly has been charged with ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse against four
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victims, two of whom were underage. the star, best known for his hit song i believe i can fly, has faced claims of sexual abuse against women and teenage girls for decades. our correspondent aleem maqbool reports. r kelly was at one point, quite simply, the biggest name in r&b, and he had massive crossover hits globally. through it all, though, allegations and rumours of sexual abuse against underage girls were never far away, and in 2008 he went to trial on charges of child pornography, after a tape surfaced, allegedly showing him having sex with a 13—year—old girl. but he was acquitted, when the jury decided the tape was not clear enough. some women were paid not to talk, but others started to come forward to say what had gone on. idid i did realise that he had a problem andl i did realise that he had a problem and i couldn't fix it...
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now prosecutors feel they have enough evidence to press charges relating to four victims. earlier today, robert kelly was indicted before a cook county grand jury on ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. it appears a recent tv series speaking to alleged victims gave others the confidence to come forward, too. to try to getjustice against one of the biggest selling us stars for abuse allegations going back more than two decades. well, after those ten counts relating to offences between 1998 and 2010 were listed, a judge here did issue an arrest warrant for r kelly, and while there are those who feel much more should have been done yea rs feel much more should have been done years ago, he is due to appear inside this very courthouse in the next 2a hours to finally face those charges of sexual abuse against underage girls. aleem, thank you. at least one person has died
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and several others have been injured in clashes at venezuela's border with brazil. local media report that security forces fired on a group of people to stop them from crossing the border. the president, nicolas maduro, has closed that border in a row over humanitarian aid being delivered. it comes as two concerts in support of venezuela's people get under way on either side of a bridge linking venezuela and colombia. 0ur international correspondent 0rla guerin reports now from the colombian city of cucuta at the venezuelan border. live aid for venezuela. under the south american sun, a benefit concert in colombia for a nation in need. all taking place within sight and sound of the border crossing. and among the crowds, we found venezuelans forced to flee the crisis in their country. translation: i've been here in country for ten months. and i'm hoping that today will be a start of a new chapter for venezuela.
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we can do it. there are some a difficult lives, margarita tells me. 0ur brothers and sisters are dying at hospital doors because there's no medicine. they die at home because there's no food. they search for scraps in the bins outside restaurants. venezuela's embattled leader, nicolas maduro, hopes to drown out his critics with a concert of his own nearby. but for now at least, spirits have been lifted. concert up well, the aim here is to raise money for aid and to raise hopes of change. and all of this will focus attention on the needs in venezuela. the real issue is whether or not the opposition will be able to bring convoys of aid through the border. and that will be put to the test very soon. backstage, richard branson told me this is the most important concert he's ever arranged. he's hoping the venezuelan soldiers
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nearby are listening. we are hopeful that they will lay down their arms and accept white roses, which they will be handed, and allow the supplies across. but if that doesn't work, we will continue with more concerts, and we'll keep the pressure on until finally humanitarian aid is let into venezuela. but this was the scene at the border with brazil today. venezuela's military out in force to block any aid getting through. at least one protester was killed. the stage is set for confrontation here tomorrow. up ahead, the bridge is blocked. president maduro says his troops must keep the aid out. the opposition says they will be bringing it through. 0rla guerin, bbc news, on the venezuela—colombian border. thousands of people gathered this morning in sheffield to watch
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a special fly—past marking the 75th anniversary of a crash which claimed the lives of ten american airmen. the fly—past came about after a chance meeting between pensioner tony foulds, who witnessed the crash as a young boy and who's spent decades tending a memorial park to the airmen, and bbc breakfast‘s dan walker. david sillito has the story. normally tony foulds' daily visit to the war memorial in this sheffield park is a moment of quiet and solitary reflection. but today he was not alone. from first light, thousands had begun to arrive to share a very special moment. unbelievable, unbelievable. it's breathtaking, this. and then from a cloudless sky the planes began to arrive. his dream of a fly—past had come true. a commemoration that had begun with a chance encounter in the park with dan walker
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of bbc breakfast. the first thing i do, of course, is i always kiss them first. tony explained how as an eight—year—old he watched a us bomber crash into a nearby woodland. he felt the crew might have survived if he hadn't been in the way. and so there were some complex emotions as he once again waved at the plane, just as he had done as a child in 19114. exactly 75 years on from that terrible day, here's tony in the exact same place, and who could have imagined what he's seeing today. does this help things for you? no, no. it never will. but surrounding him were thousands who had been touched by his story, including a relative of one of the plane crew. to know that today everyone is remembering him and the other nine and the service they gave, it just
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means more than words could ever convey. so many feelings. what a day for tony foulds. it started off as more or less nothing. to see how many people have actually taken note, it's for these lads. they are family to me. david sillito, bbc news, sheffield. this weekend marks the 20th anniversary of the publication of the macpherson report, which controversially found the metropolitan police to be "institutionally racist." the inquiry examined the bungled police investigation of the murder of the black teenager stephen lawrence, who was stabbed to death in a racist attack in london in 1993. the report was damning about the met‘s failings — and critical of the policing of black citizens nationally. ahead of the anniversary, i spoke to three fathers and their sons about the report's
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impact and its legacy. the stephen lawrence inquiry was a watershed moment for the police. its chair, sir william mcpherson, shocked many by dubbing the metropolitan police institutionally racist. freddy nwaka was a young man then, now he's a father. his encounters with the police in london were difficult. back in the day, they were very hands on and you was very much guilty of something, even if you had done nothing. so their approach was very, very argumentative. some of the things he had done and the way he had lived his past life, i've learned a lot from that. historians inspire me a lot, so i get passionate talking about it. i try to share a lot with him so he doesn't have to go through the things i went through. even when it comes to dealing with the police, i've spoken to him a lot about how if they stop you how you conduct yourself, if you haven't done nothing wrong. so just be polite. tensions flared at the inquiry when the five white murder suspects gave evidence. men whom the police then had failed to properly pursue and
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prosecute, despite numerous tip—offs. disparities in police treatment were put under the spotlight, including stop and search, which black people were five times more likely to experience than white. driving past it was monkey chants, or the n—word would pop out. it was one more thing to navigate in society. that's how the police used to treat roger griffiths. he lives in bristol, as does his son lawrence, a city visited by the inquiry. lawrence found stop and search an ordeal. i used to handle it pretty bad, i used to get arrested quite frequently forjust speaking my mind and kind of like my dad said, rebelling against the police, but nowadays ijust give them my information. freddy understands that anger, black people now are nine and a half times as likely to be stopped and searched as white people. police defend the tactic, saying it produces results. as does freddy, who thinks young
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black men have to accept it. i know at least five or six parents that have lost their children to gun crime and knife crime. we always say it's wrong and it's frustrating, but i would much rather the police stop and search a hundred children a day if it means it is going to keep my son safe, you know what i'm saying? it needs to feel that we're stopping you to keep you safe. the exposure of police failings were accompanied by recommendations by mcpherson for the future. key among these was that police services should reflect their communities. leroy logan was a serving officer back then and gave evidence to the inquiry. what was it like for him working in an organisation dubbed institutionally racist? i was a supervising officer and i was chair of the black police association. i sensed a lot of deception being said about me, but i knew something was going to happen. you know, you can't push the boat out so far and it's not going to have ripples.
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did his son miles ever consider becoming a police officer? even though my father was a very big advocate to get young black men into it, yeah, personally i didn't want to get involved. because you didn't think this was a place for you? yeah. i guess so. yeah, definitely. even if you look at the streets nowadays, it is a very white, european—based force. especially to interpret the city that london is, it doesn't show any diversity. this week, the present day commissioner of the metropolitan police said the mcpherson report had defined her generation of policing. a landmark case for the police and minority communities — all triggered by the brutal murder of one promising and innocent young man. botswana is considering lifting a ban on hunting elephants which has been in place for four years. a government report has recommended a cull —
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and suggested that elephant meat could be used for pet food. botswana is home to about 130—thousand of the animals — a third of africa's total elephant population. some argue this is too many for the ecosystem, and that it's causing increasing conflict between wildlife and people. but others say the hunting ban has boosted tourism, and that lifting it would damage the country's reputation for conservation. the 91st academy awards — better known as the oscars — are being held on sunday, honouring the best films of the last 12 months. the ceremony comes ahead of the opening, later this year in los angeles, of the academy museum of motion pictures. designed by the celebrated architect renzo piano, it's already being talked about as the best movie museum in the world. here's our arts editor will gompertz. hollywood's dream is coming true at last. nearly 100 years after it was first conceived, the academy museum of motion pictures will open
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later this year, with this statement giant concrete orb designed by the man behind the pompidou in paris and the shard in london. welcome to the £300 million academy museum designed by renzo piano. about me is out 1000 seat stadium and then here are the galleries. the 50,000 square feet of exhibition space will be used to present films, screenplays and the special collections of movie legends, from hepburn to hitchcock. this is the crowning glory of renzo piano's vision for this new museum, a rooftop terrace where people can come and meet in the new public place for los angeles, where you can have a drink and take in the view of the hollywood hills. along with the old films and temporary exhibitions, there will be displays of famous artefacts, like ruby slippers from the wizard of oz and this furry beast. this is a wolf head from american werewolf in london, john landis' 1981 film.
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they created animatronic heads that they called chango—heads, so that with the levers, the internal mechanisms, they were able to make the snouts grow and change. it was the first time anything quite like this had been done. the museum has the backing of major hollywood players, like actor tom hanks. the museum allows us to look back at the things that we missed. the things that hollywood and the various power structures did not allow us to see. that is one of the things that is very exciting to me, people making films, across the generations, since the invention of the camera and yet the ones that we see are very limited, because the gatekeepers are limiting our access. we want to make sure that a lot of the stories, that have not been told, say about women film—makers or african—american film—makers, that actually played a major role in hollywood or outside of hollywood as independents, that those stories get told here. the oscars this sunday
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mark another tricky year for the academy of motion pictures, following previous accusations of being too white and too out of touch. you sense then that this new museum, with a mission to be open, inclusive and diverse is as much about its future as it is about its past. will gompertz, bbc news, los angeles. that's it from us. there's much more, of course, on the bbc news channel, including a look at tomorrow's front pages. but here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. good evening and welcome, i'm alice bhandhukravi. hello and welcome to sportsday. england's cricketers are in a battle with west indies as they aim for a two—nil
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series lead in barbados. javier hernandez has a hand in west ham's win over fulham in the premier league. and the tension builds ahead of crucial six nations encounter between england and wales in cardiff. good evening, lets start in barbados where england are heading towards another victory in their one—day series against west indies. they already lead the five match series 1—0. england won the toss and chose to bowl, chris gayle hit a half century for west indies before an excellent 104 from just 83 balls for a jubilant shimron hetmyer. the hosts set england a target
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of 290 to win but they lost quick wickets in their reply including that ofjoe root whose been in terrific form lately. they looked in a bit of trouble at that point, but 70 from captain eoin morgan and a great innings from ben stokes has steadied things for the tourists. some big hitting from jos buttler too. has left england within reach of victory so lets take a look at the very latest then, confirmation of those strong innings from morgan and stokes. england now 219 for four after 39 overs, needing 290 to take a 2—0 series lead, as i say... meanwhile england's women have also been in action, they're in india for three one—days and three 20 20's. but they lost the opening game in mumbai by 66 runs. henry moeran was watching. while this defeat will be a particularly frustrating when for england, they only needed one ——
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less tha n england, they only needed one —— less than 100 runs with three wickets down with the collapse of 25, az victory in the end for india and the take away now lead at three my series, not just the and the take away now lead at three my series, notjust the his of defeat in a bilateral series that's frustrating but the loss of points in the women's championship, but that's the tournament deciding who qualifies for the next wild type in 2021. so england has work to do what they are low down the table and opportunity to get two points to help them move up in the right direction, balding press they won the toss they made that most of it that early morning conditions here in mumbai, two wickets at peace by sophie, craig judge as well and restricting india from 202 all out, but in the end they fell short and understandably the captain was frustrated after the play. everyone knows it's not that enough in terms of where we are but what we had done in the past we bounce back billy —— billy and me from outperformance where we had not been that's like today, we have to do that, we have today, we have to do that, we have to be very honest as a team,
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individually where we might run today, and reassess and try and get again. two days for them to prepare for the second day here at the stadium in mumbai, if they lose that game not only what they have lost the series but they will last a chance to make history they never w011 chance to make history they never won a series here in india, and on top of that day we have lost the chance to claim the championship planes. fulham's hopes of staying in the premier league have been dealt another blow after they lost 3—1 at west ham. claudio ranieri's side made the perfect start in just the third minute with ryan babel scoring his first goal since joining the club last month. there was controversy over west ham's equaliser with replays appearing to showjavier hernandez using his hand to score. issa diop and michail antonio completed the scoring either side of half time to move west ham to 9th and leave fulham eight points from safety. watford are up to seventh after they thrashed struggling cardiff 5—1.
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gerard deulofeu scored his first senior hat—trick and watford's first in the top flight since 1986. captain troy deeney got the other two. one match in the scottish premiership tonight. and a contenderfor goal of the month courtesy of hibernian‘s stevie mallan. that was the pick of the goals as they won 11—2 at dundee. that's two wins out of two for new boss paul heckingbottom. elsewhere today, chelsea have been banned from signing players in the next two transfer windows for breaching rules in relation to youth players. it comes following an investigation into chelsea's signing of foreign under—18 players. chelsea were fined £460,000 while the fa has been fined 390,000. the premier league club have said they will appeal against the decision. the manager is under huge pressure they won last night so that a bit of respect but they would like to
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