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this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at ten. the prime minister warns she won't allow the brexit vote to be frustrated as she prepares for further talks with eu leaders at a summit in egypt. violence in venezuela — at least two people are killed as security forces fire tear gas and rubber bullets to stop protesters bringing aid supplies into the country the duke and duchess of sussex arrive in morocco for their first official visit to north africa. a bbc investigation finds products high in salt and saturated fats are being marketed as healthy by leading supermarkets and coming up in half an hour —— ‘talking movies‘ comes from los angeles in the run up to hollywood's biggest night of the year — the oscars!
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hello, good morning. the prime minister has told a gathering of grassroots conservative party activists that she won't allow the result of the brexit referendum to be frustrated. it came after three cabinet ministers defied the government line to argue for a delay to brexit — rather than a no—deal departure from the eu. today theresa may will travel to the egyptian resort of sharm—el—sheikh, for an eu summit with the arab league, where brexit is expected to be discussed on the sidelines. earlier, i spoke to our politcal correspondent jonathan blake, who said both sides were playing down the chances of an imminent breakthrough. the guidance that we are getting is that they will not be a big breakthrough at the summit. not least because brexit is not the
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focus of that meeting of eu leaders, it is more to do with issues in the middle east, nevertheless theresa may will take the opportunity to speak to some of her eu counterparts and we can assume, to impress on them further the need for changes to them further the need for changes to the withdrawal agreement, the brexit deal she agreed with the european union. it all comes down to the issue again of the backstop, the pa rt issue again of the backstop, the part of the deal which is there to ensure an open border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland if a trade deal cannot be done. later the eu leaders are at this summit, it is not going to be something at which brexit is formally discussed, nevertheless theresa may is taking the opportunity to meet her eu cou nterpa rts opportunity to meet her eu counterparts and the head of the european council, donald task, to talk about brexit and see what progress can be achieved but did not expect a breakthrough. what else has theresa may been saying in that message to tory party activist? very
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interesting speech she gave to conservative grassroots members yesterday saying the worst thing the government can do would be to lose focus at this stage in the process and she said that the brexit process would not be frustrated. that's obviously in stark contrast to the message we heard from some of her most senior ministers, three members of the cabinet yesterday coming out and saying in public what they'd be making clear in private was some time and that is they would prefer a delay to the brexit process rather than leaving the european union without a deal in place come the end of march. it's worth noting that conservative activists at that conference yesterday passed a motion, a symbolic motion, but important nevertheless, because it said as faras important nevertheless, because it said as far as they are concerned, no deal should be kept in the table and nothing should happen to delay the brexit process at all. the tory grassroots membership very much in favour of getting on with brexit but keeping government policy as it is. another important week in the commons this week, but can we
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expect? one two things will happen, theresa may set yourself a deadline at the end of therapy to allow parliament to debate and vote again on the way forward for brexit, either if she gets a revised deal with the european union in time, mps will vote on that, that looks unlikely at this stage. but we are more likely to see come tuesday and wednesday is a series of books, mps will have their say on various different options for the way forward in the brexit process. in planning particular attracting a lot of attention which could force the government to get parliament to vote on rolling out no deal or extending article 50, if that happens it will have a big impact on the timetable from here on. that was jonathan blake a that wasjonathan blake a political correspondent. just to save your hoping to speak to dominic grieve in if you moments. an operation to bring humanitarian aid into venezuela has descended into chaos after president maduro's security forces opened fire on demonstrators and aid trucks were set alight. at least two people,
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including a 14—year—old boy, were killed, and more than 300 people were wounded. the venezuelan opposition leader, juan guaido, has said all options must remain open to free the country from its president, nicolas maduro. our international correspondent orla guerin reports. holding the line, president maduro's troops on the border between colombia and venezuela. from early morning, face to face with their own countrymen, desperate for aid to get through. a short distance away, the opposition leaderjuan guaido giving the aid convoy a personal sendoff. he said it would travel peacefully to venezuela, to save lives. but when his supporters converged on the bridge... crowd chanting ..they found it wasn't going to be that easy.
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as we filmed, we were engulfed in tear gas. soon, demonstrators were being hit with rubber bullets. a few tried to fight back. but as violence erupted at the border, this was the scene in the venezuelan capital, caracas. the embattled president, nicolas maduro, playing to the crowd, rallying his supporters, but his isolation is growing. he has broken off relations with neighbouring colombia because of its support for the opposition. on the bridge, the trucks ground to a halt, blocked by troops and clouds of tear gas. organisers intend to keep trying, here and at other crossing points.
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president maduro claims the aid convoy is just a coverfor a us invasion. orla guerin, bbc news, at the colombia—venezuela border. let's go back to the moonies, a very important week in the house of commons with regards to brexit. the prime minister warning she will not allow the result of the eu referendum to be frustrated she prepares for more talks with eu leaders who are actually meeting in egypt today. for an eu summit with the arab league. let's speak now to the pro—european conservative mp dominic grieve who joins us now. thank you so much for being with us. good morning. good morning. what do you think will happen in the house of commons this week? it isn't clear at the moment of the prime minister is going to come back with a new deal to offer parliament. i rather suspect she may not but she has
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given an undertaking that there will bea given an undertaking that there will be a statement, a motion in neutral terms, and as you know, it is the intention of a number of mps across the party is led by oliver n and yvette cooper to try and pretend a piece of legislation to ensure that we cannot have a new deal brexit because it would require the prime minister as a matter of law, if she will not do it herself, to get article 50 extended. you though her argument on that. if you take no deal off the table it limits her hand the negotiations.” deal off the table it limits her hand the negotiations. i simply cannot accept that. it is a threat we are making which is completely fanciful. if indeed we really do intend to leave with no deal then we intend to leave with no deal then we intend to leave with no deal then we intend to carry out on ourselves massive self—inflicted harm and chaos and damage, economic, short—term and long—term. it is not a reasonable position to adopt, i have very little doubt that our
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european union partners know that, they could only conclude that the united kingdom has taken leave of that sense a sensor to make sure that sense a sensor to make sure thatis that sense a sensor to make sure that is taken off the table and that there is no risk of that happening is absolute of paramount importance. and that applies to me as somebody who would like to see a second referendum but it also applies to collea g u es referendum but it also applies to colleagues who do not want a second referendum but want to ensure we do not have a chaotic brexit. we have heard from three pro—eu cabinet ministers saying they might back moves to delay britain's withdrawal to prevent a no deal brexit. the you think this whole issue is more and more fracturing your party? think this whole issue is more and more fracturing your partwm think this whole issue is more and more fracturing your party? it is certainly not doing it any good, it is damaging it, i have said in a number of occasions the divisions between those in the arg who appear intent if necessary on a hard brexit, no deal brexit and the rest of the party seem to be widening. and every effort the prime minister is trying to make to bring them
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onside appears to have failed. but i remained at the view that the solution to this problem will not be found in parliament which is why i support a second referendum, putting the prime minister steal to the public against the alternative of remain. of course some of your collea g u es remain. of course some of your colleagues have led the party and joined the independent group, under foot circumstances would you do that? i have no desire to leave the party, i have been a part of demo party, i have been a part of demo party memberfor party, i have been a part of demo party member for about 45 years, i do not want to go and i believe the conservative party can be a force for good, that is why ijoined it. parties don't exist for no purpose, they exist to further the good in oui’ they exist to further the good in our country and as long as i think thatis our country and as long as i think that is the case i will want to remain and fight my corner in the party but i think, if government policy becomes inevitable that it will be successful, that we were going to leave with no deal, i would have to reconsider. so it is possible you would leave the party? ifi possible you would leave the party? if i thought the party had got a
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settled policy of leaving the european union with no deal which i regard as being an appalling prospect, i could not support the party anymore, no. how many other mps do think are of a similar attitude and might take the same course? i have no idea. ithink there are quite a few members of parliament who are extremely anxious about what no deal, and the implications of that. the responsibility of no deal and the catastrophic consequences for every man, woman and child in this country, it is not an acceptable way of conducting politics. how many of the cabinet do you think want to ta ke the cabinet do you think want to take no deal off the table and want to delay brexit? i think there are quite a few members of the cabinet who want to make sure that no deal is taken off the table. and we'll do everything they can to make sure that happens. good to talk to you.
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thank you for your time this morning. thank you. votes are being counted in nigeria's closely fought presidential election. the electoral commission is deciding whether to allow voting to continue into a second day after logistical problems and violence meant some people haven't been able to cast their ballots. the vote is the biggest in african history. earlier, i spoke to our nigeria correspondent — mayenijones — who has been following the voting from yola — a city in the east of nigeria. she says it's unclear at the moment whether voting will continue. the electoral commission hasn't yet come down one way oi’ the electoral commission hasn't yet come down one way or another but we are expecting results to come in within the next 48 hours, roughly. at the moment the unofficial figures that have been coming through by various media platforms, local media platforms as well as civil society groups, the electoral commission hasn't made any formal results man.
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at the moment what they are doing is counting the votes them yesterday from around the country, only a small number of polling stations we re small number of polling stations were affected by delays and violence so they are waiting to see what the result looks likes before waiting to see if it's safe enough, whether it's safe enough for staff to go back in. what is at stake in this election? outline for this election is all about. nigeria is africa's most populous nation, hence the size of the elections. it's the largest economy and its been at the centre of the fight in the region against the islamist militant group poco haran. it's collaborating with some of its neighbours to try and defeat the good that has led to the displacement of millions of people. for nigeria to remain a strong and sta ble for nigeria to remain a strong and stable country is important for the wider stability of the region. it has also suffered a lot in terms of the economy in terms of the fall of the economy in terms of the fall of the price of oil that has led to massive unemployment, many young people leaving the country looking
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for greener pastures. whoever wins this election has a lot on their hands, they have to try and find employment for the country is very young population and they have to try and defeat an islamist militant group that has been active for more than ten years. we were hearing some people were not able to cast their ballots, people generally in nigeria anxious to vote, came to have a say in this election? yes, nigeria has only returned to democracy, only been back as a democratic country for 20 years now. people, democracy here for them is important, the 2015 elections, last elections were largely considered free and fair. people i spoke to yesterday said they were incredibly proud of that achievement and they wanted to continue for some time, people are definitely eager to have their voices heard but the problem is the logistical difficulties are putting in nigeria, having to stand in long lines under the hudson mega— typical for people to show up, we have seen
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the turnout has not been high in the past, roughly below 40%. products high in salt and saturated fats are being marketed as healthy by leading supermarkets — according to an investigation by bbc radio 5 live. sainsbury s and tesco have promised to change their labelling and say they are committed to "promoting healthy eating". the royal society for public health says its time to consider whether a supermarket regulator is needed. earlier, i spoke to adrian goldberg from 5 live investigates and he told me more about their findings. we found that in at least three cases, we are talking about sainsbury‘s, tesco and person, goods we re sainsbury‘s, tesco and person, goods were on sale in the healthy or healthier sections which were either high insult, in fats or saturated fats, sometimes a combination of of those with products having the red traffic light symbol to suggest they we re traffic light symbol to suggest they were offering more than your
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recommended daily intake. we were particularly looking at foods around the chilled and freezer cabinet, ready meals, often vegan or vegetarian meals, often meat substitutes as well. certainly pushing the boundaries of what most people might consider to be healthy or healthier. and what have the supermarkets themselves had to say about this? both tesco and sainsbury‘s have said sorry, they have agreed to update their labelling around these products. morrisons the other supermarket, save where something is in the healthier section, even if it has a red traffic light symbol against it, for example if it has a relatively high level of fat they say that we'll still have less bad than an alternative product that might be found within their story. healthier, yes, healthy? that's a moot time domecq point. you can hear more on that story at 11am.
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the headlines on bbc news... the prime minister warns she won't allow the brexit vote to be frustrated as she prepares for further talks with eu leaders at a summit in egypt. violence in venezuela — at least two people are killed as security forces fire tear gas and rubber bullets to stop opposition protesters bringing foreign aid into the country a bbc investigation finds products high in salt and saturated fats are being marketed as healthy by leading supermarkets sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton a pretty busy day ahead. after wales stunning victory over england in cardiff yesterday, this try helped england to go in at the break with a 10-3 england to go in at the break with a 10—3 lead but wales came roaring
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back, going ahead with 13 minutes to go when corey hill made it over the line and dan biggar taking control, josh adams sealed it at the death to chalk up a 14th consecutive win for wales to keep them on course for a six nations grand slam. look, it's a pretty special group of boys at the moment. you know rob evans said to me the other day there's not one person in this is good that i wouldn't want to, you know, do for, that's how tight they are. they are a brilliant group at the moment. scotland's 20 year wait for a victory in paris goes on after they we re victory in paris goes on after they were beaten 27—10 by france. an injury hit scotland shipped four tries as france claimed a bonus point victory the first win of the tournament. ireland face italy in rome this afternoon. the home nations did not have the best day in the women's tournament, france beat
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41-10. a the women's tournament, france beat 41—10. a hat—trick try, scotland losing their opening three fixtures in the tournament. italy secured the first six nations victory over ireland, 29—27 when. franco scoring the winning try, her second of the game, wales meet this afternoon. looking ahead to this afternoon, liverpool could go back to the top of the premier league but they will need to get a result against manchester united at old trafford. the last time the sides met approved to be manager micros last game as manager but liverpool face a different united side now. they were all good before but they kind of eye full of confidence. and youth. all the potential. that makes a big difference of course. yes, sometimes, there are some changes and in football it is often the
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manager and the tabs. sometimes it helps. obviously in this case it has. that match gets underway at five past two this afternoon, manchester city look to match their women's side by winning their first piece of silverware this season facing chelsea in the final of the league cup. you cannot help but think the liverpool fixture at old trafford will not be far from the mind attack ordeal but he says his only concern is this game at wembley. it will be good for us if manchester united get the result. that we have a final and i think this club, maybe for united and liverpool it is not important. they have many trophies and chances but it is not our case. to play a final would be good. always help us to grow like a club. players come, new managers in the future, you have to know how to arrive at the latter stages from the titles. that is what
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ican. stages from the titles. that is what i can. chris eubankjunior scored the biggest victory of his career with the unanimous points win over former world champion james to with the unanimous points win over former world championjames to go. eubankjunior put him down twice in london, after which he described the wind as a statement. james to gail says he will talk to his family about his future after a glittering career at the top level. rory michael roy is in second place going into the final day of the wtc mexico championship. the northern irishman had a mixed round yesterday up seven birdies, four bogeys to live four shots off the pace on 12 under. dustinjohnson at leeds on 16 under. that's all your sport. you can head over to the website to find more on the stories including the build—up to the premier league action and the league cup final. that's all for me. back to you. holly, thank you. pope francis will close
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a four—day conference at the vatican this morning, called to discuss sexual abuse in the roman catholic church. last night, speaking at a special service for some 200 bishops and cardinals taking part in the meeting, the pope said senior figures in the church had to be honest and confront the reality of abuse. bishops from around the world were told yesterday that official files on priests, who had sexually abused children, were destroyed or never even drawn up. and later today we should get more detail on the measures the pope would like to see put in place to protect children from abuse, as our rome correspondentjames reynolds explained to me earlier. we waited to hear from the pope himself. in his closing speech he is expected to point the way forward, to talk about what kind of concrete and effective measures and those are his words, he wants to put in place. he did circulate a number of suggested points, at the start of
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this meeting. they involved the civil authorities in cases of abuse and victims say it really should be very simple. if a priest is accused of abuse the church should not hide, should not shelter at that priest. but it should involve the civil authorities in a criminal investigation. this has been a sort of summit, really, i suppose, investigation. this has been a sort of summit, really, isuppose, on abuse. and it's been very emotional at times? i think in one of your reports resolve one of the church leaders almost crying. yes, a cardinal from leaders almost crying. yes, a cardinalfrom the leaders almost crying. yes, a cardinal from the philippines leaders almost crying. yes, a cardinalfrom the philippines broke down in the opening session and we've had the testimony of several fellow cardinals expressing their repentance for what has gone on. it is worth saying that this is defining pope francis as papacy and it is also a problem he has inherited from previous popes from benedict and john paul ii, it is a problem that did notjust emerge with this particular pulpit to do
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something he clearly feels he has to fix. do you think you sense he has been forced into this or he is wanting to take the lead on this and define his papacy? i think it's a bit of both. i think it's fair to say that if the reports had not been out there of what was going on, people have not come forward and given the testimony, particularly victims and survivors, this summit will probably not take place. if they have been forced on the proband vatican by the average of a number of victims and survivors who feel they were not taken seriously over many years. north korea's leader, kim jong—un, has left pyongyang to travel to vietnam for his meeting with president trump. mr kim is travelling by train to the vietnamese capital, hanoi, for the talks next week. it's the second time the two leaders have met. they'll be discussing denuclearisation and the possible lifting of sanctions on north korea. earlier, i spoke to dr sojin lim, a senior lecturer in north korean studies at the universty of the central
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lancashire and she explained expectations for this meeting are high. if we think about what happened during the first summit, we were all very disappointed with what they actually achieved. because of that, i believe that both leaders are under pressure for the second summit. at the same time, they are really wanting to see what they can have in tangible format. because of that, i can say that they are not expecting something big, but at least they can have a step—by—step achievement, which means for example north korea can agree upon to destroy the wmd, the weapons of mass destruction, in north korea. in time, the us can agree to normalise the diplomatic relations
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between north korea and the us, which can give kimjong—un more power in terms of securing his country by giving the handshake to the leader of the us, and that could be one of the achievements which we can expect from this second summit in vietnam. i suppose in a sense, after such a long stand—off between these two countries, a dangerous stand—off, it is just important that the two sides are talking? yes. if we think about the before of what happened between the us and the north, the format was based on the six party talks, which means north korea did not quite have such a bargaining power with the us bilaterally, but now it is so obvious that kim jong—un, the young leader, has bargaining power and can
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talk directly with the president of the us, and that can give a huge message to the north korean people. if you think about how kim jong—un essentially allows in the north korean newspapers, he has agreed to de—nuclearise the country, but at the same time, people might doubt, what happened the past, we thought that the us was our enemy, and we may need a nuclear deterrent to secure our country, and now that he is giving it up, what should we expect? in that sense, kim jong—un will need to show the people that on the other hand, we have economic development, and that the us has shown us strong diplomatic relations, and then it is very different from my father's or my grandfather's era. and so because of that reason, this is very important for him. the oscars is being held in hollywood this evening. the favourite — starring olivia colman — is up for ten awards, jointly leading the nominations with roma, a mexican film produced by netflix.
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there's hope for greater diversity amongst the winners this year after a shakeup in the membership of the academy, following criticism that hollywood s focus has been too white and too male. from los angeles, dan johnson reports. black panther‘s a marvel comic action film that's set box office records, as well as breaking cultural boundaries. it's the first superhero movie nominated for best picture, and it's the highest grossing film by a black director. costumes from the fictional kingdom of wakanda were designed by a hollywood trailblazer, who has her own oscar nomination. there have been too many misconceptions about africans and where we come from and that connection between african—america ns and africa, so culturally, it —
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it really gave, i feel, african—americans and africans a bridge. i've never had fried chicken in my life. multiple nominations for films like green book, roma and if beale street could talk are being held up as evidence that the oscars, and the movies, are more embracing. because you can do better, mr vallelonga. we keep hope alive, the expectation of something good, our hope stories will continue to be told that embrace the fullness of humanity, and that includes absolutely, at the forefront, the life of the black empowered female. blachklansman has earned director spike lee his first oscar nomination after 35 years in the business. and lots of people think it's well overdue. well, they‘ re right. a lot more people are in front and behind the camera but, if you look at the numbers overall, it's still small, so a lot more work to do. the red carpet and the nominations
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list may feel more diverse but, of course, the real test is whether that's reflected in who and what actually wins. and there are other voices cautioning that deeper change is still needed. while we have some really great things that we can celebrate, projects that make us incredibly proud, creatives that are breaking through, on the whole, we have not seen the type of real change to the way that hollywood does its business, to its business model. you look like a badger. there are strong female stories too — the favourite is nominated ten times. the best director list is stubbornly all male, showing there's still a challenge behind the scenes, as well as on screen. danjohnson, bbc news, los angeles. and for all the best bits of the acceptance speeches and the drama from the red carpet, join us on bbc news
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