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this is bbc news. the headlines at 11. there is almost a crisis for the soul of the labour party now and that means that everyone has to find it within themselves to work more closely together and that is as big a challenge forjeremy as it is for me. the prime minister warns she won't allow the brexit vote to be frustrated , as she prepares for further vote to be frustrated, as she prepares for further talks with eu leaders at a summit in egypt.
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i understand that progress is being made, the attorney general and the brexit secretary have had fruitful conversations with european colleagues of. leicester city have "parted company" with manager claude puel after only 16 months in charge. 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. 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 — dateline london looks back on a week of mp resignations and what this means for brexit.
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labour's deputy leader, tom watson, has warned jeremy corbyn he has to act urgently if the party is to stay together. mr watson said labour was facing a crisis of the soul and needed to address antisemitism and what he called the hard left in the party. he also said the party was moving towards the possibility of supporting a second eu refendum. 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 after three cabinet ministers warned brexit may have to be delayed. our politcal correspondent jonathan blake is here. very strong warning from tom watson after a difficult week for the labour party, he says mr corbyn has
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to act urgently? yes, quite an extraordinary interview really on the andrew marr programme this morning, at the end of a torrid week for labour, when nine mps have quit the party and many of them on the issue of anti—semitism, explaining that in their viewjeremy corbyn has not done enough to tackle that problem within the party. and in the wa ke problem within the party. and in the wake of those resignations it was very interesting to hear slightly different responses from senior figures in the party, whilejeremy corbyn only really spoke briefly about it, saying he regretted the resignations and was disappointed in those mps and called on them to stand for by—elections in their constituencies, tom watson, the deputy leader, struck a much more reflective tone and said that this was a moment for the party to reflect a nd was a moment for the party to reflect and it was a moment of regret and he's gone further than that this morning, saying that this is as you say a crisis of the soul of the labour party, he has called for different views within the party to be better represented on the
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frontbench, and he is also said that it isa frontbench, and he is also said that it is a test forjeremy corbyn personally to eradicate anti—semitism within the party of coursejeremy needs to understand that if we're going to be in no 10 he needs to change the labour party and there are things we need to do, firstly we've got to eradicate anti—semitism, anti—jewish racism all its forms. this week i have had 50 complaints of anti—semitism from my parliamentary colleagues that i have shared with jeremy and for us to address that, i think he needs to take a personal lead on examining those cases and if necessary recommending to our nec what has to be done. he was clear to say that he is sure thatjeremy corbyn understands the scale of the problem and he will make that intervention but i think it is a clear message from the deputy leader to the leader thatjeremy corbyn needs to step up and do more. we've also been hearing from some of the mps who set up the new independent
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group last week by quitting the labour party, luciana berger one of those who has been very open about the abuse she has faced from within the abuse she has faced from within the party in some cases, and accusations of anti—semitism that she has had to deal with. and yesterday, the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry made a speech saying those labour mps who have quit the party have betrayed labour, she accused them of cuddling up labour, she accused them of cuddling up to the tories on the benches in parliament and said that they would be crusht in any forthcoming by—elections. well, this is what luciana berger had to say in response. my values haven't changed, in terms of the platform that i stood on when i first ran in 2010 and again in 2015, i'm the same person, it is my party that has changed the labour party has betrayed the british public because of commitments it has made and what it is now saying in relation to brexit. many of the comments made over the weekend, by the shadow foreign secretary, that we should be crusht, it shows why i have made the
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right decision and actually that is the culture of the politics that i'm leaving behind and again i think we should be operating in an open and tolerant way, because that is what in the 21st century the country deserves. that was luciana berger. meanwhile, on the tory side, we've been hearing from the prime minister addressing grassroots activists, saying that the result of the eu referendum will not be frustrated, she won't allow that to happen? no, and that is in stark contrast to what three of her cabinet ministers said yesterday, amber rudd, greg clarke and david gauke, saying that if there is no deal which parliament is able to vote on in the coming days, this week, then it will be better to delay the process than to leave the european union without a deal. the prime minister making clear to conservative party activists yesterday at a convention that she has no intention of doing that, she won't frustrate the process to government shouldn't lose focus, she says the prime minister
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is in egypt this weekend meeting fellow eu leaders at a summit not about to brexit but taking that opportunity to have talks with them. and whether she will be able to make enough progress for parliament to be able to vote on a revised version of the deal this week is not yet clear. it doesn't look likely at this stage but we had the thoughts of the environment secretary, michael gove, on the andrew marr programme this morning in terms of how much progress he think there has been. the fact that she is in sharm el—sheikh talking to european leaders as part of our dialogue with the arab league is an opportunity notjust for the prime minister to put her shoulder to the wheel trying to advance the peace process in the middle east, it is also an opportunity for her to speak to other european leaders to try to make further progress in. i understand that progress is being made. the attorney—general, geoffrey cox, and the brexit secretary stephen barclay, have had fruitful conversations with european colleagues. progress, then, perhaps as far as michael gove is concerned.
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if there is enough for something to be put before parliament, a revised version of the deal, then that will happen this week at. i think what is more likely is that we will see a series of votes from mps setting out possible ways forward for the process from here. jonathan blake, thank you very much. earlier i spoke to the conservative mp dominic grieve, who supports a second referendum on brexit. i asked him whether leaving a no—deal brexit on the table is fracturing his party. it's certainly doing it no good, it's damaging it and as i said on a number of occasions to divisions between those in the erg, appear to between those in the erg, appear to be intent if necessary on a hard brexit, a no deal brexit, and the rest of the party, seem to me to be widening. and every effort the prime minister is trying to make to bring them onside appears to have failed. iremain of them onside appears to have failed. i remain of the view that the solution to this problem will not be found in parliament, which is why i support a second referendum, putting
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the prime minister's deal to the public against the alternative of remain. and of course some of your collea g u es remain. and of course some of your colleagues have left the party and joined the independent group, under what circumstances would you do that? i have been a conservative party memberfor that? i have been a conservative party member for about 45 years. i certainly don't want to go and i believe the conservative party can believe the conservative party can bea believe the conservative party can be a force for good, that's why i joined it, parties don't exist for no purpose, they exist for further goodin no purpose, they exist for further good in our country. as long as i think that is the case, i'm going to wa nt to think that is the case, i'm going to want to remain and fight my corner in the party chair but i have said if it were to become government policy and become inevitable that it was going to be successful that we we re was going to be successful that we were going to leave with no deal, i would have to reconsider my position. so it is possible you would leave the party? ifi position. so it is possible you would leave the party? if i thought the party had got a 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. and how
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other mps and do you think are of a similar attitude and might take the same course? i've no idea i certainly think there are quite a few members of parliament who are extremely anxious about what the implications of no deal would be, the irresponsibility of no deal and the irresponsibility of no deal and the catastrophic consequences for every man, woman, child in this country cheviot is not an acceptable way of conducting politics. and how many of the cabinet do you think wa nt to ta ke many of the cabinet do you think want to take no deal off the table and delay brexit? i think that there are quitea and delay brexit? i think that there are quite a few members of the cabinet who wish to make sure that no deal is taken off the table. and they will do everything they can to make sure that happens. that was dominic grieve talking to me a little bit earlier on. some breaking news in
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the last half an hour — leicester city say they have parted company with manager claude puel. it comes a day after the former premier league champions suffered a 4—1 defeat at home to crystal palace. 12th—placed leciester are now searching for their fourth permanent manager in less than two years. sports presenter holly hamilton is here with more. i suppose no surprise that he has gone, they have had a string of bad results ? gone, they have had a string of bad results? alam this has been bubbling up results? alam this has been bubbling upfor results? alam this has been bubbling up for the past few weeks if not months, especially given the fact that leicester city haven't actually won a game since new year's day, which is quite incredible. in fact they have only won four games at home this season as you set, i think the result of getting beaten at home by crystal palace yesterday 4—1 has really brought this and there have been issues of low morale reportedly at training and just before christmas we were reporting on the idea that possibly he might be the next manager to go, but then there
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we re next manager to go, but then there were those victories over chelsea and manchester city, which captain in thejob for a and manchester city, which captain in the job for a few months longer. but today they have announced that they will be parting company with a claude puel. they have issued a statement in which they have said they would like to thank him for his effo rts they would like to thank him for his efforts in leading the team over the past 16 months and wish him well in his future career. but actually when you think back to october 2017 when he was first given the job, there was a lot of criticism of his appointment, a lot of surprise, actually, that it was him that got thejob, given his style of football, a very different style to what we saw when leicester won the league in 2016. and in the last tra nsfer league in 2016. and in the last transfer window, he was given a lot of support by the club, £89 million he spent in the summer transfer window but couldn't find the results to back that up. i suppose the question now is, who will replace him? one name which is being bandied about this morning is brendan rodgers, as being the prime target for leicester city over the past few
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weeks. the issue is that he will wa nt to weeks. the issue is that he will want to remain with celtic until the end of the sisson so they will have a job on their hands trying to convince him to do otherwise. but whoever takes over they will have a job on their hands to try to turn around leicester city's fortunes for the rest of this season they're currently 12th in the league, five places off the relegation zone, they have a game this week against brighton on tuesday night. we will be covering the story over the next few hours and having more on this in sportsday tonight. 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
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and violence meant that some people haven't been able to cast their ballots. the vote is the biggest in african history. let's get the latest now from our correspondent tomi oladipo, who joins me now from the capital, abuja. bring us up—to—date, then, first of all, is this election likely to be extended, do you think? the election has been extended in some parts of the vast majority of the voting has gone ahead and did so relatively smoothly, but there have been places where there were logistical problems parcelling with the electronic voter of verification machines, which had some defects in some parts of and so today we have seen voting going on today we have seen voting going on today as we speak. there are other places in the south of the country, a few parts where voting was disrupted because of gang violence, the voting there has been put off indefinitely. and what is at stake in this election, just put it into
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context for us, what are the big issues and what does it mean for nigeria? well, as you know, this is africa's most populous country, there's a young population to majority of the population are young and they're majority of the population are young and they‘ re looking majority of the population are young and they're looking for opportunities, looking for good education, good jobs. there was our they have faced for years and so this is not a time when fresh issues are showing up, for the past five consecutive elections to issues have been very similar. so, getting the economy growmg , been very similar. so, getting the economy growing, getting jobs, getting security for the people, particularly in the north—east of the country, in the central parts of the country, in the central parts of the country, in the central parts of the country, where there have been insurgencies and clashes between different communities, those are the kind of issues nigerians want to see solved. and is there a hunger amongst the electorate and the people to vote? yes. i think despite
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the logistical problems we've seen teeny elections were postponed by a week, yes, lots of people, millions of people, have still come out and braved the sun and the rain in some parts, long queues, to cast their votes people are still hopeful that despite the many problems there are in the country there's a lot of hope. people trying to make sure their votes bring some difference. good to talk to you, thank you very much, tomi oladipo. 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, including a 14—year—old boy, were killed, and more than 300 people were wounded. the venezuelan opposition leader, juan guaido, has said that 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
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troops on the border troops on the bridge 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 leader, juan 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. as we filmed, we were engulfed in tear gas. soon, demonstrators were being hit with rubber bullets. a few tried to fight back.
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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 plan to keep trying, here and at other crossing points. president maduro claims the aid convoy is just a coverfor a us invasion. orla guerin, bbc news, at the colombia—venezuela border. the headlines on bbc news... labour's deputy leader, tom watson, warnsjeremy corbyn he has to act urgently if the party is to stay together.
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the prime minister warns she won't allow the brexit referendum to be frustrated, as she prepares for further talks with eu leaders at a summit in egypt. michael gove insists progress is being made. brazil has strongly condemned the venezuelan government's use of force to stop the opposition bringing humanitarian aid across the border yesterday. sport now, and time for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. holly has got the news on leicester city and all of the other sport has wow. good morning. we start that news in the past hour, that leicester city have sacked manager claude puel. it was confirmed this morning following yesterday's 4—1 defeat at home to crystal palace. puel‘s been under huge pressure afterfailing to win in the premier league since beating everton away on new year's day.
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they were also knocked out of the fa cup by league two side newport county. puel had an uneasy relationship with the leciester fans during his time at the club — this is what he had to say about that following the defeat to palace yesterday. i understand, i understand their feeling, i understand their disappointment. just i would like to say they keep all their support for the players, to support all these young players in the next game against brighton. here's what leicester city have said. "leicester city football club has today parted company with claude puel, who leaves his position as first team manager with immediate effect."
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liverpool could go back to the top of the premier league table this afternoon, but they'll need to get a result against rivals manchester united at old trafford. however, ole gunnar solskjaer isn't concerning himself with liverpool's title race. you know the end effect that it might have, but we can't go into this game thinking like we can do someone else a favour, we have to do ourselves a favour, and we can't control who is going to win the league, we can only control the games we play against the top teams. that match gets under way at five past two, and after that, manchester city look to match their women's side by winning their first piece of silverware this season — they face chelsea in the final of the league cup. you can't help but think liverpool's fixture at old trafford won't be far from pep guardiola's mind — however he says his only concern is his game at wembley.
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of course it would be good for us if manchester united get a result but we have a final. and i think this cup may be for man united or liverpool is not important, they have many trophies, they have many, many chances but this is not our case but retaining the title would be good and playing the final would be good and playing the final would be good and always help us to grow like a club, you know, for the new players in the new managers in the future, we have to arrive in the latter stages for the titles and thatis latter stages for the titles and that is where i come. england midfielderjill scott has withdrawn from the squad for the upcoming shebelieves cup in the usa. she's carefully managing her fitness to ensure she's available for this summer's fifa world cup in france. scott is 32 years old and has made 130 appearances for the england team. chris eubankjunior scored the biggest victory of his career with a unanimous points win over former world champion james degale. eubankjunior put degale down twice during the super—middleweight contest in london, and afterwards he described the win
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as "a statement". degale says he'll now talk to his family about his future after a glittering career at the top level. great britain'sjonny brownlee finished third overall at the superleague triathlon in singapore. brownlee won the men's eliminator race yesterday, and came second today in the endurance. it featured three back—to—back triathlons of swim—bike—run. france's vincent luis was first in the final standings, with the south african henry schoeman in second. the main reason for me being here today was to force me to go on a heat training camp in but, thailand and that is why i did it, with my training partner, this is probably the worst thing you can do in the heat, that kind of race format. i had a bad first race, i really spiked my temperature and i had to control it and i've learnt a lot about what you need to do, how you
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control yourself, how you train in the heat and that can be very important in the next couple of yea rs. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. pope francis has condemned priests guilty of child sexual abuse in powerful terms, calling them tools of satan, and promised to do more to protect children. speaking at the end of the roman catholic conference on paedophilia within the clergy, he said victims would now be the priority, and that bishops would be issued with new, clear guidelines that would force them to take action. our religion editor, martin bashir, has been speaking to the archbishop of brisbane, the most reverend mark coleridge. he says that the catholic church's moral authority has been "massively damaged" by the abuse allegations. i don't pretend to understand the mystery of evil that is caught up in this, if they were all mad or totally evil it would be easy to
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understand, but how can this man or this woman, usually a man, about whom there is so much that is so good, do something that is so evil? i don't understand that. how difficult is it for the church to restore its moral authority, given decades of scandal, of cover—up and of the blighting of individual lives by priests? i think we just have to accept that our moral authority and debility in more general terms has been massively damaged. it's shot to pieces, isn't it? i accept that our credibility is shot to pieces. how will it be restored? over a very long period of time and with great tenacity but also great quality of focus, by which i mean focusing on the fact that no amount of spin in all the world is going to do the trick, the only thing that will
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restore our credibility as a radical conversion, dare i use the language of faith, conversion to the gospel of faith, conversion to the gospel ofjesus christ of faith, conversion to the gospel of jesus christ and of faith, conversion to the gospel ofjesus christ and becoming the kind of church he obviously wants us to be and which we have failed to be, lamentably, in this area of child protection. why should we have any hope that things are going to improve? as a believer, my answer is because of easter i sense in the pope and in all the bishops, a real determination whatever their cultural setting may be, a real determination to understand what has happened, why it has happened and to act together, not in isolation or fragmentation but to act together. i say in the power of the gospel, to eliminate abuse from the church and to make sure there is a church which is transparent, accountable, inclusive and the words that pope
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francis uses, a church which is a loving mother, which we have so potently failed to be. 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 weather 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're talking about sainsbury‘s, tesco and morrison's, goods were on sale in their healthy or healthier sections which were either high in salt, in fats or saturated fats,
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sometimes a combination of those with products having the red traffic light symbol to suggest they were offering more than your 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, say 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 will still have less fat than an alternative product that
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might be found within their store. so, healthier, yes. healthy? that's a moot point. hollywood is getting ready for its biggest night of the year, with the oscars being held this evening. the favourite, starring olivia colman, is up for ten awards, jointly leading the nominations with roma, a mexican film produced by netflix. 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 for too long. for all the best bits, the acceptance speeches and the drama from the red carpet, join us on bbc news for an oscars special, tomorrow morning at 9:30. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. it feels springlike outside at the moment, with plenty of sunshine any
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forecast, temperatures way above where they should be for this time of year, but not everyone seeing the sunshine, some fog patches lingering across the midlands, merseyside, north—east england and the central belt of scotland. many of these were lift and clear into the afternoon, leaving sunny skies, but in northern ireland staying breezy, but not cold, 11 in belfast. the warmest spot today could reach around 17 celsius, eight or 9 degrees above normalfor celsius, eight or 9 degrees above normal for the celsius, eight or 9 degrees above normalfor the stage of celsius, eight or 9 degrees above normal for the stage of february. clear skies overnight, cloudy weather for scotland and northern ireland, a bit of rain around, milder across the north and west, giving cloudy skies, but in the south temperatures in the countryside dipping down to minus four or even colder, so a chilly start on monday. some rain for the western and northern isles,
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