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it is the change coming our way. it looks like the change will accelerate into next weekend, areas of low pressure spreading wind and rain our way. that is the latest forecast. this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at two. theresa may promises that mps will be able to have another say on her brexit deal by march 12th, ruling out a meaningful vote this week. labour's deputy leader tom watson warns jeremy corbyn he has to act urgently if the party is to stay together. there is almost a sort of crisis for the soul of the labour party now and that means that anyone who cares about our future, whatever tradition they represent, have to find it within themselves to work more closely together and that is as big a challenge forjeremy as it is for me. pope francis promises concrete action to tackle child sex abuse at the end of a vatican summit on paedophilia. venezuela's opposition leader calls on the international community to consider "all measures" to oust president nicolas maduro after several people are killed in border clashes yesterday. leicester city part company
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with their manager claude puel after only sixteen months in charge. final preparations are under way for hollywood's biggest night of the year, the oscars. there s hope for greater diversity amongst the winners this year after a shakeup in the membership of the academy. and in the week in parliament's programme we look back at the dramatic events in westminster which saw 11 mps mps quit their parties. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. the prime minister theresa may has promised that mps will be able to have another say on her brexit deal by march 12th. speaking to reporters traveling to a summit in egypt, she ruled out holding the so called
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"meaningful vote" where parliament can approve or reject her compromise with the eu this week. also today, labour's deputy leader tom watson has spoken of his party facing "a crisis of the soul" and called onjeremy corbyn to take personal charge of efforts to combat anti—semitism. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. arriving in egypt representing europe's leaders at a joint summit with arab world countries, but there is no escape from brexit and the president of the european council, donald tusk, will meet theresa may does afternoon to discuss the changes she wants to the brexit deal the eu and the uk had agreed. the prime minister has said there would be no new dealfor parliament prime minister has said there would be no new deal for parliament to vote on this week, but yesterday warned against any delay, telling tory activist, we must not and i will not frustrate what was the largest democratic exercise in this country's history. in the very final stages of this process the worst thing we can do is lose our focus.
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and a day after three senior ministers went against government policy and said they would prefer adelaide to no deal, one of her cabinet colleagues urged others not to force a plan to force the government put my hand. to force a plan to force the government put my handlj to force a plan to force the government put my hand. i would urge collea g u es government put my hand. i would urge colleagues not to vote for it. it is not about the potential extension, it is about taking power away from the government and who knows where we might end up? mps have been told they will have another say on the brexit deal by march the 12th. that may mean fewer conservatives support a plan seeking to delay brexit if parliament had not passed a deal by then. anger at the government's handling of brexit led three mps to quit the conservative party this week. others left labour, ashamed at the party's problem with anti—semitism. now the deputy leader has challenged jeremy corbyn to do more. the test for him as a leader is to eradicate anti—semitism, and it is the british, jewish community
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who will be the judge of that. he understands that if he is ever to be prime minister, he needs to rebuild that trust. he will have to review those cases and go to the nec where he is in control and they will back him if he says these people need to be thrown out. unlike other senior party figures, jeremy corbyn has not wa nted party figures, jeremy corbyn has not wanted to dwell on the resignations of some of his mps. he has many loyal supporters in the party, but tom watson's words were strong and assigned patients with some at the top of the labour party is wearing thin. the party said it took all complaints of anti—semitism extremely seriously. our politcal correspondent jonathan blake is here. let's start with labour, tom watson really laying down a challenge to jeremy corbyn, but no sign of yet whetherjeremy corbyn is prepared to ta ke whetherjeremy corbyn is prepared to take it up. it has been interesting to see the different responses since
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those labour mps resigned last week. jeremy corbyn has not looked to dwell on it and issued a brief response, saying he was disappointed they had resigned and he regretted it. contrast that with the calling for them to face by lectures, and contrast that to the words we have heard from tom watson this morning, calling this a crisis for the soul of the labour party. he said last week it was a moment of regret and a moment for people to reflect, a real senseit moment for people to reflect, a real sense it is a big problem that is labour mps have gone. it is extraordinary for a deputy leader of a party to make what was quite a clear challenge to the leader of the party, to say, you need to be stepping up here to do more to personally tackle the problem of anti—semitism. ifjeremy corbyn wa nts to anti—semitism. ifjeremy corbyn wants to be prime minister, he needs to do this. he is effectively telling him what to do. presumably the relationship between tom watson
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and jeremy corbyn is like that between others and they seem to work together closely. he is talking about convening a group of labour mps that take a different position to thejeremy corbyn group of supporters. this goes beyond the issue of anti—semitism and jeremy corbyn's handling of it in the party. he was talking about policy and the idea that the shadow cabinet should better reflect the shade of opinion and political stances within the labour party to be more of a broader church. he talked about setting up some sort of committee to represent those more centrist or social democratic mps, as he put it, to make sure their standpoints are better represented in the party. it is aboutjeremy better represented in the party. it is about jeremy corbyn's better represented in the party. it is aboutjeremy corbyn's grip on power and the way he goes about his leadership and the frustration from tom watson and others. let's talk about the prime minister. she agrees
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about the prime minister. she agrees a deal in november and we told we we re a deal in november and we told we were getting ever in december and that gets delayed injanuary and then she loses the vote badly and then she loses the vote badly and then we get a vote on the 14th of february and then it was the end of february and then it was the end of february and then it was the end of february and now she says it will be in the middle of march. what is going on? very good question. we have said every of those points of this is the last possible moment when theresa may can get a deal through and everything can be done from then on which needs to be put in place before we leave the eu. but things are going right down to the wire. this new deadline on the 12th of march for parliament to vote means there will be just a couple of weeks until the 29th of march which, as written in law at the moment, britain will leave the european union. running the clock down is what people are accusing her of doing. she is hoping to take the wind out of the sails of this plan
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by labour mps such as yvette cooper and the conservative oliver letwin, which has received a fair bit of support. cabinet ministers yesterday indicated they do not want to be pa rt indicated they do not want to be part of a new deal brexit. if parliament had not passed a deal by the 30th of march, they would seek to delay the process and force the government's hand and will have no deal or extend negotiations. theresa may is saying that they will get other the day before and you do not need to support this plan to guarantee that parliament will get a deal. possibly she does not know the answer, but the question is whether 01’ answer, but the question is whether or not the house of commons will accept that or whether there will be people this week who want to push it and say, we cannot leave at that long, or whether they are prepared to trust the prime minister, she knows she can get something more out of she needs more time. yesterday
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she needs more time until the europeans blink first. there are a good number of conservative mps who wa nt to good number of conservative mps who want to support the prime minister's deal and want to get it through the commons, but they want these issues around the backstop addressed and changes made. not only do they want that... theresa may is getting off the plane and her remarks were made on the plane and it touched down than an hour ago. she is arriving at the summit in sharm el—sheikh. brexit is not the focus, it is a joint eu and arab league summit and she is there in the hope she will be able to have conversations with some of her fellow eu leaders and the chairman of the european council, donald tusk, and try to impress on them the changes that i needed, as she sees it, to her deal to get it through parliament. whether she will
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come back and report progress we do not know. back to the question of what theresa may has done with this deadline and will it be enough to win overmps? it deadline and will it be enough to win over mps? it is a question of what factor trumps the other. is it their willingness to support the deal, or is it theirfear of a new deal, or is it theirfear of a new deal brexit? those two things are hanging in the balance and mps have to weigh them up to decide which course of action to take. even if people did not like her, they held on to nurse for fear of something worse, let's see if that applies to theresa may. pope francis has called for the catholic church to give priority to victims of abuse. the pontiff spoke at the end of a four day conference aimed at tackling abuse within the church. our correspondent james reynolds reports from rome. forfour for four days catholic bishops from across the world heard the testimony of victims abused by priests. at the
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end of the conference the pope called on the entire church not to blame others. instead he said it should take action and make victims the priority. transmit if in the church that should emerge if in a single case of abuse, which in itself represents an atrocity, that case will be faced with the utmost seriousness. indeed, in people's justified anger the charge sees the reflection of the wrath of god, betrayed and insulted by these persons. pope francis had his bishops will now review and strengthen their guidelines. bishops promised to take steps on their return home. a stretches before us. omission demanding not just return home. a stretches before us. omission demanding notjust words, but real, concrete action. we will do all we can to bring justice and healing to survivors of abuse. we
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will listen to them, believe them, walk with them. we will ensure that those who have been abused, who have abused, i never again those who have been abused, who have abused, i neveragain able those who have been abused, who have abused, i never again able to offend. we will call to account those who have concealed abuse. but survivors of abuse, marching this week in rome, demand more commitment, not vague once they have heard many times before. they want the church to take practical steps under a plan to hold the pope to his promises. under a plan to hold the pope to his promises. venezuela's opposition leader has called on other countries to consider "all measures" to remove president nicolas maduro following violent border clashes yesterday. international pressure is building on president maduro after he blocked aid deliveries from entering the country. our correspondent katy watson is in caracas. everyone here is asking the same thing, what happens next? juan
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guaido was convinced humanitarian aid would get into the country on saturday. the opposition had hoped it would signal a weakening of the madeira government with soldiers defecting. internationally he is becoming more isolated, but because madero is still in power and it does not look like he is going anywhere anytime soon. plan b, one—way deal is headed to the capital on monday. there he will meet with the lima group, a regional group of countries that come together to try to solve the crisis in venezuelan. the us vice president mike pence is expected to attend. juan guaido said that the events of trying to get the humanitarian aid into venezuela led him to believe that all options remain on the table. the us secretary of state mike pompeo said the us is prepared to take action against those who oppose the restoration of democracy in
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venezuela. but what does that mean? read between the lines all options are open and the most extreme option would be a military intervention. but that is a deeply controversial option in venezuela in a region where the us has historically played such a big role and had such a big influence in the politics of latin america. the path forward is not going to be easy. counter—terrorism police in leeds have arrested a man on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts. west yorkshire police say the 33—year—old was held as part of a pre—planned operation into suspected extreme right—wing activity. a property in leeds is being searched by police. votes are being counted in nigeria's closely fought presidential election. nearly 73 million people were eligable to vote, making it the biggest in african history. a handful of polling stations remained open into a second day after logistical problems and violence meant some people had not been able to cast their ballots.
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let's get the latest now from our correspondent tomi oladipo whojoins me now from the capital abuja. it seems to have passed off without too many incidents. is there any indication of how long it will take before there is a result? that is going to be some while. we have just heard from the electoral commission in the past are saying that voting is still going on in some places, but the majority of the votes have gone ahead. there were delays in other places, where there was violence, in some parts of the south of the country. those have been put off indefinitely. we are expecting to hear from the electoral commission any minute now as to what is going to happen with those but for the general results, that is only going to start being collated from about 6pm local time, that is injusta from about 6pm local time, that is
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injust a few from about 6pm local time, that is in just a few hours. it is unlikely we will get any certainty about whether the president has been re—elected until the coming week. what are the challenges for whoever ta kes what are the challenges for whoever takes office? well, whoever takes office has a lot to work on. i think there are several issues that affect nigerians. the economy has not been doing too well in recent years, particularly with fluctuation in the price of oil which nigeria depends heavily upon. reviving that will be a major issue for the winner of this election. corruption is a major achilles' heel for nigeria. it pops up achilles' heel for nigeria. it pops up in every sector you can think of in this country, so that is also another to be dealt with. of course, security, the problems in the north—east of the country with boko haram and thejihadist north—east of the country with boko haram and the jihadist insurgency there, as well as clashes in the central parts of the country between different communities.
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infrastructure, jobs, education, health care, those are many of the issues that have to be worked on urgently in this country. there was lots of concern when the vote was delayed last saturday, that it might have an impact on the number of nigerians who turned out to vote. is there any indication yet about whether there has been a falloff in the vote as compared to what people had been expecting? it is difficult to say that, we will probably get a sense of that once the electoral commission starts to announce the results, we will know what the turnout was like. for example, there we re turnout was like. for example, there were 84 million registered voters but only 72 million of those picked up but only 72 million of those picked up their voters apostrophe cards, so a significant drop, and having the vote postponed by a week probably added a dent so we will have to see how many of those came out, but millions of dan braid of the harsh
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weather conditions, —— but millions of them bravely harsh weather conditions, rain, sun as well, but lots of people came out despite the challenges to cast their vote. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news: theresa may promises that mps will be able to have another say on her brexit deal by march the 12th, ruling out a meaningful vote this week. labour's deputy leader, tom watson, urgesjeremy corbyn to take a "personal lead" in eradicating anti—semitism, insisting that the party needed to change. pope francis promises concrete action to tackle child sex abuse at the end of a vatican summit on paedophilia. as we've been hearing, theresa may is expected to hold talks with european council president donald tusk and other key eu figures in egypt later, during a summit between leaders of eu and arab league countries.
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but downing street has played down hopes of a breakthrough on her brexit deal being reached. theresa may has been speaking to reporters in the last few minutes. let's hear what she had to say. of course i'm going to have the opportunity while i'm here, but this is not principally a summit about brexit, but i will have the opportunity to speak to fellow european leaders. and we have made good progress with the european union, and with the commission. as you know, i and ministers were in brussels last week. my team will be returning to brussels on tuesday. we have been working on how we can deal with the issue that has been raised by parliament, ensuring that the northern ireland backstop cannot be indefinite, and as we are continuing with those talks, we will not bring a meaningful vote this week but that will happen by the 12th of march, and it is still... we still have it within our grasp to leave the european union
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with a deal on the 29th of march, and that is what i'm going to be working at. what the government is doing collectively, the cabinet are doing, is coming together to work for a deal. we want to leave the european union on the 29th of march with a deal. that is what we are working for. we have had good progress, constructive discussions with the european union and we will be continuing that work so that we can leave on the 29th of march and leave with a deal. the prime minister in sharm el sheikh in egypt, speaking just a few moments ago. the duke and duchess of sussex have arrived in morocco for their first official visit to north africa. the couple visited the country's high atlas mountain region to meet young women getting a secondary education. they were welcomed to a boarding house in the village of asni by the girls, who waved flags and sang songs. the secondary school is run by a moroccan group that provides classes for girls from rural areas whose families cannot afford their education. leicester city say they have " pa rted compa ny"
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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—place leciester are now searching for their fourth permanent manager in less than two years. chelsea and manchester city are both aiming to win the league cup for the sixth time when they meet in this afternoon's final at wembley. david ornstein is there. the odds have been cut pretty dramatically during the course of the last few months on city's prospects. is it in the bag for them? they are firm favourites, no doubt about that, and if they were to win today it would raise many peoples hopes that they could pull off an unprecedented quadruple of trophies. if they are to continue their challenge for the premier league, the fa cup and champions league. this, of course, 12 months ago, was the trophy that pep guardiola one, the first of his reign and set city on course for a record—breaking premier league triumph. they want to go even better this year, and the odds, as you say,
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are with them. the fans we have spoken to from a city persuasion today are buoyant, chelsea lie so, of pessimism around that half of west london at the moment. in terms of pessimism, leicester city fans have reason to feel pretty pessimistic. they are not that far above the relegation zone, they have just lost their manager, and in terrible circumstances, they lost their owner a few months back. the mood that there must be quite downbeat? yes, it has been a difficult time for leicester city. when they lost their owner in the tragic helicopter crash, it was claude puel he was head coach at the time who helped the club through what was a difficult period on the page, as well as off the pitch. he did so with great dignity. the man who took over from the owner was his
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son. he is the man who has decided to pa rt son. he is the man who has decided to part company with claude puel. results have been indifferent on the page and it will not come as a surprise to many who have followed the fortunes of leicester city. many will feel it could have happened earlier, however, just when it seemed puel was under most pressure, each time he pulled off a magnificent result with performances against the likes of man city and chelsea, the protagonist today at wembley, also a good performance against liverpool at anfield, and that kept claude puel in a job. the speculation will be over who takes over. a number of people see this as the most attractive job outside the top six clubs, so big names will be linked with it. a few years ago, leicester city pulled off that 5000-1 leicester city pulled off that 5000—1 medical in sporting terms to win the premier league out of nowhere. contrasting use, a difficult day for leicester city, while here at wembley, the fans of
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man city and chelsea will be coming here with great optimism is the first trophy of the english football league season is decided.“ first trophy of the english football league season is decided. if nothing else, you have a lovely afternoon to look forward to. enjoy the football. thanks very much. 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 it s time to consider whether a supermarket regulator is needed. my colleague ben brown has been speaking to adrian goldberg from 5 live investigates. we find that in at least three cases, we are talking about sainsbury‘s, tesco and morrisons, goods were on sale in their healthier sections which were either high in salt, in france or in saturated fats, sometimes a combination of those, with products
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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 cabinets, ready meals, often vegan 01’ cabinets, ready meals, often vegan or vegetarian meals, often meat substitutes as well, but certainly, pushing the boundaries of what most people might consider to be healthy 01’ people might consider to be healthy or healthier. what have the supermarkets 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 that where something is in their healthier section, even if it has a red traffic light symbol against it, if it has a relatively high level of fat, for example, that will still have less fat than alternative products found within the store. healthier, yes, healthy, that is a moot point. the oscars is being held in hollywood this evening.
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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 shake—up 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
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and africa, so culturally, 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, i hope stories will continue to be told that embrace the fullness of humanity, and that includes absolutely, at the forefront, the life of a black empowered female. blackklansman 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 list may feel more diverse but,
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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,
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join us on bbc news for an oscars special, tomorrow morning at 9.30. now it is time for the weather. it was lovely when i came in. are we set for a cracker of a week was mike the first half of the week, absolutely, we will keep the sunshine and high temperatures by day, cold nights with some fog. as we are into march, it will turn cooler, more unsettled, nothing too extreme but a reality check. we are still in february, in winter, so this is unusual, a stunning sunday afternoon but it is cloudy in northern ireland and later, in the west you could see patchy rain, especially in north—west scotland. watch out for dense fog forming through parts of yorkshire and north—east england overnight and into the morning. coldest in england and wales, frost in places, parts of east anglia, they could be down to minus for degrees. tomorrow,
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temperatures will rebound in the sunshine. the rain will be moving north across the northern isles during the day. a sunny day in northern ireland and the warm sports again reaching into the high teens, just as they have done over the past couple of days. hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines: theresa may promises that mps will be able to have another say on her brexit deal by march 12th, ruling out a meaningful vote this week. we wa nt we want to leave the european union on the 29th of march with a deal, thatis on the 29th of march with a deal, that is what we are working for. we have good progress, constructive discussions with the european union, and we will be continuing that work so we can live on the 29th of march and leave with a deal. labour's deputy leader tom watson urgesjeremy corbyn to take a "personal lead" in eradicating anti—semitism, insisting
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