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oui’ spells of wind and rain coming our way next weekend. that is how it is looking at the moment. all fine and warm in the sunshine, but hints of much reality on the way. this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at three. 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 want to leave the european union 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 leave on the 29th of march and leave with a deal. 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.
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pope francis promises concrete action to tackle child sex but pope francis promises concrete action to tackle child sex abuse at the end of a vatican summit on child sex abuse. 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. 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 witness history, we celebrate international women's day by looking at the achievements of five remarkable women, including the first female, black headteacher in britain.
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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 "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 this afternoon to discuss the changes she wants to the brexit deal the eu and the uk had agreed. the prime minister has said there will be no new deal for parliament to vote on this week, but yesterday warned against any
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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." and a day after three senior ministers went against government policy and said they would prefer a delay to no deal, one of her cabinet colleagues urged others not to support a plan to force the government's hand. i would urge colleagues not to vote for it. it is not about the potential extension of articl 50, extension of article 50, 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,
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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 not the labour party members who will be the judge of that, it is the british, jewish community who will be thejudge 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 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 s sign patience with some at the top were strong and a sign patience with some at the top of the labour party is wearing thin. the party said it took all complaints of anti—semitism extremely seriously.
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as you heard in jonathan blake's report, theresa may is expected to hold talks with european council president donald tusk and other key eu figures in egypt later today. but downing street has played down hopes of a breakthrough on her brexit deal being reached. this summit is unconnected with brexit. this summit is unconnected with brexit. theresa may has been speaking to reporters in the last hour. let's hear what she had to say. of course i am going to have the opportunity while i am here, although this is not principally a summit for brexit, but i will have the opportunity to speak to fellow european leaders. we made good progress with the european union and 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 issues raised in parliament, ensuring the northern ireland backstop cannot be indefinite. and as we are continuing with those talks, we will not be bringing a meaningful vote back this week,
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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 with a deal on the 29th of march and that is what i am going to be working on. what the government is doing collectively and what cabinet are doing are 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 made good progress, constructive discussions with the european union, and we will be continuing that work so we can leave on the 29th of march and leave with a deal. theresa may talking at sharm el—sheikh. we will be joining the again later in the next half hour. let me bring you some reactions to teresa me's announcement of a vote
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on march the 12th. there is too much at stake to run down the clock and this is we hope the last and final dates change for the vote. the taoiseach, leo radtke has said that the irish backstop cannot have a time limit ora the irish backstop cannot have a time limit or a unilateral exit clause. the eu is signalling it is not prepared to give those changes. the austrian chancellor said if there is at the beginning of march no support for the deal we have, the deal the european union countries are agree back in november, it seems like a lifetime ago, i think it would be good to postpone brexit. that is what he told reporters
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arriving at summit in sharm el—sheikh a few minutes ago. 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. for four days catholic bishops from across the world heard the testimony of victims abused by priests. at the 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. translation: if in the church there should emerge even a single case of abuse, which in itself represents an atrocity, that case will be faced with the utmost seriousness. indeed, in people'sjustified anger the church sees the reflection of the wrath of god, betrayed and insulted by these deceitful, consecrated persons. pope francis said his bishops will now review and strengthen their guidelines.
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bishops promised to take steps on their return home. a mission stretches before us. a mission demanding notjust words, but real, concrete action. we will do all we can to bring justice and healing to survivors of abuse. we will listen to them, believe them, walk with them. we will ensure that those who have been abused, who have abused, are never again able to offend. we will call to account those who have concealed abuse. no mas abusos! but survivors of abuse, marching this week in rome, demand more than vague commitments they have heard many times before. they want the church to take practical steps and they plan to hold the pope to his promises.
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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 guaido was convinced humanitarian aid would get into the country on saturday. the opposition had hoped it would signal a weakening of the maduro government with soldiers defecting. internationally he is becoming more isolated, but because maduro is still in power and it does not look like he is going anywhere anytime soon. plan b, juand guaido is headed to the capital on monday. there he will meet with the lima
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group, a regional group of countries that have 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 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.
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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 eligible 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. as our nigeria correspondent explained to me a little earlier, it's likely to be some time before we get any results from the vote. we have just heard from the electoral commission in the past hour, 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
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off indefinitely. we are expecting to hear from the electoral commission any minute now as to what is going to happen with those but as for the general results, that is only going to start being collated from about 6pm local time, that is in just a few hours. it is unlikely we will get any certainty about whether president buhari has been re—elected until the coming week. 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 in every sector you can think of in this country, so that is also another to be dealt with.
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of course, security, the problems in the 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. 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 fall off 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 were 84 million registered voters but only 72 million of those picked up their voters' cards, so a significant drop, and having
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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 them braved 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 arrives at a summit in egypt with a promise 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, says jeremy corbyn must take a "personal lead" over claims of anti—semitism in the labour party. pope francis promises concrete action to tackle child sex abuse at the end of a vatican summit on paedophilia.
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it is goalless at old trafford in the weekend pass ‘s big game between manchester united and liverpool, but there is injury chaos. by half—time united had already made three substitutions and liverpool have made two changes. arsenal are 2—0 up against southampton. rangers thrashed hamilton to narrow the gap on leaders celtic to five points in the scottish premiership. celtic are in action now and it is goalless. ireland lead italy 7—0 in the six nations. italy are bottom of the table. we will have more support in one hour's time. as we heard in the sport headlines, premier league leicester city have sacked their manager, claude puel, and the first silverware of the season will be decided later this afternoon when chelsea face manchester city in the league cup final at wembley. earlier i spoke to david ornstein
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who is there for us. city are firm favourites, no doubt about that, and if they were to win today it would raise many people's 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 won, the first of his reign and it 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, are with them. the fans we have spoken to from a city persuasion today are buoyant, chelsea less so, a lot 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.
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the mood there must be quite downbeat? yes, it has been a difficult time for leicester city. when they lost vichai srivaddhanaprabha in that tragic helicopter crash, it was claude puel who was head coach at the time who helped the club through what was a difficult period on the pitch, as well as off the pitch. he did so with great dignity. the man who took over from the owner was his son, top. he is the man who has decided to part company with claude puel. results have been indifferent on the pitch 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 protagonists today
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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 of the top six clubs, so big names will be linked with it. a few years ago, leicester city pulled off that 5000—1 miracle in sporting terms to win the premier league out of nowhere. contrasting news, a difficult day for leicester city, while here at wembley, the fans of man city and chelsea will be coming here with great optimism as the first trophy of the english football league season is decided. more now on those talks theresa may is expected to hold 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. ros atkins is at the summit in sharm el sheikh. good afternoon. yes, it is a
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different continent, the same story, brexit has followed the prime minister on herflight brexit has followed the prime minister on her flight from london to hear. we are in sharm el sheikh on the red sea and a vast conference centre. this is the first time the european union and the arab league have held a joint summit but while they have a number of priorities, such as migration and trade and illicit arms trading, brexit is in the background for many of the leaders here, and for prime minister theresa may, very much in the foreground as she walked into the vast conference centre, with hundreds of journalists teaming around, she came up to the press pack and give us a short statement. 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. well, we know that theresa may is
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going to be having bilateral meetings with donald tusk, president of the european council, with mark ritter, also tomorrow with angela merkel, and we can be certain that brexit will be coming up. the big news we got off the plane as it landed in sharm el sheikh, the prime minister is now saying there will be a meaningful vote by march the 12th. it could be before then but she is saying it will definitely be by then and her reasoning is, she says progress is being made and because of that amendment a few weeks back in parliament, she is committed to trying to get something in addition to what she offered the house of commons when it rejected her deal in january. she said she needs more time to do that work. we will hear from you again during the course of the afternoon. thank you very much for now. north korean leader kim jong and has departed for hanoi by
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train for talks with us leader donald trump. the much anticipated second us north korea summit is scheduled for the middle of the week in the north korean capital. denuclearisation is likely to dominate the agenda. kim jong—un on his way to vietnam in his distinctive green and yellow armoured train. the news of his departure is the first official acknowledgement by pyongyang that the summit in hanoi is taking place. the north korean leader is thought to be travelling with his sister and one of his key negotiators, a former general. he was in washington last month for preliminary talks with donald trump in the white house. it will take up to 60 hours to get there. state media also confirmed he is to pay a goodwill visit. there is speculation this means that mr campbell to a key business sites in vietnam ahead of the summit. as mr
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kim travelled, delegations from north korea and the united states have already been seen in hanoi making preparations. the city is hosting the event at the request of the two parties. translation: vietnam will ensure maximum security and safety to all the distinguish gets coming to vietnam. this week's meeting aims to build on the ground work of the two microlitres for summit last september. donald trump is expected to offer mr kim economic incentives for his impoverished state in return for giving up his nuclear weapons programme. but days before the hanoi meeting, the exact agenda remains unclear. saudi arabia has for the first time appointed a woman as its ambassador to the united states. princess reema bint bandar takes over at a sensitive time, with relations between the two countries strained following the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. princess reema follows
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in the footsteps of her father, bandar bin sultan, who held the us ambassador post from 1983 until 2005. the duke and duchess of sussex have arrived in morocco, for their first official visit to north africa. the couple visited the country's atlas mountains 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. 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. ben brown has been speaking to adrian goldberg from 5
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live investigates. we found that in at least three cases, we are talking about sainsbury‘s, tesco and morrison's, goods were on sale in the healthy or healthier sections which were either high in salt, in fats or saturated fats, 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
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against it, for example if it has a relatively high level of fat, they say that will still have less fat than an alternative product that might be found within their store. healthier, yes, healthy? that's a moot point. 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. 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
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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 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.
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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, 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
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a challenge behind the scenes, as well as on screen. danjohnson, bbc news, los angeles. if you are not able to stay up to watch the oscars life, you can get all the highlights, the best bits from the speeches, plus all the awards and nominations, in a bbc news oscar special tomorrow morning from 9:30am. now the weather. it has been another unusually warm day for the time of year with the sunshine. turning chile for some overnight, thrust around in places, particularly towards east anglia in south—east england. minus 4 degrees in the countryside. dense fog this evening and overnight across yorkshire and north—east england. cloud for northern ireland into the west of scotland, patchy rain possible, but england and wales will see the lowest temperatures and
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defrost into east anglia and the south—east in particular. a cold start to the day. four gradually clearing from yorkshire and north—east england in the morning, rain moving away from the north of mainland scotland across the northern isles. a sunny day northern ireland, plenty of sunshine across much of the uk with light winds, and the temperature is bouncing back after the chilly start and the warm spot is reaching into the high teens, and more of the same on tuesday. goodbye.

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