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this is bbc news. you are transferring this problem. it isa i'm julian worricker. you are transferring this problem. it is a difficult one, there is no the headlines at seven. simple solution to this and their theresa may arrives at a summit arguments on both sides in terms of in egypt with a promise that mps will be able to have the environmental damage, but also another say on her brexit the environmental damage, but also the need to keep port operating. deal by march 12th, ruling out a meaningful vote this week. thank you for doing that and joining us on thank you for doing that and joining us on bbc news. 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, we have the oscar night coming up and we will be continuing that work so we can leave on the 29th of march this evening from 7pm. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. and leave with a deal. labour's deputy leader, tom watson, warnsjeremy corbyn temperatures in wales got up to 19.1 he has to act urgently if the party degrees, that is a new record for is to stay together. wales in february. more sunshine there is almost a sort of crisis through the week ahead, some cold for the soul of the labour party now and frosty nights and foggy and that means that anyone who cares mornings. things will then turn a about our future, whatever more unsettled later in the week. tradition they represent, after a warm day, things will turn have to find it within themselves to work more closely together and that is as big a challenge cold, particularly in the south. one 01’ cold, particularly in the south. one or two places down to —6, more widely, temperaturesjust or two places down to —6, more widely, temperatures just below freezing. what is cold in the north—west, partly because of the
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cloud and patchy rain across the west of scotland. we will also start off tomorrow morning with fog in yorkshire and north east england. some that could be slow to clear. the rain will slide away northwards, and tomorrow, lots of dry weather, long spells of sunshine and temperatures well above where they should be, highs 15—18 degrees. fine again on tuesday and foremost on wednesday, but it will turn more u nsettled wednesday, but it will turn more unsettled for the end of the week. hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines: 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, warnsjeremy corbyn he has to act urgently if the party is to stay together. pope francis promises that the roman catholic church will do more to tackle child sex abuse at the end of a vatican summit on paedophilia.
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now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. close margins in the league cup final at wembley as the video assistant referee stands between manchester city, chelsea and an opening goal at wembley. a missed chance for liverpool but they do head back to the top of the premier league after a draw a manchester united. and there are big wins in the scottish premiership for the old firm of rangers and celtic. also coming up in the programme: defending champions ireland turn on the afterburners late on to secure a comeback win over italy in the six nations. and what's next for two time world
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championjames degale after defeat to chris eubankjunior last night? hello and welcome to sportsday. hello, it's a big day of football with the first trophy of the domestic season in the men's game handed out at wembley, with manchester city hoping to retain the league cup against chelsea. it's goalless and into extra time. our sports correspondent david ornstein, is at wembley for us. david, how's the game so far? most importantly, it is 0—0, two weeks to the day after manchester city thrashed chelsea 6—0 in the premier league at the etihad
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stadium. all expectations were that there would be something of a repeat with city firm favourites. they had the better of what was a dull first half, sergio aguero going closest for manchester city, and then at the other end, just before half—time, nicholas otto mendy almost put through his own net to give chelsea an unlikely need at half—time. the second half was certainly more lively, with sergio aguero putting it through the chelsea goal into the net. he thought it was 1—0, but it was ruled out by offside. the referee checked via the video assistant referee and it was confirmed, just, to be the correct decision. at the other end, chelsea's big hope, who almost set up chelsea's big hope, who almost set upa scoring, chelsea's big hope, who almost set up a scoring, but the finish was over the crossbar. so into extra time they have now gone. both sides getan time they have now gone. both sides get an extra substitution, so some fresh legs, penalty kicks are still a possibility, this has to be
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decided tonight, of course, and it is tense. thank you for that update, you can follow that much on the bbc sport website and app and radio five live. well with city playing in that final, liverpool were able to move one point clear at the top of the premier league table. usually, a draw away at their big rivals manchester united would be seen as a positive. but they never really got going against a united side that was hit by a number of injuries at old trafford. a red letter day in any football season, this remains a red—hot rivalry that refuses to cool. liverpool chasing the premier league title, yet manchester united determined still to have a hand in it some way. but all the plotting, preparation and planning counts for little when players just cannot play. three united injuries before half—time left their team and hopes depleted. the game punctuated by substitutions with only this chance to show for it. liverpool were unable to take advantage of the misfortune. for the briefest moment,
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they looked to have given united a helping hand, turning into their own net but the goal was ruled out for offside. an occasion that never matched the anticipation, united with the final chance in a game where chances were scarce. a goalless draw that sees liverpool return to the top of the premier league. a day dominated by injuries, when neither side could cause any real damage. when neither side could we didn't create enough, 100%, that is the truth. for us, it was clear that today, if united plays with the tea m that today, if united plays with the team over the last couple of weeks, they play everything and can win at they play everything and can win at the ball, that is all we had, but we didn't do well without coming to be honest. that was the thing. we will ta ke honest. that was the thing. we will take that, that is how it is and it isa take that, that is how it is and it is a one—point game, because we had w011 is a one—point game, because we had won more than before. but it doesn't feel 100% like that.
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anything that could have gone wrong in if our staff did go wrong, three injuries ina in if our staff did go wrong, three injuries in a short space of time, four injuries, we had to take three off and we had to keep the fourth injury on. it seemed like it would bea injury on. it seemed like it would be a tough afternoon, but they worked hard, we kept them away, can't remember liverpool having a chance, even though they had possession, i can't remember having to make any saves. that result sees manchester united slip out of the top four as arsenal won 2—0 at home to southampton. the gunners were quick off the mark with alexandre lacazette opening the scoring in just the sixth minute and henrikh mkhitaryan adding the second just 11 minutes later. they're now a point above united. we did some change, and with this change, i think the team keep this performance like we want, and we will play on wednesday, and we are going to decide also some different
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players to help us, fresh players like today, and with energy to push. so, as you can see liverpool go one point clear of manchester city at the top. arsenal are into the champions league spots, a point ahead of manchester united and three clear of sixth—placed chelsea, who have a game in hand. no change at the bottom of the table but there will be a managerial change at 12th—placed leicester city. they've sacked manager claude puel after 16 months in charge. it follows yesterday's 4—1 defeat at home to crystal palace which means they're with a win in the premier league since new year's day. they were also knocked out of the fa cup by league two side newport county last month. theirformer player robert huth isn't surprised the decision has been made. i personally find him really hard work, obviously we have had managers before who were energetic, positive, getting you up for games, and when she came and it was pretty much the opposite. when things do not go
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well, you need someone to motivate you and make sure you perform, but i do not suppose there will be many disappointed players in the changing room today after they heard the news. defending champions celtic are still 8 points clear at the top of the scottish premiership, thanks to a 4—1win over motherwell. earlier, rangers briefly closed the gap with an emphatic 5—0 win at hamilton. rangers were four up by half time. ryan jack scored their first, scott arfield was among the other scorers with this cracker. the result leaves hamilton just 4 points off the bottom of the table. 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. in the six nations, holders ireland were given a fright against italy in rome. the italians had threatened a first
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win in the tournament since 2015, as they led at half—time but ireland showed their resolve after the break, to earn a bonus point, 26—16 win. james burford has more. when in rome, do as they romans do. italy want a piece of the action, and you cannot afford to take your eyes off them. the same can be said of ireland, particularly of jacob stockdale. last year's top scorer sent his chance and pounced. he has scored nine tries in only eight matches. italy started to ask questions and started to find space. it isa questions and started to find space. it is a try as paddy wally. lift off in the capital. if this was good, morrissey tried to ensure they had a half—time lead over the reigning champions. so far, a golden performance in the stadio olimpico. ireland are a side flush with talent, keith earls, the ace in the
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hole, a player you can always count on. lead restored, now depress their advantage. rugby is a game based on territory, right down to the last inch. ireland just had more in the tank. this is a 26 nations defeat for italy in a row. there can be plenty of encouragement. this, for ireland, is a banana skin avoided. there is frustration in our group, but at the same time, no one has actually got a margin on italy that has been particularly comfortable. they have had ten point losses for the first three games of the championship, and probably reflective of a pretty competitive unit that they have got. so here's how the six nations table currently stacks up. wales top after that win over england but they travel to scotland in two weeks before hosting ireland at the principality on march 16th. still a long way to go in the championship but a welsh grand slam could be on the cards. no such joy for the welsh women. england remain on course for
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a grand slam in their six nations championship after a massive 51—12 win in cardiff, making up for some of yesterday's disappointment for england fans by scoring 9 tries. prop sarah bern and wing jess breach scored two each as england claimed a bonus point afterjust 26 minutes. they go back to the top of the table but play the only other unbeaten side, italy, next on the 9th of march. let's round up some of today's other sports news — starting with some of the other rugby union played today on the domestic front. tom howe scored a last minute try to claim a 17—13 victory over leicester in the english premiership to ease some of the relegation fears at the club. they're up to 10th. in the pro1li, scarlets beat cheetahs 113—21 in wales. the home side scored six tries, and wales fullback leigh halfpenny made his return to action after suffering concussion. and the clock keeps ticking in the ‘snooker shoot out‘. rory mcleod got a big win againstjimmy white,
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sweeping him into the last 16 draw in watford. 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 enduro. it featured three back to back triathlons of swim—bike—run. france's van—cent luis was first in the final standings, with the south african henry skooman in second. —— vincent. two—time world champion james degale says he'll consider his future in boxing, after a unanimous points defeat to chris eubankjunior in their ibo super middleweight bout last night. degale saw the referee's countdown twice in london — once in the second round and then in the tenth — as eubankjunior produced one of the most impressive performances of his career. eubank says this victory can set him up for more world titles in the division, while degale will now speak to his family to work out his next move.
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both england's men and women cricketers return to one day international action tomorrow. joe root‘s side play their third game against the west indies in grenada with the 5—match series tied at one all. over in mumbai, the women will look to bounce back after losing their first match against india. ahead of the game, a couple of the players decided to get some pratice in against the locals. henry moeran reports. a few more famous places in indian cricket than here in the centre of mumbai. everywhere you look, people are playing cricket. just over the way, the stadium where england's women are taking on india in a one day international series. the locals didn't show up in many numbers for the actual match, but how much do they know about the women's game? we took some special guests along to find out. do you all know they match? the england captain had knight wasjoined
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match? the england captain had knight was joined by team—mates for a game as cricket, mumbai style. —— mike heather knight. when i started playing cricket at home, it was outside in my garden, so it was nice to come here and see how much they enjoyed. some of them thought we couldn't play cricket, so when heather took the bat and i took the ball, they were a bit surprised. they then took some interest, so it was right to get some culture here. the young cricketers playing enjoyed their brush with international sport, but how much did they know about their own national team ? sport, but how much did they know about their own national team? we took along three pictures of top indian female players, left in little doubt that the women's game is becoming an increasing part of indian cricket culture. what is her name? captain! who will win? india! it is cricket at its purest form. it
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reminds you when you are at the park with your friends playing cricket. once play had finished, it was time for the obligatory round of the photos. the three england internationals and their new team—mates in mum is not there is one lasting memory for as well, sophia caused some damage to one of the old bats that was being used. perhaps england will need to raid the cupboard to find a replacement. that's all from sportsday. the league cup final between manchester city will have some more updates. and here is the film review.
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hello there and welcome to the film review on bbc news. taking us through this week's cinema releases is jason solomons. jason, what treats do you have for us this week? this week we're in the snows of colorado for the controversial cold pursuit, which finds liam neeson ploughing a rampage of revenge through the icy blasts. we're on the streets of beirut — if you have tears to shed. prepare yourself for capernaum, about a boy and a baby on the mean streets. we're also looking at rbg, ruth bader ginsburg. as felicity jones plays in a courtroom drama, a biopic, which rights the scales of injustice and sexual equality.
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let's start than with cold pursuit, as you say, surrounded by controversy because of that interview that liam neeson gave to publicise it, that interview with the independent newspaper. that's right. an extraordinary interview, which is sort of dropped in the middle of a junket, we call these things. no one was expecting it and he revealed he'd been on a rampage himself of revenge when someone close to him was raped and he looked for someone to take revenge on for a week. obviously he was talking about revenge because he does nothing but star in these rather grimly relentless revenge dramas. it started with taken and now he's still in with another one called cold pursuit. where he's the snowplough driver and citizen of the year in kehoe, a luxury ski resort in colorado. where i'm sure you've been many times. and then his son is mixed up with some drug dealers and is murdered and liam starts to take matters into his own hands. and start offing in a bunch of criminals with silly names — like speedo and the eskimo and viking. he goes to his brother—in—law, who's also a little bit dodgy, to find out more about the underworld.
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kyle — he got mixed up with some clown by the name of dante and they stole a kilo of coke from viking. who's viking? drug dealer. a big one. viking's a whole different breed. he likes hurting people. i'm gonna kill him, brock. sure you are. what makes you think you can kill a man? i've killed three of his guys. what did you do with the bodies? wrapped them in chicken wire, threw them off the gorge. where'd you learn that? i read it in a crime novel. laughs. as you say, he does specialise in there revenge movies. i mean, they must be popular for the producers to keep making them. yeah. and he's obviously the man that they pick.
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he's got this cheerlessness that has set in. look, i think some of them are fine. i think they're politically incorrect most of the time — those taken movies — albanian gangsters all over the place. this one leaves a nasty taste in the mouth because of the publicity that it's garnered. it's a rather flippant movie about violence and revenge. he starts kind of sawing off a shotgun and shooting people — wearing that furry coat wherever he goes, even to a denver nightclub when he wears it. i think there's supposed to be a vein of humour in it, but because of that interview, i couldn't find anything to laugh at. i thought this is really in poor taste. the film is going for a black humour in a matter of a coen brothers, and you think of fargo because of all the snow or you think of tarantino or even more of three billboards outside ebbing, missouri — if we remember all the way back to last year's oscars. and it doesn't have the wit of that and it doesn't have the politics of that. itjust has liam relentlessly piling up bodies, while this car crash of an interview kind of thunders in the background. laura dern is in it, briefly.
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she leaves of her own volition. this is the sort of movie that thinks it's amusing — because there's so much body count in it — to list the cast in order of disappearance. right. that's the level of humour. very briefly, you wonder whether that awful publicity, will mean that people don't go to see it — 01’ encourage some people to go see it? it could have the perverse effect. people say, oh, liam neeson, great, go and see this because it's funny. but the tone of the movie takes is isn't the intelligent examination of revenge at all. it's rather flippant. and that's what's ugly about the whole conversation. i think it is pretty awful. and i really hope no one goes to see it. and that will serve him right. be careful what you say to journalists. yeah, all right. jason, thank you for that. ah, so cap—er—nau—um, is that how we decided to pronounce it? yes. capernaum — it means chaos, of some sort. it's a french word. it's also a town in the sea of galilee wherejesus healed the sick in the temple. you are so knowledgeable, full of education. full of interest. this film is actually oscar nominated, sunday night at the oscars, for best foreign language film. and if, as i said at the start,
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you're lachrymose, if you have anything welling up inside you, this film will tug at your heartstrings. it's directed by a lebanese director called nadine labaki. and it's about a kid called zain, who's 12 years old and decides to sue his parents but then takes to the streets of beirut, runs away from them, and then is given the job of holding this baby for an ethiopian illegal immigrant who is rounded up. so he ends up baby—sitting this tiny baby, who's one years old, and the pair of them going around the streets are amazing. i've never seen a spice of life realist drama like this in which a baby and a boy perform so brilliantly like this. if they gave oscars for best baby, this would win. it's an extraordinary performance from this child. and it really tugs at the heartstrings. it is a bit chaotic and it is a bit too much and cacophonous, the streets of beirut. but, i tell you what, by the time you realise that things are a bit wrong, you'll be in so many floods of tears and you won't notice. mm, i'm not sure i would, but anyway. oscar nominated, very briefly, for best foreign language film. in a word, will it win?
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no. it's up against roma. no chance. that's more than one word, but anyway. on the basis of sex. this is the story of us supreme courtjudge ruth bader ginsburg. very famous who has fought for women's equality on the supreme court and a legendary figure, really. that's what she's famous for. and you may remember, the last time i was doing this with you, we reviewed a documentary called rbg, which itself is oscar—nominated on sunday night, and could win, it's a documentary about ruth bader ginsburg. this is a biopic, though, and it kind of hones in on her early career and life, where she's played by felicityjones — in the movie she's played by felicityjones, in real life she's does a good job of herself. as you can see in a documentary. here, felicityjones, who we know from the theory of everything, playing ruth bader ginsburg and it's got those compulsory scenes at harvard where she outsmarts everyone in the room. you know, she's the only woman at harvard law. all in this we can always see her pictured as the only woman throughout. and she's married to this great guy called marty, played by armie hammer in a very elegant and easy going fashion. and he turns her on to a new way
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of thinking about inequality in writing those wrongs that she is fighting against. so we can see her now taking this big court case all the way to the supreme court, the biggest case of her life and doing a mock trial at her home... it's very much about balancing home and work. ..at her home in front of the men from the aclu. why shouldn't men be nurses and if women want to fight fires... what about pilots? yeah, again, if women choose to take on these roles... judges? why not? ceos, generals, what about garbage man? do you want to be a garbage man? and if men want to be teachers or raise children... oh, come on. percentages aren't the point. wrong. people should be... wrong! ..able to pursue their passions. wrong, wrong! you're screwing it up, ruth. have you read the appendix attached to their brief? you're making the wrong case. these are laws written by men who think we are privileged to be excused from men's obligations, but it is not a privilege, it is a cage and these laws are the bars! so that's it? you're gonna take them
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all on at the same time? interesting, isn't it, because the supreme court in america's very much in the news at the moment, under the trump administration, the kavanaugh nomination, and so on... that's right. the row over that. and she's still there — the real ruth bader ginsburg. the ending of the film fades into the present and you see what and important blow she's striking. and the film sort of tries to balance her — racial inequality with sexual inequality, that she's fighting both of these and righting wrongs coming up during the civil rights era. look, it's a very elegant movie. everyone's very good. the clothing is good. the styling is good. something's missing. there's a sort of lack of drama in the courtroom when it builds up to the big case but you can't deny the sort of good intentions of the film and it's a very inspirational, in a way, for young women watching to realise that this it took this woman to create the modern workplace and the modern situation. things aren't perfect yet — obviously — but this went some way to making that situation. and if you had to choose
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which of the documentary film and this drama film which would you go for? i would go for the documentary but millions won't. so that's all right. best out at the moment? best out at the moment, there's a documentary out about teddy pendergrass, the soul singer. one of my favourite singers. great new documentary. it's called if you don't know me — named after his big hit, if you don't know me by now. which you'll probably know the simply red version. ido, yeah. this is a great doc about a wonderful soul music from the 70s and that philly sound, but also about the dark tales of the music industry and a lot of sweaty sex appeal in this. because teddy was the guy that lenny henry based theophilus p wildebeeste on. you know that character? yes! this was the guy. teddy had all the knickers thrown at him. is that right? yes. this is him in his vest. he is a super soul sensation. you are a mind of information, i must say, jason. lucky i don't sing for you. well, you could do, if you want to. the best dvd, download? yeah, we're going to netflix for the best today, for chiwetel ejiofor, the actor's directorial debut —
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the boy who harnessed the wind. which is a really gorgeous tale from africa. a very inspirational tale about a young boy called william kamkwamba, a real life story, who invented electricity for his village in malawi in 2001 and brought the rains to malawi. it's an african fairytale and yet, directed by chiwetel, has all the sort of politics and corruption and the environmentalism you need in an african tale. i wish it the best. it is very, very earnest but it is very well done indeed. by the end of it you're cheering with the wind itself to get those rains and the water coming to feed the crops. really well performed. a very sweet film. actually, it's a wonderful title, isn't it? the boy who harnessed the wind. it does what it says on the tin. yes. with tin. jason, thank you so much for being with us. pleasure. good to see you. that's it for this week. thanks for watching.
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temperatures across parts of wales got up to 19.1 degrees today, provisionally a new record for wales in february. more warm sunshine through the week ahead, but with frosty night and foggy mornings. things will then turn more unsettled later in the week. tonight, after a warm day, things will turn cold, particularly in the south. one or two places, down to minus six degrees. more widely, temperatures just below freezing. extra cloud and patchy rain in the west of scotland, and we also start off tomorrow morning with some fog in yorkshire and north—east england. some of that could be slow to clear. rain in the far north will slide away and for tomorrow, looking at dry weather, long spells of sunshine and temperatures well above where they should be. highs 15—18 degrees. fine again on tuesday and foremost on wednesday, but it will slowly turn more unsettled for the end of the week.
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