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pakistan claims to have captured this pilot after shooting down two indian warplanes. in this engagement, we have u nfortu nately lost one in this engagement, we have unfortunately lost one migzi. the pilot is missing in action. pakistan has claimed that he is in their custody. we'll be live with our correspondents on both sides of the conflict. also this lunchtime — donald trump meets the north korean leader, promising a bright future if he gives up nuclear weapons. i think that your country has tremendous economic potential, unbelievable, unlimited. and i think that you will have a tremendous future with your country, and great leader. and i look forward to to watching it happen.
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britain's answer to netflix — the bbc and itvjoin forces with a new streaming service called britbox. and moorland fires in west yorkshire — the unusually warm weather is blamed. and coming up on bbc news — as brendan rodgers begins his time in charge of leicester city he says his side are a young dynamic squad with huge potential. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. pakistan is claiming to have shot down two indian airforce jets in what is a major escalation of tensions between the nuclear powers. the conflict centres
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on the disputed region kashmir, which both countries claim as their own. pakistan says it shot the planes down in retaliation for india's attack a suspected militant training camp at balakot in the pakistan controlled part of kashmir. india and pakistan have fought three wars since gaining independence in 1947. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. pakistan says this photo shows its soldiers beside the wreckage ofan indian warplane. one of two pakistan says it has shot down. india acknowledges losing one mig2i fighter and the pilot missing in action. pakistan says this is a captured indian pilot. my service number is 27981. the man identifies himself and asserts his right to say no more.
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that's all i'm supposed to tell you. india and pakistan have been exchanging fire along their contested border in kashmir, the line of control. it's part of rapidly rise in tensions since a massive suicide car bombing by a pakistan—based militants two weeks ago. it killed a0 indian security forces in kashmir. now both sides have been using their war planes, making this one of the most dangerous periods since the 1970s. the pakistan air force was detected and the indian air force responded insta ntly. in that aerial engagement, one pakistan air force fighter aircraft was shot down by a mig2i bison of the indian air force. the pakistani aircraft was seen by ground forces falling from the sky on the pakistan side. it's impossible to check the figures of knocked out tanks... history risks repeating itself. ever since the 1960s, accounts from either side have been strongly
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disputed by the other. but now, what is not in doubt is that both india and pakistan have substantial arsenals of nuclear weapons. it has introduced a level of risk which alarms the entire outside world. pakistan's prime minister imran khan says neither he nor india's prime minister can avoid any escalation given the weapons they have. "if we let that happen," imran khan says, "events will remain neither in my nor modi's control. we must sit down and talk." but for now, there is no sign of temper is subsiding, with demonstrators in both countries promising revenge. no wonder the united states, china and other major powers are urging restraint and dialogue. james robbins, bbc news. in a moment we'll be getting the latest from sangita myska in delhi — but first to islamabad and our
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correspondent asif farooqi. calls for restraint but how dangerous do you think this confrontation is right now. 7 dangerous do you think this confrontation is right now. ? well, it is dangerous. last night the two sides exchanged heavy artillery fire on the disputed border in the kashmir region, pakistan confirmed that four civilians, including women we re that four civilians, including women were killed in the skirmishes. several were injured and then that followed an aerial strike inside indian territory, which india responded and pakistan intercepted two indian aircraft in its territory and claimed to have shot down both. one fell on the pakistani side of the territory and one fell on the indian side. pakistan claimed capturing two pilots, one, it says, is injured and is in hospital. the second it showed to the media,
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released a video and pictures. this situation is quite tense. it is followed after yesterday's india air strike inside pakistan territory where india claimed it targeted jaish—e—mohammed training camp, a militant group, which india blames for a terrorist attack inside indian territory. thank you. now do sang mys ka territory. thank you. now do sang myska in delhi. pakistan said it shot down these two indian planes. what is the indian response? the indian foreign ministry said today it made a statement in which it contested the allegations made by the pakistanis. the one thing they seem the pakistanis. the one thing they seem to agree on the pakistanis. the one thing they seem to agree on was the pakistanis. the one thing they seem to agree on was that there was an aerial exchange between the pakistani air force and the indian air force. what the indians are saying is that they in fact shut down one pakistani eject and that the pakistanis only managed to shoot down one of theirjets. they have
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described the pilot of that jet down one of theirjets. they have described the pilot of thatjet is being missing in action. when asked very quickly at this press co nfe re nce very quickly at this press conference in the morning what had happened to that pilot, we were told that the indians were now investigating pakistani claims that they had him in custody. none of this is particularly surprising, as james has been saying. throughout the dispute over the sovereignty of kashmir there has always been a ping—pong of claim and counterclaim between these two regional superpowers. what's quite interesting, though, is the developing public sentiment here in india. what i can tell you is that currently on twitter is the #saying i'io currently on twitter is the #saying no to warand currently on twitter is the #saying no to war and what you are seeing is lots of young indians feeding into that hashtag urging both the pakistanis and the indians for restraint. sangita myska, thank you. and thanks to asif farooqi in islamabad. president trump is meeting
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the north korean leader kimjong—un today for their second face—to—face meeting. the talks are taking place in vietnam, and follow their summit in singapore lastjune. since then, critics have claimed there's been little progress towards denuclearisation. mr trump says if north korea does give up its nuclear weapons, its future would be "awesome". our correspondent barbara plett usher is travelling with the president and sent this report from hanoi. the handshake was not quite as historic this time, but a significant moment nonetheless. president trump is counting on his personal relationship with the north korean leader to get action on denuclearisation. something he failed to achieve at their first summit last year. thank you all very much. i'll take this one. you do that one, right? he's also been emphasising the economic incentive for pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons. he highlighted that earlier during a courtesy call with his vietnamese hosts. this communist country is thriving, he said, and so could north korea. hopefully it's going to be successful, we
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will see what happens. but he wants to do something great also and i think he wants to do something that would be on a par, if you look at what you've done in a short time, he can do it in a very, very rapid time. make north korea into a great economic power. in pyongyang the media was also building expectations for this second summit, another step towards easing the isolation of the pariah state. kim jong—un was captured on film easing the strain of the long train journey to hanoi. his sister and close confidant by his side, this time with an ashtray. the north korean leader was greeted with pomp and ceremony but he is under pressure to move beyond the fanfare. he has offered to shut down north korea's main nuclearfacility, but only if he gets us concessions such as relief from
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punishing sanctions. anticipation for this summit is running high in hanoi, as vietnam makes the most of its rendezvous with history. president trump will also be making the most of this. any success here could help offset the political turmoil he faces at home. but he will have to get commitments on denuclearisation to convince the sceptics that he is not being taken for a ride by north korea. these children are hoping to welcome kim jong—un to their friendship kindergarten. it was built by the north koreans. there will be much talk about peace during the next few days. but the challenge is to move beyond the pagea ntry. barbara plett usher, bbc news hanoi. our correspondent laura bicker is in hanoi. what are the chances, do you think of real progress at this summit? good question. it is one we are all asking ourselves. certainly, when it comes to this meeting, this is gametime. if singapore was all about the style and the show, this has to
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be about the substance. when the two leaders met there was certainly a bit of chemistry between them. remember president trump said in singapore they fell in love and there was lots of touching of the arms, there were smiles, and there seems to be even some camaraderie and when the white house press pool, and when the white house press pool, a free press, through some questions at kimjong—un, he a free press, through some questions at kim jong—un, he seemed a free press, through some questions at kimjong—un, he seemed unfazed, and then they sat around a small dinner table together and they are now in talks. the united states is pushing for north korea to give up one of its key nuclear sites. in return for an easing of sanctions. but north korea wants a big chunk of those sanctions lifted. also on the agenda is perhaps the end of war declaration. remember, the fighting on the korean peninsular ended in 1953 will stop it is america's longest war. it ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty. the next few days could lay the path for
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that piece to finally take place, but they will all depend on those two lea d e rs but they will all depend on those two leaders when they go into a room together and start those serious discussions. thank you, laura bicker, in hanoi. theresa may says the uk remains firmly on course to leave the european union with a deal — if mps hold their nerve. she made the comments in a newspaper article ahead of votes in the commons this evening on the government's brexit strategy. our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. despite the signs, spring isn't in everyone's step in westminster. parliament's working out the implications of the prime minister's latest plan, the possibility brexit could be delayed if there is no deal in place by the end of next month. some had been pushing for that. are you part of a plot to stop brexit? no, i'm part of a you part of a plot to stop brexit? no, i'm part ofa plot to back you part of a plot to stop brexit? no, i'm part of a plot to back the prime minister and make sure we get a good brexit deal through the parliament as soon as possible. thank you. others clear our
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departure shouldn't be held up. we are not talking about telling brexit, the prime minister is completely clear, she doesn't want to delay brexit and nor do i. the prime minister has said by the 12th of march parliament will get to vote again on her brexit deal once she has renegotiated two parts with the eu. if that is rejected on march 13 mps will get to vote on whether we should leave without a deal, and if that doesn't get support, on the 14th of march they will get to vote on delaying brexit. past the date of march the 29th when the uk is currently due to leave the eu. speaker: order. questions to the prime minister. today theresa may insisted a deal was still within her grasp if mps get behind it, saying she doesn't want the process delayed. can i be very clear again? the government doesn't want to extend article 50, the government's policy is to get the legally binding changes so a deal can be brought back to this house and this house can support the deal and we can leave on the 29th of march with a deal. some tory brexiteers who want
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changes to the plan to avoid a hard irish border signalled they might back a deal if that backstop had a time limit. if you had a further appendix that said this will not go beyond a particular date, and a short date, not a long date, then that would remove the backstop in the lifetime of parliament. that would have a reasonable effect on my point of view. but any budding consensus is still some way off. this afternoon, another chance for mps to have their say on the process , mps to have their say on the process, and it could still get fractious. alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. the labour mp chris williamson has apologised for suggesting the party had "given too much ground" in its response to accusations of anti—semitism. senior labourfigures are calling for the derby north mp to be suspended. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. so norman, yet another row for labour of anti—semitism. so norman, yet another row for labour of anti-semitism. and this
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one perhaps matters more than any of the other rows over anti—semitism. why? because chris williamson is an mp, an elected representative accused of anti—semitism. secondly, although i suspect many people are saying chris who? chris williamson, he may just be saying chris who? chris williamson, he mayjust be another backbencher but he is also one of mr corbyn‘s most prominent backers, one of the sort of most spiky, sharpest elbowed supporters ofjeremy corbyn, and many labour mps supporters ofjeremy corbyn, and many labourmps are supporters ofjeremy corbyn, and many labour mps are saying, if mr corbyn wants to show he is really serious about getting a grip of anti—semitism he has did demonstrate he is ready to take action against chris williamson. although he has already apologised and the party has already apologised and the party has already reprimanded him for his offensive and inappropriate remarks, there are now calls including from there are now calls including from the party's deputy leader tom watson, for chris williamson to be suspended from the labour party. but first, have a look at what he actually said at that rally and make
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your own mind actually said at that rally and make yourown mind up. the party that's done more to stand up to racism is now being demonised as a racist, bigoted party. i've got to say, i think our party's response has been partly responsible for that. because in my opinion — i never have, i've got to say — we've backed off far too much, we've given too much ground, we've been too apologetic. this matters not just this matters notjust because it is seen as a test forjeremy corbyn but of course last week we had those eight labour mps defecting from the labour party in large part because they said that the party and jeremy corbyn was not taking seriously enough allegations of anti—semitism. a murder investigation has been launched after a man became the sixth person in nine days to be stabbed in london. police say the victim, who was attacked in ilford, is believed to be in his twenties. meanwhile a 16—year—old boy is in hospital after being stabbed in birmingham last night —
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the latest in a series of knife attacks in the city over recent weeks. jon donnison reports. another day, another fatal stabbing in the capital. under this police forensic tent outside ilford train station in east london, the latest victim of a plague of knife crime. police say he was just 20 years old. local people are shocked, but not surprised. the police can't stop it any more. it's too much. it's gone out of control. it's not in one part of the area, it's every corner you go. there were at least three other nonfatal stabbings in the capital just yesterday. in what has been a bloody few weeks. last monday a 22—year—old was knifed to death in a hotel lobby in camden. two days later a 23—year—old died after being stabbed at a youth club in brixton. the following day in wood green a 19—year—old was stabbed and killed in front of a hair salon. and on monday a man
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believed to be 32 was fatally stabbed in a fight in bethnal green. last night's will attack in ilford means five knife deaths in london, injust nine days. it is the case that violent crime, homicide has gone up across the country over the last four years in london. indeed seems like this seem to be happening in the capital almost on a daily basis. stop and search has been stepped up and a special serious violent task force was set up serious violent task force was set up last year but it does not seem to be having any real impact. and it is not just be having any real impact. and it is notjust london where there is a problem. another police cordon and this time in birmingham where 17—year—old has run was stabbed to death on monday, the third teenage victim of knife crime in the city in less tha n victim of knife crime in the city in less than two weeks. among his grieving relatives, a former chief prosecutor at the crown prosecution service. what is deafening for me is
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the silence of civic leaders put up why is there is not important to them because what my sense is there will be other innocents who will suffer as a result of this lack of action. the home secretary was in birmingham in the last few days and he said that knife crime was devastating communities and destroying lives. but government action so far has not worked for that last year was the worst on record in terms of stabbings in england and wales and this year could be even worse. our top story this lunchtime. pakistan claims to have captured this pilot after shooting down two indian warplanes — as tensions escalate between the two nuclear powers. and coming up — the multi—million pound delivery deal as marks and spencerjoins forces with ocado. coming up on bbc news — it's a big night in
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the premier league title race — asjurgen klopp and his liverpool side look to hold onto their lead against watford. the bbc and itv have announced plans for a new joint streaming service to compete with netflix and amazon. it's called britbox which is already available in canada and the united states. the service could launch here in the uk later this year and is expected to cost around five pounds a month. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. good morning. the best of british. that is what britbox is promising. it will be made up of content from the two biggest broadcasters in the uk, so that shows like broadchurch
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from itv, are aired alongside programmes from the bbc. like its adaptation from the novel les miserables. the idea will inevitably be seen as an attempt to take on netflix, the streaming service. it has billions to spend on its own original content for that has helped it become a dominant force in online viewing which many see as the future for broadcasting. the bbc and itv of course already showcased the most popular shows on their own online viewing platforms, the iplayer and itv have built up but with time limitations on how long some programmes can play on them it would make business sense for them to combine for the additional britbox service if they are to have a hope of competing with netflix. the good
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doctor and i did not see eye to eye for the few shows have been confirmed for the new service but the aim has got to be for it to eventually have the biggest performers, drama like downton abbey, originally shown on itv... and one of the biggest hits for bbc one, bodyguard for that but the fact it will not be free does not sit well with some. there will be frustration with licence fee payers because they've already paid to have the show made and will wonder why they have to pay again when it is taken from they have to pay again when it is ta ken from iplayer they have to pay again when it is taken from iplayer for the help that the concept of best of british will be enticing enough to help to make ita be enticing enough to help to make it a success.
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the court of appeal has begun hearing a domestic abuse case which could be a legal landmark. sally challen was convicted of killing her husband richard, but lawyers are now trying get her murder conviction reduced to manslaughter. they argue she was the victim of coercive control. our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. sally challen's case has been taken up by the campaign group justice for women. and today her supporters were out in force at the appeal court with her family. her son david grew up witnessing the way that she was treated by his father. he controlled what she could or could not say. where she should go, how she should look. he cut the cables in her car to stop herfrom moving. you know, gaslighted her, made her question her sanity of the facts and figures. and records over his cheating. and made herfeel that she was losing her mind. the couple were married in 1979. sally challen was just 15 when they met and he was her only boyfriend. they made their home in claygate in surrey and this is where they raised their two sons. richard challen ran a successful car business.
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the couple had an active social life here and they took their son on foreign holidays. but beneath all this was said to be a fearful family home. dominated by richard challen's controlling personality. by 2010 sally and richard challen had split up but said to be still emotionally dependent on him, she had asked for a reconciliation. sally challen drove back to her old family home. in her handbag was a hammer. after discovering that richard challen had been in contact with another woman, she hit his head more than 20 times with a hammer. at this appeal her lawyers are arguing that it was decades of provocation and abuse which led her to kill. today is sally challen's 65th birthday. and for the hearing, she is appearing by video link from prison. the court is taking evidence from mental health experts and will have to judge
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whether richard challen's death was the result of his controlling behaviour. june kelly, bbc news, at the court of appeal. donald trump s former lawyer, michael cohen, will shortly testify in public to congress and he's expected to accuse the president of criminal conduct. laura trevelyan is in washington. this could be some quite explosive testimony? it is going to be great political theatre for sure. michael cohen, self—described fixer for the president and his lawyer for ten yea rs president and his lawyer for ten years is going to say that the president is a con man, a racist and a cheat and he will say that while in office the president committed criminal conduct. remember that the present is alleged to have an affair with the porn star stormy daniels and michael cohen paid cash money to her so she would not talk about it during the election campaign for the michael cohen is going to
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demonstrate cheque from the president to stormy daniels and he will say that he knew in advance that wikileaks were going to release those hacked e—mails that were so damaging to the hillary clinton campaignfor damaging to the hillary clinton campaign for the us intelligence said russian hackers get those e—mails to wikileaks so quite an extraordinary day in prospect for allies of donald trump by saying that michael cohen is a liar. marks and spencer is to offer a food home delivery service for the first time. the retailer has agreed a multi—million pound deal with ocado, which currently has an agreement with waitrose. our business correspondent emma simpson is here. talk us through the detials. the boss of marks & spencer is saying that this is a game changing move. sell online sales are the fastest—growing part of the grocery market and finally marks & spencer is once a slice but it is difficult to make money from it. especially when you do not do a big weekly shop
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at marks & spencer is still teaming up at marks & spencer is still teaming up with ocado makes a lot of sense particularly if you are going to do it quickly and at scale for the probably the only way to do it. let's look at the numbers, ocado has 30,000 products in more than 700,000 customers for the a quarter of its sales currently come from waitrose products. when that contract expires with my choice at the end of september next year, waitrose products will go and you will see marks and spencers products instead but the is will ocado because most state loyal or switch and will shoppers spend the money to make it, to make the sums add up because this is not a cheap deal, £750 million. more than 3—thousand patients were banned from seeing their gp in england last year as a result of their violent or threatening behaviour. the bbc has learnt that the patients
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were instead placed on a special allocation scheme, where they are seen in secure medical practices. david rhodes reports. patients come to this surgery in west yorkshire for help, but the staff here say they're being subjected to rising levels of verbal and physical abuse. it's almost on a daily basis, verbal abuse. it's a growing issue. i was speaking to this chap, i was trying to explain things and make sure that he got the medications he needed. he said, "will menzies, prepare yourself, i'm coming to kill you." just completely aggressive down the phone, screaming, shouting. that's why i transferred the call through to the manager for him to take it from there. the practice had to close then. we did, yeah. we had to close the practice and phone the police. an increasing demand for gp services and patients excepting to be treated straightaway are some of the causes behind the rise in levels of abuse. and such is the concern of staff at this practice, everyone has undergone self—defence classes. staff said they wanted that, so they can have all sorts of strategies and techniques for dealing with these issues. over 300 million gp appointments took place in england last year
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and figures from the nhs show that over 3,000 patients are on the special allocation scheme, a registerfor violent or abusive patients. these patients are prevented from seeing their local gp and receive treatment at secure medical practices. what we can't tolerate is physical aggression or serious verbal aggression that puts our front—line staff at risk, and we must always act to protect our staff members and ensure that patients know when they've crossed the line. nhs england said that it had recently introduced a zero—tolerance strategies to protect nhs workers. david rhodes, bbc news. firefighters say they're likely to be on the scene of a huge moorland fire in west yorkshire for the rest of the day, to make sure it doesn't re—ignite. at its height last night the blaze near marsden covered at least two and a half square miles. richard lister reports. fire crews heading out across marsden moor last night, and into this.
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an intense wall of flame more than a mile long and spreading fast. they're used to wildfires in the summer here, but not in february. a dry winter and unusually warm temperatures have dried out the heather and the peat underneath it, the perfect conditions for a majorfire. i think this is possibly one of the biggest fires i've seen in west yorkshire for wildfire and because it's running through heather, does have a really high flame front because it's so combustible. so yes, it is quite dramatic to see, but it's nothing that we can't deal with. getting the crews and their gear on site was half the battle. it was a 45 minute walk to the fire line. a specialist vehicle was used to carry equipment over the rough terrain. but by midnight the conditions were deemed too dangerous for the dozens of firefighters on the moor. they were forced to pull back. they returned at first light with the fire still burning,
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