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hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week: the first date was love at first sight, but the second date didn't go so well. "sometimes you have to walk away," this is bbc news. said president trump this week. the headlines at 11.003m: but is the world any safer after his hanoi summit with north korea s kimjong un? three, two, one, zero, ignition. and how safe is it to go home spacex's falcon rocket blasts off when his one—time enforcer into orbit from florida's is telling the world kennedy space centre. that the president is a racist and a cheat? it's on a mission to show nasa here in the uk, tick—tock, tick—tock goes the clock. it can carry astronauts into space. but with four weeks till march 29th, the prime minister mentions labour's internal row over delay for the first time. anti—semitism has deepened with two my guests today are political commentator of the party's most senior figures yasmin alibhai—brown, clashing over how agnes poirier of french weekly to handle complaints. news magazine marianne, italian filmmaker analisa piras reports from the disputed region of kashmir say there's been and greg katz of the a new violation of the ceasefire along the line of control associated press news agency. between india and pakistan. britain's golden girls — welcome to you all. thank you so much. katerina johnson—thompson takes gold there was no deal at the end of the second summit between donald trump and kimjong un. there was no return in the pentathlon and laura muir to the name—calling either — no "rocket man" defends her 3000 metres or "deranged dotard" —
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title at the european indoor it was still smiles and handshakes as they parted. championships in glasgow. but remember, the north korean and coming up in half—an—hour leader goes back to sit at a desk — with four weeks to go until march on which he says he has a nuclear 29th, dateline london looks button commanding a fleet of weapons that can reach anywhere in the us. at the potential for a delay. so what did the hanoi summit achieve? greg, you set us off. it achieved precisely nothing. it was a total failure in terms of producing any tangible progress towards there's been a major space rocket launch denuclearisation. clearly it did not in the united states this morning. accomplish anything. i'm not one of those who criticises president trump for meeting with him. the us foreign it's paving the way for america to send astronauts into orbit for the first time in eight years. policy establishment things it is a mistake to go into summits without any proper preparation or agenda. it does not hurt anything to talk, and i think one could argue perhaps it three, two, one, zero, ignition. is less of a confrontational the spacex falcon blasted off from the kennedy space centre on an uncrewed test—flight to the international space station. nasa says it's a critical mission and, if successful, will be a major step forward in space travel.
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0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh has more. three, two, one, zero. ignition, lift off. up and away. spacex's mighty falcon rocket, and on top, the dragon space capsule. designed to take four astronauts into space, but not just yet. instead, just a solitary crash test dummy, wired with sensors, is in one of these seats. this uncrewed test is part of an ambitious nasa project to send astronauts into space from us soil once more. we're doing things that are really risky, that most normal human beings don't do. and the designs and the complexity of what we have to do — you know, we're strapping human beings on top of rockets with millions of pounds of thrust and hurling them into orbit, to go attached to a space station, to do world—cutting research,
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and that isn't trivial. it has been eight long years since the country that won the space race has been grounded. the shuttle was withdrawn from service because it was unsafe, and nasa had to pay the russian space agency to send its astronauts to the space station on its soyuz rockets. but, in 2014, nasa awarded spacex and boeing a combined £5 billion contract so that each could build their own spacecraft. if they work as planned, nasa hopes to use the vehicles to send astronauts into space by the end of the year. after the launch , the founder of spacex — elon musk — explained his motivation for the project. i think that is one of the things that makes people excited about the
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future. we want to science fiction novels and movies not to be science fiction forever, we want them to be one day. earlier i spoke to libbyjackson, human spaceflight and microgravity programme manager at the uk space agency. she says if all goes well with this mission then it could signal a return to manned space flights. space x is part of commercial contracts that are set up, that are also going to be part, hopefully, getting back to the moon in the coming years and on to mars, and that is all part of the uk's exploration efforts in partnership with the uk space agency, so we are really keen to see this continuing to move forward. so what can the uk actually contribute to this? we contribute to the international space station, we have got experiments up there, that are helping to understand all kinds of things, that all affect everything that happens on everyday life to humans here. as we go to the moon, our industry will be looking to provide parts, perhaps communication equipment, or refuelling equipment that will be part of that mission
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on an international stage. at interesting to talk about the moon, because of course, you know, the chinese very flamboyantly landed on the far side of the moon just a few weeks ago, and they have got several more missions, including manned missions in prospect. is there a kind of space race going on here? space is an international effort, it is a collaborative the uk is part of the european space agency, they work with both the chinese space agencies, and with nasa, and indeed our russian counterparts, so everybody will be coming together. we will look in the future to see how the different space agencies across the world come together, as we look to the gateway, and humans are back to moon as a stepping stone to get to mars. and we heard jonathan talking about it as a... that it will turn into, not an everyday private taxi service, but he talked about it as a taxi service, it sounds like something regular and predictable, available to many. do we expect to see a lot of these vehicles going up and down
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in the next 10—20 years? these commercial vehicles will be providing a regular service to the international space station. the crew will go there every few months, perhaps, two, four or six months. we may see private individuals buying tickets on some of those services. certainly, those commercial companies will be looking to make money where they can, by selling them to other people. it is all part of this move, within exploration to bring in private companies, to offer commercial services, and we will see that here in uk, perhaps one day. we have put legislation in place to bring spaceports here, and that might indeed include tourism flights one day. and obviously, you know, everybody is in quite a celebratory excited mood, but there are risks attached to this kind of travel? space is always risky. you put humans on top of what could be a giant explosion if it goes the wrong way. everybody works to make sure that it is as safe as possible, as reliable as possible. the astronauts are aware of the risks at all times, but everybody is working to keep keep them safe and complete the missions. two senior labour figures have clashed over how the party
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handles anti—semitism. the general secretary, jennie formby accused the deputy leader, tom watson, of using a "vague parallel process" by asking labour mps to forward complaints to him. mr watson said people had lost trust in labour's ability to investigate allegations. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardley reports. chanting: enough is enough. allegations of anti—semitism have not been easy for the labour party — protests byjewish groups outside parliament, mps quitting the party accusing the leadership of failing to act, rows over whether it is even a problem. chris williamson, an ally ofjeremy corbyn, was suspended this week for claiming the party had been too apologetic. but now, a public row has broken out right at the top. this week, i've had 50 complaints... this man, deputy leader tom watson, wants labour to do more to address the issue. he wrote to mps urging them to contact him with complaints.
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last night, the party's general secretary issued a scathing reply. in a letter to mr watson, sent to every labour mp and peer, jennie formby said... she suggested mr watson could undermine the work labour's staff are doing to deal with complaints. for labour, agreeing on how to tackle anti—semitism is proving far from simple. 0ur political correspondent, tom barton is here with me. just explain what is going on... why don't they just why don't theyjust pick up the phone and talk to each other quietly? well, it is extraordinary, isn't it, that this conversation is happening so publicly, both tom watson and jennie formby sending these letters to all of labour's mp
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pugh, all of labour's members of the house of lords. it shows just how fraught the atmosphere is at the top of the labour party at the moment, particularly around the issue of anti—semitism. tom watson responded to the letter last night. he doubled down, saying the delay in the pa rty‘s down, saying the delay in the party's complaints process had led toa party's complaints process had led to a complete loss of trust. i think it is hard to think of other occasions where rows like this, of course they happen all the time, usually behind closed doors. it is very, very rare that they happen in quite such a public way. and so effectively, we two tribes inside the parliamentary labour party? yes, we have seen this for a long time. there are mps who sharejeremy
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corbyn‘s valleys, who strongly backed his position in the party, and there is another group within the labour party who view themselves as more moderate oi’ the labour party who view themselves as more moderate or centrist, and they have concerns about notjust they have concerns about notjust theissue they have concerns about notjust the issue of anti—semitism, but all sorts of things to do with the direction of the party. we have seen just in the last couple of weeks, nine of them walk away from the party, eight of those joining the new independent group of mps, along with three conservatives. you know, there is real fractious with three conservatives. you know, there is realfractious nurse within there is realfractious nurse within the labour party at the moment. tom watson, interestingly is very much on one side of that, but he is secure in his position, because like jeremy corbyn, he was directly elected by the members of the last leadership election, so unlike any of the other labour frontbenchers, he effectively cannot be fired, and
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is able to say stuff like this, with impunity, despite the fact that many on the side ofjeremy corbyn would see that to be hugely damaging to the party. thank you so much. a girl thought to be 17 years old has been stabbed to death in east london. ambulance crews were called out to a park in harold hill in havering last night. no one has been arrested. police say the teenager's next of kin have been informed. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, said his thoughts were with the victim's loved ones. in a tweet he said he was filled with anger that violent criminals are targeting young londoners with their whole lives before them. reports from the disputed region of kashmir say there's been a new violation of the ceasefire along the line of control between india and pakistan. 0vernight, fighting appeared to have eased, following pakistan's release of the pilot of a downed indian fighter jet. wing commander abhinandan varthaman
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was handed over to indian officials a little earlier i spoke to our correspondent yogita limaye, who's injammu — in indian—administered kashmir. i asked her whether this breakdown in the ceasefire is confirmed, and if so, whether we know who's responsible. we do know that there was a ceasefire violation, in the sector thatis ceasefire violation, in the sector that is about 100 kilometres from where i am in the city ofjami. i was there two days ago, and even at that time, i was witnessing intense shelling. we had a relative calm after 12 or 1a hours, returning to the line of control between india and pakistan. the indian side say that it was pakistan that fired up about and india responded, but these kinds of claims, there have been multiple ceasefire violations along the line of control. people have died in those, as well. on the
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indian side, we had one woman and her two children who died in shelling, because the shell landed on her home. of course, there are expectations, and after the return of the pilot last night, that tensions might ease between india and pakistan, but you have got to remember that this is a very long running issue, and we have had the dispute of kashmir going on since 1947. this particular dispute is about india saying that there are terrorist groups operating from pakistan, with the help of pakistani authorities, who are attacking india, and that their air strikes in pakistan were a response to that. pakistan, of course, denying that they are helping any militant groups on the ground, that. it's emerged that the son of former al-qaeda leader 0sama bin laden was stripped of his saudi arabian citizenship last year. it comes a day after
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the united states offered a $1 million reward for information on the whereabouts of hamza bin laden. it's believed he is now the leader of the terror organisation, which is blamed for carrying out the september 11th attacks. the number of smokers in england and wales has fallen, while the number of visits to sexual health clinics has gone up, according to a report on council—run health services. the local government association is warning tough budget cuts are undermining future efforts on improving healthca re. but the government says authorities received more than £3 billion of funding this year. our health correspondent, dominic hughes explains. since 2013 in england, it is your local council that has been responsible for public health. that involves everything from helping people to quit smoking to treating sexually transmitted diseases. giving councils responsibility for public health was controversial, but today, the local government association says the evidence shows it has been largely successful. for example, the overall number
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of adult smokers has fallen by 1.6 million since 2011. teenage pregnancies are down by almost a quarter since 2013. and since 2012, the suicide rate has steadily decreased, and among men is now the lowest it has been since 1981. since public health has come over to local government, in 2013, we've seen 80% of the key indicators either remain the same or improve. we're showing real success. that's despite a £531 million cut in the public health budget and 50% reduction in government funding for local government. so, overall, i can say that public health in local government is a success. one of the main tasks of public health is to prevent illness in the first place by encouraging a healthy lifestyle. today's report shows the positive impact an effective public health service can have.
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but there are warnings that without it, in the face of rising demand, an already hard—pressed nhs will struggle to cope. the headlines on bbc news: spacex's falcon rocket blasts off from florida's kennedy space centre. it's on a mission to show nasa it can carry astronauts into space. labour's internal row over anti—semitism has deepened, with two of the party's most senior figures clashing over how to handle complaints. reports from the disputed region of kashmir say there's been a new violation of the ceasefire along the line of control between india and pakistan. there's been a big rise in the number of people receiving calls from scammers pretending to work at the tax office. hm revenue and customs is warning people to be vigilant about fraudsters mainly targeting landline users. here's our business correspondent, rob young. government organisations have
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cracked down on e—mail and mobile phone text message scams, but criminals are now increasingly targeting victims using older technology — the landline telephone. nearly 450 phone lines used by fraudsters have been shut down in the past year. despite this, hmrc says it received 60,000 reports of phone—in scams in the six months up to january. that is more than three times as many as in the preceding six—month period. hmrc says the conmen‘s purpose is to steal money from usually elderly and vulnerable people. it says it will never call anyone and ask for their pin, password or bank details. age uk says, if you have any niggling doubts about a caller, hang up. the largest cruise ship to be christened in the uk has sailed into southampton ahead of its star—studded naming ceremony tomorrow. the msc bellissima was built in france at a cost
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of £752 million. the huge vessel is 315 metres long and 65 metres high. the surface of the deck is equivalent to size of 63 football pitches. in the aftermath of the second world war, many british families were sent to germany to help it rebuild. it was a difficult time, and there was still much anger and resentment between the two sides. now the memories of one young boy who moved from wales to berlin, have been turned into a film. tomos morgan reports. rachel. hello, lewis. i remember it very surprisingly vividly. kim brook was only eight years old when his family moved to germany in 1947. his father, captain walter brook, was charged with rebuilding the shattered city after the second world war. starring jason clark and keira knightley, the aftermath is a film loosely based on kim's memories. my dad used to talk about it a bit.
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he used to say, a number of times, you know, it's not about revenge, or anything like that, or retribution, myjob is to rebuild. this house is requisitioned for british use by order of the control commission. and despite advice to the contrary, kim struck a close friendship with his seven—year—old german housemate, heike. earning himself the nickname ‘der eisbrecher‘ — the icebreaker. and it was the children that broke down the barriers between the too families. it was a very, very important turning point which happens the following christmas. we decided that all the children, all six of us, would get together and pretend we were a choir. and we sang silent night, and we all did it in german so it was ‘stille nacht‘. and it was a very moving moment for my parents and for them.
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tears were rolling down their face by the time we'd done it. the love affair between kim's mother and the german father is fictional, but it's a key element in both the film and the novel that inspired the screenplay which was written by kim's son. it is a strange feeling, but it's exciting too, you know it's nice that this story, the essence of the story, which is really about forgiveness and reconciliation, is there, you know all the way through in the dna of the film. the production team have stayed in close contact with the family throughout before making process. and meeting the stars has been one of the highlights of this artistic journey. what was it like to see keira knightley portraying your mother? it was great. i gave her a peck on the cheek and said,
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"hello, mum." tomos morgan reporting there. sport now, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here's mike. good morning. good morning, a weekend of derby matches, gets underway in just over an hour, and theres a lot stake for tottenham and arsenal. spurs are looking to bounce back from two defeats, which has derailed their title challenge, while arsenal need a win to keep up their challenge to finish in the top four with manchester united and chelsea hot on arsenal's heels. to motivate the players, it's an easyjob. we to motivate the players, it's an easy job. we know to motivate the players, it's an easyjob. we know very well that to motivate the players, it's an easy job. we know very well that we are going to be motivated. and that we are going to have a team... side play with a confidence, but also free. our mind free, and doing
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things with a focus on our game plan. and only candy this confidence. highlights on match the data night. —— match of the day to night. it doesn't get much tougher for england women tonight, as they face world number ones — the usa — in the she believes cup. they could actually win the tournament with a victory and if other results go their way — quite a challenge lies ahead. we know what the game brings, especially playing in america, as well, there will be a big cloud, and that cloud will be against us, probably, but for the big games, it is what we look forward to these days. we want to play the big games, because we know have a chance of winning them, because we can compete and we cannot play against the big teams. the british team will hope to build on their brilliant start
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to the european indoor athletics championships in glasgow. their aim is to top the medal table by tomorrow, night, and katarina johnson—thompson, got things off to a great start, by becoming european champion in the indoor pentathlon. her victory was emphatic and she missed out on a world record, byjust over two seconds in the end, finishing the last event, in a time, of two minutes and 9 seconds. world junior heptathlon champion, niamh emerson collapsed over the line, but it was still enough, to pick up a silver medal, and join johnson—thompson on the podium. i was going to say i can't really ask for more, but i did want a little bit more, but it is really high level, to try and do what i've done today, so i am really happy with the performance i gave. 4900 points is a really good school, it is my second best ever. i am very happy to come away from the gold. and laura muir, queen of scots, won the 3000 metres in stunning fashion in front, of her home crowd. she lapped almost the entire field, to cross the line and give britain a second gold of the first day in glasgow. what's even more impressive was that muir, had less than three hours to recover,
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from a 1500 metre heat, — which she also won. she rana she ran a great race, and made me work really hard, and ijust knew i can't lose it here, this is my home turf, i can't not come away with a goal today, and i'm so happy i could do that. castleford tigers have gone top of superleague following a convincing 32—16 win at home to hull kingston rovers. at the other end of the table, leeds rhinos' dire start to the season, continued, as they were beaten 35—18 by wakefield. it was their first home game of the season. little changed. they have won, just one, of five matches so far. 11 years, after their last victory over gloucester — bristol have finally ended that drought. they won 28—24 at ashton gate, to climb up to ninth in the premiership. the best try was this effort from scrum half, andy uren early in the second half. that's all the sport for now.
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now time to the weather, with darren. if i lease quiet start to the weekend, but we are expecting wet and windy to put in from the atlantic. by sunday, we have got storm freya on the way. that is yet to develop into a storm, it will come from that area of cloud, there. that cloud already brings in wet and windy weather in from the atlantic, that area of cloud clearing away, but it is brightening up here. we have already got the rain arriving in northern ireland, turning wet and windy here, that will push its way further across scotland and into western parts of england and wales. the strongest winds likely to be across northern ireland, and some strong to gale force winds here. a southerly wind, not that cold, temperatures even in the rain around ten or 11 degrees. where it is dry in the midlands and eastern areas, 13 degrees is likely. we will get some rain later on, and that rain
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could linger, but at the same time, it gets really windy in north—west scotland, gales, severe gales and frequent and heavy showers, too. in between, things are calmer and quieter, temperatures dipping away at around three or four max celsius. tomorrow, windy for much of the day, from north—west scotland. am of showers, this rain in southern areas moves northwards. 0ne showers, this rain in southern areas moves northwards. one area of rain chased up by another area. how far north will it get? perhaps southern scotla nd north will it get? perhaps southern scotland or northern ireland. heavy rain and showers, strengthening winds, for england and wales. it is the strength of the wind that you have got to worry about later on in the day, because this is when we have the arrival of storm freya. that is the deepening area of low pressure. this is where we have the yellow warning from the met office, later on on sunday, and through the evening, the winds will really start to pick up, initially in the south—west of england and wales, 60
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-80 south—west of england and wales, 60 — 80 mph. and then the stronger wins push their way northwards. then it sta rts push their way northwards. then it starts windy here throughout the night. into the rush hour, windy on monday morning, in north parts of england, south—east scotland, and then the storm moves away, leaves us with a blustery day on monday, with some sunshine and showers.
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