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this is bbc news, i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at 4pm... a 17—year—old boy who was stabbed to death near altrincham last night is named by police. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, warns that attempts to end yemen's civil war have reached, in his words, the "last chance saloon". the dutch husband of shamima begum, the teenager who has been stripped of her british citizenship forjoining the islamic state group, tells the bbc he wants them to live in the netherlands. it was acceptable for you to marry a 15—year—old girl? it was her own choice, she was the one who asked to look for a partner for her. then i was invited, and yeah, she was very young. eight lawyers who back brexit — seven of them mps —
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set out the concessions they require from the eu to support the prime minister's brexit deal. the hatch is open — america's new astronaut capsule makes its test flight to the international space station. three, two, one... and david beckham has been honored with a statue outside his former football club la galaxy. good afternoon. a 17—year—old stabbed to death in greater manchester yesterday evening has been named by police. yousef ghaleb makki died
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after being stabbed in hale barns near altrincham. the teenager was taken to hospital but died a short time later. two boys, also aged 17, have been arrested on suspicion of murder. our correspondentjill archbold is in hale barns for us, and has this update. i'm in a very affluent area close to altrincham where the quiet, leafy streets are lined with big, family sized homes. and so to wake up to a scene like the one behind me in this part of greater manchester is very unusual. there has been a police cordon at both ends of the street, you can see the white forensic tents in the middle of the road. we know that this was the scene at around 6:30pm yesterday evening when police arrived here because a 17—year—old boy had been stabbed. he was taken to hospital where he later sadly died. greater manchester police have arrested two 17—year—old boys on suspicion of murder. they remain in police
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custody today, answering questions from officers from greater manchester police. although the scene behind me is quite visible, it has been very quiet here this morning. some detectives have been going door to door asking people who live here what they might have seen, but people have seen, but people are not keen to speak to the media. one woman told us she was completely shocked that something like this has happened here. and just a few streets away, two mountain bikes have been seized by police, wrapped up and marked and taken away as evidence. that stabbing in manchester follows the killing ofjodie chesney, who was stabbed on friday evening in a park in east london. charlotte gallagher reports. police found the teenage boy yesterday evening just after 6:30pm. two boys, also aged 17, have been arrested on suspicion of murder. greater manchester police say there will be extra
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patrols in the area. here in havering, another community shocked by the death of a young teenager. jodie chesney was stabbed to death near a child ren‘s playground. her family say it was an unprovoked attack. forjodie‘s classmates and friends, it's been a horrific shock. inside out, she was beautiful and kind. she wouldn't hurt anyone. she'd do anything to make anyone happy. she was just the most beautiful person you've ever met. just so unexpected. for that sort of thing to happen. she was such a bundle ofjoy and a good person. but that's why we came today, to pay our respects, because she deserved every bit of happiness she got and she will be remembered as such a nice person. hard to believe. you see it in the news all the time. it's bad enough, but you don't connect yourself with it.
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you never expect it to happen to someone you know. police forensic officers are scouring this park for clues as a steady stream of people arrive to lay flowers. jodie‘s grandmother has pleaded for anyone with information to come forward, saying too many young lives are being cut short by needless violence. friends sayjodie was always happy, friendly and enjoyed being a scout. police are appealing for witnesses, saying their information could take a knife off the street or save a life. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt — who's visiting yemen — has said both sides in the country's civil war must show more commitment to a peace deal or it could be "dead within weeks". under the un—brokered agreement, yemen's government and the rebel houthi movement are meant to remove their forces from the key port of hudaydah, but there's concern that progress has been slow.
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mr hunt's visit to the country is the first visit to yemen by a uk foreign secretary since 1996. he's met the yemeni deputy prime minister and foreign minister. the husband of a british teenager who was stripped of her citizenship for travelling to syria to support the islamic state group has told the bbc he wants them both to settle in the netherlands with their newborn son. yago riedijk, who's a dutch citizen, married shamima begum days after she arrived inside is territory. begum was 15 when she travelled to syria with two other girls from bethnal green. riedijk is facing a six—year jail sentence if he's allowed to return home, and he's been talking to our middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville. shamima begum's husband, yago riedijk, is now in kurdish detention at an undisclosed location in north—eastern syria. the dutch extremist says he wants to take his family home to the netherlands. of course, i would love to go back to my own country,
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which i now understand the privileges that i lived with, you know, the privilege of being, of living there as a citizen. and, of course, i understand that many people have a problem with what i did and i totally understand that. i have to take responsibility for what i did, serve my sentence. shamima moved over when she was 15. you met in raqqa. she was at the women's centre in raqqa. you married her when she was 15 years old. that's correct. how in any way is that acceptable? you were, what, 23? ithink so, yeah, i remember. and you thought that was ok? to be honest, when my friend came — he said there was a girl, she was interested in marriage — i wasn't really interested because of her age, but i accepted the offer anyway.
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so, it was acceptable for you to marry a 15—year—old girl? it was her own choice, she was the one who asked to look for a partnerfor her. shamima begum is being held at another camp. the marriage was arranged by is. in the united kingdom, sex with someone under 16 is statutory rape. they had three children, but only one newborn survives. you know she has been stripped of her british citizenship, she is viewed as a danger and someone who is undesirable to britain, so why do you think holland would welcome her? she is... i don't understand how in any form she would be a danger. all she did was, she sat in the house for three years, took care of me and my children, she never had anything to do.
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do you realise that when you say, somebody whojoined the islamic state willingly, married someone in the islamic state, fought for the islamic state, when you say that you are a victim, that's sickening. 0k. what can i say? i lived a miserable life. i was imprisoned, i was tortured, i lived in fear. how can i see that as... it was my own fault for going, yeah, but... i didn't come out of it as a winner in any way. i lost years of my life. yago riedijk‘s admission, too, that he fought for the islamic state means he may find itjust as difficult to leave syria as his wife, shamima begum. quentin somerville, bbc news, northern syria.
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the international trade secretary, liam fox, has welcomed what he says he believes is a "genuine" attempt by hardline brexiteer mps to find a way of accepting theresa may's deal. a group of brexiteer mps, who are also lawyers, will scrutinise any amendments to the deal that mrs may can get from the eu. britain is due to leave the eu at he end of the month. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. could what once seemed almost impossible happen? could theresa may get her brexit deal through in the coming days? it's still a huge ask, but, as a vote on a reworked deal gets closer, there are signs some could come on board. the government is still trying to get changes in the irish border, the backstop. the aim is to win over tory brexiteers and the dup who think the current plan could leave the uk tied to brussels rules. now brexit—supporting lawyers have set up a committee to scrutinise any reworked deal. they want legally binding changes and a route out of the backstop
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if trade talks with the eu fail. the more closely you look at it, it's a big olive branch with which they can hit you over the head. well, i hope it's a genuine attempt, and i think it is, to try to map out ground where we can have common territory in the run—up to the vote before the 12th of march. the government, though, has warnings for brexiteers too. if the deal fails, many will try to delay our departure and ultimately some might try to stop it altogether. to attempt to have a delay mechanism in order to thwart the process of brexit itself, is actually politically completely unacceptable and, as i have said before, would provoke a backlash amongst voters. theresa may's numbers game involves other parties too. labour now officially backs another referendum, but some of its mps have been offered incentives — workers' rights, the prospect of more cash for left behind areas and some are clearly tempted. to my labour colleagues, it is about an improved deal and if you want to support
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a transition period, if you want to make sure eu nationals' rights are maintained and if you want to make sure, as some of us have been negotiating, for an improved workers' rights offer, but more importantly, make sure we don't go out without a deal, i urge my labour colleagues to consider voting for an improved deal. you've probably heard it before, the clock is ticking. theresa may has nine days to bring a new deal back to parliament. some are holding out olive branches but accepting them isn't necessarily simple. there's still a lot to do. nick eardley, bbc news. staying with brexit, the cbi says uncertainty over uks departure from the eu is partly to blame for growth in private companies "stagnating" in recent months. the business group has surveyed 650 firms. it's urging politicians to agree a deal. here's our business correspondent rob young. britain's economy has been slowing down. in 2018, the uk grew at its lowest rate in six years.
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in december alone, the economy actually got smaller. the confederation of british industry has been taking the temperature of companies. it says economic activity was broadly unchanged in the three months to february. that suggests uk plc didn't shrink over the three—month period, but it didn't grow either. the cbi says this is its survey‘s worst reading since 2013. it partly blames the ongoing uncertainty over brexit. the high street has continued to take a hit as shoppers remain cautious about spending. factory orders went up, but data suggests a lot of that is down to businesses stockpiling. despite the weak headline numbers, the nation's jobs boom has continued. data a few weeks ago showed wages had been rising at the fastest rate since the financial crisis, and the employment rate remained at a record high. rob young, bbc news. the authorities in calais say 63
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migrants have been detained after climbing aboard a cross—channel ferry. they were discovered soon after the ship arrived from dover last night as danny aeber—hard reports. this incident is unusual and embarrassing for the authorities. they are more used to try to deter attem pts they are more used to try to deter atte m pts by they are more used to try to deter attempts by migrants to stow away or be smuggled in vehicles crossing by ferry or via the channel tunnel. there has also been a recent rise in the use of small craft to cross the strait. the migrants breached the security perimeter and used a maintenance ladder to climb on deck last night. the whole ship, run by the dft s line, had to be searched, causing delays but it has now resumed service. the search for a british climber who's been missing on one of the world highest mountains for nearly a week has been called off for the day. tom ballard and his italian climbing partner, daniele nardi, were scaling a peak in pakistan known as "killer mountain", when they last made contact. 0ur correspondent richard galpin
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is following the story in islamabad. there's been yet another setback. there had been a lot of hope that a spanish climber who had been on k2 would be brought to naga parbat, the killer mountain, and he has several high—altitude drones with him and the idea was that those would be used to scour the mountain to try and find these missing climbers. but that attempt to get him to naga parbat base camp has failed. they got as far as skardu, the nearest town to the base camp, but then could not fly on any further in the pakistan military helicopter because of bad weather. so, that has been another delay, basically. that they will be able to try again with the helicopters to reach the base camp so that these drones can be used. it is yet another setback and this whole rescue attempt has had so many setbacks. initially, last week,
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all the problems with the hostilities between india and pakistan meant that helicopters could not fly around naga parbat and then we have had these other delays because of pretty serious bad weather over several days. it has been very difficult and the two climbers have now been missing for seven days. he is a very talented climber, particularly in the alps, climbing several of the most famous north faces of the different alpine mountains, and he did that in one winter so he was certainly viewed by some of the top climbers as a very skilled winter climber. if you look on facebook you will see him climbing extraordinary cliffs, doing a very tough rock climbing. an experienced climber, particularly in the alps but somewhat less so in the himalayas. he had had one expedition previously so not so much experience in the himalayas but certainly a very talented and overall experienced climber.
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the headlines on bbc news... a 17—year—old boy, who was stabbed to death near altrincham last night, is named by police. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, warns that attempts to end yemen's civil war have reached — in his words — the "last chance saloon". the dutch husband of shamima begum, the teenager who has been stripped of her british citizenship forjoining the islamic state group, tells the bbc he wants them to live in the netherlands. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's katherine downes. let's start with the premier league, and two clubs with new managers suffering the same fate. first up, brendan rodgers took his leicester city side to watford. put watford ahead, although there were suspicions of offside. jamie vardy‘s cooly taken
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equaliser looked to have given rodgers a point, only for andre gray to give watford the win in stoppage time. i loved every minute, it has been a great week working with the players andi great week working with the players and i said to them, whatever the result would be today, of course i wa nt to result would be today, of course i want to see that spirit and intensity. we have onlyjust come together, and i have seen that and it gives us a great opportunity now to go forward and build on some of the good points from today. there was another new manager at fulham, as scott parker took charge for the first time following claudio ranieri's sacking in mid—week. and his afternoon was similar to that of brendan rodgers as fulham were beaten at home by chelsea. calum chambers cancelled out gonzalo higuain‘s opener, butjorginho restored chelsea's lead before half—time, and despite having a couple of good chances, fulham couldn't drag themselves back into it and remain second
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bottom of the league. one more premier league game taking place today. the merseyside derby has just kicked off at goodison park. liverpool will go back top of the league if they beat everton. ther score is 0—0. follow it live on the bbc sport wesbite and app. live commentary too on bbc radio 5 live. aberdeen and rangers will meet again in a replay of their scottish cup quarterfinal after a 1—1 draw at pittodrie. aberdeen went in front inside the opening ten minutes when gary mackay—steven was taken down in the box and sam cosgrove converted the resulting penalty. but rangers got their equaliser two minutes into the second half, joe worral poking in from the back post at this corner. it means a replay at ibrox in nine days' time. the european indoor athletics is into its final day, and there's plenty of british interest this evening, particularly from andrew pozzi — he's the defending champion in the 60 metre hurdles. he finished second in his semi final behind favourite 0rlando 0rtega. pozzi ran a season's best.
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he goes in the final at 6:10pm. multi—eventer tim duckworth led going into day two of the heptathlon. second place in the hurdles has seen him slip into second behind spain'sjorge urena but a strong performance in the pole vault means that the pair are separated byjust six points going into this evening's session. jonjones dominated anthony smith to defend his light—heavyweight title at ufc 235. jones was the overwhelming favourite and dominated all five rounds in las vegas to earn a unanimous decision, despite being deducted two points for an illegal knee in the fourth round. jones is now unbeaten in 13 world title fights. australia's nick kyrgios prepared for the final of the mexican 0pen against world number three alex zverev by going jet—skiing. the strategy seems to have worked though — kyrgios won in straight sets to pick up his fifth atp tour title.
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zverev is one of three top—ten players kyrgios beat on his way to the title. as for the jet—skiing, he says perhaps he needs to be more disciplined and professional in his preparation for matches... in his preparation for matches. i think it's more an example of anyone who is going through some struggles, places you don't think you can get out of, if i can do it, you can get out of, if i can do it, you can get out of, if i can do it, you can as well. i was really down and out and i you can as well. i was really down and outand i did not you can as well. i was really down and out and i did not know what i was going to do and i guess it can change so if i can do it, you can do it as well. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. a capsule made by elon musk‘s spacex company has successfully docked with the international space station. the dragon spacecraft could begin transporting people by the end of the year. here's our science correspondentjonathan amos. two metres away. slowly but surely, step by step, the dragon capsule approached the station.
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astronauts on the platform commanded the vehicle to retreat, to rehearse what would happen if systems experienced a glitch. but all appeared to go exactly to plan. cheering and the dragon, under its own guidance systems, pushed itself into a soft connection with the station is slightly ahead of schedule. that is one more task ticked off the series of tests this vehicle must pass to get approval from nasa to carry astronauts. what comes next is no less challenging — a high—speed, fiery descent to earth on friday. only when the capsule has survived that and splashed down safely under parachutes in the atlantic will people talk about success. jonathan amos, bbc news. free tampons and other sanitary products will be offered to every female hospital patient in england who needs them from this summer. nhs officials say women and girls will be able to ask for the products free of charge. the british medical association had
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argued it was inconsistent for some hospitals to give out razors and shaving foam, but not to offer women sanitary products. andy moore reports. a study last month by the doctors' union, the british medical association, found that many nhs trusts were handing out free razors and shaving foam, but not sanitary products. at present, some trusts in england provide them, others don't. in some hospitals, sanitary products aren't even available in their shops. the new policy will make the products free of charge in all hospitals in england from the summer onwards. the chief executive of the nhs in england, simon stevens, said it was absolutely right that everyone had access to the essentials of daily life during their time in hospital. the move has been welcomed by campaigners against period poverty. it's positive to see what is intended to be happening, but we would like to see more being done around this agenda, because we are way behind in terms of where we should be. the british medical association said
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it was pleased its campaign had culminated in such a successful result. the organisation said free products would bring an end to indignity on top of ill health. and the bma doesn't believe the new policy will be expensive. it estimated the cost would be just over £500 a year to any hospital that wasn't already providing free products. andy moore, bbc news. seal—spotting is a popular pastime for tourists around scotland's coastline, but for salmon farmers, the animals are not always a welcome sight. hundreds of seals have been shot dead in recent years to protect fish supplies — something that is completely legal if the farmer holds a licence. but farmers in shetland are investing in different nets, hoping to spare the seals. india grant reports. shetland's iconic landscape, but we are not here for the rolling, windswept hills or even the ponies.
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we are in the middle of a debate about seals and salmon and shooting. they have much more personality, the grey seals, than the common seals. here we look after sick, injured and abandoned seals and otters. we keep them here and care for them and feed them up until they're ready to be released back into the wild. shooting seals is completely legal, if you have license to do so. these seals were not shot, but they have lost their mums. we are seriously concerned about the health of the common seal population. there are many environmental challenges out there for the common seals and they do not need that extra challenge of the industry shooting them. the salmon industry moved into the environment where the seals already were, and it's not really fair to move into an environment and just destroy the wildlife that's there because it's a threat to your industry.
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it would be great if shetland could set an example for the salmon industry around the world, and certainly around the rest of scotland, so there is absolutely no need for them to shoot seals. we are heading to a salmon farm in the waters just off shetland. each cage holds thousands of fish, and until recently, seals would try to break in and steal what they could. we've been implementing the knotted hdpe netting which we've found through interactions with seals over the years, that since we have installed this netting on our site, the seals have left us alone. it is a small change, but could have rippling effects. the shooting of seals was always a last resort. but from time to time, a rogue seal would actually attack the salmon in the pens, cause a lot of damage and stress and disturb the welfare of the fish. we would use other means to try to deter that seal from coming onto the fish farm but,
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ultimately, sometimes that was not possible and that seal may have to be shot. we don't want to shoot any seal, we would much rather be in a position where we do not have to shoot any at all, and if this is the year we achieve that, we would be very happy with that. by installing these nets, salmon farmers can promote their product as being more ethical, while campaigners are happy that seals will not get shot and the population will not decline — at least not as a result of the salmon farming. as for the seals, they will just have to work that extra bit harder for their next meal. india grant, bbc news. david beckham has been honored with a statue outside his former club la galaxy. the former england captain joined the american side in 2007, helping the team to two cup title wins. the statue shows the player taking a free kick — his trademark move that spawned
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the film "bend it like beckham" in 2002. speaking outsite the stadium beckham called la galaxy his family and thanked los angeles for embracing him. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. the weekend comes to a stormy end for england and wales, as the deep area of low pressure that's been named by the met office storm freya rolls its way in, pushing through the irish sea come across northern england and eventually into the north sea by the time we get into monday morning. here it is on the current satellite picture, sitting just to the south of ireland. and for areas around the periphery of this low, it's going to be a stormy old night. this front, trailing to the south of it, is going to bring some pretty wet weather into southern england. the rain around the heart of the storm affecting northern england overnight. the strongest of the winds for the south—west and wales, through the evening and overnight for the midlands and northern england and by the end of the night,
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the north coast of norfolk and parts of lincolnshire. on a positive note, the low is out into the north sea pretty pronto on monday morning, so the picture improves quite dramatically by the time we get to rush—hour and by lunchtime, sunshine over eastern areas. watch out for punchy thunderstorms coming into the west late in the day. this is bbc news. the headlines. a 17—year—old boy, who was stabbed to death near altrincham last night, is named by police as yousef ghaleb makki. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt,
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warns that attempts to end yemen's civil war have reached, in his words, the "last chance saloon". the dutch husband of shamima begum, the teenager who has been stripped of her british citizenship forjoining the islamic state group, tells the bbc he wants them to live in the netherlands. it was acceptable for you to marry a 15—year—old girl? it was her own choice. she was the one who asked to look for a partnerfor her. then i was invited, and... yeah, she was — she was very young. eight lawyers who back brexit — seven of them mps — set out the concessions they require from the eu to support the pm's brexit deal. the hatch is open — america's new astronaut capsule makes its test flight to the international space station.
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