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this is bbc news. i'm carole walker. the headlines at 11: the baby son of shamima begum, the london teenager who left to join the islamic state group, has died. the pilot, who killed 11 people when his plane crashed at the shoreham airshow apologises to the victims‘s families, after he was found not guilty of manslaughter. iam i am truly sorry for the part i played in their deaths. it is they that i will remember for the rest of my life. wejust need "one more push" says theresa may, in an appeal to the eu to help get her brexit deal through. the head teacher working in the canteen to save her school money — she's one of thousands who've written to parents warning they're running out of cash. and splashing down in the atlantic. celebrations as america's new commercial astronaut capsule successfully completes
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its first flight. and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers anne ashworth, associate editor of the times, and benedicte paviot, uk correspondent of france 24. stay with us for that. good evening. syrian authorities say the baby son of shamima begum — the teenager who ran away from london to join the islamic state group — has died in syria. a paramedic told the bbc that the baby, who was about two weeks old, died yesterday from a lung infection. shamima begum was 15 when she left
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the uk four years ago, and was found in a syrian refugee camp last month. she'd already lost two babies and had wanted to return to britain, but was stripped of her citizenship by the home secretary. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. when the bbc first interviewed shamima begum two and a half weeks ago, she'd just given birth to a baby boy, jarah. in his short life, he lived in one internment camp and then another. his mother said her two other children had already died at the end of last year. these are my children, the way i lost them, i don't want to lose this baby as well and this is really not a place to raise children, this camp. now medical staff in the camp where she's living and the local military forces, the sdf, have confirmed to the bbc that her baby died yesterday in a nearby hospital, after having breathing difficulties. he's already been buried. the family are devastated, the family are not surprised, there were concerns
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about the child's welfare, shamima has lost her food card, she's that quite clear, and wasn't able to feed herself, let alone the baby. the family of shamima begum had asked the home office for help, but the home secretary sajid javid's response was to take away her british citizenship, and the government gave them no assistance in trying to bring her two—week—old baby boy to the safety of the uk. in a letter sent by the home office this week to shamima begum's sister, an official wrote... it was a point sajid javid reinforced today after reports of the baby boy's death first surfaced. the foreign office has been clear for many years, there is no british consulate presence, there's no way that anyone can be helped in any way, including innocent children, this is why it's so dangerous.
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tonight, labour described the home secretary's decision making as callous and inhumane. save the children said that more than 60 children under the age of five had now died in the camps and called on the uk and other countries to take responsibility for their citizens in north—east syria and take them home. daniel sandford, bbc news. our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville who invited shamima begum — described what the conditions were like for her in the syrian refugee camp. those conditions are appalling. shamima begum is being kept in one of the better camps, but at the main camp they are completely overwhelmed, they are running out of bla nkets overwhelmed, they are running out of blankets and tents, there is not enough food and these are dangerous places for dangerous is supporters. in the last few days, in fact, 16,000 people, including children, have arrived at one of the camps
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here. one of the things that is worth remembering is that islamic state did not give up, it held the last minute, it held onto its supporters and it held on on into its children. when i saw shamima begum's small boyjust a couple of weeks ago, he was doing well at they have been through a lot already. the people coming out of their was suffering malnutrition and as we heard in that report, shamima begum already lost two babies while an islamic state. she came here in search of the perfect islamic family life, she said, well, like much else promised high at the islamic state that turned out to be alive. —— a lie. i can now speak to kirsty mcneill, executive director of policy, advocacy and campaigns at save the children uk, who has joined us via webcam. thank you very much indeed for joining us, just tell us first of all your reaction to the news of the death of this little baby. are absolutely heartbreaking to learn that a baby three weeks old, shamima
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begum, but also crucially one of 84 he had been confirmed as dying en route to this camp. and what do you think is the reaction or should be the reaction from the government to this, considering that the home secretary of course had made the decision to strip shamima begum of her british citizenship? effectively denying her the right to come to this country? so, we think all countries that have foreign nationals in this camp, particularly by nationals of other parents of small children should take responsibility for their citizens in the camp, as i said, 84 already confirmed dead, it cannot be right that those children under five are not being taken responsibility for by their own government. u nfortu nately, by their own government. unfortunately, the lion is not very good. it is not working terribly well. thank you so much forjoining
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us, we will leave it there for now. —— line. the pilot who crashed during the shoreham airshow four years ago, killing 11 men, has been found not guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence. andrew hill, who's 54, had been performing a loop when his ex—militaryjet crashed onto the a27 in sussex — and then exploded into a fireball. it was the first time that a pilot had been charged with manslaughter following deaths at an air show. our correspondent tom symonds reports. the last seconds of andrew hill's flight. what followed was described by one witness as "like a war zone". the 11 men who died were all on the busy a27 — some to watch the flying, somejust passing by, a veteran chauffeur, workmates, friends heading home. daniele polito died not knowing that he would become a father for a second time.
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he has two little boys, that he will never see grow up and they will never have their daddy, and it's just so cruel. it's something that could have been avoided, which seems quite obvious, that it could have been avoided. it's just caused so much destruction to so many people. jacob schilt and his friend, matthew grimstone, had been driving to their football club, worthing united, when the plane hit their car. from the beginning, you thought this is absurd, you know, my son's been killed by a jet fighter at a display, it's just absurd. andrew hill, ex—raf, a british airways captain, has always accepted his flying that day was poor. outside court, he read the names of those who died. i'm truly sorry for the part i played in their deaths, and it is they that i will remember for the rest of my life. his cockpit ended up in a field. he was badly injured, and crucially, he had no memory of the flight.
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no memory of being hundreds of feet too low during the fatal loop. he said he must have been physically affected by something. this is the home of the british aerobatic academy. in the back seat, instructor adrian willis teaches pilots from all over the world. one thing they learn — how to cope with g—force, the extra force on the body in tight turns. he asks me to recite a nursery rhyme, while putting us through 6g. that's six times the earth's gravitational pull. humpty dumpty... had a great fall... humpty... dumpty... all the king's horses... all the king's men... couldn't put humpty together again. now, fighter pilots train for this, but andrew hill is no longer an raf pilot and the verdict was worrying for one victim's family. and we feel that the success of mr hill's defence of cognitive
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impairment is a worrying precedent and could have far—reaching consequences. the case already has for those flying former militaryjets in air shows. they're operated by companies and charities, and shoreham has raised big questions about safety. this air display team currently can't fly aerobatics in airshows over land. and after years of concentrating on protecting the safety of crowds at an airshow, now regulators are looking at the risks to people in surrounding areas. at the end of the day, we have to be hugely sympathetic to what happened and due process needs to take place, and we expect that regulations will change. and it's our duty, as trustees, custodians of these aircraft, to work within those regulations that are put before us and continue as best we can to display these heritage assets to the public. next come the inquests into the 11 deaths. the victims's families say they intend to play a full part. tom symonds, bbc news.
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the prime minister has appealed to eu leaders for "one more push" to get her brexit deal through parliament. speaking in grimsby, theresa may warned of "a moment of crisis", if mps again reject her deal when they vote on tuesday. we'll have the view from europe in a moment, but first this report from john pienaar. hard work, this, a bit like brexit. or maybe a journey — going nowhere, destination unknown. so today, the prime minister came here to grimsby, where seven out of ten voted to leave. her appeal to mps — back her plan. reject it and no—one knows what will happen. we may not leave the eu for many months. we may leave without the protections that the deal provides. we may never leave at all. and then, with brexit talks deadlocked, this message to brussels. well, just as mps will face a big choice next week, the eu has to make a choice too.
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the decisions that the european union makes over the next few days will have a big impact on the outcome of the vote. are you simply keen to shift the blame for the way the talks have deadlocked towards the european union and away from yourself? my message to the european union is very clear — this is the moment, this is the time. the british public, as i say, have moved on. they want us to get this done. it takes both sides to get that negotiation through. are you willing to contemplate allowing conservative colleagues, including ministers, to vote to block a no—deal brexit, given you've said it could harm britain and the british people? for those who don't want us to leave without a deal, actually, the best way is to vote for the deal, so that we leave with that deal. down at the docks, you could find sympathy for mrs may, but also impatience. i think margaret thatcher'd do a betterjob. i think she'd got more balls. don't you? but, you know, a lot
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of people didn't like her. obviously, if she can help us out and stay by us and try and sort this out, then it would be good for all of us round here. no matter what theresa may comes up with, they're going to throw it out. a, it doesn't help she's a lady. if she was a big strapping bloke, they might have different views on it. sympathy in the country may comfort mrs may, but at westminster, she's suspected of taking brexit down to the wire, hoping mps see her plan as the last best option. it could be the prime minister who runs out of road first. the threat‘s not just from brexiteers. some pro—european ministers say they'll ignore mrs may if her deal fails and vote to stop a brexit with no deal. myself and other colleagues will prevent the country from crashing out of the eu by voting against no—deal. a no—deal is not in britain's interests. the labour leader's keen to see mrs may defeated. is he as keen on a referendum, or backing away? no, we're not backing away. what we're saying is the priority at this moment is to
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stop a no—deal exit. a no—deal exit would be very damaging to jobs, very damaging to industry. just now, people are getting on with daily life. the next brexit setback, or breakthrough, could change the country's future, but all people here and across the country can do now is wait to see how. john pienaar, bbc news, grimsby. well, today the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier made another proposal over the issue of the backstop, that's the mechanism to avoid a hard border in ireland. he said britain could have the unilateral right to leave a customs union — but that northern ireland would remain part of the eu customs territory. our europe editor katya adler has been assessing the reaction to those proposals in westminster. michel barnier‘s proposal went down wa ca michel barnier‘s proposal went down waca lead balloon and that is putting it very politely. the brexit secretary shot back that with a real deadline looming, now is not the
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time to come up with old arguments, and what did he mean by that? well, what the eu is offering is for the uk to step up of a uk specific part of the backstop. now, on the one hand, this would allay brexiteers's fears that they could get stuck in a customs union to the backstop. it would allow the government is to make trade deals in goods as well as services while in the backstop, but essentially it comes back to the eu's plan a and that is for northern ireland only backstop, and the prime minister rejected that at the time because she said it threatened the union dividing northern ireland from great britain, and that is why she came up with the idea of the uk wide backstop. so essentially, with three weeks ago, we have come round for circle and we are finding ourselves bang in the middle of a blame game of the prime minister appearing to point the finger today at the eu, saying it there is no deal it will be the fault of the eu intransigence, or as we heard from
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the dutch prime minister today, who also spoke to the prime minister tonight, and he put the blame at having too many uk redlines. so what next? it is not quite game over because both sides still want to deal and they will be meeting again this sunday for more talks. the headlines on bbc news: the baby of shamima begum, who fled london to join the islamic state group, has died in a refugee camp. he was about two weeks old. andrew hill, the pilot who crashed at the shoreham airshow, killing 11 people, apologised to the victims' families after he was found not guilty of manslaughter. the prime minister calls on the eu for one last push to get her deal through parliament, saying if it fails brexit may never happen. a headteacher has told the bbc how she's had to scrub the toilets, clean the school, and work in the canteen
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because of a lack of funds. she spoke out as thousands of headteachers across england warned, in a letter to parents, of a funding crisis. the government says school funding for england is at its highest ever level. our education correspondent frankie mccamley reports. that'sjust main meal deal, yeah? thank you very much. thank you. you'd be forgiven for thinking this is like any other school canteen. but in fact, this is the head teacher behind the till, often she simply can't afford the staff. and it's notjust here, other departments are feeling the squeeze. if i take you into the science room and show you that in here, we have got students who are working three orfour to a group... so it's about £1.60 to £2 per pupil
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per head per year and from that, the head of science has to decide what she's going to buy. so, some of the equipment that we use, like today, this lesson, the students can do the practical but the students nextdoor can't. what are the most extreme kind of things, situations, you've found yourself in because of the lack of funding? well, we haven't been able to employ, or we haven't had the funds to be able to employ cleaners, i will clean the toilets, i'm absolutely angry about it. if i also feel incredibly embarrassed that i'm standing in front of you telling you i don't have any money — but it's not my embarrassment. i'm really sad that i can't provide for the students within my care. in the sixth form study room, students tell me they've noticed the purse strings are tightening. i chose to do art but due to lack of certain textiles, the class has had to be combined because it wasn't financially available to do two separate classes. this school has managed to stay afloat and build new facilities by selling some of its land to a nearby property developer. but others across the country don't have that luxury. the department for education says funding is at its highest ever level, nearly £44 billion, compared to spending ofjust over £30 billion eight years ago.
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this school has managed to stay afloat and build new facilities by selling some of its land to a nearby property developer. but others across the country don't have that luxury. the department for education says funding is at its highest ever level, nearly £44 billion, compared to spending ofjust over £30 billion eight years ago. but teachers say what matters is spending per pupil, analysis shows that has actually fallen by 8% since 2010. the government insists there is more money. we are asking schools to do more and we know that they have had to absorb costs such as higher national insurance contributions, higher teachers' pension contributions, but we are spending record amounts on oui’ schools and in this year and the next financial year, we are giving every local authority more money for every pupil in every school. but with pupil numbers rising, head teachers are not backing down, as they continue to fill their funding gaps. frankie mccamley, bbc news. a motherfrom uganda has become the first person to be jailed forfemale genital mutilation in the uk. the woman, who's 37 and can't be name for legal reasons, was sentenced to 11 years. her 3—year—old daughter was cut at the family home, in east london, in 2017. speaking outside the old bailey, lynette woodrow, from the crown prosecution service, said she hoped the conviction
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would have a wider impact. fgm it is an extremely serious form of child abuse and today's sentence underlies that. at the crown prosecution service have kept in mind all the way through that at the heart of this case is a three—year—old girl. another planned and arranged for this procedure to be carried out and she knew it was wrong. her daughter was seriously injured. she deemed tried to cover up injured. she deemed tried to cover up her crimes by lying about what happened. —— she then tried. the jury happened. —— she then tried. the jury in the prosecution cut through her lies. the court heard about the impact on this young girl. fgm also has a wider impact on the community. iam has a wider impact on the community. i am proud of the team who have worked so hard with police and
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council to successfully prosecute this crime. we hope this conviction encouraged those who have experienced fgm or who have suspicion about fgm offences to come forward knowing that we treat eve ryo ne forward knowing that we treat everyone with respect. police say the powers of stop and search are vital in tackling the rising threat of knife crime. but many campaigners say young black men are being disproportionately targeted and that stop and search is severely damaging trust within their community. as part of bbc crossing divides series linda adey has been to meet a campaigner against what he says is the misuse of stop and search and a senior police officer at the front line of the battle against knife crime. this is the met police violent crime task force. they have been told about the stabbing in a fast food
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store. the gentleman has been stabbed. the man is injured but not seriously. this police officers dealed with incidents like this every day. the patrol those looking to people carry weapons. at the bit they use is stop—and—search but it can be controversial. this man is a sports coach who works with young people. this video of him being searched went viral. he has been stopped and searched around 20 times. this is where it went down. he thinks black men are being u nfa i rly he thinks black men are being unfairly targeted riot police. as an upstanding citizen it is degrading to say the least and it is
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embarrassing. my community know me for who i embarrassing. my community know me forwho i am embarrassing. my community know me for who i am and it is embarrassing to be stopped and being treated like a criminal based on and a legend profile. i talk to a senior police officer to discuss his concerns. profile. i talk to a senior police officer to discuss his concernslj am not against stop—and—search. officer to discuss his concernslj am not against stop—and—searchlj officer to discuss his concernslj am not against stop-and-search. i am against it when it is misused upon citizens based on what they look like. when somebody is grabbing new, all of a sudden you have your pockets ripped open. it is embarrassing. it leaves a negative stigma. knife crime is hitting the headlines. stop—and—search is the solution. it is an issue which has to build and grow as a partnership and asa to build and grow as a partnership and as a community. it does work and
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if you are going to be overdramatic about it you can see it as home side mitigation. there is a real trust issue between the community and the police in many different areas. when you look at some of the things around stop—and—search that will always be a friction point and the routine we can work on collectively. it isa routine we can work on collectively. it is a power we have which is not well received. back on patrol and another stopped and searched. a valuable tool for police or a tactic that compromises the trust of the black community? the us hasn't been able to send astronauts into orbit since the end of the space shuttle programme in 2011. but that could be about to change, after its new commercial astronaut capsule, the spacex dragon, successfully completed its first flight today, splashing down in the atlantic. there were no crew on board, just a dummy,
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as it returned to earth from the international space station. but all went to plan, as pallab ghosh reports. applause and cheering. it could not have gone any better. a successful splashdown and a mission where everything went like clockwork. dragon has returned to planet earth, it is now back home... the day started with the crew of the international space station saying goodbye to the uncrewed capsule they may be flying on their next mission. and we have motion. you see dragon physically separating from the international space station... on board is a dummy named ripley, packed with sensors so engineers can analyse how astronauts will experience the ride. the dragon spacecraft continuing to descend, it's now subsonic, so already starting to slow down... just under six hours later, and it comes into view from earth.
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its heat shield uses a relatively untested technology. and it seems to have worked, protecting the capsule during re—entry. it goes exactly to plan. seems to have gone well, splashdown was beautiful, the engineers and technicians and everybody on the ground will be checking over all the numbers, all the data and making sure that everything is good for a future crewed mission later this year, hopefully. it's one small step for man... nasa is hoping for a return to its golden era, when 50 years ago, it was able to send astronauts to the moon. for eight long years, the agency's human spaceflight missions have been grounded. so, those chutes do the initial slowing, and then they're ultimately going to pull out... but if dragon's mission has gone as well as it seems, those glory days could soon be back. pallab ghosh, bbc news. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers
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with our reviewers. now it's time for the weather, with ben rich. you could think about that whether asa you could think about that whether as a conveyor belt in the supermarket. continuously feeding items of whether in our direction. the conveyor belt of course is that the jet stream and the items are lumps of the jet stream and the items are lu m ps of wet the jet stream and the items are lumps of wet and windy weather. some quite small so we will see lots of showers. but strong winds and rain this weekend. little bit of uncertainty about the ditch but it will be cold and windy with areas of rain and indeed some snow over high ground for top is all that some spells of sunshine. some snow mixing in. saturday at this day with sunshine, more showers across
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northern and western scotland, northern ireland and northern england and some will be wintry. next, during saturday night, this frontal system likely to bring some rain and if this develops a bit more, it could bring some strong or wince as well. plenty of showers into the north—west and windy across western parts of the uk. the sunday, western parts of the uk. the sunday, we start to bring down some cold air from the north. you will notice a really chilly field to the weather on sunday. there will be showers and perhaps longer spells of rain. some wintry whether mixing in. temperatures at just 4— wintry whether mixing in. temperatures atjust 4— 10 degrees. it is going to fill cold. in the monday, we have a chance to draw breath because this area of high pressure briefly slows and we see
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some fine weather. it could be a cold and frosty start however. we start to see cloud and rain approaching from the west by the end of the day. something milder starting to spread in our direction. temperatures at 9— 10 degrees. a very deep area of low pressure close to the british isles likely to bring heavy bursts of rain for a time and strong gusty winds, gales likely. as the system please wait, it will reintroduce some cold air from the north. 50 miles per hour winds likely but it could get a little windier than that. temperatures going down to single digits for most of us by the end of tuesday. by wednesday, the area of low pressure spinning to the north—east. westerly winds across our shores and that will be rather chilly. we will see some sunshine and some heavy
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thundery wintry showers. as we head towards the end of next week, the conveyor belt is notjust heading straight towards us but undulating northwards and southward and it gives our variable weather pattern. some dry, mild weather and some cold weather as the jet streams meanders southwards and then northwards again. others and downs in the weather. rain at times, strong winds with some dry interludes and temperatures pretty valuable. plenty in our direction being brought in the coming days.

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